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Adobe releases Apple Silicon version of Premiere Pro in beta
Tags: Apple Silicon, Adobe Premiere Pro, Mac, Adobe, Macos

Adobe released an Arm version of Premiere Pro for macOS, allowing owners of the newest Mac Apple Silicon M1 to run video editing software locally.

Adobe Premiere pro

The program is still in beta at the moment, however, an Adobe post announcing its availability lists a bunch of known bugs and missing features. News of its release spotted by The 8-Bit, MacRumors adds that Adobe Premiere Rush and Audition have also been updated to work on new devices.

Adobe says it carries Adobe Premiere Pro functionality in stages, from basic editing features and workflows, as well as popular codecs like H.264, HEVC, and ProRes.

Third-party integrations must be updated by their respective developers to work on Apple Silicon. Adobe advises users to run the current version of Premiere Pro on the M1 Mac with Rosetta 2 emulation while the Arm version is still under development, although some third-party integrations may not work in this mode.

Premiere Pro joins other Adobe apps, including Photoshop and Lightroom, which have seen releases of the latest Mac computers based on Apple’s Arm. Time taken is relatively fast for Adobe since the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini were released just over a month ago.

According to a document from the Adobe Support Community, spotted by The 8-Bit, Adobe is phasing out the original M1 to support all Premiere Pro features, and many parts haven’t moved yet.

The first stage, included in this Premiere Pro public beta, includes major editing and workflow functions such as color, graphics, and audio, as well as production and multiple cameras. Adobe has also prioritized support for popular codecs, such as H.264, HEVC, and ProRes.

Adobe Premiere

Adobe says trial testers will need to upgrade their project files first to make them compatible with the new translation workflow, and users are advised to create additional copies of projects for use in the trial.

Beta testers should also be aware that Adobe has released a list of known issues in beta. For example, pressing the tool selector on the MacBook Pro touch bar can crash the application, and the estimated file sizes during export can show incorrect values ​​in order. Greatness. “

Although Adobe is finalizing the original M1 release of Premiere Pro, it is asking most users to run the current version of Premiere Pro using the Rosetta 2 emulation on Macs with the “M1” chip.

Even when Adobe Premiere Pro is fully updated for Apple Silicon, it’s worth noting that third-party integrations like panels, plug-ins, effects, and drivers will need to be updated by developers to work locally. On ‘Apple Silicon’ and may not work reliably under Rosetta 2 emulation.

Along with Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush and Audition have also been updated to work locally on MacM1‌ Macs for public beta testers.

In November, Adobe made the original M1 version of Photoshop available as a beta. Adobe Lightroom CC updated to work locally on Apple Silicon earlier this month. The company appears to be on track to update most of its apps to support ‘Apple Silicon’ in 2021.
How to know which is my default Shell in MacOS?
By: Vaniusha Ramírez
Tags: Macos Big Sur, Bash, Zsh, Mac

Okay, during the last updates of MacOS the default settings of the shell we are using as a default has changed. This may affect your development configurations, paths, and other settings. Let’s find out in BigSur which Shell are we having as default.

On the Terminal, find out with:

$ echo $SHELL

If the answer you get is:

/bin/zsh > your default terminal is zsh and the settings file you have to modify is: ~/.zshrc

Otherwise, if you get:

/bin/bash > the settings you can manage in ~/.bash_profile

To add for example permanent aliases on each one you can open and edit on it with:

$ nano ~/.bash_profile

or

$ nano ~/.zshrc

In this editor, write your changes, one command per line.

Keep changes with Ctrl +O and confirm the file to keep it with Enter.

To exit, type Ctrl + X.

Or, you can also open with your default code editor ( $ code <file> and keep). Now, we have to read this setting on the launch, so close and kill processes or type:

source ~/.zshrc

or

source ~/.bash_profile

You can find all the able shells to use with the command:

$ cat /etc/shells

# List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using # one of these shells. /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/dash /bin/ksh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/zsh

You will see the list of all you have installed on your system already, to set one as default we have to set the bin file, as for example you want to go back to default to bash:

$ chsh -s /bin/bash

If were the case you want to install a new bash, then add it in the /bin folder and as well, write on the catalog of allowed bashes, like:

$ sudo nano /etc/shells

Finally set as default. That’s all the msitery around the new defualt bashes on MacOS since Catalina to BigSur.

Extra tip, to check the version on your current shell version, type the shell name like bash or zsh followed of the -- version command:

$ bash --version
Transfer unlimited data between cloud storage services thanks this lifetime Multcloud Christmas 2020 / New Year 2021 deal
Tags: Cloud, Mac, Business, Storage, Backup

Transfer data between Gsuite, Google Drive / One, Backblaze, Google Workspace, Koofr, Mediafire, Mega, pCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, FilesFM, Box, Google Photos, etc. easily thanks Multcloud Lifetime — Christmas 2020 / New Year 2021 deal CloudStorageDeals Dec 21, 2020·3 min read

For the first time ever Multcloud launched a lifetime deal. Transfer unlimited data between cloud storage services thanks this Christmas 2020 / New Year 2021 deal.

