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- How to mount internal disk that is not visible in terminal
- How can I stop DropBox from being automatically added to the top of the sidebar in Finder?
- How to tell if M1 Mac has Rosetta installed?
- Unable to install openssl in m1 machine and failed with Can't create update lock
- Mutliple spaces/desktops: Disable switching to other spaces when opening an app?
- Creating a "virtual" dir that wraps two (external) drives
- Big Sur, sleep and networking
- Extracting calendar .ics file from iPad backup
- Safari 15 : Failed to load resource: Frame load interrupted [closed]
- unable to unmount disk to reset fusion
- Launching a video via VLC directly from MacOS command line without any playlist interaction
- Safari 15.0 error message: "A problem repeatedly occurred:" Catalina 10.15.7
- How to install OSX-Mavericks + Recovery + OSX-Catalina + Windows7/10 and make them all bootable on MacBook Pro 5,5
- How to force macOS to open https://t..me/ links with correct Telegram client
- Cloudflare warp de-routes 127.0.0.1 How to return it?
- Mac OS find out what your IPV4 address is used for
- How share folder in QEMU with plan9/virtfs between MacOS host and Linux guest?
- Vertically accessible 3-finger multi touch windows
- Use 2019 Macbook Pro trackpad with 8th generation iPad
- How can I best configure this hard drive?
- Kernel task takes about 500% CPU after connecting external monitor
- Entire "Users" folder is missing when booted into Recovery Mode
- Trying to set a F8 pause/play dictation command
- Create new Apple ID solely linked to new @icloud.com email?
- How to override DNS resolver ordering while connected to L2TP VPN
- How to use Macbook pro in clamshell mode with lid open on macos mojave?
- close all the instances of google chrome except first
- Replace Text Edit as the default text editor
- What orthodox file manager for OS X could I use?
| How to mount internal disk that is not visible in terminal Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:04 AM PDT I have somehow deleted/unmounted an internal disk drive from my macbook while wanted to freshly install macOS. I had bootcamp with windows before and then I deleted that partition. I boot from USB key with macOS install file to get to terminal. When I list the drives I get following (the same happened when I tried with internet recovery): The internal drive is missing. Also in disk utility there is no internal storage disk. This disk should have size of 1TB. If I do not use USB key with macOS install file or internet recovery there is just black screen. Is there something that I could do to mount the disk drive?  |
| How can I stop DropBox from being automatically added to the top of the sidebar in Finder? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 11:59 PM PDT What it says on the tin. No matter whether I reorder my sidebar items or remove DropBox from my sidebar outright, it always reappears at the top of the sidebar upon login. I haven't found anything in the DropBox settings related to this, and neither have I found anything on Google. How can I stop this unwanted and intrusive behaviour without uninstalling DropBox, which I use for work? Running macOS 10.15.7, if that matters.  |
| How to tell if M1 Mac has Rosetta installed? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 11:55 PM PDT ➥ On an Apple Silicon based Mac, how does one tell if Rosetta 2 has been installed/activated? I am trying to run only native software. So I would like to be able to monitor whether Rosetta is in use or not. I know I can sort on the Kind column of the process list seen in the Activity Monitor app to find a process currently running through Rosetta 2 or running natively ("Apple"). But I want to know if the Rosetta capability in general has been installed/activated in general on my Mac, even if no app is currently running that way.  |
| Unable to install openssl in m1 machine and failed with Can't create update lock Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:08 PM PDT Unable to install openssl in m1 machine and failed with Can't create update lock in /usr/local/var/homebrew/locks! and failed with Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default prefix (/usr/local)!. Error:  |
| Mutliple spaces/desktops: Disable switching to other spaces when opening an app? Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:35 AM PDT Not sure if I explained it well but you know when you have multiple spaces, you will still see the opened app on that other space on the app drawer on the bottom. I hate how it makes my desktop cluttered. There's a reason why I separated that space. I work multiple jobs so I assign different spaces for it. I want that space to act as its own desktop. Like if I open Finder, it will open a new Finder window on that space and not take me to the space where there's an opened finder app :(  |
