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Gay Retard posted:I'm sure there's a third party equivalent for Windows, but I really love macOS's multiple desktops and gestures. That, alone, makes windows management better. Windows 10 has multiple desktops built-in as well as tons of gestures for window management.
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Lambert posted:Windows 10 does allow you to execute gestures/scroll inactive windows. Funnily enough, this should be behavior you don't like, considering your first gripe. I mean, that's why I included a line explaining why I wanted the one behavior and not the other. Windows does the opposite of what I want in each circumstance.
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Feb 20, 2019 19:35
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Data Graham posted:I mean, that's why I included a line explaining why I wanted the one behavior and not the other. Windows does the opposite of what I want in each circumstance.  Should be on by default. On Windows 7, you need a special tool to do this. But, considering Windows 7 support is running out in less than a year, I assume you're upgrading soon anyways. You preferring the extra click seems very weird to me, this is extremely annoying behavior to me. I have multiple windows open at all times on multiple monitors, being able to easily interact with all of them at the same time is a huge plus.
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Feb 20, 2019 19:37
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It's certainly possible, even likely, that I'm the weird one and nobody else likes things the way I like them. I'll adapt or die I suppose.
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Feb 20, 2019 19:41
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Data Graham posted:It's certainly possible, even likely, that I'm the weird one and nobody else likes things the way I like them. I'll adapt or die I suppose. you're not the only one, i agree with literally everything you posted last page
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Feb 20, 2019 19:45
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Yeah, I find Windows difficult to work with personally, but I don't hate it. I also don't give a poo poo why people like one over the other. Work with the OS you find works for you, people.
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Feb 20, 2019 19:50
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The Milkman posted:None of the mac 3rd party software is as good as the baseline you get with Windows 10 out of the box. I'm genuinely confused about what features you're talking about. With 3rd party Mac and Windows software, I can throw/resize a given window pretty much anywhere I desire with a single hotkey combo in a single step (no mouse required). 1/3, 1/2 or 2/3 screen width or quadrants, at any grid position that makes sense for the given window height/width. Also move to another monitor or space/desktop, return to pre-managed dimensions, and more. AFAIK Windows 10 still only does left half or right half with a single keyboard combo. Quadrants can be done with corner snap and snap assist, but these require the mouse and/or multiple steps, and still this is relatively basic compared to what 3rd party software can accomplish. Am I missing something here? Ignoring window positioning, one thing I've always liked about macOS is its differentiation between all windows/apps and the currently focused app's windows. I.e. having both CMD+TAB to switch between apps and CMD+` to switch between the focused app's windows; and all window mission control vs only the focused app's window mission control. Not having every window available from CMD+TAB (as they are with ALT+TAB on Windows) took some getting used to, but now I find the TAB/` differentiation is usually faster for getting to what I want than having scrolling through all windows via ALT+TAB.
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Splinter posted:AFAIK Windows 10 still only does left half or right half with a single keyboard combo. Quadrants can be done with corner snap and snap assist, but these require the mouse and/or multiple steps, and still this is relatively basic compared to what 3rd party software can accomplish. Am I missing something here? Quadrants can be done with Win-Up or Win-Down right after doing Win-Left or Win-Right. You can also maximize with Win-Up multiple times or minimize with Win-Down multiple times, and Win-Shift-Arrow will move the window across desktops. When I'm using Windows, these key shortcuts are fine. When I'm using a Mac, Magnet/Moom are fine. This doesn't seem like something worthy to have a holy war argument about.
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Feb 21, 2019 04:21
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chutwig posted:This doesn't seem like something worthy to have a holy war argument about. It really is one of the most idiotic slap-fights in a thread that has a lot of them.
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Feb 21, 2019 06:01
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Data Graham posted:Tell me how to make it so when you click a backgrounded window in Windows, it doesn't pass that click through to whatever widget in that application happened to be under your pointer but you couldn't see because it was in the background, and it'll change my life. Is this not what you're trying to achieve? 
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Feb 21, 2019 16:44
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Diiiiiiick move
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Feb 21, 2019 16:52
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Axiem posted:Aren’t those just the standard zoom in/out keys?
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Feb 21, 2019 22:03
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Are there any security benefits from using a Mac running Mojave with a normal user account instead of an admin account in 2019?
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Feb 24, 2019 14:01
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So I have a question that interests hardware and software. My sisters 2011 15" macbook pro (running yosemite) logic board died. I had an old 2010 13" macbook pro that I wasn't using so I removed her hard drive and put it in mine. Everything worked but her time machine is asking whether she wants to create a new back up or inherit the old one. I did a google search and inherit seems to be the correct option because she can't use her old laptop anymore. My only concern are the people saying that if the computer names aren't the same it could cause issues. But since it's the same hard drive syncing to the same time machine backup there shouldn't be a naming issue right? Has anyone encountered this before? If there was even a 1% chance of her losing the backup (even if she had the original) I would never hear the end of it.
