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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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Choose a default app for opening files with no extension?

Is it possible to set a default application to open files with no extension? I'm not referring to files with hidden extensions, but those completely lacking an extension -- e.g. README, CHANGELOG, mb …
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What does the lock icon on the 'Get Info' screen do?

Clicking the lock icon will prompt you for an admin password. After you provide it, the system will allow you to change the permissions for that file or folder in that "Sharing & Permissions" pane yo …
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How to turn off all animations on OS X

Animation is everywhere in OS X, and it is not possible to disable all animation with one global setting, which makes this a very complicated question to answer completely. I would advise you to try …
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Alternative backup solution for a mac?

The KISS Principle would suggest restoring your system from the OS X DVD that came with your Mac. For personal files, I think the best backup option is cloud storage, like Dropbox (2GB free, $10/mo f …
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How to restore Parallel's Applications folder?

In Finder, use the command Cmd+Shift+G ("Go to Folder") and enter the following path, then click "Go": ~/Library/Caches/Parallels/Applications Menus In there, you'll find folders of applications bas …
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Disable Growl Notification When a Certain App is Running

Full credit to @ghoppe over at Super User for this excellent answer. I'm only duplicating it here because a moderator on Meta suggested that it would be appropriate to do so. Please note that this so …
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Dock Notifications Displaying Odd Red Icons Instead

This looks like it might be a problem with a system font. Try this... Open Font Book (in /Applications) Select the "All Fonts" collection in the left-hand pane Click any font in the right-hand pane …
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Adding songs without duplicate in iTunes?

iTunes will only create one entry in your Library for each music file on your computer. In other words, if you try to "re-add" any file to your library that is already being managed by iTunes, iTunes …
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Best way to uninstall; backup programs on Mac

Simply "trashing" apps from the Applications directory can leave behind little files all over your system. For complete installation, there are several apps that can find and remove the accompanying …
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Quick OSX startup

It will always depend on the individual situation -- hardware specs, startup programs, etc. But when I swapped my 15" 2009 MacBook Pro's 250GB 5400rpm boot drive with a 120GB Intel SSD my boot time d …
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Is it possible to redefine the keyboard shortcut for deleting files to [delete] loosing the ...

Normally it is possible to customize your own keyboard shortcuts in the Keyboard pref pane, but you cannot re-map the Delete key. So in short, no, it is not possible to re-map Cmd ⌘+Delete to simply …
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