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How to enter a non-breaking space on iOS?
On a Mac, entering a [non-breaking space][1] is very easy: ⌥ + SPACE . On my iPad with iOS 7 installed, I want to enter a non-breaking space. But I find no way. I have tried the mic on the keyboard. It gives me this : `Espace insécable` :-) I would prefer a solution coming from the keyboard. I...
On a Mac, entering a non-breaking space is very easy: ⌥ + SPACE. On my iPad with iOS 7 installed, I want to enter a non-breaking space. But I find no way.
I have tried the mic on the keyboard. It gives me this :
Espace insécable
:-)
I would prefer a solution coming from the keyboard. I would also like a palette offering characters or snippets.
TheMaskedCucumber
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Jan 31, 2015, 05:52 AM
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Always open finder and Terminal in a new window in current workspace
So I am new to Mac OS and I feel terribly slow. I tried AeroSpace and went back because of my German keyboard. All I want is to have a shortcut (or even via Finder or Raycast) to open the Terminal and Finder (actually any app, but most importantly these two) in a new window in the current space and...
So I am new to Mac OS and I feel terribly slow. I tried AeroSpace and went back because of my German keyboard.
All I want is to have a shortcut (or even via Finder or Raycast) to open the Terminal and Finder (actually any app, but most importantly these two) in a new window in the current space and not just to bring it into focus in the top menu bar, but to actually open it. It can't be that difficult.
Actually, what I am looking for is the behavior of right-clicking on the app in the dock and selecting "new window", but as a shortcut. It just pops up in a new window on the current space.
I'd appreciate any help a lot!:)
Lenn
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Jan 3, 2025, 01:37 PM
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Google Chrome toolbar space problem
[![Mac Fullscreen][1]][1] When I'm opening a new window in google chrome then chrome is taking a huge empty space below the apple menu bar. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/FC7Eu.jpg
When I'm opening a new window in google chrome then chrome is taking a huge empty space below the apple menu bar.
Showvro Kumar Roy
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Jan 1, 2022, 01:25 PM
• Last activity: Feb 6, 2024, 08:28 AM
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Is there a floating-ruler app for macOS?
I’m working with a notation software and I would need to space certain graphical elements evenly within a predetermined space (e.g.: I set a 5cm space and I have 5 elements, they need to be precisely 1cm from each other), something that the software cannot do on its own (that is, without printing on...
I’m working with a notation software and I would need to space certain graphical elements evenly within a predetermined space (e.g.: I set a 5cm space and I have 5 elements, they need to be precisely 1cm from each other), something that the software cannot do on its own (that is, without printing on paper, measuring, then moving the objects, then printing again and so on...).
The ideal solution would be to have a floating ruler on the screen or a superposed grid similar to millimetric paper that would still allow click-through (i.e.: interaction with the program below it).
Is there an app that provides this tool?
Thank you very much
NotationMaster
(1734 rep)
Aug 21, 2019, 10:29 AM
• Last activity: Dec 11, 2023, 12:58 PM
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Why has the camera on my iphone stopped working?
Tthe camera on my phone (iPhone 6S+) has stopped working. I thought it was due to lack of space (indeed, I couldn't even press the button and take a blank photo). That was for one side of the camera (they are two - selfie and the other side). (I had no space at that point, and nothing really I could...
Tthe camera on my phone (iPhone 6S+) has stopped working. I thought it was due to lack of space (indeed, I couldn't even press the button and take a blank photo). That was for one side of the camera (they are two - selfie and the other side). (I had no space at that point, and nothing really I could do - installation of apps, etc.)
I then cleared some space, and one of the sides cleared up, and I could take photos again. But that was for a short time, at some point it stopped working again, even though the space hasn't become close to 0.
I read about it, and since then, have updated iOS, and even wiped the phone and restarted with a backup from iCloud. The camera is still not working.
While it could be a hardware problem, I highly suspect that this is not the case, at least for the selfie side of the camera. How do I confirm it, and what is there left to try?
kloop
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May 16, 2023, 09:20 PM
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MacOS Reclaim free space on Disk for APFS container after deleting APFS Container
I have an 8 TB disk in my Mac. I had 2 APFS containers on it (`disk7` and `disk8`). After deleting APFS container `disk8`, I get this: [![][1]][1] The space that the deleted APFS container `disk 8` used up is lost and not reclaimed by APFS container `disk 7`. I tried `diskutil apfs resizecontainer d...
