I am reading up on the T2 chip as I look at plans to avoid multiple machines by consolidating various OS requirements onto a single computer. It sounds like I can use Full Security for Secure Boot in the Startup Security …
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Lees meerI tried to delete files in the default desktop picture directory (/System/Library/Desktop Pictures) on macOS 10.15 Catalina with sudo permission but failed. $ pwd /System/Library/Desktop Pictures $ sudo rm *.heic Passwor…
Lees meerI was wondering if there's any way to see if someone did a Time Machine backup on a macbook.
Lees meerOn my mid 2012 MBP running macOS 10.15.1 (Catalina) I had an application create a sound output device. I deleted the application in finder by moving it to the trash. I know this method doesn't uninstall any dependencies or…
Lees meerOn my mid 2012 MBP running macOS 10.15.1 (Catalina) I had an application create a sound output device. I deleted the application in finder by moving it to the trash. I know this method doesn't uninstall any dependencies or…
Lees meerSometimes I need to test my designs (SVGs) in a regular, non-retina display, so I can feel how it looks for users behind such displays. What I normally do is using an old Windows notebook, but it'd be handy if I could do t…
Lees meerMy wife has an iPad Air 2 running iOS 12.4.1. She has saved many PDF files into iBooks over the years from various sources such as websites. Her iPad is dying, and she doesn't want to lose the PDFs. She has an ancient Ma…
Lees meerI'm following instructions on how to downgrade from MacOS catalina back to Mojave as Catalina doesn't support ProTools. I was following the instructions fine and then I got stuck in the process of making an external bootab…
Lees meerTerminal can generate video from PNG seguence (0001.png, 0002.png, ...) via ffmpeg: ffmpeg -i %04d.png -r 24 -codec prores output.mov But how can I tell ffmpeg use for input image sequence in Automator? With this variab…
Lees meerTerminal can generate video from PNG seguence (0001.png, 0002.png, ...) via ffmpeg: ffmpeg -i %04d.png -r 24 -codec prores output.mov But how can I tell ffmpeg use for input image sequence in Automator? With this variab…
Lees meerThe left control key on my external keyboard seems not to be working and so I remapped the Caps Lock to control; Hitting Caps Lock-A results in Ctl-A: But hitting Caps Lock-C results in c: While I realize this is …
Lees meerI'm using .metadata_never_index to ignore current and subfolders but when searching, it is still picking them up. I have tried re-building the index, but still the same issue. From https://www.filetypehelp.com/purpose-f…
Lees meerI think I have a failed installation issue from trying to install Catalina. Apparently there wasn’t enough space, and when it restarted I wasn’t able to log into my MacBook. Every time I do, the progress bar goes halfway, …
Lees meerI'll try to keep this as short as possible. I have a new 16" Macbook Pro that has a completely erased drive after a few dumb decisions were made on my part in an attempt to downgrade to Mojave (Note: don't waste your time,…
Lees meerI have my main partition, disk0s2, which needs to be enlarged because I am out of memory. My SSD is of 480 GB capacity and is split in many partitions. The ones that I try to merge to the main one (disk0s2) are disk0s6 and…
Lees meerHow can I reset Safari as if it was never run, so that it opens with a "Welcome to Safari" window? I've tried removing all traces of Safari in ~/Library without luck. I am just curious where this information is stored. I…
Lees meerAfter copying files to an NTFS and FAT Extended devices, I ended up with numerous misplaced finder attributes, due to the broken NTFS and FAT support in OSX's Finder. I.e. I get these can't be changed because they are in u…
Lees meerSometimes I need to test my designs (SVGs) in a regular, non-retina display, so I can feel how it looks for users behind such displays. What I normally do is using an old Windows notebook, but it'd be handy if I could do t…
Lees meerI'm using two external monitors, and I want to be able to disable the built-in monitor without closing the lid. Option with disabling brightness doesn't fit my requirements because I don't want every time to search my curs…
Lees meerI'm using two external monitors, and I want to be able to disable the built-in monitor without closing the lid. Option with disabling brightness doesn't fit my requirements because I don't want every time to search my curs…
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