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Since Sonoma, waiting for Time Machine to finish is a hell.

It takes 2 to 4 hours to make a simple incremental hour backup.

I've read that Apple throttles down the backup process.

I have typed this at terminal, supposedly to remove the throttle.

sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0

but every time the system restarts, this goes back to 1.


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I have written long ago an Applescript script that exports pictures selected in Apple Photos app with various basic options, such as adding borders, adjusting size, tuning for Web publishing, etc, and the addition of metadata copyright info using an exiftool command thru a shell script. But I cannot figure how to preserve the original files metadata in the exported images, an...


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I use to have a Bootcamp partition, which was about 100Gb, but it has disappeared from the boot options and I am not sure if it still exists on my HD. I am looking to sell this iMac, so I was going to try and remove this partition anyway, but I don't want to sell it if someone could recover it and access my login.

I have been trying Disk Utility > First Aid...


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The r key on my work laptop has developed an annoying behavior:

sometimes the letter r does not appear when I type it other times, the letter r appears out of order in a word, such as wodr sometimes, the letter r repeats without me typing it twice

This happens in browser, emacs, terminal.

So it seems like this letter (and only this letter) is sometimes going i...


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Some years ago at the start of an extended trip around Australia my camera (a Nikon) gave up the ghost so I started using my iPhone 5s and it took quite acceptable pictures. I used my standard process of transferring my photos (not using the Photos app) and could extract the and manipulate the EXIF data. Due to the COVID-19 enforced travel restrictions I haven't done much...


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