Questions tagged [high-sierra]
macOS 10.13 High Sierra is Apple's operating system for Macintosh hardware. macOS Sierra was announced June 5, 2017 at WWDC, Apple's annual conference for developers where new operating systems have been announced for the last several years.
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"Failed to open OSinstaller" on re-install MacOS [duplicate]
Running into a problem that says "Installer information on the recovery server is damaged" when trying to re-install MacOS (Sierra) on Macbook Air 2017. Most tutorials/"fixes" on ...
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How do you fix "cannot install Google Drive in this location" on macOS High Sierra?
How do you fix "cannot install Google Drive in this location" on macOS High Sierra?
I've removed Google Sync and Backup.
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Connect a "dump" USB-printer on macOS (High Sierra)
The printer is a ticket printer (Epson TM-u220) and I have a Java App talking directly to the printer device at /dev/tty(xxx) on Linux and Unix without any special installed drivers.
On macOS, I can ...
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Reinstalled High Sierra: System now extremely slow and unresponsive
In attempting to solve another problem, I've tried to reinstall macOS High Sierra onto my Mac mini (2011). Everything seemed to go fine with the install, however after booting up it is now extremely ...
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50 minutes to audio meltdown
MBP 2018 15 10.13.6 (running this system to use some older software)
About 5 days ago this Mac started producing serious sound errors with any wired output I have available currently (internal ...
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Arrange by "Kind" doesn't separate various types
When using the Arrange by function in the Finder I see most guides and various questions online regarding it, that it "should" separate images, music, movies, etc. into different sections. ...
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How to identify macOS system version installed (if any) on non-startup disk(s) when running High Sierra (or older)?
When running macOS High Sierra (10.13), non-startup disks formatted with newer macOS versions (10.15 or above- Catalina, Monterey, Ventura) installed on them mount as a separate "Data" ...
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No longer able to import HEIC photos from iPhone using the Photos.app on High Sierra
I run High Sierra on my old Mac. Importing pictures from my iPhone running 15.7.2 was never a problem.
Roughly since December 2022, I haven't been able to import photos. The error message is always ...
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iMac main/admin account won't log in (iMac mid 2011, High Sierra)
So I'm at a loss with my Imac which suddenly wouldn't log in and I really really don't want to lose all the information I have on there. I've tried to be as detailed as possible but might have ...
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Can you install QEMU on High Sierra?
Has anyone been able to install QEMU on High Sierra (10.13.6)?
On the wikipedia of qemu,
https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Mac#Building_QEMU_for_macOS
it is stated:
"The system requirements are: One ...
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npm error in vscode that seems to stem from running on High Sierra
I was loaned an iMac from 2011 to replace my PC when it abruptly went on strike on me. I am not very familiar with macOS.
I am trying to use the terminal in VSCode to work and the command npm start ...
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Why does even `rm` refuse to operate with insufficient disk space, and how do you *really* delete files in that situation?
I have macOS High Sierra - 10.13.6 Security Update 2020-006 (17G14042) and my system is not behaving well due to the disk being full of data.
I try to keep a few GB free on my Mac's HD but ...
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MacBook Pro: OS X reinstall is taking "forever", (over 12 hours) to finish
I am using a macbook pro 2011, i7, 8 ram.
I turned on the computer after receiving it and the loading screen took a long time so I installed MacOS Yosemite from a friend's mac, but when I put it on my ...
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Want to clean install macOS High Sierra but unable to delete the existing Macintosh HD partition. An internal error has occurred
I have an iMac 18,2 with the current operating macOS Sierra. Now I want to clean install the existing OS using macOS High Sierra v10.13.6, I went to the recovery mode, connect to wifi and click on ...
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iMac 2012 stuck when loading user profiles
I have a very nasty issue on my Mac (2012, High Sierra, SSD, and 20GB RAM).
In the beginning, I was having boot issues (the Apple logo was stuck), but now I can get to a point (using Safe Mode) where ...
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Does MacOS store information locally about external drives?
