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Trying to retrieve / revive external WD drive

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a not-so-old WD external partitioned drive that was being used for Time Machine backups & holding older files on the other partition. During the last Time Machine backup it didn't complete and just kept spinning its wheels. I can…

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Device management - Oracle Virtualbox

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I was just looking through System Settings and found something I wasn't sure of. If you go to General > Device Management I have Oracle Virtualbox VM in a provisioning state and I have no idea why. I think I used Virtualbox in the past …

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Running two instances of the same app bundle - OK, to just make a copy? [closed]

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I know there are problems with shared preferences (among other things) when running two instances of the same app. There are lots of questions asking how to do just this in Ask Different. open -n [appname] seems to be the most common an…

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Is it possible to harden a launchd service?

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I use syncthing for backups and data sync. In Linux, I run it via a systemd hardened unit, restricting what directories the process can read, access to privileged kernel ops and, most important, I restrict TCP/UDP traffic to a particula…

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Device management - Oracle Virtualbox

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I was just looking through System Settings and found something I wasn't sure of. If you go to General > Device Management I have Oracle Virtualbox VM in a provisioning state and I have no idea why. I think I used Virtualbox in the past …

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Device management - Oracle Virtualbox [closed]

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I was just looking through System Settings and found something I wasn't sure of. If you go to General > Device Management I have Oracle Virtualbox VM in a provisioning state and I have no idea why. I think I used Virtualbox in the past …

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Adobe Flash CS6 Installation Failed

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to download Adobe Flash CS6 on my MacBook Air Sequoia 15.3.1. I am using a guide from https://getintopc.com/softwares/development/adobe-flash-cs6-official-free-download-setup-1564538/ and got as far as getting the set-up.exe…

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Could I use the internet sharing feature to share internet to a USB Cable

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Could I connect my MacBook to Ethernet, turn on internet sharing and share it with a USB-C port, then plug a cable into my MacBook and another computer, giving the computer Ethernet

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Transfer international eSIM to new iPhone

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm based in the US, and have an iPhone 14 with dual eSIMs – one of these is my regular US number, and the other is for “Country A” where I frequently travel and find it useful to maintain a number for. Both of these eSIMs are working c…

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PowerShell on MacOS - Arrow keys randomly writes symbols instead of moving the cursor

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am using macOS Sequoia 15.4, but this issue has been there even in previous versions of the system. When I'm using PowerShell, which I need for a project I'm working on, sometimes when I press arrow keys to move the cursor (left and r…

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Transfer international eSIM to new iPhone

vrijdag 11 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm based in the US, and have an iPhone 14 with dual eSIMs – one of these is my regular US number, and the other is for “Country A” where I frequently travel and find it useful to maintain a number for. Both of these eSIMs are working c…

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Adobe Flash CS6 Installation Failed

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to download Adobe Flash CS6 on my MacBook Air Sequoia 15.3.1. I am using a guide from https://getintopc.com/softwares/development/adobe-flash-cs6-official-free-download-setup-1564538/ and got as far as getting the set-up.exe…

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How can I find out and change what program is called when I click an icon in the launchpad?

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Occasionally the Launchpad doesn't work right. For instance, I have installed WireGuard and it has inserted itself into the Launchpad, but when I click its icon, nothing happens. When I manually call /Applications/WireGuard.app/Contents…

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Adobe Flash CS6 Installation Failed

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am trying to download Adobe Flash CS6 on my MacBook Air Sequoia 15.3.1. I am using a guide from https://getintopc.com/softwares/development/adobe-flash-cs6-official-free-download-setup-1564538/ and got as far as getting the set-up.exe…

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How to access saved photos via Files App on iOS?

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a lot of photos that I have taken with a camera and some photos were wallpapers. Now, I'm trying to look for those pictures via the Files App on iOS. Note: It's appearing in the Photos app. The issue is that it's not appearing in…

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How can I find out and change what program is called when I click an icon in the launchpad?

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Occasionally the Launchpad doesn't work right. For instance, I have installed WireGuard and it has inserted itself into the Launchpad, but when I click its icon, nothing happens. When I manually call /Applications/WireGuard.app/Contents…

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Sequoia logd permanently hogs up 7-10% CPU

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

On my macOS Sequoia 15.4, the logging process logd continuously takes up around 7-10% of CPU usage. I have tried to disable it by: Finding it in Activity Monitor, double clicking on it and choosing Force Quit. It just restarts back up …

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PowerShell on MacOS - Arrow keys randomly writes symbols instead of moving the cursor

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am using macOS Sequoia 15.4, but this issue has been there even in previous versions of the system. When I'm using PowerShell, which I need for a project I'm working on, sometimes when I press arrow keys to move the cursor (left and r…

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How can I remove Messages content from spotlight on my Mac?

donderdag 10 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

When searching on Spotlight in macOS 15.1 I see results from conversations and images shared through Messages/iMessage. I've tried the following: Signing out of iCloud. Now the Messages app just asks me to sign in when opening it. Dele…

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How can I remove Messages content from spotlight on my Mac?

woensdag 9 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

When searching on Spotlight in macOS 15.1 I see results from conversations and images shared through Messages/iMessage. I've tried the following: Signing out of iCloud. Now the Messages app just asks me to sign in when opening it. Dele…

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Can't find the "Deprecation" notice (long text with date) from "brew info" in the formula source "brew cat"

woensdag 9 april 2025 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

brew info mdcat ==> mdcat: stable 2.7.1 (bottled), HEAD Show markdown documents on text terminals https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat Deprecated because it has an archived upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-10. Installed /o…

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