I had two disk paritions, (disk0s2 and disk0s4 that are roughly 300GB and 200GB respectively). I wanted to merge the smaller one with the larger one. I ran, in the following order: diskutil eraseVolume free n disk0s4 diskutil mergePart…
Lees meerI normally toggle the Single Application Mode via the terminal or in the app TinkerTool. However, I wish I could toggle it with just one click and without going through the menus of TinkerTool, for example via an icon in the top panel. …
Lees meerI've a Mac mini running Big Sur Monterey to which I cannot connect via ssh unless the user has his session started. I guess this is, like on ubuntu, due to the authorized_keys file not been accessible until the session is started, but I…
Lees meerI've a Mac mini running Big Sur Monterey to which I cannot connect via ssh unless the user has his session started. I guess this is, like on ubuntu, due to the authorized_keys file not been accessible until the session is started, but I…
Lees meerFor work reasons I kept some sites blocked in /etc/hosts but I need now to make them available again. For this, I tried to open /etc/hosts file but to my surprise the editors (Vi or Nano) opened another one located on the path /private/…
Lees meerI want to bind a launchd service so that it's accessible only to the machine where the service is running via socket activation; no external network access. I have a .plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents that contains: Sockets Listeners…
Lees meerI've a Mac mini running Big Sur Monterey to which I cannot connect via ssh unless the user has his session started. I guess this is, like on ubuntu, due to the authorized_keys file not been accessible until the session is started, but I…
Lees meerThis website at the top of the search bar keeps appearing no matter what, see the screenshot. Clearing history and website data doesn’t help. I’m even thinking about creating a new Apple ID. BTW, my current Apple ID had an email address…
Lees meerFor work reasons I kept some sites blocked in /etc/hosts but I need now to make them available again. For this, I tried to open /etc/hosts file but to my surprise the editors (Vi or Nano) opened another one located on the path /private/…
Lees meerFirefox can open pdfs, and for some purposes, it's pdf viewer is advantageous. In particular, the print menu has some options not available elsewhere. Unfortunately, it's not registered as a program that reads pdfs. I don't want it as t…
Lees meerI had Boot Camp set up on my late 2013 MacBook Pro. I was trying to remove Boot Camp and Windows to free up space, but Boot Camp told me I needed to run First Aid. I ran First Aid but now my partitions look like this and my Boot Camp pa…
Lees meerI had Boot Camp set up on my late 2013 MacBook Pro. I was trying to remove Boot Camp and Windows to free up space, but Boot Camp told me I needed to run First Aid. I ran First Aid but now my partitions look like this and my Boot Camp pa…
Lees meerFirefox can open pdfs, and for some purposes, it's pdf viewer is advantageous. In particular, the print menu has some options not available elsewhere. Unfortunately, it's not registered as a program that reads pdfs. I don't want it as t…
Lees meerI am trying to use the "Wake on LAN" feature to remotely turn on the display of my MacBook Pro running Catalina. I have confirmed that "WoL" feature is working properly and the MBP awakes into some state, however the display never turns…
Lees meerFirefox can open pdfs, and for some purposes, it's pdf viewer is advantageous. In particular, the print menu has some options not available elsewhere. Unfortunately, it's not registered as a program that reads pdfs. I don't want it as t…
Lees meerI am new to macos and I am not able to move maximized windows from one monitor to another. Is it possible in mac? I am using macOS Big Sur, Version 11.3.1.
Lees meerI got a prompt to install updates. MacOS 12.4 I don't have XCode installed just the XCode command line tools, version: 13.0.0.0.1.1627064638 All these updates seem to be different versions of the same tool. Shouldn't I just install th…
Lees meerI got a prompt to install updates. MacOS 12.4 I don't have XCode installed just the XCode command line tools, version: 13.0.0.0.1.1627064638 All these updates seem to be different versions of the same tool. Shouldn't I just install th…
Lees meerI got a prompt to install updates. All these updates seem to be different versions of the same tool. Shouldn't I just install the latest one, or do I need to install them all? (By default, all of the versions were checked for download).…
Lees meerMacbook pro show dead battery symbol can't boot. This is late 2014 retina model. So my question is short of installing new battery you can never boot this laptop? Assuming the battery is dead. More detail. When I plug in the charger…
Lees meerI was wondering if I could view the macOS login password through shell without resetting the password. I rebooted my Mac and did Cmd+S and went through some .plist files but couldn't find anything. Can someone help me find my macOS pass…
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