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  1. CPark98

    Apple Tysons Corner: The Next Generation of Apple Stores

    Apple Tyson's Corner in Virginia opens tommorow and the new design is simply stunning! It's fitting that the next generation of Apple Retail starts where Apple Retail started 22 years ago. Here's a couple of great sites that go over the design in-depth...
  2. BlueberryMac

    Safari no longer recognizes command-option-F to start a search—is there a preference I can delete, or a setting I can change to get the function back?

    For some reason, in the last couple of days, command-option-F no longer works to start a search in Safari on my Mac running Ventura; if I press the key combination in Safari, nothing happens. I realize that I use that command all the time (!) and want to find a way to get it working again. Is...
  3. bobthebuilderissus

    i have no idea of what computer to get myself... ._.

    i might be the most conflicted person on the planet. im in smartphone repair, so like, i need something with power to restore, and flash, and etch thumb drives and sd cards. im a chromebook user usually, so i have no data i can really transfer over, lol, or need to. basically ive really...
  4. C

    Mac Mini M2 or Mac Mini M2 Pro for music production

    Hello. I'm deciding between the mac mini m2 with the 24g upgrade and the m2 pro 16g. I'll mainly be using it for music production and recording in my home studio. Nothing orchestral or anything too crazy like that. But will definitely be using a decent amount of plugins and samples. A friend of...
  5. B

    Looking for an app (or Word feature) to create fill in forms

    Hi everyone, I’ve been tasked at work to create a word template or look for an app that allows users to fill in information on the form and auto populate. I’m hoping that makes sense. I do know that Word has some auto populate features and other form functions, but I’m specifically looking for...
  6. Gnik Nus

    Safari randomly unresponsive on Mac

    Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed Safari becoming randomly unresponsive on Mac every now and then? I'm on a brand new MacBook Pro M2 with Ventura 13.3.1 (a) and all software up to date. No extensions at all, no ad-blockers, nothing. Every once in a while, and a few times every day...
  7. J

    download old iCloud music library

    Hey all, Back in the day, before Apple Music, before the Music app, I used iTunes and subscribed to iTunes Match; I had my own bought (and ripped from CD) music library uploaded to the cloud this way. I then kept my music library locally, and backed up via time machine. Many eons and computers...
  8. S

    iPhone 13 cinematic video issue with FCP

    I have an iPhone 13 cinematic video open in FCP. When I click on "Cinematic" within FCP, I get the message "Cinematic mode video shot on IOS 16 or later requires macOS Ventura or later." iOS 16.2 MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 FCP 10.6.5 When I airdropped video to my MAC, I enabled the option "All Photo...
  9. AlixSPQR

    Old mice working with Si?

    Does the black Apple Pro Mouse M5769 and/or the white Apple Mouse M5769 work with Apple Silicon Macs? I need to know since these are the computer mice I would like to continue to use, if possible. Thank you! :)
  10. mac_head

    Spotify for Mac Redesign

    I was just wondering if Spotify has quitly been rolling out a new design on Mac – didn't read anything about it...Do you guys have the new design as well and – if so – is there a way to go back?
  11. M

    Mac discharge when closed

    Good afternoon, already like a week, Mac began to discharge in sleep mode. I did not install any updates, but at the same time, it became much faster to discharge both during working and when Mac is closed. Approximately 150 charge cycles in total. What can be done. Thank you in advance.
  12. calpoldealer

    M2 Air screen issues

    Hello all, I've owned and loved my M2 air since I bought it in August of 2022. Throughout the 7 months of ownership I have encountered one underlying issue that has resulted in many trips to the Apple Store surround the display. The first time it took it was around September time in which there...
  13. M

    VPN for high Sierra

    Hi. I just paid for and downloaded 24 months of Surfshark which I'm immediately having to cancel & have refunded because the off-the-shelf version doesn't work with 10.13 (.6) High Sierra. To save me a bit of time, can anyone suggest a reasonably priced VPN that works with my older mac and...
  14. Planed

    Other My job has fooled me and my coworkers.

    So, I am a doctor in a hospital complex. and here, most people are issued a sim card and apps that work best with an iPhone. And oh my god my coworkers hate that. but the real ideocracy here is that at the same time, these apps only work with pc, so every computer we use is a pc (oh, and people...
  15. Roitrunks

    Magic Mouse 2

    I am a lover of the magic mouse 2, but I can't get the best experience with it on my macbook pro m2, it's as if my mouse suffers from slight latency, for sudden movements it's ok but for precision and small movements the cursor is really too slow, I have to know that I have increased the...
  16. S

    Here's proof that Apple makes your life miserable with poor display management and doesn't do anything about it.

    There’s no denying the impact that Apple has had in computer technology for the past 40 years. And macOS is in most aspects, the best operating system available today, and it keeps getting better. At the same time, Macs are at a point in time where they are incredibly fast thanks to the M1 and...
  17. U

    pivot table average of sums.

    Is it possible to add a column to a pivot table that shows an average of the sums. I'm trying to calculate an average spend per category per month. I'd like "Grand Total" to instead display an average of each month's sum for each category. Picture attached for context. Thanks
  18. CharlieLi

    How to prevent window showing up when an app is brought up in another window

    Like this, if I switch the Mac to Safari, regardless of what the other screen is doing, Safari will pop up on that screen as well, which is pretty annoying.
  19. E

    Hard drive space

    Hi all hope your probably a very basic problem but looking for some assistance I only use my macbook for music but I’m down to my last 70G left, I have big sound files which I like to keep on my Mac but would it best to move all my logic files to a ssd and them keep saving my music Projects to...
  20. J

    How to use CP command copy specific dates

    I am copying data from a Mac Mini to Windows Server, and I am using CP code in terminal I am on MacOSX 10.10 and 10.8, what is the syntax to copy either modified files only or files of a specific date. I rsync exists but I need to CP command, if any one can advise, pretty please