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The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run
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Error code 0xD000A000 - 0x40031 when installing Windows 11 25H2
I created a USB flash drive Windows 25H2 installer for my 21.5-inch, Mid-2011 iMac (model Identifier: iMac12,1). See the section below titled "How I Created USB Flash Drive Installer" for ...
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Homebrew cannot find pkgconf *.pc files besides pkgconf itself
I have several Homebrew packages installed. I’m trying to make a Swift Package that adapts one of those Homebrew packages to Swift. The SPM package file can specify to search for the library using ...
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Can I downgrade from macOS 26 back to macOS 15 by wiping my MacBook Pro?
I have an M4Pro MacBook Pro I bought in November 2024.
It was at macOS 15.6.1 when the screen cracked. It took almost two months to get Apple to fix the screen (verrrrry long story), but they finally ...
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Best way to ensure quotas on MacOS?
What is the best way to add quotas to filesystems in MacOS? I know it can be done to Volumes, however interested where quotas can be modified later (Volumes are only at creation). Specifically, to ...
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Cannot find Mojave installer after it was downloaded from Catalina
In order to run a 32-bit app, I need to downgrade from Catalina 10.15 to Mojave 10.14.
In Safari, I went to the direct download link:
https://apps.apple.com/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12
The ...
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Getting ""Chromium" is damaged and can’t be opened." after installing with `brew install --cask chromium`
After installing Chromium with brew install --cask chromium, when I opened it, I got greeted with ""Chromium" is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash."
How can I work ...
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Adobe Flash CS6 Installation Failed
I am trying to download Adobe Flash CS6 on my MacBook Air Sequoia 15.3.1. I am using a guide from https://getintopc.com/softwares/development/adobe-flash-cs6-official-free-download-setup-1564538/ and ...
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Cannot boot MacBook from USB drive
I recently bought a used MacBook Air 2012 and wanted to do a clean install of the OS.
When restarting from Recovery Mode and erasing the hard drive, I saw two hard drives "Macintosh HD" and &...
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Install MacOS High Sierra from USB using built in recovery's terminal command line
I can boot my old MacBook Air A1370 neither from Mavericks nor from High Sierra bootable installation USB sticks. Unfortunately I have no other Mac at hand so I can not check if they are really ...
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Sequoia installer never finished but upgrade succeeding nonetheless... or did it?
I attempted to update my M3 Macbook Pro from Sonoma (14.7.1) to Sequoia (15.3.1) but the installer got stuck somewhere in the middle—even after letting it run for more than 24 hours. (As shown, just a ...
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How-To revert "brew pin" for a cask
"rar" is pinned at me. I don't know how I did it
==> Finding outdated apps
Cask Current Latest A/U Result
1/15 electrum 4.5.8 4.5.8 ...
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Is there a GUI way to manage your path, package manager, package versions etc?
I am not a full stack engineer but from time to time I need to deal with full stack things or at least be able to run various servers/services/scripts.
For all the years I have been a student or a ...
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Is the macOS Sequoia 15.3 update really just as large as its standalone installer?
On Sequoia 15.0.1 System settings says the update to version 15.3 is 15.22 GB in size. I assume that's the download size. That's a lot for an update, so I looked up how much the standalone installer ...
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What does it mean when a software update needs to "send apple events"?
I've recently upgraded macOS from some 4 year old version of macOS 10 to Sonoma 14.7.2.
I then installed a new version of Sublime Text, which frequently asks me to download the latest update. After ...
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MacBook Pro 2021 stuck on support.apple.com/mac/restore after deleting system partitions in Recovery - DFU revive fails with error 26 (1605.001A)
macOS was showing an error when trying to install system updates. This had occurred after an attempt to install Asahi Linux. So I planned to do a clean install of macOS. I moved my personal files onto ...