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Q&A Browser video sometimes stops working; how can I figure out why?

I leave my Mac (Mini, not laptop) running all the time, only rebooting when something forces me to (like a software update). My uptimes are usually measured in weeks, sometimes months. Occasional...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 14d ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Circulate through spaces on macOS 11

Back in the days of OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, one could circulate from the last space to the first space, e.g. if one was on the last space and used the keyboard shortcut to go to the next space, it w...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Programmatically changing the keyboard illumination in small steps

Background story: I would like to have a button in my touch bar which changes the illumination of the keyboard in small steps (what you normally get from pressing Illumination(up/down)+option+shif...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A All file types associated with an application

How can I get a list of all file types for which a certain application is the default program? I know that I can get a list of all file types an application is capable of opening from the info.pli...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Activate `Prefer tabs when opening documents` only for one application

In macOS 11.6, I can go to System Preferences->General and activate the Prefer tabs when opening documents option so that new windows are opened as new tabs. This setting will influence many app...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Maximise instead of full screen window

Are there any free (and preferably open source) methods to make the green window button maximise the window instead of going full screen? (I know BetterTouchTools can do that, but this is no lon...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Moved to a new OS version, didn't change project source, and now Datenstrom Yellow project won't build -- how do I debug this?

I've been using Datenstrom Yellow on a Mac running 0S 10.12.6 (Sierra) to build a personal web site (mostly a blog). The self-hosted test site (runs directly from source) and the build (generated s...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Audio book player for macOS 11.5

I'm looking for an application to play my mp3 audio books on macOS 11.5. On an older system, I was using ecoute, but this does not seem to work under macOS 11.5. Required features: resume the...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A How to unhide folder with macOS 11.5

One of the folders in my home folder, Music, appears to be hidden. In the finder it appears slightly greyed out and it won't appear if I try to open files from applications which don't show hidd...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Avoid font colour change in macOS 11 menu bar

In macOS 11 the font colour of the menu bar automatically adapts to the darkness of the background image. On a light background it will show the text in black and on a dark background it will show ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

Question macos11 menubar color