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How to monitor file access for an OS X application?
I am looking for the OS X corespondent of FileMon, that was later included in ProcessMon.
BTW, it is essential to be able to filter by process.
sorin
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Can a Mac's model year be determined with a Terminal Command?
Does anybody know a terminal command that gives me the model of my Mac?
For example - "MacBook Pro, Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2013" or "MacBook Pro, Late 2009" or "Mac Mini, Early 2010".
That information does not exist in the SystemProfiler…
Mac
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How to change desktop wallpaper for all virtual desktops?
I have six virtual desktops and want to change a desktop wallpaper for all of them at once. There is no such option when using System Preferences, so I have to change a wallpaper only for one desktop and repeat this six times.
Is there any way for…
Evgenii Iablokov
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How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac?
Is there any way to search a specific type of file using Spotlight? I remember there was a special command or something that I had to put in front of the search phrase but I cannot remember it now.
For example, if I want to search only PDFs for a…
JFW
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What un(der)-documented features have you stumbled upon in Mountain Lion?
This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.
Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and elsewhere on the web, it does not belong here.…
gentmatt
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What is rapportd and why does it want incoming network connections?
I've just updated to the latest MacOS 10.13.2 and after restarting, my machine asked me to allow incoming network connections for "rapportd".
After blocking it and checking in the firewall config, I can see that this is an executable in…
Dave
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How can I list all user accounts in the terminal?
How can I list all local user accounts in Terminal (whether logged in or not?) The commands users or who does not provide this information. OS X version is 10.6.8.
I have seen this suggested command - dscacheutil -q group
But it only lists domain…
codecowboy
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On OS X, what files are excluded by rule from a Time Machine backup?
In addition to whatever files I may choose to exclude, what files does the system exclude by rule or classification?
It might make sense not to backup Trash or Caches, but I'm looking for a way to tell what files are skipped "behind the scenes."…
bmike
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How to disable Full Screen Animation on OS X 10.9
When an OSX window is promoted to be full screen there is a one second transition animation. How can this be disabled system wide? We would like the transition from small window to full screen to be instantaneous - except for the unavoidable lag…
aeroxy
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Changing Creation Date of a file
Could you please let me know how I can change the creation date of a file in Lion. I realise there is the touch-t command but that does not work in Lion. A couple of people have mentioned another way, but I think they've written the solution in…
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Copying ISO file to USB drive in OS X?
I have tried to copy an ISO file to a USB drive. I am unable to do it with Disk Utility. How can I copy the ISO file to a USB drive?
But I get the below. I have enough space in the 16GB USB drive for the 2GB ISO file. What am I doing…
hhh
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How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?
I used to use Karabiner to remap Right Alt to Right Control (as an Emacs user I use Control MUCH more that Alt) but updating to Sierra broke this. Downgrading is not an option.
How do I manually remap keys in Sierra? I specifically would like to…
Steven C. Howell
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Keyboard shortcut to unhide or unminimize a window in OS X
I am asking this question because I feel it belongs on apple, not superuser. Also the perfect answer is not checked off there.
You hide a window using ⌘ + M. However even ⌘ + ⇥ to that window does not help as the window is minimized. How do you…
Dmitriy Likhten
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Why is Git not found after installing OS X Lion?
I just upgraded to OS X Lion and now cannot initialize Git where it used to work fine:
$ git add .
-bash: git: command not found
I'm new to Git and to programming, so I'm sure it's a quick fix, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
pruett
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How do I find out the applescript commands available for a particular app?
I'm trying to find out if I can get iTunes to do something complex, but don't know what can be scripted.
Is there a way to find out what applescript commands an app will respond to?
Adam Davis
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