Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
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Is there a "findmnt" equivalent for OS X?
I find findmnt's output much easier for a quick scan of the filesystem status than the traditional mount command.
Here is a sample output, showing the details it offers.
$ findmnt
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Better tabs management in Safari 6.x
I'm looking for extensions to allow the Safari 6.x versions to manage a large number of open tabs better than the current implementation. In particular I'm looking for two features:
Vertical tabs. ...
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Mac process identification
When I look at all the processes running on Mac, I see a ton of them I have no idea what they are. Occasionally I google a few and find answers on the web.
However, I was thinking, it would be really ...
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Adding custom email headers on iOS
I use Mozilla Thunderbird on OSX but I am considering getting an iPad. Thunderbird allows me to add any kind of custom email header. For me, this feature is essential.
Will I find an iOS app that ...
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Looking for OpenSource Cleaning / cache deleting application for Mac
In the times of small SSD harddisks, I was looking for an open source software to delete caches and other space wasters like logs, unused application remains and such on Mac OSX, and all over the web ...
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Graphing Apple Health data for more than one year
I just migrated from Fitbit to Apple Watch and transferred my data. The one disappointment is that while Apple Health keeps all data, its graphs show at most the past year, but it's often useful to ...
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Is there any app or anyway for mac to search within a video's texts/transcription
This might be a very niche thing, but I have a lot of local and downloaded videos on my Mac that I keep for educational purposes, and was wondering if it's possible to search through the ...
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Clock app alarms are stopping recordings
I just found out from Apple techs that the clock alarm is supposed to stop all activities, such as making recordings, playing apps, etc. when the alarm goes off. I've had important recordings (work ...
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Is there an alarm clock app to replace Sleep Cycle?
I've been using the Sleep Cycle accelerometer-based alarm clock app for a while now:
But since very recently the app seems to be using up all of my battery overnight, which it didn't do before, and ...
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Is there a video recording app that stores the exact time the video starts (time of day to the millisecond)?
I'm looking for an app that will log the exact time a video starts to millisecond precision.
I know that normal .mov videos recorded on Apple's Photos app stores time of day information - but from ...
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Customize external HDD spindown timeout?
It's possible to enable spinning down of mechanical hard drives using the "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" option in Energy Saver, and it's possible to customize the timeout period with sudo ...
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Application to control phone call volume independently from main volume
Simply put, if I accept/receive a phone call or FaceTime audio phone call, then I prefer the volume to be louder than what it usually is at.
This does not sound problematic. Why not just adjust the ...
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Screen capturing Android tablet via Mac
I'm working on a project that requires me to screen-capture game play from a game on a Pixel C tablet, but I have an iMac. I'm wondering if there's a way for me to plug the tablet into the iMac and ...
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Mirror iPad Pro screen to my Windows 10 PC via USB
I need to mirror my iPad screen to my windows 10 computer without wifi (via USB). Is there a modern software solution that does not involve very low framerate or high latency ?
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How to analyze font substitution in Catalina
I used to use a program called FontRevelear to analyze the font substitution behavior. Basically, if you type some Unicode character from font "A", but the character isn't actually in font "A", the ...
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