Questions tagged [mac]
"Mac" is short for "Macintosh", the name of a line of personal computers produced by Apple, Inc.
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How do different operating systems have different window layouts? [closed]
I have searched on the Internet on how do operating systems have different window layouts, but I have found nothing. Windows has one style, Mac OS has another, and Linux has a different style as well. ...
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How can a mobile app measure the phone's rough distance with the user's laptop?
I have a mobile app (iOS and android compatible) that needs to know if it's far or close to the user's laptop/ desktop (e.g. whether it's within 5 meters or not). I need to make it secure such that ...
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Big MacOS Install PKG Versus Downloads
I am creating software in MacOS that has over 10GB of assets associated with it. I can create a pkg that properly installs these but I have two problems. First, the notorization process required for ...
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Distributing a Java application on macOS
I have developed a Java application for both Windows and MacOS. The application requires 2 separate jar files, 1 for the main application and then another is used to download and apply updates. This ...
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7 votes
2 answers
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How did heavy software in the early days managed to run on 4MB RAM computer? [duplicate]
It's no secret that in the early days of computers, they had only 1-4MB of RAM. I found an article stating you needed only 4MB of RAM to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint simultaneously. How was that ...
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1 answer
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Is it true that Linux and Mac OS programs' source are interchangeable? [closed]
Is it true that most of the times source code for Linux programs can be compiled into Mac OS programs and vice versa?
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2 votes
2 answers
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Difference in endianness between operating systems [closed]
There is an assembler that I am writing that is located within the file asm.c located in this repository. It uses the instruction set located in the specs file to produce an output binary. (The ...
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2 answers
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Mac OS X preferences saving, when to apply/save changes made by user [closed]
It is typical for Mac OS X apps to have preferences that apply seamlessly, and preferences dialogs don't have "OK" or "Apply" button. I want to implement this behavior in my project, but I can't ...
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