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KKKLIP ART posted:Is there an easy way to transfer all my pictures from Google Photos to iCloud? I have both a Mac and PC. I tried downloading all my Google Photos data, but I can't upload folders through the iCloud website and google makes everything into folders and subfolders, and I don't want to go through 16 years of folders that google created if possible. Is there a reason you're using the iCloud web interface instead of the macOS Photos app? Photos app: File -> Import -> Pick your top-level Google Takeout folder(s) Check "Keep Folder Organization" Whack "Import All Photos" Done
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Molten Llama posted:Is there a reason you're using the iCloud web interface instead of the macOS Photos app? It was just a guide I saw. They are stored on my NAS because I don’t want them taking up space on my MacBook and really don’t want an extra local copy on my laptop at all if possible. If I do it that way, can I just point it to my folder on my NAS and call it good?
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Mar 27, 2021 17:43
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KKKLIP ART posted:It was just a guide I saw. They are stored on my NAS because I don’t want them taking up space on my MacBook and really don’t want an extra local copy on my laptop at all if possible. If I do it that way, can I just point it to my folder on my NAS and call it good? The way I did it was to just move the photo library file to my NAS and ensure it was default. It’s not the most elegant solution but it works.
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Mar 27, 2021 18:03
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the corona quid posted:The way I did it was to just move the photo library file to my NAS and ensure it was default. It’s not the most elegant solution but it works. Google tells me that it can lead to some wonky behavior, but I'll give it a try. Really I just want these photos backed up so in the event my NAS bites it I have a backup. Honestly if it just worked like dumb storage and I could say hey upload this junk without keeping a local copy it would be great. I also have a XPS13 that I use that stays plugged in via ethernet all the time, so I don't know if there is something easier using the iCloud ecosystem that I could point that to to upload the photos.
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Mar 27, 2021 20:54
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KKKLIP ART posted:Google tells me that it can lead to some wonky behavior, but I'll give it a try. Really I just want these photos backed up so in the event my NAS bites it I have a backup. Honestly if it just worked like dumb storage and I could say hey upload this junk without keeping a local copy it would be great. I also have a XPS13 that I use that stays plugged in via ethernet all the time, so I don't know if there is something easier using the iCloud ecosystem that I could point that to to upload the photos. Why not just do a biweekly backup to Backblaze or S3 or something? Your QNAP must have support for that. This way at least you've got an old version just in case something goes wrong with the current iCloud stuff.
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Mar 28, 2021 01:25
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KKKLIP ART posted:Google tells me that it can lead to some wonky behavior, but I'll give it a try. Really I just want these photos backed up so in the event my NAS bites it I have a backup. Honestly if it just worked like dumb storage and I could say hey upload this junk without keeping a local copy it would be great. I also have a XPS13 that I use that stays plugged in via ethernet all the time, so I don't know if there is something easier using the iCloud ecosystem that I could point that to to upload the photos. Yeah it’s not perfect. Fwiw I’ve pushed pretty much everything to my NAS (music library, downloads, etc) and I’ve set it up to open the NAS folder at start up and that fixed 99% of the times MacOS would try to bounce back to the macbook’s SSD. Photos in general is weird, I find it tries to back up any photo sent to me over WhatsApp every time I import new photos even if it’s already imported so I had like two year old photos with 5 different copies.
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Mar 28, 2021 01:48
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OK, I cannot figure this out. Notifications for Mail pop up in the corner like anything else, but they don't vanish after a few seconds like everything else. I have to manually go up and clear them. This is the only program that does this, can't find any setting that controls this obnoxious behavior? edit: disregard. Banners stick around. Alerts slide away after a moment. Duh. AlternateAccount fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Mar 28, 2021 17:15
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I highly doubt this exists, but if it did that'd be awesome. Is there anyway to automatically make certain texts deleted after a certain amount of time? I ask because I have to use MFA several times a day, where I get a six digit code by text, so every single time I have to go in and delete them right after. It'd be so cool if there was something that could filter these out and just remove them automatically after like 30 seconds.
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Mar 29, 2021 17:25
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I have a random weather item on my menubar - how can I find out what its source app is? All it shows is "powered by the Weather Company" in one submenu.
