User Authentication in Microsoft Document Connection

I had this same problem, and found the fix.

Our problem was that the company had migrated to a new domain, with all our usernames etc intact. So our old username (without a domain specified) was in the MDC Preferences, but it wouldn't let me change the username to domain\username. And the old username couldn't be entered either.

So the solution was to enter the new domain in the Preferences.

For future reference, here's the procedure:

Quit Microsoft Document Connection.app if it's running.
Go to a Finder window, pull down the Go menu, then "Go to folder" and paste in

~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/14.0/Document Connection/
Edit the file Document Connection.xml with your favorite reliable text editor.
Find the line containing authkey, there should be only one. The line should look like this:

<attribute name="authkey" type="string">myusername</attribute>
Add NEWDOMAIN\\ right before myusername (make sure to use TWO backslashes, otherwise it just escapes the first letter in your username).

<attribute name="authkey" type="string">NEWDOMAIN\\myusername</attribute>
Save, close, and reopen Microsoft Document Connection. You should see your NEWDOMAIN\myusername (but still gray'ed out) when you add or select an existing Sharepoint site. Enter your new password and optionally save to keychain.

Now you should be cookin' with gas!


How to sync LastPass or 1Password with Apple Keychain?

Perhaps you mean 1Password by AgileBits? If so I can answer that as a happy user of 1Password that you can't. Migrating or syncing passwords from/with the keychain is as far as I know, not strictly possible.

But 1Password (at least) is designed as a replacement for the Apple Keychain. the migration is not without its pain points (manually moving passwords over wholesale, or a few at a time as they pop up is not fun) but once you have all your passwords moved over your need for Keychain is gone.

Also, you can get an iOS version of 1Password as well which syncs with the desktop versions (either through the cloud or locally within your WLAN) and ties in nicely with Mobile Safari and other apps on your iDevice.


How can I use the fn key as a standalone key on my Mac?

You can stop F14 from changing the brightness in System Preferences.

Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Display, and untick "Decrease display brightness":

Any integrated brightness keys on your keyboard will continue to function.


Any better way to purge the inactive memory?

Yes, you can, one command only (run in Terminal):

purge

And recheck inactive RAM


Since I'm by no means qualified to fix Google problems, I ended up using brute force.

First I renamed this folder :
/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/

Then I killed the GoogleSoftwareUpdate update Program with

sudo launchctl remove com.google.keystone.system.agent

First result is in: (Victory)

Aug 16 20:51:06 myMBA com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.system.agent[771]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 2: No such file or directory: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent

We will see tomorrow if it stays put over night and stops trying to update Google Software every hour.


The 802.11 specification has a standard for Beacon Frames that get sent periodically to broadcast all the details about a particular hotspot.

All Apple hardware for Wi-Fi implements this specification and the radio just has to listen for beacon frames over a period of time and present those options to the software.

I don't have a analysis or trace of the specific chipset within any iPhone, but my experience is that the device joins known networks within a second or so of coming into range of a network that is saved and set to be auto joined. Also, it would clearly start listening for beacon frames as soon as you turned on Wi-Fi from exiting Airplane mode, starting up or waking from sleep.


Is there an extension for macOS Photos for perspective correction?

The app “Perspective Photos Extension” would seem to be the answer to my question. But neither its screenshots nor its reviews convinced me it would be worth the purchase. I haven’t come across any similar app that provides a Photos extension. Instead, I decided to try “DxO Perspective” in combination with “External Editors For Photos”.


According to Apple:

Tap Cancel Subscription. If you don’t see Cancel Subscription, the subscription is already canceled and won't renew.

You stated you don't see the Cancel Subscription button so that means it's already canceled. Cancelling means that it won’t renew now at the next interval. If you want to be very safe to double check, you could reinstall the app and delete it when connected to the internet. Apple will ask if you want to cancel the subscription when you delete an app with an active subscription.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039


Why can't I paste Chinese characters to Word?

You might need to install some fonts in order to make Word able to display those characters. This is a common problem with Asian languages - for example it is almost impossible to get Excel to show Thai fonts, although if you install Thai fonts on the system, Word will use them.

You also did not specify which version of MS Office you are running - older versions were even worse than recent versions.


Is there an iPhone app for outlining that has a decent web/desktop companion?

Evernote should work for you, there are web/desktop (PC/Mac) and iPad apps, as well as the iPhone app.


Preview is not actually opening the document for formatting/editing.

It opens a image of it, so no you can not change the font size, but you can increase the size of the image it self.


Latest Swift comes with Xcode 11.5 which should run on Catalina. So go to the app store and download the latest version of Xcode.


Is there a faster way to change my sound inputs and outputs?

Yes. You can select any connected device via the Volume icon in your menu bar.

To do this, hold the option key down first before clicking on the volume icon. This will give you a choice of both Output Devices and Input Devices and you can just use your mouse to select the device you want. You can also use this as a quicker way to open your Sound Preferences directly.

NOTE: If you do not have the volume icon in your menu bar, you can enable this in your Sound Preferences.


What external screen size/resolution will make using Xcode on an 11 inch Air better?

I would look at the pixel counts for the current iMacs since I've never heard of anyone that couldn't get substantial work done with the smaller but that most developers really appreciate the pixels of the larger iMac if they do substantial coding (6 hours a day or more).

http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/

The lower pixel count is 1920-by-1080 and the larger is 2560-by-1440

I've actually been productive on the 11 inch Air when traveling, but having a second display of any size was a big plus when at a desk to have code or documentation on the built in display and the app running on the larger screen (or the other way occasionally).

The fact that you have one use in mind for the Mac means you probably can do with less screen than someone that will also want to do communication, email, calendar as well as coding.


I am going to buy an old iMac G3 Over the next couple of days/weeks,
and I want to make sure that I am buying a system with no problems.

Assuming you're getting the Bondi-Blue iMac G3, you're looking at a machine with 20 years on it.  Getting one with "no problems" is a tall order and akin to buying a "reliable classic car."
Some of the issues you can expect:

brittle plastic
malfunctioning CD-ROM
leaking capacitors
failing IDE/PATA Hard Drive

If you get a machine that boots and runs, you're well on your way.  That said, this will run OS 8, 9 and OS X through 10.3 Panther.
What to look out for...

Make sure you have original install disks.  If you do, the second disk will have your diagnostic tools.  Boot that and run them

Run First Aid using Disk Utility.  If the drive is actively failing, this will tell you.

Bring an audio CD  with you to test out the drive and how well the speakers work

Determine whether you're getting the Rev A. or B model.  The B version had the ability to support more memory (512M versus 384M) and better graphics (6MB VRAM on ATI Rage Pro versus 2M RAM on ATI Rage)


Why MBP 13' has only 1280x800 res. when the MBA with the SAME graphic card has 1440x900?

The simple answer is that the MBP doesn't have a screen that can display 1440x900 - it's native resolution is 1280x800 (ie. it only has that many pixels). This is a physical limitation, not a software limitation. There is no point in sending a higher resolution image to the screen, since it can't display any higher detail.

I can't tell you why Apple chose a higher resolution display for the 13" MBA than the 13" MBP, given that I wasn't party to those decisions. The reasoning may be purely historical, however. The white MacBooks had a resolution of 1280x800. Apple introduced an aluminum unibody version of the MacBook with the same display in 2008. By mid-2009, Apple decided to rebrand the unibody MacBook as the 13" MacBook Pro - still keeping the 1280x800 display. My guess is that they just haven't gotten around to changing it yet.


El-Cap Mail app intermittent IMAP connection issues

This problem is reported so often that it is likely there are multiple causes.  But after many months of putting up with this exact issue, here is what worked for me:

Mail => Preferences => General => Check for new messages

The default setting is Automatically

Change this to Every 5 minutes

I imagine anything will work except "Automatically".  My guess is that the Automatic option leaves a connection open to the imap server, and this is what gets screwed up.  I have not tested but it also possible the problem occurs because I click the manual download button while Mac Mail is set to Automatic download.  All I know is that this has been a continuing annoyance for a long time and with this change, it works.


How can I open all the files in all the subdirectories of a folder?


How can I specify a minimum font size for viewing email in Apple Mail?

At the top of the Mail app, there is a toolbar as shown below.

As shown above, there are buttons to increase and decrease the size of the font. If these buttons do not appear on your mail viewer you can edit the toolbar by going to the View menu item and selecting 'Customize the Toolbar'. When you click on this you get the panel shown below.

The red line on this image is directly below the icons for increasing and decreasing the font size. Adding these to your toolbar will enable you to change the font size for any mail message you view. This is same as ankiiiiiii's answer bit a different way of implementing it.

Another option which may stick is to go to Preferences under the Mail menu item. Once the Preferences pane appears, click on the 'Fonts and Colors' tab near the top of the panel. This brings open a panel where you can set the font size and font color.


Is texting required for Apple Watch fall detection?

None of this data is sent as an iMessage or SMS.

If I have a talk-only phone plan without texting, for example, would the location still be transmitted as part of the emergency call?

If you have a talk only plan with no texting (do those still exist?), it won't be able to send GPS location data at all.  How would it? "Talk Only" means just that - talk - there's no data whatsoever so it couldn't send location data.  It's a moot point anyway.
The way fall detection works is that after a fall has been detected and you haven't responded, it makes a voice call to the programmed emergency number and plays an audio message that includes latitude and longitudinal data.
From Apple Support Use fall detection with Apple Watch

When the call connects, your Apple Watch plays an audio message that informs emergency services that your Apple Watch detected a hard fall and then it shares your current location as latitude and longitude coordinates.

So, to answer your question, yes, the location would be transmitted, as audio as part of the emergency call.


There's a difference between hardware support (new battery, replacement screen, etc) and software support.

