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Force OSX text field to accept copy-paste
https://github.com/tddschn/dont-fuck-with-paste
I made a script that uses pyautogui to simulate the pasting.
You can install the tool using pipx install dont-fuck-with-paste and use software like ...
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How can I run a batch file on macOS?
Don't use the batch file at all. It isn't doing much.
I can't guarantee the next (powershell) step will work, but you don't need the batch file.
This command: PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy ...
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macOS Monterey - How to change port on which Airplay receiver is running
There seems to be a workaround: Deactivate Airplay, start your app (probably node and similar) to block the port. Activate Airplay again, it will then choose another port when 5000/7000 is already in ...
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Syntax highlighting in macOS terminal during program installation
A terminal application doesn't know anything about the content (text) it displays, so the color coding is driven by whatever application is running inside. In your example, it's the Rust compiler ...
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How can you find out the currently logged in user in the OS X GUI?
In MacOS Terminal, use either the
users
or the
who
commands to see the list of currently logged in users.
The former (users) returns a list of short usernames (unix username) while the latter (e.g. ...
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Can the MacBook warn me if power adapter is not plugged?
Open shortcuts and add the following:
https://i.sstatic.net/QQuymUnZ.png
Now you can run it in a loop as a shell script as follows:
while true; do /usr/bin/shortcuts run "CHARGE"; sleep 5; ...
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Open two instances of the same PDF in Mac OS X Preview
The File > Duplicate option allows to open a copy in a new tab and then close without saving in two clicks.
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What's like OSX's pbcopy for Linux
Commenting on the wes-turner answer above, since I lack the points for direct comments....
The test to determine the OS is odd; given that this is a bash script, why not simply
if [[ $OSTYPE =~ darwin ...
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Is there a way to move the current window to another desktop without using a mouse in OS X?
Hold the window's title bar, and drag it to the edge of the screen. Wait a sec, and it will move the the next desktop.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh14112/mac
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Synergy Key Mapping
I have a similar but reverse setup, in case anyone finds this helpful for reference.
Server: Mac with USB mac keyboard. Modifier keys on the mac are set to treat Command/⌘ as Ctrl and Ctrl as Command/...
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How do I resize an APFS Volume to reclaim all space inside its container?
I realize this is an old thread, but I recently upgraded the original 256GB SSD on my early 2013 MacBook Pro 15” Retina (running Catalina natively) to a 1TB SSD using Clonezilla and I initially had ...
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How to have 5 different always-on-top notes, one on each screen?
To achieve this functionality on macOS, you have a few options, including using dedicated note-taking applications, floating widgets, or combination of tools. Here's a step-by-step guide using some of ...
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Mac does not handle multiple Bluetooth peripherals properly
I'm experiencing a similar issue. I have three devices paired simultaneously: a Logitech Crown keyboard, an MX Master 2, and OnePlus wireless Bluetooth earbuds. Most of the time, they work smoothly, ...
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How do I change the default location for nushell configration files
Nushell now supports using the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable to specify the location for config files. The variable must be set before Nushell is launched.
I'm not a macOS user, so I hope my ...
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Disabling or Limiting Tor Functionality in Brave Browser on macOS
You can modify a group policy setting to disable Tor in Brave.
It's simpler to do it directly in the registry.
Navigate to this path: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\...
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Mac OS X 10.6.5 Right Click at cursor position
I see that @Peter N Lewis's answer from 2011, it's not possible, has already been marked as the accepted solution.
A suggestion was posted to the Keyboard Maestro Forum (https://forum.keyboardmaestro....
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The proper way to limit framerate when recording screen on macOS
From the log, it is apparent that initially not enough frames are received for ffmpeg to detect input framerate.
That's ok, you can just use pass through input frames without any adjustment.
ffmpeg -f ...
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zsh alias still exists after deletion [MACOS]
Ok, so the thing is - I also used oh-my-zsh - and it seems that the alias was simply present in one of its custom setup scripts called .oh-my-zsh/custom/aliases.zsh. So I removed it from there, ...
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Synronize caps-lock between OSX and Windows via RDC client
Try shift capslock, I figured it out because I reprogrammed my reg caps lock to right click but whenever I had to use caps lock shift caps also worked. Then I saw some RDP issues for Mac and tried ...
