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How does iOS compress photos when transferring to a PC or Mac?

dinsdag 30 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

There is a setting in the "Photos" menu of the settings app that allows you to change the way that photos are transferred from iOS devices. When you choose "Automatic" then plug your phone into a Windows PC, all of your photos show up …

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What's the actual, proper way to transfer uncompressed photos from iOS?

dinsdag 30 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

As far as I can tell, iOS does some really strange things when it comes to compressing the media in your Photos app. It seems that any time you use the "share" sheet, it's compressing your photos slightly, even when using AirDrop. Comp…

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Add write permissions to a Time Machine drive?

dinsdag 30 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Unlike other files and drives, it does not seem possible to change read/write permissions on a Time Machine drive in the Finder's Get Info dialog box (at least not in Monterey). The padlock icon is missing from the bottom right corner: …

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What's the actual, proper way to transfer uncompressed photos from iOS?

dinsdag 30 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

As far as I can tell, iOS does some really strange things when it comes to compressing the media in your Photos app. It seems that any time you use the "share" sheet, it's compressing your photos slightly, even when using AirDrop. Comp…

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How to make Chinese pinyin keyboard work in vim?

dinsdag 30 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

When I am using a Chinese keyboard as input source, I cannot navigate around vim using regular keys. I would like to leave the Chinese keyboard selected, but still be able to use vim as normal when I am not in insert mode. When in Inser…

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Is it possible to disable all links in received text messages?

maandag 29 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My elderly mother got phished. Luckily, I got to the message before she did. The message just said Sur La Table blah blah blah link. I would like that to just be: Sur La Table blah blah blah example.com What I'd like is for that lin…

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Why is the "Battery Health..." button missing in my Big Sur System Preferences?

maandag 29 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm trying to determine the battery health on an old MacBook Pro. Specs are: A1398 MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), Model Identifier MacBookPro11,3, running macOS 11.5.2 (Big Sur). According to this Apple support page (note that…

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Why is the "Battery Health..." button missing in my Big Sur System Preferences?

maandag 29 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm trying to determine the battery health on an old MacBook Pro. Specs are: A1398 MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), Model Identifier MacBookPro11,3, running macOS 11.5.2 (Big Sur). According to this Apple support page (note that…

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Battery not charging

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I think I went through all "battery is not charging" posts already. SMC Reset: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201295 Battery Health does not have a button "Manage Battery Longevity" https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211094 There is …

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5.1 audio from MBP USB-C to HDMI

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am struggling to get surround sound from my 2020 MacBook Pro (Intel version). I also have a 2015 MBP that has an HDMI port which I connect to my Denon AVR and it gives me glorious Dolby/DTS 5.1 whilst passing the visuals to my TV. So …

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Disk Utility deletes my Windows EFI partition

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to multiboot Windows, Linux and macOS Catalina all installed on the same drive. I can get it working quite easily if macOS is the first OS on the drive. However I have problems if my drive partition layout is like this: Win…

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Disk Utility deletes my Windows EFI partition

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to multiboot Windows, Linux and macOS Catalina all installed on the same drive. I can get it working quite easily if macOS is the first OS on the drive. However I have problems if my drive partition layout is like this: Win…

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What is the technical explanation for why Archive Utility can break certain apps, while other unarchivers won't?

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I just experienced this issue described in this answer. I had downloaded a zip file containing a macOS app, and first unzipped it with Archive Utility, when trying to open the app, I got the error that it "could not be opened" (with no …

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MacOS Firewall: Program grayed out, can't be added to Firewall Options

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

In MacOS Monterey (12.0.1), I am running Python 2.7 from an Anaconda virtual environment. Each time I run the Python script, I am asked if I want to accept incoming network connections: I have tried multiple times to "Deny" or "Allow" …

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What is the technical explanation for why Archive Utility can break certain apps, while other unarchivers won't?

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I just experienced this issue described in this answer. I had downloaded a zip file containing a macOS app, and first unzipped it with Archive Utility, when trying to open the app, I got the error that it "could not be opened" (with no …

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Disk Utility deletes my Windows EFI partition

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to multiboot Windows, Linux and macOS Catalina all installed on the same drive. I can get it working quite easily if macOS is the first OS on the drive. However I have problems if my drive partition layout is like this: Win…

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How to handle java apps lacking ARM support using java SDK on M1 Mac?

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Problem: I wish to run an app written in Java on an M1 Mac (running Monterey 12.0.1, as it happens). The app contains at least one .jar file with a universal mac binary containing only an i86 fork, no arm fork this app worked with the …

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How to handle java apps lacking ARM support using java SDK on M1 Mac?

zondag 28 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Problem: I wish to run an app written in Java on an M1 Mac (running Monterey 12.0.1, as it happens). The app contains at least one .jar file with a universal mac binary containing only an i86 fork, no arm fork this app worked with the …

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Is is possible to read the built-in dictionary on iPad?

zaterdag 27 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I want to read the dictionaries installed (from Settings->General->Dictionary) on my iPad. I know how to look up a word but not to read them page by page. Could you please let me know how?

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Trying to rebuild my partition map

zaterdag 27 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Mac Mini running High Sierra. Three partitions on the internal drive: macOS (HFS+ Journaled), Windows (Bootcamp) and a separate NTFS partition for Windows applications. (I know there's multiple threads on similar topics but they all ap…

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Copy and Flatten directory contents with zsh

zaterdag 27 november 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a directory tree, where each subdirectory contains several different filetypes, I want to copy one particular filetype from each of the subdirectory, but I need to flatten the results, so that they all end up in one directory - o…

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