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Trust alert immediately disappears when connecting iPad to Mac
When connecting an iOS device to a Mac, an alert will pop up on macOS asking whether to trust the external device.
This alert, however, only appears for the blink of an eye, for some reason, and then ...
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Does Smart Folio Case for IPad Pro work in Mac using Universal Control?
I connected Smart Folio Keyboard to iPad, and turned on universal control in both Mac and IPad. But the Smart Folio Keyboard is not working in Mac.
For my trackpad, it works across both devices. The ...
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Connecting to file share works from iPad but not macOS
I am attempting to connect to a Windows file share from macOS 11.3. The IP is 192.168.0.6, however my Mac will ask for username and password. When I enter them, it will shake in error and will not ...
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M1 Macbook Air not able to run iPad/iPhone apps
I recently purchased an M1 Macbook and I remember one of the key selling points was being able to open iPad/iPhone apps, this isn't the main reason I purchased it but anyways I was planning to use it ...
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Alternative to Apple Books for power users that works across all devices?
I'm quite sick of Apple Books as it randomly deletes books from my library on the iPad, and find myself out of a book exactly when I need it the most and I'm offline. The app also makes it ...
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Why does the terminal on my MacBook Pro seem to send me my iPad instead of the MacBook Pro itself?
Somehow when I open the terminal on my MacBook Pro 16 (2019) it uses my iPad instead of using my MacBook Pro. I moved from Windows few days ago. I use my iPad at school for writing by my hand and ...
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Screen Time Password working on iPadOS not on MacOS - with share across devices enabled
Like many people here I have enabled Screen Time on two devices - iPad Pro Running ios13 and Macbook Pro running Catalina. My password works on my iPad though not on my Mac. I've tried resetting the ...
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Home wireless network: a device loses connection when other device is being used
I have a small home wireless network utilized by a number of devices. Whenever iPad is being used for streaming youtube videos, my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.11.6) completely loses connection.
This does ...
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Can I permanently disallow OS upgrades on an iOS device? [closed]
Is there a way to prevent OS upgrades on an iOS device, such that the user is unable to remove the restriction?
We will be loaning iPhones or iPads to people, and don't want them making ANY changes ...
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Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) unable to connect to “Personal Hotspot” on an iPad running iOS 8
After I moved over to a new user account on my Mac—to try to fix another issue—my Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and iOS 8 “Personal Hotspot” function quit working.
At first it wouldn’t show my iPad’s ...
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How can I print from an iPad to a network printer managed by a Macbook?
Is it possible to use a Macbook to manage a network printer such that I can print to it from an iPad? This video explains how to do what I want with Windows, but can the same be done with a Mac?
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Why suddenly the port cannot be connected?
I am running a HTTP Server on my Mac, which is a NanoHTTP Server, not Apache etc. I use eclipse to run it, it runs, and work perfectly, and I got an iPad to access it, it works. The firewall on Mac is ...
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Pulling photos off an iPad
I don't work with or use Mac OS X as I am a Windows/Linux guy. But if I wanted to pull photos off of an iPad with my Windows laptop for someone, how would I do it?
Is it as simple and connecting to ...
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Rich text editor cross-platform
I'm about to write a thesis and I need to work on it on various devices: a MacBook Pro, a laptop with Windows 7 and an iPad. The problem is to find a way to keep in sync everything. I though of many ...
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MacBook Pro USB port provides more current in Mac OS X than in Windows
I have a MacBook Pro with both Mac OS X Lion and Windows (under BootCamp) installed. While in Windows, I tried to charge my iPad 3 via the USB port. The iPad says "Not charging", but really, it does, ...
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Access Mac from iPad graphically without installations on the Mac
In OS X Lion there is the possibility of screen sharing. I wonder how to access my Mac from my iPad without installing anything on the Mac
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Trying to access localhost mamp from iPad
I want to visit my localhost that is being served by mamp on my iPad to do some testing. All the places I looked online say just to visit ip:8888.
This results in Safari showing a "server stopped ...
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Sync email with iPad keeping mailboxes and previous emails
I use Mail from OS X Lion with an email POP account. I have many mailboxes in order to organize it efficiently. Now I am considering to be able to sync it with my iPad, maintaining the same structure ...
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Troubleshooting iPad local network connectivity
Configuration:
WiFi Router <-> Gateway PC (Ubuntu 11.10) <-> Internet
iPad 2 (iOS 5.0.1) <-> WiFi
MacBook Pro late 2007 (OS X 10.7.2) <-> WiFi
The WiFi uses static IP configuration, no ...
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.mp4 video plays in Safari desktop but NOT Safari iPad
I'm redoing my website with HTML5 video and have it working fine on the desktop already.
However, on the iPad, it loads, but does not play. For the video I'm using the iPad defaults in Adobe Media ...
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How to sync apps with one Mac and 3 devices?
We have 1 Mac, with 1 iTunes account, and 3 iOS devices.
Every time we sync one device, iTunes either spams it with ALL apps from ALL devices, OR it removes all of the apps from the device including ...
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How to stream movies from LG Network Storage N2B1D to iPad, iPhone, Mac and TV?
I'm the owner of a brand new LG Network Storage N2B1D.
I want to stream movies (or images) through a local network.
For now, I can browse files with a Mac or iPhone/iPad but I can't read content.
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How to put wmv videos into my iPad 2 on Mac?
Recently i made my own videos with Windows Movie Maker and output the vidoes as .wmv format on my computer, now i want to put it onto my iPad 2, so that i can easily share with my friend and easily ...
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Can I access mac iTunes library from an iPad?
Can I access my iMac based iTunes library from my iPad over my home wifi? I know I can sync them up but the library is too big.
Edit; just to clear(er), the movies, podcasts etc which are stored on ...
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What are the good iPad VNC clients for controlling a Mac locally? [closed]
Not fussed about controlling a Mac over the internet, or controlling a Windows PC. Just controlling a Mac on the same home network as the iPad.
Free is good, but reliability and a less fussy ...
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Clipping in video converted by HandBrake
I own an iPad and an iPhone 4 and my Mac has a Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP 30-inch (2560x1600) display connected to it. I have a wealth of both 720p and 1080p ‘MKV’ videos of various television shows and ...
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How do I troubleshoot a problem syncing Google contacts to an iPad?
I use my MacBook Pro to sync content onto my wife's iPad. (She doesn't have a computer.) She doesn't want all my contacts from the Address Book app on my MBP. But she does want her Google contacts ...
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Rsync to a WebDAV filesystem on OS X copies all files regardless of being changed or not
I am trying to sync from my (Mac) desktop to an iPad and an iPhone. MacOS X mounts WebDAV as a native file system, but syncing results in all files in my directory structure being copied again.
This ...
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Picture syncing on Multiple Macs, iPhones, and iPad together so each device can update them all
One of the owners of my company has put me to task to sync his pictures between the following devices together.
(2) iPhones
(2) iMacs
(1) Macbook Air
(1) iPad
Here is what is happening:
He has a ...
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