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MacOS split DNS not working as intended
I have a split DNS configuration setup by a VPN profile
$ scutil --dns
[...removed for conciseness, but basically the standard output of this command...]
resolver #2
search domain[0] : my-domain....
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Unexpire all past chrome flags
I dislike the UI changes Chrome brought in late 2023 and 2024, therefore I did not bother upgrading. I'm still on Chrome 118 as a result, which is extremely bad security-wise. I should use the newest ...
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HP native M4 driver for HP printer and scanner [closed]
Any idea how to get native HP drivers for the M4? I migrated from Intel and can not get the system to update to native M4 driver. I tried with HP Easy Start, but no success.
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Looking for a file system with good performance that is interoperable between Mac and Linux [closed]
First off, I am aware that similar questions have been asked before, but most of the answers are at least 10 years out of date (circa 2014). I feel it necessary to ask again as things have evolved ...
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Moving local git repo from macOS to external hard drive (APFS case-insensitive) - will there be problems?
I have a local git repo on my M1 Mac Mini (running Sonoma 14.6.1) that I would like to move to an external hard drive (to free up space on my Mac).
The external hard drive drive is new (empty) and has ...
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Mounting QNAP on MacOS taking too long
2x1TB SSDs on RAID 1. I'm trying to mount it on macOS via Qfinder and it is taking too long. 10 minutes so far and counting. Is there something wrong? How long does it take?
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Why am I unable to launch Virtual Box via Vagrant on macOS?
I'm going to use Vagrant for the first time. I am using an M1 Mac.
My vagrant up command is failing with below message:
vagrant up
Bringing machine 'app' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
Bringing ...
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how to keep mac pc on when it's on file sharing?
How can I keep a Mac running when I'm using it for file sharing? It's my parents' Mac, and I use it as an external drive. When they come home, I usually close the lid, but that causes file sharing to ...
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Email sent from command line not received until I switch to the sending user
I'm using this command from the macOS command line (also in various scripts) to send email:
printf 'From:[email protected]\nTo:[email protected]\nSubject:Test\nTest.' | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f me@mydomain....
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Issues with permissions on macOS and resetting these permissions
I have some issues on macOS Ventura about permissions
In the same folder I can open some files say with SKIM for PDF files.
But not others even though they all have rw-r--r--@
I suspect it happened ...
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Sync to/from local folder to hard drive MacOS
I was wondering if there is a way to sync a (local) folder with an external LaCie HDD with a local folder on connect (or on running a shell script).
I am using MacOS
Other details:
This is an ...
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Multiple AWS accounts with MacOS Safari and Passwords.app
I need to save and use several passwords for different accounts on AWS. The username is unhelpfully the same for each account. Unfortunately the MacOS Password App keeps adding a generic (regional) ...
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How to quickly select a particular file in the File Picker dialogue box in MacOS Sequoia
Scenario: I press Cmd+O or File>OpenFile to open a file in a program, say MS Word. The program shows me a file-picker (similar to a finder window), say, open at the Downloads folder.
But the file I ...
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Why does adding a new route on macOS not affect existing TCP and UDP connections?
This shouldn't be happening since routing is IP-level phenomenon, and yet it does:
Establish a TCP (or even UDP!) connection:
nc 1.2.3.4 1234
Observe that you can send and receive data via this ...
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Why does deleting files on FAT32 USB flash drive on macOS just rename the files and doesn't delete them?
I commonly have to prepare files on a FAT32-format USB flash drive, using a Mac, and then put the stick into a TV for its native slide show display.
Using Finder, I'll move the old contents to trash, ...
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Why does entering a second-level domain in Firefox (macOS Sequoia 15.1.1) URL bar not auto-complete to URLs with non-www subdomains?
In the Firefox URL bar (on macOS Sequoia 15.1.1), if I start typing a second-level domain (e.g., "google" for www.google.com), it will auto-complete as long as the subdomain of the website ...
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How to stop Tor from Mac terminal?
