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The items in this list are information and tips for using both older and newer Macs, including hardware, the operating system, and Apple software. It also covers other Apple products: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, etc, and common software used on these, as well as some peripherals. Just click on the title to view the tip. If you find any errors or would like to add any new information please just email me. 217 tips were found in the database.

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•	Name	Type	System	Notes
	Access to Microsoft Workplace Join Key	Mac	Mac OS X
	Address Book Hanging	Address Book	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Admin Crashing when Printing	Admin	Mac OS	Vintage
	App Store Problems	App Store	Mac OS X
	Apple Diagnostics Codes	Diagnostics	Mac OS X
	Apple Mail Message Errors	Mail	Mac OS X
	Apple Silicon Macs Safe Mode	Mac	Mac OS X
	Asked for Keychain Password at Login	Mac	Mac OS X
	Bad Block Scan from Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Block Emails in Apple Mail on Mac	Mail	Mac OS X
	Bogus Notifications from Web Site	Safari	Mac OS X
	Boot Into Safe Mode	Mac	Mac OS X
	Cached Credentials Expired	Microsoft Office	Mac OS X
	Can iSight Indicator Light be Bypassed?	iSight Camera	Mac OS X
	Cannot add Ricoh SP3510 printer	Ricoh SP3510	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Cannot Change Printer Settings	Mac Printing	Mac OS X
	Cannot Connect to Public Wifi	Wifi	Mac OS X
	Cannot Launch Mail	Apple Mail	Mac OS X
	Change App Layout on Apple Watch	Apple Watch	WatchOS
	Change Columns Shown in Open Dialog	Mac Apps	Mac OS X
	Change Computer Name in Ventura	Mac	Mac OS X
	Change Prefs using Terminal	Mac OS X Terminal	Mac OS X
	Changing Sidebar Text and Icon Size	Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.7
	Checking Word Attachments	Word, Pages	Mac OS X
	Choose Sound Sources	Mac OS X 10.6	Mac OS X
	Citrix Not Loading from Firefox	Firefox	Mac OS X
	ClarisWorks and AppleWorks Versions	ClarisWorks, AppleWorks	Mac OS X
	Clear DNS info	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Clear Printer Jams	HP laser printers	Mac OS X
	Clear Safari Cache	Safari	Mac OS X
	Clear Safari Cache on iPhone or iPad	Safari on iDevices	Mac OS X
	Clear the cache in Teams for macOS	Teams	Mac OS X
	Close Excess Notifications	Mac	Mac OS X
	Combine Files into a PDF on Mac	Creating PDFs	Mac OS X
	Compress a PDF	PDFs	Mac OS X
	Control the Camera	Camera	Mac OS X
	Copy Drives with Errors	Disks	Mac OS X
	Copy Files with Errors	Mac Terminal	Mac OS X
	Copy Folders from Terminal	Mac Terminal	Mac OS X
	Create a PDF from Image Files	Preview	Mac OS X
	Create Distribution List in Outlook	Outlook	Mac OS X
	DFU Mode for Apple Silicon Laptops	Apple Silicon Laptops	Mac OS X
	Disable Messages on Mac	Messages	Mac OS X
	Disable Predictive Text in Outlook	Outlook	Mac OS X
	Disable Recent Applications in Dock	Dock	Mac OS X
	Display All Calendar Events as a List	Mac Calendar	Mac OS X
	Display Shutdown Dialog	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Dock Basics	Mac, Dock	Mac OS X
	Download macOS Installers	Installers	Mac OS X
	Download Older OS Installers	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Downloading Installers from Terminal	Mac OS	Mac OS X
	Email Messages Moved to Spambox Mailbox	Mail	Mac OS X
	Enable Easy Zooming	Mac	Mac OS X
	Enable Extensions on M1 Macs	Mac	Mac OS X
	Enable Key Repeat	Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.7
	Enable Root User	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Erase a Disk from Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Error Opening Office 2011 Files	Microsoft Office 2011	Mac OS X
	File Sharing with Sharepoints	Sharepoints	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Files and Programs	Finder	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Find System Version from Disk Files	Mac Terminal	Mac OS X
	Find Text on iDevice Web Pages	iPhone and iPad	iOS, iPadOS
	Finder Preferences	Mac, Finder	Mac OS X
	Finding Files	Finder	Mac OS, Mac OS X	Vintage
	Finer Control Over Sound Volume	Mac	Mac OS X
	Fix Damaged Preferences	All programs and systems	Mac OS X
	Fix Frozen Bluetooth	Bluetooth	Mac OS X
	Fix Keychain, TrustD Crash	Process: trustd	Mac OS X