We all know that Google changed policies, now they delete all files after 2 years of inactivity. Same for Google Photos, where they consider all new uploaded data inside the 15GB Google Drive space. Without considering the random deactivation by Facebook now.

To prevent bad situation, is always better to keep multiple copies. How? Rclone can help, but even Multcloud.

With Multcloud you can connect different cloud storage services like Google Workspace, pCloud, Mega, Backblaze, WebDAV based (example Icedrive, Koofr, FilesFM, etc.) or other and transfer data between them.

You can choose different sync options: simple, mirror, move, cumulative, update, incremental or full sync. There is an option to transfer data too (which is faster compared to the sync option).

Until few years ago there was 2TB free for every account, then they changed the price plan, by adding max 50GB pro month. They dropped to 30GB pro month few months ago too.

Now they offer a lifetime unlimited cloud transfer plan for 239.4$ instead of 119.9$ pro year. You don’t see such option immediately on the price page, because is only available once you click “purchase the plan” inside your account. [WebArchive Backup]

We think this is a crazy Christmas Sale 2020 — New Year 2021 deal, which can be used perfectly in combination with Transfercloud deal.

You can transfer up to 2TB torrent pro each file or download 10 Youtube Videos (youtubedl style) or grab 10 websites (in the style of wget) at the same time with unlimited queue. In that way you can for example download a torrent to Google Workspace thanks Transfercloud and then you can create a clone copy on a second Google Workspace account or 2TB pCloud plan or 5TB Icedrive plan or other clouds thanks Multcloud.

PS: we need to warn you, that sometimes you can get errors, especially if you want to transfer a lot of library files. Such errors are available even if you try to transfer big folders (example 1–2TB+). We saw even errors with Google Photos. Cloud Transfer sometimes works better compared to the feature “Cloud Sync”, especially if you need to transfer big files or a lot of small files for the first time.

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SoundSource 5.2.0 Full MacOS
By: Eva Elivota
Tags: Mac Apps, Mac

SoundSource 5.2.0 mac torrent is a tiny tool that allows you to adjust your input, output, and sound-effects devices and volume settings in mere moments, right from the menu bar. Enable soft play-thru of input devices to your desired output, so you can hear sound coming in through any microphone or other source. With SoundSource, you get fast access to your Mac’s most important audio settings.

SoundSource 5 brings a revamped interface with a simplified main window that can optionally be made thinner with a compact display, and there is a new menu bar icon that displays an approximate measure of the current volume level of your virtual output device.

With volume controls for each app, SoundSource 5 now automatically manages the apps shown in the list, adding them whenever they produce audio and removing them when they stop. Favorite apps will always be in the list.

The new update also adds support for multiple menu counters, optionally letting you see the activity of default I / O devices, as well as active apps. Counters also provide one-click access to quickly mute any source.

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Got an iPad with a pencil? Got a Mac? Got a screenshot? You need to read this!
By: Anthony Lawrence
Tags: Photo Editing, Apple, Mac, Screenshots, iPad

Got an iPad with a pencil? Got a Mac? Got a screenshot? You need to read this!

I came across this because of the Mac Geek Gab podcast. This link is to an article, not a podcast.

What this explains is that you can take a screenshot on your Mac and have it instantly open on your iPad ready to mark up with your Apple Pencil.

I cannot tell you how many times I have airdropped a screenshot to my iPad for that purpose. This is fantastic!
Type in a Foreign Language on a Windows, Mac, or Mobile
Tags: Keyboard Layout, iPhone, Mac, Korean, Windows

While learning a foreign language, you will reach a stage where you need to type that language. That is when you will realize that your device only supports English. Fortunately, you can easily set up your Windows or Mac computer to support many other layouts and languages. Follow this guide, and you will soon be typing in whatever language you choose.

Windows PC

Skip to the Mac or Mobile section depending on device

For this example, we will add the Korean language to Windows and its Hangul keyboard layout. This guide also uses the US keyboard layout as the default. Other default keyboard layouts should work the same way.

Type language in the search bar and click Language Settings

2. Click Add a language

3. Search for your language, click it, and then click Next

4. Click Install

5. Preferred Languages should now include your chosen language

6. Click Keyboard

7. Choose Microsoft IME

8. The final step assigns a universal hot key enabling you to switch between languages while you are editing text. Follow the steps in the screen shot below and finally click OK on each window.

Typing on the PC With Your New Keyboard Layout

You can now type with your new language in any app. The language bar will change as you open an editor window. Press Left-ALT + Shift to switch between US and foreign keyboards.

Mac

For this example, we will add the Korean language to Windows and its Hangul keyboard layout. This guide also uses the US keyboard layout as the default. Other default keyboard layouts should work the same way.

Open Keyboard settings and add 2-Set Korean as an Input Source

2. Make sure Show input menu in menu bar is checked and optionally Use the Caps Lock key. Use the Caps Lock key is available for non-Latin languages for easy toggle between English and foreign language keyboard layouts. All other languages can use ^Space (CTRL+Space) to switch languages.

Typing on the Mac With Your New Keyboard Layout

You can now type with your new language in any app. The language bar will change as you open an editor window. Press CTRL+Space to switch between US and foreign keyboards.

