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Here are some ones from MacOS 7: https://osxdaily.com/2018/01/01/classic-mac-os-tiling-wallpapers/

> Me: Don't send. > Siri: "Sent!" This suggests that it didn't. What I recommended is a known solution, and has worked very well for me: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/apple-siri-tips-and-tricks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyUz6t7W1vk https://osxdaily.com/2016/05/03/improve-hey-siri-voice-training-ios/ https://www.applemust.com/ios-how-to-make-hey-siri-more-accurate/ I suppose the tribalism surrounding communication device logos makes these sorts of technical suggestions risky.

Yes, I loved it! https://osxdaily.com/2006/12/06/macsaber-turn-your-mac-into-a-lightsab… I read somewhere that for the past decade this app concept won't work on Macbooks because with the SSDs they no longer have the sudden motion sensor which was used to shut down the hard drive to protect it in case of an accidental drop.

You can set it to not hide the menu bar in fullscren mode. By default it will show up when you move the mouse near the top of the screen. https://osxdaily.com/2022/03/17/keep-menu-bar-visible-mac-full-screen/ rectangleapp.com enables the classic fullscreen with ctrl+opt+enter (or via snap to top).

This is... patently dumb, but I love it. I’ve often found myself thinking how it would be great if the next AppleTV contained an A13 SoC, and... if somebody could adapt Linux to run on it so it could be made into an ultra-compact, super-powerful ARM workstation. I did something similar with the AppleTV 2 by jail-breaking it many years ago, but I didn’t achieve what I envisioned. The most useful thing I ever did with it was this: https://osxdaily.com/2011/05/18/turn-an-apple-tv-into-web-server/ which nowadays is far more easily achieved with a Raspberry Pi 3/4.

macOS has a builtin malware scanner, XProtect: http://osxdaily.com/2017/05/01/check-xprotect-version-mac/ If you want additional protection, I believe your best option is Avast: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-antivirus,review-2588-6.html https://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Incorrect. The minimum requirement is a Mac Pro 2010 or higher. I recommended buying a Mac Pro 2012. - http://osxdaily.com/2016/06/14/macos-sierra-compatibility-list/ - http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/will-my-mac-run-mac-os-…

> Issue 1: Settings App -> Music -> Show Apple Music (toggle this off, obviously) I was secretly hoping that somebody would post the solution to the problem, so I just excitedly opened up the Music section on my Ipod touch...only to find that there is no "Show Apple Music" slider. I just googled it again and found a page with your same solution[0] which says it should work on the ipod and includes a screenshot, but my ipod doesn't have that section. When I get home, I'll try disabling Apple Music on iTunes to see if that works. I love living in the future. [0]http://osxdaily.com/2015/07/31/hide-apple-music-ios-itunes/

Now will someone figure out a terminal command to turn off the MacBook Pro display for Yosemite? Like the following: http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/14/disable-the-internal-screen-on-a-macboo…

Not in Lion - by default holding down a key will bring up the accent menu. You can turn it off by following this http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/04/enable-key-repeat-mac-os-x-lion/ (though I've found it more useful to keep it on).

I just got one last night. I am overall very impressed, although I agree that it really is jarring to hit an app that's not designed for Retina. Have you tried running the native resolution? It gives you tons of real estate and avoids the retina compatibility problem, assuming your vision is good enough :) You can't get the native resolution from system preferences, but there are some utilities that make it pretty convenient to get at it: http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/18/3-ways-to-run-a-retina-macbook-pro-at-2… I recommend SetResX on that page, it's free and works really well, and just sits in your menu bar. Just watch out on the downloads page, there are a bunch of ads that look like the download link, make sure you get the right one.

It is not so simple. Tablet computers before the iPad did not look anything like the iPad: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/18/tablet-design-before-after-the-ipad/ in hindsight, it seems like the only completely obvious way to design a tablet, but that fact in itself is the mark of great design.

