You don't need to worry about either the security of the deleted file(s) nor the life of the SSD.

In general, how easy is it to recover a file from an SSD as compared to a HDD,

It's virtually impossible.
When you "delete" a file on an SSD, it tags the blocks as unused and depending on the scheme that it uses (DRAT or RZAT) when the block is subsequently read, it will either return zeros or it will return random data (garbage).  Tagging it as "unused" means the drive will recycle it for the next set of writes rather than writing over it to erase and then writing again with actual data.

Can the data on an MacBook Pro SSD be recovered after formatting using Disk Utility
How to get the "securely erase" function of Disk Utility on El Capitan & Sierra

In the second linked post, it talks about how the command srm (secure delete) is no longer available in macOS.  It's because it's no longer necessary.  It's virtually impossible to retrieve data once it's deleted from an SSD and if you enable encryption (File Vault), it's gone forever.
Unlike a traditional HDD, when you delete a file, it doesn't overwrite the file either.  Instead, it deletes the pointer to the file.  Since the data wasn't overwritten, it was easy to recover.
You will outlive your SSD
The short answer here is that you simply cannot write enough data in your lifetime to worry about wearing out an SSD.  You are more likely to outstrip it's capacity or for it to fail due to a component failure before it wears out.
Limited Read and Writes on MacBook Air SSD
Using Intel's SSD life span calculator as a basis for the calculation, you'd have to take and save 24,0000 digital images per day for the rest of your life to wear out an SSD.
TL;DR

You don't overwrite data when you delete on an SSD so wear isn't a concern.
Retrieving the data from a deleted block on an SSD is next to impossible because of the way data is retrieved
You can't write enough data to  your SSD that wear would become an actual issue to deal with.


Is it possible to display an indication that audio is playing in Keynote?

Here are 2 possible solutions:

Make the placed audio icon larger then std (53x53 pixel), then move your mouse into that larger region while in presentation playback mode. (The controller is not visible while editing your presentation.)

As with the standard-sized icon, though, this icon will not appear in presentation mode.

To access the audio playback controls while in presentation mode, just move your mouse into the region of the large icon (up to 400 pixel), and the controller will appear.

NOTE: it will require mouse controls during presentation so I prefer the second solution.

Second solution:
There is a possible way, and I think it is the ultimate way to do it:

I would create a video template with something like spinning wheel.

Then I would add your music to the video, and repeat that as many times as you like saving the video each time.

Now you will be inserting video files that are actually meant only to play sounds while showing a little inconspicuous rotating wheel for your information when that file is running.

I would recommend to leave the first and the last video frames empty so the do not show when sound is not playing

Since it is really not a video you are watching you can size it to what ever size you want.


How to get screen to display a notification or indicator when Caps Lock is turned on or toggled?

CapSee Notifies You When Caps Lock Is On!

The little app shows you huge icon when caps in on!


This is, unfortunately, expected behavior. Whenever you activate an iPhone (which you do as part of an OS install) it talks to Apple's servers and does various things like exchange crypto certs for APNS, etc. It also checks the IMEI of the phone to see what carrier Apple sold it to, and validates the SIM is valid for that carrier (if you buy an unlocked iPhone in a country where you can buy either locked or unlocked phones the vendor will actually copy down the IMEI number of a normal locked phone, and then enter in their system where it gets pushed to Apple's servers as an unlocked phone, there is no physical or configuration difference on the phones).

The easiest way to get it activated is (as you surmised) to use an AT&T SIM. You mentioned you have an iPhone 4, you can activate it with that SIM. There are plenty of companies that sell microSIM to SIM adapters, but if you want to do it right now you can just place the micro SIM directly in the iPhones 3GS's SIM try with tape. I would not recommend doing this on a device you intend to keep the SIM in for a an extended period because the SIM is likely to come loose (and jam the SIM tray), but if you are just inserting it, activating it, and removing it you should be fine so long as you are pretty careful with how you apply the tape and not shaking the phone too much.


Can app store purchase be shared with a Mac running older version of Mac OS X?

An install on Mac OS is generally just copying the relevant files into place. Usually, you'll be able to copy an app's bundle over from one machine to the other. The only thing is that the App Store will have some sort of DRM, so just copying it may not work. I suspect that the answer is no, because you'll need to sign in to the App Store, but I haven't tried it. (On the other hand, I've installed Lion on a Leopard machine via a disk without Sow Leopard.) Additionally, Apps that are downloaded from the Mac App store will carry minimum system requirements that might prevent them  from running altogether, even if you theoretically circumvented the DRM from the App Store.


Apple Magic Mouse 2 not scrolling - Magic Mouse 1 works! (Windows 10 / PC)

Here is Magic Utilities.

At this point in time, we are not sure what went wrong in your specific case, but our drivers do uninstall when uninstalling the Magic Utilities.

You can always uninstall any Windows driver with Windows pnputil from the command line. First enumerate all drivers, to find the relevant eomXX.inf, then do a forced uninstall of that oemXX.inf file.

Note: The BootCamp drivers from Apples official webpage do not support the Magic Mouse 2.

We'll contact you via email to help you to solve your specific problem.

The Magic Team


For handling (a lot of) PDFs, I've found GoodReader to be the much better choice than iBooks. It provides a hierarchical way of managing content (similar to a filesystem) and also allows syncing/copying of whatever structure you already have on your Mac.


How can I set up seamless navigation of vim and iterm2 splits?

Apparently, there is this. I have not tried it, and it looks like it may not work in the latest iterm2.


Broken Git installation on my Mac. How do I fix it?

To debug this, start by executing:

type -a git

and

echo $PATH

In OP's case, running the above commands gave the following output respectively:

git is /usr/bin/git
git is /usr/local/bin/git

and

/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/sbin
/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.1.8/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/autoconf
/opt/X11/bin
/usr/local/share/dotnet
~/.dotnet/tools
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands
/Applications/Xamarin Workbooks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/path-bin
/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/plugins/flutter/bin

(in the above output is formatted for readability by replacing : with newline)

Now, run the following commands (using absolute path) to check if git package is actually installed:

/usr/bin/git --version

and

/usr/local/bin/git --version

The above gave the following output, respectively:

active developer path does not exist

and

git version 2.21.0

This indicates that Homebrew installed copy is still present in the system. However, Xcode/system installed copy (which should take precedence due to $PATH variable configuration) wasn't accessible because developer path couldn't be found.

To resolve the issue and to use the Xcode/system installed copy of git, run:

xcode-select --reset

This will resolve the error.

To use the latest version of Git, install the same via Homebrew by running:

brew install git

and set the PATH variable so that /usr/local/bin takes precedence over /usr/bin.


Yes, code signing should work is a substantially better alternative to disabling SIP. I can't really believe how often disabling SIP is suggested as a solution to this problem - if you get desperate I'd sooner advise running sudo gdb (have backups!) than disabling SIP.

For me, the problem was that I repeatedly messed up one or more steps in the procedure. I ended up doing brew reinstall gdb, deleting all the certificates I had created, rebooting and then very carefully following the procedure again. Note that when you install gdb with Homebrew, the following is shown:

==> Caveats
gdb requires special privileges to access Mach ports.
You will need to codesign the binary. For instructions, see:

  https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/BuildingOnDarwin

On 10.12 (Sierra) or later with SIP, you need to run this:

  echo "set startup-with-shell off" >> ~/.gdbinit

Those instructions were what worked for me on Sierra. Disabling startup-with-shell so far has not been necessary, but it's worth keeping in mind if you're sure that you did it all correctly and the troubleshooting section of the link is of no use.


Running a .sh file but after new PATH is not visible in shell

You can't run a script to set the path in your current shell. In your case this does not  seem to be necessary anyway because all the script does is to set up the correct variables to run the java process at the end. So inside this process all environment variables should be set correctly.

To set variables in the current shell, either set them in .bashrc/.bash_profile and open a new shell; or duplicate your script, remove the last line and source the new script into the shell with . path/to/new/script.


Viewing notes from an old iPod touch 4th generation.

It's impossible unless a) you already had your notes set to sync to your iCloud account before losing the device - and then only if some Nice Guy Greg turns it on and connects it to the Internet but doesn't try to unlock or wipe it - or b) you find it. As I understand it you can only enable any kind of iCloud sync from the device itself.
Sorry, but you appear to be out of luck.


Git stopped working after installing both Github osx client and RailsInstaller

I didn't find a way to uninstall the git version that railsinstaller (allegedly) installed
(I could have just removed any file that starts with git in /usr/bin but it doesn't seem right)

What I did was just change the system path, which I thought should be trivial

well, apparently there are quite a few places, here are a few from that answer (not in order)

/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
/etc/paths
/etc/paths.d/

Eventually, what helped was to change /etc/paths (had to learn a bit vim to do so)

I moved /usr/local/git/bin to be the first entry, above /usr/bin and that was about it


Create a bookmark to a webpage through non safari browser?

As I know, now there is no way to do this


Confused over Mac Pro 1.1 EFI firmware 32 vs 64 bit: patch firmware or OS installer?

Resolved. I was able to simply patch the ISO/installer: https://hacker223.wordpress.com/tag/macpro/


The correct form to add a net route is

route add -net 10 $GW

Obviously you have to replace $GW with the ip address of your gateway.


MacBook unplugged from external monitor thinks it's still the Secondary Desktop

Command + Brightness Up is the keyboard shortcut for Detect Displays in Lion.


MBP 2016 + iMac 21 (mid 2011) using a thunderbolt 2->HDMI cable and an HDMI->type C adapter?

Both of these adaptors are design to output to a HDMI TV or monitor. The idea of going backwards and have the HDMI converted as input to a Mac is invalid.

