I often download files from the Web and many websites suggest to compare a proposed checksum with what I obtain from my computer (usually in Terminal). However, as the checksums tend to be quite long 64 characters for sha…
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Lees meerImagine I have a file in iCloud Drive/Sounds/Foo.mp3. I want to play it via the Play sound action in the Shortcuts app. I need to use Get File. When I use Get File I can choose the iCloud Drive service, but then if I want…
Lees meerImagine I have a file in iCloud Drive/Sounds/Foo.mp3. I want to play it via the Play sound action in the Shortcuts app. I need to use Get File. When I use Get File I can choose the iCloud Drive service, but then if I want…
Lees meerEven running commands as sudo I cannot change the permissions or delete the folder. sh-3.2# xattr -l filename.sparsebundle/ com.apple.FinderInfo: 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |........ ......…
Lees meerOn macOS this arrow just appears, and overlays on top of any window. How can I get rid of it?
Lees meerImagine I have a file in iCloud Drive/Sounds/Foo.mp3. I want to play it via the Play sound action in the Shortcuts app. I need to use Get File. When I use Get File I can choose the iCloud Drive service, but then if I want…
Lees meerWhen using Apple's Screen Sharing application to connect to a Windows computer that is running VNC, how do I send a Ctrl+Alt+Delete to the Windows computer? I've tried a number of key sequences and none of them are workin…
Lees meerVoiceOver interprets a hyphen as a brief pause. That makes sense for hyphenated words, but it makes no sense for sums or for code. For example in Xcode this line numberOfGuesses -= 1 is rendered as "number of guesses, e…
Lees meerSomething in macOS Catalina (10.15.1) is interfering with ssh port forwarding (needed for localhost debugging and developing against a web server system deployed in AWS). I assume something with the enhanced security fe…
Lees meerI am using iTerm2 on MacOS Catalina . Here is my PS1 into ~/.bashrc , using a function ps1 : function ps1 { # PROMPT SECTION BLUE='\[\033[0;34m\]' LIGHT_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]' DEFAULT='\[\03…
Lees meerI happily saw that I can use external USB storage with my iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) using iPadOS 13 either directly from a drive with USB-C or a Flash Drive using the Apple USB-C-to-USB adapter. So far so good. But how do …
Lees meerHappily saw that I can use external USB storage with my iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) using iPadOS 13 either directly from a drive with USB-C or a Flash Drive using the Apple USB-C-to-USB adapter. So far so good. But how do yo…
Lees meerHappily saw that I can use external USB storage with my iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) using iPadOS 13 either directly from a drive with USB-C or a Flash Drive using the Apple USB-C-to-USB adapter. So far so good. But how do yo…
Lees meerCaveat - I am not the iOS developer but have been asked to research this We submit our native iOS financial app to the Apple store for review and the person who previously managed the submission process insisted we …
Lees meerI am using iTerm2 on MacOS Catalina . Here is my PS1 into ~/.bashrc , using a function ps1 : function ps1 { # PROMPT SECTION BLUE='\[\033[0;34m\]' LIGHT_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]' DEFAULT='\[\03…
Lees meerI am using iTerm2 on MacOS Catalina . Here is my PS1 into ~/.bashrc , using a function ps1 : function ps1 { # PROMPT SECTION BLUE='\[\033[0;34m\]' LIGHT_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]' DEFAULT='\[\03…
Lees meerSo I upgraded to Catalina. Actually it's more like a fresh install, I only copied across the few files I wanted to keep. The shell is now helpfully telling me: The default interactive shell is now zsh. To update your acc…
Lees meerMy friend and I have a sim from say country A. If my friend goes to country B and temporarily uses a sim from country B (I.e. not data roaming with the original sim), can I still use iMessage given that I only have the ori…
Lees meerI installed MacOS Catalina last week. I restart my MBP and everything's great, then at some point I either close the lid or just lock the screen for a few hours (sometimes not even a full hour) and after that, graphics per…
Lees meerI want my MacBook to get locked automatically if I leave it. I am open to ideas. How could the MacBook detect this? Switching off after one minute of inactivity is not enough. The screen most get locked sooner. And lock…
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