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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Stop Citrix Workspace from starting when opening Citrix Viewer
I use Citrix Viewer to access one of my employer's applications.
Recently, when I open the .ica file from Safari to initiate the connection, in addition to Citrix Viewer, Citrix Workspace starts and ...
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Karabiner doesn't detect End key on Logitech MX, VSCode does
I have a Logitech MX keys keyboard (dual Mac and PC, french layout), and I'm trying to use the Home and End keys.
I'm using the "French - PC" layout in macOS.
VScode detects the End key just ...
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How can I split a long table in a page layout document using Pages app?
If using Pages as a page layout app, you can continue text from one text box into another.
I'm looking around for a similar thing for tables. That is, I have a table on one page and I want to ...
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Wifi adapter BCM4355 not recognized on Parrot OS [migrated]
I've installed Parrot OS in dual boot and everything works fine. When I check the internet connection, it doesn't show any adapters. I have a MacBook Air with a Wi-Fi adapter: BCM4355 802.11ac ...
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How to translate Facebook pages (including posts)? Chrome's built-in feature does not work
Is there a way to translate Facebook pages on Chrome/any other browser?
I'm not talking about the Facebook built-in Bing translation on individual posts, but the entire page. Things I tried that didn'...
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How is com.apple.preference.sound.remoteservice involved with microphone access?
I just noticed that com.apple.preference.sound.remoteservice accessing my microphone on my MBP in macOS 12.6.3 while not running any communication software. Installed ones are currently denied access ...
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How to enable Background Sounds (accessibility) from Terminal or Shortcuts?
On iOS there is a Shortcut action for enabling background sounds. This doesn't exist on macOS 13 Ventura, as far as I can tell.
I can enable background sounds manually by navigating to Accessibility -&...
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macOS is hanging frequently after Ventura update
After I had upgraded my system to macOS Ventura, the system is hanging a lot due to that I have to restart my system very frequently.
Is anyone facing the same issue after they had upgraded to Ventura?...
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How to view historical banner notifications on macOS?
I often see banner notifications - which disappear after about two seconds - and then wonder:
how can I view them again?
which application generated them?
I would be looking for a way to scroll ...
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How to add true color support to Terminal.app?
How can I force Terminal.app to support true color neovim color schemes?
Is there a way I can configure some system settings, or hack or patch Terminal.app somehow, to add the support that it doesn't ...
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Deleting a binary from the bin folder that attempts to open at startup in Mac Ventura 13.2.1
There is a binary named 'Open' that resides in my /usr/bin folder that I cannot delete. I have tried sudo rm open and even tried sudo su and then rm open and it fails because I cannot override the ...
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macOS 11+ on Intel based mac
I am wondering if installing a new macOS (Big Sur and newer) that is meant for Apple Silicon macs, on an old Intel-based mac will carry any performance penalty. I'm thinking along the lines that all ...
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Workspace ONE - 2 profile 2 extensions Chrome - macOS
I'm trying to deploy 2 different profiles for 2 different extensions for Chrome, I'm using the key:
<key>ExtensionInstallForcelist</key>
<array><string>ID;https://clients2....
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Installing R 4.2.2 (ARM) fails
I am trying to update from R 4.2.1 to R 4.2.2 via the .pkg installer. However, I can't install since I get the message The installation failed. The installer encountered an error and let me contact ...
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Homebrew install problem - "Can't download the software because of a network problem"
When trying to install Homebrew, I'm getting the following issue notification: "Can't download the software because of a network problem".
Despite the suggestion of a network problem, I do ...
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The difference in behaviors between iOS and macOS when connecting to public Wifi through VPN
I wonder why iOS nicely shows that welcome screen (that makes you click "Accept", you-know-what) when connecting to public WiFi even though you've already connected to VPN, whereas macOS ...
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Repair MBR or GPT Table from recovery as both OSs fail to boot
On my Mac Mini 2014 I tried to repair GPT table (MBR.. ?) with an answer given on Trying to rebuild my partition map (using GPT fdisk, SIP disabled) for my issue of Windows 10 not booting itself but ...
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Cannot update macOS and error while installing Rosetta
I just bought a new MacBook Air M2 and after I connected to WiFi everything worked fine at first. The problem began when I tried to update the Mac. It says that I am not connected to the Internet but, ...
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In Universal Control, is there any way to switch focus from macOS to the iPad with a keystroke, rather than having to push through with the mouse?
In Universal Control, in order to start writing on my iPad, I have to switch focus by selecting something with the mouse, then the keyboard keystrokes will be sent to the iPad.
In order to switch back,...
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Issue with an installed public Github package: how and where can I raise my point? [closed]
Recently, I habe some issues with a (public) software package available on Github which I would like to communicate to the developer such that others can follow the discussion.
How and where is the ...
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How can I copy text from Books.app in 2023?
On macOS Monterey in Books.app, how can I copy some text from a book directly?
If I select
Letter of Marque spike loot. Haul wind man-of-war holystone ahoy bounty flogging Jack Tar heave to execution ...
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How to improve performance for MacOS Screen sharing to Ubuntu vino-server?
I'm using MacOS Screensharing client to connect to the built-in vino-server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS all on my local gigabit LAN. It connects reliably, however performance is pretty bad, almost unusable. ...
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How to pause (not completely silence) notifications on Mac OS? [duplicate]
I setup a work focus on my Mac with some schedules to be enabled for 50 minutes every working hour (from xx:00 to xx:50).
During 50 minutes of focus, all notifications are silent.
Can I make those ...
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No images appear when visiting netflix.com using Safari under macOS
Somewhat recently I have been having issues with Netflix.com while using my MacBook Pro (15" 2018). I currently have macOS Monterey 12.6.3 with Safari 16.3. The problem has been happening for ...
