I recently discovered that launchd on macOS provides an initial, default $PATH to new terminal windows that is not the default path set by macOS at log in, but instead is produced by launchd according to (presumably) its own internal lo…
Lees meerOn my MacBook, from time to time, there is a folder created. /Users/me/Applications/asr Inside this folder, there will be a text file named asr20250403_1538007_0.txt The actual date changes. Inside this file, it seems to be a json, some…
Lees meerOn my MacBook, from time to time, there is a folder created. /Users/me/Applications/asr Inside this folder, there will be a text file named asr20250403_1538007_0.txt The actual date changes. Inside this file, it seems to be a json, some…
Lees meerI'm about to switch my Windows PC to a Mac mini m4. I will probably go for the base model with 256GB of memory. Since it has a relatively small hard drive, I will get some external storage. I saw many videos with regard to all of them h…
Lees meerI have encountered a situation in rsync where --delete does not work but --delete-after seemingly does. See the screen shot below that shows the two commands one right after the other. Deleting test.txt is the expected result that only…
Lees meerI have encountered a situation in rsync where --delete does not work but --delete-after seemingly does. See the screen shot below that shows the two commands one right after the other. Deleting test.txt is the expected result that only…
Lees meerOn my MacBook, from time to time, there is a folder created. /Users/me/Applications/asr Inside this folder, there will be a text file named asr20250403_1538007_0.txt The actual date changes. Inside this file, it seems to be a json, some…
Lees meerHow do I change the created and modified time attributes of a file with millisecond/nanosecond accuracy? SetFile only allows single seconds. touch cannot not change created time.
Lees meerHow do I change the created and modified time attributes of a file with millisecond/nanosecond accuracy? SetFile only allows single seconds. touch cannot not change created time.
Lees meerHow do I change the created and modified time attributes of a file with millisecond/nanosecond accuracy? SetFile only allows single seconds. touch cannot not change created time.
Lees meerI recently bought a used MacBook Air 2012 and wanted to do a clean install of the OS. When restarting from Recovery Mode and erasing the hard drive, I saw two hard drives "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data". When trying to erase th…
Lees meerI recently bought a used MacBook Air 2012 and wanted to do a clean install of the OS. When restarting from Recovery Mode and erasing the hard drive, I saw two hard drives "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data". When trying to erase th…
Lees meerI have a MacBook Pro, M1, 2020 and since a few days ago I simply cannot connect to my university wifi (=eduroam). Note: I since updated to the newest Version macOS Sequoia Version 15.4, the error persists My home Wifi works perfect, co…
Lees meer"AirPort Utility.app" on my MacBook Pro M1 Max (Sequoia) shows its ComputerName as "MacBookPro". On my MacBook Pro 2014 (Big Sur) it's correctly shown as "MBP-M1Max", which is the name I gave it in Sequoia on the M1: user@MBP-M1Max ~ %…
Lees meerI recently bought a used MacBook Air 2012 and wanted to do a clean install of the OS. When restarting from Recovery Mode and erasing the hard drive, I saw two hard drives "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data". When trying to erase th…
Lees meerWhen you login to iCloud, often the IP address of the person logging in will be shown, or the location. The device that will be used to login to the account is a Lenovo Thinkpad on Google Chrome browser. Will using a VPN mask this? If n…
Lees meerI updated a MacPro from Ventura to Sequoia and now the rsync command have problems when wrapped in a script. Here's a minimalist myrsync.sh to reproduce the observed behaviour: #!/bin/sh rsync "$@" remark: You can use bash or zsh inste…
Lees meerI've been scouring the internet trying to find a way to lock the dock to the bottom of my main monitor, without it trying to follow me to another. I enjoy using spaces, so I want that on. I prefer it on the bottom, left or right doesn't…
Lees meerI've been scouring the internet trying to find a way to lock the dock to the bottom of my main monitor, without it trying to follow me to another. I enjoy using spaces, so I want that on. I prefer it on the bottom, left or right doesn't…
Lees meerI've just moved from Big Sur to Ventura. (Long story short, I was keeping on Big Sur due to compatibility issue with old software, and I've now moved to Ventura which is the highest my 2017 MBP i7 will go to). I was able to run various …
Lees meerI recently upgraded my work computer to a 15-inch, 2024 M3 MacBook Pro running macOS 15.3.2 (24D81). I have a simple AppleScript that simulates a paste command: AppleScript Copy Edit tell application "System Events" keystroke "v" us…
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