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Why am I getting an “invalid active developer path” when attempting to use Git after upgrading to macOS Ventura?
After upgrading to macOS Ventura, I tried to run git from Terminal but it kept giving me the following error:
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing ...
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What does it mean when an iMessage doesn't say "Delivered" nor "Not Delivered"?
I sent an iMessage to a friend, and at the bottom it doesn't say "Delivered" as it usually does. It doesn't say "Not Delivered" either, it just doesn't say anything at all.
What does it mean when an ...
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What words trigger the screen effects in iMessage?
The recent update iMessage on iOS causes certain words to trigger screen effects.
Also, there is a way to long-press on the send button, and bring up an interface for adding these effects.
I've ...
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Is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone?
I've previously connected to a wifi network on my iPhone but I've no way of finding out the password. So is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone?
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Verification Failed. There was an error in connecting to your Apple ID
I have an iPhone 5c and I've been trying to log onto my iTunes and Apple Store in my settings, but I keep getting a "Verification Failed. There was an error in connecting to your Apple ID." error. I ...
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How to Retrieve the Wi-Fi Password of a Connected Network on a Mac
I need to find the password for a Wi-Fi network that I am already connected to. I'm using a MacBook Pro that's running OS X Lion. Any guidance is appreciated.
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How do I move my iPhone contacts to Gmail?
I have an iPhone that is already synced with my iMac, but I am away on leave and am using a Windows 7 computer. I need to send the contacts I've created on my iPhone to my Gmail account online, ...
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How do I stop my phone from turning off the display whenever I put my finger over the phone speaker?
I have an iPhone 6, and recently I've found out that if you put your finger on the thing next to the front camera, the display will turn black. but I can't find a setting to turn it off. Anyone know ...
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How can I prevent the iPad from getting my iPhone texts or calls?
Updated my iPhone and iPad to IOS 8.0.2 and now when I get a text or phone call on the iPhone the message appears on my iPad. Can I undo or unlink this feature?
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Can't download apps from App Store as get button doesn't start download
For a couple days now, whenever I try to download an app from the App Store on my iPhone 5s with iOS 8.3, it brings up the 'use existing Apple ID' or 'create new one' window.
When I select the ...
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Stop iMessages from coming to my Mac
When I send messages from my iPhone (A) to another iPhone (B), the responses from B keep coming to my Mac and do not appear on my phone (A), even when I have iMessages closed. This is maddening. How ...
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How do I combine two or more images to get a single pdf file?
Say I have some image files (for instance, the result of scanning some sheets) and I want to combine them into a single pdf file, each image on a different page.
Is there a faster / more convenient ...
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Why does my dock keep moving back to my other monitor?
I have a larger, external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro and have arranged it such that the dock is in the external monitor (via System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, by dragging the white ...
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What, precisely, does "reset network settings" do on an iPhone?
I use "internet sharing" on my Mac, but lately I've been having trouble connecting my iPhone 5 to the resulting WiFi network. I've read advice online to do Settings -> General -> Reset -> ...
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Unable to modify the volume with the keyboard
Sometimes, when I connect an external set of headphones/speakers, I am unable to change the volume. When I press one the volume keys, I see the image below.
Why does this happen? Interestingly, if I ...
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Change my Apple ID email address on iCloud account
I had to make a new email address for my new Apple ID since I forgot my previous Apple ID password and couldn't receive a verification email.
Now that I have my new Apple ID and password, my iPhone ...
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How to get iMessages to sync across an iPhone, iPad and Mac automatically?
One of the new features of Mountain Lion is the fact that one can sync iMessages across iOS and OSX devices.
I would really like to have a thread that I start on my iPhone automatically sync to my ...
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How to remove an icon from launchpad that does not appear in the Finder?
I have moved an installer into the launchpad (uTorrent-Installer). The problem is that I would like to remove it now but as it is an installer it doesn't appear in "Applications" in the Finder. I can'...
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Why are my iMessages showing as coming from my email address when I've set my Caller ID to my phone number?
When iOS 5 first came out, I added my @me address to my iPhone and iPad. People could iMessage me at my email address, and I'd see it on both devices. This wasn't always perfect, and recently I ...
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Do I really need Bonjour on Windows?
One of my least favorite things that Apple does to every Windows computer during an installation of iTunes is that it installs Bonjour. On almost every Windows machine I've installed iTunes on, ...
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How can I recalibrate the touchscreen on my iPhone?
When I tap on the bottom of my iPhone's screen it actually acts as if I tapped in another section higher up. It may be a calibration problem. How can I recalibrate the touchscreen?
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How can I show the battery as a percentage on my iPod Touch?
On the iPhone, to show the percentage of battery left, I can go into Settings > General > Usage and toggle "Battery Percentage" on.
My daughter's iPod touch doesn't have a Usage category. Is ...
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Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Mac Equivalent?
Ctrl + Alt + Delete on Windows provides a variety of functions, the main one of interest being the Task Manager. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut & indeed Task Manager for carrying out ...
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How to find cause of high kernel_task cpu usage?
Occasionally my machine will have a kernel_task instance max out the CPU:
This can last from minutes to sometimes hours. The machine is effectively unusable in this state. Restarting doesn't help; a ...
