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How to manage Time Machine backups between APFS and HFS+ drives
Your HFS+ Time Machine volumes can give you a depth of recovery for older snapshots, but APFS is the way of the future.
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How to tweak your Emergency SOS settings to match your intent
Emergency SOS offers remarkable, even automated help when something’s wrong. But review settings so you know exactly what will happen for what reason.
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How to pause QuickTime Player while recording audio or video on a Mac
When you’re making an audio or video recording, you may want to pause and resume. You can!
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Macs can't use as many displays as they have USB-C ports
Each model of Mac has peculiarities that require examining technical specs to figure out how many displays you can attach and of which kind.
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How to set up networked Time Machine backups for a household
With a desktop Mac and an external drive, you can give your whole home peace of mind.
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How to type formatted fractions on your iPhone and iPad
Without a Character Palette, lean on Pages.
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Can't authorize something with a Safari round-trip? Change your default browser temporarily
Some apps load Safari for web-based authentication round-trips.
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Troubleshoot your printer with logs, jobs, and a printer page in macOS
Some less-obvious printing features could save a lot of head scratching.
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Connect an old Apple display to a new Mac to give it new life
Many people still have working Apple displays from years past. Here’s a guide explaining how to connect an old Mac monitor to a new Mac.
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How to format your mail signature on an iPhone or iPad
Apple makes it hard, not impossible, to put some style in your .sig.
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What wattage USB-C charger can you use to charge a MacBook?
Universal compatibility means just that.
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How to keep your Mac from logging you out while idle
Some people want this feature for security or to have apps restart.
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How to make sure your iPhone favorites can call you (if that's what you want)
A Focus setting may be keeping people from reaching you when you have Do Not Disturb or other modes enabled.
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Missing rows in Numbers? Check the filters
Once a filter is enabled for a table, if you don’t access the table for a while, you might forget it exists if you don’t view the inspector’s tab.
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How to troubleshoot Contact Key Verification for extra-secure iMessage chats
Apple’s new feature has requirements and is particular about Apple ID accounts.
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How to troubleshoot migrating from an older Mac to a new one
If “transfer to another Mac” doesn’t appear, you can work through several options.
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How you can keep your iPhone flashlight from turning on by accident
Is that a light in your pocket?
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What to do when your photos aren't syncing across your Apple devices
iCloud Photos has to be enabled on each device for syncing to work.
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How to import a number as a text field into Numbers
Avoid losing digits and other problems when managing data like Zip codes.
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