How to Enable iCloud Music Library on iPhone & iPad

We don’t always listen to music on a single device. Depending on what we’re doing, we often switch between our smartphones, tablets, computers and even smart speakers. This is why popular music streaming services offer apps on a variety of different…

How to rename volumes from Terminal without name limitations?

When a FAT volume is mounted I can click on it and rename it freely. However via terminal it is very restrictive. % /usr/sbin/diskutil rename "Nice Name" "Nicer Name" Nicer Name does not appear to be a valid volume na…

Sharing iPhone internet connection

Is there any way to share an iPhone's internet connection via Bluetooth or USB? I know Windows PC's and MAC's can do this, but what about iPhones? Note: Please use text descriptions instead of images.

Hot to make the fn key work like Ctrl EXCEPT when using f keys (f1, f2, f3, f4)

After looking it up I discover I can permanently change the behavior of the fn key - How do you make the fn keyboard button work like a Ctrl button? But I’d like this to be a conditional change. Specifically, I want the f…

Re-Installing Windows 7 on mac

is there a way to install Windows 7 on an Calina iMac 27" late 2015. Bootcamp does not allow it since Mojave it only allows Win10. Downgrading my Mac to an Os before Mojave is as well as using Windows 10 not an option.(cau…

Mac swift process blocks system, high memory pressure

Recently, since XCode 11, my Mac starts a process (it seems like it does so when indexing or building files) called swift and my Mac soon starts to lag. This process gathers a lot of memory (sometimes it gathers up to 70 G…

How to Lock Screen Orientation on iPhone & iPad with iOS 13 / iPadOS 13

The iPhone and iPad automatically switch the orientation from Portrait to Landscape upon rotating the device. This could be frustrating at times when you’re not in an upright position, as the screen switches orientation even if the device is just sl…

Open Safari Passwords pane with AppleScript or Shell script

I'm trying to find a way to open the Safari Passwords pane without opening Safari - similar to how Siri opens it when you ask "Show me my passwords" on macOS. Any ideas? I'm thinking some kind of URL scheme but I cannot f…

Open Safari Passwords pane with AppleScript or Shell script

I'm trying to find a way to open the Safari Passwords pane without opening Safari - similar to how Siri opens it when you ask "Show me my passwords" on macOS. Any ideas? I'm thinking some kind of URL scheme but I cannot f…

How to Delete a VPN from iPhone or iPad

If you’re using a VPN with iPhone or iPad you may wish to eventually delete that VPN from your device, perhaps because you are no longer using the VPN service, or if the VPN is no longer needed. For example, maybe you used a VPN while traveling and …

Keyboard Shortcut to focus on these windows

I've been working without a mouse for several days and almost everything has been fairly easy to manage with keyboard shortcuts. There are two exceptions: I'm unable to find a keyboard shortcut that moves the focus …

How do I prep a, temporary, root login before editing sudoers?

I want to alter my sudo capabilities on my mac, to avoid password prompts on starting postgres among other things. I'm reading Michael Lucas' Sudo Mastery and generally have an OK idea on how to modify the entries and use…

How do I prep a, temporary, root login before editing sudoers?

I want to alter my sudo capabilities on my mac, to avoid password prompts on starting postgres among other things. I'm reading Michael Lucas' Sudo Mastery and generally have an OK idea on how to modify the entries and use…

How do I prep a, temporary, root login before editing sudoers?

I want to alter my sudo capabilities on my mac, to avoid password prompts on starting postgres among other things. I'm reading Michael Lucas' Sudo Mastery and generally have an OK idea on how to modify the entries and use…

iOS app submission - access to username/password

Caveat - I am not the iOS developer but have been asked to research this We submit our native iOS financial app to the Apple store for review and the person who previously managed the submission process insisted we …

Compare any checksum with proposed checksum by website

I often download files from the Web and many websites suggest to compare a proposed checksum with what I obtain from my computer (usually in Terminal). However, as the checksums tend to be quite long 64 characters for sha…

Compare any checksum with proposed checksum by website

I often download files from the Web and many websites suggest to compare a proposed checksum with what I obtain from my computer (usually in Terminal). However, as the checksums tend to be quite long 64 characters for sha…

How do I change the icon on an external drive?

How do I change the icon on an external drive? I have a Samsung T5 SSD but following the instructions (copy from source Get Info dialog, and paste into destination Get Info dialog) has no effect and no feedback. This used …

Uncasing and Grating Cheese on Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro

TechTool Pro 11.0.6 Update (new features/bug fixes)

See post for list of new features, bug fixes and improvements.

How to Draw in Emails on iPhone & iPad

You can quickly draw, sketch, scribble, and write by hand in an email using iPhone, iPad, or an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. This capability is thanks to the handy Markup tools that exist in the Mail app for iOS and iPadOS, and you can use them to in…