Questions tagged [ui]
User Interface (UI) or Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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Mountain Lion Notification Center glitches
I’m experiencing a number of issues with the Mountain Lion Notification Center and Dock. Just wanted to check whether anyone else is having similar problems.
On my 2011 iMac, the Dock doesn’t show up ...
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Get password prompt in the terminal/shell
When I am connecting a Mac through ssh, I don't have any GUI.
However, for some of the commands like security find-internet-password, there will be a GUI prompt for the admin's password. How can I ...
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Large dropdown menus (off expected location)
I have a problem with dropdown menus appearing in really large size, in a wrong location to where it should be on screen (namely below and to the right of the expected location). I have experienced ...
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How to drag file to the running, but minimized (or in second desktop) app on OS X's dock?
I am trying to switch from Windows to the OS X, but I have one problem.
How can I drag file to the running application on dock?
For example, I have running Chrome which is on full-screen mode (on ...
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Replacing Yosemite RED/ORANGE/GREEN window buttons with standard Mac OS X icons?
I've tried Yosemite on my MacBook Air (testing machine). I think it is ugly, bland, and the most un-Apple-ish OS that Apple has ever released. One of the most irritating design aspects is the RED/...
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Remove the play icon displayed on audio and video files in Finder
Is there a way to remove the play icon displayed on video and audio files when using icon view mode?
They are extremely annoying. When accidentally clicking on them, audio starts playing in the ...
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Change UI's menu select blink rate
Back in System 7 there was an option to change how many times a menu item would blink when selected:
Is it still possible to change this setting in modern-day macOS versions? (I am using 10.14.6 ...
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Big Sur - unusable UI when waking from a long sleep with sluggish and flickering and pixelated redraws
After waking from a long sleep Big Sur's UI is practically unusable. It's slow, apps don't draw properly, there's lots of redraws happening. It's like garbage collection isn't happening for UI ...
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Miniaturise all windows with AppleScript
tell application "System Events"
set mywindows to windows of (processes where background only is false)
repeat with theItem in windows of (processes where background only is false)
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Why does my volume adjust bezel not show properly in macOS Catalina?
I recently updated to macOS Catalina (10.15.3), and the "volume adjust" bezel that pops up in the center of my screen when I adjust the volume via touch bar no longer looks correct. Specifically, it ...
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macOS: How to keep an app and its new windows/dialogs always hidden?
I am running a 3rd party app on my Mac that spawns new small in-app windows/dialogs/popups almost every 3 seconds, to show the progress of a specific command. These windows are closed automatically by ...
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AppleScript get value of a button
I want to get the value of a button from an internal tool.
tell application "System Events" to tell process "App"
set myNumberIs to get value of radio group 1 of group 1 of splitter ¬
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Applescript Dialog
I it possible to make one dialog with multiple dropdown menu and multiple text field using Script Editor (and not Xcode) ?
I know Xcode it's probably the best option but some of the script in my ...
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Double-click doesn't "fill" screen
I have a 2017 MBP connected to a monitor with HDMI. On my laptop screen, when I double click the top bar of a window, it fills the whole screen up to the Dock. However, when I do that with a window ...
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Can I show keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) on Mac OS X?
When I right-click on a link in Firefox in Mac OS X, I get a menu like this:
Now most of these items have keyboard shortcuts, so I can quickly press a single key instead of moving the mouse to a ...
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Weird El Capitan interface / icon glitch - clear cache?
Yesterday, I've run into a weird problem on my early 2015 MacBook Air.
I was copying over some files from a Windows 7 VM (Fusion 8.0.1) when all of a sudden my host OS' interface ran all sluggish and ...
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Update Preferences Panel after using default write
I am using default write to set/unset Block all incoming connections option of OSX firewall.
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf globalstate -int 2
sudo defaults write /Library/...
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To solve this extra window bug in Yosemite?
I have got this kind of glossy window on top of other windows regularly in OSX Yosemite 10.10.2, two times per month approximately.
You cannot press anything there.
It blocks the user interface ...
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Whiteout (missing UI graphics) on toolbar icons in Yosemite
Getting this weird UI whiteout on all toolbar icons all of a sudden. Any idea how to get rid of this? I have been using this version of OS X for a while with no problems at all.
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iPhone 5s: Have to wait before I swipe after unlock animation is done
I use the iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2.
When I unlock the phone with my finger print, there is an animation where the icons move from the edges towards the center of the screen. After this animation is ...
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How to drag icon in Preview to a folder and copy instead of aliasing?
After downloading a PDF, Preview automatically opens and I'm able to look at the file. Often times I want to move the file to somewhere other than Downloads.
In Mavericks I'm able to click on the ...
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Mavericks: notifications no longer displaying
I recently upgraded to Mavericks (download from app store).
Before this upgrade, I could click on the the notifications UI element at the very top-right of the display; this would cause the whole ...
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Simple File Transfer Logs
This may be a general Unix question rather than a OS X question.
I want to log general file transfers on OS X, whether it be from and to the same system or to another system, but to keep it simple ...
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Windows have pinstripes and large corner radius on Lion
Somehow, some defaults setting or something in Lion on my MacBook Pro has gotten set terribly wrong, because starting recently, my inactive windows (and certain other window chrome) have gained what I ...
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Lingon open source version for editing launchd on Leopard (10.5)?
I'm looking for a free GUI app to help run programs on a schedule. It seems that launchd is the underlying tool to use, and in the past Lingon has been recommended as a good GUI interface to launchd.
