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Mac OS 27 Beta 2

9 August 2026 at 16:46
Today was a cloudy and rainy day In my part of Florida and I was bored, so I decided to try Tahoe 27 Beta 2. I did a thorough cleaning of my Mac mini, made two SupeDuper clones and Time Machine backup. I'm happy to report the download and installation went as smooth as maple slurple! I'm still working my way through it but so far all seems well. I'm sure some minor glitches may occur along the way, but overall it seems solid.

SuperDuper 4 - NOT CREATING A BOOTABLE CLONE, 2020 until 27" iMac running macOS 15.7.9

9 August 2026 at 14:05
I'm just curious if any other iMac users, running macOS 15.7.9 Sequoia, are having trouble with a recently released macOS 15.7.9 anmd SuperDuper 4 NOT creating a bootable clone.

Both software updates were recently installed and have been reinstalled, but I cannot get SuperDuper! 4 to create a proper clone.

I switched back to SuperDuper 3, it created a nice new bootable clone just as it always has.

I haven't contacted the developer yet, and I haven't seen much on the web about the new...

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editing images in Notes

9 August 2026 at 12:55
The online advice appears to be consistent : you can't edit images in Notes, only in Photos. However, I have a note with a lot of images, and on one of them (I don't remember HOW!) I clicked something that gave me edit options, one of which was to isolate the subject from the background, then resize options.

Now someone may say that I somehow was able to move to Photos from within Notes, and automatically return to Notes once the edits were done. However, if I now go to that note and click...

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Frozen iPad

Unable to turn off my iPad. Since it's frozen I can't state the version, but it's about 3-4 years old at least. Tried a number of different suggestions from the internet and Apple forum with no luck. Appears that all I can do is just swear at it and wait for the battery to die.

Any ideas?

Focus: How To Turn It Off Completely

8 August 2026 at 20:43
Hi!
I apologize if this is easy to solve. I've read every article Apple has on the subject and still can't figure it out. In the Menu Bar, there is a crescent moon icon. Today it is filled in with white. When I click it, a box pops up telling me that Focus is on. Somehow Do Not Disturb is involved, as it is "On".

I cannot figure out how to turn off all Focus and turn off all Do Not Disturb. I've clicked each section and box to no avail. I also can't figure out how I turned this stuff on (by...

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Icloud drive error? What happened?

7 August 2026 at 15:51
So I have 2 laptops: An Air for work and a Pro for home. I set up I-cloud to maintain the same files on each device. When I enter data, or do an edit on one, it updates instantly on the other. The other day I entered a significant amount of data on one computer. A couple of days later I went in to add more data and everything from the previous entry was gone.
I checked the other computer...gone there too.What happened?
This has been working perfectly for a long time, and now I have no...

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Neo Thread

There hasn't been a lot of posting about the new MacBook Neo. Who's purchased one? What do you think of it? Have you found any limitations to what software it can run? Which accessories have you purchased to go with it, and have they worked well?

Have folks heard about the heat sink tape mod? Anyone done it?
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