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Have touchbar show vol up, vol down, brightness up, brightness down buttons by default

How can I make my touch bar ALWAYS show the Volume Down, Volume Up, Brightness Down, Brightness Up buttons? I absolutely hate having to touch the button, look down at the slider, and try to drag it into the right position. Is it possible for me…
Donny P
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Change the mouse wheel scrolling acceleration

I am new Mac user and I don't really like the Magic Mouse so I reverted to a good old 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel. When I turn the wheel slowly, it only scrolls pixel per pixel (or per two pixels) If I turn the wheel more quickly, it scrolls…
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How to choose on which display Application Switcher shows?

I always have a lot of applications open at the same time. In order to quickly switch between them, I use CMD+Tab shortcut. In order to switch even faster, I sometimes use CMD+Tab and then select the app I want with my mouse pointer and have a…
Viktor
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Can I tell my Mac to charge to 80% only?

I leave my MacBook plugged in for days at a time, so the battery stays charged to 100%. Despite Apple claims to the contrary*, I believe that the battery's capacity would be better preserved if I could keep it at an 80% state-of-charge, so that is…
Doug
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What is AEServer and why is it requesting macOS Accessibility permissions?

What is AEServer in the macOS Accessibility permissions panel? System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility > AEServer Why is AEServer requesting to control my computer via accessibility APIs? Should Accessibility permission be…
pkamb
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Invisible region on screen is blocking mouse cursor

In the bottom right corner of my Macbook Pro (running MacOS 10.15.3 Catalina with a second screen connected as main), sometimes, there is a region (invisible) where I just can't move the cursor to. I need to restart the MacBook Pro to let me access…
Daniel W.
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How can I prove to an airline that the iPad mini they found is the one I left on the plane, without giving them the passcode?

I left an iPad mini on an Icelandair flight. They just sent me this message: "We have an item matching your description. Can you please send us details about the item, preferably passcode, to identify you as the owner." This is a Wi-Fi only…
JDelage
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Where can I find my crash logs?

Console prints: default 17:16:18.554342 -0700 ReportCrash Saved crash report for APP_NAME[50432] version 1.2.3 (4) to APP_NAME_2020-03-17-171618_MacBook-Pro.crash I would like to ask you, where could I find my crash logs?
Arthur
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How to install and use GNU Grep in macOS

I have coreutils but I am not sure if GNU grep is there. I just want to use the flag -P for Perl regex that is found in GNU grep, but not in BSD grep. My PATH is…
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How to check whether my Intel-based Mac is 32-bit or 64-bit

I want to install new software that has these two versions, and I need to know which one to install. How can I tell the 32 or 64 bit capabilities of my Mac?
iddober
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How do I turn off App Store notifications in Mountain Lion

The App Store on Mountain Lion pushes update notifications through Notification Center. Unfortunately, this also happens for users that are not system administrators (and so cannot run the App Store). How can I turn this off? Notification Center has…
Thilo
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How to view progress when encrypting a disk?

Mountain Lion allows one to encrypt any disk by right-clicking on the disk in the Finder and selecting Encrypt from the contextual menu. Is there anyway to check on the progress of this encryption process?
ericg
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How do I edit a .plist file?

What's the best application to open and edit a plist file ?
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How can I show typing keyboard in record screen

When I record the screen on a Mac, how can I show keyboard typing in the same image (as shown below)? Is there particular screen recording software or settings that will do this?
Alpacino
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What does "@" signify in unix file permissions?

I have a file with the following permissions on my MacBook Pro: -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 101K Feb 29 17:09 apachectl What does the @ stand for? I can't execute the file and this is the only thing that's standing out to me. How can I get rid of…
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