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Feb 24, 2019 23:23
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Anyone having their system crashed during sleep by GoogleSoftwareUpdate?
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Feb 24, 2019 23:23
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Any way to not show the last used/visited folder whenever I open Finder? I hate how it immediately goes back to the 10 folder deep view from Dropbox or elsewhere. I just want a clean showing of my top level folders. I've played around with its settings and can't find anything.
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Mar 3, 2019 21:49
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Howard Phillips posted:Any way to not show the last used/visited folder whenever I open Finder? 
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Mar 3, 2019 22:00
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I'm stupid. Thanks for this.
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Mar 3, 2019 22:12
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You guys ever use Dropzone? https://aptonic.com  I was looking for an easy way to quickly upload images to imgur and came across it. It can also:
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Mar 3, 2019 23:55
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Gay Retard posted:You guys ever use Dropzone? That looks pretty slick!
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Gay Retard posted:You guys ever use Dropzone? It's probably one of my most used apps along with Alfred. It has a lot of downloadable actions (here and here) and if you know ruby or python you can make it do anything you want.
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Gay Retard posted:You guys ever use Dropzone? gmq posted:It's probably one of my most used apps along with Alfred. It has a lot of downloadable actions (here and here) and if you know ruby or python you can make it do anything you want. I'm positively tumescent.
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I haven't had a mac in a while, but have a musician friend who's looking to buy a Mac laptop primarily to use Logic Pro. I've looked a the tech specs for it, but was wondering if those specs are usable or if you need more for it to not be miserable. Logic Pro X Requirements macOS 10.12 or later 4GB of RAM OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later 256MB of VRAM Logic Pro X requires 6GB of disk space for a minimum installation or up to 63GB of disk space for the full Sound Library installation
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Mar 5, 2019 07:47
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PapaLazarou posted:I haven't had a mac in a while, but have a musician friend who's looking to buy a Mac laptop primarily to use Logic Pro. I've looked a the tech specs for it, but was wondering if those specs are usable or if you need more for it to not be miserable. Yeah you definitely want more ram. The baseline should be 8GB but 16 would probably be best. What’s the budget? You could probably get a decent 15inch MBP off swappa for under $1000 that would do pretty drat well.
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PapaLazarou posted:I haven't had a mac in a while, but have a musician friend who's looking to buy a Mac laptop primarily to use Logic Pro. I've looked a the tech specs for it, but was wondering if those specs are usable or if you need more for it to not be miserable. Yeah, definitely more RAM. It doesn’t require a beast system at all, I’m running Logic Pro X and Mainstage on an 8 year old i7 iMac with 12GB of RAM and not having any problems. As long as he gets something with 8GB or more of RAM and a <5yo CPU he’ll probably be fine unless he’s trying to work with 60+ simultaneous tracks or stack a bunch of VSTs/AUs. Only other caveats: assume he’ll need at least 100GB of storage for Logic and all of its sample libraries and temp/scratch files (i.e. don’t get something with only 128GB storage, 250GB is probably the bare minimum) and if he’s planning on recording instruments or vocals (not just using samples and MIDI/USB controllers) he’ll probably want an external audio interface for both better sound quality and to offload work from his CPU. The FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 is pretty universally loved as a starter audio interface.
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Personally, I've had good luck with the Behringer UMC22 on my 2018 rMBP. However, I've been looking at getting a unit with more than two inputs and I'll probably go with Focusrite this go around.
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How is iCloud Drive data encrypted on Apples end? I know they use 256 bit encryption, but do they also hold keys which they could use to access iCloud data (assuming a court order or whatever legal authority goes through)? I know Amazon S3 encrypts but can still access data as requested, but I forget what Apple does.
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So the other day I was repairing a Late 2013 iMac, put in a new drive, decided to install Mojave. Formatted the drive as APFS, then when I tried to install Mojave, installer told me I needed a firmware upgrade and to install on an HFS+ volume! Seems kind of retarded to install in HFS+, then convert to APFS, but Apple is constantly underwhelming me with their bit rot tendencies
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I'm wondering if anyone can help me with Resilio Sync. I've downloaded it on my three machines and added some of the folders I want to sync on my desktop to the two laptops (iTunes library, Traktor application data, Rekordbox library/app data) so I don't have to manually move my music and playlist data around. But I'm confused as to how this sync works exactly - will it actually copy the media to the other computers, or is it simply about pointing those applications at the sync'd folders from the desktop - not unlike having media on a network drive? How do I go about this? Thanks again.
