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I had files saved in iCloud, I deleted them but also from trash. i have tried restoring from iCloud Drive in the Advanced Setting but the files did not appear in that section. What can I do now? It does seem logical that file deleted from trash would then go somewhere on iCloud ... (2 Comments)

Hi Gary, I am trying to clear some space on my MacBook Pro and using the About this Mac, then Storage, when you look at the hard drive, it shows I have 118GB of files labelled iOS files from the days when I stored all the apps on my Mac rather than just re installing from the ... (1 Comment)

I’ve made my Movie in iMovie using video and pics. I saved it to File and it plays back well. But, I can’t get it into my Apple TV. Also I have other video of M4V, MOV, AVI ….what do you suggest I do with these…they’re in a folder called ... (1 Comment)

My storage is 2/3 “other” and leaves me little storage; can no longer upgrade software or back up computer. —– Fran ... (3 Comments)

I know you recommend against using the default email address provided by internet service providers. Do you have any feelings about using the router provided by one’s ISP? —– Michael ... (1 Comment)

I have an iPhone 6s and I’m looking for recommendations for a solid but not too expensive external mic to plug in for recording voice memos. To be clear, this is NOT for recording lectures in a classroom setting but for simply recording my own voice memos with better ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary. I now have fibre to my house so some reasonable internet speeds (300 download, 51 upload). Can I look to dump my USB Disc Drives and backup (using TimeMachine) to iCloud? I appreciate I would need to have the 2TB subscription. Are there any Pros and Cons, assuming the ... (6 Comments)

I have a 2015 iMac running very slowly. Activity monitor show nsurlsessiond alway hogging cpu and memory. I reinstalled Catalina, quit nsurlsessiond multiple times but it just keeps restarting. Tried turning off various sync function but nothing works. Any ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary, I am a Patreon subscriber and I am trying to see if I can drop doing the iTunes backup of my iPad and iPhone? I have latest Mac software, and iOS too. There used to be a difference that if you only used iCloud, health data and some other stuff was not backed up. ie no ... (5 Comments)

Spotlight didn’t find my email from this morning, only earlier emails. How often does Spotlight reindex? Can I force a reindex? —– David Sofi ... (2 Comments)

I opened my MacBook Pro (13″ – mid 2012 model) 2 nights ago only to find 4000 emails in my mailbox icon. I contacted my internet provider who told me to change my password for my email address. then I proceeded to delete all the emails. I’m still receiving ... (2 Comments)

I am on a Mac 27″ desktop using Mojave 10.14.6. I have many 35mm black & white and Kodacolor negatives, but scanning is very slow. I have set up my Canon digital camera to photograph the negatives, but I come up with negative images, same as the originals. I found an ... (3 Comments)

Do you have any explanation for why apps appear in some Share Menu views and not others? I don’t mean can be added by selecting the “edit” button, but why in e.g. Safari I can share to app X (which is in the icon list), but in Files app X isn’t included in either the icon ... (9 Comments)

I’m using Catalina and no longer am able to see the files as scaleable images in the finder like I used to (was kind of like a slide feature). Is it possible to recreate that? Icon, list and column are still available but this fourth way is no longer there. I miss ... (2 Comments)

Using MacBook Pro 2014, with macOS Catalina v10.15.5 I want to have a cell update automatically when I enter data in a column. —– Norman Horridge ... (3 Comments)

Hi – I have been having some issues on my late 2013 Imac since upgrading to Catalina. A lot of library messages in the logs for example. Sometimes if I go to shutdown I get a black screen for a while then it reboots, other times it’s fine. Sometimes when emptying the ... (1 Comment)

In some websites or Mac apps the volume in my earphones is too low. Is there a way to turn up the volume? Do I need some sort of portable amplifier the earphones can plug into? Most times the volume is fine, but certain websites, or apps don’t put out ... (1 Comment)

Have created a 2 column format in Numbers with different row heights, i.e. R1=3.0, R2-R6=.8, R7=.2, R8=2.0, R9=1.2, R10=1.3. Need to retain this row and column spacing throughout the document, i.e. R11 & R21=3.0,R20 & R30= 1.3. Have tried copy, then paste and match ... (9 Comments)

I have two users on an iMac. I would like them combined so that I don’t have to log out of one to go to the other. There are photo files on the second user I do not want to lose and want them brought into the first user. —– Don ... (3 Comments)

I have 57 gig of purgeable files and would like to delete them to free up some space. What is the best and easiest way of doing this? Thanks in advance, freddymac. (I’ve had that name since my earthlink days in the late 80’s). LOL —– Fred Henderson ... (1 Comment)