Without taking information security tips in general, such as backups, what are some important tips and precautions to protect an external drive when using a Mac?
Lees meerRunning Catalina on a rMB 12 early 2016. Sometimes AirPods (2nd gen) get stuck and I cannot disconnect them from my Macboook. I've tried to killall bt daemon from terminal but that did not work; also I cannot figure out how to bootstrap…
Lees meerRunning Catalina on a rMB 12 early 2016. Sometimes AirPods (2nd gen) get stuck and I cannot disconnect them from my Macboook. I've tried to killall bt daemon from terminal but that did not work; also I cannot figure out how to bootstrap…
Lees meerI own a iMac 27” retina 2017. It won’t turn on again. The screen is black and stays black when turn the iMac on and off. I even hear nothing when I turn the Mac on. No click sound, no chime, nothing. But now “The strangest thing”… When …
Lees meerSee attached photo. The macOS volume has appeared as an icon on my desktop. I can't seem to remove it, and wonder why it has appeared. It doesn't appear to be an alias/shortcut. If I go into finder this item is not listed under 'Desktop…
Lees meerI've been having issues getting apps to show in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone & Camera, on MacOS Ventura 13.3. I have a iMac 27-inch, Late 2013, which I used OpenCore Patcher to get the latest operating system workin…
Lees meerI've been having issues getting apps to show in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone & Camera, on MacOS Ventura 13.3. I have a iMac 27-inch, Late 2013, which I used OpenCore Patcher to get the latest operating system workin…
Lees meerSuppose I have a file ~/Desktop/foo:bar.webloc. (a) If I double-click it, it opens a particular web page. Great! (b) If in the Terminal I run open ~/Desktop/foo:bar.webloc, it opens the webpage. Great! (c) If in the Terminal I run cd De…
Lees meerSuppose I have a file ~/Desktop/foo:bar.webloc. (a) If I double-click it, it opens a particular web page. Great! (b) If in the Terminal I run open ~/Desktop/foo:bar.webloc, it opens the webpage. Great! (c) If in the Terminal I run cd De…
Lees meerMy work macbook, on which I have no admin privileges, keeps connecting to “xfinitywifi” by default. I want to stop this, but any change in network preferences requires admin privileges. Is there any other way to turn off auto connecting…
Lees meerI have a Gmail supported business account, but all logins are done through Gmail, and I use Mac Mail on Ventura 13.3.1. I have had a number of people tell me that sometimes when my mails arrive in their inbox, the message is encoded as …
Lees meerMy Desktop appears empty. All the files appear "missing". But I have not moved or deleted them. When I type in Terminal this command: ls -al ~/Desktop I see that all the files are present, but the Desktop does not show the files. This …
Lees meerMy Desktop appears empty. All the files appear "missing" (but I have not moved or deleted them). This happened after the computer went to sleep and I logged back in. How can I make my "missing" files appear again on the Desktop? Comput…
Lees meerI'm trying to delete some files that the OS won't let me delete and someone suggested I use bypass in TMSafetyNet.kext however /System/Library/Extensions/TMSafetyNet.kext does not exist. I'm on Ventura 13.3.1 Where can I find the bypass…
Lees meerMy Desktop appears empty. All the files appear "missing" (but I have not moved or deleted them). This happened after the computer went to sleep and I logged back in. How can I make my "missing" files appear again on the Desktop? Comput…
Lees meerI have a MacBook Pro Unibody Mid 2012 15'' When I looked up the model number online, it says I have A1286 Since more than a month, the WiFi stopped working and shows Wi-Fi: No hardware installed. A few weeks ago, I already posted here "…
Lees meerThe terminal in question is: https://hyper.is MacOS 11.7.1 Big Sur is the operating system. To troubleshoot this, I tried and reproduced the hang with Apple's native Terminal.app as well. A remote connection with ssh stops responding af…
Lees meerThe terminal in question is: https://hyper.is MacOS 11.7.1 Big Sur is the operating system. To troubleshoot this, I tried and reproduced the hang with Apple's native Terminal.app as well. A remote connection with ssh stops responding af…
Lees meerThe terminal in question is: https://hyper.is MacOS 11.7.1 Big Sur is the operating system. To troubleshoot this, I tried and reproduced the hang with Apple's native Terminal.app as well. A remote connection with ssh stops responding af…
Lees meerI managed to move brew and php from an M1 silicon to an Intel Mac. The php is broken due to different processors. And I would resolve that by installing a new php version with brew. This isn't about PHP, but about fixing my homebrew set…
Lees meerI have the reverse case of the other question with the same name (zsh: bad CPU type in executable). I used the mac moving assistant to go from an M1 to an Intel, and the PHP that is used in my terminal seems to be for the M1 silicon, be…
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