How to extract contents from ‘Payload’ file in a apple macOS update package?
Question or issue on macOS: I am extracting macOS sierra update package – macOSUpd10.12.1.pkg using following command to /tmp/macosupd directory.
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How start & stop MAMP PRO using command line?
Question or issue on macOS: I am trying to find a way by which I can start and stop MAMP PRO’s Apache and mysql using command line. So far whatever I have search has only helped me start MAMP PRO.
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Is there a method to generate a standard 128bit GUID (UUID) on the Mac?
Question or issue on macOS: Is there a built in function equivalent to .NET’s
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Java Development on a Mac – Xcode, Eclipse, or Netbeans
Question or issue on macOS: I’ve been using Xcode for the usual C/C++/ObjC development. I’m wondering what are practical considerations, opinions of Xcode, Eclipse or NetBeans usage on a Mac for Java development? Please don’t include my current usage of Xcode in your analysis. How to solve this problem? Solution no. 1: I like NetBeans […]
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How to have same text in two links with restructured text?
Question or problem about Python programming: Here is what I would like to do:
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Why are Python exceptions named “Error”?
Question or problem about Python programming: Why are Python exceptions named “Error” (e.g. ZeroDivisionError, NameError, TypeError) and not “Exception” (e.g. ZeroDivisionException, NameException, TypeException).
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Generate random array of floats between a range
Question or problem about Python programming: I haven’t been able to find a function to generate an array of random floats of a given length between a certain range.
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How do you change the MIME type of a file from the terminal?
Question or issue on macOS: What I’m looking for is a counterpart to file -I (Darwin; -i on Linux).
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Swing on OSX: How to Trap command-Q?
Question or issue on macOS: After being convinced (“schooled”) that Swing apps on Mac do look native, I’m trying to make mine look as native as possible. Everything looks great, but when I hit command+Q or do it from the menu, my windowStateChanged(WindowEvent e) is not firing on my main JFrame (if I exit in […]
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Generic in subscript for swift
Question or problem in the Swift programming language: I understand that with Swift you can specify a function-specific generic with this form:
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