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Risk of uninstalling a customised zsh version

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Having been confronted to a minor bug on Apple Terminal, I followed naively an advice on an internet website recommending to update my shell zsh to latest version, using brew. Which I did. (and it did not solve the bug) But now, I reali…

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MacBook display issue with garbled screen. What happened?

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

While I was working, my MacBook screen unexpectedly displayed an unusual appearance as shown in the attached picture. I am not sure what should be done. I tried restarting my laptop and it is still the same. Please help.

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Risk of uninstalling a customised zsh version

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Having been confronted to a minor bug on Apple Terminal, I followed naively an advice on an internet website recommending to update my shell zsh to latest version, using brew. Which I did. (and it did not solve the bug) But now, I reali…

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How can I make my MacBook Air show the file info the way the old macOS does?

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My old MacBook Pro running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info I care about in the Finder when I select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. My new M1 MacBook Air running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. I have to resi…

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Folder contains invisible file whose name starts with ..\..\

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Visual Studio for Mac project folder that contains an unusual file: The file is only visible with ls -A in the terminal, and its name is ..\..\items.json: ~/Projects/Boss/Boss/bin/Debug % ls -A ..\..\items.json .DS_Store…

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How can I make my MacBook Air show the file info the way the old macOS does?

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My old MacBook Pro running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info I care about in the Finder when I select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. My new M1 MacBook Air running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. I have to resi…

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Check if display sleep on Apple Silicon in Bash

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Bash script that performs certain actions when the Mac enters sleep mode. The script worked fine on my Mac with an Intel chip, but it can't detect whether it's sleeping or not with Apple Silicon. This is the part of the script:…

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MacBook display issue with garbled screen. What happened?

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

While I was working, my MacBook screen unexpectedly displayed an unusual appearance as shown in the attached picture. I am not sure what should be done. I tried restarting my laptop and it is still the same. Please help.

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how do i make my mba shows the file info the old macOS does

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

my old mbp running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info i care about in finder when i select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. my new m1 mba running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. i have to resize the window, so th…

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Check if display sleep on Apple Silicon in Bash

zondag 12 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Bash script that performs certain actions when the Mac enters sleep mode. The script worked fine on my Mac with an Intel chip, but it can't detect whether it's sleeping or not with Apple Silicon. This is the part of the script:…

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macOS 14.1.1 Spotlight crashing

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch(Intel, 2020, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports) that is running macOS Sonoma 14.1.1(23B81) and when I press the spotlight icon and try to type anything, the text field disappears, and the spotlight icon from the menu ba…

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macOS 14.1.1 Spotlight crashing

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch(Intel, 2020, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports) that is running macOS Sonoma 14.1.1(23B81) and when I press the spotlight icon and try to type ANYTHING, the text field disappears, and the spotlight icon from the menu ba…

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how do i make my mba shows the file info the old macOS does

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

my old mbp running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info i care about in finder when i select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. my new m1 mba running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. i have to resize the window, so th…

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macOS 14.1.1 Spotlight crashing

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch(Intel, 2020, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports) that is running macOS Sonoma 14.1.1(23B81) and when I press the spotlight icon and try to type ANYTHING, the text field disappears, and the spotlight icon from the menu ba…

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how do i make my mba shows the file info the old macOS does

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

my old mbp running macOS 10.13.6 gives all the info i care about in finder when i select the file in interest, pointed out by the red rectangle. my new m1 mba running macOS 13 doesn't do the job well. i have to resize the window, so th…

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Change Finder keyboard shortcut for Move 2 Items - MacOS Sonoma

zaterdag 11 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

The default is Cmd ⌘ Opt ⌥ V I'd like to change it to Ctrl ⌃ Opt ⌥ V In System Settings it appears keyboard shortcut options for Finder are no longer available to edit. Also, the shortcut changes from "Move Item Here" to "Mo…

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Finding where program lives

vrijdag 10 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I installed a program yesterday in a mess of terrible installation instructions and I have no idea where it lives. I have files that default to opening that program, but that doesn't tell me where it is. Spotlight Search returns nothi…

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How to diagnose a dialog box that flashes up unpredictably, at irregular intervals, too fast to read contents?

vrijdag 10 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Over the last couple of days, I’ve repeatedly had a dialog box appear for a fraction of a second and then disappear, much too quickly to read the contents. It’s happened maybe 4 or 5 times so far; it comes unexpectedly, not apparently …

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Where is the Touch ID data stored?

donderdag 9 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I would like to 'backup' my Touch ID data or configuration. What file(s) would I need to backup in order to preserve that data and can I simply restore those files to set it up again on the same or another machine.

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Where is the touchid data stored?

donderdag 9 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I would like to 'backup' my touchid data or configuration. What file(s) would I need to backup in order to preserve that data and can I simply restore those files to set it up again on the same or another machine.

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mouse buttons 3–5: conventional uses?

donderdag 9 november 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm learning to configure keyboard firmware with QMK. I can assign keys to mouse movement (← ↑ ↓ →) and to five mouse buttons, so I'm wondering whether I'd have any use for more than two of them. I use buttons 1 and 2 heavily, of cours…

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