Questions tagged [catalina]
macOS 10.15 Catalina is Apple's sixteenth major release of the macOS operating system for Macintosh computers. macOS Catalina was announced June 3, 2019 at WWDC.
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How Do I Set-Up a Synthetic Firmlink in Catalina with Terminal? [closed]
I just dragged myself kicking and screaming from Mojave to Catalina and I like to have my "Stuff" in the root directory of the boot drive.
So, I've already disabled SIP using "csrutil ...
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Setting up family sharing without credit card
I'm trying to create an account for my child who is 8. I've learned that family sharing is the way to go, however it requires adding a credit card to the payment method. Now I do have a credit card ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
We have a Mac which is still on Catalina and I want to catch it up.
I had planned to update it to Monterey first (skipping Big Sur) and then in a few months go to Sonoma (skipping Ventura) when Sonoma ...
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How to recover "free space" on a Late 2013 iMac Fusion Drive after failed Boot Camp Windows installation? [duplicate]
In my fleet of older Macs, I have a Late 2013 27" iMac fitted with a 3 TB Fusion Drive running macOS 10.15.7 Catalina. I was using Boot Camp to install Windows 10 Pro, when the Windows installer ...
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I'm trying to install ncdu using MacPorts in macOS Catalina, however it depends on zig but zig is no longer compatible, looking for workaround
I have an old MacBook which cannot be upgraded to anything higher than Catalina (at least officially) and I had been using Homebrew but since now it's not supported it tries to compile every package ...
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Incorrect battery charge percentages
I bought a new battery for my Macbook. Besides not giving an accurate indication of the battery (due to a calibration issue I guess), it gives a different value to the Mac and the coconutBattery. What ...
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Is this 32-Bit Workaround a Viable Alternative to Virtualization under macOS Catalina?
This question arises from an earlier question in which the top answer suggests 32-bit support in Catalina is "disabled" but possible to re-enable with the help of library files copied over ...
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Resetting macOS Catalina [duplicate]
I have a MBP Catalina that I wish to sell. The buyer is a computer noob and would just use it for games/movies etc. He wants me to erase the thing but not downgrade it as factory reset would ...
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How can i run macports and fink simultaneously on Catalina?
I have fink installed and working on my Catalina system.
I would like to also install macports to get some gtk3 software that fink doesn't seem to have.
How can i install macports in such a way that ...
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How can I ssh -X from a non-macOS machine into a macOS machine and run X11 programs displaying on the non-macOS host?
I have a macOS machine running Catalina.
I have also have a Linux machine, running Ubuntu 20.04.
I want to ssh from the Linux machine to the Mac by a command such as
ssh -X user@macos-machine.
When I ...
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I have lost the Logical Volume name on a disk partition and am trying to recover/rebuild it
I have a 2009 MacBook Pro that has 2 internal fusion drives and an external LaCie USB drive and can (normally) boot into 4 iterations of Mac OS: Snow Leopard, Mavericks, El Capitan, and Catalina. This ...
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HomeKit Problems on my MacBook Pro
I have a Mac Book Pro Catalina 10.15.7. I will upgrade soon, but I cannot get Home App or Home Kit Assistant to function now.
The same Home apps work on my iPhone, but on my MacBook Pro the apps open ...
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Can’t change startup disk to be a RAID 0 disk
I just successfully merged two exact same size and model internal SSDs in my MacBook Pro mid-12 but now I am forced to run OS Catalina off of an external hard drive. I want to be able to run OS ...
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Full screen apps won't redraw after tabbing out - seeking help to fix or debug
When running an app in any full screen mode, if I tab out, when I tab back in the app does not redraw. The app menu bar shows and is responsive, so I can cmd-Q to quit, but nothing else redraws. All ...
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How to convert multiple partitions to APFS?
I have an external SSD drive which has 4 bootable partitions holding monthly backups. It has a GUID partition map; each partition is MacOS Extended Journaled (HFS+); each is 250GB in size with about ...
