On iOS, copy/pasting text found in an image (e.g. a photo or screenshot) is as simple as double-tapping on the text in an image, and selecting "Copy". How can I do this on macOS, for example, on a MacBook? (ideally, without any addition…
Lees meerOn iOS, copy/pasting text found in an image (e.g. a photo or screenshot) is as simple as double-tapping on the text in an image, and selecting "Copy". How can I do this on macOS, for example, on a MacBook? (ideally, without any addition…
Lees meerI have a small WD Passport 2 TB HDD on which I’m backing up important and irreplaceable files. It’s not the only backup but as one of three it’s important. It has about 1 TB of data in it. I closed my laptop overnight. Today I disconne…
Lees meerWhile cleaning some software off my computer, I noticed the following extensions listed in System Information → Software → Extensions. For context, I am running an M2 Max MacBook Pro with MacOS Ventura 13.4. I did not ever install appli…
Lees meerWhen running the command ps -xo pid,stat,user,time On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column: PID STAT USER TIME [...] Removed for brevity 72633 S mbercx 0:00.06 72949 ?s mbercx 0:00.00…
Lees meerWhen running the command ps -xo pid,stat,user,time On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column: PID STAT USER TIME [...] Removed for brevity 72633 S mbercx 0:00.06 72949 ?s mbercx 0:00.00…
Lees meerI've been experimenting with external display on my MacBook Air. I had the external display set up as a primary monitor and my Mac's built-in display as a secondary. Then for some unknown reason the external monitor stopped working. It …
Lees meerWhen running the command ps -xo pid,stat,user,time On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column: PID STAT USER TIME [...] Removed for brevity 72633 S mbercx 0:00.06 72949 ?s mbercx 0:00.00…
Lees meerWhen running the command ps -xo pid,stat,user,time On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column: PID STAT USER TIME [...] Removed for brevity 72633 S mbercx 0:00.06 72949 ?s mbercx 0:00.00…
Lees meerWhen running the command ps -xo pid,stat,user,time On MacOS (Monterey; version 12.5), I sometimes get a ? in the STAT column: PID STAT USER TIME [...] Removed for brevity 72633 S mbercx 0:00.06 72949 ?s mbercx 0:00.00…
Lees meerWhen I hit tab on cd ~, I see a lost of directories starting with _ so something like _dirName which are not see when I list ls ~. I also see myUsername, root, daemon, nobody, Guest directories. What are all these and what is the differ…
Lees meerOn my external SSD, which is formatted as APFS (Case-sensitive), there are a lot of important personal files (around 219 GB). When I plug the drive into my MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021) and open it in finder, the folder is empty. However, …
Lees meerWhen I hit tab on cd ~, I see a lost of directories starting with _ so something like _dirName which are not see when I list ls ~. I also see myUsername, root, daemon, nobody, Guest directories. What are all these and what is the differ…
Lees meerI turn off Mail Privacy Protection on my iPhone (13 pro max iOS 16.4.1(a)) so that I can block all remote content, and after every iOS update my privacy setting has reverted. This feels disrespectful, but mostly I want it to stop, unles…
Lees meerOn macOS, is there a way to have releasing Cmd (just that one key) say open Spotlight? Similar to tapping the Super key on Gnome in Linux. On Linux, key release triggers bindings, so its no problem to bind to a modifier key like the Sup…
Lees meerIn macOS Monterey when I use native Mail.app to compose a mail or in Safari typing here to ask the question, the cursor blinks. Is it possible to prevent blinking cursor and if possible to replace it to filled box like: In order to dis…
Lees meerIn macOS Monterey when I use native Mail.app to compose a mail or in Safari typing here to ask the question, the cursor blinks. Is it possible to prevent blinking cursor and if possible to replace it to filled box like: In order to dis…
Lees meerI can't set my Startup Disk to a createinstallmedia -created installer on M1 on microSD or SSD, with Big Sur or Ventura. In other words, I can't set my Startup Disk to any of the installers I created with createinstallmedia. I create…
Lees meerMy iMac (macOS Monterey 12.6.6) runs Mail.app 16.0. Mail.app has a number of subfolders within a user-created folder called "Old Trips.” Each subfolder contains emails relating to a specific journey. I would like to sort these subfolder…
Lees meerWhile cleaning some software off my computer, I noticed the following extensions listed in System Information → Software → Extensions. For context, I am running an M2 Max MacBook Pro. I did not ever install applications by "HighPoint Te…
Lees meerOn macOS, is there a way to have releasing Cmd (just that one key) say open Spotlight? Similar to tapping the Super key on Gnome in Linux. On Linux, key release triggers bindings, so its no problem to bind to a modifier key like the Sup…
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