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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Prevent all apps in macOS from stealing focus
I want to prevent all apps on my system from stealing focus and/or going fullscreen without my permission. The best example I can give is the Zoom app.
when I open a meeting URL, then focus on ...
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Adjust delay for activating Full Screen Mode toolbar
Is it possible to change the delay on the full screen mode window toolbar in OS X Yosemite?
I'm thinking of something like this, but for the toolbar
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -...
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How to disable Cmd+Shift+A and Cmd+Shift+M from CLI in MacOS?
How to disable those shortcuts using some CLI command/tool:
"Open man Page in Terminal" - Cmd+Shift+A
"Search man Page Index in Terminal" - Cmd+Shift+A
Both are located in System ...
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How to change or modify the macOS notification's sound?
I know there is the sound effects list in Preferences->sound, but this will change only the alert sound - that I like. What is annoying to me is the notifications sound. I like to work with headphones ...
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Why does my `rootless.conf` not always affect SIP’s choice of which files get the `restricted` flag treatment?
What sources say
Like everyone else’s, my /System/Library/Sandbox/rootless.conf file contains the following entries:
$ cat /System/Library/Sandbox/rootless.conf
[…]
/System
[…]
* /...
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How to track screentime of Java apps with Catalina
I am using macOS screen time as a mechanism for parental controls. Before updating to Catalina, the screen time tracked the total time a user was logged in with his/her credentials, regardless of what ...
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How to display google calendar "reminders" on macOS calendar app?
So google recently implemented reminders on both their web application and their mobile applications. This is a nifty little feature that instead of creating events on your calendar it creates these ...
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Where are the system folder icons located in Big Sur / Monterey?
In Catalina and earlier, the path for Finder folder icons (e.g. Applications, Desktop, Downloads, Developer…) was:
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
But as of Big Sur ...
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Is there any way to prevent a MacBook Air (2019) from powering up when an input device (keyboard or trackpad) is touched or the lid is open?
While I know there is a hack to prevent MacBooks — 2018 and higher — from starting up when the lid is open, I would like to know if there is a similar hack to prevent a MacBook from powering up when ...
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Whitelist available in Apple Mail for automatic Load Remote Content when this option is deselected in settings?
The 'Load Remote Content' is a great feature and I like to use it. Is there a way to make a whitelist of sender addresses for which remote content is loaded automatically, whilst remote content of ...
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How can I eliminate delay with Globe key when switching input sources on MacBook?
When I switch input sources with globe key on my MacBook Pro 2021 with macOS 12.0.1 it actually doesn't change anything until this little pop-up window disappears.
It's really annoying to wait when ...
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MBpro - Battery drain in sleep mode - Wake Reason : EC.USBC(Maintenance)
So I have a MacbookPro 2018 from septembre and a week ago, I noticed that my battery computer drain really fast in sleep mode.
So I tried a lot of things like setting hibernatemode in 25 and other ...
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Don't switch Spaces automatically **ever**, even when double-activating app, on Sierra
I'd like OS X to stop switching Desktops when an app gains focus. The traditional solutions to this do not work in Sierra. There is now a new behavior: if an app is brought to the foreground twice in ...
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Is there a way to disable Safari CSP (Content Security Policy) check?
Seems like Safari has a very strong restriction on Content Security Policy (CSP).
For example, on GitHub, most of the userscripts and extensions don't work because of it.
I get errors such as this ...
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macOS 10.12.6: Panic, assertion failed: ifp->if_sndbyte_total >= len, bsd/netinet/in_pcb.c, line: 3458
I am getting sporadic kernel panics like this:
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff80189d435f): assertion failed: ifp->if_sndbyte_total >= len, file: /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/...
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Why mac smb connect fails with login from cli but works from finder and with guest account?
So i have one mac (Yosemite) sharing a folder read only for many users and the guest account is enabled to mount/access that folder so users may download whatever. I am connecting to the share as the ...
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Is there a "findmnt" equivalent for OS X?
I find findmnt's output much easier for a quick scan of the filesystem status than the traditional mount command.
Here is a sample output, showing the details it offers.
$ findmnt
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Unread notification badge for Notification Center
Is there any way (application?) to display some sort of notification that there are unread items in Notification Center?
It could be just a badge on the icon, or the icon highlight, just anything ...
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How do I transfer a Photos project from one mac to another?
I created two photo books on one Mac, but that Mac is getting a little constrained on space (this has now actually become more important, because I can not update to El Capitan because there is not ...
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How do I change the appearance of the window that has focus?
I find that I frequently close the wrong window or app by accident, because I think that (for example) the Browser window I am looking at has the focus, when in fact another app, such as iTerm really ...
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Writing to routing socket: not in table, Why?
▶ netstat -rn
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
default 192.168.100.1 UGScI 15 0 en0
10.9.4/...
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How to enable "larger text" scaling slider on a 2k monitor?
I have a Mac Mini (late 2014) connected to two Dell U2515H monitors, which have 2560x1440 resolution.
Problem: everything (macOS UI elements) is too small at this native resolution.
I was able to ...
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Install X11 version of Firefox on OSX 10.8.2
I'm trying to install a x11-enabled version of Firefox on my OSX 10.8.2, so it can integrate nicely with xmonad.
My problem: Firefox in macports is extremely old (7.x) and building 17.x from source ...
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MacOS Ventura 13.1: FortiClient SSL-VPN can't connect
Recently I updated my Macbook to the latest macOS (Ventura 13.1). Before the update, I was able to use FortiClient to connect to a VPN. I am trying the same configuration with previous versions of ...
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Mac OS X running so hot when connecting to a secondary monitor
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
I'm not sure if anyone else also experiencing this high CPU on their Mac Book and lead to a really hot fire 🔥. I’ve experienced this issue a few months after getting this ...
