Unanswered Questions
6,434 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How can I have new fullscreen mac windows open next to the current window?
I finally figured out how to stop fullscreen windows from moving to the first space when I open a new program in fullscreen mode (System Preferences -> Mission Control -> uncheck "Automatically ...
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How to stop minimized Chrome windows opening automatically in Mac OS
I often leave a Chrome window minimized in the Dock (with something I want to read/do later, and don't want to find again, for example). In the meantime, though, I'll often click on links in emails, ...
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Set audio output priority on OSX
I would like to know how to set priority of Audio Output devices on macOS Sierra. I have an external Dell docking station that I sometimes plug into the USB-C port, and this device has an audio ...
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OSX shortcut for switching input language working erratically
I'm using the keyboard shortcut option+shift+command+L to select the next source in the input menu. When I'm doing language work I frequently have to switch between Arabic and English keyboard layouts/...
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What, according to Time Machine, are "System Files and Applications"?
On Time Machine in Mac OS X (10.6), if you add /System to the exclusion list (items that should not be included in backups), it offers to exclude all "System Files and Applications" as well. What ...
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How can I exclude a port from macports upgrade outdated?
I want to update all my outdated ports, but as libgcc-devel takes upwards of 3 hours to build, I want to exclude it.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
$ sudo port ...
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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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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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OSX: gpg command error, dyld: Library not loaded:
After I migrating my MacBook, I found out I miss the command gpg.
And it threw this error when I wanted to install rvm
⋊> ~ gpg 15:...
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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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Highlighting tool overlap with multiple lines in Mac Preview on Yosemite
I updated to Yosemite on my MacBook Pro. When I try to highlight two lines of text on Preview, the highlight overlaps, which looks really horrible. Is there a way to control the height (size) of the ...
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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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Weird rendering artefact in vim (terminal, not MacVim)
Running Mac OS X, using either Terminal.app or iTerm2, there is a strange artefact with the character rendering that I have a hard time explaining and an even harder time understanding. I'll start ...
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Enable SMB file sharing on OS X - "Incorrect Password"
I have a Mac running Snow Leopard connected to an Active Directory domain. I can share folders on the Mac and view files from Windows without problems.
When I try to enable my Mac account for write ...
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Upload file via URL
I'm a recent Mac convert. In Windows when I wanted to upload a file to a website I could do this (see the URL in the File Name text field):
However there's no way to do that in the upload dialog for ...
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How can I swap the usage of the 'fn' key for my Razer Blackwidow on OSX?
I just bought the Razer Blackwidow 2013 keyboard, and after installing drivers (Synapse 2.0) I run into a strange issue:
My function keys started to work very strange. They started to use their "...
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How can I switch tty on a Mac (equivalent of chvt in Linux)?
Is there a way to switch between different tty from a Mac terminal? This would be an equivalent to the chvt command on Linux.
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mounting share on Mojave says No such file or directory
I am trying to mount a share on Mojave 10.14.3 for Mac mini distribution point hosted on VM Windows Server 2008 R2 using the following command :
mount_smbfs -f 0755 -d 0755 smb://username:pwd@...
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Why is Chrome on OSX resizing the window when the autohidden menu bar is shown/hovered instead of overlapping it?
I'm on Mojave and Chrome 69.
When an app is in fullscreen mode and I move my mouse towards the top of the screen causing the Apple menu bar to display, it overlaps the current app for the duration ...
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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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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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How to disable natural scrolling on Mac OS X (El Captain) with command line?
I would like to use natural scroll with touchpad and normal scroll when I am using a normal USB mouse. I don't want to go to the preferences dialog to change the settings every time I need the switch. ...
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USBProber replacement in El Capitan
There used to be a useful utility called USBProber for OS X, but I can no longer locate it. I am assuming it has been replaced by another utility, but I am not sure what Apple replaced it with or ...
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Best way to share guest folder with host computer
I am running a Ubuntu VM on my MacOS X (host) using VMWare Fusion. I have found a lot of information about sharing the host partition with the guest VM but not much on sharing the guest folder/...
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Linux compatibility layer for Mac OS X
I have a closed-source piece of Linux software written in a combination of Java and C. The application installs on my Mac (it uses InstallAnywhere), however, it isn't intended to run on a Mac.
The ...
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How can I disable Mac OS X's Option+click hiding behaviour?
In Mac OS X Mountain Lion at least, if you Option+click ( Alt+click ) on another a window of another app, this will make the other application to gain focus, and the current app to be hidden as if you'...
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