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M1 MacBook Air Video Tests vs 2019 16" MacBook Pro

M1 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) vs a 2019 16" MacBook Pro (2.3GHz 8-core Intel i9, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD).

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Apple/Products related News, Updates, Tips, PR

- iOS GarageBand v2.3.10 Update (stability improvements/bug fixes). - Thunderbolt on the M1 Mac mini: When 2 Does Equal 4. - Pixelmator Pro version 2.0.1 update. - Apple Is Sued in EU Over IPhones That Wear Out Too Quickly. - How to Clear Your …

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Safari seems to ignore my DNS Server

I am using an Eero Pro 6 device for my home wifi connection. The "Eero Secure" product offers to let you block certain domains. I have entered "reddit.com" in the block list, and it seems to work: $ nslookup reddit.com Server: 192.1…

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How can I download the macOS Big Sur installer on a Mac which is already running Big Sur?

I'm trying to create a Big Sur installer flash drive. All the tutorials tend to gloss over how to download the installer, but I'm finding that since this Mac is already upgraded, I can't download it again. How can I get ahold of the ins…

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How to Start & Join Video Meetings from Gmail

Do you use Gmail as the primary platform for sending and receiving emails? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that you can now start video calls right from your Gmail inbox within a matter of seconds. Recently, Google managed to integrate their Meet v…

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Beta 2 of MacOS Big Sur 11.1 Released for Testing

The second beta version of macOS Big Sur 11.1 is available to users who are enrolled in the Mac system software beta testing programs. Typically the developer beta build is available first and soon followed by the same build to public beta users. Se…

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Will a virtualised copy of Mountain Lion on recent hardware run the Adobe CS5 Suite with comparable performance to an Early 2009 iMac?

My father runs an old version of MacOS, I believe Mountain Lion, with a full set of Adobe apps, Suitcase Fusion, and so on from back when they were all 'buy-once' products. Reading around, almost none of it is likely to run on the lates…

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How to use tmutil delete on Big Sur, APFS

I'm using macOS 11 Big Sur and APFS. I sometimes want to remove old backups to save space. I don't want Time Machine taking up the entire external drive. % tmutil listbackups 2020-10-18-001052.backup 2020-11-06-124150.backup 2020-11-15-…

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MacBook Pro 13" M1 has 2880-by-1800 resolution

According to Apples tech specs, the new M1 MacBook Pro has a screen resolution of 2560-by-1600. However, when I make a screen recording via quicktime or take a screenshot via Lightshot, it show that my screen resolution is 2880-by-1800.…

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How to Remove Background Noise from Voice Recordings on iPhone

Do you record your voice or other external audio on your iPhone using the built-in Voice Memos app? If so, you may often find yourself wanting to remove the background noise during post-processing to polish the recorded audio. Thankfully, you don’t …

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I accidentally used "touch .." , is there a way to safely delete this document?

I am using zsh, macOS 10.15 (Catalina), was working on a project and for some stupid reason I decided to write touch ... A file was created in the Desktop so I don't think that it will affect the computer's performance in any way. I tri…

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Apple Beta Updates (added macOS 11.1 Beta 2)

macOS Big Sur 11.1 Beta 2, Beta 3 of iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, tvOS 14.3, and watchOS 7.2. (Still Beta 1 of Xcode 12.3.) (Includes FYI on Apple's Public Betas.)

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Apple/Products related News, M1 Mac Info, Updates, Tips, PR

- M1 MacBook Air Video Benchmarks. - Thunderbolt on the M1 Mac mini: When 2 Does Equal 4. - Pixelmator Pro version 2.0.1 update. - Apple Is Sued in EU Over IPhones That Wear Out Too Quickly. - How to Clear Your Microsoft Teams Client Cache on a…

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Where are / are the "counting hand" cursors used in macOS

I was looking around inside the system folders in MacOS and where the cursors are there are 3 cursors I've never seen before called countinguphand, countingdownhand and countingupandownhand. You can find them in /System/Library/Framewor…

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2 Ways to Check if Phone is Unlocked or Locked

When you’re about to buy a phone from a third-party company or the marketplace, you should be careful. We say this because the phone can be SIM locked as well. As such, it makes sense to learn how to check whether the device is unlocked or locked. B…

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Where are / are the "counting hand" cursors used in macOS

I was looking around inside the system folders in MacOS and where the cursors are there are 3 cursors I've never seen before called countinguphand, countingdownhand and countingupandownhand. You can find them in /System/Library/Framewor…

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I found 15GB large file in ~/Library/Safari called ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal. What is that and what to do with it?

I run out of space and when was looking what to clean up, I come across ~/Library/Safari/ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal The size is about 15GB, I tried to open it with SQLite db manager but it is asking for password. What is this file …

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Replacement battery in MacBook Pro 2009 doesn't charge

I had a dead battery on my Mac so I bought a new one. Installed it and it works fine. After the battery got low, I plugged in the charger but nothing happens, it just won't charge the battery. When the charger is plugged in it just flic…

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Replacement battery in MacBook Pro 2009 doesn't charge

I had a dead battery on my Mac so I bought a new one. Installed it and it works fine. After the battery got low, I plugged in the charger but nothing happens, it just won't charge the battery. When the charger is plugged in it just flic…

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Finder does not open URL to file path

in the past, I used to click an URL to a local file in any application (e.g., TextEdit) and the finder or Path Finder would open. An example for such an URL is file:///Users/username/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~Keynote/Documen…

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I found 15GB large file in ~/Library/Safari called ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal. What is that and what to do with it?

I run out of space and when was looking what to clean up, I come across ~/Library/Safari/ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal The size is about 15GB, I tried to open it with SQLite db manager but it is asking for password. What is this file …

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