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High Sierra upgrading tip
This tip is part of a series of tips for the client editions of Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11El Capitan 10.12 Sierra, and 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), and 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client edition. A new tip, which affects all High Sierra and older OS users: Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support… - Apple Community Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need...
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Monterey, 2021's new upgrade
This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan,10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client release. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need to go to the macOS Server - Apple Community forum. October 24, 2022 Apple released Ventura. See the link above for more details. Aprilt 10, 2023 Apple released 12.6.5, the latest update for Monterey via Apple menu ->...
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Upgrading to Sierra
This page will be updated on the author's own homepage: http://www.macmaps.com/docs/DOC-10693/ Links to this page may give the author compensation. This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,El Capitan System (10.11), Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac...
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Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support ends this year
Microsoft has indicated Office 2019 for the Mac is having an end of life this year. This is the last version of Office officially supporting High Sierra. What this means is the following: Upgrade to Catalina and all 64 bit applications before the October deadline, as Office 2021 is available for Catalina till 2026. See if an Office alternative iWork - Apple https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/userguides/docs-index.aspx http://www.libreoffice.org/ http://www.openoffice.org/ http://docs.google.com...
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Sierra/High Sierra Format transition
September 25, 2017, Apple released High Sierra. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-12081 discusses updating to High Sierra. Among one of the major items that trips people up is getting a that has a solid state drive, that is updated to High Sierra or later. Whether the solid state drive is a circuit board connected to the motherboard of the machine, or incorporated on the motherboard of the machine, or you using a USB Thumb Drive/Flash drive that is circuit board based, and not spinning...
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good information to those who still manage Apps on their iOS device
Based upon my recent experience and the fact that Apple suggests not to use iTunes 12.6.5 with Mojave but one gets the impression its ok with High Sierra I issue a warning not to do it. I've tried with three different iPhones and iTunes 12.6.5 with iOS 12.2 and an iPhone XS Max , iPhone XS or iPhone SE works fine with Sierra. With High Sierra one gets lulled into sleep with whats happening until syncing is started, There's a problem with syncing all the library of songs, iOS home videos, music...
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Big Sur a Migration tip
This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura Client editions. Server edition forum is over here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/macos_server November 12, 2020 Apple released Big Sur. April 10, 2023, Apple released 11.7.6, the latest update for Big Sur, via Apple...
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Which 10.6 Macs can install Mac OS Sierra through Mojave (10.12-10.14)
Mac OS Sierra 10.12 was released on September 20, 2016.Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 was released on September 25, 2017.Mac OS Mojave 10.14 was released on September 24, 2018 Only 10.12 and 10.13 operating systems have the same minimum system requirements.10.14 requirements are the end of this tip. A few Macs which came with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard can install Sierra.10.6.1 shipped new with the MacBook Late 2009 and the iMac Late 2009 (can use 10.6.3 retail for install).10.6.3 shipped new...
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Upgrading from Pre-High Sierra to Install Post-High Sierra:
A Manual Post-High Sierra macOS Install: Do you have an operating system installed prior to High Sierra (macOS 10.13), and have unsuccessfully tried upgrading it to Mojave (MacOS 14) or thereafter? First upgrade to High Sierra (macOS 10.13) and then proceed with the upgrade to Mojave (macOS 10.14) and other release from here-on-out. ------- There are Five Steps to Follow: First: create a Time Machine Backup (TMB) of your current Mac. Erase: your disk Install: High Sierra (macOS 10.13) Upgrade...
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Adding login information to Firefox Quantum
How to get a new login into Quantum Firefox. Basically, you sync passwords with Waterfox which has the link. I did this in High Sierra & it worked. There was a lot of run-a-round getting all my ducks aligned. Difficulty #1 Mozilla deleted it historic add-on database. solution: https://github.com/JustOff/ca-archive/releases download file ca-archive-2.0.1.xpi click on this line Waterfox will put up several prompts asking if you know what your are doing. Say yes. This will put up a flower icon...
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Setting up a local web server on macOS 10.12 Sierra
Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on macOS 10.12Sierra”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers. Note: This user tip is specific to OS X 10.12Sierra”. Pay attention to your OS version...
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Catalina - an upgrade guide
This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client editions. Server edition forum is over here: macOS Server - Apple Community Octobrer 7, 2019 Apple released Catalina. The first 64 bit only operating system. August 18, 2022 Apple released Safari 15.6.1, more current web browsers are available...
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Setting up a local web server on macOS 10.13 "High Sierra"
Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers. Note: This user tip is specific to macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. Pay attention to your OS...
