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How do you prevent the dock from switching monitors in macOS Monterey?
In Mavericks, Apple introduced a "feature" where if you hover at the bottom of any screen the dock pops up on that screen.
This is disrupting my workflow as I am constantly having the dock ...
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bad CPU type in executable: wine @ macOS Catalina
My wine met some problems while executing Windows executable file:
$ wine GECacheBldr.exe
zsh: bad CPU type in executable: wine
How to fix this?
PS: My wine is installed using HomeBrew:
$ brew ...
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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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Why are the apps in "/System/Volumes/Data/Applications" and "/Applications" the same in macOS Catalina?
When I use MacOS Catalina (Public Beta) with Alfred 4, I find that all the Applications installed via the Apple App Store or brew cask are duplicated in the candidate list.
Any application in the /...
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Create Windows 10 Install USB on macOS Catalina
I am not sure why this is such a crazy hard problem to find a solution for, but I have two machines: a pc and a MacBook Pro running Catalina. I have recently had to rebuild my PC and lost my old ...
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"Read-only file system" when I try to touch in Mac OS Catalina
I'm logged in as admin in MacOS Catalina. When I try to add quota file, I get this output:
sudo touch /.quota.ops.user
> touch: /.quota.ops.user: Read-only file system
Than I tried:
mount -uw /
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Unable to revert default shell from zsh to bash in macOS/Catalina: "chsh: no changes made"
I have a new catalina system and need compatibility with traditional linux. bash is a must. Following various references I did
chsh -s /bin/bash
But not too happy:
(base) 19:44:28// $chsh -s /...
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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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Show full calendar on Calendar item in Notification Center on Mac OS Catalina
Before Catalina, I used the iCal widget in the Dashboard as a way to quickly view the calendar. But Apple removed it all together now.
So I come to use the Calendar item in Notification Center. ...
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How to delete system apps in macOS Catalina?
It looks like changes Apple has made in macOS Catalina make it harder to delete system apps.
I upgraded my work computer to Catalina today (standard Mac mini), and with it came some new (and some old)...
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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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How to bypass the Secure Boot and T2 chip to install Linux on the new MacBooks? All suggestions don’t let me boot from Linux USB flash drive
I bought a 16-in MacBook Pro about a month and a half ago.
For the first time ever I can't boot into USB no matter what I do. I followed the recovery instructions that told me to disable all secure ...
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How to correctly export env variables containing spaces in ZSH
Add an env variable containing spaces to ~/.zshrc
export SKIP="-Dskip1 -Dskip2"
export SKIP_NO_SPACES="-Dskip3"
Try to use it
set -x
mvn $SKIP $SKIP_NO_SPACES
The command that is being ...
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Upgrading to macOS 10.15.4 causes “jdk-11.0.2.jdk” developer cannot be verified error
I recently upgraded my laptop to macOS 10.15.4 and now Java will not run from the command line (or anywhere else from what I can tell) I just see this error message:
“jdk-11.0.2.jdk” cannot be ...
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Is the format/schema of the Apple Music “Library.musicdb” used in macOS Catalina documented anywhere? [closed]
As folks know, Apple abandoned iTunes with macOS Catalina. I use Logitech Music Server to drive my Transporter (a networked music player) for my home music system.
Logitech Music Server has a Python ...
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