Mandar Apte

UI/UX Designer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Category: Apple macOS

OS X (originally Mac OS X) is a series of Unix-based graphical interface operating systems (OS) developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is designed to run on Macintosh computers, having been pre-installed on all Macs since 2002.

  • Programmatically add Fab (Floating Action Button) Button to iPhone, iPad and Mac App.

    When Google released the Material Design Guidelines, they introduced many new design elements, including the Fabeingutton, a Floating Action Button.

    Normally, we see the Fab button in Android Mobile Apps, but many Apple iPhone, iPad, and Mac App Developers have started using it in their designs.

    Here, we will see how to programmatically add the Fab button in your iOS, iPadOS, and macOS app on any view, including UICollectionView or UITableView.

    Step 01: First, declare the UIButton variable in your View Controller

    var fabButton = UIButton()

    Step 02: Add this code to viewDidLoad()

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  • Here is a solution if TP-Link Router is not loading some particular websites

    If you are having a problem loading or browsing a particular/specific website, then you can follow the steps below to resolve that problem.

    Step 01: Navigate to your TP-Link router’s web interface. i.e. Normally http://192.168.0.1/

    Step 02: Log in to your TP-Link router’s Administration Web Page

    Step 03: Go to > Advance > Network > Internet > Click on Advanced Settings

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  • Completely uninstall Android Studio from Mac.

    After downloading and installing Android Studio for Mac, I noticed my Mac started heating too quickly with the fan running at full speed, and there was also a performance issue.

    So, I decided to uninstall Android Studio from Mac completely. I used the following command and documented it below if you want to perform the same process for uninstalling Android Studio from your Mac.

    Open Terminal.app from Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app and execute the following commands

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  • Remove ‘Extended Attributes’ from macOS files, i.e. ‘Where from’ property details downloaded online.

    Imagine you have downloaded a file from a website or especially a Google Drive shared folder, and when you select the same file on your local Macintosh HD and use the ‘Command + I’ command on your Mac’s Keyboard, what you see is a long list of gibberish URL the file you downloaded from under ‘Where from’ section.

    It looks something like this:

    Now, you may ask how to remove this Where from section gibberish from your file or all files inside the folder. The answer follows these simple steps.

    To remove specific ‘Where from’ attributes from the file:
    Use the ‘xattr’ command with the ‘-d’ flag and then describe the command to delete specific attributes. Here is ‘Where from’.

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  • User Privacy & Data Protection Standards in new Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac Operating Systems

    I had been planning for a long time but never implemented Google Analytics for my Apple iOS Apps to get accurate data about my app usage. I thought it was more work to implement analytics in the app with a framework using cocoa-pods, which would, in a way, slow down my app performance.

    But with the news that Apple is taking privacy and data collection seriously, with online ads for Safari Browser on Mac and system-wide privacy settings on Apple iOS 14 for iPhone, I am happy that I never implemented a third-party analytics framework or added an ad network to generate revenue from my apps. My apps are already paid, and I don’t want to mess up user experience with impromptu in-app advertisements.

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  • Using iCloud features to sync iPhone messages with Mac.

    Prerequisites:

    1. 1. I assume you have added your primary and same Apple ID / iCloud Account on your respective Mac and iPhone.
    2. You have enabled iCloud Sync for Messages App on your iPhone and Mac in iCloud Settings.
    3. You are using the latest release of the macOS operating system, the newest iOS operating system and the Safari Browser.

    Once the above prerequisites are met, we can proceed further…

    Note: You can autofill security codes from your iPhone to Safari on Mac. This is Safari’s only feature.

    To set up Text Message Forwarding on your iPhone, follow the below steps:

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  • Here is how to fix the error: ‘The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “Photos Library” already exists.’

    This error appears when completing the action of copying or moving a file or folder to any destination. It explains that a file with the same name already exists in that destination folder. It may be a hidden file even if you have deleted it.

    I suggest you follow the steps below to eliminate this error and problem.

    Note: First things first, before moving forward backup your Mac with Time Machine

    Step 01: Open Finder and go to the destination folder where you are copying files or folder

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  • Apple Music Error [Solved] – Some items, including “Song’s Title”, were not copied to the iPhone “John Appleseed’s iPhone 11 Pro” because they could not be found.

    After I started syncing my Apple Music to my iPhone via the Finder app, I repeatedly received an error.

    The error was ‘Some items, including “Song’s Title”, were not copied to the iPhone “John Appleseed’s iPhone 11 Pro” because they could not be found.’

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  • How to import iTunes Music Library into Apple Music after a clean install of macOS Catalina on your new computer while keeping intact play counts and star ratings for respective songs and albums.

    After releasing the new macOS Catalina or any other Mac operating system, I sometimes prefer a clean install of the latest operating system on my iMac / MacBook / MacBook Pro or Mac Pro.

    I back up all of the current user home folders on external storage, such as an external hard disk or solid-state drive.

    Once the operating system is installed on ‘Macintosh HD’ and an admin user account is created on Mac, it’s time to start transferring data from the external drive to Mac’s user home folder.

    Once you have an account setup, follow these steps to transfer music.

    Step 01: Copy your old ‘iTunes’ folder to your user’s Music folder located at e.g. User > Music > iTunes

    Step 02: Hold down the ‘Option’ key while opening the Apple Music app from the dock or application folder. You will be presented with a dialogue box called ‘Choose Music Library. ‘ Now click on the ‘Choose Library’ button.

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  • If your Mac intermittently drops the TP-Link Router’s Wi-Fi Network Connection, here is a fix.

    I know it happened to me when I purchased a new TP-Links router. But after setting up the router with my ISP (Internet Service Provider), my Mac / iMac / MacBook / MacBook Pro / MacBook Air / Mac Mini started dropping connection intermittently every 5 minutes or every 2 minutes.

    After trying everything, here is a list of settings I used to get a stable connection from my router to my Mac.

    Step 01: Sign in to your Router’s Admin Page

    Step 02: Navigate to Wireless or Advanced > Wireless > Wireless Settings

    Step 03: Uncheck ‘Smart Connect’. i.e. Disable the Smart Connect Feature.

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