Questions tagged [graphics]
Pictures displayed on a computer screen
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Is it possible to embed an image in Keynote with just the URL, so it loads every time?
I would like to have a way of making Keynote load a new version of an image dynamically the way a web page would, getting the latest version every time the Keynote deck is used, rather than copying ...
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How do I stick a graphic to a frozen header column in Apple Numbers?
I want to paste a graphic on a frozen header column, and have it frozen to the header column when I scroll the rest of the table.
But when I paste the graphic over the frozen header column and scroll ...
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How do I extract text from images in terminal?
I know how to extract text from images using preview.app, however I would like to use this feature from terminal to extract all the text from a bunch of images.
I tried this using this method to apply ...
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GPU artifacts and computer freezes on boot
I have a rather strange situation, which I cannot interpret. I have an iMac 2011 27" with an upgraded GPU. This GPU displays occasionally diagonal stripes of artifacts and freezes. This usually ...
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Playlist Art Lost in Mac Migration
I bought a new MacBook Pro and migrated all my 30,000 songs and 100 playlists by copying all Music folder content from my old Mac. But all custom artwork I set for my 100 playlists over the last 15 ...
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How to disable link previews and link dropdowns [duplicate]
Since updating to Ventura, whenever I paste or type a URL into an email draft, Mail app now automatically crowds my message with large content previews, it pings websites and downloads images to add ...
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if i disconnect/turnoff my icloud from iphone, does it delete pictures from my icloud? will it delete from my iphone?
i have synced my icloud to my iphone pictures, if i turn it off will all my photos delete on my icloud? i want to delete a few thousand from my iphone but even if it dosent delete from i cloud can i ...
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In Outlook 365, how can I show images only from specific senders or domains?
In Outlook 365 (version 16.50) for MacOS, I'd like to display images in emails only from a specific set of senders or domains. In the preferences for Outlook, there's the "Reading" section ...
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Trying to grab number from screenshot and put into clipboard from key combo
Right now I am manually taking a screenshot using cmd shift 4, opening it from the desktop where its saved, then using Previews ability to recognize text, double clicking the field and copying it into ...
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Why do images sent to an Android phone from a macbook fail?
From my Macbook Pro, the only way I can send an image to someone on an Andriod device is by using Command + Shift + 4 to capture it on the clipboard and then paste it into the Messages app.
If I try ...
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When converting my svg file to pdf, the picture gets strangely distorted (it rotates)
On Inkscape I've added a logo to a picture. While it looks perfectly fine on Inkscape, the saved version (as a PDF) is partly distorted. The picture looks like it's been turned by 90° while the ...
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No main picture in Preview bundled with Snow Leopard Server ...running in Parallels in Big Sur
With aid from Parallels support I have Snow Leopard Server running well in Parallels on my Mac Book Pro running Big Sur , ( intel) .
The version of PREVIEW evidently bundled with the SL server has a ...
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Search for text in image using macOS Preview's Live Text OCR
I want to use Apple's new Live Text feature to search a PDF for a specific text phrase. The PDF is a large file without any baked-in encoded text. Just many pages of images of scanned text, stored in ...
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Where is the Twitter Library for images stored?
By this I mean: when I use Twitter or Fenix on iPadOS 16, and go to choose an image to go with my tweet, it displays a whole bunch of images, including a lot from my old iPad - this suggests that it ...
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How to delete images from media library and shared folder
I have some images in shared folders fo the Photo App (Version 7.0). If I delete them from the media library I expect them to disapear from all (shared) folders as well. I also went to the deleted ...
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Automator to copy the image it's handling into the clipboard?
I built an Automator sequence of actions to automatically scale by 50% my screen captures (use Apple's screenshot app).
I attached that sequence to the folder half-size where screenshot automatically ...
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Is it possible to increase the RAM assigned to Intel graphics unit?
I have a 2018 Mac Mini, with Intel UHD Graphics 630. According to "About this Mac", 1536 MB is assigned to the graphics.
