The OSX/Apple support thread

[Tycho]

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

[BlueMR2]

Tycho said:

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

You can use Automator to make an application or quick action etc, that should be able to take whatever files you drop on it and then you can use finder actions to create a archive which will create a zip of those files.

If you find it is moving the files, you can use a finder action to copy the files first.

[craigjm]

With the latest iMacs do they have the capability of taking an input from a laptop and just being used as an external monitor?

[Tycho]

BlueMR2 said:

Tycho said:

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

You can use Automator to make an application or quick action etc, that should be able to take whatever files you drop on it and then you can use finder actions to create a archive which will create a zip of those files.

If you find it is moving the files, you can use a finder action to copy the files first.

That sounds like a plan. I'd forgotten about automator, thanks.

[mmm-five]

Tycho said:

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

Yes, just tried it myself...and I've now moved various versions of Palatino font from their respective folders to a new folder...and I don't remember where they came from

What I should have done is created the new folder first, and then drag-copied the files from the Find window into that first.

[AstonZagato]

I have a 2018 MacBook Pro running the latest version of Ventura.

The battery is in a poor state but that isn't an issue as I run it permanently plugged in to a docking station and have a seperate monitor and keyboard - so the laptop is always closed.

The last few days it has developed an issue of refusing to wake up. I can open the clamshell and press the power button and nothing happens. Black screen.

I add the power from the official power brick and nothing happens for about 10 minutes. Then I can start it up. Very occasionally, before it boots, the screen will show the low battery symbol. It then boots and the battery is at 100%.


I think it somehow believes the battery is depleted (even though it isn't) so goes into deep hibernation. You then have to trick it into believing it has got some external charge, at which point it finds out it has 100% battery.

Any fix?

[sagarich]

I have an IMAP email hosted via hostgator.

Currently I use the Outlook for mac app on my macbook.

I would like to use the send later feature to avoid clients receiving email responses at odd hours of the day.

However, I don't seem to have a "send later" button as all the user guides show online.

What am I doing wrong?

Alternatively, are there any better email clients for mac that offer this feature?

[tog]

I don't use Outlook, but Apple Mail does offer send later.

[sagarich]

tog said:

I don't use Outlook, but Apple Mail does offer send later.

Thanks, I looked at apple mail but the device has to be on and connected to the internet for this feature to work... kinda defeats the point.

[Craikeybaby]

To be able to do it with the client (Apple Mail on your Mac/iOS device) offline, it would need to be supported on the server, which is likely an Apple specific thing, so only on Apple's iCloud email service.

[Tycho]

sagarich said:

tog said:

I don't use Outlook, but Apple Mail does offer send later.

Thanks, I looked at apple mail but the device has to be on and connected to the internet for this feature to work... kinda defeats the point.

Outlook will do this on Mac:



You'll need Exchange to do it IIRC.

[sagarich]

Tycho said:

sagarich said:

tog said:

I don't use Outlook, but Apple Mail does offer send later.

Thanks, I looked at apple mail but the device has to be on and connected to the internet for this feature to work... kinda defeats the point.

Outlook will do this on Mac:



You'll need Exchange to do it IIRC.

Ok thanks, another bit of googling suggests that I don't have the ability with my current email host solution.

[PRO5T]

Not sure whether this is the place to ask or whether it needs a dedicated thread…

I’m an Apple iPhone user and it says my photos are taking up too much storage. I have iCloud storage of 1 terabyte of which my photos are taking up 103gb.

iCloud photo storage is switched on so I have plenty of space but it still says my photo storage is full on the device meaning I can’t access some photos.

Any hints or tips?

[Craikeybaby]

Have you checked the option for "optimise storage on device"? This keeps the full size on iCloud and stores a smaller version on the device.

[PRO5T]

Craikeybaby said:

Have you checked the option for "optimise storage on device"? This keeps the full size on iCloud and stores a smaller version on the device.

There is a blue tick next to "Optimise iPhone Storage", below which it says the Status was synched 19 mins ago.

[Craikeybaby]

Sounds like you need to free up some storage on your device, or get one with more storage.

[PRO5T]

Craikeybaby said:

Sounds like you need to free up some storage on your device, or get one with more storage.

I guess so, I thought that was the whole point of the iCloud storage though-so you didn’t need to store it all on your phone? This is what it currently looks like…

Edited by PRO5T on Saturday 1st June 07:38

[thebraketester]

PRO5T said:

I guess so, I thought that was the whole point of the iCloud storage though-so you didn’t need to store it all on your phone? This is what it currently looks like…

Edited by PRO5T on Saturday 1st June 07:38

Except apps are always stored in full locally, so you’ll have to thin them out.

[PRO5T]

thebraketester said:

PRO5T said:

I guess so, I thought that was the whole point of the iCloud storage though-so you didn’t need to store it all on your phone? This is what it currently looks like…

Edited by PRO5T on Saturday 1st June 07:38

Except apps are always stored in full locally, so you’ll have to thin them out.

Ok, so what’s the point in having iCloud storage then (sorry, I realise that sounds confrontational but I don’t mean it!)?

The phone doesn’t warn me I’m out of storage for apps or anything else-it’s simply photos which I (presumably wrongly) thought were covered by my iCloud storage?

[tog]

Apps are also offloaded if unused for long enough - maybe turn that on (Settings > App Store > Offload Unused Apps) and see if it frees up some space.

However you are correct that enabling iCloud backup and 'optimise iPhone storage' should just offload photos automatically. I have never run out of space with that turned on. My Apple Photos library holds over 18,000 images (just ten years of phone photos - camera photos are stored elsewhere) which takes up 150GB on my Mac but only 3GB on my phone. Have you tried turning that setting off and on again? And I have found sometimes that turning off syncing, logging out of iCloud (both on the phone and any other connected devices) and then logging in and turning it back on can force a reset of the sync. Make sure you are backed up first of course.