Typically, Apple provides hardware support for 5 years after manufacture on their products.

The iPhone 5S is not currently listed as 'vintage'. However, it's possible the list may be updated shortly, as the phone was discontinued 5 years ago.
The iPhone 6 was discontinued 2 years ago, so will still receive hardware support until 2022.

As for software support: obviously, the devices will not be offered new OS updates, but in the event of a major security flaw, they may receive a patch to fix the problem.

The phones will of course continue to work as they are. Apps will not be updated if they require newer OS versions than are present.


files not appear on Desktop and Drag & Drop is not working on Desktop

Just in case it's your preferences that have got corrupted somehow, you could try the following two commands in the Terminal:

$ defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true
$ killall Finder


Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes?

find repeat and shuffle in iTunes menus and memorize their name as is.
Press CommandSpace, Type Keyboard and press enter.
select Keyboard Shortcuts
in left side of the page, find Application Shortcuts and select it.
click + button below
in front of Application, choose iTunes
type the exact name of the menu item for shuffle and repeat
set shortcut keys for them.


How vulnerable is 10.6 Snow Leopard to hacking?

Yes, there's a variety of exploits available. Though there's no one complete list, there's certainly a variety (see this one), including Shellshock, a remote exploit in Bash, and SeaPea, a root exploit. Apple will not patch these issues, as Snow Leopard is no long supported in any capacity.

While if you're careful, Snow Leopard isn't the end of the world, if you're concerned even remotely about security, given your use case of TV and YouTube, it probably makes more sense to just load up Windows or Linux and roll with that.


Sorry, Apple doesn't have a universal iOS installer to download and install to multiple devices.


I doubt iTunes is directly involved. iTunes edits your metadata when you tell it to do so by using the built-in id3 tagger or the fetch cover function. iTunes updates other information like playcounts or ratings in a separate database file that doesn't affect songs metadata.

I suggest the next time you see a such badly tagged mp3, you investigate using an id3 editor (eg Tag and Rename) :

are the ID3v1 tags synchronized with the ID3v2 tags ?
if ID3v2 are present, which version is it? 2.2? 2.3? 2.4?
try to spot oddities that could confuse players : many covers embedded, huge size of the comment field, etc

So I suggest that it's one of those corner case that iTunes happen to process well and not your other player. But to answer more directly to your question, if you think that some process has altered your metadata, you can set the files as read-only to prevent any modification.


How to use a MacBook always wired like a desktop/MacMini?

Sell it for parts and buy a new or used Mac mini. Or do some research and testing so see if you can live with throttling after you suss out today’s upgrade costs.
The system has to detect a healthy battery since the power supply can not provide enough power to run without throttling. Apple doesn’t do this to be mean spirited, the battery is needed for electrical reasons. You would need a different power supply and to reprogram the controller chips. A cool project, but it’s cheaper to sell the laptop for parts to someone that wants to put a battery in it. That’s a great Mac for the price of a battery. Also, as parts age or you disable the safety and management code on temperature, the risk of a melt down or premature failure goes up. Removing the battery makes a possible fire much less risky so that’s the only plus to having no battery in a portable. It might even restore stability to your setup.
Same as the drama about iPhone throttling. All CPU can over draw their battery or power supply or overheat if the laws of physics are not obeyed.
Throttling is there to maintain required voltages and temperatures, not some marketing stunt or planned obsolescence nonsense. You can measure this in a lab if you don’t trust “the man”. (And no one should blindly trust “the man”, be they Apple or Dell or Intel or some young engineer making their first chipset / home repair.)
Also, don’t overlook alternate OS. We’re starting to load unix or even “Windows” on some old Mac where we can’t run Catalina. Reuse before resell before recycle if you can.


Struggling to understand the new BBM update

...will I still be able to access my old chats or see old photos?

No, they’re gone.

BBM messenger was shutdown May 31st, 2019 and users had until the following Friday to download messages, photos, videos, and files.

Source:  C|Net, BlackBerry Messenger shuts down: What you need to know

The “new” BBM app is their enterprise version and it’s completely different and is referred to in the article as a “replacement.”  Nothing was migrated from consumer to enterprise.


Can't access Yahoo account on iphone- says 'IMAP server"apple.imap.mail.yahoo.com" isn't working'

The incoming IMAP server you are getting ("IMAP.apple.mail.yahoo.com") is not a real Yahoo IMAP server. Like @Buscar said, deleting and re-adding should resolve the problem. However, it seems like the settings are getting recreating incorrectly.

What I'd do, after re-adding the email, is manually fix the settings to the right servers. To fix them, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts & Calendars > (select Yahoo account) > Account. You should have the option to edit the IMAP server in the Advanced section.

If it doesn't allow you to change it, add the account manually by going to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Other. You can fill in the information found here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mobile-mail/imap-server-settings-sln4075.html


How to get rid of the notification bar glitch on the iPhone 4s if your lock button is broken?

You can use Assistive Touch to mimic the broken button.

Once you enable it (in Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Assistive Touch), to turn the phone off, you would activate the assistive touch menu, press "Device", and then press and hold "Lock Screen".

To turn the phone back on, plug it in to a power source (battery, wall socket, or computer).


Power suply Watts and charging time - Apple iphone

Apple chargers have distinctive "charger signatures", in a form of different voltage combination on D+ and D- lines, see for example this answer, and many-many similar answers. That's how an Apple device "knows" what is the power capability of a particular charger, and takes more current (by changing input parameters of their internal battery charger) and therefore charges faster from a 12W charger than from a 5W charger.


How can my website tell safari it's ok to save passwords?

Make sure you don't have autocomplete=off in any of the forms.  This is the primary way that a website can tell a browser not to save passwords.  By default, if the website doesn't have anything, the browser will be happy to save passwords, so odds are that your website contains something like that somewhere.


After a bit more digging I found a free tool that takes care of this.


How to add a subtitle file while playing a video using Quick Time Player?

QT Player 7+ on Mac still supports .QT.TXT and .QT.SMIL caption files,
For more info, visit CaptionSync.
There is no straight forward way to add, but you can use third party apps like Subler which helps you to attach it directly to the file and it's very fast.
Just download the zip, extract it and launch it.
After launching the app, then follow these steps :

Open the app.
Go to File menu.
Select movie file of your choice.
Click on Open Button.
Drag your .srt file.
Click on Save.

Note: I did it for mp4 file.
I haven't seen any plugin so far for QT Player similar to VLSub.


Kill process as root: Operation not permitted

As far as I know this is not due to SIP as such, but rather to the fact that SentinelOne includes guards against this in particular. It works by adding a kernel extension to the system, which means it can change ordinary workings of signal delivery.

You could say that the best way to kill this process is simply never to run it at all - i.e. uninstall the program.


Remote desktop to home from work / VPN / Dyn / ...?

I have personally used TeamViewer.

No need for a VPN or DDNS
Free for Personal Use
Works on Mac, Windows, Linux, Andrioid, etc.
Substantially faster than VNC

With a VPN, you run into the issue of it either being blocked by your company's firewall or if it is a SSL VPN, you either have to pay for the service or spend a lot of time and effort setting it up - it's quite complex and not something that is baked into consumer grade routers.

DDNS or Dynamic DNS can be done quite easily and it's fairly cheap, but it's not required.

I have found that TeamViewer performs much faster than VNC which is choppy and lags quite a bit over remote connections.  It also dosen't have all the hassles associated with VPN connectivity and there is even a USB version that you can run without having to install (meaning you can put TeamViewer on a USB stick and run it from any computer with Internet)


Remove Mac OS X from disk without erasing it

The simplest and safest method would be to make sure your backup is up-to-date, erase the disk and restore that part which you want to keep.
Other methods run the risk of deleting something you want to keep or keeping something that you want to delete.


What program can print source code well on OS X?

You will find a nice answer over at sister site superuser. It involves a terminal program called enscript which comes with lot's of options and I know at least of one support file for extending its capabilities to print Ruby code.

EDIT:

I just noticed the "clipboard" part of the question. The clipboard content can be accessed from the command line and fed to enscript using pbpaste as mentioned in Matteo answer.


This question would get three different answers based on if you ask on Ask Different, Ask Ubuntu and Stack Overflow.

The stack overflow answer is basically that open-source style reverse engineering the codesign was far more engineering effort than just renting a Mac Mini and using Apple’s tools and not necessarily Apple’s certificates.

The answer here is that Apple doesn’t provide that framework on OS other than macOS today and that any Mac can download for free the command line version of developer tools and you can set up ssh trivially on macOS so you can automate build and signing steps remotely from ubuntu, windows and all manner of other OS so that you can deploy from the platform of your choice on demand.

I can’t speak for Ask Ubuntu or Linux in general, but one person stated that Apple has open sourced the tools and that wouldn’t surprise me that the signing framework is based on standard cryptographic protocols and certificate structure and only peripherally has hooks into the macOS keychain for eliminating the need to store keys on the filesystem directly.


Where to source replacement internal fans? (For a mid-2011 iMac)

Apple lists service and parts at https://locate.apple.com so you might call and Apple authorized service provider and see if they can get you the part without actually performing the repair.  Craigslist also usually is a good place to buy machines for scrap. They're all sorts of liquid damage and otherwise malfunctioning computers were the chance of obtaining a viable blower are high.  Like anything, you pay for quality inconvenience so shopping for used parts is going to be more of a hassle than paying top dollar to someone who stocks obscure custom oem parts.

P.S.  Unless Apple lists a pecific part as a do it yourself repair part, you likely won't get them to sell you the part in question.


Is it possible to grab a screenshot from the AppleWatch?

There's a way to take a screenshot on the Apple Watch, and it's exactly what you'd expect it to be if you're familiar with the iPhone's screenshot function.

