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How to reset Mac keyboard custom mappings using DefaultKeyBinding.dict
Hello I recently wanted to do a custom mapping for my home/end keys to match the windows style behavior. Unfortunately, this also remapped my copy/paste keys. I'd like to revert this.
I mapped the ...
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MacOS Locking Down DNS Settings
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to lock the DNS settings on a Macbook (Settings > Networks > Advanced > DNS)? I want to set DNS settings and not be able to access them afterward. I was able ...
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macOS - Where are the default DNS settings for each network interface defined?
I'm running macOS 10.14.6.
If I do not have ethernet plugged in, and go to Network -> WiFi -> Advanced -> DNS, I have the default DNS servers A.A.A.A and B.B.B.B. These servers are grayed out and I ...
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Is there a way to change the default drag and drop action in macOS to file/folder move, instead of copy?
The drag and drop default in macOS Mojave (10.14.3) appears to be to copy and not move. Is there a way to change the default drag and drop action to file/folder move, instead of copy?
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Quicktime default window position
I use Quicktime a lot to record audio, screen recordings, and movie recordings. But each time I open the app the window position is in the upper left corner, regardless of where I positioned it in the ...
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How to reset preferences in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Mac?
I would like to reset the preferences to default values in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Mac. I found the following discussions on Adobe forum but none of them was helpful:
how do I reset Adobe Acrobat ...
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How do I get Chrome Canary as my default browser and not Google Chrome
How do I get Chrome Canary as my default browser? Should I delete my Google Chrome browser or is there a better way?
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Deleting user defaults under Mac OS X 10.10.3
Since a short time (I (guess* since Mac OS X 10.10.2) I was able to clear my settings under NSUserDefaults via
defaults delete ~/Library/Preference/<my app>.plist
But all of a sudden it does ...
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What is the thinking behind OS X and iOS modifying my settings across updates?
Every time I update OS X, the Guest account is turned on. Every time I update iOS, bluetooth is turned on. I always have to manually turn these settings back off after updating. Why does Apple not ...
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alternate osx default keyboard after reboot?
Is there a way to set Colemak as my default keyboard on startup? Can this be done in shell using "defaults write"? I'd like to include it in my setup script.
I did enable "Show input menu in login ...
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How can I make pref changes via defaults command happen immediately?
There are many changes to Finder, Dock, etc. preferences that you can do with the defaults command, i.e.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool yes
However, in order to make the ...
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Sublime Text 2 opens last opened files from last session
Whenever I open Sublime Text 2 on Fedora, it used to restore the last session.
But now in Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and it's not opening the window from the last session. What setting do I need to ...
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What does the default /etc/profile on Mac OS X 10.8 look like?
Someone chump edited my /etc/profile file, and I want to revert it to the system default, because I have now realized that I would rather override whatever needs to be overridden using files in my ...
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