Prioritize iPhone when connecting August EP650 Bluetooth headphones?

These model headphones support Multipoint functionality, meaning you can connect them to two devices at the same time.

Using multipoint

The procedure for using these headphones in multipoint mode is as follows:

Hold the + and - buttons to put the EP650 into pairing
mode
Press the ▶ button to start multi-point pairing
Pair your headphones to your iPhone
Switch your headphones off
Press and hold the ▶ button until your headphones reenter pairing mode
Pair your headphones to your iPad
Use the Bluetooth menu on your iPhone to reconnect to your headphones

Now you can switch between your iPhone and iPad by pausing the music on the
currently connected device to play music on the second device. In this way, both devices can be connected simultaneously.

NOTES:

Switching devices can take up to 10 seconds.
When receiving a call on the iPhone, your headphones will automatically pause and resume once the call is finished, even if you were using the iPad at the time.


Boot mac with os select option everytime

You could install Refit,
which does the job for you.


Any Problem in Letting iPhone 4 Battery Drop to 0?

Not really. You won't suffer any data loss because the iPhone keeps everything on non-volatile flash memory. A complete discharge isn't great for the battery, but as long as it's not a regular habit your phone will be OK.


How do I find out what is keeping my Macbook from sleeping?

Try pmset -g. It will show you a list of process id's that somehow have hooked into the sleep or shutdown process.


How can I adjust the apparent color temperature of my display in OS X?

When using the Displays section of your System Preferences, if you calibrate it, select show advanced options, one of the windows is this:
 which to me looks like the white points you were looking for, be sure to uncheck "Use native white point" if you want to manually edit it.


I did not find the process, but I found out that if the force touch issue is limited to Safari, just restarting it fixed the issue in my case. I guess having multiple days of uptime does have some drawback once in a while.


You might be able to fix the problem by going into system preferences > keyboard > shortcuts, and find out if any other keyboard shortcuts using ⌘+space. I know that ⌘+space is used for the spotlight search or Siri by default on my mac. you could try disabling Siri and see if that fixes the problem.


On iPhone 5s, can the battery itself be the cause of fast draining, even after a brand new U2 chip is installed?

Short answer

Yes, a battery's condition can most definitely explain why it is draining fast. iPhone batteries are consumable components that become less effective as they age. They have a limited lifespan and their capacity will decline over time, eventually leading to lower performance for your iPhone.

Long Answer

You will get lots of opinions on batteries, so when it comes to Apple products I always encourage users to read what Apple has to say on the topic.

Apple also recently published iPhone Battery and Performance.

To partially quote Apple:

  All rechargeable batteries are consumable components that become less
  effective as they chemically age.

  As lithium-ion batteries chemically age, the amount of charge they can
  hold diminishes, resulting in shorter amounts of time before a device
  needs to be recharged. This can be referred to as the battery’s
  maximum capacity—the measure of battery capacity relative to when it
  was new.

I would encourage you to read the entire article.


Just installed new screen on iPhone 5s, getting weird ghosting/burn effect

There's not much you can do aside from having the screen replaced again, maybe checking the connectors on the inside.

What I'd do is just buy a new screen online, but make sure that I get a good one. Usually, the old you-get-what-you-pay-for applies to iPhone parts, so my advice would be to spend a little extra and get a nice digitizer assembly (screen) and be sure to buy it from a US, UK, Canadian, or Australian seller. Usually, I buy them for around $50.

When you get the new screen, have your friend put it on and have him return the faulty one for a refund.


Capture month end values in Apple Numbers

I am sorry that I don't know how to do what you are specifically asking for but I reckon it is not a trivial thing to do. In case you can't figure it out, I think either of the two below might be an alternative for you.

You can use the stock() function in Numbers to calculate the value of a stock portfolio with the latest closing prices. You can open this file within the first day of every month and it would give you the value of the portfolio at the closing prices of the last day of trading of the previous month assuming you will also be connected to the internet when you open the file.

You can then either record the value of the portfolio somewhere else such as another table in Numbers or save the table calculating the value of the portfolio to another file or sheet in Numbers as a whole by copying it first and then pasting it using Paste Formula Results menu option under Numbers' Edit menu at the top. The drawback of this option is that if you open the file calculating the value of the portfolio at a later date than the first of the month, it is likely to calculate the value of the portfolio for a date later than the end of the previous month.

Alternatively, you can use the stockh() function to calculate the value of a stock portfolio for any past date. You would of course need to know the exact number of shares per stock in the portfolio at the given past date for this to work.


Can I still downgrade from iOS 6.1.3 to iOS 6.1.2 (iPhone 4)?

As mentioned in the firmware signing status for iPhone 4, only iOS versions from 7 and up are being signed by Apple.

In order to use redsn0w to do a downgrade, you need the SHSH blobs saved for the specific version that you wish to downgrade to. In this case, it seems like they were never saved while the phone was on iOS 6.1.2. So you cannot create/retrieve them.


Junos Pulse not installing correctly on Yosemite

The way Juniper does this is a little confusing. Installing the JuniperSetupClientInstaller.mpkg installer from a Junos Pulse VPN server essentially sets up your machine so that the VPN server can then proceed to install Pulse using a Java applet. Here's how the install process works for my shop's Junos Pulse VPN server.

Open Firefox
Go to the following site:

https://vpn.server.goes.here

Log in with your VPN credentials.
If prompted by Firefox, allow the Java applet from the VPN site to run.
If this is the first time that Junos Pulse has been installed on this Mac, you may be prompted to install the Juniper setup client. If you are not prompted, go to step 6.

Click on the Please click here to install setup client link.
The Juniper setup client will be downloaded in a disk image file.
Double-click on the downloaded disk image file to get access to the Juniper setup client installer.
Double-click on the Juniper setup client installer and follow the prompts to run the installation process.
Once installation of the Juniper setup client has been completed, click on the Once the setup client is installed, please click here to continue link.

When prompted to install Junos Pulse, click the Always button.
The Junos Pulse installer will download to your Mac.
Once Junos Pulse has downloaded, the Junos Pulse VPN client will be installed on your Mac.
Once installation is finished, the Junos Pulse client will automatically connect to the VPN.

Everything in step #5, where the directions are having you install the Juniper setup client, is where the JuniperSetupClientInstaller.mpkg installer comes in. It's not the actual VPN installer; it's an installer that preps the machine for the later VPN client installation in steps 6 through 9.

By itself, the JuniperSetupClientInstaller.mpkg installer will not install the Junos Pulse VPN client.


Credit card purchases no longer shown in Wallet

I noticed a few days ago that the problem has cleared up. Maybe it was in the iOS 14.1 or 14.2 updates.


Downloaded iOS applications are stored in your iTunes library. To find the physical location on disk

go to the Apps section in iTunes, right-click on the app and select "Reveal in Finder"
use the Goto command in Finder to open ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Mobile\ Applications/


Faces from Aperture synced over OS X and iPhone in their Contacts?

I do not know of a built-in solution. The Faces feature allows multiple photos to be associated with the same person and thus requires the user to choose which face to use for each contact.
You can use the (paid) third party app Ensoul Contacts from the Mac App Store to achieve this (check recent reviews and decide):

Easily match Faces with your Contacts and enjoy bigger and more beautiful Contacts Photos on your iPhone.
Quickly assign large and beautiful personalized images to all your Contacts from a Mac instead of boring one-by-one image matching through your iPhone's address book interface.
Ensoul Contacts boasts a unique and powerful AutoMatch Faces feature, which allows you to associate iPhoto or Aperture Faces with your Contacts in a click of a button.
Ensoul Contacts allows you to easily navigate through iPhoto, Aperture and Photo Booth libraries, as well as use images from any locations available on your Mac.
In just seconds, transform ordinary snapshots into the contact images of your dreams. Crop, zoom, rotate and modify the colors and textures of your pictures in a variety of ways!
As soon as you set a new contact photo, it gets automatically updated within your Contacts application and is instantly pushed to your iPhone by means of iCloud sync.

See: Ensoul Contacts on Mac App Store


Omnidazzle is nice. I can't really think of anything else... Try using a clipboard saver to paste faster than you could type and still seem professional.


How to create "Eternal Night Shift" on macOS Mojave?

I've already set Night Shift to end at 9.00am and to start at 9.01am

Then you should change the time to when you're not awake. For example 5:00 AM.


Transfer speed of USB-C to Lightning on latest iPad Pro 10.5

The iPad Pro 10.5"-inch model supports USB 3, so it is not the "ancient" USB 2 as you mention.

USB-C only refers to the plug, so it hasn't got anything specifically to do with the USB-C to Lighting cable - you can achieve the same, higher speeds using a USB-A port when using a USB 3 compatible cable and USB 3 capable port.


This isn’t on the app. The app is optimised for better performance and compatibility. The only way to do it is to use show original on the web. And that can be done only on a computer because Google immediately moves to mobile mode when logging in from a phone.


Use the Java Preferences app (located in the Utilities folder) to manage Java settings (also see this reference).

General steps:

Go to your Utilities folder (either by going to the Applications folder or using the ⇧+⌘+U key combo from Finder)
Launch the Java Preferences application
Uncheck the box next to "Enable applet plug-in and Web Start applications"

Screenshot:


Is there a way to stop MS Word from automatically opening previously opened documents?

From the macrumors forums you can hold shift when you launch a program to launch it without the resume previous window functionality.

  Alternatively, for those who want some resume functionality and don't
  want to globally disable it, you can hold Shift when you launch an
  application to bypass resume and start that app fresh.

