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Make a keyboard shortcut for adding specific text? [closed]
I am using a Late 2014 iMac running Big Sur. I would like to be able to make a keyboard shortcut to automatically enter a specific text screen into the current window. I did a Google search on how ...
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Will Factory Resetting my MacBook Pro (14", 2021) slow it down? [closed]
Will Factory Resetting my MacBook Pro (14", 2021) slow it down? I want to completely reset it and delete everything on the disk, and so will the SSD become any slower when it is reset - in other ...
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What is the `com.apple.provenance` extended attribute on macOS 13 (Ventura) [duplicate]
Now all new created files/folders have this attribute com.apple.provenance set to a empty string or something. Is this the default behavior or I did something wrong to my laptop? (This is the ...
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Can I tell Siri not to yell in my ear?
I keep forgetting how loud Siri can be.
I ask Siri to call someone and lift my phone to my ear and Siri yells in my ear hard enough to hurt that it is making the call.
Yes, that is stupid of me. But ...
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How to select a single photo from an "Event" to drag it into the timeline?
I am struggling to use iMovie. I have created some "Events" and added a bunch of photos to each "Event". Now I want to drag single photos from that collection of photos to the ...
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Can a Fairplay certificate be ECDSA?
All the examples I've seen for Fairplay streaming certificates are 1024 bit RSA, but unless I missed it, it doesn't actually mention that as a restriction in the documentation...
I'm approved for it, ...
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Ventura Installer ISO less than 2GB?
I am uploading an ISO to GitHub Releases which is around 11GB. But when I try to upload it, it says the max file size is 2GB. Is there any Ventura ISO with the maximum file size of 2GB?
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How can I create the directory equivalent of /dev/null?
I have some directories that fill up with useless items such as ~/Library/Application Scripts or ~/Library/Caches or others. There are /dev/null type inodes that discard anything written to them ...
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How to merge enumerated.pdf files in order by filename?
A set of enumerated pdf are in a directory:
1001_falcon.pdf
0100_bear.pdf
0201_cat.pdf
0201_cat.txt
The goal is to merge only the pdf files into output.pdf with a script.
pdftk is already installed ...
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MV in Terminal vs. manual dragging in Finder
Following this issue, I'd love to ask what are the differences between the result of mv files via Terminal, and moving/dragging manually via Finder.
Especially I'd love to know the answer for Mac OS X ...
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Using Apple ID as login method - Can the App Developer track you, if you delete your account and re-do this?
Let's say an iOS app lets you use your Apple ID as your login method, and you create an account this way.
I suppose they don't get your APPLE ID, bur rather some scrambled, right?
Then, if you delete ...
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In Software Update under macOS Monterey 12.6.1, why does the macOS Ventura 13.0 upgrade have a plain icon and a nonfunctional "More Info..." link?
I recently updated an M1 Apple Mac system from macOS Monterey 12.6 (most likely) to 12.6.1. The Software Update window offered the option to upgrade the system to macOS Ventura 13.0, but I went with ...
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Can I swap iPhone 13 Pro battery to iPhone 14 Battery?
I watched some teardown videos of the iPhone 14 Pro, and they said the battery on the iPhone 14 Pro is identical to the one on the iPhone 13 Pro. Is it possible to exchange iPhone 13 Pro battery for ...
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Why is PF not working on M1?
I don't understand why PF does not work on M1. This problem is only on M1.
I tried turning firewall on/off.
PF successfully enabled without my code
/etc/pf.conf
scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"
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Selectively copying code and config files to iCloud
It's common knowledge that it's a bad idea to symlink (or straight up store) your code (with .git repos) and various config files (plist, ~/.config, zsh_history) in iCloud. It's gonna be a mess when ...
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Where is information for Safari Private stored?
I noticed an interesting case where a website had blocked me from accessing contents on Safari (Private Mode), switching over to Safari Technology Preview (Private Mode) resolved these issues. Either ...
