Questions tagged [versions]
Apple permanent version storage in OS X Lion and greater.
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Why is iPhone not allowing access to microphone, camera for all the apps that I use? [duplicate]
My apps do not have camera access or microphone access.
I tried to delete and re-install Instagram, WhatsApp, and phone pe apps but it did not resolve the issue.
I even tried to reset the location ...
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How to upgrade from iOS 14 to 15, NOT 16+? [duplicate]
I cannot “upgrade” my iPhone to iOS 16 for reasons.
But I would like to at least go from 14 to 15 if that is possible. I have read that 15 is okay.
Google has this to say:
In response to How do I ...
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Save in-progress document changes as a new file
Now that more and more document based applications do the modern "Save, Duplicate, Revert to" Versions thing instead of the traditional "Save, Save as, Revert". Having had 30 years ...
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Revert to last saved, now that saving has been obsoleted
Now that more and more document based applications do the modern "save, duplicate, revert to" Versions thing instead of the traditional "save, save as, revert".
Having had 30 ...
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How to add version to an Automator service workflow
I have a workflow which is installed as a Service. It is used to call code in my AppleScript applet. The Service has one action: a "Run AppleScript" action. I update the Service quite often ...
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Set python version on MacOS Big Sur [closed]
does someone had situation when "python --version" says "Python 2.7.16", but installed version is 3.7
Command "pyenv versions" says "* 3.7.11 (set by /Users/dima/....
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backup MacOS documents that are on icloud
I have activated my mac documents and desktop syncing to icloud drive. Now I noticed that I can't find version history for my files anywhere, including on my Time Machine backup. Is there any ...
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Can I get older (recent) versions of Keynote?
I have just updated Keynote to 10.0, and have noticed some loss of features.
In particular, it seems the "typewriter" animation has been replaced with "keyboard".
I recall having the option with ...
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Is it possible to download and install multiple versions of Safari on macOS?
Is it possible to download and install multiple versions of Safari on macOS?
I need to test something out on my MacBook with the latest version of Safari (13), but I don't want to update my current ...
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Finding the latest iOS version number
Is there a public API that can provide me with the most recent iOS version number? I need to be able to programmatically query the most recent version number in a reliable way (so no web scraping). Is ...
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What does time of year (Early, Mid, Late) and year in About This Mac dialogue mean?
My Mac mini shows Late 2012 in the About This Mac dialogue shown on clicking → About This Mac.
What does this label actually represent? The year of production or the year that model was introduced ...
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Issues installing Mcrypt PHP module
I am trying to install Mcrypt PHP module but encountering some issues:
Version of PHP installed: 7.1.16
macOS version: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Is the following command that I am running correct?
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How can I undo changes made to a picture I accidentally saved via preview?
The was a picture that I was looking at in my computer, I drew a line with the preview tool.
Since my was slow and the app was not responsive, I force quited Preview.
I opened the document and it ...
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extract by terminal the Darwin version
I want to know how extract by terminal the Darwin version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Sierra#Releases
For macOS Sierra 10.12.3 is 16.4.0 for 10.12.6 is 16.7.0.
Now, I want to create:
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Application stopped working -- claims it requires new OS X version, but it worked before
After restarting my computer, running OS X 10.8.5, the old GitHub client suddenly stopped working with the following error message:
You can’t use this version of the application “GitHub Desktop” with ...
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Dealing with macos Versions feature and file syncing services
Full disclosure: I'm yet to come to terms with the Versions feature and that saving ain't saving anymore. I've had no shortage of dramas losing work and losing track of files since the feature was ...
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how install postgres 9.6 and a corresponding PostGIS [closed]
How do I install postgres 9.6 and a corresponding PostGIS on macOS Sierra using perhaps homebrew?
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Stop macOS from creating/storing previous versions of a document [duplicate]
macOS creates a history or previous version of each any every document/file I edit and this not only happens across the os but also happens across every mac apps.
These version files takes up huge ...
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Cannot open or update iPhoto
I bought a used Macbook Pro running macOS Sierra.
It came after the previous owners reset it and installed the iLife pack (iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand). I couldn't use those apps since it came with ...
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How to programmatically find the latest version number of Homebrew?
How to programmatically find the latest version number of Homebrew?
I can find this on my local computer with brew --version and string process the result to get a version number. What's a good way ...
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Is there version control software with commit messages that preserves macOS tags?
As I mentioned in my answer on tags best practices, the distributed version control software (VCS) Git does not preserve macOS tags (or other extended file attributes). Is there version control ...
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Apple Pages - store changes with document?
Is it possible to track changes (version control) in Apple Pages?
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Install iTunes Backup from different iPhone with iOS 10.2
I have got my new iPhone currently with iOS 9.3.5 and another older iPhone with iOS 10.2. My goal is to get 10.2 on the new one (NOT 10.2.1!!). I tried a iTunes and iCloud backup but the version is ...
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Does macOS Server 5 support permanent version storage?
2012-08-13: OS X Server: "The document 'file name' is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage" alert (affected: Lion Server, OS X Server (Mountain Lion))
2014-11-14: OS X Server: "...
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Minimum volume size to enable versioning
I have certain documents stored on a password protected disk image stored on Dropbox. Since the documents are small text documents, I made the image small (100 MB). But now I'm getting the following ...
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2 or more iOS devices with different versions of iOS (7.x 9.x) & same App, will keep which App versions on iTunes sync?
