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Does Apple provide a web site with content of `man` pages for the command-line commands bundled with Mac OS X?
Hello from the future world of 2022!
As benwiggy mentioned below, the short answer is https://ss64.com/osx. It's the only reasonably up-to-date, online-viewable, searchable, and cross-referenced ...
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Does Apple provide a web site with content of `man` pages for the command-line commands bundled with Mac OS X?
The old online index seems have to vanished. You can however find the source code of manual pages on https://opensource.apple.com/. This site hosts historical versions as well.
For example:
fputs(3) ...
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How to view page source in Safari browser on an iPhone?
You don’t need an app to inject a view source share option.
Create a bookmark in mobile Safari and then edit it to include
javascript:(function()%7Bvar a=window.open('about:blank').document;a.write('&...
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How to view page source in Safari browser on an iPhone?
With iOS14 and above you can make shortcut using these actions :
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My Mac is opening new tabs with different ad sites
How to install adware So you ignored all the red flags given in this apple support post.
installation of software from mac-torrent probably
If you're using torrents, use some reputable sources to ...
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Is it possible to use etc/hosts to block a specific part of a whole website
No. You need a web proxy or other filter product that snoops on and processes the URL instead of just the main host.
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Does Apple provide a web site with content of `man` pages for the command-line commands bundled with Mac OS X?
There are some MacOS man pages here, though I don't know how complete the list is.
I used to use this utility, Bwana, which converts man pages to HTML in Safari on-the-fly. It hasn't been updated for ...
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OSX app to paste and save HTML content?
Although this is an old question, it's still relevant, and here is the answer:
pbpaste -Prefer rtf | textutil -stdin -convert html -output outputfile.html
This uses the built-in OS X pbpaste utility ...
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Website that uses iPhoto or Photos library as the database
Have you considered using iCloud Photo Sharing?
This can be used to share specific photo albums, so you could create one for each of the four categories. You can also share these as a public website ...
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How can I listen to Apple Music from my web browser?
There are multiple web players available:
Apple's official web player (or the beta)
Musish
Zachary Seguin Music
Genius
I would recommend trying one of the third party players, they have some nice ...
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How to view a website as it appears on mobile safari from desktop safari?
From the Develop menu > Enter Responsive Design Mode Cmd ⌘ Ctrl ⌃ R
You can then choose between a selection of devices…
Click for larger image
If you don't have that menu open already, it's ...
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How to view page source in Safari browser on an iPhone?
Mobile Safari can call other programs to "View Source" via the share functionality in iOS / iPadOS.
To transform your web page into source, install an app that has this functionality (e.g. ...
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How do I open a .webarchive in iOS Safari?
I was really disappointed that there appeared to be no way to do this on iOS…
so I made an app:
Web Archive Inspector
The app decodes the web archive and attempts to activate any JavaScript it finds. ...
grg♦
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Can I select unselectable text in Safari?
Option 1: Use a third-party tool or take a screenshot
I really like TextSniper (paid, $7.99) for this, and it works on any app and even inside pictures or paused videos.
It provides a shortcut (Cmd+...
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Can I prevent websites from disabling the context menu in Safari on macOS?
I finally found a tool that brings back the context menu for Safari on all those websites that disable it. It’s aptly called StopTheMadness ($8.99).
It also offers solutions for other browsers like ...
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Why do some characters are not displaying correctly in this website?
You presumably need to download and add a font. Try Symbola.
If you have an iOS device, I think you should find the same behavior. Apple's supplied fonts do not cover all of Unicode, which has well ...
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Automator: Save images from a list of URLs in a text file
Let's assume for a second that your image URL's are in a text file located on your desktop... "Image list.txt"
Let's assume each image URL in that file is on a separate line
Let's assume that the "...
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How to block specific websites without using Parental Controls?
Actually you can do this but an intelligent and curious child might find what you have done and bypass your options. That said you could just edit the hosts file:
Open a terminal window and type the ...
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automate file text edits
Assuming all files are in the same folder:
mkdir new
for i in *.html; do
sed 's|website.com|website.com/old|g' "$i" > "new/$i"
done
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Safari (iPhone, MacBook) gives NSURLErrorDomain:-1017
What are you using to host the website?
The issue is because of:
It looks like your server is offering an upgrade to HTTP/2 even though
the connection is already done with HTTP/2 - which makes no ...
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How to view page source in Safari browser on an iPhone?
Apple’s native solution is Safari Web Inspector. Currently all developer tools for iOS do still run on macOS so get out your mac and dive in if you want a first party solution.
Here’s a 5 minute tech ...
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What is the difference between "Remove" and "Remove All" in Safari Preferences › Privacy › Manage Website Data?
"Remove" just removes the entry (or entries) you've selected in the list. Notice it's disabled if you haven't selected anything.
"Remove All", as the name implies, removes all ...
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How to add a custom widget to IOS 10? (Website)
No, you can't add websites to that screen on iOS. You can add links to websites as icons to your iPhone, in case that helps.
Widgets are only allowed to be installed through the Apple App Store as ...
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automate file text edits
If you're commonly editing website file contents you should invest in an editor.
Sublime Text 2
Drop the website onto the icon and it will build the project:
run cmdshiftF and enter the replacement:...
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How to block specific websites without using Parental Controls?
To add to @Steve Chambers answer, it's important to know that this will only catch the explicitly listed site. In other words if you list facebook.com this will not block www.facebook.com or ww1....
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Request Mobile Site after requesting Desktop Site Safari
This can be done by closing the tab, opening a new one and opening the site again there.
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Can I prevent websites from disabling the context menu in Safari on macOS?
Hateful 'web designers' absue their privilege to run code on our machines that restricts our tools and workflows. To get around this offensive behaviour by evil people, they should pay us damages. Not ...
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Is there a cell/mobile friendly site for Apple feedback?
Apple recommends using their Feedback Assistant native app, but this requires installing a beta profile (on iOS, built into MacOS).
If you want a web form, and are willing to sign into your Apple ID, ...
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Is it possible to host my public apple calendar on my website?
I've never used it before, but Open Web Calendar seems like an option. Just set the calendar that you want to share to public in the Calendar app, take the URL that it generates, and paste that into ...
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Can I select unselectable text in Safari?
Not sure if there is a direct and easy way applicable to all such web sites so that one does not have to use a browser other than Safari in such cases.
I think some of the easiest ways in Safari are ...
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