I have an 8 TB disk in my Mac. I had 2 APFS containers on it (
The space that the deleted APFS container 
disk7 and disk8). After deleting APFS container disk8, I get this:
The space that the deleted APFS container disk 8 used up is lost and not reclaimed by APFS container disk 7.
I tried diskutil apfs resizecontainer disk5s1 0, but no result. I can only use 4.3 TB of my 8 TB disk.
How can I make container disk 7 use all 8 TB?
sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk5
Kentsay
(19 rep)
Jun 8, 2021, 05:26 PM
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iCloud still full after deleting lots of messages
My iCloud was full, mostly due to messages. [![enter image description here][1]][3] So, I deleted the biggest message files, reducing the space down to 1.78GB. [![enter image description here][2]][4] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/EwImgm.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/VC7Zim.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.n...
My iCloud was full, mostly due to messages.
So, I deleted the biggest message files, reducing the space down to 1.78GB.
However, it still says my iCloud is full - on my phone, laptop and on icloud.com, even though there should be 2.62 extra GB free.
So, I deleted the biggest message files, reducing the space down to 1.78GB.
However, it still says my iCloud is full - on my phone, laptop and on icloud.com, even though there should be 2.62 extra GB free.
Tess
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Aug 26, 2020, 05:28 AM
• Last activity: Apr 11, 2021, 06:33 PM
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Can I delete files from my dyld folder?
I have a 13-inch Early 2015 MacBook Air (OS 11.2.5) with 128 GB, and I'm trying to clear some space for a game I want to install. So far, I've transferred my school assignment files into my external hard drive, and I've safely cleared my Music cache, which took over about 40% of my storage before. I...
I have a 13-inch Early 2015 MacBook Air (OS 11.2.5) with 128 GB, and I'm trying to clear some space for a game I want to install. So far, I've transferred my school assignment files into my external hard drive, and I've safely cleared my Music cache, which took over about 40% of my storage before. I currently have 51.36 GB available but I still want to clear more space. I saw this dyld folder and it had the largest amount of gigabytes I've seen ever since I cleared the Music cache folder; 9.78 GB!
Location:
~/System/Library/dyld
Can I delete my dyld folder, or at least several items of it only?
Thanks in advance.
ENDGEYM_
(21 rep)
Mar 24, 2021, 01:24 AM
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How can I switch to Space 1 with the mouse?
What can I do to be able to switch to space 1 easily with my mouse only ? I touch about an Exposé corner but there is a limited list of actions possible... I though about the 3rd mouse button but there is no space command in there... Any idea ? Any trick ? EDIT : I see that on the 3rd button mo...
What can I do to be able to switch to space 1 easily with my mouse only ? I touch about an Exposé corner but there is a limited list of actions possible... I though about the 3rd mouse button but there is no space command in there...
Any idea ? Any trick ?
EDIT : I see that on the 3rd button mouse, there is a "Other..." item in the popup action list. Choosing this opens a dialog where I have to choose an applescrit (as far as I know). Is it possible to make a script that switch to Space 1.
PS : I really want to shift to space one in 1-move or 1-click. I know how to go to Space 1 using only the mouse, But not "at once".
Rabskatran
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May 5, 2011, 02:01 PM
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Is it possible to preview the .go file?
In my mac, if there is a `xxx.txt` file, I can use Space key to perview it. but if there is other expanded-name, such as `xxx.go`, `xxx.mod`, this way is not work. [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/NTQHP.jpg so, is there any other way to preview the custom expaned-na...
In my mac, if there is a 
so, is there any other way to preview the custom expaned-name file as text in macOS?
xxx.txt file, I can use Space key to perview it.
but if there is other expanded-name, such as xxx.go, xxx.mod, this way is not work.
so, is there any other way to preview the custom expaned-name file as text in macOS?
aircraft
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Aug 7, 2020, 08:29 AM
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Missing space after deleting bootcamp partition
My mac storage has decreased to just 75gb after I deleted Bootcamp. I need to recover this space (45.7gb) and return the computer to the rightful 120gb any help would be much appreciated. [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/0aMHu.png
My mac storage has decreased to just 75gb after I deleted Bootcamp. I need to recover this space (45.7gb) and return the computer to the rightful 120gb any help would be much appreciated. 
