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Recent items menus have stopped working on my iMac

Recently I noticed that on my iMac, running El Capitan, the Open Recent menu has stopped getting updated, both in the Apple menus, and for apps, and both for the Open Recent menu item, and the list that pops up from the Dock. I checked in System…
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Removing news headlines from Spotlight Search in iOS 9

How can I turn off news headlines from Spotlight Search in iOS 9?
Django Reinhardt
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How to make Font size equal to 15 in Terminal on Mac OS X Yosemite?

Here are the configuration settings for the Terminal app in Yosemite. It shows that I can set font size to the distinct values given in Terminal. How can I set it to some other in-between value like in my case, I want to set it to "15"?
Arslan Ali
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Fill an area selected using 'Instant Alpha' with a specific color in Photos

In the Photos.app I am using Markup Toolbar in conjunction with screenshot editor. How can I fill an area I selected using Instant Alpha with a specific color?
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Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion?

In OS X Lion, is there a way to disable rubber-band scrolling? This is the bounce that occurs when the window is scrolled beyond the top or bottom edge. I'm aware that non-apple input devices don't rubber-band and hope to find a setting or software…
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Is there a button in iTunes to say "Stop after playing this song"?

Because I might just want to go to bed after this one song (but don't want to stop it midway – It's a classic).
Enrico Susatyo
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"Your system has run out of application memory." How is that possible?

macOS is regularly popping up a "Force Quit Applications" dialog: Your system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using. How is that possible if there are only a few open…
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How can I move virtual memory swap files to a different drive or partition?

note: This is a question that I asked on SuperUser a while ago. I'm re-posting it here because I think it belongs here. By default, Mac OS X stores its swap files in /private/var/vm/. I would like to place the swap files in a different location. How…
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Choose a default app for opening files with no extension?

Is it possible to set a default application to open files with no extension? I'm not referring to files with hidden extensions, but those completely lacking an extension -- e.g. README, CHANGELOG, mbox, etc. Open With > Change All on these files…
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How can I remove stickers from the lid of my MacBook Pro?

I've got a MacBook Pro with Retina display and I've got a ton of stickers on it. Is there a method for removing the stickers from the back without damaging the finish and without leaving sticky residue on the laptop? Is this something I can get help…
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MacOSX Maverick 10.9 - How do I stretch a window across both of my dual screens on my dual screen setup?

I have two monitors on my Mac. I have just installed Maverick and I notice I can no longer stretch a window from the screen on my left to the screen on my right. Mac OSX Maverick 10.9 seems to pick one screen and it does not show the stretched…
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Difference between autopoweroff and standby in pmset

I just got a new Retina MacBook Pro 15". After getting some downloads interrupted due to the computer going to sleep (even on AC power), I started looking at the man page for the pmset command. I did solve my original problem with sleeping but a few…
swineone
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Where is my crontab file?

I want to edit my crontab file to schedule a script. Where do I find it?
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How can I compile and run C in Xcode?

Our teacher is teaching use some Data Structures algorithms that are being implemented in C. He uses Visual Studio in class, but I want to be able to run simple programs that we write in Xcode. I've tried to run the code but in Xcode 5 the options…
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Is there anything like the clipboard manager Ditto for Mac?

I'm looking for a clipboard manager like Ditto for Mac: Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type…
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