System: iMac M4, Sequoia 15.6 I found various suggestions for quick ways to create a large file for testing purposes. What I don't understand is what dd actually produces. Example: dd if=/dev/urandom of=bar.txt bs=1g count=10 seek=100 Finder window says "bar.txt 118.11 GB" . But the GetInfo window says "size 118,111,600,640 bytes (10.75 GB on disk) " Further, the GetInfo window for "Macintosh HD" seems to agree with the smaller value so far as disk space used vs. free is concerned. I'm guessing that my inexperience with dd means I'm not using bs and seek correctly? If so, what are a set of compatible args to use so the output file has a reliable size reported? As a side note, mkfile 10g fmkfile.txt produces a file that both Finder and GetInfo agree is 10.74 GB.

I have a 2011, 15" MacBook Pro (running 10.6.8) with the defunct, AMD(?) graphics chip. I'm trying to connect to a 23" Apple Cinema Display using a brand-new Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (LogiLink CV0037), **but it doesn't work.** I am aware that my laptop has a Thunderbolt port, not a Mini DisplayPort. However, everything I've read seems to indicate that a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter should work perfectly fine for what I'm trying to do, given Thunderbolt's 'backward compatibility'. The most likely culprit in my mind is that I've permanently disabled the faulty graphics chip by following these video instructions , which might be interacting with how my machine connects with the display. Is this likely correct? Is the AMD(?) chip required to run external displays? Are there any other obvious possibilities? Also, it's worth noting: Both the display and adapter do in fact work. I plugged the display into an older 17" MBP with a mini-DisplayPort with no problems. Also when I pull the adapter out of either the 15" or 17", the laptop screen goes blue for a few seconds, suggesting that the 15" MacBook Pro is also detecting something, just not integrating the display connection fully(?).

I have been using Google Drive for desktop on my M1 MacBook Pro for a long time, but recently my folders on my google drive stopped syncing suddenly (Some folders are on my windows laptop and drive just basically mirrors them to my mac). On my other devices drive is running completely fine. There is no problem of storage shortage on my account too. At first, I signed out and signed in but that did not work. So I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it, but in vain. I was seeking help from google high tier support team but nothing really worked for my Mac. I have attached what pops out after the sign in. I have searched on the internet for a long time but to my surprise I did not found a single person with my kind of problem. The troubleshooting I tried are mentioned below: 1. Signing out and in 2. Uninstall and reinstall 3. Using mac on a different network 4. Signing in with a different google account 5. Deleting the DriveFS folder and restarting the computer 6. Reset user preferences on drive 7. Google drive proxy setting change from Auto-Detect to Direct Connection Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

So I know what iCloud does backup: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428 But I couldn't find any source on what it **doesn't** backup I accidentally bricked my phone and loaded my backup onto another phone (it's been a while), but I did notice a few things (I'll continue adding things to these lists as I use my phone, in case anybody wonders the same thing): Things that did not backup/move over to new phone: ----- 1) There was **no** call history, that **didn't** get backed up 2) Apps that were no longer available in the app store did not get backed up 3) Apps that I had developed and deployed to my phone were not backed up (icons still there, though) Things that did backup/move over (somewhat surprisingly): ----- 1) Apps that saved session tokens still persisted (was still logged in to a lot of apps) 2) Probably for the same reason the session tokens were backedup, my downloaded Spotify songs also came along 3) I would've guessed that only iMessages would've been backed up, but looks like all of my SMS texts to android friends also got backed up which is nice 4) It did backup my iOS settings, I had sleeping screen turned off, and it was brought over Main reason I'm asking is because I wasn't sure if I should go through the effort of trying to revive the phone to get any obscure data off of it. In an ideal world I would get an exact copy. I'm OK just throwing it out otherwise Not sure if anybody's ever kept track, if there's a resource somewhere out there that has a list, that would be great closure for me. Thanks!