Mobile

It is easy to add a new language to both iPhone and Android devices. The following screen shots will help you find the appropriate setting on your phone. Just add the the language the new language will be available whenever the on-screen keyboard appears.

iPhone

Android

Conclusion

Finally, you can practice your typing skills at www.typebuddy.com. Try printing a picture of the keyboard layout. Practice until you can type without looking at the keyboard. You have memorized the new keyboard layout once you achieve at least 15–20 WPM. Good luck!

This story was originally published at Type Buddy Blog.
CHRISTMAS SALE — 25% OFF ON ALL PRODUCTS
By: Macplus Software
Tags: Apple, Mac

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4 Easy Remedy For Overheated MacBook Air
By: Pankaj Tyagi
Tags: Macbook Repair, Macbook Repair Delhi, Macbook Overheating, Mac, Macbook Air

MacBook Air has managed to satisfied a broad landscape of audience than any other laptops in this world. It is oddly pleasing in terms of design and builds. But this beautifully crafted machine is plagued with one major issue which is “overheating”. Yes! it true, the latest-gen MacBook air tends to heat up more even than its predecessor. So, what is the cure for this major issue? In this blog, we have listed down some practical solutions that can curb this issue with ease.

Run Diagnostics on Your Fans

Override Fans of your Mac

Updates the Operating System & Reset the Mac

Drop the CPU Tormenting Software

Head over to techlogicco to get descriptive information on the aforesaid solution
How does symlink work on macOS
Tags: Symlink, Mac

I am working on a WordPress project. I accidentally removed a folder when deleting plugin. Let’s say our plugin’s name is simple-code-block . We built the project at ~/workplaces/wordpress/plugins/simple-code-block . The Wordpress is installed at /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress/ . I to be able to load the plugin directly from the development folder I created a symlink. When I delete the plugin the content in the folder is removed.

So I did a test on how symlink works:

// 1. create two testing folders

$ mkdir -p symlinks/wordpress/wp-content/plugins

$ mkdir -p symlinks/workspsaces/simple-code-block

$ touch symblinks/workspaces/simple-code-bloci/a-file.php // 2. create a symblink in the wordpress plugins folder

$ cd symlink/w/w/p/ && ln -s ../../../workspaces/simple-code-block // 3. rename wordpress, and check if symblink works

$ mv symlinks/wordpress symblinks/wordpress_2

$ ls symblinks/wordpress_2/simple-code-block

> a-file.php // 4. remove wordpress_2 and check if the scb folder is removed

$ rm -rf symblinks/wordpress_2

$ ls symblinks/workspaces/simple-code-block

> a-file.php

Explanation

A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of FILE that points to another file.
She Rocks Award Goes Virtual Women’s International Music Network
By: Karen Kaye
Tags: Namm, Mac, She Rocks, Nancy Wilson, Awards

Uniting Women in the Music & Audio Industries

She Rocks

Nancy Wilson

The 2021 She Rocks Awards will be on Friday January 22, 2021 starting at 9:30 pm — 10:30 pm EST. Nancy Wilson to be honored at the 2021 She Rocks Awards, which is sponsored by Positive Grid. We are pleased to announced that the Heart Co-Founder will be honored at this year’s She Rock’s Awards.

Wilson, is a true icon and visionary and singular talent, who joins the rest of the honoree lineup including The Go-Go Girls, Cheryl Currie, drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, Evanescence front woman Amy Lee, comedian Margaret Chio, and an amazing lineup of female role models.

The pre-show will be Hosted by Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo Entertainment/Sirius XMI), with opening acting Magnolia Boulevard sponsored by PRS Guitars. The She Rocks Awards will stream live on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 6:30pm with pre-show starting at 6:00 at Believeinmusic.tv and Parade.com

(Promo Picture: Media Release:)

There are only 100 VIP Tickets for sale, and they are going fast, the VIP ticket includes a VIP Gift Bag, are legendary. The She Rocks VIP Box will be delivered and valued at over $200.00. It included items from MAC Cosmetics, PRS Guitars, Marshall D’Addario, The Music People, Cuccio, Positive Grid, Cliff, Guitar Girl, and many more. For more on tickets, and other honorees follow the link:

2021 Honorees — She Rocks Award

Tickets for the VIP Experience are limited and the sale ends on January 15, 2021 and on 43 remain. We’re taking our legendary VIP Gift Bag and sending it to you! Get a Special VIP She Rocks Gift box shipped to your home valued at over $200! Very limited quantities available. To order tickets and receive your gift bag, by going to the official She Rocks website, or following the attached link:

VIP Experience — She Rocks Awards
NTFS write in macOS BigSur using osxfuse and ntfs-3g
By: Kumar Shivang
Tags: Hdd, Mac, Ssd, Ntfs, Windows

Install osxfuse and ntfs-3g

brew install --cask osxfuse brew install ntfs-3g

Disable FileVault and SIP

Go to settings, then Security & Privacy, then FileVault, then Turn off FileVault. Restart or shut down your Mac and while starting, press Command + R key combination. This will get you to Recovery mode. In Recovery mode, open Terminal application from Utilities in the top menu. Disable System Integrity Protection with command:

csrutil disable

csrutil authenticated-root disable

4. Restart your Mac and go to your normal macOS.

Update /sbin/mount_ntfs

Run mount and chop off the last s, e.g. if your root is /dev/disk1s1s1 , you'll mount /dev/disk1s1 Create mkdir ~/mount

