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How to restart AirDrop on a MacBook without restarting macOS?

On my 2015 MacBook Pro (Monterey), I often cannot AirDrop and receive images/files from my iPhone via AirDrop because it isn't broadcasting itself (despite having it set to be discoverable by "Everyone") There is a lot of junk information on…
Thomas
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Sparse Bundles grow in file size, but it's not supposed to shrink by deleting data. But my Sparse Bundles is able to auto resize, why is that?

I am on macOS Sonoma, but I've noticed this since macOS Ventura. I created a sparse bundle disk image in Disk Utility, with a capacity of 100TB, encrypted, and in APFS. Recently I keep running out of storage space and noticed that removing files…
malpro9
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How to call Share menu item from Apple Script?

I need to call a Share menu item from Apple Script. For example I'd like to share a website to the Notes app. But I cannot find out which process to activate. I'm able to display the Share menu, but cannot select a menu item.
Thomas
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How do I know if an Apple-account-login window is official or mimicked by the app?

I wanted to purchase a subcription of an APP on my mac. But a Apple login ui prompted out and I had no idea whether it is a fake login window mimicked by the app or an official login window. How should I trust this kind of window? Note: Window…
Jacky
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MacBook Pro stuck after Sequoia update

My girlfriend attempted to update her laptop from I think was Catalina to Sequoia and after hours of wait, cannot go past the login screen. I then took it home to try fix it. I can access recovery mode fine and ran First Aid on all volumes and…
Nico J.
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Python/FFMPEG - Converting a CbBI (Apple) PNG to a regular PNG

I've got a PNG file from an IPA, and trying to open it in Windows Photos inverses all the colors, so I thought that it's an Apple specific format and I found out I am not wrong: $ file AppIcon29x29.png AppIcon29x29.png: PNG image data (CgBI), 29 x…
HGStyle
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How to have 5 different always-on-top notes, one on each screen?

Screen as in the different desktops in mac os I'm using macOS and I frequently work with multiple spaces. I'm looking for a way to have 5 different notes or quick notes that are always on top of all my other windows, with one note on each of my…
Cauder
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macOS Sonoma, ShortCuts App, Impossible to delete a shortcuts as app freeze

A few months ago, I created a shortcut with the Shortcuts application that opens a Notion window and a Safari window side by side. However, I can no longer activate or delete this shortcut. As soon as I do, the ShortCuts application freezes. I've…
Skelbti
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How can I filter files named according to Apple picture?

Apple picture files in Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary are named e.g. 3EB45A6A... or full example 0FF3D6BD-3A1D-48FD-BA12-AF4B6A49D96E.png Now after some backup recovery, I have a directory where I'd like to separate the files from the…
Niklas Rosencrantz
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How to pair Apple Magic Trackpad with Ubuntu 24.04?

I have an Apple Magic Trackpad 2023 model a1535 and I cannot pair it via bluetooth with my Ubuntu 24.04 on Dell OptiPlex. The trackpad works perfectly fine with cable but not visible for pairing. I can see it on my MacBook in the Bluetooth devices.…
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Why is Photos missing from the Apple Devices app on Windows?

I am attempting to transfer photos from my iPhone to my computer. It is quite obvious Apple did not want this to be easy outside the iCloud because aside from this ubiquitous bug I noticed photos, the only thing anyone really every wants out of the…
Grant Curell
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Odd warnings generated by Gnu tar running on a CPAN module archive

I've encountered an odd "artifact" in a tarfile that I've never seen before, in the course of running Gnu tar on a perl module downloaded from CPAN. I ran the cpan shell "test" command (which then ran tar on the module archive) and this is the…
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Error dialog when returning from lock session

I'm getting the message "File not found" when I'm login to the session with fingerprint and password. I don't know where is the problem. Could someone tell me how to track this error to know where is the problem? thank you
Víctor Martín
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How to fix notifications panel being hidden below the screen?

When I press on the clock in the top menu, the notifications panel appears hidden below the screen. Then I have to scroll it up for it to become visible. How do I fix this so that the panel appears visible on top of the…
Kolyunya
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FFmpeg Video Toolbox failing: The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported

I'm trying to run this on an Mac with an Apple M1 chip: ffmpeg -i input.MP4 -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -b:v 2000000 -s 1280x720 output.mp4 And FFmpeg returning error: Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> hevc (hevc_videotoolbox)) …
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