Press and hold the Digital Crown.
Immediately press and release the side button.
Release the Digital Crown.

You should see the screen flash and get some haptic feedback acknowledging it, and then the screenshot should show up in Camera Roll. Good luck!

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Disable notifications for a particular account on macOS mail app

If you're not worried about the mails for that account, you can set up a rule:

When the mail is addressed to <this> account:

Mark it as read.
Flag it yellow.

Flagging it would help you read it later. Marking it read should suppress notifications.


Issue trying to run macOS Mojave off a bootable external USB

To run macOS off a USB drive, it needs to be installed on it first.

Unlike some Linux distributions, you cannot run macOS in live mode from the bootable installer USB. Also, it appears that you are trying to install macOS onto the same USB stick that you booted off. This is clearly not possible to do.

You can, however, connect a separate external USB stick/drive and install macOS onto it. Once installed, remove the USB stick containing the installer, start your Mac, press and hold Option key and boot off the external disk onto which you installed macOS.


Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard not able to connect on reboot

Reseting the NVRAM seems to solve the issue.

Here is the procedure.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063


A free metronome app that vibrates the phone

The only free vibrating metronome app for iPhone I have found so far is Soundcorset.

https://soundcorset.com/


My Apple ID is locked but it also says it doesn't exist

Head on to Find Apple ID. Type in your name and email address to figure out if your actual Apple ID may be different from the email address you’ve been typing in.

If you’re unable to get your Apple ID back, Apple provides a few more steps you might try to recover your Apple ID if the one you’re trying isn’t the right one.

If everything else fails, you’ll need to contact Apple Support directly. Click through the links for Apple ID and pick the contact option that best suits you.


this is the only guide that worked for me : http://smarttechtips.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-to-fix-grayed-out-wifi-on-iphone.html

here is a summary of what you are going to do :D :

you will have to jailbreak your device first.
enable cellular data and install openSSH, afc2add (those 2 apps are around 4  megabytes only)
install an app called ispirit on your pc and then connect your device.
install macfixer on your phone using ispirit , then restart cydia and install essential updates
(you will find an update for macfixer, install it )
restart your phone.
if this didn't work then try the hair dryer method first , (only heat the specified parts for 3-4 minutes or till you get the message that says 'your phone is too hot....') then reapply this guide again.
hope this helps :D


Some macOS apps are not launching in full-screen mode

VLC has its own fullscreen structure; which means you can have the playlist windowed or fullscreen as you wish, then the movie fullscreened, either by re-using the same Space, or by invoking the Mac's native fullscreen structure, as you desire.
Prefs cover all eventualities/combinations…

VLC also has no capability to follow the Mac's "Close windows when quitting an app" pref. It always opens just the playlist window & never saves/reloads previous files automatically.
[Almost] all prefs changes in VLC require you to relaunch the app to take effect.
Zoom, I've never used.


iTunes intermittent freeze/crash: how can I diagnose the problem?

I would simply say that your Library is corrupt for some reason. As your library is a virtual reference lookup to your actual music files, if it has a problem it is possible that it will either give you issues at program startup or perhaps when you add something to your library as it will read the reference file and encounter issues when trying to add to it.

I first of all tried all the obvious, Disk Utility repair, permissions, deleted and reloaded iTunes, etc. However all of that will still use the original Library file so it won't solve the issues so many are having with iTunes.

The simplest yet time related route is to rebuild your library. What this means is that you need to create a new one, and import all your content again. It may take you 30 minutes and for your computer 10 hours.

As it's your library that's corrupt and not the actual files/file structure that is the problem you will be able to import all of your music again together. About 95% of your albums will be kept together although in some occasions with downloaded albums their reference name will not match that of the official release so it may be separated and in need of the artwork but neither is a big take to sort out. It's the same deal with your movies.

Quit iTunes
Hold Alt and click iTunes again
Select new Library (don't worry your old one is still there and will not be deleted)
Then you can start to rebuild. You can always go back to your old Library by closing iTunes, holding Alt and clicking on iTunes.

To select which library to open - you will see that in your Music/Itunes folder there are now two libraries and the xml library file is in the sub folder for each for you to select if you cant find it. Give yours a simple name when you create it such as 'ITunes Library 2' that way you can search for it too if you can't find it.

The only issue with this method is having to backup your iPhone/iPad or other device in your old Library as it can only be sync'd with one library. However, once you are happy with your new library you can Erase your device and sync it with your new Library.

When you erase your iPhone for example, it will only wipe/erase the content (Music, Movies, etc.) it will not delete Apps, Messages, Bookmarks, Photos, etc.

I hope this helps, as it not only sorted my iTunes issues for good but also made my iMac a lot faster in general as iTunes is not struggling and does not crash any more.


Microsoft word 2011 not correcting words in OS X

The solution to my question is here:

Go to Tools > Language... > Select your preferred language. For me it was English(US)


How Do I Disable Remote Management and Enable Screen Sharing?

I found the following code in a file I didn't open for a long time. It enables Remote Login on a remote device. Save the script somewhere (from now on referred to as /path/to/script/). Copy the script to the other device.

tell application "System Preferences" to set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.sharing"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click checkbox 1 of row 6 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Sharing"
end tell

This enables remote login. Now, to disable remote management and enable screen sharing, use the same script, but remove the 3rd line and add these 2 lines:

tell application "System Preferences" to set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.sharing"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click checkbox 1 of row 7 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Sharing"
    click checkbox 1 of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Sharing"
end tell

To copy this script on the remote device, use scp (secure copy). To use scp type
scp /path/to/script username@IP.of.other.device:/some/path
OR
scp username@hostnameOfDevice:/some/path/
The second option (using the device hostname) requires that the devices are on a computer-to-computer network, so it will not work on a normal wifi network. You will see a prompt requesting the password of username. When you type the password, you will not see any text appear (obviously to prevent people from seeing the password).

Once it is copied, remotely log into the device:
ssh username@IP.of.other.device
OR
ssh username@hostnameOfDevice
Again, the use of the hostname requires computer-to-computer network. Once logged in, run the script using osascript /some/path/theScript.scpt (remember that using scp we copied the script to /some/path, this will be different on your device). This will disable remote management and enable screen sharing.
Good luck!


How to downgrade EFI firmware back to version 1.6

I finally managed to successfully downgrade the EFI firmware to version 1.6. Unfortunately that didn't make my hard drive work. However I'm going to reproduce my steps here so that the whole world can know what it takes:

Download the EFI firmware update package from Apple. Here is the link I used for firmware version 1.6 for my late-2008 MacbookPro5,1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL746

WARNING! If you use the wrong firmware for you computer, bad things will almost certainly happen. This isn't my experience but it would probably brick your computer, meaning it will change from being a computer that can compute things to being a brick that just sits there. You have been warned!

The EFI firmware update 1.6 comes as a .pkg file. Since it won't extract for you unless your computer needs the update, you will have to extract it yourself. The best way I found to do this is with the app unpkg. When you extract the contents using unpkg you will end up with a folder "MacBookProFirmwareUpdate/Applications". Move the app "MacBookProFirmwareUpdate/Applications/Utilities/MacBook Pro EFI Update.app" to "/Applications/Utilities/" (where your calculator app etc. are located).
Now comes the magical part: open a terminal window and run the following command (all one line):

  /usr/sbin/bless -mount / -firmware "/Applications/Utilities/MacBook
  Pro EFI Firmware
  Update.app/Contents/Resources/MBP51_0074_01B_LOCKED.scap" --recovery
  --verbose

WARNING: This bypasses ALL of the safety checks built into the app. You are responsible for making sure your computer is connected to a reliable power source and that the update will not be interrupted. You are responsible for making sure this firmware will work on your computer. I am not responsible for you turning your computer into something else not a computer anymore.
Note: This command is for version 1.6. For another version you would need to change the file name to whatever it is in the package you downloaded from Apple.
The --verbose option should let you know about any errors.
This would only work for me on an internal hard drive, because an external drive "wasn't acceptable for a recovery drive" or whatever. Removing the --recovery option makes the next step not happen.

Restart your computer. I heard an angry beep and then there was a gray Apple screen with a progress bar. That's a good thing. If you don't get that then something went wrong.
Your EFI firmware should be flashed! Launch "System Information.app" to check that "Boot ROM Installed" sort of matches the name of the .scap file used above. For version 1.6 this is "MBP51.0074.B01".

In order to get to this point I had to disassemble the firmware update app downloaded in step 1 to get the command in step 3. I think it was the --recovery part that made it finally work, but I also did a couple of other things with unknown effect:

During step 2 there is also a file "MacBookProFirmwareUpdate/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.updater.macbookpro.efi.plist" which I extracted to the corresponding locstion.
After step 3 I also ran the following AppleScript:

  tell application "System Events"

    make new login item at end of login items with properties {path:"/Applications/Utilities/MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update.app/Contents/Resources/MBP51_0074_01B_LOCKED.scap"}

  end tell


Not able to install .ipa via iTunes after updating to iOS 9.3.1

Finally, I know we need the enterprise account for in house distributions.

Alternate solutions are using

Using third party's solution, I used https://www.diawi.com/. It works perfect.
Using your apple developer account, add your devices' UDID number and used development team profile to install. Only 100 devices are allowed.
Good luck!


Amazon FireTV without WiFi, MacBook Pro Internet sharing

Short answer:  Not without getting you in hot water with your school/university.

Technically speaking, you could have a setup that consisted of:

a WiFi router with a network specifically for your dorm room
Ethernet from router to MacBook
MacBook connected to Uni WiFi
Internet sharing routed from Ethernet on MacBook to MacBook WiFi

Would that work?  Yes, your Amazon FireTV would connect to your dorm room WiFi that you create and traffic would be routed through Ethernet, through your Mac, to the Uni WiFi and out to the University's network.

