Questions tagged [monterey]
It is almost always preferable to use the macos tag and also list the exact version in questions (especially during beta season), but this tag for macOS 12 may be helpful in questions that aren’t about macOS in general.
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Disable "Go to Folder" in Finder views in apps
I have macOS Monterey. I have created a user, "user1", that has read and write access to a path /usr/local/.work/. Now, I have provided this user only VNC access and disabled Finder for it. ...
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Monterey partition stuck in boot loop and shows wrong 14.5 OS version
I have a 2019 16' MacbookPro (i9 with T2 Chip) with DualBoot Monterey (on Main MacintoshHD Partition) - and Ventura (for DAW compatibility tests) and suddenly my Monterey partition is stuck in a ...
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How can I keep my mac from going to sleep while USB ports are in use?
Desire: Mac goes to sleep after X minutes of inactivity.
Present behaviour: If I am playing on my midi keyboard, connected by USB to my compter, mac will go to sleep.
How can I get it to stay awake ...
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How can I change/remove the shortcut fn+C for opening the Control Centre
Since I upgraded to macOS Monterey, fn + C (i.e. the fn key + the C key) opens the Control Centre in the Menu Bar.
How can I change or even remove this shortcut?
Same question for the shortcut fn + A.
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Macbook air 2017 is responding very slowly
I have a Macbook Air 2017 and it became very slow after I installed Monterey in August 2022.
I reinstalled macOS twice and also formatted the disk completely. There is no overheating issue at all, but ...
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Is there a system log for the XProtectService daemon actions?
I need to check the app name that provoked the launch of a XProtectService window "Verifying "[appname]"". Imposible to see live, because the window pops up and disappears almost ...
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Why failing to unload com.apple.sharingd.plist with launchctl nor with sudo nor with root?
[MacOS Monterey 12.7]
sharingd looks related with a weird window flash popup on desktop right after booting. As I researched, this daemon has to do with services that I don't need (AirDrop, Handoff, ...
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Is there a way to get a bigger cursor on the login screen on Monterey
I use a 43" tv as my main screen running 1800 x 2800 pixels. On my account, I've set the cursor larger and with red edges to make it easier to find.
But the login screen still has the default ...
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USB device not working properly on Mac Pro 5,1
Mac OS Monterey running on Mac Pro 5,1 patched with Open Core Legacy Patcher
I have observe the following odd behaviour.
Attach a microsoft mouse to one of the back USB ports. Works.
Detach and plug ...
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My MacBook A1502 boots slows at USB CR has no interface nub after 1->0 transition
My system
$ sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.7.3
BuildVersion: 21H1015
My MacBook: A1502
Customizations:
I replaced original Apple SSD with Samsung 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe 980 PRO ...
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Why does my macOS WiFi icon keep searching for networks even though WiFi is disabled?
Note: This is not a duplicate of “How to stop WiFi "Looking for Networks…",” the OP has a WiFi service running. I have totally disabled WiFi in my network preferences (see screenshot below) ...
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Excel: Alert Limit Exceeded
I have a spreadsheet with a small number of cells
4 tabs.
The biggest circa 860 rows x 30 columns = 25800 cells
The size of the spreadsheet on disk is 225KB. (222,467 bytes)
The cell count in the ...
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how to write in system directories
Why I cannot write in /System/Library/QuickLook/ not even by sudo command?
I try to add the Mail.qlgenerator plugin in that directory, but macOS replies I haven't permission to write in it.
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What are macOS's security unlock-keychain's `-u` and `-h` option for?
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Writing a script to unlock a macOS user's keychain. In man security, one can read without further details:
unlock-keychain [-hu] [-p password] [keychain] Unlock keychain, or the default ...
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Can’t Unite/Intersect/Subtract/Exclude Shapes in Pages
I'm making a snare drum in pages to add to the shapes but I can't unite them.
I'm running MacOS Monterey 12.6.8, Macbook Air 13" early 2015, Pages 13.0.
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