Does Apple silicon hardware support USB tethering in macOS recovery mode?

After updating my Intel MBP to macOS 12.5, I got locked out. When trying to reset the password in the recovery mode (power+cmd+r), USB tethering to my iPhone did not work and I had to use my iPhone as a hotspot through Wi-Fi. Then I was…

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How can the availability of SetFile and GetFileInfo be detected without causing user interaction? Where are Commandline Developer Tools installed?

In bash, to detect whether a command COMMAND is available, the following statement shall be executed. (Note that I configured bash to be the default shell, instead of zsh.) type COMMAND... For example, type detects that the command cp…

Is iCloud Private Relay leaking my DNS queries to my ISP?

I noticed recently that despite iOS settings saying all DNS queries go through iCloud Private Relay's DNS servers, despite Private Relay using Oblivious DNS over HTTPS, and even despite dnsleaktest.com (and others) showing nothing but C…

Slow performance of MacBook Air 2017

I am using MacBook Air (MBA) 2017 model. Everything was very fine till 8th Aug 2022. Suddenly, my MBA started to perform very slow. Everything is working, but performance is soo slow that it is difficult to open safari and email id. I h…

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How to Use Reading View in Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynote

Whether you’re using Apple Pages, Numbers, or Keynote applications, you may want to hide the editing tools as you review a document, and you can do this thanks to a handy reading view feature available in each of the Apple iWork suite apps. Apple’s …

Apple Arcade FAQ: ‘My Talking Tom+’ is now available

Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t quite like Google Stadia or Xbox Game Pass. So if you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers. Updated 08/12/22: My Talking Tom+ is now available. What …

Coming to Apple TV+: ‘Land of Women’ starring Eva Longoria

Apple’s list of currently available content for Apple TV+ continues to grow, but there’s an even faster-growing list of projects in the works. Films, limited series, specials, and multi-season series, Apple’s got lots of irons in the fire for all …

Apple TV+: ‘Lucy’s School’ and ‘Five Days at Memorial’ are now streaming

Apple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV shows or movies. The service launched on No…

Save $200 on the 512GB 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro

While all eyes are on the redesigned M2 MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is still a great laptop with the same chip. And today it’s got a great price too: Best Buy is selling the 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro with 512GB of storage for $1,299, a savin…

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Apple’s rumored folding iPhone feels further away than ever

Apple has never been especially interested in doing things first, which is unusual for a technology company, particularly one worth trillions of dollars. It likes to do things right. It likes to do things when it’s good and ready. The original …

Open a file according to its name

On my iMac I would like to open PDF files with Preview, while PDF files that have 'docuni' in the name (e.g. 'docuni1.pdf' or 'docuni2.pdf' etc.) I would like to open by default with Adobe Reader. Is this customisation possible? …

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How to translate text on a photo on iPhone

It wasn’t long ago that if you wanted to translate something in a photograph, you would need to copy down the text and either head to Google Translate or talk to a person who speaks that language. But Apple has simplified this process with the int…

aliases working in terminal but not in iterm

i use iterm and ohmyzsh. this is what i have in my ~/.zshrc (after all the other stuff) # Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs, # plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh # users are…

External boot SSD crashes Mac

Over the past few months I installed macOS for 4 people on an external SSD. This week I decided to also upgrade my "Fusion Drive" to an external SSD, because it just sucks. For me I chose a Samsung T7 1TB. I hooked it up via USB A. In t…

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