I use Tor with Safari on Mac.
Once it is installed and configured, there are two ways to start it:
Using the brew services start tor command
Using the tor command
In the former case, I can always ...
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Tor works only if SOCKS proxy is turned off. Why is that?
Yesterday I set up Tor to use Safari to access websites blocked in my country.
Step 1. brew install tor
Step 2. Safari > Settings > Advanced > Proxies: Change Settings > SOCKS proxy = On &...
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How do I find which "system software from developer" is blocked?
This is a similar problem as How to find Software by developer on a Mac (System software from developer was blocked from loading) but the answers posted there don't work for me because this developer ...
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Why do my quotes need a “space” to be correctly typed with a “US - International PC” keyboard layout in macOS?
Whenever I type a quote or double quote, I need to press "space". For instance, let's suppose I want to type "user", I type the double quote " and then u and the result is not ...
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Run 2 WhatsApp desktop app on MacOS
On macOS, I have been utilizing two distinct WhatsApp applications, managing separate accounts through each app, and both have been functioning correctly for voice calls and messaging. For this case, ...
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show document name in cups macos history
Bothering this for a long time; how can I show the printed document name in the cups history? When i look at the history in cups ( http://localhost:631/jobs?which_jobs=all ) I see only
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I can't add fingerprint on macos
We have both Windows and MacBook devices in our company. Since it's a domain environment, we added the MacBook devices to the domain as well, but the performance was not satisfactory. Therefore, I’m ...
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How to chain two VPNs on MacOS to bypass blocked VPN
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I use MacOS and my company/uni VPN to access private resources of these organizations. These VPNs use unobfuscated protocols like WireGuard or OpenVPN.
I become unable to use these ...
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How to navigate history using arrow keys with zsh-autocomplete
I'm using marlonrichert's zsh-autocomplete on top of oh-my-zsh my mac and I'm running into the following issue:
Whenever I press the up arrow (↑), only the last command is loaded and up/down arrows ...
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How can I erase a “doc-id” record on an APFS disk in macOS? Error 69845
How can I erase a doc-id?
I am on macOS 12.7 Monterey with APFS formatted SSD. Disk Utility always reports the same error:
“error: doc-id tree: record exists for doc-id 4838, file-id 147794278 but no ...
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What to do if VM VirtualBox 7.1.4 won't close on MacOS Sequia 15.1.1?
What to do if VM VitualBox 7.1.4 does not close on MacOS Sequia 15.1.1? The cross with saving settings does not help, the program is frozen, Mac says that it is not responding, if it were not a ...
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Error dialog when returning from lock session
I'm getting the message "File not found" when I'm login to the session with fingerprint and password. I don't know where is the problem. Could someone tell me how to track this error to know ...
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Can't disable "password required" when exiting my screensaver (Mac)
I recently upgraded to Sequoia 15.1 (24B83).
And now I can't disable my Mac asking for my password very time I exit the screensaver. Under System Settings > Lock Screen the "require password&...
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Why does my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), running macOS Big Sur 11.6, not boot from external USB drive with an older macOS?
Why does my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), running macOS Big Sur 11.6, not boot from external USB drive with an older macOS?
I've tried everything without luck.
All the external drives show up ...
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How to identify contributors to system wide DNS configuration as seen by `scutil --dns` output
Having an issue accessing *.app domains on my MacOS. I know this is not a WiFi/Internet issue as other devices on the network can access the domain.
I have troubleshot the issue and it points to DNS ...
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How to select an alternate application for a particular scheme or domain in Chrome
I'm on a Mac, and whenever I come across the tel: scheme, Chrome prompts me to open Facetime but doesn't give me an opportunity to select an alternate application. Firefox, does, which makes me think ...
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How to restart AirDrop on a MacBook without restarting macOS?
On my 2015 MacBook Pro (Monterey), I often cannot AirDrop and receive images/files from my iPhone via AirDrop because it isn't broadcasting itself (despite having it set to be discoverable by "...