Should you do this?

Absolutley not.

They can detect your WiFi network
The "enterprise grade" networking gear can detect that you are sharing the network connection
The traffic shaper firewall/appliance they are probably using will detect your (prohibited) network traffic

The key here to remember is:

Their network = their rules.

You can/will be discovered and your university "career" (IMO) isn't worth the risk.


In order to join clips you will need to hold down shift and click on the two clips you want to join, making sure that both clips are highlighted in yellow (I am using iMovie on Yosemite). See attached photo.


Apple dev license expired - Renew(paying) or else?

I didn't know this one.. but it depends on the features you want to test!

For some features you are required to have an Apple ID like Apple Pay.

Supported capabilities for developing on your device


How to have more than one app in desktop space?

I've just tested now and I'm able to do that (multiple full-screen applications and switching between them with Command + Tab), but it could very well be because I'm using TotalSpaces, an add-on that greatly improves the usability of Spaces.

Note that with OS X El Capitan and later you need to disable parts of System Integrity Protection (SIP) for it to work.


Google Street View not working on the new iPad (3rd generation iPad)

No need to bother Safari for this. Just use the "Maps"-app for it!
Open the app, navigate to your address and tap on the red pin.

To activate Street View, toggle the little red guy.


Yes, the answer is simple.

You are downloading something else like songs from iTunes match.

Open the Music app, click on store and after that on transfers and you will see what is delaying the apps.


This is a bit fiddly, but you should be able to restore your iPad using iTunes on a Mac or Windows computer.

Please be aware that both of these options will restore your iPad to factory settings, so if you don't have a backup you will lose your data.

First thing to do is make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed. Then connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes.

If your iPad appears within iTunes then...

Select your iPad within iTunes and click the Restore button.
You'll be prompted to confirm that you want to restore to factory conditions. Click Restore to confirm you are okay with this, then iTunes will download a fresh copy of iOS and install it on your device. Click here for more info about this option.

However if it doesn't appear within iTunes then...

Unplug your iPad and turn it off completely. You should be able to do this by holding the power button on the top of the device until the display goes dark.
Then, with iTunes still open on your computer, hold in the home button on your iPad and reconnect it to your computer. Keep holding the home button on your iPad until the Connect to iTunes screen appears.
Once you see that screen you can release the home button and iTunes should tell you that it has detected a device in Recovery Mode that needs to be restored.
Select your device within iTunes and click the Restore button. As above you'll be asked to confirm you want to Restore your device, and if you confirm that, iTunes will download and install a fresh copy of iOS on your device. Click here for more info about this option.

Hope this helps.


Is undoing Yosemite's CoreStorage conversion dangerous?

There are no obvious reasons to convert parts of the main drive(s) to a CoreStorage scheme - except for Fusion drives and FileVault 2 encryption - until now.

To convert your classical to a CoreStorage scheme boot to Internet Recovery Mode, Recovery Mode or an external bootable (thumb) drive, open Utilities/Terminal in the menubar and enter:

diskutil list to get the Disk Identifier of the partition to convert (usually it's disk0s2).

Then enter:

diskutil cs convert DiskIdentifier with the DiskIdentifier found in the step above.

The conversion will take some seconds ( SSD) or up to minutes (HDD).

After the conversion is finished, quit Terminal, open Disk Utility and check the result for errors. Then restart to your main volume and continue enjoying your Mac.


Why are Payments from Apple to New Zealand and Australian bank accounts wire transfers?

It is likely Apple's options for smaller transfers are being limited by local banking laws. What remains are the expensive SWIFT transfers you are being offered.

Banking Sector Changes

During the last few years, money transfer organisations have stopped operating or servicing Australia because of new legislation:

Closing of bank accounts of money transfer operators (MTOs) is raising remittance costs
Australia has been reducing the number of options for transferring funds

Let Apple Know

Please contact Apple Developer and let them know this is a problem. Every piece of feedback is helpful.


It seems to me that Apple has the refresh rate locked at 30Hz for that type of resolution:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587

  The following Mac models support resolutions and refresh rates of up to 1080p at 60Hz, and 3840 x 2160 at 30Hz, over HDMI 1.4b when using the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter with macOS Sierra 10.12 or later:

iMac (2017 and later)
iMac Pro (2017)
MacBook (2015 and later)
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
MacBook Pro (2016 and later)

Looking a bit further down on that link, it seems you can try to get it to 60hz by using the right cable and adapter:

  The computers listed above also support 60Hz refresh rate over HDMI when used with a supported HDMI 2.0 display, HDMI Premium Certified cable, and a compatible third-party USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter.


Can I use a ZFS ZEVO-managed USB hard disk for Time Machine backups and does it offer de-deduplication?

In the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, add any ZFS dataset.

For the first backup to that dataset, the operating system will:

create a sparse bundle disk image (….sparsebundle) at the root of that dataset
attach the image, after which you'll see a volume named Time Machine Backups.

For each subsequent backup to that dataset, the OS will:

attach the image, after which you'll see the Time Machine Backups volume.

Time Machine routines with ZFS are similar or identical to the routines that apply when backing up to a device – such as an Apple Time Capsule – that uses AFP.

How can one recover from TM after new/reinstallation? New OS installation knows nothing about ZFS to TM image is unreachable.


iPhone original packaging should have the Wi-Fi MAC address in addition to the serial number and IMEI printed on it.  An Apple service desk or service technician might be able to look that up for you, but older devices might be out of the recent database or release of that detail might be considered out of scope.

iOS itself as well as the iTunes back up syncs never need the MAC address, so you would be better looking at Internet logs and router logs and basestation logs since they would record that type of information as a routine auditing function.

Lastly, diagnostic logs from the device might have that information so if you opted into sharing diagnostics with either a third-party developer or Apple, they might have records of your mac address in their databases of crash reports and support incidents.

Opening the device would only make sense if you could get it to power up and join the network-I would be surprised if the address or visible to inspection internally


MacBook Pro 2015 really slow since macOS Sierra / High Sierra [With maybe a start for an answer]

I have exactly the same issue than you:
First, I noticed that the entire system was being slower an slower after every upgrade. It could be because of the new improvements or the patched Meltdown and Spectre.

But, then I did my own research:
I installed GNU/Linux, and saw the same improvements as you: more responsive system, faster compilation. But, okay, GNU/Linux is known to be faster, but it's not normal to have such a big difference. And these are also patched for meltdown and Spectre.

Next step, installing El Capitan:
I remembered how macOS was faster in the past, so I decided to give it a try and install El Capitan on my Macbook, And yes, EVERYTHING was faster (and you need to play around to get it installed because apple has probably "forgotten to renew the certificates").

Now that I'm sure that there is a thing:
I talked about it to see if I'm the only one experiencing the issue.
I have a friend with the same Macbook as me. So we set up a Genius bar meeting. We went to an Apple store, showed them the facts, one Macbook on El Capitan, the other one on Sierra (yes it's a long time ago)
They saw we were right, and the Genius said: "I'm sorry, I see there is a problem, but I can do nothing for you, maybe try sending a Feedback"
We went out with no hope. But we sent a feedback, which was ignored by Apple.

The last thing, is more of a rumor, but I'm taking it into consideration because it explains why:
I spoke about my Macbook problem to my colleagues. And one of them, knew there is a issue on these Macbooks, so I asked him more details, he has a friend working as a developer for Apple, they are totally aware of the issue with those Macbooks, but the instructions are clear: "Don,'t talk about it, forget it"
Technical details:
It's apparently a kext issue with the SMC (or the power supply controller?), they used a cheap controller. This controller's job is to provide sufficient amount of power to the CPU (It's like a feature for improving turbo boost I think)
And his work is not done properly which is why we are experiencing these issues.
The controller is disabled on other operating systems because they don't have the kext. That's why we only have the issue on macOS
That's a pretty convincing reason: they blew the driver and don't want to repair their own mistake, so we have to buy a new one pretending our laptop is old. But there are only 5 generation of Intel processors between this Mac, and today. And we all know how minimal the improvements are.

If anyone has an idea that could make Apple/(more) people hear us, or find more proofs that Apple is duping us, please let us know


Mac OS Mojave 10.14.1 Trying to Install Old Command Line Tools

You can manually download it from

More Downloads for Apple Developers

until they fix the Software Update Tool

There are current reports that they "profile" has been messed up so it lost your information on what OSX and what updates you already have...but that is just my guess.


How to install Snow Leopard from XP on MacBook?

you have to make a bootable usb disk.

Transmacfor for Windows (2-week trial) can format USB drives for mac and restore .dmg files to USB drives.

http://www.asy.com/scrtm.htm

Download Transmac and install in Windows
In the right-side panel of Transmac, right click on your USB Drive >> Format Disk >> Format with Disk Image
Point to your .dmg file and click Open.

your USB Drive has to be at least 8GB.


iOS App Store: free limited version of app

You are permitted to have free, lite versions of your app in the App Store.

However, demo/trial versions are prohibited per the App Store Guidelines.

  2.9 Apps that are "beta", "demo", "trial", or "test" versions will be rejected

A far better solution is to offer a full featured free trial and then offer purchase and or subscription to maintain the paid app status.  Watch the 2018 WWDC videos on App Store changes to get details on how a developer might implement this.  On the policy side, this is pretty clear-cut and allowable by Apple.


File launches in Launchctl with PID - Status 1

PID - Status 1 means that the process doesn't have enough privileges to access some files (presumably /etc/hosts). To be able to execute script as root, you need to move the loader to /Library/LaunchDaemons or /System/Library/LaunchDaemons

(processes in /Library/LaunchAgents/ or ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ are run as current user so they don't have root rights).