	Fix SPSS Running in Sonoma	SPSS	Mac OS X
	Fix Word Crashing at Startup	Word for Mac	Mac OS X
	Force iPad to Restart	iPad	Mac OS X
	Force Safari Page to Reload on iDevices	Safari on iOS	iOS
	GeoPort Modems on Old Macs	Old versions of Mac OS	Mac OS	Vintage
	Gestures	Mac OS X	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Get Info from Terminal	Mac Terminal	Mac OS X
	Give an App Access to the Whole Disk	Mac	Mac OS X
	GMail Setup in an Email App	GMail	Mac OS X
	Google Search Tips	Google	Any
	Hide and Unhide Files	Hide Files	Mac OS X
	High CPU With Zoom Screen Sharing	Zoom	Mac OS X
	High Sierra File Sharing Error	File Sharing	Mac OS X 10.13
	How Game Mode Works	Modern Macs	Mac OS X
	How to Edit the Spelling Dictionary	Spelling	Mac OS X
	How to Reset OneDrive	OneDrive	Mac OS X
	How to Revive or Restore	macOS	Mac OS X
	iCloud Drive Sync Stuck	iCloud Drive	Mac OS X
	Insert a Symbol When Typing	iPad and iPhone	iOS, iPadOS
	Install El Capitan After Expired	Mac OS	Mac OS X
	Install Extra Voices	Voices	Mac OS X
	Install Rosetta 2 from Command Line	Apple Silicon Macs	Mac OS X
	Introduction to Bluetooth	Bluetooth	Mac OS X
	Introduction to Cellular	Cellular	Mac OS X
	Introduction to Storage	Mac	Mac OS X
	Introduction to Wifi	Wifi	Mac OS X
	iOS UI Tips (iPhone X)	User Interface	iOS
	iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Zoom	iPhone 15 Pro Max	iOS
	Keyboard Shortcut to Open an App	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Launch Programs	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	List 32 Bit Apps	Mac	Mac OS X
	List Files Open on a Volume	Open Files	Mac OS X
	Mac OS X Processes	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Mac OS X Speed	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Mail Content Not Loading	Mail	Mac OS X
	Mail Launch Failure	Mail	Mac OS X
	Mail Preferences Opens to a Blank Screen	Mail	Mac OS X
	Mail Uses Incorrect Address	Mail	Mac OS X
	Make the CPU Work Hard	Mac	Mac OS X
	Menu Clock	Clock from old Mac OS	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Merge Outlook Email	Outlook	Mac OS X
	Microsoft Office Problems	Microsoft Office	Mac OS X
	Microsoft Office X Crash	Microsoft Office X	Mac OS X
	Mouse System Setting Not Present	Mouse	Mac OS X
	Navigating Between Apps	Mac, Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	NVivo Version Numbers	NVivo	Mac OS X
	Office 2016 Apps Crash Randomly	Office 2016	Mac OS X
	Office Hangs Doing Local Save	Office	Mac OS X
	Open a Document in an App	Mac, Finder	Mac OS X
	Open iPad without a PIN	iPad, iPhone	iPadOS
	Open Old ClarisWorks and AppleWorks File	ClarisWorks	Mac OS X
	OS Installer Corrupted	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Other Dock Tricks	Mac, Dock	Mac OS X
	Outlook 2011 Crashes at Launch	Outlook 2011	Mac OS X
	PDF Gets Unwanted Password Protection	Acrobat	Mac OS X
	Permissions for NVivo Don't Work	NVivo	Mac OS X
	Photoshop CS5 Crashes when Quit	Photoshop	Mac OS X
	Precisely Position Cursor on iPhone	Text Editing	iOS, iPadOS
	Prevent Sleep When Display Off	Sleep	Mac OS X
	Problems Dragging Items on Mac	Mac apps	Mac OS X
	Provide Authorisation Error Installing M	OS Instalaltion	Mac OS X
	Quickly Create a File in Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Rebuild Mail Search	Mail	Mac OS X
	Rebuild the Spotlight Index	Spotlight Search	Mac OS X
	Recover from Sending Big Attachment	Mail	Mac OS X
	Remove Extended Permissions (ACLs)	Permissions, ACLs	Mac OS X
	Reset AirPods, AirPods Pro	AirPods, AirPods Pro	iOS
	Reset AirTag	AirTag	iOS
	Reset Dock to Default Settings	Dock	Mac OS X
	Reset Password	Older versions Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.4
	Reset PRAM	Mac Computers	Mac OS X
	Reset Spotlight Database	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Reset Wifi Files in macOS 13	macOS 13	Mac OS X
	Reset Wireless Keyboard	Apple Keyboard	Mac OS X
	Rotating External Screens	External Displays	Mac OS X
	Run Older Adobe Apps in Mojave	Adobe CS	Mac OS X
	Scan a Disk for Bad Blocks	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Scan Documents in the Files App	Scanning on iDevice	iOS, iPadOS
	Screenshots of Long Screens	Screenshots	iOS, iPadOS
	SCSI Probe	SCSI Probe with old Macs	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Secure Erase from El Capitan	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Secure Erase Options	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Secure Erase SSD	SSDs	Mac OS X
