Questions tagged [osx]
Software to run on Apple's OS X operating system.
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What technology is best to simulate a static 2d/3d lattice structure?
I have an important final year project where I need to create some software which displays simple 2d and 3d lattice structures. To be specific, artificial spin ices. a,b,c (in the attached figure) are ...
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pdf notes with mathematical equations
I'm looking for a program where I'm able to annotate PDF files with notes, including correct mathematical equations (on mac).
So far the only way I found was writing the equations with LaTeX in a ...
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How can I use my iphone to take inventory without an internet connection?
I have a tree farm. There is effectively no internet in the field. (Phone does see a tower. Text messages take 1 to 15 minutes, just checking email for new messages takes over a minute.
I would ...
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Show git branch name of a selected folder in mac menu bar
I want to see the current branch in git of a preselected folder in my Mac's menu bar. Is there an app that shows.
I have tried to install headsondisplay but the app store says the item is not ...
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Recommendation for Open source alternative to SteerMouse
I am looking for an open source alternative to the program steer mouse:
SteerMouse
The software would need to be for mac. I am currently aware of SensibleSideButtons program and this does not fit my ...
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iPad+Mac eBook library management
I'm looking for Mac and iPad apps to replace my current iBooks (now Apple Books) workflow.
Even before starting to use iBooks, I had a folder in my Mac with eBooks (mostly PDF and ePub, a few DjVu), ...
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HTML editor with DOM outline
I'm regularly doing web scraping using Python, and I tend do download the source of a URL (e.g. using cURL) and then examine the contents of the downloaded file.
I use TextMate for all editing, but ...
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Is there a WineHQ Equivalent that runs Mac programs on Windows?
Been looking for an equivalent to WineHQ that instead lets you run Mac applications on Windows. All I'm seeing so far is Virtual Environments. Anyone know if a tool like this exists? Thanks!
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Multi protocol VPN Client
We work for many companies and each one have a different VPN servers and protocols (Fortinet, Checkpoint, OpenVPN, ...).
I have installed dozen of VPN clients in my Mac. Is there any app that replace ...
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Automated Backup of mails
I really want a tool that could somehow create offline copies of my emails. I know, there are tools like Mail Steward, but for the same, I need to find some time separately, sit and archive the emails ...
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Extract individual headshots from group photo
I'm looking for a tool that will take a (high-resolution) group photo, locate all the faces automatically and extract them as individual headshots. Is there such a tool? Recognizing faces is pretty ...
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Easy software to simulate network (router/switch/server) for study purposes
I am studying networking, I am looking for a software for Mac for testing.
It must allow me to create a router, switch, and server.
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Is there a software for testing Juniper devices?
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Command-line tool for creating simple drawings
I am looking for a command-line tool for creating simple drawings on macOS. I usually need to draw some (very) simple figures/symbols. Drawing them with GUI apps like GIMP is somewhat an overkill, and ...
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automated macOS file sync similar to Microsoft offline files
I use multiple Apple computers and need to sync files between them. To make my life a bit easier, I am considering to run a server that is available 24/7. However, I would like something automated, i....
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how to save emails from outlook 365 to hard drive? [closed]
Can I download my Outlook 365 emails to my hard drive for offline access?
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Large vector image creation software?
I am looking for software to design a fantasy map. I am aware that there are several specific software for Windows that does that; however, I am more interested to create a massive (think about 40Mpx ...
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Tool to back up mac mail folders
I have several labels. That gives Apple Mail a big reason to maintain a large number of folders. I am looking out for a solution that can backup my Mac Mail folders.
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Command line calculator with good hex support
Is there a command line calculator that will let me do bit operations and has good support for hex. E.g. for operations like:
0xff << 3
(1 << 5) ^ 0x77
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Software for rotating gerbers/excellon?
I need to rotate Gerber and Excellon files before processing them for G-Code for a tiny CNC. Problem I have is that it's an existing Gerber + Excellon drill file with no source. And I have a tiny CNC (...
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Launch search from desktop
I'm looking for a free app for Mac, similar to Alfred, which will allow me to quickly launch a search to a search engine of my choice from any app by pressing a keyboard shortcut.
Alfred nearly fits ...
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MacOS for Beginners - Which Tools to Install?
I've been a programmer for quite some time and therefore I had a lot of contact with Windows (vomit - I have to have it to play games), Linux (yeah), and lately I started with MacOS just to learn more ...
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Free software for Mac OS to Execute and test Mathematical formulas?
Recently I have downloaded the trial version Of Wolfram Mathematica on Mac OS. It allowed me to write, test and execute mathematical formulas on specific range of values and view and manipulate ...
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Software to block connections before I connect to VPN
When I am connecting to a public wi-fi (in a hotel or airport for example) I am using VPN to increase my security. But right after I join the network some applications start to establish connections (...
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View multiple PDF side by side
I have a feeling that I just had a milion dollar idea, a PDF viewer which allows viewing multiple PDF files at the same time, side by side. Like this:
Or that thing already exist? I mean one app (...
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VPN server on macOS High Sierra & macOS Mojave
According to this blog post by MacMiniVault.com, Apple is no longer including a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server. macOS Server Mojave has been gutted of nearly all the previous “Server” ...
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Base image and incremental backup solutions
I am looking for two different backup solutions.
