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What is the easiest way to generate an ICNS file from a single image, but with it32 for at least the 128x128? (macos)
I'm making new icons for all my disks/partitions (all macos).
All the apps/scripts I've tried, output the 128x128 as "ic07".
None of the other sizes within the ICNS file have an issue with ...
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MacOS: Internet Sharing Off / greyed out / not available on this computer
I've got a MAC work laptop on the latest Ventura 13.6.2.
Up until a few days ago I could use the Internet Sharing option just fine but today I noticed that the setting is greyed out. I've tried ...
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Can I be assured that a calendar on my Mac is not shared?
I use the Calendar application vigorously.
In some cases, I link a calendar from my workplace's Microsoft Exchange server. In other cases, I create a new calendar on my Mac.
I have been working under ...
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iOS DNS falls back to cell network to work around filtering?
I have my home wireless router configured to use Cloudlfare's 1.1.1.3 for DNS, which is intended to block malware and porn sites. With previous versions of iOS this seemed to work. I've noticed that ...
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Mission Control on Mac with multiple Screens
I have an issue how Mission Control selects pro-actively the focused app/window on a monitor B when chosing the app in Monitor A.
Setup
For simplicity let's say I have two monitors, A and B.
Both ...
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iOS 17 update: contact pictures
I have gone into the info section for one of my iPhone contacts and it says ‘recent photo update from (contact name)’ and looks like this:
Does this mean my contact has added the photo shown to the ...
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Removing websites from notification centre - macOS 14
There are quite a few websites listed System Preferences -> Notifications that I can't remove.
The thing is, they don't appear in Safari-> Websites -> Notifications either so I can't delete ...
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Radeon Hd2600xt to mid 2010 27" iMac under TDM [duplicate]
I want to use a mid-2010 27" im iMac as a monitor for a 2007 mac pro fitted with a Radeon Hd2600xt.
My question is a simple one: Is a DVI to MDP cable the way to go to achieve this, and should it ...
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Is it possible to choose which language to send in Safari and Safari web app requests?
I'm seeking a method to select the language preference for webpages while using Safari 17.1 on Sonoma 14.1.
In my specific use case, the OS language is set to English (UK) as the primary language and ...
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When I just view the screen time settings in MacOS it changes iOS screen time settings
We have screen time settings for our girls and we have had various issues over the years but have been able to work through most of them. We recently discovered a pattern that we need some insight on.
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How do I find battery voltage on macOS 13 Ventura?
I tried system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep Voltage, but it doesn't seem to have it anymore. Similarly, it is missing from System Information -> Hardware -> Power.
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How to extract a 'hidden' system font named zt-Mac from Mac OS 9?
There's a specific font in Mac OS 9 called zt-Mac that I'm dying to use. I'm running Sheepsaver to access OS 9, but want to pull this font out. Unfortunately the font doesn't seem to be within /System/...
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How can 5G impact the reliability of some voice calls and data?
In the iPhone (in this case 15, with iOS 17), when I go to Mobile service > Mobile data options > Voice & Data and 5G is enabled (On or Auto) the following message is displayed:
5G may ...
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Is there a way to prevent apps like Google's from adding services/daemons to mac?
Crook companies like Google and others love to install daemons/services on
~/Library/LaunchDaemons
Sonoma alerts me when this happens, but I want to be able to prevent craps like this even installing....
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Double-factor auth to unlock iPhone in general and, especially, Passwords app in particular?
Is it possible to make iPhone require both FaceID and passcode when unlocking the device?
Especially the built-in password manager is guilty of relying solely on FaceID to pull up a password for a ...
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Blurry text on external monitor
I have a MacBook Pro 2019 and I bought a Benq 2K monitor with a USB-C port and I use the USB-C cable, acutely text on the monitor is blurry I changed the scale, I used the BetterDisplay app, I changed ...
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Internet sharing from MacBook / Studio lingers after switched off
I guess for a bit of context: I'm trying to deploy a WebDriverAgent on iOS 17 which requires a live Internet connection for the 1st time deployment as per: Provisioning profile updates - Apple ...
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Sonoma update results in disk bloat [duplicate]
After updating to 14.1.1, something creates 35 GB files in HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/FileProvider/number/wharf/wharf/propagate. I have turned off OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google ...
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How can I edit Books’ metadata on iOS?
On iPhone SE 2 running iOS 16.6.1, there is no feature to edit the “Author” field in the Books app, for PDFs.
There is no feature to edit the metadata of files in the Files app either:
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Email addresses in Mail.app displayed as string of numbers!
I'm on a MBP running Sonoma 14.1.1
Using Mail.app with Gmail IMAP.
In Mail.app, when viewing an email, the To: email addresses are showing up with a string of numbers.
For example instead of:
me (at) ...
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Local copies of books are deleted off device when iCloud is disabled
So I made the fatal mistake of enabling iCloud on iBooks, when it has unresolved issues that people have been complaining about for years. Now I want to turn it off. Issue is, I can’t get my books ...
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How to move the connectors along with objects in Keynote?
I have two objects: a circle and a square. There is a connector line connecting these two objects. I want to move the square from one point to another using the action>move animation. However, I ...
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Google Chrome does not have permissions to "see" dialog boxes
I am a huge fan of automating my workflow with Keyboard Maestro, a kind of uber macro tool that can run script steps, execute Applescript or Javascript, save variables and do lots of other stuff.
I ...
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Playing tracks from Apple Music on Mac via iPhone (a la Spotify)?
I have a 2015 MacBook Air running Mojave MacOS. I have an iPhone running the latest iOS. I have just recently switched from Spotify to Apple Music. I liked the feature on Spotify whereby I could ...
