I forgot the answers to my Apple ID security questions, and now, I cannot get my Apple ID back. So, I decided to use a new Apple ID for my brand new, and very first, iPhone. Will I face a problem for having a different Email ID for Andr…
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Lees meerIn a shell script, how can I tell whether or not the script is running on a (public) beta version of macOS? Preferrably, I would like to check this without matching a specific version of macOS, since even though macOS 12 Monterey, is be…
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Lees meerI have a 13 inch MacBook Pro 2015 model. The Mac had Big Sur installed on the internal SSD. This internal SSD died and thanks to macOS Recovery over the internet (Option-Command-R), I managed to install El Captain on an external SSD dri…
Lees meerI have a 13 inch MacBook Pro 2015 model. The Mac had Big Sur installed on the internal SSD. This internal SSD died and thanks to macOS Recovery over the internet (Option-Command-R), I managed to install El Captain on an external SSD dri…
Lees meerI've just noticed a dodgy file in the root boot volume /.file It has all permissions disabled ---------- 1 root admin and is 0 bytes. Mac OS 10.14.7 Has anybody seen this before or know what it's used for?
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Lees meerI have a Mac mini, 2012. Some time ago, I needed to run Mojave, so I partitioned the SSD into 2, 256MB each, and got this running. I'm having some issues (when powering up, holding the option key doesn't give me boot choices, and getti…
Lees meerI have a 13 inch macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died and thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ss…
Lees meerLet's say I want to copy a directory A to B, I should execute this command cp -r A B but for some reason I forgot to give it the -r flag. Comming from Linux I usually do !! -r but this is not a valid option in Mac. ~/tmp ❯ echo $SHELL /…
Lees meerI have a 13 inch macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died and thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ss…
Lees meerLet's say I want to copy a directory A to B, I should execute this command cp -r A B but for some reason I forgot to give it the -r flag. Comming from Linux I usually do !! -r but this is not a valid option in Mac. ~/tmp ❯ echo $SHELL /…
Lees meerI have a 13 inch macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died and thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ss…
Lees meerI've had the annoying issue of not being able to pair with bluetooth devices on my laptop unless I restart it. This happens for multiple headsets which all pair without issue on other devices and on this laptop as well after the restart…
Lees meerMy Safari browser freezes immediately upon launch, so I want to completely reset all settings. (the problem is I accidentally bookmarked a Jupyter server in Favorites, and this freezes the client completely upon startup, because the ser…
Lees meerLet's say I want to copy a directory A to B, I should execute this command cp -r A B but for some reason I forgot to give it the -r flags. Comming from Linux I usually do !! -r but this is not a valid option in Mac. Is this the differen…
Lees meerI have a 13 inch macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died and thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ss…
Lees meerI have a macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died and thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ssd during…
Lees meerWhen processing files in the background The Unarchiver will display a Finder window in front of whatever other app I was using. How do I stop The Unarchiver from stealing focus?
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