I used a symlink to make a shortcut on the desktop to a file ln -s "~/My Scripts/start.sh" "Go go gadget hammer" But realised I can't set an icon on a symlink. So I used this script to make an alias: osascript -e 'tell application "Fin…
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Lees meerMy 8bitdo SN30 has a "home" button on the lower right hand side. I only ever hit this button by accident when gaming on my mac, and it opens some weird sub-folder of the never-used Launchpad app, and I can then navigate the UI to open a…
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Lees meerI would like to be able to open Activity Monitor and see 0 in the GPU% column for that process. All I have are an intel integrated graphics on an intel based Mac. I'm willing to entertain virtualization, modifying the system, modifying …
Lees meerI am unable to use Command (⌘)-R to reinstall the OS X, as the system is unable to detect any drives to install the OS. I have installed the OS X using an external SSD drive. I get the following errors at start-up. I have ignored the er…
Lees meerSettings can only be accessed by swiping right a few times or entering the Sett.. and waiting for the app icon to appear? That's really inefficient. So I tried to add it to Control Center but it apparently can not be added there either …
Lees meerThere is a related question, "How to download Xcode 13 if the App Store is not accessible?" But if you already have XCode installed and run the following command: xcode-select --install The following message appears: xcode-select: erro…
Lees meerI used a symlink to make a shortcut on the desktop to a file ln -s "~/My Scripts/start.sh" "Go go gadget hammer" But realised I can't set an icon on a symlink. So I used this script to make an alias: osascript -e 'tell application "Fin…
Lees meerI have photo-scanned one of my most-used reference works, Watching the Skies. The aim was to allow me to do searches instead of using the (somewhat odd) index. I copied the images off my iphone and used Preview on my mac to produce a si…
Lees meerThis is silly beyond words. I'm trying to restore my apple account with email at icloud.com via iforgot.apple.com. After they verify my phone number and I enter the code, they say that another confirmation code was sent to my icloud.com…
Lees meerI used a symlink to make a shortcut on the desktop to a file ln -s "~/My Scripts/start.sh" "Go go gadget hammer" But realised I can't set an icon on a symlink. So I used this script to make an alias: osascript -e 'tell application "Fin…
Lees meerI would like to be able to open Activity Monitor and see 0 in the GPU% column for that process. All I have are an intel integrated graphics on an intel based Mac. I'm willing to entertain virtualization, modifying the system, modifying …
Lees meerOn my work macbook, it seems my ~/.bash_profile doesn't get sourced every time a new terminal (tab or new window) is opened, and I have to do it manually. How can I automate this? I read through Terminal: run source ~/.bash_profile ever…
Lees meerI would like to be able to open Activity Monitor and see 0 in the GPU% column for that process. All I have are an intel integrated graphics on an intel based Mac. I'm willing to entertain virtualization, modifying the system, modifying …
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Lees meerAs explained here, I have installed both macFUSE and NTFS-3G for Mac on my MacBook Pro M1 14" running macOS Ventura, and tons of drivers, as explained also here. But I got this message when trying to mount with Mounty my external NFTS h…
Lees meerAfter updating to macOS 11.7.6 (and the short-lived version before that) I can't open most of my PDFs through the finder or with the open command. When I double click the file, the requested application (preview/skim) opens but no docum…
Lees meerI’m on ventura (MBA 2019) and I remember using terminal to disable this feature due to some reason. Anyone knows how to reverse it? Much appreciated.
Lees meerAs explained here, I have installed both macFUSE and NTFS-3G for Mac on my MacBook Pro M1 14" running macOS Ventura, and tons of drivers, as explained also here. But I got this message when trying to mount with Mounty my external NFTS h…
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