Mac doesn't display picture of UVC camera / microscope

I've got some UVC (USB video class) microscopes which work flawlessly under Windows and even under Raspberrian on a Raspberry Pi Zero W (on the Pi Zero W, the output of lsusb is: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1b3f:2002 Generalplus Technology I…

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Converting an APFS volume (and it's partitions) to HFS+(non-J) without needing to migrate data

After moving from macOS to a Linux-based distribution, I benefit from deciding to have most of my backups on HFS+ partitions (with journaling disabled using a program that changes the value of kHFSVolumeJournaledBit later) early on duri…

Why the need to update MacOS for iOS 14.5

I just updated my iPhone to iOS 14.5... Then my Mac (an old Mac Pro running MacOS 10.14.6 Mojave) put up a dialog saying I needed an update for the Mac to work with the iPhone. So I updated. But what did that update do?

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Converting an APFS volume (and it's partitions) to HFS+(non-J) without needing to migrate data

After moving from macOS to a Linux-based distribution, I benefit from deciding to have most of my backups on HFS+ partitions (with journaling disabled using a program that changes the value of kHFSVolumeJournaledBit later) early on duri…

Why the need to update MacOS for iOS 14.5

I just updated my iPhone to iOS 14.5... Then my Mac (an old Mac Pro running MacOS 10.14.6 Mojave) put up a dialog saying I needed an update for the Mac to work with the iPhone. So I updated. But what did that update do?

How to stop Mac apps from automatically recognising phone numbers?

Whenever there's a string of a few numbers on my Mac, it recognises it as a phone number and tries to dial it (through FaceTime) every time I click it. Is there a way to stop this, either with System Preferences, AppleScript or Terminal…

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Install macOS Big Sur using Terminal

This command was working previously in macOS High Sierra to install the OS via Terminal: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app But…

Install macOS Big Sur using Terminal

This command was working previously in macOS High Sierra to install the OS via Terminal: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app But…

Do the intel Macbooks have an option for Hibernation?

I noticed that Big Sur 12.3 update notes mention that Hibernation support has been added for M1 Macs. I have an intel MacBook Pro and have never noticed an option to Hibernate. In contrast to Windows machines, In Intel Macs the only ava…

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Install macOS Big Sur using Terminal

This command was working previously in macOS High Sierra to install the OS via Terminal: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app But…

Do the intel Macbooks have an option for Hibernation?

I noticed that Big Sur 12.3 update notes mention that Hibernation support has been added for M1 Macs. I have an intel MacBook Pro and have never noticed an option to Hibernate. In contrast to Windows machines, In Intel Macs the only ava…

The 512GB M1 Mac mini is down to its lowest price ever

If you’re looking longingly at the new 24-inch iMac but don’t have a thousand-plus bucks to drop on a new Mac, this Amazon deal has you covered. The 521GB M1 Mac mini is down to $800 today when you take an extra $29 at checkout. That’s $99 off the M…

Install macOS Big Sur using Terminal

This command was working previously in macOS High Sierra to install the OS via Terminal: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app But…