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How do I fix PowerPoint 2016 for Mac spellchecker stuck on the wrong language?
I can't seem to get my Powerpoint documents to be in the right language for spell check. This is something that just recently stopped working.
When I go to Tools -> Language I see "Slovak" chosen. ...
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Parallels VM no longer recognized
Following a major Windows 10 update, parallels no longer recognized the VM and can not connect to disk 0. Its recommendation is to reinstall completely the Windows 10 Bootcamp partition.
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Why does my Mac's graphics freeze when I put a video game in full screen?
When I play The Walking Dead (Telltale, season 1) via Steam on my Mac, it only works if it's not full screen. When I switch to full screen, the screen freezes. The screen doesn't get stuck, it just ...
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Tascam US 122 incompatibility with Yosemite
I've got a Tascam US 122 and it will not work with Yosemite. I've spent months searching for a solution, but there doesn't seem to be one. I can't accept that. Tascam's official line is:
"The US-122 ...
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macOS Sierra breaks WP Admin on XAMPP
Anyone else experiencing this problem after upgrading to MacOS Sierra and using Xampp 5.6.X?
Have been using Xampp to test WordPress for years now, never had an issue, however now it seems that ...
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Karabiner Elements under macOS 10.12
I installed Karabiner Elements in macOS 10.12 (Sierra) I have been able to remap Left_Control to Left_Alt and viceversa.
I would like that the remap would only be used in Terminal app. It is possible? ...
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OSX : Read-only external HDD
I recently moved from my old Win10 laptop to a macbook pro running El Capitan. I also moved from France to the UK without my old laptop.
I'm trying to use my external hdd to store data, but I can't ...
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Unable to write to /tmp OSX, unable to correct permissions Operation not permitted
OSX (10.11 El Capitan) is unable to install any software updates or install any software because the /tmp and the /private/tmp folders don't seem to be writeable.
Running sudo /usr/libexec/...
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Can't get rid of facebook desktop notifications from Chrome on Mac OSX
I have Chrome on Mac OSX.
When I get a facebook notification, I click on it, and on the page it displays, which is https://www.facebook.com/..., I click on the lock icon and it says Notifications: ...
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LibreOffice 5.2.2.2 won't run without Java
I am trying to get LibreOffice to work with my Mac. We are trying to use the database application, but keep getting asked to install Java so it can connect to the tables.
I have installed Java and ...
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Disable Emacs Shortcuts in Firefox on OS X
I use Menu Wizard to add previous/next tab to the menu, and keybind them to ctrl-n and ctrl-s, respectively:
Screenshot of menubar:
This works perfectly, as long as the browser is not focused in a ...
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OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 restore boot-args vm_compressor to default
I get the error "Your computer was restarted because of a problem" details below:
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: logind
Boot args: vm_compressor=1
I do remember disabling ...
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Intermittent but frequent problems attempting to connect to a Windows share from El Capitan (Mac OS X)
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine with a share. The share is configured to allow anybody to connect without authentication.
From a Terminal session in El Capitan repeated attempts ...
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torsocks ssh does not work on Mac Sierra
I am trying to make an anonymous connection via ssh to a remote server using torsocks on my Macbook pro running Sierra, but it does not work.
I tried:
torsocks ssh root@THEIP
AND
ssh -L 9050:127....
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MacBook keeps getting bluetooth pair requests from unauthorized device
My MacBookPro running macOS Sierra has been recently continuously receiving bluetooth pairing requests from an unknown HTC device. The first couple of times I kept on clicking the ignore button, and ...
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connected logitech k800 to iMac - function keys do not work
Iconnected a new logitech k800 keyboard to my iMac running macOS Sierra,v10.12,most of the function keys do not work. Is the K800 just not completely compatible with MAC OS?
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Copy an image to clipboard from the Mac terminal
I have an image, Test.png, which I want to copy to the clipboard from the terminal as part of a Bash script so I can paste it into Word.
I've tried using pbcopy like this:
$ cat Test.png | pbcopy
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using ag in emacs under macos
I use project-root to setup root directory of the project as:
(setq project-roots
`(("Git Project"
:root-contains-files (".gitignore"))))
Then I go into my git project directory (...
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Mac OS X This Disk doesn't use the GUID partition Scheme when upgrading to Mac OS Sierra
I want to do the update to the latest version of Mac OS X Sierra.
When I launch the update I get following error message:
This Disk doesn't use the GUID partition Scheme
Use Disk Utility to ...
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Firefox and Flash in osx dilemma: unsafe or broken release?
Today I installed Shockwave Flash 23.0.0.162 plugin [the Adobe suggested
stable release] in Firefox 49.0.1, OSX, and I discovered
it does not work at all.
I had to reinstall an older version of ...
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Create a local only network between Mac OS X computer and other PC's
I want to create a local network between my Mac OS X computer and some other computers I have. I want to connect these via an ethernet connection, routed via a switch.
Unfortunately as I am on a ...
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128GB Flash drive ejected improperly, its name has disappeared and also all its content
I had on this 128GB flash drive about 25-30GB of stuff in it, a bit of everything (images, documents, mp3s and much more) and somehow today when inserted in my mac, first it disconnected and then ...
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reduce size of Apple_Boot Recovery HD
On a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), El Capitan 10.11.5, bootcamp was deleted manually after Bootcamp Manager could not delete bootcamp. The dedicated partition was removed using Disk ...
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“Cannot encode media” on screencast utils after update to macOS Sierra
Recently updated to macOS Sierra and now cannot record screencasts. Both QuickCast and Screeny show the same error "Cannot encode media" and crash.
Tried Screencastify Chrome plugin, it works, but it'...
