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How does MacOS decide when to use M1's performance vs. efficiency cores?

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I haven't found the answer by googling. I'm wondering because I can't make sense of what I see on my M1 MacBook Air when giving it a heavy load of BOINC jobs when on battery vs. plugged in. Screenshots show MacOS assigning the four job…

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Is it necessary to shutdown and unplug the power cord of Mac Mini every night?

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Mac mini M1, I usually use it at night, and shutdown it before I go to sleep. I go to work in the morning, and will use the Mac again at the night. After every shutdown, I unplug the power cord because I guess it will affect so…

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Scroll down - change scrollbar position using AppleScript (combined with another script)

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

So a great guy helped me (Automator: Applescript - Open a specific Google Chrome profile and use extension). Now, I want to implement the next step into this. I can now run a specific Chrome profile and use a specific extension function…

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Is it possible to change input switch hot keys to another in macOS?

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

The default input method switch keys are: Ctrl+Space. Is it possible to bind to other key pairs? Such as Alt+Space?

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Is there a command/simple method to restore all "defaults" settings?

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

defaults read prints out all the preferences for all apps. defaults write … … can be used to set preferences But write cannot use the format that comes from read I would like a way to get all the defaults on demand, save the results, an…

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Is there a command/simple method to restore all "defaults" settings?

maandag 6 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

defaults read prints out all the preferences for all apps. defaults write … … can be used to set preferences But write cannot use the format that comes from read I would like a way to get all the defaults on demand, save the results, an…

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How does MacOS decide when to use M1's performance vs. efficiency cores?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I haven't found the answer by googling.

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How to programatically change application's notification settings?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

There are some applications like WhatsApp or Telegram that don't have a fast way of disabling notifications. I would like to know if it's possible to change notification settings programatically. In my case it would suffice to change th…

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Select by one character using shift + arrow does not work in Terminal

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

After fresh reinstall of macOS (started with High Sierra, not updated up to Big Sur), I am unable to use Shift + ← and Shift + → in Terminal, it returns symbols instead of selecting one character on left or right side. Shift + ← return…

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Why am I able to run my own app without code signing?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a little open-source Qt app I wrote and then compiled on my Mac. I ran macdeployqt and copied it to my /Applications folder, and it runs without complaint. Ultimately I plan to sign this app with an Apple developer certificate an…

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How to set a different default User Agent in Safari?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

GeoGuessr bugs a lot using the default User Agent so I prefer using Google Chrome - macOS as the User Agent. But I need to change it every time I open it. Is there any way to set the default User Agent that always stays the same or just…

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Why am I able to run my own app without code signing?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a little open-source Qt app I wrote and then compiled on my Mac. I ran macdeployqt and copied it to my /Applications folder, and it runs without complaint. Ultimately I plan to sign this app with an Apple developer certificate an…

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How does Apple FaceID authentication work?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I gave my son my passwords to Fidelity Investments and my Spectrum Internet account. On his phone, he logged into both apps with my passwords and only needed his face (using FaceID) to access those two accounts. However, one day I wante…

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Is it necessary to shutdown and unplug the power cord of Mac Mini every night?

zondag 5 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Mac mini M1, I usually use it at night, and shutdown it before I go to sleep. I go to work in the morning, and will use the Mac again at the night. After every shutdown, I unplug the power cord because I guess it will affect so…

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Is it necessary to shutdown and unplug the power cord of Mac Mini every night?

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a Mac mini M1, I usually use it at night, and shutdown it before I go to sleep. I go to work in the morning, and will use the Mac again at the night. After every shutdown, I unplug the power cord because I guess it will affect so…

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Syncing with Google

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am a new mac user who owns Macbook Air M1 with macOS 11.5.2. I have a problem when I am trying to add a Google account in my internet accounts to sync (not mail) with Authorization Failed Error once I click on Open Browser. I tried c…

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Scroll down - change scrollbar position using AppleScript (combined with another script)

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

So a great guy helped me (Automator: Applescript - Open a specific Google Chrome profile and use extension). Now, I want to implement the next step into this. I can now run a specific Chrome profile and use a specific extension function…

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Assign shortcut to higligting colours in Preview

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Is there a way to assign some shortcut to the colours in the higlight section of Preview, e.g CMD+1 -> highlight the selected text in Yellow CMD+2 -> highlight the selected text in Green ...

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Showing a better onscreen keyboard on MacOS

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am looking for an old style onscreen keyboard. Is this still an option on MacOS, or is there a third party application? Or has it been there all along but I missed it? It used to look something like this: The current Keyboard Viewer …

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Reduce brightness of white color (Whitepoint) on MacBook 2020 (eye strain, pain)

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My eyes hurt when I work with a MacBook. My eyes perceive other displays well. The same problem was with my iPhone, my eyes hurt and I turned on "Reduce Whitepoint" (this is available only on iOS) and now I want to do the same thing on …

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Reduce brightness of white color (Whitepoint) on MacBook 2020 (eye strain, pain)

zaterdag 4 september 2021 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My eyes hurt when I work with a MacBook. My eyes perceive other displays well. The same problem was with my iPhone, my eyes hurt and I turned on "Reduce Whitepoint" (this is available only on iOS) and now I want to do the same thing on …

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