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Image Capture cannot read iphone X images on MacOS 10.15.7
I just synced my iPhone to my MB Pro. This worked fine. Now that I'm trying to use Image Capture to import some images (not all of the images) from the iPhone X to a specific folder on my MB Pro, I ...
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How to get TTS controller window on pre-Big Sur OSes?
In MacOS Big Sur and onward there is a built-in accessibility tool for text-to-speech, a floating window with play/pause/speed buttons that can read aloud almost any selectable text on screen. Apple ...
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Cannot access a shared folder: "The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time."
I’m trying to connect to a "server" by following the ZDNet tutorial "How to connect macOS to a shared folder on your network", but I cannot spot the “server” on Finder->Network, ...
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iMac 10.15 Catalina takes 2+ hours to boot
One of the 12 iMacs here has a big problem: it takes two hours or more from pressing the button to turn it on until finally ditching the progress bar and showing up the desktop.
It is a MacOS 10.15 ...
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Computer sleeping immediately after screen despite being set to sleep later
My current pmset -g is the following:
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
lidwake 1
autopoweroff 1
standbydelayhigh 86400
autopoweroffdelay 259200
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Photos library on Catalina does not allow HEIC/Live Photo imports
Due to storage limitations we outsourced my mothers photo library to an external hard drive. This was still on her MacBook Air Early 2015 running on High Sierra. Later, we updated her machine to ...
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AirPods get "stuck" very often on Catalina. Killing bluetoothd does not help
Running Catalina on a rMB 12 early 2016.
Sometimes AirPods (2nd gen) get stuck and I cannot disconnect them from my Macboook. I've tried to killall bt daemon from terminal but that did not work; also ...
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XCode: how to install on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7?
I have here a dozen Apple computers running on "MacOS Catalina 10.15.7";
These Apple computers cannot be updated using the built-in system update application;
I need to install XCode on them;...
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What’s the terminal code to enable locking mac using the touch ID key on Ventura? [duplicate]
I’m on ventura (MBA 2019) and I remember using terminal to disable this feature due to some reason. Anyone knows how to reverse it?
Much appreciated.
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2009 Macbook Pro w/ broken Catalina OS won't recognize bootable OS X USB [duplicate]
Disclaimer: Several similar questions to this one have been asked before. Most of those solutions have been tried without luck.
TLDR version at the end:
My problem and the troubleshooting steps ...
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Catalina Patcher - OCLP EFI boot option persists
I have a 2011 Mac Mini (5,3) and just installed a brand new SSD, then fresh installed Catalina using Dosdude's Catalina Patcher. The installation and post-install update went well. After all was done, ...
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How to do port forwarding on macOS Catalina? Example: Forward web requests on port 80 to port 8080 [duplicate]
What is the modern way to do port-forwarding on macOS Catalina 10.15.7?
What tools & commands does one use to effect simple port-forwarding?
For example, I have a web server listing on port 8080. ...
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“Allow full disk access for remote users” checkbox not appearing for remote login
I have been using a spare mac-mini (late 2012 model) running Catalina 10.15.7 as a general use home server, mostly for running plex, and have it plugged in and not connected to a monitor. As a result ...
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Detailed log dump of bluetooth activity?
I've looked everywhere on Google but could not find any info that could help me.
Running Catalina on Macbook 12" 2016.
Every now and then, the Bluetooth on my Macbook decides to die. I've tried ...
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URLbar still selected after loading page on Safari on Catalina
I am using Safari with Vimari on my macOS Catalina. Problem is whenever I am navigating to some url by pressing designated key(provided by Vimari) after pressing F, the URL bar still stays focused ...
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macOS Catalina : Dock automatically getting selected instead of other opened windows
I am new to Mac. I have both Safari and Xcode window open. Problem is, whenever I am quiting my Xcode, currently open Safari window isn't automatically getting selected. Instead Dock getting selected. ...
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2013 iMac not booting off USB SSD clone
My 2013 27" on Catalina 10.15 is running out of disk space. The internal 3TB HDD is broken and I have kept it working by splitting the fusion drive and running it off the still functioning but ...
