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- Why does Number function STOCKH and STOCK give different results?
- Time Machine requires huge amount of storage
- How to export a MacMail Inbox folder into a csv file [closed]
- MacBook Pro Didn't Go to Sleep and did not ask for password
- Picture in picture with YouTube app on iPhone?
- Disk utility says partition is unformatted, Fsck says Macintosh HD is OK
- Issue with connecting M1 Mini to LG 77” CX
- Showing a macOS service in the menu
- Cannot Start VM on Mac BigSur11.5 with NS_ERROR_FAILURE. Help Please! [closed]
- What is new about the "new" Magic Mouse as of August 2021?
- multiple Mac performance issues, possibly related?
- macOS Big Sur - Is "Documents" ""You have custom access" normal?
- Find Boot ROM Version in Big Sur
- Better way to access Safari website data on iOS?
- "Enter Passcode for Other iPhone"
- How to delete burst photos stuck in Recently Deleted folder?
- How to prevent Macbook from bluetooth reconnecting to lost connections?
- The iPhone "xyz" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000)
- Any iPhone app crashes whenever time radio dial is pressed
- What is changing the default keyboard layout from "U.S." to symbols after hitting <option>+<e> in 10.15.7 on a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro?
- Use Applescript to launch multiple instances of an application
- Changing Apple ID on Macbook to match ID on iPhone and iPad
- Installing Ubuntu 20.04 on external drive with iMac running macOS + Windows 10
- Apple Private Email Relay address - can I use it to request password reset?
- Sharing MacBook internet to iPad via USB
- What happens to an iOS app when a provisioning profile expires?
- How to save password for Cisco IPSec in Mac native VPN client?
- How can I save iOS Notes that maintain remain formatted?
| Why does Number function STOCKH and STOCK give different results? Posted: 08 Aug 2021 12:09 AM PDT Why do these 2 functions give different results? STOCK(BTC-USD,previous close) Result: 44452.7030 STOCKH(BTC-USD,close,"Aug 7, 2021") Result: 44555.8008 Both done on August 8. Are they using different closing times? UTC 0 is what I think they should use.  |
| Time Machine requires huge amount of storage Posted: 07 Aug 2021 10:31 PM PDT So I have a MBP 16' with 1TB SSD running Big Sur. Right now it has 731GB space available so a total of ~270GB used. I setup a SMB for Time Machine backup on my Synology NAS. It has 1.4TB of free space on it. The backup failed complaining "The backup disk needs 4.52 TB for the backup but only 1.42 TB are available. Select a larger backup disk or make the backup smaller by excluding files.". Is it normal that I should have 16 times of data to do 1 backup?  |
| How to export a MacMail Inbox folder into a csv file [closed] Posted: 07 Aug 2021 10:29 PM PDT I would like some instruction on how to export all of the emails from a specific inbox from the native Mac Mail app into a .csv file  |
| MacBook Pro Didn't Go to Sleep and did not ask for password Posted: 07 Aug 2021 08:59 PM PDT I closed my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro (running Big Sur) at 9:57 p.m. I have my MacBook Pro set to passcode lock after 5 minutes of sleep. I opened my Mac at 10:09 p.m and my MacBook was not asleep/unlocked because it opened up to the Safari page I was on. This has happened before once as well (Mac should have been on Lock Screen/asleep but was not). It had been well over 5 minutes, so shouldn't my MacBook have gone to sleep and went to the lock screen when I opened it back up? Do you think that my MacBook probably never went to sleep, and thus didn't passcode lock? If so, what kind of things could have caused that. I checked terminal and "PreventUserIdleSystemSleep" had a "1" but said that it was due to the display being on. Are there other things that could sometimes prevent my MacBook from going to sleep, and thus not locking?  |
| Picture in picture with YouTube app on iPhone? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 08:39 PM PDT I was surprised the iPhone YouTube app didn't provide Picture in Picture support by default:
But this video has a lot of views and seems to show a simple way (basically go into settings and enable the feature). However, when following the video's instructions, the option is not available in settings so it cannot be enabled. The comments on the video indicate similar experiences. NoteThere is a short exchange in the comments which suggests YouTube Premium may be required, but then suggests that's not the issue (since people who have YT Premium also cannot access the feature):
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| Disk utility says partition is unformatted, Fsck says Macintosh HD is OK Posted: 07 Aug 2021 06:37 PM PDT I'm having an issue with my Mac OS X installation. When I start up the system I see a circle with a line through it. I reboot into Recovery Mode by pressing Cmd-R and open Disk Utility. It shows the Macintosh HD partition (/dev/disk0s2) as being "unformatted". I open Terminal, run fsck_hfs, and it says Macintosh HD is OK. I can also successfully mount and unmount Macintosh HD with no signs of corruption. I have two questions. Why does it have a circle with a line through it when I try to boot? Why does it say unformatted when it clearly isn't?  |
| Issue with connecting M1 Mini to LG 77” CX Posted: 07 Aug 2021 05:20 PM PDT Connecting m1 mini to LG 77" CX via USB-C to HDMI. Unable to detect my keyboard and mouse. Even tried plugging peripherals directly into USB-C ports on mini. Confirmed peripherals worked with my iMac. Also returned Mini and brought another home per AppleCare support recommendation.  |
| Showing a macOS service in the menu Posted: 07 Aug 2021 04:22 PM PDT I have written a simple Automator workflow which process selected text. It does the job, and is available from most applications in the Service menu in the Text group. I have one application, the application I really wanted to use it for, which doesn't show the text group in the Services menu, but it does show the development and general group. Is there a technique to either show the Text group or to change the grouping of the workflow to the Development or General group?  |
| Cannot Start VM on Mac BigSur11.5 with NS_ERROR_FAILURE. Help Please! [closed] Posted: 07 Aug 2021 03:26 PM PDT My error message is as follows:
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| What is new about the "new" Magic Mouse as of August 2021? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 08:56 PM PDT The Magic Mouse is currently marked on Apple.com as being "new". I do not recall any news stories about the mouse having changed. ➥ What is new about it? And what is the model number to identify these newer ones?
