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Unknowingly, my spouse disabled Find My on her iPad. (She received an email telling “Find My has bee disable on…’s iPad” • How does one enable it? • Why having it (the device) enabled important (or is it?)? —– Fernando Gonçalves ... (1 Comment)

I have been using LastPass as well as the LastPass Authenticator for several years. I continually have issues after a period of time, and now, once again, it does not recognize my LP email (ID) as a verified account. I have not changed that in several years. Twice I have had to ... (1 Comment)

I have about 20 photos I’d like to make into a slides show. I’d like to rearrange them in a particular order. Is that do-able? —– Jack ... (4 Comments)

I find that the audio level of Map navigation commands is often far above the level of the song I’m listening to as I drive. Can I adjust the ratio? —– Jerry ... (4 Comments)

How do I back up my Mac to an external drive using time machine when I already have files on my external drive. I ask this because I am currently using a PC and manually backing up to my external hard drive. However, when I do make the switch to a Mac, I would like to still use ... (3 Comments)

You previously wrote that files and folders on the cloud Drive cannot be seen by Apple. Apple however writes that files and folders on iCloud drive are not subject to an end-to-end encryption. Yet I’m looking for an iCloud storage that provides end-to-end encryption (or a ... (11 Comments)

My iMac have system version 10.15.6 and Numbers version 10.1. I have daily data in Table 1, first column Date and second column Units. In Table 2, my first column is the beginning of a week date calculated from the Date Column in Table 1. I want to calculate the weekly unit ... (1 Comment)

Why use a third party password manager instead of Apple’s native password manager if I’m only using Apple devices (not cross platform)? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Is one more secure than the other? I’m using: 2017 iMac, iPad pro10.5, iPhone ... (2 Comments)

I want to put a chart on a separate Sheet from the one with the data table. How to do or if not possible, suggested work around. Thanks, Riley Willcox PS – I am taking your Numbers Tutorial. If described, send me to the relevant section. —– Riley ... (1 Comment)

Really good video about multiple desktops. Watched it twice, and learned a lot. Two Q’s: 1. the 4 checkboxes in MC preferences, having trouble understanding what the 2nd, and 4th checkboxes do. I’ve been playing with the 2nd box preference, with the same app on ... (1 Comment)

In Finder, under iCloud, there are three sub groups…iCloud Drive, Desktop and Documents. On my son’s Mac he has put all his document folders directly in “iCloud drive” as the root, rather than using Documents as the root. So my question is, would all his ... (6 Comments)

Have two identical Smart Mailboxes and I would like to combine them onto One Smart Mailbox with the same name and qualifications. Also, when they are combined I need to eliminate duplicates to insure I don’t loose any of the pertinent emails? —– Buzz Bennett ... (1 Comment)

Why would nsurlsessiond run in the background for months slowing my iMac down? I don’t shut my computer down at night but this syncing process never seems to be done. —– Steve G ... (1 Comment)

I write music on my mac. Notarisation issues in Catalina have caused major issues for plugin developers. Some are only now releasing versions of their plugins that are compatible. Some have not bothered. Typically I wait before upgrading to a new OSX; so by now I would be using ... (2 Comments)

Since the iOS app store is the only legitimate source for apps on Apple’s mobile gear, is there any value in “security” apps such as Malwarebytes on iOS? —– Peter Emery ... (1 Comment)

Headers automatically have three sections. Can I make them into one section going across the whole page? Alternatively, can I add a background to each of the three sections? —– Robert ... (3 Comments)

I am using a Macbook from (early 2014) and just bought the latest 2019 Macbook. I have a lot of Word docs that I don’t want to lose. I have been using Word 2008 and I have not yet switched on my new Macbook. When I start using it, I plan to subscribe to the MS Office ... (2 Comments)

I use Personal Hotspot on an iPad Air 2 (iOS 13.3) to tether an iMac(Os 10.15.6). Can I connect an Apple Airport(last model) or any other 802.11ac router to the iPad to extend the range and avoid persistent dropping of the connection when the iPad changes ... (1 Comment)

Dear Gary, I have a column with dates, but the original source excluded the seperation. Like 20200205, which in this case means 5th of February in 2020. I try to change the format to date, but Numbers refuses to change it. Ho can I change the column format to show 2020.February ... (1 Comment)

I tried to record one of my students webinars (video and audio) so I could watch it later but my Quick Time player only recorded the video, it didn’t capture the sound. ? I was told that I need to buy a separate program to capture the audio. That can’t be right? Any ... (2 Comments)