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Is it possible to have the task switcher (cmd + tab) show on all monitors, but only show the apps specific to each monitor?
The built-in MacOS Task Switcher does not offer this function. Looking through available alternative products, one seems to indicate it does offer this per-window application list function you're ...
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OSX: create keyboard shortcut for a unicode character
In continuation to SpinUp__A Davis's answer you can also use (in the same ~/Library/KeyBindings/ location and using DefaultKeyBinding.dict as file name) the recommended dictionary format using xml ...
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How do I remove the EFI Partition on my USB using Mac OS X 10.11?
Facing the same problem when try to load a USB-C disk on iPhone 15.
Deleting the ExEFI EFI partiton doesn't work.
Same result formatting the disk in various method, with combination of GPT and MBR ...
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Exclude folders by regex (?) from time machine backup
Running
sudo find `pwd` -type d -maxdepth 5 -name 'node_modules' | xargs -n 1 tmutil addexclusion
I received the following error:
/node_modules: Error (-43) while attempting to change exclusion ...
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Disable autocorrect in macOS Notes app
For me to disable “Correct Spelling Automatically” in all text fields, in all apps, and to prevent it re-enabling, I had to dig into System Preferences—er, Settings, as it was recently renamed.
System ...
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How do I turn off caffeinate if I want to allow my machine to sleep normally?
Use pmset -g assertions to see if it's running.
Then killall caffeinate to get rid of it.
Despite documentation saying that caffeinate should exit upon exiting terminal and even Ctr+C should kill it, ...
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Is there a way to get my old Mac to run its old software faster?
I have a macbook pro 2012 and it was painfully slow. Since replacing its HDD with a SSD it has become much faster. I don'r just mean booting time but in every thing.
Replace you HDD with a SSD and ...
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How to stop OS X from switching input method (keyboard layout) automatically?
I'm on Sonoma and this is driving me up a wall. The only fix that worked for me is to copy the kb layout in /Library/Keyboard Layouts. Reboot, then select the layout in Language settings. To make the ...
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or maximize a window in macOS?
Keyboard Shortcut for full-screen:
Hold Command (Cmd) and Control (Ctrl) then press F
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How to open a PWA on macOS without opening the browser?
Yes, you can and it's effortless. just open Chrome Browser and install the PWA application. After installing quit from the PWA app and then quit from Chrome. now if you open the PWA app chrome will ...
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Is it possible to see MacOS's sshd process in the output of ps?
macOS doesn't leave sshd running all the time. Instead, there is a launchd job for sshd, defined in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist. That means that launchd itself listens for connections on ...
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Convert batch of Word files to PDFs in Mac OS X
If you have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can
hit the "+ Create" button on the top left,
select Create multiple PDF files and click Next
Drag and drop your .docx-files into the window (...
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macOS Documents size bug
I had faced similar issues, I used cleanMyMac space lens tool to understand what is taking space and user terminal and good old finder to erase the trace files.
the free trial is useful to understand ...
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Is there a way to move the current window to another desktop without using a mouse in OS X?
This is how I managed to do this on Sonoma 14.5.
First, you need to set a specific shortcut for all applications manually as I explain below:
Go to "System Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard ...
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Mac OS Sonoma can't access Windows DNS server
I did a bit more digging and saw some Active Directory errors related to sync and DNS wouldn't serve because of it. Once I corrected those, all DNS operations were good.
I suspect the Windows machine ...
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Remove build in Apache httpd on macOS (OSX)
On my MacOS 14.4 the command-line to stop the internal Apache is:
sudo launchctl bootout system/org.apache.httpd
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How to mount a NTFS read/write volume on Mac OS encrypted by Veracrypt?
I hit the same issue and was also not able to find a solution, however I found a way (tested on macOS Sonoma):
in Veracrypt select device, click 'Mount', put password, then click 'Options >' and ...
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Time Machine backup, get last backup time using command line, without having to plug any backup disc and with no Full Disk Access?
I ran into a similar problem, the command I used is:
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print Destinations:0:SnapshotDates" /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist | tail -n 2 | head -n 1 |...
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