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Email link to a local file (e.g. file://User/...)
This has been asked before, but the only solution I've seen requires the recipient to install some software (e.g. lincastor), which doesn't work for me. Any better ideas?
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Finder does not open URL to file path
in the past, I used to click an URL to a local file in any application (e.g., TextEdit) and the finder or Path Finder would open.
An example for such an URL is file:///Users/username/Library/Mobile%...
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Cannot save Chrome links to desktop / Finder
I'll often save links from Chrome to my desktop or Finder, simply by dragging the URL from the address bar to wherever I want to save the shortcut to.
But all of a sudden it won't let me anymore. I ...
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How to add hyperlinks to local files in Numbers?
How do I add a hyperlink to a local file?
I know how to add a hyperlink to a website, so I tried something like file:///Users/MyUser/Documents/Invoices/Some%20Stuff.pdf
However, adding this path to ...
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Obtain a private URL to a file in iCloud Drive without making the file available to anyone with the link
I would like to get links to files in my iCloud Drive so that I can paste links to them in other apps (notes, email, etc) for quick access to these files in the future. I know that I can share the ...
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Someone keeps sending me a link via bluetooth - how to stop them without disabling bluetooth?
In my Macbook, I keep getting a popup about a website link sent from an iPhone:
I didn't even know about that feature, but anyway - the link is some random chinese website every time. Whenever I open ...
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Including server names in file paths
We have two servers, ServerOne and ServerTwo. Each server contains a folder called Projects. On Windows, the paths to each of these folders are \\ServerOne\Projects and \\ServerTwo\Projects, ...
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How can I associate URL files with a specific browser in Snow Leopard?
Until Snow Leopard URL files (.webloc files that you get when you drag a URL onto the desktop) opened with OmniWeb on my computer and some URLs were configured to open with Safari.
After upgrading to ...