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How to Add a Volume to APFS Container in Mac OS

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For Macs using the APFS file system, you can add a new volume to an existing APFS container by using Disk Utility in MacOS. APFS is somewhat unique in that it allocates disk space on demand, meaning a containers free disk space is shared (compared to HFS+ or FAT where disk space is partitioned into defined allocations).

You can treat APFS volumes sort of like a Mac-specific partition, and you can even install different MacOS versions onto unique volumes, sharing the same available disk space between the Mac OS releases.

How to Add a New Volume to an APFS Container in MacOS

Be sure to backup with Time Machine or your backup method of choice before modifying any disk.

  1. Open the Disk Utility application, found in /Applications/Utilities/

    2. Add a new volume to APFS container in Disk Utility

  2. Select the disk you want to add the new volume to from the sidebar, then click the [+] Plus “Add Volume” button in the menubar

    3. How to add a new volume to APFS container in MacOS

  3. Give the new volume a name, and optionally choose a format
  4. Optionally, click on “Size Options” and set accordingly:
  • Reserve Size – this will insure a minimum amount of storage for the new volume
  • Quota Size – this will insure a maximum amount of storage capacity for the new volume
  • Click on “Add” to add the new volume to the APFS container

    • How to add a new volume to APFS container in MacOS

    Now that you have a new APFS volume, you can do whatever you want with it.

    You can the new APFS volume like a MacOS specific disk partition, or you can even install another MacOS system software version onto the new volume, as long as that MacOS release is compatible with APFS (any newer release like Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra and later).

    For one example of using APFS volumes in containers, some users create a new APFS volume and use that new volume to run beta software, like to install MacOS Catalina beta onto, though be absolutely certain you backup all of your Mac data before doing so.

    Note that you can not install Linux, Windows, older Mac OS X releases, or other operating systems onto an APFS volume. You can however install Windows 10 on a Mac using Boot Camp as detailed here. Installing Windows, Linux, or an older Mac OS X release will involve creating a new partition on the drive rather, since it is not possible to install those operating systems onto an APFS volume.

    Naturally you can also delete an APFS volume from a container in Disk Utility too, by simply selecting the volume you wish to remove and clicking the minus button and confirming that you want to delete the APFS volume from that container.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 23, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Mark Email as Unread on Mac

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    Wondering how to mark an email as unread in the Mac Mail app? Maybe you want to mark an email as read in Mail for Mac? If so, you may have noticed there’s no easy “Mark as Read” or “Mark as Unread” buttons in Mail for Mac, but that doesn’t mean you can’t change emails status to be unread or read.

    Read on to learn how to perform this simple function to “Mark as Unread” and “Mark as Read” in the Mail app for Mac, we’ll cover three different methods to achieve this common emailing task.

    How to Mark Email as Unread on Mac Mail

    The easiest way to mark an email as unread (or read) on Mac is to use the Message menu like so:

    1. Open the Mail app for Mac if you haven’t done so already
    2. Select or open the email message you want to mark as unread
    3. Pull down the “Messages” menu and choose “Mark as Unread”

      4. How to Mark as Unread in Mail for Mac

    4. Repeat with other emails as desired to change their read/unread status

    That will change the message status to be marked as unread, or marked as read, depending on what the current status of the message was when the command was invoked.

    There’s also a quick keyboard shortcut for toggling emails as unread or read on the Mac Mail app: Command Shift U

    To use the keystroke for toggling emails as read or unread, select an email and then hit the Command+Shift+U keyboard shortcut combination. The keystroke is the same for both marking as read, and marking as unread in mail for Mac.

    Marking an email as unread with keyboard shortcut on Mac Mail app

    How to Mark Email as Read / Unread in Mail for Mac with a Right Click

    You can also quickly mark emails as read or mark emails as unread with a the a Mac right-click either with two-fingers on a trackpad or control-clicking or using a literal right click on a mouse or trackpad. Doing this is also easy, simply select the email you want to mark as read or unread, then select “Mark as Unread” or “Mark as Read” respectively.

    How to Mark as Unread or Read in Mail for Mac with a right-click

    These tricks are particularly handy for Mac users who like to use the Unread Email Filter on Mail for Mac to quickly scan and sort emails, since marking them as read or unread will move items in and out of that displayed email list.