Also, there is more going here than just using the Mac as a display. Each Mac gets access to the to the drives on the other Mac. You can also share the screen on the Mac being used as a display. For example, below is a image of what is was shown on the display of a 2013 iMac. This Mac was in Target Display mode. In other words, the 2013 Mac was being used as a second monitor connected to a another Mac. In the image, you can see the other Mac was using the Screen Sharing application. The Screen Sharing application window is showing the desktop of the 2013 iMac.

P.S. Before you run out an buy the correct adaptors and cables, you might want to read my answer to the question Can I use an iMac 2014 as a display for a Mac mini.


iOS Ad-Tracker blockers. Who is your champion?

1Blocker is my favorite. It blocks most ads I come across.

Additionally it blocks many cookie notices, comments, anti-adblock notifications, twitter and facebook widgets, lets me whitelist sites I want to see ads on and also syncs seamlessly with my mac via iCloud.


What are these  characters, and how can I use them?

They are mathematical alphanumeric characters, which look like glyph variants of basic Latin letters but have been encoded as separate characters, due to their special use in mathematical notations. Italic, bold face, and even use of a sans-serif form vs. serif form may carry an essential difference of meaning in mathematics. For example, a bold italic “a” may denote a vector, in a context when a normal-weight italic “a” denotes a scalar variable. Normally, such distinctions are made with styling or with markup, but the mathematical alphanumeric characters let you make the distinction in plain text, when desired or needed.

The shapes of these character vary by font, even though the basic idea allows less glyph variation than for normal letters. A mathematical italic letter can still take different shapes. So no, they do not look the same to everyone else. See e.g. some samples of mathematical italic a in different fonts.

Moreover, not everyone sees them at all. Few fonts contain them, and it is quite possible that someone is using a computer where no font has them.

So it’s a matter of characters, not fonts. And these characters “are intended for use only in mathematical or technical notation, and not in nontechnical text” (Unicode Standard, chapter 15, page 481).

They are not used much, but people might be using them without knowing what happens. If you use a sufficiently new version of Microsoft Word and enter a formula, using the formula mode, and type an “a”, Word will actually convert the character to mathematical italic a.

Normally, you cannot type these characters directly. You would need to use a character picker like the one mentioned, or some input method based on the Unicode number of a character. But it is possible to create a keyboard driver that lets you type these characters using normal keyboard keys and some special keys – or to programmatically convert normal characters to these characters, as Word does.

There is nothing Apple-specific about this. Input methods vary by system and software, of course, like for other characters.


If you just want to verify whether it is the correct file to delete (especially with generic file names like FullSizeRender.jpg): You can still engage QuickLook on files in the trash by tapping Space.


How can I instantly move the cursor to the end of a long document in iOS?

Based on your updated question, the answer is no; there's not a standard, built-into iOS way to go to the end of a file.

Individual apps are able to create custom gestures or menu commands to perform that function, so it might exist in specific apps but there's no standard way that works with every app.


Safari will spontaneously visit URL while I type

This happens if you:

have enabled Google as your default search engine
have enabled Google Instant within your Google search settings

I have this same situation occur on my Chrome.


AirDrop from iPhone to MacBook stopped working (other way OK)

I have a similar problem.

How does Airdrop work under the hood

Got some helpful answers here, but did not fix my problem. Today I took my iPhone 5s (8.4, but I had the problem under iOS 7) to the Apple store and tested it on a brand new MBP. It worked fine both ways.

Other experiments I ran before:
MBP to iPad mini - worked fine both ways.
iPad mini to iPhone 5s - worked fine both ways.

So I do not have the full answer, but I now believe that the combination of hardware (both my MBP and iPhone 5s are old, Airdrop was introduced later) is the cause of the problem. I do not think it can be fixed.


Safari will use the language(s) that you have installed when you installed you operating system and it will try to automatically determine the language you’re typing in (provided a dictionary exists). Since you’ve mentioned Safari, I assume you are having a lot of red underlines when typing in forms in Italian.

Make sure you have Italian in your system (do you use the operating system in italian?) Do your applications open in Italian?

If you right click on a textbox in Safari and open the Spelling and Grammar palette:

You will get this:

Notice the “Automatic by Language”. I have italian there, and in fact, that list is ordered by the order of the languages in Language & Text preference pane.

Now if what you want to do is modify the built in Dictionary app to support other languages, I’ve done that in Leopard (added spanish) and I haven’t tried to do it again in Snow Leopard, but here is a very nice tutorial on how to do it.


Is antivirus software a necessity with the "rise" of MacDefender and others?

I say no, and while MacDefender is not something I would ever install, it is an app you must install to be "infected" by it. Malware, crapware, bloatware or any other name it is not a virus which replicates itself without your knowledge or permission.

In a corporate environment you may be required to install some kind of email scanner because you will undoubtedly receive PC viruses in email from time to time - sometimes I have seen them arrive in hotmail etc. Having one may help stamp out the problem in the office but I have never encountered and never even read a reliable report of a Mac virus.

If you did want to install antivirus software, there's a good list in this AskDifferent answer - you might want to make an IT Manager happy, for instance.

Update April 2: This is also not a virus but a trojan - but it is worth knowing about.
Ars Technica report on a new Trojan targeting Mac OS X


Mac Preview-- Cannot drag note icon while highlighting pdf

Unfortunately this seems to be a (rather ill-implemented) feature. You can test it out by right-clicking on the highlight and changing the color—you'll see that the color of the note changes as well. It's ill-implemented in my opinion because it hides text underneath the note icon.
I would recommend you to add notes and highlights separately with different colors to differentiate them.

Alternatively, you can use a third-party app which shows notes associated with highlights much better, like PDF Expert:

However, to add or save the notes (instead of just viewing them), you'll need to buy the full version for a hefty $80.


According to Apple documentation Mac keyboard shortcuts  ⌃+⌘+D is built-in document shortcut:

Document shortcuts
The behavior of these shortcuts may vary with the
app you're using.
/.../
Control-Command-D: Show or hide the definition of the selected word.

This shortcut is enabled irrespective whether System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Searching > Look up in Dictionary assigned or not.
Keyboard shortcut for 'Look up in Dictionary' will open Dictionary app and not pop up window, so these are different things.
On my machine I observed 'varying behavior' as stated in documentation: I have not assigned shortcut but this key combination opens dictionary pop-up in Mail and Notes but not in Safari. Probably because MacOS doesn't consider webpage as 'document'.


Read only access to app store on ios devices

You can use Restrictions to disable the ability to purchase apps or to install any apps.  To turn on Restrictions:

Tap Settings > General.

Tap Restrictions.

Tap Enable Restrictions and create a passcode for Restrictions. Don’t forget this passcode. In the future, you'll need your Restrictions passcode to change your settings or to turn off Restrictions.
What you can restrict

If an app or feature is on or if there's a checkmark next to it, anyone using your device can use that app or feature. Otherwise, no one can use that app or feature.

Apps and features
Safari
Camera (also disables FaceTime)
FaceTime
iTunes Store
Apple Music
Apple Music Radio
Apple Music Connect (replaces Connect tab with Playlists)
iBooks Store
In-App Purchases
Siri
AirDrop
CarPlay (available only with iPhone 5 or later)
Installing apps
Deleting apps
Multiplayer games in Game Center
Adding Game Center friends
You can restrict access to YouTube in iOS 5 and earlier.

Types of content
 - Ratings
 - Music and podcasts
 - Movies
 - TV shows
 - Books
 - Apps
 - Siri
 - Websites

If you don’t use Touch ID for paid and in-app purchases, you can choose between two options for how often you need to enter your password for these purchases.


Enter diskutil list to get the disk identifier/partition. Then enter:

diskutil eraseVolume FAT32 DATA diskXsY #replace diskXsY by the proper disk identifier

DATA will be the name of the volume. The name has to be capitalized using diskutil ....

The diskutil eraseVolume ... command will change the pMBR of the GUID partition table to a hybrid MBR and probably renders an existing OS X system volume on the same drive unbootable.


Unable to install Mac OS X 'Yosemite' on MBP when trying to erase harddrive ; "erase process has failed."

Answer to question 2

No, not having Bootcamp does not prevent you from formatting the Mac's internal drive. In fact, the great majority of Mac owners do not have Bootcamp installed. Bootcamp is simply a tool released by Apple that allows Mac owners to install and boot their Macs natively into a Microsoft Windows installation. This happens alongside an existing macOS installation, but does not allow you to run Windows and macOS concurrently. It is a good option if you need to run Windows programs that are CPU-intensive in nature and don't lend themselves to working well in a virtual machine (such as ones set up with Parallels or VMWare Fusion).

Answer to question 1

I've looked at the photos I asked you to post and the second option after booting up from the USB should be Install OS X, not Reinstall OS X. This implies to me that you're USB is not in fact bootable because the 'Reinstall' option would normally appear when booting from the Recovery partition.

Can you try choosing the Reinstall OS X option instead to see whether you're able to successfully install a version of OS X. Let us know how you go.

Also, the photo of the error you get provides a lot more information. Basically the reason you can't erase the drive is because it can't be unmounted. This tells us a lot more about what may be going on, so if choosing the Reinstall OS X option gives you no joy then we've got more info to work with.

[EDIT]

Since you're unable to unmount the internal drive, and since the various terminal commands haven't worked, I strongly suspect that my earlier suspicion is correct - that your 'bootable' USB is in fact not bootable. Your question doesn't detail how you created the bootable USB, so let's start again using these steps:

Recreate your bootable USB. Since you're limited to doing this on
Windows, follow the steps in this article.
Plug the USB into your Mac.
Switch the Mac on and immediately press the Option key.
When you see the choice of drives, select the USB.
Once the OS X Utilities window appears, select Disk Utility.
Try to erase your internal drive and see if you're now able to erase the disk. If unsuccessful take note of the error message etc. Regardless, go to the next step.
Exit Disk Utilities and select Install OS X.
Follow the steps to install OS X.