If that doesnt work you can turn off the function globally by going to System Preferences -> General and unticking "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps"

(you can also disable the function on a per-app basis using the instructions here)


Can I still cast to Chromecast on my MacBook?

Fortunately, I am now able to cast on my computer. The trick is to set up Chromecast on your phone/tablet, as currently it cannot be setup from a computer. These days, Google Chrome has a cast option built-in, which can be accessed if you click the button with three vertical dots on the top right of Chrome. So there is no longer any need to download the Cast extension, as Chrome ships with it.


There are multiple options available.

You can purchase a EFI Rom chip for your particular model computer, attach it to the logic board and it will bypass the system EFI.  http://www.cmizapper.com/components/chips.html
You can attempt to rewrite the existing EFI chip  https://ghostlyhaks.com/blog/blog/hacking/18-apple-efi-bypass
You can attempt to brute force the password with an Arduino Teensy https://github.com/orvtech/efi-bruteforce or similar. http://www.cmizapper.com/products/brutus.html


posted as answer to add pic…

This tells me it's shuffled right now; click it to turn off again.

Re-ordering should be as simple as dragging to a new position, but whilst it's shuffled it will appear to ignore you, as it's unlikely to recalculate the shuffle at that point.


MPlayerX on OS X suddenly doesn't interpolate video anymore? (fullscreen = ugly pixelated output)

I had the same problem at my both devices, MacBook Air (mid 2011) and 5k Retina iMac (mid 2014) only after upgrading to El Capitan. I tried everything to solve the issue with MPlayerX (as it's my fav player and most used app) but no luck. Later i downgraded my MacBook Air to Yosemite and problem was solved.
Now I don't think it's a OS X related problem because other players are running smoothly so I guess it's high time for MPlayerX to release a new version.


What can we do now that Facebook iPad app crashes on launch after update?

Sadly, unless you have a computer with that accounts signed version of the old Facebook app, you can't get the old version from the iTunes Store.

Deleting the app should have removed all preferences, so you can only make sure the crashes are being reported to Apple and hope the app is popular enough to get a bug fix rapidly.

To restore the old app from a computer, be sure to delete the faulty app before connecting the iPad to the computer. Then add the Facebook app from the computer being careful to not update it there.


Three displays will not work in a supported, OS X only solution. You can use two thunderbolt attached displays or one HDMI and one thunderbolt.

Apple maintains a knowledge base article listing which Mac models support either one or two external thunderbolt displays.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885

In the section for OS X, the 2012 mini is listed in the category of two full monitors with a footnote explaining HDMI and thunderbolt.


How to show a notification when the iSIght webcam turns on?

With the help of Growl's documentation about AppleScript support and a little discussion with Bart Arondson and Elliot B in the comments onto the question I've come up with the following AppleScript.

I've saved this script as an application agent which you can add to your login items in System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items.

Basically, this application works by detecting if a unique executable related to using the camera is being accessed. Whenever the executable is accessed, the application will notify about it to Growl:

Download

It's important to know that this script monitors access to the executable...

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC

Full script

-- check if growl is running in order to avoid the "Choose Application" dialog
tell application "System Events"
    set isRunning to (count of (every process whose bundle identifier is "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp")) > 0
end tell

-- store time of last iSight access
global lastopened
set lastopened to do shell script "ls -lu /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC | awk '{print $6,$7,$8}'"

-- make the application ready for use with growl
if isRunning then
    tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"

        -- make a list of all the notification types that this script will ever send
        set the allNotificationsList to ¬
            {"iSight access monitor"}

        -- register the script with growl
        register as application ¬
            "iSight access monitor" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬
            default notifications allNotificationsList ¬
            icon of application "FaceTime"

        -- send the first notification right after the application is started
        notify with name ¬
            "iSight access monitor" title ¬
            "iSight access monitor" description ¬
            "last iSight access:
" & lastopened application name "iSight access monitor"
    end tell
end if

-- monitoring routine: checks every 10s if the VDC executable has been accessed
on idle
    tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
        set newopen to do shell script "ls -lu /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC | awk '{print $6,$7,$8}'"
        if (newopen is not equal to lastopened) then
            notify with name ¬
                "iSight access monitor" title ¬
                "iSight access monitor" description ¬
                "new iSight access:
" & newopen application name "iSight access monitor"
            set lastopened to newopen
        end if
    end tell
    return 10 -- interval in seconds
end idle


How can I recover files from a failing hard drive?

You could use ddrescue to try to clone the raw volume (there are some notes on running it under OS X on tinyapps.org). It basically tries to read over & over, getting as much as possible from the disk.

This isn't ideal for your situation, since it 1) needs enough free disk space (either a volume or a disk image) to hold the entire drive, including free space (i.e. if it was a 200GB drive with 10GB of files, you need 200GB to hold the clone); and 2) it doesn't tell you which files it couldn't read (you can look at the log and see what blocks it hasn't been able to read, but figuring out what files those blocks are part of is not trivial).

The good news about is that, thanks to its log file, if it missed something you need (and you haven't modified the target volume at all -- mounting readonly is recommended), you can just run it again and it'll pick up where it left off, and keep hammering on the difficult blocks until they give up their data.


How to download Sierra DMG file if mac can't support it

The only legal way to download it is probably to make a usb drive on a friends Macbook that supports Sierra. Otherwise you can try to reinstall macOS through the recovery if your MacBook Pro supports Sierra.


Apps can exist anywhere on macOS. Use spotlight to search for the apps you want to delete and see if you have multiple copies.

When that's done, you need to rebuild your spotlight index. That feeds both spotlight search and the launchpad icon list.


If you have a backup, then go ahead and delete the folder. You are correct that it's not something Apple installs. Lots of third party database software like mongodb work best with a /data mount point - so if you can correlate the creation date on that folder with running an install script or package you might be able to infer which process created that folder.

There isn't an auditing system you can read to determine when or what installed a change generally - so use Finder to get information on the folder or perhaps try a tool like Pacifist to check receipts - maybe you will be lucky with a package claiming the creation of that /Data directory.


Writing to plist file multiple preferences same time

Mac's default command is not designed to work like that.

You will see a substantial speedup by having Applescript make (or call) one shell script to issue all 50 commands. You can wrap both versions of the script in a date call or use the time function to time the shell script if you are not sure where the delay lies on your Mac.

The vast majority of the delay will likely be Applescript looping and then forking each an environment for each script to be executed. By writing one script, not only will the startup be reduced to 1/50 of the time, it will likely execute far faster overall.

If you really wanted to, you could write yourself a function to parse multiple inputs; but it's probably easier for you just to have 50 lines of shell script.


Zsh using 100% of CPU during iWork install

I was able to solve this, but I still don't know what caused it.

Iteratively:

Watch for a hung sh job.
Run the command in a terminal.
Kill the parent of the hung job with kill -9.
Return to 1 until no more hung jobs appear.


Keynote : export slides to pdf with notes

This is a cosmetic bug you could report to Apple.

Here is my best approach I used to get a decent PDF.
In printing menu, select Keynote > Print: > Handout > Add Notes


How to fix my Applescript plugins for the Contacts application that are no longer available since 10.9 Mavericks upgrade?

1. The launch services database is screwed up
This Contacts.app launch services problem/issue might appear again after each Mac OS X update, like the 10.9.2 combo updater according to http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/2NbVio0gzU3nWMhAxfsk
1a. Command line fix
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -all l,s,u

In case of error messages like no such file or directory you can find the location of your lsregister with the command $ locate lsregister.
1b. OnyX fix
Or, you can run the OnyX application (version 2.8.7),
go to tab "Automation".
Disable each check mark,
except for section "Rebuilding",
and make sure that item "LaunchServices" is checked.
Finally hit the [ Execute ] button.
2. Move to new folder
You need to move your Address Book Plug-In AppleScript(s) from the old
~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/
/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/

to a new location:
~/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.AddressBook/


Is there a way to get a screenshot / snapshot of a movie purchased on iTunes?

You can't take a screenshot of a protected video with the stock Mac tools.  Apple has built-in protection to prevent this from happening (if the video is not protected, then it's ok to take a screenshot).

The only way you'll be able to do this is to use a third-party video player, like VLC, or a third-party image capture, like SnapNDrag.


Can I transfer voice memos and notes from iphone to idrive usb drive?

Ok I am using iFalshDevice App and a generic brand idrive.
Cannot transfer voice memos in bulk. But with each individual one- tap on it - "share" and "copy to iFlashDevice". Now this will copy it to "App Storage -> Inbox" which is not really your drive yet, it looks like a clipboard area to transfer things. Select all voice memos there and copy them to the device in iFlashDrive App. This works with ios11 and 12.


Is there a difference between recovering data from the original drive VS a clone of it

No, there's no difference when you have a byte-for-byte identical clone as you have. And yes, data recovery software should work the same for an original drive as for an image-based clone.

In other cases than yours there could be a slight difference - namely when we're dealing with defective hardware. If you have a broken hard drive for example it might be that if you do a naive clone multiple times, you'll end up with different images. That is not good.

In your case, I advised you to use "dd" to create a clone. That works perfectly well with functioning hardware.

If you had broken hardware, I would have advised instead to use "ddrescue". That utility has support for things like reading the same block multiple times in order to get as much correct data as possible from a malfunctioning drive. Also it can do stuff like leave holes in the clone image that corresponds to the non-working parts of the original drive.

Note that because of TRIM a functioning SSD drive could limit your possibilities of recovering data from the clone. However if you use data recovery software you run yourself on your Mac, then the clone and the original will let you recover exactly the same data.

