Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
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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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What Applications can use to scan? [closed]
What Applications other than the Image Capture can be used to scan documents with a scanner?
The drivers for the scanner are installed, but I wonder if there is any good macos Application out there ...
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How to make Quick Time Player support .avi files?
I have an .avi file that I wanted to play via Quick Time Player only.
But when I try to open an example .avi file, I get this error dialog pop-up given below:
Note: I know that I can use advanced ...
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How do you run APK application files on Apple Silicon Mac?
I want to run a few Android applications on my Mac computer somehow. However, I cannot find a way to.
Things I tried:
BlueStacks, doesn't run on Apple Silicon.
Andy, but the download page returns an ...
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Is there a way to find the download URL for apps from the Mac App Store?
I've found an open source script ipatool, but that only seems to work for iOS apps.
Is there a way to find the URL to the app files for an app in the Mac App Store?
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Does anyone know a PDF Annotation app that lets you erase with your finger?
I am a high school teacher, and I primarily use Paper by WeTransfer for teaching classes (write on the iPad, project to the screen). An amazingly useful feature of the Paper app is that I can erase ...
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Free mail client with "mark mail as read manually" option on macOS Sonoma?
I am looking for a free email client that has a "mark mail as read manually" option.
Back on macOS Ventura, I used to use the Mail Act-On plugin with Apple's native Mail app. This plugin had ...
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Anyone know a video editing prog that works with Intel + OS 12.4?
I would love iMovie but I cannot find a version that works with my system.
2016 MacBookPro running OS 12.4, that's with the Intel chip.
The latest version of iMovie needs the M1 chip and OS 13x. I ...
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Panic button app for iPhone 15 Pro?
I'm looking for an app that would call emergency services.
It's practical, as I can press the button in my pocket in stealth mode.
To avoid false alarms, I need to then confirm with a voice, some &...
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Menu bar XML searching app?
I'm thinking a simple search app that can be reached from the menu bar and I have put my XML-files in the settings and then I can search through it to find whatever the XML-file is storing. For ...
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How can one screen record part of the screen on iOS? [duplicate]
Example:
The built-in screen recorder seems to be only able to record the entire screen. I know I could use that and then use another application to crop the video (this is how I created the example ...
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How can I download a torrent with my iPhone?
I have a torrent file (example). How can I download its content on my iPhone 12 (iOS 15, not jailbroken)?
When looking at the Apple app store, I can't find my torrent clients that I typically use on ...
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Is there a free app to do AI text-to-speech?
I'm looking for a free way to do AI-powered "text to speech", so I can copy-paste an article or document and have it read to me.
I've tried say on the command line, but the lack of AI means ...
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