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Is there any software for OS X that can automatically arrange a workspace according to a preset? By some sort of shortcut, I would like to launch applications and then place them in a certain way (po …

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Let's say, I sometimes want to use Application XYZ, but I don't want to set its Dock Option to Keep in Dock so its icon is visible at all time. When I want to use the application, I open it with Spot …

I have a mid-2011 iMac with a 7200 rpm 2‒Terabyte HDD, from Hitachi. The last year, I have increasingly been noticing a behaviour where access to the hard drive has become slow – especially since aro …

The Store in iCloud function that was introduced with macOS Sierra looks interesting to try out. … Update MacOS Catalina: I don't think toxefa's answer below is working anymore with macOS Catalina. Upgrading the OS created a new empty Desktop folder in the user home directory. …

For the last month, my Mac has refused to go to sleep – even when commanding it to do so. The screen goes black, but the computer is still on. I have checked Apple's support page and made sure that t …

However, as of macOS Sierra, this is no longer possible according to the developer (source). … So the question is: How can the maximum mouse cursor speed be overridden (with a permanent setting) in macOS Sierra? …

The update to macOS Sierra wrecked scrolling with my Logitech Mouse (which uses Logitech Control Center). … The scrolling behaviour is erratic because I'm actually assaulted by two issues: In native macOS applications, like Apple Pages, there is an ”inertia-ish” effect that slows down the scroll and introduces …

Ever since OS X El Capitan came out, I've been having troubles updating third-party applications (non-App Store) using any provided in-app updating functions. Usually, these will auto-download the upd …

There seems to exist options for keeping MacOS application windows 'Always on Top'. …

I have edited /private/etc/paths to allow access for Homebrew: /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin I want to restore this file to the system Defaults. What are the default lines and defaul …

I have downloaded lots of duplicate files with my web browser. The first duplicate gets the suffix (1) in its filename before the file extension, the second gets (2) and so on. For example: my_music_ …

I am interested in understanding how much of my 7200 rpm hard drive's capacity is being used, because sometimes performance is very slow and choppy. The Disk tab in Activity Monitor gives information …

I am currently using OS X with a Standard user that has no admin privileges in the OS GUI. Note: My Standard user does however have sudo permissions in /etc/private/sudoers. This enables password pr …

I want to take a backup of the folder ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync which houses my iOS Backups on my MacOS computer. … What is the appropriate file compression format for backups of MacOS files – also considering MacOS metadata – given these objectives, and what are the appropriate settings – e.g. should I use "Solid Archive …