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Hi, Had to reset Network Settings and a couple of others due to what turned into a non-trivial carrier change. (iOS 17.4.1) Checking through things, noticed iMessage wasn't working. Went to Settings->Messages->Send & Receive, and the phone number was unchecked. Checked it and works now - but the...

Instead of storing all my media solely on iCloud, I regularly move my iPhone photos and videos to the Photos app on my Mac. If I have optimized storage activated, which replaces full-resolution media with smaller versions, I wonder if the transfer retrieves the originals from iCloud or the...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone else had similar greyed out icons in Settings? Not too worried about FaceTime but I can get into my AppleID. I read about deleting FaceTime and then downloading again but that didn't fix it. I guess I'll wait until the next update!

Not sure if since the post-System Settings from System Preferences change in the previous macOS release the command invoke in AppleScript has changed, but tried to Google it and couldn't find how to write a simple AppleScript to toggle the File Sharing "On/Off" any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I first noticed something weird tonight when I couldn't get MacMail to work. Circle with a ~ inside it. Clicking on it still doesn't get my mail to update. Now this may be a red-herring, but I also noticed that I have two errors showing up on my Settings icon. Some account services require...

On my main workstation, I currently have Gmail web client handling several incoming and outgoing accounts with filters and other custom settings. I'd love to move to a native MacOS app but not so badly that I want to reconfigure all those settings. I just installed the trial version of...

Hello everyone Is there any way (via settings or hack) to stop messages and contacts from syncing to Apple Watch? Thanks.

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...

Greetings, fellow Macheads, So I did the stupid thing and upgraded to Sonoma right away, instead of waiting for an update or two to smooth out the kinks. I know, I should have known better, blah-blah-lah, but here we are. I like Sonoma a lot. I love the changes to the interface, and my Mac...

According to this article, iPhone 15 Pro's 24-megapixel photos are better than 48-megapixel shots. I’m confused by this. Does this apply to just HEIF format or HEIF and RAW? https://petapixel.com/2023/09/18/apple-explains-what-the-iphone-can-and-cant-do-and-why/ The details: Photographers...

The Reminders notifications display the date in the top-right, which sometimes obscures the reminder text, especially when it says "Yesterday." Is there a way to make the text more visible and reduce this issue?

Hi! First message here.. Just updated my series 7 to watchOS 10 and... can't say there's anything new or good about it! Here's my mini list of what I find annoying now... My good ol' familiar watch face has now less info! - My watch face has, since forever, been Pride Digital (the original...

I have been seeing videos of users toggling settings from Spotlight. Typing “Settings,” for example, brings up a list of settings that can be toggled. Likewise, typing specific settings like “Bluetooth“ should also work, but I just get a link that opens the setting from the Settings app, there...

I'm using `Ventura 13.4.1 (c)`, on a number of Macs. All MacBook Pro laptops, I change my network settings regularly for work (DNS, etc). For some reason on one of the Macs I get this popup each time I even open network settings, without making a change, just by pressing "OK". I'm the owner...

For which apps do you have background app refresh enabled in order for features important to you to work?

iOS/iPadOS: Settings > Camera > Lens Correction (Correct lens distortion on the front and Ultra Wide cameras). With the setting enabled, when editing these photos in Lightroom, I can still apply lens corrections. Is the lens correction in Lightroom needed?

Settings > Contacts > Short Name > Prefer Nicknames (on) With this setting enabled, texts display nicknames, but incoming calls do not. Is this the intended behavior or am I doing something wrong? (Running iOS 16)

I am able to disable chat history within the ChatGPT web app, but see no such setting in the iOS app. Is it enabled by default? Does the web setting affect to the iOS app?

I just realized that I had this setting toggled off (or maybe I just never toggled it on). I’m not really clear on what it does exactly. Can someone please explain it to me? I’ve been able to use Apple Pay with my cards just fine. Settings < Wallet & Apple Pay < Use Apple Pay When Available

iPhone 13 Pro Max , 16.1.2 iOS: Has anyone played with the experimental features in iOS 16.1.2. Do any safely provide better phone use?