Comments for The Mac Observer

Comment on A Better Way to Type on an iPhone? by Jeff Butts

Jeff Butts — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 04:55:50 +0000

It’s been quite some time since I used the app, but I don’t believe it does access iCloud text replacements. I could be wrong. To answer your second question, yes, you can use it to type passwords.

Comment on A Better Way to Type on an iPhone? by donelson52@gmail.com

donelson52@gmail.com — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 21:37:00 +0000

1. Does this keyboard allow access to iCloud set of “Text Replacement” ? I have several hundred text shortcuts I use constantly.

2. Are you allowed to type passwords with this keyboard?

Comment on How to Set Up and Use File Sharing on Mac by Macsee

Macsee — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:52:07 +0000

The problem is when macOS has a bug and File Sharing does NOT work and some Macs cannot be upgraded to newer macOS versions.

For instance, macOS 10.15.7 (19H1922) Catalina security update generated a bug, that was not fixed in the following and last 19H2026 security update build, even after reporting Apple many times via Feedback Assistant. If File Sharing was on before such update, it cannot turn it off later on. And vice versa.

And a bit off-topic, but taking about macOS-generated bugs not fixed by Apple after reporting them many times, another bug was generated by macOS 13 Ventura on Intel Macs that do not see Panasonic TV via HDMI using “Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter” with Macs like iMac which do not have HDMI port. No problem with previous macOS versions or Apple silicon Macs. Full details here:
macOS 13 Ventura BREAKS Panasonic TV connection via HDMI
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254775822

Comment on 4 Easy Ways to Find Large Hidden Files on Mac by Mikuro

Mikuro — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:18:25 +0000

Shoutout to OmniDiskSweeper. It’s been around for since the early days of Mac OS X. It’s freeware. https://www.omnigroup.com/more

Comment on 4 Easy Ways to Find Large Hidden Files on Mac by Macsee

Macsee — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:28:31 +0000

A jewel for that, and free, is GrandPerspective
https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net

Comment on Fix: macOS 13.4 Ventura External Monitor No Longer Detected by Macsee

Macsee — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:33:58 +0000

Thanks for the interesting article. There is a serious bug in macOS Ventura (not previous versions) for Intel Macs (not Apple silicon ones) like iMac (missing HDMI port) using “Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter” since it does not detect Panasonic televisions (no problem with others). There are many reports on Internet like this one:

macOS 13 Ventura BREAKS Panasonic TV connection via HDMI
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254775822

And worst of all, Ventura updates will stop soon. Apple should fix it now.

Comment on How To Fix: Apple Mail Signature Disappears & Doesn’t Show by Macsee

Macsee — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:04:42 +0000

Deleting iCloud also deletes Apple Mail signatures & rules. Shocking.

Comment on How to Lower RAM Usage On Your Mac and Speed It Up Again by Jeff Butts

Jeff Butts — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:03:40 +0000

In reply to quakerotis.

Any app that is running, even in the background, can consume system resources like RAM. In fact, I’ve seen a number of poorly-written apps that will actually consume more memory and CPU time when in the background than when in active use.

Comment on How to Lower RAM Usage On Your Mac and Speed It Up Again by quakerotis

quakerotis — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:12:56 +0000

Only active apps that are running tasks consume memory. Open apps have little to do with performance.

Comment on Best AntiViruses for M2 MacBooks in 2023 by Jeff Butts

Jeff Butts — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 13:44:56 +0000

In reply to tj.

Yes, and so are those users. The malware and virus threat to Macs has grown more than tenfold over the past two years, and security researchers (independent of the software developers who make and sell antivirus software) say it’s growing even faster.