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iPad won't turn on after a complete battery drain
My iPad mini retina is out of warranty,
I forgot to plug in my iPad after the critical battery warning and it went some minutes following the warning. I was not worried because same thing had ...
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How do I permanently delete data from a game when I delete it from my iPhone/ipad
I have been trying for weeks now to delete a game and all of its data and every time I do this and install the game again it comes back with the previous data. I want to delete the game and start ...
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iTerm - going one word backwards and forwards
Would it be possible to configure iTerm 2 to go backwards and forwards one word through the curent text in the command line using a keyboard shortcut?
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iOS7 Contacts Have All Disappeared
I upgraded to iOS 7 yesterday. Today, all my contacts suddenly vanished. They were working in iOS 7 this morning, but have since disappeared.
I'm not syncing contacts with an external system (...
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App Store: "To update this app, you need to accept it on the Account page"
I'm trying to update Keynote in the Mac App Store and I get this message:
Unable to update “Keynote”
To update this app, you need to accept it on the Account page in the App Store.
I get the ...
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How do I know the IP addresses of other computers in my network?
Say that I have two computers connected to the same network.
I know that from computer1 and file sharing enabled I can snoop around inside computer2.
But say that there is something interesting on ...
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'This Apple ID has not yet been used with the App Store' error
I just got a new macbook pro and I had to set up an Apple ID.
The computer took me through the steps to verify my Apple ID. It says it is verified, but not activated yet. How do I activate it?
When ...
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How can I manually delete old backups to free space for Time Machine?
I use a Time Capsule for backup and now I want the drive to back up data from an extra Mac. But the drive is filled up with old backups from Mac 1. There simply is not enough space available for the ...
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Is there a way to see the time that a photo was taken on the iPhone?
Sometimes I took a photo using my iPhone, and then later on, I wonder how long I have been there at that location, I thought of checking when the last photo was taken, and can tell the time when I ...
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How to install apps which require a newer version of iOS on a 1st gen. iPad?
I have a 1st generation iPad and when I download apps it tells me “this requires iOS 6.0 or later” but when I go to update it tells me it's fully updated? Why is this happening, and is there any way I ...
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How do I type ² or ³ on an Apple keyboard (International English layout)?
I use ² and ³ a lot in e-mails. When using my Belgian Windows keyboard and a custom keymap it was easy to type this in Mac OS X as I assigned the appropriate key. These are the mathematical symbols ...
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How to open files via Terminal
I want to open videos and pictures from Terminal. Is there any way to do this?
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How can I see the call history from one month ago?
Someone called me last month. I know date and approximate time, but I'm unable to see that call in my iPhone. Is there any way to do this?
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The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro just stopped working. How do I fix it?
The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro stopped working. It was working fine, then just spontaneously stopped while I was using external speakers plugged into the output jack. Now, neither speakers nor 3 ...
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I don't have administrator account on my mac
On my mac I have 2 accounts and the both are normal account. So in this moment I don't have a Administrator account, only one that was in the past a administrator, but now is not.
How I can have ...
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Don't want my email contacts in my contact list
My native iPhone Contacts show not only my contacts with phone numbers, but also any email address I’ve ever sent an email to or received an email from. I really would rather not have email contacts ...
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How do I delete or fix my Keychain after changing my password?
How do I reset my main keychain and completely delete the old one?
I changed my password and its been coming up with all of these popups asking for my new password when I first login.
If anyone can ...
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"Unable to download the app at this time"
My iPhone 4 can't download any apps. There's a warning message that says "couldn't download the app at this time" and "done" and "retry". What can I do?
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Shortcut for toggling between different windows of same app?
I opened two Google Chrome windows (because I am using multiple Gmails) and when I do the Cmd ⌘ Tab ⇥ shortcut it just shows me other applications that I opened but does not show me the other Chrome ...
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Setup Apple TV (2nd Gen) with neither a remote nor home sharing turned on
How to pair Apple TV (2nd gen) without a remote and without home sharing turned on?
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Why does my brew installation not work?
I installed brew before, but it does not work now.
When I run brew, it gives me the error -bash: brew: command not found
So I tried to reinstall using the code
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw....
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List of all packages installed using Homebrew
Is it possible to and how do I get a list of all the packages installed on my Mac using Homebrew? I am not interested in packages installed outside of Homebrew.
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How do I stop the Adobe Creative Cloud app from auto-launching on login?
How do I stop the Adobe Creative Cloud app from auto-launching on login? I don't see any option of stopping this, and for some reason it's not in OS X's user login options.
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Is there any way to change the snooze time for alarms on the iPhone?
It seems that the default snooze time for alarms is 9 minutes. Is there any way I can change this setting?
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What happens if I click "delete backup", do I still have my photos on the camera roll?
I'm running out of space in iCloud, so I decided to turn off all the backups and delete them.
What happens if I click "delete backup" at the bottom of the manage store page?
Do I still have my ...
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How do I find my IP Address from the command line?
I know you can do ifconfig | grep inet, but that shows you several IPv4 addresses. How do I get the specific one for SSHing et al?
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