Category: Mac
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upgrading my MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) from El Capitan to High Sierra fails
https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/upgrading-from-el-capitan-to-high-sierra-wont-download/ Attempting “FREE UPGRADE” on OS X El Capitain leads to: We could not complete your purchase. This version of macOS 10.13.6 cannot be installed on this computer. Attempting to Download macOS Sierra leads to: We could not complete your purchase. This version of macOS 10.12.6 cannot be installed on this computer.
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gnome-terminal on macOS, fink, D-Bus, …
I wanted to install a terminal (“emulation”) with screen splitting, and I am going to try this one: D-Bus starts a system and session bus on your system by default, or a lot of stuff would break. If you don’t want it to do that, touch the file ‘/sw/etc/dbus-1/disable-dbus’. Be warned that many Gnome (and…
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the GNU packages that I need most seriously on my “finkified” Macs
https://wiki.jochen.hayek.name/w?title=The_GNU_packages_that_I_need_most_seriously_on_my_finkified_Macs – this is where this text should actually live and get maintained CAVEAT!!! Read carefully beforehand: http://finkproject.org/download/ http://finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php I.e. install Xcode Tools/Developer Tools, Xcode Command Line Tools, and X11 ! This message wants to tell you, that the Xquartz X11 distribution is not installed (it is not something, that fink can do for you):…
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Melanie Pinola on LIFEHACKER: Easily Add Spacers to Your Mac’s Dock
http://lifehacker.com/5993307/easily-add-spacers-to-your-macs-dock I really enjoy having more order in my dock. An excerpt from the article quoted Open Terminal and copy and paste this command: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{tile-data={}; tile-type=”spacer-tile”;}’ Then this one: killall Dock The dock will refresh with an added spacer can be dragged to any position (or removed by dragging it…
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how to put macOS in Hibernate (Deep Sleep) mode – and how to disable it again
http://www.karthikk.net/2011/12/put-mac-os-x-lion-in-hibernate-deep-sleep-mode-how-to/ https://www.lifewire.com/change-mac-sleep-settings-2260804 man pmset [link] $ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
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how to always boot macOS (FKA OS X) in Verbose Mode
As with Linux for me it’s a must to see the thing working on something and exactly what, instead of staring at a graphical screen to indicate anyhow, why it forces me to wait.
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the spec for my future MacBook Pro/Retina
I would still love to have a 17″ display, but apparently they don’t want to resp. cannot offer this (for the time being). Of course I would love to have as much RAM as possible (esp. for running my Windows and the opensuse GUI virtual machines), but apparently the difference between 8 and 16 GB…
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O’Reilly Media book: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition: Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows,…
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TidBITS Publishing book: Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac
Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac: Regular maintenance is necessary for peak performance and to prevent problems, but it’s hard to know what to do and when to do it. Never fear, because you can now turn to best-selling author Joe Kissell, who walks you through his commonsense approach. Read this ebook to learn how…
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OS X: accidentally switched my desktop to “white on black”
It took me quite a while to find the right group of system preferences, where to switch it back to “black on white”: Universal Access. Apple Universal Access is a component of the Mac OS X operating system that provides computing abilities to the blind, deaf, and handicapped. Update 2012-10-01 It happened again (in a…