The only difference is if you access the flash ICs on the SSD drive directly to try to recover data that has been TRIM’ed away. However that is not possible from macOS (or Windows or similar), rather you would typically need specialized hardware and software not commonly available. If you are considering sending in your data to a professional recovery service that has these capabilities, you’ll definitely want to stop using the original drive and send that in - and the continue working on your clone drive instead. NOTE: I know of no such recovery service in existence anywhere for your hardware - I think your only bet is Apple at the moment.


how to change NFS share name as displayed in OSX without reconfiguring NFS server?

This is not possible, as far as I can tell. The answer from patrix will indeed mount the share at a different mount point (though you need to create the mount point), but no matter where you mount it, Finder will still show it by the 'Proper' name.

You can verify by doing Get Info on the mounted drive in /Volumes/; the "Name & Extension" section will show the custom name you specified, but the name at the top of the window (and in the Finder) will be the actual name of the share's final path component.


How do I clear disk space on Mac OS Catalina?

The difference is almost always TimeMachine snap shots.

For more info see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015


How to find itunes cover flow view option

CoverFlow is long-gone, from iTunes & the Finder too.

It was killed in iTunes 11 & also in El Capitan, OS 10.11

Ref: CNet - 7 features Apple killed off in iTunes 11


Cannot write to SMB Share with Terminal OS X 10.8

The problem here is that terminal is trying to write Unix style permissions to the CIFS share during the copy operation.

When you perform "cp" via terminal the data will transfer but the fchmod command will fail as the "core CIFS protocol does not provide unix ownership information or mode for files and directories".

A few solutions:

Mount the share via command line and engage the noperm option to ignore permission errors.

mount_smbfs -o noperm "//DOMAIN;username@myshare.com/blah" /Volumes/blah

Alternatively you can use rsync to copy files (without the -a flag)

rsync -rl source destination.

Source: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.html


How to stop the Mail app from running every 10 minutes on the Mac?

This is not normal behavior. Edit your question with your console log information from the moment of launch, it might help.
Notification center will provide alerts when mail arrives if set to do so, and clicking on a message will launch Mail. Mail messages also reside in the notification center and clicking one there will also launch mail.
Short of these events, Mail should not launch itself, unless you have some background process or script you are unaware of.

There is a background process or helper to allow the notification center to show incoming messages while Mail.app itself isn't running. This is normal behavior. If Mail is turned off in the notification system preference you won't have any intrusions.

Of course different things such as shell scripts, other apps and so on can launch apps so if you've configured other apps to launch Mail you need to deal with that scenario. This is where the log files can give you a hint as to what happened immediately prior to Mail launching.


How does emu4ios Transfer cracked Apps with out jailbreak?

When it asks you to change your date before 2012. reason why is before 2012 there was a update that validates cracked apps to be downloaded. When you set it before its sort of removing some of the validates. When it first downloads it downloads a provisioning profile which allows the cracked app to download due to the profile permissions.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that imho, anything claiming to be designed in "Califomia" is not a genuine Apple product :3

Apple's official article -- Identify counterfeit or uncertified Lightning connector accessories -- may help you confirm my suspicions.

For those not liking hidden links the full address of the Apple article above is https://support.apple.com/ht204566


How do I change parts of my terminal prompt?

If you're familiar with customising your .bashrc, I would suggest customising your prompt(PS1). Here is a tutorial among (a lot of) others about it.


Repeat Alerts not working on the iphone 5

Just got my iPhone 5 2 days ago and noticed this as well.  Was on iOS 6.0.1 have since upgraded to 6.0.2 and same issue.

I've noticed if I leave a particular persons text messages up, I do not get another notification.  However, if I press the home screen and go back to the main screen I'll then receive audible notifications.

I did restore from my iPhone 4S backup via iTunes.  Later today I'm going to wipe the phone and rebuild from scratch and see if that helps.


How do I keep it safe in the heat of the car as we drive?

If you're ok being in the heat of your car as you drive then your laptop should be more than fine.

Now, assuming that you leave your MacBook in a hot car while parked, short term, you aren't going to do much in the way of damage.  If it's on, it will turn itself off if the thermal limit is reached.  If you try to use it while hot, keep in mind you will be bringing it near to to it's thermal limit very quickly.

Prolonged exposure is another thing altogether.  Keeping your MacBook stored in a hot environment won't really damage the components (logic board, keyboard, etc.) but it will shorten the life of the battery.


How to downgrade from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1?

I just read this blog post and it looks like it's possible to downgrade but only if you do it quickly. Soon there will be no turning back.

Also, it's device dependent, as explained in this post

It worked for me to restore an old back up.


Deleting a file from inside Lion’s Preview.app

At present there is not a solution for this. It seems that this feature was removed from Lion. The reason for this we will never be sure.

For now you will need to manually delete using the mouse and trash can.


Bash Script That Automates A Software Install

The following should work for Snagit (and, with adaptions, for any application which is delivered in a .dmg and must be dragged to /Applications manually). It will not work for package installers.

#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop

# get image from site
curl -O http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg

# mount image
hdiutil attach Snagit.dmg

# copy app, remove old version first if installed
if [[ -d /Applications/Snagit.app ]]; then
    sudo rm -rf /Applications/Snagit.app
fi
sudo cp -r /Volumes/Snagit/Snagit.app /Applications/Snagit.app

# unmount and remove image
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Snagit
mv Snagit.dmg ~/.Trash/


Is it possible to get the text log for Disk Utility First Aid check?

The CLI counterpart would be diskutil repairVolume /Volumes/MyPassport.


You can try using Flex to see if there is a simple method that it uses to detect whether the device is locked, at which point you can override the return boolean to always return true. Without being able to run the app, I can't create a patch myself, but search for methods with names such as ‘lock’.


I think Dropbox would be a good solution.

The Dropbox app will automatically create a folder on your OS X. Put files that you want to access on your iOS devices into the folder.
Install the iOS app on your iOS devices. You will be able to access all the files that's stored in the OS X folder easily.

Note that there's a space limit for the Dropbox service.


Macbook Pro 2015's screen flashes up and down

Basically the image on the display would randomly flash to some point below on the screen, then flash back to it's normal position, and so on. This flashing happens as soon as the apple logo is displayed at startup, and applies even to the dead battery logo.

This is a hardware issue - it's likely the LCD or back light is damaged in some way.  If you're seeing this on startup that means it's happening prior to software being (fully) loaded.

  ... a few days ago it was dropped on the floor.

That would be the cause.  I've seen this (well variations of this) numerous times.  The best way to confirm this is to "remove" the LCD from the equation - plug in an external monitor.  If there's no flashing there, it's the LCD.

Fix

You need to replace the LCD. It may be the back light, but I doubt it. You'll need an LCD Assembly.  iFixit.com has an excellent step by step guide on replacing it.  If this is not your cup of tea, I definitely recommend taking/sending it in for repair.  You may need to source this from eBay or similar to get the best price - these run in the $4-600 (USD) price range


iOS Simulator 5.0 and 5.1 do not work on Mavericks. See this, granted you have a developer account with Apple.

  The iOS simulator does not duplicate some of the low-level parts of iOS. For example, it uses the host OS X's kernel instead of trying to virtualize the iOS kernel. The iOS simulator requires that these subsystems look sufficiently similar between the simulated iOS and the host OS X. When a new host OS X changes too much it can break old simulators. At that point somebody makes an engineering and cost decision to either update the old simulator or drop support for it.


How to disable lock-screen hotkey (Command-ctr-Q) in High Sierra?

The following worked for me:

Open "System Preferences", select "Keyboard", then "Shortcuts".

From the list of shortcut categories in the left-hand list, select "App Shortcuts".

Add (this is counter-intuitive since you want to disable an existing shortcut) a new shortcut using the "+" button:

Under "Menu Title", enter "Lock Screen" (this should be how the action appears on the "Apple" desktop menu).

Then under Keyboard Shortcut, enter a key combination that you can "sacrifice".  You could use something hard to type like Ctrl + Alt + Cmd + Shift + L.

You "save" the new Keyboard Shortcut (which actually overrides the previously invisible Ctrl + Cmd + Q shortcut) by closing the Keyboard preferences window.

Now you should be able to enjoy Ctrl + Cmd + Q's awesome Emacs binding again.


How can the macOS calendar show (1 more...) daily events in the month view?

Two ways I can think of, if you don't want to (or can't) expand the window further…
Swap to Day or Week view - views are  Cmd ⌘   1  though  4
Shrink the font -  Cmd ⌘   -  ( Cmd ⌘   +  to enlarge)


Are there solutions to block pornography on iOS and watchOS?

On iOS there is a setting for "Content and Privacy Restrictions Go to Settings -> Screen Time ->  Content & Privacy Restrictions.  Under this setting, there are many types of content restrictions which you can apply.

Many browsers also have content restrictions.


What are some good methods of recovering key function after a spillage?

Apple are very likely to repair this under Applecare with no charge. I have had several defective keyboards and stuck keys in the past. In all cases, Apple replaced the keyboards for free under Applecare.

Clearly your milage will vary, since if you have damaged the keyboard by misuse they are under no obligation to fix it, but in my experience, Genius bar engineers will always give you the benefit of the doubt.


How can one fix a Mac OS App Store that stops updating?

In addition to the auto update issue, I noticed by chance that the App Store showed download arrows for iWork apps -- when they were clearly installed on my MBP’s internal flash drive. I had the insight that something might be wrong with Spotlight. After I rebuilt the Spotlight index, not only did the App Store properly recognize that I had the iWork apps installed, but automatic updating appears to have been restored.

So it’s obvious that the AppStore relies on Spotlight for its update mechanism.


How do I make a window move to the left half of my screen and another window move to the right half?

You can try Cinch and SizeUp apps to do that.

