92 Macworld • January 2022HELP DESK
cost. Such apps will have a Get
button. Click Get.- In the Apple ID dialog that appears,
click Create Apple ID. - Follow prompts. At the point where
you’re asked for a payment method,
select None. - Follow the remaining steps to
validate your account.
If you have an existing Apple ID
You can remove payment methods
from existing Apple ID accounts
in some cases. Apple requires a
payment method on file if you are the
family organizer for a Family Sharing
group, and for accounts set up for
children under 13.
In iOS and iPadOS:- Go to Settings > account name >
Payment & Shipping. - Tap the Edit button.
- Tap the remove (minus in a red
circle) button for each method. - Tap Done.
In macOS:- Launch the App Store.
- Choose Store > View My Account
and then click View Information. - Click Manage Payments.
- Click Edit next a payment method
and click Remove. Repeat for each
payment method.HOW TO SET UP SLEEP
MODE ON A MAC THAT
HAS BUS-POWERED
EXTERNAL STORAGE
An external hard drive or SDD can
be very useful with a Mac that has
a low-capacity internal drive. Some
Mac laptop users routinely keep an
external drive plugged in, and they
may have encountered a problem
with unmounting that can be easily
solved with sleep settings found
in the Energy Saver or Battery
preference pane (depending on your
version of macOS).
If your drive has its own power
adapter that plugs into an AC
outlet, you almost certainly haven’t
encountered this situation with either
a laptop or desktop Mac. The AC
power keeps the drive running even
when your Mac goes to sleep.
However, if you’re using a bus-
powered drive – one that gets its juice
from a USB or Thunderbolt 3 port of
your Mac, or a connected hub – you
can wind up with settings that power
down the drive and thus unmount it
without proper safeguards.
(A side piece of advice: this can
also sometimes happen when a USB