Re: a very simple question (I hope)
Hi Kurt, you asked how to make a checkmark from your keyboard, but the unacceptable two slant bars \/ (don¡¯t know their real name) can easily be beat using iPhone emojis. Plus Apple offers easy ways
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Jaqi Thompson
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
Control+Command+Space is the default shortcut for Emoji & Symbols.
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Ben Rosenthal
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
Easy for me. Once you use more than one keyboard layout, you have an icon in the Menu Bar. Click on that, one of the options is Show Emoji and Icons. Scrolling through there, you can find almost
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ncoom gilbar
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
¡Ì Option-V makes a reasonable check mark depending on the font you are using.
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Steve Kane
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
I don¡¯t think there¡¯s a keyboard shortcut for that character, but you can insert it using Character Viewer. As an extension, you could copy this character and create a Text Replacement Shortcut to
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Ben Rosenthal
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a very simple question (I hope)
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard. Thanx, Kurt Youngmann *** ¡°The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best -- and therefore never scrutinize or
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kurt youngmann
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Re: New upgrade
In fact, MA can do things that are more or less impossible to replicate any other way. The last time time that I got a new Mac, I decided to upgrade by starting over from mostly scratch. But I soon
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: New upgrade
I agree Migration Assistant does the best job of transferring from an old Mac to a new one. Dutch
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Dutch Junge
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Re: New upgrade
I recommend using Migration Assistant and transferring everything. Then, on your new computer, do the necessary cleanup. You can use a tool like AppCleaner to prompt you to delete app support files
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Ben Rosenthal
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Re: iPhone 16. Are some services optional?
I got my iPhone 15 last year. I¡¯d be interesting to see how your wife likes her new 16 in a few months. I like my 15, but there¡¯s a lot of stuff on it that was put on when it was new that I
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Ellen Lerner
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Re: New upgrade
Well, you¡¯re right. I didn¡¯t have any malwear anywhere on my computer however I was told by someone to check it out anyway since someone tried to scam me in my bank account online. However, when I
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Ellen Lerner
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Re: New upgrade
So today I got my new computer. It¡¯s sitting in the box. I haven¡¯t opened it yet. It¡¯s always a lot of work to start on a new device. I could¡¯ve had Best Buy transfer current computer apps to
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Ellen Lerner
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
Interesting that they suggest switching the system library between two libraries rather than logging into a different user account.
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Ben Rosenthal
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
I sent the same question to support at fatcatsoftware.com <http://fatcatsoftware.com/>, makers of PowerPhotos. Their reply is below. Their suggestions are similar to what has been posted here with
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Steve Kane
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
This might be a novel solution, don¡¯t turn on optimize storage for the iCloud account. Then do regular backups to an external drive. The OP is fighting against a situation that is ¡°either/or¡±,
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Brent
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
Steve, the way I understood your original post, you were concerned about your ¡°up to this point¡± photos, going forward you will need to repeat what ever steps you take. If you are worried about
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Brent
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
I think you will have to accept, that it¡¯s either full-size or low-res. It can¡¯t be both. My solution would be - as someone else has already suggested - to buy a fast external SSD with enough
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Peter Rasmusen
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
In which case, I¡¯d save the full-res photos elsewhere and back them up *before* they go into iCloud. Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
?That¡¯s exactly right. That¡¯s how iCloud Photos works when Optimized Mac Storage is enabled. That is, there¡¯s no dependency between iCloud Photos and Time Machine.
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Ben Rosenthal
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Re: backup full res photos with "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled
Are you saying that future photos will be ¡°optimised¡± (reduced) automatically without you having a chance to back them up? That can¡¯t be right. Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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