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Two Macs, Both Ventura, Apps launch with "New file" on one, "Open file" on other

I have two Macs on my desk, one for work and one for personal use. When I launch an app, say Numbers for example: On the work MacBook Pro the application launches and prompts to create a new file ...
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Is it there any other ways from moving, changing and relating to other directories?

Accidentally I typed dir/.. in the end, need to realize the real difference between, those paths: $ command ../dir $ command dir/.. They do two different things, using the same .. as well, it works ...
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Change strings in commands to another strings in a smarter way

I know that: $ command -[options] string string2 Can be easily changed with: $ ^string^string3 To obtain: $ command -[options] string3 string2 What else can I do with it, like I'm trying to make ...
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Computer is replaying the same keystrokes I did a month ago - what could it be? [duplicate]

I was writing some text on my Windows 10 computer and suddenly characters and words that I wasn't typing showed up. I removed the mouse and keyboard dongle and turned on airplane mode but it didn't ...
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Windows 10 Pro v2004: How do I get back Taskbar behavior from earlier windows versions

First thing: YES I searched for my problem, all I found were "Skins" or a way to get back the "Shortcut Bar" Which now ends up as a little arrow thingie on the right side of the ...
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How do Windows application crashes work internally?

Specifically: What is the difference between these Windows application crash behaviors: Closing instantly ("crash to desktop") White overlay with "busy" cursor and messagebox Application freezed ...
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First PC Build - Screen gets no signal

I just finished building my first PC and wanted to install the OS. As I turned it on, the fans started spinning, LED's on the motherboard light up, but no signal on the display. Even the LED's on my ...
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HDMI weird behavior

I have a Sharp smart TV, I need to connect my laptop to the tv, I previously had PlayStation 3 connected. When I connect my laptop through HDMI nothing happens, then I tried connecting PS3 again to ...
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Is 85°C on the CPU and GPU a high temp for new laptop?

Something unusually is happening to my 5 days old ASUS K556UQ-DMOO2D laptop Specs are: INTEL CORE 17-6500U 2.5GHZ - 3.1GHZ RAM 8GB DDR4 GT 940MX 2GB I can play other AAA games like Counter - ...
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Strange folder behaviour in Windows 10

I found a strange issue when trying to upload some folders to a cloud service, which weren't recognized by the software. The folder would appear to be hidden, but it's not marked as such and the ...
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Strange behavior ALT+moving lines in Visual Studio 2015

Development was going well today, when all of a sudden something horrible happened to my editor within my Visual Studio 2015. I do this thing where I move/alternate the lines of code up or down by ...
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Is there any tool to measure speed of laptop and test laptop hanging before and after adding 8GB RAM? [closed]

My hp laptop having core i3 plus 4GB of RAM hangs on running one chrome browser with some tabs plus visual studio 2015. I just upgrade my laptop from 4GB of RAM to 4+8 GB of RAM. Now I want to measure/...
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Some programs open and close immediately-Windows 7

My PC suddenly doesn't open some programs when I double-click on them. I used Task Manager to check if the program runs in the background after double-clicking,and it does get listed under 'Processes' ...
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What converts binary code/machine code to electrical signals and how? [closed]

I went through lots of blogs and posts but could not exactly figure out how the machine code is converted to electrical signals? Any software program is compiled to machine code which is nothing but ...
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Why is my computer acting so weird about turning on?

My computer has been acting extremely strange lately. Around two months ago, it stopped working. I mean entirely. I would plug it in, and turn it on, and the startup *beep* didn't happen. It would ...
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Compaq Computer has power but it's not booting up?

My Compaq Presario SR1620NX turns on, but the hard drive is not engaging. I usually hear the hard drive start, but I don't hear it now. I think that perhaps the problem is with my motherboard battery ...
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