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"ALT" key not working in Midnight Commander on macOS terminal
Found it on other site: 'export TERM=xterm' before starting 'mc' in the terminal
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Changing MacOS theme from terminal
I think this should answer your question: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/391686/how-to-set-dark-mode-appearance-to-auto-in-terminal
I don't have enough reputation to make a comment. If ...
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Set the volume to a specific value on Mac at a specific time using a terminal command
I concur with the LaunchAgent idea. It's a quirky tech, but once you learn it, it's robust and flexible.
You don't have to actually make a script, though. LaunchAgents can have multiple arguments.
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Install macOS Big Sur to HFS+ partition on a clean new HDD/SSD
read this
https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/985-catalina-mbr-hfs-firmware-check-patch/page/5/?tab=comments#comment-8584
work for me 10.15.
How to finish the Catalina installation.
Use ...
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How to unzip split files on OS X
in MacOS 10.13.6 High Sierra, working way is to:
cat filename.z01, filename.z02, filename.z03 filename.zip > unsplited_foo.zip
and after that use unzip:
unzip unsplited_foo.zip
NOTE: be careful ...
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Unzip Multipart Zip from Command Line
you missed order while cat files, order should be:
cat foo.z01, foo.z02, foo.z03 foo.zip > unsplited_foo.zip
and after use unzip:
unzip unsplited_foo.zip
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OS X Safari prompt before exiting
Sayz Lim published a Keyboard Maestro macro that does the trick, just tried it out and love it: Warn Before Quitting Macro
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Multiple users on OSX Catalina can not write to shared file
I believe the issue was group wheel on folder Shared.
drwxrwxrwt root wheel Shared
I changed this to the following in terminal:
drwxrwxr-x myadminacct staff Shared
Works as expected now. Sticky bit ...
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Where are gs-X11 and gs-noX11 on my Mac?
Everything has been sorted out now by what Richard Koch (author of the TeXShop application) suggested me on email: Changing the following paths in the preferences/settings did the trick:
In TeXShop, ...
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Why does ˜/ not work on my Mac?
What solved for me was pressing space right after the tilde. I use an US International layout so if I press / (forward slash) right after the tilde, it uses the small version like the answer above ...
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Outlook 365 for Mac: missing FROM: field
found a way, head to settings, click on account, click on delegates and then under open these additional accounts, input the email name there and save. then click on new email, from should appear ...
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Where are gs-X11 and gs-noX11 on my Mac?
See the
homebrew-gs-x11
project, which says this :
The Homebrew core Ghostscript formula no longer supports X11, which
also prevents use of GV (a derivative of Ghostview). I created this
custom tap ...
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Copying and pasting the path within Finder
There are multiple ways to achieve what you want. Choose the one that fits you best.
To open a folder in another Finder from within Finder
right-click on the folder
select Open in new tab OR press ⌥ (...
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Using networksetup to connect to WPA2 Enterprise with AD not authenticating
this solution only works if the SSID is not hidden. In my opinion, you need to fix the address and script with the networksetup command :
if lost create a WiFi network interface
create a new location
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Is there a Windows 11 equivalent to Mac's "App shortcuts" in the keyboard preferences?
No, Windows doesn't have such functionality by default.
You can use AutoHotkey as a very commonly utilized alternative. It has a well-written documentation, e.g.:
binding keys
window interactions, ...
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can shortcut be configured to paste with both control-v and command-v on mac?
Try using Karabiner-Elements and these settings. You can then use either ctrl or cmd for copy and paste. There are many more improvements, such as sensible home/end key actions! It's also configured ...
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How to toggle between Fn and function F-keys on Mac?
On a Macally keyboard I've found that holding Fn and pressing Esc will "lock" the fn key allowing me to use the Function keys by default. Without this, even having set the "Use F1, F2 ...
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Set Variable to ls command output
Your variable creation works. What did not work is your second statement (printf). This works for me:
users=$(ls /home)
echo "${users}"
I am using /home only because I am on Linux. In your ...
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“Terminal is not fully functional” warning with `less` but not with `more` (which is also `less`)
The same program can behave differently if it is being run with different parameters: in your first command it receives argv[] = {"less", NULL} as the command-line argument array, while the ...
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How to toggle between Fn and function F-keys on Mac?
MAC OS Ventura 13.3.1 (Chrome)
Cmd + Shift + F
Above command will toggle the task-bar. Coming from a Windows OS, this was the combination I was looking for to mimic Fn + F11.
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How to zoom and pan a photo in macOS with a non-Apple mouse?
If your mouse has any side buttons, you might try the little utility that is Mac Mouse Fix. This can be achieved:
Holding one side button while sliding the wheel to simulate pinch.
Holding one side ...
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How to zoom and pan a photo in macOS with a non-Apple mouse?
Mac doesn't really use scroll to zoom, other than for accessibility.
Your main zoom Controls are Cmd ⌘ + and Cmd ⌘ - . These will both centre on your current mouse position.
Scroll is then ...
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How to repair /etc/sudoers on OSX High Sierra
So after banging my head for 2hrs and 100 different articles, I managed to brute my way through.
Use finder to change permissions of sudoers file. Right click>Get info>Sharing and Permissions....
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How to stop VLC showing video separate from control interface?
I had this problem today in Arch Linux.
Resetting my preferences didn't work but turning off "Use only one instance when started from the file manager" scrolling down under the interface ...
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ssh -X warning: X11 forwarding request failed on channel
You need to put the XAuthLocation in the Mac's /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
Also: are you sure xauth is in /opt/X11/bin? When I used MacPorts to install it (sudo port install xauth) it got installed in /...
