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How to get BSD FTP and Telnet back in 10.13 (High Sierra)?
There are some real problems with not having ftp and telnet present in 10.13 now as per Apple's dictate.
Has anyone found a solid way to bring BSD ftp and telnet back to macOS vs using inetutils?
ylluminate
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How do I use only the external display with my MacBook Pro lid open on Lion?
Sorry for the wordy title, but my problem is thus:
When I'm at my desk, I would like to use only the external display.
With the nifty gestures in Lion, I have decided I would like to use the internal trackpad on my MacBook
To physically touch the…
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Display hidden files hot key on Mavericks gone?
On prior versions of OS X, it was possible to display hidden files in a Finder dialog box (Open, Save, etc.) using Command-Shift-Period.
In Mavericks, that feature isn't working for me. Is there another command that one can use? I would prefer not…
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How to retrieve windows that have moved 'off-screen'
I have this problem sometimes with my dual-screen setup, especially when I'm juggling lots of things around.
Occasionally I seem to be able to move a window entirely off-screen (I'm not quite sure how) and I can't get it back. If I do a 'hide all'…
robsoft
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How to disable the built-in MacBook keyboard?
Is it possible to completely disable the built-in keyboard on a MacBook? No input should be possible from that keyboard when I connect an external keyboard. This is sort of possible with the trackpad and the mouse, is there an option (or indeed a…
Robottinosino
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Xcode failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again
Xcode is showing in the Mac App Store, ready to be updated. Clicking update results in an error:
Xcode failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again.
Steps taken that didn't help:
Rebooting
Removed…
Alex Polkhovsky
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How can I see my home folder in the finder?
How can I go to my home folder in finder? and/or how can I navigate up a folder tree in finder
I am used to Ubuntu and finding /home/name easily in the gui
Michael Durrant
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Does VirtualBox run on Apple Silicon?
I have a new M1 MacBook Air that I would like to use for Virtual Machine development.
Can Oracle VirtualBox VMs run on this new Apple Silicon architecture?
The documentation on the VirtualBox website states:
In order to run VirtualBox on your…
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Missing ftp command line tool on macOS
Use ftp to obtain source code.
I am following a linux command line book to learning compiling.
[me@linuxbox src]$ ftp ftp.gnu.org
Connected to ftp.gnu.org.
220 GNU FTP server ready.
I tried and it reported an error
$ ftp ftp://ftp.gnu.org/
-bash:…
Wizard
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My command line says `complete:13: command not found: compdef `
When I use a terminal like iTerm or Hyper, right as I boot it up, the first message I get is:
complete:13: command not found: compdef
I don't know what this is from, and how to get rid of it. This message does not show up on the default terminal…
aaron
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Turn off the macbook main display while working with monitor
MBP 2015 13, 10.12.2
I want to use an external display via HDMI and turn off my Macbook Pro's display. How can I do it?
Update
There is another question: How do I turn off laptop display when I have an external display?, but I don't think this one…
MikroDel
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iCloud Drive is stuck uploading items and no longer syncs
I got the macOS Sierra update when it went into public beta, and I've been trying to use the automatic Desktop / Documents upload feature with iCloud Drive.
I've enabled the feature, however since September 7 no files have been uploaded. By this…
Luke Taylor
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What is the modern way to do port-forwarding on El Capitan? (forward port 80 to 8080)
The old utility ipfw was discouraged in recent versions of Mac OS X and is now gone from El Capitan.
What is the modern way to do port forwarding in El Capitan?
I simply want port 80 to forward to port 8080.
Basil Bourque
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How to set already-paired bluetooth devices again into discovery mode?
How can I set a Magic Trackpad (or, any other bluetooth device, I guess) into discovery mode, if it has already been paired to another mac?
Anything I find on google just mocks me.
o0'.
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Can I create a keyboard shortcut to open a specific application on OS X?
I want to create a keyboard shortcut to i.e. open Firefox while I am working in another application. I know I can use ⌘ CMD+T when I am in Firefox to open a new tab.
I haven't found a way to create that kind of shortcuts in System Preferences.
Any…
politicus
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