I have a .dmg sitting on an external drive (which also contains other data). The .dmg is an image of a failed drive so I can't mount it but I want to attach the .dmg without mounting the partition it is in. Is this possible? I ask be…
Lees meerThere's some back story to this, so bare with me for a bit. In an attempt the create a free space partition for Ubuntu without using the disk utility applicatition I booted into recovery mode and tested diskutil partitionDisk /dev/dis…
Lees meerApple have removed a number of services from macOS Server and moved other services, such as content caching, to the “normal” macOS. That doesn’t leave much. So, what do I get for my purchase? What are the added features/benefits of mac…
Lees meerI probably just don't understand how APFS snapshots work, but this seems odd to me: ~ $ mkdir /private/tmp/snap ~ $ pwd /Users/dmd ~ $ ls foo ls: foo: No such file or directory ~ $ tmutil localsnapshot / Created local snapshot with dat…
Lees meerLet's say I have some directories with symlinks in them. . ├── dirA │ ├── file013 │ └── file212 └── dirB ├── file013 └── file212 2 directories, 4 files The symlinks are pointing to directories with lots of files and dire…
Lees meerI have a MacBook Pro with Catalina. The laptop constantly connects with a bluetooth speaker. How can I keep it disconnected by default without removing the pairing to that device or turning off bluetooth completely ?
Lees meerI probably just don't understand how APFS snapshots work, but this seems odd to me: ~ $ mkdir /private/tmp/snap ~ $ pwd /Users/dmd ~ $ ls foo ls: foo: No such file or directory ~ $ tmutil localsnapshot / Created local snapshot with dat…
Lees meerI have the legacy iTunes 12.6.5.3 on my 2011 MacBook Pro running Sierra. I have an iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.3. I'd like to upgrade my iPhone SE to iOS 13. In iTunes, it shows that the update is available to download and install, howev…
Lees meerI have an AppleScript which manages my home made After Effects render farm. The farm is made up of three render machines. The script asks the user to make a selection of what machine(s) they want to render on. It takes their choice(s) …
Lees meerThe DiskExpert Utility shows 74 GB of disk space allocated to user "Guest", yet Finder only shows less than one GB. Can I reclaim the space, or is DiskExpert "lying"?
Lees meerI have an AppleScript which manages my home made After Effects render farm. The farm is made up of three render machines. The script asks the user to make a selection of what machine(s) they want to render on. It takes their choice(s) …
Lees meerI have an AppleScript which manages my home made After Effects render farm. The farm is made up of three render machines. The script asks the user to make a selection of what machine(s) they want to render on. It takes their choice(s) …
Lees meerI have a series of AppleScripts which are saved as apps. For simplicity sake let's say the apps are literally named App1, App2, and App3. I've made a simple list that asks the user to make a selection, then opens that app. It works fine…
Lees meerI have an old Logitech Quickcam Express - the one that looks like this: I have a 2018 MacBook Pro running Catalina, and I'd like (if possible) to use the webcam with it. If I plug it in, I can see it in System Information: ...but…
Lees meerApple have removed a number of services from macOS Server and moved other services, for example, content caching, to the "normal" macOS. That doesn’t leave much. So what do I get for my purchase? What are the added features/benefits of…
Lees meerIs there a way to delete files/folders from a shared drive, i.e. a NAS drive, without the confirmation dialog popping up?
Lees meerMy sister who lives in Cuba, wants me to bring her an iPhone on my next trip. I am looking at ones that are unlocked, open box as they are less expensive, but I need to know if it has to say "GSM unlocked." Thanks for any help. I ju…
Lees meerI have the legacy iTunes 12.6.5.3 on my 2011 MacBook Pro running Sierra. I have an iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.3. I'd like to upgrade my iPhone SE to iOS 13. I have heard about issues with this such as this sending a phone into restore m…
Lees meerI have an Apple Script which manages my home made After Effects render farm. The farm is made up of three render machines. The script asks the user to make a selection of what machine(s) they want to render on. It takes their choice(s)…
Lees meerIf you type a period (.) in the search box of Finder, you will most likely see a small drop down menu labeled "Downloaded From", with several domains listed. These domains appear after downloading files or applications such as Google Ch…
Lees meerI'm looking at Activity Monitor showing me multiple running processes. I want to terminate multiple processes from the list in one go. I've tried highlighting the processes but nothing shows up when I double click the highlighted bloc…
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