If you fail at either (or both) steps 6 and/or 8, please report back with what happens.


Pages - multiple paragraph styles in a single paragraph

You need to use a character style for code, and then perhaps use a "code block" paragraph style for code blocks that are, well, paragraphs. Think about this: if the code paragraph style is double spaced and your prose paragraph style is 1.5 spaced, which one "wins" when the break is mid-line?
To add a new Character Style in pages
(from https://help.apple.com/pages/mac/5.6/index.html?localePath=en.lproj#/tan7aaef6765)

Select the character with the formatting you want to save as a style.
Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar on the right.
If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Style button, click Format button in the toolbar. If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar, then click the Style button.
In the Font section, click the pop-up menu next to Character Styles, then do one of the following:

Create a new style with a new name: Click New style button in the top-right corner of the Character Styles menu, then type a name for the style.

Create a new style based on an existing style: Move the pointer over the style name in the list, click the arrow that appears, then choose Redefine from Selection (characters that used the original style aren’t changed).

Type a name for the style.


Netatalk disk not shown in TimeMachine, manual connect via afp works

I've recently had the same experience.  Netatalk exported a volume with time machine set to yes, I could mount the volume, but it would not show up in the Time Machine preferences panel.

From the Finder I tried to create a new file/folder and realized that I didn't have write permissions.  Granting read/write permissions on the underlying volume on the file server then allowed Time Machine to find it.

The specifics of how to change permissions will vary but I changed ownership (chown) and permissions (chmod) on the mount point on the file server.


How do I clean the apple mouse so that it can scroll down?

My favorite movie on Apple’s support site is this gem on cleaning mouse balls! I also like using a clean white piece of paper to roll the mouse upside down on it. Do use the grey cloth if you'd rather not see what comes out.

The general cleaning info is nice too.


Remove Specific Text from Multiple Descriptions

Consider using an AppleScript to perform this task. The following AppleScript will get you started:

tell application "iPhoto"

    repeat with i from 1 to number of items in photos

        set myPhoto to item i of photos

        set comment of myPhoto to replaceText("find this", "replace with this", comment of myPhoto)

    end repeat

end tell

-- replaceText from Bruce Phillips (http://brucep.net/2007/replace-text/)
on replaceText(find, replace, subject)
    set prevTIDs to text item delimiters of AppleScript
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to find
    set subject to text items of subject

    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to replace
    set subject to "" & subject
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to prevTIDs

    return subject
end replaceText

To use this AppleScript, copy and paste it into a new AppleScript Editor document.

In this situation, you want to find and remove a specific piece of text. Modify the above AppleScript as follows:

Change the "find this" segment and enter the text to find.
Change the "replace with this" segment to be blank, "".

With these changes in place, save the document, and click Run in the toolbar. Depending on the number of photos, this AppleScript will take a long time; potentially hours.


Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions, there are other possible attack vectors. iOS Safari is one of the most secure browsers because of the sandbox design of iOS.

First and foremost, do you use the same password for all three? Password reuse is a dangerous problem, because if one account is compromised an attacker can try that same password on other websites to see if you have the same password there.

Secondly, how complex is your password? If it's a word (or combination of words) from the dictionary, attackers can run automated login attempts to guess short passwords. If your password is short and only contains words then it's much easily guessed using this method.

Thirdly, there's no guarantee that the passwords were compromised in the last 24 hours, it could have happened in the past week.

In any case, change those passwords soon and promptly, make sure they all have different passwords, and try to use numbers, symbols, or uppercase letters to prevent a dictionary attack. Also don't use common tricks like "password1" or "abc123" or "blink182" because attackers keep common passwords like that on file for dictionary attacks.


Was Apple menu 'sticking' for certain dual monitor setups removed in Lion?

Here's another bit of wonky screen edge behavior in Lion.

When you activate Mission Control, your screen edges are suddenly no longer "hard" edges. Hit an edge with enough cursor velocity, and your cursor will pop through the previously cursor-bounding edge and end up on your other monitor.

This occurs on a shared screen edge between multiple monitors. My main screen (on the left) is approximately 100 pixels taller than my laptop screen (on the right). However, when I activate Misson Control and then ram my cursor exactly into the main screen's top-right corner, it then pops out into my laptop display 100 pixels below. Very annoying.

If anyone has any docs or blog posts that explain this change, please post!

I noticed this Lion behavior when developing EdgeCase.

EdgeCase might actually solve your problem. It creates hard edges that your mouse cannot cross on all shared screen edges.

This will allow you to throw your mouse up towards the menu bar and never miss. See screenshot.


After updating the emoji font in an older macOS, is there a way to visually find and insert newer emoji that the system emoji picker doesn't support?

All Emoji should show up when you use the expanded version of the Character Viewer. If you don't see Emoji on the list at the left, click on the gear wheel and then Customize to add it. You may also need to add the Unicode category and go to the range where the new Emoji are located (probably 1f300-1f900).


I am suspecting that you have a GPU failure.

"Weird lines" while booting is indicative that there is a problem with the video.  Below are a couple samples of the weird lines similar to what I have seen in my travels.

However, the best way to test this out with with Apple Hardware Test (AHT).  Hold the D key while booting from a powered off state with the AC adapter connected.

It will run through a series of diagnostics - I am pretty certain that you will find you GPU is failing.

Apple Has a Replacement Program for GPU issues.  If your GPU is in fact failing, Apple has a repair extension  program where they will repair, for free your Macbook Pro.  From the details you provided, but check with Apple to be certain.  The program runs until December 31, 2016.  See the link for details


Print jobs cancelled if waiting too long?

Printing in OS X is handled by CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System. Older versions of OS X had older versions of CUPS. A new It's not a bug, It's a "feature" was added in CUPS 1.6, which corresponds to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, in order to prevent stuck jobs.

The MaxJobTime option, which defaults to 10800 seconds (3 Hours), will cancel the active print job on a printer that has timed out. The next job in the queue will start, either printing or eventually timing out.

From the cups.conf man page:

  MaxJobTime seconds
  Specifies  the  maximum time a job may take to print before it is canceled. The default is 10800 seconds (3 hours). Set to 0 to disable cancellation of "stuck" jobs.

Editing /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to include MaxJobTime 0 to disable this "Feature".

In my specific case, I used to be on 10.6.8 Snow Leopard until finally updating to 10.10 Mavericks, and wasn't aware of the change.


mac os x - usb hid - how the receive device added / device removed callbacks?

IOHIDManagerScheduleWithRunLoop is hooked to RunLoop, so You need to start one. while loop is not the solution here. So in order to get callbacks You should replace while loop with CFRunLoopRun() call. More informations about RunLoops in documentation.


"Will it work" has two aspects here:

will executing the binary work?
is bash capable of running the script as such.

The example looks fairly basic as far as shell scripting is concerned. So yes, it should work with previous OSX versions of bash. It would (as long as Something is installed in /usr/local/bin) even work in quite old versions of the Bourne Shell (/bin/sh) on various Unix systems.


Found at /Developer, I found a way to uninstall Xcode via

$ sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

I just ran the installer for Xcode 4, and it detected old version of Xcode, offering me to move it to /Developer-old.


Safari won't load pages after system restore

This could be a problem with the wrong version of Safari, or it could be a problem with its cache or preference file.

Start by deleting the cache folder, located here:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/

If that doesn't work, delete the preference file here:

/Users/sklein/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

If the problem persists, delete Safari (by dragging it to the Trash), then reinstall macOS High Sierra from Recovery.

The reinstall will take a while, but you won't lose any apps or data.


iMac locking immediately after remote connection via Anydesk or Chrome Remote

I have used Amphetamine with the chrome desktop app and it did work great.
My settings: Launch and start session (turned on).
2 screen saver off
3. Display sleep off
4. duration: 12 hours or 24 hours (Indefinitely setting didn't work for me)
All other default energy saver settings were off.


Will using a temporary travel SIM affect anything on my iPhone?

No, it shouldn't.
Your apps and data are stored on the phone, and changing SIM card won't affect them.


How to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7?

This feature has been added and can be found in Whatsapp -> Settings -> Notifications. SMS tone is in the same place as always, Settings -> Sounds -> Text tone.


Messages in iCloud not exhibiting expected behavior

So I tried again with another apple senior advisor today as the previous one would never do what he said he would.  I think the issue is solved....  Heres a screen shot of what she had me uncheck in the Messages preferences tab on the iMac and the messages are all now acting the same in syncing...


I don't have an answer, but here is how to reproduce the error. Open mail.app then call someone on FaceTime.


Jailbroken iPhone dead; What firmware "load" options do I have?

From every piece of literature I can find on the topic, and my own past experience, this normally indicates a hardware failure. Your best bet would be to take it to your nearest Apple store and they might be able to assist.


iPhone app to point me back to a waypoint (like a computer game)

Motion-X GPS Lite is free, and lets you set waypoints and navigate back to them.  Reviewed here.

Tap Menu > Waypoints to save or select a waypoint
Tap Menu > Compass to see the heading


Safari remember password of all sites after upgrading to 7.0.2

It sounds like it is a new version of Safari. If you don't like it, there is always Chrome!


It appears that your drive is failing. Your best bet is to attempt to clone the drive to prevent data loss. If you're unsure how to proceed, your next best bet is to run fsck, which can, in some cases, fix any formatting issues on the drive (but NOT physical ones). This Apple support article will give you a good walk through of the troubleshooting steps, but again, best to try to rescue data if you don't have a back up before going forward.