Let’s call: /dev/disk1s1 as DISK_PATH, and ~/mount as MOUNT_PATH

3. Run sudo mount -o nobrowse -t apfs DISK_PATH MOUNT_PATH

sudo mv ~/mount/sbin/mount_ntfs ~/mount/sbin/mount_ntfs.original

sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs ~/mount/sbin/mount_ntfs

4. Run sudo bless --folder MOUNT_PATH/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot

5. Reboot your system, and the changes will take place

Enable SIP

Restart or shut down your Mac and while starting, press Command + R key combination. This will get you to Recovery mode.

csrutil enable

One Last Thing

Everything will work fine in terminal now, but finder still wouldn’t work properly. To fix this “-o auto_xattr” in “/usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs” in “ntfs-3g” command

using your fav editor and save forcibly since it is readonly file. Using vim just do: ‘:w!’

Reference:

1: https://medium.com/macoclock/enabling-ntfs-write-in-macos-10-15-catalina-the-open-source-way-a5fd0d1cb32e

2: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/395508/mount-root-as-writable-in-big-sur

3: https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/issues/574
I don’t know enough about app development to comment sensibly, but I can’t wait for my MacBook Plus…
By: Judy Millar
Tags: Apple, Technology, Mac

I don’t know enough about app development to comment sensibly, but I can’t wait for my MacBook Plus with M1 chip to arrive in January and see what it can do.
A Look Back At Apple’s Year 2020
By: Ghani Mengal
Tags: Apple, Mac, 2020, Tech, Technology

A Look Back At Apple’s Year 2020

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

2020 wasn’t the year that we thought it would be. In fact, It was the most terrible year we all have never seen before. Before taking a look at the Apple Industries year 2020, I have to give you a small insight into 2020 and how profoundly 2020 changed the entire world.

I’m going back to the start of 2020. January 4 of the new year we got something unexpected which affected our environment badly. I’m talking about Australia's bush fire crises. This was the start of 2020.

On January 12 tall volcano eruption in the Philippines. Which ended after ten days on 22 January. 39 People lost their lives, and countless people became homeless.

On January 26, Kobe Bryant crash Tragedy.

And then in April The Global Pandemic of Coronavirus. At the time of writing, over 1.6 million people lost their lives. And still the pandemic hasn’t ended.

On May 25 George Floyd’s death shook the globe. Millions of people went out of their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

And then on the 4th of August, Lebanon’s explosion happened. Causing over 300 deaths and 6,500 injuries and 15 billion USD damage.

These all were the worst scenarios that we faced in 2020. And personally, 2020 was the worst ever that I’ve ever experienced. Not just environmental issues but 2020 wasn’t the best business year too.

Millions of small businesses were closed by the crises of 2020. And millions of people became unemployed. But companies like Amazon and Apple were still booming. And here we are going to take a look at Apple’s year 2020.
Parallels 16 for M1 Macs Now Available Through Technical Preview Program
By: Alex Korsun
Tags: Parallels, Mac

Parallels today began informing customers about the launch of a new Parallels Desktop 16 for M1 Mac Technical Preview Program, which is available today. The software cannot run an Intel x86-based OS, and requires an Arm-based operating system installation image.

Microsoft is offering a version of Arm-based Windows that’s available through the Windows Insider program that will run on ‌M1‌ Macs through Parallels, but there is no publicly available version of of Arm Windows that can be purchased.

Those who have signed up for the Technical Preview Program are able to be the first to test Parallels for ‌M1‌ Macs. There are several limitations that users should be aware of.

- It is not possible to install or start an Intel x86 based operating system in a virtual machine.

- It is not possible to suspend and resume a virtual machine, including reverting to a “running state” snapshot.

- It is not possible to use the close button when a virtual machine is running; Shutdown virtual machine instead.

- ARM32 applications do not work in a virtual machine.

The current versions of Parallels are not able to run on ‌M1‌ Macs, but Parallels in November following the launch of the new Macs said that a version of Parallels compatible with Apple’s chips was in active development.

At the time, Parallels said that the software designed for Macs was looking “very promising.”

When Apple Silicon Mac was first announced during the keynote at WWDC on June 22 of this year, Apple demoed a Parallels Desktop for Mac prototype running a Linux virtual machine flawlessly on ‌Apple Silicon‌. Since WWDC, our new version of Parallels Desktop which runs on Mac with Apple ‌M1‌ chip has made tremendous progress. We switched Parallels Desktop to universal binary and optimized its virtualization code; and the version that we are eager to try on these new MacBook Air, Mac mini and MacBook Pro 13″ looks very promising. Parallels is also amazed by the news from Microsoft about adding support of x64 applications in Windows on ARM.

Parallels Desktop 16 was first released in August for Intel-based Macs, but has since been updated with a universal binary that’s now ready for ‌M1‌ Macs. Parallels is available for a one-time fee of $99.99, but the Pro and Business editions require a $79.99 per year subscription.

