PDF Expert vs PDFPen Pro vs PDFElement
Hi Guys,​So I've been doing a lot of research on the best PDF editor/viewer for me. My needs are to sign and fill forms, edit them, and also occasionally use OCR when needed.​I can see that PDF Expert doesn't have OCR capabilities whereas the other two do. As for user interfaces I really like PDF Expert. I'm basically stuck and not sure which to go with. I currently use Acrobat Pro but I will soon be cancelling my subscription as its just too expensive for me and so I want the best alternative to Acrobat Pro. Any thoughts or advice?​Thanks in advance :)

Submitted August 24, 2021 at 07:55AM by GeorgeeB0i
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AutoGrab: Best Screen Recording And Screenshot App For PC/LAPTOP(WINDOWS LINUX MAC) // FREE ! FREE ! FREE ! by Aryan Art hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZFvRA2urc

Magic Lasso Adblock 3.0 — Best in class YouTube ad blocking Content:“ After a long time in development we're finally releasing our biggest release yet that addresses the most requested feature from our 200,000+ users – best in class YouTube ad blocking! Magic Lasso Adblock 3.0 now blocks all ads on the world’s most popular video sharing site. Simply enable the new Magic Lasso Pro extension and turn on the ‘Block YouTube ads’ setting to block over 10 types of YouTube ads; including: - Video ads - Banner ads - Search ads - Suggested product ads - Home page banner ads - Paid Merchandising ads - Shopping ads - Paid promoted videos Magic Lasso Adblock is the first ad blocker that delivers full YouTube ad blocking while respecting user’s privacy. Currently, all YouTube ads are blocked on the Mac and everything except pre-roll video ads are blocked on the iPhone and iPad (which will be addressed following the upcoming release of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 later in 2021). To get 1 month free Pro access to the app and the YouTube ad blocking features, tap "Enter registration code.." at the bottom of the "Overview" tab (in-app) and enter the promo code in this post. ”
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Tidy Up – Find duplicate files 5.4.4 Content:
Tidy Up is the duplicate finder and disk tidiness utility for expert users. It's the only fully-featured duplicate remover available on the market...
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FSNotes v5.0.1 Content:
Last Updated on August 24, 2021 by admin FSNotes is modern notes manager for macOS and iOS. App…
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GrandTotal – Create invoices and estimates. 7.1.2.2 Content:
GrandTotal is an application to create invoices and estimates based on your own templates. The built-in template editor allows you to adjust your layout..
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4K Tokkit Pro 0.9.4 Content:
Last Updated on August 24, 2021 by admin Download All Videos from TikTok Hashtags & Users in One…
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Looking for good offline password manager. currently using www.enpass.io . Please let me know your suggestions please. Thank you.
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Submitted August 24, 2021 at 03:20PM by SusanthCom
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Looking for good offline password manager. currently using www.enpass.io . Please let me know your suggestions please. Thank you.

Password managers.
I've been using 1password7 for years and I'm certainly not going to 8 for various reasons. So I'm looking for a pasword manager but am very confused. Here is what it needs to do:NO subscription service. It doesn't have to be free, but I don't like the feeling of my passwords being held hostage forcing me to monthly payments to keep access.Sharing of the database through iCloud would be ideal. Certainly NO hosting by the developer. I trust Apple to keep their servers secure and online more then a small - comparatively - developer.It should run on OSX and iOS and be as lightweight as possible. I don't need to have a mini-app or browser plugins. It shouldn't launch at startup either. Keep it simple.It should be usable without an active internet connection.A search function that works and some form of tagging system maybe.It should have a password generator of some form.It would be nice if it were able to use TouchID on the mac and FaceID on iOS.M1 support would be great, but that's stretching it a bit I'm afraid.So far the only 2 I know of which ticks most boxes is EnPass and Secrets. I'm leaning towards secrets because it look simple and lightweight.Any options I overlooked? or any insights?

