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This is an unusual problem. It had been two weeks since I had been on Catalina when something strange started happening. I will get to the strange bit at the end but the main problem is as follows. ...

I am not really a ruby, cocoapods user. They are just required dependencies to other softwares which I use. First, let me describe my current weird environment. Somehow, brew 2.2.6 doesn't allow me ...

My capslock key seems to be stuck; it doesn't move down when I press it. (However, it does change the letter-case when pressed) How do I fix this?

I have an iPhone 6 (iOS 12.4.5) that struggles with finding its location. When it's not on WiFi, it: Thinks I'm thousands of feet away from where I actually am Has a giant "radius" where it thinks I ...

As of Monday morning, running the nodemon and npm run dev commands for a project I'm working on failed, and I traced it to some error with NPM itself. macbookpro@MacBookPro:/usr/local/lib$ npm -v ...

In Finder (Mojave if it's relevant), the 'Kind' column displays the file format in a 'friendly' human-readable format like "JPEG Image". Things like Photoshop and Illustrator files have descriptions ...

Is it possible to get the Mail system change its email signature automatically to specific recipients? If yes, can somebody please help me to write a code for that so I can implement it ? Example: I'...

Is there a way to find which program uses the keyboard to input stuff? Why I am asking this question is because my laptop (MacBook Pro) keeps inputting 0 key, my lap works fine after 5 mins from ...

If I connect with my MBP (macOS Catalina 10.15.3) to a SMB/Samba share without the option "smb encrypt=desired" on the server side everything works well. Smbstatus says SMB3_02, encryption is turned ...

I am using BetterTouchTool and you can add AppleScript widgets. Here's one that gives me the first non-completed reminder: tell application "Reminders" set activeReminders to name of (reminders ...

When I press space to preview an Excel file in Quick Look, the dates are incorrect The dates are correct when the same file is opened in Excel. Is it possible to fix this by adjusting the Excel file?...

I have configured macOS (Catalina 10.15.3) to automount 4 SMB network shares with autofs. It works, the shares are mounted whenever I need them, as they should. The problem I find is that my mount ...

For the creation of a tool which make uses of system proxy preferences, I am trying to understand their keychain usage: From my current understanding, on MacOS (Catalina) the system preferences for ...

I have created app on App Store Connect then selected Pricing and Availability there in bottom three options are available. I need to deploy my app for an oraganization, also my application has ...

I've read a lot and even opened 2 tickets on Apple Support, but Apple is good at charging money for the air, so far not for the help. Here is the problem - I can't sign the app correctly as developer ...

what I would like to do is a script which 1st checks whether a list of applications is running (e.g. Spotify, Thunderbird, Rocket Chat) and 2nd launch the apps from this list which are not already ...

I have an iTunes Music Library.xml file and an iTunes Media directory. The "date added" fields in the XML file are correct. The "date created" file attributes are correct. However, when importing into ...

How do you use wget to download all links on a webpage. I have tried a variety of different wget commands, as I understand that it can mirror and download an entire website including its links for ...

I have admin role of an account and able to view the team in app store connect website but with the same account not able to view the same on developer.apple.com. Did't get what is going wrong here.

Approximately twenty hours ago, I shut down my MacBook Pro and got on a plane. At home, everything was working. Now, at my sister’s house, I cannot get anything in Safari nor by ping. Ping gets “...

Anyone know what this Chinese symbol is on the keyboard next to the return key? There are no Chinese layouts enabled and the OS is in English. Seeing this on an iPad Air 3rd gen / iOS 13.3.1 ...

I'm having the Catalina background in dynamic setting. I feel it really helps me to have a background that shows night and day on my laptop. However, now that I'm experimenting with working late at ...

so I use apple calendar set to local time and keep events in local time. I've noticed when using the Today View from the home screen, events that show the correct time in the calendar app show the ...

I need to turn on FileVault on several Macs. Rather than hit each one individually and disrupt users' days, I thought it would be smart to create a script to do it using fdesetup. I need, however, to ...