| Creating a "virtual" dir that wraps two (external) drives Posted: 26 Sep 2021 03:46 PM PDT I was wondering if MacOS Mojave (the most recent version I can be on due to some very expensive 32 bit applications) has a way to set up a "virtual" dir, or even virtual drive, that combines two or more external drives and surfaces them as if they're one directory/drive. E.g. something that lets me say "create a virtual dir/drive called When both SSD are connected, or if one of them's not connected, show or depending on which drive's still accessible. Or a flatout empty dir/drive if nothing's connected. With the explicit intent that is the SSDs that house dirs that some applications rely on, then yes: those will throw errors. That's fine, and expected. I just want something that lets me surface a ton of data spread over multiple drives as a single dir/drive when they're all connected, with each SSD being "just a drive" that can also be connected to any random other computer that knows how to read/write the SSD's filesystem.  |
| Posted: 26 Sep 2021 05:26 PM PDT M1 MacBook Air, Big Sur 11.6 ... Back on Sierra I could stop network connections from being torn down when I closed the lid; is there a way to achieve this for the current iteration of hardware and OS? I couldn't find anything in the system settings to that effect.  |
| Extracting calendar .ics file from iPad backup Posted: 26 Sep 2021 05:31 PM PDT I used Finder on my Mac to back up an iPad (iPadOS 15) using USB-cable. Now I would like to get from that backup all the calendar events that are stored in a  |
| Safari 15 : Failed to load resource: Frame load interrupted [closed] Posted: 26 Sep 2021 02:16 PM PDT When I am trying to redirect an URL using  |
| unable to unmount disk to reset fusion Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:35 PM PDT I have a 2012 Macbook pro with a split fusion drive. I tried: I am in terminal in recovery mode.
If I leave terminal and enter recover disk utility it just hangs on the wheel trying to load drives.
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| Launching a video via VLC directly from MacOS command line without any playlist interaction Posted: 26 Sep 2021 03:29 PM PDT I posted this originally in Super User, and it was suggested that I post this question here, instead ... I'm using I want to run VLC from the command line in order to play I know I can do the following: However, when I do so, VLC does not start playing the video. Rather, it just displays the VLC playlist GUI window with a If I add If I run under Linux, I can use VLC to view the Is there a way with the MacOS VLC program to immediately launch a video directly via the command line, without the VLC playlist GUI popping up at all? I want to launch videos from the command line under MacOS in the same manner that I can do it under Linux. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.  |
| Safari 15.0 error message: "A problem repeatedly occurred:" Catalina 10.15.7 Posted: 26 Sep 2021 02:30 PM PDT I have had no problems with Safari until recently on my home Mac. The identical Mac at the office does not suffer this error messageAttempts to visit certain websites ( banks, etc.) produce the error:
Home Depot:
Google returns articles and videos that suggest toggling settings or clearing caches (this does not work, nor did I expect it to), however, they do not provide for diagnosing the root cause of the problem with a procedure and a "litmus test" (observable evidence confirming root cause). An example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiBIbl66mc Is there a procedure to diagnose confirm that there is not a problem with the version of Safari and that there is something I did to put Safari in its current state?  |
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Thank you for helping, in advance  |
| How to force macOS to open https://t..me/ links with correct Telegram client Posted: 26 Sep 2021 10:50 PM PDT I have 2 Telegram clients on my MacBook
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^ Currently when I click a link, the first one opens. How to have the second one open instead? EDIT: By removing the .app for the first one (Telegram Desktop) from my /Applications folder, links now correctly open in the second one. However as soon as I restore it, links again open in it. Even changing the filename and moving it from /Applications to ~/Desktop, macOS still manages to find it when I hit ENTER on a link in Chrome.
