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Macupdate desktop for windows1/15/2024 ![]() So here is my need: find an application that does a specific task in an overcrowded Applications folder, out of a few keywords or out of a sentence describing it. I.e., an intelligent Spotlight ("intelligent" in the sense of the semantic Web). Is there an application that will combine the information found on the Web with all applications I have on my disk, and be able to answer queries based on keywords or on a description of the task I need? (for example "application, screen capture, installed in the last six months"). I thought of adding comments to applications, but I'm afraid they will disappear at the first update. Take for example OmniDiskSweeper, I doubt I will ever find it through the query "application that calculates the size of folders". Not to mention the fact that some applications are hard to find even if you know exactly what they do. Of course, there is the Web, but it is rather cumbersome to search the Web to find an application which is already on my harddisk. If you chose System Settings, click General on the left side of the window. From the Apple menu in the corner of your screen, choose System Settings or System Preferences. On Unix there is apropos, but under Mac OSX this command only finds command line applications. Use Software Update Before following these steps, it's a good idea to back up your Mac. It's a really great screen capture application, but how can I remember that "Snagit" is a screen capture application? As for its icon, it shows a white "S" on blue background, which isn't very helpful either. Typical example: I installed Snagit during my last Parallels upgrade (it came as a bundle). Sometimes I'm looking for "that great application I have installed a few monts ago" but I am unable to remember its name, and I can spend a long time searching for it among hundreds of other apps. I appreciate the fact its free, easy to use and it has the ability to import or export the RDP files.My Applications folder has 486 entries, applications that have accumulated in the 30 years I'm using Apple hardware and software. So, I truly hope that these two issues get fixed in an update soon. Enhance your experience with the MacUpdate desktop app for Mac and PC on WebCatalog. I really hate this as it makes using multiple apps hard while connect. Use Web App Dont have WebCatalog installed Download WebCatalog for macOS, Windows & Linux. The issue sort of looks like I am using the old Microsoft magnifier app. Once I am connected and use the fit to Window option and exit out of full screen mode to window mode, The desktop rather than stay at a scaled down version now blows up. My next issue happened with the newest update. Rebooting or flushing the network makes no difference. ![]() I can map my shared drive from my MAC using the hostname yet cannot connect to the hostname with this Microsoft Remote Desktop app running on my MAC. One day I can connect to the Windows 10 LAB via the hostname, the next I must use the IP address. Both MAC and Windows PC are on the same Local network and IP scheme. However, I do PC support from home and have a Windows 10 work LAB running. But recently migrated to MAC for personal use. ![]() I have used Microsoft from DOS days to Windows 11. ![]() Its good, but needs to fix these 2 issue to be great. Also, while I appreciate the option that allows the Apple key to be interchangable with ctrl for edit operations and find, it doesn't seem to work consistently, and as everyone who has ever switched back and forth between the Mac and Windows knows, confusion over which meta key to use in editing will eventually cause brain damage and is likely to send hardware on ballistic journeys through windows (not Windows). So properly-speaking, this probably a complaint about the service and not the client app, but the entire eco-system is failing me in small ways. Now, I'm sure there really IS such a way, but the internet is not my friend in helping me find it. Since there are some operations that cannot be performed via RDP - attaching to a VPN being one of them - it would be nice if I could just leave the PC logged in and operate it via Remote Desktop at the same time. This works reasonable well except that the Remote Desktop Service on the PC requires that I can only be logged in either via the Remote Desktop app OR the PC itself. I don't want to keep changing physical keyboards, so despite the fact that the two physical machines are next to eachother beneath my desk, I use remote desktop to view and operate the PC while working on the Mac. I have a specific usage case - I work in a multiplatform environment in which I work on the Mac and on the PC. ![]()
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