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How does my Selfie Stick take a picture using the *headphone socket*?
I just got a selfie stick, and it connects to my iPhone via the headphone socket.
Clicking a button on the stick causes a picture to be taken.
I'm wondering how that actually works. If the headphone socket is an output, how is the stick sending an…
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Removing a specific app from spotlight
I use textWrangler for all my text editing needs. I abhor textEdit. The problem comes when I search spotlight if I stop at text and hit enter then textEdit will launch. I want to remove textEdit from my spotlight without deleting the app…
lilott8
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How do I create a custom ringtone for my iPhone?
The iPhone has a very limited selection of default ringtones.
How do I create a new ringtone for my iPhone?
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How is the Y value for the Memory Pressure graph in Activity Monitor calculated?
How is vm.memory_pressure's value bounded / calculated on OS X 10.10.2 - Yosemite?
I've researched several answers to this question and am trying a few things on the command line to get exact values rather than looking at the graphs in Activity…
Raugturi
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How to Download m3u8 stream to local HD in OS X?
The file in question looks like this:
https://example.com/somenumbers/somenumbers/somename.ts.m3u8
The file in question isn't a live stream. It's a recording.
I've tried using the ffmpeg library using various commands but the resulting file was…
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Mac App Store opens to blank screen; cannot switch between menu options
Today I tried opening the App Store to update some software, but when it opens I am left with a blank screen:
Also, when I click on the menu items in the top bar, multiple items will highlight in blue (but the blank screen will not change):
Does…
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How do I kill a process that won't die?
I'm unable to kill a process using any of the techniques I'm aware of ("Force Quit" in Activity Monitor, top, killall from the Terminal) and wonder if there are some additional steps I can take.
~ $ sudo killall -KILL 77439
Password:
No matching…
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What is standard for OS X filesystem? e.g. /opt/ vs. /usr/
What does and should go into /opt/ and what should/does go into /usr/? My understanding is that /usr/ used to be for user home directories, but since they exist in /Users/ - what is the purpose now?
Is there a manual or guide to what all of the…
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How to set system-wide environment variables
We used to use /etc/environment to set system-wide environment variables on Mountain Lion. However, it seems this file is no longer read.
Ideally the solution should apply to all users, and we need it to work with ssh console sessions. So we need…
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How do I install JDK 1.6 in Mavericks?
When I upgrade to Mavericks, it uninstalls Java 1.6. I can install Java 7, but for some applications and development work, I still need access to Java 6. How can I reinstall Java 6 in Mavericks?
Apple docs generally recommend downloading Java…
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What causes OS X to mark a folder as Quarantined?
I had a folder under ~/Sites, let's call it Foo, from which I was sharing a Wordpress site-in-development via Apache. This was working fine, I'd mapped foo.local to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file and was accessing the site from there on my laptop.
Then,…
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Can I make my Mac OS X Terminal color items according to syntax, like the Ubuntu terminal?
I want it to have all the colors for syntax folders, etc... How can I do that?
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Force OS X to use Bluetooth dongle instead of built in controller
I'm using a Magic Mouse with my MacBook Pro and Mountain Lion. The cursor sometimes start to lag. I figured, the reason for this could be the distance between my Mac and the mouse (about 1.5 meters / 5 foot).
I bought an external USB Bluetooth…
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Why is Safari ignoring my /etc/hosts file?
I added some domains to block (127.0.0.1 mydomain.com) to my /etc/hosts file and for some reason, Safari seems to be ignoring them.
I have tried:
disabling Safari extensions,
clearing the cache (sudo dscacheutil -flushcache),
restarting Safari…
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Can I install or update Mac App Store apps through a command line using terminal?
Is there an official way provided by Apple or a workaround so that I can install or update Mac App Store apps through Terminal?
Can Sürmeli
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