Lachlan
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Oct 25, 2018, 08:12 AM
• Last activity: Jun 13, 2020, 11:36 AM
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Why is my disk space shrinking?
I've just got a second hand MacBook from my dad which is a 2017 version with 250GB storage. I've factory reset it so theoretically it should be a completely blank slate, but for some reason I'm losing disk space already. Every couple of minutes the available space shrinks; it seems I lose 100MG ever...
I've just got a second hand MacBook from my dad which is a 2017 version with 250GB storage. I've factory reset it so theoretically it should be a completely blank slate, but for some reason I'm losing disk space already. Every couple of minutes the available space shrinks; it seems I lose 100MG every ten minutes or so. I'm currently on 231.52GB free, and it was at least 235 a few hours ago.
I know this began as soon as the computer switched on because the first thing I did was to check the storage space and I immediately noticed that it was going down. I'm not downloading anything at all from the internet, my downloads folder is completely empty.
This is really frustrating to me, not to mention making me a bit paranoid about when it's going to stop and how much space I'll have lost when it does. The whole reason I got this Mac was for the better storage as my previous one was less than half the size (120GB) and it was causing big problems. And granted it's only small chunk of the overall storage gone so far, but I'm gonna be using a lot of big files on this machine and I need all the space I can get. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to stop it? I'm wary of even downloading anything else until I get to the root of this problem.
t0mkat
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May 20, 2020, 08:24 PM
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Deleting my mail in Mac, but space is not cleared
Today, I deleted alot of files in Mac Mail but it did not clear any space on my HD. It keeps saying Mail is using 5.36 GB, no matter how much I delete and empty my trash. I have rebooted several times. I'm using Macbook Air with Catalina.
Today, I deleted alot of files in Mac Mail but it did not clear any space on my HD. It keeps saying Mail is using 5.36 GB, no matter how much I delete and empty my trash. I have rebooted several times. I'm using Macbook Air with Catalina.
Kelly Osgood
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May 6, 2020, 08:11 PM
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MacOS Catalina - Deleting files isn't freeing up needed space
So I've just installed .1 version of Catalina, and saw that I only had about 50 GB left. So, I've deleted some useless big files and moved some to my external HDD. But, the disk space wasn't freeing up. I've checked the whole internet last night but I just can't get my head around it. Even Mail isn'...
So I've just installed .1 version of Catalina, and saw that I only had about 50 GB left. So, I've deleted some useless big files and moved some to my external HDD. But, the disk space wasn't freeing up. I've checked the whole internet last night but I just can't get my head around it. Even Mail isn't starting anymore (because of low disk space).
This is what I did and some results;
- Turned off Time Machine (which runs to a Airport Time Machine)
- Reindexed Spotlight
- Checked Snapshots with tmutil. Deleted them with;
tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates|grep -e "^2"|xargs -n 1 -- sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots
Whenever I check the snapshots again it says there aren't any.
- I've run several tools to check what the biggest files are and where
the storage went.
As you can see, that's
about 400GB and I have 1TB
- I did a disk EHBO via disk utility. The Macintosh HD - Data gave some
errors
I still think there is something with Snapshots, but it says there aren't any after I've deleted them..
Another note; my whole life i've been using "TimeMachineEditor" as a schedule program for Time Machine. Which I turned off. Could that have to do something with the problem? (Don't think so)
As you can see, that's
about 400GB and I have 1TB
- I did a disk EHBO via disk utility. The Macintosh HD - Data gave some
errors
I still think there is something with Snapshots, but it says there aren't any after I've deleted them..
