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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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Files wrongly considered as damaged in encfs volume
I think I have a more persistent workaround for this rather than a command you need to run each time. As I just mentioned on the bug report upstream:
I thought to myself, OS X uses system users a …
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Why does Mail.app take three minutes plus to open?
I had this problem as well and as a bit of a last resort, I actually installed CleanMyMac X to see if they had any recommendations. I'm normally extremely wary of this sort of ambiguous "cleanup" soft …
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How do I disable autosave in TextEdit?
There is no longer a way to do this; the functionality has been removed from TextEdit.
Until the document is closed, you can still use "Browse All Versions" on a network volume; it will still work. I …
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How can I install macOS version 11.2.3 (Build 20D91) (or older) on my M1 mac?
specifically do not support anything less than Monterey on Apple Silicon (https://kb.parallels.com/en/124223, https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy/blob/main/README.md, https://docs.getutm.app/guest-support/macos … There were bugs in Big Sur which caused physical damage to the mac, so while these were nominally fixed https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/25/macos-big-sur-11-2-2-usb-c-charger-fix/ it makes sense that apple …
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How do I disable the "home" button on a game controller in macOS?
Is it possible to totally stop this button from being recognized or performing any action by macOS? …
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How do I disable the "home" button on a game controller in macOS?
It looks like this:
This seems to have been added in the macOS 14.5 update, but I haven't been checking religiously, so I don't know exactly when it was. …
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is there a way to quickly change to a particular set of wallpapers (background images) on mu...
However, I have two problems with this:
I have found that as I open and close my laptop lid, plug in my external monitor, activate my virtual streaming display, etc, macOS gets confused and swaps around …
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Can't see HD in disk utility in recovery mode, but can in OS
This sounds like a hardware failure; based on my own experience it will turn catastrophic, and probably sooner rather than later. Hopefully you have AppleCare, but:
get yourself an external hard dri …
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Prevent EarPod play/pause button from activating Siri on macOS Sierra
On Sierra, you could only fix this by configuring the AirPods when paired with an iOS device.
On High Sierra, however, in the Bluetooth preference pane, once they're connected, an "options" button wi …
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syspolicyd is killing my battery on a new MacBook Pro, repeatedly scanning and re-scanning m...
syspolicyd is consistently using ~20% CPU and consuming lots of power. Tracing it with sudo fs_usage "$(pgrep syspolicyd)" reveals that it's repeatedly scanning the same dozen or so Steam apps in my …
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Is it possible to stream high-quality ProRes video directly from an iPhone to a Mac?
This is related to “ Record video on an iPhone while streaming to Mac ”, but I think that question could be solved with an HDMI adapter or similar, but I specifically want to do this without quality l …
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*Persistently* disable password authentication in SSHD on macOS
I want to be able to SSH in to my mac.
I do not want to be able to use passwords to authenticate.
I know how to configure this, what to put in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. But every time I install even a …
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How do I use non-"legacy" launchctl commands to load and unload plists?
I have some plist files in ~/Library/LaunchAgents.
I have been happily using launchctl load -w and launchctl unload -w to turn these on and off for years. However, I notice that now load and unload …
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How can I get macOS to tell me what chroma sampling or subsampling is being used on an exter...
After receiving my MacBookPro18,4 (i.e. MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)) with an M1 Max chip and seeing the ProMotion display, I was hooked on high (>60Hz) refresh rates, and treated myself to a LG 38WN95 …
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How can I get macOS to tell me what chroma sampling or subsampling is being used on an exter...
Apparently the issue is that YPbPr is being used at all, and the monitor ought to be in RGB mode, and this is a well-known issue that has been much discussed elsewhere. I have now learned how to acti …
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