Typical advice I give in this situation is to check your TCP/IP Settings under the wifi connection in your Network controls in System Preferences. Make sure you're using DHCP and no DNS servers are hard coded. Also make sure you don't have some kind of proxy software or VPN running on your computer.

Edit: try connecting your phone via USB and choosing that connection when you turn on hotspot and see if it works

Edit2: original poster posted a screenshot showing a hard coded DNS server. I recommend clicking on all hard coded DNS servers, clicking minus, and removing them.

edit3: the other issue may not be the wifi, but the modem to your internet provider.


Fixable? Yes, but will obviously need a new screen which can cost a pretty penny.


OS X Mail.app: Old mail not downloading/showing after reconfiguring exchange account

The 'find the answer to your question 5 minutes after asking it' syndrome strikes again: using the Mailbox menu's Rebuild command fixes the issue. You can select all the folders for which this needs to happen before using the menu item to save yourself some time (but beware that all this syncing might take a long time if you've got a big mailbox).


Ways to unlock iPhone 5 with iOS 10 to reduce Home button presses

You can't use Slide to Unlock without jailbreaking. Since your device does not have Touch ID, you can't use Rest to Unlock either, and your device does not support Raise to Wake either.

One way to reduce the wear on your home button is to use the power button to wake the device, then press the home button when you actually wish to unlock the device.


MacBook Pro HDD corrupted files and bad blocks? Find command running for 4 days; Disk Utility reports no errors

In response to your first and easy question, yes, your HDD is dying and needs to be replaced ASAP.  Now is a good opportunity to change it to an SSD.  Here is a good video on YouTube that shows you how.

I am not sure why you would use dd to fix bad blocks/sectors when DiskUtility has a more robust solution.

Boot into recovery mode by holding Command-R (or off a CD or USB Key)
Go into DiskUtility and under the First Aid tab, click "Verify Disk"
You should get a bunch of errors reported
Click "Fix Disk"

Now, you aren't fixing the disk per se.  You are marking the bad sectors as unusable so data doesn't get written there.

Once you do this...
Back up your files to another drive ASAP


How does the defaults domain ‘Network’ work? (/Network/Library/Preferences/)

The network library is intended for client computers bound to a network domain server.  A domain server acts as a central repository for configuration information -- mostly user accounts, but also (among other things) mount records.  Mount records tell the client computers to automatically mount a certain file server share point automatically.  If you use this to tell all the clients to mount a particular share point on /Network/Library, then you can put Preferences, Fonts, etc folders inside that share point and they'll be automatically available on all clients in the network domain.

This used to be a common way to manage network clients in NextStep (the predecessor of OS X), but is very rarely used in OS X.  There are better ways to do most thing now, like putting managed preference settings directly in the network domain.  At this point, the network library is more of a historical artifact than anything else...


Screen sharing - can you prevent the attached screen from turning on?

in Lion this is possible, but don't remember seeing this anywhere in previous versions. When you start a screen sharing session it will ask you how you want to view the remote session.


Instapaper does have some basic YouTube functionality — if you save a YouTube page to Instapaper, it will appear in the app with a thumbnail and play button, so you can play it directly there.

You might also want to check out Pocket, which is similar to Instapaper, but a bit more focused on multimedia, rather than mostly just articles. I believe it has some sort of offline viewing mode as well, but I'm not that familiar with it.


Cannot erase SD card with Disk Utility (El Capitan)

A better and simpler solution would be using the command-line.

Execute the following command to identify the mount name of SD card following the pattern /dev/diskX, e.g., /dev/disk2

diskutil list

Say the disk name is /dev/disk2. Now format the card to FAT32 by running the following command:

sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 MYSD MBRFormat /dev/disk2


Installing Imagemagick leads to weird error involving OpenCL

Here's what I did to fix this.

Booted up my old machine running OSX 10.6.
Copied /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libclparser.dylib from 10.6 computer into the same folder on 10.7.

Now things seem to be working fine.

Note: the file can also be found here:


Mac Book Pro - 5 400 tr/min or 7 200 tr/min?

If you're not hammering the hard drive all the time, say by doing HD video work, then you're not going to notice. In that case, the 5400 might be better because it is larger, takes less power and is less likely to fail.


How do I type piecewise functions in pages?

You can enter the equations in pages using LaTeX and MathML with Insert -> Equation... or pressing ⌥ alt+⌘cmd+E.

It'll look like this:

|x| = \begin{cases}
 -x, & \mbox{if } x < 0 \\
 x,  & \mbox{if } x \ge 0
\end{cases}

This will produce:

Note: The easies way to get the LaTeX representation of the function is to insert it into builtin app called Grapher, right clicking on the function -> "Copy LaTeX Expression"


How do I install mayAVI for my python3 on macOS Sierra?

I recently experienced your exact same problem (wanting to use MayaVi instead of matplotlib for 3D graphs and animations, not wanting to use virtual environments, and wanting to use MayaVi with python3). These are the direct steps I followed to start using MayaVi on my macOS Sierra 10.12.5.

(1) brew install vtk --with-python3 --without-python

This took roughly 33 minutes on my machine
From what I have read, there can only be one version/wrapper of vtk installed at a time, so since you installed vtk without the flags, you might want to run brew uninstall vtk before running this command

(2) pip3 install mayavi

Next I tried running the script from http://docs.enthought.com/mayavi/mayavi/auto/example_mlab_visual.html#example-mlab-visual to see if it would run. I took that script exactly as found, added #!/usr/bin/env python3 and ran it as ./test.py. This resulted in:

======

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 6, in
    f = mlab.figure(size=(500,500))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mayavi/tools/figure.py", line 63, in figure
    engine = get_engine()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mayavi/tools/engine_manager.py", line 101, in get_engine
    return self.new_engine()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mayavi/tools/engine_manager.py", line 146, in new_engine
    check_backend()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mayavi/tools/engine_manager.py", line 49, in check_backend
    ''')
ImportError: Could not import backend for traits

Make sure that you have either the TraitsBackendWx or the TraitsBackendQt
projects installed. If you installed Mayavi with easy_install, try
easy_install . easy_install Mayavi[app] will also work.

If you performed a source checkout, be sure to run 'python setup.py install'
in Traits, TraitsGUI, and the Traits backend of your choice.

Also make sure that either wxPython or PyQT is installed.
wxPython: http: //www.wxpython.org/
PyQT: http: //www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro`

=====

So after googling the above problem I came across a github issue page that said to install the following items:

(3) brew install wxpython

(4) pip3 install traitsui (this was already installed on my machine)

Next, needing to install PyQt, so I followed the directions from a stack overflow question:

(5) brew tap cartr/qt4

(6) brew tap-pin cartr/qt4

(7) brew install qt

(8) brew install pyside

This took about 11 minutes on my machine

Now I tried running the script again. This time it ran, but I got the error:

AttributeError: module 'tvtk.tools.visual' has no attribute 'color'

So I changed the import line and modified some of the lines where the boxes are made:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from mayavi import mlab
from tvtk.tools import visual
from vtk.util import colors as color

# Create a figure
f = mlab.figure(size=(500,500))
# Tell visual to use this as the viewer.
visual.set_viewer(f)

# A silly visualization.
mlab.test_plot3d()

# Even sillier animation.
b1 = visual.box()
b2 = visual.box(x=4., color=color.red)
b3 = visual.box(x=-4, color=color.red)
b1.v = 5.0

@mlab.show
@mlab.animate(delay=250)
def anim():
    """Animate the b1 box."""
    while 1:
        b1.x = b1.x + b1.v*0.1
        if b1.x > 2.5 or b1.x < -2.5:
            b1.v = -b1.v
        yield

# Run the animation.
anim()

And I can successfully run the script!


iTunes put a "1" at the end of many of my song and video titles. How can I fix this?

I just use a quick and dirty AppleScript to do things like this:`

-- BP Jan 2014
-- Trims a set number of characters from the Start of track names in an iTunes playlist
-- Or trims a set number of characters from the End of track names in a playlist
-- Or adds a prefix to each track name in a playlist.
-- Or adds a suffix to each track name in a playlist.
-- Trims take precedence over adds
-- It's best to do just one operation at a time, and set all the other variables to "" or 0 as appropriate.
--------------------------------- User settable variables
set PlaylistName to "AAA" -- Just add the tracks you want to change to a single playlist. When dione, delete the playlist.
set trimInitialchars to 0 -- nonzero value takes precedence over any addstart value
set trimFinalchars to 0
set addstart to "" -- nonempty value wil overide addend
set addend to ""
--------------------------------- End of user settable variables
set trimstart to trimInitialchars + 1
tell application "iTunes"
    activate
    set tracklst to every track of playlist PlaylistName
    set trackcount to number of items in tracklst
    repeat with n from 1 to trackcount -- Do the whole playlist:
        set oldtitle to name of track named (name of item n of tracklst)
        if trimInitialchars is greater than 0 then -- Trim stuff from front of track names
            set name of (item n of tracklst) to (characters trimstart through length of oldtitle) as text
        else if trimFinalchars is greater than 0 then -- Trim stuff from front of track names
            set name of (item n of tracklst) to (characters 1 through ((length of oldtitle) - trimFinalchars) of oldtitle) as text
        else if addstart is not "" then -- Add something to front of track names
            set name of (item n of tracklst) to (addstart & oldtitle)
        else if addend is not "" then -- Add something to end of track names
            set name of (item n of tracklst) to (oldtitle & addend)
        end if
    end repeat
end tell`


Should I verify copied files and with which software?

This discussion seems to suggest that Finder verifies copied files when copying across media (but not otherwise). This means that you don't have to verify it yourself. The only problem is I can't find proof or official confirmation that this is true. So I wouldn't 100% trust it.

In any case, if you want to make sure manually, there are two kinds of tools you can use.

Option 1: Use tools that tell you whether you copied successfully. This QA shows you how to use diff tools (command-line or GUI, your choice) to do it. stuffe's answer to your question shows a quick and dirty way to be reasonably sure the copy operation was ok: just check the total folder sizes.

