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Change Dock color on left/right site in OS X 10.9 Mavericks

New in OS X Mavericks, when using the famous dock on the left or right site: It has a white background now. It makes it hard to see the icons and the design is awful. Does anyone know how to change it back to the old black and transparent style? (in…
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Why does iPhone 6 have a thick line on its edge

Apple never keeps even a dot on its hardware if it doesn't have a function. But why does the iPhone 6 have this Gap/Thick line on its edge? Any clue?
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Where can I get highly technical documentation of Macintosh hardware?

I am often looking to dig deeper than the overview technical specifications that Apple provides and miss the old Developer Notes that used to be published as Apple Hardware Documentation in HTML and PDF form. 2004 ADC - Developer Connection -…
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Create .icns ad hoc

I want to create .icns for an app i made, i know how to make icons in png and .ico but i don't know much about it. Which size should i create my icons before to convert them? I don't want my icons to look sharpen or blurred. I tried just converting…
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Wobbly Macbook Pro

I bought a MacBook Pro yesterday, and it's "wobbly". My front-right leg is about 1 mm or so shorter than my back-left leg. Is there a quick fix for this (I was thinking of just making it bigger by myself) or should I send it back to Apple?
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Purchasing Affinity designer on mac

If I purchase Affinity Designer on my iMac will I be able to use the app on my MacBook as well? I'd like to know if it works on one device or on any device that my iCloud account is signed into.
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What are some unusual uses of the MacBook trackpad?

You know, the MacBook has such a beautiful trackpad. Are there applications that use its power for music-making, drawing, or anything else unusual?
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Apple planning to release new Mac Pro?

With the Mac Mini getting a new release, what is happening with the Mac Pro (aka the "Trash Can")? It has not had any design changes since 2013, and 5 years later it would seem that Apple would plan to give it a new look. I read some articles that…
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Where can I find the schematics/CAD model for MacBook Pro's components?

Device: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) I'm looking for detailed schematics, preferably official Apple publications, describing and/or annotating the dimensions or other specifics of the components. I'm not looking for electrical layout…
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System Preferences Date & Time Icon

This is more of a curiosity question that's been bugging me and I can't find an answer to. With the new MacOS Sierra, if you open the System Preferences, and look at the Date & Time icon used, the it shows the date July 18th, 10:10:30. In the past,…
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How do I control text alignment in a document with a 3 column layout in Pages 09?

How do I create a menu/brochure for a salon with 3 columns, where the price will be next to the description but right-aligned? I think there has to be be a better way than hitting the Space bar to get it to the right!
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Terminal path bar style for prompt

I recently saw this in a demonstration online in someones Terminal: Notice the path-bar-like style of the prompt, any ideas how you can get that? Some kind of customisation I'd assume?
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What typeface is used by macOS to render unicode glyphs?

What font is being used in the following screenshot (on a latest macOS/Safari) to render the Unicode glyphs? The screenshot is taken from the page http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html Is this font available somewhere publicly as an…
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OSX Software to use for Photo Collage in a large poster size

I need a very large poster of pictures of kids collage. Here is a sample I'm not a graphic designer and so I'm not necessarily very familiar with the Vector design tools that people often use to make these kinds of posters. I came up with this from…
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iOS guidelines archive

I'm researching historical changes of UI widgets. Do you know if there's an archive with all the iOS interface guidelines published by Apple over the years?
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