I'm currently looking to understand and get comfortable with crontab queues on my macbook pro. I recently solved an issue where my simple bash script would not execute. It turns out I had to move my bash script and its output in the /Us…
Lees meerI noticed this icon in Control Center on my Apple Watch recently and didn’t recognize it. It’s not listed on Apple’s support pages about Control Center (a b). (bottom left)
Lees meerI noticed this icon in Control Center on my Apple Watch recently and didn’t recognize it. It’s not listed on Apple’s support pages about Control Center (a b). (bottom left)
Lees meerI've been trying to install rEFInd with --ownhfs on my Macbook Air 2019, but booting into it results in Recovery Mode starting with the message A software update is required to use this Startup Disk. Trying to accept installing the up…
Lees meerI recently upgraded to macOS Big Sur developer Beta 8, when I do brew install jenv I get the error Homebrew: Your CLT does not support macOS 11.0. I am using CommandLine tools GM version. Tried to reinstall it couple of times, nothing …
Lees meerMy old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable. I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to migrate my files from the old iMac to the new one: Should I create a new Apple ID…
Lees meerIs it possible to use the same external hard drive for two different Time Machine backups of two distinct MacBooks? Is yes, how do you have to set up the external hard drive, using which tools?
Lees meerI have many hard drives on my Mac. Several of them have one version or another of macOS. Most importantly: Disk A: Sierra. I boot from this disk Disk B: /Users directory and High Sierra. I do not boot from this disk. I want to remove Hi…
Lees meerMy old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable. I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to do a couple things: Should I create a brand new Apple ID / login username or use …
Lees meerI downloaded and tried installing GMAT on macOS Catalina but when I tried to open the application I first got a warning and then I got an error. How to resolve this error? I've run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/GMAT but s…
Lees meerMy old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable. I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to do a couple things: Should I create a brand new Apple ID / login username or use …
Lees meerSince updating to iOS 14, about 20% 50% of my workouts fail to sync from my Watch to my iPhone. I've restarted both Watch and iPhone, several times. Quit and relaunched the Activity app in iOS. All to no avail. It's so bad, that I even …
Lees meerSince updating to iOS 14, about 20% 50% of my workouts fail to sync from my Watch to my iPhone. I've restarted both Watch and iPhone, several times. Quit and relaunched the Activity app in iOS. All to no avail. It's so bad, that I even …
Lees meerI own a 15' MacBookPro mid 2012, non-retina model. It's from the era they still packed an IR receiver but not the remote. Is there any way I can hook up a third-party remote control to control keynote? I found the apple TV remote is fun…
Lees meerIs it possible to use the same external hard drive for two different Time Machine backups of two distinct MacBooks? Is yes, how do you have to set up the external hard drive, using which tools?
Lees meerLogi Options seems to forget it has Input Monitoring and Accessibility permissions frequently, so I have to go in and remove the permissions and add them back to get the scroll wheel on my MX Anywhere 2s mouse to work again. I'd like t…
Lees meerI just noticed today that the icon and name for /Applications/News.app is greyed out in the Finder. The appearance is consistent no matter which view I use (icon/list/column), and it persists after restarts and system updates. News.app…
Lees meerI have Catalina 10.15.6 There is something running in the background at /System/Library/Frameworks/Accounts.framework/Versions/A/Support/accountsd that takes 50-90% of the CPU and 1Gig of memory. I fear that it's a virus. I saw that the…
Lees meerI have Catalina 10.15.6 There is something running in the background at Is it that takes 50-90% of the CPU and 1Gig of memory. I fear that it's a virus. I saw that there is a similar question there, but there was no feedback. I tried to…
Lees meerJust started my Mac Mini 15 minutes ago. Suddenly the fan started to work and the sound is clearly hearable. Normally the machine works quietly. I took a look into the processes-table and found that there is a process "accountsd". The "…
Lees meerI have a PowerBook G4 Titanium that I need to wipe to clear the previous user's personal data. It has a password that I don't know but I can still login automatically to OS X upon boot. Not having the administrative password is preventi…
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