Questions tagged [macos-sierra]

The thirteenth release of Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the first Mac software branded as "macOS", which was called "OS X", "Mac OS X", and other variants previously.

macOS Sierra (10.12) is the thirteenth major release Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. It was announced on June 13, 2016 at WWDC 2016.

This is the first Mac software to be branded as "macOS", a name chosen for consistency with Apple's other operating systems.

System requirements:

macOS Sierra requires at least 2GB of RAM and 8GB of storage space and will run on:

  • iMac: Late 2009 or newer
  • MacBook: Late 2009 or newer
  • MacBook Pro: Mid 2010 or newer
  • MacBook Air: Late 2010 or newer
  • Mac Mini: Mid 2010 or newer
  • Mac Pro: Mid 2010 or newer

Sierra is the first version of macOS since OS X Mountain Lion, released in 2012, that does not run on all computers that the previous version supported.

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dispatch_sync_f blocks window fullscreen operation

I am writing an application that does a blocking operation on the main thread using dispatch_sync_f when toggled (input from keyboard). I have a while loop inside the function that was passed to dispatch_sync_f that performs some routines. To ensure…
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Find and Replace script for textWrangler

I'm trying to make a script that will find and replace some xml structure. I've made it all flat, no spaces, no return. So far I've made : tell application "TextWrangler" replace text "amenitydrinking_water" using…
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After updating to macOS beta 4, go test -cover is throwing "fatal error: unexpected signal during runtime execution"

Go build and go test are still working. Before updating to macOS beta I had no problems using the test coverage tools. "go test" is working fine; however, all of the coverage test commands are throwing this error (go test -coverprofile=coverage.out…
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Homebrew Python SQLite not building on macOS Sierra

I've installed Homebrew Python on my computer running macOS sierra. The problem is that SQLite doesn't work, at all: Python 2.7.11 (default, Jul 8 2016, 15:45:55) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.24.1)] on darwin Type "help",…
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How to distinguish a closing event is triggered by “x” on the left of a tabbed window or “x” on the left top to close all windows

With the latest macOS, the tab feature introduced, my app needs to support this. Here is the thing, I don't know how to distinguish the closing event like the title I said. What I expect is when I click the "x" on the left of a tabbed window, it…
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Install mac os X sierra fails with "not a valid volume mount point"

I get "not valid mount point" error when trying to install OS X Sierra with reissued installer with unexpired certificate (2029 expiration).
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how to detect MacOS Sierra version in plain javascript

I need to detect MacOS Sierra and its version number using plain javascript. Please help me out with a code snippet.
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Where is my Docker MySql 5.7 volume stored on Mac High Sierra?

I'm using the following version of Docker on Mac High Sierra ... localhost:maps davea$ docker-compose --version docker-compose version 1.25.2, build 698e2846 I have created the below docker-compose.yml file. I would like my MySql volume to persist…
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Why does printf break signal handlers on macOS but not on ubuntu?

I was performing a simple demonstration of signal handlers as an exercise when I noticed some odd behaviour. The following code works unchanged on ubuntu 14.04 LTS but not on macOS Sierra 10.12.6. That is on macOS the program hangs forever with no…
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MacOS Terninal \u as username -2

The user name in my MacOS terminal shows as username-2, while I don't know the -2 Last login: Mon Sep 3 17:59:39 on ttys001 501 HacSec-2:hacsec ~$
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how to run VPN automator on Mac High Sierra

Following is my code to connect to VPN VPN="MY VPN NAME" IS_CONNECTED=$(test -z `scutil --nc status "$VPN" | head -n 1 | grep Connected` && echo 0 || echo 1); if [ $IS_CONNECTED = 1 ]; then scutil --nc stop "$VPN" else scutil --nc start…
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Mac OS Sierra install failure: The file couldn't be opened

While trying to perform a clean installation of MacOS Sierra on a Macbook Pro 2012 (8Gb ram, 250 SSD Crucial Driver and i5 processor) through the boot install option (cmd + r) from the web (Internet install, an this is needed as I just installed the…
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Postfix - Must issue a STARTTLS command first - revisited

I'm running MacOS Sierra, and this is the first time I've seen '/etc/ssl/certs' in my system. It doesn't exist in Yosemite or earlier. But that directory is EMPTY, so I have no clue what to supply for the certificate to use Gmail. Until I get that,…
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Remove A String of Numbers or Text From The Beginning of A Filename

On MacOS Sierra (MacBook Pro), how would one remove random strings of numbers from the beginning of .pdf filenames as a batch so that they can be viewed in alphabetical order? For e.g. this is a sample of how these files appear in Finder with the…
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Python script for create multiple JSON files with predefined data

I'm new to Python, I have simple requirement in my iOS project. I want to create multiple JSON files with some fix data in each file. I googled some articles but didn't found exactly what I wish to do. So how do I achieve this? Following things I'm…
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