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If I create a new Facebook account on safari will it automatically log me out of my current account that I’m logged into on the Facebook app?
I need to know if I create a new Facebook on safari will it log me out of my current Facebook that I’m logged into on the Facebook app?
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Mac console app does not connect by WLAN to devices
I want to lookup device logs using the console app (V1.1, 6.0.7). This works when a device is connected by cable.
Devices connected by WLAN are however flagged as not connected, and their logs cannot ...
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iCloud email not available for Apple ID created using phone number
I recently wanted to use @icloud.com email address but couldn’t find iCloud email option anywhere in my settings in iPhone and Mac. Even the webpage for iCloud email says “Unable to load email” when ...
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1991 timestamp in safari history
I just opened my Safari History.db and realised that there are timestamps like
671015068.337777
which don't make sense, as I started to use my laptop this year...
any idea ?
thanks
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Syncing iCloud Drive to my Mac immediately creates 100 GB of system storage - OS Monterey
I love iCloud and have been using it since forever. I understand that iCloud Drive is not a perfect cloud feature and is mostly about syncing files across devices. As an owner of an iPad, 2 Macbooks, ...
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Does Bluetooth work during update process? Trackpad and keyboard unresponsive [closed]
My keyboard and trackpad don’t work but I’m able to use bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I’m worried about trying to update because if there’s some part of the process where I have to click next and it ...
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After upgrade to Monterey, a user-created launchd job does not run
I have a launchd job that is supposed to run a php script at 6am every day. The script runs a number of backup-related tasks. After upgrading to Monterey, the task no longer starts at its scheduled ...
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"Other..." New user has been created and it wasn't me. (Monterey 12.4 ( 21F79))
2 days ago when I turned on my machine I found this screen:
("Otra...") means other in English, sorry but it's all in Spanish. When I go to check in the dictionary utility if the root user ...
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Google Maps Lists only visible in Web Version not in Mobile App (Mac/Apple)
after switching to a new iPhone (11 max pro), all my lists with saved places are gone on my phone but they are still there in my Google account when I access maps via Web.
On top of that, the minute I ...
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Keyboard shortcut for toggling through input sources not working for more than 2 languages
I'm using default keyboard shortcuts on Big Sur to switch between input sources:
And I have 3 languages set up (English, Japanese, Korean). But when I use ^Space it only toggles between English and ...
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How to show the latest modified date of any files underneath a given directory? [closed]
As shown in this reverse chronological order listing the last file or subdirectory of '.' was modified on April 12, but the date of modification shown on the directory itself is April 17. I would ...
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Setting a video file to loop when played on Windows
We made some videos and downloaded others for a funeral, but the funeral home has Windows. On the Mac, the only way I know of to make them loop is to play them within QuickTime or Photos. (Saved/...
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Safari web inspector cannot be docked
The web inspector somehow got detached from the main window. Apparently this is a significant problem because I see lots of articles about how to get it docked. Usually they refer to going out of full ...
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Little script to choose where to SSH
Maybe I am a little dreamy, but I have many server locations, each have different servers/routers ... etc., we have them numbered from 1-83
Can someone help me building a script where I can ...
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Method to Log or View iOS App Network Calls [No Jail-Breaking]
Outside of a proxy, is there a way to log, or view network calls apps, services, and processes are making/have made on iPhone and iPad devices? For forensic analysis/malware hunting. I’m aware there ...
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Late 2014 crashing a few times an hour, but not in safe mode. Now what?
I have a late 2014 (latest version of Big Sur) I'm using as a second computer. It has a nearly fresh OS install with only a few apps installed a a few homebrew packages installed.
As the title states, ...
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How does iPhone encryption work?
I am trying to figure out how iPhone encryption works on iPhone 7.
From my understanding there are 2 scenarios:
Encryption is active by default (even without a lock screen password) and the encryption ...
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Open local network adresses without internet connectivity on iOS
I've building an appliance that offers a control panel on an integrated WiFi hotspot.
