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Cannot drop files onto java apps (having GUIs)
I have macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina) with java installed.
When I open a java-based GUI application (e.g. Axone or Jaikoz), then try to drag/drop a file onto it, nothing happens.
Additionally, when I open a ...
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Make my ip accessible from external server
I need to make my IP address accessible to an external server. Specifically, I have a microservice (spring boot) running on port 6002 of my mac (catalina). I would need the external server to contact ...
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How do I fix the IDLE window colour on MacOS?
For some reason, my IDLE window is black with (presumably) black text - I can't see anything.
Frustratingly, this problem extends to the Settings, so I can't try to sort it out there. Curiously, ...
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MacOs - Show notifications summary when do not disturb mode is disabled
The problem
I suffer from Slack and e-mail notification distractions at work. Currently, I have the "do not disturb" mode enabled for 8 hours a day, which covers my work time. It work's ...
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Can I bind a mac keyboard shortcut to enlarge the mouse cursor?
I want to trigger the temporary cursor enlargement that happens when you shake the mouse, but as a button press on my keyboard. I'm trying to make better use of my mousekeys in my keyboard config but ...
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The California educational testing app CAASPP disabled Hot Corners on Mac. How can we get them back again?
My son installed the California educational testing app CAASPP over six months ago to take a state required test. The only thing is it disabled Hot Corners on macOS v10.15 (Catalina) and we've not ...
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MacOS: How to split same application into separate instances
In Windows there is an option that separates same application instances into separate "icons" in taskbar. This is super convenient because now I can click on one Chrome instance and the ...
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2012 Macbook Pro keeps kernel panic restarting
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro, running MacOS Catalina 10.15.7.
A few days ago, my laptop had a kernel panic and restarted. I was only using safari and a note taking app (Bear) when this happened. The ...
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Prefix Creation Aborted
Absolutely must get Windows version of VisualBoyAdvance running on Mac OS Catalina, sorry I cannot accept "download VBA-M" as an answer for what I'm doing, it's complicated.
What I have to ...
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Issue with xQuartz on macOS Catalina 10.15.7
I'm getting following error when try to open application 'gmsh' remotely through SSH terminal. How can i fix it ?
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver:...
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Unable to run Visual Studio on macOS Catalina
I am using macOS Catalina version 10.15.4 and I am unable to run Visual Studio Code.
It simply says
The application “Visual Studio Code” can’t be opened.
I tried:
right-click and Open
Going to ...
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How do I repair an external hard drive with a corrupted catalog?
I'm attempting to mount my nearly filled up 1TB Mac OS Extended External Hard Drive to my MacBook Air 13" which is running MacOS Catalina 10.15.7. When I do this, the media drive mounts onto the ...
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How to set input language shortcuts on macOS?
Problem
I regularly use at least 3 languages, so I have the standard shortcut for switching the layouts (cmd+space). This works well if there are only 2 languages, EN->RU
and RU->EN, for ...
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Logs missing and empty message when forwarding syslog from macOS
I have tried the syslog forwarding configuration as mentioned in splunk document, But on the syslog server I not getting all logs generated in macOS and also there is no Syslog content (message) in ...
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Is there a way to check the difference (what did change) between two MacOS (Catalina) TimeMachine snapshots?
As per subject, suppose I have two consecutive TimeMachine local snapshots on my Mac: is there a way to e.g. mount both them and compare ? I.e. to know what files have been changed from the between ...
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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/...
