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Is it bad for me to run Mac mini for an extended period of 7 days without turning off?

What are "invalid characters" in PDF passwords? "Password contains illegal characters"

I wanted to password-protect a PDF in Preview via the "Edit Permissions ..." dialog. I used a simple random password generator to create a reasonably secure password ... only to get it rejected with a "Password contains invalid characte…

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Apple is now running ads in Stocks and News—even for subscribers

Apple may be a $2 trillion dollar company that makes some of the most sought-after products anywhere, but that doesn’t mean it’s not always looking for new sources of revenue. And it appears to have found it: ads. Apple has recently begun runni…

Re-installing Mac OS on Macbook Pro kills Universal Control on Mac Mini

I've been having issues with universal control being intermittent between a Macbook Pro and 2 iPads. I thought maybe there is an issue with one of my devices, so I purchased a Mac Mini M1 16GB. This worked beautifully so I thought maybe…

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Smb issues with Mac 12.5 Monterey

I have an Linux VM running Openmediavault on a separate machine which has a usb3 external drive plugged in. I use this for file shares and time machine backups. It has worked perfectly for years. However, with Monterey 12.5 on my MBP…

How to use osascript with at to run script at a specific time?

I have an AppleScript with the lines: set thisScript to POSIX path of (path to me as text) do shell script "osascript " & thisScript & " | at now + 2 minutes" When it runs, I see the "at" job in queue, but then it never runs the script…

App reported "in use" that isn't

I downloaded a Catalina installer which can't run because I am already on Monterey. I copied it to an external drive and put the internal copy in the Trash. When I try to empty the Trash, Finder complains that it is "in use" even afte…

Any details on the fifth column of `ls -l`?

man ls list what the result of 'l contains and lists them in order, except the it doesn't mention what appears between group and size. Usually it is just a hyphen, but there is a disk image in my Trash that can't be deleted, which has "…

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How to Enable Disappearing Messages in Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger now has a disappearing messages feature, which, just as it sounds, allows your messages to disappear after a period of time. The disappearing messages feature in Facebook Messenger is similar to the feature in WhatsApp in that you…

App reported "in use" that isn't

I downloaded a Catalina installer which can't run because I am already on Monterey. I copied it to an external drive and put the internal copy in the Trash. When I try to empty the Trash, Finder complains that it is "in use" even afte…