Option 2: Use rsync. Rsync is a tool that can find differences between the copy source and destination, and update the destination to reflect the source. It's different from cp -R because (1) it tells you if there are differences, so it kind of does that diff does and (2) it only needs to copy over the differences, which makes it faster when the destination is almost up to date.

There are three common ways you might want to use rsync:

rsync --dry-run (aka rsync -n) to tell rsync to display what files need to be updated without doing anything. This is basically like diff.
Just use rsync to copy files over, and run it again to verify and fix differences.
Some people say that Finder copies faster that rsync. You can use Finder to do the initial copy, then use rsync once to verify and fix differences.

Important rsync flags to know:

-v, verbose, makes rsync print what is being copied. This is good for the verification step, so you see what didn't get copied right earlier.
-a, archive, sets a bunch of other flags that tell rsync to preserve modification time, permissions, etc. If you only want to preserve a subset of file metadata, read the rsync man page to see which flags you want to set.
Some people are saying that the version of rsync included with Mac OS does not support copying HFS extended file attributes, which store things like whether the file extension is shown, "Open with…" settings", spotlight comments, tags, etc. To get the latest copy of rsync, install Homebrew and brew install homebrew/dupes/rsync.


How to suppress the "Run or quit" dialog when launching an applescript?

Holding control only shows those dialogs if a script is saved as an application. Couldn't you just save the script as scpt or applescript?


Editing System/Library files with Property List Editor (PLE)

Couldn't you just use a code editor? At least TextMate and TextWrangler can convert property lists from binary to XML and authentificate as root in order to save files.


Re-image Macs in bulk and administer them

Nice thing about the Mac OS is it can be cloned, even while it is running.

What you want to do is create a bootable disk exactly as you want everything to be. Install applications as desired, create one user (admin) that you will use for maintenance. If you are using Open Directory it's a bit more involved but not much.

With only a dozen or so machines you can do them manually in under a day.

The process I would use is:

Create the working image on what will be your computer. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy it, file mode, to external drive A. Partition drive A to be only a hundred megabytes or so larger than the data (important for next step)
Attach the hardware to your desktop in target disk mode (hold T on startup - it now behaves like an external firewire case. Yes, you need a firewire cable. No, doesn't work with USB.)
Copy (finder drag works fine) computer -> Users -> theirName to Large External Drive B
Go back to Carbon Copy Cloner. Source disk: Drive A. Destination: other computer in target mode. Copy type: Block (you may need to enable this mode in preferences. Wait. Repeat from step 2 as needed.

The first clone-to-external in file mode means that everything is linearized and doesn't include things like /tmp/ and /swap/. The second clone in block mode is  lot faster and doesn't have the write-amplification issues if the destination is an SSD.


Recovery: OS X Yosemite can not mount NTFS partition but windows can mount it in 10 minutes

If you can't back it up on OS X, then back it up on Windows. Then format it something else other than NTFS, as OS X doesn't officially support it. If you re-format it using Windows, you can choose the default FAT/exFAT option.


Can I prevent an app from overriding a system default keyboard shortcut?

If the app has a menu entry for the command, yes.

System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts

Add an entry for your app & the menu command you want rid of.
Set the shortcut to be something useless & hard to hit by mistake...
This will give you your system shortcut back.

Example from another answer of mine, showing how to remove 'Hide Finder' - https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/177138/85275


iPhone 6 and iPad picking up different location settings for search and ads

Have you checked the DNS setting (in ios) for your wifi access point at home? Don't have access to my phone at the moment but I think it's Settings > WiFi > (your wifi) > advanced (look for the words DNS or URL somewhere)

Sometimes apps suggest putting in a custom url in there, and they essentially work as a proxy. Want to make sure to delete those if there's something in there. I suggest you try connecting at a coffee shop or a friend's wifi to see if the behavior changes. Make sure VPN is off/disabled too.

On a different tack, it could be how your router is configured, since you're saying the same thing is happening on two separate ios devices. Be good to get in the router and look around, or ask whoever manages the router.


Stranger using my Apple ID for FaceTime/iMessage

If you suspect someone has access to your Apple ID, change the password immediately. If you can no longer access your account, attempt to reset the password.


AppleScript: How to get all window names of processes that share the same title?

Note: On my system, macOS Sierra, there is no window for this process.

You can use a whose clause, like this:

For a process that contains only one window, use this script:

tell application "System Events"
    set theWindowList to name of window 1 of (processes whose name is "RSScriptRunner")
    if theWindowList contains "The title of the initial dialog of this script goes here." then
        error number -128
    end if
end tell

For a process that can contain one or more windows, use this script:

tell application "System Events"
    set myList to name of windows of (processes whose name is "RSScriptRunner") -- get a list of lists, each sublist contains names
end tell
set theWindowList to my subListsToOneList(myList) --  Flattening a list of lists

if theWindowList contains "The title of the initial dialog of this script goes here." then
    error number -128
end if

on subListsToOneList(l)
    set newL to {}
    repeat with i in l
        set newL to newL & i
    end repeat
    return newL
end subListsToOneList

The solution for macOS Sierra, maybe it works for other OSes as well, to get the name of the launched scripts, is to use the ps and pgrep commands.

set theNameList to paragraphs of (do shell script "ps -p $(pgrep -x RSScriptRunner) | sed -n 's:.*RSScriptRunner.*/::p'") -- get the name of the scripts
if theNameList contains "the name of this script.scpt" then error number -128

Informations:

$(pgrep -x RSScriptRunner) : A sub shell to get the process ID of
each instance of the RSScriptRunner, the '-x' option: require
an exact match of the process name
ps -p: get the command of each PID (the result contains the path of
the launched script).
The sed command : delete characters from the beginning of the line
through the last slash character to get the name of the script (the
-noption is to print the line which contains the
'RSScriptRunner' word only, because the first line is the headers
--> PID TTY           TIME CMD).


Picture of "scenery" appears on iPhone 6 lock screen

This is from the wallpaper you have set.

iOS hasn't added this — it's been added by wherever the photo came from. For example, a screenshot of a photo from Snapchat may have a filter on the bottom, then because you took a screenshot rather than using the original photo, something may be added to the bottom.

The scenery isn't moving independently; the whole image moves with perspective as you move the phone around. It's more noticeable on the edges as this is where the image moves the furthest, and you have a reference (the edge of the display) to compare as the picture moves.

Change your wallpaper to something else, perhaps to the original photo if the author can provide it to you without the edits.


List all homebrew packages explicitly installed by the user (without deps)

Seems that you can use brew bundle:
brew bundle dump --file /tmp/x
brew bundle list --file /tmp/x --formula

the temporary file can be avoided using pipes
brew bundle dump --file - | brew bundle list --file - --formula


Do I just need a VGA to RCA adaptor to stream video from my macbook to TV?

You might need a converter, but I don’t think so. Bear in mind that all those conversions will degrade the image a lot.

Does your TV have S-VGA? in that case you could use this adapter from Apple. Better than RCA anyway.

edit updated with the right adapter. As already noted, please remember that this doesn’t carry audio.


Resetting jailbroken device in settings caused boot loop

Resetting a jailbroken iOS device using the option in settings will cause no end of bad things, usually resulting in a device stuck in a boot loop, which appears to have been the case here.

You'll have to restore your device in iTunes. Connect your device to iTunes, then hold power and home until the screen turns off and back on with the Apple logo, then let go of power but keep holding home. Once the device appears in iTunes, restore it.


I'm not aware of any way to alter Safari's default behavior, but this task can be automated easily enough if you have a means to run an AppleScript.

I use FastScripts and Keyboard Maestro myself, so I can assign global or app-specific keyboard shortcuts to my many scripts.

This AppleScript will reload every tab in Safari's front window.

----------------------------------------------------------------
# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2011/08/09 20:33
# dMod: 2015/11/14 16:46
# Appl: Safari
# Task: Reload Every Tab in front window.
# Libs: ELb
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Safari, @Reload, @Tabs, @Front, @Window
----------------------------------------------------------------

try

   tell application "Safari"

      set tabList to tabs of front window

      repeat with theTab in tabList
         tell theTab to do JavaScript "location.reload(true)"
      end repeat

   end tell

on error e number n
   stdErr(e, n, true, true) of me
end try

----------------------------------------------------------------
--» HANDLERS
----------------------------------------------------------------
on stdErr(e, n, beepFlag, ddFlag)
   set e to e & return & return & "Num: " & n
   if beepFlag = true then
      beep
   end if
   if ddFlag = true then
      if n ≠ -128 then
         try
            tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to set ddButton to button returned of ¬
               (display dialog e with title "ERROR!" buttons {"Copy Error Message", "Cancel", "OK"} ¬
                  default button "OK" giving up after 30)
            if ddButton = "Copy Error Message" then set the clipboard to e
         end try
      end if
   else
      return e
   end if
end stdErr
----------------------------------------------------------------

On my system I've given it a keyboard shortcut of ⌃⇧⌘R, which is a good mnemonic for me.

It's easy enough to alter the script to reload every tab in every window.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2011/08/09 20:33
# dMod: 2011/08/09 20:57
# Appl: Safari
# Task: Reload Every Tab in Every Window.
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Reload, @Tabs, @Every, @Window
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

tell application "Safari"

    set tabList to tabs of windows

    repeat with theWindow in tabList
        repeat with theTab in theWindow
            tell (theTab's contents)
                do JavaScript "location.reload(true)"
            end tell
        end repeat
    end repeat

end tell

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I use this one so rarely I haven't given it a keyboard shortcut and have to manually activate it from the FastScripts menu.  (This is also a safeguard to keep me from hitting a hotkey by accident and having to wait for every tab to reload.)

