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Determining if Low Power Mode is Enabled/Disabled from Command Line · macOS 12.2.1 (Monterey)
First note that while your picture looks correctly-entered, the line appearing in your question has "highpowermode" printed which, to my knowledge, is not one of the management settings ...
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/etc/sudoers is world writable and unable to change permissions on macOS M1
/etc/sudoers should be owned by root and have a group of wheel with 0440 permissions. To reinstate this, do:
osascript -e 'do shell script "chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers;chown root:wheel /etc/sudoers&...
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Change terminal command prompt on macbook
The simple answer as to why the two pieces of code give different results is that they are written for two different languages. The first is bash which was the default shell on OSX 10.3 up to 10.14. ...
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Restoring Apple Mobile File Integrity back to default settings (nvram boot-args)
I was told I could do the following:
You can simply reset your nvram using the following terminal command:
sudo nvram -c
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Restoring Apple Mobile File Integrity back to default settings (nvram boot-args)
According to https://github.com/MacEnhance/MacForge/issues/30#issuecomment-604647302, this can be reset by running
sudo nvram boot-args=""
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple....
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How to clear "bell" flag (icon, sound) in Terminal tab?
Shell > Reset
This keeps it enabled, but clears the state.
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GDB Hangs after "New Thread" on macOS
This hang hits gdb bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24069
You can install gdb from this source with patch:
brew install --force --build-from-source domq/gdb/gdb # a patched ...
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youtube-dl gives errors: "command not found"
Your homebrew setup is broken. Can you reinstall it and then run brew doctor?
Then you will test the YouTube-dl and possibly reinstall that.
Most of the time you don’t need to uninstall brew but the ...
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Mac daemon not able to run bash script
For anyone else struggling with fdautil (as I was), you need to set the command from the command line before it will work from launchcontrol.
For example:
sudo /usr/local/bin/fdautil set daemon LABEL /...
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Every time I start my terminal, I get ".zshrc:source:18: no such file or directory: /sourceme.sh"?
The solution that worked for me is the following:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_resolving-shell-environment-fails
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Kali Linux on Macbook
It is possible to run Kali Linux in a virtual machine hypervisor, such as VirtualBox, VMware, and Parallels. However, in order to connect to network interfaces - since you have mentioned the desire to ...
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M1 mac: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64e') - python
Running the commands below resolved the problem for me:
arch -arm64e gem install nokogiri -v '1.13.6' --platform=ruby -- --use-system-libraries
bundle
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My Mac has Python3 and 2.7 installed. How do I uninstall Python3 but keep 2.7?
If the python3 location is in /usr/bin/python3 then you won't be able to delete it directly, macOS may throw an error like “Operation not permitted” or “read only file system” etc, because macOS ...
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How can I see all available params in the commands for Finder, Dock etc?
There's no command that will give you such a list.
There's also no published official documentation from Apple with such a list.
The defaults command essentially just writes some setting you indicate ...
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M1 mac: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64e') - python
I got this when running an npm command that used compiled C packages. Solution was to run terminal in x86_64 mode and using node v14.x.x, as newer versions of node didn't work.
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Any way to change sound output device via Applescript or shell?
There is aloe a paid $5 app called Ears that will do the job and can be used with the command line https://retina.studio/ears/
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How do I view inline images in w3m?
From https://ilyakava.tumblr.com/post/616300103655948288/terminal-web-browser-with-images-macos:
First, you’ll have to use iTerm 3.3 or later.
Install the image converter for the terminal:
brew ...
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Automatic log each session from Terminal
There are two ways I am aware of:
Run all the commands you want in Terminal. Before closing the window go to Shell -> Export Text As... (or press CMD+S). This exports a text file with all the ...
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New iTerm2 Window Here option open two tabs
I found a solution that works, I left iTerm2 Settings > General > Startup as Use System Window Restoration Setting and also left Advanced > Enable session restoration on. I changed the ...
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Most homebrew installed commands outputs "zsh: killed"
The first two things I check is uptime and ps -ef | wc to make sure you don’t have runaway processes and the default limits. If the system is not healthy enough to run that, restart and if it still ...
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How to use input variable in .zshrc alias?
From what I found, it is easier to use a shell function. You can simply define a function where $1 refers to the first argument given:
function mrc() { php artisan make:controller "$1" --...
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Shell command no longer working
Adding a leading slash before Users resolved this for me. Strangely this has worked for many years without issue so still puzzled as to why this stopped working. The AppleScript was simply just ...
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close all the instances of google chrome except first
you need set the number 100 as the count you need ( total app instance - 1 )
repeat 100 times
-- get list of open apps
tell application "System Events"
set allApps to displayed ...
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Cannot SSH into Cisco switch or pfSense router from Mac Mini (macOS High Sierra 10.13.6)
Another solution is to create ~/.ssh/config with -
HostkeyAlgorithms +ssh-dss
KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
This way you won't need to do this every time.
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Terminal: run source ~/.bash_profile every time start new terminal
You can edit your environment in ~/.zprofile instead of ~/.bash_profile. Then, reopen a terminal.