    Unfortunately there is no option to customize the Mail menu bar on the Mac to include simple buttons for this unread / read behavior. If you use other email apps and clients though, or have a mobile device, you can use a “Mark as Unread” / “Mark as Read” button in Gmail, and there’s always the flag access to mark as unread or mark as read like on iPhone and iPad Mail, as well as the quick gestures for marking as read/unread for iPhone Mail as well.

    There are a few other tricks that you can use for managing mark as read and mark as unread behavior on the Mac, but they require Mail plugins or defaults commands, so these are best for advanced Mac users who are comfortable with those methods.

    Do you have any handy tips or tricks for marking emails as read or unread in Mail for Mac? Share with us in the comments below!

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 21, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Delete Microsoft AutoUpdate from Mac

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    Want to delete Microsoft AutoUpdate from a Mac? Perhaps you uninstalled Microsoft Office or some other Microsoft applications from the Mac and thus have no further need for Microsoft applications to automatically update themselves. In any case, you can remove the Microsoft AutoUpdate application from Mac OS.


    If Microsoft AutoUpdate is currently running you’ll need to quit out of the application first. You can also forcibly quit the Microsoft AutoUpdate app from Activity Monitor if needed.

    How to Remove Microsoft AutoUpdate from MacOS

    1. From the Finder of MacOS, pull down the “Go” menu and choose “Go To Folder” (or hit Command+Shift+G) and enter the following path:

      2. /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/

    2. Locate the folder named something like “MAU” or “MAU2.0” and open that directory
    3. Locate and drag “Microsoft AutoUpdate.app” to the Trash

      4. Delete Microsoft AutoUpdate application from the Mac

    4. Empty the Trash as usual *
    5. Close the MAU folder and continue using your Mac as usual

    With Microsoft AutoUpdate deleted, Microsoft AutoUpdate will no longer be on the Mac or run to update software automatically.

    If you still want to have and use Microsoft apps on the Mac, deleting the Microsoft AutoUpdate application may lead to some unintended consequences besides having outdated software from Microsoft, so it’s probably best to not remove it if you’re a heavy Microsoft software user, whether that’s Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Edge, or anything else.

    * You can also delete the file specifically from Trash if you want to leave other items in the Trash alone for now.

    If you know of any other ways to manage, tame, or remove the Microsoft AutoUpdate application on the Mac, share in the comments below!

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 20, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Set an Alarm on Apple Watch

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    Want to use your Apple Watch as an alarm clock? Whether you wear your Apple Watch to bed, or use it in nightstand clock mode, you can set your Apple Watch to function as an alarm clock.

    There are a few different ways to add alarms to Apple Watch, we’ll show you various methods to setting an alarm using Siri for both repeating alarms and one-off alarms, as well as using the Apple Watch Alarms app to set an alarm.

    How to Add Alarm on Apple Watch with Siri

    The easiest way to add an alarm to the Apple Watch is by using Siri. To set a one-time alarm on Apple Watch with Siri:

    • Summon Siri on the Apple Watch (by using Hey Siri, raise-to-Siri, or holding the rotating dial button), then say “Set an alarm for (time)”

    For example, to set an alarm for 5:30 am, you’d say “set an alarm for five thirty A M”.

    How to Set Repeating Alarm on Apple Watch with Siri

    To set a repeating alarm that goes off every day at the same time, use the following syntax:

    • Summon Siri on the Apple Watch, then say “Set a repeating alarm for six thirty A M”

    A repeating alarm will repeat every day at the same time, so if you want a consistent alarm this is a good way to have one.

    How to Set Alarm Clock on Apple Watch with Alarms app

    You can also set an alarm clock on Apple Watch by using the Alarms app, this requires multiple steps performed on the watch itself:

    1. Open the Alarms app on Apple Watch then tap on “Add Alarm”
    2. Choose whether you want the alarm to be AM or PM
    3. Next tap on the hour and use the rotating dial button on the Apple Watch to select the hour you want the alarm to go off on
    4. Then tap on the minutes and again use the rotating dial to set the minutes
    5. Tap on the “Set” button to set the alarm
    • To set the alarm to repeat, tap the alarm time to edit the alarm, then tap the “Repeat” option and adjust accordingly

    You can set other customizations to the alarm as well, including changing the name, changing the alarm clock time, and whether or not to allow snoozing of the alarm.

