Outlook for Windows supports profile switching at launch natively, but the version for macOS makes it a little more difficult. Microsoft does, however, include a profile switching utility within Outlook for Mac and with some AppleScript you can launch the switching utility before Outlook. It’s not as seamless as Outlook on Windows, but it’s better
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If you spend a lot of time in the command line you may find it a bit difficult to remember the different commands you need to use to achieve basic things depending on whether you’re using Unix/Linux or Windows that day. This guide contains a cheat-sheet with some of the most used Unix commands and
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If you’ve ever accidentally pressed CMD+Q and quit an app when you wanted to press CMD+W to close a tab or the window, you can easily re-map the key combination required to quit a specific app (or all apps) in Settings. To do this open Settings, head to Keyboard, and then Shortcuts. Then select App Shortcuts from
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By default, macOS defaults to the SBC audio codec for Bluetooth headphones regardless of whether your headphones supports AAC or aptX. macOS itself, however, does support these codecs, it just needs enabling. In my case, I am using the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H9i that support the AAC codec, but this guide also includes a
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When updating your Mac, you usually have to go through the App Store to do it. This can be annoying because it takes around 20 minutes to do each update and you can’t use your Mac at the same time. But did you know there’s a way to do it via the command line interface?
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TL;DR: To authenticate as sudo in Terminal, paste the following line into /etc/pam.d/sudo auth sufficient pam_tid.so Step-by-step Instructions: Firstly you’ll need to open /etc/pam.d/sudo in a file editor within Terminal. You can do this by running the following command: sudo vi /etc/pam.d/sudo Then, press the i key on your keyboard, this will allow you
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To bypass Gatekeeper and open an app when “App cannot be opened. You should move it to trash.” comes up, simply open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and run the following command: sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/name of app.app You’ll need to replace name of app.app with the name of the application you’re trying
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On macOS, going to the System Profiler doesn’t give you the exact model number of your CPU, rather it just gives you the clock speed and the CPU branding (e.g; Intel Core i7). You can, however, use Terminal to find the exact model number of your CPU. Just open up Terminal (Applications > Utilities >
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It appears that Apple have removed the ability to enable Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere from within System Preferences. Fortunately, it’s easy enough to enable with 1 line in a terminal window. This line will enable and set the Allow apps downloaded from: preference to Anywhere. sudo spctl –master-disable Once you’ve run the command, close down System Preferences and
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From time to time you may want to prevent your Mac from sleeping without having to go into Settings and turn off Energy Saving mode. Thankfully, there’s another way to keep your Mac awake. All you need to do is run a single command in Terminal called caffeinate.
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