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/


In TextWrangler, there is a command "Compare Two Front Documents". TextWrangler is not just a simple text comparison tool, but it's free, and if you need to edit text anyway, it's a useful feature.


Apple Script for copying path and name and pasting it in Spotlight Comment box Mac OS X 10.9.5 (and 10.11.4)

Building upon jackjr300's answer, you can add the path to the comment with this modified script:

set input to choose file with prompt "Select files (to put the file name into the Spotlight Comment)" with multiple selections allowed
tell application "Finder"
    repeat with i in input
        tell item i to try
            set tName to (get name)
            set tPath to POSIX path of i -- get the path of the file
            set comment to tName & " - " & tPath -- this set the comment to the name of the file, and delete the existing comment
            set name to "Done_" & tName
        end try
    end repeat
end tell

The changes to the original script are these two lines:

set tPath to POSIX path of i -- get the path of the file
set comment to tName & " - " & tPath -- this set the comment to the name of the file, and delete the existing comment

The first line sets tPath to a string containing the path to i. In this case i is the file being examined.

The second line appends the path to the file's comment using the segment: & " - " & tPath. The section between the two double-quotes can be changed to something other than a hyphen.


What Apple Watch sleep tracking app uses minimal battery power and is fully compatible with the iOS Health app?

I thought it was time to share my experiences with using sleep tracking apps on my Apple Watch.

Not long after posting the question I downloaded Sleep++ and used that for quite a while. Sleep++ works well. It is power efficient and met most of my requirements. It's not perfect (e.g. you need to manually start/stop sleep tracking, but it's free (with ads - but the ads don't appear on the Watch) so you can give it a good try before paying to remove ads. It's also very well supported by the developer.

My hope was to use this app until Apple's own implementation of a sleep tracking app in watchOS was released. But since this wasn't ready in time for watchOS 4, and since I upgraded to a new Series 3 Apple Watch, I decided it was time to look at another sleep tracking app - namely one that doesn't require me to manually start and stop it (for those times I forgot, or those times I dozed off unintentionally).

I settled on AutoSleep which is a paid app. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and have been very impressed with how well it works and how it meets all my requirements.

It can automatically detect your sleep (assuming you're wearing the watch) or you can use it manually (similar to Sleep++ but without having to wear the watch). Obviously using it manually is not going to provide all the measurements, but it's equivalent to what Sleep++ could do.

Also, if you're wearing the watch, you can manually enable the Lights Off option. This is not necessary, and since one of the best selling points of this app is that it automatically detects your sleep without manual intervention, you may not want to opt for this. But if you do, it tells the app that you've officially gone to bed (hence the 'lights off' label) and the app will also track how long it takes you to fall asleep after going to bed. Useful if you want to also track that metric.

One of the other great features of the app is that on the iPhone you can tweak it to suit your sleep. That is, the app provides some nice measurements and graphs to illustrate your sleep and, if you notice it hasn't detected your sleep accurately enough (e.g. you know you woke up during the night and the app hasn't detected that), you can alter how sensitive it is or isn't to tracking your sleep. For me, I've never had to tweak it. It has accurately recognised my start sleep time, as well as my restlessness and any time awake in bed during the night. It has also detected times that I've dozed off in front of Netflix, while reading a book, etc regardless of the time of day!

All in all I am very happy with this app and it's very close to how I imagine Apple will implement its own version.

As there is no free version available, feel free to ask me any questions about this app in the comments below.

NOTE: I am not affiliated with this app in any way.


Can Mojave be installed on separate APFS volume under Catalina?

Yes, this is definitely possible. I just created this exact setup with macOS Catalina (10.15.1) as the "main" OS, and a separate macOS Mojave (10.14.6) installation in an APFS Volume (same disk, same container).

Follow these steps:

Step 1

Download "Install macOS Mojave" archive

Click on this link which will open the Mac App Store on the Mojave page.
Click Get.
The Software Update window up from System Preferences will open showing the latest version of Mojave. Confirm that you want to download the software, you'll also see a warning that you are downloading an older version of the OS, ignore it.
Wait while the macOS downloads - it may take a while.
Once it’s downloaded DO NOT click on Open - you don't want to install it yet.

(from https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/)

Step 2

Create APFS volume

Open "Disk Utility"
Click "View" -> "Show All Devices" (⌘2)
Click on "Container disk1" and "Add APFS Volume..."
Enter Mojave in "Name" (leave "Format" as "APFS" - I also did not specify any size options)

Step 3

Create bootable installation media for Mojave

Follow the official instructions at How to create a bootable installer for macOS

In short summarized form:

Format a min 16GB USB stick using Mac OS Extended, call it boot, then run:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/boot

Replace /Applications with ~/Downloads in case the installer is still in your Downloads folder.

Step 4

Boot from install media, and install to Mojave volume

Reboot your computer, hold down the Option key (⌥) before the Apple logo appears
Choose the USB media (Mojave installer)
Click "Reinstall macOS" once the "macOS Utilities" screen appears
Select the Mojave volume when asked where to install

Once the installation is finished, you can use the "Startup Disk" program to set you main Catalina installation as the default. When you want to boot Mojave, just restart the computer, hold ⌥, and select "Mojave".


Safari Web Inspector stops logging network activity

This sounds like a bug. Please file a bug report with a test case/URL and steps to reproduce at https://www.webkit.org/new-inspector-bug and we will take a look at it!


How to set up Mail so To: auto completes based on Contacts info?

Title is intended to be used within the scope of a company. If you want Mail to recognize names such as “Mom,” try using the Nickname field instead:

On the macOS version of Contacts, you can go into Contacts → Preferences → Template → Add Field and check Nickname. That field will then become available by default when editing any contact, without requiring you to add it through the + menu.


On macOS Catalina (10.15.1), the solution for me was to manually open the /System/Library/CoreServices/Captive Network Assistant.app application in the Finder, which will trigger the standard application for displaying the WiFi login portal.

You might still need to follow the suggestions listed above in order for this to be successful (since I had completed them prior to attempting this solution).

I found this solution from a blog post that has a more in depth solution for automatically triggering this process automatically until Apple releases a fix. But since it's not that difficult to manually open the /System/Library/CoreServices/Captive Network Assistant.app application I decided not to go through the entire workaround process.

Edit: it's important to note that not all networks will require this solution. In some cases just navigating to a non SSL site (examples provided in original question), will work just fine and show the login page. But if you get an error message about not being connected to the internet, this is a good thing to try.


How do I turn flash "on" instead of "auto" on iPhone camera in iOS14?

You can swipe up from the bottom of the photo/video preview to bring up additional options, including the ability to set flash to "on". You can then swipe down to hide the options.
When taking a photo (as opposed to a video), you also have the option of using the arrow at the top of the screen to toggle the options.


Cannot download macOS Sierra from App Store

I see several issues with different solutions. Let's try to fix them one at a time

Spotlight

First you should check if your Spotlight index is current. Search again for the Sierra Installation App. If it is listed, scroll down that list and click on "Show all in finder" (see Apple Support Page Description).

You get a Finder Window with all the Search results and if the Installer App is listed there you can get the Location and try to create the bootable USB Stick from there. You should also check the File Size and the Permissions of the Installer in case it is f.e. File Size 0 or you don't have permission to execute the Installer. You could also delete that Installer in order to reload it from the App Store.

If the Installer is showing in Spotlight, but is not showing up in the Finder you should rebuild your Spotlight Index (see Apple Support Page here or use a third party tool like Onyx, but be carful). Depending on your HD Size and Speed that could take some hours.

App Store

If the App store is still showing that the installer is present and won't let you download, you could try to delete (or just move it somewhere) your App Store Cache at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore. You should restart at that point and then try to Download from the App Store again.

There is a second (temporary) cache Location but only for downloads. You can get there fastest by opening the Terminal and typing in open $TMPDIR../C/. There you will find a Folder named com.apple.appstore which you could also move, restart, then try to DL again.

Try these approaches first and see if that solves your Problem.


Startup Security Utility Admin Permission

You have a Mac with a T2 chip, which requires an Administrator account with both a signed certificate and a SecureToken linked to that account, and the account that tries to change any of those settings in Recovery has to have the same matching SecureToken, a copy of which is held by the BridgeOS running the T2 chip.

Your IT folk have (quite rightly) locked that kind of thing away good & proper. Sorry, but no coop today :)


Can I transfer photos that are not in my iPhone's camera roll to my computer?

Yes, you can get the photos back on your computer that you synced to your iPhone. However, they will be a lower quality as iTunes automatically resizes them when it syncs them onto your device.

One way to copy photos off an iDevice is through a program called iExplorer (previously iPhone Explorer) that lets you access some of the filesystem on the iPhone.

Install the program from the website, then open it. You will be presented with a screen where you should find your iPhone listed. Here are the locations of the photos:

Camera Roll Photos:
iPhone -> Media -> DCIM

Previously Synced Photos:
iPhone -> Media -> PhotoData - > Sync

To get the synced photos off your iPhone drag the Sync folder into a folder on your computer and wait for them to copy. The same applies to the camera roll photos if you want to grab them at the same time.


OSX Terminal "last" does not show more logins before todays

last works in Sierra like in all older OS X systems equipped with ASL.

