Questions tagged [software-recommendation]
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Is there an app to remind of appointments until I acknowledge? [closed]
I get so many reminders and notifications that appointment reminders just sit there in “notifications” unnoticed, leading to missed appointments.
I’m looking for an (iOS) app that pushes reminders ...
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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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iPhone: How to connect to Windows 10 to transfer photos/videos?
My uncle has:
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iOS Version: 16.5.1 (c)
Model Name: iPhone X
The device has a good amount of photos/videos stored.
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What is the best approach to transfer that data to a PC Desktop with ...
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Extract audio from bluray/DVD to get spatial audio / surround?
I have over the years bought several concerts on bluray and DVD and I have traditionally converted them into MP3 files landing in iTunes to listen to on my iPhone. Now I've found that my AirPods ...
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Hiding a stage on the same Mac OS without external monitor during live presentation
I finally got my project on how to integrate Auth0 APIs into my ASP.NET MVC web app, save their token in an SQL Server distributed cache in Docker on a MacBook.
So I wanted to finally show the ...
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Is it possible to rename tabs in safari?
In the Safari app on Mac (Ventura 13), it is possible to rename tab groups by going to the sidebar and control-clicking on the name of the tab group. However, it possible to rename the tabs themselves,...
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iPhone NFC and third-party apps
I'm having problems reading RFID tags using third-party apps on my iPhone 12 mini running iOS 16. When I use the built-in Shortcuts app, I can read various RFID tags: access tags, passports, library ...
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Easiest/cheapest way to OCR an existing PDF that lacks a text layer?
I have photo-scanned one of my most-used reference works, Watching the Skies. The aim was to allow me to do searches instead of using the (somewhat odd) index. I copied the images off my iphone and ...
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Is there a way to enable a super kiosky guest mode for macOS to protect a setup?
I have an elderly relative who always seems to manage to accidentally mess up the computer. (it's really hard to make a computer accident(=idiot)-proof.)
what I need is that I can set up a computer (...
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I want to track keyboard usage telling me which keys I press (not which characters I type)
I want to track keyboard usage. More specifically, I want to check how much I really use the numpad. I am looking for a solution that:
runs in the background
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How can I script macOS to connect to WiFi with a VPN exactly the same to how iOS does the same?
I appreciate how iOS nicely shows a public WiFi onboarding / welcome screen (that makes you click "Accept", you-know-what) when connecting to public WiFi even though you've already connected ...
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PDF reader for iPad that refreshes automatically after changes to the PDF?
I am looking for a pdf reader for my iPad Pro, which automatically refreshes the pdf when another app makes changes to the pdf.
I using Vim in a-Shell to edit my LaTeX document and display the pdf ...
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Old iPads and data pull automation
I have 20 old iPads (mini 5th gen, software version 12.2) that are used for note taking daily. The application, Tap Forms HD has a export folder that holds a .csv file. The .csv file is still stored ...
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iOS apps that lets you SSH into a server using Yubikey 5 NFC with Public Key authentication and gpg-agent
I have a Yubikey 5 NFC, and iPhone 11. I am also running an Ubuntu Server. To log into my server on from mac using ssh. I use ssh with gpg-agent and public key authentication, and have the private (...
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What would be the practical implications of trying EXWM (Emacs Window Manager) in my macOS machine concerning the native macOS applications?
I have been using a Macbook Air M1 for professional reasons and would like to amplify Emacs in my life.
I have been searching for the introduction of EXWM in my workflow. Unfortunately, as I started ...
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How to extract Safari .webarchive file to folder, from command line?
Safari offers the .webarchive format to download a webpage, together with embedded resources (images, etc). As described/linked in answers to How do I turn a Safari Webarchive file into a folder?, ...
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Solution to switch quickly between different group of windows by keeping their state (position) on macOS
I am using macos/osx now for more than 15 years and I always try to figure out a good way to group windows and persist their position and state so that I can quickly switch between those groups (...
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Is there an iPhone app that displays scientific notation during calculations?
I'm teaching students online and find they have a lot of trouble doing calculations involving scientific notation. I think the reason is that as they are doing the calculations, what appears in the ...
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Show capacity of unplugged drive
I have a lot of stored drives into my physical desktop and since I’m only using them on my own computer, I want to be able to keep an eye on the space left even if they’re not plugged in.
Do you guys ...
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Are there tools to allow export of Console.app output with same format?
So for years I have not found a way to export a clean output of results collected in the macOS Console app
I primarily want to save my results in the same format as the data is organized in the ...
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A lightweight free tool to convert SVG to PNG or JPG, that doesn't require Homebrew
I need a free tool to convert SVG images to PNG or JPG. I cannot use Homebrew, because this is a company computer and Homebrew is against the company policy. I'd like a GUI tool, but that isn't ...
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Free WYSIWYG Markdown editor
I've been using Typora as a Markdown editor when it was free (during beta), but now it's pay for use and I want to find an equivalent, free (preferably open source) tool.