    How to Snooze & Stop Alarms on Apple Watch

    You can snooze the alarm clock on Apple Watch by pressing the rotating dial button.

    You can stop and turn off the Apple Watch alarm by pressing the other flat button on the Apple Watch.

    How to Easily Check What Alarm is Actively Set on Apple Watch

    Aside from going into the Alarms app and looking at which alarms are active there, there’s another convenient way to easily see what alarms are set on Apple Watch.

    When the Apple Watch is placed into Nightstand Mode (sideways on a charger), tap on the screen to see the clock and look for the “Alarm (time)” text directly under the main clock. Optionally you can use a knock on the nightstand to wake the Apple Watch screen and see the alarm that way too.

    How to Delete Alarms on Apple Watch

    1. Open the Alarms app on Apple Watch
    2. Tap the alarm you want to delete
    3. Scroll to the bottom of the edit alarm list and tap on “Delete” to remove the alarm

    You can delete alarms that were set by Siri or alarms that were added manually, removing the alarm is the same regardless of how it was added and set in the first place.

    Apple Watch as an alarm clock

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 19, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Delete a Single File from Trash on Mac

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    If you have a ton of files in the Mac Trash can but don’t want to empty the entire trash for whatever reason, you can use a handy feature to delete specific files or single folders from the Trash. This allows you to selectively target and delete individual items that are in the Mac Trash without emptying and deleting everything, which can be helpful if you’re wanting to review other files in the Trash before completely deleting them from the Mac.

    For example, if you have 1000 items in the Trash can on a Mac but you want to delete a single file that is 8GB, you can target that 8GB file to delete right away while ignoring the other items in the Trash. Using this handy ‘delete immediately from Trash’ trick is quite easy, here’s how it works.

    How to Delete Specific Files from Trash on Mac Without Emptying Entire Trash

    1. Open the Trash on the Mac as usual by selecting it from the Dock
    2. Locate and select the file or item you wish to delete individually in the Trash

      3. How to delete a specific file from the Trash without emptying entire Trash

    3. Right-click on the individual files icon or name and choose “Delete Immediately”

      4. How to delete immediately a specific file from Trash on Mac

    4. Confirm that you want to immediately delete the chosen file or document from the Trash

      5. Confirm to delete immediately specific file from Trash on Mac

    5. Repeat with other specific files to delete them immediately as desired

    This is a particularly helpful trick if you’re triaging a very large or cluttered Trash can on a Mac, since you can target individual large files to free up disk space.

    In the screenshot examples shown here, a 7GB Xcode installer was specifically targeted for immediate deletion from the Trash, without deleting the other files found in the Trash.

    A few other helpful tips for managing large Trash folders are to use Quick Look to glance at files in the Trash (since items in Trash can’t be opened, but you can preview them with Quick Look), and learning how to undo moving files to Trash on Mac with the “Put Back” feature which sends the file from the Trash back to its original location, handy if you decide you don’t want to delete that file or item after all. And of course if you forget to empty the Trash constantly you can always set the Trash to automatically empty on Mac which will clear out items after they’ve been in the Trash for 30 days.

    If this sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because elsewhere in the Mac Finder you can use “Delete Immediately” to bypass the Trash entirely and instantly delete a file from the Mac, without ever having to use the Trash or empty the Trash at all.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 18, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Add AppleCare+ Warranty to iPad or iPhone

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    AppleCare Plus is an extended warranty program available for iPad and iPhone. If you have recently bought an iPhone or iPad, you can add AppleCare+ within 60 days of that devices purchase.

    AppleCare+ Plus will provide 24 months of tech support, repair, and replacement coverage for an iPad or iPhone, along with major components that are included with the device. You can even use the extended warranty to cover accidental damage for an additional fee, so for example if you dropped an iPhone and the screen is broken, that type of damage would be covered by the accidental damage fee which is almost always notably cheaper than replacing the screen without the AppleCare Plus plan.

    There are several ways to add AppleCare+ to an iPhone, Pad, iPad Pro, iPad Air, or iPad mini.

