Ask Different Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: How to enforce sandbox rules for the particular app? I wrote an sandbox specification file (inspired by files from /usr/share/sandbox and manuals like this) and now I can launch some app in sandbox with sandbox-exec $path_to_rules … security sandbox   asked by Equidamoid 4 votes answered by George Garside 3 votes Any iPhone apps to test the touchscreen? I've been playing an iPhone game for about a week and today the phone didn't detect some of my swipes. It still detected most of my swipes, but on a few occasions I swiped and nothing happened. I … iphone applications screen touchscreen   asked by pacoverflow 4 votes answered by George Garside 3 votes How do I get rid of errors for disconnected networked drives? Every time I log into OSX 10.9.4 (and several slightly older versions since I've been updating) I get several pop-ups asking me to connect to a remote/networked drive that I've previously configured, … osx networking hard-drive   asked by s g 3 votes answered by George Garside 3 votes One hookup docking station / port replicator They just got me (my very first ever) macbook pro at work. I am really digging it thus far. One thing I would really like to do is "dock it" to my existing rig.. two dvi displays, keyboard, mouse, … macbook-pro multiple-displays dock-connector   asked by Jordan 3 votes answered by dvm 0 votes Apple ID for employees having no credit card I would like to create Apple ID on my employee's desktop. She has no credit card, I can't create Apple ID without card, having no apple id she cannot update her desktop. Is there any workaround of … osx mavericks apple-id   asked by Luman75 3 votes answered by cico 0 votes iPhone setting to turn off auto-detection of phone numbers? In Safari and the Notes app on iPhone, wherever there are strings of numbers they get linked and treated as phone numbers. I'm sure there was a setting to turn this off but I cannot find it. Where is … iphone ios-7   asked by DisgruntledGoat 3 votes How to run Say "something" in background in AppleScript I would like to have AppleScript code like this: row 1 say "some long text here" row 3 When it starts to speak text, it same time continues to row 3. I create my scripts in AppleScript Editor and … osx applescript audio   asked by brianBlue 3 votes answered by jackjr300 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to transfer a movie (.avi) from pc to iPad without iTunes? I'm trying to copy a .avi movie-file that I ripped from a dvd that I own from my PC to my iPad. I've tried doing this with iTunes, to no avail, and frankly I'm sick of iTunes so I'm looking for … ipad file-transfer movie pc   asked by Samuel 6 votes answered by Michiel 5 votes Please share your hidden OS X features or tips and tricks Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of Mac OS X? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal command or a keyboard shortcut. Share your experiences on hidden Mac OS … osx hidden-features   asked by Am1rr3zA 367 votes answered by statictype 255 votes Can you answer these? Need to re-pair keyboard with Apple TV everytime I have the latest Apple TV paired with Apple wireless keyboard. I can pair it in the first time, although not very smoothly. After that, I need to re-pair my keyboard with Apple TV every time. Any … keyboard bluetooth appletv   asked by clwen 1 vote Audio Recording iPhone app with hardware button control? I'm looking for an audio recording app (like Voice Memos) that has hardware button support. Like how you can press one of the volume buttons in Camera to take a photo. For use on a standard device … iphone audio recording voice-dictation voice-memo   asked by matt 2 votes Is there an iOS email client that does IMAP properly? I specifically am looking for an iOS email client that supports IMAP's ability to delete messages "in place", i.e. without moving them to some "trash" folder. I would want to be able to view deleted … ios software-recommendation mail.app imap   asked by Eric S. 1 vote

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