Dangers Afloat Mac OS

Dangers Afloat Mac OS

May 27 2021

Dangers Afloat Mac OS

  1. Mac OS X & macOS names. As you can see from the list above, with the exception of the first OS X beta, all versions of the Mac operating system from 2001 to 2012 were all named after big cats.
  2. Afloat, originally started by @millenomi, adds useful window management commands to most Mac apps, such as 'Keep on top' and 'Focus Follows Mouse', that you may be accustomed to if you ever used a real UNIX window manager. Afloat adds the following options to supported apps' Window menu and if no Window menu exists it will add it's own Afloat menu.

Flag State Administration Advisory No.2016-03. Advisory on Matters Relating to IMO’s MSC.1-Circ.1560 on Matters Where Seafarer’ Documentation Was Not In Accordance With the Requirements of the 2010 Manila Amendments to the STCW Convention, Recommending Port State Control Authorities to Take A Pragmatic and Practical Approach During Inspections and to Notify the Ships, Seafarers. See full list on maketecheasier.com. People work more hours than in the past and many jobs require more time and energy from people in order to get the pay they need to stay afloat. I think that this contributes to church members not always having as much time as they would want to help out in the church or give more time to the church, which in turn would help support the pastor.

Is your Mac up to date with the latest version of the Mac operating system? Is it using the version required by a product that you want to use with your Mac? Which versions are earlier (older) or later (newer, more recent)? To find out, learn which version is installed now.

If your macOS isn't up to date, you may be able to update to a later version.

Which macOS version is installed?

From the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. You should see the macOS name, such as macOS Big Sur, followed by its version number. If you need to know the build number as well, click the version number to see it.

Which macOS version is the latest?

These are all Mac operating systems, starting with the most recent. When a major new macOS is released, it gets a new name, such as macOS Big Sur. As updates that change the macOS version number become available, this article is updated to show the latest version of that macOS.

If your Mac is using an earlier version of any Mac operating system, you should install the latest Apple software updates, which can include important security updates and updates for the apps that are installed by macOS, such as Safari, Books, Messages, Mail, Music, Calendar, and Photos.

macOSLatest version
macOS Big Sur11.3
macOS Catalina
10.15.7
macOS Mojave10.14.6
macOS High Sierra10.13.6
macOS Sierra10.12.6
OS X El Capitan10.11.6
OS X Yosemite10.10.5
OS X Mavericks10.9.5
OS X Mountain Lion10.8.5
OS X Lion10.7.5
Mac OS X Snow Leopard10.6.8
Mac OS X Leopard10.5.8
Mac OS X Tiger10.4.11
Mac OS X Panther10.3.9
Mac OS X Jaguar10.2.8
Mac OS X Puma10.1.5
Mac OS X Cheetah10.0.4
October 23rd , 2016 by Ankur Gupta

Afloat is a software that allows some Mac application windows to remain on top of other windows even when they are not in focus. Hence the name Always on Top. This is a standard feature for all windows in Ubuntu but in Mac we need to use a third-party software like Afloat to get this functionality. As of writing this post, Afloat is the only software I have seen that can let us do this on a Mac. If you want to learn more about Always on Top or Afloat, I recommend reading my original post (with pictures) on this topic.

Dangers Afloat Mac Os Catalina

The original post contained instructions on how to setup Always on Top using Afloat on MacOS Yosemite and El Capitan. Those instructions have become really old and do not work on Mac OS Sierra (10.12). This post presents a new set of instructions on how to enable Always on Top in MacOS Sierra. If you have an older MacOS, please follow the instructions in the original post.

The instructions are provided as General Steps and Specific Instructions. For each general step, I have provided at least one specific set of instructions that worked for me. You may choose to perform specific instruction in different ways, depending on what resources you already have available.

General Steps

  1. Install SIMBL
  2. Obtain Afloat.bundle folder
  3. Drop Afloat.bundle in SIMBL plugins folder.
  4. Test, restart (if necessary), test, restart (to re-enable SIP), test

Specific Instructions

1. Install SIMBL

Previously, for MacOS Yosemite and El Capitan, SIMBL 0.9.9 worked but it does not seem to work for MacOS Sierra. While there could be many sources of SIMBL, mySIMBL works for me on MacOS Sierra and it is easy to install. Here are the specific steps that worked for me.

Install mySIMBL.You can simply follow the instructions in mySIMBL README. During the installation of mySIMBL, it might ask you to disable System Integrity Protection (SIP), which requires you to boot in Recovery Mode. mySIMBL will instruct you if you need to do this and how to do it. The only thing I have to add is that you only need to disable SIP for installing mySIMBL. Once mySIMBL and Afloat are installed, you can re-enable SIP. Instructions for re-enabling SIP are provided in this post below.

Alternative to downloading mySIMBL zip file from GitHub, you can use MacUpdate if you trust it.

2. Obtain Afloat.bundle

These are multiple methods to obtaining Afloat.bundle folder. Once you obtain this folder, I recommend that making a more long-term backup of this folder (Google Drive, for example) for future use.

Method 1: Search if you already have it.You might have Afloat.bundle from previous Afloat installation. That bundle should work nicely. If you have installed Afloat before, don’t uninstall or delete it yet. Find the folder Afloat.bundle on your computer and copy it somewhere safe. Some places to look for it are /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins and ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins.

OR

Method 2: Download from the Internet.If you have never installed Afloat before, then you need to obtain Afloat.bundle. You can find this folder in Rocky Wu’s GitHub repository here. You can either clone the afloat repository using git or you can download the afloat folder as a zip file and unzip it. Once you have cloned/downloaded the afloat folder, navigate to afloat/bundle/Afloat.bundle. You will need this folder later.

OR

Method 3: Build it yourself (difficult).You can clone the Afloat repository and use Xcode to build it yourself. Check your deploy location for a Afloat.bundle folder.

2. Drop Afloat.bundle in SIMBL plugins folder

  1. Run mySIMBL using the MacOS search bar (pressing Command+Space and typing in mySIMBL).
  2. Copy/paste the Afloat.bundle folder into the plugins folder /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins. mySIMBL will also provide this instruction to you.
  3. Ensure that Afloat appears in mySIMBL Plugins window and that there is a green dot next to it, as shown in the picture below.

4. Test, restart (if necessary), test, restart (to re-enable SIP), test.

a. Test, restart (if necessary), test.Restart any windows on which you want to use Afloat. Click on the Window menu to see if you can see this kind of menu.

Note that not all applications support Afloat. I can confirm that Afloat works on iTerm2. Press the Afloat key (Control+Command+A by default) and test it out to ensure that it works. If you don’t see it yet, don’t give up yet. There may still be hope. Restart your computer and test again.

b. Restart to re-enable SIP (optional but recommended), test.If you have SIP disabled, you can re-enable it. You should do this after you have ensured that Afloat is working for you. Re-enabling SIP does not stop Afloat from working. Here are the steps to re-enable it.

Mac os catalina
  1. Reboot into Recovery Mode by restarting and holding down Command+R.
  2. Click Utilities > Terminal.
  3. Type in csrutil enable; reboot and press Enter.
  4. Restart your Mac.
  5. Test Afloat again.

Mac Os Catalina

Troubleshooting

Mac

Dangers Afloat Mac Os Pro

Restarting computer usually helps immensely with everything. Often, after a few updates, Afloat stops working for me. In most cases, simple restart fixes the problem. It’s only when MacOS changes named versions that you things get really messy.

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Good luck!

Dangers Afloat Mac OS