The stills captured in video are significantly lower quality than the still image at the heart of a live photo. The few frames of captured video and audio are to provide "live" context, not to let you choose the best shot. It was never intended as a burst capture tool, the iPhone has a separate burst mode by holding down the shutter button that works sort of how you are describing, and will provide a rapid burst of much higher quality stills. You can change the keyframe on a live photo (ie the image displayed first) from the still capture to a video frame, but I generally would never do this due to the quality drop. It adds a little more memory context to a still photo, its not a burst capture tool. There are actually some features with live photos I hadn't seen before though that are kind of interesting, for example you can fake a long exposure shot via a feature that interpolates information from the video stills into the main image: https://osxdaily.com/2018/01/10/take-long-exposure-photos-iphone-ipad-…

Yep! That option works well for some people but personally I find it takes a bit too much "feel" away. There are other options like making some animation speeds faster (so fast that the animation is almost imperceptible) and disabling some animations in Finder. The Cocktail utility can do it, and it can be done from the terminal too. I'm not 100% sure this is up to date, but it might be: https://osxdaily.com/2015/01/06/make-the-window-resizing-animation-spe… The main one is basically like this: defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.003 Plus there are some more similar things you can set in `defaults`. (What the Cocktail utility is is a GUI that captures knowledge about a bunch of these settings into a convenient tool. There are other utilities like this afaik? BetterTouchTool maybe? idk.) Then there's something called yabai which is a 'window management utility', but afaik it goes a lot deeper than other similar programs for macOS - it can disable animations and do some more stuff up to the point that you need to (partially) disable SIP to be able to make full use of it. Haven't tried but it does seems to be very worthwhile. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

Yeah no. The iMessage white-on-blue isn’t a significantly better contrast ratio. I would actually prefer black text here. Low contrast UI elements are the calling card of Alan Dye’s design team. The iMessage and SMS contrast ratio doesn’t rank because there are so many other UI issues that have crept in from this team over the years. If the blue provides a slightly better contrast ratio, it is bound to be incidental and if I were a betting man, I would bet that someone actually likes the green used for SMS. This entire message style by the way is a direct descendant of iChat AV where you could actually choose your message color. When Apple developed SMS and then iMessageS for iPhones, they chose basically iChat’s design, and picked their favorite bubble colors and what we have today evolved from that. E.g.: [1] https://osxdaily.com/2011/02/14/prevent-annoying-im-text-styling-with-… (note the drop-down menu with “Lime” selected, you can Google around for other colors). [2] https://flylib.com/books/en/1.463.1.538/1/

>This is a case of “works on my machine.” Nope, I even have had a couple of issues (wifi related) which were solved in .2 update. But I also know that I had this or that issue everytime since 10.2 when I started using the OS. I also know I had tons of issues in Linux (been using it since 1997) and Windows (since 3.1), and I'm also a programmer, so I don't have BS expectations from something as huge as a complete OS and apps distro. So, it's mostly a case of "have been following this space since 2002, including reading most forums, trade mags and blogs, so have a feel for what people compain about." >There are serious[1] documented[2] issues[3] with Yosemite[4] that were not there in the previous OS X release, and, after multiple point updates still haven not been fixed. Nothing special about those issues you posted. I post below a list of issues for Mavericks (tried to find similar or even the same). I can find for you similar items even down to 10.2, including lamenting articles about "buggiest release ever", etc. As for the "and after multiple point updates still haven not been fixed", first we're at 10.9.3. So multiple is just 3 releases. Usually we get up to 7 or 8. And some even carry over or get fixed in the next version, especially if they don't affect many people. And before dismissing "works for me" casually because of some issues online, note that with a user base in the 100s of millions, even a bug affecting 0.1% (with some weirdo network setup, bad HD…

I currently split time between a 15" rMBP and a few Windows 7 machines and to be honest, I prefer the time on my Windows 7 machines despite many downsides. Every few years I'll have a go at going Mac (this is try #3) and they'll all sort of peter out and I'll end up back in Windows. I think this current go around has been the most successful, I love my rMBP hardware. And the work that Apple has put into making touchpads actually useful (both with hardware and software) is miraculous. The keyboards are nice typing experiences (I'm more mixed on the magic mouse). It's also an awesome portable virtualization platform that I've had 4 or 5 Linux VMs all up and running like a champ on it. Multiple workspaces are usually awesome, I keep several workspaces for different semantic parts of my day and the flow is really nice. Airdrop is magic. For the most part things just work. To try and make it really stick, I went cold turkey for the better part of 9 months and didn't touch a Windows machine. But then, small frustrations and irritations finally built up and I recently just built myself a new Windows 7 computer and pretty much use it for all of my day-to-day with my Mac sitting in a travel bag for when I need to go on the road. What is it that keeps pushing me back? I've spent a lot of time thinking about why this is and sorta have it narrowed down to a few user scenarios: Here's 1 line of reasoning: 1. When I'm using my Mac, I find I try and avoid actually interacting with OS…