We know that using MDM we can handle **Privacy Preferences Policy Control** in mac. > I am able to disable **Screen Sharing** and **Camera feature** for the > Particular Application. Is there any way by which we can disable this globally for all applications? Payload Example Device Management Profile PrivacyPreferencesPolicyControl.Services

I've got a portable screen and a Macbook Pro. When I sit down at a desk, maybe I plug it in on the right or the left. Each time I forget and I end up having to into the settings and dragging them around. Is there a quick way to do this - either with a script or some tool that sits in the menu bar?

I've noticed that my screen was slightly strobing when my MacBook is plugged in via HDMI to my LG TV. The issue does not repro when there's lighter colours, and it also doesn't repro on the Mac's internal panel.

I bought a used Mac Mini from another country on Ebay. When I plugged it in the macOS installer listed my country (Portugal) and China as the topmost countries. How does it know this? And why China in addition to Portugal? Some more details: - The Mac mini didn't have any internet connectivity at that point, wired or wireless - I live in an isolated place so only my wifi networks were visible (internet and from a solar inverter) - I had plugged a cheap usb keyboard (in my local PT layout) - This happened twice as I had to return the first Mac mini due to it being the wrong model - Poking my Sequoia installation I can only find a wifi BSSID database in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreLocation.framework/Versions/A/Support/factory.db which does not contain any information about my local wifi networks. - I had my iPhone close to me while setting this up, but tethering was not being used 

Frequently, when I try to open the (10.9) Finder's "Open With..." menu, I experience a delay that appears to be due to connected FireWire drives. This delay is very long when the drives need to spin up , but is also perceptible when the drives have not spun down. For me, this delay makes no sense: I have no applications that I use stored on my external drives, and I have disabled Spotlight searches of these drives (using Spotlight's "Privacy" setting ). Is there some way to prevent the "Open With..." menu examining external drives? --- Note that this is not a question about speeding up the OW menu in general (e.g., by pruning apps and file type associations), nor about keeping duplicate apps on external drives from appearing in the OW menu (I have none as my Spotlight settings noted above exclude them).

I have *Apple Wireless Keyboard (A1255, from 2007, US English layout)* and I want to use it on *non-Apple, Windows PC*. But I have two problems. **Firstly**, Windows does not detect when "fn" and "eject" is pressed on. **Secondly** - I want to rebind/swap these keys: "fn" to "control" (and "left control" to "fn") and "eject" to "delete". I installed BootCamp on my machine but it has not changed anything. Thanks for any help.

I'm trying to make a button on finders toolbar that will group the open folders items by kind and sort by name. I found a script online that ive modified that appears to do this, t stops after changing to icon view and doesnt appear to do anything else. tell application "Finder" activate tell the front Finder window set the current view to icon view set the toolbar visible to true end tell tell icon view options of front Finder window set properties to {sort column:name column, sort direction:normal, text size:12, uses relative dates:true, calculates folder sizes:true, shows icon preview:true} end tell tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" tell menu item "Show View Options" of menu of menu bar item "View" of menu bar 1 to if exists then click tell checkbox "Always open in icon view" of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 0 then click tell checkbox "Always open in list view" of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Date Modified" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Date Created" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Size" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Kind" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 0 then click tell checkbox "Version" of group 1 of window 1 to if v(exists) and alue is 1 then click tell checkbox "Comments" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Label" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click end tell end tell

I have been using Google Tasks to manage my todo list. However, when I ask Siri on my iPhone to remind me of something, the task gets put in Apple Reminders. How do I add a task to my Google Tasks list through Siri?

My MacBook Pro (2017 ver. / no ethernet port) is connected to a WiFi connection and I am trying to use Internet Sharing so that I can connect my Philips Hue Bridge to the internet. I quickly bought a USB-C to Ethernet adapter from Amazon thinking that would work but I am guessing this can only be used to get an internet connection to my MacBook from a router/modem, instead of sharing the connection from the MacBook to another device? Any insights/help would be greatly appreciated.