My requirements:
free (...
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How to stream your ipad screen via standard streaming protocol
I want a solution to stream iPad screen wirelessly to anywhere I want (especially video chats).
The solution should rely only on some standard protocols like rtsp or some other (I’m new to streaming ...
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Which Media App Supports to Open a Video/Audio file from its Previous Seek?
I was looking for a media player app that would play video/audio from its last seek point when the file is opened, like the one available in Windows VLC Player. I tried it with MK player but it look ...
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iOS/macOS audio player with millisecond-level delay control?
I'm trying to perform an amateur experiment related with sound waves. Let's say I have a file on my iCloud Drive, let's call it wave1.wav. I want to play it on my Mac/iPhone, but with a slider or ...
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Are there SFTP command-line tool for macOS that have history or auto complete?
Is there software for macOS that adds command history, autocompletion or other features to an ftp command line client?
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ps_mem alternatives for Mac?
ps_mem is an utility to accurately report the in core memory usage for a program. Currently, it works only on Linux.
It doesn't have OSX support. https://github.com/pixelb/ps_mem/issues/6
Are there ...
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How to combine 4 images into a grid?
This old question asked how to combine 2 images into a single image side by side.
I want to do something different - combine 4 images into a grid.
So I have 4 png files, all the same size
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Apple Watch Web Browsing app
I'm finding the Apple Watch to be surprisingly capable for browsing the web! If I send myself an iMessage with a link to nytimes.com, I can log in to my New York Times account, scroll through the ...
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Apple Watch app to trigger shell scripts on remote UNIX box
I've finally switched from a Pebble Smartwatch to an Apple Watch, and I need a replacement for this app: https://store-beta.rebble.io/app/568a4cfa496916a93f00004e
The watch displays a list of shell ...
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View recently recorded videos from camera on Apple Watch?
It looks like I can only view recently taken photos. Is there an Apple Watch where this works? Mine is old, a series 3 running watchOS 8.7 and I consider buying new hardware a fix if newer watches ...
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Word lists for different languages?
I find word lists fun (and hence useful) when learning languages. On linux these are provided by apt and friends ( e.g. /usr/share/dict/words -- here is the debian package for such a list in German). ...
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Backup app like Macrium for mac
I'm looking for a app that can backup a Mac system to an image file, like Macrium that does a sector to sector backup, including the system files and doesn't start complaining about OS versions and ...
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iPad 2 in the year 2022
I own an iPad 2 (MC980/A) with 32 GB of storage in good condition. It has no scratches nor cracks. It runs iOS 9 as the latest software. Any suggestions about things I could do with my iPad 2 are very ...
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Are there apps to split one big screen into multiple spaces?
I'm switching from three smaller screens to one big 42" monitor with Rectangle to emulate multiple monitors. It works great and I enjoy the flexibility in arranging the windows. However one thing ...
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What tool to edit subtitles embeded in mp4 video?
What tool can I use to edit the subtitles embedded in my MP4 video on osx 12.5 ?
I tried Aegisub, it loads my video but not its subtitles.
Then I tried Jubbler (7.0.3) which froze at video opening.
$ ...
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view or test mini sites locally in Safari browser with relative source references iPad iOS 15.x and higher
Project goal:
Publish on iPad html/css static multi page site, external style sheet, images, and maybe animated GIF clips or very short videos.
This must run offline from iPad Files storage no calls ...
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Is there a bash command to make a screen text box?
I am writing a small application for Intel OS X to display a range of internal temperatures but I have not been able to find a satisfactory text box command/application. Applescript works but the box ...
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Is there a pre-installed GUI text editor that can edit html files without entering WYSIWYG mode?
I'm looking for something similar to windows notepad. textEdit exists, but opening a *.html file with it will instantly treat the code as rich text and add a bunch of other markup to the document the ...
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Turn a bunch of photos into a PDF book, splitting and "fixing" pages
I have a series of images of the pages from a very old reference book that I use all the time. Some are a single page, some facing pages.
On iOS are there apps that will automatically fix-up such ...
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Apply outgoing firewall rules per app selectively (MacOS Big Sur)
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Which firewall can selectively apply multiple named domain resolving rules per app? E.g. like the One Periodic's Hands Off firewall
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I'm looking for an app or combination of apps ...
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Call recording on an iPhone 13 Pro
I just bought a new iPhone 13 Pro to use as my main phone.
Are there any call recording apps, or ways of recording calls, regardless of whether they are free or premium? After searching through the ...
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Toolbox/Podman Alternative for MacOS
I primarily develop on Linux and recently bought a Macbook, and am looking to make the development experience familiar to what I am used to. Note that this focuses on work native to the OS, rather ...
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Is there a QTranslate for MacOS?
I'd like to translate selected text using one keyboard shortcut and see translation in a pop up window, similarly to how QTranslate works on Windows. I tried Mate, but it requires several key ...
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