Cannot print PDF but can open it in Preview

Installing pdftops (and associated tools) worked. It converted the pdf to ps which I could then open (unlike when I directly saved to .ps from Preview) and print


Can I use an iPhone 4s power cable to charge any other mobile device?

Short answer...YES you can

The cable is Apple's (legacy) 30 pin connector.

This cable is compatible with

iPhone 3G through 4s
iPad 1st through 3rd Generation
iPod (various generations)

Apple has a complete and official list of supported devices on their product page: Apple 30-pin to USB Cable


How to clear table contents in notes for iOS 11?

Select all the cells you wish to clear by dragging the orange circular handles on the corners of the selected cell region, then choose Cut from the popup menu.


Is Safari's "Close Tabs to the Right" a new feature released in macOS 10.15.4?

It's new in Safari 13.1, even on Mojave.
Safari 13.1 will run on macOS High Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina (specifically versions 10.13.6, 10.14.6, and 10.15.4), It's the Safari version that's key, not the OS version itself.
Here's the changelog which show this: Safari 13.1 Beta Release Notes

Added Close Tabs to the Right.

Added Duplicate Tab.


Get current StartInterval status from Launchd

It really depends on why you care (inherently, you shouldn't, or more likely, there's some better way to do it). It all comes down to your script being smarter. Drop a turd file or use the script to either defer until next run, or go into a holding pattern.


Select all text or code of your document and press CMD + Shift + F12


Cursor jumps around on Macbook Pro mid-2010, without trackpad installed

I have a similar problem with my 2009 MacBook Pro. I've been told by an aftermarket apple dealer that it is the graphics card. The card is damaged by overheating. The overheating is due an erratic fan. The erratic fan is caused by a damaged logic board.


I believe the only way to do this is by using a third party utility. You will need an app where you can assign an applescript to a shortcut. A few examples of these apps :

FastScripts

Alfred

You would then create an Applescript/Bash script that will open that folder and assign the shortcut to run that script.


iPhoto '09 referenced library - modified files are saved locally?

Couple of thoughts:

You're running a Referenced Library (where iPhoto does not copy the files to the Library on import). You're doing this with the Library on one volume and the files on another. In iPhoto 09 and earlier, iPhoto uses a system of aliases to track the location of the files. Aliases are very unreliable across volumes. If the path to these files changes you could find yourself fixing each one... one at a time for the entire library. There are other pitfalls to this set up - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3062728?tstart=0 for more
No. iPhoto will only store the modified images within the Library package. There is no way to change this behaviour. iPhoto will never modify the original file.
If you have Aperture then forget about iPhoto. The pitfalls mentioned above simply don't arise as Aperture is designed with Referenced Masters in mind, you can manage and (if need be) relocate referenced masters from within Aperture. Also, Aperture (and iPhoto 11) does not make a Modified version. It does make previews, these will always be stored within the Library package, but with Aperture you can choose not to generate them.


What is the difference between using backup software and copying?

There's a difference between backing up files, and making an image of a disk. Perhaps this is the difference you are getting at.
If I make a backup of my entire disk, by copying all the files on it, there are a few things that I am missing.
1) Filesystem metadata. If I copy files from an HFS volume to a FAT32 or NTFS volume, I lose the resource forks from the filesystem
2) Any boot information. Once I have copied the files from volume A to volume B, I do not have any of the boot information associated with the original volume. So, I cant take that disk, and use it to start up my computer, it just contains a copy of every file that was on the original disk when I made the copy.

If you need copies of your documents, then you need backup software. If you need a disk image that you can boot from then you need imaging software.

Some backup tools do both. The classic unix dd makes a bit-for-bit copy of a disk, and you can deal with the output from it in a number of ways, making it a disk archive swiss army knife.

dd is a tool that requires that you know all about the source and destination filesystems including things like block sizes and such. It is not for the faint of heart.

I've never tried, but you might be able to use th Mac OS Disk Utility to create a dmg image, which is something like what you are looking for. Another thing to look at is time machine. Time Machine creates a Sparse Image on volume, it then creates 'bands' (I think that is what they are called) that store the differences in each file from one run to the next.

You could use a SparseImage to create images of your disk, which you could then make boot disks from.

This is a whole lot of not very accurate technical detail crammed into a small answer. I hope it helps.


How can you make a Mac (2015 Yosemite) hibernate? (Hibernate like Windows PC, ie. save state to disk and fully power down)

"Sleep" and "Hibernate" on Macs aren't separately choosable. If you sleep a Mac and then leave it asleep on battery until the battery gets low, it will go into "deep sleep" (Apple's term, it's essentially Hibernate) and save battery. On older Macs that supported this, you could force hibernate by pulling the battery out, but that's not possible anymore.

Here's Apple's documentation on Mac sleep, scroll down to the section on "Special Sleep Modes". It may be that the "standby" indication you are seeing is exactly what you're looking for.


Merge several folders, but keep only the newest file when conflicts are encountered

Just use rsync:

rsync -au .../src/ .../dest/
rsync -auiP .../src/ .../dest/ #if you need some visual output

and delete /src afterwards

with:

-a, --archive               archive mode; same as -rlptgoD
-u, --update                skip files that are newer on the receiver
-i, --itemize-changes       output a change-summary for all updates
-P                          same as --partial --progress
                            --progress show progress during transfer
                            --partial keep partially transferred files

Please check man rsync for -rlptgoD


Macbook retina 2012: CPU temperature too high

There are two likely issues afoot here:

Your System Management Controller has gotten some corruption.
You're seeing potential hardware-/sensor failures.

To reset your SMC, follow these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

If that doesn't solve the problem, I'd run Apple Diagnostics and see whether it picks up on any hardware problems. If it does, the system should be taken to Apple or an Apple-authorized repair centre for further testing and repair.


FaceTime option not showing on FaceTime user's contact

This is an Apple software glitch, as long as you are able to call them then you should be fine. The Facetime image is supposed to detail if said person is available to video chat on that device at the moment. Apple hasn't really addressed the issue since its cosmetic.


Is it possible to connect two 4k monitors to one thunderbolt port?

What you want to do is possible, but not without either using an adapter, dock, or the right kind of displays. For example:

you can use a display that allows you to daisy-chain to another display (i.e. you have a charger plugged into one of your ports, and you have one display connected to the other port and a second display connected to the first display)
you purchase a dock such as the OWC's Thunderbolt 3 Dock.
you purchase at least one display that will provide charging power to your MBP (e.g. the LG UltraFine 4K Display).

You may want to also read:

About Thunderbolt ports and displays
Connect with Thunderbolt 3 on your new MacBook Pro
Use the LG UltraFine 4K Display with your Mac

NOTE: IMHO, if you're wanting to run two 4K displays you probably should invest in a MBP with four Thunderbolt ports, as this is likely to provide more flexibility in terms of usage and the variety of devices you can purchase to meet your needs.


Easy enough...

go into Settings -> iCloud and sign out of his account there. You may also have to do the same in the Message -> iMessage settings.

Once that is done you can use her email for the icloud and iMessage account.

If you do that and are still getting his messages use the Apple Support page for de-registering your account on that phone:

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage


No sidebar in finder when viewing DFS shares

What type of volume you're viewing doesn't have an impact on the Finder's display settings. You can toggle the sidebar in any Finder window by going to View → Show/Hide Sidebar or pressing ⌥⌘S.

The reason you're seeing it on one machine and not the other is that it likely got toggled at some point for that folder and the setting stuck. Finder does store view settings per folder, although it can be a bit inconsistent in doing so.


Email Client Software that Limits Number of Downloaded Emails?

Thunderbird - a popular free and open source email client has a feature to limit email downloads by days, weeks, months, size etc. and is available for macOS too.
See this answer here to set the limits - How to prevent Thunderbird to download all emails after fresh install?


Stop Safari (MacOS) from suggesting password on captive portal

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/passwords-sfri40599/mac

Open safari preferences and remove any saved passwords for the captive address (or all saved passwords)
turn off password saving in Safari entirely
turn off auto join for that network if you wish that as well


Can't resize partition: "You can't perform this resize unless it has a booter"

Note: This answer assumes your drive is not hybrid partitioned. In other words, I assume your drive is using a GUID partitioning scheme and the Master Boot Record (MBR) table is fully protected. Also, I assume the sector size is 512 bytes.

I will use an approximately 500 GB spare image file to illustrate your problem and my solution. The output from diskutil disk1 and diskutil disk2 for my drive is shown below. Here, there is almost no free space.

/dev/disk1 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +500.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macbook HD              499.1 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macbook HD             +498.8 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk1s2
                                 06A8BD94-5D42-4A7A-A8DF-2FAB7A268153
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

Normally, a Apple_CoreStorage partition is followed by a Apple_Boot partition. Your drive is missing this Apple_Boot partition.

  Note: Other Core Storage configurations will use a different name and size for this Apple_Boot partition. For example, the partition may appear with the name Boot OS X and a size of 134.2 MB.

Below is output from the same commands, but this time my drive has approximately 50 GB of free space. Furthermore, the Apple_Boot partition is missing.

/dev/disk1 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +500.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macbook HD              449.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macbook HD             +449.5 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk1s2
                                 06A8BD94-5D42-4A7A-A8DF-2FAB7A268153
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

Below are instructions for recreating the Apple_Boot partition and recovering the free space. When required, make the appropriate adjustments to these commands. These instructions will not recreate any important files that were stored in this partition. In your case, there may not have been any important files. If needed, prepend a sudo to any of these commands.

Use the third part tool gdisk to create the missing Apple_Boot partition. Enter the text given below to invoke this interactive command.

gdisk /dev/disk1

Below are the interactive gdisk commands. The blank line indicates the default was selected. You should expect your default value to be different from mine.

n
3

+1269536
AB00
w
y

Below is the output from when I used the gdisk /dev/disk1 command.

