Re: [sussex_mug] ARe: Slow app minimisation

Thanks Adam - worked a treat!  Stephen "The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory" ~ Aldo Gucci > On 21 Feb 2024, at 21:03, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group > wrote: > > Thanks Adam - I’ll try the terminal command

[sussex_mug] Riven

Hi all, For those of you that loved Riven (that includes me!) I came across this today: https://cyan.com/2022/10/31/olttfor/ Cheers, Stephen "There is more to life than increasing its speed" - Mahatma Gandhi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [sussex_mug] Ventura

I expect Stage Manager, Improved Mail Search and Spotlight enhancements, passkeys, Freeform (though I currently use Muse (museapp.com )which is similar, interesting to "compare and contrast”). The filter changes to Notes look to be useful. Stephen What do you get when

Re: [sussex_mug] TouchID greyed out on M1 iMac

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[sussex_mug] TouchID greyed out on M1 iMac

Hi y’all, All good wishes of the season to one and all  Any idea why the TouchID on my Magic Keyboard is no longer available? All options are ticked in System Preferences but every option (except Remove Fingerprint) is greyed out. I restarted the iMac with the keyboard attached by cable and

Re: [sussex_mug] Reminders

There is no way to go back. All your individual reminder lists should be there below those four summary squares. It does not remove any existing lists, but the All summary square additionally brings together all your lists in one place without having to go into each one. Stephen "Twitter

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine and APFS

. > > I can confirm that with APFS TM runs much faster than with HFS+ > > Regards, > > Tony > Sent from my iPad > >> On 16 Nov 2020, at 22:33, itsagroup via Sussex Mac User Group >> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> Big Sur allows Time

[sussex_mug] Time Machine and APFS

Hello all, Big Sur allows Time Machine to backup to an APFS formatted drive. Apart from just being a modern and robust filing system, it’s much faster to perform TM backups than HFS+ according to what I’ve seen. I planned to reformat my WD Passport drive using Disk Utility for speed and

Re: [sussex_mug] Window Size on opening

Hi Paul, I’m on Big Sur and I’ve just resized Mail’s main window, Quit and relaunched and the window size was retained. I did the same with two folders in Finder and both re-opened at their set sizes when I next opened them. Hope that’s of some use. Regards, Stephen "the work of a designer

[sussex_mug] Big Sur update

FYI: After last night’s horrendous debacle I left it until today to install Big Sur. I’m using an Early 2015 13” MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 500GB storage. The whole process from clicking update to logging in took about 2 hours - around 60% download/40% install at a rough guess. It’s definitely

Re: [sussex_mug] Help!

Hello Virginia, If it’s an application and a file system that supports it (your Mac storage will, but some don’t) then you can get it back from a previous version. This is supported by all Apple’s own applications and many 3rd party applications too. There’s a video here that demonstrates it:

[sussex_mug] iCloud Backup from iPad and "On my iPad"

Hello SMUGgers, Am I correct in thinking that activating iCloud Backup for my iPad backs up all the data stored by apps in iCloud Drive (amongst other things), but EXCLUDES any documents stored using the Files app in “On my iPad” and that these latter files need to be backed up manually to

[sussex_mug] Doxie service

Hi all, Just wanted to pass on today’s highlight. I’ve had a Doxie scanner for about 6 years now and it is used frequently. The other day I went to use it and it flashed the warning light but would not scan. I tried all the usual but no joy. I contacted Doxie support who suggested

[sussex_mug] Thank you  

A big thanks from me too Adam for all you’ve done behind the scenes to keep this great group humming along. It’s very much appreciated. Stephen Because there is no Planet B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To

Re: [sussex_mug] Bird song

Thanks Tilly - handy info and appreciated. Stephen “She appears to be doing the work that might otherwise be done by several dozen politicians." - Clive Aslet, editor-at-large, Country Life magazine, on Caroline Lucas MP > On 25 Jun 2020, at 18:08, Tilly wrote: > > I can second Bird Song

Re: [sussex_mug] MacBookPro

Is there plenty of free space on there Virginia? If your Mac starts running low on storage space then everything will being to slow down. You may find this useful: https://www.lifewire.com/how-much-free-drive-space-needed-2260187

Re: [sussex_mug] Space used on iPad

t; >>>> On 23 Apr 2020, at 15:10, 'A C Crooks' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Just out of interest what version of the operating system is running on >>> this iPad? On the current version of iOS the IPad Storage

[sussex_mug] Space used on iPad

Hi all, Settings > General iPad Storage: Files 16.17GB On My iPad 13.12GB iCloud Drive375.9MB On My iPad I can understand, but what does the figure mean for Files? The storage used by On My iPad is only accessible via Files (pretty much anyway) so is that included

