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macOS: run user-mode services but allow other users to login
i would like to run gitlab-runner or a multi-user Mac Studio .
Reading the documentation, it seems that I have to setup auto-login for the user who is running gitlab-runner as a user-service, in order ...
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Assigning keyboard shortcut to OSX's "New Terminal at Folder" service does not work
I often use right click > Services > New Terminal at Folder to do terminal commands at particular place so now I wanted to assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
However, no matter what shortcut I ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Service in OS X doesn't work
I just wrote a script through Automator to make a keyboard shortcut under the title "New Finder Window Home":
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
activate
make ...
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UIDs for service users in Mac OS X
Some third-party servers should be run under a special user for security reasons (eg, PostgreSQL is typically run by "postgres"). Of course, these service users should not show up in the Mac OS X ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Service in OS X doesn't work outside of application focus
I have created a service for music application for next and previous track buttons on my keyboard.
Problem is when i click on music application and press the keyboard shortcut it works, but when I ...
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how to kill process in Mac OS X and not have it restart on its own
When I run sudo kill -9 [PID] with the proper process ID, the process stops but then is restarted and has a new PID. I'm trying to kill the mysqld process.
How can I mimic the Activity Monitor in ...
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Cant run Terminal from Finder with shortcut if 'Show items as' is on 'columns'
I usually use 'show as columns' when working on my macbook. Today I assigned a shortcut to open terminal window from Finder in sys -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services, but it seems to work ...
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Is it possible to stop a service through launchd if the service is started manually?
I am using launchd to start mysql on boot, it is working fine. I am able to stop and start the service using 'launchctl unload' and 'launchctl load' commands. Also I am able to start the service by ...
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How to tell service open in a new tab instead of windows - OSX Safari
In this article there's the solution I was looking for, however, I would like to open in a new tab instead of a new window, how should be the text?
Google translate client for OS X
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Add a custom terminal command to context menu in mac
Is there a way to add a custom command when I right click a folder in mac? I have a global NPM module which I run like this from the terminal:
~ make-assets
The behaviour I want to achieve is that ...
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OS X - El Capitan - How To Remove unused services from "Services" context menu
I would like to remove entries from the Keyboard_Services_list (Sys Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services) because they are either obsolete or unused. Indeed some entries are zombie entries ...
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Why caching service does not cache downloaded app from app store?
I've enabled Caching server on osX server as it has green light. On this stage I downloaded an app from app store but cache tell None in the picture below. Is there something else to configure on this ...
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Google Chrome in Mac OS X - How to open link in Chrome when it's not the default browser?
In Google Chrome in Mac OS X, is it possible to keep Safari as default browser but have an easy way to open a chosen link in Chrome other than dropping the link on the Chrome icon? Maybe something ...
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How do I set up a OSX service to delete the first page of a PDF?
I frequently receive PDF files where the first page is either empty or is just a cover page for which I have no use. Can you suggest a quick and efficient way (Applescript, Service, or ???) for me to ...
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Service doesn't work by shortcut for single selected folder in Mac OS X
I've created a service using Automator in Mac OS X 10.9 (and earlier in 10.8) to copy full path names of selected files and folders in Finder. Also I've assigned shortcut for this service in system ...
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