I have installed the iCloud application on my PC running Windows 10, and added my iCloud email-address to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) without a problem, but now I keep getting an error message saying “Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date”… when I click on it, I get an option to have this fixed by Windows 10 itself, but then nothing happens… the problem remains, and I am not receiving any eMails in my iCloud mailbox…
I have checked on iCloud.com and my PC is listed as a registered device, and there is no error showing in the iCloud application on Windows either…
What can I do to fix this ?
Answer :
Somewhere during 2017 Apple has changed the security settings of the iCould services : it is now obligatory to enable two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account if you want to connect from any non-Apple device : from now on you will need to generate an application-specific password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook)…
Here’s how to do that :
setup two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account as outlined here
then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application installed on your PC ; if you need to reinstalled it, you can download it here
then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application setup properly ; open the iCloud for Windows application and make sure there is a checkmark at “Mail” (and at “Contacts”, “Calendars” and “Tasks” if you want to sync those also)
then, make sure you have added your iCloud mailbox to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) ; if it’s not listed, add it (again)
then, generate an application specific password as outlined here
then, make sure that you input the application specific password you have just generated as the password for your iCloud mailbox in the Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) Settings
That’s it !
NOTE : do NOT use your regular iCloud-password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) any longer, it won’t work.
I had a complaint about the amount of spam I was getting from one particular sender, so our system administrator asked me to send him samples of the eMails in EML-format so he can have a look into the eMail-headers and adjust the spam-filter.
But how do I export eMail messages as EML-files ?
Answer :
EML is short for eMail ; an .eml-file is the typical way for macOS (and MacOSX) to store individual eMails that are not in your mailboxes.
The easiest way to export an eMail message from Mail.app to an EML-file is to Drag&Drop :
in Mail.app, select the one eMail that you would like to export
click on the eMail and drag it out of your Mail.app onto your Desktop (simply put : “Drag&Drop”)
now, on your Desktop, the eMail will be automatically be saved as an EML-file
you can double check this by right-clicking on the eMail-file on the Desktop and choosing Get Info ; at ‘Kind:’ it will be listed as ‘Email message’, and at ‘Name & Extension:’ it will be listed with the ‘.eml’-file extension if you uncheck “Hide Extension”
Then you can share the eMail as an attachment in another eMail or put it on a USB-stick or upload it to your system administrator or whatever you like.
I just upgraded to iOS 11 and I’m very happy with this new version of iOS, but when I opened the Calendar app and went into Month-view I noticed that all weeks now start on Sundays, which I find very confusing.
I can remember that I was able to choose on what weekday my weeks should start, but I have set that long ago in some previous version of iOS to never be bothered with it again.
But now it’s been reset to the (American ?) weeks starting ons Sundays, which is very annoying as we (Europeans) tend to start new weeks on Mondays…
…where has the option to customize this gone ?
Answer :
This is very simple to fix, you just need to know where to find it :
open the Settings app on your iOS 11 iPhone or iPad
then goto Calendar
then on the next page you can adjust the settings of your Calendar, and adjust it according to your preference
then click on “Start Week On” and choose “Monday” from the list
I accidentally messed up the Office documents (Word/PowerPoint/Excel) I was working on, and I didn’t save it before, so I wanted to get the auto-saved version from the AutoRecovery-folder as I’ve done in the old days of Office 2008 and 2004.
But now I am using Office 365, and I can’t find the AutoRecovery folder anywhere… where is it ?
Answer :
You might have guessed : nowadays, the AutoRecovery-folder is located in an entirely different location on your Mac.
If you are running Office 2011 for Mac (whether as part of Office 365 or not) the correct path to the AutoRecovery-folder is this :
…and even though you might not immediately see the recovery files there, you will usually find them when when you search for hidden files in that folder [ see Note #2 below – Thank You to Kurt Pfirter for this addition ]
And if you are running Office 2016 for Mac (whether or not as part of Office 365) the correct path to the Word 15‘s AutoRecovery-folder(s) is :
BEWARE : it’s not straight-forward to get to this folder in recent/current versions of OSX and macOS, as the user’s Library-folder is a hidden folder. So if you want to access it, the easiest way to do so is :
– in the Finder, click on “Go” in the top menu bar
– when the pulldown menu appears, press the ALT-key on your keyboard (a.k.a. OPTION-key) and an extra option named “Library” will appear in the pulldown menu
– while holding the ALT-key, click on “Library” and your personal (hidden) Library-folder will open in the Finder
– there you can navigate further using the paths listed above to find the AutoRecovery-folder you’re looking for
That’s it.
Enjoy !
