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iPhone 7 won't charge from my MacBook Pro

My iPhone 7 which I recently bought doesn't charge with my MacBook Pro Retina 2015. It always shows for one second that it recharges but then something like lost connection and then again. and goes on and on, both ports... Strange thing is that my…
Dominik Bucher
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How to delay locking of my Mac when I am not using it

Right now, it gets locked in 3-4 minutes. How do I delay the locking? I am using snow leopard
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How can I get Safari to reopen my last closed tab?

I'm switching back to Safari from Chrome. Now that I figured out how to get Safari to let me navigate tabs the way I want, only one thing remains: I want to be able to reopen my last closed tab with cmd+shift+T. Near as I can tell, it's not a…
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Where are my iBooks stored in macOS?

I am looking here for my iBooks in macOS: /Users/'USERNAME'/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks But the folder is empty. When I open iBooks (the App) in Sierra, then all my books are there. So what is happening here?…
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What is CalNCService and why does it run hot in macOS Sierra?

Since the upgrade to macOS Sierra I occasionally see a service CalNCService running hot (i.e. on 100% CPU). So going from the name, this seems to be some Calendar Service. I tried disabling Calendars in Internet Accounts Preferences, but this was…
Thomas
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Prevent spotlight from indexing folders with a certain name

Is there a way to globally ignore folders with a certain name (say node_modules) I know I can do it manually for each instance but I was wondering if its possible to just let spotlight know not to index these folders? node_modules, for example,…
MayThrow
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Close an application window directly from Mission Control?

For example, you can close "Dashboard" widgets while holding down the option key. I can’t find a way to close windows and/or exit an application directly from Mission Control. Though I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut or builtin solution ideally,…
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DNS lookups fail with e.g. `ping`, but work with `host`

I'm using pfSense 2.0rc3, and I've set it up as a DNS forwarder and enabled "Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder" and what I understand are all the appropriate settings to get DNS server for local lookups. It works as expected with Linux and in…
Brian M. Hunt
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Why is kernel_task using so much CPU?

I have a Macbook Pro Retina with the following hardware: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): …
Addison Crump
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Copy text from quick look in El Capitan or Sierra?

I used to be able to just quicklook files and copy the text directly from there, removing the need to launch applications to open it which is just awesome, however, it doesn't seem to work since El Capitan. I have tried running the terminal command…
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Lost my Downloads folder both from Dock and Finder

I did something stupid apparently and lost my Downloads folder both from Dock and then when I opened Finder to drag it down to the Dock it somehow got deleted in the desktop. Now although I can see the folder exists (e.g. by searching in Spotlight)…
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Know of any features or tips and tricks in OS X 10.7 (Lion)?

Kind of like this: Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks but specific to OS X Lion 10.7.x ONLY Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of OS X 10.7 (Lion)? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal…
Josh Newman
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True Full Screen in Firefox?

In OSX, how do I have a true full screen? When I go to full screen mode, the tab and navigation bar are still showing. Those toolbars are annoying when I try to watch a movie, etc. This is the shot of the top of the screen: EDIT: I realized this may…
user115423
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Disable citrix receiver startup on login

I have installed citrix receiver on my home macbook. It auto starts on login yet it does not show an entry in the Login Items tab under the Users and Groups pane of System Preferences. How can I disable the service from starting on login?
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Why does iPhone capture screenshots as PNG?

Is there a reason for iPhone to save screenshots taken as .PNG instead of .JPG? Screenshots won't have transparent background anyways.
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