How to see the full date on macOS Big Sur?

With default settings, the clock on macOS Catalina shows the current day of the week and the current time. You can click the clock to reveal the full date. In the Big Sur beta (20A4300b), this feature seems to have completely vanished,…

Im trying to use xcrun altool to get my app notarised, what is --asc-provider parameter?

I'm trying to notarise my app from apple using xcrun altool, the documentation shows the following : xcrun altool --notarize-app --primary-bundle-id "com.example.ote.zip" --username "AC_USERNAME" --password "@keychain:AC_PASSWORD" --asc…

MacOS Big Sur Beta 3 Download Available Now

Apple has released macOS Big Sur beta 3 to Mac users who are enrolled in the Big Sur beta testing program. Typically a developer beta version rolls out first, soon followed by a public beta, and though the Big Sur public beta program hasn’t started …

Beta 3 of iOS 14 & iPadOS 14 Available to Download

Apple has released iOS 14 beta 3 and iPadOS 14 beta 3 for users who are participating in the beta testing programs for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Typically the developer beta rolls out first and is soon followed by the same build as a public beta…

How to Start & End a Swimming Workout on Apple Watch

Your Apple Watch is a wonderful exercise companion and it can not only keep tabs on your workout but provide insights into your health as well. Apple Watch Series 2 and later can also be used to track swimming, just like running or other activities.…

How to Set Screen Time Limits for Mac

Did you buy a new Mac for your kid, maybe for school use, or just as a gift? If so, you might want to limit how long the Mac can be used on a daily basis and keep a check on their usage. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do with Screen Time on the…

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Macpro 5,1 mid 2010 cannot boot to Mojave from Mountain Lion?

I have two work-flows, one uses Mountain Lion, the other uses Mojave. So ideally I would like to be able to easily switch between the two boot drives I have whenever I need to. When I have booted from Mojave, I can choose System Prefer…

Can only see half of folder screen?

My Finder folders today have a line beside the folders Since the view is half blank, I have to move the line over before I can view the rest. Can anyone help a girl out?

Login Screen Before OS Loads?

I have verbose mode turned on always so I can see if a kernel panic or some error happens. After having it on for a few times, I started to notice that most of the boot was happening after the login. I can't show a picture as it is in b…

Dual SIM iPhone sends silent SMS although iMessage and Facetime are turned off

I am using an iPhone 11 pro with an eSIM and a foreign SIM card. Whenever i activate the latter line, the phone sends a silent SMS ro the number, apparently to activate iMessage and Facetime. However, this SMS costs me quite some money …

Collect data on CPU usage per core at regular time intervals?

Following from question in comment here, is there any easy way to get CPU usage on a per core basis at a certain interval throughout the day? (e.g. every 60 seconds) Notes happy to use a script (e.g. ruby, python) and run it in the ter…

Cannot find old Notes data

I just upgraded my harddrive for my Macbook Pro mid-2009 running High Sierra to a solid state drive. My old harddrive is now in an enclosure and I'm trying to access my old Notes from there, I forgot to back that up. I never connected t…

Cannot find old Notes data

I just upgraded my harddrive for my Macbook Pro mid-2009 running High Sierra to a solid state drive. My old harddrive is now in an enclosure and I'm trying to access my old Notes from there, I forgot to back that up. I never connected t…

How to Find COVID-19 Testing Locations with Apple Maps on iPhone & iPad

If you are interested in finding a COVID-19 testing location, Apple Maps may be able to help track down a place where you can get tested for the novel coronavirus. Finding COVID-19 testing facilities near you, or even in a different region, is quite…

Why is it still not possible to cut files to paste them elsewhere in Catalina?

I find it weird that this simple functionality doesn't exist in macOS, as it does in other OS. IIRC, it used to exist in the System 7 era. What would be the rationale to get this simple functionality out of the window (I should say Appl…

How to map a MacBook keyboard to write different characters?

I have a MacBook computer with Japanese keyboard. The only realistic way to use the keyboard is to change the input source to either British or Australian. So I changed it to Australian. On doing so, I cannot write some characters I nee…

XCode crashes at start (at launch)

My XCode crashes with the following error Process: Xcode [972] Path: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode Identifier: com.apple.dt.Xcode Version: 11.2.1 (15526.1) Build Inf…

How to map a MacBook keyboard keys to write different character

I have a MacBook computer with Japanese keyboard. The only realistic way to use the keyboard is to change the input source to either British or Australian. So I changed it to Australian. On doing so I cannot write some characters I need…

Why is it still not possible to cut files to paste them elsewhere in Catalina?

I find it weird that this simple functionality doesn't exist in macOS, as it does in other OS. IIRC, it used to exist in the System 7 era. What would be the rationale to get this simple functionality out of the window (I should say Appl…

Why is my 2016 iMac "Beach Balling" a lot after upgrading hardware?

I purchased this system in January, 2016. It says it is a "Late 2015" model. Apple Care told me it is the last generation compatible with non-matching RAM chip amounts so I left the Apple provided 8gb RAM (two 4gb sticks) in when I adde…