Mandar Apte

UI/UX Designer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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  • Here is how to locate downloaded Audio/Video Podcast app files on macOS. So that you can export or copy it to the new location on Macintosh HD.

    Here is how to locate downloaded Audio/Video Podcast app files on macOS. So that you can export or copy it to the new location on Macintosh HD.

    You may have been listing to or watching a great podcast on Mac’s Podcast app, and you may want to export it and store it elsewhere on your Macintosh HD for safekeeping.

    It seems Apple has disabled the functionality of dragging Podcast items to the desktop to store or export them elsewhere.

    So here is how to do it in an alternative way.

    Step 01: Click on Finder

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  • What is a suitable tool for UI/UX Work: Adobe Photoshop / XD / Sketch / Figma

    What is a suitable tool for UI/UX Work: Adobe Photoshop / XD / Sketch / Figma

    As far as I can remember, I have used Photoshop from version two. So I have used Photoshop for almost twenty years, less or more.

    I have been using the Sketch app for four years. And just now, because of team recommendations, I have to switch to Figma.

    The most problematic point about Photoshop or XD is Adobe’s pricing model. Adobe forces you to buy all Creative Cloud apps whether you choose them or not. In India, Adobe CC costs INR 45,000/- plus taxes.

    The best thing about the Sketch app is its pricing model, i.e. Annual Subscription, which costs you INR 7,500/- for a year, and after it ends, you use the same app as long as you want without buying another subscription. So yes, you will not get updates, but you have an app to work with.

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  • Uber Cabs Invoice Outstanding Payment Alert, A Technical Glitch or Accounting Error

    I just travelled from Mumbai to Thane using Uber cabs. They rounded my bill before tax by 46 Paise. My trip was a cash trip.

    My final cost of the trip after taxes applied was 160.05 INR.

    But when I completed my trip I got notification from the Uber app that I have not paid 5 paise out of 160.05 INR using cash.

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  • Different ways of sustaining as a Music / Video / Creative Content Creator on digital music platforms in today’s age.

    Different ways of sustaining as a Music / Video / Creative Content Creator on digital music platforms in today’s age.

    I just learned that Apple Music pays artists 1 cent (75 Indian paise) for one stream / one audience listens to your song for a single time.

    So if you want to earn $1 (75 INR), the artist should have 100 plays/views by his user/audience.

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  • My Health Journey Continues!

    My Health Journey Continues!

    Read ‘Part 1’ of My Health Journey:


    I have just stopped the sugar intake, which was coming through tea & coffee. I was consuming more than 6 to 7 tea coffee in a day. I was taking two spoons of sugar per cup, but after consulting my nutritionist, I started taking one scoop. But I made up my mind to take no sugar with coffee and use more amount of coffee itself for taste. So for tea, I started taking jaggery / गुळ for sweetness and flavour.

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  • Find the Bundle ID of any app on Mac.

    There are many ways to identify the bundle ID of any macOS app using the Mac itself.

    The following steps will help you identify a Finder app’s bundle ID using the Terminal. Replace the app name written in step 02 with the exact words of your desired app name.

    Step 01:
    Open Terminal on your Mac.

    Step 02:
    Run the following command:

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  • Sharing Video Interview by Aarti Tikoo and Her Story of Hindus Of Kashmir Valley

    After publishing two blog posts about Marathi Brahmans Killing after Gandhi’s Murder. I received many comments on Facebook Groups / Chitpavan Katta page for those people who suffered from these killings of their family members/father/mother/sister/brother or their uncle.

    So I am sharing this video I saw on YouTube about Kashmiri Pandits ethnic cleansing by Pakistan Sponsored Muslim Communities.

    So go through it let us know in the comments what you think relates to Marathi Brahman’s Killing in the Year 1948.

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  • The year 1948, Gandhi’s assassination and its consequence on the Marathi Brahmin family household. A personal experience essay by Prabhakar Apte, Pune.

    The year 1948, Gandhi’s assassination and its consequence on the Marathi Brahmin family household. A personal experience essay by Prabhakar Apte, Pune.

    Complete Monologue by Prabhakar Apte in Marathi:

    The Limb is one village situated on the bank of the Krishna river. Historically one Barve family, who belonged to the in-law family of first Peshva Balaji Vishvanath. Barve family migrated from Konkan to Limb and built the first ghat on the Krishna river. Thereafter Lakshman Ballal Apte, who was a Sardar of Madhvrao Peshve. He built a very Hugh Lakshmi Narayan mandir on the bank of the Krishna river, and built a big house and also a ghat on the Krishna river. The big house and temple complex was covered by a rampart and four buruj structures on four corners. The third generation of Lakshman Ballal was of four brothers and there was one adopted ranch of Visaji Lakshman, his branch continued to stay in Limb, but our cousin branch represented by Shankar Narahar Apte use to conduct Sangh shakha in limb and he was a close friend of Barve family. The descendant of the Barve family one Narhar Dattatray Barve also continued to stay in Limb. On 30th January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, who happened to be a Marathi Brahmin. However Limb village had 100 Brahmin families, and they were happily living peacefully. Narhar Dattatray was a small boy and while playing near a ‘Pimpal Paar’ he overheard that a message has come from Kolhapur that Brahmins houses should be burnt as revenge for Gandhi’s murder. He reported it to his mother who had arranged a get together of women folk for Haldi Kunku. She did not believe in the report of her child because the Limb atmosphere was calm, but within one hour the houses of Limb Brahmins were set on fire and Brahmins had to take shelter within Satara etc. This is the sad story of Limb where our forefather came and settled 250 years back. Now the debris of Apte houses is near Lakshmi Narayan Temple. In gram panchayat record it is noted as Apte Gadhi and the big house of Shankar Narhar Apte was burnt after Gandhi murder in the year 1948. One archaeologist Anita Agashe excavated the debris of the potter’s settlement.

