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Cross-post to Apple Developers forums - what should I do?
I just found a person who posted the exact same question both on Ask Different and on Apple Developers forums. I just asked them if it was them and they said "yes".
What should I do about it?...
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Create a `sonoma` tag
As the new macOS version is announced (macOS 14 Sonoma), I suggest we create a tag for it.
Previous macOS versions have their own tags, Sonoma should have its own.
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Why did the voting buttons change to this horrible design?
I just noticed that in the past hour, some changes were made on voting buttons, it became:
Why were these changed? The previous ones were really good.
Those ones are unaesthetic and aren't even well-...
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What do we do with 'useless old questions'?
What do we do with 'useless old questions'? Ones that never really defined the problem, will never have an answer & no-one would care if they vanished off the face of the earth. They don't provide ...
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How can I add a vertical bar | to a table on the site?
Earlier today, I posted an answer where I needed to add a table. But this table needed to have the vertical line character (|) in one of its cells. But I wasn't able to add it to the cell since it ...
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False duplicate
I'm just raising a problem here with a question I've seen.
Disable internal keyboard on high sierra
I have already posted a comment on the question saying that it wasn't actually a duplicate :
Hey. ...
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Comments on Review Actions
My edit was rejected and I posted a comment on the related question/answer.
I was then told I shouldn’t do this. I thought comments were for clarifications.
What’s the proper etiquette here?
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Retro Tag for Vintage/Obsolete Apple Tech?
Just putting this out there for opinions.
Would having a “Retro” tag be beneficial?
I am thinking this could cover everything older than, say 15 years old (i.e. White Unibody MacBook) and include all ...
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Edit suggestions ban threshold
I got blocked from editing again.
I wanted to know from when (ratio approve/reject?) I get blocked. For example, in my last 10 suggested edits, 7 were approved and 3 were rejected. Is this the ratio?
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April fools 2023?
I visited AD on April 1st this year (as well as every day in March and April) but I didn't see anything for April fools. I have seen other posts on AD Meta on April fools for other years but I'm not ...
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Are questions about the Apple website allowed?
I've got a quite unusual question here.
Would asking a question about the Apple website directly be on-topic?
If so, what are the specifications or the "checklist" I should follow when ...
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Mass edit reject - why?
I have proposed a few edits, and all of them, even the most worthy of being accepted got rejected for an ambiguous reason : "The edit does not improve the quality of the post. Changes to the ...
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Lock answer without deleting
When editing an answer, I sometimes want to lock the answer while I'm editing.
I'm proposing a new feature here : Make posts (answers or questions [without answers on it already]) lockable.
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Answer from someone's comment
This can be considered as an ethical question.
I was wondering if, when seeing someone's comment answering the question on which it was posted, I can add an answer based on that comment. Of course, ...
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Discussion requested on a tag synonym cleanup - sed and awk / unix
We have questions on the synonyms for unix
On Ask Different, freebsd is a synonym of unix
Separate Linux tag from Unix
One of the problems in doing anything is that there seems to be no agreement on ...
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Middle Sidebar Advertising
As you all know, advertising is an important source of revenue for Stack Overflow and it helps us support all the sites across the Stack Exchange Network and the resources that go into maintaining and ...
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Ho do I send a message to whomever closed my question?
I have a question on Ho do I add a new paragraph or new line in Dictation which asks about adding paragraphs to dictaion on macOS. It was closed because there is a different question regarding other ...
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On Ask Different, freebsd is a synonym of unix
Context:
The moderators of this site don't understand what synonym means ("exactly or nearly the same as another word") and put gnu, freebsd, bsd, linux, ubuntu, sed, awk, posix into the ...
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“Urgent” edit due to new Imgur ToS and loss of images
I reviewed two “urgent” edits that were done because the editor referred to a Meta post Imgur TOS change on May 15th could cause the loss of thousands of StackExchange images!
The first answer and the ...
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Answer getting -10 for no reason
This answer got accepted 7 days ago but I received a reputation notification today saying that it got -10 reputation.
When I looked in the post's timeline, it says nothing about this (no noticed, no ...
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Where should I report? iOS Stack Exchange app not allowing Google login [duplicate]
The stack exchange ios app is failing in the google login flow after it returns from Google web flow.
Where’s the right place to report this?
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Retract a suggested edit
It already happened that I initially wanted to edit a post, posted my edit and noticed that it wasn't really useful after having posted. Is it possible to retract my edit somehow?
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Another very small question with same topic as another one
I have another question about the meaning of some very small parameter linked with MDM and this question, do I post another question, a comment or do I make it an edit to the question?
The parameter ...
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Add Ask Different to MS Edge Sidebar
This is just a simple "Hey! Check out this new feature post..."
Microsoft added a sidebar and you can add in websites. StackOverflow is already on their list, but you can add in Ask ...
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Can we have notifications for review queues?
