I wish to free up space on my iPhone, by deleting a large number of photographs that I currently on my iPhone. However I am concerned that because it is connected to my iCloud photo storage, and from that it is then connected to my Mac…
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Lees meerI wish to free up space on my iPhone, by deleting a large number of photographs that I currently on my iPhone. However I am concerned that because it is connected to my iCloud photo storage, and from that it is then connected to my Mac…
Lees meerNew to the MacBook and Big Sur. Did multiple searches, no results specific to my question. Is it normal for the "Documents" folder to only show under "Sharing & Permissions" the "You have custom access"? I know I change permissions, but…
Lees meerNew to the MacBook and Big Sur. Did multiple searches, no results specific to my question. Is it normal for the "Documents" folder to only show under "Sharing & Permissions" the "You have custom access"? I know I change permissions, but…
Lees meerI recently killed my old (2012) MacBook Pro's hard drive by doing something I didn't realize was a problem. I've now purchased a nice little M1 MacBook Air to replace the old workhorse MBP, and it's only got a tiny 256GB SSD in it. I've…
Lees meerHere is what I have done so far: I wanted to dual-boot my mac with ubuntu. I did this following the classic guides, except instead of clicking on the installer I opened it with the command "ubiquity -b" in the terminal (since I was gett…
Lees meerHere is what I have done so far: I wanted to dual-boot my mac with ubuntu. I did this following the classic guides, except instead of clicking on the installer I opened it with the command "ubiquity -b" in the terminal (since I was gett…
Lees meerHere is what I have done so far: I wanted to dual-boot my mac with ubuntu. I did this following the classic guides, except instead of clicking on the installer I opened it with the command "ubiquity -b" in the terminal (since I was gett…
Lees meer0 I recently killed my old (2012) MacBook Pro's hard drive by doing something I didn't realize was a problem. I've now purchased a nice little M1 MacBook Air to replace the old workhorse MBP, and it's only got a tiny 256GB SSD in it. I'…
Lees meerThe App Store connects, and all the tabs work — except the Purchases tab. That tab "Cannot Connect to the App Store". So, I cannot install any of the apps I brought from the App Store. The strangest thing is that I cannot find a single …
Lees meeri was following the instructions in the bottom part of this question: Can Mojave be installed on separate APFS volume under Catalina? I’ve created a partitioned separate volume (named portal) and followed all the steps, but when I put i…
Lees meerSomehow, Apple's App Store app icons are duplicated in the Launchpad on my MacBook Pro running macOS 11.5 (Big Sur). Since this is a system-level application, I cannot delete one of these redundant icons. I tried the strategies that I f…
Lees meerUpdate: I’ve decided I’m giving up on what I have to work with, and I’m gonna buy a new battery. I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro that I have been working on refurbishing, and I’ve run into an issue where if I unplug it from the charger it …
Lees meerAttempting to enable kexts in the System Preferences UI. I noticed that there are two checkboxes with blank descriptions next to them. Where are these values stored? Is there a command line interface to inspect the values?
Lees meerI have a 13 inch MacBook Pro that I have been working on refurbishing, and I’ve run into an issue where if I unplug it from the charger it shuts down and it won’t show battery percentage. I think this might have something to do with whe…
Lees meersudo systemsetup -gettimezone will return the current system set time zone to the command line but it requires sudo. date "+%z" will return the offset (e.g. +0900) and date "+%Z" will return the time zone short code (e.g. JST). Is there…
Lees meerinput python -m ensurepip Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip' Consider using the --user option or check the permissions.
Lees meerThis question asks for help using the Safari browser and is not primarily about the Stack Exchange website, though that's part of the context. When I use Safari in macOS for my Stack Exchange activities which often involve a dozen tabs …
Lees meerEven after unlocking the lock using my password, I cannot add apps in 2 occasions. First, (first image as well) the +/- button in "Files and Folders" is greyed out. Second, (second image), in "Full Disk Access", the +/- is NOT greyed ou…
Lees meerI have been having multiple pop-ups since this morning, and each popup occurs around 2-3 hours after the previous one, and has the following message: “24B93E7F-8822-4465-B473-7BE7BB8E3E4A” will damage your computer. You should move it t…
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