Questions tagged [macos]
macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).
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Factory reset will delete admin account?
I lost the admin account on my Mac and I want to factory reset my macbook. Will it erase all the accounts and help me create a new admin account?
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SSH to Mac port 22: Connection refused - after Remote Login enabled
On my Macbook on Mac OS Ventura (aka macos 13.4) I enabled Remote Login in order to access this laptop via ssh:
I've set the Mac's System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login to accept ...
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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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Ventura 13.04 won't give out DHCP addresses with Internet Sharing
I am trying to share my wifi interface with the connected external ethernet port on macbook, after a reboot the connected device on the ethernet port does not get any ip-address, I have looked around ...
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Unable to sign-in with Apple ID on Mac - other devices work fine
I have a strange problem with logging on to my Apple ID on my Mac. I have the correct password because I can log on to appleid.apple.com without a problem. My iPhone is not impacted. But I can't ...
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Can't run MySQL Workbench 8.0.33 on macOS Monterey [closed]
I went to the MySQL Workbench downloads page and wanted to download and install the latest version. When I go there I see this (8.0.33 is the latest. The red box is my highlighting):
Which implies ...
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What does a question mark `?` in the STAT column of `ps` on MacOS indicate?
When running the command
ps -xo pid,stat,user,time
On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column:
PID STAT USER TIME
[...] Removed for brevity
72633 S mbercx ...
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Brother iPrint&Scan generating "problem connecting to server 127.0.0.1"
I've been using Brother's iPrint&Scan app on my MacBookPro to scan images from a Brother multifunction printer for several years.
My MacBook recently needed minor service, and AppleCare basically ...
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Cannot Access my Files on External APFS SSD in "Other Volumes"
On my external SSD, which is formatted as APFS (Case-sensitive), there are a lot of important personal files (around 219 GB).
When I plug the drive into my MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021) and open it in ...
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Where is "Set as Desktop Pitcures" button in share menu of Photo app?
From some time i can't set my photos as wallpaper. There isn't the option in sharing menu
English:
Shared Albums
Mail
Message
AirDrop
Notes
Reminder
Simulator
Shortcuts
[] Edit Extensions...
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MacBook Air 2013 not updating software
New to this site.
2013 MacBook Air refurbished from IBM in 2017.
Factory reset accidentally to original software: Mountain Lion.
I could update 6 items. The last iTunes update comes with an error code....
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Why can't I uninstall Node using HomeBrew?
I'm on a MacBook running MacOS 12.6.1
I'm trying to uninstall node. But its not working.
How can I fix this?
See the output below:
% node -v
v14.21.3
% which node
/opt/homebrew/opt/node@14/bin/node
%...
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How can I disable blinking cursor when editing text in Mail.app or Safari?
In macOS Monterey when I use native Mail.app to compose a mail or in Safari typing here to ask the question, the cursor blinks.
Is it possible to prevent blinking cursor and if possible to replace it ...
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How to close Preview with keyboard shortcuts only and not auto-save the file?
I want to be able to open an image, sketch some stuff, then close Preview in one or two keyboard shortcuts, without the image file being changed.
At the moment, if I open a file, sketch some stuff, ...
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Does Apple clang support clang-format?
I am trying to change how Apple clang formats code via clangd. But I can't get it accept my .clang-format. I've tried placing it in the project root directory and $HOME as well.
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How to rename multiple files & filepaths at once on Mac without Terminal
Apart from this topic which offers a small variety of code scripts to use on Terminal, I thought using available apps would be more user-friendly.
On one hand, Mac's Finder does not include the rename-...
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Next steps for checking and securing a Mac from Malware?
A website I manage through another hosting company was infected with "descriptionscripts" malware, which has since been cleaned.
However, I had to browse the site itself during that time and ...
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How to download a generic Time Machine backup to restore bricked MBP [closed]
I dont have a Time Machine backup, Internet Recovery doesn't work because I get "The recovery server could not be contacted" even if I sync the time. I dont have a second Mac to make a ...
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Opening older Numbers files
I am running Monterey, with Numbers version 11.2. I have some old spreadsheets that I created in Numbers circa 2011. I tried to open them and received the error message: "[filename].numbers can't ...
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Why is MacBook connecting to network with weaker signal despite stronger (other) network being available?
I can connect to different networks depending on where in the building I am. Some are stronger than others depending on where I am.
The MacBook has credentials for all networks.
Often it chooses a ...
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How to check whether notifications are enabled or not for my app command line on macOS Big Sur?
How to check whether notifications are enabled or not for my app from terminal / command line on macOS Big Sur?
Also, I want to forcefully enable or disable notifications using administrative/root ...
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Preserve Terminal profile settings after restarting/quiting it [duplicate]
How can change the default terminal profile to Pro (plus font and window size settings) so that after closing/quiting the terminal and restarting it I'm presented with the Pro-profile not the standard ...
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How can I add custom apps to Sleep focus allowed apps?
How can I add a custom app that is not available on the list of apps to add to sleep focus? I'm on Macos Ventura 13.4
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Can't Install macOS
I have a MacBook Air (Intel) that doesn't have macOS on it. Here's what I've tried to get macOS installed:
Install a fresh copy from Apple servers - got "Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted&...
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What are the HighPoint, SoftRAID macOS software extensions?
While cleaning some software off my computer, I noticed the following extensions listed in System Information → Software → Extensions. For context, I am running an M2 Max MacBook Pro with MacOS ...
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Tabbed data being pasted as spaces on mac
First I would like to preface I found a work around for my issue but I am curious if anyone knows what might be causing it.
