Category: macOS
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Rosetta (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rosetta (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :
Rosetta is a lightweight dynamic translator for Mac OS X distributed by Apple. It enables applications compiled for the PowerPC family of processors to run on Apple systems that use Intel processors. Rosetta is based on Transitive Corporation’s QuickTransit technology,[1] and is a key part of Apple’s strategy for the transition of their Macintosh line from PowerPC to Intel processors as it enables pre-existing Mac OS X software to run on the new platform without modification. …
Rosetta is part of the Mac OS X for Intel operating system. It translates G3, G4, and AltiVec instructions; however, it does not translate G5 instructions. Therefore, applications that rely on G5-specific instruction sets must be modified by their developers to work on Intel-based Macs. According to Apple, applications with heavy user interaction but low computational needs (such as word processors) are well suited to translation via Rosetta, while applications with high computational needs (such as raytracers or Adobe Photoshop) are not. …
So in like 2005/2006 they thought, Intel Macs would not be sufficiently fast to execute software with “high computational needs” through Rosetta, but >2010 Intel Macs are powerful enough to do even that. Somebody told, his old PPC Mac Photoshop runs nicely on his 2010 Snow Leopard MacBook Pro, and he was very delighted about that.
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.DS_Store – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.DS_Store – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From www.greci.cc:
By default, MacOS X will create a .DS_Store file in every folder it accesses, while this is ok in OS X it may be annoying for network shares. To prevent the creation of .DS_Store files on network volumes execute this from a Terminal:defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
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Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard): the Finder hangs again
I tried to make LibreOffice the default application for a file on a Samba network folder, and Finder hangs – not LibreOffice. I am now going to kill Finder, and I assume during the remainder of the day I also have to restart the entire OS again, which implies restarting almost all applications with all their current state. Annoying stuff! But it happens with other contemporary operating systems just as well. But ordinary OS X users keep telling the rest of the world, that you never experience trouble with OS X, which just isn’t true.
The Finder does not get relaunched, and when you try to launch it yourself, this is what they show you:
The application Finder.app can’t be opened.
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[OK]You can’t really do a lot without a running Finder, so now I am going to restart OS X
Even the rebooting procedure stalled at “continuing”, and I had to do a cold reboot. This is, how bad it really can get with OS X.
-> https://wp.jochen.hayek.name/blog-en/2019/01/09/macos-keyboard-shortcuts-mission-control-dock/
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the coming App Store for Mac OS X: the next Apple jail?
First it sounds like the App Store will help the users to have a single point, where to find and update apps for OS X. But then: look what it means on iOS, i.e. the iPhone and the iPad: it means: apps will only find their way to your device through Apple’s “placet”, and finally through the App Store, and Apple will always earn money through 3rd parties’ contributions.
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“drag and drop” and the cmd-key
My Situation: 2 finders open, one pointing to a local disk, the other to a remote disk.
If you drag (using the cmd-key) exactly one file from that “local finder” to the “remote finder”, the meaning of the operation is “move”.If you drag (using the cmd-key) more than one file from that “local finder” to the “remote finder”, the meaning of the operation is “copy”.
How do I achieve a “move” for more than one file?
Update 2011-07-23
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peeking and poking Google Chrome
Is there an “ordinary way” to get the “extensions” listed, or is this pseudo-URL “the ordinary way“: chrome://extensions/?
(Now, that I wrote of it here, I can finally close that tab, as I was really worried to forget it again. BTW: of course also this list is made far nicer then everything (at least) I can compare. Did you notice, what they do, if you delete a bookmark folder? That’s just awesome IMO, if I had not to do a lot of work, I could keep doing that all through the night.)
Oooo, it’s under that wrench icon as Extensions. And there is also Downloads. Good, that I found that!
And now I also know, how to underline using the Blogger article editor. Well, switch to “Edit HTML” – you know the rest of the story. It’s that simple.And do you know, how to make the wrench icon appear on OS X Chrome?
Chrome / Preferences / Basics / Toolbar / Show Page and Tools menus.Have you come across the Task Manager below Developer yet?
And did you dare clicking on Stats for nerds?
How bad, that I can’t use Chrome on my Linux notebook, as it keeps negatively interacting with the window manager or so, which after a while locks up.
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what’s the right Unix-ish software and hardware in 2010?
In 1994 I had no doubt: it’s a PC with some Linux distro on it. And changing my mind was out of the question until not so long ago.
Now in 2010 I am doing things on a Samsung 17″ notebook running some openSUSE Linux, and I am doing things on a MacBook Pro with a 17″ screen.
I don’t want miss either of them. Well, the Samsung thingie’s resolution could be way better, but after my Sony thingie broke during my Leopard 2 main battle tank project, I couldn’t afford anything better than that, and the decision and the purchase had to happen within minutes rather than within days. Terrible pressure and no mercy with Linux folks over there at defense.
But now I do many, many things on that Snow Leopard thingie, and I terribly enjoy it and it honestly improved the quality of my life a lot. That’s what I wanted to state here and now.