Here is an example of a Sierra VM (first light: installed: Sep 20, 2016):

user  ttys001                       Fri Dec  9 02:31   still logged in
user  ttys000                       Fri Dec  9 02:30   still logged in
user  console                       Fri Dec  9 02:30   still logged in
...
reboot    ~                         Wed Sep 21 00:01
user  console                       Tue Sep 20 22:18 - crash  (01:42)
reboot    ~                         Tue Sep 20 22:18
user  ttys000                       Tue Sep 20 22:08 - crash  (00:09)
_mbsetupuser  console               Tue Sep 20 22:01 - crash  (00:17)
user  console                       Tue Sep 20 22:00 - crash  (00:17)
reboot    ~                         Tue Sep 20 21:59

You can check any misbehavior of last/ASL with Terminal.app:

Open a new shell and enter sudo opensnoop -n last, then open a tab with ⌘T and enter last.

In the first tab you should get something like:

  UID    PID COMM          FD PATH
  501   7281 last           3 /dev/dtracehelper
  501   7281 last           3 /var/log/asl
  501   7281 last           4 /var/log/asl/2016.12.04.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          -1 /var/log/asl/2016.12.04.U0.asl
  501   7281 last           5 /var/log/asl/2016.12.04.U501.asl
  501   7281 last           6 /var/log/asl/2016.12.05.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          -1 /var/log/asl/2016.12.05.U0.asl
  501   7281 last           7 /var/log/asl/2016.12.05.U501.asl
  501   7281 last           8 /var/log/asl/2016.12.06.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          -1 /var/log/asl/2016.12.06.U0.asl
  501   7281 last           9 /var/log/asl/2016.12.06.U501.asl
  501   7281 last          10 /var/log/asl/2016.12.08.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          -1 /var/log/asl/2016.12.08.U0.asl
  501   7281 last          11 /var/log/asl/2016.12.08.U501.asl
  501   7281 last          12 /var/log/asl/2016.12.09.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          -1 /var/log/asl/2016.12.09.U0.asl
  501   7281 last          13 /var/log/asl/2016.12.09.U501.asl
  501   7281 last          14 /var/log/asl/BB.2017.09.30.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          15 /var/log/asl/BB.2017.10.30.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          16 /var/log/asl/BB.2017.11.30.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          17 /var/log/asl/BB.2017.12.31.G80.asl
  501   7281 last          18 /var/log/asl/Logs
  501   7281 last          18 /var/log/asl/StoreData
  501   7281 last           3 /etc/localtime
  501   7281 last           3 /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC

which shows all files opened/read by last. Quit opensnoop by entering: ^C.

If you don't get a similar output check your ASL subsystem (e.g. asl.conf or the launch daemons com.apple.syslogd/com.apple.aslmanager)/the folder /var/log/asl and repair everything if necessary.


Remove or edit a synthetic.conf file in etc/

To edit or remove synthetic.conf when it is causing catalina not to boot or login to your user, you must first boot into Recovery mode (hold down CMD+R during he boot sound). Then from the Utilities menu open the Terminal.
If you have FileVault enabled you will need to unlock the boot drive (there are other questions with answers on how to do this from the terminal so I wont repeat those here).
Provided that you have unlocked the boot drive you should be able to use the ‘find’ utility to locate your synthetic.conf like this:
cd /
find / -name synthetic.conf

For me it was inside a ‘private’ folder.
Then you can delete it with ‘rm’ or edit it with ‘vi’ if you’re feeling brave; I just deleted mine. Turns out that if you put spaces in it, instead of tabs, it causes your system not to boot on Catalina - What a great feature Apple :-)


How can I script Preferences changes in an application?

Use UI Scripting:

http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/uiscripting/index.html

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7896680/using-applescript-to-click-the-plus-button-in-a-preferences-window

How to know the name of UI elements using Accessibility inspector (or any other tool)


Can I display the menu bar in full screen mode in Lion?

I don't think so.

An alternative way is like, create a new Desktop, move the application you want to full screen into that new Desktop, and make that application screen as big as the Desktop.  So, you have a dedicated Desktop for that application, full screen, and with the menu bar.


How to click and drag to select/copy only part of a message in iMessage for OS X?

On a whim, I tried quitting Messages, and re-starting just the app, and it actually worked; before quitting I was unable to highlight part of a message. Afterwards, now I can select a subset of a message. I can also double-click to select a single word, etc.


Access disk attached to Airport Extreme over internet?

Sometimes, the only way to get an answer is to try it for yourself! So, I went out and bought an Airport Extreme. Bottom line:

YES, YOU CAN ACCESS AN ATTACHED DISK REMOTELY FROM OVER THE INTERNET!

The magic happens with iCloud's Back to My Mac feature. Here's how you do it:

System Preferences > iCloud: Turn on Back to My Mac
Airport Utility > Select AirPort Extreme > Edit > Disks: Tick "Enable file sharing" and "Share disks over WAN"
I chose to secure the shared disks "With device password"... meaning the password that is set for the AirPort Extreme.

Now, when you're away from your local network, just click the name of your AirPort Extreme in a Finder window's sidebar (if you don't see it, make sure "Back to My Mac" is ticked in Finder > Preferences > Sidebar).

Amazingly, that's it. It blows my mind that Apple isn't promoting this more heavily or that there's little talk about it out there. To me, this is a pretty killer feature!


Downgrading 2020 13" MacBook Pro to run macOS Mojave

No, you cannot downgrade the model of MacBook that you have to run macOS Mojave. The oldest supported version of macOS for your model of MacBoo is macOS Catalina 10.15.4.


I cannot configure Mail 5 on Lion to work the way I want with Google GMail

Gmail is not exactly IMAP so needs some manual configuration

You need to go in Mail to the folders under your Gmail account and on Trash/Sent Messages/Deleted Messages/Junk select each one of these and then in Mail choose Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For the corresponding Draft/Sent/Trash/Junk.

I originally did this from a very clear set of instructions that I cannot find now. However another set are here.

I also go to the web Gmail Settings and turn off the Show in IMAP check box for the All Mail tag. This means that I only sync one copy of each mail to the Mac.


Update to Yosemite: will I be able to sync iCal to iOS6/7?

I eventually updated and checked myself, and the answer to my question yes: even if you don't update to iCloud Drive, iCal keeps working and syncs on your devices connected to the old iCloud.


How do I move an app entirely from an iPod to an iPhone

You can download the app again from the App Store under the Updates tab > Purchased and searching for its name.

Your data/progress in the app will not transfer unless:

It uses iCloud for data storage and you are signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on both devices, or it uses a developer-specific way of syncing to a cloud service
You backup the iPod, reset the iPhone to factory settings and restore the backup

Otherwise, your progress in the game will be lost. There is no way to transfer data for a single app between devices.


How to delete bad entries in Mail's helpful drop-down lists?

Go ahead and complete that "bad" name, then click on the downward arrow to the right of the address.

You can also use the Previous Recipients window to clean things systematically rather than on demand when you are composing and seeing the ones you wish to prune. Once that is complete, check your contacts to make sure the bad address is not stored as a legitimate contact.


Essentially what happens is that when you run that echo command without sudo, your locale settings are set to the wrong language and character set (because of your environment variables) - and when you run it with sudo, this is corrected because it then evaluates the environment of the sudo'ed user so that the character is set correct (probably to UTF-8).

This is exactly similar to what happens if you used a computer with macOS set to an English locale and input settings, and then tried to run such a command (for example from a downloaded script). Because the character set is different it would work differently.

I see the same thing often here in Denmark with conflicts over ISO-8859-1 versus UTF-8 (although UTF-8 is becoming more and more ubiquitous). If the character sets do not match, the local characters (i.e. åæø ÅÆØ) becomes garbled after piping into commands such as pbcopy.

In order to avoid this, tweak your command like this when you run it in Terminal or from a program:

echo привиет как дела | LANG=en_US.UTF-8 pbcopy

Setting the character set to UTF-8 means that a very wide range of characters are supported, and it matches the character set you've probably set Terminal.app to.


Photo Stream & iCloud turned on - but Photos taken on iPhone don't appear on iPad

Photo Stream definitively only works for photos (or screenshots) taken after it was enabled.

As for your other problem: Yes, if you are logged into the same iCloud account on both devices and have Photo Stream enabled it should sync whenever you are logged in into a Wi-Fi environment (apparently Photo Stream doesn't sync over 3G).

What else can you try:

Take a screenshot on the iPad, make sure you are in a Wi-Fi environment and see whether the screenshot appears on the iPhone
Log in to iCloud from your computer (requires Lion or a recent Windows version of course) and see whether the photos get streamed there


Is it possible to enable key repeat for letter keys on the Apple Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro?

As far as I can tell this isn't possible, which is a shame. I was trying to use my iPad with remote desktop where I need to hold down keys and it just doesn't work. It seems this is a "feature" of iOS that only certain keys like space and delete are allowed to repeat. Here are some links about it that I found.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/34220222#34220222

https://support-splashtoppersonal.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/230005527-Does-Splashtop-support-Bluetooth-keyboards-


Can‘t setup an iPad or Apple TV as Home Hub

Try using the same Apple ID.

Make sure you follow all the steps in this article:

  Set up two-factor authentication for your Apple ID. On your iOS device, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and make sure that
  iCloud Keychain is turned on.
  On your Apple TV, go to Settings > Accounts and make sure that you're signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID as your iOS device.
  After you sign in to iCloud, your Apple TV automatically sets itself up as a home hub.   To see if your Apple TV is connected as a
  home hub, go to Settings on your Apple TV. Then go to Accounts >
  iCloud and look under HomeKit.


How can I get unblocked from Apple CheckCoverage?

I would ask you Apple sales person to get you an account on Apple Business Manager. That one account will unlock all manner of goodness. You can then apply for customer seeding programs, get global service accounts to check serials and more.

https://business.apple.com/

If you don’t have a business contact, just estimate how many Macs and Apple products you manage and call sales 1-800-MY-APPLE and ask for a referral or walk into an Apple Store and ask for the business team.