Can I install Windows (and if so, which one) on my Power Mac G5 tower

Virtual PC was a software emulator for creating & running Windows virtual machines on Mac systems using the PPC architecture. If you can find it, it'll do what you want albeit at a glacial level of response.


Is it possible to launch a program in a specific language?

You can change the language inside the preferences file of the application :

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit AppleLanguages '("en-US")'

Or just run once one application with another language :

/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal -AppleLanguages '(de)'

To determine the bundle identifier, run

mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Mail.app

or directly in one command:

defaults write $(mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -raw /Applications/Mail.app) AppleLanguages '("en-UK")'

(via SuperUser)


Automate package installation via shell script for macOS?

To piggyback off nohillside, I was gonna say you might be able to just achieve a lot of that by creating your own tap! You can even tap a repo hosted elsewhere (say like a private one, bitbucket, or anything) as long as you specify the git url after brew tap


Access Keychain Access password generator (password assistant) via Terminal without the user interface

Your exact question has been asked on Stackoverflow in 2009. The answers did not provide a way to access the Keychain password generator, but did suggest some alternatives.

A Google search for mac terminal password generator also shows several ways to generate a password from Terminal. I have listed a couple below.

openssl rand -base64 6

You can change -base64 to -hex to limit the use of special characters. The 6 indicates the lenght of the password.

env LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9-_\$\?" < /dev/urandom | head -c 10

The "a-zA-Z0-9-_\$\?" part indicates allowed characters and the 10 defines the length.


How do iOS devices perform on-device machine learning on photos while most of the photos are uploaded to iCloud?

Obviously the phone cannot do its work without the data - so it performs the on-device ML right after the photo was taken, before it is uploaded to iCloud and deleted on device - or if that wasn't possible - it downloads the photo data from iCloud and performs the on-device ML (without necessarily storing the photo on the device).
Whether or not that is a "bandwidth waste" is fully subjective. If you care about the privacy benefits on performing ML on-device, it is not a waste - if you do not care, it could be seen as a waste.
UPDATE: With your edit, you added a question on what happens if you add new information after the fact - for example changing a name, adding a photo to a specific detected person, etc. Actually the phone does not need to download all photos again to do the whole thing all over.
When the phone has the original image, it can extract features from the photo using machine learning. It is not known exactly which features iPhoto look at, but imagine extracting numbers such as the distance between the eyes, the color of the eye, etc. Another type of machine learning then can group thee numbers into classifications of individuals, which you them can name.
These numbers are stored on the phone and allow for you to update certain information and “recalculate” the detected persons without actually needing the full image data again.


Proxy settings for iPhone, 3G connection

Yes, you can set a Global HTTP Proxy on iOS devices, which routes all network traffic, regardless of connection, through your proxy server.

The simplest way is to use Apple Configurator, available free on a Mac using the Mac App Store. You will need to enroll your device via USB cable into "Supervised" mode. This will wipe your device. After this you can install a profile with a Global HTTP Proxy setting included.

If you are doing this across an enterprise, many tools exist, such as AirWatch or Casper Suite.

If you don't have a Mac and don't want to pay any money, you can also custom write your own XML-based profile, although I think it's safe to say you're beyond my comfort-level in directing you here.


OS X firewall code-signing not working for nginx etc

Not a great solution, but have you tried turning off the firewall?

If that works, then try the following, which may prompt you to allow nginx to bypass the OS X firewall: nginx -g "daemon off;"; this will make nginx run in the foreground instead of with the daemon, which seemed to help OS X recognize that it needs firewall permissions.

If you're not getting that popup, try turning off the Automatically allow signed applications option in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall -> Firewall options..., then toggle the firewall off and back on, and toggle the "lock" off and back on (lower left hand corner if you have it set to require admin password to modify security preferences).

Once I got it to give me the popup and I clicked Allow, I found it would let me access nginx for that session.


How do you configure airport extreme with dynamic dns?

DynDNS does support Multicast DNS (mDNS), which provides the ability to do dynamic DNS and much more. They even have handy dandy instructions for setting it up with an Airport Device. It will cost you a $30/yr standard account, though.


Apple removed support for syncing of contacts with iTunes 11. To synchronize contacts between a Mac and an iOS device you now must use iCloud.


How do I publish a book in the iBook store for both the UK and the USA?

On the page you linked there is a paragraph about this.

  A U.S. Tax ID is required as part of the iTunes Connect sign-up and
  authentication process to sell books on the iBookstore. This
  requirement also applies to publishers outside the U.S.

You can apply here:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=102767,00.html

The online form is only available at these times:

  Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Eastern time

  Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern time

  Sunday 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern time


You can also check out mitmproxy which even has a web interface. You can inspect HTTP request/responses and even filter requests by certain parameters.

It doesn't render HTML like you asked but it sure gives out the raw response which might be enough.

Another suggestion I can think of is the developer tools in Firefox which render HTML and also support request filtering. You can obviously inspect HTTP requests in Firefox too.


Thumbnails for old photos are wrong in Photos app

To Rebuild the Photos.app Thumbnails:

Backup your library before following these instructions.

Delete the old thumbnails and various parts from the library:

Quit the Photos app.

Open Finder, and go to the Photos.app Library, on my system it is called Photos Library and is found in the Pictures folder.

Now right click the library and click Show Package Contents.

Next delete the folders called Previews and Thumbnails.

Then delete the files called ImageProxies.apdb, ImageProxies.apdb-wal, Library.apdb and Library.apdb-wal from the database folder.

Lastly delete the folders RKCloudResource, RKImageProxyState, RKMaster and RKVersion from the recovery folder.

Now rebuild the library

Open the Photos app while pressing ⌥+⌘. It will ask you to if you want to repair the library, click Repair. It will do a repair, then your photos will go through a reprocess/reimport process. Once finished the thumbnails will start rebuilding.

P.S. I tried this on my own Photos library, and it worked.


Error when remotely controlling iOS device over VNC

The underlying error is a bit hidden in the output, but the crux of it is:

Failed to verify code signature [...] The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.

This means the developer profile you have used contains a developer certificate which has been revoked. This can happen, for example, when you request a new certificate in Xcode.

Can you please:

Make sure your developer profile contains no revoked certificates. You can use xcuitrunner developerProfile -d [path to your developer profile] -p [password] to list the certificates embedded in your developer profile, and see their status (expired, revoked,...)
Remove the WebDriverAgent app from your iOS device
Delete all .ipa files in the folder where xcuitrunner.exe is located

Then:

Open a command prompt, and navigate to the folder where xcuitrunner.exe is located
Type ideviceinfo.exe > deviceinfo.txt
Type idevicesyslog.exe > syslog.txt. The application will remain running until you stop it by typing CTRL+C. Don't stop it yet.
Open a second command prompt, and navigate to the folder where xcuitrunner.exe is located
Launch xcuitrunner.exe, and wait for the error to occur
In the first command prompt window, type CTRL+C to stop idevicesyslog
Share a copy of deviceinfo.txt and syslog.txt via a Gist.


Can you override a Mac app's OS X version compatibility checking?

The above error is not the error provided by OS X. For comparison, this is the OS X error:

The error you have shown above will have been coded into the app specifically, and therefore not easily bypassed.

The best thing to do is contact the developer to see if they have a beta version of the app that you can test. Alternatively, wait for an update.

Also, code preventing the running of an app on a certain OS X version would usually have a good reason to exist, especially with utility software such as that. Bypassing it could have downsides…


Why are my Mac and Windows machine able to share a flash drive, but they cannot share an external hard drive?

The issue is not the type of external drive you use e.g. Flash Drive, Hard Disk etc but how the drive is formatted.
Windows and macOS can both read and write FAT and exFAT formatted drives. A flash drive defaults to one of these depending on its size.
By default Windows drives are formatted to NTFS. macOS includes (or perhaps used to include) a driver that allows these to be mounted and read but not written to. You can buy third party programs that allow writing to an NTFS volume from macOS. (There is an open source version but I am not certain that works with later macOS)
macOS will format a drive in APFS or HFS+. Windows can only read those with the help of a third party tool.
So if you want interoperability then you need a third party program or format the drive in exFAT. The downside of the FATlike formats is that the disk cannot hold metadata, for example owner, execution information and is not journaled so that you need to explicitly unmount the drive before removing it otherwise data could be corrupted on the drive.


PC-like keyboard emulation on Mac OS X 10.6.3

The quick answer is "no".  Each application is going to have its own set of keystrokes to perform certain actions, and most of those are built around the OSX standard way of doing things.  For example, in Firefox Command+1 will always be the option for the first tab, even if you find some way of doing what you want.  Command+Tab will not cycle through individual windows, only applications, etc.

You can try some of the "shortcuts" listed in this similar question, or this similar answer, but this is basically adding training wheels, and is not likely to work with every application.

For the long run, your best bet is to ditch the PC keyboard (not that it makes any difference, except what logo is on the Command key) and start learning.  After a week or two of using OSX every day, you'll probably find that your level of comfort with your new OS has skyrocketed, and you're using command+v to paste without thinking about it.


You can add your files to your iTunes library without having iTunes copy the files to its own folder. Go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced and un-check Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to Library. This will let you drag-and-drop entire folders into iTunes, and it will add them to its iTunes Library xml file without making copies of all of your files.

(If you keep that checked and un-check the other option on that preference pane, Keep iTunes Media folder organized, iTunes will copy all of the files you drag into it, but it will preserve the naming and file structure of the original source folder.)


How to output a text to both terminal and install.log

This is simple you can ua the following ways:

command | tee output.txt

The standard output stream will be copied to the file, it will still be visible in the terminal. If the file already exists, it gets overwritten.
command | tee -a output.txt

The standard output stream will be copied to the file, it will still be visible in the terminal. If the file already exists, the new data will get appended to the end of the file.

