Questions tagged [applications]
Application software. Applications, or apps, for short, is software that runs on the computer.
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How to update apps on a shared computer?
I gave my mom my old iMac after creating a new user on the Mac and importing her data via Migration Assistant.
I made her an admin, but kept my old user accounts on the computer, which have admin ...
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Which background apps restart when you reboot iPhone? [duplicate]
I’ve noticed that the app switcher doesn’t show screens for the apps but they are shown there (typically with just a blank screen or a solid color screen with the app name/logo). And it seems ...
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How to locate the app which defines global keyboard shortcuts?
I used a macOS app to define a few keyboard shortcuts to open/activate other apps quickly since a few years ago, now I want to update the settings in that app, but I can't remember which app it is.
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Get .app path from a bundle ID? [duplicate]
Say I have a bundle ID com.apple.Safari, how do I get the path to the app bundle (.app) (/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Safari.app) from that?
I need this for my script to automate a task.
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How can I download an earlier version of an app to my macOS on the App Store?
I’m using an app that I have download from the App Store on my Mac OS. After updating it to it’s latest version recently, it doesn’t seem to have worked very well on my MacBook.
An earlier version ...
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Is the app "E-mail Client App - myMail" a part of ios 14?
I just upgraded my iPhone to ios 14.7 and I noticed something weird. When I checked my Screen Time usage, I see an app that I don't recognize nor remember installing. It's called "E-mail Client ...
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Is it possible to find out what video link an App on iOS accesses?
I have an App on iOS that plays a TV channel at no charge, but a PC version is not available on the company website. I tried to watch the channel on the iPhone, it was not enjoyable. I'm wondering if ...
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What App Is This (iPad Pro)?
Have been seeing this app used on many different YouTube channels. Just saw this video (at 4:06) and had to know.
Does anyone know what app this is?
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Precisely what does "Allow app to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites" mean?
It's a great step in the right direction that iOS 14.7.1 now forces apps to let the user know that it's tracking their activity, with a prompt such as this:
It says:
Track your activity across other ...
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App can't be opened when accessing with another user
I have a mac that runs Fusion360 under one user. I now want to use the program from the other user but I get an error that the application is not supported.
That's weird because it runs without ...
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Access Applications directory with Terminal in Recovery Mode
I hope someone can help.
I'm trying to access my Appplications directory in Recovery Mode of my iMac with Terminal. I want to copy a folder to an external hard drive. After updating to Big Sur, my ...
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How to hide dock icon of running app on OS Big Sur
How can I hide the dock icon of an app that is running on Mac OS Big Sur?
I have the app "SurePlus MOTIV" running at all times as it is used to manage my microphone preferences. I barely ...
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macOS 10.14/10.15 3rd party applications do not start
3rd party applications do not start. The computer does not have an internet connection by default, but only to the local network. When the connection to the Internet is established, all the ...
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Apps randomly dowloaded (Mobility Print and Zoom)
One day, I found 2 apps in launcher that I never downloaded: Mobility Print and Zoom.
I downloaded the Zoom app from Zoom.us
but now I also see this version (which I didn't download) from some reason:...
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App blocking access if I don't allow tracking
my government's (Hungary) health app just received an update and now it prevents me to use it unless I authorize the Privacy Tracking of iOS.
Reading on the Apple knowledge base, I found this:
If you ...
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How do I put individual Mac applications into sleep mode?
When your Mac sleeps, it puts all apps into sleep mode. This disconnects them from the internet and halts processing in order to preserve power when power isn’t needed.
I would like to be able to do ...
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How to stop Mac from jumping to a program when a new window opens?
This seems like a very specific weird question that I can't find an answer to anywhere else.
I am making hundreds of figures in MATLAB. I plot each figure and then save it as a png to look at later. I ...
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How do I restore data from an offloaded, older version, third party app that I can't re-download? (Iphone 6s, ios 14)
I use a music player app called Nhaccuatui. I updated it recently, from version 5.x to 6.x. After updating 2 icons appeared on the screen. One works fine and is empty, the other I can't open anymore. ...
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I can't redownload an older version of an app, which holds my music library locally. How do I get my data back?
I usually listen to my music on an app called Nhaccuatui. I tried to update it recently, from version 5.x to 6.x. After updating 2 icons appeared on the screen. One works fine and is empty, the other ...
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Difference between using apps from Applications or from some normal folder
When I download an application like Eclipse, Postman etc, Mac ask me to drag the app into Applications folder. Another way which I follow is to save this .app file in some folder and use it from there....
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Can't find Spotify on APP Store (In a permitted country)
I tried to download Spotify on my iPhone but unfortunately, I can't find the on the App Store, So, I did some search on Google and I found that I have to make sure that my country is allowed
I ...
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How do I log out of Facebook’s Messenger iPhone app?
Somewhat surprisingly, no decent answers came up when I googled this question. And the closest question I can find here is - - and it doesn’t provide an answer: iOS Facebook app stuck in logged in ...
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Cloning apps on iOS
For some reasons I want to get two similar apps on my iPhone (in fact not similar — different versions). I have already installed this app from AppStore, and I have an IPA file of this app but of ...
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"There is no application set to open the URL..." Message after updating to macOS Big Sur 11.4
I just updated my macbook air to Big Sur 11.4 and I get this message when I try to open Roblox.(see picture) When I try to "Choose Application" the Roblox selection is grayed out, and I can'...
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How to resolve black screen on WhatsApp for macOS?