Originally published at https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/17/parallels-16-m1-macs-technical-preview-program/
Fix Brew (Homebrew) on ARM M1 Macs
By: Sascha Eggenberger
Tags: Brew, Homebrew, Mac, Arm, M1

You upgraded to a shiny new M1 Mac (MacBook, MacBook Pro or Mac Mini) but now brew is broken on your new ARM machine. You can easily fix this:

Depending if you use zsh or bash you need to put the following in either ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc :

alias brew='arch -x86_64 brew'

If you haven’t installed Rosetta 2 on your machine yet, you will automatically get an installation prompt the first time you run brew.

This will emulate brew (for now) using Rosetta 2 until brew officially supports ARM on Mac.
WinterFest 2020 Mac Apps — Christmas / New Year 2021 Collection: DEVONthink, BBEdit, PDFpen, TextExpander, Bookends, Scrivener and more
Tags: Productivity, Christmas, Mac, Software, Macos

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25% on Scrivener 3 with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

20% on BBEdit 13 with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

25% on Mellel with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

25% on Tinderbox

25$ discount on Panorama X with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

25% on TextExpander with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

25% on Bookends with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

25% on PDFpen with the coupon WINTERFEST2020

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Mac App WinterFest 2020 collection: a great way to boost your productivity for less money.

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How to automate mouse click on Mac
Tags: Code, How To, Mac, Automation, Applescript

To automate the mouse click action on macOS, use Cliclick, a CLI for emulating mouse events, and AppleScript.

Cliclick

Install cliclick with Homebrew:

$ brew install cliclick

To click at the current mouse location:

$ cliclick c:.

This is the same as running with the full binary path:

$ /usr/local/bin/cliclick c:.

AppleScript

Open Script Editor with Spotlight and paste the AppleScript code:

AppleScript requires the full binary path to run cliclick .

The script does the following:

Wait 15 seconds (line 1). Click at the current mouse location (line 4). Wait 1 second (line 5). Repeat steps 2 to 3 nine more times (lines 3–6).
Moving from Ubuntu to Mac for Software Development Work
By: Ben'S Notes
Tags: Ubuntu, Software Development, Mac

Using grep

grepping recursively in the current directory

In Ubuntu: grep -R "foo"

In Mac: grep -R "foo" .

Highlighting

The lack of output highlighting bugs me. You can append the --color flag to highlight the search term, but I like for filenames to be highlighted too.

Solving both issues

I ended up installing grep through Homebrew ( brew install grep ), accessible with the ggrep command. The --color flag for ggrep highlights filenames and the search term.

I added the following alias to my .bash_profile so I never have to type --color :
Homebrew fix for Big Sur
By: Shaun Stanislaus
Tags: OS X, Big Sur, Mac, Homebrew

If you get any of the warnings like below as an example..

`Warning: Unexpected method ‘gpg’ called on Cask mysqlworkbench.`

`Follow the instructions here:`

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask#reporting-bugs

`Error: Cask ‘yed’ definition is invalid: invalid ‘depends_on macos’ value: unknown or unsupported macOS version: :mountain_lion`

If you get an error of the type Error: Cask 'hex-fiend-beta' definition is invalid: invalid 'depends_on macos' value: ":lion" , where hex-fiend-beta can be any cask name, and :lion any macOS release name, run the following command:

/usr/bin/find "$(brew --prefix)/Caskroom/"*'/.metadata' -type f -name '*.rb' -print0 | /usr/bin/xargs -0 /usr/bin/perl -i -pe 's/depends_on macos: \[.*?\]//gsm;s/depends_on macos: .*//g'
Keystone Cops
By: M.G. Siegler
Tags: Google Chrome, Mac, Tech, Web Browser, Google

Everyone jokes about the performance of Chrome running on a Mac. In particular, what it does to the battery life of such machines. But it actually isn’t funny, it’s a real problem, and has been for years at this point. This is especially sad since things started out so well, with Chrome as a nice tall glass of ice water in web browser hell (well, Camino aside). Google has seemingly been saying and doing the right things in recent months to alleviate at least some of these issues — and certainly, the version of Chrome optimized for the new Apple M1 chips feels extremely fast.

But then there’s this:

I have no idea what to make of this “Keystone” background updater, but I do know that Google should listen to people like Loren Brichter and the groundswell of other people now reporting the same issues. And respond. I just followed the instructions on an older computer of mine and it’s no joke. Certainly no laughing matter.
The battery life of the new M1 MacBook Air impresses me.
By: Anthony Lawrence
Tags: Battery, Mac, Apple, Apple M1 Chip

The battery life of the new M1 MacBook Air impresses me. What is annoying me is apps that insist that the Mac must be plugged in before they can run.

With the low power draw of the M1 chip, this refusal seems to me to be an overabundance of caution. Check the battery level — if it’s over 50% (which it likely will be all day long), why can’t a program run that will take at most a few minutes to finish?

The two that annoy me the most are Time Machine and Mac Updater. I suppose Apple wants to be ultra-cautious, but Mac Updater? That’s a process that takes almost no time to run and isn’t in danger of damaging anything. Why does it need to be plugged in to run its scheduled scan?