Your contact will then go to bat and either get you trained on the new tools or cleared from the abuse filter for the web page you triggered.


How do I record a screen cap video of the iPad?

Reflection (US$15) turns a (Lion or above) Mac into an AirPlay receiver that can handle mirroring.  Once you've got the mirrored display on a Mac, all you need is to capture that video, which is easy.

For example:

Start Reflection on the Mac.
Turn mirroring on (requires iPad 2 or newer or iPhone 4S or newer), selecting the Mac as the target.
Use a video screen capture program (Quicktime Player can do this, but there are lots of more advanced ones if you need more) to record the Reflection window.

No jailbreaking is required.

AirServer (also US$15) is another application that offers essentially the same functionality as Reflection (and was released slightly afterwards), but is also available for Windows, if you don't have a Mac to do the recording on.


How do I delete all Music off my iPhone library so nothing appears?

I had no choice but to remove all music from my iPhone. I have had music intrude in on my 3rd party apps playlists and even phone calls on bluetooth in multiple vehicles. This is a ridiculous solution to a problem I hope is fixed soon.

I tried to go straight to step 5 but Music app was not in the list for me delete to select (iPhone 6 plus iOS <= 8.1.2)

Settings > Music - toggle "Show All Music" to off.
Open music app - identify all songs that are on your device.
Settings > Music - toggle "Show All Music" to on.
Download the songs from step 2.
Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage > Music > Edit > All Songs > Delete
(Optional) Settings > Cellular - In "Use cellular data for" locate Music App and toggle off.
Settings > Music - toggle "Show All Music" to off.


How is the "Memory" column calculated in Activity Monitor?

The Memory column is overall memory consumption, excluding compression, etc. going on.  The Compressed Mem column is how much memory is being saved by the operating system's memory compression algorithm.  The Real Mem column essentially shows Memory - Compressed Mem to give you an idea of how much actual memory is being consumed by the process.  Private Mem shows you how much memory is being consumed by this particular process that is not being shared by any other processes and of course then Shared Mem would be what's being shared with other processes.

As far as actually tracking the memory consumption itself, I would have to dig a bit more into the developer documentation as I don't know off the top of my head how Xnu/Darwin tracks memory consumption on a per process basis to actually report such figures.

Please let me know if you're looking for any additional details or clarification as your previous question is slightly vague with regards to whether you're seeking specific acquisition details or just what the columns mean...


iTerm2 preferences keep resetting after reboot

Well. I did not find the cause for the issue (although it was quite obviously some file permissions problem). But this is how I fixed it:

Quit iterm2
Move ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist to the Desktop
Reboot (because plist files are protected)
Launch iterm2 and quit it again to create a new plist file
Open ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist in an editor
Paste the contents of the plist file on the Desktop into the new one
Reboot


Solved it i think

export set MYSQL_HOME=/usr/local/mysql-5.6.17-osx10.7-x86_64

export set PATH=$PATH:$MYSQL_HOME/bin


Make OS X El Capitan announce time only when screen is unlocked or during night time

Do you have 'Do Not Distrub' mode set on?
Go to System Preferences -> Notifications and set up as needed.


Technical information about the iPhone touchscreen controller?

As Global nomad said in the comments, this seems to be a custom chip, and their website doesn’t contain any information on the chip.

However, ABI Research has a teardown of the chip, although I don’t know how comprehensive or thorough it is. The (paid) report can be found at http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1009855. The list of the documents in the report reads “Specification”. This could be provided by Texas Instruments, or it could be compiled by ABI.

The search results on the website say, "This file is not available to the public, but it is available for purchase.” There isn’t an obvious buy button, so it’s possible that we can’t purchase it. But that might be worth chasing up — that’s the best that I can fine.


Can I calibrate 2 screens to match, without buying expensive gear?

Personally, I'd go with the expensive option - you have a grand's-worth of screens there; why not have them both accurately profiled?
The first downside of manual calibration is not knowing which of the two is 'more correct' in the first place - the second is actually getting them both to look the same...

Back in the good old bad old CRT days I always used to set screens up by eye - since I bought a colorimeter, I haven't looked back.

If you do decide to go for a colorimeter, avoid the entry-level Huey Pro, as it no longer works on Mac. Bottom of the line these days is probably the Color Munki Smile, which is quite adequate for 'in-house' calibration, if you don't need a fully-calibrated workflow to printers/publishers etc.
You can also do PCs & your iPhone with it, if you want ;-)

Anyway - if you want to try it manually, the functionality is built right into the OS itself...
System Prefs > Displays > Color > Calibrate... [you get one on each screen, though it doesn't look like you can run both at once]

Clicking that launches the Display Calibration Assistant,

which you can run through as many times as you like; save with a different name each time & review later to see which you're happiest with.

I didn't quite dare to actually run the assistant at first - didn't want to mess up my own calibration ;-) When I did try it I discovered there seem to be far fewer tweakable options than there used to be - you used to be able to adjust per 'gun' colour balance, amongst other things. All I got to pick was a white-point, which really isn't going to be of much use :/


Is there a way to set Instagram as default camera app on iPhone?

As far as I know, the only way to do this is to jailbreak and use a Cydia app called AnyLockApp. It allows you to configure the behavior of the camera button that appears on the lock screen. You can set any app to be activated by that button. See also the AnyLockApp page.

Settings screen:

This hack will probably not work in iOS 5.1. However, this is unconfirmed. I will update this answer when I do update and jailbreak iOS 5.1.
Besides this hack, there is no other way to change the behavior of the camera button on the lock screen.


How to use an old MacBook Pro as a display?

Unfortunately, Target Display Mode doesn't work on MacBook Pros. However, this thread here describes various ways to use the MacBook Pro as a screen. In a nutshell, it says to use a third party app such as Air Display or Screen Recycler (both of which, it appears, operate over a network. The thread suggests connecting the two computers with a thunderbolt cable and thunderbolt network to speed up the connection. For more details, see the link above.


Does a `.hidden` configuration file for Finder exist?

Use the "hidden" file flag for this:

chflags hidden file1.txt directory "something else hidden"

See the chflags man page for more info. To see which files are hidden (and other file flags), use ls -lO:

$ ls -lO
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 gordon  staff  hidden 68 Feb 27 00:52 directory
-rw-r--r--@ 1 gordon  staff  hidden  0 Feb 27 00:52 file1.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gordon  staff  uchg    0 Feb 27 00:54 lockedfile.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 gordon  staff  hidden  0 Feb 27 00:52 something else hidden
-rw-r--r--  1 gordon  staff  -       0 Feb 27 00:53 visiblefile.txt

BTW the "@" is there to indicate files that have extended attributes -- the unix-style "hidden" flag also shows up as an old-MacOS-style Finder flag, which is now represented as a bit in the "com.apple.FinderInfo" extended attribute. You can see extended attributes as well with ls -lO@, and their contents with xattr -l filename:

$ ls -lO@ file1.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 gordon  staff  hidden  0 Feb 27 00:52 file1.txt
        com.apple.FinderInfo    32
$ xattr -l file1.txt
com.apple.FinderInfo:
00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020

The "32" means there are 32 bytes of data in the "com.apple.FinderInfo" attribute, and in the full dump the hexadecimal "40" corresponds to the "Invisible" flag in the old-style FinderInfo (/FileInfo) data structure.


Is it possible to access a Mac via SSH without administrator access?

Not easily and you may be running afoul of policy if you are circumventing the access policies of a computer to which you are not supposed to be modifying the security stance.

If you were to run sshd in your user space, you will need to use a port higher than 1024 and also hope that the firewall and network will allow you to accept inbound traffic on the port you chose.

Here is a decent article on how you would do this with admin permissions. It's not a perfect fit for Mac OS - but should give you a feel for what the issues are in your quest to set up sshd.

Also, netcat.


Can I control audio/vibrate/DND on iOS remotely?

No. Per iDownloadBlog.com's article on using "Do Not Disturb" in OS X Yosemite:

Do Not Disturb settings do not sync across the Mac and iOS devices.


Using Automator to batch crop with custom coordinates / measurements

Here is a way to achieve what you want with ImageMagick. Hopefully you’re comfortable using Terminal (and also use Homebrew to manage all your packages).
Either way, you must install ImageMagick so you can run convert command line in Terminal.

Open the folder you want to batch processing all the images. If your folder name called images is located on Desktop, you’ll need to enter cd ~/Desktop/images/ in Terminal.

ImageMagick have a built-in option to crop images according to sizes and coordinates. The command is:
 convert <input documents> <width>x<height>+<pos x>+<pos y> <output filepath>

Cropping Images with ImageMagick
If I want to crop all the images into:

Width: 300px
Height: 500px
Position X: 100px from top left
Position Y: 70px from top left

I can enter the command below:
convert *.jpg -crop 300x500+100+70 result/screenshot.jpg

Make sure the target filepath exists. In this case, you should create a folder called result in Desktop. Or you can use absolute path like ~/Desktop/result or whatever folder you want to point. Just drag the folder into Terminal like this:


Which country in Europe offers Macbook Air 13" with US keyboard (with wide enter)?

What about store.apple.com?

I have bought two Macs with a US keyboard from the Finnish store. US means the standard US layout with a single row return key. The International English and UK layouts have a two row return key.

You can probably get them from eBay as well.


Windows 8 slowdown since upgrading to Yosemite and Fusion 7

I also posted this on the VMWare forum: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2446538#2446538

I had an answer back from DrTone who said the following:

  Shutdown your VM and change your hardware mode from 11 to 10 and
  restart your VM.  Your performance should be back to what you expect.
  Fusion has MAJOR issues with hardware level 11.