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My mac system consuming 178 GB space
I have Mac Book Pro 15 inch,
And installed macOS Sierra 10.12.
When I am checking the space consume by the overall I see that system consume 178GB,
Is it normal? or there is an issue.
Does anyone ...
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OSX: rm -fr gets No such file or Directory when run from .Core API
Running the above command via a CORE API works fine for most directories but not for one.
Running the command from the terminal works fine.
doing a ls -l on the directory to be deleted:
drwxr-xr-...
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OS X Yosemite file association instability
The file association (double click to open file) on my machine running 10.10.5 recently started to behave erratically. For example a video file with .mkv extension previously was associated with VLC, ...
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Need to import a bunch of images and text from Word files into single Powerpoint with grid layout
I've been given the task of replicating a powerpoint document that has a layout similar to a page of a yearbook - n x*y grid of faces with names.
Currently I have hundreds .doc of files which contain ...
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How to move all files of subdirectories to another directory
My files have the following structure:
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--11a
-----a.jpg
-----b.jpg
-----....
--11b
-----d.jpg
-----g.jpg
...
I want to have all the .jpg files in one folder:
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-a.jpg
-b.jpg
-d.jpg
-g.jpg
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Monitor network traffic by process in OS X (like nettop)
I need to monitor the network traffic by process on OS X. There's a tool called nettop which do that, but there are connections that start and end too fast and I'm not able to see them.
Is there a ...
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Hackintosh ATH tunables [on hold]
Hi i am trying to create an hachintosh machine. while booting using clover on a usb drive i get this error: pullmode[ 1] txringsize[ 256] txsendqsize[1024] reapmin[ 32] reapcount[ 128] and then it ...
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Virtualbox fails when I'm connected to an OpenVPN server
Some days ago, VirtualBox started to fail when I'm connected to a VPN. If my computer isn't connected to the VPN, everything works fine. I can start VMs, stop them, and so on. But if my computer is ...
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Deleting individual keychain item with same beginning name but various ending.
So I am trying to create an automator script that runs on login. I had it working to delete certain keys but now we have an AD printer environment and I need to delete those printer keys on login.
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Windows vs. Mac OS font rendering [duplicate]
I use Mac OS at work and as a programmer I type a lot in several IDEs. Most often in IntelliJ IDEA. At home I use the same IDEs and text editors on Windows. I always use the same monospaced font on ...
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how do you force public wifi connect modal to open on MacOS?
Most public wifi's at coffee shops have a little modal that opens after you connect. It's just a browser window but it has a little checkbox and click here to connect button. Sometimes I'll connect to ...
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Macbook Kernel Panic GT should be out of RC6
I am getting this strange kernel crash, GT should be out of RC6 when my computer is asleep. I have a MacBook 2016 running MacOS Sierra. I thought maybe an app may be causing this but i can't find any ...
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How to configure the default app to open tel: links in MacOS X?
When clicking tel: links in Safari, such as:
<a href="tel:+3361234567890">call</a>
the FaceTime app opens. How can I configure it to open Skype instead?
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i have error “grc.bashrc : No such file or directory”
I have some problem on grc.bashrc.
How can resolve this problem?
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change osx alias extension by a custom one
When making an alias (a dynamic link) using macosx, the extension alias is added at the end of the folder/file name.
current state, example: target = test.txt and it's alias = test.txt alias
How ...
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Kernel panic after trying to update to Sierra [OSX]
We tried to update to Sierra last night and the progress bar pretty much stuck during the installation. Now we can only boot in safe mode, but that's it.
Here's Crash Log since I couldn't paste it ...
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MacOS Sierra - USB boot failure
I want to install the new mac os Sierra.
I don't want a upgrade - i want a clean new installation. Therefore i created a bootable usb stick with the following command
sudo /Applications/Install\ ...
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Delete all folders with specific name on ntfs drive [duplicate]
I have a windows partition on my mac on which I want to delete all folders named "bower_components" or "node_modules" and all of its subfolders.
It is already mounted via ParagonNTFS so that I have ...
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Cmd + Tab stopped working
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I'm doing my things and really often my Cmd + Tab stopped working. I kill the Dock and don't work. I don't know how to reproduce. My only ...
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copying file from hfs+ to remote samba - preserving ownership and permissions
I've started backing up my file from my local OSX machine to remote samba filesystem. however, it seems that it doesn't copy the permission alright :
here's my mount configuration:
/Volumes/myvol (...
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How to install Octave on an older Mac version?
I want to install Octave on an older Mac version (OS X 10.6). On the officiel page, I have only found the latest version for Mac OSX 10.9+. Is it possible to find an appropriate older version?
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Need to download install image (DMG or ISO) from non-Apple device
I have a Macbook Pro (Early 2011) that no longer seems to be able to recognize its hard drive. There was an incident during a storm. Lightning was involved. The hard drive itself is fine, and I ...
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What are the benefits of PIV auth for a personal Mac laptop?
I have a YubiKey smartcard for challenge-response authentication with several personal online accounts. With online accounts, the benefits of two-factor authentication are straightforward: only ...
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How to separate a list of strings with specific characters
for example, I have a list:
aa bb cc dd ee
I hope to get
"aa", "bb", "cc", "dd", "ee"
Is there any way to do that with shell scripts?
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What is Speech Downloader?
I hope I picked the right StackExchange community for this question.
I had a window popping up, notifying me that "Speech Downloader" is trying to modify my system settings.
Can anybody help me out, ...
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How to create keyboard shortcut to move to beginning and end of Microsoft Word for Mac Document?
On my Macintosh El Capitan, most applications treat fn+Left arrow as move to beginning of document and fn+Right arrow as move to end of the document.
How can I set up keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft ...