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Mister Speaker posted:I'm wondering if anyone can help me with Resilio Sync. I've downloaded it on my three machines and added some of the folders I want to sync on my desktop to the two laptops (iTunes library, Traktor application data, Rekordbox library/app data) so I don't have to manually move my music and playlist data around. But I'm confused as to how this sync works exactly - will it actually copy the media to the other computers, or is it simply about pointing those applications at the sync'd folders from the desktop - not unlike having media on a network drive? How do I go about this? Thanks again. It’s a little personal Dropbox afaik. You put a file in the folder on one computer and it ends up in that folder on all the other computers.
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PRADA SLUT posted:How is iCloud Drive data encrypted on Apples end? I know they use 256 bit encryption, but do they also hold keys which they could use to access iCloud data (assuming a court order or whatever legal authority goes through)? If apple holds the keys they can be compelled by law enforcement to hand over customer data. If a product uses end-to-end encryption then Apple does not hold the keys and cannot read the data. quote:End-to-end encrypted data Anything not explicitly on that list and held in iCloud can be turned over. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
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Does anyone use DEVONthink? Is it worth the price for the pro version?
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Boris Galerkin posted:Does anyone use DEVONthink? Is it worth the price for the pro version? I have the Pro Office version specifically for the scanning/OCR and email features (sending and receiving). The OCR is especially useful because I can use it to index all the PDFs I've imported in the global search feature. The tagging feature is very intuitive and its organization features are very powerful. I'm sure you've seen this, but just in case here's the comparison of the versions. Note there's multiple "tabs" on this page for feature comparison. https://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/comparison.html Honestly, I can't recommend the Pro Office version unless you need/want OCR like I did. The nice thing about it is you can start with the Personal and then move to the Pro version if you need the features for only the price difference between the two. The current branch (2.x) has been out for at least 8 or 9 years and they've been updating all along. It's pretty impressive the legs this thing has.
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Proteus Jones posted:I have the Pro Office version specifically for the scanning/OCR and email features (sending and receiving). The OCR is especially useful because I can use it to index all the PDFs I've imported in the global search feature. The tagging feature is very intuitive and its organization features are very powerful. I saw that link and yeah, I think the Pro Office version has features I wouldn't need, but I haven't decided if I wanted the Pro or the Personal versions. I'm leaning towards Pro but it only has a few features over the Personal variant that I think would be nice, but it's nice to be able to upgrade at-cost.
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How the hell do you add stuff to the Extensions button on the Touch Bar? If I tap that button, it just displays an "Extension Preferences" button. If I tap that it takes me to the Extensions system pref. But there's nothing listed there in the Touch Bar section and I can't seem to add anything. It would be nice if I could add stuff like "Add selected text to new Ulysses note", or add bookmark, or whatever. I'm trying to make this drat thing useful and I can't figure out how to do much customization. BetterTouchTool looks like it can do a lot of stuff, so maybe that's the road to go down but I'd like to see what I can do out of the box.
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Violator posted:How the hell do you add stuff to the Extensions button on the Touch Bar? If I tap that button, it just displays an "Extension Preferences" button. If I tap that it takes me to the Extensions system pref. But there's nothing listed there in the Touch Bar section and I can't seem to add anything. It would be nice if I could add stuff like "Add selected text to new Ulysses note", or add bookmark, or whatever. Functions are tied pretty much entirely to apps afaik. You want to build some stuff in BTT for that.
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Are any of the third party terminal apps particularly good for using with PowerShell? By that I guess I mostly mean behaving like the Windows PowerShell console.
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Toast Museum posted:Are any of the third party terminal apps particularly good for using with PowerShell? By that I guess I mostly mean behaving like the Windows PowerShell console. Iterm2 is incredibly configurable and you can install powershell itself if you want?
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Grassy Knowles posted:Iterm2 is incredibly configurable and you can install powershell itself if you want? Right, I'm using PowerShell as the shell (rather than bash), and I'd like to use it with a terminal app that's got a similar UI to the Windows PowerShell terminal. I'll check out Iterm2!
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Anyone else get a weird glitch when they wake up their MBP where the entire display seems to be shifted up about 50%? At first I thought maybe it was my new 13" mbp going nuts but then I noticed my 13" MBP from last year at work doing the same. The password/Touch ID unlock text and textbook are at the top of the screen instead of the middle, the whole wallpaper seems to stop about halfway up. Once I unlock everything reverts back to normal. My display is scaled for max size so IDK, maybe that's part of the problem? I don't remember this happening before though. I'm going to submit a bug report to Apple but was just wondering whether anyone else experienced same.
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