HomePod as a voice-activated dialing device

I would like to plant two listening devices (HomePods) in the house for dad, such that he can verbally call mom's iPhone or sister's iPhone. We are retiring dad's iPhone and the cellular service as he no longer uses it. Assume dad ha…

Is there a QTranslate for MacOS?

I'd like to translate selected text using one keyboard shortcut and see translation in a pop up window, similarly to how QTranslate works on Windows. I tried Mate, but it requires several key shortcuts :) The core feature of translatio…

Why is my system running out of application memory when there is plenty of free disk space to swap?

I am running some extremely memory intensive calculations that can balloon to use a great deal of memory for a process (a java program). I have increased the maximum java heap size to 64 GB to allow for this. Java memory usage gets to a…

Error while disabling csrutil on macOS Catalina

I've tried to disable csrutil on Catalina by booting and repeatedly hitting EDIT: cmd+R. I've run the terminal and disabled csrutil. I get the error "failed to modify system integrity configuration". This tool needs to be executed from …

Is there a QTranslate for MacOS?

I'd like to translate selected text using one keyboard shortcut and see translation in a pop up window, similarly to how QTranslate works on Windows. I tried Mate, but it requires several key shortcuts :) The core feature of translatio…

A few apps constantly asking for location permissions, even though I grant them access every time

Fantastical.app (from the Mac App Store) and TV.app (the apple app) will ask multiple times a day for permission to use location data. I grant them access each time, and also see that they are listed as enabled/authorized for location d…

A few apps constantly asking for location permissions, even though I grant them access every time

Fantastical.app (from the Mac App Store) and TV.app (the apple app) will ask multiple times a day for permission to use location data. I grant them access each time, and also see that they are listed as enabled/authorized for location d…

Air Tag not showing on "Find My" on my Mac

I just bought an AirTag to be able to track my bike in case it gets stolen. Thing is, I have an iPad Pro, an MacBook Pro, but no iPhone. I added the AirTag with my iPad which worked great. The tag is now showing in my "Find My" app as s…

Does Xcode have a graphic editor

ALL, Looking for a way to create a cursor inside an Xcode. Google gives nothing in this regards - it just produces a lot of un-useful links, even for SO. I'm looking for something like a Resource Editor in MSVC, where you can create a b…

Is it safe to use `trash-cli` on macOS?

Introduction The program nnn has a send-to-trash functionality, and it uses trash-cli. I would like to use nnn and trash-cli on macOS. Reading trash-cli's homepage, I see it uses ~/.local/share/Trash/, while macOS' Trash is ~/.Trash. I …

Is it safe to use `trash-cli` on macOS?

Introduction The program nnn has a trashing functionality, and it uses trash-cli. I would like to use nnn and trash-cli on macOS. Reading trash-cli's homepage, I see it uses ~/.local/share/Trash/, while macOS' Trash is ~/.Trash. I was t…

Middle click on trackball

I just upgraded to a M1 Monterey Mac and I have a Kensington orbit trackball with two mouse buttons. On Pre-Monterey, I could (with Kensington Trackball works) press the left and right mouse button simultaneously and get a middle click.…

HomePod as a voice-activated dialing device

I would like to plant two listening devices (HomePods) in the house for dad, such that he can verbally call mom's iPhone or sister's iPhone. We are retiring dad's iPhone and the cellular service as he no longer uses it. Assume dad ha…

How do I ensure that my Mac mini will *always* connect to my Synology NAS with the username and password saved in the Keychain?

I have a Mac mini - Intel i5 Mid 2011 - running MacOS High Sierra - the latest version of the OS it will allow to run - with all suitable software updates. I have a Mac admin user with a username and password. I have set it to automatic…

Type special characters similar to Windows

My son follows an online typing course for school. This course is offert through a website. As my son advances, he needs to type characters like: è, é, ë, ü, ï. We have not found a way to type these characters in a way it satisfies the …

How do I ensure that my Mac mini will *always* connect to my Synology NAS with the username and password saved in the Keychain?

I have a Mac mini - Intel i5 Mid 2011 - running MacOS High Sierra - the latest version of the OS it will allow to run - with all suitable software updates. I have a Mac admin user with a username and password. I have set it to automatic…

Change Mac terminal name before the @

In my terminal app, it shows (base) jeffsungs@Sung-Macbook-Air ~ % on every row. I know that Sung-Macbook-Air is the localhostname, and how to change it. But how about the writings before the @ (in this case is jeffsungs), what is its…

Error while disabling csrutil on macOS Catalina

I've tried to disable csrutil on Catalina by booting and repeatedly hitting EDIT: cmd+R. I've run the terminal and disabled csrutil. I get the error "failed to modify system integrity configuration". This tool needs to be executed from …

Forcing macOS upgrade on mid-2011 iMac

I have a mid-2011 iMac with 16gb of RAM and an SSD drive installed. Currently I'm using macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.6) which is the last supported version on my Mac. Is there any way to force the installation of a newer version of …

Forcing macOS upgrade on mid-2011 iMac

I have a mid-2011 iMac with 16gb of RAM and an SSD drive installed. Currently I'm using macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.6) which is the last supported version on my Mac. Is there any way to force the installation of a newer version of …

What is '< donderdag 28 april 2022 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

In this post and one or two others I've seen things like: osascript

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