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 

After an iPhone factory reset, I started with the initial setup where you configure your iPhone. I have entered a passcode for the iPhone but got to the step where it asks you to restore from an iCloud backup or set up as a new iPhone but I did nothing from there. Now, I can't remember the password I set up so I cannot complete the setup process. Is there a way to restart the configuration progress again to set a new device password?

So I used the procedures in this link to try and set up windows in my iMac , but when it reached the part where they asked where do you want install Windows and after I select BOOT CAMP, I got an error - " We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one."

 During the setup of a new iPhone 8 / iPhone 8 Plus / iPhone X, there is a step for migrating the settings from another iOS 11 device. On the old device, it says: > # Set Up New iPhone > Use your Apple ID "xxx@xxx.com" to set up your new iPhone. On the new device, it says: > # Quick Start > If you have an iPhone or iPad running iOS 11, bring it nearby to sign in automatically. > > If you want, you can also set up this iPhone manually. After tapping "Continue" on the old device, on the old device, it says: > # Hold Your New iPhone Up to the Camera > Position the pattern in the circle On the new device, it says: > # Waiting for Other iPhone... > Position this image in the frame of your other iPhone. A pattern of moving blue dots appears in the new device, as shown in this picture: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/06/05/automatic-setup-feature-ios-11/ And in this video: https://youtu.be/tHxhZu97pXc I believe it works like QR code, but it is not. Does anybody know what the name of this technology is?

I do two tests - I rotate the scroll wheel on my mouse the same angle very slowly and very quickly. On Mac when I rotate the wheel very slowly it scrolls on the same webpage say 1 line. When I scroll the same angle in max speed it scrolls 1 page. Why the scroll is not consistent on the mouse and how can I fix this?

I am wondering if it is possible to record the screen of a Mac or take screenshots of it during its initial setup phase. I hope to accomplish this with the hardware and not use an external camera or video capture device. Can a Mac record it’s own boot process?

Setting up a new MacBook. I like to use pico, so I always remember to add export EDITOR=nano alias pico=nano alias pcio=nano alias pioc=nano to my .profile. But I'm still missing _something_ that I used to have, because whenever I launch nano with multiple command-line arguments, instead of opening each file in sequence, it only opens the first filename. nano x.txt y.txt # edits x.txt and then quits! This isn't how it behaved on my old machine. What's the fix? (Is there an environment variable to make nano open multiple files?)

I'm a software developer and I often have to switch between different projects, each with its own environment setup. Some actions I have to do each time include: - creating ssh tunnels - connecting database inspectors - applying git stashes with local dev connection strings - starting local servers - opening specific IDE on the right project - recovering Postman saved requests for the specific project - set env variables - ... Those are all very basic tasks, but I have to do them every time with great time waste and chances to mess up. It would be really cool to have something like: - an "application" or "desktop icon" named after the project - click on it and it will open a dedicated workspace with everything ready to start developing - keep the local environment isolated Is there something like this I can setup on my Mac? Thanks

I have an APFS (case-sensitive, encrypted) Time Machine backup that includes both my internal SSD (APFS) and a much larger APFS volume on an external SSD. The backup containing both is on a slow but very large HDD. If I would like to set up a new Mac from this backup, will the restore require that I erase the existing Volume on the external SSD, have the drive plugged in during the restore, and have all the data written to the volume again (slowly) from the backup? Or is there a way to restore just the contents of the internal drive, keeping the external drive as-is, and then (after claiming the backups for the new Mac) have the external volume continue to be backed up without interruption in the history? If needed, assume that the external volume's contents have not changed since the time of the backup I'm restoring from. I've read this answer that explains how to restore the backup of a corrupted external drive to a new external drive by copying files from an APFS snapshot and then associate the new drive with the old drive's backups via terminal. However, I have the opposite problem of wanting to continue using and backing up the same external drive with a new Mac without hiccups. I'll be able to try things later once I have the new Mac, but wanted to see if anyone knew the answer to this before I attempt. This seems like a scenario that should come up often enough, but information about how all of this works with the APFS backups from newer macOS versions still seems pretty sparse.

I have a macbook pro M1 and i need to connect 2 34 inch monitors and 2 27 inch monitors. How do i do that? Currently if i connect the two 34 inch to a docking station with hdmi the macbook recognises only 1 and the second shows as mirror not extended.

