I have tried following instructions that say its in the emojis and symbols but the upside down e is not in there for me. Then there is a hot key about Option + Shift and then Option + A, that has not worked for me either. What keys or i…
Lees meerIf you have updated to MacOS 10.15 Catalina or later from an older version of Mac OS, you might find a new folder on your Desktop called “Relocated Items”. The Relocated Items folder can be confusing and look scary, especially if you aren’t expectin…
Lees meerI updated my MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) to 10.15.5 (Build 19F101) last week just before I left the office for the weekend. This morning the keyboard media keys -- previous track | pause/play | next track -- no longer affect pla…
Lees meerI'd like to have a user on my local computer to only have access via ssh. I don't want (don't need) this user to have the ability to login in to the laptop as a standard user. The only purpose for this user is for some web development …
Lees meerDo you want to restrict access for certain websites on an iPhones & iPads? Thanks to the Screen Time feature, this is very much possible and fairly simple to set up, so whether you want to block websites on your own device, a childs, family members,…
Lees meerNote: This post was originally published on June 27, 2019. We’re republishing it now as part of a home-focused week at iFixit, and because more people are searching for this kind of fix right now. If you’re replacing your thermostat for the first ti…
Lees meerI entered some commands in terminal in efforts of disabling 'Harddrive' and 'Users' folder shared, did not receive much response. What exactly do the commands do? command: 1$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguratio…
Lees meerI want to backup all of the files on my Mac. That being said, I do NOT want to do a Time Machine style backup that includes my settings or anything like that. What should I do?
Lees meerAfter upgrading my system to 10.15.5 19F101 (late May update, 2020), I found that there are 2 Safari.app's in the system - one is /Applications/Safari.app, and the other one is /System/Volumes/Data/Previous System/Applications/Safari.ap…
Lees meerA couple of files appear corrupted on the SSD drive on my son's MBP, currently on macOS Catalina. They are WAV files which refuse to play and if from a shell I run: $ sum -r I get "Input/output error" on the two offending files, in…
Lees meera couple of files appear corrupted on the SSD drive in my sons MBP , updated to catalina. They are wav files which refuse to play and if from a shell I run: $ sum -r I get "Input/output error" on the two offending files, instead of…
Lees meerMB Pro 2015 have NVME PCIe SSD which are super fast. I was thinking to replace mine with a bigger capacity one. And then use the old one in a Windows laptop, if that's possible. Since my Windows laptop have SATA SSD I need an adapter, s…
Lees meerMB Pro 2015 have NVME PCIe SSD which are super fast. I was thinking to replace mine with a bigger capacity one. And then use the old one in a Windows laptop, if that's possible. Since my Windows laptop have SATA SSD I need an adapter, s…
Lees meerDo you want to create an new Apple account without adding a payment method? Although Apple asks for payment information while you create a new Apple ID by default, there’s a nifty trick that you can use to avoid adding any credit card information. I…
Lees meerMB Pro 2015 have NVME PCIe SSD which are super fast. I was thinking to replace mine with a bigger capacity one. And then use the old one in a Windows laptop, if that's possible. Since my Windows laptop have SATA SSD I need an adapter, s…
Lees meerMacOS remember that things were downloaded. MacOS refuse to open or execute script downloaded and prompt the famous message: cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. Can I make MacOS forget this file was down…
Lees meerMy MBP15" often overheats (forcing fans to full) when plugged into my LG 5K Ultrafine. I understand that it runs at 60Hz and that this puts strain on the GPU. Since I'm mostly coding/browsing I wanted to test out 30Hz to see if it reduc…
Lees meerApple's Magic Keyboard is a bluetooth device which means that the hacker can potentially intercept the signal and decrypt messages or say get control over the input. Question: Is Magic Keyboard secure enough? What does Apple do in orde…
Lees meerI installed OS X Tiger in an emulator, to learn more about how OS X's UI has evolved over the years. I noticed that Activity Monitor measures the percentage of CPU that is "Nice", in addition to the percentages which come from system p…
Lees meerApple's Magic Keyboard is a bluetooth device which means that the hacker can potentially intercept the signal and decrypt messages or say get control over the input. Question: Is Magic Keyboard secure enough? What does Apple do in orde…
Lees meerI would like to download and view Canadian Immigration Form 1294E, the application to be filed by a non-Canadian person living overseas who wishes to come to Canada for study. I live in the US. The Canadian Immigration URL to download t…
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