Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
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An app to doodle vector diagrams with apple pencil
I want to illustrate technical ideas with it quickly and dirty, possibly sharing over a chat screen share. NOT create document-grade formal diagrams.
I tried Graffle and Affinity Designer. Didn't like ...
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Adding custom tags to an AVI format file
I converted mov file to AVI file, and I need it to have similar settings to some other video I have.
I saw that it has tags that are not the standard AVI tags. I tried to use ffmeg and add it to my ...
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Android File Transfer Woes
What's up with Android File Transfer? Went to the download site but couldn't find the link. I saw on the forums it's not supported anymore.
What are some other ways I can transfer files from my phone ...
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Any free VM's for Apple Silicon MacBooks? [closed]
I hope to run Windows XP and similar versions of Windows that don’t support Apple Silicon, either virtually or through an emulator layer.
I tried VirtualBox, but it says "Intel Core needed". ...
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emacs-like key-bindings for window management within macOS
Is there a way to have macOS key-bindings that let me manipulate windows?
For example:
⌘ Command → to move the window to the right
⌘ Command + →
to grow the window to the right
I'm looking for tools ...
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How to disable accidental trackpad input on Apple Silicon hardware running macOS Sonoma?
I know we have an old thread on the Apple SE site about this, but none of the posted solutions work on the newer Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Macs running macOS Sonoma.
I have tested Karabiner-Multitouch-...
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A PDF viewer that can reload and open pdf attached files
I'm searching for a PDF viewer with two specific capabilities: firstly, the ability to open attached PDF files, similar to Foxit PDF Reader or Adobe PDF Reader. Secondly, I need it to automatically ...
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Simplest way to create a clickable list in MacOS that will cause selected programs to run
I'm looking for something which runs under macOS that will let me do the following:
Suppose I have a file called "program.list" with contents something like this:
"Program 1" "...
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iPad app for handwriting with Apple pencil including a button on-screen to quickly erase content
I discovered that I recall more, for instance, using Anki, by writing with the Apple Pencil instead of using a keyboard. However, it's a bit tedious to use GoodNotes, write something, and then having ...
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Are there tools/ a 'simple' process for converting a .dict file into something the macOS Dictionary app can install? [duplicate]
I have a bunch of different versions of the same specialist English language dictionary (basically, .dict, .dict.dz/ stardict.)
I want to convert this into something I can install on the macOS ...
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how to install SBCL on Apple Silicon without brew and without sudo / admin?
I have an Apple M1 macbook pro in which I want to use SBCL for Common Lisp but without homebrew. The official SBCL page says one way is to build SBCL from source, though you need to bootstrap that ...
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Can I somehow restrict command+tab to hide apps without document windows open from macOS?
On MacOS, closing the last window of an app does not close that app. (To speed up opening a new window later, I assume.)
Motivation
Let's look at 2 common activities:
A) opening a document/file that ...
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Can I generate screenshot in 2x mode with any screenshot tool on macOS?
Currently, if I take a screenshot e.g. 1000x1000, it provides a 1000x1000 image. Ideally, I want to be 2000x2000.
Is it possible to take screenshots in 2x/retina resolution with the default screenshot ...
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Non-subscription gui software to manually rotate a page in a pdf by a few degrees for deskewing
I'm looking for a piece of software that can run on macos, that has a gui, and that enables the user to manually rotate a page in a pdf by a few degrees (say up to 5) in order to deskew the image. I ...
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QuickTime Player audio recordings editing
As per here, The QuickTime Player is capable of
perform simple editing tasks, such as trimming the audio file, splitting it into clips, merging and rearranging sound clips.
I using the latest MacOS (...
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