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Why do full-screen applications change their order in Mission Control?
How are fullscreen apps organised? This is usually my workflow:
Dashboard / Desktop / Safari / Pages
I sometimes go to Pages and type some things and go back to Safari, and then I find that it becomes like this:
Dashboard / Desktop / Pages /…
JFW
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IOS 10 warning: Using a hidden network can expose personally identifiable information
I am aware that 'hiding' a wifi network/SSID does not make the network MORE secure, but Apple's warning on IOS 10:
Using a hidden network can expose personally identifiable information
seems to indicate that hidden networks are LESS…
goofology
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Installing fonts from terminal instead of Font Book?
I know how do install new fonts using Font Book.
Is there also a way to install fonts from the terminal, using some smart shell command?
RocketNuts
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OSX: how to add a right click option to a folder which opens the folder with an app like VS Code?
Is it possible to add a service to a folder so as to open it with a specific application?
As shown in the screenshot below, an application named Evernote has done this. I want to do it manually for VS Code and Brackets.
Let's take VS Code for an…
Vikas Bansal
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Maximize windows just like Windows on OS X
I have owned a MacBook Pro for a year, however at work I use a Windows laptop. Since I really like the functionality to maximize a windows by just pushing it to the top of the screen, I would like to have that on my Macbook too.
I am using Spectacle…
Thijs Kempers
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How can I create or recreate a Lion recovery partition?
For whatever reason, one of our macs didn't make a recovery partition when it upgraded to Lion.
Is it possible to add a recovery partition after the fact?
To be clear - on a normal mac, the recovery partition is hidden in both the Startup Disk…
bmike
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sudo killall coreaudiod made it so I don't have any sound at all
I ran into an issue where my volume buttons on my mac weren't able to adjust the volume of my computer. I sought a solution and someone suggested using sudo killall coreaudiod. Now I have no volume on my computer at all. How do I fix this?
Bodhidarma
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How to disable mouse acceleration in Yosemite?
I just upgraded to Yosemite and my current best interpretation of what's happening is that there's a new behavior that "helpfully" moves the mouse (and a window if you're moving one) closer to an edge of the screen when moving quickly enough.
I…
Trevoke
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"Fetching..." Behavior in Finder "Open With" Menu in Yosemite
I don't know if other people have notice this in Yosemite:
With a file in Finder in focus, when you move the cursor to "Open With" entry, whether from context menu or menu bar -> File, a "Fetching..." subentry appears.
A moment later, the usual…
fartheraway
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App Store asking for other Apple ID when updating apps
My friend's mate reset his phone to prove him wrong about a situation and ever since then when he tries to update his apps it asks for his mom's iCloud password yet it says at the bottom of the App Store, iTunes and iCloud that it's signed into his…
user83429
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What is the keyboard shortcut for editing a cell in Excel?
I can't find the keyboard shortcut for this on the mac. It's F2 on a windows machine.
Kevin Trethewey
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How to add hibernate mode to MacBook Pro
I have recently switched to Mac from Windows hence I do not have much information.
I want my Mac to go to safe sleep state on closing the lid.
I also need an extra option available somewhere which can be used to move to hibernate mode (no battery…
anuja
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How can I stop my MacBook Pro from automatically sleeping when I lock the screen?
Whenever I lock my screen (via either the lock icon -> Lock screen or by using the Control+shift+eject key combination), my screen immediately turns off (not showing the screen saver), and the system seems to sleep.
This is inconvenient because it…
Martin
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How can I erase Bluetooth devices on my Mac
I had an bluetooth audio device (Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker) remembered on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.5. Now I don't have it anymore and I want to link it with another audio device and it seems to be unable to forget the Bose one…
Luis
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How to maximise a window to fill up screen in Mavericks?
Before Mavericks, I could maximise a window while holding shift key, and the window would always fill up the entire screen without needing any third party tools or changes.
It no longer works in Mavericks, is there a workaround or hidden setting to…
Howard
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