Safari seems to be the only browser that differently handles URL's that have three slashes after the scheme. For example https:///google.com get's converted to https://google.com by all browsers I tried (Edge, Firefox, Opera, Tor), exce…
Lees meerAbout midnight, I closed my MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019), which puts it to sleep. The only apps open were TextEdit and Finder (as far as the Dock shows). Nothing was in the Trash (according to the Dock icon). All software is up-to-dat…
Lees meerCan one boot M1 MacBook from a unauthorized bootable external drive: i.e. the external drive that was prepared on some other Mac, and the user not having admin password of the MacBook he is trying to boot into? Case in question: suppose…
Lees meerCan one boot M1 MacBook from a unauthorized bootable external drive: i.e. the external drive that was prepared on some other Mac, and the user not having admin password of the MacBook he is trying to boot into? Case in question: suppose…
Lees meerFor macOS (High Sierra) Inkscape can be installed via MacPorts with two options: +Quartz or +X11. What is the difference? Which version is (more) recommended?
Lees meerMy MacBook would not boot (most probably because I have deleted something I should nit have while cleaning space on my hard drive; no recent physical impact). I really need to get it back on ASAP; fabric reset is fine, although if I co…
Lees meerI am trying to open a onenote page directly using a shell script on mac. I know this is possible using Alfred by passing the 2nd url (beginning with onenote:) when right clicking a onenote page and 'copy link to section': If I try and …
Lees meerI clean installed macOS Monterey from a flash drive. I believe that at the time, the volume it was installed to was labeled Untitled. In any case, Startup Manager (reached from holding Option (⌥) at boot) now shows the Mac disk as "Unti…
Lees meerI clean installed macOS Monterey from a flash drive. I believe that at the time, the volume it was installed to was labeled Untitled. In any case, Startup Manager (reached from holding Option (⌥) at boot) now shows the Mac disk as "Unti…
Lees meerSince the new Apple M series was release I started to see multiple versions of macOS software available, one for old Intel chip and another for new M1 chip. Qt allows one to build from the same source code different binaries to suit Win…
Lees meerI have a laptop with macOS Monterey (12.1) with an external screen. I only ever use this laptop connected to this screen, but I take it off every day after work. I also use Yabai, a tiling window manager for macOS. Every time I disconne…
Lees meerI need to temporarily disable a profile shown in the picture below, i.e. I don't want to remove it and then add it again. Can I do that?
Lees meerI usually have Bluetooth headphones paired with an iPhone while I'm listening to music. However, now and then, I use the Voice Memos app or another app that requires a microphone. I only use those apps for a minute or so, then go back t…
Lees meerIs it possible to configure the dock in such a way that a non-visible application becomes visible when the dock icon is clicked the first time and becomes invisible again when the dock icon is clicked a second time? I'm aware that with …
Lees meerI clean installed macOS Monterey from a flash drive. I believe that at the time, the volume it was installed to was labeled Untitled. In any case, Startup Manager (reached from holding Option (⌥) at boot) now shows the Mac disk as Untit…
Lees meerThe wifi on my child's iPhone 7 stopped working, so we got an iPhone SE to replace it. Now we want to erase the old phone, but we cannot turn off "Find My" because there is no apparent way to connect to an Apple server: no phone service…
Lees meerI have a laptop with macOS Monterey (12.1) with an external screen. I only ever use this laptop connected to this screen, but I take it off every day after work. I also use Yabai, a tiling window manager for macOS. Every time I disconne…
Lees meerI got a mbp with Touch Bar and now I'm sure I don't like it. What can I do to make it look and behave less like a Touch Bar? Is it possible to make it hold just two sets of buttons, the function keys and the volume keys (and other keys …
Lees meerI have a laptop with macOS Monterey (12.1) with an external screen. I only ever use this laptop connected to this screen, but I take it off every day after work. I also use Yabai, a tiling window manager for macOS. Every time I disconne…
Lees meerMy MacBook would not boot (most probably because I have deleted something I should nit have while cleaning space on my hard drive; no recent physical impact). I really need to get it back on ASAP; fabric reset is fine, although if I co…
Lees meerSummary: I had opened an insecure website in Safari on macOS, which is now displayed with the "Not Secure" warning in the address field. I would like to “reset“ Safari so that this (and other) insecure websites are blocked again. Detai…
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