My 89 year old mostly blind Mom is still determined to continue writing on her aged c.2010 iMac. (It is set to open a new Pages doc in a huge font she can see.) It represents endless issues where “the computer just did something it’s never done before and I can’t find my story I was working on.” It doesn’t help that her cat walks on the keyboard. Anyway, I live at a great distance and have encouraged her to let me swap out her old iMac for a current one at my next visit that might be better equipped to let me help out via some type of Remote Desktop. But I anticipate that one that requires her to assent every time I want to connect will be problematic because she can barely read system messages using a magnifying glass much less click buttons to reply or type in passwords smoothly. So I am wondering if there is a Remote Desktop that would stay connected without requiring her participation to get it going every time I need to help her?

Hey everyone, How do I recover old iMessage conversations?(around 6months+) I have tried opening the chat.db file using sql but haven’t been able to find the deleted texts from the specific conversation I’m looking for. Is it even possible to recover them? Since I have deleted them both from my mac and phone and have not been taking backups for the messages app on iCloud or anywhere else Any advice is much appreciated Thanks!

i was trying to repurpase my 2,1 MacBook for my sister (watches youtube only lol) I looked up a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn11gwv0Cj8&t=697s and flowed the guide but I was stuck at the apple logo and would flash a dark theme os for a second, plz can someone help me (also I left it on for an hour)

dropbox link to file

trying to open a file on adobe acrobat using macbook.

but when i click the circled part and click sort by date, the files are not sorted by date!

anyone know how to fix this?

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I have iMac 11 year old pc with intel i5 quad core, 8gb ram
and Asus laptop with intel i3 12th gen 6 cores, 8gm ram

when i run android studio in my windows laptop it get slow and takes more times to build but in mac it run smooth and faster. what are the reason for this?

Since updating to MacOS 14.4 on my MBP M3 Max, I'm now seeing that my Mac is turning my LG TV on and off as it wakes and sleeps its internal panel. This never happened prior to this, and there's no obvious place to change this setting.

Has anyone else observed this?

The past few days I've noticed a weird glitch. I've needed to keep my MacBook Pro unplugged at night, but with the clamshell closed and it enters sleep without issue. I also quit all applications before logging off for the evening. Then, when I wake up the next morning the battery is drained completely.

Looking at battery settings- the record shows the computer is waking itself up at 3 am, powering on the screen (while still closed in clamshell), and draining the battery completely in about 4-5 hours. I recently upgraded to Sonoma- is there some new setting that got switched on that I don't know about?

Machine specs:

MacBook Pro, 2018 - 15"; 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel; 32MB DDR4

Sonoma 14.3.1

This message pops up every couple days. Not even trying to open an application.

I am NOT a fan of the new Sonoma wallpaper experience. I want less, much less. I don't mean HD space, I mean less options. I have a folder of very simple wallpapers I would gladly swap out for every single option in Sonoma. But they are always there. And there are SO MANY. When I pick one of my own Sonoma keeps swapping it out for the default if I restart.

Anyone have any ideas? Any options (or even software) that will replace the Sonoma wallpaper service?

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I tried adding an NSTextField object to an NSVisualEffectView object, but it didn't work.

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Is it possible to sync my iCloud CALENDAR with my Outlook Calendar (Mac)?

I was able to add the iCloud Account, but it only shows up on the email...not the Calendar part of Outlook.

Outlook for Mac Version 16.82.1

Mac OSX Monterey - version 12.7.2

I use Automator to batch rename files sequentially, but it only seems to have the option to do it with numbers. I need for it to add letters at the end instead. I want "Name_a", "Name_b", "Name_c", rather than "Name_01", "Name_02", "Name_03". I can't be the only person who has ever needed this, but I can't find one single instance of this question online. Does anyone know how to set Automater to do this?

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I recently got a new computer and imported my Photos Library from my old computer. The initial file size was around 210GB and then once I opened my Photos app and it was "restored", the file size quickly started growing. It stopped around 410GB.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to stop this? It is taking an immense amount of storage for apparently no reason.

Edit:

If you right click on the Photos Library and "Show Package Contents", there is a folder inside of the Resources folder called "cloudsync.noindex". Since I had iCloud turned on for Photos it treated my entire newly imported library as something that could possibly be uploaded to iCloud. When I saw the Photos folder size growing, it was duplicating my entire library and storing it in this folder. This folder keeps a cache of all items to be sync'd to iCloud so when I turned iCloud off it dumped the entire folder immediately.

Problem solved, thanks!

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I have defined a new password for one of my two accounts on the 2018 MacBook Pro and it appears that it just wont work for the regular login into the account. (while TouchID still works well). The same password however works well once I am logged in and like to enter "Settings/Passwords" or change locked properties of a file or folder in Finder.

At the same time the same new password is rejected if I like to get rid of it and define a new in "Settings/Touch ID & Passwords".

What is causing this issue and how can I solve it?