    Buying AppleCare at Time of Original Purchase

    Perhaps the simplest way of adding AppleCare to a new device is during the standard checkout process, and the clerk will usually ask you to add the warranty if you’re in a store, and if you’re checking out online you will find it as an option to add the AppleCare+ coverage there too. But not everyone does that when they’re buying a new iPhone or iPad, but as long as you’re within the 60 day window you can find other methods of buying AppleCare+ coverage.

    Buy AppleCare for iPhone or iPad in Settings App

    The next simplest way to add AppleCare to an iPhone or iPad is through the device Settings, it will be available as an option as long as the device was purchased within the last 60 days:

    1. Open the “Settings” app
    2. Tap on “AppleCare+ Coverage Available” *

      3. How to Add AppleCare to iPad or iPhone

    3. Click on “Continue” to start adding AppleCare+ coverage for the iPhone or iPad

      4. Add AppleCare to iPad or ipHone

    4. Tap to choose the AppleCare+ coverage warranty plan to buy for your iPhone or iPad

      5. Choose the AppleCare warranty plan for iPhone or iPad

    5. Continue through the AppleCare+ checkout process to order AppleCare for the device, this requires you to submit a diagnostic report to Apple

    Once you have ordered AppleCare+, your iPhone or iPad will be covered for 24 months for repair issues and accidental damage (with an additional service fee).

    * Under the “AppleCare+ Coverage Available” option you will see the remaining time that is allotted for you to purchase AppleCare for that device. You have 60 days from the time of purchase to buy AppleCare+ Coverage for an iPhone or iPad.

    Other Ways to Buy AppleCare+ Coverage Warranty for iPhone & iPad

    No matter how you purchase AppleCare, if you are buying it after you already bought an iPad or iPhone you will need to run a remote diagnostic on the device.

    If you’re interested in learning more about AppleCare Plus, you can read more about AppleCare for iPad here at apple.com and learn more about AppleCare for iPhone here at apple.com

    It’s worth mentioning that some insurance plans and even credit cards will offer warranty-type services for damage to an iPhone or iPad, but those vary widely based on individual plans and providers. Nonetheless it may be worth looking into if either is applicable to you and your devices, either as a supplement to or an alternative to an AppleCare+ warranty coverage plan.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 14, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Request Mobile Site After Requesting Desktop Site in Safari on iPhone

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    Wondering how to switch back to a mobile site after requesting a desktop site in Safari for iPhone? You may have noticed there’s not a “Request Mobile Site” option in Safari on iPhone and iPod touch, but changing back to the mobile version of a desktop site is quite simple on iPhone with Safari as we’ll show you in this tutorial.


    As you likely know, many websites serve a mobile-specific version to smaller screened devices like the iPhone or iPod touch. But sometimes users will use the “Request Desktop Site” feature in Safari for iPhone to view the full version of a website rather than a mobile site. But how do you switch back to the mobile site again? That’s easy, here is all you need to do:

    How to Switch from Desktop Site Back to Mobile Site with Safari for iPhone

    Returning to the mobile version of a website in Safari on iPhone is simply a matter of closing the tab and opening the website again:

    1. From Safari on iPhone, go to the desktop webpage that you want to view the Mobile Site for
    2. Tap on the Tabs button in Safari and then close that webpages tab while it’s still in Desktop Site view (optionally, you may want to copy the URL first for easy retrieval)
    3. Now open a new Safari tab and go back to the website URL you just closed, it will load automatically in Mobile Site view

    Simply closing the Safari tab on iPhone and re-opening the webpage will switch it back to the Mobile Site default view.

    Switching desktop site back to mobile site in Safari on iPhone

    Alternatively, you can also delete the specific sites website data in Safari Settings on iPhone and then refresh the website to accomplish the same thing. Doing that will also refresh the webpage into Mobile Site from Desktop Site, as the default user agent on iPhone is for a mobile device.

    While we’re obviously focusing on iPhone here, this process is the same on iPod touch and iPad too, though most websites will show an iPad the full desktop version of a website rather than the mobile site anyway.

    Currently this is how you switch from the desktop site back to a mobile site, and while it would make a lot of sense for the iOS “Request Desktop Site” option to switch to a “Request Mobile Site” option in the Sharing action menu, for now that feature does not exist. Instead, you’ll want to just close the tab and then open it again to achieve the same result.