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looking for an SSH client that allows xwindows
I've recently started using macOS. I am looking for an SSH client that allows xwindow tunneling through SSH. As suggested, I've installed Xquartz via brew but whenever I try opening an xwindow based ...
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Can't reinstall macOS Catalina because of missing files
I installed Windows 10 on my Mac but it took over the whole hard drive. When I got rid of Windows it must have taken some of the Mac files because all I get now is the macOS utilities and it won't let ...
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Cannot disable sleep on lid closing
New Mac user here. Got hold of two 2012 MacBook Pro notebooks. One of them has no battery and the other one has a slightly degraded battery. So here we're talking about the latter.
On this one with ...
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MacBook without battery thinks it has no trackpad (when it has)
New mac user here. Just got hold of two well kept MacBook pro 2012 running MacOS Catalina. One of them has no battery and runs directly on AC power (plugged in). The other one has batteries that need ...
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AppStore frozen on Catalina 10.15.7
I just reformatted my SSD and reinstalled Catalina 10.15.7. Everything appears to be fine, there are no updates available, but my AppStore is unresponsive. It launches with a window, but the window ...
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Which JRE version does LibreOffice require
LibreOffice readme 7.4 states needs JRE for full functionality?
Which JRE would it need?
Which JRE does Catalina require? Or does one just install JDK?'
OpenJDK works with LibreOffice?
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Intermittent black screen Macbook Pro early 2013
I am new here and have a question regarding black screen on a MacBook Pro early 2013. A few weeks ago I updated to Catalina and just some time after the screen went black. It chimes at startup and ...
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Upgraded from High Sierra to Catalina, lost my Safari session with all my open windows and tabs. Is there any way to recover them?
I had been staying on High Sierra for a long time, with Safari 13 I think, the last version that worked with High Sierra. I just upgraded to Catalina and then immediately upgraded Safari to 15.6.1. ...
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Terminal on Mac stopped launching after upgrade to Catalina
It was so nice so far working with bash until my laptop got upgraded to Catalina and now Terminal does not launch at all.
Any hints? I am not sure if it is related to zsh or what; I am a bash guy.
I ...
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How to record line-in on MacOS Catalina?
Way back then on my Macbook Pro mid-2009, I could record line-in, simply by changing the sound output.
Now, I'm using a Macbook Pro mid-2012, and I can't seem to find a way to switch from the built-in ...
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How to add or modify the list of websites associated with a password
I'm using Catalina's password functionality (via macOS settings). I have an account (username, password and website) where I want to modify the existing website, or delete it, or add another website. ...
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What is this spurious `Catalina` partition/volume, and can I safely delete it?
I was running Ventura.
I had a second APFS partition. I've just installed macOS (Ventura) onto it & I've booted into the new Ventura.
Now I'm cleaning up.
After a fresh reboot, I see this Catalina ...
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HEIC to JPEG from say quick actions right click
I would want to right click on HEIC file and be presented with options to save as JPEG; maybe a quick action?
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How to merge enumerated.pdf files in order by filename?
A set of enumerated pdf are in a directory:
1001_falcon.pdf
0100_bear.pdf
0201_cat.pdf
0201_cat.txt
The goal is to merge only the pdf files into output.pdf with a script.
pdftk is already installed ...
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Mac Catalina - Disk Recovery Partitioning - 2 or 1
I have a Mac, which was running Catalina. For some reason the disk corrupted itself and I needed to rebuild it.
I've done some googling and have also spoken with Apple Support, but got conflicting ...
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dump man page on text file?
I'm trying to dump a man page to a text file, but for some reason I get error No manual entry for (command)
For example: man strftime shows the man page ok, however, running
$ man strftime | col -b &...
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How to locate the Applications folder in a mounted Catalina installation?
My Mac Mini is panicking on boot and I can't recover it using the recovery partition nor I have a current Time Machine backup. Yes, I was reckless, but let's move on.
I managed to boot the Mac Mini ...
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How to restore split fusion drive backup to fusion drive
My second hand iMac 2017 retina 5k running OSX Catalina has always had a split fusion drive as seen in image attached and I have been using it like that for ages and backing up via time machine to ...
