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Mac "stuck" on Cloudflare secure DNS somehow; how to get rid of it
Possibly because I had turned on Secure DNS inside Firefox as an experiment, I've been having weird DNS issues on a new Mac Mini (Tahoe). Via Wireshark, I've just confirmed (well, to the extent I can) ...
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Can I transfer data from my non working 2011 iMac hard drive to my M2 Mac Mini?
I have a 2011 iMac. It turns on, but none of the ports on the back work.
I can’t use the keyboard or trackpad. I would like to transfer the data on the hard drive to my M2 Mac Mini. I removed the hard ...
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MacOS DNS lookup behavior: why don't I see outgoing DNS packets? [closed]
I have a new Mac Mini, and an older MacBook. Both are running up-to-date Tahoe. Both are on the same local network, which otherwise has been working fine for years. Both are wired through a switch to ...
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New Mini can't resolve local DNS domain queries via local router [closed]
Note: you can feel free to answer this or close it, but I'm going to open a new question based on stuff I've found over the past hour or so. Here is the new question.
I have a new Mac Mini on my ...
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How to trigger Logitech MX Master 4 haptic without Logi Options+?
I've set up the Logitech MX Master 4 mouse without Logi Options+ fine, as apps like Karabiner Elements or Keyboard Maestro can trigger actions from buttons 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The mouse itself triggers the ...
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How much storage space do I really have?
I have a Mac Mini M4 with 500 GB SSD running macOS Tahoe 26.1. The internal drive is formatted APFS, of course.
I’m getting some confusing results when I try to see how much storage I have available.
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Apple Mail messages disappeared after IMAP deletion + local move failure (no disk space) – emlx files still exist but appear empty
I am trying to recover my Apple Mail inbox on macOS Yosemite (Mail v8) after a series of events caused all messages to disappear from the application, even though the raw files are still present on ...
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Why is macOS Tahoe firewall suddenly blocking all network access?
macOS 26.1 (Tahoe), M4 MacBook Pro
Yesterday, I rebooted my MacBook and suddenly found that I had no network access, LAN or otherwise. Pinging 8.8.8.8 (or my router) gives No route to host -- no ...
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HELP! External HD not working... Corrupted EFI Name, need help rebuilding EFI?
kind of in a doozy here. So, I have a 8TB External HD that I have always mounted to my iMac that is running the newest version of Sequoia via OCLP. I'm not sure exactly what happened to the drive, but ...
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Apple Time capsule crashed during 35 pass erase; is 32 passes "good enough"?
I was doing a 35-pass erase on my Apple Time Capsule. I was about 32 passes in when my computer crashed. Do I have to start over, or is it safe to say that my Time Capsule has been erased at least 32 ...
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Why am I not getting an alert sound when a text message comes in macOS?
When I am actively using my Mac, and I get an inbound text message, it often doesn't make a sound and I cannot figure out why.
The message does show in the "Messages" app. Also, ...
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How to host local repo of select Homebrew packages?
I want to allow a group of users to use Homebrew for macOS, but I also want to maintain the update schedule and list of available packages, including Homebrew itself. My understanding is that I could ...
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Permission denied when accessing external disk
MacOS 12.7.3:
By mistake I disconnected an external disk (having ExFat32 file system), and it is now of course marked as corrupted. Disk Utilities / First Aid can't repair it. Hence I tried it from ...
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`hdiutil -passphrase` encryption confusion
I'm making a disk image creating program, and it of course is going to use hdiutil to do the actual work.
I'm reading through the docs and I have -encryption aes-256 added to the command when someone ...
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Unmounting multiple IOS simulators
In my Disk Utility I see five “Apple Disk Image Media” volumes. They all appear to be IOS simulators.
Now, I have done a little IOS development in XCode, but I don’t understand why these images ...