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CONNECT MORE MONITORS
With four Thunderbolt 3 ports built in, the iMac Pro can support multiple 4K and 5K monitors. But which ones can you use? Check out Apple’s advice on connecting them all up at bit.ly/ml141ask1
MAKE HOMEPOD RESPOND
If you’re having problems getting HomePod to respond, it could be a Wi-Fi connection issue, or some other problem. To find out how to cure this, go to bit.ly/ml141ask2
GET A NEW REMOTE FOR APPLE TV
Have you lost the remote you use with your Apple TV? Then all is not lost, because you can use your iPhone or iPad to control it instead. Apple has a handy guide on how to do this at bit.ly/ml141ask3
Trouble with Launch Services
Why, when I double-click a Photoshop document on my Mac, does the CC 2017 version of Photoshop always open, and not the more recent CC 2018?
This appears to be a general problem if you have both of these apps installed, regardless of the version of macOS that is running.
In macOS, it’s the Launch Services interface that is responsible for determining which app kicks in when you open any file from Finder. If you don’t like the default as you suggest, you could select a file in Finder, choose File > Get Info, expand the “Open with” section of the window that appears, choose your preferred app from the pop-up menu, then click Change All to
