I've got numerous OSes installed on my Macintosh laptop for certain reasons. So I'd like to be as lightweight in my OS X as possible. What are the consequences of sudo rm -rf'ing  the following application that are allegedly unmodifiable/deletable because it’s required by OS X?  I am not a photographer so I don't really need  Photos.app Maps.app "Image Capture.app" "Photo Booth.app"   For communication I use emails mainly and I much prefer mutt so I'd like to get rid of  Mail.app Messages.app Contacts.app   I use vim mainly (and atom &amp; Xcode occasionally) so I'd also like to get rid of   TextEdit.app Notes.app "Utilities/Script Editor.app"   I also don't see myself ever using  Calculator.app Calendar.app Dashboard.app "DVD player.app" "Game Center.app"  iBooks.app Reminders.app Stickies.app "Time Machine.app"   These are what I use OS X mainly for    iOS development (sometimes) Web development: mainly to test browser compatibility Updating the firmware   So would I break anything important if I delete all the applications mentioned above?
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There are some preinstalled apps that came with my laptop that I know I wil never ever use.   Apps like "Notes", "Stickies", "Game Center", etc.. that were preinstalled in my Macbook Pro are apps that I don't plan on ever using and it's taking up too much space in my Application Folder.  Are there any ways to remove them? Please note that I have already tried dragging it to the Trash bin, but it won't even go to the Trash bin. It' just stuck in my computer forever.
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I originally was on Leopard.  Then I got the free upgrade to Snow Leopard.  I bought Lion when it was released and removed it after a few months because it made my machine too slow.  I upgraded the RAM and upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday.  But iPhoto is missing?  During the last two years I bought (from Apple) an iLife disc.  Remember discs?  lol  Anyway, it's iLife 11 so technically I could install it from disc but I like the app store experience.  Do I really have to pay $15 again for iPhoto in order to get it from the app store?  Or is there another way?
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I upgraded to OS X El Capitan and tried to install a new app (MPLAB X from Microchip) but I got an error because it couldn't copy a library to /usr/lib even when it asked for root password. I tried to manually copying the library using sudo cp libSEGGERAccessLink.dylib /usr/lib but it says cp: /usr/lib/libSEGGERAccessLink.dylib: Operation not permitted.  Is this a permission issue? How can I write to /usr/lib?  ls -ld /usr/lib returns:   drwxr-xr-x  263 root  wheel  8942 Oct  2 15:49 /usr/lib
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There used to be an option to delete files securely in older versions of Mac OS X. However, I am unable to find the same in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5.  Is the option removed? If yes, what's the probable reason? As I understand, the command was useful to ensure that data could no longer be recovered from the hard drive.  I am using a Late 2013 15" retina MacBook Pro.
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I am looking for a software to handle archives on OS X. I know there are many of them quite easy to find, but none seems to have the most basic feature that most Windows archive applications have: browsing!  I mean, most OS X unarchivers, when they open an archive, they just unzip it... then ask you for target location in the best case.  What I want is something such as WinRAR or 7zip, which is basically an explorer (ie. Finder) that opens archives.  What I want is precisely this! I want to be able to browse any archive without extracting it, opening files directly from the archive and then be able to modify it so that the file is actually modified in the archive. I want to be able to drag'n'drop a file to and from an archive to extract/add it.  Those features are so useful when modifying directly JAR files contents, JAR files MANIFESTs, war webapps conf-files and so on...  Thank you.
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I am looking to change a file association on the Mac using some sort of script. I know that I can do something like that in Windows using the assoc command.  Is there something scriptable on macOS which will do a similar job? I don’t mind whether it’s in Bash (my preference), AppleScript or something in Automator.  I am aware of the dutil command but I want to be able to do it without additional software.
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I have a Mac that runs Snow Leopard and I intend to upgrade it to Mountain Lion and sell it on ebay. However, I only have one hard-drive, and I'm sure I can't use something in my OS to delete my OS and all user data.  Is there something for this that's built into the firmware that I can do on boot, or otherwise?   I have source code on my Mac for multiple corporations' proprietary software and I can't risk somebody gaining access through the use of any sort of disk recovery tool. I plan to use a 7 pass erase rather than simply deleting the directory.
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I'm used to working on Unix/Linux and recently moved to Mac. In used to be able to do this: derick@linux1:~$ ssh -X linux2 derick@linux2's password: derick@linux2:~$ xclock  I've install X11 from maxports and I can do the same from my mac. If I try the reverse by ssh-ing into my mac from linux I can only run certain apps:  /usr/X11/bin/xclock works fine  Something like /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview opens the GUI on the mac. It seems that this is not possible on a mac? If not, how do I run an application remotely (on a mac) with a local (linux) display? Do I need some third-party app?   Update: To be more precise: I have synergy and use Mac for coding. On my linux PC I would like to see another application's display (GUI) from Mac. Thus, 'live screen sharing' apps like VNC will not work. For example I'm working on my mac in app A (say Word) and want to see the output of Excel (running on mac) on my linux PC next to me. (Simulating a dual screen via the network). It worked nicely on linux, hoping for a solution for mac.
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Where do questions along the lines of &quot;how do I get my scanner (model number here) to work over the network with the latest OS X ?&quot; (and similar questions) go? (Obviously, they don't go on Stack Overflow.) Is there a master list somewhere?
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Is it possible to build a .dmg file (for distributing apps) from a non-Mac platform? And if yes, how?
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Is there a list of officially supported Macs for OS X El Capitan?  I ask to get ready if any hardware which is supported on Yosemite is not supported by El Capitan?
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I run the latest versions of OS X and iOS. Is there a way to mass-delete all completed reminders in both iOS and OS X? I’ve looked but can't seem to find a way so far.
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I've recently been trying to 'install' stuff a lot less on my Windows machine (I hate installers - I need to know where programs put stuff...), choosing to use portable or standalone versions of applications instead.  I put them all in a 'Programs' dir on a drive separate from my Windows partition, so whenever I reinstall, I have all my applications available with minimal effort and on the plus side, I get a nice clean setup.  Applications like Office and Creative Suite still require me to go through a horribly long installation process where a thousand random libraries and tools are thrown across my system.  Why do Windows apps still need installing? Why can't we just drag Photoshop to a folder à la OSX and just have it work? Does anyone else focus on portable apps, or am I just being OCD about the whole thing?
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I tried following a few tutorials, but I get this:   How can I fix this? I added in a info.plist (I just copied and pasted another app's file, and changed around a few things.)  Also, I used chmod +x myApp to make the script executable.  P.S. I am using El Capitan
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Experiencing a problem with several apps after installing macOS Catalina.  When the app is downloaded from the internet I get the error:     "APP NAME" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the trash.   Any workarounds to bypass macOS gatekeeper for specific apps?
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I would like to import my photos off my camera without using the OS X Photos app and locate my photos direct in the Finder so I can store them in folders, edit them in Photoshop etc. (i.e. do whatever I like with my files without getting involved with the Photos app)  This app automatically recognises my camera and offers to import but I can't work out how to import them to a folder or seperate hardrive where I can sort through the files.  Does anyone know how to import to a folder? or even access the individual files in finder if photos has to be used for import?   …or is there a free import software I can use to avoid "photos " completely  (Theres no camera software available for Yosemite from the company that made my camera)
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Are there Apple guidelines for where user shell tools in Mountain Lion should be installed? Some (e.g. TeX, or Apple's Git) end up in /usr, and others (e.g. X11) seem to end up in /opt (sometimes with a symlink from /usr), while others (e.g., Git) end up in /user/local, and I wonder what the difference is, and whether one is preferred over the other.