VirtualBox 6.0.10, Chrome Security Update, Other News, Reviews, Tips, OT

- Kingston KC2000 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Bringing BiCS4 To Retail. - Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory (July 2019). - Freeware VM VirtualBox 6.0.10 Update release notes. - Chrome 75.0.3770.142 stable channel update (2 security fixes). - Secur…

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Can I use AppleScript to delete files on NAS listed in a file?

I am cleaning up my iTunes folders. I realized that there are more than 3k of files which are actually not in iTunes. I identified them and I have all of them inside a text file called "untitled.txt" in the format below. …

Is there a difference between PC4-21333 and PC4-21000 RAM for iMac 5K 27' 2019

I am trying to upgrade my iMac 2019 5K 27' to 64GB. Per Apple specs, the RAM should be PC4-21333, but the only one I seem to be able to find on Amazon or macsales.com seems to be PC4-21000. Is there an actual difference,…

Best VPN for Mac – Top 11 Mac VPN Apps (2019)

VPN is a great tool to use, since it has so many different benefits. It can help accessing sites that are blocked in your country due to censorship reasons. This isn’t all since it can also allow you to use services often only available in other cou…

Contacts and Phone on iPhone think I'm in a different country

Yesterday I got a call from my wife and the iPhone said "Maybe Mrs. SSteve". The phone number was the international version of a U.S. phone number and her custom ringtone didn't play: Voicemail is also showing internati…

Connect my 2015 Macbook Pro to my 2019 iMac as an external monitor

I have a 2015 Macbook Pro (Thunderbolt 2 port) for which I would like to use my iMac 2019 (USB-C Port) as an external monitor. What type of adapter and cable should I buy to make this work?

View all files in folders at once

When using Finder, the files in my folders do not appear all at the same time. It says "see all" or "see less". I would like to be able to see all files in my folders at once and make it a default. Anyone can advise me on…

How to Mark Email as Unread on Mac

Wondering how to mark an email as unread in the Mac Mail app? Maybe you want to mark an email as read in Mail for Mac? If so, you may have noticed there’s no easy “Mark as Read” or “Mark as Unread” buttons in Mail for Mac, but that doesn’t mean you …

reorganize mail folders (not in V4 on Sierra)

A while ago, after filling my MacBookPro disk, I (stupidly!) moved my Mail (all IMAP or Gmail) folders to an external disk (using Terminal). After cleaning up my disk, I did Mailbox > Rebuild on each of my Mail folde…

extract the top-level domain and the second-level domain from a URL

I'd like to extra the top-level domain and the second-level domain from a URL like "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask" Example URL with desired result below. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask …

Is it possible to send a text file from terminal to the Notes App on MacOS?

I like how my notes in the Notes App gets synced via iCloud. I spend most of my time in the terminal during the day, so it's convenient for me to keep notes in a text file. At the moment I simply copy-paste my note to the …

Where can I find the APFS format documentation / volume specification?

One of my favorite Mac apps, DiskWarrior, has been waiting for the APFS format documentation (also called the APFS volume specification) for a while, in order to make a new program version which can rebuild APFS disks. Rec…

Why isn't a binary file shown as 0s and 1s?

In my Mac OS, we know the files under /bin all are binary files.: crafts-MBP:bin ldl$ pwd /bin crafts-MBP:bin ldl$ ls [ csh ed launchctl mv rmdir tcsh bash date expr link pa…

Will a ThunderBolt 3 (USB-C?) to ThunderBolt 2 cable allow me to use a MacBook Pro as second monitor?

Yesterday I brought a iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) which has two ThunderBolt 3 (USB-C?) ports. I also have a MacBook Pro Late 2013 which has two ThunderBolt 2 (I think) ports. If I buy a ThunderBolt 3 to 2 cable. Would …

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Is an Archive Mailbox just a regular mailbox? Or is it special?

Apple Mail 9.3 has an archiving feature. I'd like to better understand what this feature does, how it works, and why someone would want to use it. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time finding detailed documentation about …

How to Delete Microsoft AutoUpdate from Mac

Want to delete Microsoft AutoUpdate from a Mac? Perhaps you uninstalled Microsoft Office or some other Microsoft applications from the Mac and thus have no further need for Microsoft applications to automatically update themselves. In any case, you …

Technical reason why Safari 9 doesn't support modern sites

I am still using Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) on one of my machines so as to be able to run older versions of Adobe software etc. I prefer to use Safari as a web browser because it is designed for the Mac, but the final ver…

Why does systemsetup sometimes fail to do anything?

I recently came across this issue on GitHub: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/48583#issue-201371696 Mac-6:testing root# systemsetup -setlocalsubnetname blah4 setlocalsubnetname: blah4 Mac-6:testing root# systemsetup…