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How to use People Detection in iOS 14’s Magnifier app
This accessibility tool provides a host of useful features you may have missed.
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Can’t upload files in Safari? Update to Safari 14.0.3 (or drag and drop)
An update to Safari disabled the option for websites to prompt to let you upload files. Itu2019s been fixed.
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See red squares on your Mac’s display? There might be a problem with the GPU
The problem doesnu2019t appear widespread, but users report incidents that date back years.
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How to remove an Apple device from your iCloud account without the device
If you lose or sell the device or it’s stolen, you can remove it from your iCloud set remotely.
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How to fix the wrong permissions on several files in macOS
If the way in which a bunch of files can be handled on your Mac has gone astray, thereu2019s an easy fix.
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Can’t find the Scheme menu in macOS’s Disk Utility? Here’s how to find it
Itu2019s a minor riddle, but easily solved (we make it up in volume).
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Why iCloud Keychain may prompt you for a device password used with other Apple hardware you own
It’s a clever way to protect your security, but Apple doesn’t explain it at all.
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How to lock files in macOS Big Sur’s Finder
The Finder lets you lock files, but some aspects are a little obscure.
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Put emoji, math, and other symbols at your fingertips with a custom Mac software keyboard
If youu2019re a frequent user of hard-to-access symbols, a third-party tool can let you create a faster solution.
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How to share your Mac’s screen the quick and easy way in Messages
Need to help someone by seeing what theyu2019re up to or get help yourself?
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How to reserve Time Machine space on an APFS drive
Apple has specific advice on making additional volumes on a backup volume, but it needs some explanation.
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What Apple operating systems work with iCloud Tabs across devices?
An excellent feature for accessing the same tabs everywhere, when it doesnu2019t work, thereu2019s no button to click to fix it.
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Mac screen sharing won’t work? Disable it! Then turn it back on
Paradoxically, you may have to turn off screen sharing in order to get it to allow sharing.
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macOS Big Sur’s battery optimization: You can’t do much to tweak laptop settings
Apple relies on your behavior over time balanced against battery wear, but doesnu' let you tweak its choices.
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How to scan documents in Notes and third-party apps on the iPhone and iPad
The Notes app hides a powerful document-scanning option, but you can find even better ones if need be.
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How to figure out if a MacBook power adapter or battery has gone bad
There are really three components in a laptop relating to charging a battery.
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How to enable the iTunes Store in the macOS Music app
If you want to purchase songs and albums, why doesnu2019t the option appear?
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How to get an accounting of your Apple Cash transactions
You donu2019t have to scroll through Wallet to find what you spent and received.
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How to restore a previous version of your Pages, Keynote, and other documents in macOS
Appleu2019s Mac apps and those of some other developers auto-save and let you browse past versions.
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Lost text in a browser form submission? Avoid it with an extension or a clipboard add-on
Itu2019s so easy to navigate away from a page, click submit too early, or suffer from a Web site erroru2014and lose everything you typed.
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If you’re using AFP to share a Mac drive, It’s time to change
You may need to tweak some settings to keep sharing volumes after upgrading to High Sierra or later.
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How to change the icon of a storage device in macOS
To tell different volumes and drives apart, you can paste in custom icons.
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What’s the latest version of macOS you can run on your Mac?
You may be stymied by trying to update with an installer past your machineu2019s capabilities.
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macOS Big Sur supports Time Machine on APFS-formatted drives, but there are a few catches
The updated macOS finally allows you to use a drive formatted with Appleu2019s not-very-new APFS filesystem as a Time Machine destination.
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How to unify your Apple IDs in macOS for Media & Purchases
You may have signed in at different times to different apps and want to use just one account.
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How to change your name on your Mac’s user account
Apple doesnu2019t make it obvious, but your full account name in macOS can be changed at will.
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How to check a Mac’s OS upgrade history in System Profiler
You can check to see which updates have correctly installed for macOS.
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How to work around a Save as PDF restriction in macOS Big Sur’s Preview app
A minor changes seems to be perplexing those who are used to exporting pages from a PDF that has some protections on it.
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How to turn on Do Not Disturb in macOS Big Sur
Apple shifted from its former shortcut in macOS to the new Control Center.
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How to upgrade from an older Mac operating system to macOS Catalina or Big Sur
Apple supports macOS migrations back several releases, but you can wind up with too big a gap.
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How to set up a Mac to run either macOS Mojave or macOS Big Sur
If you are running macOS Mojave because you have 32-bit applications you need to use, there are a few options you can use to upgrade to Big Sur.
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How to fix the ‘untrusted_cert_title’ error when reinstalling macOS
This problem appears to be one of the past, but readers keep encountering it.
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How to erase an encrypted Mac volume if you don’t need its contents
You donu2019t need a password if youu2019re just trying to erase a drive.
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How to turn your phone hotspot into a home broadband network
Some smartphone plans include substantial use of the phone as a hotspot. You can leverage this via macOS.
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How to recover data from a Mac with T2 or FileVault encryption and without a password
The owner may have died or is incapacitated, or you or someone else has simply forgotten an administrative password, making the contents irretrievable.
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How to tell if your USB-C cable is USB only or supports Thunderbolt 3
Logos help, but without them, youu2019re nearly at a loss.
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How to tag and talk to individual people in group messages in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
You can both avoid bothering everyone in a group chat or highlight one or more people.
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How to use the Wi-Fi button in the iOS Control Center to deal with weak networks
You can use this u201csoftu201d off button to help manage network connection issues.
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When deleting a song from iTunes or Apple Music in macOS, where does it go?
iTunes and Music lack a Recently Deleted album. But you can find songs you deleted in those apps in the Trash.
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How to manage alarms based on your sleep pattern in iOS 14
You can still pick your own wake-up time.
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How to consolidate mail from multiple Macs using Apple Mail
Import messages from other machines into your master copy.
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Does a Time Machine drive need to be always on with a Mac?
You can use it intermittently, but donu2019t forget to plug it back in!
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What to do when iTunes prompts you to update when connecting an iPhone
A newer version of iOS can require a small software update for iTunes that isnu2019t otherwise available.
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How to manage the Bluetooth headphone connection dance among devices
You can pair with several devices, but have to manage connecting and disconnecting with most Bluetooth headphones.
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How to share a password via AirDrop from iOS 14, iPadOS 14, or macOS
Apple makes it easy to pass a password securely and wirelessly to someone in your vicinity.
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Your scanner won’t work with Image Capture? Disable a network setting on your all-in-one
Trying to use a scanner on your Mac and the Image Capture app doesnu2019t work? Hereu2019s a possible fix.
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How to recover iPhone and iPad data from a backup without the device’s passcode
For yourself or someone who has passed away, you might need this backup plan.
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How to cope with PowerPoint and Keynote limitations with videoconferencing software
Itu2019s not you: you canu2019t see a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation and your notes except in full-screen mode. Youu2019d think this would be the most obvious feature in the world, but it remains absent decades into the development of both appsu2014and months into the pandemic.
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