Questions tagged [ios]
An operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad developed by Apple, Inc. For questions about Cisco iOS, use cisco-ios. Questions about iOS devices are off-topic except insofar as they interact directly with computers. Most iOS questions would be better suited for apple.stackexchange.com.
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How to fully uninstall the Cocoapods from the Mac Machine?
I installed Cocoapods version 0.28, and now I want to uninstall it from my machine. How can I do that?
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How can I view .HEIC photos on Linux?
How can I view .HEIC photos (the new default format on iOS 11) on a Linux desktop, without uploading them to some cloud service? Is there an image viewer, image converter, or browser with support for ...
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Can I run iOS apps on my Mac?
I've seen a number of neat iPhone apps recently that I'd like to use. In particular, there are a number of neat musical apps (metronome, tuner, etc.) that seem highly rated, and have no real Mac ...
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Add to iCloud Reading List from Chrome?
In Chrome (on Windows), how can I add a webpage to my iCloud Reading List to read later on my iPad?
My iOS devices (iPad, iPhone) are already set to synchronize their bookmarks via iCloud.
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L2TP/IPsec VPN fails to connect on Windows 10 - Works fine on iOS
I’ve configured an L2TP/ipsec server with a pre-shared key that works like a charm on my phone. I’ve tried several ways including disabling of firewall to connect on Windows 10 but it always fails. ...
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How to open Apple iOS .AAE file?
I recently uploaded images from an iPhone to my windows computer.
Some of the images were cropped on the iPhone itself prior to upload.
The upload includes 2 files for the edited images:
my-image-...
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How to set up a Chromecast without logging in to Google Home?
I have a Chromecast audio and the Google Home app now requires location access and for you to log in. I don't want to give it either, and therefore it does not help me set up the device. There is no ...
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Fatal loss of data across OS borders
On New Year's Eve I imported images from my iPhone at USB to the Windows 11 platform as I did so many times by:
select all
cut
create new folder
paste
and it worked. But what I did afterwards was ...
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Is there an Xcode 4.2 for Snow Leopard?
I was looking for Xcode 4.2 for Snow Leopard.
I had heard that the official release for iOS 5 was also going to be Snow Leopard enabled.
I could not find Xcode 4.2 + iOS5 for Snow Leopard on Apple's ...
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What is a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?
I've gotten the "broken pipe" error from Xcode one time too many. I'm now curious to know exactly what a pipe is.
What is the concept of a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?
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Which fonts (if any) are pre-installed on Windows, OS X, and iOS?
I'm setting up my email client on OS X, and am not sure which font to select in Mail so as to ensure a consistent appearance across devices. In particular, iOS is a problem as I cannot seem to find a ...
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How to export all notes in OS X/iOS Notes.app?
I used to take all my notes on my iPhone and iPad in Notes.app. I recently switched and take all my notes using various text editors and store the notes in my Dropbox. However, my old notes I used to ...
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difference between MDM certificate and APNS certificate
I am new to mobile device management(MDM).I want to configure my own MDM Server to support iOS devices for mobile device management.
I know that for this apple developer Enterprise account is ...
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Is it possible to virtualize the iPhone OS?
I was wondering if it was possible to virtualize an iPhone's OS on my Mac. Maybe through VMware or another application?
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How do I upgrade to xcode 6 beta 3 when I already have beta 2 installed?
I am currently running xcode 6 beta 2 but would like to upgrade to the new beta 3 release. Do I have to uninstall beta 2 completely before doing a fresh beta 3 install, or is there a way to upgrade ...
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Turn off text replacement on macOS
I use text replacement and my iPhone and these are syncing to my Mac via iCloud. But I don't want to use them on my Mac because I use TextExpander. How can I prevent the text replacement on my Mac but ...
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How can I randomize my MAC address on boot on both iOS and Mac OS X?
I would like my MAC addresses on my Mac OS X (iMac) and iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) to be randomized on boot. I have no idea how to generate the random MAC, nor to insert it into the boot process. Any ...
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iPhone recorded videos getting rotated on Windows systems
I am recording videos on iPhone and uploading them to my Linux server. Users can see these videos on website. If users are seeing videos on mac or iDevices the video is looking fine but when users are ...
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Can I intercept my iPhone's HTTP requests with my Mac?
I'd like to be a man-in-the-middle between my iPhone and the internet for debugging purposes. In particular, I'd like to convince my iPhone that a particular host on the internet is my local ...
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Adding exchange room calendars to iPad [closed]
I am trying to get an iPad to list Exchange room resources in its calendar.
I have set up an account for the iPad to connect to exchange with it's own mailbox. This account has full access to the ...
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Turn Off Unjailbroken iOS Device From PC
Is there a way to turn off a unjailbroken device from the PC? If it was jailbroken I could just SSH into it and turn it off.
Can I boot with the help of a ramdisk and then shut it down? http://...
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User Initials setting in Microsoft OneNote / Author Highlighting
I have ended up with different initials on different devices in Microsoft OneNote. The result of them being different is that it thinks I am a different person making revisions and I end up with ...
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Programmable Bluetooth Keyboard [closed]
I would like to know if there exists a bluetooth keyboard which can pair with an iPad on which I can remap keys on the keyboard at a hardware level.
For instance, on my PC and Mac I can force the OS ...
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Google Analytics Opt Out for mobile devices? [closed]
The Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add-ons are very useful way to shield our browsing from contributing to our clients analytics data. The link does not work for mobile devices. Are there any ...
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Can't find AU Lab on Mac
Can't find AU Lab on my Mac mini.