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Have a different view for each Finder folder [duplicate]
If I set a folder's view in Finder to List View and I've noticed that other folders that I open will have this view. If I change the view to Icons, all folders will have that view.
Is there a way to ...
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Control + Shift + Z key combination not working for browsers
I tried the keys combination ^ Control⇧ ShiftZ on my MacBook Pro (Ventura 13.2.1), but this is not getting seen for the browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari).
I tested at https://en.key-test.ru/ that I ...
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How could I multicast audio on MacOSX [duplicate]
How could I multicast audio on MacOSX? Suppose I have headphone jack on mbp and a usb hub and an external soundcard and god knows what else and I don't have a headphone preamp: could I send audio to ...
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Why does my VPN stop working when I plug in my iPhone?
I have a VPN connection via Tunnelblick to work servers. Everything works fine up until the point I connect my iPhone to my MacBook, then the connection suddenly stops working, some internet pages ...
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M1 Mac unable to switch bash
Greeting!
I followed the answers in here and got the latest version (5.2.15) of bash installed on my Mac. But when I ran bash --version it still shows:
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-...
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What is this "Secure Browser Monitor"?
I'm using a Mac Silicon. What is this "Secure Browser Monitor"? It's supposed to be from unidentified developer? When I click the "i" on the right side, it leads me to the "...
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Numbers: Get max value and the value's date
I have a document where one column is a date and another is a value for the date. I'd like to be able to get the maximum value and the date when that value appeared. For example if I had
A (Date)
B (...
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Can I delete the CombinedVocalizerVoices file from Mac?
Can I delete the following directory on my MacBook Air?
com_apple_MobileAsset_VoiceServices_CombinedVocalizerVoices
which is located at:
/System/Library/AssetsV2/...
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Time Machine - cannot access all TM backups
I have a senior pal who came to me for help and I am stumped.
He just ran the latest incremental update to Ventura on a fairly new iMac (not Silicon) and he lost all the many mailboxes he had set up ...
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Is there a way to move a modal dialog?
Some dialog boxes such as Save or Print cannot be dragged to a different place. I find it really annoying because often it’s useful to see the document underneath to help decide on the filename I want ...
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Connecting legacy Mac OS (10.3.9) to modern HTTPS via TLS
I'm using an old iMac G3, running Mac OS 10.3.9 Panther, for research purposes. My concern is not security - I don't put sensitive information on this machine, nor do I mind if the integrity of the ...
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Caffeinated Mac
I've just moved to a new M1 Mac Mini. I'm used to keep my Mac on for months, just leaving it in sleep mode when not in use.
I've just realised that this new Mac never really sleeps! It keep waking up ...
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Help with osascript Command to Hide Login Item on MacOS Ventura
I'm attempting to use the following command in Terminal on MacOS 13.2.1 to add WebDrive.app to my login items hidden (or even just minimized) on MacOS, since there appears to be no way to do it with ...
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Can I start AirPlay automatically?
My Macbook is without a screen as the connector broke. There's a way to start AirPlay automatically on startup so I can watch on my AppleTV or any script I can use to start the AirPlay?
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Dock and "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for that application"
With System Preferences: Desktop & Dock: Mission Control: "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for that application" disabled, transitions to other ...
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Is it possible to OPERATE an iPad app from an iMac? Sidecar, maybe?
My wife is a nurse, and she - along with the other nurses on her ward - has been given an iPad Air with a keyboard case by her hospital for the purposes of charting. The issue here being that the ...
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Install Windows 10 on MacBook Pro early 2011 with faulty AMD video card
I have a MacBook Pro early 2011 which suffers the well known problem with the AMD discrete graphic card. There were artifacts on the screen, therefore I decided to disable it by entering some commands ...
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Equivalent to systemd timers on OS X?
On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule. There are of course many ways of scheduling tasks,...
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Can’t input my password to log into MacOS because my computer acts as if Shift is always pressed [duplicate]
This just started today and it’s been very concerning. When I went to log into my MacBook Pro, my password was rejected the first three times I entered it. When going to the recovery assistant and ...
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Preview slide show automatic slide switch every 5 seconds
How do you change the default number of seconds each slide is presented for in the Slide Show setting for a PDF on Preview? It seems to be set automatically at 5 seconds.
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How can I tell if a macOS app is native or just a wrap around a website?
I've got a cookie notice when launching an app for the first time on macOS, which I didn't know was a thing.
Looking at the processes running, I see 3 processes spawned by the app. One looks like a ...
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Get purgeable space with diskutil CLI
With something like diskutil info /dev/disk1s1 among other things I can get my free space as follows:
Container Free Space: 28.3 GB (28347076608 Bytes) (exactly 55365384 512-Byte-Units)
The ...
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My macbook won’t boot at all. Recovery won’t work
I had recently upgraded to Ventura, and decided to go back to monterey. Now, I didn’t know how to do it properly, so I first wiped my disk clean and then attempted a restart to install monterey using ...
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App to automatically assign apps to spaces based on monitor configuration? [duplicate]
I use several monitor setups (MBP only, MBP + iPad with Sidecar, MBP + Studio Display, MBP + Studio Display + iPad with SideCar) but I also have specific Spaces layout for each stuff.
Let's say I'm ...
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Check VPN status with command
I would like to get the VPN connection status in a script.
On macOS 13.2.1 I have two VPNs configured (i believe both are of type IKEv2) but i can see neither of them using
scutil --nc list nor
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Terminal stays on top even after I click on a notification of another app
I have a couple of issues with the macOS Terminal app.
I'm working on the Terminal and I get a Slack notification. I click on the notification to jump to the Slack message — and Slack takes me there —...
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