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Switch between virtual desktops by scrolling on the menu bar
Looking for a script, macro, automation script, TIY solution that will allow me to hover my mouse over the menu bar scroll my mouse wheel up and down which in turn will switch between my left and ...
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macOS Monterey -- Possible to enable drag-and-drop from dock "list" style folders?
I'm running macOS Monterey (12.0.1) on a recently-purchased M1 Pro. For folders on the dock, if set to "List" style, I cannot drag-and-drop. If set to "Grid" style, this is no ...
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Xcode 12 can't make sidebar wider
In Xcode 12, my left and right sidebars have a tendency to get "stuck", and I can't pull them out all the way.
In this image, I would expect to be able to pull the left sidebar out further ...
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Typed text showed on central-top part of screen
I have a brand new MacBook Air, last night I updated to 10.15.6.
Now, every time I type something, it gets replicated on the top, central part of my screen, above all other windows.
I can even select ...
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Strange icon in all system password boxes on Mojave 10.14.6
For a few days, I've been seeing this very strange icon every time a system password box shows up. I have no idea what it means? Does anyone know? I do not have capslock on.
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How to display photo albums in iOS12.4 as a list rather than an array of thumbnails?
I dislike the array of thumbnails or large icons as a user interface. Is there a way to get my iPhone XR running iOS 12.4 to display my photo albums as a list?
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Applescript click by position
I'm trying to click on a button using YX coordinate,
it's work with some app, but I have one app with two windows which give me an issue.
here is my original code
tell application "System Events"
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What should happen when Face ID is turned off after having been used?
I can't find anywhere in Apple's guidelines what the behavior of Face ID should be in the following scenario:
I enter valid credentials
I enable Face ID
I use Face ID to log in (for some period)
I ...
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Dock glitch when closing apps
When I'm closing an app, and the dock is about to refresh the app icon (from opened to closed), and the cursor is in the area of the dock, a splitting glitch happens as show in the picture below. For ...
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Change selected text foreground color
I know I can go to system preferences and change the background color for selected text. Is there a way I can change the foreground color?
Use case: I'd like a dark background color with white text ...
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Stop Resize On Text Drag
Before upgrading to High Sierra, for many years prior, it was possible to highlight text (e.g. in Chrome), drag it over another application (e.g. Preview), and then hit escape without anything ...
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How to customize drag-n-drop-to-Terminal path escaping results?
How can I change the way in which filenames are escaped (formatted) when dragged from applications and dropped into Terminal?
For example, paths may be escaped with \, just spaces (), or other ...
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Safari modify suggested url
Imagine I visited a website: http://example.com/food/cake.html with the title Delicious Cake. When I use Safari and start typing Del, one of the suggestions shown by Safari might be the aforementioned ...
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What is the meaning of these user interface elements in macOS System Settings? [closed]
In the macOS UI there are several visual elements that seem to do the same thing. Why are they different? What is the meaning of each?
For example, all the clickable things shown below bring up a ...
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GUI: Why is the modal dialog/window called in such a way "Modal"? [closed]
I searched the web, but I can only find information that explains what the modal dialog is. I would like to know why it's called that. The modality defined in that way.
In linguistics and philosophy, ...
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Why doesn't ⌥ (option)+click bring up the context menu?
Does anyone know why ^ (control)+click was chosen to trigger a context menu, rather than ⌥ (option)+click? Is there any history surrounding this?
To me, an alternative method of clicking that brings ...
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Custom 24-hour single-hand watch face for Apple Watch
Is there a way to make the Apple Watch display a 24-hour single-hand watch face? Preferably with midnight on the bottom, and noon at the top?
Something like this:
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Emptying the Trash: not working
On Lion 10.7.3, when trying to empty the Trash from the GUI the items to be deleted are counted, and the the dialog doesn't progress anymore:
Stopping emptying the Trash doesn't help much either: the ...
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How to get old Spotlight Search View back for Yosemite?
I do not like Yosemite's default Spotlight search.
It is in the middle of screen and I can see very little outputs at once.
It is so much helpful when it is full screen.
Example of the window ...
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How do I prevent windows from maximizing when "touching" the menu bar in Ventura?
After upgrading to Ventura, everytime I drag a window up towards the menu bar, it maximizes. How do I disable that?
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Is there a way to go forward in Finder like in a web browser?
Sometimes I am using Finder and I want to go back a folder. Then when I'm done doing what I wanted to do in that folder I want to go forward to the subfolder I was previously in. But it seems the Back/...
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How to submit UI ideas to Apple for consideration
Doubletap (rapid-successive) of the iPhone's power button (aka "side" button) could be intepreted by the iPhone to invoke an app or action that is user-configured (camera, etc.). Where is the ...
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Applescript : Click at position not working
I'm trying to click on a Chrome extension ( Google Highlight : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multi-highlight/pfgfgjlejbbpfmcfjhdmikihihddeeji) then click on the text box and past my ...
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drag file from file chooser or get path
Editing a file using text wrangler. Want the path so can pass it to a program in the terminal. Is there an easy way to do this? Don't seem to be able to drag it nor right click and get info.
I'm not ...
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Why are some pop up boxes (or "select" boxes) colored blue but others aren't in Mac OS X?
I am fairly new to Mac OS X and I am wondering why some of these pop up boxes have a blue in them, but others do not. For example, on one website it looks like this (look at the little "Select site" ...
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