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  1. bodimac13

    Help disabling sidebar on hover in Safari 15 on macOS Monterey

    Is there a known way to disable the sidebar on hover in full screen mode in Safari (15) on macOS 12? This feature is super annoying and I am fed up with it. Please help if you know of a fix. Thank you
  2. voraciousvegan

    Airport Extreme Security, Dynamic Global Hostname

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  3. M

    How disable updating to Monterrey?

    As a developer, I don't wanna break software when Apple decide it, so I wanna delay Monterey until others suffer his bugs for a while :) But, the software updating pester all the time in preferences (that little red thing that bugs me like you can't imagine. Total despise for all...
  4. igotaquestion

    need help to disable a few things etc

    Hi Hello , ladies and gentlemen. i want to disable webcam on Big sur OS i had it previously disabled in Catalina. how do i do it ?!?! . i assume somebody must have the answer i seek. how do i remove apple packages on a mac like you do on Linux for example. how would i remove ssh from mac and...
  5. petekjohnson

    Disable annoying physical Do Not Disturb switch

    This is a problem I've been having for a while now that is both ridiculously trivial and insanely annoying, and where so far I'm not having much luck finding any real fixes for it. I'm referring to the tiny “Silent Mode” / “Do-Not-Disturb” (“Focus”) switch that has been on the left side of most...
  6. H

    Help? Disable Promiscuous Mode

    Hello all, I am trying to disable promiscuous mode on my NIC interface, en0 to be exact. I am trying to do this on a Mac running OS X 10.15.6. However, I do not have access to any third-party programs, firmware, or external devices like dongles or adapters. Therefore, any solutions have to deal...
  7. P

    Need A Simple iPhone "Macro" To Enable & Disable Notifications

    Hello, and thank you for reading this to help assist me in this. I am looking for a very specific request, and nothing that's alternative to my request, unless it is very simple and does exactly the same thing: I am looking for an automated method that would Enable the "Allow Notifications"...
  8. peanutismint

    Is there some way to disable popup notifications to update my iPhone to iOS 13.5.1 whenever I plug it in?

    I just updated my Mac to Catalina and my iPhone to iOS 13.5, but now every time I plug my iPhone into my Mac I get a popup notification telling me to update it again to 13.5.1 which I don't want to do because I'm jailbroken. I noticed there was a Terminal command 'sudo softwareupdate --ignore...
  9. S

    Is there a way to disable specific CPU core?

    Hello, my iMac is crashing all the time and all the error reports point at CPU core #3. I would like to test disabling it. All the options I found only limit number of cores in use, but I haven't found an option to disable just a specific CPU core. Is there any way to do this? thanks!
  10. seitsme

    iPhone 6(S)/Plus how to unhide the sim pin choice- missing iphone 6x

    hello, I noticed that in the iphone 6s if you want to change the sim pin number-code, you must go to the settings and then phone and then should be a choice to change the sim pin code1 or 2. The problem is that i have no such menu choice on my iphone 6s, updated to latest version. phone is...
  11. M

    Disable WiFi with Profile Manager

    Hi All, I've been handed the task to get a MacBook useable for an exam, which means restricting it to within an inch of it's life. I'm using Profile Manager on Server (Version 5.1.5) and managed to block out System Preferences and all apps apart from Word. The thing that I'd also like to do is...
  12. U

    SMS message not getting sent after sending an iMessage and subsequently disabling of iMessage

    When an iMessage has been successfully delivered, then if subsequently iMessage is disabled and we try to send a normal SMS message in the same conversation to those whom iMessage had been sent earlier, I get the error message that I need to enable iMessage. We have to delete the whole...
  13. S

    Stop iTunes from Automatically Launching/Playing when BT Headphones Connected?

    I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones that trigger an unbelievably annoying behavior on my Mac. When they are connected to the computer, they automatically launch iTunes and begin playing files. I've searched and found old patches but they don't appear to work on newer versions of Mac OS. Does...
  14. Jay-Jacob

    iMessage and Apple Watch Notifications and Group

    Hi I am new with Apple Watch. I am wondering if there way mute or disable notification for iMessage group? Not all iMessage (I know how do that). Want able receive iMessage from everyone except for 1 group when they keep sending lot iMessage. Is that possible?
  15. R

    iMac stuck disc, want to disable optical drive

    Mid 2011 27" iMac OS 10.9.5 Disc stuck, have tried getting out, I do not want to open face yet. Looking to disable optical drive so it will not spin up. Making awful sounds, scaring my 13 month old (jk, it scares me). When I run in safe mode it disables but I am not sure where or which...
  16. A

    Resolved How do I turn off always-on Siri in WatchOS 5

    How do I turn off always on Siri on Apple Watch WatchOS 5, or have it require the user to say "Hey Siri" I liked the ability to say Hey Siri to my watch when I wanted to do voice commands, but in WatchOS 5 the way Siri is activated doesn't listen to "Hey Siri" instead it is always listening. I...
  17. lbdesign

    Is there a way to disable the internal keyboard?

    When an external keyboard is attached, is there an EASY way to disable the internal MBP keyboard? I know you can disable the trackpad via System Preferences in the presence of an external pointing device, but there does not seem to be an Apple-provided option to disable the built-in keyboard...
  18. jefe2000

    LG UltraFine 5K: disable camera and microphone

    Does anyone know of a way to disable the built-in camera and microphone in the LG UltraFine 5K display that Apple sells? My office is in a secure area; I’m not allowed to have any cameras or microphones in my office at work. I’d love to pair an LG 5K display with a 5K iMac, but can’t do so if...
  19. dosdude1

    MBP 1,1-10,2 Disable MacBook Pro 2011 15"/17" Dedicated GPU - SPI-ROM Modification

    I just thought I'd start this thread to announce a recent accidental discovery I made today -- a (possibly) PERMANENT solution to disable the dedicated video card in a 2011 15" or 17" MacBook Pro! Essentially, what needs to be done is the ME (Management Engine) region of your system's SPI ROM...
  20. supergaia

    is there a way to disable the dock for some programs?

    Hi i have setup the dock to auto hide well but i would love to disable for some programs like photoshop , and final cut when i move down the mouse , the dock appears with final cut 10 is really a big problem ,because the zoom and bar is in the down side of the monitor , so i have always to...