Anecdotally, files called . and .. seem to often (always?) be present inside otherwise 'empty' directories on macOS. Example Create a new directory (with nothing in it) mkdir test cd into it cd test and list its contents ls -a . .. …
Lees meerI have a 5TB USB-C drive attached to my 16" MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.2.3. I use this drive exclusively for Time Machine. When ejecting the drive, it takes anywhere from 90 - 120 seconds before the drive is ejected. This happens ev…
Lees meerI have a 4TB USB-C drive attached to my 16" MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.2.3. I use this drive exclusively for Time Machine. When ejecting the drive, it takes anywhere from 90 - 120 seconds before the drive is ejected. This happens ev…
Lees meerAnecdotally, files called . and .. seem to often (always?) be present inside otherwise 'empty' directories on macOS. Example Create a new directory (with nothing in it) mkdir test cd into it cd test and list its contents ls -a . .. …
Lees meerIt has been around a week that my Updates tab in the App Store looks like this: All the other tabs are looking normal. The only thing I tried was a restart, the iMac does not have any other weird behaviour. Here are my details, serial …
Lees meerI'm a bit new to the topic of servers, ip addresses (public and private), ports, networking, and how all of this stuff ties together. Playing around, I managed to run apache on my mac and get an html page up and running on localhost. I …
Lees meerI'm a bit new to the topic of servers, ip addresses (public and private), ports, networking, and how all of this stuff ties together. Playing around, I managed to run apache on my mac and get an html page up and running on localhost. I …
Lees meerIt seems like I have a desktop which is slightly larger than my screen. When I maximise a window the bottom portion (approx 300 pixels) and right portion (approx 200 px) are not visible. I can move the mouse to that invisible and perfor…
Lees meerIt seems like I have a desktop which is slightly larger than my screen. When I maximise a window the bottom portion (approx 300 pixels) and right portion (approx 200 px) are not visible. I can move the mouse to that invisible and perfor…
Lees meerI'm a bit new to the topic of servers, ip addresses (public and private), ports, networking, and how all of this stuff ties together. Playing around, I managed to run apache on my mac and get an html page up and running on localhost. I …
Lees meerIt seems like I have a desktop which is slightly larger than my screen. When I maximise a window the bottom portion (approx 300 pixels) and right portion (approx 200 px) are not visible. I can move the mouse to that invisible and perfor…
Lees meerIt has been around a week that my Updates tab in the App Store looks like this: All the other tabs are looking normal. The only thing I tired was a restart, the iMac does not have any other weird behaviour. Here are my details, serial …
Lees meerMy understanding is that resetting an iOS device by using Erase all Content and Settings is considered secure deleting, as the key for the encryption is obliterated and no data can be recovered. Just to be sure: is that still the case i…
Lees meerI was trying to stream a video and I noticed how slow it was and constantly stopping to load. I tried youtube videos on all major browsers and Safari showed to be the least resource hungry. However, I tried the same pages and same resol…
Lees meerI was trying to stream a video and I noticed how slow it was and constantly stopping to load. I tried youtube videos on all major browsers and Safari showed to be the least resource hungry. However, I tried the same pages and same resol…
Lees meerMy iPhone SE 2020 won't show up in Screen Time on my Mac or iPad. All three are signed into the same iCloud account and fully updated to the latest releases of iOS, macOS and iPadOS respectively. All three have 'Share Across Devices' en…
Lees meerI have a MacBook Pro (mid-2015) that I want to completely wipe. 2+ years ago, I installed my own 1TB SSD. Everything works completely fine, and always has; I can boot into the OS, it runs fast, plenty of space left on the drive (600+ GB…
Lees meerHow can I automate the deletion of files from my downloads folder but keep files I've tagged with "Keep"? I've been able to use Automator to delete files daily, but I can't work with tags in Automater. Most likely this requires AppleScr…
Lees meerHow can I automate the deletion of files from my downloads folder but keep files I've tagged with "Keep"? I've been able to use Automator to delete files daily, but I can't work with tags in Automater. Most likely this requires AppleScr…
Lees meerI have account with administrative access on home computer, naturally. How would I trim to family member with standard rights usage to 30 minutes per day on macOS 10.15 (in screen time or whatever.) UPD20210407 I've filed FB9071215 with…
Lees meerHow can I automate the deletion of files from my downloads folder but keep files I've tagged with "Keep"? I've been able to use Automator to delete files daily, but I can't work with tags in Automater. Most likely this requires AppleScr…
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