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Operation Not Permitted on /usr/local/, Homebrew cannot be installed

Looking for some guidance on how to fix my permissions on my /usr/bin directory. I actually recently had a data recovery on my machine where I had to have my whole home directory copied to a new mac. ...
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Why is pasted text highlighted in macOS Catalina's Terminal?

On macOS Catalina, when I copy text and paste to Terminal, the text is highlighted (basically, there are ANSI color codes enclosing the text). I don't know when this feature was included, but is there ...
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Virtualbox with Android on MacOS

Same virtualbox version with same Android version works fine on Windows 7, but doesn't work on MacOS 10.15 And the computer running windows has lower specs than the Macbook running Macos. On Macos it ...
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MacOS X Catalina VM froze on boot

I am attempting to set up a MacOS X Catalina virtual machine on VirtualBox 6.1.16 r140961 (Qt5.6.2). I followed the guide at WikiGain and loaded into a UEFI interactive shell. I found a user in the ...
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/usr/bin/top OS X 10.15.7 takes 15 seconds to start then uses 33% CPU

OS X 10.13 /usr/bin/top would start instantly and takes a couple % CPU at best. After upgrading to 10.15.7 Catalina, it takes literally 15 seconds for the proc info to come up and it is at the top of ...
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How do I find out what macOS app is using a shortcut

So on macOS I want to setup Mail to have command+shift+R to reply all but it isn’t letting me. Looks like another app or something is conflicting with that combination. I don’t see it in the ...
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OSX: ssh: Could not resolve hostname xxxxx.com: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

I'm trying to ssh into my ec2 instance using: ssh -i "key.pem" [email protected] And I get this: ssh: Could not resolve hostname xxxxx.com: nodename nor servname provided, or not known This ...
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Zip command is killed for very large file by MacOS

I'm trying to zip a large number of very small files using zip. The resulting archive is going to be ~80GB. When I execute zip -r -0 archive.zip dir the process is killed probably due to resource ...
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How to edit $PATH on MacOS Catalina (Zsh)?

I open terminal and use echo $PATH I get back: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin/ I'm confused because my .zshrc, .zsh, .bash_profile, .bashrc, and .profile all have ...
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Customize Alternate Control Methods(Face recognition) to control mouseclick in macOS?

In macOS Accessibility , there is a section called Pointer Control, and in 'Alternate Control Methods', I can use Raise Eyebrows to perform a left click, So I wanna ask, Is there any way to customize ...
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"Could not resolve host: github.com" error when trying to run "git pull" in iTerm2

I ran into this error when trying to pull the latest contents of a repository in iTerm2. Removing the origin and re-adding it did not resolve the issue. However, restarting iTerm2 completely resolved ...
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How to map a new key binding to forward delete on macos?

I would like to map the right option key and the backspace key to forward delete, mostly so that I can forward delete whilst holding a cup of coffee without doing hand acrobatics. Could somebody ...
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CPU spikes up to more than 1000% of java when building in android studio. Mac shuts down while this happens

It's been 2 weeks now and I have been trying to find the root cause of this. Configuration: 16GB - 256GB - 15 inch Macbook Pro 2019, 2.4 GHz with 8-Core Intel Core i9 - macOS Catalina - Android Studio ...
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__CRASHING_DUE_TO_PRIVACY_VIOLATION__ error after exporting to MacOS

TL;DR: How to fix __CRASHING_DUE_TO_PRIVACY_VIOLATION__ error when starting Ubuntu VM, which was migrated from Windows 10 host to macOS host? I was warking inside a guest OS Ubuntu on a host OS ...
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Can I upgrade Mac OS with forgotten firmwarepasswd from AppStore?

I forgot my MacBook Pro 2015(macOS Sierra, 10.12.6) firmwarepasswd and would like to upgrade the OS to Catalina. Will upgrading from App Store trigger the firmwarepasswd prompt after installation/...
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