After updating my Intel MBP to macOS 12.5, I got locked out. When trying to reset the password in the recovery mode (power+cmd+r), USB tethering to my iPhone did not work and I had to use my iPhone as a hotspot through Wi-Fi. Then I was…
Lees meerIn bash, to detect whether a command COMMAND is available, the following statement shall be executed. (Note that I configured bash to be the default shell, instead of zsh.) type COMMAND... For example, type detects that the command cp…
Lees meerI noticed recently that despite iOS settings saying all DNS queries go through iCloud Private Relay's DNS servers, despite Private Relay using Oblivious DNS over HTTPS, and even despite dnsleaktest.com (and others) showing nothing but C…
Lees meerI am using MacBook Air (MBA) 2017 model. Everything was very fine till 8th Aug 2022. Suddenly, my MBA started to perform very slow. Everything is working, but performance is soo slow that it is difficult to open safari and email id. I h…
Lees meerOn my iMac I would like to open PDF files with Preview, while PDF files that have 'docuni' in the name (e.g. 'docuni1.pdf' or 'docuni2.pdf' etc.) I would like to open by default with Adobe Reader. Is this customisation possible? …
Lees meeri use iterm and ohmyzsh. this is what i have in my ~/.zshrc (after all the other stuff) # Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs, # plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh # users are…
Lees meerOver the past few months I installed macOS for 4 people on an external SSD. This week I decided to also upgrade my "Fusion Drive" to an external SSD, because it just sucks. For me I chose a Samsung T7 1TB. I hooked it up via USB A. In t…
Lees meerTrying to create an external USB thumb drive to run macOS Monterey from but first needs to be APFS, using macOS 10.12.6 Sierra; I don't have an option from Disk Utility to format with APFS. I followed instructions using this code: disku…
Lees meerThis is a really naive question so I apologise in advance but I want to understand where 'things' - not sure of the correct terminology - such as Node.js or Java live on my machine when installed. I have installed things using Homebrew …
Lees meerI live in Bengaluru, India and here are the weather details. 22°C Precipitation: 6% Humidity: 86% ~ mostly humid, goes upto 90% as well Wind: 5 km/h In the past, I had sticky issues with Enter key. It was taking much pressure to pr…
Lees meerI want to echo a clickable URL on ZSH/Terminal. The URL corresponds to a Kibana-query, which means it includes lots of funky characters. For technical reasons, I cannot use "shortened" Kibana links. read -r the_url
Lees meerI'm trying to modify the results of a list of 30 items from "Get Image URLs on Webpage". For example: "https://dspncdn.com/a1/media/236x/82/58/da/8258da274aa4b81ab00c9c92cf5bcf50.jpg", "https://dspncdn.com/a1/media/236x/4e/9a/75/4e9a7…
Lees meerMy iMac 2017 27" died mid activity. The screen went black, the fan went nuts like a turbo jet. Then I forced it to shut down. On re booting it remains black, the fan progressively goes insane but nothing shows. No apple logo or anything…
Lees meerI have a MacBook Air M1 and this Microsoft Bluetooth mouse and I don't think my Mac recognises the Bluetooth mouse as being a mouse. I remember when I first connected it the keyboard setup assistant came up. If I go to System Preference…
Lees meerI have a 2017 MacBook Pro (Touchbar) running macOS Monterey 12.5 I've connected a StarTech USB-C dongle that comes with USB-A ports and a Ethernet port to this MacBook. The Ethernet controller on the dongle is a ASIX AX88179 for which I…
Lees meerThe timezone of my Mac Monterey 12.5 is set to New York which is totally different from my current time and location. The strange thing about it is that I can't change my time zone. Also, the TouchID is deactivated so I have to keep ent…
Lees meerI have been trying to figure out this rsync behavior, where it still lists directories with different timestamps and the same sizes despite providing a --size-only flag. # lists some directory without listing any changed files > rsync -…
Lees meerI have been trying to figure out this rsync behavior, where it still lists directories with different timestamps and the same sizes despite providing a --size-only flag. # lists some directory without listing any changed files > rsync -…
Lees meerI recently bought a Macbook air laptop at an asset auction held by an appointed liquidating agent for a company that was going into administration with the intention of using it as my own personal computer. The liquidating agent had adv…
Lees meerI have 2 x Apple 27 Cinema Thunderbolt Displays. I recently acquired an Intel 2019 Macbook Pro 16. I've been running the cinema displays for the last few years using an apple brand Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. It worked fine …
Lees meerGhost files—I don't know what else to call them. I have an external drive which the system refuses to make writable. Most of the files on it are already on my internal drive. To save time and space, I made a list of the files that are…
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