    This is probably mostly relevant for web workers, but sometimes regular users find themselves having to switch between desktop sites and mobile sites too.

    If you know of another approach to requesting a mobile site again on Safari for iPhone, share with us in the comments below.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 12, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Stop Apps from Using Camera on Mac

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    Want to prevent a Mac app from using the camera on your computer? MacOS makes it easy to manually control and manage which apps can access the front-facing camera on a Mac. Being able to manually control which apps access the camera on a Mac can be helpful for privacy and security purposes, and perhaps it may even inspire you to remove the tape over the Mac camera that so many techy computer users seem to rely on for some privacy.

    This article will show you how to directly control which apps can access the camera on a Mac, and how to block apps from using the camera, as well as the demonstrate how to grant apps access to the camera on the computer.

    How to Prevent Apps from Using the Camera on Mac to Disable Camera Access

    Here is how you can individually determine which Mac apps can use the computer camera:

    1. Go to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”
    2. Go to the “Security & Privacy” preference panel

      3. How to disable camera access for specific apps on Mac

    3. Select the “Privacy” tab then choose “Camera” from the left side list

      4. How to block app camera access on Mac

    4. Locate the app(s) you want to block camera access for and uncheck the box alongside that app name to disable camera access for that application

      5. How to turn off camera access for apps on Mac

    5. Repeat to turn off camera access for other Mac apps as desired
    6. Close out of System Preferences when finished

    Note this only applies to third party apps. All Apple apps and bundled system apps will not show up in that camera access control list on the Mac. So for example, apps like FaceTime and Photo Booth will not appear in the list to control or disable camera access for.

    If there is nothing shown in the Privacy > Camera list on the Mac, that means no third party applications have tried to use the camera on the Mac.

    No apps requesting camera access on the Mac

    Of course there are other ways to prevent apps from using the camera on a Mac. You can use OverSight to detect Mac camera activity (and block access too), you can put tape over the computer camera like many people do, or you can even manually disable the Mac camera completely by modifying system files which is really only appropriate for extremely advanced users (you can also disable the internal microphone on a Mac if you’re concerned about that too). Those latter options may be a bit extreme however, though every Mac user has a unique privacy and security threshold and risk profile, so do what suits you or makes you feel comfortable, if that means taping your web camera then so be it.

    If you deny an app access to the Mac camera, and then try to use that app, unsurprisingly you’ll find that either the app won’t work as expected, or sometimes won’t work at all. For example if you disable camera access for Skype, then video chatting and teleconferencing will not work with Skype, and to get it to work again you’d have to allow access for that app to use the Mac camera again.

    How to Control & Allow App Camera Access on Mac

    You may have noticed already that modern MacOS versions will make apps send an alert dialog requesting camera access before the app can use the Macs camera. That applies to all third party apps, so for example if you open Skype on the Mac you will notice it requests camera access because a major feature of Skype is video chat. Of course there will occasionally be other apps that request camera access that may not need them, so feel free to be discerning when it comes to what apps you allow access to the camera on your computer.

    If you want to manually control what apps have camera access, or you want to grant camera privileges to an app that you previously denied camera access to, you can do so through the same settings area you used to block camera access:

    1. Go to the  Apple menu and select “System Preferences” then choose “Security & Privacy”
    2. Choose the “Privacy” tab then select “Camera”
    3. Check the box corresponding to apps that you want to enable camera access for
    4. Close System Preferences when finished

    You may need to relaunch some apps for the camera access to be found again, simply quit and open them again and it should work fine. A reboot should not be required.

    How you handle camera access for apps on your Mac is entirely up to you, so whether you let everything use your camera, or nothing use your camera, that’s your decision, and it’s easy to make further changes should you decide it’s necessary.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 11, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Save Webpage as PDF from Mac in Safari

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    Need to save a webpage as a PDF file on a Mac? Safari on the Mac makes saving webpages as a PDF very easy. Exporting a webpage in PDF format is useful for many purposes, whether you want to access an offline version of a webpage or article, to transmit information on a webpage as PDF format like a health record, call record, bill, or statement, for records keeping purposes, to send to someone else or a print shop, and so much more.

