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macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computer.

macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computer. The name "High Sierra" refers to the High Sierra region in California. As with Snow Leopard, Mountain Lion and El Capitan, the name also alludes to its status as a refinement of its predecessor, focused on performance improvements and technical updates rather than user features. Among the apps with notable changes are Photos and Safari.

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Fast User Switching/Apple Menu?

I like fast user switching but I'm not keen on it in my menu bar, I'm wondering if it's possible to put it in the Apple menu? Or somehow change the Logout option in the Apple menu to switch users instead?
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In Console.app, how can I reveal to what tags are actually referring?

In the last several versions of MacOS, Console.app has become increasingly more censored, to the point of near uselessness. Filenames and URLs have been replaced by tags, making it impossible to track down and remedy errors. While the…
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brew install mysql@5.7 can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

I needed MySQL 5.7 installed on Mac OS High Sierra so I ran brew install mysql@5.7. When I do brew services list I see mysql@5.7 started admin /Users/admin/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql@5.7.plist. Output of ps -A | grep *mysql*: 66836…
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Which ffmpeg package I should download for macOS?

I visited https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-mac to download ffmpeg & ffprobe for Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13. I found the following packages: Static builds for OS X Intel 64-bit Builds 32-bit and 64-bit for OS X 10.5 and above Static and…
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Why are my pdf pages temporarily blurry in Preview?

I am using Preview to display a 1MB pdf file that contains a presentation. OS X High Sierra. At each page/slide, the image is blurry for about one second, before it gets sharp (correct). I have found this discussion about this problem. I do not…
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How do you change the TTL in macOS High Sierra?

How do you change the TTL in macOS High Sierra? In previous macOS versions, this could be done as follows... Temporarily: sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.ttl=65 Or permanently by creating or editing /etc/sysctl.conf to adding: net.inet.ip.ttl=65 EDIT:…
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launchctl unload say: Could not find specified service

I'm trying to make a plist file in order to start nginx on boot. When starting nginx with launchctl it starts the service. But it cannot unload it, and print "Could not find specified service". $ ps aux | grep nginx me (...) grep nginx $ sudo…
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Is someone who is @mentioned in a direct message conversation they are not in still notified?

My Slack application (version 3.2.0 from the App Store) is running on my MacBook (running High Sierra 10.13.5). I send direct messages to Persons A and B (I have invited both of them to the same direct message thread). In the message thread, I…
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Can't transfer files larger than 2GB to FAT32 USBs on MacOS HighSierra

I'm working on a MacBook Air with a really peculiar problem. When using it to copy video files larger than 2GB to a USB drive, it fails with the error: The item can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format I tested by…
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What to do about the vmmap process in Mac OS X always hogging the CPU?

I am running Mac OS X 10.13.5 High Sierra, and I have always had my Activity Monitor up. My computer would every now and then freeze for a few seconds completely and then act normal again. When this happens, I have noticed that it is because the…
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Move an off-screen window back on screen in macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

When high resolution external monitors are plugged in and unplugged the windows get rearranged and several of my apps routinely get moved almost entirely off screen. There is only a sliver of the app available, not enough to grab and move. How can I…
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Removing "rw-r--r-- root/wheel restricted" files in macOS leave some files left

I've just discovered a 4.5Gb /Previous System/private directory, caused by a (recent) upgrade to 10.13 (the dates seems to match). Since it weighs heavily on my available space and I don't know why would the update decide to keep around a bunch of…
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How to check a signature with Terminal on Mac

I'm trying to verify the signatures of sha256sums.gpg and sha256sums with the following commands in terminal (using mac) $ gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.gpg SHA256SUMS Instead, I get this answer...! :-( unknown:~ username$ gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.gpg…
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Which Xcode version should I download for macOS High Sierra 10.13.6?

Which Xcode version should I download for macOS High Sierra 10.13.6? Note that I downloaded Xcode 10.2, but it informed me that it requires macOS 10.14.3 or later.
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I get Errno 1 Operation not permitted when changing xattr

I tried to remove two files from the system and then put them back. However since I put them back my Superdrive is not working. Files are IOCDStorageFamily.kext and IODVDStorageFamily.kext My assumption is that the problem is the xattr. When I try…
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