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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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Install issues - OS X El Cap to blank SSD - Install can't be verified

I followed the steps in the video in an attempt to install OS X El Capitan. I ran into the same error given in your question. The website for providing the El Capitan ISO file also gives instructions …
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How to install macOS Catalina on a 2013 iMac in VirtualBox?

Downloaded macOS Catalina from the Apple App Store. See here. Create a USB macOS Catalina installer. See here. Create a High Sierra virtual machine. … The "Install macOS Catalina" drive shown on the desktop in the image is the USB flash drive plugged into the back of the iMac. …
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How do I update date modified to now in finder?

As user Gilby has already stated in the comment, you could create a Quick Action. The steps for creating a Quick Action for a different question are given in this answer. You would need to make the fo …
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Can't reinstall macOS

There is an answer posted here at Ask Different which explains how to create a El Capitan bootable USB flash drive while booted to macOS Catalina. … /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari &>/dev/null & If you get the following popup, select the "Cancel" button. …
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Make backslash \ in terminal (Danish keyboard)

Below is an image of a Danish Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac models with Apple silicon. Under the Terminal Application preferences, you can set ⇧ (shift)+option+/ to produce …
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Can the GUID disk signature be changed without reformatting a disk partition/drive?

The command is hfs.util. I believe you can find this command in the following folder. /System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/Contents/Resources The syntax is given below for getting the current UUID. /Sy …
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using macOS without pointing device

From other answers already posted, you should now be aware the mouse pointer and buttons can be controlled from the keyboard by using Mouse Keys. Also navigation can be enhanced by using Full Keyboard …
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Can Bash case-insensitive matching for executables in $PATH be disabled?

This case sensitive APFS volume would be added to the same APFS container where macOS is installed on case insensitive APFS volumes. … I was able to do this for macOS Monterey and the resulting case sensitive APFS volume size was under 1 MB. …
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How to control buffering for processes in terminal pipe? `stdbuf` doesn’t seem to work

I do not think this variable is needed for macOS Monterey and newer versions of macOS, since the variable is not defined in the output of the man dyld command. … However, I did find the DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE variable defined in the man dyld command output for macOS Catalina and macOS High Sierra. …
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Can macOS be made to forget a file type?

What I did to make macOS forget was to enter the following command. % # Do the following with and without sudo % /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support …
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How can I have a non-elevated script execute another specific script as root without requiri...

You can write a simple program which will run the run-as-root.sh script as root. For example, there is the C program shown below. % cat run-as-root.c #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <s …
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To edit TrashIcon.icns using hex editor to get access to the dark icons

Note: This answer assumes grep version 2.6.0-FreeBSD is being used, which is included with macOS Monterey through at least macOS Sonoma. … In this case, the previous grep version 2.5.1-FreeBSD will not work properly, which is included with macOS Big Sur down to at least Mac OS X Snow Leopard. …
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Sharing space across encrypted/non-encrypted AFPS volumes

An APFS container can have both non-encrypted and encrypted volumes at the same time. An APFS volume can have both non-encrypted and encrypted files and folders at the same time. IFAIK, there are no …
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Where's the `info` command in recent macOS versions?

The info command was removed starting with macOS Ventura. As already stated in the OP's answer, the info command is available via Homebrew's texinfo formulae. … This file has not changed since at least Monterey (macOS 12.5). Here is the Sonoma (macOS 14.4) source code website where you can download the bash.info file. …
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iTerm has full disk access but “ls: Operation not permitted” on remote system

Under Catalina, I have the following with respect to ssh. Probably is /usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper.
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