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'/usr/local/bin/curl' and '/usr/local/bin/ssh' commands are killed when executed in macOS Monterey
FWIW, I ran into the same problem after replacing an ancient 2012 Mac Pro server with an Apple Studio. It appears that macOS Monterey has new security "features" that make it impossible to ...
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Open new application window via commandline
Add the following line to your ~/.zshrc file. (Or, your ~/.bashrc file, if you are using bash.) If the file does not exist, then create the file.
openwin() { osascript -e "tell application \"...
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Running the same commands on multiple remote hosts
If you have ssh access to all remote systems, you can run
for h in user@server1 user@server2 user@server3; do
echo "===== $h ====="
ssh "$h" sh -c 'cd /var/log/server; grep ...
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Running the same commands on multiple remote hosts
Using Alfred Clipboard History
This is a slight enhancement of the copy-paste option that relies on the Alfred app — Alfred is a launcher, providing a faster way to launch applications or perform ...
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Clear Terminal command history
Update 2022-05-05: For macOS 12 Monterey and above, you'll need to use this command to clear the Terminal history:
rm ~/.zsh_history
Alternatively, you can open your user folder in Finder, press ...
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What are prerequisites for using perlbrew?
Apple's Xcode is not required to obtain the requisite components for perlbrew.
There is no need to be a registered Apple Developer to install the Command Line Tools (CLI) required for perlbrew. Simply ...
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How to export Time Machine exclusions or list them in Terminal
Here are 3 ways of getting Time Machines exclusions:
Firstly, every backup includes its own exclusion list. At the top level of each backup there is a hidden file called .exclusions.plist, for example ...
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In Terminal, using the "touch" command to mass create consecutive files with leading zero's, with bash, produces different results than zsh
Without installing a package manager and then a newer version of your shell, you could work with the tools you have. Using the builtin command printf you could-
touch $(printf "file_%02d.txt &...
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In Terminal, using the "touch" command to mass create consecutive files with leading zero's, with bash, produces different results than zsh
The Bash version included with macOS is quite old (3.2.57 as of Monterey 12.3.1) and doesn't honor leading zeros when expanding {01..10}, but newer versions of Bash do (from man bash):
A sequence ...
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You do not have permission to open the application “Anaconda-Navigator”
From the information here. The app is not in /Applications but is on a backupdrive.
I would undo the moves you made or reinstall the application
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Is it safe to use `trash-cli` on macOS?
As per the other answer there are ways that are much less complex that trash-cli, that is no need to much around with odd directories, so in your terms it is safer. They also can mark the trashed item ...
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Is it safe to use `trash-cli` on macOS?
I can't comment on the safety or security of that app except to say that it looks more complicated than others I've seen - and the one I use. There is a thread here on this subject that may prove ...
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How can I get accurate information about disk space used/available in Big Sur via the command line?
AppleScript can get the free space of a disk, which gives the same number as the Finder.
Open Script Editor and save the following script as ~/Library/Scripts/Free Space.scpt:
tell the application &...
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cal command - start monday
It is possible to install the same Linux version that comes with -m option for Mac through Homebrew, under the package util-linux.
$ brew install util-linux
It will be installed under /usr/local/opt/...
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Error while disabling csrutil on macOS Catalina
You need to use the menu MacOS Post Install and run the patch "SIP disabler patch" with the GUI menu. The Terminal does not work on my Catalina (macOS 10.15.7).
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What is '<<EOS' in shell commands like 'osascript <<EOS'
(Thanks to @red_menace, @fdo, and @nohillside so far. I've upvoted @red_menace's. It's "correct", but I found it difficult to grasp. I didn't really get it, until I read @fdo's link (first ...
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Error while disabling csrutil on macOS Catalina
You get into recovery mode with ⌘ Command R
Not ⌃ Control R
It will enter recovery mode and not just boot into macOS. You can then select Terminal from the "Utilities" menu (if I remember ...
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Is there a way to color parts of the man pages on the terminal?
man can do this on its with less.
You need to set the environment variable MANPAGER
I set it by
export MANPAGER="/usr/bin/less -R --use-color -Ddg -Du+y"
This works for zsh and bash
The -D ...
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Disable TimeMachine with AppleScript and Automator on Monterey?
A while back, I was having similar problems. I resorted to using this following AppleScript code to toggle "Back Up Automatically" to on or off.
if application "System Preferences"...
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Is it possible to set a per-profile HISTFILE in iTerm2?
To do this, go to iTerm2 Preferences > Profiles > [Select "Work" Profile] > General > Command > Send text at start, and enter the following:
HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history_work
This ...
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What is '<<EOS' in shell commands like 'osascript <<EOS'
It is a here document (heredoc), and is built-in to several shells such as bash and zsh. The text between the delimiting identifiers (EOS in this case) is redirected to the command.
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My PS1 Customized Terminal Prompt doesn't work on MacOS
I think you are complaining about 2 things.
The colours - that you alter in the Terminal preferences.
Not getting the arrow characters but a questionmark, The question mark in a box is placeholder ...
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