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Category: Mac

macOS: most of my keyboard shortcuts did not work temporarily – restarting Mission Control did the job
- http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/23/restart-mission-control-in-os-x-lion/
Worked for me on High Sierra, long after Lion.
```
$ killall Dock
```
2019-01-09
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.
2018-08-01
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 other) packages will fail without D-Bus.

If you want to disable the system bus, you can run:

/sw/bin/daemonic disable dbus

2018-07-17
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):

Can’t resolve dependency “x11-dev” for package “poppler46-shlibs-0.26.2-3” (no matching packages/versions found)
```
$ fink install coreutils-default grep xmlstarlet pwgen saxon wget
$ fink install image-exiftool-pm # extracts date+time from JPEG files
$ fink install xpdf # which includes pdfinfo; extracts date+time from PDF files
$ fink install ghostscript # needed by emacs doc-view (?!?)
```
Note 2019-10-21: I fail installing wget, because it depends on some uncompilable gpgme11. (Solved < 2020-05-27.)
2016-02-23
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 off the dock). Repeat the commands to add additional spacers.
2014-01-03
how to put macOS in Hibernate (Deep Sleep) mode – and how to disable it again
$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25
$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
2013-09-02
how to always boot macOS (FKA OS X) in Verbose Mode
- http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/25/always-boot-mac-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.
```
$ sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v"
```
2013-06-14
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 RAM is just usury (“daylight robbery”).
- I think, a 256 GB will do, I don’t want to store many huge files long-term, and (the price for) the difference between the 256 and the 512 GB SSD is also quite impressive.
conrad.de offers this spec for € 2050. Apparently you can get that cheaper on eBay, but I need a bill with explicit VAT, that I can use company accounting-wise. The advantage with conrad.de is actually, that they offer 3-years warranties for free for customers holding a conrad customer card. Maybe these warranties don’t cover Apple hardware though?
2013-02-12
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, and learning your way around OS X. Whether you’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, we’ve got you covered.

2012-08-15
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 to start on the right foot; what you should do daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly; and how to prepare for Mac OS X updates. Joe even explains how to monitor your Mac’s health and debunks common panaceas.

2012-07-30