Offsite Backup Strategy for Multiple Macs

I have 4 Macs in my household that have a decent local backup strategy. I am preparing an offsite backup disk and wondering about the best strategy for structuring the offsite backup disk. I want to protect: 4 Macs with a total of 3…

Offsite Backup Strategy for Multiple Macs

I have 4 Macs in my household that have a decent local backup strategy. I am preparing an offsite backup disk and wondering about the best strategy for structuring the offsite backup disk. I want to protect: 4 Macs with a total of 3…

Offsite Backup Strategy for Multiple Macs

I have 4 Macs in my household that have a decent local backup strategy. I am preparing an offsite backup disk and wondering about the best strategy for structuring the offsite backup disk. I want to protect: 4 Macs with a total of 3…

Notarizing App Distributed Out of App Store

I don't have an Apple Developer ID and I have an installer and app, neither signed nor notarized. Apple now blocks the App in Catalina and even the Open option won't work. Rather than I seek information to authenticate these. What …

Triple boot on MBP 2019 (T2)

My goal was to install onto a 2019 Macbook Pro (with a T2 chip) : OS X Catalina Windows 10 Pro (1) Windows 10 Pro (2) I managed to do so by using Bootcamp for the first Win10, and a bootable USB to install the second Win10. But whe…

Get page number from Metadata instead of Index

In Applescript, we can get the index number of the current page we are viewing in Skim with the following code: tell application "Skim" activate set theDoc to front document get index for current page of theDoc end tell …

Turn off location suggestions in Calendar

On my iMac (10.13.6) and MacBook (10.15.3), whenever I add a new event to the Calendar app and attempt to enter a location, a dropdown list of suggested locations appears: How can I turn these suggestions off? I have tried to disabl…

How to Toggle Dark Mode from Control Center on iPhone & iPad

Triple boot on MBP 2019 (T2)

My goal was to install onto a 2019 Macbook Pro (with a T2 chip) : OS X Catalina Windows 10 Pro (1) Windows 10 Pro (2) I managed to do so by using Bootcamp for the first Win10, and a bootable USB to install the second Win10. But whe…

top alternative for GPU usage and networking

I want to get all the info from Activity Monitor in the terminal (because I am executing these commands in macOS app). It also has to terminate - e.g. for top I can write: top -pid -l3 -n30 > test ; tail -n42 ./test > ./test2 ; open .…

To where is the Catalina installer saved?

I've downloaded Catalina using Mac App Store. Considering the size of several GB and how this worked with the Mojave update I expected an installer to appear in /Applications. It didn't. It's not listed as a large file, and I can't fi…

Contacts Showing as Numbers Only on iPhone? Here’s the Fix for Not Showing Contact Names!

A frustrating situation can occur where seemingly at random your contacts names are not showing on iPhone, instead only displaying the numbers. When this happens, when you launch Phone app to make or receive a call, you will only see a phone number …

To where is the Catalina installer saved?

I've downloaded Catalina using Mac App Store. Considering the size of several GB and how this worked with the Mojave update I expected an installer to appear in /Applications. It didn't. It's not listed as a large file, and I can't fi…

What's the latest iOS that iPhone SEs shipped with?

I found a similar question, but it's a few years old, and the answer wasn't definitive. Here's the question: Did the 64GB iPhone SE ever ship with iOS 10 installed? I need an iOS 9 device (for access to some old apps). Now that my i…

What's the latest iOS that iPhone SEs shipped with?

I found a similar question, but it's a few years old, and the answer wasn't definitive. Here's the question: Did the 64GB iPhone SE ever ship with iOS 10 installed? I need an iOS 9 device (for access to some old apps). Now that my i…

Is there a way to make AirPods connect to AppleTV without having to go deep into AppleTV's menus?

My AirPods have been paired to my AppleTV long time ago. But typically, I use them with my iPhone or iPad. Every once in a while, usually at night, I want to watch a show on AppleTV using my AirPods. However, the process of having to…

Where are the MacOS startup boot icons located?

Where is the exact location of certain icons like the internal storage drive icon you often see in the startup boot manager and other boot icons like it located on MacOS? MacOS Catalina 10.15.2

Is there a way to make AirPods connect to AppleTV without having to go deep into AppleTV's menus?

My AirPods have been paired to my AppleTV long time ago. But typically, I use them with my iPhone or iPad. Every once in a while, usually at night, I want to watch a show on AppleTV using my AirPods. However, the process of having to…

How to delete directory content with launchd

I am trying to empty a directory at the end of the day, so I have written the following script: Label com.my.script.removetemp ProgramArguments rm -fr /tmp/test/* StartCalendarInter…

Why can’t I enable True Tone on my iPhone 11 anymore?

I noticed today that True Tone has disappeared from my iPhone 11 settings. Even in the control center I can't find it anymore. I rebooted it but it didn't come back. Any idea on why it's gone and how I can get it back ?

Where are the MacOS startup boot icons located?

Where is the exact location of certain icons like the internal storage drive icon you often see in the startup boot manager and other boot icons like it located on MacOS? MacOS Catalina 10.15.2 EDIT Klanomath's specified directory of…