I have Xcode installed. Where can I find the program?
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How can I run an iOS or Android app on my PC?
I've got a SWTOR account, and I'm interested in adding a security key to my account. Not because I'm particularly worried about my account being compromised, but because it allows access to a ...
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Recover screen time passcode or disable screen time sharing on Mac OS Catalina and iOS 13
I have a bit of a problem with screen time on my MacBook.
I have used screen time on my iPhone for quite a while now, and I mainly use it to limit the usage of my own device. I set up downtime to ...
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how to start ssh server on iOS?
I can't connect to my iphone via ssh. device is jailbroken and has openssh installed:
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH 6.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 11 Jun 2015
I've found out that for some reason it doesn't have the ...
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iTunes 10.5 blocked when I connect my iPhone4
Today I updated iTunes to version 10.5
It starts up correctly, but when I connect my iPhone4, iTunes is blocked and the spinning wait cursor is showed....
When I disconnect iPhone, iTunes works fine....
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Firefox OS (html5,js) vs Android (java) vs IOS (objective-c) In terms of pl and tech use, how can the other is faster? [closed]
How can be one faster than the others, what happens inside their code, is it a matter of the engine they are using? (noob about the gecko, linux kernel thing, educate me)
One of the limitations of web-...
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Apple Music skipping through songs
Few days ago I noticed iTunes skipping through songs. I didn't really understand what was happening so I started investigating:
Different networks make no difference
no problem with my router / ...
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Using Apps on non-iOS devices?
Is there anyway to keep using the apps that I bought, if I no longer have an iOS device?
I am wondering if there is some sort iOS simulator on the PC.
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Where is stored the backups of WeChat?
I have an Android device with some conversations of WeChat. I would like to do a backup of these conversations, so I am using the Windows 10 application of WeChat, it seems that it is the way to do ...
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What is this type of UI component called?
What is this kind of UI component called? I think it makes more sense in certain cases than a set of radio buttons and I'd like to create a similar component for a web app I'm developing. I just want ...
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How to check if a router support Bonjour protocol?
I am trying to print something from iPad using printer connected with WLAN. However, iPad unable to discover printer and after searching on internet, I found that iPad and other iOS devices uses ...
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Can an infected Android or iOS phone infect a PC running Windows?
I realize that any .apk may not run on Windows via anything other than an emulator, but my instructor insists that it can. Here are my objections:
Can I infect the computers at school with my Android ...
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Do I need XCode to develop an iOS app?
I've been looking to develop an iOS app and don't have regular access to a Mac, nor can my computer run OSX.
A friend of mine told me I'll need to write my program in XCode (which I'm aware I'll ...
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Airport Express Airplay Over Existing WiFi Connection
I am trying to use my Airport Express as an Airplay adapter (play to speakers through iOS device) connected to my existing (not-Airport-Extreme) wireless network. The Express is the kind that you plug ...
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Stream video from VLC on desktop to "VLC for iOS"?
I want to stream a video file that is located on my Desktop to an iOS device that has installed the recently published official VLC application. Both computers are in the same adress space in my LAN, ...
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Trying to find a password manager that does not require sync through "the cloud"
I am interested in a password manager that synchronizes between iOS/Android/WP7 and Windows 7. And does not require me to synchronize through or store my passwords on an online service.
Does such a ...
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How can I update my Slack status in all of my workspaces?
I am currently active in 7 different Slack workspaces. Whenever I want my status to be changed (e.g., coming online in the morning, going out for lunch, going offline in the evening), I manually have ...
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Unwanted macOS connection requests
Even though I didn't initiate anything, popups in macOS popped up a few times asking me to allow a connection request from my (?) iPhone which is already paired with my computer. The device name ...
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Permission denied issue in cocos2d update
I have been trying to update to Cocos2D version 2, but I always get the following lines of code in the terminal.
Installing Xcode 4 Box2d iOS template
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Launching a GUI app from the command line [closed]
In iOS I'm using the launch command to execute a GUI application from the terminal (via SSH). However, it fails with the following error:
$ launch com.apple.MobileSafari
2011-07-28 18:20:11.433 ...
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Removing WebAuthN credentials from onboard-tpm on iOS/MacOS?
With iOS 14, Apple is now allowing users to use Face ID and Touch ID to authenticate using the Web Authentication API (WebAuthN).This is great - except for one major caveat: being seemingly unable to ...
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Running iOS app on Windows NT4 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using Apps on non-IOS devices?
Are there any emulators or such thing to run an iOS app on windows?
Anything like that available NT4?
(I don't make up the requirements, I ...
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can't download xcode from appstore?
I have Mac lion and I have Xcode 4.2 installed (downloaded from appstore for free).
Today I wanted to upgrade to 4.3.2. Then I searched Xcode from appstore, on the Xcode page, it says "Free", then I ...
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Do I need to buy a new Mac to develop iOS 5 apps?
I have a Mac mini I picked up a few months ago to learn about developing iPhone/iPad apps; it's an Intel Core Duo running OSX 10.6. I'm running Xcode 3.2.6.
Can I not use this to test apps for ...
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Emails deleted from iPhone are still visible in Thunderbird
I have Thunderbird 9.0.1 and iOS MobileMail.app (iPhone 4S) connected to the same IMAP account on a Dovecot server.
When I delete emails from Thunderbird, they no longer show up on the iPhone. So ...
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Using a smartphone as a wireless router [closed]
I wanted to know if it is possible for a smartphone with hotspot capabilities (such as some Android devices) to act as a Wi-Fi router.
Basically, the setup would be something like :
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