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  • How to fix and repair anything related to iCloud, App Store, and Mac App Store if not at all working correctly on Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac with just one simple solution!

    After using your Apple Mac, iPhone or iPad for more than 2 to 3 years upgrading the operating system multiple times you may realise after upgrading system some features like iCloud, Mac / App Store App Downloads and Updates, Keychain Sync, Safari Passwords Sync, Contacts Sync are not working across devices.

    Precautions:

    1. If you are on iPhone and iPad first backup your device using Mac. And also backup your iPhone and iPad photos using Apple Photos.

    2. If you are on Mac backup your Mac using TimeMachine

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  • प्राध्यापक प्रभाकर आपटे ह्यांनी त्यांच्या लेखणीतून मांडलेले त्यांच्या लहानपणीचे गांधी हत्ये नंतरचे वास्तव

    प्राध्यापक प्रभाकर आपटे ह्यांनी त्यांच्या लेखणीतून मांडलेले त्यांच्या लहानपणीचे गांधी हत्ये नंतरचे वास्तव

    Complete Monologue by Prabhakar Apte in Marathi:

    आमचे मूळ गाव लिंब सातारा जिल्हा तेच गाव गजानन मिलचे मालक वेलणकर यांचे. त्यांनी लिंब वर एक पुस्तक लिहिले आहे. त्यांच्या पुस्तकात १०० वर्षापूर्वीचे लिंब हे भरभराटीचे असावे असे दिसते. १९४८ साली ज्या दिवशी लिंब मध्ये जाळपोळ झाली त्या दिवशी आमच्या लक्ष्मी नारायण मंदिरात पूजा करणारे नरहर दत्तात्रय बर्वे हे लहान होते आणि त्यांच्या घरात हळदीकुंकू असल्याने ५० -६० ब्राह्मणां च्या सुवासिनी आलेल्या होत्या, त्यावेळी त्यांचा मुलगा फिरत फिरत पारावर गेला त्यावेळी गावातील काही ब्राह्मण द्वेषी मंडळी जमली होती आणि कोल्हापुराहून आपल्याला सांगावा आला आहे की ब्राह्मणांचि घरे पेटवायची ते ऐकून तो मुलगा धावत आला व त्याने आईला ती बातमी सांगितली. पण त्या बायकांनी तुला काय कळते म्हणून दुर्लक्ष केले आणि तासाभरात बर्व्यांसह १०० ब्राह्मणाची घरे जळून खाक झाली त्यात सरदार आपट्यां चा प्रचंड मोठा वाडा पण जळाला त्यावेळी बर्वे व अभ्यंकर अशी दोन कुटुंबे सोडून बाकी सर्व सातारला पळून गेले. बर्वे यांच्या वाड्याशेजारी विष्णूचे देऊळ आहे ते सुरक्षित राहिल्याने त्याच्या भिंतीला पत्रे लावून बर्व्यांनी आडोसा केला तो अजून तसाच आहे. आपट्यांच्या विष्णू मंदिराला सांगली जिह्यातील सागाव येथे जमीन आहे. तिथे कुलकर्ण्यांचा वाडा आहे, ते कुलकर्णी संघाची शाखा चालवत म्हणून गुंडांनी त्यांचा पाठलाग केला आणि फरशी कुऱ्हाडीने त्यांच्यावर प्राणघातक वार केले. ते जेंव्हा जमिनीवर कोसळले तेंव्हा हा खरच मेला आहे का याची खात्री करण्यासाठी त्यांनी त्यांचा उजवा अंगठा तोडला तरी त्यांनी हूं की चूं केले नाही त्यानंतर ते कसेतरी चालत चालत कोल्हापूरला पोहचले. त्यानंतर एकदा साताऱ्यात संघाची बैठक जिल्हा कार्यवाह अण्णा भोई हे 63 साली घेत होते त्यावेळी संघाच्या स्वयं सेवकांनी त्याग केला पाहिजे असे ते म्हणाले त्यावेळी त्या कुलकर्णींनी तुटका अंगठा दाखवून आणखी काय त्याग करायचा असा प्रश्न विचारला त्यावेळी सर्वजण स्थब्ध झाले. पुढच्याच वर्षी कऱ्हाड जवळील कोले या गावी शाखा चालविणाऱ्या अण्णा भोईंचा संघ कार्यकर्ते म्हणून निर्घृण खून झाला.

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