Category: Apple

  • Moving a Lightroom catalog from PC to Mac

    Something along these lines, On your Windows PC Select File then Export to Catalog Select a name and location for the new export catalog Wait a long time for it to copy the catalog file and all your photos to the new location. On your Mac Create a new Catalog in your desired location From…

  • Create a bootable installer for macOS

    Example: sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/MyVolume –applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app See the Apple Support page here : https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 or watch this video TIP: You will probably need to erase the HDD using the disk utility before installing. If you do, chose what ever name you like, one of the Mac Formats and make sure to choose…

  • Take pictures of the screen on your Mac

    Press Shift-Command-3 to take a picture of the whole screen. To capture just part of the screen, press Shift-Command-4. To take a picture of a window, press Shift-Command-4-Space bar, move the pointer over the window, then click. To cancel, press Escape before you click. After you take a screenshot, it appears as a PNG file…

  • How To Install OSX on PC (in a VM)

    Great video, it does actually work. https://youtu.be/5RQ21XG8Ts4 Check comments for added instructions, especially if you upgrade to Sierra. Thanks, Malcolm

  • How to Change Your Computer Name on Mac OS X

    How to Change Your Computer Name on Mac OS X Open System Preferences Click Sharing Change the name in the Computer Name field. If you’re a fan of the command prompt you can also do it there like this, sudo scutil –set HostName NewHostNameHere

  • How to Change Your Computer Name on Mac OS X

    http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-change-your-computer-name-on-mac-os-x/ How to Change Your Computer Name on Mac OS X When you’re sharing stuff back and forth between your computers, the names of those computers actually start to matter — in my case, I upgraded to a new MacBook Air because my old one has a dead screen and is out of warranty, so…

  • How to Change Your Default Terminal Prompt in Mac OS X Lion – Matt Mazur

    https://mattmazur.com/2012/01/27/how-to-change-your-default-terminal-prompt-in-mac-os-x-lion/ How to Change Your Default Terminal Prompt in Mac OS X Lion Posted on January 27, 2012 by Mazur. This entry was posted in Tutorial. Bookmark the permalink. By default, when you open up a new Terminal window in Mac OS X the command prompt displays a relatively long name: I prefer to shorten…

  • iOS Mail not syncing with Outlook

    I’ve stuck with the built in mail app for my iPhone 7, it works OK for my purposes, most of the time. Every now and again if I delete or move emails in Outlook on my desktop, they will stay in my Inbox on my iPhone. I will update, refresh, restart all of that and…

  • iPhone 7 Frozen

    I got my iPhone stuck somehow today, it wouldn’t respond to touches and then wouldn’t turn off/sleep. When I held the power/sleep button down for a few seconds (10?) it displayed a “loading circle” and sat there. I then discovered that if you that to force restart the iPhone 7, you have to press the…

  • How do I hide iTunes video purchases on iPhone ?

      Settings > videos > Show iTunes Purchases Music > My Music > Artists (middle of screen) > Only Downloaded Music > Cancel / Home