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| multiple Mac performance issues, possibly related? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 03:06 PM PDT In the last few years my Mac has acquired several annoying quirks. In order of severity:
Other than the caps lock thing, each of these has persisted through a couple of major OS updates; I didn't notice that any of them began soon after an update. There's no obvious link among these, so I won't be surprised if you tell me they ought to be separate Questions. But maybe they're all related to hidden Preferences and the like, accumulated over the years (this is my third or fourth Mac Mini since 2005), and I need to purge all that?  |
| macOS Big Sur - Is "Documents" ""You have custom access" normal? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 05:07 PM PDT New to the MacBook and Big Sur. Did multiple searches, no results specific to my question. Is it normal for the "Documents" folder to only show under "Sharing & Permissions" the "You have custom access"? I know I change permissions, but the "Documents" folder doesn't allow that. Guidance? Explanation please? Oddly enough, when I view the Documents from the second Admin account on the Mac, I don't see the "You have Custom Access", and I'm allowed to adjust the Documents folder permissions and access. Thanks in advance.  |
| Find Boot ROM Version in Big Sur Posted: 07 Aug 2021 02:22 PM PDT I swapped a failing SSD in my MacBook Pro 15" retina Late 2013 model, which had High Sierra I am aware of sleep/hibernate issues with NVMe drives, but as per this Macrumors thread (search for But when I go to Currently, it shows me the following (relevant lines shown): I even tried running How can I figure out what is my current Boot ROM version. Any pointers? P.S - I am aware of the workaround to completely disable deep sleep and hibernate, but I think with the right Boot ROM version i.e. 427.0.0.0 or higher, I wouldn't need to do anything at all.  |
| Better way to access Safari website data on iOS? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 05:09 PM PDT It is really irritating to have to one at a time delete hundreds of cookies/caches from websites I have never visited. (Would that Apple would allow us to block third-party cookies). Is there an API that would allow me to build my own app in Xcode to handle it in a better way? Or something like Cookie 6 (macOS) for iOS? Or someone else's open source that I can compile? I'm not willing to jailbreak, nor to install something with source code not vetted by me or Apple. For example, clearing all website data and then logging in to Facebook.com adds five third-party cookies. Three of them are from domains owned by Facebook, but do not end in Facebook.com. The other two are obviously from advertising services.
This is why I use DuckDuckGo for almost everything, and Safari only occasionally. DuckDuckGo lets me clear everything after a session. I use Safari for a few domains where I'd like to keep their cookies only, but the cost of that is consumption of storage space that doesn't benefit me and prevents syncing all the music I'd like.  |
| "Enter Passcode for Other iPhone" Posted: 07 Aug 2021 08:03 PM PDT I'm setting up an iPhone for a friend, who lost her old iPhone. She got a new iPhone at the Apple store. But when they configured it, she neglected to write down the new passcode & then keep it where she could find it again. Fast forward to today. Now I'm trying to turn on "Find My" & iCloud backup, but can't because it requires that passcode. After checking with her, I followed instructions to reset the phone ("restore"). And now I'm going through the setup procedure: I chose "English", then "United States", then entered a new passcode (WHICH I WROTE DOWN!). But now it says, "Enter Passcode for Other iPhone". That appears to refer to her old iPhone, which as I mentioned was lost, and I don't think she knew the passcode for that one either. I thought I was out of the woods when I was able to set a new passcode, but suddenly there's this new hurdle to overcome. TIA for any ideas on how to get past this!  |
| How to delete burst photos stuck in Recently Deleted folder? Posted: 08 Aug 2021 12:07 AM PDT I have a known bug (outlined here, here, here, here, and here) where burst photos won't delete. I suspect instructions here would help, except my problem is more complicated since the bursts are not in Photos, but in 'Recently Deleted'. Also, I have Emptied 'Recently Deleted' many times, so the files are still there, but they appear blank, so I cannot tell which of the 25000 files are bursts (there are 17 sets of bursts among the 25000 files). Attempts to 'Delete' the files from 'Recently Deleted' results in them simply reappearing after exiting and reentering 'Recently Deleted'. Attempts to restore them results in blank files going back into Photos, with no way of distinguishing the bursts from the regular photos.  |
| How to prevent Macbook from bluetooth reconnecting to lost connections? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 04:03 PM PDT I have an Macbook Pro mid-2017 and a pair of Bluetooth ear-buds. When I turn bluetooth off and on again on the Macbook, the ear-buds do not reconnect automatically, but when I just put the ear-buds in its case, so they turn off and I take them out again, they reconnect automatically. When I get home and take the ear-buds out they still do reconnect, but when I take them out on the next morning, they don't. It seems like there is an timeout or something for "lost Bluetooth connections". I already tried this command: Like I described it works, when I turn Bluetooth off and on again, but not when I only turn the ear-buds off.  |
| The iPhone "xyz" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000) Posted: 07 Aug 2021 03:14 PM PDT Using iTunes to update my iPhone, I got: Das iPhone "xyz" konnte nicht aktualisiert werden. Ein unbekannter Fehler ist aufgetreten (4000) English: The iPhone "xyz" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000).
