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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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What is Apple's equivalent to Adobe After Effects?
I was wondering, what is Apple's version of After Effects? In the same way that Final Cut Pro is the apple alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Any suggestions for M1 optimized file comparison tool? [closed]
I installed kdiff3 on my m1 mac using homebrew but it seems that it doesn't have an apple m1 optimized version and hence takes 2-3 secs to open. Does anyone know of a file comparison tool similar to ...
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Recommendation for PDF "organizer"
I am looking for a PDF library organizer / tool. The requirements are:
I can create "shelves" where I could sort the PDFs by topics.
I could access it both from my iPad and from my Mac or maybe even ...
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Using iPad as a shared drawing board in a Skype meeting
I use Skype daily for work meetings. My collaborators work in different places around the world and this is the only way to stay connected and work together with them. We are theoretical physicists.
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Switch from Outlook 2016 Mac to Apple Mail
I have been using the mac for a long time, earlier I used Entourage as my email client, then came the Outlook 2011 for Mac and now its Outlook 2016 for Mac.
Due to some official guidelines I now need ...
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Free PDF reader for iPad with 2 pages side-by-side layout (like a book)
I just bought a 12.9" iPad Pro. I was surprised to realise that I couldn't read my PDFs in 2 page, side-by-side layout in landscape orientation with iBooks.
Is there any free PDF reader app that ...
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Tool to remove image parts in PDF
The reader of my university lecture regularly posts lecture notes online. The pdf contains handwritten mathematical theorems including the proofs. Everything is written on a completely white ...
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Is there a macOS alternative to delaycut or eac3to?
I'm looking to edit some audio tracks for movies without reencoding them.
I've searched online, and apparently delaycut and eac3to would be good for what I'm aiming to do (according to an Original ...
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I want to split an image into small, equally-sized tiles
I’m an artist with a stupid question, the answer to which might easy…
I have need of a process that can segment an image into a specified number of equal-sized tiles, that will then go through a ...
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download WineBottler with AdBlocker (Privoxy and Adblock Edge)
Because of security (malware) I run two ad blockers. System wide proxy Privoxy and browser plugin Adblock Edge.
I wish to download WineBottler 1.8-rc4 Development
and I received this strange error (...
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Can I read one pdf document on two ipads each showing a facing page?
I would like to be able to read a 60 page pdf on 2 ipads that will display facing pages. (one page per ipad) Pages should turn like a book as if both ipads are the facing pages of a book.
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How to add an application specific service contextual menu for an automator created service
I have just created a service for my text editor.
I would like to be able to add a services item in the text editor contextual menu when right clicking.
Can this be done?
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How do I install and run MySQL?
I installed MySQL:
but MySQL certainly isn't on the path when I open a terminal, nor do I see it in applications, as I seem to recall Windows handles MySQL.
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Translation of words in spotlight
I am looking for an extension for spotlight on Yosemite, which allows an offline translation of english words into german and vice-versa. Similar to the inbuilt dictionary, but rather giving a ...
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