I used a borrowed Mac to transfer sensitive data directly between two USB thumb drives. Ideally, I'd like to not leave a single trace of the files and transfers on the borrowed Mac, but I understand ...
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Should I upgrade Mac OS El Capitan to High Sierra on Macbook white 7,1 mid-2010 (w/ 4GB RAM & SSD)?
On the MacBook white 7,1 (mid-2010) the operating system can be upgraded this way:
Snow Leopard 10.6.8 → El Capitan 10.11 → High Sierra 10.13
I have no special reason for upgrading, apart from the ...
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Recovering from a failed update in a way that I don't lose everything and have to setup everything again from scratch
I accepted to restart for 'Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure macOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before).
My Mac restarted but the install kept hanging at '...
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Invalid fsroot tree, what it really means and file integrity?
Mac Pro model 5,1 (mid 2012, 3.33 Ghz 6-core Xeon) with 32 GB of stock RAM and the stock video card. I am running High Sierra fully updated.
I have a fairly new 4 TB Seagate HDD (3.5") that I ...
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Permission denied reinstalling MacOS from internet
I've been getting lots of prompts to repair Library in MacOS High Sierra, and every time I type in my password to allow it, it does nothing. I then tried disktuil resetUserPermissions / `id -u`, which ...
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Accept All Cookies popup on this page/site (AskDifferent) not disappearing after accepting
I have tested in other browsers, Firefox, Chrome, Brave, and clicking on the accept button make the popup disappear as it should.
My problem is that it is not working in in Safari 11.1.2 on 10.13.6
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Is it safe to erase my HDD (with partition disk0s2) when trying to downgrade from Mojave to High Sierra?
I need to downgrade from Mojave to High Sierra but am not sure if I can safely erase the HDD in order to install the new OS.
I'm aware that I can create an installer on a USB drive for High Sierra or ...
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Disable diacritics auto insertion like á and é on macOS
I need to work on an old iMac sporting High Sierra for some time.
The problem I have is that pressing the keys ' then e outputs é, when I would like it to simply print 'e. Same for ' then a.
I am ...
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What is the method to right click using the keyboard on Mac
How do I get the option's menu using only keyboard shortcuts that could help me correct the spellings while typing?
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Why can I no longer drag photos from Photos to Finder?
Using Photos on Mac OS X 10.13.
After importing photos from iPhone, they appear under Imports. There, I used to be able to drag them to a Finder window, but this suddenly seems not to be possible ...
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How to export Voice Memos from iTunes to Finder?
How can I export iPhone Voice Memos from iTunes to Finder? Everything I find on the web does not work:
Right click on a Voice Memo in iTunes and select "open in Finder". - I do not have ...
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macOS - menulet constant reload/flicker
macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra)
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menulet keeps flicker and won't stop (randomly) sometimes it stop for a little while. I've done the standard disk utility, reboot, single user mode. Only thing ...
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My internal SuperDrive gets power, but won't show up in macOS
I have a 2010 white MacBook with 10.13.6 High Sierra installed, and my internal SuperDrive isn't detected. It gets power and spins up when I put a DVD in it, but the drive doesn't show up. The eject ...
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Safari: adblockers detected on webpages
Safari (V13.1.2, High Sierra) often blocks webpages and I do not understand why. Loading a webpages often results in the message
AdBlocker detected. Please disable your ad blocker to use this page
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How do I ensure that my Mac mini will *always* connect to my Synology NAS with the username and password saved in the Keychain?
I have a Mac mini - Intel i5 Mid 2011 - running MacOS High Sierra - the latest version of the OS it will allow to run - with all suitable software updates.
I have a Mac admin user with a username and ...
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macOS: number of found help menu items?
It seems that the number of found help menu item of the macOS help function is restricted for any application (at least in High Sierra) to, in total, ten entries.
Is there a way to increase the number ...
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Accessing macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra Time Machine backup drive on macOS 12.3.1 Monterey
I have a Time Machine backup from an older 2010 iMac running macOS 10.13.6 that I would like to access from my new Mac that's running macOS 12.3.1. When I connect the drive to my new Mac, the drive ...
