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If I upgrade macOS from 10.15.6 to latest beta version of MAC 11 Big Sur, will all settings persist after upgrade
I have macOS 10.15.6, would like to upgrade to new macOS beta version MAC 11 Big Sur
I have some important data and applications that I can't uninstall
so, will all setting persist after upgrade?
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mac os catalina doesn't save spotlight preferences
I use several external drives on my mac. Due to the fact that spotlight indexes each and every drive, and when it drive is a mechanical HDD, it slows to an halt (especially newer SMR drives). I save ...
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What is the way to set UTF-8 or other encoding in .zshrc on MacOS Catalina?
Whatever settings I put in .zshrc and source the file, nothing changes in the locale output. How do I change these settings on Catalina?
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Enhanced dictation not found on Mac OS Catalina
I cannot find the button of enhanced dictation on my Mac OS, in Keyboard->dictation of System preferences. Is it normal? I am using Mac OS 10.15.5.
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How to login to Macbook with unmounted volumes?
Yesterday I did the latest Catalina update, which lead to the touch id not working anymore. Then today after I installed Flutter and AndroidStudio, I tried to launch the MacBook in Security mode to ...
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How do I switch spaces without using `keystroke` with Apple Script?
I'd like to run an apple script that follows these steps-
Make a web browser full screen
Open another application which disables my keyboard
Return to the web browser
When I make the web browser ...
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Can I de-activate my keyboard with apple script?
I'd like to run an apple script that will temporarily disable my keyboard from registering keystrokes.
My goal is to make it so that my computer is logged in, but unable to type anything.
I'm ...
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Is it possible to rename Spaces in macOS Catalina?
Just wondering if there's a way to rename a Space in Mission Control?
Found this discussion on Apple Community, supporting the idea it's just not possible.
Seems that apart for an app in full screen, ...
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How to set default background on Skype?
Is it possible to set a default background on Skype?
Ever since I added a few custom backgrounds using "Add image", whenever I restart Skype and take a call, the call initiates with a custom ...
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Is there any way to run 32 bit apps in Catalina without virtual machines or a second OS?
Is there any way to run 32 bit apps in Catalina without virtual machines or a second OS?
The app that I want to run is Wine.
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macOS Catalina fails to open certain apps with LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810
I'm not sure why, but for some reason adobe creative cloud and Xampp won't open on my mac. When I open them normally through finder or with the dock they bounce up and down once before doing nothing. ...
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Adding an application to com.apple.quarantine
I have removed the com.apple.quarantine attribute from an app using xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Application/appname.app and now I want to add it back to the quarantine list because that was not the ...
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Accidentally moved my Macintosh HD into 'System Volumes', unsure how to undo this
On macOS Catalina, I ran into problems of which many I have run into with installing MongoDB. I followed this guide, but running
sudo mkdir -p data/db
inside my /System/Volumes/Data folder created a
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Shortcut for Right Click>Import from iPhone or iPad>Take Photo
I'm using a lot of Take Photo with my iPhone (10-20 times a day) and would love to be able to do it with a single click on the keyboard like I do for other things with Karabiner but I'm unable to find ...
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how to remove dummy permission in Files and Folders on Security and Privacy?
I've installed Adobe Creative Cloud and removed few days ago,
but it still remains 'com.adobe.acc.installer.v2' on Files and Folders permission.
How can I remove this?
I even cannot find this file ...
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