I did as he suggested and after some basic testing, performance appears to be back to where I was prior to upgrade which is good news.


RTF table support is quite limited in TextEdit.

If the column you want to get rid of is not the last column in the table (in which case grgarside's answer above is your best option) you can try the procedure below:

Let's say you want to delete column "c" below:

Hold down Option to mark the contents of the column (note that the cursor changes shape to a cross):

Now you can either:

Press Delete to delete its contents:

Position the cursor in every empty cell and press the fndelete key combination (you can also use the delete ⌦ key, but you will have to rearrange columns later):

until you have deleted all of them:

or:

Press Merge in Format > Table...:

Select the contents of the column and delete them by pressing Delete:

Place the cursor in the empty column and press the fndelete key combination (you can also use the delete ⌦ key, but you will have to rearrange columns later) to delete it.

I wish it were more straightforward, but unfortunately it isn't.


Convert mp3 file for podcasts into one that will show up in iOS Music (not Podcasts) app

You should be able to change it by Right click > Get Info

In Options, change the media kind to Music.


Outlook 2016 for Mac won't return "current messages" from main window

I'm an applescript novice, but I was able to add the following code to close the reminders window if it was up when the script ran:

-- close the reminders window if it is open
set winName to name of the front window
if "Reminders" is in winName then
    close front window
end if


Is there a way to protect email using passcode in iPhone?

You will have to jailbreak your iPhone to password-protect the Mail app. Sorry, there's no other way. :-)

I ran across this article, which has three apps for password protecting iOS apps.

Lockdown Pro
FolderLock
Locktopus

All are paid apps.

This article mentions an app called iAppLocker. It is free. Hope this helps you!


How do I schedule a root command to run at intervals?

The man page for launchd.plist describes a UserName key that is required when running the job as root. Presumably, the value should be "root."

I'm no guru, but this seems to be the only thing you're missing — unless launch agents can't be symlinked.


How do I change the iTunes country while maintaining Family Sharing?

Family sharing is country-specific. You cannot have accounts in multiple countries in the same "family".

That said, if you don't change the region of your iTunes accounts, nothing will change. Once you change the region of the account, you will only be able to be in a "family" with other members in the same region.


What is the process EscrowSecurityAlert in Activity Monitor?

Yes, it's part of macOS & has been since perhaps Mavericks.
Wikipedia lists it in List of macOS components but provides no description -
The iPhone Wiki gives a brief description

This application works with the iCloud Keychain servers. It manages the password uploads and anything that keychain tools does.

By definition an escrow service is one who acts as a middle-man in a complex or expensive process. It is often used when buying/selling a house. The escrow company holds both the deeds and the money until all parties have completed the legal requirements to transfer the property, preventing either one from 'running off with the money'.
In computing terms it is an arbitrator between two not-necessarily-yet-trusted 'clients'. It prevents any data from one leaking to the other until full trust is established. In effect, it doesn't let anything 'run off with the money'.
This is, in effect, a less mind-numbing version of your last link & quote.


Cannot switch source with Apple TV 4 and Samsung TV

Apple TV 4th Gen does not play well with others. Turn off CEC (HDMI Control) on the TV. This means that you will have to manually change inputs when switching sources.


Xcode 6, Yosemite and iOS device with iOS6

Well, looks like it was a problem in the profile. I was able to successfully deployed app to the old iPod Touch in this configuration.


Transferring Apps from One iPod to another

You can't really transfer apps between two IOS devices with different Apple IDs, unless you are up for jailbreaking, then I cant help you.

If you want to get the version your son uses on your daughter's device you will need to sign into the App Store with the AppleID on his device. But that will give you all of his settings as well. As you can see, problematic.

However you mention an older version and the App Store will always download the most recent version compatible with your system. So you may end up with the same version you don't want.

Perhaps there is someone else who knows a trick or two that I am not aware of, but if not you may be out of luck.


Paint.NET for Mac for pixel by pixel art creationg

Though it is more of a Photoshop clone by its number of features, have you considered The Gimp? I don't know if it is going to fit your exact requirement, but it does have an excessive number of features including a magnified editing mode and color substitution.

Otherwise, have you tried Paint.NET via Wine? It seems that only the v3.5.x version might get somewhere, but with limitations.


How to switch between different Chrome windows with keyboard shortcuts?

⌘ Cmd+` works for me with the same versions of Chrome and OS X, so it might be something specific to your installation.

You could try temporarily resetting Chrome's preferences or disabling extensions. Or change the shortcut from System Preferences or test if it works on a different account.


Drag to convert Automator Action into Applescript

In case anyone has this question, I found it, but it only works for recorded actions.

After you Record some clicks or other actions in Automator, they appear in a "Watch Me Do" action. You can then click on and drag an individual action out of that Action and release when the + sign appears. Automator will add a "Run AppleScript" action with the AppleScript that sends the same clicks and key presses to System Events.

You can also simply Copy the action you want, switch over to AppleScript Editor, and paste to get the same code.

Example: "Click Skype in the Dock" Event converts to the following AppleScript:

on run {input, parameters}
    -- Click “Skype” in the Dock.
    delay 7.872251
    set timeoutSeconds to 2.000000
    set uiScript to "click UI Element \"Skype\" of list 1 of application process \"Dock\""
    my doWithTimeout( uiScript, timeoutSeconds )
    return input
end run

on doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)
    set endDate to (current date) + timeoutSeconds
    repeat
        try
            run script "tell application \"System Events\"
" & uiScript & "
end tell"
            exit repeat
        on error errorMessage
            if ((current date) > endDate) then
                error "Can not " & uiScript
            end if
        end try
    end repeat
end doWithTimeout

How to convert recorded events in Automator:


With the Pages version listed, you can not save a global bullet list style as a template, but you can create a document with a custom bullet style and save the document as a template


iPad 4 frequently connects/disconnects from MacBook Pro

After a broad search, I found this solution which worked for me:

On the iPad tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy. This will reset your location and privacy settings and require you to set up a trust relationship with the PC/laptop again.

But if you are running out of options ... try that and see if it works. I realize this thread is older, but posting this solution here in case it helps other people.


Is it possible to bypass the login password?

I just did it on my MacBook Air with macOS Sierra 10.12.3 (latest macOS as of 02/2017) and that is indeed actually how it can be done.

As Tetsujin wisely points out, if you have the machine in your hands, then no OS is immune to a simple 'read the disk' attack - unless the drive itself is encrypted.

Of note Cmd+s invokes "Single User Mode" and there are other ways to bypass the login requirement, such as booting into local or internet "Recovery Mode" or booting the drive in "Target Mode". To avoid abuse of these options, you could also use a Firmware Lock. Per the article about "Recovery Mode":

  Enable a Firmware Password to Lock Down Your Mac’s Hardware Even with
  FileVault enabled, someone with access to your Mac could still wipe it
  from recovery mode and set it up as a new system. A firmware password
  can protect against this.

  This will also help if you don’t want to use FileVault encryption for
  some reason, but do want to prevent people from changing your password
  and accessing your files. A firmware password also prevents people
  from booting your Mac from other devices — like USB drives or external
  hard drives — and accessing your files if they’re not encrypted.
  Someone could still rip the hard drive out of your Mac and access its
  files on another device if you just use a firmware password without
  encryption, however.

  If you set a firmware password, you’ll need to enter it before booting
  into recovery mode or holding the Option key to boot from a different
  device. Just powering on your Mac normally without doing anything
  special won’t require the password, so it isn’t too much additional
  hassle.

Also of note, per this answer, the impact to performance from activating FileVault on computers using SSD drives is negligible. The only difference the user will likely notice is the need to enter a password prior to booting... and remembering where you stored your "recovery key" should you ever need it.


To avoid accidentally cutting leaves that might be things you requested you should install the port_cutleaves package then run sudo port_cutleaves
https://guide.macports.org/#using.common-tasks.keeplean

MacPorts 1.9.0 added the sqlite portdbformat and MacPorts 2.0.0 dropped the old flat format. The sqlite port DB format is the default for new installations; old installations that were upgraded to 1.9.x will continue to use the flat format1. You can convert a 1.9.x flat system to the sqlite format by upgrading to MacPorts 2.0 or by changing the portdbformat value in  /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf and then issuing a port command as root (e.g. sudo port installed).

One of the features of the new format is that it keeps track of “requested” versus “unrequested” port installations. An unrequested port is one that was only installed because some other port depends on it. The leaves pseudo-portname expands to all the unrequested ports upon which no other installed port depends. You can use this to “clean up” unneeded ports even if you did not originally uninstall them with sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies portname (which will do what you want, but only if you remember to use it every time you uninstall something).

You should examine your existing leaves before uninstalling any of them.

port echo leaves

Some common leaves (automake, gperf, libtool, pkgconfig) are build-time dependencies of common ports, so you may want to “request” them (sudo port setrequested port1 port2 port3 …) to avoid uninstalling them just to have to reinstall them later.

You can uninstall any remaining leaves quite easily:

sudo port uninstall leaves

Note: Before pruning your leaves, you may also want to uninstall old versions of ports that are no longer “active”. This may reveal a few more leaves (i.e. ports that are dependencies of ports that are installed, but inactive):

sudo port uninstall inactive

There are several sections in the MacPorts Guide that also describe the process of using leaves to uninstall unneeded ports.


Using dd to image a corrupted Windows disk?

Based on what I've done so far and the comments I've read on "Recover a dead hard drive using dd":

dd fails to image or clone damaged media to make the result equally mountable or readable, in multiple instances including mine;
there isn't an alternate tool in stock macOS that can do that.

