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how to downgrade the vmware file
I am running the vmware version suitable for macOS high sierra.
But the file created to run the linux is in the higher version of the vmware software and this is not getting compatible.
How should I ...
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M1 MacBook Pro can't join Linux hotspot when other devices can
On a laptop running Linux Mint, I can run these commands to stand up a WiFi hotspot:
nmcli con add type wifi ifname [interface name] con-name test_ssid autoconnect yes ssid test_ssid
nmcli con modify ...
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How to convert a .wav file to .m4a without adding any leading/trailing silence?
The short question is: How do you convert a .wav file to .m4a without having any leading or trailing silence added to the output? The file is supposed to be played in an endless loop, where even a ...
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File encrypted with OpenSSL cannot be decrypted with LibreSSL
I've used OpenSSL on an Amazon Linux 2 VM to encrypt a file like so:
openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -out ~/my_file.txt.enc -pass pass:[redacted]
However when decrypting the file on OSX using the command ...
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SSH login@ip@gateway through config+VSCode
I can successfully connect from my macbook+VPN to my corporative cloud server through ssh with this command (passwordless, using my id_ed25519 key):
ssh login@ip@gateway -A
But I need to connect to ...
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Sort files into folders by file name according to a spreadsheet of names
I am a teacher and use Canvas-LMS for my course. The course is broken into smaller groups led by individual teaching assistants, who grade student assignments in their own section. Canvas only ...
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How do I figure out why one host is so slow writing to another host on LAN?
I have 3 devices on my LAN, all using wired connections:
MacBook Air
Lenovo ThinkCentre (running Ubuntu Server 22.04)
Raspberry Pi
I am using the ThinkCentre as a home server, and want to write ...
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I've uninstalled FFMpeg, but it still exists when I type "ff" + Tab in terminal window
➜ ~ brew uninstall ffmpeg
Uninstalling /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.4.1... (276 files, 48.2MB)
➜ ~ ffmpeg
ffmpeg:55: command not found: .mp4
➜ ~ which ffmpeg
ffmpeg () {
.mp4
}
➜ ~ ...
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File dates copied with "cp -p" are set to "now"
I'm using my Mac to try to copy the content of a smartphone's SD card to a larger card. Because I don't want all the pictures to get new creation dates I used the --preserve option like this:
cp -pr /...
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BASH - combine .md files from subdirectories into a master .md
We have a growing list of subdirectories and we would like to summarize the content in each with a .txt or .md file. We would then like to consolidate those readmes into a single master readme. We ...
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How to recover files from macOS after accidentally overwriting it with Linux> [duplicate]
I'm not a kid (this is an alt account with a different email. I forgot the other password of @adamgewely)
But I accidentally replaced macOS with Linux! I had important files there. Thinking it was on ...
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Unable to ping VirtualBox host only interface
On my macOS Monterrey machine I am running Ubuntu as guest on VirtualBox 6.1.30 r148432. In VirtualBox I've enabled the host-only adapter, and I see interface vboxnet0 on macOS:
ifconfig vboxnet0
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How do I access a second paritition of a linux sd
I'm having trouble finding a useful answer about this. But basically I need to edit a file manually (because I broke networking). I pulled out the sd card of my raspberry pi and injected it into my ...
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How to get unison to back up an entire file system starting at /?
I'm using unison 2.52.1 both on my linux machine (Ubuntu version 20.04) and my Mac (MacOS version 11.7).
I want to use unison to back up my entire linux filesystem (excluding a few specific ...
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Why is VNC so slow?
I connect from the TigerVNC client on MacOS to an x11vnc server running on Linux.
When the connection speed is 6 Mbps on the client side and 100 Mbps on the server side it takes 7+ seconds to update ...
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