I have several iOS devices with iOS 7.x to 9.x installed and they are all synced with iTunes on my computer. How can I manage the differing versions of my suite of apps on these devices when iTunes ...
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Can I upgrade my iOS using the iTunes restore, but not to the latest version? [duplicate]
Right now, the latest version of iOS is 9.1. Mine is 8.1.2. Can I use the restore option in iTunes to install version 9.0.2 or do I have to update to 9.1 and then downgrade to 9.0.2?
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iOS - version history
Is there an official version history for iOS?
The best similar thing I have found is on Wikipedia: iOS Version History
Is there something similar, that is official? I would like to know what could ...
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Why I have 3 different Java versions on my Mac?
today I was looking after my Java Version and I got very confused. I found three different ones:
If I look in Webstorm it uses: 1.6.0_65
If I make java -version I get: 1.7.0_45
If I look in the ...
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What is "TALagent" and why is it "Exiting out of boredom"?
I'm trying to help a colleague whose MacBook periodically switches off without warning (I've had similar problems on a Mac Mini, so it's not power related).
While investigating the logs in Library/...
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What are the differences between Dreamweaver_14_LS20.dmg and Dreamweaver_13_LS20.dmg?
I find that there are two versions of Dreamweaver CC for Mac OSX, one is Dreamweaver_14_LS20 and another is Dreamweaver_13_LS20. Can anyone tell me what is the exactly differences between these two ...
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Export versions of a document (/.DocumentRevisions-V100)
I'm trying to automate the following process:
get all versions of a document,
check in each version to a repository (Subversion, in my case)
As a half-solution, I'd already be happy with:
get all ...
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Disable autosave in Preview
Preview, by default, persists edits to the underlying file immediately. (i.e. if you crop something, the underlying file becomes cropped). I find this behavior very irritating.
I tried enabling ...
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Dreamweaver tells me that it can't edit some html file because it is locked, how to exclude folders/types from auto lock?
Dreamweaver complains that it can't edit some specific files due to the fact that they are locked. With as only options to cancel or view read-only. However I do really want to edit the .html files. ...
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Where file revisions are stored on OS X?
Most Apple applications in newer OS X versions, like OS X 10.9, automatically save all changes to all files and documents without your approval, and file versions and revisions are automatically ...
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Keeping old version of Firefox while updating to new version
On my OSx I want to be able to switch version of software I use.
Like right now I have Firefox 29, but I want to try firefox 32. is there a way I can download and install version 32 and keep the old ...
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What's my full version 7.1 (11D167)
I'm trying to figure out if I'm on IOS 7.1, 7.1.1, or just what? I get 7.1 (11D167). I'm thinking to attempt to use "pangu" to jailbreak my phone.
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Did Apple get rid of autosave and versions in Mavericks?
(As a heads up, I've hardly used any versions of OS X newer than Snow Leopard. So, I might be missing something obvious here).
I recently installed Mountain Lion and after that Mavericks. While on ...
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Flash player unable to proceed with the installation
I have difficulties installing the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (14.0.0.125) on my Mac OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks). Every time I do so, it fails at 90% with the following error message.
Error: ...
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Installing specific iOS version on iPhone 4S
I've been asked to purchase an iPhone 4S for a team of developers for testing purposes. Two requirements that have been asked of the iPhone are:
it should run iOS 7.0 instead of the most recent 7.1 (...
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`rm` and Mac OS X's Versions feature
I assume that deleting a file via Finder also deletes any previous versions in /.DocumentRevisions-V100 that are attached to that file.
But what's happening if a file is deleted in Terminal with the ...
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Which Mac OS X versions support lsof command?
I want to know which Mac OS X versions support the lsof command. Does Mac OS X 10.5 support it?
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disable versions on Mavericks
I have been using this command to get back Save As... in Mountain Lion and it works great:
defaults write -g ApplePersistence -bool no
However, this doesn't seem to work anymore in Mavericks. Ut ...
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Isn't it redundant to have Versions as well as Time Machine?
Versions and Time Machine seem to me to offer duplicated features: both do hourly backups, and their interfaces for browsing previous versions of files are very similar. The only difference I can see ...
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Where are OS X document versions stored? Are they secure?
Support for OS X versioning is spreading among apps (e.g., TextWrangler has just added this feature as of version 4.5), but it is unclear what the security implications of this are. For example, if I ...
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How to manually determine version control metadata for Finder?
I have a Scripts folder where I keep Automator actions, Applescripts, and shell scripts. Automator scripts are automatically assigned a version of 1.1.1 it seems. When I make revisions to any of these ...
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Versions.app: How to select Kaleidoscope.app as diff tool?
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OS X 10.8.2
Versions 1.1.11
Kaleidoscope 2.0.0
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I am a registered user (DirectSales, not AppStore) of both Versions and Kaleidoscope (both from BlackPixel). The latest versions of ...
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Can iTunes sort games by OS version?
Bought an iPod Touch for my son which I then discovered is a 2nd gen which doesn't support lots of apps and games. Currently I either have to try downloading a game to see if it fails or read the ...
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How to regain warnings about permanent version storage?
With Preview in Mountain Lion, I carelessly checked the box –
[√] Do not show this message again
– imagining that the preference was for just one volume.
Then realised that the warning (the sheet):...
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Can not open Mail app since I updated the last version of Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I just updated my version of Mountain Lion and then when I try to open my Mail app I receive this message :
I tried to reinstall Mail but I don't know how to do it.
Anyone know what the problem is?
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