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The default file manager used on the Mac OS, Mac OS X and macOS operating systems.

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How to hide file extensions for all files, including overwriting the files individual setting?

I used Finder preferences to uncheck the "Show all filename extensions" option. This only hid a extensions from some files. …
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Merge two folders, without overwriting any files

I have a folder called "AeroFS", and another one called "AeroFS Backup". "AeroFS Backup" contains everything that "AeroFS" contains, and more. I need to merge "AeroFS Backup" back into the "AeroFS …
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Merge two folders, without overwriting any files

Not sure why the other answer was deleted, it was almost right. I use the terminal command to do this: cp -n -v '/src'/* '/dest' cp = Copy -n = Don't overwrite existing -v = Verbose output
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How can I manually delete files and folders from a Time Machine backup volume?

Attempting to do so via Finder brings up "backup items cannot be modified". We tried to modify the permissions which took a long time but this didn't help. macOS Catalina 10.15.7 …
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