I have 32Gb of RAM altogether, so there's plenty to go round. Is ...
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Adjust image mask opacity and colour in Pages
I've inserted an image into my Pages document and put a mask over part of it. The mask is white, and about 25% opacity. It seems like the only properties of the mask I can adjust are its size and ...
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Chrome doesn't always add file extension to downloaded images
When I download an image using Chrome or Chrome Canary, the saved file sometimes (not always) lacks an extension.
For example, I can reproduce it with this image: https://external-content.duckduckgo....
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Consistent and robust options to convert ICNS files to PNG in macOS?
I've been having a terrible time getting sips and/or ImageMagick (convert) to consistently convert .icns files to .png.
I frequently hit very unclear errors when using sips to make the conversion (eg, ...
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How do I extract an image out of a PDF using Preview for Mac?
I have a PDF that is from a scanner that is only an image (no text).
Is there any way to extract the image out of the PDF in Mac Preview?
Or is that the same thing as converting the PDF to an image?
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How to keep transparency on fullscreen windows?
I'm trying to put Emacs in transparency mode. It works, but only when its window is not on fullscreen mode:
But as soon as I fullscreen the window, it breaks it :
The reason I'm posting this here ...
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Where are the overscan and underscan values stored in MacOS Monterey [duplicate]
The overscan / underscan values for external displays have moved in MacOS Monterey (potentially earlier). They used to be editable in /var/db/.com.apple.iokit.graphics. As mentioned in this question (...
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Keynote: Ken Burns Effect within a Masked Image on slide
I have a slide with 3 photos on it. Each is in a rectangle mask.
I want to have an animation where all 3 images have a kind of Ken Burns effect - zooming and moving but staying the same size within ...
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Images in Keynote: how to edit rectangular mask into a parallelogram (or any other square surface)
I'd like to create a Keynote presentation that has a vintage / retro comic style. For this I want images not as boring exact rectangles (i.e. with four edges of exact 90 degrees), but in various "...
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Multiple displays are glitched and overlapped when I connect to my M1 Mac using screen sharing or VNC apps on Mac, iOS or Linux
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15-inch with max specs and Radeon graphics. For years I have been connecting 2 external displays to it. Most recently I have a Dell S3422DWG which displays at 3440x1440 and ...
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QuickLook can't see Olympus ".ORF" raw image files?
On my laptop (MacBook Pro 9,2) I can preview Olympus ".ORF" files by pressing the space bar, and they all have proper image icons.
ON my desktop (Mac Pro 5,1) all ".ORF files" have ...
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Why are some 3D buildings more detailed than others in iOS's Maps app?
In iOS's Maps app, some 3D rendered buildings have ample details and colors, such as the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge or the details of the Oracle Park:
However, some other buildings have less ...
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Any way to lighten the background of a JPG using Preview?
I'm on Mac OS Big Sur. Someone has sent me a picture of a printed page they took with their phone (JPG format) and when I open it in preview the background appears a little dark
Anything I can do in ...
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Is an image as ".jpe" an ordinary JPEG, just with a different file extension?
I have a little dozen images with the file extension *.jpe. All the others are the well-known *.jpg, *.jpeg and so on.
Can these images be renamed from *.jpe to *.jpg?
Is there any difference to *.jpg?...
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How to fix black screen when switching to discrete graphics card (GPU)?
Symptom: When I open any app that triggers my computer to switch to discrete graphics, such as Adobe Illustrator or games on Steam, my screen goes black (with a backlight). The only way to recover my ...
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Convert SVG to PDF using command line in Mac OSX
I want to convert a SVG file to PDF from the command line on Mac OSX. Is there any way to do this?
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Scan a QR code with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Per the directions:
How to scan a QR code with the Camera app
Open the Camera app from the Home Screen, Control Centre or Lock Screen. Select the rear-facing camera. Hold your device so that the QR ...
