Tips and Tricks for macOS

In macOS Sierra, got to Apple Menu > System Preferences > iCloud. iCloud Drive appears at the top of the list in the main section of the window. Check the box for it, and click on Options. In the Documents tab, there is a section labeled, “Apps that store documents and data in iCloud will appear here.” At the top of the list will be a new Desktop & Documents Folders listing. Check the box to activate it or  uncheck the box to deactivate it.

The Touch Bar on the high-end MacBook Pro is the biggest change to the range. It’s a customisable strip-screen that allows for slicker control to certain apps and software. It allows for multi-touch gestures, meaning photo editing the DJing applications to name but two can host new features. It’s faster and more powerful than before, yet remarkably thinner and lighter. It has the brightest, most colorful Mac notebook display ever. And it introduces the Touch Bar — a Multi-Touch enabled strip of glass built into the keyboard for instant access to the tools you want, right when you want them. The new MacBook Pro is built on groundbreaking ideas. And it’s ready for yours. Depending on which app you have open at the time, your experience of the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro will change, and we think that has the potential to be huge. In fact, here are examples of some of the things that can be done with the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro range. Browsing the web – when in Safar, the ...

1. Open https://gradle.org/gradle-download/ and download zip file containing binaries 2. Extract content from zip files: 3. Open console and add system variable: vi ~/.profile Copy paste the following text into the .profile file: GRADLE_HOME=/Users/xxx/tools/gradle-3.1; export GRADLE_HOME export PATH=$PATH:$GRADLE_HOME/bin or edit ~/.bashrc vi ~/.bashrc Copy paste the following text into the .bashrc file: export GRADLE_HOME= /Users/xxx/tools/gradle-3.1 ; source ~/.bashrc 4. Test it in console :   gradle -version ------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Build time: 2016-09-19 10:53:53 UTC Revision: 13f38ba699afd86d7cdc4ed8fd7dd3960c0b1f97 Groovy: 2.4.7 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.6 compiled on June 29 2015 JVM: 1.8.0_51 (Oracle Corporation 25.51-b03) OS: Mac OS X 10.12 x86_64

macOS Sierra has a stricter Gatekeeper with not allowing Apps from unidentified developers and as a result will annoy us with saying that application is damaged and cannot be opened. How to Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) for macOS Sierra? With the following 2 options: Option 1 For a certain application run in Terminal: sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LockedApp.app Option 2 To disable checks globally (example: allow apps from anywhere) run in Terminal: sudo spctl --master-disable