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macos - I get an "IPP client-error-not-authorized" error when I print to a printer connected to my iMac from Linux - Ask Different
I installed a Mac on my home network. I have an HP Laserjet 553 printer that I use to print to from Windows and Linux (Fedora). The printer is shared on the Mac and works fine when printing directl...
network - What exactly is the concept that macOS calls "Windows sharing/Windows File Sharing"? - Ask Different
The file sharing dialog has confused me in every version of macOS I've used so far (Mojave, Ventura, Sonoma...) and I would like to understand the situation once and for all. In advanced sharing se...
macos - how do I get an install of the python package urllib3 that is not linked against libressl - Ask Different
Background on recent versoins of MacOS the python module urllib3 will not work if it was linked against libressl as opposed to openssl. The native version of python on Mac is linked against libres...
macos - How to get font name of current profile in terminal app through the command line - Ask Different
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name gnome has a dconf location which shows the font name How do you determine the current font name of the open tab in Mac Terminal, from ...
macos - I get the following error when I print to a printer connected to my iMac from Linux - Ask Different
I installed a Mac on my home network. I have an HP Laserjet 553 printer that I used print to from Windows and Linux (Fedora) It work fine on the new Mac. A Linux computer finds the printer and a...
automation - Building an AppleScript to concatenate Keynote files, gives me "Can't get alias" error - Ask Different
I'm trying to build an AppleScript to concatenate a number of Keynote files. This is a minimal example: set combinedKeynote to choose empty file with prompt "Please select the target Keynote f...
plist - Why does launchd bootstap fail with "Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error"? - Ask Different
When I try to load a self-created LaunchDaemon using sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/local.setup-network.plist I get the following error Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output er...
Why does AppleScript require coercing a variable to text for comparison with another variable when both are `class text` in the context of iteration? - Ask Different
In another script's context I discovered that comparing the iteration class text variable of a repeat with block with another class text variable fails even though they appear to be identical. Cast...
iphone - All my MacOS 15.11 System Settings Text Replacements have disappeared, But it there any way to restore them? - Ask Different
All my MacOS 15.11 System Settings Text Replacements have disappeared. (Apart from the helpful default O.M.W. > On my way!). They appear to be present on my synced iphone but is there anyway to
Why is AppleScript forcing `application "Mail"` to `application "MailQuickLookExtension.appex"` when Mail.app is not running? - Ask Different
I just uncovered this behavior in an unrelated script and this is the minimal reproduction case I can come up with. This behavior is only triggered when Mail.app is not running. When that's the ca...
startup - MacBook Pro 2021 stuck on support.apple.com/mac/restore after deleting system partitions in Recovery - DFU revive fails with error 26 (1605.001A) - Ask Different
macOS was showing an error when trying install system updates after an attempt to install Asahi Linux. To prepare to remedy this I moved my personal files onto seperate partitions. In Recovery mode...