Use for questions referring specifically to macOS 10.15, Catalina. Non-version-specific questions related to macOS should be tagged with [macos]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running macOS on non-Apple hardware ("hackintoshing") are generally considered off-topic.
Questions tagged [macos-catalina]
263 questions
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Pasting 'required text' into terminal emulator results in '^[[200~required text~'
I have noticed that when pasting into a terminal emulator, both on macOS (using Terminal.app or iTerm2.app) or in Linux (using urxvt) sometimes I get extra characters.
The characters are always the same - before the pasted text I get ^[[200~ (with…
lx07
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My Slack app redirects to the browser. How can I prevent this?
I'm using:
Mac OS Catalina: 10.15.5
Slack: 4.8.0
I've previously used the Slack desktop app to work with a client and had no problems with it.
I've now set up a new instance of Slack for a new project, and upon using it I find that following the…
TheMightyLlama
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bad CPU type in executable: wine @ macOS Catalina
My wine met some problems while executing Windows executable file:
$ wine GECacheBldr.exe
zsh: bad CPU type in executable: wine
How to fix this?
PS: My wine is installed using HomeBrew:
$ brew cask install wine-stable
EDIT
Cannot execute winecfg…
xiaoyu2006
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NET::ERR_CERT_REVOKED in Chrome/Chromium, introduced with MacOS Catalina
I'm testing a device which generates a new self-signed certificate after each hard reset.
Immediately after installing MacOS Catalina, recent versions of Chrome (and Brave) have started throwing an NET::ERR_CERT_REVOKED exception, even though there…
Charles Duffy
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The California educational testing app CAASPP disabled Hot Corners on Mac. How can we get them back again?
My son installed the California educational testing app CAASPP over six months ago to take a state required test. The only thing is it disabled Hot Corners on macOS v10.15 (Catalina) and we've not been able to get them to work again after all this…
Agent Zebra
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Create Windows 10 Install USB on macOS Catalina
I am not sure why this is such a crazy hard problem to find a solution for, but I have two machines: a pc and a MacBook Pro running Catalina. I have recently had to rebuild my PC and lost my old Windows 10 install USB (which as an aside, was created…
matt murray
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"Read-only file system" when I try to touch in Mac OS Catalina
I'm logged in as admin in MacOS Catalina. When I try to add quota file, I get this output:
sudo touch /.quota.ops.user
> touch: /.quota.ops.user: Read-only file system
Than I tried:
mount -uw /
...and got an error:
mount_apfs: volume could not be…
tolga
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Why are the apps in "/System/Volumes/Data/Applications" and "/Applications" the same in macOS Catalina?
When I use MacOS Catalina (Public Beta) with Alfred 4, I find that all the Applications installed via the Apple App Store or brew cask are duplicated in the candidate list.
Any application in the /System/Volumes/Data/Applications will be
mirrored…
Yanjiong Wang
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Text in window in macOS Catalina is blurry after sleep
After I updated my MacBook Pro to Catalina, every time I close the lid for a while some windows will be blurry.
Here is an example:
The left window was opened before sleep and now it is blurry.
The right one is newly opened.
This often happens…
Hongmin Li
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How to show private data in macOS unified log
I need to debug some problems regarding user login, but many somehow interesting information in the new unified log are hidden, like this (shortened):
opendirectoryd[130]: [com.apple.opendirectoryd:session] queuing request -
On some older…
PVitt
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Unable to revert default shell from zsh to bash in macOS/Catalina: "chsh: no changes made"
I have a new catalina system and need compatibility with traditional linux. bash is a must. Following various references I did
chsh -s /bin/bash
But not too happy:
(base) 19:44:28// $chsh -s /bin/bash
Changing shell for steve.
Password for…
WestCoastProjects
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com.apple.quarantine is everywhere, how do I stop it?
Somehow, and at some point, I believe recently, my system decided to add the com.apple.quarantine attribute to some files. It was quite a pain and was stopping me running scripts that I'd written in my own editor (BBEdit, that I've used without…
ian
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Show full calendar on Calendar item in Notification Center on Mac OS Catalina
Before Catalina, I used the iCal widget in the Dashboard as a way to quickly view the calendar. But Apple removed it all together now.
So I come to use the Calendar item in Notification Center. Currently, it only shows the upcoming events, not the…
Torakun
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How to delete system apps in macOS Catalina?
It looks like changes Apple has made in macOS Catalina make it harder to delete system apps.
I upgraded my work computer to Catalina today (standard Mac mini), and with it came some new (and some old) system apps that I want to get rid of, like the…
jasonmclose
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Why is pasted text highlighted in macOS Catalina's Terminal?
On macOS Catalina, when I copy text and paste to Terminal, the text is highlighted (basically, there are ANSI color codes enclosing the text). I don't know when this feature was included, but is there a way to disable it?
user1424739
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