So in my case I have tab delimited data in VS and I pasted it into excel. As ...
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Is iOS device backup done per user account, per macOS disk, or per iCloud account?
I see on my macOS account many files under
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
where, presumably, macOS maintains a local backup of iOS devices.
Suppose I use just one iPhone and one ...
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Do any third-party monitors natively support brightness keys?
TL; DR: Apple monitors (in laptops, desktops, and external) support using the F1/F2 keys for brightness control. Do any third party monitors support this functionality natively?
Context: I have a Dell ...
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OpenCL on Ventura/how to speed up whisper.cpp on an Intel-Mac with Radeon GPU?
I use whisper.cpp a lot and recent updates has added support for OpenCL using CLBlast, https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp#opencl-gpu-support-via-clblast but according to https://discussions....
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When I open Mac TextEdit, it opens all the unsaved files previous open. How do I get it to open with no files? [duplicate]
I have found many solutions to clearing the recent files in File:Recent menu, but this is a different issue. When you launch TextEdit, it automatically opens all previously open, unclosed (potentially ...
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zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ngrok
I have a mac processor 1.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i3 and macOS Catalina
I install ngrok AMD64 from the website https://ngrok.com/download
I keep getting the error: zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ...
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How can the app usage of a single category be greater than the total app usage of the day?
In the following screenshot from a Macbook Pro, you can see that the screen time of the whole day sums up to 6 hours and 36 minutes, but the screen time of a single category (in this case, the only ...
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What's using my microphone?
When connecting to my Macbook (running Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)), my bluetooth earphones (multiple sets from multiple manufacturers) seem to switch to "call mode" where the audio quality drops....
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Adding value to a cell in Numbers for Mac when a value already exists
I have some data points in column A that I want to add 50 to across all cells in that column. How can I calculate that per cell without having to manually add 50 to every value?
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Monterey "You are opening the application LibreOffice for the first time" every time I launch the program
I have restarted the computer.
I have tried the accepted solution to this similar question from over a decade ago.
But macOS keeps behaving poorly.
How to I get macOS to stop asking this every time I ...
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High Sierra internet recovery cannot contact server
Old MacBook Pro (mid-2011) running OS X Sierra was out of commission as the power supply had gone bad. I got a new power supply and fired it up. I was greeted with a warning from Chrome that it would ...
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Can't change system limit with launchctl anymore
I have a launchctl service
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/...
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MacOS - inserting 'windows keyboard' disrupts apple magic keyboard
I have a MacBook Pro with the magic keyboard & mouse.
After plugging in one time a 'normal' windows keyboard, and then returning back to apple magic keyboard, some keyboard shortcuts refuse to ...
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How to find large files that are taking space in "Documents" category of Storage Manager [duplicate]
I am having trouble alleviating space problems on my Mac.
It states that I have over 330 GB worth of Documents. However, I've emptied and trash and cleaned up all large files:
I have no idea what ...
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Is there a way to DISABLE a user from decrypting the boot volume? [duplicate]
I see a very well documented way, if a user is not enabled to decrypt the boot volume, to enable that user: just go into the FileVault control panel, and if there are users not permitted to boot the ...
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Why is the .photolibrary file many times larger than the original files?
I imported about 2gb of photos and the resulting .photolibrary file is over 8gb, is this normal?
It might be useful to know that it was over 7,000 photos.
Can someone explain why/how the .photolibrary ...
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How to reset display settings on macOS Ventura to their defaults?
I've been experimenting with external display on my MacBook Air. I had the external display set up as a primary monitor and my Mac's built-in display as a secondary. Then for some unknown reason the ...
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Multipass fails to launch an instance on OSX BigSur 11.7
After installing Multipass using brew install multipass or directly from the Canonical website, a persistent error occurs when starting an instance:
multipass shell
start failed: The following errors ...
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How to discover/choose RAID "Chunk Size"
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when using Disk Utility to create a RAID 0 of two external HHD's, it asks to choose a Chunk size. the options are: 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, or 256K.
i would like to discover what another two ...
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macOS Photos app stops working after editing 1-2 videos
I have several mp4 video files that I want to edit (crop, rotate, change aspect ratio, reduce file size) and find that the macOS Photos app can do all. However, the app stops working after editing 1-2 ...
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MacBook keeps switching off bluetooth
Any ideas why Bluetooth keeps switching off on its own?
I've noticed it happens when there are no devices connected or when in sleep.
Device: MacBook Pro, M1 Max, 2021. 14-inch
Version: MacOS 13.3.1 (...
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Is there a cli command to dump the ACL associated to a file (in a MacOS context)?
I would like to know if it is possible, and if it is, how can be seen the ACL (Access Control List) associated to a file in a MacOS context, using command line (not using the GUI "File ...
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Using Powerlevel9k with oh-my-zsh showing powerlevel9k icons but showing weird character '?' for zsh icons on my Mc Book terminal
I've been using powerlevel9k with zsh since many years now on my Mac Book. But since few days that I bought a new Mac Book Pro Ventura 13.3.1, and reinstalled powerlevel9k and oh-my-zsh the same way I ...
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Recovery of disk space lost because of backup snapshot created by Techtool Pro eDrive on MacOS [closed]
Recently I was cleaning up an older Mac 10.13 and on the drive and found I bought TechTool Pro a couple of years ago, installed it and I forgot about it. I didn't know I have it nor I did remember ...
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Why does Apple continually ask my preferred emoji skin tone?
I have never in my life ever chosen any alternate skin tone for emojis beyond the default yellow. But for unknown reasons, Apple asks anew seemingly every month on macOS and iOS if I wouldn’t rather ...
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