Questions tagged [settings]
The configuration settings or preferences within a given app/program/environment
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Can I change iOS lock screen wallpaper while keeping the default on home screen?
I would like to change the wallpaper on my lock screen, on which the wallpaper is saved as png and added from Photos app. However, if I set it, the original home-screen background of my iOS (the one ...
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MacOS Default Sharing Settings
I have a question regarding default macOS settings, how they are if the MacBook is newly set up after buying or factory reset on macOS Ventura and Sonoma?
I need to know the default settings for the ...
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dim brightness on inactivity when plugged in
is it possible to enable dimming the brightness when the computer is inactive for some time and it is plugged in? I only found a setting to enable dimming when on battery :/
maybe some 3rd party tool?
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School printer configuration on personal device
My school laptop has an option called "Secure_Printing" where the documents can be printed out on any school printer after inputting the student card number.
Here is the configuration in the ...
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How can I change the scroll direction of the mouse on a laptop with Ventura?
I have a laptop with macOS 13.4 (Ventura) and cannot find how to modify the scrolling direction of a USB mouse: not under Mouse nor under Accessibility in System Settings.
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Two Apps on iPhone vs the Same Apps on Android: Runkeeper and LibriVox and Playing Well Together
I recently switched from an Android phone to an iPhone SE, 3rd gen, running iOS 16.6, and I installed many of the same apps that I had on my Android. Two of those apps are Runkeeper and LibriVox. I ...
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Stop touch ID from asking for a password
How do I stop touch ID from asking for a password every few days? Is there a setting controlling this?
I have searched for an answer and have not been able to find any information. I use a MacBook Pro ...
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Confused about iPad Serial Numbers and Generation - Help Needed!
Hello Apple community,
I recently purchased an old Apple iPad (5th generation - 2017) from a marketplace, and I noticed something peculiar about its serial numbers. On the back cover, the serial ...
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Chrome (Version 114.0.5735.198 ) show advanced settings
In the my version of chrome (114.0.5735.198 ) I can't find the advanced setting? Searching says "Alt-H" but macs don't have a ALT key. Neither cmd, opt or fn work.
If memory serves I used ...
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macOS Settings will not let me change region from Afghanistan
I reinstalled macOS. I must have mistakenly chosen Afghanistan as my region. However, now I cannot change it.
In Settings > General > Language & Region, there is a drop-down list to select a ...
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how can I disable touch scrolling on the magic mouse?
I recently got a magic mouse, and have been trying to use it, but I am finding it very unfriendly to use. Mainly I am constantly scrolling all over the place, on accident when I am moving the mouse. ...
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Enable mono-audio only when one earbud is connected?
I have mono audio enabled in accessibility on my iPhone because most of the time, I'm only using a single earbud, and don't want that to impact what I hear.
That being said, from time to time I will ...
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F11 key does not work as function key in MacBook Pro 14"
I have a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Pro Chip. I have noticed that the F11 key has volume low and when I press it without the fn key, it works normally (it lowers the volume as expected). However, when I ...
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How do I make it so that my iPhone plays all audio through it's speakers by default?
I recently bought an Amazon smart watch and I really love it. I can make calls and receive notifications through it, so it's always connected to my phone by default. The problem I'm having with it, is ...
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Paths to UI elements in System Settings for Applescript
Is there a good resource for learning how to generate paths to UI elements in System Settings for AppleScript? Specifically, I am trying to access the keyboard scrolling button in the Accessibility ...
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Set Focus for a specific duration
By default, the 'Focus' button in the control center of macOS provides three options. Among them, there is a 'For 1 hour'.
I would like to have a similar 'Focus' with its duration configurable, such ...
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How to disable autocorrection in Freeform?
I'm really annoyed with automatic capitalization in Freeform, for example here I tried to type "yes" 4 times before I finally got "Yes":
Clicking that cross with mouse require you ...
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How do you whitelist folders of apps created by unidentified developers? on ventura 13.3.1
i know --master-disable is an option, but is there a way to instead just whitelist a specific folder? currently I'm having to manually ctrl-click every .lib individually to run an app successfully. I ...
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How does the Search operation in iOS Settings work?
If I enter "accelerometer" into the Search bar of Settings in iOS 16.5 on my iPhone X, the results seem to include practically every "Accessibilility" settings page. Are they all ...
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How do I remove the "ignore limit for today" option?
I have Screen Time set up on an iPhone. I scheduled downtime to always run, but it gives me three options:
Ignore limit for 1 minute
Ignore limit for 15 minutes
Ignore limit for the rest of the day
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How can I add custom apps to Sleep focus allowed apps?
How can I add a custom app that is not available on the list of apps to add to sleep focus? I'm on Macos Ventura 13.4
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Who's Nikita Borodulin from Settings > Login Items? [duplicate]
On macOS Ventura 13.3.1 (a) in Settings, in Login Items there's an entry "Nikita Borodulin 3 items: 3 items affect all users". Who's this person?
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Text in some apps garbled up with non-Latin fonts after macOS upgrade
Recently upgrade to macOS Ventura Version 13.3.1. One app in particular (Golden Cheetah) has become unusable because all the text now shows in a non-Latin font.
The text is unreadable. I have no idea ...
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Why are there so many LAN listings on my network setup, and are they safe to remove?
My laptop has connected to a number of Thunderbolt and USB-C docks over the last few years. While I never really paid attention to it before, I've noticed that I have a large number of "other ...
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Can I set keyboard shortcuts to a single keystroke in app preferences plists?
I would like to set my Mail keyboard shortcuts to single keystroke shortcuts, like how they are in Gmail. For example, I want to set the Archive tool to just E like in Gmail, but in later macOS ...