It doesn’t. They have a setting that allows that. I just noticed it!
How to install Latex completely in Mac
By: Makoto Shing
Tags: Latex, Installation, Mac

If you are a scientist, you might like rather Latex than Word or PPT. Since I struggled with installing Latex in Mac, I will introduce it step by step!

Let’s get started! There are only 3 steps :)

1. Install packages through homebrew

Run the following code on your Terminal:

$ brew install imagemagick

$ brew install ghostscript

Remark: If you have not installed homebrew yet, please follow this article.

2. Install TexShop

TexShop is an editor for Mac.

Go to this link Click on “MacTex.pkg” to download the installer.

Remark: This installer has about 3.5GB so that it takes some time.

After the install finishes, you will see 2 apps like the image.

As mentioned above, TexShop is an editor for Latex. And, LaTeXiT is also an editor but it’s more like used when you put images written by Latex on your PowerPoint. It allows saving Latex outputs as an image.

Example of LaTeXiT

3. Setting of TexShop

The final step is setting in TexShop!

Open TexShop Click on “Preference”

3. Click on “Set Default Values” at the lower left and select “ptex(ptex2pdf)”. Actually the change is unclear to see but it should be changed once you click on it!

Let’s run Letex

Now, you’re ready for Latex! Test it by copy & paste the following code and Cmd+T to Typeset!

¥documentclass[12pt]{jarticle} ¥begin{document} Hello Latex! ¥end{document}

You will see like so!
Recording a Video with Sound on a Mac ( + it’s Web Optimized (smaller file size) )
By: Web Dexter
Tags: Soundflower, Screen Recording, Web Optimization, Audio, Mac

To be able to record the audio, download a free program like Soundflower

2. Open audio MIDI Setup

3. Create a multi-output device with both your regular output, and the Soundflower program you just installed

4. You have to select this multi-output device when you want to record something

Some softwares, such as DAWS, manage sound on their own, so you might have to adjust the sound preferences in your specific software.

5. Cmd+shift+5 to open up the video recorder

Reducing the file size (Web Optimizing)

After recording you can open the video in an open source program called handbrake for further editing. Download handbrake if you don’t have it.

2. You can web optimize the image, by selecting web optimize, this will reduce the size.

Click Start to begin processing the video.

3. If you want to change the video size, and crop some of the video off the edges, go to the dimensions tab

4. If you don’t need actually need any audio, you can further reduce the file size by selecting “Remove All Tracks” under “Audio”

Converting to a gif
How to set a custom scaled screen resolution on MacOS Big Sur
By: Dale Clifford
Tags: Screen Resolution, Apple, Mac, 4k, Macos

For about three years now, I’ve been using an external monitor with my Macbook Pro.

I have a Phillips 43" 4K display. It was top quality a few years ago and now there’s better newer models, but I’m reluctant to upgrade, because it was expensive and I want to get the most value out of it.

The upgrade to Big Sur

After nine months working from home, I upgraded to MacOS Big Sur.

But something was off, it seems that Apple has reduced the options for screen resolution. And it was a problem, because on such a big monitor, everything was big.

My monitor is huge, so should my screen resolution.

The default options

Out of the box, you can see four recommended resolutions, scaling from Larger Text to More Space.

The four recommended resolutions scale from Larger Text to More Space.

Fixing it

There’s an easy was to customise your resolution.

Open System Preferences Choose Displays Hold down the Option key and click on Scaled option

Note: This doesn’t seem to work for in-built MacBook screens, and for some external monitors that don’t support a custom scaled resolution.
Mac Models That Support Installing Windows 10 on it
By: Kawhi Dumingz
Tags: Windows 10, Bootcamp, Mac

Installing Windows on Mac is a frequently discussed topic in Mac forums. Apple recommends using Windows 10 over other versions of Windows OS because improved features and security. You may be wondering what kind of Mac is eligible to install Windows 10 on it. Here is the list.

Official Support List:

This is a list of Mac models supported by Apple official, including:

MacBook Pro 2012 or later MacBook 2015 or later MacBook Air 2012 or later Mac Mini 2012 or later iMac 2012 or later

How to Check Mac Hardware information

Now, you have both the official and unofficial list of Mac models. How do you know what kind of Mac you own? Basically, there is only hardware code at the back of Mac computer. To check the hardware information of your Mac, please follow the steps in below:

Get into the desktop of Mac. Click the Apple icon at the upper left corner. From the pop-up window, you will see detailed device information about your Mac, including macOS version, Model name, Processor, Memory, etc…

Unofficial supported list
Our Favorite Keyboards For MAC
By: Azio Corp
Tags: PC, Mechanical Keyboards, Keyboard, Keyboards For Developers, Mac

Are you a programmer, huh? Do you love coding? The idea is if you spend most of your time typing or coding on MAC keyboards, the Bluetooth keyboard leather is a worthwhile upgrade to a much cheaper, less convenient keyboard.

