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Taking a screenshot of a tooltip

I am attempting to take a screenshot of a tooltip that appears when a user hovers over it, and immediately disappears upon any key press or cursor movement. Unfortunately, this means the typical shortcut I use for screenshots (⌘+SHIFT+4) causes the…
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How can I determine if a certain .app file is signed

Get Info on an .app does not produce the signature information. On Windows for example, right-click > properties will expose who signed the file. How do I obtain that info for a given .app on OS X?
JasonGenX
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Audio balance changes randomly in MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch' mid-2012

I'm having some strange issues on my MBP Retina running OS X 10.8.2. The audio balance changes, and the right speaker is almost muted. Anyone know what could be wrong here?
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How can I get admin access to a Mac without knowing the current password?

My Father died last year and I inherited his Mac Mini. My wife has retired and we are trying to set up the mini for her use but the changes we want to make require admin access and we do not have the information my father used to set up the…
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The process com.cisco.anyconnect.macos.acsockext hogs Mac CPU but cannot be killed or stopped from launching

MacBookPro16,1 running Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241) This job consumes huge amounts of CPU off and on (see attached image from my Activity Monitor), often causing my laptop fans to engage to cool the processor. This is generally when the App itself…
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Where are Microsoft Office for Mac My Templates stored?

Where do Word for Mac and Powerpoint for Mac store user templates?
Vineet Bhatia
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How do I do Home and End in iterm2?

Home and End do nothing in iTerm2, nor do ⌘← and ⌘→. However, Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E do work. Can Home and End do this? Preferences->Keys_Key Bindings in iTerm2 do not offer a "Start of Line" or "End of Line option. Related: 1, 2
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Unable to resize windows on split full screen in MacOS Mojave when using external monitor

I'm running MacOS Mojave on a 13" Macbook pro with a 4K external monitor (scaled to 2560 x 1440). When running two apps in split full screen mode it won't let me reposition the "split" which controls the share of the screen of the two apps by…
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How to Set a Short User Password in macOS Mojave and Later (10.14+)

I just installed macOS Mojave and put in my usual short desktop-only password I've been using for years (yes, you read that right). Now though, the operating system rejects setting a password less than 4 characters. It also does not allow having no…
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Remove recent documents history?

I recently got a MacBook Air and am getting used to the macOS interface... Liking it so far but still relearning how to do some basic stuff. For example, right clicking on VLC, and all the porn I've been watching comes up! Don't want to risk that…
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How do I uninstall the command line tools for Xcode?

We have a bunch of Mac at work that no longer require Xcode or command line tools so we'd like to remove them so the compilers aren't hanging around and we don't have to keep updating them when updates arrive. Before Xcode was in the Mac App Store,…
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How can I create a multipage PDF from JPG's in Preview?

I just upgraded to Lion recently. When I was on Snow Leopard, creating a multi-page PDF document in Preview was simple: I would open up the image Save it as a PDF Open up the PDF Open up the panel that displays pages (on the…
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macOS Sierra Internet Accounts Google login stuck

I am trying to add a Google account using System Preferences > Internet Accounts. I already tried the following. able to reproduce this in 10.12.3 and 10.12.2. disabled OTP, same issue able to reproduce in Macbook Air and Macbook Pro same issue…
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Repeatedly "trying to add a new helper tool" on each restart for same application(s)

Every time I restart my computer, it tries to "add a new helper tool". For instance I have to reinstall shell commands in Atom on every restart, and it prompts with the "An update is ready to install." But I see this same issue with other programs…
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MacBook Pro detects external monitor but shows black screen

MacBook Pro 8,1 (13", i5 2.3Ghz) - when I connect an external screen through a MiniDP -> DVI adapter the Mac detects it (knows it's a Samsung SyncMaster and lets me change its resolution) but doesn't show anything on screen. Even though the Mac…
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