I have tried re-installing the app (deleting it and downloading a new file), but I still get the following screen on macOS 11.3 (Big Sur):
Anyone else getting this same issue, and how to resolve?
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How to edit Visual Studio Code settings on macOS Big Sur
In Big Sur the Applications folder is on a read-only filesystem.
What is the path to the newly installed Visual Studio Code ? I saw this
_/private/var/folders/dy/pmwkncg14wd3hhqpf8mhp6p80000gn/T/...
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How is app using cellular data after selectively turned off?
One of the apps set to Disallow use of cellular data (Solitaire) uses the most cellular data of any app. This is despite the switch Always being set to Disallow use of cellular data.
Is there another ...
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Command Tab Shows Closed Windows? [closed]
I just got done setting up my Mac Book. When I do command + tab windows that have been closed and are not selectable (Or if I select one nothing happens ...) still show up in the list of apps to ...
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How to have our App Store listed app auto-upgrade to latest version on "supervised" iPads (or remotely upgrade the app to latest version)
We develop a b2b iOS app that is publicly listed on Apple Store.
We lease our clients iPads so that they can use our app. We have full access and ownership of these iPads and we are able to "...
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Get HSV values from the Digital Colour Meter in macOS
Just wondering if it was possible to get the HSV values when using macOS's default Digital Colour Meter.
Here is a view of the different options I get:
HSV doesn't seem available although it is a ...
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Is there a way to prevent apps from disappearing after clicking on a different app?
I have an issue with my MacOS where if I have two apps say chrome and notes, and I try to click on the chrome app the notes app would disappear and go into the background. Is there a way to prevent ...
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Get a list of application binary types - Intel or Universal
I just upgraded to an M1 Mac mini and did a full migration (including applications) from a previous Intel Mac mini Time Machine backup.
Now I want to see what Apps I have on the new machine that are ...
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MacBook App Store not downloading or updating apps
When I want to download an app (clicking on the cloud with arrow icon) or when I want to update an app (like XCode), the app gets the "square in circle" icon and stays like this forever.
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How can I tell if a Mac App Store app is a universal purchase?
Apple has announced that it is officially launching the ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase.
The macOS version of your app can now be included in a universal purchase, ...
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Can't block access to photos for iOS application - strange situation [duplicate]
I have an application to which I gave access to photos several years ago.
Now I want to prevent the application from accessing photos, but the application is missing in Settings -> Privacy -> ...
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Why is this application never a top hit on Spotlight?
I've installed the Winbox4Mac application from here. It is a Windows application packaged to run with Wine.
It appears to look for all the world like any other valid (albeit non-codesigned) ...
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How to solve the “You don't have permission to open the application” in Mac OS big sur?
When I want to open an app which I've downloaded outside of app store a pop up with the message of You dont have permission to open this app shows up.
My laptop is macbook pro 2020 m1 big sur version ...
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Is there a way to reverse changes done to a txt file in Documents by Readdle?
I wanted to open a txt file on my iPhone/iOS. When I clicked the file in iOS file app, it opened up in Documents app automatically. I then before I knew it managed to overwrite some codes/passwords I ...
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How to open .cfg and .tex files with different applications on macOS?
Every time I try to change the default application to open .cfg files, all .tex files are automatically set to be opened with the same application, and vice-versa.
This is problematic since I would ...
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How can i regain functionality with automatic downloads? they no longer work in either direction
I cannot get applications I download on my iphone to appear on my ipad. Nor vice versa. I did not have this problem with my old devices so I know it worked at one time.
Is this feature restricted to ...
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Vertically accessible 3-finger multi touch windows
MBP 15" user - 95% trackpad - LOVE the 3-finger swipe navigation.
I assume Apple limits the potential of an app like this, but maybe not.
Is it possible to add vertical functionality to the 3-...
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How can I run an iOS app in a macOS sandbox?
I realize that iOSapps can run on m1 macs, however that requires downloading the app from the App Store. I did discover that iOS apps can be extracted as .ipa files on an intel Mac. When these files ...
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Comparing Time Machine backups with Beyond Compare?
Would it be safe to compare Time Machine backups with Beyond Compare? Or would Beyond Compare somehow corrupt the backups? Thanks
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macOS error: The application is not open anymore
I'm attempting to launch a macOS application.
When I select the file from Applications, or double-click the app's icon, I get the alert message:
The application "APP_NAME.app" is not open ...
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How to stop a Mac app from launching at startup?
How can I stop an app from launching at startup when:
right click on the app on the dock > options > open at login is not ticked.
the app is not on the login items list (System Preferences > ...
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There is no application set to open the URL
Similar to There is no application set to open the URL rstf3://, I am getting the following error when clicking on https://miro.com/* links from another application (Slack):
There is no application ...
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Messenger on High Sierra crashes at start
It has been around two months that Messenger, right at start, crashes with the following message:
It never worked really. I kept it installed and waited for various updates (I have the latest version,...
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How to distribute custom app using Apple Business manager?
We trying to distribute the custom app using the apple business manager, we purchased the app in the business manager. And we are trying to add the device to the business manager account. We didn't ...
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Options to download Garage Band app for macOS unsupported in App Store?
Apple dropped support for my Mac Mini Late 2012 to upgrade to BigSur.
With it I can't download GarageBand (I already have iMovie) software compatible with my macOS version Catalina.
"We could ...
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Use `brew` installed applications as default
I want to install an application (a video player) available through brew natively for M1 macs. Is there a way to use that application to automatically play all files with extension .mp4, .mkv etc?
I'm ...
