If I right click a file and I compress it I obtain a file.zip. Is it possible to set right click-->compress to produce a file.tar.gz as output? I always have to do it through terminal but many times I'd rather do it with a right click e…
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Lees meerI am a new user of macOS, so please accept my apology in advance if my question sounds very trivial or stupid. I have a folder that contains 13000 images. I want to transfer those images into three different folders in such a way that …
Lees meerI am a new user of macOS, so please accept my apology in advance if my question sounds very trivial or stupid. I have a folder that contains 13000 images. I want to transfer those images into three different folders in such a way that …
Lees meerI'm trying to learn to build services on my iMac running High Sierra. I open system preferences and then I click on Keyboard. From there I click on the Shortcuts tab. I get the window shown below. From this pane, I click on Services …
Lees meerWhile trying to get into recovery mode, I used this: sudo nvram recovery-boot-mode=unused ... hoping it'd take me directly to recovery mode. Instead, it prompts me for the firmware password. Which I don't know. And I can't clear NVRAM…
Lees meerI am a new user of macOS, so please accept my apology in advance if my question sounds very trivial or stupid. I have a folder that contains 13000 images. I want to transfer those images into three different folders in such a way that …
Lees meerI am using a 2011 iMac as an external monitor (and speakers) for my MacBook Pro (2014) on a daily basis. Last week, I upgraded to the 2020 MBP 13". The new MBPs with USB-C are supposed to work with Target Display Mode, using the Thund…
Lees meerI would like to create a chart in Numbers that can dynamically change date ranges depending on different start and end dates set in start and end cells (or drop downs). This is for the purpose of charting stock prices 1 month, 3 Month, …
Lees meerWhen I use tmutil compare, I only get a list of items in the root folder: - 10.0K /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.DS_Store - 992B …
Lees meerI ran Windows on Mac using Bootcamp, but apparently I'm having so many compatibility issues, especially with this eGPU. So I was thinking to manually install Windows on my MacBook Pro 13" 2019, and check if this would allow my eGPU to …
Lees meerBy default the Mac will remember all wi-fi networks that have been joined and accessed from the computer, and will automatically join those wireless networks again when they’re within range. This is a good setting for most users to leave enabled, si…
Lees meerI am on a Mac Mini with a 1TB SSD. After a few years my SSD is running out of space, while I keep all my user data on an external drive. My system is loaded with Multimedia Apps Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro X, Garage Band and man…
Lees meerI am using an iMac 5k display. The system display font is really too small but the only way the system gives, the casual operator, to change the size of the system display font is to reduce the screen resolution. This frustrates me sinc…
Lees meerI have a strange and recurring problem on my recently upgraded Mac running macOS Catalina First of all, Catalina has a new feature where you can Show/hide the hidden files on your machine using Cmd-Shift-Period. Press it once to show t…
Lees meerI just logged in to my MacBook Pro (2015) running Catalina. While entering my password my desktop background disappeared, leaving a white background. On pressing enter, the machine suddenly rebooted. During the phase with the white load…
Lees meerI have gone through a two step change to my network and the last step seams to have made it nearly unuseful. Step 0: My network looked like this and have been working for years: Internet coming in to the house to an edge router that …
Lees meerI am using an iMac 5k display. The system display font is really too small but the only way the system gives, the casual operator, to change the size of the system display font is to reduce the screen resolution. This frustrates me sinc…
Lees meerI use the Cangjie input method to type Chinese characters. The one bundled with macOS is an older "version" of the input method that I don't particularly enjoy using. So far I've been getting by with using a third-party IME (Rime) but f…
Lees meerDo you travel internationally often with an iPhone? If so, you might want to be knowledgeable about the carriers your iPhone may be compatible with in various countries. This can allow you to use the iPhone in another region or country, usually by s…
Lees meerI am using an iMac 5k display. The system display font is really too small but the only way the system gives, the casual operator, to change the size of the system display font is to reduce the screen resolution. This frustrates me sinc…
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