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Mac is Apple's computer brand. Apple currently produces several lines of Macintosh computers divided into two categories, desktops: Mac mini, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac Pro, and notebooks: MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. All current Macs ship with macOS. This tag is for any and all questions that relate to the actual hardware. For operating system-related questions, use the [macos] tag.

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What if there is an error message that adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps?

Here is a quick solution which assumes that Homebrew is up-to-date and there is no need to use any other packages from the adoptopenjdk/openjdk tap: Check the state of adoptopenjdk/openjdk tap and ad …
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What if there is an error message that adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps?

When brew cleanup shows the following error message: Error: Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps: homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8 adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8 How can I resolve …
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How can I upgrade my mac to OpenJDK 11 using Homebrew?

Recommended commands to install OpenJDK 11 from AdoptOpenJDK (with notes after the # sign): brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk # assuming this tap was not already added brew cask install adoptopenjdk11 # …
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How can I upgrade my mac to OpenJDK 11 using Homebrew?

If I would have an older version of Java JDK on my mac such as Java SE 8 or OpenJDK 8, what would be a quick way to upgrade to OpenJDK 11 using Homebrew (using the brew command)? …
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How can I upgrade from Oracle JDK 8 to OpenJDK 8 using Homebrew and be sure it will be used ...

If I have Oracle Java SE JDK 8 installed on my mac, how can I upgrade to Open JDK 8 and be sure it will be used by default? …
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How can I upgrade from Oracle JDK 8 to OpenJDK 8 using Homebrew and be sure it will be used ...

stackoverflow.com/questions/44632292/how-to-install-specific-java-version-using-homebrew - discovered several months after I wrote this answer https://dzone.com/articles/install-openjdk-versions-on-the-mac
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Is there an easy way to remove some of the built-in apps on macOS Mojave? [duplicate]

In the past I was able to do sudo rm -rf /Applications/<app name>. The following resources indicate that this will no longer work without dealing with System Integration Protection (SIP): How delete …
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Is there an easy way to remove some of the built-in apps on macOS Mojave?

Go to the Applications folder in the Finder tool; right-click on the unwanted application; click "Move to trash", and enter the password if requested by the system; then empty the trash. Note the f …
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