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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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Recover screen time passcode or disable screen time sharing on Mac OS Catalina and iOS 13

I have a bit of a problem with screen time on my MacBook. I have used screen time on my iPhone for quite a while now, and I mainly use it to limit the usage of my own device. I set up downtime to ...
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How to show private data in macOS unified log

I need to debug some problems regarding user login, but many somehow interesting information in the new unified log are hidden, like this (shortened): opendirectoryd[130]: [com.apple.opendirectoryd:...
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What does this notification badge in macOS Catalina System Preferences mean?

I just upgraded to macOS 10.15 Catalina, and now I have this (1) badge on my System Preferences dock icon. Here's my System Preferences: I don't see any badges on the preference pane icons, but I ...
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Catalina bricked my MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro 2019 13", I tried to update it to the new Catalina 10.15. And the hell begun! When the update started the screen went completely black, so I thought it needs me to press the ...
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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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