If you want any to know where I got this here is the reference:https://askubuntu.com/questions/420981/how-do-i-save-terminal-output-to-a-file/420983 @Byte Commamder.


Any program that can automatically split photos in one scan?

Photoshop and the cheaper Photoshop Elements both have options that can take one large image and automatically crop out sub-images. In Photoshop, the command you're looking for is File → Automate → Crop and Straighten Photos. In Elements, it's Image → Divide Scanned Photos. For more details, read this and this.

If you don't want to spend the money on Photoshop, you can download ImageMagick, and use this script to perform the separation. However it's worth noting that it's a command-line tool, so some familiarity with the command-line would help, although if you read the instructions on the script page carefully, that should be enough to get started.

Whatever tool you use, when you're scanning your photos, make sure you leave some space between them, and use something that will give a high contrast background, so the software will have a better chance of picking up where one photo begins and another ends.


How to modify existing podcast information?

You do this by changing the <link> tag in your podcast's RSS feed. iTunes will automatically pick up the change the next time it scans your feed.

The specifics of how to do this change depending on your podcast host, so if you need help your best bet is to contact their support folks.


How can I reformat an HDD to HFS+ in Ubuntu (without using a Mac)?

To answer your question:

You can format a drive in Ubuntu with the HFS+ format by using either gparted or by installing the hfsprogs package - use sudo apt-get install hfsprogs to install the program.

As for the additional details in your post, it is concerning that you have determined through Google that your drive has failed.  To properly determine if your drive has failed, you need get the SMART diagnostic info from the drive itself.  If it responds back with anything but "Verified" then your drive has a problem.

It is also important to note that "formatting" a drive will not repair it.  You will just make those bad sectors availble for writing again which can and will lead to data loss.

Under OS X, you can get it by issuing the command:

diskutil info diskx | grep SMART

(Substitute x with your disk number; most likely 0)

However, that may not be enough.  There is a free utility I have used to verify my drives, it's called DriveDX and it's reporting capability is completely free.

Before formatting your drive, I highly suggest you take a look into these areas first.


License Keys not Transferred in Time Machine Restore

It looks like the files I want are stored in \~Library\Preferences under each stack's specific plist file. I don't quite understand why none of them transferred over from the original backup, but I am hopeful they will copy over when I visit the Time Machine backup.


Screen Time countdown for specific website/app starts as soon as I open my Mac

It seems to have sorted itself out with the latest update. Not sure whether there was an unmentioned bug fix in there, some caches or something got cleaned out during the installation, or it was just the reboot.


From help.cleverfiles.com How to Uninstall Disk Drill

  What’s the correct way to uninstall all the components of Disk Drill? Usually, a Mac user will just move an app to the Trash, and consider the job done. But Disk Drill installs some low-core modules for effective data protection and recovery. So for this type of system-level software, dragging the app to the Trash is not enough.

  Here’s the one and only correct way to remove Disk Drill:

  Launch Disk Drill
  On the menu bar, go to Disk Drill -> Preferences -> General
  Click “Remove Disk Drill”
  That’s all there is to it. But we are already missing you, and hope you will give Disk Drill another try sometime.

  If for some reason you cannot get to Preferences, there are two ways to delete the Disk Drill components manually:

  Alternative #1:

  Delete Applications/Disk Drill.app
  Delete /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist
  Delete /Library/Application Support/CleverFiles
  (Optional) Go to System Preferences -> Fuse for OSX and click Remove OSXFUSE (Fuse would only have been installed if you opted to mount scanning results as a disk image. If you don’t see it in System Preferences, then it was not installed.)
  Restart your Mac

  Alternative #2:

  Go to http://www.cleverfiles.com/getdiskdrill to download the DiskDrill.dmg file.
  Once downloaded, double-click on the DiskDrill.dmg file.
  Do NOT drag the Disk Drill app icon to your Applications folder right now.
  Launch Terminal (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
  Execute the following command in the Terminal:
  sudo /Volumes/DiskDrill/Disk\ Drill.app/Contents/Resources/uninstall
  No need to restart.
  (Optional) Go to System Preferences -> Fuse for OSX and click Remove OSXFUSE (Fuse would only have been installed if you opted to mount scanning results as a disk image. If you don’t see it in System Preferences, then it was not installed.)


Shortcut for switching contents of monitors

This shortcut might help

fn ⌘ ↓ - combines the contents of both screens into one


Instaling app without AppStore, Jailbreak or any warranty void itp.?

A person can deploy apps to their own iOS devices using Xcode without a developer account, and without breaking/modifying the OS.  All one needs is an Apple ID, and a Mac running a recent version of Xcode (7.3.1 or later).  This is an Apple approved method of installing apps (designed for educational purposes).  Xcode will generate the needed personal provisioning profiles automatically.

You can search for instructions online (here are a few examples: Xcode 7 develop for iOS without developer account and http://blog.ionicframework.com/deploying-to-a-device-without-an-apple-developer-account/ )

Apps installed using personal provisioning will be time limited (expire in somewhere around one week to one month).


Where are the iCloud Drive icons located?

I think you are looking for either of the following files:

/System/Library/PreferencePanes/iCloudPref.prefPane/Contents/Resources/iCloud.icns

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder/Contents/Resources/iCloudNoDocs@2x.png

Without clarification I can only guess what you want but I think I figured out that you want the folder icons shown within iCloud Drive. It seems like those icons are just a generic folder icon with the relevant app icon superimposed on top of it.


How to create Mac OS X global hot key to open .txt file in MacVim.app at vim 'mark'?

Two possibilities are Keyboard Maestro or Alfred. Keyboard Maestro will set a global keyboard shortcut.

I assume there is a command-line utility for MacVim like there is for BBEdit and if it can open at a specific ‘vim mark’. For example, BBEdit’s command is called bbedit and cal open a specific line number using “:xy” where “xy” is the line number. You could make a Keyboard Maestro shortcut that will open a specific file using this command

/usr/local/bin/bbedit /path/to/filename:33


Do either iPhoto or Aperture allow me to keep my photo files in a quite "normal" directory structure?

This exact thing stopped me from using Aperture and Lightroom for some time as that's all I could see it doing, but a bit of research showed that thankfully this was not the only way!

Above, you can see the options for where to store the photos you're importing. You can put them into the library (default), leave them alone, move them to the Pictures folder or one if it's sub folders. The final option lets you choose where they go. I actually put them into a Google Drive folder which syncs automatically.

Now under that, there's the option to Move Files or Copy Files. Quite self explanatory, but it will either move the files to the location you've specified (so there's only one copy of the file) or copy them (there will be two copies of the file, one in the old location and one in the new).

Finally, the last drop down allows you to choose how the files are then organised. Plenty of options as you can see.


Is it possible that someone had access to your phone and/or your Apple ID? If someone tries to sign into iMessage using another email address (even without having your password) it will show up as an unverified alternate email in your Apple ID.

If they also added that email to your iPhone's Mail.app they could reply to the verification email while on your device. All they would need then is to get your Apple ID password and they would have a validated account on your Apple ID. Then you would have an "extra" email account linked to your ID, even if they deleted the accounts off of the iPhone when they were done.

Best thing to do is to check your account at http://appleid.apple.com, verify that there are no more unknown email addresses, then change your password!  Seriously! I saw this happen a lot when the upgrade from iOS 4 to iOS 5 first came out.


Stop Image Capture from opening when a new device is connected

Actually, the best way is:

Once Image Capture is open, click the device in the list, then:
Bottom left corner of the application, small triangle. There: switch it to "no application".

Done


Rsync not copying some files with extended attributes

The problem I reproduced on many versions of MacOS X (Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan) which are using a much too old version
of rsync (2.6.9) and with more recent versions built with Macports (3.x) is solved with version 3.1.2.

Standard MacOS X rsync 2.6.9 → failure

••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/rsync -avE example example2
building file list ... done
._example
example/color-profile-1
example/._color-profile-1
example/index.xml.gz
example/Contents/
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/Users/Shared/tmp/example2/example/Contents" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping everything below this failed directory ***
example/QuickLook/
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/Users/Shared/tmp/example2/example/QuickLook" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping everything below this failed directory ***
rsync: mkstemp "/Users/Shared/tmp/example2/example/.color-profile-1.zFdjjF" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: mkstemp "/Users/Shared/tmp/example2/example/.._color-profile-1.ySmazZ" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: mkstemp "/Users/Shared/tmp/example2/example/.index.xml.gz.zB0WUl" failed: Permission denied (13)
copyfile(/dev/null, example/Contents, COPYFILE_METADATA) failed:2
copyfile(/dev/null, example/QuickLook, COPYFILE_METADATA) failed:13

sent 157793 bytes  received 120 bytes  315826.00 bytes/sec
total size is 461293  speedup is 2.92
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/main.c(992) [sender=2.6.9]
••On_my_Mac••%

Built rsync 3.1.2 → success

••On_my_Mac••% type rsync
rsync is /opt/local/bin/rsync
••On_my_Mac••% rsync --version
rsync  version 3.1.2  protocol version 31
Copyright (C) 1996-2015 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
    64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
    socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
    append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes, no prealloc, file-flags,
    HFS-compression

rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  See the GNU
General Public Licence for details.
••On_my_Mac••%

••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo rm -rf example2
••On_my_Mac••% /opt/local/bin/rsync -avAX --fake-super example example2
sending incremental file list
created directory example2
example/
example/color-profile-1
example/index.xml.gz
example/Contents/
example/Contents/PkgInfo
example/QuickLook/
example/QuickLook/Preview.pdf
example/QuickLook/Thumbnail.jpg

sent 462,152 bytes  received 167 bytes  924,638.00 bytes/sec
total size is 461,293  speedup is 1.00
••On_my_Mac••%

2 key details to note:

the -E option changed to -AX (ACL & extended attributes)
the use of --fake-super to be able to copy file inside read only
directories

How to use it on different Macs

If you want to make an rsync on a remote Mac, you will have to explictly call the built rsync on the remote Mac with the --rsync-command option:

/opt/local/bin/rsync -avAX --fake-super --rsync-command=/opt/local/bin/rsync example remote_MAC:/tmp/example2


What is the best way to listen to music in my shower/bathroom from iTunes?

