As of a couple of weeks ago, none of my App Store apps will update (2015 MBP 15", Mojave 10.14.6). The Update button just spins for a bit, then stops. If I uninstall the app, I can reinstall it, but subsequent updates still fail. The on…
Lees meerSince a few days my MacBook Air 2020 shows the wrong date when set to "Set date and time automatically". This is regardless of the chosen NTP server. And querying a NTP server from the command line returns the correct date and time. The…
Lees meerI recently bought a new iMac running Catalina and I used Migration Assistant to load some of my old stuff on my new computer. This appears to have worked well and my new computer is running fine. There is a problem however. I have seve…
Lees meerI have a new 2019 iMac with 8Gb of memory and a HDD (not an SSD). Yes it's the lowest-end 8Gb iMac from last year. With no apps running, nothing in the apps to start on login, with a new virgin account created yesterday, with the latest…
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Lees meerAre you trying to figure out the model number of the iPhone you own? Well, you don’t necessarily have to find the box your iPhone came in just to get the model number, as you can check it right on your device. Model numbers are usually printed on th…
Lees meerI know the app entitlements define its scope of access to resources. I already figured out how to get an app's entitlements, using the answer to this question For example, to see Safari's entitlements, I use the following command in Ter…
Lees meerI've been trying to install rEFInd with --ownhfs on my Macbook Air 2019, but booting into it results in Recovery Mode starting with the message A software update is required to use this Startup Disk. Trying to accept installing the up…
Lees meerI just noticed today that the icon and name for /Applications/News.app is greyed out in the Finder. The appearance is consistent no matter which view I use (icon/list/column), and it persists after restarts and system updates. News.app…
Lees meerI'm currently looking to understand and get comfortable with crontab queues on my macbook pro. I recently solved an issue where my simple bash script would not execute. It turns out I had to move my bash script and its output in the /Us…
Lees meerI noticed this icon in Control Center on my Apple Watch recently and didn’t recognize it. It’s not listed on Apple’s support pages about Control Center (a b). (bottom left)
Lees meerI noticed this icon in Control Center on my Apple Watch recently and didn’t recognize it. It’s not listed on Apple’s support pages about Control Center (a b). (bottom left)
Lees meerI've been trying to install rEFInd with --ownhfs on my Macbook Air 2019, but booting into it results in Recovery Mode starting with the message A software update is required to use this Startup Disk. Trying to accept installing the up…
Lees meerI recently upgraded to macOS Big Sur developer Beta 8, when I do brew install jenv I get the error Homebrew: Your CLT does not support macOS 11.0. I am using CommandLine tools GM version. Tried to reinstall it couple of times, nothing …
Lees meerMy old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable. I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to migrate my files from the old iMac to the new one: Should I create a new Apple ID…
Lees meerApple has released iOS 14.2 beta 2 and iPadOS 14.2 beta 2 to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users who are actively participating in the beta testing programs. Developer beta builds roll out first and are soon followed by the same build as public betas…
Lees meerMacOS Big Sur beta 9 has been released to users who are participating in the beta testing program for the Mac operating system. Typically the developer beta is soon followed by a public beta release of the same build. MacOS Big Sur, versioned as 11.…
Lees meerIs it possible to use the same external hard drive for two different Time Machine backups of two distinct MacBooks? Is yes, how do you have to set up the external hard drive, using which tools?
Lees meerI have many hard drives on my Mac. Several of them have one version or another of macOS. Most importantly: Disk A: Sierra. I boot from this disk Disk B: /Users directory and High Sierra. I do not boot from this disk. I want to remove Hi…
Lees meerMy old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable. I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to do a couple things: Should I create a brand new Apple ID / login username or use …
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