I had some issues on my machine and had to reinstall macOS High Sierra from the recovery partition. Not sure if the setup didn't complete, or maybe it just didn't work as I expected, but I ended up at a login screen with no users on the machine. So I set a password for root from single user mode and then logged into Finder as root, and now I'd like to re-create my previous user from the existing home directory. So on this machine there's still a /Users/username folder with all my stuff I want to use. If I simply make a new user called username and point it to that folder, will it work or will it erase that directory? Should I make a user with a different name, and then simply copy the contents over (while logged out of the new user, from a root terminal), or make a new user and then change the home directory to it? Maybe something involving the dscl utility? As long as I can preserve all the user-installed applications, settings, keychain, etc., I'm happy.

I am trying to add an administrator account on my MacBook Pro using single-user mode. However, the command /sbin/mount -uw / does not seem to work. Any reason as to why? /sbin/mount -uw / apfs_vfsop_mount:1151: Updating mount from /dev/disk1s5 to read/write node is not allowed mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted mount: / failed with 77 localhost:/ root# /sbin/mount -uw / apfs_vfsop_mount:1151: Updating mount from /dev/disk1s5 to read/write node is not allowed mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted mount: / failed with 77 localhost:/ root#

I have an Apple Watch upgraded to WatchOS6 and I have only an old iPhone with iOS12 so this Apple Watch is blank and can't be associated to this iPhone (I'm using those devices for test - I'm not really an Apple user). I would like to use this Apple Watch for its basic features and for some tests without the need to synchronize it with an iPhone. 1) Will I be able to associate this Apple Watch with an iPhone "for display" in a physical Apple retail store to pass the first WatchOS screen that asks to "associate to your iPhone"? 2) The idea is to associate without linking the watch to the cloud. Am I going to virtually brick the watch or will I be able to reset it from its own settings menu without the used iPhone of the Apple retail store?

Old phone - iPhone 6S running iOS 11.0.3 New phone - iPhone 13 When trying to do "Quick Start" on my new iPhone, the instructions say to bring an iPhone with at least iOS 11 near to the new iPhone. I do that, but the transfer fails and says "Transfer Not Supported. Bring an iPhone running ***iOS 12.4*** or later nearby to start transferring data." So are the original instructions are wrong and iOS 11 is not sufficient, or is there something wrong with the transfer process?

It looks like some sort of bug. This icon disapears after turning off "iCloud Drive" couple positions above this. After turning "iCloud Drive" on and some time later this icon reapears. I tried restarting my iPhone. I also tried "Erase all content and settings" without backup and starting from the sctratch. When I was reintalling my apps I tried to establish WHEN this icon appears in iCloud, maybe with specific app or something but no luck... I this some kind of virus? Should I be worrying about safety of my data and for exaple paying with my phone? Maybe this is some kind of spying virus?? Should I be looking for help from Apple support?

I got a new iPad mini 6th generation. I set up the new iPad by letting it pull from my old iPad mini 5th generation. Now my old iPad is occasionally offering to assist in preparations for selling or giving it away. The offers include making backups, erasing data, wiping, etc. But I don’t want to get rid of the older iPad. I will keep it, and use both the old iPad and the new iPad. How do I stop these offers from reappearing? The only option shown is to “Remind me later”, so the offer to backup and wipe comes back later.

I am updating my AT&T iPhone XR Pro Max to an AT&T iPhone 12 Pro Max. I need to make sure my visual voicemails get transferred so they can be viewed and opened on the Voicemail app on the new iPhone. It is not good enough to export them as VoiceMemos or Notes. I run iCloud backups, but I could run backups onto my MacBook it that's what it takes to move them properly. It is not clear whether either backup type backs up visual voicemails and restores them as voicemails via restoring the backup onto a new device. Thanks!

I just got a new mac and it seems things are really bright. I selected the high contrast or high outlines...can't remember what the name was. See how it's really white especially on the outside: how do I undo that?

I have a couple of Macs and I would like to create some kind of script that I can use to: 1. Easily setup a new Mac after a reinstall 2. Update settings to consistent values (so if I decide to change some preferences on Mac A, I can run the script on Mac B to get it to match) I'd be happy if I could use this script to customize: * System Preferences * Finder Preferences I would prefer a method where I can use a script or config file to specifically set certain settings I choose to certain values. I don't really want something that will import/export ALL settings indiscriminately. I also don't want some complicated IT management solution, since this is really just for me.

(*Not talking about* **S**ettings ➙ **A**ccessibility ➙ **R**educe **M**otion ➙ **R**educe **M**otion) Is there a way, on iOS (10+) and specifically iPhone (6+), to suppress the Fade-in/Mixing effects? Especially pressing the HOME button to go back from an app to home, there is a small delay to which is added the fade-in effect. I don't mind a fade-in effect, as long as it's barely noticeable, but with newer iOSes, an iPhone gets slower and slower. The 6+ is not that bad, yet, but still, some effects are annoying. Suppressing obtrusive effects to get a more responsive device would be great!