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Notes has Google Notes. But Google has no such service. Where are they stored?
If you go to System Preferences -> Internet Accounts and add a Google account, you can see Google has Notes. If you open Notes (OS X app), it somehow retrieves the notes I had put long long time ago on a different Mac. So, I am sure those notes are…
Damn Vegetables
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OS X El-Capitan - /cores directory taking up a lot of space?
Im using a program called Daisy Disk to see what is taking up space in my Mac and I find that the /cores directory is taking up 77gb.
Is that a problem? Can I get rid of it to regain the space?
RandomMath
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How to enable horizontal split in full screen mode in El Capitan
I use my external display in tower mode. I've been using third party software ( like Moom ) to split my screen horizontally when needed. Now that El Capitan supports split screen in full screen mode, is there a way to split screen natively with two…
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How to emulate mouse right-click in Microsoft Remote Desktop?
I use the ctrl button to emulate the right-click in OS X on my MacBook with an integrated trackpad.
When I connect to a windows computer with Remote Desktop I do not get to use the ctrl button in the same way.
Is there a way to configure this to get…
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How can I force Chrome to open links with specific profile?
I'm using user profile switching in Chrome, which works perfectly fine. Except for when I'm clicking links, that are depending on one of the profiles being logged in. By default Chrome just opens the link in this profile, which was used last.
How…
vartec
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Upgrading brew in El Capitan
I just upgraded to El Capitan, and when I tried updating brew I got the following error:
$ brew update
Error: The /usr/local directory is not writable.
Even if this directory was writable when you installed Homebrew, other
software may change…
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How to insert new line on return key press in iMessage on Mac OSX
Does anyone know if it is possible in iMessage on Mac OSX to set the return key to go to the next line instead of sending the message?
aseem
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Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion
In earlier versions of OSX, when you search in a Finder window, it gave you the choice of searching by contents or file name. In Lion this choice seems to have disappeared, I can only search by content now. Is there any way to search by name in…
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Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys?
The new MacBook Air and Pro without optical drives lack an Eject key.
I use Ctrl + Shift + Eject a lot to put my display to sleep at the simple press of three keys. Without the Eject key being there anymore I'm wondering if there's an alternative to…
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How do I disable the volume control overlay?
When changing the volume on a Mac, you get a big ugly gray bezel showing the change in volume. This is super annoying when (say) watching a movie. Is there any way to disable this?
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What is the difference between a `service-name` and a `service-target`?
Consider the following commands
# launchctl stop
Usage: launchctl stop
# launchctl stop com.apple.SomeService
# launchctl disable com.apple.SomeService
Usage: launchctl disable
What is the difference between a…
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rMBP kernel_task spikes when connecting more than one external monitor
When connecting a second external monitor kernel_task spikes to 600%+. This makes the computer unusable.
Before Yosemite, this worked fine with 3 monitors.
Here are the specifics:
When I connect one monitor to either DP or HDMI things work…
vaughan
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What is the equivalent of netstat -tln on OS X?
What is the equivalent of Linux's netstat -tln on OS X?
Options:
-l, --listening (Show only listening sockets. (These are omitted by default.)
--numeric , -n (Show numerical addresses instead of trying to determine symbolic host, port or user…
lolski
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Can I solder more memory into my MacBook Air?
I love everything about my Macook Air except its very low maximum memory (and yes I bought it with the maximum available at the time).
So I'm thinking "I know how to solder... how hard can it be?". It's not that unusual for the theoretic limit at…
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Is there an image editor like Windows' Paint for OS X?
I tried out several image editors mentioned on this site but some of them (like Pixen and Seashore) were very disappointing. These apps were too simple and low level.
What do you suggest for a (preferably free) image editor on OS X?
P.S: I was using…
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