I use Apple Music and have HomePod and Siri bleeps out some album titles rather than pronouncing them. One is “Hey Siri, play the album Bitches Brew” I see no place in the home app to set explicit ...

My Mac's dock has been showing the Handoff option very weirdly for around 6 months now (can't remember if it was already like this before Catalina). Is this normal now, aka does this happen on ...

The playback speed on youtube.com can be manipulated by using keyboard shortcuts < and >. However, on my MacBook only the > for increasing playback speed seems to work while < does nothing. ...

Sorry if this question is poorly worded, as I am new to MacOS. I bought this computer to be able to more easily work with my iphones at my shop. I have an iPhone 8 plus that is disabled, so I am ...

In iOS/iPadOS, if I open a share sheet, for example this one in the IMDb app: I can select a recently used group chat (circled). However, if that group isn’t in the recent list and I just press on ...

I am creating an account that requires a password with at least two numbers. I would like to use Apple suggestions of keychain strong passwords but it is generating only passwords with one number. ...

I have consulted the official shortcuts documentation and browsed various other resources on Preview shortcuts but have not found the magical key combination. The Toolbar is singularly unhelpful in ...

On my phone (iPhoneSE running iOS 12.x) I rarely ever receive any legitimate phone calls, but I get loads of spam. I would like to silence all calls except for my one Emergency Contact, but without ...

Currently, my two thunderbolt monitors are Thunderbold (1) and Thunderbolt (2). Is there a right way to change the name?

I have a 960GB External USB SSD and I have MacBook Air. I would like to know if is it possible to install, macOS Catalina 320GB, Windows 10 320GB, Linux CentOS 7 320GB in the same External HD. I don’...

Shape background with type...Cannot "send shape to back". Cannot bring type to front

I am trying to copy the top row of a category to all of the rows below in the same category. The text in the top row changes frequently and copy / paste will take a while. Is there a faster way to do ...

Whenever I send a message on GroupMe from my iPhone and I use dictation, I always find this character at the end of my message when I open it on a Windows or on my Android: . It only shows up on non-...

This question is super similar to this, but I'm curious how to launch the shell script in a non-login shell prompt. I already have it set up to run with iterm2 when I double-click. I don't really care ...

According to many pages, it should be easy to retrieve command line a password using security. I tried several options without success: $sudo security list-keychains "/Library/Keychains/...

I have a 2017 iMac (version 18,3) with Mojave on a 2TB Fusion Ddrive. The volume is not encrypted, no Bootcamp, I created no extra partitions. Aside from the migrated data from my old MB Pro, it ...

Can I deploy my app to AppStore with 5-10 cocoapods? All pods have MIT licence.

Is there a way to be notified when a new version of an application is published to the app store? I don't mean the general notification on the app store when opened. I would like to get an email or ...

My MacBook Pro keeps freezing: Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) OS: Mojave 10.14.6 I tried: Ran Apple Diagnostics => No ...

I created a virtual machine and uploaded a macOS Mojave installer iso file. Then I started up the virtual machine and the fs0:\vboxapfs.efi file was run directly. However, it shows the fs0:\vboxapfs....

If I have an app that has a webview that loads a website, do I need to get exclusive permission from this website to be able to publish it on the app store? If it is a yes, how is this different from ...

When the battery runs out on my MBP, after plugging in and pressing the power button, I am greeted with the login screen. I type my password, then it hangs and the only thing I can do is hard switch ...

How do I clean cache and other unused data on Mac?

Had to migrate to a new Mac and all of the aliases I have for hidden files are broken. When I try to navigate to the original file when I click "fix alias", I can't see the file in question in the ...

I am interested in knowing whether the "ping" utility shipped with Mojave 10.14.6 sources are open. man ping ends with BSD March 29, 2013 BSD, but it seems that FreeBSD's version of ping is not the ...

I try to use Apple Script to get Keynote directly into presentation mode, and quit when the presentation stops. As one (of many) approaches I tried a Script saved as stay open application: on idle ...