Every fashionit wireless keyboard is truly reviewed, and we’ve found some fantastic Keyboards For MAC, thanks to AZIO for the best quality. Here are my best picks:-

RETRO CLASSIC BT RETRO COMPACT KEYBOARD (RCK) RETRO CLASSIC USB MK RETRO MK MAC USB

The top five picks' best choice is consistency, modern typewriter features, round keycaps, and fabulous long use times.

Several switch keycaps include black, white, brown, and cream on this premium wireless keyboard.

When confusing and not knowing which one to select, Retro Classic BT, which is well-known as a backlit keyboard mechanical for this brown usb mechanical keyboard, would be preferable.

I love that usb mechanical keyboard is available in round keycaps and robust metal alloys. It comes with a mini usb reversible cable and a wire keypad puller. Keyboards For MAC is not completely programmable, but it has easy media keys, and many functions are customizable. Keyboards For MAC usually cost around $210 — around the average cost of a large mechanical keyboard — although some switching models, keycap sets, and backlight options cost a little more.

Apart from this, RETRO is equally excellent with similar features like PC support, Mac, Tab., backlit LED connection, Bluetooth or USB connection, 5000mAh of lithium-ion rechargeable battery, USB-C port simplified and palm rest matched.

Availability can often be a challenge for many of the big keyboards for MAC. You should preordain from AZIO Corp if the issue persists. AZIO has reviewed and tested both items against easier alternatives. I find more quality items for both of them than others but if you can’t wait, look at the other keyboards you have available.
How to remove logs and cache on Mac
Tags: Apple, Mac, Logs, Cache, Cleanup

Caches and logs are around 80% of the junk that is collected during the app’s performance. So what’s that?

Caches — temporary files containing information that may be requested with the greatest probability. Accessing data in the cache is faster than sampling initial data from the slower memory or remote source, but its volume is considerably limited as compared with the original data repository. Quite simply it is a clipboard for a specific application that works in a bit different manner, unfortunately, often do not cleared automatically.

Logs — files containing system information that appears in the progress of work, with all users’ activity that can be further used for analysis and/or assessment.

In fact, it is a kind of diary in which the application records all your actions, application state, application-related events, or errors.

Caches and logs should ideally be removed periodically by applications. But in reality, it does not happen, and over time these files accumulate and clog your disk space and this can slow down your system. To learn how you can improve a slow Mac read this article.

Fortunately, caches and log files are found mainly in several locations and it’s really easy to remove them.

Firstly, let’s delete the main log files.

Here is the Log files folder:

~/Library/Logs

It all looks pretty scary, but you can delete everything without hesitation. Important files are re-created on the first run.

2. The cache files are stored in the following location:

~/Library/Caches

We can delete all files without hesitation as well.

3. Yet, one new directory with caches:

HD/Users/<current user>/Library/Saved Application State

These are the main storage locations.

In fact, there are more places where applications save logs and caches. To find all of them you have to spend some time, thus there is a point to use a specific app.

App Cleaner & Uninstaller

App Cleaner & Uninstaller is the fastest cache and logs cleaner. It can find all the temporary files stored in caches, logs, and other hidden folders.

This application was developed to uninstall applications together with all caches, logs, and other system files. But even if you do not want to delete the whole application, you can still remove unwanted caches and logs using it.

For this follow the following steps:
The Xamarin Forms Mac Connection Problem
By: Tech Bytes
Tags: Xamarin Forms, iOS, Mac

The Xamarin Forms Mac Connection Problem

Especially while dealing iOS w.r.t Xamarin forms we generally have tedious time in connecting to mac. Generally this happens when there is VS update or sdk updates.

Generally the following tips and tricks might help you folks in restoring the connection to mac :

Make sure that mac and Windows pc is in same wi-fi network Close VS Mac and restart Clear out bin and obj files from iOS project Do check the mono version in Mac. As final resort restart VS on PC.

And finally while dealing with simulators , for the very first time disable the remote option in VS and then recheck and relaunch .

Hopefully these tricks will help you to resolve the mac connectivity and simulator problems.
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Dear 2014 MacBook Pro: Black Screen of Death means the end is near
By: Juan M. Tellez
Tags: Macbook Repair, MacBook Pro, Mac

It is December of 2020. I have a 6 year old Mac Book Pro that I got from a startup fire sale. It was configured with 8gb memory and 500Gb SSD so at birth it was a solid software development machine. It was lightly used when I got it. We re imaged it so got rid of any crud that might be affecting its performance. It then went to sea with me, and served well for writing, backup chart plotting, writing code, sending emails, doing zooms, and applying for jobs.

While I was in Colombia, it gave me the black screen of death for the first time. Just before it happened, the screen flashed that scary (I’m dying flash). So I did what any reasonable engineer in 2020 would do. I googled it and got a ton of hits.

When it first appeared some variation of reboots with OPT-R and/or SHIFT-POWER, hold for many seconds, eventually got the screen back. Strangely after acting this way for a while, the screen became stable. Roll forward one and a half years later, this screen glitch came back, and off course, it was just before some important Zoom video meetings.

