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Why is Apple hardware test (AHT) not loading when pressing key D on system start?
I purchased a Late-2011 MacBook Pro 15" used a month ago. At the time of purchase, I successfully ran the Apple Hardware Test.
I've since installed a new SSD and aftermarket RAM. The computer appears to be functioning normally (I'm typing this post…
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Why do emoji like appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome?
Why do emoji like appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome on the same MacBook running Lion? Both browsers use WebKit, and I'd imagine font support comes from the OS, not the application.
For reference purposes this is the page rendered in Chrome…
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Simple way to see a list of installed iOS apps with their storage space size?
The storage on my iPhone is nearly full. Most of the space is used by apps. I'd like to see which apps consume the most space on my device.
Is there a way to get a list of the apps with their corresponding used space? By "used space I mean the…
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How do I send a file by Bluetooth from Android smartphone to an iMac running OS X Lion?
I am unsuccessfully sending a file from my smartphone Huawei Ideos X5 with Android 2.3.5 to my iMac. I paired the devices successfully. Android phone receives successfully anything from iMac, but iMac cannot receive anything. I disabled my firewall…
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Is there an application like Connectify for Mac OS X Lion?
There is a well known app for Windows named: Connectify, used to share a wifi connection between a computer that only has wifi with other devices which requests that connection from the computer.
What's the best alternative for this app on Mac OS X…
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Is it safe to stack Mac minis on top of each other?
I am thinking of purchasing another Mac mini - I already have an older one - and I am planning to keep them on top of each other as I have limited space on my desk.
I was wondering if it is safe? I am concerned about ventilation. If this is not a…
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How can I switch dialog buttons using the keyboard?
Whenever I'm trying to close a file that has been changed, I get the save file dialog
I remember that the Don't Save button used to have focus, so I could press it using Spacebar, while pressing Enter would click on Save. But now on Lion, I'm…
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Can I initiate a MacOS restart to Recovery mode solely from the command line?
I've done some searching online without luck, hoping that one of you Mac virtuosos might know the answer. On Intel Macs, I know I can hold Command + R but I'm looking for a terminal command to initiate this without keys being pressed.
Is there a…
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Right way to add paths to PATH in mojave
I'm not clear how to add permanently paths to the PATH env var. I've found several questions for this each time with a different answers.
I created a .bash_profile in my home dir, but each time I reboot I have to manualy export my paths…
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How can I change the default width of Finder columns?
I have found OS X's default column width to be a bit too narrow. Is there any way to make it wider?
I know how to resize columns manually, but it's annoying to repeat the process every time I open a new folder. Can I force Finder to "remember" the…
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Is there a keyboard short cut to edit a cell in Numbers?
Back when I used Excel you could easily do all the navigation and editing on a spreadsheet with the keyboard. I could navigate around with the arrow keys and hit F2 to edit a cell and start typing.
In Numbers '09 I can navigate easily using the…
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Remote Management vs. Screen Sharing?
What is the difference between enabling remote management and enabling screen sharing?
Apple's support article, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4715, says:
If the Apple Remote Desktop administrator authenticates with a name
that is different from…
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MacOS Mojave remote access login screen stuck on infinite loading spinner
My company has a Mac Mini that we use for iOS builds. Occasionally, one of us needs to log in to it via remote access (from a Windows PC) to update the build tools.
However, ever since updating the OS to the latest MacOS Mojave, most of the time we…
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How to remove Java 10? Or revert to the previous version?
The Java updater on my Mac installed an obscure version of Java 10.0.1 which I never heard before. The result is that ALL my java apps are not running anymore, which makes Java pointless.
The official instructions to remove Java are:
sudo rm -fr…
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sharedfilelistd and distnoted hog CPU
I understand from my findings on the topic that sharedfilelistd is an "agent that is used by applications to read/modify recent documents/servers/hosts" and distnoted a "distributed notification services".
What I don't understand is why those two…
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