Questions tagged [macos]
Apple's Unix-based operating system. Use for questions about the operating system or to provide OS context. For Mac hardware questions, use [mac]. Questions about using macOS on non-Apple hardware ("Hackintosh"), are off-topic.
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Trust alert immediately disappears when connecting iPad to Mac
When connecting an iOS device to a Mac, an alert will pop up on macOS asking whether to trust the external device.
This alert, however, only appears for the blink of an eye, for some reason, and then ...
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mac os universal txt shortcut to insert 'current date+time'
Is there a keyboard shortcut to insert text that simply displays the current date and time
ive set up ones for ABN and longer email addresses
but havent found one that consistently inserts the current ...
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macOS refusing to use my primary dns server (dnsmasq on same network)
I run dnsmasq 2.89 to resolve IPs for local services on my network. I use DHCP to set the primary DNS server IP to my dnsmasq instance, and the primary to Cloudflare DNS. I am using macOS 14.3.1 as my ...
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Adding CLI arguments to application in dock on Mac OS
I have the following situation: I'd like to add CLI arguments to an app from my dock when it starts.
I've set up an automator action as described in this answer: How do I pass command line arguments ...
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Can you change the name of Google Drive desktop instances?
I have two instances of Google Drive installed on my Mac. However, it’s seemingly not possible to rename them which means I can’t differentiate between them.
Is it possible to edit their names?
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How to find download url from a given website to be used in wget?
I try to obtain a publicly available historical document from an archive in Germany, however, the download never starts as I believe the PDF file is too big to be downloaded within a certain time, so ...
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Issue when creating a new user and group on macOS
I need to create a user and a group called postgres on my mac but I seem to have issues with that. The reason for needing this user is because I've installed postgresql@15 via brew and it created a ...
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Shell script gives "command not found" but command works in terminal
I'm using the beets cli music library management software on my Mac. It works fine in the the terminal - commands like beet import ~/path/to/folder work fine and which beet outputs /opt/local/bin/beet....
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MacOS spellcheck is British but the keyboard is US English
I am running Ventura 13.6.6, with Ukrainian and US English keyboards set up. And yet, spellcheck keeps pushing British English spelling. Organize is corrected to Organise & flavor is corrected to ...
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Give python program location services access via command line on MacOS
I am trying to run a python program requiring location services on MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1. I was using iTerm2 and expected a pop-up asking if the app could have access to my location. However, nothing ...
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How can I make Firefox or Chrome ignore the system time on Mac OS?
I'm a software engineer trying to test some things. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to do this on Mac OS.
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Connect to PEAP wifi network on mac with a shell script
I am making a shell script for my mac and part of it requires connecting to my school's wifi network.
I have tried both of the following commands and while the settings wifi tab says that the computer ...
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How to see sub-items of startup programs on Mac OS X Sonoma 14?
I can see a list of startup programs by navigating to " System Settings > General > Login Items" although cannot see the sub-items of the programs.
Some of the items in the list are ...
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macOS keeps asking my ssh passphrase with git remote since I updated to Sonoma
Referencing this similar issue, which had good suggestions:
macOS keeps asking my ssh passphrase since I updated to Sierra
but this solution isn't working for Sonoma, and using git on a server. Used ...
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Removing /usr/bin/git
While downloading RStudio, I accidentally agreed to download Git too (macOS Sonoma 14.4.1). Its location via the terminal:
which git
/usr/bin/git
git --version
git version 2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
I am ...
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Macbook: CapsLock remapping to Command in system and Right Command remapping to Control in iTerm2 makes transitive remapping, workaround?
I am setting up my new Macbook system. I have remapped CapsLock key to be Command in system settings. Then I remapped Right Command to be Control in iTerm2 settings.
It seems that this setup ...
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Mac OS - How to enable disable developer?
I was installing the macFUSE and when I was setting it, I was asked by the operations system (OSX) to approve/enable the extension:
However, I accidentally clicked the "Ignore" button and ...
