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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1773469" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">Join me tonight for the October 8, 2017 edition of the <a href="https://youtu.be/XWeHP2tbo2s" target="_blank">Mac-Forums video chat.</a> As usual we'll have the forum roundup including a few thoughts / experiences our members have about upgrading to High Sierra. I'll have a few more IOS 11 and High Sierra tips as well a few thoughts about using iTunes 12.7 to push media content to your IOS devices. I'll let you know more about the specific tips as we get closer to show time.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">See you there</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I<span style="font-size: 12px">f you have previously removed a recipient’s email address from Mail and it’s still appearing as an option check that contact card in Contacts. If there is an email address there Mail is probably trying to use that address. Either delete the entire contact card or clear all email addresses from the card. <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-apps-and-games/343491-mail-remove-previous-recipients.html" target="_blank">See here</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There’s an ongoing thread in the forums regarding <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343021&p=1773426&viewfull=1#post1773426" target="_blank">issues some users are having after upgrading to High Sierra</a>. Member Randy Singer points out that many of the issues reported seem to have come from users who used an upgrade install instead of doing a clean install. Users performing clean installs seem to be having fewer issues. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Randy also reiterates how important it is not to use older disk utilities on a drive that has been converted to the newer APFS format. This has always been good advice since there are often minor changes to the underlying drive format but it vital to heed these words for this update because this is a significant change to the underlying formatting. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Member sandman has discovered that<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343492-apps-itune.html#post1773490" target="_blank"> iTunes 12.7 has removed IOS app management</a>. App installs and updates are now handled on the IOS device. Previously downloaded updates are still in your iTunes library but new app downloads / updates are not added to the library. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Users may find that the <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343397-sierra-upgrade-moved-docs-icloud-restore.html" target="_blank">High Sierra upgrade has defaulted to using iCloud for storing documents</a>. If you find this is the case for you. Member chscag gave member etaf a solution. If you have this problem the procedure is fairly simple:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. Copy the files from iCloud drive documents onto a new folder on the Mac as suggested. Don’t try copying them to the Documents or Desktop folder on your drive or they will be overwritten in a later step. Choose a location where things will be easy to find. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Turn <strong>OFF </strong>iCloud drive</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3. The Mac automatically adds the Desktop and Documents folders back onto the Mac -</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">4. Copy all the files back into Documents to recover completely.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Under IOS 11 the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth buttons in the Control Center do not turn these functions off/ They simply disconnect you from these services. <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343440-wifi-and-bluetooth-buttons-dont-wifi-bluetooth.html" target="_blank">See here</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2017/10/04/how-disable-wifi-bluetooth-ios-11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1773469, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue]Join me tonight for the October 8, 2017 edition of the [URL='https://youtu.be/XWeHP2tbo2s']Mac-Forums video chat.[/URL] As usual we'll have the forum roundup including a few thoughts / experiences our members have about upgrading to High Sierra. I'll have a few more IOS 11 and High Sierra tips as well a few thoughts about using iTunes 12.7 to push media content to your IOS devices. I'll let you know more about the specific tips as we get closer to show time.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue]See you there [B]Show Notes[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial]I[SIZE=3]f you have previously removed a recipient’s email address from Mail and it’s still appearing as an option check that contact card in Contacts. If there is an email address there Mail is probably trying to use that address. Either delete the entire contact card or clear all email addresses from the card. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-apps-and-games/343491-mail-remove-previous-recipients.html']See here[/URL] There’s an ongoing thread in the forums regarding [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343021&p=1773426&viewfull=1#post1773426']issues some users are having after upgrading to High Sierra[/URL]. Member Randy Singer points out that many of the issues reported seem to have come from users who used an upgrade install instead of doing a clean install. Users performing clean installs seem to be having fewer issues. Randy also reiterates how important it is not to use older disk utilities on a drive that has been converted to the newer APFS format. This has always been good advice since there are often minor changes to the underlying drive format but it vital to heed these words for this update because this is a significant change to the underlying formatting. Member sandman has discovered that[URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343492-apps-itune.html#post1773490'] iTunes 12.7 has removed IOS app management[/URL]. App installs and updates are now handled on the IOS device. Previously downloaded updates are still in your iTunes library but new app downloads / updates are not added to the library. Users may find that the [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343397-sierra-upgrade-moved-docs-icloud-restore.html']High Sierra upgrade has defaulted to using iCloud for storing documents[/URL]. If you find this is the case for you. Member chscag gave member etaf a solution. If you have this problem the procedure is fairly simple:[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]1. Copy the files from iCloud drive documents onto a new folder on the Mac as suggested. Don’t try copying them to the Documents or Desktop folder on your drive or they will be overwritten in a later step. Choose a location where things will be easy to find. 2. Turn [B]OFF [/B]iCloud drive 3. The Mac automatically adds the Desktop and Documents folders back onto the Mac - 4. Copy all the files back into Documents to recover completely. Under IOS 11 the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth buttons in the Control Center do not turn these functions off/ They simply disconnect you from these services. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343440-wifi-and-bluetooth-buttons-dont-wifi-bluetooth.html']See here[/URL] and [URL='http://osxdaily.com/2017/10/04/how-disable-wifi-bluetooth-ios-11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29']here[/URL].[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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