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3

Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): n
Partition number (3-128, default 3): 3
First sector (34-976562506, default = 879053752) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Last sector (879053752-976562506, default = 976562506) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: +1269536
Current type is 'Apple HFS/HFS+'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = AF00): AB00
Changed type of partition to 'Recovery HD'

Command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk1.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.
You should reboot or remove the drive.
The operation has completed successfully.

Use the command below to format the newly created partition.

newfs_hfs  -J  -v  "Recovery HD"  /dev/disk1s3

Use the command below to recover the free space. Note: I already substituted your logical volume UUID.

diskutil  cs  resizestack  389D8763-4C1B-4D77-A734-C507DBD567C1  0

Final note:

The gpt command can be used instead of the third party gdisk command. You would need to enter the gpt command shown below to partially dump the contents of the GUID Partition Table (GPT).

gpt  -r  show  /dev/disk1

For my drive, the output is shown below.

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  878644112      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  879053752   97508755
  976562507         32         Sec GPT table
  976562539          1         Sec GPT header

From this output, determine the start of the free space after the Apple_CoreStorage (53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC) partition. For my drive this would be sector 879053752.

  Note: In the gpt command given below, replace my value of 879053752 with your own value.

The gpt command shown below adds a new Apple_Boot partition do the drive. Set the -b option to the start of the free space value. This command must be immediately preceded by the diskutil command shown below.

  Note: If necessary, the -b option needs rounded up to a value evenly divisible by 8.

diskutil  umountdisk  disk1
gpt  add  -i  3  -b  879053752  -s  1269536  -t  426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC  /dev/disk1

Next, proceed to step 2.


How to close all windows of MacOS Finder EXCEPT the foreground window

As far as I can see there isn't a keyboard short-cut to hide all windows except the foreground window. macOS hides applications not individual windows of an application (and the Finder is just an app).

What you can do is Option-TAB to your target application after grabbing the item in the Finder. Basically once you "grab" a file, don't let go of it, but rather, use the application switcher (invoked by Option-TAB) to swap to the application you want to drop the file into.

Once the app is highlighted in the app switcher, release the Option and TAB keys, which will bring your app and it's windows forward, then you can drop the file on your target window.

I made a quick GIF to show this in action:


OS X Server bound to Active Directory, but OS X Clients who are logged in as AD users prompted for username when connecting to OS X server file shares

Ok, to answer my own question, it appears that if the Mac client uses AFP to connect to the MAC OS X Server, then it will not use AD.

If I instead browse the the Mac OS X server using SMB  (eg, connect to: smb://servername )  - then it will connect as an AD user (with no prompting for username/password) and will list all the shares that AD users have access to.


Don't modify the sudoers file. It isn't necessary. I think what you mean is "is there anyway I can alter ownership and permissions so sudo isn't required?" Yes. You can modify the folder's permissions and ownership settings using Terminal. Note, you will have to use sudo to do so and the command must be run by an administrator.

sudo chown -R $UID:staff /path/to/folder; chmod -R 755 /path/to/folder; exit

Substitute "/path/to/folder" with the proper path. The "chown" command changes ownership of the directory to you (and it's subfolders, using the -R option). The "chmod" command sets the folder's permissions to readable/executable by everyone and writable by the owner (you) only.


MacBook 7,1 internal optical drive not doing anything

The DVD Drive has died.

It doesn't block the CD, but also doesn't try to pull it in or make any noise.

You can insert media before the system has even booted.  When you turn a Mac on, it will do a scan of all attached devices (disk drives, CD/DVD drives, USB, etc.) to look for all the potential bootable media.  Macs with these optical drives will make that tell-tale noise of the optical heads moving back and forth looking to see if there's media installed.  If you're not hearing that - the drive is dead.

It also seems like my Mac doesn't recognize the optical drive at all; it isn't listed anywhere and system info -> burn disks says it couldn't find any drive for it.

This is another sign that it's dead.  The optical drive is attached to the SATA bus, so if the system can see it, it's not working.
Could it be the logic board?
Not likely.  As long as it gets power, the drive will "make noise."  It's possible that the cable/connector to the logic board went bad, but very, very unlikely.  Since the drive is mechanical, odds favor that the drive itself is the problem.
So, you need to replace it (or simply remove it).  I'm assuming it's a 2010 MacBook Pro  since there was no MacBook made in 2010 and the MacBook Air doesn't have an optical drive.  iFixit has a guide for replacing the optical drive - it's fairly simple. Personally, I would just remove it and be done.  Optical disks are becoming rare and if you really need one, just use USB DVD drive.


What is the use of the Bluetooth on iPad?

You can do peer-to-peer networking on bluetooth with some games and other applications.

I haven't checked out the details but my understanding is that the Bluetooth profile is much better in the iPhone 4 and iPad than in the early iPhones. I expect you could also hook up to BT headphones and speakers to stream music.


No, there is no setting to customize any aspect of how folders look or behave.


How to use Mac Keyboard, on iPhone, with lightning cord?

I think the best solution would probably be to buy a lighting to USB adapter like this one as per this Lifewire article. The downside is that this sort of adaptor from apple usually carries a rather high cost with it. Therefore, I would recommend having a look around Amazon for a similar solution like this one but be sure to check out the reviews!

Hope that helped.

Kind regards, Tom


T2 chip encryption benefits: "Your encrypted SSDs automatically mount and decrypt when connected to you mac."

If you examine it at a glance it definitely looks useless - but if you look closer at the details, there are actually benefits to be had here:
First the case of the SSD being separated from the laptop is not as far fetched as you seem to indicate. I wouldn't be thinking of a scenario of a foreign intelligence breaking in and removing the SSD from your laptop without a trace of anything happening. Rather think of some day in the future where you hand in your laptop for repairs to have a bigger disk installed, or to have it replaced due to bad blocks [1].
You get your laptop back with a shiny new disk, but you have some certainty that the old disk isn't readable anymore as you've still got your T2 with the key. Similarly if you scrap your laptop, you can scrap the disk and the T2 separately and be reasonable sure that the disk cannot be read [2].
However, the main practical benefits comes by providing quicker responses to the average user. When you buy a new laptop and want to encrypt your drive, that can be done in the blink of the eye with this system, as the drive is already encrypted - you just need to protect the key with the user passphrase. This I assume would make more users encrypt their drives, as some could be put off by having to wait hours or days for the drive to encrypt (even though they can keep using the computer while it does so).
Similarly you can safely erase the drive in the blink of an eye. Just ask the T2 to erase the key, and you (and others) no longer have access to the contents on the drive. If the drive hadn't been encrypted in the first place - it is actually very difficult, if not almost impossible, to securely erase it. This can now be done even when the user has never activated FileVault.

[1]As far as I know it is not possible to upgrade your disk currently, but it might be made possibly by third-parties in the future.
[2]I.e. breaking the main-board PCB into two pieces. It is relatively easy as the SSD and the T2 are separated by a narrow piece of PCB.


Can I continue downloading Mountain Lion In Sleep Mode?

No, however if you were already running ML, and you had a Flash-storage based Mac that supported PowerNap, then it would likely be able to do so as part of it's ability to automatically download updates etc (which are provided through the Mac App Store) when in sleep.

Bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy though ;)


A little digging solved the issue. In short, I installed ideaVim plugin. All I had to do is to disable it.


Stop FaceTime from answering a call with Play/Pause button F8

This has been driving me nuts for a long time. It's not an ideal solution but if you open FaceTime and go to Preferences, there is a check box for Calls From iPhone. The description reads, "Use your iPone cellular account to make and receive calls when your iPhone is nearby and on Wi-Fi."
If you uncheck that box when you receive calls your Mac will no longer try to answer the call, leaving the play/pause button to control your music only.
I would have preferred that when I get an incoming call and I press the play/pause button that my music is paused and the call was answered, but until this is fixed, the solution above was the best I could come up with to end the insanity of music playing and phone call coming in at the same time.


Paste stops working ("CFPasteboardRef: Lock timeout")

Doesn't appear to be malware for me.

The workaround (though totally crappy) is:

Launch Activity Monitor
Find pboard process and quit the process.
Restart applications where you would like to copy from or paste into.


Restoring recovered files from a partition

No - the original state had files in specific locations and your recovery shows that that directory structure was lost.

So it sent "all the kings horses and all the kings men" to collect the parts of Humpty Dumpty but since the location of the parts is missing - it's not clear that even if you retrieved all the pieces - you would be able to get them in the correct places.

I would advise you restore all the files to a macOS formatted drive and set it aside. When you find you need to search for a specific file or text - you can use spotlight to search that drive for potential matches and copy them over to a place where you would like them to live. It's almost certain that the software you choose has instructions covering exactly how to do this operation in detail.

To summarize, data recovery isn't a substitute for a proper backup system. Those record durable and often redundant copies of file location data so you can always put things back where they belong as well as know if any one piece is missing since everything is cataloged "before the fall."


Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion

Open a finder window
Open the folder you wish to search in
Click in the search box
Type the text you want to find
A dropdown should appear like the one in the image below which allows you to select the 'Filename contains' option

If you've already run the search and want to alter the search to only look for files with your search term in the filename, you can click the '+' button just beneath the search box and change the search type from there.  See screenshots below:

Mike Scott has nice suggestions from the comments that are worth incorporating here to use the name: selector in spotlight.

You can prefix your search with name: as shown below

This results in a window which you can select 'Filename' or 'Everything' from if you click the button labelled 'name' in the search box as shown below:


How to stop photos taken in Notes being saved in Photo library?

Yes. That is possible in iOS 10 or later version ( I think). However to do that simply you have to turn off a specific option provided in Notes settings.

