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How to change where AirDropped files are saved on Mac Update: The instructions below have been updated for macOS 10.14 Mojave, which has more (and buggier) protections on the filesystem. Mojave users should use the updated instructions below. Launch Chrome on your Mac. Next up, you have to click on Menu icon from the top right corner. Click on Settings. Click on Show advanced settings and then scroll down to the “Downloads” section. Click on Change and select where you would want your downloaded files to be saved.
Messages User Guide
In the Messages app on your Mac, use the Settings pane of iMessage preferences to change options for your iMessage account.
To change these preferences, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. If you’re not signed in to iMessage, enter your Apple ID and password, then click Next. If you don’t have an Apple ID, click Create Apple ID.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Sign Out | Click to sign out. | ||||||||||
Enable this account | Select to send and receive messages with iMessage. For more details, see Set up your Mac to send text messages. | ||||||||||
Enable Messages in iCloud | If you use Messages on more than one device, select this to store your messages in iCloud so that you can see the same text messages on all devices. For more details, see Use Messages in iCloud. | ||||||||||
Sync Now | When Messages in iCloud is turned on, all your texts appear on all your devices automatically. However, if you want to make sure you’re seeing the most up-to-date messages on your Mac—for example, if you just switched to a new Mac—you can click Sync Now. | ||||||||||
You can be reached for messages at | Select the checkboxes next to the email addresses and phone numbers that other people can use to send you messages. You can update this list on the Apple ID account website. See the Apple Support article Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime. | ||||||||||
Send read receipts | If you enable read receipts, people who send you messages will see when you’ve read them. You can also send read receipts for a conversation only. The per-conversation setting overrides the per-account setting. | ||||||||||
Start new conversations from | If you have more than one email address or phone number listed under “You can be reached for messages at,” choose the email address or phone number that you want to use for starting new conversations. When you start a new conversation with someone, the person receives messages sent from the email address or phone number you choose. When someone starts a conversation with you, you send messages using the email address or phone number the person used to start the conversation. | ||||||||||
Blocked | Review addresses or phone numbers of people that are blocked. See Block texts for more information about how to add or remove addresses or phone numbers. |
This article teaches you how to reset your network settings in macOS. You may find this article very helpful, as resetting your network settings can be the first step you may try if you continually have trouble with your network connectivity.
Do you have Wi-Fi Internet connection problems on your Mac? For example, websites will not load? Facetime will not connect? Mails will not go? This may be because you’re not connected to your network. Then you may want to reset your network settings to fix these problems.
See also: macOS: “WiFi: No Hardware Installed Error”, Fix
Fortunately, you can reset your network settings easily on iOS devices. For example, if you own an iPad or iPhone, you can go to Settings > General > Reset and then Reset Network Settings. Unfortunately, however, unlike iOS, for Macs we don’t have an equivalent feature to do the reset but there are workarounds, you can delete the WiFi interface, which in return remove all previous networks connected and its settings.
Method 1: Remove and add the Wi-Fi interface
Erase the Wi-Fi interface, please make sure that Wi-Fi is selected on the sidebar. Once done, click the minus (-) sign just below the left corner of network preferences to remove it. Once you remove the interface, you can then create a new one to add your WiFi network. After you remove it, click + then on the Interface dropdown, select Wi-Fi then click Create. Once done, click Apply. Here is how:
See also: How To Reduce Bandwidth Usage On Your Mac
Follow the steps below to remove and re-add and the Wi-Fi connection:
- Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Network
- Select Wi-Fi and click minus (-) button to remove. And click Apply.
- No add the Wi-Fi interface by clicking the plus (+) sign. Select Wi-Fi as Interface and click Create.Then Click Apply and exit Settings.
Method 2: Wipe all Wi-Fi Settings
You can also remove all your Wi-Fi settings. So that you can start fresh. This involves deleting all preference plist files associated with wireless settings in macOS. Here is how:
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- Turn off Wifi by clicking the Turn Wi-Fi Off in the menu bar.
- Go to Finder and click Go and Go To Folder… (or press Command+Shift+G)
- Enter the following and click Go
- /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
- This will open a window and select the following files:
- com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
- com.apple.network.identification.plist
- com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
- NetworkInterfaces.plist
- preferences.plist
- Copy these files to the desktop for a backup (you can restore them later by placing these folder back here again) and then delete (move them to the Trash) them from this folder. Make sure that they are no longer in the SystemConfiguration folder.
- Empty the Trash. Do not worry. Your Mac will recreate all new preference files for wireless networking.
- Reboot your Mac by going to Apple menu > Restart
- Turn on Wi-Fi
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