Hints & Tips

No Artwork in Music App (MacOS - Catalina)

If Artwork is missing from the Music application, or if you want to force update artwork cached from a shared library:

Quit Music, TV and Podcasts.

Move all the files from the “~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent” folder into a backup folder elsewhere.

Log out then back in.

Mac Startup Sound

To enable the MacOS startup sound which was disabled in later versions of OS X:

sudo nvram StartupMute=%00

Mac Startup

Diagnostics Mode

Power on, press and hold D (does not work on MacBook Pro 2011)

Power on, press and hold option-D (internet)

Recovery Mode

Power on, press and hold command-R

Power on, press and hold option-command-R (internet)

Reset NVRAM

Power on, press and hold option-command-P-R for approx 20 seconds, machine will restart

Reset SMC

Hold down left shift-control-option keys, press and hold down power, let go off all 4 after 10 seconds

Mac - Removing Unwanted Files

Using Manage Storage

Click on Apple Menu… About This Mac… Storage… Manage….

Check “Music Creation” (Can be deleted)

Check “iOS Files” (Delete old backups no longer required)

Manual

/users/name/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates

/users/name/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates

/Users/name/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

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