You generally shouldn't bring any electronics into an area with that much water vapor on a regular basis unless they are labeled for such use.

If you search for waterproof speakers on Amazon you'll find many affordable options, including several that are designed specifically for iPods.


How to get rid of non default shortcut association

Open system prefs>keyboard>shortcuts(tab)

You will see all the commands you can use in the computer. You can also set it back to default, or even customize to your style. There are many different tabs inside that setting panels for example: Accessibility, Screen shots, etc..


No, it isn't possible. That would require an OS that supports username/password authentication, which iOS doesn't do.


Just use some other launcher. Alfred is also good at learning new associations. If for example you select "Disk Utility" after typing "ut", it will become the new default suggestion for "ut". Very low-maintenance.

You could also try Apptivate. It allows you to assign 2-letter shortcuts (like ⌥UT) for launching applications.


Windows 10 install on mid 2010 Mac Pro - "EFI boot" is not in startup manager

What can I say. If your Mac will not boot, then that is that. My 2011 iMac could boot Windows this way after a High Sierra installer update to the Mac's firmware. I assumed that all Macs would be able to boot this way after installing either High Sierra or Mojave. Either I am wrong or you made a mistake.

When I originally posted this answer, the instructions FAT32 formatted the drives. This was changed to ExFAT after the October 2018 release of Windows 10. This ISO contains a file that exceeds FAT32 formatted drive limit of 4 GB per file. The April 2018 update does not have this problem.

If you can not get Windows installed using the method in your linked thread, then consider trying one of the older more complex methods. For example, see Installing Windows 7 or 10 Pro 64 bit without DVD or Flash Drive.


How can I quickly set the sound output device on Big Sur?

Not sure what the issue was, but a restart solved the problem: the output devices in the sound menu now match those in System Preferences.


How to control Bluetooth wireless radio from the command line?

Blueutil is a neat little command line tool to do this. It's free and comes with the source code.  If you have homebrew installed, you can install it via brew install blueutil.

  Usage:

  Print bluetooth status
  blueutil

  Switch bluetooth on
  blueutil --power 1 or blueutil -p 1

  Switch bluetooth off
  blueutil --power 0 or blueutil -p 0

Works just fine on a Macbook Pro running Lion (10.7.3) and Mac mini running Snow Leopard (10.6.8). You will get some errors if you switch off the bluetooth whilst a magic mouse is connected, it still works though :)


Not seeing new start page for Safari on Catalina

I don’t know what you are seeing or expecting to see, but from what I see in Safari 13 on macOS Mojave, the favicon styles of Favorited websites look different. They are rounder and have a more transparent background. From a picture I saw about Safari in Catalina, it looks like it also has Siri suggestions below the favorites section. It didn’t look like there where any extreme differences.


You could make a bootable drive with the Lion installer. To do so, you'll need the original Lion Installer, downloadable from the Mac App Store once you've purchased it and a USB flash drive with a GUID Partition Table format. You'll find here a step by step guide for the formatting part. Afterwards just:

Go to the Applications folder and find the installer, which should be called Install Mac OSX Lion.app.
Right+click on it and choose Show Package Content from the contextual menu.
Under Contents / Shared Support you'll find a file called InstallESD.dmg, drag it to Disk Utilities' sidebar and mount it.
Select the installer and click the Restore button.
The installer should appear in the Source field, if not, drag it there.
Connect the USB and drag it into the Destination field.
Click Restore.

If everything was done correctly, you'll, then, have a drive from which you'll be able to boot just by holding C while restarting your computer.


Error opening a zip file: No such file or directory?

It's likely that filename.zip is either not actually a .zip file, or is corrupted.

Open up Terminal. You can access it by typing "Terminal" into Spotlight.

Enter the command(s) in the steps below into your command line prompt (triple click the line, copy it, and paste it into your prompt). Replace filename.zip with the actual name of the zip file.

If the name of the file contains spaces, you need to enter it differently using the escape \ character. For example, if the file is named compressed crap.zip, you'd type compressed\ crap.zip in the command line.

Step 1:

Repair disk permissions. Once done, attempt to open the .zip file again. If you wish, you can do this from the command line.

diskutil repairPermissions /

Step 2:

Use file to confirm it's actually a zip file:

file ~/Downloads/filename.zip

The output should be:
Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract

If you don't receive this output, post the output as a comment before proceeding.

Step 3:

After confirming it's actually a zip file, attempt to unzip it directly from the command line:

unzip ~/Downloads/filename.zip -d ~/Downloads

Step 4:

Step 3 will likely fail. Run the zip command to attempt to repair any corruption and salvage the contents of the archive (again, replace filename.zip with actualname.zip):

zip -FF ~/Downloads/filename.zip --out ~/Downloads/Repairedversion.zip

If it executes cleanly, you'll be directly returned to your prompt. Quit Terminal. Navigate to your Downloads folder and double click Repairedversion.zip- it should unzip without issue.

Alternatively, it may not exit cleanly. If you're presented with

Is this a single-disk archive?  (y/n):

Hit the y key. After you're returned to the prompt, again attempt to open Repairedversion.zip from your Downloads folder. If you're still unable to open it,  comment below with the warning(s) received from the command. If you've reached this point though, it's likely that the file is irreparably damaged.


Where are the brightness/volume icons for BezelUI stored in Sierra / High Sierra?

Asked on Reddit, was directed to the new location: /System/Library/CoreServices/OSDUIHelper.app/Contents/Resources.


Avoiding being locked out of Apple Store - password

On my MBA with Mavericks, I can find the Apple Store Password in my key chain.

Open key chain (in Utility folder), log in if you have to (usualy it is the same log in as your computer)

Next type "Apple Store" in the search window

Open it and use show password (you might have to provide log in again).

You should see the password.


Wake from sleep Kernel Panic: -- "Could not read LR" -- What is LR?

LR is a Link Register.

  A link register is a special-purpose register which holds the address to return to when a function call completes.

More info on Wikipedia.

Crash occured on Thread 3 and it's not related to the LR. It's hard to tell what happened since the report is not symbolicated.


You can use "Add to Reading List" to store the URL and then open it in Safari. Still not ideal, but less clumsy than the copy/paste option.


Can not create a bootable drive / partition on iMac

Why are you installing from  usb?

I recently replaced a hard drive in a 2008 mbp with samsung 850 evo. Using Target Disk mode, connecting mpb to my imac via 1394b/tb, i used the online restore to write the install image to the mbp after using the same connection with DiskUtil to partition journaled mac format.

Despite what the interweb blathering to the contrary claims this works as designed.


Can I enroll in Apple's Developer Program from Kuwait?

The short answer is you can’t join if Apple doesn’t offer a store and that SKU in your place of legal residence.

You’d likely want to consult a lawyer familiar with the implications setting up a new legal residence elsewhere or form a company with a legal presence / residence elsewhere. This is more of a bureaucratic / taxation / legal problem than a technical one.

Purchase Apple Developer Program outside of USA
Which countries can an individual iOS developer reside in in order to receive payments from Apple?

At a high level, you don’t get the enter into an NDA to accept confidential builds from apple and you don’t get to list on the stores and get paid when you’re not from the countries where Apple is set up today. You can start building and installing apps yourself, though without needing a dev account.


[MySQL Server] MySQL Workbench can't find my.cnf on (clean installation of) Snow Leopard

Feel free to copy one of the example files into the /etc directory or make your own. You won't have any problems until you ever want to have more than one version of mysql installed and running - then you can set up shell variables to keep things apart - but for the short run - one file in one place would be good. So let the Workbench make /etc/my.cnf and the other files will probably be ignored since Workbench looks to be telling you it looks only in /etc.


Will I be able to use an unlocked AT&T iPhone 3GS with European carriers?

Yes, having taken an unlocked American AT&T iPhone 3GS to Britain and Germany, I can confirm that you can just put in a European SIM card and it will work. Much cheaper there than here too!


How to force password to be typed before answering a call?

No unfortunately this isn't a feature that is currently supported on iOS (I suppose it would be possible on a jailbroken device).


How to mount a specific file system on a disk image in OSX?

You should parse the output of hdiutil, and mount the filesystems you're interested in - because you can't do what you're trying to do with mount.

The first few lines of the man page show supported syntax:

 mount [-adfruvw] [-t lfs | external_type]
 mount [-dfruvw] special | node
 mount [-dfruvw] [-o options] [-t lfs | external_type] special node

Notice for -a, there are no options to specify a node path, which makes your command invalid syntax.

(Also, I'd suggest testing with a proper image file - one that is an actual CD image.  Your image is a hard-disk type, with an Apple Partition Map, and no non-HFS partitions.  In Disk Utility, choose New -> Blank Image and note all the selections carefully.  You want "CD/DVD"; you can then edit the partition map after you've created it; say, to change to two partitions.)


This happens to me all the time.  I often switch audio device's for pro audio, but it also happens other times using different applications.

Open Terminal (Utilities)
Enter "killall coreaudiod"
Enter your user/admin password

Your volume controls should be working now.  I've reset my NVRAM and PRAM, as well as repaired disk permissions, yet still have to do this quite often.

** Running this command while playing audio/visual via web browser has caused the command not to work and/or the browser crashing, most of the time it doesn't though.