I am looking for a way to get notifications in real time as when I earn reputation or have something in my inbox but for review queues.
I have seen in other Meta SE questions that it was the case ...
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How to format my post to reveal some text on clicking?
I have seen this in some help page of this site but haven't found it again.
What is the command (formatting) which makes some text reveal on click? (Isn't it something like >! text or something?)
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How can you see the original post when editing?
When I edit some posts (most often questions) for the first time, it's alright because I can open the question in a separate tab and see the original question. But, when I have already submitted an ...
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Force to save draft (answer and question)
I sometimes ask a/multiple question(s) as comment(s) to a question and at the same time, I prepare an answer if the OP answers in a certain way but without posting before they answer.
Each time I want ...
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Make [ios-16] and add it as synonym of [ios]
I suggest making ios-16 and adding it as a synonym of ios.
ios already contains recovery-mode, ios-beta, ios-12, ios13, ios-13, ios14 and ios-15.
Since iOS 16 got released in the end of 2022, I think ...
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How to propose tag synonyms?
I want to propose a synonym for a tag, how do I do? I have read that it is available to create tag synonyms for users that have 2.5k rep but I don't know from when it's possible to propose a tag ...
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This post is marked as a duplicate, but none of the "original" questions provide the actual answer
I have run into an issue and Googled and found this answer to my issue. In Ventura, I'm finding that Finder windows will follow me from space to space. It's marked as a duplicate and 4 other questions ...
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Do I have to edit all of my posts when I do an upgrade?
I will soon be doing an update on my iPad. Should I edit all of my questions where I mention the OS update?
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Why are some people not providing explanations when downvoting posts?
Some of my posts got downvoted but the downvoters didn't tell me why it was downvoted, making it difficult for me to imrove the post because I don't know what's not right with it.
Why are people doing ...
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Where are close votes?
Where are close votes located on questions and answers? I don't see the number of voters anywhere, on any question.
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What to do if your question is already old and ignored, but still unanswered?
I still need to find a solution to my problem.
Can I repost the same question?
Can I "bump" the old question?
Do I just have to give up on this site (for this question) and look for help at ...
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Why does it not show when you get downvoted?
Normally, when you gain reputation, it shows a little number at the top right of the cup with a star on it (next to inbox).
Why isn't it showing when you lose reputation as when you get downvoted? I ...
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Use text-align:center in inner HTML
I want to insert images to my questions and answers and, to make my post more readable, I use the HTML img tag.
I was looking for a way to align images at the center of the post (normally text-align:...
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What is "Top X.XX % overall"?
What is "Top X.XX% overall" or "Top X.XX% of the quarter"? I checked my user page when logged out and it shows none. What is it and from when does it come on the user page?
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Look up for questions with a score of -1 or lower
I am looking for questions which got downgraded and see why to improve mines. For this, I have searched for "score:-1" but it says "Search options not deleted score>= -1" and ...
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How to underline text in a question or answer?
I have searched around the question box and the help center, I have found this in the "formatting tips" but haven't found anything that allowed you to underline text.
How to do it?
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How do I know who downvoted my posts?
Is it possible to know who downvoted my posts? I tried to find a way and I searched on the site but I didn't find anything.
Is it possible?
Thanks.
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What’s up with the Favicon?
In the last couple/few days, I have noticed the favicon go from the Apple clover on a white background to a bold letter “A” on a red background.
Did we change anything or are we in the midst of a ...
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Why are my edits rejected (and why am I suspended from editing)?
I wanted to pose this topic to our community members with the review privilege (part of the moderator tools) so they could share their reasoning behind the decisions to reject an edit. From this, I ...
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Question led to a followup question — asked in separate question, marked duplicate
I asked: Why does Finder.app Sort by Kind sort extensions in reverse order.
The answer was: Sort by Kind doesn't sort by extension. Fair enough.
The question answers the unexpected (to some) behavior ...
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Suggested Edit was MUCH longer than original answer
So I ran across an answer to a question that was not much more than a couple of short sentences and the suggested edit was six paragraphs plus three images:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/review/...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Why would a moderator delete the first duplicate answer in the timeline?
If an answer gets deleted by a moderator - presumably because it was considered a duplicate - why would said moderator delete the first answer in the timeline, especially after the poster has put in ...
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Why was my post deleted?
I asked a question here about how to diagnose a weird swap issue with my Mac. I received some unhelpful advice from someone who didn't understand what the difference between VM and swap was, so I ...
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Is this Phishing or Legit?
I received this email which says the following was added to my inbox. But when look in the inbox I dont see it. I also dont see it under the thread. Unless i'm looking in the wrong spot.
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Stack Exchange iOS App is giving me errors
I have been using the Stack Exchange iOS app for years. Today, for the first time, I was unable to comment or ask using it for Ask Different. It suggested that I log out and back in. When I did ...
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