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  1. macduke

    Weird Bluetooth Docking Setup

    I have a weird setup that is giving me trouble when researching: I have a standing desk upstairs that I’m trying to turn into a multi-use hub for the family with shared input devices. I have a 4K display and power delivery that goes into an Anker USB-C hub. This hub then plugs into one of four...
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    Shared data folder between user accounts with correct permissions

    I just bought a new Macbook Pro with a 2TB internal SSD and I created two user accounts, one for music production (to keep things separated and focused) and one for everything else. I need to be able to access my data from both accounts so I assumed using the "Shared" folder would be the...
  3. purdnost

    iCloud Photo Storage - Would This Work?

    I want a place to store all of my wife’s and my photos and videos from the last several years. Currently, everything is on a portable hard drive, but we don’t have a way to access the content on the fly. I’m also worried about data corruption and drive failure. I’m not sure I want NAS because...
  4. purdnost

    Reminders Questions

    1. Can Reminders lists that are shared with me not be added to groups? I can add all other lists just fine. 2. When I edit a widget stack composed of multiple Reminders lists, each line reads as “List”, which makes it really tricky to put them in a certain order. I would expect them to show the...
  5. purdnost

    Solution for Shared Media Library with Spouse

    I want a shared photo/video library that both my wife and I can access on our devices, as well a something that will automatically sync new content (or at least allow for upload). This rules out Apple Photos and iCloud Files. Is Dropbox a good solution these days? Open to suggestions.
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    SMB Shares Can't be Accessed. "The share does not exist on the server. Please check the share name."

    Hello everyone! OS: Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6 MacBook Pro 15' I'm currently trying to set up an (smb) external hard drive / share folders to my router (ASUS RT A68CU). I have successfully set up my SAMBA / shares folders on my router via my external hard drive (I hope). When attempting...
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    Shared iCloud photos album on iPhone not working...?

    I'm trying to create and share an album with a friend from our recent trip. I was able to create one, send an invite, they received, uploaded several photos, but it is not updating on my end. My friend made an album, uploaded pics, but I am not getting an invite. the album properties shows the...
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    macOS Shared Folder Permissions

    Hello guys! I hope you'll be able to help me out with this thing. I'm trying to share different folders with different permissions for users. I am using an iMac with High Sierra with the Server app 5.4 and this is what I did; I set two 2 share only users "Jon" and "Simone". On a shared...
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    PC shows up in Shared ?

    Hi, how are you guys? I have a 2017 27“ iMac ( vacuum cleaner fan noise edition ). I noticed yesterday that in my Finder under -Shared- my Windows Laptop showed up. Didn’t share anything or connect the two devices which is why I was wondering why it is suddenly showing up there. I did use the...
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    How enable gzip compression on asphostportal windows hosting

    I have done research on enabling gzpi compression on asphostportal shared windoes hosting and here is the proposed solution: <system.webServer> <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/> <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/> <httpCompression...
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    One of my various shared albums suddenly stopped syncing

    I have numerous shared photo albums and have not had any trouble until recently when the album I share with my girlfriend stopped updating. I pretty much always add my photos from my iPhone, but on the 17th of May I had some photos on my iPad that I wanted to add. I added 14 pics and never...
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    2009 Mac Pro PCI slots 1 and 2 shared?

    Hey everyone, I know slots 3 and 4 are shared, but do slots 1 and 2 share lanes as well, or are they independent of one another? Thanks, Matt
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    Unusual thing happened

    Hi all, Will try and explain my query as clearly as possible: Few weeks back, I insisted that my Gf backed up her phone and updated it - she's too relaxed about this kind of thing! Problem is, she doesn't have a working computer anymore. So, I used my old MacBook which I no longer use but has...