-ccs


Reconfiguring Ctrl on a MacBook Pro's keyboard to another key

Install KeyRemap4MacBook, save a file like this as ~/Library/Application Support/KeyRemap4MacBook/private.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>test</name>
    <identifier>test</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_R, KeyCode::CONTROL_R</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

Then open the KeyRemap4MacBook application, press the ReloadXML button, and enable the setting.


The value that you see listed includes many things we wouldn't consider part of the system. If I do the same on my machine it says System is talking about 130 GB. If I run DaisyDisk on my drive it says System is taking 9.8 GB. You can download DaisyDisk and see what's taking up space. DaisyDisk is not free but they offer a free trial.


Local
To use a local terminal, you have to jailbreak.
At which point you would install mobileterminal(with cydia) to access the local shell.
Remote
For accessing other systems, you would need a ssh client (although you could do the above, and run ssh).
I recommend prompt.
Also, if you jailbroke your iPhone and installed openssh, you could just use prompt to connect locally; it has a better interface than mobileterminal.


What are all the available ACL attributes in Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra?

A comprehensive list of ACL attributes is available by consulting the man pages:

man chmod

If you prefer a GUI app to show man pages download and install e.g. ManOpen (free) or Dash for macOS (a few $$).

I won't list the whole documentation of chmod:

...

ACL MANIPULATION OPTIONS

 ACLs are manipulated using extensions to the symbolic mode grammar.  Each
 file has one ACL, containing an ordered list of entries.  Each entry
 refers to a user or group, and grants or denies a set of permissions.  In
 cases where a user and a group exist with the same name, the user/group
 name can be prefixed with "user:" or "group:" in order to specify the
 type of name.

 If the user or group name contains spaces you can use ':' as the delim-
 iter between name and permission.

 The following permissions are applicable to all filesystem objects:
       delete  Delete the item.  Deletion may be granted by either this
               permission on an object or the delete_child right on the
               containing directory.
       readattr
               Read an objects basic attributes.  This is implicitly
               granted if the object can be looked up and not explicitly
               denied.
       writeattr
               Write an object's basic attributes.
       ...


You can disable this in Safari Preferences


Why am I getting virus alert after clean formatting MacBook Pro 2014?

The virus was in a folder in googledrive.

So after formatting and not installing google drive the virus warning doesnt show.

I deleted the folder from google drive so it no longer shows the virus even after installing google drive


Second SATA drive stopped working (after lion upgrade)

Have you updated your EFI?  Lots of potential problems depending on the drive and the model of MacBook.

In particular it appears that SATA 3.0 drives (6.0 Gbps) are not well supported. The EFI update resolves some problems, but not others. Is the read only drive in the optical bay? That would be consistent with the kind of problems reported.


iCloud storage question - how can I stop using iCloud for email storage and just store emails on my computer?

You must first copy or move messages, and then delete it.
How to move or delete email from iCloud
Moving your messages from iCloud to your computer can be useful when your iCloud mailbox is full or you want to reduce the amount of iCloud storage you're using.
Moving selected messages
Follow these steps to move messages from iCloud and store them on your computer instead.

In OS X Mail, choose Mailbox > New Mailbox.
Select On My Mac from the Location menu, enter a name for the new mailbox, and click OK.
Select your iCloud inbox from the list of mailboxes in the sidebar, then select the messages to move.
Drag the messages to the new mailbox, or choose Message > Move To > the new mailbox.

Deleting selected messages
Follow these steps to permanently delete messages from iCloud without keeping a copy on your computer.

Select the iCloud messages to delete, then choose Edit > Delete. The messages are moved to your Trash folder in iCloud.
Choose Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items to permanently delete the messages in the Trash folder.

How to copy email from iCloud
Copying your messages from iCloud to your computer can be useful when you want to have a backup.
Copying selected messages
Follow these steps to create a copy of your iCloud messages on your computer.

In OS X Mail, choose Mailbox > New Mailbox.
Select On My Mac from the Location menu, enter a name for the new mailbox, and click OK.
Select your iCloud inbox from the list of mailboxes in the sidebar, then select the messages to copy.
Drag the messages to the new mailbox, or choose Message > Copy To > the new mailbox.

Copying the entire mailbox
Follow these steps create a single mbox archive of your iCloud mailbox, including every message and folder in the mailbox.

Select your iCloud inbox from the list of mailboxes in the sidebar.
Choose Mailbox > Export Mailbox.
Choose a destination folder for the mbox archive, then click Choose to save the file.

iCloud: Using OS X Mail to move, delete, or copy iCloud email


some files show extensions while others don't (OS X El Capitan)

Recent builds of Office applications are hiding file extensions by default, and have removed the save UI feature that allows you to override this. Your options are to either continue manually changing files to show extensions, or live with the inconsistency. Personally I agree with you, and would rather have the extensions shown for specific file types, but it appears that whether the save UI allows you to show extensions is up to the application authors. You have to complain to Microsoft on this one.


Why does ssh log me in as the wrong user?

ssh can get confused if your short name is different between the two machines. You can check what your short name is on each machine with whoami. To go to a particular account, use ssh jhayward@mymac. If you still have trouble, use ssh -v jhayward@mymac. You may see things like checking ~/.ssh/config. If you want to avoid typing jhaward@ all of the time, you can make (or add to) the file ~/.ssh/config with the lines

Host mymac
Hostname 1234.1234.1234
User jhaward

editing each line for your particular case (the Host is your nickname, the Hostname is the IP address, or mymac.local or whatever you currently use for ssh).

Then you can just use ssh mymac.

If you still have trouble, post some output from ssh -v but be careful to not post anything private (like IP addresses).


Can different user accounts have separate Time Machine Backup drives?

No, because Time Machine works at the filesystem level of the whole disk, not just the files owned by any given user. In other words, Time Machine backs up the entire Macintosh HD, sans exclusions, and doesn't know or care about individual users from this perspective.

Have a look at: How Time Machine Works its Magic


An out-of-the-box possibility would be to use Spaces to define applications to go to a specific screen on launch, and navigate between Spaces (Virtual Desktops) as a whole.

Note, however, that you will have a conflict if you want the Finder to be in two places at once :). Your only option is one specific Space, or globally across all Spaces.


How do I download photos from Picasa to the iPod Photo Library for offline viewing?

If you have a computer, download Picasa 3.9 for Mac/PC and use its batch downloading features. Then, in iTunes, connect your iPod, click Photos, check Sync Photos from:, and click the dropdown menu to reveal Choose folder... and navigate to ~/Pictures/Downloaded Albums/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/albumname/ (with xxxxxxxxxx being your Google user ID number and albumname being the album you wish to import to your iPod). Sync and finish!


/proc is a pseudo-structure which is available on a lot of Unix systems but not on any version of OS X/macOS or iOS.

Kernel internals accessible through /proc are usually accessible by other means (either with some Terminal command or involving some ObjC/Swift coding) on Apple's iOS/watchOS/tvOS/macOS family of OS that all basically run on top of Next and then Apple's evolution of the Mach microkernel which is the XNU kernel.


How can I toggle Automatic Graphics Switching using terminal?

The command sudo pmset -a gpuswitch n will set the graphics switching, with the following values for n:

2 is integrated gpu both on cable and battery
1 is dedicated gpu only with power connected; integrated gpu on battery power
0 is dedicated gpu on both ac and battery

pmset -g will show you the current configuration.


Yes, you can connect to it through wifi/cable without the Time Capsule connected to the internet.
Yes, you can just store anything on it.
No, unfortunately not.
I am not familiar with this service. However, you can mount the Time Capsule as an external hard drive and thereby use it as any other backup device.
Like answer 4: if the iOS program allows you to copy files to an external source (FTP/ssh/etc.) you can connect the Time Capsule to computer in your network and access the time capsule drive through remotely accessing that computer. I don't believe that the Time Capsule drive can be directly approached by iOS.


I am not sure how Cmd+Shift+F works for you to make window full screen. I am using Cmd+^(Control)+F to make window full screen and revert to normal.
If you are not using any extension like magnet, The possible issue might be that when you switch your window might not have been cycled, for which you will need to use Cmd+`(backtick) followed by  Cmd+^(Control)+F.


where can I adjust emoji suggestions in iOS10

You can't. This data is hard-coded in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework in the file FindReplace.strings.

However, you can use those files on macOS to look up the keywords that differentiate the various cars. Here they are, I have made bold the unique words that can be used to summon each type of car.

race car, racing car, formula 1, formula one

police, cop

police, police car, cop

(not available)

taxi, cab, taxi cab

car, automobile, hatchback, vehicle

car, sedan

car, jeep, SUV, automobile

trolley, tram, street car


You don't have many other levers other than a full backup and I erasing all content and settings as a general remedy, but I would probably try the following for resorting to a wipe:

Check the usage and delete some content so that you have at least one gigabyte of free space
Signout of iTunes Home sharing and iTunes match
Sign out of the App Store
Make sure the date and time are set correctly or automatically set
Put the device in airplane mode, then power down and start back up while in airplane mode

If the music app is still misbehaving after removing all the network influences it might be something about your iTunes library on the device. You could also try using iTunes to blow away all the music.

Also, since you just made a purchase from the iTunes stores, Apple support should be able to help you with that purchase (and the problems using it as a result of the purchase).  http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/


Mysterious GDB hangs after clean & build

I ran into the same problem and was able to resolve it by compiling with GNU g++ and including level 3 GDB debugging info.
$ g++-10 -ggdb3 FILE.cpp

Addendum: adding my toolchain versions for posterity.
$ uname -a
Darwin manco.local 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Thu Oct 29 22:56:45 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.2.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 i386 MacBookPro15,2 Darwin

$ g++-10 --version
g++-10 (Homebrew GCC 10.2.0) 10.2.0
...

$ gdb --version
GNU gdb (GDB) 10.1
...


How do I insert a row into numbers, in just one column

From Numbers help:

  Move rows and columns within a table Select one or more rows or
  columns.

  Do any of the following:

  Move rows: After selecting the rows, click and hold the row numbers
  until the rows appear to rise off the table, then drag them above or
  below another row.