How to prevent this behaviour? Moreover can anyone shed some light on how macOS is able to track the movement of an app to any location on my filesystem in this manner?  |
| Cloudflare warp de-routes 127.0.0.1 How to return it? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:40 PM PDT I'm a web dev and pretty regularly use localhost/127.0.0.1 As you do. The problem is recently I started getting a problem where Cloudflares warp (Its a privacy VPN of sort, with caveats) causes 127.0.01 to stop responding. Even pinging doesn't work. I've tried the route -n flush thing , thinking that maybe its done something hokey to the routing table but even with multiple consecutive runs of it (as is oft suggested) it just doesnt work, and ends up making the internet flakey. I'm at a loss. It appears to be a common problem too, I asked on reddit and with no answer there where a lot of "me toos" all noting their problems starting around the same time mine started. No answers given. The only fix is usually to resetart the machine, which is an ugly solution when you have a nest of docker containers and other things that dont like to simply shut down. Anyone encountered this and have a possible soluton? edit: For folks in a hurry, the solution from the comments is See the accepted answer for a breakdown of why this works.  |
| Mac OS find out what your IPV4 address is used for Posted: 26 Sep 2021 08:04 PM PDT I was looking up my some information with the command To my confusion there I had two ipv4 addresses that both look correct. At first, I thought one was for my physical line and one was for wifi. But when I connected my physical line a third one that looks similar popped up. The wifi and the physical one seems to be beginning with 192... so the odd one out is the 169.254.89.196 is there any way I can find out what this is used for? I'm running a mac on Big Sur.  |
| How share folder in QEMU with plan9/virtfs between MacOS host and Linux guest? Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:34 AM PDT I am trying to run a Linux Debian with qemu with MacOS Big Sur host. Unfortunately virtfs doesn't work on Mac and there is no easy alternative that I have found. Is there a way to share folders with plan9? Thanks!! EDIT: This is what I need: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/122420 but it is still in progress !! Thanks to all!  |
| Vertically accessible 3-finger multi touch windows Posted: 26 Sep 2021 02:06 PM PDT MBP 15" user - 95% trackpad - LOVE the 3-finger swipe navigation. I assume Apple limits the potential of an app like this, but maybe not. Is it possible to add vertical functionality to the 3-finger swipe? To clarify: Saying "Swipe left/right/up/down" implies the end result of the movement, not the actual direction of my fingers. Swiping right means go to the window right of my current window. Swiping down displays all your windows/desktop background. Swiping up does nothing. Really all I want, is to be able to swipe up to Spotify from any window or have a second set of windows on a level above the current, 1-dimensional horizontal window set. Made a simple mockup as to what I am describing. Is there already an app like this? Would download in a heartbeat!
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| Use 2019 Macbook Pro trackpad with 8th generation iPad Posted: 26 Sep 2021 05:06 PM PDT I've seen software to link a MBP's keyboard to other devices, but is this possible for MBP's trackpad? I want to be able to use my MBP trackpad with my iPad. Even if I have to develop the software myself, where would I start?  |
| How can I best configure this hard drive? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 07:08 PM PDT I have a Mac Mini with two hard drives inside. The 1st one has an OS installed, and the files I work from. But I wanted to have the second one be used partly for storage, and partly have an OS installed in case the first HD crashes. I'm imagining that if my main drive fails one day, I will be able to keep working uninterrupted by updating drive 2 with Time Machine. However in the meanwhile, I'd like to use Drive 2 for storage (while booting from drive 1). I found this article, but it doesn't really say if this scenario would let the user use the rest of the partition for storage if the computer is booted from another drive. Does this sound like a logical plan, and how would I format and instal the second drive?  |
| Kernel task takes about 500% CPU after connecting external monitor Posted: 26 Sep 2021 10:04 PM PDT I work with macBook Pro (15 Inch 2019, Catalina OS). I can't work with external monitor. 3-5 minutes after pluging in I have kernel_task that takes something about 500-900% CPU. I know there are some similar topics - the main suspect is overheating in such case. I have some changes in temperature, but it's hard to say for me if temperatures are still in ok spot. I have highlighted the biggest changes.  |
| Entire "Users" folder is missing when booted into Recovery Mode Posted: 26 Sep 2021 05:53 PM PDT I posted this in the Apple Discussions forums, but have yet to get an answer that applies to the depth of which this situation currently exists. My Mac's hard drive (running Mojave) suffered some corruption recently, and I found myself unable to boot into the system. I am able to boot into Recovery Mode, and my intent was to rescue the important data sitting in /Users/(my username), but to my surprise, the entire /Users/ folder is just not there when I try to access it via Terminal. Steps taken:
