FAST FIXES FOR MAC
Don’t let Mail, Safari and Monterey’s other apps fox you
26 Mail can’t send outgoing messages
Check your internet connection and mail service status, such as Apple’s at apple. co/2suZulx. In Mail > Preferences, select the affected service in Accounts, then show Server Settings. Ensure that the correct Outgoing Mail Account is selected. If that doesn’t have an impact on your outgoing messages, select Edit SMTP Server List… Review Server Settings there against recommendations. Sometimes that list gets damaged and may need to be cleared and started afresh, ensuring you have a record of settings first.
27 An email service doesn’t work
In Mail’s Window menu select Connection Doctor. This run checks on each of active incoming and outgoing connection and warns of problems in the Details column. Use this again to check any changes you make to account settings to confirm that you’ve fixed them properly.
28 Safari says a site isn’t trusted
If you’re sure you can trust it, click on Show Details, then view the certificate if you want to enable it. Safari shows the certificate chain so you can identify which has expired or failed checks. You can manually approve that site, or check the certificate provider’s website to download a new root or intermediate certificate. Open the certificate in Keychain Access, add it to your login keychain, and there set it to be always trusted.
29 iCloud Tabs are missing
Ensure your Mac and device are signed into the same iCloud account and Safari is enabled in device iCloud settings and the Apple ID pane. At the bottom of the Start page on your device, tap Edit and enable iCloud Tabs, with the same Start page shared on all devices. Open a page on a device and it should be listed at the foot of your Start page. If not, a Safari icon should appear at the bottom or right end of the Dock, passing the page using Handoff.
30 Where’s Universal Control?
This eye-catching feature in Monterey was postponed due to poor reliability. It reappeared in macOS 12.3 betas, and should finally reach us in 12.3. It has the same Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Apple ID requirements as Handoff, and is controlled in System Preferences > Displays. Unlike Sidecar and AirPlay Display, it doesn’t turn your devices into external displays for your Mac, and you can’t drag windows across, but it unites their controls, letting you easily drag and drop files between devices.
31 Can’t eject/ unmount a volume
This affects ejecting in the Finder and Disk Utility’s First Aid. Restart the Finder by bringing it to the front, holding ⇧, and
> Force Quit Finder (å+ß+ç+oe). Free Sloth from github.com/sveinbjornt/ Sloth identifies which app or process is blocking unmounting. Click on the padlock in its window and authenticate first so it shows all system processes run as root as well as user processes.