  Move columns: After selecting the columns, click and hold the column
  letters until the columns appear to rise off the table, then drag them
  to the right or left of another column.

  Tip: If you drag rows or columns outside of an existing table, you
  create a new table with them.

This has plagued me for ages and I took to forums to unsuccessfully find the answer, till I finally used the help function found in Numbers.


try these two things:

boot to safe mode, and then reboot. (hold Shift at system chime)
boot to single user mode, delete /Systems/Library/Caches & subdirectories

fixed lots of crash reporter errors on my machine.


How do I make Apple Script open Script Editor and write a new script?

This works for me:

tell application "Script Editor"
    make new document with properties {name:"this is a test", contents:"and
more text"}
end tell


How can I ensure that my iPod Classic lasts as long as possible?

The battery is your primary concern - it is a consumable part. You may only get 300 to 500 complete charges before it will not take a useful charge. Additionally, as a Lithium Polymer battery with no adaptive charging, it fades every year once it's made. The lower the average temperature, the less it fades. Try to always keep it less than 75 degrees and time above 95 is exceptionally bad for long term health (think 20% loss of capacity in one year). Even if you store it perfectly, you can expect to lose 25% capacity within 3-4 years.

For long term storage, it's best to charge it to just above 50% and let it self discharge down to maybe 40 or 35% and then charge it back up to over 50. Having it always full isn't the best - but you also want to use it, so just assume you will pay for a battery sooner or later.

You have to decide - do you want a museum piece that is under perfect storage conditions (battery not too full and not too empty - both of which are bad)?

The extremes can damage a battery significantly - damaging the chemistry:

totally low voltage - drained past all the low limits (leaving it in a drawer when discharged)
excessive heat past 115 F is also very bad - even for a few hours

The rest of the failures are more about chance of random failure since you won't be dropping it or crushing it :-)

The hard drives in 4G and older iPods were designed for occasional use, so running them in disk mode or running a mac on an OS installed on the iPod was likely to cause them to fail after months or years of that use. You might avoid running an OS - but for normal syncs and play, the drive spins down most of the time and this shouldn't be a big concern. Physical shock when the hard drive is spinning would of course be bad.

I suppose the spring in the headphone jack would rather be out than in (some tiny amount of less stress) - but also less duty cycles is also good. I say, as long as you won't jam the plug / crush the internals - leaving it in all the time might be better than always putting it in/out/in/out.

You've got 5 years of swap service from Apple and you can always get a third party estimate if it ever dies, knowing that Apple will seal a new case in the factory. Any other repair (or DIY) can result in a bent/damaged or less than perfect case seal (As hard as it is to open them, the latest classics are even harder to close again properly than the old ones that you could use a nylon spudger or a flat razor blade to crack open.)

Good luck! I plan to get one of the last classics - once they go on sale as a discontinued product and treat it with kid gloves.


iOS Audiobook player without iTunes media library

I have been trying to answer this question for myself for ages. I've only recently found the solution for me - SpeedUp Player Pro seems to have all of the audiobook functionality I need. The hightlights are:

Speed up (up to TRUE 2.5x)
Load items from Dropbox
Adjustable Forward and Backward Skip
A/B Repeat (for studying)
Gestures
Functional free version with some features disabled.

The app is not rock-solid in terms of stability, but I expect it will get there as the developer continues to work on it.
The developer's name is mix1009 and there is a link to his/her website.


Apple Airport Extreme AC True Wireless Roaming?

You're always on the same IP network with the same IP address, you're just changing the radio transmitter you're exchanging those packets with. The computer automatically finds the strongest signal and changes it's connection fluidly as long as all the base stations have the same wifi name.

For best performance I strongly recommend ethernet hardwiring wifi access points whenever possible rather than extending a wireless network via repeating.


How much does Hardware Growler affect performance?

Seems like I just had the same effect on Mountain Lion. The computer was so slow that I started to prepare for a reinstall of ML. The machine just hung for minutes just as described here. When I disabled Hardware Growler (newest version from the Mac App Store), performance went up again as if it were a fresh installation!
I will keep an eye on this...


How to solve Yosemite massive memory leak?

OS X (and all modern operating systems) is designed to use all of the memory that's available, for file caches if it has no better use for it. That's not a problem, since memory used for file caches is still available for applications to use.


Why preview.app refuse to open local link in PDFs

I would not expect preview to allow this as a result of conscious design decision by Apple. This is in essence how one design decision of OS X was made different from Windows. One allows core programs that ship with the OS to do all sorts of things and the other attempts to embed security by controlling cross-program interactions.

If Preview.app could open arbitrary, document-specified files (or worse have Finder execute that action on behalf of the user), it opens the door for all sorts of security risks.

Apple's restrictions on permissions is based in part on the difference between local files (being more trusted, and perhaps operating with elevated system privileges) and files from the internet (which are quarantined, subject to less permissions to run locally).

You could file a bug report with Apple to ask how to accomplish a link, but my guess is that this is how preview was designed and not some oversight or bug that prevents this from working on the current build of OS X.


In iPad Pages, how to make the text in a cell of a table vertical?

Vertical text in a table cell is currently not possible to set on Pages for iOS, iPadOS or web, only on macOS.
You can provide feedback to Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/pages-ios-ipados.html.


How can I update everything installed through Homebrew after OSX upgrade?

Use the command brew upgrade in the terminal to update all of the packages.  As for rebuilding all of your programs for the new OS build, there is no reason to do this as the compiled binary should result as the same.  If you are noticing any issues, I would just uninstall and reinstall the packages that you are having issues with.


How to check Raw Files in my iCloud Drive?

The only way I know of to achieve this is by creating a symbolic link to your iCloud Drive folder. Open a Terminal window and enter the following:

ln -s ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents ~/Desktop/iCloud\ Drive

This will place a symbolic link to your iCloud Drive on your desktop. You may move it wherever you please.

Starting with El Capitan, trying to navigate to that folder using the  Cmd  ⌘Shift ⇧G shortcut takes you instead to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs. Incidentally, that is the same location that the Favorites shortcut points to.

Do note that opening most of these folders will take you to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs. However, you can expand them to inspect their contents in List View.

This comes in handy when troubleshooting certain iCloud synchronization issues, such as (in my case), Text Replacements not making it to my Mac.


Tell git not to use my GitHub account (Keychain) for public repositories - it's a privacy issue

Add the variable HOMEBREW_NO_GITHUB_API to your environment.

For example add this to your .bash_profile to turn off "once for all":

export HOMEBREW_NO_GITHUB_API=1

or put it in front of the brew for single actions:

HOMEBREW_NO_GITHUB_API=1 brew search geoip


I've tried this once, when Apple discontinued the iCards, but I wasn't able to do anything that looked nearly as good.

There is a tutorial here: The Graphic Mac

The full documentation is available at Apple's developer site.


How to delete Macbook from Find My iPhone without erasing data?

In Find iPhone you should be able to tap on the device you want to remove. That will take you to the screen where you see the Erase option.

At the top-right of that screen is the option to Remove that device (see my iPad screenshot below).

If the Remove option doesn't appear immediately, give it a few minutes to show up. After tapping Remove you'll get a confirmation dialog box. Once you tap Agree the device will be removed.


How long does Mobile Safari keep read items of Reading List in cache?

You have to remove an article from the reading list to purge the contents.

I suppose there is an implied storage limit since you would run out of space on a device once the cached pages exceed the local storage capacity and/or the capacity of iCloud to manage the content across devices.

I haven't tested it, but iOS has the ability to mark some content as cloud backed / temporary and these articles might get culled if you reach a low storage watermark on iOS, but I've never witnessed that happen even on devices where I've run quite full.


Is it possible to detect/assign faces in iPhoto for iOS?

iPhoto for iOS doesn't do facial recognition nor tagging.


Use media keys on Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 for Spotify

You can create AppleScript's that do things such as play/pause, next track, previous track and then using the Microsoft keyboard pref panel set the key settings for the media keys to use command "Open Item" and then choose the apple script that corresponds with the media key you wish to use.

Here is a link to what the apple scripts should look like.
http://www.jack.sh/2011/07/21/spotify-applescripts-0-5-2/

Honestly, I simply opened Automator, create new application, added action "run appleScript" and for the area where the script goes, added:

tell application "Spotify" to playpause

Next, I assigned that application to the play/pause media key.

For next track and previous track the script should just be

tell application "Spotify" to next track

or

tell application "Spotify" to previous track


whats the volume slider in the multitasking bar for?

The volume changes the volume of the audio on your device, just like the hardware volume buttons do.


Is there a currently available way to connect firewire to a 2011 MacBook Air besides the Apple Thunderbolt monitor?

Nothing shipping immediately, however Sonnet did announce a Thunderbolt ExpressCard adapter  that you could pair with a Firewire ExpressCard to give yourself some Firewire capabilities. Their site claims it will start to ship by December 14, 2011. At one point a   direct Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter was announced, but I can't find any concrete info on it, so I wouldn't count on it appearing any time soon.

Overall Thunderbolt support from anyone other than Apple has been pretty slow to take off. There have been some suggestions that Intel was slow releasing final specs for manufacturers and/or getting production hardware out the door. I've also read that some manufacturers may be waiting for the 2nd generation of cheaper Thunderbolt chips to ship sometime in 2012. Lots of promise in the technology, and I think it will take off sooner or later, but it's still in the early stages unfortunately.


At the moment there is no such option in rEFIt. It has been requested, but there has been no acknowledgement of implementing it.

You could always participate in developing the application and thus getting the feature implemented :)


How can I make Caps Lock work with Hebrew like it did prior to Sierra and without Ukulele?

If you are talking about Apple's built-in Hebrew PC keyboard layout, you cannot make it work like before, but you should still be able to input vowels via Option plus Shift. Or you can download the new keyboard you need to restore the previous behavior.


Screen flickering with 2009 Mac Mini: overheating issue?