What I have tried:
I can only come up with two possible conclusions:
In the meantime, preparing for the worst, I have ordered an external drive enclosure so that I can pull the drive out of my computer and view its contents on another computer. I am very hesitant to reinstall MacOS right now, because IF /Users/ has been compromised in the corruption, I don't want to do anything further that will prevent it from being recovered somehow. In other words, I am trying not to write any new data to the drive at all. Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.  |
| Trying to set a F8 pause/play dictation command Posted: 26 Sep 2021 11:06 PM PDT So I'm what one would describe as ridiculously disabled. I've recently taken a liking to using the dictation functionality due to only having the use of one hand and often having to lie on my back. I'd like to add the F8 play/pause key to the list of dictation commands, but unfortunately the dictation custom commands don't take single keypresses. It seems the solution is to create a workflow. However, upon trying automator to record the keypress I seem to have discovered that it doesn't recognise that key for some reason. Just as a note, I use this play/pause functionality for iTunes AND Chrome Youtube videos at the same time. For example, I'll start iTunes playing, then start the Youtube video. Since the Youtube video was the last to be interacted with the play/pause affects Youtube, and not iTunes. That functionality I would like to keep if possible. So I guess if you can't just do a simple keypress it'd need to check if Youtube or iTunes is the current/last interacted with active app and act accordingly. Does anyone have a possible solution or workaround they can think of? Thank-you  |
| Create new Apple ID solely linked to new @icloud.com email? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 06:09 PM PDT I am attempting to create a new Apple ID for use with an Organization Apple Developer Account. I want this new Apple ID to have a new I do not want to use any existing email address for this account. The Apple ID should be entirely new, with no links to any 3rd party email address. When I go to Create Apple ID via the Mac App Store, it prompts me to provide an email address that will "become your Apple ID". It seems to want an existing email address; it's not creating a new email address for me.
If I attempt to type a new
Is there a way to create a new Apple ID with a new  |
| How to override DNS resolver ordering while connected to L2TP VPN Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:05 PM PDT OS: Current network setup:
Output of This works fine. I can find However, the moment I connect to a L2TP VPN, my system gets reconfigured to use the VPN DNS servers to resolve hosts on my home search domain. The scoped queries configuration looks right, though: In my Network System Preferences, I have the VPN connection last in the Service Order dialog. If I move the VPN connection to before my ethernet connection, then my local DNS server doesn't show up in the resolver list at all (while connected to the VPN): What I want:Ideally, what I'd like to see when connection to a VPN is something like: This way I could resolve all I've tried changing the order of services in the Network pref pane, changing the local domain on the DNS/DHCP server, deleting and re-creating the VPN connection, nothing has worked so far. Is this possible? Or am I misunderstanding how this all works?  |
| How to use Macbook pro in clamshell mode with lid open on macos mojave? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 02:10 PM PDT Due to heating issues, I would like to use macbook in clamshell mode with lid open, but all the commands mentioned on the web are for older versions of OS X
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| close all the instances of google chrome except first Posted: 26 Sep 2021 07:40 PM PDT I can close google chrome with following bash command: It closes all instances of google chrome. But I need command that close all the instances of google chrome except first, because music is playing there and I don't want to stop it. I use word  |
| Replace Text Edit as the default text editor Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:59 PM PDT I've seen questions like this which don't quite solve my problem. I'd like to make Sublime Text 3 the default file viewer/editor for all files that currently use textedit. Most of these files can be command+i'd, but the ones that have no extension cannot. They give all sorts of permissions errors such as the ones in this image Is there any way to just never use textedit, and instead set sublime as the default editor for all files?  |
| What orthodox file manager for OS X could I use? Posted: 26 Sep 2021 09:36 PM PDT I'm looking for a graphical file manager fro OS X, for console Midnight Commander is ok. I need two panels, function keys operations and preferably FTP and SCP support. Also, it would be great to be free.  |
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