Questions tagged [macos]
macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).
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Mac To Raspberry Pi: Intermittent Broken Pipes
When SSH'ing into my Raspbery Pi, I'll be typing away when suddenly the prompt will freeze. Then after 20 seconds or so, I get a client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe error. The time before I get ...
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Log of Finder delete actions?
Is there a way to see the filenames of files I recently pressed cmd-backspace on in Finder?
I was deleting some folders in Application Support belonging to apps I uninstalled long ago. I was just ...
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Visual Studio Code was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
I'm new to Mac and would like to know if this occurrence is normal,
I installed the Visual Studio code (exactly version 1.91 from the official site) by downloading the file and then inserting it into ...
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Reduce intensity (luminosity) of Apple Studio Display
I find Apple's Studio Display to be far too bright, and after a while of using it, my eyes feel quite strained.
Turning down the Brightness control just makes things darker, but seemingly still as '...
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How can I fix one user account when the Finder Tags don’t show in the contextual menu?
I’m experiencing an issue with tags in Finder on macOS Sonoma 14.5.
My main account has this issue. Creating a new account, the tags work fine.
The tags are now invisible (not displayed) when I right-...
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can't upgrade macOS version on Macbook air 2015 from Catalina to any newer version
I have a MacBook Air 2015 and I'd updated it to Catalina when it released. now I'm trying to upgrade it to macOS 12. but when I go to software update it says there's no update. and when I use link to ...
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Calendar sending early notifications
I have a repeating calendar event with the following details:
Starts: 7/16/2024 6:30 PM
Ends: 7/16/2024 10:00 PM
Repeat: Every Week
End Repeat: Never
Travel Time: 35 minutes
Alert: 10 min before ...
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Keyboard shortcut for sleep
Now that the keyboards have Touch ID sensors instead of Power/Eject keys, the sleep keyboard shortcut no longer works.
Are there any workarounds how to put a Mac to sleep using only the keyboard?
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Add an account to “Internet Accounts” that require a Yubikey
When adding a new "Internet Account" for a "Microsoft Exchange" work email I need to use a MFA Yubikey.
The current configuration doesn't allow using from am embedded browser, is ...
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How do I update date modified to now in finder?
I want to update the modified time of a file in finder, just like touch a.txt, how do I do it?
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Automatically open folders in Forklift instead of Finder
I use Forklift (version 3.5.8) instead of Finder. When I type open . or similar to open a folder, I would like it to automatically display the folder in Forklift, not Finder. But note that the ...
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Using "screencapture" sometimes only takes screenshot of wallpaper
I have a working Python script that take screenshots of my single macOS display every minute using screencapture. The script essentially loops
os.system(f'screencapture {output}.png').
Every once in a ...
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Can I tell Apple Photos to merge two duplicate photos that it hasn't identified as duplicates?
My family uses Apple Photos on our Macs (Sonoma) and iPhones (iOS 17) with a shared library. We have a lot of duplicate photos from before. I used the built in "Duplicates" album and its &...
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How to factory reset a Mac desktop running El Capitan?
I've never posted here before, but I'm having an issue with a Mac my boss needs me to reset. Ideally, she wants it to continue running El Capitan, as she's worried updating the OS with cause more ...
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Sparse disk image error 'No space left on device' while limit not reached
I created a sparse disk image of 400 GB with hdiutil command on an empty 500 GB external drive.
After I have attached the disk image, I copy data to it. After about 17 GB of data I get an error ...
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