Submitted August 24, 2021 at 04:58PM by littlegreenalien
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Slack alternative for free | #macos #slack #collaboration | pumble.com
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Adding quotes to argument text?
Hey all,I want to build a workflow that will pass an argument from alfred into python script. The problem is the argument is a file path so I need it to go into python in quotes or the script won't work. Is there a way to have alfred automatically add quotes to the argument typed by the user?

Submitted August 24, 2021 at 08:13PM by bookofp
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High CPU Use From trustd Content:
Jeff Johnson (tweet, 2):

I’ve heard from several other people who started noticing the same issue yesterday too, one of whom helpfully referred me to this reddit thread with even more reports. On investigation, I found that the nsurlsessiond process was connecting to the server valid.apple.com, and immediately afterward trustd CPU jumped from 0% to 100%. It seems that the issue can be temporarily solved by preventing nsurlsessiond from connecting to valid.apple.com. You may have to reboot or force quit trustd to get its CPU usage back to normal. It’s important to note that this is only a temporary workaround to the CPU usage problem; trustd is an important macOS system process that checks certificate validity and revocation status, so you probably don’t want to block valid.apple.com forever.

I’ve been seeing long periods of high CPU use from trustd since Catalina.

My postmortem theory is that at some point Apple had some bad data in their Certificate Revocation List online, everyone downloaded the bad data, and then trustd got stuck. Anyway, it looks like blocking valid.apple.com is no longer necessary after removing and regenerating the valid.sqlite3 database.

To delete the database you need to reboot into macOS Recovery, and then find the SQLite file on the main boot drive, not at the recovery’s /private/var/protected/trustd/.
The problem is also seen on iOS, though it’s not clear how to fix it unless your device is jailbroken.
Previously:

Apple Server Outage Makes Mac Apps Hang on Launch

Source: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2021/08/24/high-cpu-use-from-trustd/ Author: Michael Tsai Date: August 24, 2021 at 09:58PM An @AppleStyleOfficial project

FlickType Discontinued Content:
FlickType (Hacker News):

It’s with a heavy heart today that we’re announcing the discontinuation of our award-winning iPhone keyboard for blind users.
Apple has thrown us obstacle after obstacle for years while we try to provide an app to improve people’s lives, and we can no longer endure their abuse.
[…]
Last week, we submitted an update that fixes various iOS 15-related issues & improves the app for VoiceOver users. No new features, just improvements. No changes to our App Store page either.
But Apple rejected it. They incorrectly argue again that our keyboard extension doesn’t work without “full access”, something they rejected us for THREE years ago. Back then we successfully appealed and overturned their decision, and this hadn’t been a problem since. Until now.
We tried reaching out to Apple a total of 9 times last week, with no success. At this point they seem to be ignoring our attempts to contact them directly, despite previously explicitly telling us to “feel free” to contact them if we need “further clarification”.
Our rejection history already spans more than FOURTY pages filled with repeated, unwarranted, & unreasonable rejections that serve to frustrate & delay rather than benefit end-users.

Juli Clover:

Eleftheriou previously levied a lawsuit against Apple in March over Apple’s failure to get rid of copycat apps, and he today highlighted Apple’s “terrible” third-party keyboard APIs as another reason for the App’s discontinuation. Apple’s keyboard APIs have reportedly been “buggy, inconsistent, ever-changing, and broken” since 2014.

The Macalope (Hacker News):

Clearly, he has a varying relationship with Apple that has wavered across the spectrum, from at one point being in talks with the company to get acquired[…]
Suing Apple may seem over-the-top on a casual glance but… who else is he going to sue? The makers of those scam apps undoubtedly operate through phony accounts from countries that couldn’t care less about scamming people out of money. Apple is the only one that can do anything about it. And, oh, it happens to run the store it tells everyone is so safe and great.

Previously:

The App Store Isn’t Catching the Most Egregious Scams
FlickType Developer Sues Apple
Allowing Bug Fixes and Challenging the Guidelines

Source: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2021/08/24/flicktype-discontinued/ Author: Michael Tsai Date: August 24, 2021 at 09:58PM An @AppleStyleOfficial project