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How to resolve Reminders keeps crashing when accessing "ToDo" folder
I'm using 10.13.6 macOS High Sierra. Reminders keeps crashing when I try to access a personally-made folder called "ToDo" I'm not sure if that folder name is reserved for the system, but it ...
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Is it worth upgrading from High Sierra to Monterey in macbook Pro? [closed]
I'm using MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8GB 1867 MHz
Graphis Intel Iris Graphics
I'm ...
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MacPorts: warning and failure of port installation
Trying to install via MacPorts the recent Inkscape port update to @1.1.2 failed on High Sierra. Tracing the installation with sudo port -t install inkscape results in warnings
---> Building ...
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Migrate google chrome profile
I bought a new mac and would like to transfer most of my settings, preferences, and files to the new mac. In my experience using the same hard drive (macOS system) with different laptops, Google ...
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Image text indexing software for High Sierra
I love the Live Text feature on iOS 15 but unfortunately, my photo library is too large to fit on a Cloud account or on an iPhone - it lives on a 4Tb external hard drive.
However, I would love to be ...
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Apple fsck.hfs borks on corrupted journal
Got message, "Unrecognized disk" and a choice of eject, initialize, or ignore
I chose ignore, then used "repair disk"
Made no difference.
Can this be fixed without reinitializing?
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You cannot partition an external disk, a RAID disk or an internal disk on which FileVault encryption is in progress. (I don't have a RAID disk)
I'm trying to Boot Camp my Mac Pro (2010. High Sierra) And every time i open the Boot Camp it shows me this message: "You cannot partition an external disk, a RAID disk or an internal disk on ...
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Prevent transcoding when airdropping HEVC video
When I use AirDrop to send photos from iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 12 (regardless of iOS system) to my 2017 macbook pro (High Sierra), sharingd automatically converts the HEVC video into AVC format. ...
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No Target Display for Catalina on iMac's -- How to roll back to High Sierra [duplicate]
Spent hours to figure out why iMac was not running Target Display mode. Got it, it needs High Sierra or older, stupid me, I assumed High Sierra or newer.
More and more older iMacs are getting (...
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How to made enable system extensions on macOS Monterey?
I would like to continue to use my DROBO 5D with the the mac mini 16 GB (M1, 2020) mcOS Monterey.
But it does not pop up on my display, although the older DROBO “4slots” does show up on the screen.
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Mount locally served smb/afp share
For some of my workflows, I need to mount a folder somewhere else, and this process should be transparent, meaning symbolic links don't work. Because macOS don't support mount --bind and the nullfs ...
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How to clear the Last Opened date on a file on High Sierra 10.13.6?
I have a bunch of pictures from a camera, and on all of them the Last Opened date is blank
I accidentally opened one an now just that one has a non blank Last Opened date
For the sake of that one ...
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Thin universal application recursively
I'm running on a 2017 macbook pro so I don't need arm64 architecture. I can thin the application manually by going to each executable and library and use lipo to extract the x86_64 architecture, but ...
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Grant "full disk access" to sandboxed applications permanently
I'm using Microsoft Office 2016 (not 365) on macOS High Sierra. There's an annoying issue where I can open files normally but when I select a file from the "recently opened" menu it opens a ...
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misaligned openSSL in OSX?
Errors are being generated on OSX 10.13.6 when using curl with protocol https, but not with browsers.
curl https://letsencrypt.org/
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired
Thus ...
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Modify SIP in normally booted system
I have MacBook Pro (2017) with macOS High Sierra (10.13.6). I have SIP and amfi disabled. I want to enable a part / the majority of SIP (e.g. csrutil enable --without fs) without having to reboot into ...
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Application get sigkill on launch
When I launch certain applications, they don't launch. Running them in iTerm gets sigkill. Running them in gdb does not output any debug information. Running them with dtruss does not output any debug ...
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I need to retrieve my password to get administrator access back in macOS High Sierra [duplicate]
I have a MacBook Pro that I have forgotten my administrator password to. I believe I last logged into it in 2018, so I am still using macOS High Sierra because I can't upgrade without being in the ...
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