[sussex_mug] Aperture and iCloud Photos

Hi all, Sorry for another question, but I can’t find a definitive answer online or even in Apple’s forums. I migrated my Aperture library to Photos years ago. Aperture no longer runs on my current macOS and I’ve also been using iCloud Photos for about the last three years. I’d like to save

Re: [sussex_mug] Mac games

I’m having a fascinating time with 'Return of the Obra Din' available on Steam. It’s a pirate/murder/fantasy/detective sort of thing but very clever. I got it at a reduced rate so don’t know what it costs right now. I’m only a little way in but I’m enjoying it. Stephen “Our generation is the

[sussex_mug] iCloud backups from iPad

Hi lovely SMUGgers, I’ve decided to move almost everything off my MacBook Pro onto my iPad and use that as my main computer. One thing that jumped to mind in the process was backups. I’ve bought a 32GB USB-C drive to back up the On My iPad area but it keeps failing - probably because that

Re: [sussex_mug] Silent Siri

Hi all, It seems that Siri may have its own volume - Chris could play music and had alarms go off in the morning so that was OK but found that if he changed the volume when Siri was talking it made a difference (I think that was it!). Anyway, it’s all fine now. Cheers, Stephen "The fact

Re: [sussex_mug] Apple Music madness

I don’t understand what you mean Sam. Stephen “The problem in the Middle East is that, somehow, our oil has ended up under their sand.” ~ Linda Smith > On 5 Jul 2019, at 21:50, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > Is it possible to edit Apple Music songs in your library? > > Sam > > MacAmbulance

Re: [sussex_mug] Apple Music madness

It can’t be just that - entire albums that I had in my library have just disappeared - I’ve noticed five in the last few days! To name just a few (showing my age here!): Show some emotion - Joan Armatrading - gone! T. Rex by T. Rex - gone! Futuristic Dragon by T. Rex - gone! Who’s Zoomin’ Who

Re: [sussex_mug] Fix to lack of iTunes Album Artist files being filled messing up music on iOS?

And for another bit of info, I discovered that if some song of an album gets the flag set/unset to say “Album is a compilation of songs by various artists” then it will have the same effect - check or uncheck it as appropriate to bring the tracks together into a single album. Cheers, Stephen

[sussex_mug] MacPaint images

Hi all, I’ve been able to view my MacPaint images ever since I created them but Mojave doesn’t seem to like them - just a spinning activity indicator! Does anyone know if support has finally been dropped and if so what an alternative to open them might be? Cheers, Stephen “My mission in

[sussex_mug] Support from Daisy Disk

Hi all, In case any of you use Daisy Disk I thought you might like to see this excellent explanatory email I received from Oleg today. That’s what I call customer service!  Regards, Stephen "I hope that how the Conservative Party raises its funds does not have an impact in relation to its

Re: [sussex_mug] iOS Shortcuts suggestions?

Try this too and there’s much interesting chat on Automators: https://sharecuts.app You may like to consider this: https://learn.macsparky.com/p/siri I’m sure there will be more along soon (ish). Stephen “It [is not their] media

[sussex_mug] [Off topic] Crazy, smile-inducing mashup dance video

Hi all, I watched this so much back around 2005 or thereabouts and loved it. Watched it tonight on my Mac and it looks terrible - blocky & pixellated but still brought a smile. But … I’ve just found an updated 15th anniversary edition, subtly different but just as wonderful and much higher

[sussex_mug] Thoughts on the iPad Pro

Hi y’all, If you’ve not yet read these articles you may well enjoy them: https://craigmod.com/essays/ipad_pro/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/5/18062612/apple-ipad-pro-review-2018-screen-usb-c-pencil-price-features I eagerly await Federico Vitticci’s full assessment with a couple of weeks:

Re: [sussex_mug] Upgrading to IOS 12

There’s only one downside I’ve found on an iPad Gilly - the Numbers key and the Keyboard/Emoji keys have been transposed and it drives me crazy. However, the new swiping actions on the iPad are almost 2nd nature now and really nice, Siri shortcuts, especially voice invocation, is great and it’s

Re: [sussex_mug] USB network message - what it is?

> > > On 12 Aug 2018, at 13:41, itsagroup via Sussex Mac User Group wrote: > > Hi y’all, > > I bought a new iPod touch a while ago and each time I connect it via the > lightning/USB cable I see this: > > > > > This didn’t happen with the previo

[sussex_mug] USB network message - what it is?

Hi y’all, I bought a new iPod touch a while ago and each time I connect it via the lightning/USB cable I see this: This didn’t happen with the previous iPod. What is it trying to tell me and why and can I set it up for something so it stops showing this? thanks in advance for any help.

Re: [sussex_mug] Huge number of entries in a log file (system.log I think)

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