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.ssh/config: “Bad configuration option: UseKeychain” on Mac OS

After upgrading Mac OS to Mojave I started seeing this error when doing "git pull". I was able to follow the steps below as described here ; 1. open ssh config vi ~/.ssh/config 2. Add the following lines to ssh config to keep your configuration compatible with both new and old versions of openssh. IgnoreUnknown UseKeychain UseKeychain yes That fixed the issue for me. Try running git pull again.    More details about the issue are available here . 

Show hidden folders in Finder on Mac

Follow the steps as shown below; 1. Open a terminal window and type > defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true > killall Finder 2. Click on Finder icon to launch it again. That's it. If you go to the user home directory it should now show hidden files. In future if you decide to disable again, just repeat the same steps above and change true to false.  

Translucent gray border around mac screen

I noticed that suddenly a translucent gray border appeared around mac screen. It made it difficult to click on window controls and widgets that were behind the border. Luckily, I was able to follow the steps described here  to get rid of it. Step 1. Open a terminal window. Step 2. Type > killall Dock That fixed the problem for me.  

OS X Mavericks failed to download, Use the Purchases page to try again

I was trying to upgrade Mac OS and kept running into this error message when I tried to resume interrupted download. I was able to get around this problem by following steps mentioned below, which were originally posted in this post . Quit App Store. Open Terminal. Execute this: defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true Launch App Store. At the Menu bar, there should be a "Debug". Click on that and press "Reset Application" Restart App Store. After resetting the app store I was able to initiate a fresh download of Mavericks.