DECEMBER 2019 MACWORLD 19- COPY FILES TO iOS DEVICES
IN FINDER
Apple has moved iOS device management
out of iTunes (which is now gone!) and into
the Finder. Once you’ve connected an iOS
device to your Mac and entered your
password to allow the Mac to be a trusted
device, you can click on the Files tab and
get a look inside the storage on your
device. This isn’t anything new, but the
Finder is a much more sensible place for it.
If you’ve ever needed to transfer large
files between your Mac and iOS devices, and
have balked at using the cloud or AirDrop to
do so, you can also do so across a wired
connection, right within the Finder. I use this
all the time to transfer big audio files to my
iPad for editing, and to transfer the final audio
projects back to my Mac when I’m done.
8. OPEN
UNAPPROVED
SOFTWARE
In Catalina, Apple has
locked down more of the
system to protect users
from potential malware.
Unfortunately, sometimes
these changes can get in
the way of you being able
to run the software that you
want to run. All software
built for the Mac after June
1 of this year must be
uploaded to Apple’s
servers, scanned by an automated system,
and approved. If it isn’t approved by Apple,
the Gatekeeper feature of macOS won’t let
it run—at least, not by default. Instead, it’ll
display an alert that Apple can’t scan the
app for malware and tell you to contact the
developer for more information.
The good news is, Apple will let you
run this software if you really want to—you
just need to know how to bypass
Gatekeeper and open the software. To
launch an app that hasn’t been approved,
control-click on it and choose Open. You’ll
see a similar alert about malware and
contacting the developer, but now there
will also be an option to just go ahead an
open the app. Once you’ve opened an
app once using this method, it’ll never
bother you about that app again. ■
In the new Find My app, you can locate your device, and even
mark it as lost, or remotely erase it.