I looked at the second guide and the actual process is much simpler than the method suggested there.

Do the following, it works.

Go to Disk Utility, click on your USB drive on the left pane and click on the Info button at the top. Make a note of the Disk Identifier (Disk0, Disk1 etc.). Then, unmount any mounted partitions on your USB drive, but don't eject the drive itself.

In Terminal type the following, without pressing Enter afterwards...

sudo dd bs=1m if=

Then, drag your .ISO file to the Terminal window so its path is entered quickly and easily.

Add the following line onto the end of the command line, altering the number  at the end if your USB stick's Disk Identifier is other than Disk1

of=/dev/rdisk1

You should end up with a command like this...

sudo dd bs=1m if=/Users/s.darkly/Desktop/Linux/crunchbang-11-20130506-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1

Hit enter, put your password in and wait for the magic to happen. It will take a few minutes and there won't be a progress bar so be patient.


Installing Xcode from App Store doesn't seem to work

Given Xcode.app appears in the /Applications and can be launched, the behaviour suggests Spotlight has yet to notice the newly installed application.

It is likely Apple's App Store application uses Spotlight to determine if applications are installed; thus the ability to Install Xcode.app re-appears on refresh.

I suspect the bug will vanish once Spotlight re-indexes your applications.

Consider telling Apple directly about this bug through their feedback form.


Is there a way to make folders open in a new window by default in OS X El Capitan?

Set folders to open in tabs or windows

  In the Finder, choose Finder > Preferences, then click General.
  Select or deselect “Open folders in tabs instead of new windows.”

  Open folders in tabs or windows

  Press the Command (⌘) key while you double-click the folder.

  The folder opens in a new tab or window, depending on your Finder
  preferences. Tip:   If the Finder toolbar and sidebar are hidden,
  double-clicking a folder without pressing the Command key opens the
  folder in a new window.

  To open a new Finder window without opening a specific folder, choose
  File > New Finder Window or press Command (⌘)–N.

Info from: OS X Yosemite: Open folders in new Finder tabs or windows


Navigate to System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > Correct Spelling Automatically (uncheck)

If you wish to leave autocorrect on, but create certain exceptions, you can alternatively leave it checked and in the same pane add, for example:

Replace: infoclass
With: infoclass

This sets up an exclusion of sorts so that autocorrect does not change it to info class


Move all app windows to another work space in El Capitan

Enable “Group windows by application” in Mission Control preferences:

That will bring back the app icon in Mission Control, which would allow you to drag all windows of a given app between spaces:


How can I do a batch conversion of HTML entities to Hanzi?

You can install recode via the Terminal with Homebrew:
brew install recode

and then use it to convert HTML to Unicode, like this:
echo '&#21696;&#29282;&#23665;' | recode html..utf8

This produces

哀牢山

(inspired by @creving's answer on Stack Overflow)


Is it possible to mount a hard drive to the back of a cinema display?

I don't know of any commercial products, but two ideas occur to me.

You use some strong adhesive/double sided tape, combined with Velcro (you'd want a large patch, nit just a couple panels) or zip ties to attach the drive to the back of your display. This would probably work better with a 2.5" drive, but a 3.5" might be feasible if you had strong enough adhesive. The catch is that it whatever you stick to your display would most likely be permanent.

Alternatively, making/adapting some sort of shelf that attaches to the VESA mount point would probably work well. I'm thinking a metal bracket of some sort that would fit between the display bracket and mount, with a shelf at the top, to which you could zip tie or otherwise attach the drive, to allow for rotation. This would probably be more elegant and non-permanent, but you'd need to scrounge or be able to make the appropriate parts.


LAN Chat via OS X Server — Will Messages App Suffice?

You have a couple of options using native Apple tools:

Apple's iMessage service utilizes free iCloud accounts. The service works with the Messages app (both on Mountain Lion & iOS). All messages are routed through Apple's servers. Certificate-based encryption is used, but Apple does not document its exact nature or whether the messages get unencrypted on their servers. Here are some resources that might be helpful for looking more into this option:

IMFreedom
iCloud Security

OS X Server also has a Messages service that can be turned on. This creates an in-house messaging service based on the Jabber/XMPP protocol. It is by definition secure, as it routes through your in-house server. It works natively with Messages and/or iChat on the Mac (depending on OS X version) and works with a variety of apps available on the App Store. This is the way to go if you are seriously concerned about security of your conversations.


Why does a MacBook Pro keep dialing in its location through Find My Mac after a clean install?

Here's what Apple says:

  Because of how Find My Mac works, you must deselect the box next to Find My Mac in the OS X System Preferences > iCloud pane to remove your device from your iCloud Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac device list.

One of the ways this persistence is implemented is by writing a Find My Mac token to NVRAM, the persistent memory in Intel Macs. You can see this token by running the following command in a terminal:

nvram -p | grep fmm

On my Mac, the result includes my name, Apple ID, and the name I gave the computer, along with some encoded information that probably includes a key of some sort.


There may be a bug in some versions of Preview so that some third-party fonts do not appear in the Annotations font selection control.

Preview missing lots of fonts that are shown in font book

Also, note that amateur fonts which may not have been created to professional standards have traditionally been responsible for a variety of problems.

The books of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" use Coop Forged as their typeface.
https://houseind.com/hi/typography_of_coop


Does a usb-c to hdmi cable actually exist?

Yes, I have one (not that make specifically but another HDMI to USB-C) and it works fine with my MacBook. There’s no need for any other components along the way.


Preview Version 8.0 (859.21) How to extract images from PDF

File > Export... can save any Preview-compatible file in any other Preview-compatible file format. Save your PDF as a picture file, such as JPEG or PNG, and then open that file and crop it until it's just the image you want.


There is a free app called Karabiner that allows you to modify the keys.

A powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.

You can easily customize from prepared settings.
You can also add your own settings by XML.


iMac mid 2011 reboots when connecting an external display

It is safest to treat DisplayPort as not hot-pluggable.
Only connect or disconnect when the computer is off. Power on the display before the computer [it may go straight back to sleep, this is not a problem, it will re-awaken during boot.]
It theoretically should be capable, but relies on the computer, display & cable to all be compliant [& not buggy].
Google "display port hot plug" to see some of the issues it has.


PowerBook G4 won't connect to Airport with WEP password

Way back in ye olden days I had the same issue with a iBook, it was never a 100% fix but if you go to Airport -> Join Other Network it'll allow you to pick the security type and enter the SSID for the network, that should trick it into working properly.


Buying used iPhone5c - need to know about iCloud

There are two possible scenarios:

The device is up and running, and you can unlock it with the four digit code. If that's the case go to Settings -> iCloud and choose logout at the bottom of the page. Then you only need the password of the account.
The device was restored to factory settings. In this case activation lock would be active and you need to know the AppleID and the matching password. If you don't know these you need the original receipt and an appointment at your Apple Store to unlock it. The receipt needs to contain your name, otherwise you need help from the person whose name is on the receipt.


Force an app for macOS 10.12 Sierra and later to run on OS X Yosemite 10.10

One possibly explanation is that the other apps are built using the newer macOS SDK, and have their minimum deployment target set which is higher than OS X Yosemite. In such cases editing/adding LSMinimumSystemVersion key won't work.

Also, manually editing the Info.plist file may break the integrity of the app and may curtail it from running.

You need to check with the developers of the apps and see if they still support the older version of OS X or if they have builds targeting the older OS X releases.


I would suggest you try turning off spell check. Under the sublime text menu item go to preferences and click on "Settings Syntax specific". You get a file that shows setting for spell checking. If that is true, try to change it to false.


Google can always find OS X/macOS updates if you use the keywords 'combo update' followed by the main version - e.g. combo update 10.3

The file is at https://support.apple.com/kb/dl496

A combo update can update anything from 10.x.0 right up to itself, without needing individual updaters for the in-between versions.


Connecting Logitech Gaming Mouse - Not Connected in G Hub

After a few frustrating hours I found the solution.

You need to install the Logitech Control Center as well. Once you've installed it, restart your machine and it should now show up as expected in Logitech G Hub.

Notes:

If macOS discovers it as a keyboard, close the window and do not try to configure it as a keyboard.
If you configured it as a keyboard as above, you can try running this to reset it: sudo rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist
If you're using Karabiner-Elements, this might register it as a keyboard as well, causing issues. Open Karabiner -> Devices -> Basic Configuration and untick your mouse in that list.


How Can I Clear the Website Loaded on Startup?

As far as I know, there is not currently a way to tell an app to never remember its state.

You can, however, control this on an individual quit basis. That should be enough for you to get Safari to forget http://w/. Here's how:

Go to the Safari menu. Hold down the option key. You'll see Quit Safari change to Quit and Discard Windows. Click this item.

Now, reopen Safari. It should go straight to your homepage instead of to the page that was open when you quit.

If that doesn't work, it is possible that you've somehow set http://w/ to be your homepage. To change this, go to Safari-> Preferences-> General.


It looks like one of the arrow cursors for when you hover over certain parts of the screen (resizing?). Sometimes the cursor gets stuck on certain parts of the screen. Even though I can still move my mouse, a copy of the cursor gets stuck somewhere.


iTunes says I can't back up iPhone because I don't have enough space...but I do

So after much swearing and several hours of fiddling, I finally discovered what the issue was.

Windows appears to have a limit on how many files can exist in a directory tree. iOS backups consist of tens of thousands of individual files. And if you have several backups in your backup folder, we're talking a whole lot of files.

The solution ended up being fairly simple:

find your backup folder on your hard drive
move most (or all) of the backups that are in that folder to a separate folder and/or drive.

Then try backing up again. For me, that solved it and I was able to get the backup to run.