I could not solve it with the Apple recommended answer at I got Error 4000 when updating iPhone asking you to:
How to fix this? And if there is no fix, which workaround can help?  |
| Any iPhone app crashes whenever time radio dial is pressed Posted: 07 Aug 2021 09:09 PM PDT ProblemA few weeks ago, I noticed that I could not add any new alarms on my iPhone. Eventually, I figured out what was going on:
Attempts to Fix It
Any ideas on what could be causing the problem and what I might be able to do to fix it? My iPhone details:
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2021 05:05 PM PDT The event: After updating to 10.15.7 on a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro and hitting first time the + key - "é", the keyboard layout changed to symbols (instead of asdfg I get åß∂ƒ©). I have only the "U.S." keyboard layout installed. A few years ago I had the Greek because it was easier to type greek letters, but removed it about 4 years ago. Symptoms:
Remedies tried:
Any good suggestion that will work to keep the "U.S" keyboard layout?  |
| Use Applescript to launch multiple instances of an application Posted: 07 Aug 2021 03:03 PM PDT This is my code. I wanted to run an app (Game Capture HD.app) twice at the same time. But I get this Syntax Error: Expected """ but found unknown token.  |
| Changing Apple ID on Macbook to match ID on iPhone and iPad Posted: 07 Aug 2021 06:05 PM PDT My 13" Mac has a different Apple ID than my iPad and iPhone. I'd like to change the Apple ID on my mac so I can utilize apps properly.  |
| Installing Ubuntu 20.04 on external drive with iMac running macOS + Windows 10 Posted: 07 Aug 2021 07:04 PM PDT I have a late 2012 iMac running macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and Windows 10 (Build 18362) through Bootcamp in legacy BIOS mode and I'd like to do a full install of Ubuntu 20.04 to this external drive and be able to boot it from the iMac when it's plugged in. I've seen guides that address installing Ubuntu either to a Mac + Windows system or to an external drive but not both at the same time. My guess is that the process is similar to this guide but if it's not, how would I go about doing this? Disks
Internal Drive
External Drive
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| Apple Private Email Relay address - can I use it to request password reset? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 06:38 PM PDT Recently I have used an Apple Private Email Relay address to sign up with an app in order to hide my own email address. Everything went well and I purchased the subscription. Now I want to use the service on the other platforms as well. But in the web interface they are missing Sign In with Apple. Since I know my Apple Private Email Relay address I can still sign in with this email, but I need to reset the password to do so. I already requested password reset for the email address. But how could I access to the private relay email address's inbox.? The mail has not been received by my default email address associated with my AppleID.
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| Sharing MacBook internet to iPad via USB Posted: 07 Aug 2021 10:06 PM PDT I was sharing my MacBook LAN connection to my iPad using the internet sharing feature. But after the most recent update, I cannot find the iPad USB and iPhone USB option to share the internet. How do I fix this problem?  |
| What happens to an iOS app when a provisioning profile expires? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 11:59 PM PDT Question. What happens to an app when the provisioning profile used to build it expires? Does the app still launch on the device? Dos the app ever "call home" every few days/weeks to Apple to see if it is still valid? I would assume that it would not (once its installed, its there), but if the phone was ever lost, and needed to be restored from backup, I would assume that the app would no longer work in this case, as when it calls back to apple, it is deemed not valid. Forgive my simple question, but is my assumption correct?  |
| How to save password for Cisco IPSec in Mac native VPN client? Posted: 07 Aug 2021 03:03 PM PDT Everytime I connect to the Cisco VPN using the built-in VPN client, it asks me for the password. I am wondering is there a way we can auto save the password, like using the keychain?  |
| How can I save iOS Notes that maintain remain formatted? Posted: 08 Aug 2021 12:00 AM PDT I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 8.4.1. I have many Notes that are formatted using bold, italics, carriage returns, etc. How can I save these Notes off to my Windows laptop via iTunes or some third-party software, while preserving the formatting of my Notes? Such software would need to be able to sync those Notes back to my iPhone, while still preserving all the rich text. I want everything to remain local to my devices, so I don't want to use iCloud. Thank you.  |
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