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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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find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory

sudo find -x / -iname *.app or sudo find / -iname *.app 2>/dev/null The first solution prevents find from descending into directories that have a device number different that that of the file fr …
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Deleted OSX Partition but Wish to Install OSX Again

You can use OS X Internet Recovery to install the version of OS X that came with your machine. See the Apple web site: About OS X Recovery. Be sure to hold down the three keys at startup: OptionComman …
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Format a pen drive in NTFS format

Your flash drive is partitioned using the GUID Partition Table scheme. You need to partition the flash drive using a Master Boot Record scheme. Also you should choose to only have a single partition. …
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Reinstalling mac fails

After installing 10.13.3, you will be able to reinstall the current version of macOS directly from Internet Recovery. Boot to Internet Recovery Use the Disk Utility app to erase the SSD. …
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How does Disk Utility repair corruption?

Depending on the version of OS X/macOS, the Disk Utility may or may not offer this option. … Older versions of OS X/macOS allowed you to select a disk verification. This option was eliminated from the Disk Utility in the latest versions of macOS. …
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How to setup two completely separate partitions on one SSD

So when booted to the second macOS, you are going to be able to mess with the first macOS, just as if you had booted to recovery. … For example, SIP only applies to the partition of the currently booted macOS. The files in the other macOS are no longer protected by SIP. …
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How do I create El Capitan installer on a Catalina (or post-El Capitan) installed Mac for us...

This answer assumes you want the El Capitan USB installer to install El Capitan on an older Mac capable of running Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). In this case, you can solve the problem by using the older …
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MacBook Pro + Dell C2422HE - Dell is mirroring

The macOS operating system cannot drive two individual displays from a single DisplayPort cable plugged into the Mac. You need an operating system such as Windows for that to work. … With macOS, the displays mirror each other. In other words, macOS cannot do Multi-Stream Transport (MST). 2022 13" MacBook Pro Models with Apple M2 Choose one of the following. …
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Hotkey to show hidden files and folders in File Open dialog?

Mateusz Szlosek covered the first part. Below is how I have handled the second part for my own use. In my haste to post my answer, I did not realize the second part has already has been answered. See …
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No packages were eligible for install

There is a link on the Apple website How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan that will download a file that can be used to create the Install OS X El Capitan application. However, if the model Mac is too ne …
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macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur and Windows 10 - Triple Boot Plan

Cause any issues with iCloud Music and iCloud Photo libraries as I will use them on both macOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur? No. Jeopardize my Bootcamp partition in any way? No. … Allow me to reclaim the space used by macOS Catalina currently so when I remove it I can allocate that space to macOS Big Sur? No. I would suggest one of the following two alternatives. …
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How do I create El Capitan installer on a Catalina (or post-El Capitan) installed Mac for us...

Choose a version of macOS to install. For example, a virtual machine can be installed by using an Install macOS application or macOS Recovery partition compatible with your Mac. … a bootable installer for macOS
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Catalina home directory shows 0Bi storage

Below are various versions of OS X and macOS I have installed either on real or virtual machines. All show the home directory as having 0 Bi free space. … Yosemite OS X 10.10.5 shows High Sierra macOS 10.13.6 (without APFS) Mojave macOs 10.14.6 shows Catalina macOS 10.15.7 shows Big Sur macOS 11.2.3 shows …
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How do I type the Russian ruble currency sign in macOS

The ₽ character is a unicode 0x20BD. You can enter this hexadecimal value from the keyboard when your keyboard input source is set to Unicode Hex Input. If necessary, see the section below titled “Add …
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Adding external APFS volume to system APFS Container macOS Ventura

The Linux concept of "adding two physical volumes to one volume group" does not exist in macOS. At least not without destroying the contents. … This helped prevent accidentally unplugging the Samsung SSD while booted to macOS. However, occasionally the Samsung drive did get unplugged while boot to macOS. …
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