Join me at 7:00 P.m. tonight (midnight GMT( for the Mac-Forums video chat. We'll have the forum roundup as well as an assortment of Mac-relate news and tips. I'm still working on the specific tips so stay tuned.
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Welcome to our newest member, Jgibbs347
Sometimes our members are convinced that Apple wants to force users to use there software as opposed to third-party software. If you are convinced that apple's shift to two factor authentication for applications locks out third-party apps check out
this thread. It contains several examples in the links for how to set up third-party mail apps.
Many users have set up passwords set up to prevent users from seeing their screen contents once the screen goes to sleep. Seeing the screen content requires entering a password. If you go into the Security and Privacy preference pane and remove the password option anyone can see your screen. This is true even if the Mac shuts down due to lack of power. When power is restored people will be able to see the screen content without entering the password.
See here.
Recently announced iMacs do not support Target Display Mode. If this feature, which allows some iMacs to be used as a second monitors for other Macs, is important to you give this Macworld article by Macworld Senior Editor Roman Loyola a quick read. Hint: Recently announced iMacs don't seem to support this feature.
If you are thinking of updating to IOS 11 when it's released, keep in mind that 32-bit apps will no longer be supported in IOS 11. Techradar's Alan Stonebridge shares some thoughts on
identifying 32-bit IOS apps and preparing for the change.
Forum administrator chscag reminded me that after January 1, 2018 Apple will no longer support 32 bit apps in OS X. This could affect a number of currently popular apps including Office 2011. This may require either updating some apps to 64 bit option such as Office 2016 or shifting to alternative apps such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. You can identify which software titles on your Mac are 32 bit, and perhaps in need of an upgrade, by doing the following:
1. Go to the Apple menu in the upper left of the screen and choose About This Mac
2. In the screen that appears choose "System Report . . ."
3. In the lest of options at the left select Software (click to expand the disclosure triangle if necessary).
4. Click "Applications" in the list. It may take your Mac a few moments to generate the results.
5. When the results appear if you do not see a column on the far right that says 64 bit grab the side of the window and expand it to the right a bit. You should now see a column that says 64 but with a Yes/No answer for each item. That may help you a bit in deciding which apps need to be examined further.
I suspect that after there new OS is released sites such as
Roaring Apps may be able to provide more information