The Cut, Copy & Paste Daemon in OS X
Ever seen com.apple.pboard in a launchctl list? Â Wondered what it did? Â This is the infamous clipboard (aka – pasteboard, or on the iPhone the NSPasteboard server). Â If you unload the pboard entry in launchctl then you will no longer be able to cut, copy and paste. Â pboard relies on the existence of and the accessibility [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:01 am by admin · Permalink
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In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: broken, com.apple.com, copy, cut, no paste, paste, pboard, troubleshooting
In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: broken, com.apple.com, copy, cut, no paste, paste, pboard, troubleshooting
April Fools – Trash Rather than Cut
You can set the cut function of the Finder to move items into the trash rather than into the clipboard: defaults write com.apple.Finder AllowCutForItems true It’s not the nicest of jokes to play on people though… So to undo it: defaults write com.apple.Finder AllowCutForItems false Happy April Fools Day
Posted on April 1, 2005 at 12:01 am by admin · Permalink
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In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: AllowCutForItems, cut, defaults write, paste, trash
In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: AllowCutForItems, cut, defaults write, paste, trash
