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What is /usr/local/bin/crpdspt?
I have a binary called crpdspt located at /usr/local/bin/. Google search provides really little results. It has a plist at /Library/LaunchDaemons/. Any idea what that is?
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"Open.exe" from unidentified developer exists as a executable in my login items?
I cannot find anything on this binary - It does seems to function as stated when I use the command to open files, but I never installed it nor do I see it as a default executable in the bin folder of ...
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To edit TrashIcon.icns using hex editor to get access to the dark icons
In /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources there is a file TrashIcon.icns. Alexander O'Mara, a guy who is a security expert at Mastercard discovered that this file contains ...
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Executable stops working after saving from hex editor?
I've been playing around with binaries and clang. I was playing around and suddenly the executable stopped working for no apparent reason. Here's what I did: Build hello world ex: echo -e '#include &...
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Remove x86 code from universal app [closed]
I'm using macOS 12 on an M1 MBP. There are certain apps that are mostly code and not resource, very large in size, and not needed in Rosetta. Therefore, I wrote a script to remove x86 components from ...
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How to unblock binary from use because Mac says it is not from identified developer
I have a binary from work that I'm trying to run. I keep getting an error that “my-binary-amd64” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. I've looked up solutions online and so far I'...
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"Bad CPU type in executable" when running pdftk
I have installed pdftk from https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/ on my mac and when I try to run it it fails. $ pdftk -version -bash: /usr/local/bin/pdftk: Bad CPU type in executable How can I ...
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I downloaded a shell executable and man pages from a source I trust. Where should I put them?
I downloaded a binary file for a shell executable, and the corresponding man pages, from a source I trust. Unpacking the archive returns a binary file and some man pages. There's no installer. Which ...
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Where does brew get all its binaries from? [duplicate]
Is there some centralized place were people just put their binaries and brew just queries that? Or do people submit their binaries to Brew? If so how do I go about submitting my binaries to brew?
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Include a binary in applescript bundle?
I've got an applescript that calls a binary on my computer (installed with homebrew). I'd like to share the applescript with friends, but can't guarantee that they'll have the binary. For example, a ...
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How To Make my Binary Translator Process Multiple Binary Numbers
I'm currently building a binary translator (binary to text) in the AppleScript editor. The code I wrote only lets you input one binary number at a time. I want to enter in multiple binary numbers at a ...
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How do I add Unix executables to the Parental Controls 'Allowed Apps' whitelist?
One example is some of Karabiner's executables, I get popups saying "You don't have permission to use the application "karabiner_grabber." as well as karabiner_console_user_server and a few others. ...
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Equivalent of objcopy -0 binary for Mach-O object files in macOS?
Equivalent of objcopy -O binary <FILE> <FILE>.bin for Mach-O object files in macOS? I want to dump the executable code in the __TEXT segment to a flat binary file on macOS. This can be ...
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Why isn't a binary file shown as 0s and 1s?
In my Mac OS, we know the files under /bin all are binary files.: crafts-MBP:bin ldl$ pwd /bin crafts-MBP:bin ldl$ ls [ csh ed launchctl mv rmdir tcsh bash date expr ...
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Is there a way to Upgrade terminal sftp client?
The pre-installed sftp binary on macOS sucks. When I use my ubuntu machine, sftp has glorious things like a history and tab completion. I've looked around, and cannot tell a clear cut path to ...
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