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This modal window pops up when you press command twice. I always seem to summon it when I don't want to. Conveniently, I am already near command, so I almost always go for command-period to dismiss it, but, alas, it does not respond to keyboard events.

I think some are wrong, though, because Apple does use cloud-based systems for more difficult tasks: If I recall correctly, the on-device stuff is for things like the image playground and the emjoi thing, and those are seriously underwhelming.

Greetings from the Mac mini, which also doesn't recognize the Nook.

Here it is, plugged into the iMac. I have tried the system settings, but it doesn't impact this. BNRV700: Product ID: 0x000c Vendor ID: 0x2080 Version: 99.99 Serial Number: 5092110009993301 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s Manufacturer: BarnesAndNoble Location ID...

So, I've tried any number of cables with any number of adapters. The port on the Nook is the infuriating micro-usb size. Various cables work with the iMac (I haven't found one that doesn't). None work with the MBP or MBA. The Nook mounts as a drive on the iMac and shows up in System...

With the eradication of Intel machines in our household, I am finally trying to get to grips with a problem that has plagued us since the first M-series computers we bought. No matter what we do, my wife's Nook Glowlight is never recognized by any of our new computers (the exception in the house...

I am currently debating a similar purchase, but not really the RAM costs. I am going to buy a mini. It's also going to have a 2TB internal drive, because I have already convinced myself to spend the money for the convenience of not having to source a good external drive (although I would take...

While I'm in here, another one. I can set my Safari profiles to start with a blank page, a start page, or my favorites, but I can only use my homepage with the default.

Yes, a lot of this was helpful. But certain parts fail silently when run as a mail rule. And they don't when run using Script Editor, so there's something going wrong with the environment when running as a mail rule, but I don't know what, because it fails silently. Here's the thread where I go...

I got to the first modal screen, and pressed next and... nothing happened. Looks like I found a new gripe. EDIT: Turns out that was a bug of some sort. The bigger issue is that there is no automation that will download attachments.

I've got one now. The Mail app on macOS can respond to incoming mail with automation. But only using AppleScript. Meanwhile, you have two other options for automation, Automator and Shortcuts. Each of these could be a good solution on its own... but each also feels like it has been abandoned by...

I gave up and did the second part through a automator workflow. Here's the final rundown: 1. Email comes in and triggers an applescript in mail 2. The script copies any attachments to a temporary folder with a folder action installed through automator 3. Automator runs ANOTHER script that...

Thanks for the help so far everybody. It appears you can do this solely in AppleScript, but debugging is a humongous pain. I am stuck on this step, and no matter what I try, the pdfs are ONLY opening in their default app. tell application "Finder" set theFiles to get items of alias...

Thanks, cpk0. Sounds like it's going to be a two-part solution because mail only will respond with an applescript. It would be nice to be able to run a shortcut. I'm going to google this, but can Shortcuts be attached to a folder like Automator folder actions? forScore has an import shortcut...

I've hit a dark, unused corner in my coding knowledge (because it involves scripting), and I am looking for some advice on how to automate this workflow. I'm a professional musician. Our music library at the orchestra has folders of music for us to play each week. Happily, these are next to a...

This is because I just bought one. You're welcome, everybody.

The thought of upcoming tariffs (and the fact that I have been thinking so hard about this purchase for a long time) meant that I just want to the Apple Store over the weekend and picked up a Studio Display. They must not sell very many of them, because the guy running the specialist session...

This happens all the time when someone asks a question like this in a forum about technology. The answer is given that the kids should be removed from the technology. To his extreme credit, CthulhuDragon has accepted this suggestion and even described it as a workaround, which it is. I'm a...

Thank you for correcting this, but you left out the part where the machine wouldn't even boot up unless the correct set of extensions loaded in the correct order. And there was third-party software to make sure that happened properly. I remember the first time an app crashed in the public beta...

Spotlight search is one of those things that seems to have been neglected in macOS in favor of the implementation in iOS. My guess is that the tighter integration of apps in iOS probably helps it work better there, because data is available more centrally. Just a guess, though.