I have the same model Mini and have found it to be extremely sensitive to temperature.  You're lucky you didn't permanently damage yours by keeping it in a drawer.  It needs to be out in the air with good clearance around it so that the fan can draw air through.


How to disable discrete graphics card and use only integrated graphics MacBook Pro Early 2011?

Finally!! ( in 2015...? )
MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues

http://www.apple.com/ca/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

I hope this helps everyone.


I receive a "could not sign in" error after upgrade to iOS 11.0

Try switching networks.

If you were using Wi-Fi try another Wi-Fi or switch over to mobile data by disabling Wi-Fi. If you were using your mobile data, try using Wi-Fi.

Often times that helps me out.

If those dont work then you have some options:

Restart device
Reset network settings (if you can get to them)
If resetting device and settings didn't work, check for an iCloud backup or iTunes backup (iCloud preferred). And then erase & restore the iPhone without the backup. If you can sign in with no problem then erase, restore and bring your backup up.

If you can't sign in after the 1st erase and restore without the backup then, call AppleCare and let us know everything that was done and make sure to mention that the restore was done, but it hasn't fixed the issue.


Have you tried talking to your campus' Network Administrators? Plead your case! If they ask why, hold up your iPad. You are never going to be running a cable to that thing with the intention of using it on a network. Only power and maybe headphones!

Working with them might let you use your wireless with their recommended settings. Maybe bring the Express with you and let them configure it in the manner they want. Maybe they would prefer you NAT yourself, maybe they would prefer you to Bridge the connections.


If you select the application and choose File > Get Info, you'll be able to see that the "Kind" of the application is of the kind "Classic", mean it is designed to run on Mac OS 9 (or earlier).

From Mac OS 10.0 to 10.4 (Tiger), PowerPC Macs came with an emulator of Mac OS 9 for running these older applications. Since 10.5 (Leopard) and the switch to Intel processors, these applications have given the error "The Classic environment is no longer supported." when you attempt to run them.

If you really, really need to run this application, here are some alternatives:

Emulate an older Mac, using software such as SheepShaver. This is not for the faint of heart, but there are instructions.
Use an older Mac (such as an iBook G4 or PowerBook) which is still running 10.4 or earlier.
Use an even older Mac running Mac OS 9.


On the iPad, how do I tell what version of Mobile Safari I have?

The only way I've found Ross McNab's way was much better but sadly no longer works (thanks, Apple); Billy Moon's way works but is a bit awkward for one-off checks.

Another way to do this is to use an external website (there are plenty to choose from, just search on "what's my browser"), which will report my user-agent string back to me.

So for instance, these sites will report back to me that my user-agent string is:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5

...from which I can tell that I'm using Mobile Safari 5.0.2.


iTunes Match constantly have to sign out/in

It is this process behind it:

gkbisd[256]: Unable to collect cdhash for /Applications

You will need to disable this in your dameons,  Apple introduced a bug with 10.9.4 mainly that bug is this process,  which is screwing up the keychain of passwords.


iOS 13 not recognizing contacts with country code

I would engage Apple support using the iOS support app. They would be able to confirm this is a bug or possible document the setting no one has discovered yet to remedy this.


You can only use the set tag colours; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or gray.

You're not able to set your own colour, so the closest colour for you would probably be gray.


As you probably well know FF had a rough road recently.

Starting with FF 32.0.0 they got up to 32.0.1, 32.0.2 and 32.0.3 in one week while trying to solve a problem that  shows up as heavy CPU loading and sluggish behavior.

They are still working on resolving the issues with last release.

Best you can do is disable all add-on and extensions to test if it gets better.

FYI:

Here is my Console log with FF 32.0.3 Start UP.

kernel[0]: firefox (map: 0xffffff80384f42d0) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff80384f42d0, region 0x7fff8cc00000->0x7fff8ce00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

kernel[0]: firefox (map: 0xffffff8038d30d20) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff8038d30d20, region 0x7fff8cc00000->0x7fff8ce00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

firefox[602]: stat on /Users/Buscar/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/2l6bevrl.default/sessionstore.js: No such file or directory

And the associated Start UP times (from FF Health Report).


Opening iBooks PDFs with Other Apps on iPhone

Another method, simpler, not involving clouds is as follows:

Touch and hold on book's icon in iBooks, and, from pop-up menu
choose "Print", see figure below:

On the preview page, do inverse pinch (two fingers spread):

Now, from Printer options, lower left corner, touch the square to
send to other applications:

And choose where to send a copy - in this example I used Documents
application


DNS lookups fail with e.g. `ping`, but work with `host`

Why they made this change, I don't know, but it's driven me crazy for a while.

I don't know why things work for host, but not ping, but I think it has to do with the nature of these two utilities. Ping is a simple (although very helpful) diagnostic utility for dropping packets on the wire that should get echoed back to you. The hostname lookup functionality is just a side effect of the job and handed off to the system's recursive resolver (I believe -- I haven't verified by checking linked libraries or anything of that sort). Host's main job is to do DNS name resolution, so it implements its own recursive resolver.

Apple's recursive resolver is mDNSResponder. For some reason, the version of mDNSResponder in Lion needs the "-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains" command line option to behave as it did in Snow Leopard (at least).

Here's a quick way to fix it:

sudo sed -i .orig '/ProgramArguments/,/<\/array>/ {
s/\(<string>-launchd<\/string>\)/\1\
                <string>-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains<\/string>/
}' /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

(There should be two tab characters at the start of the second-to-last line above, but I couldn't figure out how to get this little editor to insert tabs, so I added 16 spaces. Either should work, but the tabs fit the spacing of the original file better.)

This will add the "-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains" argument to the mDNSResponder startup plist file (and save a backup copy), but since this is controlled by launchd, that system needs to be told to restart mDNSResponder.

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

Now, if you check your running mDNSResponder process, you should see it running with your new argument:

ps auxww | grep mDNSResponder

(Props to http://www.makingitscale.com/2011/fix-for-broken-search-domain-resolution-in-osx-lion.html and http://kavassalis.com/2011/07/wtf-bug-in-os-x-10-7/, where I found my answers to this problem.)


Is it possible to wake a machine from ARD?

Your network needs to be able to send WOL (wake-on-LAN) packets to the machines affected. If your network is subnetted, the problem becomes more difficult, if not impossible, without router config magic. This thread at Apple Communities explains the details more succinctly, and offers some solutions.

When I was managing 300+ Macs on two campuses more than a decade ago, it was impossible to wake any Macs from sleep reliably with ARD, so I set the Macs to spin down the hard drives when not in use and set the monitor sleep to a relatively short duration. The Macs never slept during the school day, and to save power, I used pmset commands to turn the Macs off after the close of the school day, and start up before school started on the morning. Naturally, people being who they are, some folks would power-down manually when they were done, but there was nothing I could do about it.

We now use JAMF JSS to manage our Mac fleet, which is thin on desktops -- laptops are the machine of choice. ARD has fallen by the wayside. I loved using it, but I'm no longer doing any serious Mac administration.


Problem with scripted account deletion syntax

[ (and [[) expect an expression, not a command; so you can't directly run commands inside a test.

When you put a pipe in your condition it terminates the evaluation started with [ which makes ] to be treated as an argument to the last grep.

Try putting your condition inside $() like so:

if [ $(dscl . -list /Users | grep -v '^_' | grep $USERNAME) ];

That way the expression (including all the pipes) is going to be executed first and return its exit code to be used in your evaluation.


AppleScript to click buttons and close tabs

Assuming these links are going to be in the same place every time, I'd try Watch Me Do (open up Automator, tell it you want an application. There are lots of built-in actions in the "Internet" subsection of Library, Website Popup looks promising for you.

If that all fails or you want something quick and dirty, pressing the Record button up at the top right will record your screen and keyboard inputs, as well as events for you. You could just code a loop to run the generated code over and over again N times, but be warned that Watch Me Do (the thing activated by record) is only screen scraping. If those links ever move or your window isn't in the same place, the script will bomb, probably clicking on things you don't want it to at all, so be careful!


iPhone photos uploaded on iCloud - not appearing in photos mac when connecting iPhone via the cable

You have three questions here and I'll try to answer them, as they are intertwined, but in general it is better to ask one question at a time:

  isn't there a one-way syncing?

Sort of. There is Photo Stream which allows you to upload the iPhone's images from the last 30 days, which you can then import into your photos library. In your case, you'd have to enable iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream on the iPhone and only enable My Photo Stream on the mac. It would mean though, you have to import your photos/videos at least every 30 days to stay up to date. The support site is quite clear and even explains the differences.

  maybe the Optimize iPhone Storage might be preventing this

Yes. That is exactly whats happening. Only actually downloaded photos/videos will show up on your mac. You could (if its just a very little amount oh media you want to import) manually download them before connecting to the Mac and afterwards import them.

  What would be the workflow, if I turn off the Storage Optimization?

Turning off storage optimization would mean your iPhone would redownload all previous media and save them locally and also keep them on iCloud. Future photos/videos would be saved on iCloud and on your iPhone. This would allow you to import any media on your Mac.

I hope this helps.


Data transfered from old iPad to a new iPad and iPhone; will a reset of the old iPad, wipe the data from the new devices?

If you factory reset your iPad, you won't wipe the data from your other devices.

To give you some perspective, it would be counter intuitive if you lost your phone and remotely wiped your device only to have all your other devices wiped as well.

That being said.... don't have the expectation that your other devices are back ups of your data.  While you will have access to your data in the case of losing a device, if you inadvertently delete your data (all your photos as an example) that change will propagate to all your other devices.


This should not happen. What you can do is, press and hold the home and power key for 10 seconds. The device will enter recovery mode and now you can connect to itunes and install the iOS operating system from scratch.


Moving my iTunes library file to a new machine

Apple has a support document, iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder.

The answer to your questions is "yes".


How to make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion?