People using iPads however experience the situation where there are connected to the WiFi network, but cannot ...
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Forgot Apple Password
My iPhone is "Locked to owner". I bought this phone brand new from store. It's been over a week, still no call nor wait time. No email with information sent.
Apple Support nor Apple store ...
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Using macOS Terminal, how to batch rename dotfiles so that they become regular files?
When working with visible files, the usual process is to select all the files that need renaming, right click, and select 'rename (x number of) files'.
When working with invisible files (specifically ...
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Corrupted original source file during copy-paste on Mac
I was copying 100GB of essential documents from my Mac to my pen drive. I had to cancel the copy-paste operation because the process became stuck in the middle. The USB drive was accidentally ejected ...
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How to remove an unclosable desktop from desktop list?
I have noticed of late that when my mbp goes into sleep mode, waking from it is essentially like a recovery (or an attempt to) which generally loses my desktop and window(s) arrangement (everything is ...
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Changing language on ID3 lyrics
eyeD3 has an add-lyrics option that takes arguments Lyrics, Description, Language. Lyrics is supposed to be a filename, description a string, and language the three character code from ISO3166-2. If ...
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Macbook Pro - How do we terminate ALL ESTABLISHED connections?
How do I terminate ALL the ESTABLISHED tcp connections in Terminal?
I can use the command below to get a list of active & established connections:
netstat -anvp tcp | awk 'NR<3 || /ESTABLISHED/‘...
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How to connect to SMB server through terminal?
I need the equivalent of Ubuntu's smbclient to connect to a SMB server's resources and disconnect. I do not need mounting.
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Disk image volume becomes read-only on network drive
I have the following configuration based on this tutorial:
Read/write disk image (macOS Extended [Journaled]) created using Disk Utility called Backup.img which resides on a partition of an external ...
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FaceTime does not appear in "Apps Using WLAN & Cellular"
I downloaded FaceTime (latest but I don't know the version) on App Store. When I start it and click contact, it pops up "No Network Connection", "Allow FaceTime to access WLAN networks.&...
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I mistakenly deleted the HD Data Partition in my 2019 iMac 2TB Fusion drive when trying to downgrade OS back to Mojave. Need help to get it back
I backed up whole drive with CCC first, but booting from that does not seem to finish loading. Starting up from a USB Mojave installer (which I have used before) I reformatted to HFS extended and then ...
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Java JDK 8/11/17 All Crashing on MacOS Monterey (12.0.1)
It appears using Oracle SQL Developer will eventually crash Java on JDK 8, 11 or 17 when using macOS Monterey (12.0.1). While I've thought it was working it will crash eventually as reported now by ...
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Does Apple ID two-factor authentication force iOS device passcode / touch ID / face ID?
If I have 2FA enabled for an Apple ID, am I required to use a passcode, touch ID, or face ID on iOS devices logged in to that ID?
In my particular case, I want to enable 2FA so that I can sync ...
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iPod Classic wiped and can no longer download any version of iTunes app to my PC
When syncing my iPod Classic 6 generation to iTunes it froze. Although I was already updated with the most recent iTunes, it asked me to uninstall iTunes and download the app again. I have tried ...
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MacBook burning and overheating
I have recently asked about this and everyone says it's fine. (Macbook went over 95C)
When I was using my MacBook for about an hour (running at 55-70C) my keys were burning my hands so bad. My MacBook ...
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Creating new gpt header for broken SD-Card [closed]
I have a broken SD Card. It is detected by mac OS, but I cannot mount it or store data on it. When using gpt -r show and got this:
/dev/disk8 (external, physical):
#: TYPE ...
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How do I set a list choice to predefined days of the week, and 1 choice to a user input date?
Here is what I have so far. I originally created it without a list but I am limited to only 2 creation dates.
I would like to set these 4 list choices:
"Today" to Today
"Tomorrow" ...
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