Questions tagged [macos-catalina]
Use for questions referring specifically to macOS 10.15, Catalina. Non-version-specific questions related to macOS should be tagged with [macos]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running macOS on non-Apple hardware ("hackintoshing") are generally considered off-topic.
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Text in window in macOS Catalina is blurry after sleep
After I updated my MacBook Pro to Catalina, every time I close the lid for a while some windows will be blurry.
Here is an example:
The left window was opened before sleep and now it is blurry.
The ...
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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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What do I do with the X11 symlink in Relocated Items?
After updating to Catalina, my Mac has a folder /Users/Shared/Relocated Items/Security/usr.
Inside is an X11 folder, but it's a symlink:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8 8 Oct 2017 X11 -> /opt/X11
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Disable orom in firmwarepasswd Catalina
I recently had some trouble whilst
applying these settings
The firmwarepasswd -disable-reset-capability command returned with error 6.
Then I tried firmwarepasswd -check / -mode
I realized that orom ...
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Unicode ☑︎ becomes 🤵🏻 emoji in Excel on macOS Catalina (10.15.7)
I am using Excel 16.46 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and here is what I am experiencing.
Using macOS's character viewer — command+control+space — I've entered the “ballot box with check” Unicode ...
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macOS - "No space left on device" with 250GB available after Catalina upgrade
My iMac is behaving strangely after upgrading to Catalina (10.15.4), even though my system says I have over 290GB available:
I'm getting error and warning messages regarding disc space, No space left ...
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FortiClient on OS X generates cascading error 113
On occasion, I get an error that reads The VPN connection terminates unexpectedly (Error Code: -113), which cascades across the screen:
Any suggestions to eliminate the error would be helpful.
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Issue with mac'os Catalina and parallels
I'm running Parallels VM version 13.3.0 on my mac and ever since I upgraded my mac'os to Catalina, Windows 10 is running very slow on the VM (It just looks very laggy).
My mac is running normally good,...
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a video player for mac that has adjustable A-B Loop points
Looking for a video player for mac that allows the "A-B Loop" or "A-B Repeat" of sections of the video.
VLC can do AB Loop for sections but the only way to adjust the AB Loop is to re-set both start ...
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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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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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Mac OS - Any way to make Firefox/Chrome/Safari play/pause video (BetterTouchTool key trigger)? F8 not working
my F8/PlayPause key on Mac OS Catalina (10.15.6) only opens and controls the Music app. Previously, it used to play/pause the active video on Chrome or Safari. This is especially useful for doing ...
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Macbook, Can't boot from USB because has no administrator in startup utility
When I was going to ReInstall a fresh copy of Catalina MacOS on my Macbook pro 2019, unfortunately I deleted all partitions instead of erasing them. As my internet connection is so unstable as much as ...
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OS X Catalina: update_terminal_cwd:11: unrecognized modifier `i'
In .zshrc be sure to have
# .zshrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/zshrc ]; then
. /etc/zshrc
fi
instead of
# .bashrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /...
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