π
NOTE # 1 :
It is advisory to also switch on the “file overwrite protection” (or “double backup”) option as it stores the previous version of the file you are working on. In Word, you turn this feature on from Word –> Preferences –> Save and then mark the “Always create a backup copy” check box. This way, whenever you click “Save”, a backup version is made of the previous/stored version before it overwrites the stored version of the file… so with it turned on, you at least have one prior version of your file.
NOTE #2 :
If you do not see the autosave file you were expecting to find in the AutoRecovery-folder, you might need a ‘show hidden files’-app to find it. Especially Excel-autosave-files tend to be hidden.
[ a big Thank You to thekurrgan for discovering this and posting this find here ]
NOTE #3 :
it turns out that there’s a bug in Excel 2011 for Mac : even though the Autosave does save a file with an .xlsx file extension, it’s not a true .xlsx file ! trying to open it will lead to an “Microsoft cannot open this file”-error. The solution is to change the file extension to either .xlsb (Excel binary format) or .xlb (older Excel backup format), to enable Excel to recognize the file and enable it to open.
[ a big Thank You to Paul Preston for noticing this problem and for Bryan P for posting the solution on Superuser.com and to Rich Michaels for posting his updated solution on answers.microsoft.com ]
For years, I used to start Β the onscreen keyboard whenever I wanted to type a character on my Mac that I didn’t know the key-combo for by heart…
Now I’m on OSX 10.11 El_Capitan and I don’t see the icon in the menu bar top right… and I can’t find the option to switch it on either…
What should I do ?
Answer :
What you call ‘onscreen keyboard’ is officially called the ‘virtual keyboard’ ; it’s a very handy option in OSX as you mentioned.
For some reason, after upgrading to OSX 10.11 El_Capitan, your preset for quick access to the virtual keyboard is lost… and switching it back on is hidden in some cryptic text in the Preferences :
in the Finder, go to Apple [top left] –> System Preferences –> Keyboard
in the window that opens, under the Keyboard-tab, put a check-mark at “Show Keyboard, Emoji & Symbol Viewers in menu bar”
then close the System Preferences window
now, in the Finder, top right, click on the flag-icon and select “Show Keyboard Viewer”
then, the virtual keyboard will appear onscreen and you can use it as you’re used to…
Today, I hadΒ to type some text that included some financial figures, but for some reason I got a TM-sign on screen every time I typed the Euro-sign by pressing the key-combo [ALT]+[2].
I’ve never had this before.
What is wrong ?
Answer :
How you got this problem is unclear, but the solution is simple.
Have a look at the top menu bar (of the Finder), is there a US-flag next to the current time ?
If so, your keyboard is set to US-layout and in US-keyboardlayout the [ALT]+[2] key-combo will give the TM-sign (Trademark-sign) on screen.
To change that, do this :
click on the US-flag in the top menu bar (of the Finder)
in the pulldown menu, click on “Open Keyboard Preferences…”
in the window that opens, make sure the “Input sources”-tab is selected, then click on de + (Plus-sign) bottom left
from the list in the pulldown window that opens, choose “British” (UK-flag)
then click “Add”
back in the previous window, click onΒ “(UK-flag) British” at the left to select it
then close the Preferences window by clicking the red button top left
then in the top menu bar (of the Finder) make sure there is a UK-flag
if there still is a US-flag, click on it and select the UK-flag from the pulldown menu
…then try typing the [ALT]+[2] key-combo in a text and see if it works
For my work I regularly get animated-GIF for online advertising campaigns send to me offline. As it turns out I can only view them in the Finder’s preview, but when I double-click on them, they open in Preview.app as a static picture…
What can I do ?
Answer :
As any .gif-file is considered as a picture by OSX, both static and animated GIFs will be opened in Preview.app by default. Too bad, but Preview.app can only display static pictures, no movies, nor dynamic pictures…
The solution is simple ; just make OSX by default open all .gif-files in an application that can handle animations, like your web browser.
to do so :
locate and select any of your animated .gif-files in the Finder
then press the [cmd]+[i] key-combo on your keyboard (a.k.a. “get info”)
in the info-window that opens, scroll down to “Open with:”
make sure the triangular arrow in front of “Open with:” is pointing down
if the triangular arrow isΒ pointing to the right, click on it
just below “Open with:” you will see “Preview (default)”
click on that, and change it to “Safari” (or any other application that can handle animated GIFs, if you don’t see the application you’re looking for listed, select “Other…” and select the one you prefer from you Applications folder)
then, don’t forget to click on the “Change All…”-button also
…that’s it, from now on, any .gif-file on your Mac will be opened in Safari (or your chosen alternative) by default, and you will see all animated-GIFs opened as animations when you lick on them.
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