    This tutorial will show you how to easily save a webpage as a PDF file using the Safari web browser on a Mac.


    Note if you’re using an iPhone or iPad, you can save webpages as PDF on iPhone or iPad with these instructions instead.

    How to Save Webpages as PDF on Mac with Safari

    1. Open Safari on the Mac, then navigate to the webpage you want to save as a PDF file

      2. Safari for Mac

    2. Pull down the “File” menu in Safari

      3. Go to the File menu

    3. Choose “Export as PDF” from the File menu

      4. How to save a webpage as PDF on Mac with Safari by using Export as PDF

    4. Set the file name and choose a file destination and choose “Save” to save the webpage as a PDF

      5. Saving the exported webpage as PDF file

    The PDF file of the saved webpage will be wherever you saved the file to, whether that was your user Documents folder, the Desktop, Downloads folder, or elsewhere.

    PDF icon on Mac

    The resulting webpage PDF can be used just like any other PDF file, you can email it, share it, upload it, or whatever else just like any other PDF document.

    Example webpage saved as a PDF file from Safari on Mac

    If for some reason this doesn’t work for you, or if you’re using a different web browser on a Mac that doesn’t support the direct ‘Export as PDF’ option, you can still easily save a webpage as a PDF by simply using Print to PDF on the Mac, which is available on every Mac OS release. If you find yourself using that feature often enough you can even set a “Save as PDF” keyboard shortcut for use on the Mac to be able to quickly perform that function.

    Obviously this covers saving a webpage as a PDF file on Mac OS with Safari, but iPhone and iPad can save webpages as PDF too using an equally simple and direct feature.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 9, 2019 0 comment
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    How to Find iPad Model Name & Model Number

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    Need to find the model name and model number of an iPad? Many iPad tablets visually look the same or similar, so you can’t always tell which iPad model a device is simply by looking at it. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to quickly find the iPad product name and iPad model number.

    We’ll show you how to see the iPad model name and model number directly in the Settings of the device.


    Note this is seeking to find the iPad model name (like “iPad Pro 12 inch), not the name of the device that is user-provided (like “Pat’s iPad”).

    How to Find iPad Model Name & iPad Model Number

    1. Open the Settings app on the iPad

      2. Settings icon

    2. Go to “General” and then go to “About”

      3. How to find iPad model name

    3. Look near the top of the About Settings screen to find the “Model Name” entry to find the iPad model name

      4. How to find iPad model name

    4. Directly under Model Name, find the iPad “Model Number”

    The iPad model name is sometimes something obvious like “iPad Pro (11-inch)” or something a little more technical like “iPad (6th generation)” which implies the generation of that particular release.

    The iPad model number is usually in the format of hexadecimal letters and numbers with a slash, for example an iPad model number might be something like MTXN2LL/A.

    Note that iPad model name and iPad model number are not the iPad serial number, which is unique to each specific iPad device. Instead the iPad model name and model number are generic for particular makes of the device.

    This works for all iPad, iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, as long as they are running a modern version of iOS or iPadOS system software. Earlier versions of iOS and iPadOS did not readily show the iPad Model Name in the same settings screen.

    You may need to find the iPad model name or iPad model number for troubleshooting, warranty purposes, for a device repair, for compatibility with some specific software or hardware, amongst other reasons.

    Similarly, you can also find the iPhone model name and iPhone model number in the same Settings screen on those devices, as well as for iPod touch. finding a Mac model name and model year and finding the model identifier number of a Mac is different however, since MacOS is different from iOS and iPadOS.

    It’s worth mentioning this is not the only information that is sometimes referred to as a model number. Somewhat confusing is that the iPad model number is different from the device model number identifier which is sometimes printed onto the device itself, but you can find the device model number identifier elsewhere in Settings if that information is needed for some reason, but for most users only the iPad model name and model number are going to be necessary when checking for device compatibility, warranty information, repair information, and for other purposes. To add to the confusion, even Apple on a support document refers to the different device number identifier found on the back of devices as a model number, despite the Settings app in iOS and iPadOS also calling a different number a model number – clear as mud, as they say! Either way, either number will be able to tell you which iPad device you have or are working with.

    Source: OSX Daily

    July 8, 2019 0 comment
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