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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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MacBook Pro lock screen hotkey without sleeping?

High Sierra and higher(?) As usual every system update changes something. There is now a Apple Menu item control+⌘+Q that locks the screen! Sierra and lower You can add the Lock Screen to your Menubar …
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Can't connect to AFP shares with 10.10.4

I'm not 100% sure this is exactly related to the question at hand, but it might help some with this issue. TL;DR: make sure your machine does not include . or \ First. back in OSX 10.9.x Apple c …
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Can't connect to SMB share between two current 10.9.x machines not connected to the internet

In two instances I have have a number of Mac Minis and iMacs that were not connected to the Internet but a local isolated LAN have their SMB:// shares refuse to connect, though they worked days or wee …
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Can't connect to SMB share between two current 10.9.x machines not connected to the internet

Answering my own question since I had not seen this specific question answered. After some log searching I finally found out that the issue was because the time on one of the machines was drifting ca …
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Disable zoom animation in Chrome when going to full screen video

chrome://flags/#enable-simplified-fullscreen; Enable it and restart chrome
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Get computer name from IP-address

In Terminal I would use arp First make sure you have sent at least one packet to this machine using ping. $ ping -c 1 2.2.2.12 PING 2.2.2.12 (2.2.2.12): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2.2.2.12 …
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How to deactivate Adobe CS6 install on a damaged/corrupt mountain lion OS hard disk?

from http://www.adobe.com/go/activation So you might be best contacting them.
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Is it possible to move the first few letters in a string to the end of a cell in Excel?

This is a little bit of a hack but try the following assuming the field you want to evaluate is at A1: =MID(A1,FIND("/",A1,1)+1,LEN(RIGHT(A1, FIND("/",A1,1)))-1)&"/"& RIGHT(A1, FIND("/",A1,1)-2)&"/"& …
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Why doesn't Spotlight show invisible files that I know exist?

Though, it won't update the results in spotlight I use the below script to toggle hidden files on and off every time it's run: To make: Open TextEdit Make sure it is in Plain Text Mode (Format > Ma …
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Prevent partitions from Spotlight indexing each other

System Preferences.. > Spotlight > Privacy Add the mount path you don't want indexed to the list by selecting the device you want excluded also. However, if it's hidden use ⌘ +⇧+G and enter the path …
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How do I block specific places on a web site's domain?

Try Parental Controls one caveat, the account you want to control cannot be a administrator of the machine in order for this to work. open System Preferences > Parental Controls Unlock it using the …
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