Year: 2018

How to: Put a Home Button on Safari’s Web Browser for Mac

CompuScoop Staff April 23, 2018 0

This was brought up to me the other day - Apple's Safari Web Browse doesn't show a Home button by default, confusing some users with how to use the Home page feature.

Apple's Safari does have one, but the user has to manually add it to the top bar.

Here's how:

1. Open Safari.

2. Go to View > Customize Toolbar.

3. The Customize Toolbar window opens.

4. Find the Home Button, then drag and drop it on to the Safari browser (next to the URL field).

5. That's it.

Now when you click on the button, it'll take you to the default home page.

How to Clear the Screen when in Terminal

CompuScoop Staff April 22, 2018 0

When working on the Terminal window in Mac, Linux, and Unix, sometimes their's so much information on the screen that you'd like to clear it and start over. Well, there is simple way to do it.

When at a blank Linux or Unix prompt, just type: clear

That will clear the screen and make the prompt appear in the upper-left corner of the screen.

How to test apps with a wireless device using the Xcode development environment

CompuScoop Staff April 21, 2018 0

For those of us who develop software for iOS, sometimes we need to test it on a 'real' device.

Up until the other day, I was under the impression that the developer always needed to plug in the device to the computer and then install the app from there.

But I found this neat little tip that saves time (and frustration) with having to always plug in the device.

1. Fire up Xcode and load in a current project that you're currently doing.

2. (One more time) plug in your iOS device to your development machine.

3. Select WINDOW > DEVICES AND SIMULATORS.

4. Click on the DEVICES Tab.

5. Select the device that's connected to your computer.

6. Place a check mark in the CONNECT VIA NETWORK option (as shown in the included screen shot).

7. Xcode will then enable the device to receive installations wirelessly.

8. Unplug the device from the computer.

9. Now when ever you want to test an app on a device, select it from the device list in Xcode.

10. Eligible devices will have a world icon next to the device name.

You can repeat the steps with any iOS device that are marked for development.

[Advanced Tip]: How to put your Mac in 64-Bit only mode

CompuScoop Staff April 20, 2018 0

Last week, I went over how to check if your apps are either 32 bit or 64 bit to ensure that they will work if (when) Apple decides to cut off support for 32 bit apps.

Now, with this tip, you can make the Mac discard all 32 bit apps and just run apps that are 64 bit. This tip involves using the Terminal and should only be done by advanced users.

If you want to try it, here's how:

1. Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

2. Type in the following: sudo nvram boot-args="-no32exec"

3. Press [Return].

4. Close Terminal and reboot the computer.

From then on, when trying to run a 32 bit apps will come up, a window will come up warning to get a 64 bit version of the app.

If you wish to go back to the default setting, do the following:

1. Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

2. Type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=""

3. Press [Return].

4. Close the Terminal and reboot the computer.

You will be able to run both 32 bit and 64 bit apps once again.