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    Running .app folders without having permissions

    So, this is my situation. I'm a student, learning some Python and the linux/bash shell. I have a Mac running mojave with almost everything locked down. I can't access my terminal, and I can't modify the applications folder. I know the workaround with installing applications outside of the...
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    cpu Temperatures

    Hey i got a question. I have a widget installed named "fanny". that tells me the current cpu temperature. But also at the same time i have terminal running sudo powermetrics -s smc | grep -i „CPU die temperature“. Comparing now both temperatures there are off all the time. sometimes off by 10...
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    terminal cannot browse shares Big Sur

    mount a share like this: sudo open smb://user:password@NAS/share navigate to share cd share try to list contents ls ls: .: Operation not permitted
    • karos
    • Thread
    • big sur network terminal
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  4. jumpcutking

    Help me: Terminal says: galaxy-note10??? on my MacBook Pro

    I'm a developer and a producer... sometimes I need to install applications and such to use for that purpose but I'm smart enough to know what not to download, check my sources, and when in doubt verify it is what it says it is. This morning my terminal should me this (my username is thanos...
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    G4 OSX Leopard Terminal window not active!

    Hi all, I have a fairly strange issue with my terminal in Leopard 10.5.8 - Upon opening terminal, it is active and in-front - When clicking terminal (anywhere) it gets pushed to the background - When trying to click terminal now, the mouse does not even recognise a...
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    Changed name to root user, Cannot do the same with terminal username

    Hello ... I'm very new to Mac... I had an user on my mac which I changed (just the name of it), then subsequently it led me to change the whole Apple id, so I went on to having a brand new everything after entering some info about birthdays and all that stuff. After doing all this, I pulled up...
  7. Teenso

    Trying to uninstall apps with terminal

    Good day community. I would like to see why I'm having issues with trying to uninstall an app through terminal. I was reading on the web that its possible to uninstall through terminal. The command line that I saw was $sudo uninstall file:// ( then you would drag the app from the application...
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    Terminal showing weird username

    My terminal user appears to be connected a some random device in its vicinity. At one point it used to be another ipad. fabian@android-8842627ef57bb8a3 ~ % - What does that actually mean and can i turn this behaviour off?
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    mount -uw fails with aerror 66 what to do?

    so i am running mac os 11 beta on a macbook2016. i open the terminal and type sudo mount -uw / to mount the system volume with write access. bud then i just get an aerror 66 is there anything i can do to be able to write to the systemvolume again? i also have sib and sib root authentication...
  10. Tyrian Cedar

    The golden SD card format/partitioning on MBA for video editing + backups + storage

    Is the below current Format / Partitioning scheme I have on my SD card that is permanently be attached to my MBA 2013 'good enough', or what commands should one do to get it to stay mounted and high-performing ? /dev/disk2 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0...
    • Tyrian Cedar
    • Thread
    • formats mba partitioning storage swap terminal videoediting
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Weird message every time I open up terminal?

    Can anyone tell me what this is? I just installed python3 idk if this has anything to do with it. Thanks!
  12. stlow

    Apple Script to automatically force quit process?

    I hope someone can help me out with this. I have set up my photo library on an external drive that syncs to iCloud when I open the Photos app. Often times it doesn't start syncing by itself, so I found the very helpful tip to close Photos, quit certain processes in the Activity Monitor (see...
    • stlow
    • Thread
    • activity monitor apple script icloud photos script terminal
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
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    "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    Hello all, I have a 4TB drive that I have been using for about one year and half. It worked fine until this morning, when I unplugged it after selecting Force Eject and plugged it in again, it shows "The dish you inserted was not readable by this computer". Both my macbook and iMac indicated...
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    spctl command (Gatekeeper) - disabled list with News.app - app still runs

    I followed the guidance in this Stack Exchange answer. Ran the following commands: sudo spctl --add --label "DeniedApps" /System/Applications/News.app sudo spctl --disable --label "DeniedApps" News app (to be sure, this is the native Apple "News" app) can still be launched from the...
    • LernSings
    • Thread
    • gatekeeper security terminal
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
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    I tried to install Windows 10 Pro using BootCamp and now the EFI boot screen is blank (black)

    I am using a Mac Pro 2013 6-Core 3.5GHz 64GB RAM Dual D500 machine with a fresh install of macOS Catalina 10.5.3 which was working like a charm (flawlessly) until I tried to install Windows 10 Pro (64 bits) using BootCamp, everything went fine until macOS asked to reboot the machine to continue...
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    OS 13.6: can't enter password at terminal key prompt

    I hope this is the right place for this post. I am trying to delete some files in Trash with terminal. In terminal I navigate to the Trash on the disk that contained the original files with the following command: cd /Volumes/Untitled/.Trashes/ Then at .Trashes I enter this list command...
  17. Odd.C

    Messed with terminal.

    I went into Terminal and did a renice on the programs and users I wanted running faster. Now the system behaves weirdly. Inter app functions are snappy but Logic X keeps crashing and I can barely use two apps at a time before everything freezes. I NEED HELP. Is there any way I can reset what...
    • Odd.C
    • Thread
    • *ucked imac renice terminal
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
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    macOS SETX PATH equivalent on Mac

    Hi all I'm a mac newbie and also not really experienced with using the terminal etc. I'm using macOS Mojave version 10.14.5 and R 3.6.1 I'm trying to run a R script with the terminal. Unfortunately, the tutorial is only for Windows. In the beginning the tutorial says: type the command SETX...
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    Sudo Help : )

    Hello All, I have messed up my sudo situation and don't know how to fix it. Truth be told, I was trying to get some cracked software to work with a sudo command and must have made a careless mistake... Now whenever I try a sudo command, I get the following response: sudo: /etc/sudoers is...
  20. volumegarage

    MAJOR MELTDOWN - Installed Catalina and can no longer reboot - memory issues

    I sure hope someone has experienced a problem like this and can assists. Earlier this week, I downloaded Catalina on to my new iMac. The os worked ok for a couple of days, but my hard drive was full. I think I downloaded the new XCode and haven't been able to boot the machine since. I've worked...
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