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Enable touch indicator for iOS app demo video recording
I would like to record a demo video of an iOS app with QuickTime on Yosemite. (I found this tutorial) Is it possible to enable a tap indicator, like a small circle, for touch events so users can easily spot where the author tapped?
Thom
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How does iOS and OS X detect when a Wi-Fi network is a personal hotspot?
When there is a Personal Hotspot network available, it displays a chain link icon instead of the usual lock icon in the list of available networks on iOS and OS X.
My question is, how does OS X distinguish these networks? Is it specified in 802.11…
kumowoon1025
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Restore app windows to their original Spaces
When re-opening an app, all of its windows end up on the first Space, regardless of their original placement:
Original layout: one app has two windows open, each in a separate Space
+-----[ Space 1 ]-----+ +-----[ Space 2 ]-----+
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Jakub Roztocil
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Repair Time Machine sparsebundle that will no longer mount
I messed up my Time Machine backup in some way. I'm no longer able to mount the sparsebundle file as I get an error stating that there are no mountable filesystems.
I used the hdiutil command to attach the sparsebundle file:
hdiutil attach -nomount…
Niels R.
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Resizing or expanding a CoreStorage volume
I bought a new SSD with 750 GB and made two partitions: 600 GB and 150 GB. The smaller one was thought to be a Bootcamp partition one day, but to date it was just another unused partition. When I needed more space, I decided to merge these two…
Christian
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Yosemite volume up and down doesn't make a feedback sound
Instead of playing a sound when volume up/down is pressed on the keyboard it now plays a sound when you hold down SHIFT + Vol Up / Vol Down. How does one configure it to work like it did before?
Piotr Tomasik
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Ruby on OS X 10.9 Ignoring gems because extensions are not built
Every few days this will happen when doing various things in Ruby CLI (notably, using the knife utility for Chef) on OS X (unable to replicate in other environments; Linux, FreeBSD, etc.):
Ignoring bcrypt-3.1.7 because its extensions are not built. …
tony_perkis666
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Remove Eject Icon from Menu bar
How do I get rid of this icon?
I'm not even sure what it's for.
It's possible that it's for remote CD Drive, but I don't remember how I got it up there in the first place.
Details:
iMac 27 inch late 2012
OS X Mavericks
Timber
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Understanding the 'staff' user group
It's known that all users are members of the 'staff' group. If you setup a standard user and create any file, a list of that file in the terminal with 'ls -la' shows the user group to be 'staff'.
Using the dscacheutil command, we can see information…
TheDarkKnight
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How to turn on Hardware Virtualization on Late 2013 MacBook Pro (for Windows 8.1 using Boot Camp)?
I am trying to turn on Hardware Virtualization for my new MacBook Pro for Windows 8.1 setup using Boot Camp.
I have searched online and I know that we can not just go to the BIOS like windows and change settings. Unfortunately, most of the solution…
Ahsan
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Export iMessages in human readable form for archival
I have a long (several months' worth) iMessage conversation with a contact. He lost these messages when he re-installed his OS, but I still have the archive. There is some important information there that we'd like to keep.
Is there a simple way…
Szabolcs
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Why does Office for Mac need Safari and Chrome closed for installation?
In an update for MS Office for Mac, the installer asks to close Chrome and Safari — why?
What do those programs have to do with Microsoft Office?
I only have Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Baumr
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How do I edit current shell command in VI
On Linux machines the current bash shell command can be edited in VI (or whatever the EDITOR is set to) by pressing Ctrl+XCtrl+E.
This doesn't seem to work on OS X 10.8. Any ideas on how to edit the current bash command in the default editor?
Scott Walter
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How can I unpack a .deb on Mac OS X without installing it?
I have a .deb file that I want to unpack and examine, but not install. I'm currently looking for where i can download dpkg for OSX, but can't find it. If you have a link, please share.
Thomas
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How can I crop a video?
How does one remove a black border around a video. The input video has the size 720x576 and has the output video should be 720x480. I need to crop away 96 pixels from top and bottom.
I have gazed through this list of video tools for Mac, but I'm…
neoneye
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