Method

Goto Settings -> Notes

Then turn off Save Media to Photos. That will solve your problem.


Cloning a directory in terminal, using ZSH

The second method also works if otherFolder already exists. Other than that, there is no difference (assuming that /Users/me/someFolder is an existing folder). In more detail:

cp -a /Users/me/someFolder /Users/me/otherFolder

If someFolder is a folder (i.e. a directory — and not a symbolic link to a directory) and otherFolder already exists (and is a directory or a symbolic link to one), this copies /Users/me/someFolder/some/file to /Users/me/otherFolder/someFolder/some/file. If someFolder is a directory but otherFolder doesn't exist, this copies /Users/me/someFolder/some/file to /Users/me/otherFolder/some/file.
If someFolder exists but is not a directory (it's a regular file, a symbolic link, etc.), it is copied to either /Users/me/otherFolder/someFolder if otherFolder is an existing directory or a symbolic link to one, or to /Users/me/someFolder otherwise (regular file, other special file, or non-existent).

cp -a /Users/me/someFolder/. /Users/me/otherFolder

If someFolder is a directory or a symbolic link to one, this always copies /Users/me/someFolder/some/file to /Users/me/otherFolder/some/file, regardless of whether otherFolder existed or not. (Except if otherFolder is an existing file that isn't a symbolic link or a file, in which case the command will fail.)
In all cases, if the thing to copy is a directory, all of its contents are copied recursively, preserving permissions and modification times. (Access times are also preserved, but they're updated in the source.) That comes from the -a option.
An equivalent command is
rsync -a /Users/me/someFolder/ /Users/me/otherFolder

Note the trailing / on the source so that /Users/me/someFolder/some/file is copied to /Users/me/otherFolder/some/file. If the source was /Users/me/someFolder, it would be copied to /Users/me/otherFolder/someFolder.
rsync is equivalent to cp -R in simple cases, but it's cleverer about not copying files that are already present in the destination folder, so it's good for resuming an interrupted copy or for doing incremental backups. Rsync also has a lot of options to do things like select which files to copy.


Squeaky Retina MacBook Pro upon pressure to bottom-right corner

This believe this is normal. I have experienced the same in my unibody non-retina MBP.

I carefully studied the back cover for wear marks. Then I took a close look at the logic board without touching it.

On the whole logic board you'll find tiny elastic sticks. They can be pushed a little. These sticks hold the aluminum bottom off the logic board.
I did not take any chances, therefore I applied insulating tape on every place of the aluminum bottom that the sticks can contact. Also I did not want to open the cover multiple times :)
Apply the tape again as it easily wears out.

Now the MBP does not make any of the previous mechanic noises anymore.

This is what the back cover looked like when I was done.


My iphone 4 needs a software update but none show up?

The last version of iOS that the iPhone 4 supports is iOS 7.1.2. You will not find any more software updates for the iPhone 4 beyond this and you are unable to install any apps that require a more recent version of iOS.


Can someone who's gained access to my iCloud account prevent me from receiving text messages?

No.

iCloud has nothing to do with Text Messages (SMS).

iMessages are sent to all your devices, so even if someone was using your iCloud credentials, you would still receive the iMessages.


Read data from Quicken Essentials for Mac

Broadly speaking, I would create a virtual machine running Mac OS El Capitan and then install Quicken Essentials for Mac onto that. Once that works fine, I'd copy across the five binary files and test to see that they can be opened and viewed just fine from within Quicken Essentials for Mac.
Assuming this works as expected, what you need to do from here depends on what the end goal is, and the actual version of Quicken Essentials for Mac.
For example, if all they want to do is be able to view the data if/when needed, then exporting to CSV files may be all they need to do. These can then be imported/viewed in a plethora of software (including Apple's Numbers and MS Excel).
On the other hand, if they want to make full use of the data in a newer version of Quicken, then importing CSV files may not even be supported (depending on the version and platform, etc). In this case they may need to export the data into a different format (once again, depending on the version they have) and then using a newer version of Quicken (but not a recent version) or another third party app to import the data and export it into a suitable format for use/importing by the current version of Quicken.
The whole process is going to be somewhat messy as the absence of a common cross-platform file format was one of the biggest issues of Quicken software (not just between Mac/Windows, but between OS 9 and OS X versions and between PowerPC and Intel and so on). Intuit just never really handled things very well and lots of users got burned because of it.
I'd be happy to update/expand this answer when it's clearer what the exact situation is and what your relative wants to achieve.
UPDATE
Quicken stores data in a proprietary QDF file format, but has always offered options for exporting data into other formats. Unfortunately, the options offered have differed over time and with different versions.
This means you need to find alternative software that can either import data from Quicken's native QDF format, or software that can import data from one of the other exported formats Quicken has supported from time to time.
In most cases, the best workflow for migrating from Quicken to another product is to export the data from Quicken into either the QIF or OFX format. QIF is a format supported by many financial packages, while the Open Financial Exchange (OFX) format is used by banks and supported by most (if not all) financial packages.
Quicken's support for OFX has been hit and miss, but most versions have supported exporting into the QIF format. So if your relative can get their version of Quicken Essentials for Mac to export data into one of these formats then that's a good start. Otherwise it's a case of determining what format they can export into and then working out the best way forward from there.
As for an alternative to Quicken, there's a lot out there. Free versus paid and cloud based versus desktop based.
Banktivity
Assuming they're still using a Mac and want to run Mac native software, then one option is to use Banktivity1. Banktivity also offers native iPad and iPhone apps.
Two potential cons for this (depending on your relative's situation) is that the current version requires macOS Catalina or higher, and that they've now moved to a subscription model. However, if you don't renew you can still access and use the app - I think it's only the online services you lose access to.
If that's a no go, then the previous version did run on macOS Sierra and wasn't based on a subscription, but I'm not sure if/where that's still available.
On a positive note, your relative can try it free for a month and see if it'll meet their needs. This should give them enough time to test it's ability to import data (as it fully supports importing data from QIF files). This may be enough for them to file their 2020 taxes.
MoneyWiz
Another option is MoneyWiz, a very popular version for Mac and iOS users. This also supports importing data from CSV, QIF, and OFX files. I have personally used this app (on both Mac and iOS), and am very happy with it - although I have to admit it did take me quite a while to get used to how it works.
Also, I've never used it to migrate from Quicken so can't advise as to how easy this is or isn't to do. I do note, though, that they do have a support page entitled Importing from Quicken Essentials for Mac to MoneyWiz which actually suggests importing data from CSV files rather than QIF files.
From memory, they only offer a one week trial period, so your relative won't get as much time to test it out. They've also moved to a subscription based service, but do (or at least did) offer a one-time license option too (but I have no idea of the cost and what you miss out on if you opt for that).
GnuCash
GnuCash is not a product I have actually used, but it is free and has versions for macOS, Windows and Linux. Maybe even more.
It also supports importing data from QIF and OFX files, so it may be an option for your relative.
NOTE: Since your relative has 30 years of financial records, and assuming they get their current version of Quicken to work in a virtual machine, they will probably find it easier to leave their historical data in Quicken and start with a fresh set of records in whatever package they decide to migrate to. At least, that's what I've found many users have had to do when changing financial packages after a long period of time.

1. I am not affiliated in any way with this product, nor have I personally used it. However, I do know of people who have used it and are very happy with it.


iPhone 3.5mm Audio jack specification (buttons)

Apple will give you the information to work with/duplicate the "Headset Remote and Mic" (aka the little box on each pair of EarPods that have the three buttons and microphone) if you join their MFi program, as noted in the MFi FAQ and on BoingBong when the three-button setup first came out. I haven't seen anyone online reverse-engineer it and publish information about how it works.


How can I disable the macbook keyboard with Shift key held down on a password protected macbook?

Disable keyboard:

sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/

Enable keyboard:

sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/

For manipulation, you can use the virtual keyboard:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Display panel "Keyboard" and "Symbols" in the menu bar


Is there an alternative to the native file transfer handler in Finder?

I recommend and use UltraCopier which is the closest I found to TeraCopy.

An alternative is ForkLift, which doesn’t just handle file transfers, but lots of other stuff, too.


How can I move files to different Dropbox folders on my iPad?

There is a move function within the dropbox app.
Go to the folder that contains the file(s) you want to move and click on the check icon.

Select the file(s) you want to move and click on move on the lower right corner. Now a new window will appear. Choose the location where you want to move the file and tab the choose button.

That's it.


I enjoy using SizeUp to manage windows, one of which is a center on screen option. Good luck.


Are there third-party mechanical keyboards that strictly have the Apple layout?

If you want "clicky" mechanical keyswitches, you should look at the Matias Tactile Pro, for US$150. It is a modern version modeled on Apple's long-discontinued mechanical-keyswitch keyboard that was sold in the 1990s, the Apple Extended Keyboard, which was before the days of USB.

The keyboard layout of the current generation of MacBooks and MacBook Airs is probably not 100% identical to that of the Matias Tactile Pro, but I believe this is as close as you are going to get.

Note that you can remap any functions of Function keys in Mac OS X in software, if anything doesn't match up to your liking.

Matias also makes a Mini Tactile Pro that saves space by doing away with the numeric keypad.

Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac, at US$133, is also highly rated, although the key layout in the numeric keypad and certain other keys is slightly different that what Apple uses today.


How do 3rd-party programs modify the $PATH variable?

You can check the content of /etc/paths and the files in /etc/paths.d which gets added to PATH by

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
    eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

in /etc/profile (or /etc/zprofile). Run /usr/libexec/path_helper -s to see what it does.