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Where does atrun log on a mac?
I have finally gotten atrun working under launchd, but things are disappearing from the queue and things are not happening.
I have done "at -c 34 > ~/do.sh" and executed the resulting ...
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ffmpeg creates out-of-sync and glitchy audio when using concatenate filter to cut segments of video
I have created an artificial test case where I want to have red + middle C, green + middle D, and blue + middle E each for 2.5 seconds, cut down to each for 1.5 seconds. This is a simplification of ...
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Symlink Messages Library Data
My hard drive is completely full on my mac, mostly due to my extensive Messages archive. I have an external drive and would like to move the data over to it using a symlink (or other solution). When I ...
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directory will not accept file/folder with a certain name
iMac, MacOS12.7.2, file system on both source and destination discs are APFS
I have been trying to copy a big folder (2TB) with many subfolders and run into errors because in some (fewer than .5%) ...
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Echo clicks to different windows on MacOS
Let's imagine I have a grid of windows, of the same application.
Window 1 | Window 2
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Window 3 | Window 4
Is there a way that I could click in a specific spot, let's say the left-...
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Proxy specific windows within same application on MacOS
Trying to proxy a specific window of an application, having multiple windows open of the same application.
An example for clarification:
Google Chrome
- Non-proxy window
- Window using proxy #1
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How can I get MacOS Sonoma to recognize the scanner in my Canon imageClass MF4880dw all-in-one device?
My new MacBook Pro running MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 works with the printer in my Canon ImageCLASS MF4880dw all-in-one printer/scanner/fax, but I can't get it to recognize the scanner. The drivers for both ...
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Mac-to-Linux file conversion conundrum: convert MPW font resource to PCF and TTF files
This is more of a "conversion kata" than a real stumper, as in the worst case I can use my Mac to perform the conversion, but I really want to understand why the Linux tooling I used could ...
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exFAT for mechanical spinning external HD as cross-platform backup?
We have a mix of Linux (Debian) and MacOS laptops. I have a 4 TB external USB mechanical rotary drive I'd like to use for backups. I'd not want to partition the drive with different file systems for ...
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Thunderbird: Smart(er) Searches
I recently migrated to Thunderbird from Apple mail, which I have watched slowly ensh!ttify over the past 20 years. There were hiccups, like zombie rules from iCloud and Thunderbird inventing a "...
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How to rescan connected audio devices after waking MacBook from sleep?
I have a MacBook Pro M2 running on Sonomo 14.4 that I connect my Solid State Logic SSL2+ audio interface to. The interface is connected via USB-C directly to the MacBook where it gets it's power from.
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Why is Karabiner not working for root user?
I have Karabiner setup and everything works fine on my default user but it dose not work for the root user. My issue is I have to run sometimes visual studio code in root but then I can't use the ...
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How to get stable mount points for SMB network shares on macOS?
I have multiple users on my MacBook, e.g. for different family members, or also for certain roles. These users frequently access data on a fileserver that provides access to that data via SMB.
When a ...
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Flutter error in Ffmpeg, "Unhandled Exception: ProcessException: No such file or directory" in macOS desktop version
I'm trying video trim video using ffmpeg, for macOS desktop application.
I have downloaded ffmpeg from here for macOS.
Here is my code
String mainPath = 'Users/apple/Workspace/User/2024/Project/...
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Copy & paste between MacOs and Windows [duplicate]
Is there any clean and simple solution that allows copying and pasting text and images between a Windows device and a MacOs one?
I'm considering buying either an iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy Book 4 ...
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How to defer iTerm2 unopened tabs from starting up a shell?
I normally keep dozens of tabs open in several windows in iTerm2 on my Mac. But weeks or months can go by where I won't ever use them, I just keep it all organized in a way that each iTerm window ...
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MacOs equivalent of adding a user to the linux dialout group on for permissions setup for UART communication
I'm working on a project where I'm interfacing with some hardware and want to monitor the data from some sensors using a specific tool. The tool doesn't have official support for MacOS but I've ...