To make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion type the following two commands in a terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool yes

killall Dock


Cutting a Mac loose from Portable Home Directory

A high level approach to make the network account on the server as a local account on the MacBook Air would be to do the following:

Unbind the MacBook Air from the directory and delete this user from it.
Copy over the user's home folder from the server into /Users/ on the MacBook Air.
Create a new user with the same shortname as on the server.
Choose OK when OS X prompts you asking if you'd like to use the already existing home directory for this user. This will fix the permissions on all files for this user.


Do the iPad 2 and the 6th generation iPod Nano have the same docking connector?

The iPod Nano 6th gen uses a 32 pin connector, the same found on iPod classic, iPhones, and more importantly in your case the iPad/2  you will find all the specficatons for docks on the Apple support website. Although it doesn't mention the 6th gen Nano.

This omission makes things slightly unclear however if you check out the product description for the Apple dock connector to USB cable you will see it is compatible with the 6th Gen iPod nano.


Mission Control; how do I correct the order of Desktops? I have 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7?

By default, Spaces are reorganized by last used. You can change this in System Preferences -> Mission Control.


How to listen to Beats 1 radio outside of available countries?

One can use any VPN for tunnel to any available country for Beats 1 radio.

It seems that requests only to itsliveradio.apple.com should be tunneled (so your connection speed would not be affected that much because of VPN).

Example workflow:

use TunnelBear to tunnel to UK or US
in its preferences set tunnel to only itsliveradio.apple.com url.


Apps for the multitasking gestures are sorted by the time you last opened them, with some exceptions (see below).

For example, from your home screen open Mail, Safari, and Music, in that order. At this point, if you swipe from right to left, it will switch to Safari because that is the app you opened before Music. If you swipe from right to left again, you will go to Mail, because it was opened before Safari. Then swipe from left to right to go back to Safari, and repeat to go back to Music. Now, go to your home screen and open Safari. It has now been opened most recently, so swiping from left to right will give you the bounce effect. Swiping from right to left will open Music, and repeating will go to Mail.

An app is moved to the front of the swiping list when you open it from your home screen or from the multitasking bar. It will not change position in the list if you open it using multitasking gestures or notification center (unless it is a notification on the lock screen), unless it was not previously open.


Is it possible to upgrade my Time Capsule hard disk and keep the backup(s) from the original?

This is achievable for sure.

First, you need to transfer files and then change your HDD.

This Apple tutorial shows how to transfer the Time Machine backups.
Transfer Time Machine backups from one backup disk to another

Here in this iFixit link, it's a how-to tutorial for the HDD Replacement.
Apple Time Capsule Model A1302 Hard Drive Replacement

I hope you get it done!


How do I know when my HD is under maintenance?

The problems you're experiencing are not due to this "automatic defragmention".

You question seem to indicate that you think of this defragmentation similar to for example the Windows defragmentation program, where you start a lengthy process and wait for minutes or hours where the disk is fully utilized, and then finally your disk is defragmented. This is simply not how it works here, so your questions do not make sense in that regard.

"Automatic defragmentation" on HFS+ happens in two ways: On-the-fly and Hot File Clustering.

On-the-fly means that whenever the system opens a file, it checks if the file is sufficiently small (<20 MB), is not busy, is not read-only, it has not been changed in the past minute and is sufficiently fragmented (>8 extents). If all those conditions are true, and the computer has been running for more than 3 minutes, then the file (and only that file) is defragmented on-the-fly.
Hot File Clustering means that the operating system keeps track of the most used files on your system - up to 5000 files. When such a new file is added to the top list, and the file is sufficiently small (<10 MB), then the file is moved to a specific hot zone on the disk. This implicitly defragments the file.

Therefore:

The hard drive is never "under maintenance". Automatic defragmentation is not something that is done for a full drive, and it is not something that hinders other accesses to the disk. Thus it doesn't make sense to try to figure out if your disk is "under maintenance".
You cannot take control of the processs. There's no lengthy process happening that is defragmentation your entire disk at once. Thus there's really not much to control in the process. The actual automatic defragmentation occurs over the course of a single second or less.
You cannot change the schedule of the process - because there isn't a schedule. This is not like for example Windows Defragmentation where some in the Windows 95-era would set up a scheduled task to defragment their hard disk every Monday evening. Automatic defragmentation here does not happen on a time based schedule. Instead it is simply based on which files you open - which cannot be predicted in advance.
Both types of "automatic defragmentation" only works on small files (<20 MB or <10 MB) - so they could never have been invoked for your 150+ GB large files.

The macOS system does not by default perform any other type of automatic, periodic "maintenance" of a hard drive without being requested specifically by the user.

Therefore you'll need to look for something "out of the ordinary", such as a hardware error, software bug or configuration issue. You can do this for example by:

Examining system Console logs and dmesg outputs for indications of I/O errors from the RAID-drive.
Examining administrative software for your OWC RAID-system to see if it has logs or indicators of errors or problems.
Use disk latency testing tools (such as for example fio) to check if your RAID-drive has latency issues in general, for example with high number of IOPS.
Use system monitoring tools such as Activity Monitor, top, filesys, etc. to check for resource exhaustion and/or programs hogging the disk bandwidth.


iOS RSS reader App for offline browsing?


Why are network speeds reported by Activity Monitor different than the ones reported by speedtest.net?

It's using a totally different averaging method.
It's not examining the exact start & stop point that Speedtest is, it's just doing an average over the past 5 seconds.
I got 217mbps Speedtest, 20MB/s Activity Monitor. It took it at least 2 updates to even reach that, by which time Speedtest had just about finished.
Switching Activity Monitor from its default 5 second update to just 1 second* & the values just about match - I was getting 217mbps Speedtest with 27MB/s Activity Monitor (roughly).
Also bear in mind you are comparing a one-trick pony - an app dedicated to providing line speed results - against one that's more a general overview of what your entire machine is doing.
After comments
As there was still a discrepancy at 1s sampling, try to eliminate sources of error - switch from WiFi to wired Ethernet; remove any VPN connections; test another account or Mac.
*View menu > Update Frequency


Do I need the Developer Program to sign an app for my own use?

You do not need to join the $99 Developer program.
There are two cases:
Intel Mac: You do not need to sign the app.  And there may be an advantage to that as it then doesn't need to be checked for certificate revocation or notarisation.
M1 Mac: It must be signed, but you can do that with an ad-hoc signature with codesign -s - appname.app
Have a read of this from Howard Oakley.  It is focused on avoiding OCSP (certificate revocation checks), but has the detail you need which is not very much!
There are Apple documents too.  For example Open app from un identified developer.  Basically saying to Control-click and open.


How can I install Fedora Linux on a MacBook Pro, Model A1150?

I see in your question, per the second and third bullet points, you are attempting to boot the USB Flash Drive via UEFI.

From 4.2 UEFI boot of USB sticks on How to create and use Live USB

There are two MacBook Pro's with Model Number A1150, both having the Model Identifier MacBookPro1,1 with one of the following Processors, Intel Core Duo (T2400, T2500, T2600) and Intel Core Duo (T2500, T2600) on the 15" Glossy Display.

All three processors listed use a 32-bit Instruction Set.

Therefore, since UEFI booting is only supported with the 64-bit release of Fedora and the MacBook Pro model A1150 has a 32-bit processor, you will need to download and burn a 32-bit version of Fedora to optical media (CD/DVD) and attempt to boot from it, if that too is even possible.


Can I transfer and view xvid (avi) videos on an iPad?

You could also try AirVideo, which will convert and stream xvid (and other formats) from a local PC.  You can connect to it via local network or remotely as well.http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html


Is there any way in Lion to have "Natural" scrolling for trackpad and "reverse" for mouse?

You may try Scroll Reverser. That screenshot says it all; you can invert scrolling per-axis and per-device, individually for trackpad and mouse.

(source)


MacBook Pro - can't boot into Windows, how to fix the MBR?

Since your drive was hybrid partitioned, I will assume Windows was setup to legacy BIOS boot. You can confirm this by enter the following command in a Terminal application window.

ls /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/Boot/BCD

If Windows was set to BIOS boot, then you will get the following response.

/Volumes/BOOTCAMP/Boot/BCD

Otherwise, you will get the response shown below.

ls: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/Boot/BCD: No such file or directory

If the /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/Boot/BCD file does not exist, then post a comment.

  Note: The Boot folder is marked as hidden, so the BCD file will not normally appear in the Finder application.

One problem preventing Windows from booting would be there is no long an partition marked active in the MBR partition table. You can correct this error by running the fdisk command, while booted from an external macOS installation disk. The commands to enter are given below.

fdisk -e /dev/disk0
flag 3
quit
y

An example is given below.

$ fdisk -e /dev/disk0
fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory
Enter 'help' for information
fdisk: 1> flag 3
Partition 3 marked active.
fdisk:*1> quit
Writing current MBR to disk.
Device could not be accessed exclusively.
A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n] y

If Window still fails to boot, then post a comment.


Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to create a favicon via the gui elements of iWeb. However, you are able to pretty simply add the html to the published version of your site.

I recommend following this guide from All About iWeb. It walks you through how to first create the favicon using one of a variety of free online tools and then informs you where it needs be stored in your site's structure as well as the necessary html you need to add to your pages.


I didn’t know that holding a key in OS X produced a list like that. Very useful!

Not a direct answer to your question, but may help you, is that if you type alt+e then o you will end up the the “ó” character.

The alt+e combination gives you the acute diacritic mark, then you just enter the letter you want to put under it. So alt+e then e works to get “é” too.

You can also do alt+e then shift+o to get “Ó”.


SSH rejecting key file with extended attributes

I assume your working directory is ~/.ssh/ when you run ssh-add, ls and xattr.

I suspect there is a subdirectory named dev (i.e., ~/.ssh/dev/). Check for it with ls -lFd dev.

ls normally lists the contents of a directory. Adding the -d option lists a directory as a directory itself.

Further, I suspect that there is a file, ~/.ssh/dev/dev which is what ls -lF is displaying the information about.

