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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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Do programs keep running on macos when user switches account?

I am wondering if programs keep running when users switch account, alas account is locked and another user account logs in. For instance, user Mike runs Photos (that will start curating pictures), the …
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Is there a way to type a character from its ASCII value on a Mac keyboard? [duplicate]

On a Windows PC you may enter an ASCII value from its value typing ALT+ASCII VALUE using the numeric keypad. For instance: { = ALT+123 } = ALT+125 ` = ALT+96 How do you achieve this using a Mac keybo …
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Cannot use my home folder (mac) as the Google Drive for Desktop root

On my Windows PC I am allowed to create Google Drive for Desktop (using file mirroring) root folder in c:\users\me, and once done, I can relocate the Desktop, Documents ,Pictures folders within Google …
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Move Min, Max buttons in Google Chrome to tab bar when maximized?

Is anyone aware of a trick to move min, max buttons in Google Chrome tab bar, when maximized? If not, there's a blank row to hold those buttons, which is a waste of room...BTW this will push down/up t …
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Mac Os Ventura VPN client ignores manually assigned static IP address

I am using Mac Os VPN client to access a L2TP remote server successfully, however what ever my settings, the Mac Os client will negotiate an IP address from the VPN Server DHCP pool, ignoring my setti …
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How to know if a service is correctly loaded?

While inspecting why rvictl -s <phoneUDID> command on a Macbook (Intel) running Big Sur, is failing to start/create a virtual interface for the connected iPhone, when issuing the command: sudo launchc …
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Why are ._ files being created when uploading files from an ExFAT drive to Google Drive?

My understanding so far: I know that macOS creates ._ files to store metadata (like resource forks or Finder attributes) on file systems that don’t natively support macOS metadata, such as ExFAT. … Additional context: My external drive is formatted as ExFAT for compatibility with both macOS and Windows. …
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Apache stops working after installing Homebrew PHP (which is missing on Monterey)

Hello I have followed these instructions to configure builtin Apache web server on Macos 12.1, although I have realised that PHP was removed by Apple on Monterey. …
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