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How to remove "Spotlight Search" placeholder in macOS spotlight?

Pressing "command + space",i want to remove "Spotlight Search" placeholder text in it, i think its kind of disturbing. Is there any way do achieve this? Spotlight Search
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Disable spell-checking in Whatsapp?

Is it possible to disable spell-checking in Whatsapp for macOS? I’m running Whatsapp version 0.3.4480 on macOS Mojave.
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Developer cannot be verified macOS error/exception - a) Move to Trash b) cancel

I am trying to run the Chromium Browser app I installed from github many years ago, which use to run fine on my prior MacOS version but does not work on Catalina. However, when I do run it I ...
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How to give Screen Recording permission to Skype for Business on MacOs Mojave?

I'm using Skype for Business on MacOs Mojave 10.14.6. When I try to do Screen Sharing, I get message that I need to give permissions to Skype. From what I could gather, I'm supposed to select Screen ...
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SMB access issues Server 2016 from Mac-Catalina

I have 2 Macs accessing SMB shares of a Server 2016 and problems occur, constant server connection. Both Macs are in the graphics department. Currently the problem is for Excel, Adobe Illustrator etc....
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macOS Mojave pfctl disabled

I have my pfctl enabled on my Mac and after I restart my laptop it's disabled. I noticed that sometimes when the laptop boots into Desktop the pfctl is enabled and then it gets disabled. How can I ...
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Chrome wont open links from Slack or Terminal on MacOS Mojave

When I click on links in Slack or run terminal commands like Jupyter Notebook, which previously have prompted Chrome to open a link, no link opens in Chrome. macOS Mojave Chrome 78.0.3904.108
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Burn Windows 10 ISO to DVD on Mojave

I have a portable DVD burner and trying to make a bootable Windows 10 installer. How can I do this on Mojave? It is for DVD not USB
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How to switch to desktop immediately when in fullscreen Chrome in macOS?

I like using Chrome in fullscreen mode and sometimes I want to switch to my desktop from Chrome immediately. I found the "hot corners" or "keyboard shortcut" I set are not working. Is there any way ...
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Xcode 11.1 not showing up in my applications folder

I recently reinstalled Xcode, My current version of the Xcode is Version 11.1 (11A1027) After the install, I cannot see it in my Applications folder. I have it my Dock, i have it in my Launcher, ...
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Activate Mac Office 11 in Parallels VM - product key madness

Yes, I know it's ancient and no longer supported. However, I'd like to activate Mac Office 11 in a Parallels VM running Mojave. The install was easy, I have my product key, but it wants activation ...
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macOS: brew upgrade doesn't upgrade outdated software

I am used to Debian. But now I have to use a MacBook with macOS 10.14.6 (fresh install) from time to time. MacOS has no apt-get. So I downloaded and installed brew. I installed software like: brew ...
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Mac with file sharing enabled not automatically appearing under Network in Explorer on Windows 10

I have set up file sharing on both my macOS Mojave and Windows 10 computer. So far, I can access the Windows shares from the Mac and vice versa. The problem is that, on the Window 10 system, I can't ...
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Tagging files in macOs Finder... quickly

I'm looking to create keyboard shortcuts to tag files in the finder... without using Automator. The goal is to rapidly quicklook and tag files. I'm imagining: cmd-opt-0 -> tags selected file "...
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Apple 2015 MacBook Pro not booting

I have an issue since this morning. My machine didn't boot, my machine battery is charged, it shows me the screen like this: I have tried everything explained in this video. SCM Safe Mode NVRAM
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Creating ISO with dd on macOS: Operation not supported

sudo dd if=/path/to/img.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 returns dd: /dev/rdisk2: Operation not supported The disk was formatted ExFAT on macOS. #: TYPE NAME IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_part ...
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Android Studio 3.5.1 can't run app on any device by adb

I am trying to debug app on my Android Studio(version 3.5.1). My environment is MacOS 10.14, Macbook Pro. When I run app on AVD, everything works fine. However, when I run app on real device, I always ...
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Aquamacs for macOS Mojave and Catalina - error in process filter: ‘recenter’ing a window that does not display current-buffer. How can I fix this bug?

