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I have a couple of large files in iCloud I recently uploaded but I'd like to remove the local files but keep them stored in iCloud. What is the easiest way to do that?
 
That was a bit of a concern for a few seconds during the update. I'm not used to macOS and this is the first update I've sort of watched. The update on my iPad went as it usually does but on the Mac Mini it was stuck on a black screen, with nothing on it, for a good minute or two then all of a sudden it loaded up the login screen.
 
Anyone using their fast NVMe external storage as the startup disc? I installed macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 on mine and then restored from a Time Machine backup. Only problem I had was when I tried to create a new Time Machine backup it failed. Put it in safe mode and it completed the backup.
 
I found out that when booting from an external drive Apple Intelligence isn't supported. However if you run this script it will enable Apple Intelligence even if booting from an external drive, just copy and paste this into the terminal and enter your password...

"curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kyle-Ye/XcodeLLMEligible/release/0.2/scripts/override.sh | bash -s -- install override xcodellm+greymatter+strontium"

Remove the " first of course.
 
I've had several issues booting from an external for a number of years, so I don't do that now. Also, there's issues if you want to run stuff headless *with* encryption turned on. Combination of those two meant it became a PITA. What I do for machines with external primary storage and I want to run headless - I.e. reboot, connect remotely etc. without having to physically be in front is:

:- Configure MacOS on the internal drive for an Admin user, not signed into iCloud or anything, NO FileVault encryption.
:- Configure my main user, move its home directory to the external drive, turn on iCloud/FileVault etc.

Downside is that when I reboot I must login to the internal drive Admin user, then logout, backing as my main user. I only have to do that with a reboot and/or powerless. I've played around with mounting the external pre-login but had little success.

This is a bit of a faff but its been reliable for a number of years now, so much so I've not bothered looking for a better solution.
 
MacRS4 said:
This is a bit of a faff but its been reliable for a number of years now, so much so I've not bothered looking for a better solution.
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I see, for my simple usage, mainly web browsing and email it works fine. The 2TB internal upgrade from 256GB is £800 inc VAT from Apple.
 
Oh I agree - internal storage pricing is abhorrent, and I rarely upgrade. On my work M4 Max for example I only have the base 1TB, but I do have one of those Transcend things for storing static stuff where I don't need performance.
 
Well, I've finally given up and reinstalled Better Snap Tool.

I've persisted with the in-built window snapping since I updated to Sequoia, and I loved the idea of not needing a 3rd-party app to do it, but it's simply not good enough.

It's inconsistent, especially with multiple monitors and trying to snap to a quarter of a screen. The edge recognition is improved with the 'hold option key' option ticked, but it's still not accurate enough.

I reinstalled BST and it instantly just works.

Hopefully, Apple can improve with new iterations of the OS, but I have a feeling that now that they've added it as an option after resisting for so long, they're probably done.
 
I agree, it just doesn't work well and is difficult to use. It's also annoying that when you 'expand' the window to full screen it leaves a border, but if you double click a window to do the same thing, it leaves no border!

Are there keyboard shortcuts for it out of the box on Sequoia? That's one thing I miss from Windows.
 
alex24 said:
I agree, it just doesn't work well and is difficult to use. It's also annoying that when you 'expand' the window to full screen it leaves a border, but if you double click a window to do the same thing, it leaves no border!

Are there keyboard shortcuts for it out of the box on Sequoia? That's one thing I miss from Windows.
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There's an option in the settings to remove the border.

It still isn't accurate enough when snapping though.

Cromulent said:
I use Rectangle Pro for that kind of stuff. For me it works well.
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Yeah I've heard good things about Rectangle, but I bought BST years ago so never saw the need to look at alternatives.
 
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