No, I don't think you're overthinking it. If anything, you're giving them too much credit. App albums are totally lame IMO. Just like having apps for a small to medium retail/service business are generally lame. It's not worth the effort for most people to find and download this app. Look at Bjork's iPhone app reviews. There are 763 ratings. From what I've read, you can multiply ratings x 30 to get a rough estimate of sales [1]. That would put sales at 22,890 units. At $12.99 that's a net (after Apple's cut) of roughly $208K. Maybe that covers Bjork's cost of developing the app, producing all the additional content, and her additional time needed. Maybe. But I'm skeptical. Even if it was profitable for Bjork or Jay-Z, the problem is smaller artists are going to try and emulate this and it's going to fail miserably for them. [1] http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/27/estimate-sales-downloads-of-ios-itunes-…

I've come to expect better researched and sourced articles from the Technology Review. Lion's most obvious failings are the frequent crashes of its mail reader, calendar program, and PDF Preview utility. Mac OS X 10.7 ”Lion” started with some issues, as do all new operating systems--it was only released last July. But the issues weren't show-stoppers as the article implies. 10.7.3 addressed a bunch of issues and it was released on February 1st. The Mac has also become less reliable for developers, experimenters, and hackers. I'm mostly in this category of user and this hasn't been my experience at all. In fact, things have only gotten better for developers, tinkerers and hackers thanks to Apple's more modular approach to developer tools and support for command line toolchains with Command Line Tools for Xcode: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action. Clang (http://clang.llvm.org/) is nothing to sneeze at either. Now developers are reporting that Apple's upcoming "Mountain Lion" release will drop support for many computers that Apple was selling just a few years ago—computers that still run great, but which are no longer covered by the AppleCare warranty. The implication seems to be that Apple is intentionally leaving these machines out of the Mountain Lion upgrade game because they're no longer under warranty, presumably to force those users to buy new hardware if they want to run Mountain Lion. Bastards! ;-) Without mentioning that whenever Apple or…

In iOS 5 you get instant camera access from your lock screen. This lets you quickly pull out your iPhone (or iPad and iPod touch of course) and take pictures without having to unlock the iPhone or clicking on the camera app. Here’s how to do this: http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/14/camera-lock-screen-ios-5/ And once you are in the camera app, you can use the Volume Up button as a shutter to take pictures. I've also noticed that the camera records what the action was at the time the shutter button's pressed, perhaps even a moment before the button was pressed, as though it's recording a continuous buffer and reaching back into it a few frames. There are also a couple video apps that record a continuous buffer, and when you "start" a recording, they start it retroactively, so you can press record after something neat happens and not miss video of the event itself. The one I use has the great "Philip K Dick"-esque name Precorder: http://www.airshipsoftware.com/precorder

It is supported https://support.apple.com/en-us/102555 but thermal throttling reduces performance https://osxdaily.com/2024/04/03/using-m3-macbook-air-in-clamshell-mode…

Is that the right product though? I use office 2019 and that says to activate but mine's activated - I need something to stop the remotely bricking. Maybe deleting the updater will work? (as in https://osxdaily.com/2019/07/20/how-delete-microsoft-autoupdate-mac/)

Bringing me back to 2006, in a good way. https://osxdaily.com/2006/12/06/macsaber-turn-your-mac-into-a-lightsab…

There have been lots of complaints all over the place that contradict your experience. One article that talks about it: https://osxdaily.com/2025/09/19/why-im-holding-off-on-upgrading-to-mac… For less discerning users maybe the rough edges aren't that noticeable. But the point of choosing Apple products is you should be a discerning consumer.

That issue apparently goes back a couple years. https://osxdaily.com/2022/01/28/fix-safari-cant-open-page-nsposixerror… https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/qna5js/safari_issue_in_montere…

You can also download the installer for older versions [0] from the web. [0] https://osxdaily.com/where-download-macos-installers/

It was a feature! https://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iphone-4-antenna-decal…

Sorry, what are document proxies? EDIT: Oh, is this it? [0]. I can't say I ever noticed that before (when it still existed) 0: https://osxdaily.com/2014/08/20/open-files-new-app-proxy-icon-mac-os-x…