Category: Apple
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Time Machine Encryption Slow Takes Too Long
Time Machine encryption can take literally days to complete. How do you speed this up? The problem is here: It is common and logical to follow the pattern: Format a drive “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” Select that disk in Time Machine and select “Encrypt backups”. Time Machine will perform the first backup (unencrypted) on the…
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The disk “your disk” wasn’t ejected because one or more programs may be using it
This error message has come up on a number of occasions and I’m sure many people have wondered what is the best way to deal with this. This is for macOS, OSX, Macintosh operating system. These instructions are the same for Mavericks, Yosemite, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey. I have found a…
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iPhone interface with React
After reading about the new CSS backdrop-filter I decided to see how much work would be involved to create an iPhone like interface using HTML, CSS, and React.
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Slow zoom on OS X Yosemite
If you use Zoom controls from Accessibility system pref, and using an external monitor, you may have experienced *very* slow performance after upgrading to Yosemite. One workaround is to set Zoom Style to “Picture-in-picture”.
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OS X Yosemite Messages app title bar bug
When you touch the Messages title bar, then click somewhere else on your screen, the messages app will move as if you dragged it. Such a strange bug and it was not sadly addressed in 10.10.1. Reproducible on any Mac, every time. How this could slip past QA is beyond me.
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How to stop Amazon Music Helper from running in the background OSX
After installing Amazon Music on my mac, I noticed this background task “Amazon Music Helper” running. I tried to kill it, it came back. The fix I used was to remove execute permission on that file: chmod -x /Applications/Amazon\ Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Amazon\ Music\ Helper Then kill the process again and it shouldn’t come back. I have bought…
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OS X Mavericks won’t display my monitor’s display resolution
QuickRes to the rescue! Having problems getting OS X Mavericks to display your monitor’s native resolution? I had this problem with an Acer AL1916W with 1440×900 resolution. My solution was to download QuickRes Free from the Mac App Store. Run it and click the icon up in the Menu Bar. Select the monitor. Select the…
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ResEdit icon painting
Another weekend project
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iPhone maps icon in iOS 6 is navigating from BJs Brewhouse
The new iPhone maps icon in iOS 6 is navigating starting at BJs Brewhouse on De Anza in front of Apple Headquarters
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SLUG Magazine 2.2 – adds iPhone 5 4-inch support
Now that XCode 4.5 and iOS 6 is out, I decided to update SLUG Magazine iPhone app to support the new iPhone 5 and removed the ‘for iOS4’ text on the loading screen (which was there throughout the iOS 5 release).