A simple question : on Linux, updatedb command which is launched a second time seems no to reindex all the hard disk. On MacOS Catalina (or maybe for previous), it seems that command sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb reindexes all. Is…
Lees meerI have an older MacBook (circa 2012) and I have two external drives. I want to merge the content of the two drives but Finder is having fits with it. It will lose the connection to the drives at random times and otherwise do transfers v…
Lees meerMachine info - macOS Mojave, Mac Pro 4,1 with 5,1 firmware. Dual 6-core Xeons, 64GB RAM, 5 internal drives, 1 SSD, 4 HD. I don't want to prevent Time Machine backups, but I'd be happy enough if backupd didn't do local backups. My TM dr…
Lees meerI have an older Macbook (circa 2012) and I have two external drives. I want to merge the content of the two drives but Finder is having fits with it. It will lose the connection to the drives at random times and otherwise do transfers v…
Lees meerSome apps ask me for Keychain access when installing them, configuring them, and/or using them. As with anything related to computer access, permissions and security, giving the app access could be a great convenience to me or a securit…
Lees meerHow can one mute Zoom on iPad? Turning down the volume doesn't work. I don't mean muting the microphone but muting the other interlocutors. I am an attendee. I just want to mute the others for myself, but I still want them to hear each…
Lees meerI have a customer who buys a 2012 iMac to replace his old 2010 iMac. The 2010 iMac has an SSD with macOS 10.13 and would like to replace the mechanical HDD in the newer Mac with the SSD he's got in his 2010 iMac that he recently replac…
Lees meerI have a customer who buys a 2012 iMac to replace his old 2010 iMac. The 2010 iMac has an SSD with macOS 10.13 and would like to replace the mechanical HDD in the newer Mac with the SSD he's got in his 2010 iMac that he recently replac…
Lees meerI backed up my last iPhone a few months ago, before purchasing a new XR so I could move all of the info from my past phone on to the new one. At the Apple Store, I ended up just connecting the two phones together to do the data transfer…
Lees meerA first-level Applecare rep recommended shutting down and then turning on my computer to deal with an issue. Specifically, she told me to do select "Shut Down" from the Apple menu, wait 20 seconds, and then turn it back on, explaining …
Lees meerI have a customer who buys a 2012 iMac to replace his old 2010 iMac. The 2010 iMac has an SSD with macOS 10.13 and would like to replace the mechanical HDD in the newer Mac with the SSD he's got in his 2010 iMac that he recently replac…
Lees meerI know the first thing to do is dry with a towel the majority of the fluid. Next is to turn off the computer. Then flip over the laptop itself and whilst upside down cool dry the keyboard with a hairdryer for a few minutes. Also leave t…
Lees meerIn my iCloud storage it says that just over 100kb are being used by Pages. I used to use Pages a while back but never saved anything to iCloud drive. On checking iCloud drive there were no documents in there. I'm confused about what dat…
Lees meerI've got a newly installed iMac with a fusion drive consisting of the internal SSD and a secondary SSD which I installed instead of the factory HDD. I'm now trying to install bootcamp and getting issues with the creation of the new par…
Lees meerI'm very new to using terminal on mac and was wondering if anyone can help with the issue I'm having. I want to use a command that I downloaded but when I double-click this shows up. The terminal window then freezes and when I try to c…
Lees meerI know the first thing to do is dry with a towel the majority of the fluid. Next is to turn off the computer. Then flip over the laptop itself and whilst upside down cool dry the keyboard with a hairdryer for a few minutes. Also leave t…
Lees meerIn my iCloud storage it says that just over 100kb are being used by Pages. I used to use Pages a while back but never saved anything to iCloud drive. On checking iCloud drive there were no documents in there. I'm confused about what dat…
Lees meerAlmost a week ago I spilled a full cup of coffee on my Macbook Pro 2018 with Touch Bar. Coffee is spilled mostly left-ish side and it was without sugar but some milk. For now nothing major happened and it is working almost good but clic…
Lees meerI found this on the registration, but where and how to put this into: #!/bin/sh # Determine OS version osvers=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F. '{print $2}') sw_vers=$(sw_vers -productVersion) # Checks first to see if the Mac is ru…
Lees meerI have chosen to set date/time automatically based on location: The time now is 2:28 PM but Mac shows it as 9:29 PM: On Terminal app, date command shows the correct time: date Sun May 31 14:29:26 PDT 2020 However, Mail, Calenda…
Lees meerI have chosen to set date/time automatically based on location: The time now is 2:28 PM but Mac shows it as 9:29 PM: On Terminal app, date command shows the correct time: date Sun May 31 14:29:26 PDT 2020 However, Mail, Calenda…
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