I understand Python is used by the OS, and that's why here on Ask Different there are several Q/A about the subject, where answerers tell people to install Python 3.x and leave Python 2.x (used by the OS) alone. That's not an issue beca…
Lees meerI understand Python is used by the OS, and that's why here on Ask Different there are several Q/A about the subject, where answerers tell people to install Python 3.x and leave Python 2.x (used by the OS) alone. That's not an issue beca…
Lees meerI'm setting up a Macbook for a new hire that requested one (normally we use Windows machines). I plan to add it to the AD domain. What are some best practices for a work Mac setup? I made an iCloud-less user account, called just "user".…
Lees meerI have some shell scripts that need to access paths under /Volumes/ e.g. /Volumes/MyDisk/tmp/foo.json. Right now the scripts have hardcoded volume names. I would like to make them portable so they run correctly on my various machines, a…
Lees meerI'm setting up a Macbook for a new hire that requested one (normally we use Windows machines). I plan to add it to the AD domain. What are some best practices for a work Mac setup? I made an iCloud-less user account, called just "user".…
Lees meerI have some shell scripts that need to access paths under /Volumes/ e.g. /Volumes/MyDisk/tmp/foo.json. Right now the scripts have hardcoded volume names. I would like to make them portable so they run correctly on my various machines, a…
Lees meerI'm trying to connect to a microcomputer from my Mac over WiFi via ssh but am also connected to Ethernet. If I go to System Preferences > Network, I can see that I'm connected to both the Ethernet and WiFi networks simultaneously. I wan…
Lees meerI'd like to export specific keys from my keychain using the command line. As far as I see, this would involve the security tool. When I have multiple keys with the same name, how can I export a specific one of these keys? Can I specify …
Lees meerI am attempting to run a curl statement that I copied from Chrome DevTools. The statement has a bunch of Header parameters. If I paste this into a Terminal window, it works great. If I drop this into a shell script, and run the script,…
Lees meerI would want to right click on HEIC file and be presented with options to save as JPEG; maybe a quick action?
Lees meerHow do I show a transient notification overlay using bash? I have some custom hotkeys and I want to display a visual confirmation for them. PS: I do not want to use hammerspoon or macOS notifications for this.
Lees meerIn MacOS Ventura, I can't change the "Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off" setting. I'm able to change it in the Administrator account, but not in the regular account that I normally use. When I try to ch…
Lees meerAfter upgrading to Ventura 13.0.1 several apps, including Bartender, ChronoSync, and Logitech Options prompt for system permissions, accessibility, full disk, screen recording etc every time I start up. It is the same apps requesting th…
Lees meerAfter upgrading to Ventura 13.0.1 several apps, including Bartender, ChronoSync, and Logitech Options prompt for system permissions, accessibility, full disk, screen recording etc every time I start up. It is the same apps requesting th…
Lees meerI have been playing around installing a few software using homebrew and I don't know what happened, but now I am getting Killed:9 error message when trying to execute say the ls, cp commands, etc. I am not able to run webpack also for m…
Lees meerI've recently upgraded to Ventura and found that the system date time is incorrect. I've checked the Date Time settings that shows: I'm located in CET, but it incorrectly sets it up to PST and my closest city Cupertino, while I'm in Sp…
Lees meerI partitioned my 1TB external drive as follows for use with both macOS & Windows: 949GB APFS 51GB Windows NTFS As I no longer needed the Windows partition I tried to delete it through Disk Utility. The various changes that came along …
Lees meerRecently, I updated my Apple ID email address, and I logged out and back into my Apple account within the settings on my 2018 mac Mini (see info below). Now, when restarting, I consistently get an error message with a -50 error code. I'…
Lees meerI am uploading an ISO to GitHub Releases which is around 11GB. But when I try to upload it, it says the max file size is 2GB. Is there any Ventura ISO with the maximum file size of 2GB?
Lees meerFrequently when I launch Mail.app, it says "Connecting" for a while, then says “X new messages” when there are none. The notification does not appear like it does when there are actually new messages. Just the fine print in the lower …
Lees meerFor macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 was downloaded VirtualBox 7.0.4 as VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605-OSX.dmg. Was checked/verified the sha256 checksum. When is tried to install it (command + arrow down), appears the following message Why appears th…
Lees meer