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outlook - how to search for specific time range
I would like to search macOS outlook for specific time range. Does anyone know how to do that?
received:1/1/24..1/10/24 after:12:00 AM before:5:00 AM
I found this page https://support.microsoft.com/...
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Change default/native resolution of a display in macOS
I have a Philips 55PUS7303/12 TV (albeit it's hooked up to my computer through a Denon AVR-X1400H AV receiver, but this doesn't change the aspect I'm asking about) and it shows up as having a default ...
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How to safely change /etc/hosts file type from Unicode to ASCII on mac
I need to block some websites in hosts. But it didn't work, after modifying the file, I found it's in UTF-8 format instead of ASCII thanks to OSX Sierra hosts file is ignored
How to safely change /...
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How can I get my computer (macOS) to reference the proper spelling of medical terminology to enable proper autocorrect & spell check?
I am using MacOS and need to write documents which use a lot of medical terminology. Currently, the system detects many of these words as being incorrectly spelled (even when they are not), or invalid ...
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Timed out retrying after 4000ms: expected url to equal url in Cypress
Trying log in after 2fa , is not possible log in with Cypress, it gives the following error Timed out retrying after 4000ms: expected url to equal url.
How can I handle this issue?
it("Login"...
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How to recover the photos from MacBook hard disk that was recovered from a data service that provided me with RAR compressed archive files?
I had an Intel CPU MacBook Pro (already sold).
When I went to sell it as a 2nd hand computer, I found the hard disk doesn't work.
So I found a professional data recovery company to check the hard disk....
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sox became buggy after MacOS upgrade to Ventura 13.6.5
I installed sox using homebrew. It ran without problems when I was using Big Sur (10.16). However, after updating to Ventura (13.6.5), when I try to play an audio file, it freezes with the following ...
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How can I setup Google Drive for Mac to NEVER delete anything?
I would like to use Google Drive to back files up from my Mac, and I don't want to worry about deletions.
What I would like is for any file I create to be backed up. If I delete it on my PC, I don't ...
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How to mount a Mac host folder on a QEMU guest Linux?
I recompiled the Debian kernel enabling the required options in QEMU/9psetup installed QEMU (8.2.1) with Homebrew and started it as follows:
/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-M accel=hvf \
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Terminal in on a MacBook Pro (M2) is not working after setting a path. How can I fix it?
I tried to set Python path in .zshrc and save it. But after saving it, the terminal is not working anymore.
For all commands giving command not found and every time, I can see the path file in the ...
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How to share applications between multiple OSs? [closed]
My goal is to have a triple monitor setup, each running a different OS (Linux, Windows and MacOS) and have mouse/keyboard sharing using something like Synergy as well as moving app windows from one to ...
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Using all loopback IPs on OS X
I has service that binds random loopback IP on 127.0.0.0/8 subnet on demand (like 127.12.34.56).
It works fine on Linux but does not work on OS X.
Only solution I found was to make alias for each ...
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Will changing my Macs hard drive name have a bad effect on anything?
My Macs default hard drive name is "Macintosh HD"
I have installed lots of apps and things.
If I change the name from "Macintosh HD" to "Something COOL" will it break my ...
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Is there any way to prevent a non-admin user from executing "launchctl unload" on macOS?
I started using a well-known program for self-control on MacOS called Cold Turkey. This program is very powerful, but it's not enough since I can open a Terminal as a non-admin user and execute the ...
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Does changing your Mac name affect your SSH key?
I was setting up new SSH keys on my Mac for usage on BitBucket and GitHub. I had not named my Mac yet so it had the default name of <my name's> MacBook Pro.
When I was pasting the ssh key in ...
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MacOS X11 window not launching through Terminal, but launches through XQuartz terminal
I installed XQuartz using brew, and it seems that X11 forwarding only works when I launch a terminal through XQuartz and use ssh -X on it. It doesn't work when I run ssh -X on my Terminal app (XQuartz ...
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