macOS — learning at the elbow of the internet

This issue seems to happen most often after using Migration Assistant to setup a new Mac, but it can also happen to some Apple Silicon Macs that have downgraded from MacOS Monterey back to Big Sur, or even updated to MacOS Monterey from macOS Big Sur. A common example is something like this; having used Migration Assistant to setup a new M1 Pro or M1 Max MacBook Pro from a previous gen M1 MacBook Pro, you may notice apps that ran fine before are suddenly all crashing on the new Mac.

Migration — MacPorts

Migrating MacPorts after a major operating system upgrade or from one computer to another
A MacPorts installation is designed to work with a particular operating system and a particular hardware architecture.

This migration procedure ensures a smooth transition after major system changes, such as:

major operating system upgrades (e.g., from macOS 10.15 Catalina to macOS 11 Big Sur).
architecture migrations (e.g., from Intel to Apple Silicon).
migrations from one computer to another
If you don’t want to migrate, you can always uninstall MacPorts entirely before manually reinstalling ports.

Note: If you move from one Mac to another Mac using Migration Assistant, you have to do it first.

Screen Shots of Windows on the Mac

I’m added snapshots of windows to my blog posts about Logic Pro X. It used to be a lot harder.

Press the screenshot keys — shift-command-4 (⇧⌘4) — enables screenshot
Press the space key — switch to capture window mode
Click in the window you want a shot of (the cursor is a little camera icon)

Now the really nice part…the image shows up in a little window at the bottom right of the screen. I can click on the image to mark it up, or I can just drag it to the place that I want it to be.

So much simpler.

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Tag: macOS

Fix Apps Crashing on M1 Pro/Max Mac After Migration Assistant or Monterey Update

Migration — MacPorts

Screen Shots of Windows on the Mac