[NFBCS] OSX Questions

[Michael McQuaid]

I think I answered the first question before but here it is again, just in
case. You can use "brew tap" to deal with third party repositories and it
defaults to github.

Question 2: I don't know how to make the screen curtain come on at boot by
itself, but there is a third party software that will make it come on at
login. It is found at http://manytricks.com/desktopcurtain

Not sure about question 3

Regarding question 4, the only way I can find to open an app in background
is through terminal or a script. I can't figure out why yours is opening in
background. Sorry.

One thing I'm doing in searching for help is prefacing the question with
macOS instead of OSX since Apple is now calling it macOS. That seems to
bring up more recent help.

- Mick

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 8:53 AM Reece O’Bryan via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello, I have some questions for my new MacBook and I’m hoping some of you
> can help:
>
> > 1. Can I use brew and/or cask to download apps or scripts from GitHub?
> If so, can brew update them and pull the latest release from GitHub?
> >
> > 2. Can I make the screen curtain come on automatically at boot?
> >
> > 3. I’m not sure which key I pressed, but I have hidden some applications
> that were in my applications folder, how can I add them back and show
> everything installed in the applications folder? I know that the
> applications weren’t uninstalled, just hidden, because they can still be
> opened with Siri.
> >
> > 4. When opening a document or application it opens in the background
> behind the window I can currently in. Can I make it so that focus goes to
> whatever I am opening? I don’t want to have to command tab each and every
> time.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any replies,
> >
> > Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
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