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Gilby
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Why do Macs mount an additional drive every time I install software?

34 votes

How to export Time Machine exclusions or list them in Terminal

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Charlie Stigler and other random items running in the background?

21 votes

What does my Mac do while sleeping all night long?

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Is there a command line tool that accurately describes the amount of used memory?

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How (specificially) do I read a chat.db file?

15 votes
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Email encryption options on an iPhone

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Is formatting external drive with "APFS Encrypted" redundant for Time Machine with "Encrypt backups" turned ON

14 votes

Get Historic System Event Logs (Sleep, Restart, Wake-up etc)

14 votes

How does display scaling work on macOS?

10 votes
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Why I don't see all launchctl daemons/agents with "sudo launchctl list"?

10 votes

What is ~/LIbrary/Biome?

9 votes

How are directory contents determined in Finder?

9 votes

MacOS timed won't keep accurate time

9 votes

How to delete a file from Time Machine backups in Big Sur?

9 votes

What is the fastest external storage supported on Intel 2020 27" iMac?

9 votes
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XProtect - Apple claims they do signature based antivirus but how do we know?

8 votes
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improving battery life for macBook Air M1

8 votes

Edit System Dictionary on Mac OS 10.8

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Is it possible to configure Internet Sharing to allow the computer to sleep?

8 votes

What is a reliable way to get "last shutdown" time via shell script in macOS Tahoe 26.4?

7 votes
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Curious about stuff in the usr/bin

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Is the Unix "realpath" command distributed with macOS Ventura?

6 votes

Should format a new 20TB hard drive as Mac OS Extended or APFS for better data recovery chances in the future?

6 votes

What does modified date of application means?

6 votes

How can I check what version of macOS I was using in the past?

6 votes

Time machine "Delete all backups of <file>" option missing

6 votes
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Sierra: can't change Magic Mouse scrolling speed

6 votes
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How to find serial number of an Apple magic keyboard?

6 votes

Why does my Mac show a strangely named volume (credence and cryptex) after updating the OS?

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