Make sure you check
out these important
support articles on
Apple’s website to
better understand
the latest features.CAN’T SEEM TO GET ANY
SIGNAL ON iOS DEVICES?
If your iPhone or iPad
won’t connect to either
Wi–Fi or a cellular network,
it’s worth trying the steps
listed in this support
article to see if you can fix
the problem:
bit.ly/ml163ask1.AIRPLAY NOT WORKING
AS EXPECTED?
AirPlay enables you to
stream audio or video to
other compatible devices,
but if you’re unable to do
this (or use the screen
mirroring function) then
head to the link below:
bit.ly/ml163ask2.HOW TO USE DISPLAYS
WITH YOUR MAC
This useful Apple support
article outlines the various
types of displays that you
can use with a Mac, as well
as how to easily set up and
use them:
bit.ly/ml163ask3.Hot topics
right nowEmail Mac|Life at [email protected]
Potential issues in accessing old external
storage devices fall into three tiers: storage
medium, file system, and format.
If a storage device connects to your Mac
without relying on a special kernel extension,
and works just with a regular USB or other
port, then it should continue to work fine.
Some specialized devices may rely on
installing a kernel extension, which if it
isn’t updated may not work, but instances
of these are pretty unusual.
macOS Catalina supports all traditional
file systems, including Mac OS Extended or
HFS+ and the variants of DOS FAT, as well as
featuring the latest improvements to APFS,so it shouldn’t have a problem. Any issues
are most likely to arise in the file formats
themselves, particularly old audio, still
images, and video. Catalina has lost support
for some old QuickTime compression
formats, which Apple has outlined in bit.ly/
ml163incmd. If any of your old documents
use those formats, then accessing them in
Catalina will be more tricky.
One good solution for playing old video
formats is the free IINA media player from
iina.io. There are some other document types,
including older Microsoft Word .doc files,
which can’t always be read by current
versions of Word.
Can you still use old hard drives with
macOS Catalina?
If I upgrade my MacBook Air 2015 to macOS Catalina, will I still be able to access my
several hard drives and old CD–ROMs?iMovie, Final Cut Pro and Compressor in Mojave should convert most video from formats unsupported in Catalina.TECH SUPPORT & TECHSPLANATIONS
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