I am switching from the default music player on my iPhone to using Spotify to play music. The recent updates have meant that I can't use the music player in the same as I used to and I much prefer Spotify in general.I still want to use iTunes on my Mac to organise playlists. What I need to set up is essentially a reverse smart playlist. I have 2000 songs in my iTunes library but I only want 500 of those on my phone. Is there a way to have the songs that get put into my smart playlist (that gets synced to my phone) getting automatically copied into a folder in Finder and have that as the 'Local File Source' in Spotify? Or would I just have to do this manually? Hopefully that makes sense, and any kind of help would be awesome! Thanks

My old MacBook Pro running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info I care about in the Finder when I select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. My new M1 MacBook Air running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. I have to resize the window, so that I can see the dimensions info. How can I make my MacBook Air show the file info the same way that the older macOS does? ### Preview options. I can set preview options for a particular image, though it affects just the one I selected.

Blue shade on the MacBook Air screen, I've started playing some games on my Mac, and sometimes after that, my screen starts to display a blue shade. ![Photo of the MacBook Air screen with a blue shade on it. A full-screen Terminal window is open. ][1] It's not inside the screen, though it's literally on the screen, and it's not dirt. I couldn't find a similar problem here, but I think it's because of overheating, because it's in the same place that the Mac CPU is (when it closes). ![Screenshot of the same Terminal window from the previous photo ][2]

I recently updated to the latest macOS Ventura security patch. Ever since I did so, attempting to start Barrier prompts me with a dialog stating > **"Barrier" would like to control this computer using accessibility features.** > Grand access to this application in Privacy & Security settings, located in System Settings. With options for "Open System Settings" and "Deny" (no "Allow"). In System Settings, Barrier is already listed with the "Allow" option enabled. Disabling and re-enabling Barrier does not dissuade macOS from showing me the dialog instead of launching the application. Removing Barrier from the list (with the - button) and re-adding it also doesn't seem to change anything. How can I convince macOS to let me run this application, as I was prior to the macOS update installation?

I found out that I can't control the volume of speakers connected to my monitor via HDMI using volume controls in the OS. There are countless questions about this issue, the most upvoted one being https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/336750/how-do-i-control-macbook-volume-when-a-dp-display-is-connected . However there are some USB C hubs for sale that include a 3.5mm audio port. I was thinking that if I buy one of these I would be able to control the volume of speakers through the OS. However in one of the reviews for one of the hubs ([this one](https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-MultiPort-Adapter-Pass-Through-Charging/dp/B091KKB74Y)) , someone mentioned that they were unable to control the volume using the OS. So does this mean all USB C hubs also have this issue? I could only find discussions concerning HDMI or DisplayPort. The reason for all of this is I want to easily control my volume using my keyboard and I also want to limit the number of cables I have connected to my MacBook as much as possible. P.S. I know there are software solutions. I need to avoid a software solution and just need a firm "yes" or "no, because etc.."

I often leave my phone plugged into my MacBook over night. After switching to an iPhone with USB-C, it started charging up my Mac from the phone battery if the Mac isn't connected to power, which results in my phone being dead in the morning. I'm unsure whether the Mac's battery is already flat when this happens, or if it happens when the Mac is still sleeping. The battery settings on the iPhone show power being used by "USB-C Accessories". Is there any way to disable this reverse charging behaviour?

I updated my Mac to new MacOS version (*15.6 (24G84)*). During the MacOS new changes overview tour; I was asked whether to add Password in Menu Bar and that time set it to yes, and now I’m unable to remove it from top menu bar. this was the suggestion I found - Open **System Settings**. - Go to **Control Center** from the sidebar. - Scroll down to the **Menu Bar Only** section. - Find **Passwords** in the list. - Click the dropdown next to **Passwords** and set it to "Don't Show in Menu Bar". But there is no such item present on **Menu Bar Only** section; someone can help me how to remove item from menu bar ( see the screenshot, passwords icon is visible )