I usually save text files as the variable they are named after, and recall them in other scripts. I use a folder in /var, i created my own hidden folder so it wouldn't clutter it too much. You can make hidden folders with mkdir in terminal. Example: mkdir /var/.scriptvariables


How to turn off spindle of internal HDD on MacBook from command line?

to disable the drive from mounting during boot :

Find the uuid of the drive (in terminal):

diskutil info /Volumes/[name]

Then create a new file called /etc/fstab and in it put

UUID=34DFD44D-489C-1C22-01D8-DFDF288C102F none hfs rw,noauto 0 0

just replace the UUID above with the actual UUID of the drive.

Use the following command to view a list of drives/partitions

diskutil list

And then issue the mount command to mount the drive

sudo mount /dev/disk1s1 /Volumes/DriveName

Obviously change the disk id and mount folder to suit your system.


Is it possible for a non-administrator user to delete an app which that user installed from AppStore on macOS?

It is possible a non-administrator user can remove an arbitrary folder, but not guaranteed. The permissions model will show your permissions on the folder.
Your last shows the directory is locked to everyone except the owner. You are correct you need admin to change that.
The App Store generally doesn’t drop a folder, so you might need to open a support case with someone or disclose a screen shot / output shoeing your precise setup for someone to tell your specific case.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-permissions-for-files-folders-or-disks-mchlp1203/mac

The article above should cover your attempt to change permissions on the folder in question. Based on your information, you might need an admin user to grant you admin status or just clean things if you can not.


Where can I discuss Apple's Beta Seed program?

How you obtain Apple's pre-release software governs which forum Apple provides for discussion and support of the software as well as a place to exercise the ability to discuss the software with others in the pre-release program along with you.

I'm aware of three mechanisms for this:

Developer - https://developer.apple.com/programs/
AppleSeed: Software Customer Seeding - https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/welcome/
OS X Beta Seed Program - https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/

For registered developers, you can look over your agreement for details and the proper discussion forums are at https://developer.apple.com/devforums/

For the public beta seed, I haven't found the location of that forum publicly disclosed, but I would be surprised if they don't have a place to discuss things there as well in terms of a more specific forum than the main Apple discussions forums.

I wouldn't try to use the public Apple support communities or this Q&A site for specific questions about pre-release builds or products, but getting a pointer to where these are actually hosted seems fine to host here.

And here - we now don't close beta questions as long as they are specific and otherwise valid questions about Apple products, services and such.

http://apple.blogoverflow.com/2015/08/beta-ios-9-and-el-capitan-questions-allowed/


You can install it using homebrew too.

First you need to tap homebrew/x11:

$ brew tap homebrew/x11

Then you can easily install it with:

$ brew install xpdf


Xcode 7 Simulator - "SpringBoard cannot be opened because of a problm."

I have had this problem and I have just managed to fix it. I am new to Xcode and only 15 years old however this fix has worked for me.

Basically, I went to the the general page of my app and then I changed the deployment target to ios 9.2 instead of 9.3. After this, I then went to the main.storyboard page, selected the view controller and then from the standard editor, selected the option for the app to build for the deployment target (9.2).

I hope this is clear enough for you to understand and hope this helps.


Mis-Matched messages from the Message app between two phones?

Under Settings > Messages > Send & Receive

Do you have different accounts or are some of them shared ?


Does DevonThink Pro Office support the Macbook Pro Retina display?

The manual, on page 9, states that retina graphics were added in version 2.5 (the current version is 2.5.2). So you should be ok.


Is it possible to buy a replacement iPad screen of the same quality as Apple's?

iFixit is a great resource for repair manuals and the corresponding parts.  It appears they currently (2-13) have iPad digitizers for ~$100.

Personally I only have experience purchasing internal iPhone parts from them, but they are a reputable company and I would trust their quality if I were in your position.


kernel_task, high CPU and fans going crazy, no applications open, no launch agents/daemons

Not sure if this will help, but I was getting the same thing on my Mac Mini.  Turns out that the temperature sensor wasn't working, and so the fans were on all of the time.


How to get access to hidden folders from another Macintosh HD (Users/Applications)?

Since your failed system was on Catalina, which uses the Read-Only System Volume scheme with separate System and Data volumes, it sounds like you backed up only the System volume. The /Users directory, however, is stored in Data.
One possibility for why you did this is that the Data volume might be corrupted and unmountable and therefore didn’t show up in Disk Drill, so the System volume was your only obvious choice.
Another possibility is that High Sierra is two major OS releases behind Catalina. In general, it is inadvisable to mount an APFS volume from one OS using an older OS because APFS is a moving target and there are changes and additions to the format & filesystem driver that occur between releases. While unlikely, your wife’s machine may not be able to recognize the /Data volume. (It’s also unlikely but possible that mounting it on the old OS could have unintentionally caused damage to the newer format.) I haven’t used Disk Drill so it is possible that it did image your entire drive and the Data volume is still hiding in the .dmg, waiting to be read on a newer OS.
As a general rule, any time disk corruption is suspected, your #1 goal is to minimize disk usage (especially when hosted on the faulty machine) until you’re ready to perform a repair or transfer. Repair is no longer an option since Disk Utility couldn’t do it and no other APFS tools are currently available. So you’re left with transfer.
To maximize your chance of transfer, you need to be running at least the same version of OS on the lifeboat unit. You would also ideally be able to remove the physical drive from the target machine and place it in an external enclosure. Even so, your chance of success is slim if the Data drive failed to appear. You do need to be able to accept the fact that your data may be gone. (You could take out the SSD and set it aside, waiting for DiskWarrior 6 to come out and give you another chance at recovery.)
In short, try again with a Catalina machine, but minimize how much time the drive is powered on and be ready to call it a day.


Sync Desktop now that Dropbox no longer supports symlinks

So far as I know, there are only two possible ways to do this, and neither ways are available as of the latest macOS (Catalina, 10.15) and the latest dropbox updates (EDIT: it turns out that there is a workaround for the problem with the second way!).

The first way is to create a symlink within Dropbox that points to a folder outside Dropbox and will trigger Dropbox to sync its contents. This is how I used to have things until the latest dropbox updated (apparently triggered by my updated to Catalina) broke this method. As the questioner notes, this method is no longer supported by Dropbox.
The natural workaround (the second way) is to (i) place the desktop folder contents in a folder within the Dropbox folder, then (ii) effectively turn the actual desktop folder (stored in the user folder) into a symlink (e.g. per these instructions; EDIT: this is also effectively what Alex Szatmary suggests). Unfortunately, this by itself results in only partial success: on Catalina, so far as I've seen, after restarting the computer, the desktop reverts back to normal desktop configuration (no longer functioning as a symlink pointing into the corresponding desktop folder in the dropbox folder). EDIT: But there is a workaround: once the desktop folder is turned into a symlink that points to the desktop folder in the dropbox folder, go to the "Home" folder, and 'get info' on the Desktop alias/symlink and check the box "Locked" in order to lock the folder. This way it will not be deleted and replaced with the normal desktop folder upon restart and logging in.


MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch) El Capitan

Check in your System settings >> Notifications on the left side on the Panel if Do to disturbed is in any way activated. Also check from which app you need Notifications and activate it.

Also you should look in the settings of Security >> Privacy if Notifications from your apps are disabled.


Opening a local .mp3 file with AppleScript Editor

Assuming that by "open" you mean play the mp3, the following script should do exactly what you want:

set myFolder to POSIX path of (path to me)
set contentFile to myFolder & "Contents/Resources/Jingle bells.mp3"
do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of contentFile

Above, we set myFolder to the POSIX path of .app file that is being run. Then we set contentFile to the POSIX path of the .app file plus the location in the internal directory which links to the file you want to play (Contents/Resources/Jingle bells.mp3 in your case). Finally, we use the shell command afplay (man page here) to play your mp3 file.

Hope this helps!

Best, Tom


After Apple TV Software Update 5.1, I comfirmed this issue was resolved.
Try to update your FW!

The following my old comment is for old FW. I leave it just for knowledge.

I had have same problems. I know Snow Leopard's mDNSresponder wakes a Mac every 2 hours during sleep. So a similar thing occurs on AppleTV every 10 minutes, I guess.

In my case, AppleTV woke my Mac If I set Home Sharing on it. So, 1st option is disabling HomeSharing.

However, I didn't want to do that. So now I avoided this to kill iTunes before Mac sleep. This means it doesn't register Home Sharing service for sleep proxy.

Note:
 1. You have to wake up your Mac by some method(http, ssh, magic packet or something) when you want to use your Home Sharing.
 2. You cannot use sleepWatcher to make 2nd option because it's too late for killing iTunes after sleep trigger. So you must check IDLE time and sleep timer.


I can’t start my computer after installing update

Start from Recovery & re-install the OS.
This will lay a fresh OS over the old one without affecting anything else on the Mac.
I've had this happen several times on different Macs with High Sierra security updates.


Empty favorites sidebar of third-party applications

I found this similar thread with different terms :

"File Open" dialog is missing sidebar items

For me, delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist and reboot worked well.


Display a text message on macOS Desktop background

It is possible using NerdTool or GeekTool. You can create custom ones writing command line codes or display content from logs.

Find inspiration for code from here and mac AppStorm made a great article with lots of crazy geeklets .


How can I speed up the way OS X takes a window into full screen

Take a sip of your tea - it's finished ;)

afaik, you can't bypass it.

My guess is it's to mask the amount of 'effort' it takes to do the transition, smooth zoom rather than lumpy pseudo-instant transition with bits of broken screen til it's finished.


I can't update my iPhone 4 v7.1.2 (11d257)

Go to Settings -> iTunes Store & App Store, and click on the apple account (first thing on the list)

Then click Sign out and reboot

Go back to Settings -> iTunes Store & App Store and enter login + password for your account


Suspicious new and plastic wrap sealed iPhone SE came with iOS 12.1

It is not uncommon for sellers and manufacturers to open "sealed" products, update them, charge the battery, etc. and reseal them to sell as new.

