Questions tagged [osx]
Software to run on Apple's OS X operating system.
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Music player for OSX with standard playlist capabilities?
I'm experiencing high frustration looking for a music player for OSX Catalina - can anyone please recommend one? Here's what I'm looking for:
Primarily plays local music files (MP3 / FLAC) - online ...
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Free Golang IDE
Is there any good and free Golang IDE or Editor for MacOSX, Windows or Linux?
Any help appreciated.
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Installing NimEDIT on MacOS Catalina
I would like to install NimEDIT on my Mac but I can't figure out how.
Any help appreciated.
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Brainfuck ide for OSX
I want to try Brainfuck, and I would like to know if there is there any good Brainfuck ide for OSX?
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local log filtering and analytics
There is a vast amount of log analytics tools available like kibana, datadog and what not.
I'm searching for a free tool (license must allow commercial use) that allows to just drop in a log file, of ...
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Connecting a Macbook Pro with an Ipad
I'm currently using a MacBook Pro Catalina(13-inch, 2020). I was wondering if I could connect it with my Ipad 2. I've tried sidecar, but I believe that the Ipad does not support this feature. Other ...
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macOS app to check if an image is already on the computer?
I'm looking for a photo de-duper app for Mac, but from a different angle than normal.
If I download a new image from the web, I want to know if I already have it on my Mac or not.
I have had trouble ...
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Mac: Show a PDF in a floating borderless window
Video players like IINA let you view video in a floating, borderless window.
Is there any equivalent for PDF files?
I'm using PDF slides and am basically trying to get the equivalent functionality ...
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testing network performance, speed and stability for domestic connection to internet
I need to connect to the internet from home and I would like to have software to test the connection, in terms of speeds and stability. I know that there are many webpages that allow one to test the ...
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App to put a circle around the mouse pointer
In some videos, I have seen a circle or a ring around the mouse pointer but I am not able to find any options in my mac to do so.
Is there a way in mac to do this or do I need an app for this?
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A mac app for screen annotation?
I want to draw on all over the screen and not just on a single screen or app. Is there any mac app that does this?
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Need free backup software that stays within my country
I need to backup my computer files to another computer or device that is in the same country as I am. Would prefer an open-source or free option for the backups.
This would need to work for multiple ...
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Mac email client that doesn't upload my data to remote servers
I'm looking for a pure client side only mac email client that's better than thunderbird / apple mail. I'm a little bit burnt by rumors of popular apps stealing your data. Any recommendations? Thanks.
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An editor for HAML and PHP (macOS)
I tried several editors, TextMate, Coda2, PHPStorm.
None of them supports such an exotic combo.
I usually use a trick by adding a HAML comment with PHP opening tag at the beginning:
-#<?
That ...
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Free video editor for Mac, with MPG/MKV support
I want to do some basic video editing on Mac:
Import a few video files of the same height/width
Cut portions of each file and gather them to make a new video
Export it as a new video file
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Paint tool for OS X with specific features
I am using gimp as my paint program for game graphics, but I want something that have auto straight tool, make the line straight, and isometric grid. I will like program for Sketching and low-poly art....
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Chart plotting for oscilloscope-like exploration: zoom, cursors
I have time-series data (daily values for a few years in CSV) that I want to plot for personal, casual use. I want to pan around, zoom in/out, and quickly check individual values with one or more ...
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Frequently installed macOS software that can be updated via the command line
What software / package managers are frequently installed on macOS that can be updated via the command line?
The software / package managers could either be included with macOS, or they could be ...
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Free Mac/Windows program for beginner to make dub-step bass/drum electronic music
I am looking for a program for creating simple music, for mac/windows, preferably free.
My goal is to compose dub-step - bass/drum - electronic music. I have zero experience with such tools and it ...
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Proxy with custom subproxy routing
I'm using a lot of networks with over 15 different proxy servers to access various resources. In typical usage PAC file comes in picture to make browser go to one or another proxy.
However, for non-...
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Good alternative to this diagram tool https://github.com/francoislaberge/diagrams?
I am currently using this diagram package (https://github.com/francoislaberge/diagrams) to create a sequence diagram.
It fits my work flow because I want to be able to generate a sequence diagram by ...
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Regex Desktop Tool for Offline Use (Cross Platform)
There are a plethora of SO questions a decade old describing cross platform desktop Regex tools. It seems the most popular options were:
Kodos (no commits in the past decade, runs off deprecated Qt3)
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App/Website to make maps
I want to take a map of the earth, and put three overlays on top: ie an overlay of all forests in green, an overlay of all waterfalls in blue, and an overlay of all deserts in yellow. So, in the end, ...
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Nintendo DS emulator for Mac with more than 2x speed?
I am currently using DeSmuME, and it can only be sped up to 2x.
Is there any DS emulator for Mac that can do faster than 2x? My hardware can handle it.
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I need an application to quickly load up a set of urls during testing and development a web application
When I'm developing for web application, I have a set of 4-10 different urls that I manually check that reflect different states of the data on any given page. I could bookmark these pages (which ...
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Command line tool to compile HTML files — for building static HTML sites
I'm looking for a command line tool that would watch a project directory and compile HTML files.
Use-case description:
Occasionally I'm building static HTML sites. But changing footer and header ...