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What controls the dimensions of an IPhone 12 captured image?
I am comparing the images my IPhone 12 takes with those produced by other phones.
The pixel dimensions of the images my IPhone takes are 1536x2048, whereas the pixel dimensions of images taken by a ...
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How do I save a black & white picture to a 1-bit image file?
I need a 1-bit image file to print on a laser engraver.
I used to have quite a few graphics applications that could save 1-bit black & white TIFF files. I've owned Macs since 1987. However most of ...
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How to reset graphics driver under macOS? Screen static/garbage but only on internal display
I have a Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 13" which suddenly developed a very odd and specific issue earlier today.
When running only the internal display under macOS, the display is unusable - ...
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PTP Mount iphone on macOS BigSur
On Windows, it is super easy to mount an iPhone via PTP.
Picture Transfer Protocol
It is recognized as a "Camera".
This shows the iPhone as Drive in Explorer and gives access to all ...
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How to merge a big number of JPEG pictures to a filename-labelled merged PDF file in OS X?
I have a large number of JPEG files. Each JPEG file has a name in the format nameX.jpeg.
I want to merge them to PDF such that one JPEG picture is on one PDF page where the name of JPEG is a label on ...
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How to interpret FPS report in a spindump output?
In the end of spindump output produced by Activity Monitor one can find following section:
----FPS Report Legend:-----
Raw Instantaneous FPS:
30FPS delimiter: '|'
10FPS delimiter: '+'
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iMac fails to boot - graphics issue?
I'm having an issue with a 2017 iMac - it doesn't boot - crashes about half way through Apple logo progress bar, often with some funny graphics displaying - e.g. half the screen is yellow.
I've reset ...
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MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) hot & noisy fan when second monitor plugged via USB-C
I have a problem in over heating and noisy fan when I have the second monitor plugged via USB-C (I have tried different types of external monitor, and the problem does happen with every monitor).
I ...
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How to scroll between photos using arrows?
I want to open a photo and scroll between all the photos from the same folder using the arrow keys.
Is there a way to do it using Preview or which software do you suggest to me?
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How come Automator can't find images on sites like this:?
I want all of these brains in a folder because I'd like to see them in a 3d stack.
I've been following steps outlined as the top answer of this thread:
How to download a webpage's all images at ...
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How do I display an image at a particular size (in mm)?
I’m trying to use my iPhone as a light source and a digital negative to make analog prints.
For example, the Paper Exposer app generates a light source that when placed behind a 35mm strip of film and ...
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How to copy image directly from Finder to the clipboard? (instead of opening with Preview)
From Finder, how can I copy an image (in an image file, e.g., *.jpg, *.png) directly to the clipboard?
(as opposed to, e.g., opening the file in Finder and then command + c to copy it to the clipboard)...
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Compressor Export causes Mac to freeze up, crash
When I export a movie from Final Cut Pro to compressor, it begins running just fine. However, it will eventually cause my Mac mini (2018) to start getting graphical glitches (parts of the window or ...
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finder search not showing thumbnails
When I search filenames of images in Finder, using the box in the upper right corner, the result does not display the thumbnails, see attachment where I searched for 2015.
Otherwise the thumbnails ...
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Graphics glitch - checkered pattern in Chrome
I've had this MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) for a while now, but today it glitched out with huge green fields in all apps.
After a reboot I see this checkered black/green glitch pattern in Google Chrome ...
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VirtualBox slows down when I move the window on a secondary monitor. How can I fix it?
HOST MACHINE: Macbook Air 2017
GRAPHICS: Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB
MACOS: Big Sur 11.2.3 and later
VIRTUAL BOX Version 6.1.19 and later
Intel HD Graphics 6000:
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (...
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Very strange green artifacts in Google Chrome?
I have no idea what this is, restarting chrome and my machine doesn't fix it, it seems random and it affects things randomly, and goes away randomly.
Notice this issue comes up with I take the macOS ...
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