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User tips by category
This is a work in progress, to enable us to view all user tips by community. At this point it is only practical by keyword search, but it is a start. Mac OS Client 10.15 Catalina 10.14 Mojave 10.13 High Sierra 10.12 Sierra 10.11 El Capitan 10.10 Yosemite 10.9 Mavericks 10.8 Mountain Lion 10.7 Lion 10.6 Snow Leopard 10.5 Leopard 10.4 Tiger 10.3 Panther 10.2 Jaguar Mac OS Classic Classic Mac OS 9 Mac OS 8 More will be added as time permits....
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Ventura's October 24, 2022 release!
This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, to 13.0 Ventura client release. Ventura, Mac OS 13.0 was released on October 24, 2022. June 21, 2023, Apple released 13.4.1. The latest system wide security update for Ventura via Apple menu -> System Settings -> Software Update, and Apple menu -> About This Mac Software Update Server release editions of the OS, visit this forum: macOS Server - Apple...
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Recovering data from Macs
As a companion to backing up, there are several options for data recovery. This is a newer version of My Data is inaccessible and I don't have a backup. Keep in mind, external hard drives running Sierra (Mac OS 10.12.6) or earlier can't see the content of drives with APFS and High Sierra (Mac OS 10.13) or later when booted off the older system http://www.apple.com/support third party authorized service providers and stores offer their own data recovery options in many cases. And individuals may...
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Community Site Map - User Tip Links
of links to categories within communities.iPhone >Using iPhone (61)iPhone Hardware (5)iPhone in Business and Education (1)iPhone Accessories (0)Mac OS & System Software >macOS Mojave (4)macOS High Sierra (9)macOS Sierra (13)OS X El Capitan (26)OS X Yosemite (12)OS X Mavericks (21)OS X Mountain Lion (27)Mac OS X v10.7 Lion (33)Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard (26)Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (13)Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (10)Mac OS X v10.3 and earlier (2)Mac OS X Technologies (13)Classic Mac OS (OS9, OS8 &...
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Upgrading to 10.7 and above, don't forget Rosetta!
For individual operating system tips of affected operating systems, see the tips in these links: 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, and 10.1410.6.8 and earlier users wanting to upgrade need to read this tip in its entirety.Systems discussed on this tip include: 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave. Their code names will be referred...
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Raw Support Versions on iOS and MacOS
Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support macOS Mojave - Official Apple Support Communities Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support Digital camera...
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    High Sierra upgrading tip
    This tip is part of a series of tips for the client editions of Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11El Capitan 10.12 Sierra, and 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), and 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client edition. A new tip, which affects all High Sierra and older OS users: Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support… - Apple Community Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need...
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    Monterey, 2021's new upgrade
    This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan,10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client release. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need to go to the macOS Server - Apple Community forum. October 24, 2022 Apple released Ventura. See the link above for more details. Aprilt 10, 2023 Apple released 12.6.5, the latest update for Monterey via Apple menu ->...
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    Upgrading to Sierra
    This page will be updated on the author's own homepage: http://www.macmaps.com/docs/DOC-10693/ Links to this page may give the author compensation. This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,El Capitan System (10.11), Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac...
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    Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support ends this year
    Microsoft has indicated Office 2019 for the Mac is having an end of life this year. This is the last version of Office officially supporting High Sierra. What this means is the following: Upgrade to Catalina and all 64 bit applications before the October deadline, as Office 2021 is available for Catalina till 2026. See if an Office alternative iWork - Apple https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/userguides/docs-index.aspx http://www.libreoffice.org/ http://www.openoffice.org/ http://docs.google.com...
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    Sierra/High Sierra Format transition
    September 25, 2017, Apple released High Sierra. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-12081 discusses updating to High Sierra. Among one of the major items that trips people up is getting a that has a solid state drive, that is updated to High Sierra or later. Whether the solid state drive is a circuit board connected to the motherboard of the machine, or incorporated on the motherboard of the machine, or you using a USB Thumb Drive/Flash drive that is circuit board based, and not spinning...
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    good information to those who still manage Apps on their iOS device
    Based upon my recent experience and the fact that Apple suggests not to use iTunes 12.6.5 with Mojave but one gets the impression its ok with High Sierra I issue a warning not to do it. I've tried with three different iPhones and iTunes 12.6.5 with iOS 12.2 and an iPhone XS Max , iPhone XS or iPhone SE works fine with Sierra. With High Sierra one gets lulled into sleep with whats happening until syncing is started, There's a problem with syncing all the library of songs, iOS home videos, music...
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    Big Sur a Migration tip
    This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura Client editions. Server edition forum is over here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/macos_server November 12, 2020 Apple released Big Sur. April 10, 2023, Apple released 11.7.6, the latest update for Big Sur, via Apple...
