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  1. Ultra AleM

    Have they finally fixed these two serious problems?

    On iOS 16 and earlier, there are two annoying problems: 1) background apps get blocked. If I upload a big file to Telegram and don't keep the app open, it stops loading. Would staring at a spinning icon while keeping the app in the foreground be productive, according to Apple? 2) When I press...
  2. GoztepeEge

    How to make a PDF black-background in Preview app of MacOS?

    Hello all! I am nowadays quite busy with articles, that have usually white-background. Hence, it makes my eyes a bit tired while reading articles for hours. I started wondering if there is any way to have PDFs in black background, like we use a reader-mode in safari? This way, I can see the...
  3. C

    iPhone 13 Pro AirPods Max Background Noise during calls

    Hello everyone, I want to know if people that have AirPods Max are experiencing the same issue as me. Apparently when I’m having a phone call with my AirPods Max connected to my iPhone and I have the ambient noise mode ON or the noise cancelling mode ON, in places where there is a lot of...
  4. S

    Podcasts app shows HUGE background activity! Any way to stop it from working in the background?

    So, when I go to Settings and check Battery, I frequently find certain apps, especially Podcasts and Books, showing lots of time in background activity! Yet, I have Background Refresh turned off — both in general and for the apps. For example, just now when I checked, it showed 13 minutes of...
  5. BlueberryMac

    What MacOS feature did this? Power Nap or something else? A download started at a cafe, completed while my MBA was still closed but once I got home.

    I was at a cafe downtown trying to download a huge file, but the cafe’s connection was too slow (I was only able to download about 20% of it) so eventually I gave up, closed my M1 Macbook Air and went home. Sometime later (after I had arrived back at home) I opened my backpack, and re-opened my...
  6. Le0M

    Major Battery disappointment on MacBook Pro M1

    Hi guys. I bought a low-tier MacBook Pro M1. After a couple of days of indexing etc, I was expecting the battery to last way longer. Here's my setup and daily use: - It is connected to an external HD monitor through a usb-c -to-HDMI adaptor, as well as an external mouse via USB. - Laptop's...
  7. Kalfany

    iPhone X Background gets optimized by iOS

    Does somebody know if the background images on an iPhone X get optimized? (preventing burin on the OLED display?) I've 2 background images with rulers on the sides (imperial/metric), if I restart the phone most parts of the rulers are missing (the rest of the image seems to be untouched), if I...
  8. alex0404

    iPhone New Live Wallpapers & HD Backgrounds App

    Hello, This is my first thread in this amazing website. I'm a mobile developer from many years. Today I have release a new App for iPhone users (soon will be made for iPad users). The app name is: Live Wallpapers HD Backgrounds. With this app you can choose amazing live wallpapers and HD fixed...
  9. L

    History of macOS / OS X standard wallpapers

    Which is your favorite? Leopard / Snow leopard
  10. D

    Safari Dark Mode has a white background?

    Sometimes while doing design or photo work you need to view an image by itself in Safari. When viewing an image in a Safari window there is no HTML so the background color around the image is white. But, when Mojave is in Dark Mode the Safari background is still white. Why isn't the...
  11. AjTee

    How to change logon screen on macOS?

    Hello, I would like to change my logon background. I tried solution from this site: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/29503/how-to-change-the-logon-background-in-os-x/ But, for me replacing file does nothing. It show blurred wallpapers from my desks. Can you give advise how to use custom...
  12. Huginnmuninn

    HELP: Dock crashed, it's gone (Spaces too!)

    EDIT: I apparently put a malformed image as a background image. Fix was relocating the ~/Library/Application Support/Dock folder to the desktop and logging out/in (or restarting). It reset the Dock and its contents but fixed the problem. ### On the Mac App Store I bought 'uDesktop NEXT' which...
  13. O

    iPod touch Does anyone have this default blue wallpaper?

    It came with the 2014 blue iPod Touch (5th generation). It might have been exclusive to the blue edition. I have searched and cannot find it. Does anyone have the full size wallpaper?
  14. Bffn45

    Photos & Time Machine Background

    Hey guys ! Im using a late 2015 Macbook Air running High Sierra and im trying to optimize the battery life on it by only letting apps that are important to me run. I do not use the Photos and the Time machine app but i see them running in the background Time machine is "disable" from the...
  15. N

    Wallpaper for iPhone X

    Can anyone help me find this wallpaper?
  16. oriz

    Wallpaper / Background for Safari Mode Only Guest User

    Hello When I log in as a guest into "Safari Mode Only" on Sierra the guest user has a really simple background which I like. Does anyone know, how I can get it for regular use? Unfortunately I cannot attach a Screenshot, as this is not possible in Safari Mode Only. Thx! Edit: I think it is...
  17. K

    iOS Creating Local Notification

    Hi, I am trying to create local notification when app runs in background. I have a timer function which can run background(I mean, just click home button when app runs) In this function, I call these codes, // Creates notification! func ShowNotification(title:String, body:String){...
  18. quadt89

    iPad iPad 10.5 Wallpaper

    Hi Mac friends, yesterday my new iPad 10.5 arrived. I checked the new background wallpapers, there are 3 new ones. But on my package (silver, 32GB WiFi version) I see some different picture. Do you know where I can get that background wallpaper? Thank you
  19. M

    Viber do not work in the background - iOS 10.3.2, help!

    Hi guys, I use Viber app on my Iphone 6 plus very much often, but suddenly a week or 10ish days ago I started to have a huge probem ( I suppose since I have installed iOS 10.3.2 ) My Viber app do not work in the background at all! That means , I can use Viber only, but only if I open the...
  20. M

    Stock iPad Wallpaper Image Extraction

    Hi guys, I'm in a bit of a pickle right now. We have customized a background for our iPods, but I cannot find a JPEG or PNG of the same stock background from the iPad Air 2 that we have. I have read many an article and I am finally willing to admit defeat. :/ I have extracted the cpbitmap file...