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How to hide a specific active app on OS X (has to be reversible)?
Just to save others from wasting their time here:
This appears to be impossible in macOS Monterey onwards
macOS Monterey 12.0.0 was released October 2021, so around then was probably when this ...
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Alternative ways to set a timer on macOS
Open any modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox etc), go to google.com and enter "timer" in a search box:
It does a nice beep at the end.
PS. I entered this as an answer here because I had the ...
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How to determine which apps are incompatible with an iOS upgrade?
I don't think there is a technical way to check that before actually performing the upgrade.
The only other way is reading, so for every app that is important for you you can do:
Check the app store ...
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How to disable command-Q for Quit?
Go to settings → Keyboard → shortcuts → App-keyboardshortcuts(on my mac: 'App-Tastenkurzbefehle')
Press '+' Then add shortcut for the programm you wish to deactivate Command+Q.
Afterwards type exectly ...
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Open new application window via commandline
Add the following line to your ~/.zshrc file. (Or, your ~/.bashrc file, if you are using bash.) If the file does not exist, then create the file.
openwin() { osascript -e "tell application \"...
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How to disable autocorrect for only one application in OSX?
Update for 2022 and some apps like and FB messenger where the "Edit" menu doesn't have the sought option:
Left-click where you would type > Spelling and Grammar > Correct Spelling ...
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You do not have permission to open the application “Anaconda-Navigator”
From the information here. The app is not in /Applications but is on a backupdrive.
I would undo the moves you made or reinstall the application
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I'm looking for a quick entry TODO application that syncs across an iPhone and my laptop
I recommend using the built-in Reminders app. If I'm right it should meet all of your needs...
I also recently searched for a TO-DO app and all the time I didn't realize I had one in front of my eyes :...
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Apple's iOS 14 Translate app on macOS?
macOS Monterey adds the system-wide translation functionality from iOS, but not the separate app.
Translate
Systemwide Translation
Translate text by Control-clicking it and selecting Translate. Then ...
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