Apple Mail’s memory requirement has grown to 34 gigabytes on my computer. How can I regain the space on my SSD? Apple Mail usually creates a local copy of all open and sent emails, including the attachments. First, you should check whether the option “Only the latest” is active in mail under “Mail> Settings> Accounts> … Read more
Since Fritzos 7.5 I should also be able to access my local Fritzbox via VPN with the faster Wireguard. How do I set this up? With the Wireguard app, you can access a Fritzbox (not 6590 and 6490) more easily than with the previous standard IPSec. The encrypted tunnel through the public internet also makes … Read more
Since MacOS 15 Sequoia, a window arrangement in tiles is said to be possible, similar to the tools magnet, Rectangle or Moom. When I put the mouse arrow on the green button on the traffic light symbols, a menu appears, but I only see two symbols there. However, eight icons are shown on the net … Read more
I have set up the connection as described in your Heise+article and also come to my Fritzbox via VPN, but then no further on the Internet. This means that I can only access my home network, but I must not email or browse. Strangely, whatsapp is going. How could that be? Is there a firewall … Read more
I manage my albums locally in the MacOS music app. Since a system change, almost all photos have been missing in the view “Artists: Inside”. There is much more to be seen on the old Mac. What can I do? Since the artist photos, unlike the cover pictures, are not part of the metadata in … Read more
Skype was switched off. Can I somehow archive my chats? As an alternative to Skype, Microsoft wants to go to Teams Free Pilots and offers you access to communication with other classic Skype contacts For example, business, school or private conversations are not included. Log in with Skype login in teams, you can continue your … Read more
After an update at the end of April of this year, I suddenly only find my team channels as a rider among the chats. Can you change the presentation? Yes. On the Mac, go to “Chats and Canals” in the main menu under “Microsoft Teams”. If you “separate” to “separate” to “separate” to “separate”. On … Read more
When I click on an app on the Mac, the “App Store” Mac app automatically opens. I would like to open the page in Safari. For Safari, Apple has designed this behavior in this way and it cannot be changed. One possibility is therefore to use another browser. If you click the link in Safari … Read more
In the MacOS finder I can no longer sort my iCloud folder alphabetically. The first column is titled with “from 100 MB to 1 GB” instead of “name”. How do I get the usual sorting back? You have changed the presentation so that the finder sorts your files by group (and then file sizes). This … Read more
The other day, on a trip to Deutsche Bahn ICE, I noticed that my MacBook’s time suddenly hinked for a few minutes. I then saw that the connection to the train WLAN was also interrupted. Is that related? Actually, the MacOS internet connection is only used for occasional synchronization with the Time server from Apple. … Read more