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Quickly access Settings on iOS
Settings can only be accessed by swiping right a few times or entering the Sett.. and waiting for the app icon to appear? That's really inefficient. So I tried to add it to Control Center but it ...
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Customize or lower the requested Permissions for apps in MacOS
In MacOS Settings' "Privacy & Security" panel, is it possible to reduce/lower the approved privileges/capabilities of apps? Or to modify or add custom capabilities to apps, different ...
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Function Keys setting resets
I prefer the default behavior of the Function keys on my Mac to act like old school standard function keys (F1, F2, etc.).
So I switch on the according setting in macOS 13: Keyboard / Keyboard ...
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Customize Lock Screen Footnote without administrator assistance
My iPad 6th gen running iPadOS 16.2 is managed by my organisation through Meraki (Cisco) (MDM). They have quite recently added a Lock Screen Footnote (at the very bottom of the Lock Screen) and I ...
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How to make Mac microphone as default?
When I connect my bluetooth headset, macOS starts to use headset's mic, which is terrible by itself. I am tired of constantly entering settings and changing input source from headset to Mac microphone....
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Missing Settings icons in /System/Library/PreferencePanes/
I guess it might be a bug in Ventura affecting systems that upgraded from Monterey without a clean install. This is how the folder looks to me:
Any idea how to fix it?
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Second Hand MacBook Pro has speaker's name in another language
I just bought a second hand MacBook Pro. Everything looks clean, but the name of the Audio devices are in Japanese.
Example where this happens :
Any idea what to do to have everything in English, ...
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com.apple.Bluetooth.*.plist in Preferences\ByHost
I was wondering what is the purpose of the bluetooth .plist file (namely, com.apple.Bluetooth..plist) in Preferences\ByHost. I've accidentally deleted it and it doesn't seem to come back when ...
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How to change settings via the Shortcuts app on iPhone
I want to make shortcuts for my iPhone to change my AirPods settings for different situations and pre-set different profiles with different settings.
I wanted to do that via the Shortcut app from ...
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Manually transfer system settings and app data
M1 mini on Ventura.
I want to transfer my system settings and app data to a new Mac. However, I can't use Migration Assistant because I will not have this Mac by the time the new one arrives. When I ...
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Display settings lost after reboot. M1 chip
After each reboot display settings are lost. Displays aren't rotated as set before and in different alignment. I have two exteranl displays conected via dock station (HDMI and Displayport, if matters)....
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Create a new account that is not a member of the "staff" group
By default, it seems that all new "Standard" accounts are added to the staff group. Can I create a new account that is not a member of staff and is not a "Sharing Only" account?
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Why does Xcode 14.2 on Intel Mac show "Preferences..." on M2 Mac "Settings..."
I'm bringing up Xcode on a new M2 Mac and noticed this.
Both Macs have Xcode 14.2.
Yet, Xcode shows "Preferences..." on an older (2018) MacBook with macOS 12.6.3, but Xcode shows "...
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Cannot remove user from a group
I would like to remove a user, "name", from the staff group.
Running dseditgroup -o edit -d name -t user staff seems to have no effect.
Why doesn't this work and what should I do differently ...
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"Users & Groups" does not display groups on Ventura 13.2
On Ventura 13.2, when I go to the "Users & Groups" settings page, no groups are displayed and there does not seem to be any way to make them appear.
The "macOS User Guide" ...
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How can I disable S/MIME signing/encryption for Mail on iOS?
I would like to deactivate S/MIME signing and encryption in Mail on iOS (latest version 16.3.1) as I no longer use it. In Settings > Mail > Accounts > [my account] > Account > Advanced, ...
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stop Siri announce the type of called contact
Each time I call contact with siri it announced [name] + [type of the phone number] for example Dad - mobile.
There is any way to prevent it from reading the number type?
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Application "would like to control this computer using accessibility features" despite already being allowed to do so
I recently updated to the latest macOS Ventura security patch. Ever since I did so, attempting to start Barrier prompts me with a dialog stating
"Barrier" would like to control this ...
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Cannot disable F14 and F15 keyboard shortcuts controlling the brightness
I read this question/answer: Disable F14/F15 for Brightness Control
I have a different problem, I can see these options, I can check and uncheck them:
But even when the options are unchecked, F14 and ...
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How to change the number for the default "Number of Rows and Columns" when we create a new Table in Pages?
When I try to add a new Table in Pages (v13.0) on MacOS 12.6.5 (I chose the bottom-left one), it automatically creates a table with 5 rows and 4 columns (as seen in the second image). How do I edit ...
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Force Safari to enable autoplay
Since last update (Ventura 13.1), my Safari does not seem to autoplay videos anymore.
I already tried to "allow all autoplay" or to disable all content blockers, but I still can't enable ...
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Broken DNS resolvers automatically included on scutil --dns
What are the ways to persist DNS and SearchDomain settings? How to remove?
If I run scutil --dns it shows these two resolvers (and a few others for *.in-addr.arpa addresses)
resolver #1
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What is the "open" UNIX script for and why is it unidentified?
I just updated to macOS 13.2.1 today. After doing so, I logged back in and a notification popped up, mentioning something called "open". Clicking on this notification took me to the settings....
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How to specify the languange of "System Settings" it self without rebooting?
I want to change the language of System Settings App without rebooting. However, it was invalid to select this App in the interface where I can specify a language for an App.
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How can I change Display Refresh Rate with Apple Script on Ventura?
I want to change the Refresh Rate between 60Hz and ProMotion(120Hz) with Apple Script on Ventura.
System Settings have changed on Ventura and I couldn't find anything about how to write proper Apple ...
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