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February 17, 2025April 28, 2025

Other methods to make a complete Backup of your Mac when Time Machine does not work

So you have to make a backup of your Mac and included all the apps, profiles etc. Your options are really Time Machine backup or a clone software. We take it you have a hard rive to use as the backup of the said device you require a backup of. The answer is also a little bit more complicated as what state the Mac is in, is the machine running an encrypted drive, is the drive removable, does the Mac boot etc. All valid questions.

For the drive removal option you can take out the drive place in an adaptor and plug into another machine and run one of the backup software solutions to get your backup. Sound simple and it is if you can get access to the drive hardware easily have the correct adapter to plug the drive in to a spare machine to do the backup.

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

How to get a Magic Mouse work with a Windows PC

Getting an Apple Magic Mouse to work with a Windows PC is possible. You can either use the Apple Drivers from Boot Camp or go down the load of a 3rd party software. I found the 3rd party software has cost attached to their software. Either option requires some minor setup for the PC user.

Check Compatibility

Ensure your Windows PC has Bluetooth capability, either built-in or via a USB Bluetooth dongle.
If you’re using Magic Mouse 2, note that gestures will require additional drivers from the bootcamp software.

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

Apple Repair Service Manuals

From here you can click on the link below to take you to the Apple Support Site with the latest Repair Manuals for hardware and software.

Mac Laptop Manuals

Mac Desktop Manuals

November 24, 2024January 14, 2025

How to install Legacy Office 365 on Monterey and below macOS

Here is a short video from my YouTube channel showing you how to get round the office 365 latest build installer on a older Operating system.

This is also linked to my post on Office 365 https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/08/office-365-version-control-for-legacy-macos/

Here is the link to the Current build that work on macOS. https://macuser.org.uk/2024/11/15/ms-office-compatible-chart-with-macos/

November 15, 2024January 14, 2025

How to install legacy version of Google Chrome

I know the title is odd, as Chrome like Firefox just seems to work and work regardless of the Operating system. I have now started to encountered legacy issue with macOS running the latest version of Google Chrome.

My test machine is a 2013 iMac 21.5″ machine that just turned up to the workshop for a fresh build. The first issue was getting Catalina installed after I replaced the mechanical drive with a SSD. Next was finding the correct version of Office 365 for this macOS. Link below

MS Office compatible chart with macOS

November 15, 2024May 1, 2025

MS Office compatible chart with macOS

Here is a list of the build numbers of MS office that work with macOS versions. Please note I am only going back as far as 10.15 Catalina which was the first true 64Bit OS from Apple release. Most people would be used Office 2011 for Mojava and before

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac

November 8, 2024January 14, 2025

Office 365 Version Control for legacy macOS

With Office 365 and licence version control on legacy Mac’s running older software you may find that certain Apps cannot be installed (unless you upgrade) which for a lot of the older machine the OS is the highest it can cope with. With that in mind you need to watch Office 365 auto updates you may find allowing the update might throw you out of one of the Office packages like onedrive or outlook to name just a few.

You then have the issue of trying to fix the issue or find a work around. The good news is Microsoft had a good record of legacy software readily available to download from their website. Its a shame they don’t have the compatibility link to the files to show you what Version you need to download for your software you are running on your Mac.

October 31, 2024January 14, 2025

Share iCloud account in Outlook

So sharing your exchange calendar to iCal is very easy and works very nicely on your mobile device. To share the Calendar the other way so bring it into Outlook (Why) is another story.

Outlook for Mac doesn’t support the CalDAV or CardDAV Internet standards. n short Outlook will not sync with iCal and there is no plan for Microsoft to change its approach. Looking into this and it’s possible to share the iCloud calendar to most web mail applications included Outlook for Web (notice the Web version).

So the process is login to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and go to calendars.

October 28, 2024January 14, 2025

Bitdefender system extension blocked in macOS

Installing Bitdefender on a Mac running Big Sur or above you are going to get the alert from gatekeeper Warning you of the System Extension Blocked. The Application is SecurityNetworkInstallerApp which is trying to load the system extensions. This will need to be enabled by open Privacy & Security in System Settings and click ok or allow depending on the screen. This is relatively simple on Macs ruing Ventura or below. However with some recent builds of Sonoma and Sequoia the App does not appear in security to allow you to authorise the app.

October 28, 2024January 14, 2025

Other ways to setup your new Apple ID

Usually for a new Apple user the way to setup your Apple ID (new) is to go system settings and then Apple ID is at the top.

Sometimes this times out for a multitude of reasons which I can never find out why. It does not help there is no reason why it wont accept the creation of the Apple ID from system settings. To get round this there is an Apple website where you can create your new Apple ID from. There was a time where the only way to do it was from the machine. I think Apple blamed down on the amount of Apple IDs that people could create. It was date back to their not so great mobile me accounts which just did not work to the expectations it was hyped up to certainly on mobile devices.