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Un-sync iMessages to device on same iCloud
Hello, I have a few devices on the same iCloud account. I would like 3 of the 4 devices to share iMessages and SMS, continuity, etc, but I want one of them to NOT have any of those (because I let a family member use it). Is there a simple way to do that? TIA -
Apple Music How to Completely Remove a Collaborative Playlist After Deleting It?
I formed a collaborative playlist and invited some friends to join. After deleting it, my friends still see the playlist with my name as the creator. In hindsight, I realize I should have removed my friends before deleting it. Now, it seems the only solution to completely erase the playlist is...- purdnost
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- collaborative delete playlist sharing
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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¿“Maximum Items?” ”… first remove an AirTag that you are sharing…”
My wife just upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro. Being incredibly update-averse, this forced her to go to iOS 17.0.3. Now, finally, I can share a few AirTags we use with her: Apple TV remotes (frequently hidden to keep the kids from watching) and car keys. I have successfully added one of my sons who...- DominikHoffmann
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- airtag limit maximum sharing
- Replies: 7
- Forum: AirTags
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macOS sharing issue
Over the last few years i have noticed something, something that cant really called a bug but its something that should be fixed. by default when you go into the system's sharing settings and you set up file sharing no matter the files or folders you add, it will automatically share the...- cutlerkevin
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- mac networking sharing
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- Forum: macOS
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How to force specific permissions on a shared folder on macOS
Hi all, I have already read this forum post which describes a similar problem but I couldn't get the command to work. So I try a new thread. Here's my story: I have a Brother printer which is able to safe scans to a Samba v1 share. I have configured a shared only user named "brother" in macOS...- TheRiddler1982
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- acl chmod sharing
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- Forum: Networking
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iCloud iCloud personal to iCloud Family
I have my personal iCloud and my partner has theirs. If I get an iCloud Family plan, we'd both be in the same pool, BUT, the data would be separate, right? I'd hate for any data to merge. Ugh, that would be a pain...- circatee
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- family icloud sharing
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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iPhone 11 Pro Why does iPhone share Lat/Long with EVERY VIDEO???
This is the stupidest **** ever. I literally will go to share a video and my lat/long is included. I have tried choosing "options" when sharing a video, turning it off, and it doesn't remember my settings. It literally just puts them back. If I go into location settings I don't see how I can... -
Pages Sharing (Open in Pages)
Hi, we share pages documents with each other via monday.com and since updating to the latest OS (Monterrey) I can no longer open the documents in the Pages app. I can only view and edit the documents on the web version of pages. It is telling me to make sure I have the latest version of pages...- LouisK93
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- pages sharing
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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iPhone not showing up in Screen Time on my Mac
Hi all, I have 2 older Macs running Big Sur and Catalina. I have an iPad and iPhone running iOS 15.2. I have screen time sharing enabled for all devices. On the iPad and iPhone I can see all 4 devices in screen time but on both Macs I cannot see the iPhone in the list. Only the other 3. I've... -
When You Use another Mac as Time Machine, What are It's Limitations?
Hi. I read that you can use another Mac (for example iMac to Mac Mini, the latter being the Time Machine ) as a Time Machine to backup your main Mac? What are it's limitations though, compared to Time Machine on the regular external drive? If you got the storage on the Mac that was used as Time...- Alvin777
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- mac as time machine sharing
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- Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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Sharing Time Machine disk in 10.11?
Since there's no this option in 10.11: "Share as a Time Machine...", is it not possible to share a local time machine disk to another mac? The mac that would use the shared Time Machine disk has 10.15.- toke lahti
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- backup sharing time machine
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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iCloud shared albums issue
Hello everyone, I’m gonna try to keep this short, but I don’t understand if it’s me doing it wrong or if it’s another fine mess made in Apple. I have an album in my iCloud photos, photos that I took on a trip. I wanna share those photos with my partner. There are 403 photos. They are all... -
Sharing Music and Feedback
Hey all! :) First time trying this but I thought it'd be fun. Recently restrung my guitar, and wanted to learn something new, so I sat down, learned and recorded Cat Stevens' Father and Son today. - Recording has some rough edges. - I'm not that good at audio engineering and mixing and stuff...- casperes1996
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- community feedback fun garageband logic music sharing
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- Forum: Digital Audio
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How long to connect to other Mac's on your network?
Hi folks, just wondering how long it takes for 1 of your Mac's to connect to another Mac on the same network? I have had a Mac mini for many years, and have recently changed my 2015 MBP to the base M1 MBA, but one thing I do not remember taking so long to do in the past, was connect to the Mac...- malcky77
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- m1 mba mac mini sharing
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- Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
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IMessage issues sharing HDR
Trying to see if this is a big on my end or if iMessage is doing something here. I’ve taken an HDR video on my iPhone 12 Pro Max and sent it to someone through iMessage that also has an iPhone 12 Pro Max. They said the video wasn’t in HDR. trying to figure out why. I can airplay my video to my...- jmantn
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- hdr video sharing
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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No Messenger but when sharing screenshot...
Hello, When I take a screenshot then there is no option to share it via Facebook Messenger app. I can share it for example on Pinterest, but If I would like to share it via Messenger then I need to save screenshot in Photo app and after that share it via messenger. How to restore Messenger... -
iMovie - i can't share/export. It lets me, but nothing actually saves.
I can't work out what's going on. Firstly, why does it say 'share' instead of Export? What a joke. But my main issue is - why isn't it working? What am i doing wrong - Edited movie. Click 'share'. File Chose the specs i want. Everything seems fine. It lets me go through with it. It acts... -
Disappeared Siri Contact Suggestions when Sharing
Wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I no longer have contact suggestions in my share sheet. I verified that Settings > Siri & Search > Suggestions when Sharing is toggled on. Curious if it’s a known bug in the new update. This is happening on both my iPhone and iPad. -
Pages iCloud sharing does not support v8 and v10 even for simple docs
It looks like iCloud document sharing with Pages requires Pages to be of the same version. I have an older MacBook Air limited to High Sierra, which means Pages is limited to v8. It was stopped from editing a doc shared from more modern systems. Does anybody know a work around apart from... -
Can't connect to disk on Macmini - "connect as" not responding
Hi folks... I've just got a Macmini and it's on my home Network. For some reason, I can't connect to its disks from my MBP - although I can use screen sharing without a problem. It shows up in Finder on the MBP but when I click on "Connect as", nothing happens. It says 'Not Connected' under...