I'm a very new Mac user and not really an Emacs user. I just use emacs to run PVS Specification and Verification System, by typing the pvs command in the terminal to start the software. Aquamacs was ...
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Magic mouse stopped working while installing Mojave

I tried to downgrade from Catalina to Mojave, I erased Macintosh HD drive and all steps were working good. I shutdown the pc and opened it while holding "option" key and select Mojave to install. By (...
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Where is apxs on macOS Mojave?

I recently bought a new Mac because the old one died. I installed everything except "System Files" from the old disk. Now I find I do not have apxs on my new computer. It was present at /usr/sbin/apxs ...
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Can't print from MBP running Mojave to a networked Dell 3110cn

I'm hoping you can help... I have a Dell 3110cn plugged into the wired network and a MBP running Mojave on the WiFi, both through the same router. The MBP can hit the printer's web server and ping it ...
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Equivalent shortcut to windows + number fromWindows 10 in macOS?

One of my favorite keyboard shortcuts in Windows (and Gnome in linux) is windows key+number which opens the program that is that position in the task bar (and repeated presses change between opened ...
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Changing tmux prefix on Mac (Mojave) to C+a captures Cmd+left

I'm relatively new to Mac (coming from Linux) and in my tmux.conf file, I have the following: unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a bind C-a send-prefix which works as you would expect with one hick-up. ...
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Mac OS 10.14.6 not using /etc/resolver/test

I have a dns server running on the host in a virtual machine with the IP 192.168.99.169 If I run the dns queries I get these responses dig: dig @192.168.99.169 hello-john.test result: ;; Warning: ...
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Visual Studio Code Python Indentation Issues

So I have been having issues with my VSC and python 3.7 It works when I try to run the code through Sublime and terminal, and seems to fix itself after I restart visual studio, but always returns ...
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How can i enable the copy, cut and paste hotkeys on macOS-Mojave

I use Mojave macOS 10.14. I want to use hotkey on macOS installed on VMware. I have tried Ctrl + C in the Windows and Ctrl + V on macOS, but it doesn't work.
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why does French voice thomas mispronounce "allé"

The commands say -v Thomas 'il y est allé.' say -v Amelie 'il y est allé.' reveal that currently, Thomas, a supposedly French voice, is incapable of pronouncing the extremely common French word "...
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scutil does not change the resolv.conf when the primaryservice is forticlientsslvpn on macOS Mojave

I use the version 6.0.8_149 of forticlient. In the configuration of the forticlient, you can tell him to execute a script at on connect. what is interesting is that I could (with the previous version ...
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How to convince Mojave to zip all files in the source folder?

When zipping a folder (through right click → compress folder ), OSX Mojave silently skips some subfolders like "Assets" and "Build". Is there a way to stop this and force OSX to include ALL files ...
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How to solve scrolling failure in GIMP in Mojave

Whenever I make zoom in any image in GIMP and try to use scrolling, the image gets fragmented in rectangles, any ideas?
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Microsoft Word: Formatting Paragraphs with Non Standard Indenting

I have a paragraph consisting of half a dozen lines, each terminated by a hard line feed [shift]-[enter]. Now I want to indent the second line of the paragraph by one tab, the third by two tabs, the ...
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Permanently increase the maximum number of open file descriptors in launchctl on Mac OS X Mojave

I've found numerous links for how to permanently increase the maximum number of open file descriptors in previous verions of Mac OS X, but I have yet to get it to work on Mojave. For instance: ...
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Boot Camp running Windows 10 returns error code 0xc000021a

My MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running macOS Mojave version 10.14.6 failed to boot in Windows 10 via Boot Camp. I was prompted with Windows auto repair system saying it would search for ...
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Uninstalling macports on Mojave

