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How can I tell how long Photos in Big Sur will be syncing?

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How can I get a standard (non-phonetic) Russian keyboard to map “/” and “?” to “.” and “,” or otherwise allow their entry?

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modified 22 mins ago Tetsujin 83.3k

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Unable to open Anywhere option from Gatekeeper in order to open apps not from Mac App Store

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Mysterious write errors when copying to USB drive only when the drive is encrypted, works fine when formatted as HFS without encryption

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How to turn off notifications sounds when OS X is in Do Not Disturb mode? (High Sierra)

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Time Machine backing up my entire system every time

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MacOS Catalina ldap browser supporting certificate authentication?

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modified 1 hour ago bmike♦ 201k

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How to prevent macOS from putting icons on some areas of the desktop?

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Is it possible to make an application’s window smaller than intended?

macos desktop window-manager

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How can I have a key pressed at a specific time?

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Crackling/Popping Right Speaker on Mid 2015 15" Macbook Pro

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How do I force a “Waiting” file to upload to iCloud?

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One Hard Drive to backup two Macs with Time Machine, then recover from one, then the other?

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answered 2 hours ago bmike♦ 201k

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Is there any USB Network Adapter available for Mac that works with Big Sur?

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modified 2 hours ago Alex 8,006

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