When I type some code in the Run JavaScript box in Automator, it’s always adding a few dots, sometimes replacing what I’m typing. This also happens with Run AppleScript, but not with Run Shell Script. I think it’s trying to second-guess…
Lees meerMy phone was stolen a few days ago. Now, I just received a SMS message that my phone has been located and that I need to login to my iCloud account to view the current location. However, the page is not on Apple domain or iCloud. Instea…
Lees meerI'm trying to associate video files with VLC. I use "Commander One" as file explorer and I used to be able to do that through the Get Info dialog or the Open With option in "Commander One". Neither works, I'm using Monterey. In the Ope…
Lees meerI'm trying to associate video files with VLC. I used to be able to do that through the Get Info dialog or the Open With option. Neither works, I'm using Monterey. In the Open With dialog (Cmd+click on file), I can see the dialog but I …
Lees meerI was using my MacBook normally (just Firefox open). Suddenly the screen froze and it started to beep three times. I switched it off. Now, when I attempt to boot (including in recovery of single-user mode), it doesn't but it reproduces …
Lees meerI wonder if I should participate in the iPhone Upgrade Program - specifically based on how does ann annual upgrade affect the average age of accounts on the holder’s credit report. Specifically, does each annual upgrade count as a new a…
Lees meerThis has happened twice now: After updating my Ventura OS, I find that files in /etc are over-written with the original, default contents. Specifically, I have modified the file /etc/auto_master to use Apple's AutoFS feature. After each…
Lees meerI am trying to use Karabiner-Elements to map Ctrl+Click to Cmd+Click -- for IntelliJ IDEA only. I came up with this JSON rule, which seems valid and correct: { "description": "Ctrl+Left Click => Cmd+Left Click (IntelliJ IDEA only)",…
Lees meerI am temporarily abroad (outside the EU) and needed to contact my bank. Unfortunately, the only way to make authorized inquiries (card blocking, etc.) is via phone. The bank provides two numbers, for domestic (Czech) and international c…
Lees meerUsing FaceTime on iOS and iPadOS, there's a circular white button that takes a still frame of the video: It doesn't seem to be available while on a call directly on the TV : Is there a way to take FaceTime Live Photos directly on tvOS…
Lees meerI was told to disable the NSURLSession Websocket experimental feature to work around a claimed Safari bug. Doing so did solve my problem, but I want to make sure it doesn't have any unintended consequences. What are the implications of …
Lees meerI had to give my iPhone in for servicing, so I did a local backup to my Mac, erased all data, and then restored it from the local backup. All was, well until it said it could not back up to iCloud. The reason was it was out of space as …
Lees meerI have a MacBook Retina with a 1 TB SSD. I started with a Mac (387 GB) and a Win partition (400 GB), but now I need to add a tiny extra Windows partition (175 GB) to run a specific software. What I’ve done so far: I created a partition…
Lees meerI'm trying to connect to an IKEv2 VPN server using the macOS 13.5.2 Ventura built-in VPN client. I used Apple Configurator 2 to access all possible settings for the connection. Unfortunately, I cannot connect to the VPN because the macO…
Lees meerMy wife has an iPhone and I have enabled the iCloud sync and storage optimization so I expected that photos were to be deleted on the iPhone if the free space would become scarce. However, several GB of storage are still in use by photo…
Lees meerMy wife has an iPhone and I have enabled the iCloud sync and storage optimization so I expected that photos were to be deleted on the iPhone if the free space would become scarce. However, several GB of storage are still in use by photo…
Lees meerWhen I attempt playing a video in Photos (8.0) on macOS (Ventura 13.5.2), Photos will occasionally tell me: Videos with unavailable original files cannot be opened. The original video “IMG_5983.MOV” is either offline or cannot be found…
Lees meerI have the iOS app from a major newspaper. When I am in the newspaper’s iOS app, if I click on subscriptions, I'm taken to the iOS subscriptions panel, part of system preferences. There I can get six months subscription to the newspaper…
Lees meerI'm trying to connect to an IKEv2 VPN server using the macOS 13.5.2 Ventura built-in VPN client. I used Apple Configurator 2 to access all possible settings for the connection. Unfortunately, I cannot connect to the VPN because the macO…
Lees meerIt would be ideal if there was a LAN / BT feature that synced iPhone photos to a Macbook's photos automatically. BT would be better because a LAN is not always available. Goal: sync photos from iPhone to Mac. Not iCloud because it is e…
Lees meerIt would be ideal if there was a LAN / BT feature that synced iPhone photos to a Mac's photos automatically. BT would be better because a LAN is not always available. Goal: sync photos from iPhone to Mac. Not iCloud because it is expen…
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