I am trying to uninstall MacPorts on my Mac and I have found the protocol to do so. However, I am getting an error: user:~ femto-13$ sudo port -fp uninstall --follow-dependents installed Password: ...
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External Disk shows used up space but i am not able to find any files inside

I have a MacBook Pro with Mac OS 10.14.6. My external hard disk was working fine until one day all of a sudden it went blank, it doesn't show files anymore... I have a WD external HD and I am using ...
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Shared Clipboard between different Mac users

How can I share the clipboard among two different users, on macOS Mojave 10.14? I usually alternate between two users sessions, for separation of concerns, on my MacBook. Sometimes I need to share an ...
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MBP 13" 2015 - OSX Mojave freezes fully

Lately my MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 running Mojave 10.14.6 freezes completely on a more or less regular basis (about 3-5 times a week). It's a full freeze i.e. nothing works any more and the only ...
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Using Homebrew PostgreSQL can't connect to server

My environment macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Homebrew 2.1.11 PostgreSQL 11.5 I typed brew command and checked PostgreSQL server is running. brew services start postgresql But I can't connect ...
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A search path is not honored in macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave)

I am running macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave, 18G87) My default shell is Zsh and $PATH is set in .zshrc as follows; /usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/bin:/usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/condabin:/usr/...
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ssh X11 Forwarding will not display Mac OS X Apps on Raspberry PI

I'm trying to remotely run some apps from my Min Mac running Mojave and a raspberry pi 4. When I run ssh -Y from my raspberry pi to the mac I get and error stating X11 forwarding request failed on ...
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Double (or more) dash turned to one, while typing (Mojave)

After following the suggestions here How to stop Mac to convert typing double dash to emdash? and disabling Smart quotes and dashes and even replacing the text of -- to --, when I try to type a double ...
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45GB Photoshop psb file will not open in Photoshop on new 2019 MacBook Pro running Mojave

I have a 45GB multi-layer/multi-channel Photoshop psb file that I have been working on for the past few months. I had been editing it in Photoshop 2018 (v19.1) on a mid-2014 MacBook Pro running High ...
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Meetings in the calendar is not getting updated in latest outlook (2019) in my OS-X Mojave

Even if I accept a meeting invite and go back to calendar, I'm unable to see the meeting there. I tried deleting the local cache and that resolved my issue, but I cannot keep doing that every 30 ...
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What happens when multiple file types are mv'd to the same file using the mac Terminal?

I tried using the mv command in my terminal on my mac to move files into a directory. The files were moved, however it seems that I made a mistake i in my command and did not use a using a trailing ...
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Text selection on terminal with Mac

I've just been given a MacBook (Mojave) by my employer and I'm really struggling to get to grips with the terminal. I've been a Linux user for years and am always in the terminal. I've tried a ...
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MacPorts. Failed to configure cairo

I am unable to install the port py37-pymysql (MacOS Mojave 10.14.6): $ sudo port install py37-pymysql ---> Computing dependencies for py37-pymysql ---> Cleaning py37-pymysql ---> Scanning ...
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pip not working on Mac Mojave

When I try to use pip commands on Mac Mojave, I receive this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 583, in ...
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nltk.download() logs out on OS X

I have a macbook running OS X 10.14.6, Python 3.7.3. When I try run interactive installer from NLTK python package, following the steps from: http://www.nltk.org/data.html in my terminal, after >...
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New to Git, why are there already so many configurations set in git config?

New to using git, and just downloaded it. Getting it set up and was surprised to find so many presets with git config --list? I thought nothing was supposed to be preset. output of git config --list: ...
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MAC OS Mojave slow application launch

I ran into a rare problem. suddenly about a week ago my mac book pro started to act weirdly. when i try to launch my third party apps like XCode,Firefox and even my own apps, the app icon starts ...
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