I need to do a few little scripts on my Mac but I don't really want to install Xcode or Python for a full environment, just a quick command line deal. Does macOS come with anything suitable out of the box? As an example I…
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Lees meerI have a folder hierarchy parent_folder -> inner_folder -> innermost_folder The steps I followed are (as a sudo user): created a symlink pointing to parent_folder set the permissions of the symlink to 0400 => chmod -h…
Lees meerI need to do a few little scripts on my Mac but I don't really want to install Xcode or Python for a full environment, just a quick command line deal. Does macOS come with anything suitable out of the box? As an example I…
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Lees meerI have a 2012 MacBook Pro. A1278. It’s getting very very slow. Boot up is 5 mins. Random freezing. I thought it was just old. But I’ve done research and apparently it’s either the hard drive failing or hdd cable so I’m gon…
Lees meerI have a folder hierarchy parent_folder -> inner_folder -> innermost_folder The steps I followed are (as a sudo user): created a symlink pointing to parent_folder set the permissions of the symlink to 0400 => chmod -h…
Lees meerI have a 2018 MacBook Pro with a Touchbar. Sometimes it will freeze up and I cannot access the Apple menu to run Force quit. Normally, you would be able to use Command+Option+Esc. However, the Command+Option+Esc method i…
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Lees meerSince Catalina, Safari has been prompting me Do you want to allow downloads from example.com? Every time I try to download something. How do I completely disable this prompt?
Lees meerI have a single page document, say "A". I'd like to print it multiple copies with double-sided, like below: sheet 1 front: A, back: A sheet 2 front: A, back: A ... However, when printing with Preview, even with "double…
Lees meerI know that 32-bit applications do not run on iOS since iOS 11. Prior to iOS 13, attempting to start a 32-bit application resulted in an “This app” Needs To Be Updated alert. Now the screen becomes black for some sec…
Lees meerI have an early 2014 MacBook Air running Catalina (10.15 - 19A602). Updating Xcode always takes an inordinate amount of time, and it's usually the "installing" phase (looking at Launchpad) that takes most of it. Currently…
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