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What software can I use to bring a window into focus on mac?
I'm looking for a Python library that will let me bring a window into focus on Mac.
On windows, this would be win32gui's SetForegroundWindow function. Is there a Mac equivalent? I've found I can list ...
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Antivirus for Windows and Mac
Which anti virus is the best for Mac and Windows (I'm using both). I know the list of malware and virus removal tools is long (Avast, Sophos, AiroAV, Norton, Mcafee, Bit Defender, etc., etc).
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Is there a tool that will allow me to develop an app for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android?
An app I want to develop should run on all four platforms - Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. It's mostly text-based, with tables, buttons, etc.
I've seen tools for develop apps that run on Windows and ...
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PDF annotation tool and management for Mac
I am looking for a tool which allows me to load PDF documents, annotate & comment on them, and then "browse" the annotations and comments in some form of viewer (perhaps like a spreadsheet). The ...
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Can I debug my C# Visual Studio program in Mac?
I have a Mac and I download Visual Studio. I write my code but the VS is want to use terminal for debugging. But terminal of course can't open and debug the file as a CMD can. (I only got an error ...
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To draw 3D density plot with a xyz file format and strength on fourth column
I would like to know which software is useful for drawing a 3D color density map with a format containing four columns as follows.
file format
x y z density
The first three columns are x, y, and z ...
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Self-hosted cross-platform push notification service
I work at a remotely located research camp in the Arctic. We have a couple of dozen people working here, connected by WiFi and with satellite-based internet.
For emergencies or general calls it would ...
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Which XAMPP version to choose
I've upgraded my server's PHP from PHP-5.6 to PHP-7.2. I'm ready to download and install an upgraded XAMPP version. I'm currently using very old XAMPP 5.6.31-0.
On XAMPP's site, there are two ...
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How can I transfer file through ssh to a remote server with ssh tunnel in MAC?
I have two remote servers: s1 and s2.
s1 accept all connections, s2 only accept connections from s1.
I want to transfer files from my Mac to s2, so I have to create a tunnel with s1 and then connect ...
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Mac - Svn Client
I am new user on Mac and i would like recommendation for SVN Client such as 'Svn Tortoise" on Windows.
please share you comments
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Split vocal from piano in a very simple song
I have a very simple song which has only a vocal and a piano sound. I want to remove the piano sound, and indeed, only get the vocal. According to this link: How to Isolate Vocals in Audacity, there ...
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Can I code in Objective C in XCode 10
My client is asking for creating the iPhone app using Objective C instead of Swift. I know this is not a good idea. But I wonder can I write Objective C in XCode 10.
Can someone please guide me the ...
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Checklist app, can reuse list
I am looking for a checklist app. For example, in preparation for going to the gym, I want to go through my gym prep list and check all the items that I need.
It should be very easy to repeat these ...
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Map and route planning software for Mac
I'm looking for the Mac equivalent of Ozi-Explorer.
Can load and geo-reference map files, tiling multiple map files together.
Can load, edit and save track data.
Nice to have: Talks to my GPS (not ...
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What Windows/MacOS software to use for analyzing TCP/UDP connections from applications on Iphone, Ipad?
The application is installed on the iPhone, iPad. It sends both HTTP/HTTPS requests and TCP/UDP requests.
Wi-Fi point configured on a Windows laptop. Iphone/Ipad connected to the Internet through this ...
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Mac application for batch resizing multiple images into multiple sizes per image, with image width appended to file name
As per the title, I need an application for batch resizing images into many different sizes, appending the file width to the title.
These processed files could all be saved into one new folder, ...
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wget alternative with headless browser (webscraper with rendered JS)?
Is there a recursive web crawler like wget except that it executes javascript (in a headless browser)?
I just need to scrape some online documentation for a holiday, I don't want to write one myself (...
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Observe file mutations and upload to ftp
So I want to have my workspace in a folder. Later I'd probably also want to run Babel and an SCSS compiler there.
Now I want a tool that observes the files in that folder (and it's subfolders) and ...
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Sound editor for Mac to manually mix (crossfade) music files?
I have a long music mp3 file and want to cut out a part in the middle. I would like to create a smooth transition between the end of the first and the start of the second part, like a crossfade, and ...
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Screen and audio replication software
I'm looking for a way to replicate screen and audio from a Mac computer to a "window" on a windows machine.
Ideally, it would be best for the video replication part to work as a secondary monitor (...
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Easy offline flowchart tool for OSX
I will prefer to using a free one, so I don't want to use visio (but if it is not as expensive as visio I am okay with a paid one).
Currently I use a mind mapping tool called Mindnode. But the ...
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Recommendation on Mac System Performance logging tool
Does anyone know of software for macs that can monitor the system performance of the CPU, GPU, RAM usage, disk usage, etc. and can log the data?
Free or open source would be preferred but I can get ...
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Interactive software to organize and present information
Example: I have a bunch of different fruits and for each one I have 10 categories (e.g., color, size, taste, etc.)
What I am looking for
A program for only the person in charge to edit the ...
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Software package for Python to receive coordinates of Wacom tablet?
I need a python software package that collects the x & y coordinates of the pen movements on my Wacom tablet. Is there anything out there that gets the job done? I'm using Mac OS X Mojave.
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