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Some commands take incredibly long to execute when having an active internet connection
I'm running macOS Sequoia Version 15.1 and currently experience issues running commands in a zsh terminal while connected to the internet.
When running commands like git status, they take incredibly ...
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Close all Firefox windows
Is there a (built-in) way to close all windows in a Firefox session (preferably without manually closing each window)?
I would prefer an extension-free solution; I also would like to keep enabled the ...
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How to change the USERID of a Fuji Xerox printer using Macos Terminal?
How do I change the USERID of a Fuji Xerox printer using the Macos Terminal? Not through a graphical interface, any ideas?thanks~
Change FujiXerox printer-Printer Options-Job Accounting using the ...
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Why am I getting an “Unhandled exception has occurred in your application.” when launching an .exe via Wine on macOS?
I'm trying to run this program on my machine (Apple Silicon) with the help of Wine.
I get this error stating:
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the ...
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Show Desktop keyboard shortcut being reset after macos update
The default keyboard shortcut for Show Desktop is F11 on MacOS. However, I changed it to F8 because it conflicts with one of VSCode shortcuts. (Step Into for debugging)
Today, I've noticed that it's ...
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Refind Custom Windows Loader
I currently can manually boot on Macos and Windows.
When I boot into windows 10 It shows as "EFI Boot".
I have an EFI partition on my main SSD (NVME) with inside it \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\...
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Launch new terminal window via hotkey MacOS
Terminal keymap on MacOS
I was searching for hours to figure out a simple way to create a hotkey shortcut to launch a new terminal window. Posting this here in case anyone else was wondering how to do ...
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pf macos: Tried to make pf drop packets between local processes but couldn't
On macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 (the kernel is Darwin 23.6.0) I start five nodes of Hazelcast 3.12 on localhost to emulate a split–brain. Each of those nodes listens on the port for communications from other ...
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How keep my MacBook on screen saver and prevent it from sleeping, when connected to external monitor and power adapter?
I use my MacBook with an external monitor, and I always keep the lid closed and the power connected. But here’s the thing: when I put the device into screen saver mode in less than a minute, it goes ...
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MacOS Sequoia: keyboard shortcut for switching between apps open only inside a space
I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut that essentially performs <Cmd + Tab> to cycle through open applications, but limit that to only the ones open in a given space.
I generally have a lot of ...
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macOS – Apple Mail – mails marked as junk cannot be unlabeled
I have some mails regularly put in my junk folder by my mail server.
I often need them to be placed back in Inbox.
But, when doing so (either by moving them manually, either by selecting Message > ...
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What is “remotepairingd” and how to stop it from uploading data in macOS?
On macOS there is a process with a high amount of network activity called remotepairingd which is governed by Library/Container/com.apple.CoreDevice.remotepairingd.
I have observed the network ...
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Migration from one Mac to another causes Chrome failure in distinguishing the two computers?
I bought a new iMac and migrated files using Migration Assistant.app from my MacBook Air to the new iMac. Chrome shows only one device at https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity on both devices ...
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How to safely label APFS drive in macOS without data loss?
How can I safely label an APFS volume without data loss? I dual-boot macOS and Linux on a Mac Pro and want the Mac disk to be properly labeled in file manager.
I've already renamed the volume in macOS ...
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Insert current date Cmd/Ctrl + semicolon
I remember I was using shortcut to insert current date in open office, but it seems it is not working right now.
In Google Spreadsheet I can still use ⌘ Cmd + ; for current date and ⌘ Cmd + Shift + ; ...
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Google Chrome windows don't restore to their last Space on macOS Sequoia
Previously, as described in How can I make OSX remember the desktop assignment of different chrome windows, you could use:
defaults write com.google.Chrome NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES
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How can I share color swatches on a Word template, so that my client will be able to easily use their brand colors?
We are working with Word 16.9 on a Mac.
We have a simple document template for our client to use / re-purpose in Word.
How can I set up colours within the document so that when I send the document ...
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