Whenever I stream music (this is from Youtube on Firefox), my relatively new MacBook Pro regularly emits a sound like a vinyl record player "scratching", crackle or popping during playback. I started a console logging session and manage…
Lees meerI recently came across an older backup drive from 2018 that has my 60GB of photos on it - I started this back when iPhotos was a thing. This would have been on Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra I opened Photos and did File > Import but it gives…
Lees meerMy AppleCare+ agreement on my MacBook Pro expires in mid-July. At present, checking my coverage shows everything is fine as expected. However, a search of my options does not reveal any means of extending my coverage early, before the e…
Lees meerI automatically back up my Mac to an attached external drive with Time Machine. But just in case something bad happens to both at the same time (flood, theft, rm rf /, etc.) I'd like to store a cloud backup as well, with the plan being …
Lees meerI have a 2017 MacBook Pro (macOS 12) and purchased a new Magic Trackpad (can't find the old one), but it doesn't pair or work. I then realized that the minimum OS for the USB C version is macOS 15. Is there any hack or workaround I can …
Lees meerA broken MacBook Pro (2018, A1990) found in the trash does not turn on when you press the power button, it is suspected that it is in DFU mode.
Lees meerSo basically kernel task has been high when my Macbook Pro 2019 (16 inch model) lags too much. I feel I can’t use it and this happens at random. I saw some people saying this might be caused by the charger but no even without the charge…
Lees meerWhen compiling Homebrew packages from formulae, I wish to override a dependency, permanently and forever, for all existing packages/formulas, now and in the future. I'm looking for a simple switch/setting/option/environment variable tha…
Lees meerSo basically kernel task has been making my Macbook Pro 2019 (16 inch model) lag too much to be able to use it and this happens at random. I saw some people saying this might be caused by the charger but no even without the charger conn…
Lees meerI recently came across an older backup drive from 2018 that has my 60GB of photos on it - I started this back when iPhotos was a thing. This would have been on Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra I opened Photos and did File > Import but it gives…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Mac Mini with macOS Sequoia 15.5 installed. When I run a SuperDuper backup, it backs up my boot drive to a target image on an external drive. No biggy. ut it's sending some files to the trash for some reas…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Mac Mini with macOS Sequoia 15.5 installed. When I run a SuperDuper backup, it backs up my boot drive to a target image on an external drive. No biggy. ut it's sending some files to the trash for some reas…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Mac Mini with macOS Sequoia 15.5 installed. When I run a SuperDuper backup, it backs up my boot drive to a target image on an external drive. No biggy. ut it's sending some files to the trash for some reas…
Lees meerI'm trying to compare two directory trees via FileMerge and it's stuck on "status: initializing..." for several hours now (statusbar in lower left corner). I've already tried to cancel and restart but same result. How can I troubleshoot…
Lees meerI'm in a situation in which I don't want to control the system proxy for this, but want to control it on a per-app basis. Say I launch Spotify, all processes Spotify spawns as well as the main Spotify process goes through my proxy, whil…
Lees meerI'm trying to compare two directory trees via FileMerge and it's stuck on "status: initializing..." for several hours now (statusbar in lower left corner). I've already tried to cancel and restart but same result. How can I troubleshoot…
Lees meerI've built a simple Python script that tries to discover my Sonos speakers via mDNS/UPnP/Bonjour and set some music sources to them. This is done using the soco lib. The script works well when started on the shell. Starting it from a La…
Lees meerMy uncle has an iPad 4th Gen (Model A1458). By a mistake by himself it seems the iPad was "infected". He already changed his Apple ID password in all his devices (same as emails) By security reasons since that incident He has the iPad t…
Lees meerI have photos synced through iCloud to my Mac. This is good. I like to be able to see the pictures big! However I don't have a lot of storage space and the library seems to grow and grow, even though I have checked "Optimize Mac Storage…
Lees meerSo I accidentally came across some news today saying that starting from iOS 18.1, Apple now lets you change your actual iCloud email address. I’m already on iOS 18.4 and somehow totally missed this. Just to be clear—I’m not talking abou…
Lees meerI have two Macs — a MacBook Air and a MacBook Pro —, both around 10 years old. The MacBook Pro is pretty up to date, but I'm running MacOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) on the Air. I'm thinking of getting a pair of AirPod 4s with noise cancellation.…
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