I am racking my head for an old login password that is gone from my keychain but still in a Time Machine backup. The password I seek encrypts an external drive, which used to unlock automagically with the password in the keychain so I d…
Lees meerWhat is the source of the short "whirring" noise that sounds after the power button is pressed to turn on a 2009 MacBook Pro? Maybe a little motor that closes a circuit? You can hear how it is SUPPOSED to sound in this video right aft…
Lees meerI just bought a Logitech MX Mini keyboard. Fully updated but any default macOS keyboard shortcut that involves the Function (fn) key is not working. Example: Ctrl+Fn+C to center current active window; Fn+C to launch Command Center, and …
Lees meerI do not think macOS supports 5 character unicodes, so I have to convert it first, but I don't know how to. 😃 should map to hexadecimal 1F603 for example Can anyone help me type 5 letter unicodes (also known as surrogate pairs)? …
Lees meerI have MacBook Air running 15.5 as a host system with most recent ipfw of macOS in a UTM guest with a USB SDD attached via side port with TimeMachine on it. I boot into recovery mode on the UTM guest system and trying to use the Time Ma…
Lees meerIf I want to install another OS (say, a Linux-based one) on old hardware, with a 64-bit CPU, that originally came with macOS, I need to know what word size the EFI is, in order to know whether to add a BOOTIA32.efi to the installation m…
Lees meerI just bought a Logitech MX Mini keyboard. Fully updated but any default macOS keyboard shortcut that involves the Function (fn) key is not working. Example: Ctrl+Fn+C to center current active window; Fn+C to launch Command Center, and …
Lees meerI just bought a Logitech MX Mini keyboard. Fully updated but any default macOS keyboard shortcut that involves the Function (fn) key is not working. Example: Ctrl+Fn+C to center current active window; Fn+C to launch Command Center, and …
Lees meerYou might think, this isn't related to mac, but I need to do this because mac doesn't support 5 character unicodes, so I have to convert it first, but I don't know how to. I tried searching google but none of the options make sense. Can…
Lees meerAfter the release of the new MacBook I checked the trade-in value of my old one. It seemed reasonable, so I ordered the new MacBook to replace it. After trying it out I decided to make the trade-in but discovered that the value of my ol…
Lees meerAfter the release of the new MacBook I checked the trade-in value of my old one. It seemed reasonable, so I ordered the new MacBook to replace it. After trying it out I decided to make the trade-in but discovered that the value of my ol…
Lees meerHere's my settings and I also went into the terminal and followed the instructions on a blog post to set mac to never sleep: and still my Mac completely falls asleep (screen goes black, takes a few seconds to turn back on) after ~30 …
Lees meerAfter the release of the new MacBook I checked the trade-in value of my old one. It seemed reasonable, so I ordered the new MacBook to replace it. After trying it out I decided to make the trade-in but discovered that the value of my ol…
Lees meerAfter the release of the new MacBook I checked the trade-in value of my old one. It seemed reasonable, so I ordered the new MacBook to replace it. After trying it out I decided to make the trade-in but discovered that the value of my ol…
Lees meerAfter the release of the new MacBook I checked the trade-in value of my old one. It seemed reasonable, so I ordered the new MacBook to replace it. After trying it out I decided to make the trade-in but discovered that the value of my ol…
Lees meerIn order to run a 32-bit app, I need to downgrade from Catalina 10.15 to Mojave 10.14. In Safari, I went to the direct download link: https://apps.apple.com/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12 The page for getting Mojave opened in the A…
Lees meerI have a conflict between Finder and Microsoft Word with the key combination Shift + Command + D. Finder uses it to open the Desktop window and this prevents me from using this shortcut to toggle Dark mode in Word. To clarify: if I use …
Lees meerI managed to disable "Show Spotlight search" in keyboard options, but now it opens the "Emoji & Symbols" window in Firefox on macOS. It doesn't always occur: perhaps a firefox bug. Does anybody know a solution?
Lees meerWhen I start a new note and turning off math I see no option in settings to disable this feature. I already have AI disabled. Is there any way to turn off math results for all iCloud notes by default?
Lees meerMy Mac (unused for 6 months) is stuck asking for a password when I start it. Unfortunately, I have forgotten the password to the laptop. Is there a way to recover my password via my online Apple account?
Lees meerWhen I start a new note and turning off math I see no option in settings to disable this feature. I already have AI disabled. Is there any way to turn off math results for all iCloud notes by default?
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