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Mar 29, 2021 17:57
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actionjackson posted:I highly doubt this exists, but if it did that'd be awesome. Is there anyway to automatically make certain texts deleted after a certain amount of time? I ask because I have to use MFA several times a day, where I get a six digit code by text, so every single time I have to go in and delete them right after. It'd be so cool if there was something that could filter these out and just remove them automatically after like 30 seconds. Apple devs probably don't want to touch this with a ten foot pole. Can you imagine the user fuckups they'd be blamed for?
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Mar 29, 2021 17:59
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actionjackson posted:I highly doubt this exists, but if it did that'd be awesome. Is there anyway to automatically make certain texts deleted after a certain amount of time? I ask because I have to use MFA several times a day, where I get a six digit code by text, so every single time I have to go in and delete them right after. It'd be so cool if there was something that could filter these out and just remove them automatically after like 30 seconds. The answer is to move to an MFA app or OTP codes if possible - SMS MFA is almost worthless as far as security is concerned.
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Mar 29, 2021 18:02
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beefnoodle posted:I have a random weather item on my menubar - how can I find out what its source app is? All it shows is "powered by the Weather Company" in one submenu. That’s iStat Menus, it’s a very distinctive widget.
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Mar 29, 2021 18:09
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Thanks Ants posted:The answer is to move to an MFA app or OTP codes if possible - SMS MFA is almost worthless as far as security is concerned. yeah, unfortunately I can't really do much about it. I have another MFA system where I use the Duo Mobile app which is definitely easier
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Mar 29, 2021 18:28
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actionjackson posted:I highly doubt this exists, but if it did that'd be awesome. Is there anyway to automatically make certain texts deleted after a certain amount of time? I ask because I have to use MFA several times a day, where I get a six digit code by text, so every single time I have to go in and delete them right after. It'd be so cool if there was something that could filter these out and just remove them automatically after like 30 seconds. Why do you have to delete the codes?
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Mar 29, 2021 19:13
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tuyop posted:Why do you have to delete the codes? you don't have to, but if you don't they just pile up because every single one is considered a separate "message" I usually have 3-5 of these every workday
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Mar 29, 2021 22:05
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actionjackson posted:you don't have to, but if you don't they just pile up because every single one is considered a separate "message"
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Mar 29, 2021 22:14
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DigitalRaven posted:That’s iStat Menus, it’s a very distinctive widget. Thank you!
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Mar 29, 2021 22:18
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nexxai posted:Do you just have one single giant window that all your texts from everyone who ever contacts you flow in to? I don't understand why this is a problem. this is just in the default messages app, which I use on the iphone and on my mac. My other messages are conversations with actual people, so they are never deleted, unless it's a one-off from someone I don't know like a craigslist sale. But these always have to be deleted, or else they will just keep piling up. It's not a big deal, but a way that could be deleted automatically would be pretty cool!
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Mar 29, 2021 23:45
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actionjackson posted:this is just in the default messages app, which I use on the iphone and on my mac. My other messages are conversations with actual people, so they are never deleted, unless it's a one-off from someone I don't know like a craigslist sale. But these always have to be deleted, or else they will just keep piling up. It's not a big deal, but a way that could be deleted automatically would be pretty cool! You might be out of luck. You can change it so that all messages delete after 30 days, but I don't see anything for just one number or anything like that. You can Control-click on the conversation(s?) in Messages and delete it from there, but nothing that will do it automatically that I can find.
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Mar 30, 2021 00:53
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nitsuga posted:You might be out of luck. You can change it so that all messages delete after 30 days, but I don't see anything for just one number or anything like that. You can Control-click on the conversation(s?) in Messages and delete it from there, but nothing that will do it automatically that I can find. ok no big deal, thanks for looking into it!
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Mar 30, 2021 03:35
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 WWDC 2021 is coming, folks! June 7th to June 11th, and it's online only, the same as it was last year.. What are the 21 events that Apple wants to tell us about? (hint: check the reflection on those glasses)
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Mar 30, 2021 18:30
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So, console, X-Code and app grouping? 
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Mar 30, 2021 18:50
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Binary Badger posted:
Can you give us another hint at what you're divining? All i see is the calendar app with the date of the keynote, and like Tippis said xcode, terminal, and app library. ... Wait App library on iPadOS ?!?!?!?
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Mar 30, 2021 18:58
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Last Chance posted:Can you give us another hint at what you're divining? All i see is the calendar app with the date of the keynote, and like Tippis said xcode, terminal, and app library. ... Wait App library on iPadOS ?!?!?!? The notification badge on the calendar.