I have a MacBook Air. My desk setup has an external monitor and logictech “HD” webcam that I use with other (non-Apple) laptops without issue.

But with teams, the system becomes unusable— even without screen sharing. System monitor says the cpu is 50-60 busy, but it behaves far worse than that.

Had anyone run into such issues?

I suspect it is processing the webcam video in full HD — zoom is more sensible to not do this by default.

Even 10yr old computers handle two screens better than this!

When I go to share, messages is not an option. When I go to sharing in sys pref, it's there but there is no checkbox to enable.

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I'm on Ventura 13.6.4 .

After updating from 12.7.2 to 12.7.3, many applications began crashing, including Safari, and numerous app icons were replaced with large question marks. Connecting an external drive, which contained a backup, led to data loss.

To summarize, I performed a fresh installation of 12.7.3 on an erased (LLF) storage, which took 20 minutes and ended with a popup window suggesting to "try again". Diagnostic results, obtained by pressing option+D, revealed a PFM003 error which were probably an exist one.

I was nearly left with a useless brick, but I managed to rescue myself using recovery mode and the bash3.2 terminal. I resolved the frustrating situation by creating a startup USB with OSX Sierra.

If you find yourself in a similar situation, the following procedure may help you:

Step 1: Temporarily Disable System Integrity Protection:

$ csrutil disable

Step 2: Download Sierra Installation dmg file to local volume (can be main drive):

*Sierra was found to be the latest available download version by apple

$ curl -O http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-39476-20191023-48f365f4-0015-4c41-9f44-39d3d2aca067/InstallOS.dmg

Optional browser download here

Step 3: Mount Sierra Installation dmg file:

$ hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

Step 4: Create Installation Media on External USB (16GB or more): apple support instructions here
$ /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

If you encounter a "volume not found" error, run the following command:

$ plutil -replace CFBundleShortVersionString -string "12.6.03" /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Info.plist
. Then, run step 4 again.

Step 5: Boot from External USB - Restart and Immediately Press Option Key.

Step 6: Download self installation of 12.7.2 (InstallAssists.pkg) and run it manually.

Make sure to prevent auto-update to 12.7.3.

P.S. - The above posted twice on apple community board, but shortly after it was removed by the Apple Support Community Staff without any reason.

Macmail worked fine at home. Worked fine in Country A. When I landed in Country B, where I am now... Macmail can now send email, but cannot receive it. I have not changed my username or password. I did go into the Mail settings and input them again, just in case, but no joy. I get the error message that Macmail cannot verify my username or password. But why not?

It's the incoming POP mail server that's the issue. But the only fields I can control are username, password, and host name, and those are all correct.

I can still pull up my email on the Comcast web browser. But I would prefer to use Macmail!

Grateful for any help or ideas!

Can someone please tell me why the settings for my screen saver is not under the screen saver tab but under the lock screen tab? Dumb dude, dumb

Hi there, I've com across something I haven't been able to solve with google searches.

Since upgrading to osx Sonoma, when I go into full screen on Youtube or Netflix using my external monitor, the scaling/cropping is off, meaning you can't see a large amount of the frame.

Any ideas how to solve this? See the attached images to show the cropping. Doesn't seem to matter if it's Chrome or Safari, which video, etc.

All works ok on my MBP screen, just gets messed up viewing on the 27in monitor I have.

Cheers

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I’m interested in using finder as a means of not only storing files, but also journaling, note-taking, and research. I’ve used apps designed for this purpose such as Evernote and Onenote, but find that they lack the flexibility and power of something built into a Mac such as its very own Finder. Finder solves most every problem I have with note-taking apps… Except its ability to take notes.

Does anyone know of any solutions?

Anyone has an idea as to the reason. The laptop is about 15 yrs old and has (I think) OS Sierra on it as the latest possible OS.
I tried an external monitor: nothing = black screen
I tried the different <cmd> <alt> <shift> R combos: nothing = black screen

Next on is an external harddrive to start and repair the laptop. Or is the problem the cpu/mainboard?

Any other ideas how to solve it?

Thanks!!!

Any terminal commands I can use and or plist files I can modify?

On iOS toggling the switch resets the behaviour.

This is driving me nuts. I have a MacBook air fully up to date and various official and unofficial usb c to HDMI adaptors. When I try and use our projector at work either as a mirror or an extended display then play any videos it is immediately slightly chuggy, it will play for a few moments then video will freeze on both screens whilst audio plays. The only way to stop this is to unplug the hdmi which causes the MacBook to reset. Any ideas why on earth it isn’t working? It works very happily with my monitor on my desk.

Is there any tool or easy way to create and save printer presets?

I need a way to create presets for printers, example print BW, print Color, print BW with staple, print BW with three hole. The printer is very used and I need a way to quickly create and save presets and perhaps export and share with mother OS X devices.

If anyone ever did it or knows a tool please share. Cheers