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How can I disable macOS Finder’s tree view from remembering open leafs
When I open macOS Finder an for e.g. open in the tree view the folder Documents the tree view automatically opens all subfolders I opened the last time when I visited that folder. This is annoying as ...
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Vagrant hangs on SSH auth method: password
I’m trying to load a VM via Vagrant. It’s my first time attempting anything like this.
I'm using Windows 10 64bit and trying to run my MS Server 2016 standard.
I created a new VM in VirtualBox and ...
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VBoxManage setextradata command does not add avx2 to /proc/cpuinfo
Linux & VirtualBox noob here, so please go easy.
I've been running into problems compiling code with scipy in a VirtualBox 5.2 VM running Fedora 26 on my host Windows 10. The cryptic error output ...
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How to cycle through applications in current space on Mac OS?
I want to separate my applications for personal use from those I use for work.
Working on a different desktop doesn't solve anything, since I use Cmd-Tab and Cmd-` exclusively to switch between ...
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Completely disable inertia scrolling on OS X El Capitan
In Yosemite it was possible to enable scrolling without inertia in accessibility settings:
However, in El Capitan (10.11) this only works for some apps. Firefox scrolls without inertia, but most ...
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Virtualbox host io cache applying scenarios
Virtualbox docs says that using host io cache for sata controller may be a risk of system performance.
At the same time, on my case I see advantage of using host io cache - DisckCrystalMark reports ...
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Can't scroll back after cat with mosh, tmux and iterm2 setup
My setup is the following: https://filippo.io/my-remote-shell-session-setup
When I do apt-get update on my server I can see all the output and am also able to scroll back as I expect. When I do cat ...
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How to setup OSX as a wifi router from the command line
I need to setup my mac as wifi-router. I want it to appear indistinguishable from a stand alone wifi-router. I don't want internet access.
Things I've tried.
Turning on Internet Sharing
Doesn't ...
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Unzip Multipart Zip from Command Line
Thanks in advance for any help. I am trying to unzip a multipart zip file from the command line in OSX 10.8.5.
I created the zip using zip -s 800m foo.zip foo.mov
The file foo.mov is 2.7GB. So I ...
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How to connect to Linux USB serial gadget using Mac OS X?
I have an embedded device, on which I use the USB gadget USB interface to either make it available as a mass storage device, or enable access over USB serial using the g_serial module.
While I can ...
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I want to monitor and limit OS X's data transfer while I'm tethering via my iPhone
So, I have an iPhone with Sprint service. They offer a mobile hotspot add-on option. Sprint will offer me 5GB of data transfer under this plan, but then they will charge me extra. Specifically, they ...
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How can I troubleshoot VirtualBox port forwarding from Windows guest to Mac OS X host not working?
There is a plethora of questions about VirtualBox port forwarding problems but none with my specific details.
Details of setup:
I have a Windows 7 Professional 64bit install living in VirtualBox 4.1....
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How to increase screen resolution on OSX VM for Parallels?
I used Parallels 7 on my macbook to create a osx vm with the restore image, and that worked fine, the only problem is that I can't seem to be able to change the screen size, which magically seems to ...
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Replace or disable OS X dns cache?
I'm having trouble with OS X's dns cacher and I'm wondering if it's possible to simply disable it or replace it with a better / more configurable program?
I don't suppose it's as easy as deleting an ...
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Create an alias to a samba share from the command line
I'm currently wanting to deploy a setup to around 300 Macs. I have all of it scripted and ready to deploy, excepting that I'm having trouble creating a working alias to a samba share from the command ...
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