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Mar 30, 2021 19:01
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We're gonna get a new Xcode anyway (the fabled iOS Xcode?) and I dunno what they can add to Terminal but we know now they'll announce iOS 15 and macOS 12..
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Mar 30, 2021 19:02
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Could the Terminal icon be related to developers using the terminal so much that it's in their dock?
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Mar 30, 2021 19:14
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ArcticZombie posted:The notification badge on the calendar. Oh snap, could it mean that there are 21 developer sessions on the calendar? oh poo poo...
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Mar 30, 2021 19:15
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It’s the year.
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actionjackson posted:But these always have to be deleted, or else they will just keep piling up.
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Mar 30, 2021 21:10
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Tippis posted:So, console, X-Code and app grouping? Also the tagline is 'Glow and Behold'
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Mar 30, 2021 21:24
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nexxai posted:Ok and maybe I'm stuck on the wording, but you keep saying they have to be deleted; I don't get why they have to be deleted? Like is this company policy? Or is this simply a cleanliness thing? It reads like they just don't want a bunch of 2FA texts all over the message list in the Messages app. Doesn't sound unreasonable, but also likely something that can't be automated.
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I have a 16GB M1 MBA and I’m struggling with horrible, show stopping performance issues and bugs in the Photos app. Long start up times, jerky scrolling through the library, iCloud sync issues, crashes, extremely slow imports and exports, you name it. My photo library is on an external spinning disk that otherwise doesn’t have any issues, and it consists of about 100,000 photos and videos. Before I start heading down the lengthy troubleshooting rabbit hole, has anyone else had similar issues on Big Sur or their M1?
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Fleedar posted:I have a 16GB M1 MBA and I’m struggling with horrible, show stopping performance issues and bugs in the Photos app. Long start up times, jerky scrolling through the library, iCloud sync issues, crashes, extremely slow imports and exports, you name it. My photo library is on an external spinning disk that otherwise doesn’t have any issues, and it consists of about 100,000 photos and videos. Before I start heading down the lengthy troubleshooting rabbit hole, has anyone else had similar issues on Big Sur or their M1? Was it working fine on a previous computer?
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Mar 31, 2021 16:42
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Fleedar posted:I have a 16GB M1 MBA and I’m struggling with horrible, show stopping performance issues and bugs in the Photos app. Long start up times, jerky scrolling through the library, iCloud sync issues, crashes, extremely slow imports and exports, you name it. My photo library is on an external spinning disk that otherwise doesn’t have any issues, and it consists of about 100,000 photos and videos. Before I start heading down the lengthy troubleshooting rabbit hole, has anyone else had similar issues on Big Sur or their M1? External drive is the issue friendo. Mine is on my NAS and even over Ethernet it's a bit of a struggle.
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Violator posted:Was it working fine on a previous computer? This is my first time using Photos in a serious way so I have no point of reference there. the corona quid posted:External drive is the issue friendo. Mine is on my NAS and even over Ethernet it's a bit of a struggle. I was worried this might be the case. I figured it would be rough but it still seems excessively bad. I timed it with a stopwatch, and starting the app after rebooting shows a spinner for 5 minutes and 34 seconds before my library pops up. I just exported 4 screenshots totaling 8MB and it took 70 seconds.
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You can get external SSDs fairly cheap these days, I have a WD one that I use to boot my OS and even over USB3 it’s really fast, I’d imagine over USBC/ thunderbolt it’s even better.
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I definitely plan to get one eventually, but my photo library is over 1TB so the options are still a bit too expensive for me.
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As a Mac user who's not an iOS user, what's the best way to make sure that nobody ever accidentally messages me on iMessage thinking they're texting me? Is there a way to completely disable iMessage on my Apple ID? What's going on or how to switch to the cell number is not exactly clear to the average user, especially older users, so I want to make sure I never have any mix-ups again. The one person it kept happening with, we just switched to WhatsApp because he couldn't grasp how to deal with it.
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I don’t think I’ve ever had someone start an iMessage conversation that didn’t involve them sending it to my cell number, you’d think most people would just email if they saw the @icloud address. Interesting issue for sure. Until you find an answer (if one exists) it’s probably worth keeping iMessage in your dock so you can see a notification bubble if anyone else ever does this.
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