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How to properly use drag and drop with MacBook Pro on OS X 10.7?
It seems extremely hard to be able to drag and drop files between two finder windows with a single move on the trackpad - as soon you reach the end of the trackpad you'll drop the files,… in the wrong place.
How can you solve the drag'n'drop problem…
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How can I remove a portion of from the middle of a movie?
Quicktime Player help:
With QuickTime Player you can quickly remove a portion of the
beginning or end of a movie or a movie clip to make it shorter or
remove unwanted content.
I want to remove the portion starting at 03:08 and ending at 03:49…
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How to get Wine working on Catalina?
After upgrading to Catalina, Wine no longer works at all. When I attempt to launch my "Wine Stable" app, I get the following message:
“Wine Stable.app” needs to be updated. The developer of this app needs
to update it to work with this version of…
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Alternative to Windows Snipping Tool for Mac OSX
Is there something like the Windows Snipping Tool for OSX?
For those, who don't know about the tool, it's an easy to use software to take snapshot of any portion of screen, and is really useful in various situations.
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How to stop the Anydesk application from opening at startup?
I utilize this application called Anydesk for remote desktop very frequently, and while I was recently removing programs from starting up at login (because I wanted a faster start up speed) I noticed that Anydesk wasn't in the list of login items,…
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How do I enable syntax highlighting in vim on Mac?
How do I enable syntax highlighting in vim on Mac?
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How to quickly move mouse cursor between monitors?
I have two external monitors, positioned horizontally on each side of my MacBook Pro. When I am working in the far left or far right screens, I find it a little annoying to have to move the cursor all the way across to get to the opposite side…
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How to disable "look up" context menu in Google Chrome OSX 10.10+?
This is a distinct question from Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac?
I want to get rid of the "Look Up x" contextual menu in Chrome:
How can it be done?
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Is there a shortcut to expand all folders in Finder's list view?
I have my Finder window set up to display in "list" view so that it shows all folders with triangles on the left to click to expand. I have a number of levels of nested folders. Is there any way (keyboard shortcut, menu item, etc.) to expand all, so…
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How can I rename desktops in Mission Control?
The default new desktop space is named 'Desktop 1'. If you create a new one, it is named 'Desktop 2'. Is there a way to change those default names to something more meaningful?
Additionally, it looks like you can't rearrange spaces either and the…
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How to accept Xcode license?
I want to install a C based toolbox on MATLAB software. To do this, I need to install the GCC compiler. I think I have done that already. And I have Xcode too.
To setup the toolbox, I need to write mex -setup; in the MATLAB command window. I've got…
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Disable iPhoto auto launch when connecting an iPhone or iPad
iPhoto starts launching when iPhone is connected even though it never used to before Yosemite.
Steps described in: On connecting device - iTunes or iPhotos must not open does not work in Yosemite. Yosemite seems to ignore the iPhoto settings.
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How do I prevent my MacBook from sleeping when downloading apps from the App Store
When I try to download large apps from the App Store whether on battery or AC power the displays turns off after time set and downloading also stops.
The Energy Saver preferences are set to defaults.
What should I do to continue download even when…
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How can I view hidden files in the Finder?
I noticed that whenever I add files and delete them, their physical space remains on the disk drive. I uninstalled NTFS Tuxera and I still have the same problem.
So I had to insert the disk under my other Windows laptop to locate the ./#### files…
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I am missing the option to see the remaining battery life as time in the menubar?
In previous versions of OS X the battery indicator in the menubar included options to show the remaining battery life as percentage or time (or nothing).
In Mountain Lion, there's only an option to show the percentage?!?!
How can I get the missing…
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