Updates at bottom Thank you for your patience with this longish post. I have 3 Macs: [A] Mac mini 2014 running Catalina headless, ethernet connection. This is a media server (Plex and Emby) and file server. Tailscale is installed but o…
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Lees meerI've had an issue with Apple Preview assigning a random password to a PDF file, as discussed here. I've tried every solution listed in that Stack Exchange thread, including the Terminal suggestions. If anyone is interested in having a l…
Lees meerI've had an issue with Apple Preview assigning a random password to a PDF file, as discussed here. I've tried every solution listed in that Stack Exchange thread, including the Terminal suggestions. If anyone is interested in having a l…
Lees meerOkay this will seem stupid but for the last few years-I've been maintaining an ENORMOUS single note on my iPhone. It is a list of tons of stuff I find interesting and I often will send the note to my email to make sure that everything i…
Lees meerUpdate at bottom Thank you for your patience with this longish post. I have 3 Macs: [A] Mac mini 2014 running Catalina headless, ethernet connection. This is a media server (Plex and Emby) and file server. Tailscale is installed but of…
Lees meeri received this error while, trying to download java, after following tutorial, in a step when i had to type source .zshrc i got the result as .zshrc:3: parse error near `JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/lib...' these are the content of .zshrc file, …
Lees meerMy iPhone got splashed with water, and since then the bottom speakers sound muffled. The phone is still working normally, but the audio quality is noticeably worse. I know the Apple Watch has a built-in Water Lock feature that ejects wa…
Lees meerI've had an issue with Apple Preview assigning a random password to a PDF file, as discussed here. I've tried every solution listed in that Stack Exchange thread, including the Terminal suggestions. If anyone is interested in having a l…
Lees meerIn System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely. In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements. But still, sometimes I see that hundreds of megabytes of da…
Lees meerI'm using Mac OS Tahoe 26.5.1. In System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely. In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements. But still, sometimes I see tha…
Lees meerI'm using Mac OS Tahoe 26.5.1. In System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely. In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements. But still, sometimes I see tha…
Lees meerI am using a very simple automount (or AutoFS) map for my NAS: nas.conf: storage -fstype=smbfs,nodev,noowners,filemode=644,dirmode=755 ://user:[email protected]/Storage Then on /etc/auto_master I've added the line: /nas n…
Lees meerI am using a very simple automount (or AutoFS) map for my NAS: nas.conf: storage -fstype=smbfs,nodev,noowners,filemode=644,dirmode=755 ://user:[email protected]/Storage Then on /etc/auto_master I've added the line: /nas n…
Lees meerI'm using Mac OS Tahoe 26.5.1. In System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely. In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements. But still, sometimes I see tha…
Lees meerI am using a very simple automount (or AutoFS) map for my NAS: nas.conf: storage -fstype=smbfs,nodev,noowners,filemode=644,dirmode=755 ://user:[email protected]/Storage Then on /etc/auto_master I've added the line: /nas n…
Lees meerI'm using Personal Hotspot on my iPhone and multiple devices connect to it. Is there a way to see how much hotspot data each connected device has used, either in iOS or through an Apple-provided method? I'm looking for a breakdown of da…
Lees meerI have FileVault set up on my M3 MacBook Pro. Apple Support suggests that the recovery key can be found in the password app. This is not true, the name of my MacBook does not show up in the all tab in the passwords app. What can I do? I…
Lees meerI have FileVault set up on my M3 MacBook Pro. Apple Support suggests that the recovery key can be found in the password app. This is not true, the name of my MacBook does not show up in the all tab in the passwords app. What can I do? I…
Lees meerAs per title, I need an app which runs on MacOS 26.5.1 (preferably OSS, otherwise a paid app is fine too, as long as it supports a one-time payment, no subscriptions). Apps which only run on iPhone or iPad are out of scope. I need a Mac…
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