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That's a awfully fascinating story of an amazingly technologically adept team.

That they were able to scope out the problem and jerry rig a solution is almost beyond comprehensible.

BRAVO!

PS, just set up trail with 1 pass, so not have head a bit better around idea. I went to a website I hardly ever go to, and which Apple said had weak password and after adding Chrome extension, I reset password, I saw little icon and used 1 pass. Few questions, maybe ask them, like why they saved old email etc

I might ask here, I have an excel with software password keys, it is in icloud. Of course those are just softwares not so important, but you would keep that key in the icloud in excel file, or just on paper at home? as they say next to your will. though think Joe already answered that. eVen in comprimised the 1 pass is not on that excel file.

Still for banks, thinking keeping my unique ones, we'll se..

" NOTE: Using the APFS snapshot on the boot drive, it is possible to restore the Data volume to the state it was in the last Time Machine backup was run, and no Time Machine or other backup is necessary. To do that requires booting from the Recovery Drive or an external drive and intimate knowledge of the command line utility tmutil."

Does this mean you can roll back your computer to the previous snapshot if you mess up a system file or other file (for example accidentally deleting the address book data file or something)? Sort of how the old Time Machine used to be able to wipe out the entire "Macintosh HD" and overwrite it with the last snapshot essentially "rolling" back your computer to whatever time you did the TM backup. Ever since they changed to APFS you can't use TM like that anymore.

I can confirm that that did the trick. My iPhone successfully followed my wife's until she returned home.

I feel somewhat foolish in not checking a third external hd which could have a copy of my photos. Because it was the oldest one, I thought it wouldn't be of much use but of course, that would the most likely one to have a copy. How they disappeared in the first place, I have no idea. But I do appreciate your input as usual.

jaybass

I updated Photoshop CC to the latest version and it would not open (there was a warning that it might not be compatible with my OS). The previous version seemed to be OK so I accessed How to install previous versions of your Creative Cloud apps. The reversion to the previous version was a piece of cake and all is well. I have read many complaints about Adobe but I salute them for making this process very easy.

All seems to be okay. I appreciate your help with this.
It's been a long time since any of my Macs gave me any problems, great to know that this forum is still available to help.
I will try your other suggestions.
Thanks again.

RE: I thought you couldn't access Gmail?

At home (due to snail-speed loading).

At a high-speed access terminal it's obviously not a problem. Question remains as stated.

macOS has got a nasty habit doing stuff like that. I don't remember the details, but it did something similar to me recently, and something different to Ira.

In Safari 17.5 (macOS 14.5 beta) The settings menu checkboxes are fully populated and look like this. I suspect that between Start page's Frequently visited and Safari Applications in the Dock, Top Sites were considered redundant and fell by the wayside. The only thing I can find about Frequently visited settings is this, but it would be nice if there were some way of defining what the user considers Frequently visited.

...and I am tired of sitting on it.

Ok, thank you, that makes sense.

The place I originally bought the iMac from has offered to do the work for me at a great price, but the downside is due to shipping times it would give me about a week without it. If I can't find a local tech to do the work after calling around tomorrow I'll have to go that route.

Screenshots can be very helpful, but we cannot see them if they are on your computer. There are a number of websites where you can post images that can be seen by others, the most common being Imgur. The easiest way to use Imgur is by installing QuickImageUploader

No, we cannot read those files on your computer, but a word of explanation. Kernel extensions are dangerous because they run in the system area and can potentially bypass many of the protections built into macOS. On Sonoma, macOS 14, Apple came up with a means of allowing kernel extensions in the user area, thereby permitting their functionality while protecting the system from potential exploits and as a side benefit making extensions much easier to install. At the same time the older kernel extensions were blocked from execution. By removing the Oracle America extensions, you effectively disabled some app in your system that was dependent on them. Probably some "Cloud" related app.

Ha! I followed your link, and the price has gone up $100 already.

How long have you had this mouse? They do wear out. Have you tried using a different mouse?

If another mouse (not brand new) does not have the same problem, then I'd say it's time to buy a new one.