Below are the baseline requirements for the ideal solutions:
MacBook PRO / macOS support
All backups are locally encrypted
One should make a backup ...
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Offline, cross-platform calendar client
I'm trying to find a calendar client to replace Apple Calendar, which has a poor UI and many bugs.
Requirements:
Must run on at least macOS and Arch Linux (rules out Apple Calendar)
Must display ...
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How to convert large (2gb+) .key to .pptx?
I've tried the usual options: upload to icloud (choked), online converters (said too big and I should purchase an account). I need to convert a large .key (apple keynote) to .pptx presentation. How do ...
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Is there a Mac OS application which prevents users from using windows-unsafe characters in filenames?
I work with a lot of older Mac users and they tend to put illegal characters into the filenames they send me. I've tried to teach them not to send me files with question marks and double quotes and ...
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Password management option without subscription monetization model?
1 Password used to be great. It's sad to see it moving towards a subscription model like LastPass and Dashlane have done. Further, 1PW has never supported Linux.
Is there an alternative commercially ...
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Easy UML drawing tool on Mac
Looking for an easy, cheep UML drawing tool on Mac. Only need to draw text box with border, arrows. Nothing special. Need to be native, no JAVA based cross platform interested me.
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News reader to keep up with world news outside social media
Due to the recent developments with Facebook, I have decided to walk away from the social media platforms. I honestly just needed a reason to do so, since my main activity on Facebook is to keep up ...
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Multi-platform Time and Activity Tracker
I'm looking for an app to track time spent on different activities both online and offline. It would work on both, macOS and iOS. On macOS it would automatically track which apps I am using for how ...
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Medium (or general RSS) feed text-to-speech reader with voice control
I'm looking for app, that can read aloud texts from RSS feed. Mac or iOS or Android.
It should be able to distinguish languages of articles: I'm reading in English and sometimes in Russian
It should ...
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GPU usage monitoring on OSX
I have a Macbook Pro, and I am currently looking for software which is suitable for monitoring the Graphics card usage of the Intel Iris Graphics 6100 that the Macbook makes use of. Is there some sort ...
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Remember a persons name
I'm in search of software to remember several things of a person:
Name
Affiliation (Lover / Familiy / Work / ...)
Any notes I want to keep (Went on vacation to Bahamas, ...)
Example: Namerick (...
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A software to resize, add a frame, custom logo and exif info on photos (mac)
I do locations scouting for advertisement and movies.
After a day taking photos I have to resize them, apply a frame with the bottom part of the pic heigh enough to write there the file's name, iso, ...
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File system or tool with bidirectional remote syncing of a folder
The setup is several laptops (Linux and Mac OS) which need a shared folder but do not have consistent access to the network. The files would need to be useable while offline and any changes be ...
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Software to find duplicate file *names*
I having difficulty locating some macOS software or command line techniques that will look for files that have duplicate file names without regard to the file contents.
Most software I've tried ...
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C/C++ Library for HFS+ volumes
Any help to find a library which allows reading files containing HFS+ volumes extracted from DMG?
It could work on raw data, not exactly on DMG files.
Read-only-mode is enough because one thing ...
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Parental control software with URL-based blacklist and the ability to disable the internet activity monitoring
I'm looking for parental control software that offers all of the following features:
ability to completely disable the internet activity monitoring feature (most parental control software has the ...
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Wish a cleaner app for OSX
I am looking for a free or paid app for cleaning Mac OS X (macOS), it is some like a manager app.
It should support these features at least.
Clean junk files
Optimize memory
Manage files
Which one ...
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Running Windows 10 on Mac. Parallels, Fusion or VirtualBox?
Some of my daughter's university course require Windows-only software. Statgraphics Centurion in this case, but there will be others later.
In all cases, I expect to have to get a Windows license. ...
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Photo management system for NAS
We are operating a Synology 1517+ NAS which is responsible for storing images (PNG, JPEG etc.), however there are other non-photo/video files stored as well.
We are looking for an organisational tool ...
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Turning photos of diagrams into nice images on Mac
I enjoy drawing diagrams by hand, either on paper or on a whiteboard. I would like to be able to take photos of these (using either a cellphone or a DSLR) and easily process them into reasonably ...
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How to access windows from MAC machine?
I am using MACbook pro with processor 2.5GHz
I need to use a software that is supported by only Windows OS at the moment.
What are my options please? I cant afford to buy windows machine now.
As an ...
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OSX/macOS version for a decent development/compile-farm machine
I'm looking for "the best" Apple OS for helping me in coding and testing cross-platform (Linux, W32, OSX) applications, written in C, C++, Python and similar (no fancy, new-fangled node.js or - horror ...
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Pair Programming Screen Share/Control Tool for Mac
I'm looking for a tool which would allow users to pair program on a Mac platform. Our developers use Xcode, but the main criteria for this program would be to allow two developers to connect over the ...
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osx free epub3 creation software
Any good recommendations for free software to create epub3 files on osx?
Calibre has been mentioned in some articles, but it seems that it's not particularly suited to creating epub3 files from ...
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Alternative to Whereisit for Mac
I'm looking for an alternative to Whereisit on Windows to index my files and folders to a filetype and be able to browse the snapshot of the indexed files later.
Please could someone suggest an ...
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