iCloud Sync for Messages gone from macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 betas
Apple did now completely remove the iCloud Sync feature for Messages; not only from iOS 11 but also from the recent macOS High Sierra Beta.
Fix Mail.app crashing in macOS – remove and rebuild Envelope Index files
I was able to fix my Mail.app crashing continuously in macOS High Sierra by rebuilding Mail’s Envelope Index files.
Solution approach: fixing APFS disk issue “fsroot tree invalid” in macOS High Sierra Public Beta 4 (17A315i)
Completely erasing & reformatting a broken APFS volume under macOS High Sierra Beta 4 fixed the “fsroot tree error” – make sure you have an up to date backup before upgrading High Sierra Beta updates.
Issue: macOS High Sierra Beta 4 (17A315i) breaks APFS formatted drive
Just a quick note, as this seems not to be mentioned anywhere so far:
Apple recently released Public Beta 4 of macOS High Sierra (Build 17A315i) – which broke my APFS formatted external SSD drive; kind of.
New Lock Screen feature in macOS High Sierra
Known from Windows to quickly lock the screen; Apple finally introduces the same quick lock feature for Mac with it’s new OS macOS High Sierra.
Solved: macOS High Sierra beta issues with APSF for a bootable external drive
macOS High Sierra beta is booting successfully from an external APFS formatted SSD disk. Read the full story here.
Do you cover your Mac’s Camera with Tape against Privacy Infringements? It’s not enough!
Tape on the camera may prevent somebody spying on you visually – but this does not prevent anybody hacking your computer and accessing it’s built-in microphone to listen to your conversations! And tape on the microphone spot is by far not making it completely “mute”. So tape is just not enough – you do need a software-based solution for full control: and there is one to do just that – OverSight.
Hide that bothering mouse cursor in macOS when fullscreen playing a video
When you also like a distortion-free screen, you may also dislike that the macOS cursor sometimes showing up in fullscreen video playback. Here’s a solution how to quickly hide a bothering mouse cursor.
OS X: launcher for iOS Simulator and bypassing Xcode
On OS X, the best way to almost natively test apps or websites is by using the so called “iOS Simulator” (now named simply “Simulator”) which is available as part of the installed Xcode Development Tools.
So to bypass Xcode for starting the Simulator, I wrote a simple Automator application which directly launches the Simulator.app – you can download it in this post or create it yourself following the instructions.
Did you know that the Reminders App in OS X has intelligent text interpretation? (example inside)
Apple’s very own Reminders.app, available on OS X, iOS and iCloud, comes with a very neat yet helpful feature: intelligent interpretation of a new reminder/to-do text. On iOS devices using Siri, you can not only tell it what and when to remind you about, but Siri is also intelligent enough to understand in which of your reminders lists that new reminder should go to!