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Charlie Stigler and other random items running in the background?
What you have discovered is one of the disaster areas for the new System Settings. Obviously copied from the iOS Settings without enough care and attention. On macOS this list of background apps is ...
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How to change the default application for WEBLOC files?
I found the following solution in Roy Caratozzolo’s answers to Default browser not working in Ventura 13.1. I am reposting Roy’s solution here hoping that more people will find it useful. Also, I ...
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How to change the default application for WEBLOC files?
The currently accepted answer doesn't work for me, but one way to make this work is to use the duti utility. You can install duti using homebrew or build from source.
Warning: any time you change ...
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How to reduce a Pages file's size?
When a Pages document includes images or video, the File->Reduce File Size menu at the top of Pages can sometimes help reduce the document's size. See the "Reduce a document’s file size in ...
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How to find all files with double quotes in name on a mac
Assuming the Finder on your Mac searches for files with regular names correctly otherwise:
Press Command ⌘+F in the Finder when in a regular folder. This should bring up the additional search options ...
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Desktop appears empty, files don't appear on the Desktop
Relaunch Finder to make the files appear again in Desktop.
There are multiple ways to do this :
Go to Apple menu → Force quit → Finder → [Relaunch]
Option ⌥+Right-click (or Control ^+Option ⌥+Left-...
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Can a locked file be moved in macOS?
You could just set it as a Stationery Pad instead, then you could do anything with it except overwrite it. Apps will always open a copy.
The only downside I can see is that you wouldn't get the ...
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What's the purpose of the message that appears?
This looks to be the Universal Clipboard in action. You've Copied a folder in the Finder on the M1, and so the clipboard on the other Mac is receiving the entire contents.
If you press Paste on the ...
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How to fix broken symbolic link in an M1 Mac?
The easiest way to fix a broken link is to simply recreate it.
ln -s <source> <target>
You need to remove the link first and you can do that with the command rm <filename. However, you ...
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How to rename multiple files & filepaths at once on Mac without Terminal
I'm currently using Transnomino (hard to find decent functional ones) and this is how I used the app to rename filenames and filepaths :
Open the app
Select Full Path (in this example) & set the ...
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Can a locked file be moved in macOS?
One of the purposes of locking a file is to prevent the file from being moved. To prevent an unlocked file from being changed, set the privileges to "Read only" as shown below.
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Getting old filesystem events - check which process deleted a specific folder
Unfortunately there's no such logging by default which would show you which program deleted a specific directory in the past.
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What is the purpose of Docker.raw file on Mac OS Catalina?
If you've tried pruning everything but still cannot get your disk usage back to normal, there is a utility in docker desktop in the Troubleshoot menu, which you can get to by clicking the little bug ...
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How to create a text file in a folder
I use this plugin in Alfred
Simply load the folder you would like the new file to appear in, in the Finder. Then call up Alfred, and type “new “. You can now enter a new filename to be used for your ...
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