macOS was showing an error when trying to install system updates. This had occurred after an attempt to install Asahi Linux. So I planned to do a clean install of macOS. I moved my personal files onto a seperate partition. Then in Recov…
Lees meermacOS was showing an error when trying install system updates after an attempt to install Asahi Linux. To prepare to remedy this I moved my personal files onto a seperate partition. In Recovery mode, I deleted all partitions except for …
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Lees meerI got a Mac computer, don't have a Mac keyboard and I'm trying to factory reset the computer. But I don't have a admin account to do it from. So I guess the question is how can I reset the computer from a guest account?
Lees meerI got a Mac computer, don't have a Mac keyboard and I'm trying to factory reset the computer. But I don't have a admin account to do it from. So I guess the question i reset the computer from a guest account?
Lees meerAll my MacOS 15.11 System Settings Text Replacements have disappeared. (Apart from the helpful default O.M.W. > On my way!). They appear to be present on my synced iphone but is there anyway to recover them on my Mac. Previous question …
Lees meerOccasionally it happens that my 2TB external hard disk, formatted as ExFAT, suddenly gets unplugged (either by a n unfortunate movement of my hand, or by the cat, or whatever). There is no real corruption, because I don't do anything wi…
Lees meerI just uncovered this behavior in an unrelated script and this is the minimal reproduction case I can come up with. This behavior is only triggered when Mail.app is not running. When that's the case, AppleScript seems to fall back to …
Lees meerI just uncovered this behavior in an unrelated script and this is the minimal reproduction case I can come up with. This behavior is only triggered when Mail.app is not running. When that's the case, AppleScript seems to fall back to …
Lees meerI have 2018 hexacore Mac Mini, and under certain types of load it gets hot enough that it's causing the SSD to get extremely hot, enough that there's a risk the system will go to sleep to protect it (not sure of the exact trigger, but i…
Lees meerFor saving CPU, any app that I'm not using and I don't need notifications, I want to keep paused. To save CPU. But I don't want to quit to save the state. Currently I'm doing if from terminal kill -stop PID and kill -cont PID I'm lookin…
Lees meerI keep receiving this notification on my MacBook Pro, regardless of what apps I am running: “Password is Locked - Touch ID or password needed for current user.” Is there a way to find logs from where this prompt is coming from? I sus…
Lees meerScenario: You log into Twitter in a mobile Safari Private Browsing tab with Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection enabled, then create a PWA (i.e., Add to Home Screen) of the private tab. Does the website have the same ability…
Lees meerOccasionally it happens that my 2TB external hard disk, formatted as ExFAT, suddenly gets unplugged (either by a n unfortunate movement of my hand, or by the cat, or whatever). There is no real corruption, because I don't do anything wi…
Lees meerI'm trying to understand the concept of a storage volume on macOS. How is it different from a partition? Does the term relate specifically to APFS or does it apply to other file systems on other OS as well ? I saw in the Apple develop…
Lees meerI'm trying to understand the concept of a storage volume on macOS. How is it different from a partition? Does the term relate specifically to APFS or does it apply to other file systems on other OS as well ? I saw in the Apple develop…
Lees meerI have a variety of sites under development staged using subdomains of a single domain (e.g., this.example.com, that.example.com, etc.). Some implement SSL; some don't. This is fine – they're all works in progress not accessible outsid…
Lees meerJust moved from an X86 mac to an M3 and having some problems with the ~/Library/Python/3.12 directory. What I did so far: restored from Time Machine home only left /Applications/ behind, figuring that's all x86 and only want to Rosett…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Macbook. Macbook Pro (13" late 2011) Memory 4GB Processor Intel 2.4GHZ Graphics Intel HD Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Two original Power Adapters 60W A week ago my battery failed and the Macbook became very slo…
Lees meerContext: MacOS Ventura 13.6.7 A Python virtual environment successful invokes from the command terminal: source my3211/bin/activate My pyActivate.sh script: echo "source my3211/bin/activate" source my3211/bin/activate Is invoked by: .…
Lees meerJust moved from an X86 mac to an M3 and having some problems with the ~/Library/Python/3.12 directory. What I did so far: restored from Time Machine home only left /Applications/ behind, figuring that's all x86 and only want to Rosett…
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