Recalling the original problem I looked up the various NVRAM, reboot sequences, and tried them without luck. Then some combination of reboot and SHIFT-POWER waiting for 15 seconds got me the screen back, and then it was gone. It seems my screen or graphics controller is dead or dying. I had to either quickly buy a new Mac, or hack up a fix. 0

Being the enterprising person that I am, I tried various sequences until the video returned, while connected to an external monitor, I setup the screens to mirror, and as I did that bang! It was gone again. I rebooted one more time, then closed the laptop, and bingo, it booted on the external screen. Changing my laptop into a desktop wasn’t exactly trivial. It did require an old monitor, an HDMI to DVI adapter, a USB bus extender, a webcam, and an old keyboard an a mouse. I now have a really small desktop box!

I’m afraid my laptop is no more. Operating it with its open face is probably a thing of the past. When I get a new Mac or have a free low risk window to experiment, I will open up the face and try and do the tips from “Tips 2 Fix” in youtube. For now, enjoy this picture of my new desktop! This is not a particularly pleasant result, but it will do for now.
The Essential Bash Cheat Sheet
By: Guillermo Barreiro
Tags: Bash, Mac, Command Line, Programming, Linux

Files and Directories

Change the current directory

For moving between the directories of your filesystem, you only need to know how to use the command cd .

List the content of a directory

The ls command is an essential tool for showing the files and folders inside a directory, as well as its properties.

Download a file from the Internet

The wget command is the easiest way to download a remote file into your computer.

Downloading a file using wget

Create a directory

Want to create a folder? Then use the mkdir command.

Copy, move, and remove

The copy, move, and remove operations you would usually do from the file explorer, you can also do them from the terminal.

Permissions and owner

Change the permissions and the owner of a file or directory with chmod and chown respectively.

Search for files

Don’t remember where the file contacts.json is located? Do you want to list all the PDF files inside a folder? With the find command, you can do this and more.

Calculate the SHA256 checksum of a file

When you download any piece of software from the internet, it’s recommended to verify it has been correctly downloaded by checking its SHA checksum, something that’s very easy to do from the terminal:

Compress and decompress TAR/ZIP files

Whether is a TAR or ZIP file, you can decompress it from the terminal. And create one from an existing folder as well:

Free space

Do you want to know how much free space there is in your hard disk drive? Or in an external drive? Or in the current directory? The df command has the answer to all those questions.
Run x86 Terminal Apps (Like Homebrew) on Your New M1 Mac
By: Ahad Sheriff
Tags: Apple, Mac, Software Development, Software Engineering, Macos

Run x86 Terminal Apps (Like Homebrew) on Your New M1 Mac

Here’s what to do while you wait for developers to add native ARM support for the x86 apps you know and love, such as Homebrew (which should be getting support soon).

Use “arch” to run commands in the native Terminal

You can run x86 terminal commands with Apple’s Rosetta 2 by adding the following arch command before it:

arch -x86_64 /bin/bash

So to install Homebrew, run the following:

You can read more about this here.

Create a separate Rosetta 2 Terminal

Open Finder and navigate to Applications -> Utilities Right-click on the Terminal app and choose Duplicate Rename your newly duplicated Terminal app something special like Terminal-Rosetta Right-click the Terminal-Rosetta app and click on Get Info Select the option to Open using Rosetta You can now use Terminal-Rosetta to install and run Homebrew and any other x86 command-line apps just as you did back in the day 👏

Shoutout to the good people at Notion documenting this solution!
The Pros And Cons of Apple M1 Chip
By: Ghani Mengal
Tags: Apple, Mac, Apple M1 Chip, Tech, Technology

Pros:

The M1 Chip Is Faster

Researchers have tested these chips in their labs through their test machines. They have measured every single up and downside of M1 chimp while it’s being tested on its pace. And the results were impressive. The new M1 chip is faster than any of the other processing chips that Apple was using before.

Apple’s manufacturing team has also included a memory (SOC) inside the M1 chip which can speed up the transmission of data.

Aside from factory tests. People all over the world are being a positive signboard that the M1 chip is actually faster.

No Thermal Throttling

The M1 chips are super silent, the fan never kicks in, even during the high-performance tasks. While Intel processing base Mac models will start screaming out whenever you start high performing tasks.

But the M1 chips are a lot more smoother and silent than other processors out there.

M1 Chips Are Power Efficient

Long battery life is another best thing that M1 chips are offering to the world. With the most power-efficient chip model, the M1 chips can provide the most power-efficient laptops and you can experience a lot of efficiency in battery life.

The Price of M1 Based Macs are Reasonable

Apple has always provided its products in the perfect price range. $1000 for M1 based Macs is also a good example of it. With a lot more efficient and powerful chip apple is still selling these products at $1000.

I haven’t seen any other $1000 laptop that provides more or even equal qualities like M1 based Apple Laptops. In fact, not The ThinkPad with Ryzen processors are behind M1 (technology-wise) and much expensive.

It Has Neural Network Processing Technology

The Apple M1 chips are built-in Neural Network Processing Technology (Machine Learning). Something that no other company is providing, not Intel nor AMD.

For those folks who have no idea what NNP(Neural Network Processing) is, It’s a CPU-based machine learning technology that uses AI to observe and operates on human behavior. And Apple is going a step further with it using this phenomenal technology in the M1.