Ask Different Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, May 28, 2015

Top new questions this week: Pros and cons of wiping a new Mac? Coming from the PC world, most made-to-order manufacturers (e.g., Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) all have annoying little addons which I consider spyware/bloatware--things like toolbars with ads. When buying ... osx osx-reinstallation disk-format   asked by cfx 11 votes answered by Mr. Mel 17 votes Do I need to decrypt the hard drive before repair? Today I left my MBP Retina at local authorised Apple service (it's a mid 2012 model, and it's having some gfx issues), and then I got an email telling me that I have to go back there and decrypt my ... osx filevault encryption repair   asked by wesolyromek 7 votes answered by Gabkano 4 votes Prevent photos app on OSX Yosemite from starting when plugging in device There seems to be a new app called Photos on OSX Yosemite (not iPhoto). This app opens whenever I plug in my phone. How can this be prevented? I have seen many solutions for the old iPhoto app that ... yosemite photos.app   asked by andypaxo 7 votes answered by herve 8 votes How to search installed application based on functionality? My Applications folder has 486 entries, applications that have accumulated in the 30 years I'm using Apple hardware and software. Sometimes I'm looking for "that great application I have installed a ... osx applications software-recommendation   asked by yannis 6 votes answered by Mateusz Szlosek 7 votes Mouse Pointer Locator Due to a stroke, I have had some vision impairment in that I sometimes have a hard time locating my mouse pointer on the screen. I have tried making the mouse pointer larger which helps but is still ... osx software-recommendation mouse screen geolocation   asked by mdpc 5 votes answered by grgarside 4 votes Do I need to reinstall OS X after accidentally removing Python? I managed to delete my python in usr/bin by foolishly doing sudo rm /usr/bin/python and now it seems like I need to reinstall my OS. First off is this necessary? And secondly is there an easy way to ... osx osx-reinstallation python   asked by Jack 4 votes answered by n1000 6 votes Why does "effective. Power" text crash the iPhone OS? Recently a new "glitch" has surfaced over the Internet over the last few weeks where if an iPhone user is sent: effective.  Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗 via iMessage it ... iphone imessage ios-8   asked by Shaun Loftin 3 votes answered by tron_jones 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac. keyboard ms-office   asked by nwinkler 46 votes answered by nwinkler 66 votes How do I know the IP addresses of other computers in my network? Say that I have two computers connected to the same network. I know that from computer1 and file sharing enabled I can snoop around inside computer2. But say that there is something interesting on ... network   asked by donkey kong 18 votes answered by michaelmichael 40 votes Can you answer these? Can't kill Preview app I have strange problem, my Preview app is not responding and can't kill it. leo-mac:~ leo$ sudo killall Preview No matching processes were found Force Quit button also doesn't give any result. ... osx crash preview   asked by Leo 3 votes Creating 'fake' microphone and camera inputs on an iPhone On my mac, I can use software like CamTwist and SoundSiphon to create 'fake' webcam and microphone inputs. CamTwist lets me pipe custom content (such as images or video) to that webcamera input, and ... iphone audio video microphone webcam   asked by Robin Pyon 1 vote Thought bubbles in Yosemite When using Preview my Yosemite does NOT have the thought bubble option.. Is it a problem or does Yosemite not offer the thought bubble as Lion did. I can get the speech bubble no problem. yosemite   asked by David Cullen 1 vote

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