If my suspicion is correct, xattr dev displays the extended attributes of the subdirectory named dev (not the file dev/dev). The directory attributes probably are not the cause of this problem.

If this is confusing, ls -lFR might help you see what's happening (the -R option recursively lists subdirectories).

Finally, if my suspicion is correct and you're really trying to add a private key identity file named ~/.ssh/dev/dev to the ssh authentication agent, try ssh-add dev/dev (or perhaps better, ssh-add ~/.ssh/dev/dev, which should work no matter the permissions of the enclosing directory.


OS X: disable CMD-H or "Hide App" command?

You might use a private.xml like this with Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>test</name>
    <identifier>test</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::H, VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>
  </item>
</root>


Windows resize on primary monitor when I wake up the computer. Dual monitor setup

So for anyone that might have this issue, in my case it was as simple as rebooting into safe mode.

I held down the shift key after the startup sound, released it when I saw the apple icon. After it successfully rebooted into safe mode I simply did a normal restart. I suppose this cleared out system caches and the windows stay put now after I wake up the displays.

*One weird issue when booting into safe mode that might help others as well. For some reason I had an issue with only seeing a cursor and a black screen. I assumed for some reason the login window just didn't display properly and I hit Escape and typed in my password as usual. I then noticed a spinning beachball and it logged in.


Where to complain to Apple about an premium reseller that is sending spam?

Opinion: You should take it up with the company in question first. Give them a chance to change their practises before informing the mothership.

The contact number listed on Apple’s Web site that seems best suited is the one intended for “Reseller Referral (Resellers, Trainers, Consultants)”, (800) 538-9696


How many devices can be associated with an Apple ID for Find my iPhone?

I don't think there is any enforced limit for using one account on lots of devices if all you care to do is use Find My Phone. You will run into the 10 device limit if you try to install apps using this ID, but just entering it into iCloud and only turning on FMP (FMi / FMiP ??!) should scale past the limits people normally reach when using one ID for multiple devices.

Even if you get away with this, your users might get confused or wish to use Find My.../iCloud themselves and find you have locked their device

You might want to reach out to your Apple account rep to avoid running into several anti-fraud efforts that prevent this sort of mass scale deployment if you try to use one Apple ID for say the App Store on so many devices. In addition to that specifically being against the licensing terms, you will face delays if and when this account gets locked, so plan to test things out with a small group (say 3-8 devices sharing one ID) as a pilot before you decide how to manage all 100 devices.

There are quite a few MDM packages available, but without knowing your specific situation, it will be hard for you to determine if automating some of the management will be a good investment or if you can just use the Apple Configurator to set up your deices and depend on the end users to manage their Apple ID/iCloud accounts and not mess with your one set up to track all the devices.


How can I find out the temperature of my Macbook Pro?

OS X does not offer this functionality. smcFanControl and the iStat widgets are the typical go-to choices for this issue. I personally use smcFanControl. It gives me both the temperature and the ability to monitor fan operation.


How to coerce Lion Time Machine into offering backup history migration?

You can't get that dialog back, but you can inherit the backup manually via Terminal using the tmutil command. Do man tmutil for more information.

Example:

$ sudo tmutil inheritbackup "/Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/iMac"

For more information, see the blue box here: http://Pondini.org/TM/B6.html and you would do well to read the whole page before starting the process.


if you use Photoshop this is easy to do, under File/Automate/Batch which will allow you to pick files, set any options on quality etc that you like


How to transparently mark a picture in preview?

In Yosemite Preview:

Select Tools > Annotate > Rectangle. This will create a rectangle with the default attributes. You can resize the rectangle with the handles.
The Markup toolbar should appear automatically, but if it doesn't, choose View > Show Markup Toolbar.
The second icon from the right is the fill color. Select that and click Show Colors...
A color picker comes up that lets you set the opacity.

Here are a couple of screenshots of the Preview window showing what I did:

That's after steps 1 and 2, and I dragged the new rectangle to the right so you can see initially it's completely opaque. The Markup toolbar is the toolbar directly above the image itself.

This is after step 4, where I used the color picker to change the color to green with a 50% opacity. I also removed the outline stroke using the 3rd icon form the right in the Markup toolbar. In the Markup toolbar, you can see the second and third icons from the right changed to reflect the new settings.

That's the color picker you get after you choose Show Colors... from the fill icon in the Markup toolbar. Note that the picker itself might be different depending on which one you last used, but all I've seen have Opacity at the bottom. You can change the picker itself using the icons at the top.


Is an older MagSafe power adapter compatible with a newer model MacBook Pro?

Yes - an 85 W magsafe adapter is an 85 W magsafe adapter no matter what the end cord arrangement. The newer adapters have a thin barrel more like the 45 W macbook air barrel style adapters first required due to the limited space where it connected.

The heat and burning smell could be a safety issue (especially if your sniffer isn't very sentitive)  - have it looked at by a professional that sees a lot of adapters or just replace it if your sense it it's not working properly.


MacBook kernel panic error screen on boot

You should take the computer in to your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized reseller. It may be that the milk (or milk residues) finally dripped down enough to short out parts of the motherboard.

Don't try lying to them; fess up to the milk spill and maybe you'll get lucky. In any case, you're looking at what is likely to be an expensive repair (involving the motherboard, keyboard, and anything in between).


How to find devices on my local network through their IP address

If you have Android or iOS devices running on the same network, you can install a FREE app called Fing and list all devices connected and their MAC addresses and IPs.


How to set already-paired bluetooth devices again into discovery mode?

Regarding the Magic Mouse you can kick it into discovery mode by holding down the mouse button, switch the mouse on, keep on holding the mouse button until the green light starts blinking!


WiFi connected but not working after a while, unless i turn it off and on again (macosx sierra)

Go to Network in System Preferences. Go to Advanced, and check the DNS Servers. You should have 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, add those if they are not on there. Now check if your ipv4 is set to DHCP, and turn off ipv6 if it is on.


El Capitan Mission Control: How to select an app with the keyboard?

The best alternative solution:

Press command-space to open spotlight, then start typing the title of the app (or whatever) you want and press enter.


I ended up downloading from the developer site and trashing the old version. This seems to work.


AirPort Express no power-on - can it be repaired or replaced?

I don't believe that the Airport Express is considered a serviceable product. As you have seen from the repair sites it isn't easily opened. A repair from Apple isn't likely to be available or cost effective. It never hurts to ask though -- especially at the Genius Bar where they have some discretion depending on your situation.

Without destroying the exterior, you are likely faced with getting a replacement. You could save some money by buying a refurbished Airport Express from Apple. And perhaps even sell your old one for parts on eBay in case someone else wants to split it open.


AirPort Extreme not accepting ISP cable modem DHCP

Many cable modems will only provide DHCP for a small number of hosts, possibly only one. Resetting the modem by unplugging its power supply should let it forget what hosts it has provided IP addresses for, so you can start over.


The binary might be the same, but the code contains conditionals so that some parts works differently on the iPad compared to the iPhone. Just check out the user interface - they are definitely not identical.

Besides, there's obvious differences in for example screen size, resolution, CPU speed and RAM.

If you haven't got an iPhone to test with you could download Xcode from Apple and use the iPhone simulator to test your web sites with.


The new Web Inspector was made to be a bit closer to Xcode.

There is no direct way to get the old one back, without reverting to other means. For example:

running Lion in a VM (to run an older Safari).
Running a nightly build of WebKit - but this may only have the new inspector
Using Chrome (while still WebKit, it still uses something that seemed closer to me like the old inspector).

So no, at this time, it doesn't look like its possible to revert back to an 'older' version of the inspector. The best bet would be to submit bugs at http://bugreporter.apple.com. If it is missing features that the old one had, possibly future revisions would bring some of this back.


Try enabling your airplane mode for 10 seconds. Then disable and try accessing your App Store/apps. If this does not fix it. Do a hard reset.

Hold close iPhone button/sleep and the home button, till the screen blacks. Wait a few seconds and then hold the close iPhone/sleep button to turn it back on. (iPhone 4's top button)

If you don't trust the hard reset idea, google it.

Hope this helps. :)


How to forward iPhone SMS with original received/sent date stamps attached on iOS 6.1

sms will always have the time stamp from the time and sender of the message.  not the message you're quoting.

if you want some evidence of timing etc, take a screen cap of original message and send that as an mms to the next person.  clunky, but might help


connect AirPods to MacBook Air (Early 2014) with Sierra - Bluetooth pairing doesn't work

After installing the update macOS Sierra 10.12.4 the connection to AirPods working fine.

In release notes About the macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Update nothing about AirPods written.


You're not actually mapping ::1 to 127.0.0.1 in this case. You're providing an invalid name for ::1 that is essentially disabling the entry. You can't map an ipv6 address to an ipv4 address - they're not compatible.

If you need localhost resolution for ipv6 to not be enabled, simply comment the ::1 line out, or don't include it at all.


How to use Mouse's Right Click Manually on keyboard?

Use option click.

You can set your mouse to use right click in the System Preferences. Go to the  logo at the top left of your screen to get there. Or click the icon on your dock.


I believe you would like to take a look at this Endgadget link that explains (even with a video) what you need.

If you have two Thunderbolt ports (only the 27inch iMac), then those can support two external displays (confirmed by Apple, you can google that).

(this has been also asked on SuperUser)


Lock & Unlock the screen via WLAN - Keyboard

You may be able to work something together in automator but I am not too familiar with that app.

I would check and see if you have wake for network access on.
In System Preferences->Energy Saver there is a checkbox to "wake for network access". If that is unchecked it is unlikely your computer will respond since I believe that app is based on Networking

[UPDATE]: Doing a quick search it appears other users are experiencing this issue with synergy and lion. take a look here


Google Chrome is scriptable through the Chromium suite—the execute method is what you're looking for. Here is an example of your code, re-written for Chrome:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    execute front window's active tab javascript  "document.getElementsByName('0.7.7.7.7.7.5')[0].value=" & quoted form of theProfil & ""
    delay 0.1
    execute front window's active tab javascript "document.getElementsByName('0.7.7.7.7.1.7')[0].click();"
end tell

See this question on Stack Overflow for reference, or consult the Google Chrome AppleScript dictionary (in Script Editor, click File > Open Dictionary… and choose Google Chrome).