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    Which 10.6 Macs can install Mac OS Sierra through Mojave (10.12-10.14)
    Mac OS Sierra 10.12 was released on September 20, 2016.Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 was released on September 25, 2017.Mac OS Mojave 10.14 was released on September 24, 2018 Only 10.12 and 10.13 operating systems have the same minimum system requirements.10.14 requirements are the end of this tip. A few Macs which came with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard can install Sierra.10.6.1 shipped new with the MacBook Late 2009 and the iMac Late 2009 (can use 10.6.3 retail for install).10.6.3 shipped new...
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    Upgrading from Pre-High Sierra to Install Post-High Sierra:
    A Manual Post-High Sierra macOS Install: Do you have an operating system installed prior to High Sierra (macOS 10.13), and have unsuccessfully tried upgrading it to Mojave (MacOS 14) or thereafter? First upgrade to High Sierra (macOS 10.13) and then proceed with the upgrade to Mojave (macOS 10.14) and other release from here-on-out. ------- There are Five Steps to Follow: First: create a Time Machine Backup (TMB) of your current Mac. Erase: your disk Install: High Sierra (macOS 10.13) Upgrade...
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    Adding login information to Firefox Quantum
    How to get a new login into Quantum Firefox. Basically, you sync passwords with Waterfox which has the link. I did this in High Sierra & it worked. There was a lot of run-a-round getting all my ducks aligned. Difficulty #1 Mozilla deleted it historic add-on database. solution: https://github.com/JustOff/ca-archive/releases download file ca-archive-2.0.1.xpi click on this line Waterfox will put up several prompts asking if you know what your are doing. Say yes. This will put up a flower icon...
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    Setting up a local web server on macOS 10.12 Sierra
    Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on macOS 10.12Sierra”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers. Note: This user tip is specific to OS X 10.12Sierra”. Pay attention to your OS version...
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    Catalina - an upgrade guide
    This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client editions. Server edition forum is over here: macOS Server - Apple Community Octobrer 7, 2019 Apple released Catalina. The first 64 bit only operating system. August 18, 2022 Apple released Safari 15.6.1, more current web browsers are available...
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    Setting up a local web server on macOS 10.13 "High Sierra"
    Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers. Note: This user tip is specific to macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. Pay attention to your OS...
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    User tips by category
    This is a work in progress, to enable us to view all user tips by community. At this point it is only practical by keyword search, but it is a start. Mac OS Client 10.15 Catalina 10.14 Mojave 10.13 High Sierra 10.12 Sierra 10.11 El Capitan 10.10 Yosemite 10.9 Mavericks 10.8 Mountain Lion 10.7 Lion 10.6 Snow Leopard 10.5 Leopard 10.4 Tiger 10.3 Panther 10.2 Jaguar Mac OS Classic Classic Mac OS 9 Mac OS 8 More will be added as time permits....
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    Ventura's October 24, 2022 release!
    This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, to 13.0 Ventura client release. Ventura, Mac OS 13.0 was released on October 24, 2022. June 21, 2023, Apple released 13.4.1. The latest system wide security update for Ventura via Apple menu -> System Settings -> Software Update, and Apple menu -> About This Mac Software Update Server release editions of the OS, visit this forum: macOS Server - Apple...
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    Recovering data from Macs
    As a companion to backing up, there are several options for data recovery. This is a newer version of My Data is inaccessible and I don't have a backup. Keep in mind, external hard drives running Sierra (Mac OS 10.12.6) or earlier can't see the content of drives with APFS and High Sierra (Mac OS 10.13) or later when booted off the older system http://www.apple.com/support third party authorized service providers and stores offer their own data recovery options in many cases. And individuals may...
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    Community Site Map - User Tip Links
    of links to categories within communities.iPhone >Using iPhone (61)iPhone Hardware (5)iPhone in Business and Education (1)iPhone Accessories (0)Mac OS & System Software >macOS Mojave (4)macOS High Sierra (9)macOS Sierra (13)OS X El Capitan (26)OS X Yosemite (12)OS X Mavericks (21)OS X Mountain Lion (27)Mac OS X v10.7 Lion (33)Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard (26)Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (13)Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (10)Mac OS X v10.3 and earlier (2)Mac OS X Technologies (13)Classic Mac OS (OS9, OS8 &...
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    Upgrading to 10.7 and above, don't forget Rosetta!
    For individual operating system tips of affected operating systems, see the tips in these links: 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, and 10.1410.6.8 and earlier users wanting to upgrade need to read this tip in its entirety.Systems discussed on this tip include: 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave. Their code names will be referred...
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    Raw Support Versions on iOS and MacOS
    Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support macOS Mojave - Official Apple Support Communities Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra - Apple Support Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support Digital camera...
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