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High `WindowServer` Memory Usage M1 Mac OS X 11.3.1
I purchased a new M1 Mac (8gb ram) in Febuary, and since then have had a problem with lagging due to high memory usage. Almost always half or more 4+gb is allocated to WindowServer.
The problem is ...
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Turn off Control Center in macOS Big Sur
Is there a way to turn off the control center in macOS Big Sur? In settings under dock and menu bar there are settings to the control center but no option to disable it.
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Is it possible to disable XProtectService for a given folder?
I'm using a MacBook for C/C++ development and I'm creating a lot of native executables with clang. While running some of those (mostly those that are on the bigger side - around 500 MB), I can see a ...
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Mac Catalina 10.15.4: Could not load Sound preference pane
I selected Volume icon and then Sound Preferences in menu bar, but cannot load it. It shows:
Could not load Sound preference pane
It sometimes happens. How to solve this?
My current workaround: ...
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How to disable Safari top hit?
As of Safari 13.1 (perhaps earlier versions as well), Safari has changed the search bar behavior: where the first result used to always be "do a search on search engine with the text I entered", the ...
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Keep applications from focus stealing
I guess it has been asked a couple of timed before in various settings, so I am going to make it more general.
There are some shitty applications ( like "Android File Transfer" for example ) which are ...
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Change keyboard layout automatically when external keyboard connected
I recently purchased an external keyboard (non-apple) that is used at home and also dragged along with me from time to time, and I've noticed a need.
My Mac is in English, as well as its physical ...
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Excel: how to change Default file option to UTF-8 away from Macintosh file option?
When I double-click and open a csv file in Excel, the OSX Excel always opens it in Macintosh format destroying the visualisation of UTF-8 files with malformatted umlaut characters such as ö and ä. I ...
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macOS Sierra - Change default Volume Up/Down keys to Option+Shift+Volume Up/Down?
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The current behavior for the Volume Up/Down keys is to adjust the system volume in whole increments. But! The key combo Option(Alt)+Shift+Volume Up/Down will change the volume in 1/4 ...
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Sort Desktop icons by reverse of "Date Created"?
I want my oldest folders to be at the top and my newest ones to be at the bottom. Sorting my Desktop by "Date Created" does the opposite of this, but how do I flip it?
I'm on macOS Sierra and have ...
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Why do some Login Items insist on displaying at startup, despite being set to "Hide"?
Under System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items, I have a number of applications that are set to launch on system startup.
Some of these, despite being marked to "Hide" on startup, insist ...
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rbenv not overriding default Ruby version
I used the thoughtbot laptop script to setup a new Macbook Air (OSX 10.10.5), but when I navigate within a Rails project that contains a .ruby-version file, running commands such as rails s returns an ...
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Prevent Open/Save dialog from solliciting external hard drives
I have several external drives, which I don't use constantly, and so they spin down, and rest.
Unfortunately for me, every time I have the "Open..." or "Save..." dialogs, Mac OS X spins these hard ...
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Use a custom version of clang in Xcode
I installed the recent version of clang (to /usr/local/). How do I set up Xcode to use this and not the built-in version of clang?
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Using night shift/f.lux on external monitors Mac OS 10.15
I’m having an issue using Night Shift, f.lux, or any blue light filter application on 2 of the 3 external monitors I have hooked up to my MacBook Pro via a Dell docking station. This is my hardware:
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macOS changes screen arrangement when waking from sleep
I have a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (MacBookPro13,3, 2016 - running 10.12.6 as it's a company laptop and I cannot update) with two monitors plugged in, each using a USB-C port (but using a USB-C to ...
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Sending All Traffic Over VPN Tunnel (IKEv2) in OS X 10.11.5
I recently setup VPN connections on my Macbook Pro running OS X 10.11.5 via the Apple Configurator. However, I am having trouble sending all traffic across the VPN Tunnel rather than through the ...
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"Safari" would like to control this computer using accessibility features
I recently did a clean install of OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 on my MacBook Air.
I was making a credit card payment on the Barclaycard website and received a dialog window saying ""Safari" ...
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Quick Look markup toolbar is no longer shown by default
I'm on Ventura 13.0.1 (22A400).
In the past I was able to take a screenshot (CMD+SHIFT+4), click on the thumbnail in the corner of my screen opening the "Quick Look", and immediately begin ...
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How to change the macOS system settings layout?
After I updated my macOS to Ventura, the system settings layout was changed to a list as shown in the screenshot below.
Does anyone know how to change the layout to a grid as before (in Monterey)?
I ...
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Get MacBook Pro M1 to consistantly order 2 identical monitors
I have an M1 MacBook Pro. I have two 27" HP E27u G4 monitors each connected directly to it via USB-C cables.
Every time the Mac sleeps (turns off the displays?), when I wake it up it will ...
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How does powermetrics work?
Apple seems to have upgraded the output of powermetrics on M1 CPUs to include reports of consumed power. Output looks roughly like this:
sudo powermetrics | grep -i power
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E-Cluster Power: ...
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How to disable the title bar in fullscreen?
In MacOS Monterey when my cursor goes on the menu bar while in full screen the title bar for the application drops down. This makes it rather difficult to quickly switch tabs, as when drag my cursor ...
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MacOS Safari having different app and website language
My preferred language is Danish, but I prefer having my MacOS system language set to English but I have set country as region.
That's works perfectly, but in Safari some webpages is by default ...
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Is there a way to save or export Screentime data?
Screentime on Mac and iOS records data every day but it only keeps the data for a few weeks. Obviously the data must be stored somewhere, is there a way to access it?
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