I’d like to disable the parsec subsystem on macOS Ventura. I've checked other answers such as What is parsecd? and shut down Siri and Location Services completely. I've checked the Open Files and Ports section from Activity Monitor cor…
Lees meerI had a problem arise with my iMac [2021 M1, 4 ports] mid-September and called Apple Support. They suggested making an appt. at the Apple store and I did, and brought it in for review. The following day I picked it up and was told it ne…
Lees meerI've recently run command lines like mdutil -a -i off mdutil -a -E to 1. disable spotlight indexing 2. delete the spotlight index Because Spotlight or mds* processes frequently use a lot of CPU indexing my entire filesystem, and indexi…
Lees meerI've recently run command lines like mdutil -a -i off mdutil -a -E to 1. disable spotlight indexing 2. delete the spotlight index Because Spotlight or mds* processes frequently use a lot of CPU indexing my entire filesystem, and indexi…
Lees meerI had a Sudoku app on an iPad that got into a weird state I could not fix. (Upper right one quarter zoomed in to fill the screen, and would not pan to the buttons on the left.) I figure that delete and re-download would fix it. But af…
Lees meerI have a default calendar for my own country's bank holidays which seemed to come pre-installed. Does Apple have any default calendars for the larger minority religions? It would be constructive for me to have the dates for festivals no…
Lees meerDoes anybody know what this process does on macOS? It is always active in my activity monitor (but uses neglegible system resources). It links to a xpc-file in my library (HDD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessory/XPCServices…
Lees meerI updated my iMac to Sequoia 15.7.1, and now the Messages app does not work anymore. If I start Messages, it opens two identical windows with my messages. This is already odd, but the problem is that the app then does not react to any m…
Lees meerDoes anybody know what this process does on macOS? It is always active in my activity monitor (but uses neglegible system resources). It links to a xpc-file in my library (HDD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessory/XPCServices…
Lees meerDoes anybody know what this process does on macOS? It is always active in my activity monitor (but uses neglegible system resources). It links to a xpc-file in my library (HDD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessory/XPCServices…
Lees meerHello I have an Macbook Pro 2015 running Monterey. I had bypassed MDM via adding some proxies as prefixes to the hosts and have been using it for sometime. It did show the annoying MDM notification but I ignored it or clicked later. I t…
Lees meerHello I have an Macbook Pro 2015 running Montrey. I had bypassed MDM via adding some proxies as prefixes to the hosts and have been using it for sometime. It did show the annoying MDM notification but I ignored it or clicked later. I tr…
Lees meerI'm using macOS 26.0.1 with adb version: adb --version Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41 Version 36.0.0-13206524 Installed as /opt/homebrew/bin/adb Running on Darwin 25.0.0 (arm64) I'm tring to connect to a rooted vehicle TBOX device…
Lees meerAfter I did re-indexing a volume using Preferences>Spotlight>Privacy all information of width and height of videos are erased. Before that, Finder Info displayed Size, Codec, Duration and Audio Channels using mdls. I tried mdimport in t…
Lees meerI am using an Apple laptop, and I desire to only use the external monitor, along with external keyboard and mouse. I have noticed that I can only do this if the lid is shut, and if it is connected to a power source, which I am fine with…
Lees meerI have a long lived TCP connection used for a PostgreSQL database that appears to get disconnected from time to time. The database client runs on macOS Tahoe and unfortunately I don't have access to the code to inspect it. The activit…
Lees meerWhen using Google Maps on my iPhone in the US, I often get notifications asking me to confirm reports for incidents like police officers, accidents, low visibility, or debris in the road. I find these alerts distracting while I'm drivin…
Lees meerWhen using Google Maps on my iPhone in the US, I often get notifications asking me to confirm reports for incidents like police officers, accidents, low visibility, or debris in the road. I find these alerts distracting while I'm drivin…
Lees meerWe know every MacBook has a serial number printed on the underside of the laptop case and that number matches the serial number used in the operating system as seen in the General > About page of the Settings app. A serial number is mea…
Lees meerI have a long lived TCP connection used for a PostgreSQL database that appears to get disconnected from time to time. The database client runs on macOS Tahoe and unfortunately I don't have access to the code to inspect it. The activit…
Lees meerWe know every MacBook has a serial number printed on the underside of the laptop case and that number matches the serial number used in the operating system as seen in the General -> About page of the Settings app. A serial number is me…
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