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Fully disable MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
I constantly keep touching my MacBook Pro's Touch Bar by accident. I have larger hands and my fingers accidentally press buttons on the Touch Bar without me noticing all the time.
I like the Touch Bar and I'd like to use it, but I can't seem to find…
Chase
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Copying blocks of text in terminal
Is it possible to copy a "block" of text from a terminal window without having to copy entire lines?
Example:
Say I just wanna copy the text I’ve circled in the image above, is this possible? Or do I also have to copy everything to the left of the…
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Link to a note in Apple Notes, from another note
In Apple Notes on the Mac, is it possible to reference a note from within another note (by way of hyperlink)?
So, for example, if I had two notes:
Thoughts about pastries
Pastries are great. Truly wonderful treats. But you know what my favorite…
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Can I disable the Magic Mouse swipe to go back feature in Safari?
I have an Apple Magic Mouse, and in Safari, when I swipe my fingers left and right on the mouse, first the page scrolls left or right if there is a horizontal scrollbar, and then if there is no scrollbar or the scrollbar is already at the edge,…
Josh
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A software update is required to connect to your iOS device / iPhone
On my mac I've recently updated to the latest macOS version 10.13.5 and have installed Xcode 10 (beta 1). For my iPhone X there is an update available to 11.4 but i didn't install that yet. Now there is this weird pop up on my mac that keeps…
lukwuerz
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“cannot open” when trying to save screen recording in quicktime player
After choosing a file location to save a screen recording, the movie will start to save, then it says "Cannot Open" and nothing is saved. I can retry but it still doesn't. I just saved a video before this. It's on macOS High Sierra. 10.13.1. This…
User
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What causes a random giant mouse cursor?
After upgrading my late 2012 Mac Mini from Yosemite to Sierra I notice a weird occurrence - briefly when moving the mouse it suddenly jumps to about 10x the normal size for just a tiny moment.
A timed screen capture from Skitch shows this…
Mr. Boy
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When I switch to one of my workspaces with Chrome, it jumps to the other Chrome workspace
I make heavy use of workspaces, and tend to have a lot of workspaces, most of which only have one window. I pretty much always have two different workspaces that have a window of Google Chrome open.
Ever since I updated from Yosemite to High Sierra,…
Hayden Schiff
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How can I run/stop/relaunch an application automatically, at boot/login/some other time?
How do you make a script or app to run or stop running automatically when the system is booted, a user logs on, at a specific time, when a disk is attached, etc.?
prosseek
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How to always use macbook microphone with Bose QuietComfort 35?
I have noise canceling headphones (Bose QC 35), that also have microphone built-in. If the microphone is active, noise canceling doesn't work, they just pass through ambient sounds (this is by design. I suppose, they did it so you wouldn't feel that…
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How do I get different colors for directories, etc. in iTerm2?
I have a new MacBookPro, and I installed the latest release of iTerm2.
Even after I imported various color schemes, I notice that they just change the color of the text and background only.
What I was expecting to see were different colors for…
Spacey
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How to fix "Killed: 9" error in mac os?
Since I upgraded my Mac OS, some programs get this error when running:
Killed: 9
I even execute them via sudo but they won't work.
Any idea?
Freeman
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Get low battery notifications for mouse earlier
Is it possible to tweak the % that I get warning of low battery for my Magic Mouse 2?
I currently only get it at 2% at which point it's very close to dying so I have to stop what I'm doing and plug it in. A reminder about 10-15% would allow me to…
DEfusion
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Logitech mouse scrolling weird after Sierra update; soggy inertia effect in native apps, choppy in third-party apps
The update to macOS Sierra wrecked scrolling with my Logitech Mouse (which uses Logitech Control Center).
The scrolling behaviour is erratic because I'm actually assaulted by two issues:
In native macOS applications, like Apple Pages, there is an…
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Move a full screen app to second monitor
In Mac OS X El Capitan, is there a shortcut to move full screen apps between monitors?
My current method is first bringing the app out of full screen mode, then drag it to the second monitor and then maximize it again.
I wish there was a shortcut to…
Knows Not Much
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