I developed a MacOS app with a GUI and I set it as A background only application in the Info.plist file. In addition I added it to start-up applications in order to keep it working while Mac is turned on. Now I want to open in foregro…
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Lees meerAs a file is selected on Finder, the "Get Info" (Command-i) under the "File" menu brings up the "Info" window. The "Info" window displays the creation time of the file, and also provides a checkbox to lock or unlock the file. On comman…
Lees meerOn the macOS terminal it is possible to open applications with the shell command below: open '/Applications/Brave Browser.app' I use this shell command bound to my hotkeys in order to move the window focus to Brave browser, for instanc…
Lees meerI developed a MacOS app with a GUI and I set it as A background only application in the Info.plist file. In addition I added it to start-up applications in order to keep it working while Mac is turned on. Now I want to open in foregro…
Lees meerI developed a MacOS app with a GUI and I set it as A background only application in the Info.plist file. In addition I added it to start-up applications in order to keep it working while Mac is turned on. Now I want to open in foregro…
Lees meerIn Disk Utility, where the name of my HDD's physical volume should appear, it now instead says "--" and is greyed out. Additionally, though the relevant "mount" button is clickable, it has no effect. And as one might expect, nothing sho…
Lees meerApple sets up macs to sleep and save energy by default. Setting aside energy use, is it bad for me to run Mac mini for an extended period of 7 days by preventing sleep and without turning it off?
Lees meerApple sets up macs to sleep and save energy by default. Setting aside energy use, is it bad for me to run Mac mini for an extended period of 7 days by preventing sleep and without turning it off?
Lees meerI would like to be able to search a selected .pdf(s) for 20 unique words on demand. I get a different .pdf file each month and would like to automate search so that I do not have to type in 20 different words each time. For example: I…
Lees meerSomeone else asks about using a USB floppy drive on a modern Mac, and the answer is that they "still work". This implies that the answerer is talking about a USB that previously worked on a Mac, but that doesn't clarify whether a USB f…
Lees meerI tend to take a lot of videos with my iPhone 12 (iOS version 15.6) but usually crop them to only keep the significant parts. However, I noticed that videos recorded and cropped almost 2 years ago still show the original and it lets me …
Lees meerI have the perpetual license for Office 365 for Mac. I have just word installed. Today the autoupdater showed the message that version 16.64 is available for update. I have 16.63.1. Obviously Autoupdater failed to update with the messag…
Lees meerI'm on macOS Monterey and this is the system Force Quit menu: I know how to quit or kill an app from command line, either using osascript or kill / killall - but they don't do the exact same thing the system Force Quit menu does. Can I…
Lees meerI would like to be able to search a selected .pdf(s) for 20 unique words on demand. I get a different .pdf file each month and would like to automate search so that I do not have to type in 20 different words each time. For example: I…
Lees meerI'm on macOS Monterey and this is the system Force Quit menu: I know how to quit or kill an app from command line, either using osascript or kill / killall - but they don't do the exact same thing the system Force Quit menu does. Can I…
Lees meerApple sets up macs to sleep and save energy by default. Setting aside energy use, is it bad for me to run Mac mini for an extended period of 7 days by preventing sleep and without turning it off?
Lees meerIn macOS Catalina, the Finder has a gallery view mode that is convenient for easily browsing a folder of images. In the Finder's preview options, if I select all possible information checkboxes, then the right-hand panel (the "preview c…
Lees meerFrom How can I manually delete old backups to free space for Time Machine? it is possible to delete an entire Mac's backups, or specific folders by date from Terminal. Entire Mac… sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/…
Lees meerIs my activity being monitored? I use no special prompts, I'm oblivious to this stuff. My Mac acts terribly funny. Any recommendations/any suggested prompts or further help
Lees meerI've been having issues with universal control being intermittent between a Macbook Pro and 2 iPads. I thought maybe there is an issue with one of my devices, so I purchased a Mac Mini M1 16GB. This worked beautifully so I thought maybe…
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