Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “XYZ.local”. The backup disk image “XYZ.sparsebundle” is already in use. If the Time Machine backup fails, this is a common error message in macOS, especially since the introduction of macOS Big Sur 11 in 2020. Resolve the Time Machine Backup failing by adding… Read More »Fixing: Time Machine couldn‘t complete backup
Screen recording and Webcam recording instantly in your webbrowser on Windows, macOS and Linux desktop computers with Calipio Screen Recorder. No installation and registration required. Protected by end-to-end encryption. Easy to use with instant recording functions. Free to use on Windows, Mac, Linux. Coming soon to iOS and Android. Calipio is… Read More »Calipio: Screen Recording Without Registration, E2E-encrypted
If your Mac has no admin account anymore or if your macOS account lost its administrator rights on macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 11 Big Sur or later, you can recover the macOS admin rights easily by running again Apple’s Setup Assistant tool to add a new admin account. For getting… Read More »Fixing Mac No Admin Account On macOS Mojave Or Later
Apple iCloud Mail blocks outbound emails (silent filtering) and inbound emails (spam filtering) containing specific, blacklisted strings. iCloud Mail screens the content of the email before sending it. If the content or the recipient’s email address contains a specific string of letters, iCloud mail prevents the mail to be sent… Read More »Apple iCloud Mail Blocks Outbound Emails: Silent Filtering And How To Fix It
Auto Unlock for Mac with Apple Watch is not working anymore for some users after updating the Apple Watch to the latest main watchOS release, e.g. watchOS 7 and/or the Mac to macOS Big Sur. Auto Unlock feature stopped working on Mac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, reportedly. There are two… Read More »How To Fix Apple Watch Auto Unlocking Not Working On Mac
A lot of MacBook user report a certain voltage phenomenon. The MacBook vibrates when touched. The same happened to me with a MacBook 12” early 2016) and a MacBook Pro 13” (early 2020). Plugging in, it feels like current or voltage is going through your hand or fingers while touching the MacBook, especially left… Read More »How To Fix MacBook Micro-Vibrations While Charging Due To Insufficient Grounding
macOS Mail folders are often not sorted in alphabetical order by default, especially when new mailbox folders are added to an existing mailbox. Although the mailbox folders are in A to Z order at the mail web access, e.g. iCloud.com, they are not on your macOS Mail app. If you… Read More »macOS – How To Fix Mail Folders Not Automatically Be Sorted In Alphabetical Order
Convert HEIF / HEIC photos to JPG format on iOS by using PhotoSync app for converting and transferring complete Photos album folders to your Windows PC, Mac or cloud service. HEIF is a new image format which comes along with a new image container / extension called “HEIC”. Introduced with… Read More »iOS: How To Convert HEIF / HEIC To JPG Automatically
If ‘Device not found’ appears in the Airport Utility app on your Mac, it means that your AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express or Time Capsule is not showing up in the AirPort Utility app and hence, not accessible. Nevertheless, your AirPort or Time Capsule device is still working and reachable via Finder app. The Fix… Read More »Fixing AirPort Utility ‘Device Not Found’ For AirPort Extreme And Time Capsule
Deleted Time Machine Backups in the trash cannot be emptied because of System Integrity Protection (SIP), introduced in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. If a Time Machine backup fails or gets interrupted then incomplete backups can result. The Time Machine will be unable to successfully complete a backup until this corrupted… Read More »How To Fix ‘Cannot Delete Time Machine Backup Files From Trash’