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Understanding my panic report

Macpro, Mid 2010, 12 core, 96GB memory, Running 10.10.5 I am seeing a restart, i.e. coming back to the Mac having rebooted itself, every few days. This is the entire report - Anonymous UUID: 88D54F26-424A-3B8C-8AE0-9E037010D131 S…

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Macbook Pro not detecting Dell monitor - Catalina [duplicate]

I am trying to connect a 15-inch Macbook Pro 2017 to a p3418HW Dell monitor, through a USB-C to HDMI adapter (VTIN 4Kx2K USB-C to HDMI). The monitor shows: "No HDMI signal from your device". I have tried the following suggestions on the…

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Adobe Flash Player Security Update

See post for Adobe Bulletin on updates for macOS, Linux, Windows, and Chrome OS. These updates address a vulnerability rated Critical in Adobe Flash Player.

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Other News, Reviews, Tips, PR, OT

- OWC Travels to Space and Back with Blue Origin New Shepard Mission. - WD_Black AN1500 AIC 2TB SSD Review. - Microsoft Seeks to Defend U.S. Election in Botnet Takedown. - Pro Audio: Plugins and Processing Tips for Mixing Podcasts. - Onkyo RZ S…

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App restoration on Macbook Pro - will these apps be reinstalled whenever Big Sur launches?

Before I delete iMovie and GarageBand on a shared MacBook Pro (I'm the admin), if I upgrade from MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 to Big Sur (whenever it launches), will they auto-restore on Big Sur being installed? I know that if I want to reins…

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Protective film for iPad 10.2

I have a 10.2" iPad with the apple pencil. As I need to use the pencil lots of hours per day, I'm a bit worried that the screen may deteriorate. I was considering to buy a protective film, and I have two questions: does it have a bad i…

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iPhone - how to disable Shake for undoing read/unread email?

When my mom switches to email on her iPhone, it shows a pop-up that says "Undo read?" with ok and cancel buttons. I've googled till I'm blue in the face, and it's very clear that this is the "shake to undo" feature, and that you can mak…

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Catalina system and data volumes with "find"

I sometimes find it useful to be able to search my entire hard disk with the "find" command, but I want to exclude all volumes on external drives. I have a script that I use in lieu of the "find" command to exclude external volumes. Sin…

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Prime Day is Fake Retail Therapy. Let’s Mend What Matters.

We can’t afford new right now. New stuff, new sales—it all needs to be put on hold. We’re holding on by an economic thread here. And like our pocketbooks, new stuff is straining the planet to a breaking point. This is becoming increasingly clear as …

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Apple/Products related News, iOS/Mac Chrome Updates, Tips, PR

- Watch the Apple "Hi Speed" event Tuesday at 10am PDT. - Chrome 86.0.4240.80 Stable Channel Update for Mac. - Google Chrome for iOS version 86.0.4240.93. - Apple Prepares to Launch 5G iPhones Into Unready U.S. Market. - Converse with the World…

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How to Remotely Control Windows PC with AnyDesk on iPhone

AnyDesk is a remote desktop software that offers a free and convenient way to establish a remote connection between devices. With the AnyDesk app for iOS and iPadOS, you can remotely control your Windows PC right from your iPhone or iPad. Considered…

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The Java JAR file "Test.jar" could not be launched

When I try to launch Test.jar apple pops up with the error The Java JAR file "Test.jar" could not be launched. when I do java -version it says... java version "15" 2020-09-15 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 15+36-1562) Java HotSp…

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watchOS 7.0.2 Update released (bug fixes)

See post for watchOS 7.0.2 update notes on bug fixes.

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Can I set an arbitrary nvram variable using rEFInd?

Is there any way to customise the rEFInd bootloader to set a custom nvram variable, either in refind.conf or any other way? Specifically, I'd like to set a value for the boot-args variable. It seems like an obvious/standard thing that s…

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How to Delete All Health Data from iPhone

Apple’s Health app that’s pre-installed on iOS devices keeps track of your footsteps, nutrition, hearing audio levels, heart rate and a lot more. However, you can easily remove all this data at any time from your iPhone or iPad. Most people would pr…

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macOS Catalina RAM usage - 2GB at boot?

I am trying to understand why my almost factory settings 13-inch MacBook Air 2017 with 8GB RAM available takes 2.3GB to just boot. The result is that if I start having Chrome+Dropbox+something to write any document, the machine starts s…

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macOS Catalina RAM usage - 2GB at boot?

I am trying to understand why my almost factory settings 13-inch MacBook Air 2017 with 8GB RAM available takes 2.3GB to just boot. The result is that if I start having Chrome+Dropbox+something to write any document, the machine starts s…

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How to Block & Unblock Someone on Facebook from iPhone & iPad

Having a problem with someone on Facebook? Maybe someone is being rude, leaving mean comments, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, or otherwise harassing you on Facebook? Perhaps the easiest way to stop this is by blocking these users on Facebook with jus…

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Top row on keyboard has a different behavior when pressing alt and using a non mac keyboard

I use a MacBook Pro as a Laptop and mainly Linux to work. Mostly i like to use the same Keyboard (Ducky one 2 SF) for both devices. I chose the same keyboard settings (German) in Mac OS as in all other Systems. My Problem is, that the t…

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How can I download macOS Catalina on a 2011 Mac mini that doesn't support it?

Note: I only want to download it, not install it on the 2011! The App store doesn't let me download it, but I don't want to install it, I just want to download it and create an USB installer so I can restore my other Mac. How can I do …

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How to remap a single key?

I have a broken key on my Mac's keyboard and I need to remap it to some other key, by double press. Temporarily. It's not a special but an alphabet letter one. I want to remap it this way: "f" (broken) --> "double a" How can one do it?…

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