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How can I exclude a port from macports upgrade outdated?
I want to update all my outdated ports, but as libgcc-devel takes upwards of 3 hours to build, I want to exclude it. The tip I read on the internet is applying logical operators. So I run
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OS X: let scutil use stored secret when connecting L2TP VPN
This is a follow-up question of Start configured VPN from command line (OSX).
I tried the answer by @encoded, which suggests the following command:
scutil --nc start [A-name-of-VPN-configuration-...
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Mac OS X routing table protection
I'm looking for a way to protect my Mac OS 10.8 routing table. After connecting to my employer's network using the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, a bunch of new routes are installed into my ...
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Stopping creation of .localized files
Some folders on my new Mac has .localized files in them.
I know they are related to localization (duh), but I don't need that, in fact I specifically want everything file system related to be ...
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Huge process called "swift" in the activity monitor, appears after installing Xcode 11.0
After installing Xcode 11.0, a strange processes keep showing up in the activity monitor, causing the system to freeze sometimes, and crash (shutdown) other times, these processes are called "swift", ...
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Running Android Emulator with HAXM acceleration and VirtualBox in parallel on Windows
I am trying to understand if it is feasible to run the Android Emulator with HAXM-based acceleration and VirtualBox side by side on the same Windows host.
I have a Windows host running a 64 bit ...
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What to do about the vmmap process in Mac OS X always hogging the CPU?
I am running Mac OS X 10.13.5 High Sierra, and I have always had my Activity Monitor up.
My computer would every now and then freeze for a few seconds completely and then act normal again. When this ...
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Change compile flags for Homebrew
We're building a large C++ application on OS X Yosemite 10.10. This application relies on a number of third-party libraries which we install using Homebrew prior to building our application. Our ...
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How can I diagnose why my launchd task isn't running on schedule?
I've read the launchd.plist man page, Is launchd supposed to pick up "missed" events?, and launchd seems ignore StartCalendarInterval on Yosemite but none of those have allowed me to ...
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Unintentional vi mode in iTerm on Mac?
I occasionally find that while working in iTerm the default Readline key bindings are replaced with the vi keybindings.
For example, I will try to go to the beginning of the line with ctrl-a, and ...
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VBoxManage: error: Cannot read the partition information from '/dev/disk0'
I'm trying to make a partition .vmdk file for Virtual Box. Basically I want to boot my bootcamp partition box up in Virtual Box. But I get the following error when I try to make the .vmdk file
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Option as meta key EVERYWHERE?
I can set this option in the Terminal app, but I'd like to do this in other apps as well.
Surprisingly, most apps support a subset of emacs commands, but anything related to the meta key ends up as ...
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How to overcome VirtualBox 256MB limit of video memory
My host machine has a 2GB graphic card (GeForce GT740M) but VirtualBox allows me to use just 256MB of memory. Because I would use CAD applications on Win7 (Guest) I would like to have more memory to ...
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Is it possible to tell iCloud Drive to ignore certain files and certain patterns?
I want some sort of a .gitignore equivalent to iCloud Drive, where I can tell it to ignore certain files and patterns like node_modules or some large_document.pdf that I don't necessarily want to sync....
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Make Genymotion use a host VPN
I'm using Cisco's AnyConnect to connect to a VPN using my Windows 8.1 PC. When using the Genymotion emulator, I would like it to use the VPN too. However, although having Internet access from the ...
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