Normally the shell command cat /dev/urandom | strings -n16 would produce a list of ASCII strings useful for picking passwords. However, after the latest upgrade to MacOS Catalina strings output garbage ala: `�e�ID�b,�e���…
Lees meerFor reasons that are beyond incomprehensible to me, Apple is not supporting Apple pointing devices for use with iPadOS 13. Nor are they providing a list of supported devices. I spent a great deal of time trying to get my…
Lees meerMy father in law has recenly bought himself an iPad Pro and an iPhone X. He would like to give his grandsons his old iPad 3 which he hasn't used for over a year. Wanting to wipe it, I came up across the Activation Lock. T…
Lees meerFor reasons that are beyond incomprehensible to me, Apple is not supporting Apple pointing devices for use with iPadOS 13. Nor are they providing a list of supported devices. I spent a great deal of time trying to get my…
Lees meerDoes anyone have a working macOS 10.15, Catalina, shell script for cleanly starting/stopping VirtualBox VMs using launchd? It seems macOS 10.15 has broken the standard solutions you find when searching for this. I suspect…
Lees meerTypically, I triple-tap to search up a word or bring up an apple dictionary. Some websites, however, prevent this. Is there anyway I can override this? I am using Chrome. An example website would be membean.com during a vo…
Lees meerTypically, I triple-tap to search up a word or bring up an apple dictionary. Some websites, however, prevent this. Is there anyway I can override this? I am using Chrome. An example website would be
Lees meerApple Card is a credit card offered by Apple and Goldman Sachs that offers daily cash back, in-app data about your purchases and spending habits, and other benefits, and you can use it directly from iPhone in the Wallet app. You’ll get a physical Ap…
Lees meerWhat I’m finding is that ST (even on iOS 13.1.x) doesn't work very well. In particular, I find that even with access supposedly blocked from 7pm to 9am on every day except Saturday (when I limit access to 1 minute, since …
Lees meerWhen looking at something in macOS, how can I put some kind of horizontal line so that I don't forget my position on the screen? Let's say I'm reading a list shown on the screen, and I've mentally processing the bottom qu…
Lees meerI always update my 2017 Macbook pro as soon as an OS update comes out. I guess I learned my lesson of not installing the .0 version of any Mac OS update. I finally gave up on fixing various issues with Catalina and got a n…
Lees meerMy MacBook Pro 15" displays the Prohibitory Symbol on start-up. What can I do to fix it?
Lees meerEver sent a message over Instagram DM and wished you hadn’t? You’re in luck, because you can unsend Instagram messages! Unsending an Instagram message will literally unsend it and delete it from all sides of the conversation, so if you send somethin…
Lees meerMy MacBook PRM went black suddenly as it was being used. no reasons. PRAM reset didnt help. When connected to external monitors there is no issue. The display is good as the lid is opened up to around 80degrees or so. Th…
Lees meerI plan to buy a MacBook Pro. But my work relies heavily on 32 bit apps for music production, which are not supported in Catalina. Can I downgrade to macOS Mojave if I buy the new MacBook Pro?
Lees meerIn macOS, the system is limited to running no more than 1064 processes systemwide, and individual users are limited to 709. Why is that?
Lees meerI recently upgraded to Catalina but after a few surprises I went back to Mojave using a Time Machine backup to restore data. I use Google to sync contacts on my Mac and iOS devices, and Gmail runs fine in the Mac mail app.…
Lees meerYou can easily add filters to your videos captured on iPhone or iPad, a new ability that has been introduced in the latest versions of iOS and iPadOS. We’ve been able to apply filters to photos via the Photos app for years, but being able to do the …
Lees meerThe Music app which was introduced in Catalina continuously starts automatically on my Mac. It launches suddenly while I use the mac. The system doesn’t launch the app at the time of the startup. I tried the followings: …
Lees meerI plan to buy a MacBook Pro. But my work relies heavily on 32 bit apps for music production, which are not supported in Catalina. Can I downgrade to macOS Mojave if I buy the new MacBook Pro?
Lees meerI've got an old PowerPC Mac Mini running Leopard that I keep around to run legacy software. Today, for the first time in years, Software Update opened up, offering to upgrade Airport Utility from 5.2.2 to 5.6.1. Is this …
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