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Deleting files from downloads deletes copied files in the folder to which I have moved to
I have a MacBook Air A2681 model. Whenever I am deleting the files from downloads once I have copied them in different disk that I partitioned the original disk into, the files in the new folder are ...
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All files in SMB share have executable bit when they shouldn't have
I have a samba share on a Linux machine SHARE. I then mounted SHARE on my MacOS computer on dir dir. However, when I list the files in dir, all files had the executable bit. If I mount SHARE on my ...
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How to get information about root processes on macOS programmatically? [closed]
I've tried using functions(proc_pidinfo) from the library <libproc.h> but it appears that it cannot be done for root processes. I'm kind of new to this thing, so I'm trying to understand is ...
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Can I do a merge restore from Time Machine
A few months ago for some reason that is not important, a large number of my files were mistakenly deleted. I did not notice for several weeks, so the later backups are of the remaining files only. I ...
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How to convert large .mp4 file (~1.5GB) to .gif w/o my imac crashing?
As it says in title. I couldn't find a way to convert it w/ a file conversion system already on my computer using a google search, and nor could I find any online converters w/o a size limit. ...
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Get Current Timer shortcut now working as intended on WatchOS
I am trying to create a Shortcut that sets a timer based on an input and then retrieve the duration of the timer using the Get Current Timer action (see image below). However, it appears that the Get ...
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Can't navigate to app window on different desktop from App Exposé
From macOS App Exposé, I should be able to click on an app window, then automatically switch to the desktop with that app window. But on my macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 machine, when I can launch App Exposé ...
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Exporting ProRes video correctly in macOS Photos.app
According to Apple, it is possible to edit ProRes video in the Photos app on macOS. I took some ProRes Log video on my iPhone 15 Pro directly fed into an external drive and connected the drive to my ...
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How to change default notification sound (tri-tone) for *all* apps (via Terminal preferably)?
My dog does not like the default Tri-Tone notification sound that all apps adopt as a default.
I've found the file itself:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ToneLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/...
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Sonoma 14.1.1 - Dyalog APL installer fails with "Trust evaluate failure"
I'm trying to install a software package (Dyalog APL) that I've installed successfully on many occasions before, but suddenly the installer fails -- or rather, it appears to go through the motions (...
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How do I disable the keyboard shortcut for Globe/Fn-E? I don't want the emoji keyboard
I have already set Settings> Keyboard> Press [Globe/Fn] key to... Do Nothing.
Now I have the problem that I'm hitting Fn-E when I try to type Ctrl-E in the terminal, and... again... the stupid ...
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How to find out when a launchd launch agent will run next time?
On Linux, the systemctl list-timers command returns something like this:
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES ...
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How to download old versions of IPA files?
Is there any a website like "ApkPure" for IPA files, or is there any other ways to download old versions of IPA files?
I want to install old versions of iOS apps.
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How to open new Terminal windows directly on active Desktop [not on Desktop with other terminal windows]
Steps to reproduce:
Make sure Terminal is not running
Open a first Terminal window on Desktop1
Switch to Desktop 2
Open a new Terminal window using your favorite way
Observations:
The new terminal ...
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How to shrink UI elements on an external display beyond its native resolution
I am looking for an answer to help people who are in the following situation:
They are using an external display
The external display has resolution A x B
The resolution in "Displays" (in ...
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How to change language of dictation without changing keyboard input source?
I'm working with an English external keyboard with a Mac (currently running Sonoma) hat also has a built-in German keyboard which I only use occasionally. I use dictation in both English and German. ...
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How to Integrate iBooks Library with Google Drive [closed]
I'm looking to save disk space on my Mac by storing my Apple Books library on Google Drive. To achieve this, I've attempted to create a symbolic link between the Apple Books directory and my Google ...
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Remote access Mac behind a router with Windows PC
My Mac Mini at home is behind a router. I need to access it occasionally from work using a Windows laptop. I use the following two links to set up the connection.
YouTube: How to Access Your Mac over ...
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Why does iTerm no longer source ~/.bash_profile, but Mac Terminal does?
This must be something very simple, but I can't figure it out. Until recently iTerm always properly sourced .bash_profile which has:
Sellotape:~ mnewman$ cat .bash_profile
## .bash_profile - Make sure ...
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Force Mac to shutdown if entering battery mode on UPS
I am on Mac mini M1 with OSX 11.6.4. I live in an area where occasional blackouts occur especially during winter. In order to avoid dirty shutdowns and abrupt power loss to my Mac I've purchased APC ...
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Having period job to remove temporary files
I've defined a periodic plist which runs a bash script. The plist is placed in the local library and script is also place in /usr/local/bin. It successfully run the script on the defined period but it ...
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Wrong number calls to my business from Siri
For the last 4 months we have been receiving at least five wrong number calls every single day. All calls are coming through one particular number even though we have four numbers on our website. ...
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Display the bluetooth headset and battery status icons in the iPhone status bar
I would like to show in the iPhone status bar the bluetooth headset and battery status icons.
They used to look like this:
Now they are missing:
Note:
I have iPhone 15, running iOS 17.1.1.
I am ...
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Terminal | Shortcut for Automatically Saving Files Created Using "code"
I have a question regarding a shortcut use of "code".
My Goal is to simultaneously:
Open a new file in VS Code, and also:
Automatically save that new file to my current working directory
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How to disable animated blank avatar on login screen
When I boot up my Mac running 14.1, I see my the icon I used when I migrated from my older Mac running a much older Mac OS. Then a smaller circle with a blank avatar -- the gray featureless headshot ...
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Can't find some kernel logs that could be seen in previous macOS versions
I am looking for the kernel log messages that are output during the macOS hibernation process. As an example:
8/20/14 11:58:40 AM kernel wired_pages_encrypted 60968, wired_pages_clear 39229, ...
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