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rsync always uploads all files from macOS => Linux
Make sure that you are passing --times (-t) to rsync. This causes modification time to be copied over.
Otherwise, if you immediately run rsync again, it will see all files as "changed", and ...
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Prevent Screen Saver Whilst Screen Sharing in Google Meet
System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Hot Corners
Set one corner to Disable Screen Saver, then whenever you're not active, just remember to push your cursor into this corner. This will also ...
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MacOS Ventura can't give permissions (OpenCore)
The instructions above with tccplus worked for me - but I couldn't enter the commands in one line in terminal. Instead when I got to this part I entered:
cd ~/Downloads/
chmod +x tccplus
./tccplus add ...
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Mirror screen from Mac to another Mac running old OS
Use VLC on the Mini.
In a situation like this, it's far simpler to 'pull' from the older Mac than try to 'push' from the newer.
All you need do is set your MacBook to share the media drive. System ...
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How to start QuickTime recording at command line?
To start a QuickTime recording at the command line on a Mac, you can use the osascript command to execute AppleScript code. Here's an example script that you can use:
tell application "QuickTime ...
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External Drive Not Showing up Anywhere
Assuming it's not the drive, then resetting the NVRAM on your Mac can sometimes resolve hardware-related issues.
To do this, leave the drive plugged in and restart your Mac and hold down the Option + ...
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How to find which app/process change my network proxy on my Mac Studio running macOS Ventura 13.1?
This is generally caused by Charles/Burp proxy or other network sniffer tools that you have on your machine.
Check in the startup items to make sure not start on every boot, or change settings to ...
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How to stop MS Office from hijacking my spacebar?
It's not just outlook, so far Excel and powerpoint too. I have to close those programs to use illustrator and photoshop spacebar.
Hope somebody has a solution.
Mac Ventura MS Office 2021.
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Launch multiple apps in a single command in OS X
One easy way to accomplish this is to:
Create a folder (on your desktop is fine).
Drag the applications you want to start at one time from the /Applications folder to this new folder. By default, ...
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Read all of the terminal command history in OS X
per https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/423463/how-to-display-the-full-command-history-in-terminal -
history 0
Will output the full history
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Can the document receiver see the version history of an attached Word document in the email?
So I ended up doing following:
Downloading a copy online (onedrive or teams etc.)
Removed local file.
Renamed online file and placed it in folder.
I noticed that if you replaced the file with a file ...
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How to disable mac toolbar auto switch between screens
It's called the Dock, btw.
If you use the setting 'Displays have separate Spaces'* then the Dock [& menu bar] will move to whichever display you have currently active. It has to, to know which ...
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OS X Chrome, drag URL to desktop
I ran into this issue on mac. It turned out the url was just too long. I had typed a long note into chrome and wanted to drag it to the desktop as a reminder. When I reduced the size of the google ...
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Making a bootable OSX USB from dmg on Linux
usually, you just write the dmg image to the usb drive
on linux:
fdisk -l # find the USB drive, for example: sdb
dd if=image.dmg of=/dev/sdb bs=16M status=progress
on macos:
diskutil list # find the ...
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hdiutil on Linux
assuming your goal is to boot a linux iso on mac hardware (macbook, ...),
in other words: create a bootable USB drive for mac hardware on linux
in macos, you would use hdiutil like
hdiutil convert ...
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Is openssl is an alias for libressl on macOS?
The openssl binary shipped with macOS is actually libressl and not OpenSSL
It's not just an Alias or Symlink, but the /usr/bin/openssl file itself is actually LibreSSL, there is no libressl to run (...
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Cannot open Jupyter Notebook in the new zsh shell in macOS
The issue is to do with the '.bash_profile' file not being recognised by Zsh. Instead Zsh needs a '.zshrc' file. To fix simply follow these steps:
Open Finder and navigate to /Users/{YourUser}/
Press ...
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ssh localhost, getting permission denied (password). (Windows 11)
Found a solution! It worked after changing the port number. Solution can be found more in depth here https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/642588. Still unsure why this is... if somebody could further ...
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Order of DNS resolvers or "exclusive" route adding in Mac OS X?
I had a similar problem on macos with a number of physical and virtual network interfaces and the need to request name resolution to different servers according to availability or unavailability of ...
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nano : where are "morespace" and "smooth" settings gone
They were indeed removed (see the ChangeLog):
Changes between v5.6.1 and v5.7:
options: retire the obsolete 'smooth', 'morespace', and 'nopauses'
The two options are now obsolete since they are ...
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nano editor does not remember last editing position
As you note by the way, nano on macOS isn't the real nano, it's simply the pico text editor that has an alias (a shortcut using a symlink, so that people used to use the nano text editor get to a text ...
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nano editor does not remember last editing position
To make the Nano editor remember the last editing position on macOS, you need to create a configuration file for it. These are the steps:
Open your terminal and type nano ~/.nanorc to create or open ...
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Preconfigure WiFi Networks in OS X Ventura
Your question is vague. I assume you are referring to the order in which known wifi networks are joined when more than one is available.
If so, then apparently yes Apple removed this feature from the ...
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How to mount a .bin file on a Mac?
A similar SuperUser question was asked here: How to open .bin files in Mac?
The answer that worked for me for the particular .bin file I had downloaded was to simply rename it to end with ".iso&...
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MacOS - Fullscreen Windows Remote Desktop Keeps Sliding Out of View
Solution was somehow Full Keyboard Access under MacOS -> Settings -> Accessibility had been enabled. Disabling this fixed the problem.
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