Can I output 1080p at 240hz from my 2017 MacBook Pro 13inch with Touch Bar

Unfortunately, no.

Because your MacBook only has USB-C Thunderbolt, you will need a USB-C Thunderbolt to DisplayPort adapter. This Apple USB-C to DisplayPort adapter states that it can provide up to 60hz. This Apple article covers connecting UHD monitors with your Mac and states (paraphrased):

  The MacBook Pro (2016 and later) can support these resolutions and refresh rates over HDMI 1.4b when using the USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter with macOS Sierra 10.12 or later:
  Up to 1080p at 60Hz
  3840 x 2160 at 30Hz

Allan is correct, you will probably want an active Thunderbolt to Displayport adapter. I forget USB-C and Thunderbolt are not interchangeable terms.


How to merge partition in macos catalina

I agree with Gilby's answer with respect to having the Projects volume stored in the same container as the Macintosh HD volume. This answer involves merging while attempting to preserve the Projects volume in a separate partition.  Here, I assume there is no data to be saved on the Untitled volume. You can not directly merge the partition containing the Untitled volume into the partition containing the Macintosh HD volume, because the partition containing the Projects volume is between these two partitions. This answer will clone the Projects volume to the partition containing the Untitled volume, then merge the partition that contained the original Projects volume into the partition containing the Macintosh HD volume

The example used in this answer was taken from a virtual machine with Catalina installed on a much smaller internal drive. The drive was not encrypted.

The steps to clone and merge are given next.

Click on the Disk Utility window and then press the ⌘+1 key combination to insure the proper sidebar is displayed, as shown below.

First, highlight the Untitled volume shown in the sidebar, then select the Restore button. For Restore from:, select the Projects volume, as shown below.

Finally, select the Restore button in the popup window. When finished, select the Done button. I needed to quit and open the Disk Utility to see the results. There should now be two Projects volumes, as shown below.

Highlight the first Projects volume shown in the sidebar, then select the Partition button. If necessary, select the Partition button in the popup window. With the partition containing the original Projects volume highlighted in the pie chart, select the - button. The result is shown below.

Next, select the Apply button, then the Partition button. When finished, select the Done button. I quit and opened the Disk Utility to be sure I was seeing the correct results. There should now be one Projects volume, as shown below.

You are finished.
Instructions When Projects Volume Is Formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Since your Projects Volume is APFS formatted, you can ignore the instructions below.

Before proceeding with the numbered steps given above, first execute the following instructions. Click on the Disk Utility window and then press the ⌘+2 key combination to insure the proper sidebar is displayed, as shown below.

Note: Your container numbering may different.

Next, highlight the container for the Untitled volume shown in the sidebar, then select the Erase button. For Format:, select the Mac OS Extended (Journaled), as shown below.

Finally, select the Erase button in the popup window. When finished, select the Done button. I needed to quit and open the Disk Utility to see the results. The Untitled volume should no longer be in a container, as shown below.

You can now proceed with the numbered steps given above.


Another method to activate your iPhone is using the iTunes application. Follow the steps below to activate your iPhone without a SIM Card.

Download and install the latest version of iTunes from Apple on to your computer.
Using an iPhone compatible USB data cable connect your non-activated iPhone to the computer.
Run iTunes on your computer and follow the instructions which show up on the screen to activate the iPhone.

That’s all now you can use your iPhone without a SIM card.


VirtualBox: Bridged Connection Not Working - High Sierra

Huh--strange! So it turns out that it was something with that particular .ova file. I just downloaded Ubuntu and it was able to bridge no problem. I guess that's something that I need to report to Rapid7.


iPhone 5s: Have to wait before I swipe after unlock animation is done

This isn't a solution (I doubt there is one, at least without jailbreaking), but it seems you can open apps immediately. So I would recommend putting those apps that you want to be able to open right away every time you check your phone like email on the bottom, so that they are always there.

It also looks like pressing the home button to swipe all the way left to the first home screen does not have a delay, so you could put apps on the first home screen and press the home button after unlocking (which is easy as you finger is already there). When I tested it it seemed pretty easy to accidentally activate Siri, so you might want to disable her if you do this if you don't use her.


Why can carriers limit unlocked iPhone hotspot/tethering?

The main reason for this is that Apple works together with cell providers. Both have an interest in having the right products available for their customers.
It is of course trivial to say that the iPhone knows that it is tethering, as this is part of the functionality implemented on the iPhone. However, as you state: the main reason that providers know that you're tethering is simply that the phone tells them this. Often this is done by having ordinary data traffic to/from the phone pass via one APN, and tethered traffic pass via a different APN.
This allows cell providers to offer different service levels, transfer maximums, pricing, QoS, etc. on the two types of date.
However, it is not so that any tethering is not detectable without the iPhone explicitly telling the provider that tethering occurs. Cell providers have ways of detecting tethering that works in different ways – some more foolproof than others.
For example data packets on an IP network have a TTL value in their headers. Whenever the packet is routed from one network to another (for example from a laptop to a home router to a USB connection to your phone and to the cell providers network) then the TTL value is decreased by one at each "hop". This is done to ensure that no packet can stay in the network indefinitely (i.e. due to loops, circular routing, or other problems) so when the TTL value reaches 0 it is discarded. A cell provider can use changes in this number as an indication of tethering happening.
Historically, tethering has been one of the reason why some have jailbroken their phones. Several types of add-ons exist that are intended for users to get tethering working (or bypass limits) where it previously wasn't possible. In some cases this could be breaking their agreements with their cell providers, in others not. This has been discussed for example here:
https://yalujailbreak.net/hotspot-tethering-app-iphone/
Additionally, some have created apps that allow for the same functionality without jailbreaks. For example take a look at this open source project:
https://github.com/rickyzhang82/tethering
Essentially they work by implementing a proxy server in an app on the phone. This allows other computers to connect to the proxy for data transfers (such as web browsing, downloading files, or whatever it might be) while the data transfers appear to have taken place on the phone itself.


How to flag a single message in a thread?

Select the thread.
Scroll to the message.
Hover over the space above the title. The cursor should show “grab”:

Double click, and the message will be shown in a pop-up window.
In toolbar of the pop-up window, there is a “flag” button, which will only flag this message.


Can I have my iPhone play sound for MacBook?

This can be done using an app called Airfoil.

Description of Airfoil app:

  Stream any audio from your Mac all around your network. Send music services like Spotify or web-based audio like Pandora wirelessly to all sorts of devices, including the Apple TV, HomePod, Google Chromecast, Sonos devices, and Bluetooth speakers. You can even send to iOS devices and other computers.

This supports sending audio to iOS devices and is also available for Windows.

The corresponding app for iOS to revive the audio is Airfoil Satelite.


Does Xcode 7 Require Admin Account to Build and Sign App

Apple describes the roles in this document:

https://developer.apple.com/support/roles/

You won't be able to create the needed certificates as a non-admin / non-agent user - but reading your question indicates that you just need to have them delivered to you, so if you already have valid certs and keys you should be good to go signing in as a team member account.

Just set a reminder to leave enough time to remind the admin to renew the certificates since your builds and apps will fail at a known date based on the expiry for the certs you have for the build today.


Why is Chrome aggressively consuming CPU cycles?

Why - because it's got a bug or loop and can't tell you it's stuck in human terms.

So, you'll need to look at the guts of the program or get someone to help get to why in your case the software wants to eat all your battery.

In activity monitor, first select chrome and run System Diagnostics.... Then go make a cup of tea. When you get back, click Sample Process while you highlighted the selected chrome item and look over the sample results.

Based on where it spends time, you’ll need to triage things. I recommend people start by filtering the sample as Percent of Thread so you can see where the busy parts of the code are and hide the fames the drop from a high percentage of time to a low percentage of time.

The alternative, is just triage and remove things chrome could do. Pitch all extensions - add them back half by half until you identify the culprit(s).

Catalina: After some hours various things start to crash and/or stop working

Also, keep track of your time spent baby sitting that browser to protect your battery charge. At some point, you’ll know to delete it and import your bookmarks into another browser.

From your detail already in the question, I have high confidence you’ll determine one bad plug in or just remove and reinstall it will quiet it down. That amount of CPU use is egregious and should be easy to chase down. Worst case you have the sysdiagnose that captures more data to analyze.


Does anyone know how to create an Apple ID? Account creation is failing

You should go to https://developer.apple.com and look for the Account link at top of the page. You should be able to create a free developers account. If you are developing for macOS or iOS you'll need this account sooner or later anyway.


iTunes archive on non permanent external drive?

It is possible. In fact, I manage my family's iPod this way.

The howto is answered in How to move iTunes’ Mobile Applications folder to an external hard drive. Shut down iTunes, move your library, then start iTunes back up while holding down Option. Tell it you will choose a library, then show it your library on your drive. For more advanced library management, see Can I keep my iTunes library on an external drive?.
As for your concerns, always shut down iTunes before removing your drive. I don't know what will happen if you unplug it without killing iTunes.
If you try to bring up iTunes without your drive plugged in, you will see these two dialogs, one after the other:

In the first one, simply click OK to get the second one, then quit, plug in your drive, and try again. If iTunes can't find your library, it will not try to sync your iPhone or download purchased music.


Recover playlists from iTunes iOS device backup

I'm fairly sure that the playlists are considered data synced from iTunes, and therefore aren't included in a backup.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136

I just took a look through a few backups just to make sure, and I didn't see the playlist data anywhere.


Splashtop supports audio redirection (from the desktop to the iPad), however it requires running the Splashtop Streamer on your Mac.

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