	See Invisible Files in Dialogs	Mac OS X 10.6	Mac OS X
	Send a Standard Text from Messages	Messages	iOS
	Set Date from Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Set Resolution of External Screen	Screens	Mac OS X
	Set Startup Security on Modern Macs	Mac Startup	Mac OS X
	Set the Current Date from Terminal	Mac Terminal	Mac OS X
	Set Up Root Login	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Show CPU Model and Other Info	Mac	Mac OS X
	Show Filenames with Invisible Characters	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Show Library folder	Finder	Mac OS X 10.7
	Show Sent Messages in Conversations	Mail	Mac OS X 10.7
	Show Specs from Command Line	Mac	Mac OS X
	Shut Down Apps on iDevices	iPhone and iPad	iOS, iPadOS
	SMC Functions	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset for Early Mac Pro	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset Older Laptops with Nonremovabl	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset on Laptops with Removable Batt	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset on Modern Mac Desktops	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset on Modern Mac Laptops	SMC	Mac OS X
	SMC Reset on Older Mac Desktops	SMC	Mac OS X
	Some Keyboard Shortcuts	Mac	Mac OS X
	Sonoma Compatibility	Sonoma	macOS 14
	Spotlight Local Reset	Spotlight	Mac OS X
	SPSS Launch Slow	SPSS	Mac OS X
	SPSS Slow to Launch	SPSS	Mac OS X
	Start Apple Diagnostics	Disagnostics	Mac OS X
	Starting Without a Battery	Mac Laptops	Mac OS X
	Storage Locations	Mac. Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	System Integrity Protection	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
	Target Disk Mode on Modern Macs	Target Disk Mode	Mac OS X
	Teams Quits Shortly After Launching	Teams	Mac OS X
	Teams won't Open in Safari	Teams, Safari	Mac OS X
	Terminal Example: Listing Files	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal Example: Shell Script	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal Tips: Deleting Files	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Change Priority	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Changing Privileges	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Fixing a Hang	Mac, Terminal, Kill	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Listing Directory	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Manual and Help	Mac, Terminal, Man	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Remote Secure Login	Mac, Terminal, SSH	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Terminate a Process	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Terminal: Top Processes	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	The Map Control Panel	Map in System 7	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Trim a Movie	QuickTime Player	Mac OS X
	Turn mirroring on and off from keyboard	Mac	Mac OS X
	Turn On/Off Inline Mac Predictive Text	macOS Sonoma	Mac OS X
	Un-hide Library Folder	Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.7
	Unix Search and Replace	Mac, Terminal	Mac OS X
	Unix Terminal Intro	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Use Foreign Scripts	System 7, Mac OS 8 and 9	Mac OS	Vintage
	Use GREP in BBEdit	BBEdit	Mac OS, Mac OS X
	Use Scroll Bar on iDevice	Scrolling on iDevice	iOS, iPadOS
	Use Terminal to Set Startup Disk	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Using a Mac Laptop with a Broken Screen	Mac laptops	Mac OS X
	Verify Disks from Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	View Details of Installed Printers	Printers, CUPS	Mac OS X
	View WiFi Password on iPhone	Password on iDevice	iOS, iPadOS
	Viewing Processes in Terminal	Terminal	Mac OS X
	Waiting for Installation to Complete	Installer	Mac OS X
	Weird Eudora Problems	Eudora	Mac OS X	Vintage
	Wifi Card Not Found	Mac laptops	Mac OS X
	Winclone BootCamp Transfer	BootCamp	Mac OS X
	Word 2016 Has No Menus	Word 2016	Mac OS X
	Word Autocorrect File Location	Word 2019	Mac OS X
	Word Text Selection Error	Word	Mac OS X
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There were 217 entries retrieved from the database for this subject area. Just click the name of the tip to see a full detailed description of it.