Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
Have you checked the preferences to make sure that there¡¯s not some condition not being met? Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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#21350
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Re: New Mac - Music question
That¡¯s great news! As an aside, I¡¯ve learned a bit about iTunes/Music over the years. Our collection became too big for our Macs and was moved to a NAS years ago. I¡¯ve found that despite some
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Otto Nikolaus
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Help with an old PowerMac
I have an old PowerMac that choked on something on an external SD. It now won¡¯t finish booting. I recently had this problem, but somehow resolved it. I get to the gray screen with the logo, in
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Brent
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Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
I got my wife a new Mac Mini and a hub containing an MVMe SSD that I set up as the Time Machine drive. ?This all about ten days ago. ?I checked today and found that the Time Machine is not backing
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Jim Willett
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Re: New Mac - Music question
Thank you so much for your help Otto. ?I went back in Time Machine and Restored the Music Library.musiclibrary from there and everything is working. ?I now have 10,081 songs, not 1,199. ?And all
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Jim Willett
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Re: New Mac - Music question
When you first used Music on your new Mac it will have created a library file if there wasn¡¯t one already where it was expected to be. You need to find it so you can replace it with the one from the
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: New Mac - Music question
Oh. ?Pardon me, please. ?No I do not have a music library file there. ?I will get out my old Mac and copy it over. ?Thank you very much for your help. - Jim
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Jim Willett
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Re: New Mac - Music question
No, that¡¯s not what I said. Is there a *file* called Music Library.musiclibrary in your Music *folder*? Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: New Mac - Music question
Jim, not at the mac now, but when I did this, I had to set a preference or setting to tell Music/iTunes that the library was located on the external drive, and that the music files should not be
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Bayswater
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
Why ruin the gloves when you could use them as they are? Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
I have a box of nitrile gloves. I could cut off a couple fingers from one of those gloves and see whether those are tacky enough to turn the battery cover. Thanks for the idea! -- Bev in TX
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Bev in TX
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
Only some of the bitterant coated batteries won't work. Per Apple, "Look for packaging that states "Compatible with Apple AirTag". Some CR2032 batteries with bitterant coatings might not work with
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Bev in TX
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
I used the Duracell bitter coated ones and they are fine, both fit and power. hugh
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Hugh
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
I think that¡¯s only an issue with some ¡°bitter-coated¡± cells, but I can only see that affecting the electrical connection, not the fit. Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
I just use ordinary CR2032 batteries. Work just fine. I don¡¯t think there are special air tag ones. The problem lies in the difficulty getting the back on. To quote Long Jon Baldry, ¡°It ain¡¯t
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Hugh
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
Yes, I¡¯m pretty sure that something rubbery would help. How about washing-up (dish-washing) gloves? It would also be better if the cover clicked into place. As it is, you just have to turn it until
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
After saying that I had never done it before, last night one of my husband's AirTags notified us that its battery needed changing. I used those Apple Support directions and it was very
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Bev in TX
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
thank you Bev and Otto. ?my CR2032 is regular one. I will order the "made for air tags and see if that help Thanks ? I will let you know if the new ones work Sue
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Sew Walker
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
You¡¯ve read <https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102600>? It must be a 2032 cell. These are the dimensions, 20 mm diameter and 3.2 mm thickness. Also, the + side must be facing up. I find that the
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: New Mac - Music question
I dragged an album file from the Music folder on the external drive over to the Music app. ?The album file disappeared from the Music folder. ?The songs showed up in the Music app window, but with
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Jim Willett
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