In the US, it's perfectly legal to resell a previously opened product (and not as refurbished) provided that the process is conspicuous and documented.  It's likely the UK has a similar law.

There are steps you can take even if you have questions about the legitimacy of the product you purchase.  However, my best advice is that if you feel that packaging is suspicious, trust your instincts.  Return the product for replacement or refund.  That type of concern with always linger regardless of whether or not it's unfounded.


Can I import songs I downloaded into garageband on my iPad, with no laptop fileshare?

I created a:

Garageband Mac to iPad Oneshot Converter at the fixed1t blog.

http://fixed1t-music-software.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/mac-garageband-to-ipad-one-shot.html

it has links to free trial software, youtube video and an ebay purchase £5.


Wi-Fi passwords are physically stored in the System keychain at /Library/Keychains/System.keychain


How can I have an iTunes DJ-style playback on my iOS Device?

I use an app called InstanTunes.

It doesn't have voice command, but it does use a selected Source playlist to generate a random playlist from. Then uses this playlist as a Queue. Whenever you like you can add songs to the playlist which are added into the Next Song position of the playlist.


My MacBook Pro uses an extraordinary amount of RAM

It's probably just been a while since you restarted your computer. When you close a program, the memory it was using doesn't go back to "Free", it gets marked "Inactive". It's still available for use by other programs, though:

Inactive memory
This information in memory is not actively being used, but was recently used.
For example, if you've been using Mail and then quit it, the RAM that Mail was using is marked as Inactive memory. This Inactive memory is available for use by another application, just like Free memory.  However, if you open Mail before its Inactive memory is used by a different application, Mail will open quicker because its Inactive memory is converted to Active memory, instead of loading Mail from the slower hard disk.


Configure iTunes to equalize based on "Genre" tag?

The first method that comes to mind :

Click on Genre column header to
sort your songs based on genre
Select all songs belonging to a
given genre.
Option+I to bring information dialog, go to Options tab
Select Equalizer Preset that corresponds to the genre

Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each genre.


IOS 7.0.4 Sprint 15.5 Unlocked, Data-Network not working

From my understanding you can only use an unlocked sprint iphone 5 on tmobile with edge network connection. Here is the info that I have found.

  Sprint/Cricket/Virgin Mobile iPhone 5 can only be unlocked for T-Mobile / Simple Mobile and may only get Edge. It may also have issues with data/mms so you may or may not get internet or MMS (picture messaging). This is happening to some Sprint iPhone 5 devices and we are working on a fix. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS IF YOU HAVE A SPRINT iPhone 5 and experience issues with data/mms.


You actually don't need a cooling pad. You can manually change the fan speed on Mac with this utility called smcFanControl. You can get it here. You may also want to try to reset SMC to make sure that your fan is working properly.


Fixing a broken hard drive's partition map

Have you tried asking disk utility to redo the partition map? Click on the disk, go into the "partition" tab, set it from "Current" to "1 Partition", click "Options", change the partition table to anything else, then repeat the process and set it back. If the issue is the partition table, that will fix it. If the issue is the drive, then it won't. Either way, you'll have your answer.


ios Mail app shows Welcome to Mail screen even though I have already set up and have been using my account

Thanks for the suggestions, tried both with no luck, then I actually went in and made sure every setting was set the way I expected them to be set.

Somehow, without my doing, the settings had been changed. I noticed this once before, my phone crashed and all of my custom ringtones/vibrations were unset for my contacts. Not lost, just unset.

In case someone reads this and is still wondering what settings you've missed, the particular settings that I had to fix were:

Notification Center > Mail > (Account) >
1. Alert Style [Alerts]
2. Show on Lock Screen [Yes]

I'm sure we all have those moments when the most obvious solution just can't be it and there's no point in checking because you're SURE there's NO WAY it could be it... oops :)


How to find icloud ID to activate my iphone

Do you mean an Apple ID, right? There are one method that will be helpful to you.

Find a Forgotten Apple ID by Email.

It is incredibly helpful if you switched email accounts at some point in time and that’s what has caused the login problem. This can be done with any web browser in iOS, OS X, or Windows:

Open the web browser of choice and go to this Apple iForgot page
Enter the first and last name associated with the Apple ID, your current email address, and any and all prior email addresses to start the reset process
Answer the security questions to complete the reset process


Yes it happened to me also. After you launch the app, wait a few seconds and it will give you the option to join Apple Music, or go to your music. Click "Go To My Music" and you will be all set. If you don't see these options make sure you have an Internet connection and wait a few seconds.


email deleted on email client is still in the inbox on my iphone

POP mail servers do not synchronise their data between devices in the way IMAP does.

Each device will download any mail in the queue when asked & will not auto-delete anything, except for any set server timeout interval, which is adjustable from Mail on the Mac or from iDevice - Settings > Mail, Contacts… > [the email account] Advanced > Delete from Server…

Other than that, deletion once downloaded is manual, per device.


Should the MacBook Air have the same amount of charge as its stated capacity when 'Full Charged'?

"Fully charged" does not mean exactly 100%, but somewhere between 95% (or even less) and 100%. Obviously it is better for battery life if the battery is not immediately loaded after a small percentage of charge was consumed, if your MacBook is connected to the charger. So you do not have an issue with your battery.


Follow the instructions in this Apple link.

In summary:

Go to iforgot.apple.com,
Select how you want to reset your password,
Wait for the notification,
Follow the onscreen instructions.


Password reset with Filevault recovery key not working

So it turns out you can ignore the shaking and select 'restart' after which the new password works. After logging in with it you'll be presented with another reset password screen but this one works.


Formatting a used MBP after booting from OS DVD?

Yes, during install you can start disk utility and re-partition/format the hard drive.  Make sure you set it as a GUID partition type so that OS X recognises it is a boot drive.


No video from Mac Mini, ONLY once OS X has loaded

The 1st thing you have to do is try to determine if it’s merely a software issue with your OS install or if the problem relies on the hardware (whether it’s the screen or the computer itself).

In order to facilitate that task, you must check the obvious.

1) The DVI adapter (already tested).

2) The Screen. Can you hook the monitor to another computer?

3) Can you hook another monitor to the same computer?

Extras: Have you tried another VGA cable?

The above should result in any of the following:

a) The screen is defective, change screen.

b) The Mac mini has a hardware issue where no other screen works. Time for repairs (probably not worth).

c) The Cable is defective, change cable.

d) The screen works fine on another computer, the Mac mini works fine with another display. what…?

In case of D, there could be a problem with the software instead, either the driver that the Mac mini is using when it detects the display is broken or the video driver or something. That’s a whole new world and -as already suggested- you might want to try booting from the install CD/DVD and trying to see if video works there. Back up your drive and a full reinstall might also help you have everything fresh.

Hope it helps. I know it’s a lot of obvious steps, but this is how the tech guys do it :) Find the problem first.

UPDATE:
After reading that the Mac mini doesn’t work with a different screen and that this issue happens before login screen (i.e. it’s not ‘user’ related), there are two possible ideas you can try before a complete OS reinstall.

You mention that it works in Single User but not safe mode; given that Single User goes straight to the command line, have you tried running fsck on the partition? Maybe there’s some data corruption in the OS X volume.

Safe Mode doesn’t load external drivers and items in the StartupFolders, so that should work and I find it weird that it doesn’t. Of course make sure you unplug all external devices (sans keyboard/mouse/display) before diagnosing a problem like this.

In any case, I’d try to install a fresh copy of OS X on an external drive (if you don’t want to wipe your internal copy) and see what happens from there. If the external copy works, then the OS X copy has a big problem. I know this is obvious (and it’s already in your list of things to do) but sadly debugging a problem like this without access to the OS/hardware is really hard. You can always later clone the freshly installed OS X to your internal drive to avoid the reinstall in the internal drive.

Good Luck!


How to block OS X to run only one application

The easiest way to get a mode on a Mac for students taking tests is to create a second user (my school has a second user called Take Test) where they only allow access to certain apps (TextEdit, Pages, and a Dropbox thing they set up) using parental controls. Then, just have students sign out of their main account and sign into that test taking user before they take a test.

To create that second user, go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> + and create a user. Then, for that new test-taking user, hit the Open Parental Controls in the right pane, hit Limit Applications on This Mac, and choose the applications from the list which you'd like to allow the students to use while they take a test.


If I remember correctly, you should be able to install Ubuntu into Boot Camp, and then virtualize it using Parallels Desktop. Works great with Windows; most likely with Ubuntu as well.


Updating / Upgrading Xcode to 6.0.1 does not work

Try deleting the Xcode.app from your /Applications folder and replacing it with the Xcode.app from inside the dmg that you downloaded. Once you have replaced the Xcode application try to open it and it should work. You usually can't run packages or applications from inside of a mounted dmg. It is recommended to copy what you need from the dmg and then running it.


Connecting MacBook to external monitor and peripheral devices used by a PC?

Depending on your PC specs you may use a VGA or HDMI USB KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch.
This will allow you to connect 2 or more computers to one screen, mouse and keyboard, and switch between them pressing a button.
The keyboard and mouse must be USB (wired or wireless) in this case, so they work on both computers.

There are plenty on Amazon and eBay.

On my experience, VGA KVMs have problems with screen resolution and offer a generally crappy viewing experience; I ordered an HDMI one and may update the answer based on its performance.


Is it possible to install Android OS on an iPhone?

Yes it is for iPhone 3G and 3GS, but not for iPhone 4 as it uses a different bootrom. Just google "Android on iPhone 3GS" and click on the first entry, where you'll find instructions on how to do it.