Questions tagged [preferences]
The personal settings which control the configurable options on your Mac or iOS device. Examples include what wallpapers are displayed, when a screen saver will be displayed, or whether or not Time Machine is enabled and how it is configured.
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How can I find all preferences or settings files relevant to a particular app?
When troubleshooting apps, a common remedy is to delete or clear their .plist files. On macOS Sequoia 15.3, I discovered that clearing ~/Library/com.apple.TV.plist with defaults delete com.apple.TV....
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Merging / migrating text replacements from MBP Late-2013 to MBP M4 [duplicate]
I had a large list of 'self-made hotkeys'. I've been trying to understand why only about 10% (quite a randomly selected subset, it seems), was indeed copied to my new machine. I've been directed to ~/...
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How to get font name of current profile in terminal app through the command line
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 the ...
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Fix Microsoft Outlook Main Window Position
On a multiple display system, Microsoft Outlook always opens on the currently active display. The previous position of Outlook is ignored. The NSWindow Frame MainWindow value in the plist always gets ...
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macOS 14.6.1 : Mouse behaviors - Logitech wired and Magic Mouse controlled by the same settings
I have been useing a wired Logitech USB mouse for a couple years and all of a sudden it decided to slow way down. Thinking this was a preferences issue. Settings > Mouse, cranked the speed up to ...
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Increase the number of recent items on macOS past 50
I want more recent items, because I like having the list. Most of the results I've found are pre-macOS 11, referencing defaults keys like NSRecentDocumentsLimit and NSNaveRecentPlacesLimit. I haven't ...
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What enables/prevents changing language for a given application?
In theory, I can configure (via the system preferences) any application to run under a specific language (different from the default system langauge). However, for some applications this option is ...
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Individual accent colors for Mac OS Apps? [duplicate]
I'd like to change the individual accent colors of my apps in Mac OS (so that they arent all the same). I'd like to change my Mail app accent colors to blue specifically. Is there a way to do this ...
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TrueTone flickering when switching user accounts (display color changes briefly)
When I switch between logged in user accounts, I noticed TrueTone flickers (the display color shifts to TrueTone briefly). It turns on when switching to the next account for a few seconds, and then ...
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Application Shortcut for Slack does not work
I've created an application shortcut for the "All Unreads" command in Slack to change from Cmd+Shift+A to Ctrl+Shift+A. It shows up in the toolbar for Slack: When I press Ctrl+Shift+A in ...
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How to stop cursor from blinking on Mac?
My MacBook's version is Sonoma 14.0. I hope to disable cursor blinking for as many apps on MacBook as possible, especially for Notes.app, xcode.app, and Safari.app. This question has been asked before ...
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Unable to log into Hulu through Chrome because "Location is turned off in Mac System Preferences", but setting is on and still won't let me in
I am trying to log into Hulu with Chrome and it asks to share my location. I say yes. It goes to log in and I get a popup for a location request. I accept and the browser says my location has been ...
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How to copy "App Shortcuts" to another user or Mac?
In System Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts it is possible to define application-specific shortcuts for menu entries. My main problem is that I have quite a long ...
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MacBook Pro - Sound preferences won't open
I'm running OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 for years on my MacBook Pro Retina 2015, never updated the OS since then as I'm running a bunch of softwares that won't work if I update. Anyways, since about one ...
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How do I get rid of old, orphaned network hardware ports under macOS?
I'm frequently changing USB-C Ethernet adapters with my M1 MacBook Pro 14" because they get lost or broken. But, although I've removed them from Network Setup under Preferences they stay under ...
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