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Quick-fire questions

How to copy the pathname of a file in the Finder?

> Select the item using Ctrl-click or twofinger tap, and hold for the contextual menu. Hold Opt to see the command “Copy [name] as Pathname”. In Terminal you can add the path by dragging the file and dropping it onto the command line.

How long should a Mac keep its log files for?

> Main log files in macOS aren’t retained for a set period, but according to the size of log files, normally kept to a little over 500MB in the main

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