Another note; my whole life i've been using "TimeMachineEditor" as a schedule program for Time Machine. Which I turned off. Could that have to do something with the problem? (Don't think so)
Remyx11
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Nov 8, 2019, 09:43 AM
• Last activity: Nov 8, 2019, 12:25 PM
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Pictures are stored but not displayed in Camera Roll
Well, I've been running low space for a long time and this led to a sudden disappearing of old photos (actually 5000 of them - the oldest ones) in camera roll. I don't know how how that worked - maybe iOS tried to free up some space by removing the thumbnails (without asking me???). The main advice...
Well, I've been running low space for a long time and this led to a sudden disappearing of old photos (actually 5000 of them - the oldest ones) in camera roll. I don't know how how that worked - maybe iOS tried to free up some space by removing the thumbnails (without asking me???).
The main advice is to remove the **photos.sqlite** and other similar files from **PhotoData** directory. That did nothing - the restored base is lacking my OLD ones. Still you can find them all in DCIM folder.
How can I add them back to sqlite??? Thanks a lot!!
upd. ios 9.1
jaleya.quinne
(19 rep)
Jul 13, 2019, 10:45 AM
• Last activity: Jul 13, 2019, 01:23 PM
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Do apps running on iOS 10 take up more storage space than on iOS 12?
On my iPhone 6s Plus running iOS 10, the Clash Royale game app takes up 800 MB of space, but on my iPad mini 2 running iOS 12, it takes up only 190 MB. The Clash Royale account on my iPhone is the same as on the iPad, so it has the same data in both, and I usually play it more on the iPad than on th...
On my iPhone 6s Plus running iOS 10, the Clash Royale game app takes up 800 MB of space, but on my iPad mini 2 running iOS 12, it takes up only 190 MB.
The Clash Royale account on my iPhone is the same as on the iPad, so it has the same data in both, and I usually play it more on the iPad than on the iPhone. How come it takes more storage on my iPhone? Is it because my phone is running iOS 10?
Mikmak9068
(11 rep)
Jun 17, 2019, 10:29 AM
• Last activity: Jun 17, 2019, 06:29 PM
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iMac retrieve old linux partition after dual boot removal
On my iMac I installed a dual boot with Linux Mint. However, I realized that the videos were freezing some times, so I deleted the Linux partition. Now, the Mac is working normally, but instead of having a partition of 1 TB, I just have a 800GB's total space on my Hard Disk. How can I do to retrieve...
On my iMac I installed a dual boot with Linux Mint.
However, I realized that the videos were freezing some times, so I deleted the Linux partition.
Now, the Mac is working normally, but instead of having a partition of 1 TB, I just have a 800GB's total space on my Hard Disk.
How can I do to retrieve the 200GB of space that were on the Linux partition I deleted?
Below is the output from
diskutil list.
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 800.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_HFS Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF 1.0 MB disk0s4
thefruitismine
(91 rep)
May 9, 2019, 08:03 PM
• Last activity: May 10, 2019, 11:29 AM
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FSD files - can I delete them?
These seem to take up loads of space. Can I safely delete them or will it cause problems? [![here is a screenshot][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/nnXhY.png
These seem to take up loads of space. Can I safely delete them or will it cause problems?
bob76
(13 rep)
Mar 21, 2019, 08:13 PM
• Last activity: Mar 21, 2019, 08:30 PM
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deleted photos still take up storage
I have deleted all my pics including from recently deleted and i have 45GB in icloud but still my photos are taking up a lot of space even though there is nothing in the photo album. Please help urgent issue!!
I have deleted all my pics including from recently deleted and i have 45GB in icloud but still my photos are taking up a lot of space even though there is nothing in the photo album. Please help urgent issue!!
sarah
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Sep 14, 2016, 04:18 PM
• Last activity: Jan 28, 2019, 08:26 AM
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df -h command in Terminal shows wrong amount of disk space
I recently ran `df -h` on my Mac using Terminal. I was surprised to find that it shows my internal volume can store 112 GB, but it can actually store 120 GB. So I can't understand why this happens and should I worry about. The Size column shows as 112 GB.
I recently ran
df -h on my Mac using Terminal. I was surprised to find that it shows my internal volume can store 112 GB, but it can actually store 120 GB.
So I can't understand why this happens and should I worry about.
The Size column shows as 112 GB.
user244378
Sep 25, 2017, 04:42 PM
• Last activity: Dec 21, 2018, 09:18 PM
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