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  1. N

    Macbook air disk utility issue

    I tried to factory rest my macbook air 2015 didnt know what i was doing and deleted everything in disk utility used youtube now i think i messed it up more
    • Nathalien
    • Thread
    • disk help help !! macbook air macbook air 11 inch utility
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  2. F

    Best Free App for Monitoring Network Connections on Macs

    Hey folks, I'm looking for recommendations on the best app for monitoring network connections on a Mac. I know about Wireshark, which does a great job of capturing packet data, but I'm used to ProcMon (Windows world) and it has ability to document connection information (e.g., like inbound TCP...
    • flugenblar
    • Thread
    • capture connections monitor network procmon utility
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Networking
  3. supercurio

    XDR Tuner: adjust your display white point and gamma and keep peak HDR luminance

    Hi! I just wrote a tool in order to fix the bad white point on my 16.2" 2021 MacBook Pro. After checking in a shop I saw that there was noticeable inconsistency in factory calibration between units, leading to some displays being more red, more blue, or worse like mine with a depressing...
    • supercurio
    • Thread
    • calibration color display hdr macbook pro 2021 open source utility white point
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  4. voraciousvegan

    Airport Extreme Security, Dynamic Global Hostname

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    • voraciousvegan
    • Thread
    • airport disable dynamic extreme global hostname safe secure security utility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Networking
  5. ZNDK

    I'm looking for software to add sound effects to OS operations.

    I want to add a sound effect when I copy/cut to the clipboard. I used to be able to do this with software. Then my Mac environment lost everything when the storage media crashed, and I had to rebuild the environment. I can't recall what that software was. My previous MacOS used MacOS X 10.1...
  6. B S Magnet

    Instant, low-overhead text editor in your browser

    Perhaps this is old knowledge for some of you, but it is new to me. I figure I could pass it along to everyone here. By entering the following string in the URL bar of whatever browser you use, you can render the tab/window as a basic, barebones text editor: data:text/html,<html...
  7. imrabti

    Universal FoodShiner App - Best way to keep track of your food stock inventory

    Hi folks, In this hard time with the pandemic it is more important than ever to keep track of our food stock inventory and cut down our food waste, in order to achieve that I’m very happy to introduce to you FoodShiner an iOS app that will help you to know what food you have and where. It also...
  8. mariogt

    TabTopus - Get all your Safari tabs data, free !!

    Hi to all, I just released TabTopus a lightweight macOS App that lets you export the names and URLs of all web pages in your current Safari session. This implies that all your Safari windows and tabs will be scanned in order to extract this info. This App saves the bookmarks info of all opened...
    • mariogt
    • Thread
    • bookmarks browser export safari save tab tabs url utility web
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. Tanin Na Nakorn

    Native programmable tooltip that can be used with any Mac OS app

    Hello MacRumors, Tip (or its full name, Universal Tip) is a programmable tooltip that can be used with any Mac OS app. You can select the text and hit the shortcuts to activate the tooltip with useful info. "Useful info" is programmed by YOU using your fav programming language. For me, who...
  10. M

    Sleep/shutdown/mute timer for Mac: iWannaSleep 2.0

    Some of you may still remember my little sleep/mute/shutdown/... timer for Mac "iWannaSleep", which I wrote and released topping 16 years ago. Much to my surprise, it was included on many Shareware-CDs of Mac magazines from all around the globe (hey, the internet was not available / affordable...
    • Marco Binder
    • Thread
    • applescript automator mute run shell script script shutdown sleep timer timer app utility
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  11. alanmadzar

    MP 7,1 Slot Utility App on New Mac Pro

    Is anyone familiar with how the Slot Utility App functioned on the old Mac Pro? I plan on getting the new Mac Pro 2019, and want to know how bandwidth can be allocated in respect to a lot of the "Pro-Apps" that Apple has teamed up with. If I planned on adding on PCIe NVMe RAID Cards that...
    • alanmadzar
    • Thread
    • app apple bandwidth gpu mac nvme pcie raid slot utility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  12. anjo108

    How to minimize windows by ....

    How to minimize windows by clicking on the dock icon again (like in windows) . Clicking the dock icon I open the window why clicking again on the icon nothing happen? thanks
  13. B S Magnet

    SnowChecker: a Snow Leopard Compatibility Checker

    In lieu of a wiki thread on here for applications and peripherals which are known to be compatible for Snow Leopard (i.e., having a "The Snow Leopard Thread”), I have found a wiki elsewhere (and a companion utility which checks the table of that wiki) which affords one with a means to check...
  14. bobesch

    Odd and helpful gadgets for old Macs

    To start with: got a Bondi last month, that didn't work. Found this "Reset-button enhancement". (Removal unfortunately didn't resolve the problem ... - but it shows, Reseting a Bondi seemed to be an often used mission-critical procedure on os9 ) What are your favorite, helpful or curious...
    • bobesch
    • Thread
    • enhancement gadget mac powerpc tool utility
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  15. fpotter

    Open In Webmail — Make email / mailto: links open in Gmail, Yahoo, etc. in macOS.

    Developer here. I just shipped this app that makes email links open into your Gmail, Yahoo, etc. instead of Apple Mail. I made this because the old "mailto" extension for Safari stopped working with Safari 12 / Mojave. (Apple blocked legacy extensions.). Works system-wide for Safari, Chrome...
    • fpotter
    • Thread
    • email gmail macos utility
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  16. G

    SSD help macbook pro 2012

    Hey guys, so I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and upgraded the ram to 16 gigs as well as purchased two SSDs to install. However, when I tried to remove the HDD and replace it with an SSD, I had a lot of problems, so I just settled for putting in one of the SSDs and using a secondary HDD caddy to put it...
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    Lacie d2 Quadra setup fail

    Hi guys, So, I got a new Lacie d2 Quadra USB 3.0 and as I usually would do with Lacie hard drives, tried to immediately format it using Disk Utility. The problem is that it seems this time one should only use the Setup Assistant included in the disk. By formating, the setup assistant and ReadMe...
    • Dan1229
    • Thread
    • assistant disk error format lacie memory quadra setup utility
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  18. julian-poidevin

    MBPMid2010_GPUFix : Finally a fix for kernel panic of MacBook Pro 2010 !

    MBPMid2010_GPUFix is an utility program that allows to fix MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) intermittent black screen or loss of video. The algorithm is based on a solution provided by user fabioroberto on MacRumors forums. The utility is based on Qt Framework and only available on OSX. What is...
  19. liushi

    Offline Disks File Searcher: Searches Unconnected External Disks for Files

    Hello, I'm the developer of Offline Disks File Searcher[Link]. Please let me instroduce to you this app! It's a lean cateloging software tool that can help Manage External Disk Drives. It works by saving the folder structure of selected folders or volumes. It's usage is quite simple: You can...
    • liushi
    • Thread
    • file management file manager software utility
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. Arjunwadhwa16

    WD External Hard Disk not mounting

    Hi guys, Got a serious problem. My external WD 1TB hard drive had 3 partitions, One major at (800GB) and the other two occupying the remaining space. I also had my time machine set up on this major partition (named AJ's Mac) Aj's Mac Aj Mixed Aj Windows - Somehow yesterday afternoon , Aj's Mac...
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