Questions tagged [macos]
Apple's Unix-based operating system. Use for questions about the operating system or to provide OS context. For Mac hardware questions, use [mac]. Questions about using macOS on non-Apple hardware ("Hackintosh"), are off-topic.
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Excluded from backup attribute
In iOS simulator Libraries/Cache (extracted via NSCachesDirectory) for some reason subdirectories are not excluded from backup.
Is that flag recursive in effect? Say if directory is excluded from ...
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How can I run a batch file on macOS?
I've been attempting to install a mod for Elden Ring on Mac, and it uses a batch file to install and launch. I can't seem to get it to run with Wine, receiving these errors:
0074:err:ntoskrnl:...
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How do I troubleshoot the "Your system has run out of application memory" pop-up in macOS Sonoma?
How do I troubleshoot the "Your system has run out of application memory" pop-up in macOS Sonoma?
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My employer has provided me with a MacBook Pro M3 Pro with 36 GB of RAM. ...
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High CPU usage of nearbyd, sharingd and bluetoothd
On an Intel Macbook Pro running macOS 14.5, after a while nearbyd, sharingd and bluetoothd start taking 10-20% CPU each permanently. I just can't figure out why, but some things I find quite weird. ...
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Syntax highlighting in macOS terminal during program installation
During compilation of a program in the macOS terminal, the output text is highlighted in several different colours to indicate different things. For example:
I have been searching for a while now and ...
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Remapping Keyboard From MacOS to Windows 11
I put together a GMMK-RGB Glorius keyboard a while back and used it with my macbook. Because the keyboard has a typical Windows layout, I remapped some of the keys (like switching the Option and ...
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Is there a macOS equivalent to Linux/Unix `/etc/login.defs?`
Is there a macOS equivalent to /etc/login.defs in Linux/Unix?
I was trying to find a safe range of group ID numbers to use when creating groups, and an answer on Unix SE had a useful answer ...
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Change clock settings using terminal
what would be terminal command to change(enable in my case)this setting?
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No terminal commands being recognized in macOS Terminal using Zsh. How can I get them back?
None of my commands are working inside my macOS terminal. Usual commands like sudo, nano, vim, ls, cd, all are not working or being recognized.
They were working before however after adding flutter $...
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vscode wont launch on macos
Yes, I know there are a lot of questions on this topic but I have tried everything but VSCode still doesn't open in macOS.
I am using VSCode version - 1.91.0 (x64)
This is what code --verbose prints ...
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How to grant Lightroom full access to QNAP NAS at MacOS?
I have a strange problem.
I have QNAP NAS running on local network at 192.168.86.91. When I connect to the NAS via QNAP Qfinder I can map a volume to Mac Finder. There I have an access to NAS files. I ...
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MacOS Changing typing language CAPS LOCK turns off
When i switch keyboard language (i am not changing language using caps lock) between ENG and GR (or anything else) and i have the caps lock on after the switch the caps lock turns off.
So Typing ENG ...
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How to have 5 different always-on-top notes, one on each screen?
Screen as in the different desktops in mac os
I'm using macOS and I frequently work with multiple spaces. I'm looking for a way to have 5 different notes or quick notes that are always on top of all ...
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The proper way to limit framerate when recording screen on macOS
macOS 14.5, FFmpeg 7.0.1. To record the screen, if I use the code from Wiki, that is,
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i 1 output.mp4
the frame rate seems to be so high that when I press q to stop recording, ...
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MS Word for Mac breaks ?" across lines in web layout
Experienced MSW user, but this one has me stumped.
In my usage, there seems to be a wrapping problem in web layout (only) such that a question mark followed by a closing quote is split when at the end ...
