files

...if you are having "backup to iCloud" on in the settings? Lots of free storage in ipad, iCloud is almost full and I'd like to browse some local videos, but since if anything is backupped to iCloud, everything is backupped to iCloud, I can't use the local storage on the ipad. What would Apple...

When i transfered some files from an SSD drive that was the system drive of an older computer, those files did not keep the date info that they had when created in the old computer, but changed their date with the date that they were copied when transfered... is that normal?

I have a M1 Mac running Sonoma. I use a program called Downie to download music videos off my YouTube playlist, when I do this it creates a number sequence that can go up to 100. how do I format it to remove it? is there a shorthand way of doing it. everyday I batch rename photos & videos. & if...

Lately I've encountered a weird issue: Deleting a folder or a zipped file from my desktop permanently erases it. I'm prompted with an "are you sure you want to delete" dialogue. When I press delete, the file doesn't go to trash – it's completely removed. Other things of note: – When I delete...

I'm in desperate need of help here... I updated my 2020 MacBook Air from Big Sur to Sonoma and in the process, it seems to have deleted hundreds of files from folders on my desktop. These files were seemingly stored on iCloud as from memory they had the cloud icon beside them and I would often...

Hi does anyone know if there's a way to fix broken file & folder creation dates? & also, how do I get folders to show the sizes, since it only works sometimes?

hey my friends, I have the main Mac folders in the dock. documents, photos, videos, downloads, music ect. I want them to stay put. I don't want them to move. I love dragging & dropping files into my dock. but when I hover over the dock folders it tries to put the file aka a photo or video in the...

I noticed new and improved options for external drives in the Files app on the second developer beta of iPadOS 17. When you right click or hold press a drive in the sidebar of the Files app, the pop-up menu now includes options for “Rename” and “Erase”. Also, under the “Get Info” option, it...

Hello everybody, yesterday I had an update on opencore and I did it normally, after the update and the restart of my MacBook pro (13inch 2014) I press my password and my MacBook stucks on logging screen (with the rolling thing) and I haven't access on my Mac and my files. Now my problem is my...

Hello Apple friends. Besides Disk Utility and Onyx (not CleanMyMac trial which I've used already and the trial is not expired), are there any totally free macOS utility that fixes and cleans the system in macOS? If you could recommend more, that'd be great. I've been restoring to Time Machine...

I’m using the Adobe CC apps designing stuff. And I was wandering if it’s a good idea to upload my design project files to the cloud. Or even better, can I use them, work with them while they are in the cloud?

I have saved some pdf files inside my iphone but I can't figure out the layout of its folder management in order to be able to move those pdf files in specific folders. I will try to describe what I have done... Using "Documents" app I have saved some pdf files in "MyFiles" folder. I wish to...

Hi, I’m looking for a cloud storage app for ios that allows local storage of the files as well. For in case when I’m in areas without cellular network. OneDrive does this - I can mark certain folders to download to the phone, but it only allows this at the highest tier that includes the office...

I've been using Reeder lately and I want to see if there was a way to backup my files, including the items in my feeds (not the OPML of subscriptions, the items in the feeds themselves), my starred items, etc in case something goes wrong. I've been searching "Reeder" in Finder and clicking...

I have a 2014 Mac mini (16gb ram, 1tb ssd) as a home server. When connecting to the server for the first time it takes so long to first load. Even tho I have it set to be on all the time and not sleep. My windows SMB share is instant even on a normal HDD instead of ssd. When accessing it from...

I have a folder with tens of thousands of various files that I rescued and conslidated from a bunch of older drives. I am trying to move all of these files to a new drive, but I get a message that some (probably hundreds or thousands) of the files can't be copied over because they are "in use"...

I hooked up my portable hard drive (USB 3.0) to my M1 iPad Pro and it’s almost pointless to try and view any of the photos of videos I have stored on it. Sometimes I can open folders and view thumbnails and open some files, but most of the time I get ”Loading…” messages and the Files app locking...

Hi. I need to copy only all files from 130000 files between 6:00 till 17:00. How to do it in MacOs (my system) or Windows or Linux ?:) Need to create TimeLapse only with working hours. And what is best program to create Time-lapse from MILION OF FILES? iMovie crashed all the time.

I would like to find files by meta tags(IPTC keywords) as I do on macOS’s Finder.

Hello, sorry for the dramatic title I wasn't sure how to write it. Sorry as well for the poor english, as a french native I'm not always sure of the syntaxe nor the words that are fitting the best. I'll be quick: my iMac 27" that was released late August 2020 and that has become my main machine...