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Fully delete Virtual Machine application & associated files

woensdag 27 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Virtual Machine app installed on my Mac called UTM. However, I want to fully uninstall/delete it because it's taking up a massive amount of storage. However, I am concerned that if I drag the app into Trash and delete it from T…

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`open` is not functioning for ~/Documents/*

woensdag 27 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On my main account on my main Mac, the open command is not functioning only for the sub directories under ~/Documents/. Namely, open ~/Documents/test does not open that directory in Finder.app, but instead ~/ is shown in Finder. I have …

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Several items missing from Menu Bar

dinsdag 26 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On a MacBook Air M1 running Monterey 12.4 several items are suddenly missing from the menu bar, e.g: battery, date time, and more I tried: rebooting the device run in terminal killall SystemUIServer attempted to perform the suggestions…

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Apple Books - Add chapter and page number to the Excerpt from when copying the quote

dinsdag 26 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I copy and paste the content from the Apple Books to my notes from time to time. I would like to better document the reference. Now when I copy and paste the content, the critique looks like the following "Excerpt From Your Next Five Mo…

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How to hear just Maps' spoken directions, without triggering music/podcasts?

dinsdag 26 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have my iPhone 13 Pro connected via Bluetooth to my car stereo. Normally, I listen to podcasts or music while navigating via Maps. The spoken directions momentarily pause the music or podcast. Sometimes glitchy, but mostly seems to…

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Apple Studio Display with Lenovo P1 running Windows 10

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Lenovo P1 (Gen 2) running Windows 10, and I am trying to get it to work with my new Apple Studio Display. The laptop has 2 x Thunderbolt 3 ports, and I have tried plugging in the display (using the cable that came with the disp…

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Why admin users don't show up in "Users and Groups"

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

When I tried to reset my password, through the terminal in recovery mode, I saw two other users: But looking at Users and groups in system preferences, I only see one account: I tried deleting applesetup.done and I got through setup b…

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2017 MBP, no dust, hot enough to fry an egg

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a 2017 MBP which works reasonably well, but it seems to have a heating issue. I've opened it and found there was very little dust inside, but I cleaned out whatever little bit there was. Now my MBP seems to have two modes: (1) fr…

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App Store Mac OS Monterey 12.5 downloads 12.4

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Checking the Mac App Store for Monterey I can see that the version is listed as 12.5. However, upon downloading and doing a clean install the resulting version is 12.4. Anybody else experiencing this? Is 12.5 just a delta download via s…

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Alert me if my mic input reaches a certain level

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My housemate complains that I speak too loud (when having phone calls or during Zoom meetings). After failing to consciously control my voice level many times, I decided to ask for help by making this post. I would like to create an aut…

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How to prevent MacBook Pro notch from hiding menu bar icons (from the right)

zondag 24 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

In macOS Monterey it seems that menu bar entries can only occupy the space from the right corner to the notch in the middle. If you add more menu bar entries they just get hidden and you don't have any chance to see/interact with them. …

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fsck_apfs error 'Container superblock is invalid'

zaterdag 23 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm trying to mount an old external SSD with an encrypted APFS volume on it. Disk Utility shows it as Not Mounted and attempting to mount it results in the following: Could not mount “disk2s2”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error …

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How to renew DHCP lease via cron job?

zaterdag 23 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a machine that reboots nightly, but when it does it ends up connecting to the wrong router somehow, and always gets the wrong IP. I don't want it to use a static IP, I have my router issue it a reserved address. Anyway, it's eas…

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iPod Touch 2nd Gen with a dead battery will not reinstall OS

zaterdag 23 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Background I have an old Ipod Touch 2nd generation 8GB A1288. The battery died some years ago, but I've been using it perfectly, attached to either speakers dock or a usb cable or a powerbank (all of which provide the power for it run p…

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`open` is not functioning for ~/Documents/*

zaterdag 23 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On my main account on my main Mac, the open command is not functioning only for the sub directories under ~/Documents/. Namely, open ~/Documents/test does not open that directory in Finder.app, but instead ~/ is shown in Finder. I have …

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`open` is not functioning for ~/Documents/*

zaterdag 23 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On my main account on my main Mac, the open command is not functioning only for the sub directories under ~/Documents/. Namely, open ~/Documents/test does not open that directory in Finder.app, but instead ~/ is shown in Finder. I have …

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Operation not permitted when accessing Downloads folder

vrijdag 22 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

When I try to ls the ~/Downloads folder on my mac I get a ls: Downloads: Operation not permitted error. My user does have rwx permissions on the folder. I can look at the folder just fine in finder. I use tmux in iterm2. The issue does …

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In Terminal, how do I access the hyperlink in hyperlinked text stored in the clipboard?

vrijdag 22 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

If I copy some text containing a hyperlink and then paste into another application that accepts it, then the text and its hyperlink is correctly copied over. How can I access this hyperlink via the command line? Using pbpaste or pbpast…

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`open` is not functioning for ~/Documents/*

vrijdag 22 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On my main account on my main Mac, the open command is not functioning only for the sub directories under ~/Documents/. Namely, open ~/Documents/test does not open that directory in Finder.app, but instead ~/ is shown in Finder. I have …

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NAS backup no longer working due to time machine stuck preparing backup. Error 19

woensdag 20 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

For about a year my Mac has been backing up to a local NAS drive. A few weeks ago it stopped backing up and when i try and manually start a backup this occurs. How do i prevent this happening so i ay continue to backup my computer? Ch…

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How to invert horizontal scrolling Apple Mouse

woensdag 20 juli 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I understand that I must disable Natural scrolling (but it inverses up and down scrolling as well) But it doesn't help I want just inverse left to right to left scrolling.

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