Questions tagged [applications]
Application software. Applications, or apps, for short, is software that runs on the computer.
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Firefox Becomes Active Window; Unable to Click Into Other App
I am using Firefox as my main browser and have done so for many macOS versions and Firefox versions. This problem has been happening for a few months now I believe and may be connected to either a ...
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How to grant access to network folders to my own application?
macOS 26.2
I have encapsulated a bash script into a regular application (.app package). This bash script is accessing files on a NFS mount /Users/Shared/Multimedia2/
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if I directly run the ...
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MacOS app for github projects
Is there an app that allows me to use github projects on my mac, basically as an app?
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How to jailbreak a macOS application from its container?
I have an application that generates a significant amount of non-persistent data during runtime, only for my use case, but not other users.
The software itself lacks a built-in mechanism to ...
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How to find and download a deleted iOS app?
I had a Sudoku app on an iPad that got into a weird state I could not fix. (Upper right one quarter zoomed in to fill the screen, and would not pan to the buttons on the left.)
I figure that delete ...
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How do I remove inaccessible Synced Folder on iPad Readdle Documents?
In the past, with the app "Documents" by Readdle, files could be easily synced between my MacBook and the app via an SFTP server, without using iCloud. Recently, however, the Documents, ...
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What is needed to run Gnumeric like a native macOS application?
I've seen that after installing gnumeric, it can be opened from the Terminal window or by clicking its icon in the Applications folder. In my case, the app doesn't appear in Applications, and when I ...
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Why does TinyMediaManager crash immediately on launch despite reinstall and reverting to older version of the app?
The app TinyMediaManager, which I have used for years, today is crashing immediately on launch (i.e. within a second). I have not been able to see anyone else have these issues online, and have tried ...
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How to restore my programs from my User Applications folder on Macbook Pro?
Somehow I deleted the contents of the Applications folder under my username (User/Applications). However, when I typed "Applications" into Spotlight, it gave me a folder called Applications.
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Why does the Google Chrome app bundle become corrupted on macOS 15.5 with missing files in /Applications/Google Chrome.app? [closed]
I work for an MSP (Managed Service Provider). We're encountering a recurring issue across different clients running macOS 15.5 (Sequoia) systems where Google Chrome becomes corrupted or non-functional....
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Goodnotes pdf deletion issue
Someone sent me a pdf on telegram, then I downloaded it and imported (opened) it into goodnotes. Later I want to delete the pdf from telegram downloads but not from goodnotes.
Will it stay in ...
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Signal Folder ~/Library/Application Support/Signal does not exist – where is it?
I am using a MacBook Pro 13-inch 2018 running macOS Sequoia 15.4.
I would like to access the local files of the Signal Messanger App, which are – according to the support website – located at ~/...
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What triggers Apple Classical app to download a copy of music locally?
The User Guide for Apple Classical says:
You can use the Apple Music app to download albums, playlists, or tracks that you added to your library
But I am finding copies of albums appearing on my ...
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macOS Open... not working
I'm on a 2018 MacBook Pro 13.3 inch with macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 but the problem has been dragging on for the past 2 years so the problem is not with this macOS version.
Basically whenever I click on &...
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Prevent com.apple.locate from scanning my Time Machine drive?
I've noticed that periodically my system has a long running find process that is causing a lot of disk activity on my external Time Machine drive.
Using Activity monitor to inspect the parent ...