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Hi, I've done a fair bit of digging but have only found 'solutions' that haven't worked for me. I'm after an app or terminal script that can randomly select X amount of files from within many subfolders within a main folder, and copy them to my desktop. Has anybody had a experience with...

Hello, So I have an issue, and I don't know how to fix it. I have two Mac's running the same version of OS, OSX 14.6.1. I have three Synology NAS's (SN) on my LAN, all running the same DSM. I can connect to all three SN's from Mac "A", however I can only connect to all three from Mac "B" if...

What's the deal with 13" iPad PRO M4 ? Can I use it, not as a replacement for my MacBook Air M2, but as to complement my dev work when traveling out of town since I don't carry my MBA for weekend travels. I use the following on my M2 almost on a daily basis : Terminal, Warp, PhpStorm, PyCharm...

Hi, I want to delete VMware and Octave files on /usr/share/file/magic. However, even disabling SIP and simultaneously activating Root is not possible to delete VMware and Octave files on that directory. Is because de volume is read-only? Anyone knows any workaround to delete it? Thanks

is there a terminal command to loop every single video that I press spacebar on to open in quicklook? I dont want to download FFMEG, I know the Mac can do things on its own for example. I used chatgtp to write me a code to separate all my videos in landscape & portrait since Mac doesn't have a...

I’m trying to send a TCP request to a device via the terminal in MacOS but can’t figure out how to do so. Based on my research, it appears the NC command should be able to handle TCP requests. The command I’m trying to send follows. IP: 192.168.1.104 Port: 4998 Body...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to adjust the intensity of color filters on my Mac more precisely than what's offered in System Preferences (Accessibility->Display->Color Filters near the bottom), preferably using the Terminal or Shortcuts app. I aim to automate or quickly change settings for...

In the Finder (Info) I've checked a large number of files to be Stationery Pads (template-type files). Stationery Pad files, that I'd now like to consider together in a single Finder Window. Under the pop-up menu Kind, "Other" is listed at the bottom. One of these (as in above image) is...

hey my friends, I recently made a account for my girlfriend so she could do some organizing. (using a tiny SE wasn't cutting it) & after she was finished I deleted her account. I made sure to select the (Delete home folder options as well) & her folder is still there. I have tried deleting it &...

Hi Mac friends. I'd like to temporarily make an unused networked 2TB drive from someone else's PC (I have permission) as the Time Machine backup (I'm just backing up 1TB maximum but they say it' best to have double for allowance) while budget is allocated for softwares like SuperDuper! or...

I would like to ssh into my desktop and upgrade with the Sonoma installer in the /Applications folder. Ideally this would be unattended. What is the command?

Last login: Fri May 19 12:14:09 on ttys001 brandonwright@Brandons-Mini ~ % ifconfig lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0...

Hello, I searched macOS Sierra's Terminal command to create a USB bootable installer but Apple's official Terminal command to create bootable macOS installer skips Sierra for some strange reason (after El Capitan, it skips to High Sierra- very strange, why'd Apple skip Sierra?) even though if...

I am copying data from a Mac Mini to Windows Server, and I am using CP code in terminal I am on MacOSX 10.10 and 10.8, what is the syntax to copy either modified files only or files of a specific date. I rsync exists but I need to CP command, if any one can advise, pretty please

I'm looking for a way to stop a specific command from being ran on MacOS's terminal, or if that's not possible lock it (either with a different password than the admin/user password, or time lock it) before running - is that possible? Basically looking to block social media from my life, but...

I selected Finder->View-Show Path Bar which will add the whole path icons on the bottom of the Finder window. Right click on any of those folder and choose "Open in Terminal". This terminal will be Apple's default terminal, while I vastly prefer using iTerm. Is it possible to change the "Open...

I've got an external portable HDD that had my iTunes library (amongst other things). I was in the process of migrating it over to a newer external SSD when my Mac crashed. Since then, something has happened to the HDD that has made is suuuuuuuuuper slow. All the data appears to still be there...

Hi y’all, I’m having this incredibly frustrating issue with my mac that I just cant seem to figure out. I have an m1 2020 Mac mini running Monterey 12.6.2. I have iCloud syncing my mac mini and my macbook; specifically the Documents, Desktop and Application folders. As of a few months ago, I...

I bet most of you knew this but if you didn't, typing this turns off indexing: sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/drivename (replace drivename with your hard drive name, or drag hard drive icon to Terminal) It can be really helpful if your PPC machine is lagging after installing a new OS, or after...

Hello Apple friends. It's sad the screen orientation was taken away for the main display (it only appears if you plug in a second monitor) in Monterey but is there a Terminal code to bring it back in the Display Preferences so there's no need to use the beta (will most likely have side-effects)...