If buying a refurbished MacBook 15" 2015 from a third-party seller, is there a way to prove or ensure that there is no spyware or malware on the MacBook?
Lees meerI have a shell script that I run periodically to notify me if my Magic Mouse battery is running low (the built-in notification doesn't allow you to customize the threshold, which I find is too low). It uses the following command to get …
Lees meerI am the sole user of my macOS system (currently a Mac Mini M1 running macOS 15.0 Sequoia). I would like to know if it's possible to (re)configure the builtin locate command and database to include files in my $HOME directory (/Users/lu…
Lees meerIf buying a refurbished MacBook from a third-party seller, is there a way to prove or ensure that there is no spyware or malware on the MacBook?
Lees meerI know I can use ping or nc, but macOS itself must be storing the state of internet connection somewhere right? For example, when you connect to Wifi, with no internet, macOS gives an indication (in Control Center) that it has connected…
Lees meerAfter the last 2 iOS updates the incoming calls do not ring. The volume is set to maximum, but the ringer bell has a slash through it and will not for a call. When I have my hearing aids in, I hear the ringtone through the hearing aids.…
Lees meerI know I can use ping or nc, but macOS itself must be storing the state of internet connection somewhere right? For example, when you connect to Wifi, with no internet, macOS gives an indication (in Control Center) that it has connected…
Lees meerI recently got a MacBook Pro 2019 that runs macOS 11. I can't message my friend on iMessage. I don't have an iPhone, so I just have an email linked to my account. I know that is enough to message people, but every single time, my messag…
Lees meerI have a shell script that I run periodically to notify me if my Magic Mouse battery is running low (the built-in notification doesn't allow you to customize the threshold, which I find is too low). It uses the following command to get …
Lees meerSequoia ships with Python 3.9.something. However, I need a more recent version for some machine learning applications I need to run. Should I really run a separate python installation e.g. with home-brew or can I simply update the syste…
Lees meerAny ideas as to why I have this slash symbol on Xcode?
Lees meerI have a VPN I use for work with L2TP config. The same VPN works smoothly without any issue in a Windows laptop. However, it drives me crazy in my iMac with two issues. We have a few websites from work that are only accessible through …
Lees meerAs a preface, I want to mention that I'm aware that dual booting beta/bleeding edge versions of macOS alongside the stable public release can yield a situation where firmware is updated on Apple Silicon machines to match the firmware of…
Lees meerI know I can use ping or nc, but macOS itself must be storing the state of internet connection somewhere right? For example, when you connect to Wifi, with no internet, macOS gives an indication (in Control Center) that it has connected…
Lees meerAny ideas as to why I have this slash symbol on Xcode?
Lees meerI use SelfControl on Mac for blocking websites for a predetermined period of time. It blocks everything except some very distractive websites, even though I entered all the domains and subdomains as required. Any help would be appreciat…
Lees meerI use SelfControl on Mac for blocking websites for a predetermined period of time. It blocks everything except some very distractive websites, even though I entered all the domains and subdomains as required. Any help would be appreciat…
Lees meerI have an iPhone 12 I use as a webcam on my Mac running Sequoia. I used it briefly as a webcam just to make sure it still worked after an upgrading to Sequoia. It worked fine. The 12 was still using ios 17 at the time. Then I opened the…
Lees meerI use SelfControl on Mac for blocking websites for a predetermined period of time. It blocks everything except some very distractive websites, even though I entered all the domains and subdomains as required. Any help would be appreciat…
Lees meerI know I can use ping or nc, but macOS itself must be storing the state of internet connection somewhere right? For example, when you connect to Wifi, with no internet, macOS gives an indication (in Control Center) that it has connected…
Lees meerI know I can use ping or nc, but macOS itself must be storing the state of internet connection somewhere right? For example, when you connect to Wifi, with no internet, macOS gives an indication (in Control Center) that it has connected…
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