In more detail:

The command I've been using in the question is the "proper" way - yet in many instances of working with damaged media, it does not create an image that like the original one, can be mounted and read. Basically, it fails at its task.
There isn't an alternative within stock macOS (such as ASR) that can clone or image damaged yet readable media. ASR (or its GUI sibling, Disk Utility) will bail out once there is an I/O error such as bad blocks on the media.
Haven't tried other tools that aren't part of macOS (such as ddrescue or dd_rescue mentioned in the linked article) - my answer is only about tools that are part of stock macOS.

The answer is based on multiple comments in "Recover a dead hard drive using dd" that mirror my experience: dd completes yet the image can't be mounted. I.e. dd does not appear to have created a close enough image of the media.

Here is what I have tried:

Use sudo dd if=/dev/rdiskX of=/Volumes/exFAT_Vol/image.dmg bs=4M conv=noerror,sync and sudo dd if=/dev/rdiskXsY of=/Volumes/exFAT_Vol/image.dmg bs=4M conv=noerror,sync to image the media. Neither image can be mounted, with errors such as "the following disks couldn't be opened: no mountable file systems".
Use the resultant image to restore to a (healthy) physical media via sudo dd if=/Volumes/exFAT_Vol/image.dmg of=/dev/rdiskZ bs=4M conv=noerror,sync - with a similar result: the physical media can't be mounted, and unlike the original damaged one, doesn't display the partition information such as "File system : Windows NT File System (NTFS)".
Attempt to use "First Aid" in "Disk Utility" to repair the images or the clones. None worked, with error messages such as:

Fixing damaged partition map. The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.DiskManagement error -69874.) Operation failed….

What I haven't yet tried:

Use dd with a different bs= value such as 512, instead of 4m. Takes too long.
Use dd without the conv=sync option, i.e. just use conv=noerror one. (Just didn't have a chance to try it yet - each attempt takes 4-5 hours.)
use dd with conventional rather than raw devices - e.g. /dev/disk4 rather than /dev/rdisk4.
Cloning directly from the damaged media to a healthy physical one, bypassing the imaging stage.
Any other tools besides dd, Disk Utility, asr.

Hope this helps someone else in the same situation and really hope my answer is wrong: i.e. hope that there is a way to make dd work in this situation, to make mountable images off damaged yet readable / mountable media.


How to use iTerm along with the default bash terminal?

You are mixing up a couple of things here. Note there is no such thing as bash terminal.

iTerm and Terminal are applications that start up a defined program - by default it is /usr/bin/login. This program starts a shell (listed in /etc/shells) by default this is /bin/bash.

bash reads ~/.bash_profile if it is started by login (or with a -l parameter), bash does not care if it is started by iTerm or Terminal. (There might be environment variables set depending on what starts bash e.g. ITERM_* from iTerm and TERM_PROGRAM by both)

iTerm and Terminal store their defaults in different places (both within ~/Library/Preferences) and do not write to ~/.bash* files.

Thus your ~/.bash_profile will be run by both iTerm and Terminal and will not be affected by them except if you test on certain variables


Text messages returning to original phone

Under Settings / Messages / Send and Receive, remove the check mark from your husband's phone number.


How to Make Gmail Remember my User ID and Passwords with Safari

There are three solutions I've found. The first two are the easiest and least intrusive, the third one should be tried last as it will remove all saved passwords for other websites too (but the third seems to have worked the most times for other people)

a. Safari Preferences

  Locate and delete the entry for Gmail that is set to 'Passwords
  Never Saved':

b. Remove Keychain Entry

  open Keychain Access (in Utilities), then look in the login keychain
  and find the site you tried to visit. Somewhere in the list, you'll
  see an entry like this:

www.somesite.com (Passwords not saved)

  Simply delete that item from the login keychain, restart Safari, and
  Safari will prompt you to save usernames and passwords when logging in
  to that site. The easiest way to find it in Keychain Access is to
  search for it using part of the website's URL as your search term.

c. Reset Safari

  Open Safari
  Click Safari > Reset safari
  Tick Remove saved names & passwords
  Click Reset Safari
  Quit, Repoen and load Gmail


There's a good chance the loose membrane is to blame and affixing it in place would solve the issue. Before continuing, you can verify if the membrane is the issue or it's something else by powering the laptop on with the key and membrane removed, opening some kind of document on the computer, then using a toothpick or other small (non-sharp) object to push down the center location. If that regularly causes an e character (or whatever key is at issue) to be input in to the document, the keyboard electronics are in good shape.

With that done, try holding the membrane down (by its edges) in place over the switch location, while using your fingertip to depress the membrane in the center. You should see  e characters being emitted as before. This is the location you want to affix the membrane.

Additionally, double-check that the scissor-spring part of the key is in good shape. Grit or broken plastic in that part would also explain the key feeling off, so verify that it's in good shape before proceeding. (If it's not obvious, remove a working, known-good key and compare them.)

Putting the Membrane in Place

You might not love this suggestion because of its permanence, but I think your best bet is using cyanoacrylate (super glue). I can't absolutely guarantee it won't harm the membrane, but I think it's very unlikely.

Power off the laptop.
Clean the area that you'll affix the membrane to: isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol or acetone on a Q-tip should do the trick. You likely also want to clean the rubber membrane.
Run a small bead of cyanoacrylate around the outer edge of the membrane.
Carefully place the membrane in the centered location you found above when testing the keyboard. Gently hold in place for a minute or so until the super glue has set.
Wait for it to fully cure. Overnight should be enough, a day should be absolutely safe. This might be overkill, but it would really suck to bump it out of alignment by rushing this part.
Power the laptop on, test it out by gently depressing on center of membrane: it should register keystrokes like before when you tested the keyboard.
Reassemble the key, you're done!

The upside to the above approach is that it (should) result in a permanent fix. But that also makes it feel risky, because if something goes wrong, it's extremely difficult to undo. A modified approach would be to put the membrane down in place without cyanoacrylate on it, then carefully put a bead around the edge, touching the outer edge of membrane and the metal where you're affixing it. If it turns out things went bad, acetone (nail polish remover) can break down cyanoacrylate, so you could carefully undo the process with some Q-tips and patience. But I think this approach would be less strong and easier to mess up, even if it has the upside of being (semi-)reversible.

Also, be careful when you're using the cyanoacrylate that it doesn't drip down off the metal (I think it's metal, not 100% sure, whatever the cross bar the membrane/switch sits on) and into the area below. Keep some acetone and Q-tips handy in case you need to clean up any accidents quickly.

Finally, I can't guarantee this will work and won't have an impact on the membrane -- I just don't know the exact chemical interaction. But I'm pretty sure you'll be okay and solidly affixing the membrane in place is the best chance of solving the issues you're seeing. But, you know, you follow instructions at your own risk, etc, etc.

Good luck!


How to configure OS X 10.5 to always open .WAV files with QuickTime?

You can use RCDefaultApp, it's a freeware System Preference Pane  that works in Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger and Panther.

You must go to "Extension tab" and find .WAV in the list and change the Defallt Application.


How to send the right-click event to a tab-chosen control from an application or service?

If you simply want to select GUI elements with keyboard, use Shortcat. It allows you to search all the visible GUI element and select it from your keyboard input.

Another tool you can use to simulate mouse event (such as right click) is Keyboard Maestro. It’s an app to create macro for all kind of events in Mac (from simulating keystrokes, mouse position, and even manipulating clipboard history). You can create almost all kind of interaction with Keyboard Maestro.

By combining those two apps above, you should be able to leave your mouse and trackpad. After all, you are a Keyboard Maestro.


iPhone 6 back up to iPhone 7 without photos/videos

If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled your photos are already in the cloud and will not add to your backup size.

But you still need enough cloud storage for all the photos & videos and the backup of your other data.

For example my iPhone backup is 1.6GB but my photos in iCloud Photo Library are over 80GB in size.

If your cloud storage is too small for the iPhone 6 backup you could use use a computer with iTunes to do the transfer to your new phone. Just do a iTunes backup with the iPhone 6 and then restore the iPhone 7 from iTunes.


Remote Desktop Connection session to windows server 2008 problem with licensing

Why not try another RDC app like CoRD. This will help you rule out the RDC 2.1.1 app


How do I disable macOS Mail.app and use only Thunderbird for handling email

You can simply disable Mail.app auto launching at startup and do not need to remove the email account from Mail.app. But if you wish to change your email client, read along.

There are two parts to answering your query:

Removing your email account from Mail.app.
Stopping Mail.app from automatically launching when logging into macOS.

You wish to use Mozilla Thunderbird as the choice of your email client. That's perfectly okay. You can use just Thunderbird, macOS Mail.app or both simultaneously to handle your mail (slightly depending on email protocol)

Here the answer for your question one-by-one:

If you do not wish to use email account(s) with Mail.app, simply remove/disable the account(s) from Mail.app. With the Mail.app open, go to Preferences → Accounts in the Menu Bar and disable/remove the added account(s).

Note: If your Mac is part of a company/enterprise and a system administrator has set it up for you, it is advisable to seek his assistance to remove the account and reconfigure the email with Thunderbird. Certain email protocol (POP3) may lead to data loss. Especially important if you are not familiar with what protocol your email client is configured.

Stop Mail.app from automatically launching. Go to System Preferences → Users & Groups → and select your user account in the left sidebar. Click on the Login Items tab, select Mail app in the list and hit the minus button shown in the bottom.

You may still choose to leave Mail app in the list and check the box ahead of it to let and launch on startup but keep it hidden from view.


Clear large .MobileBackups files/folder?

All signs point to you not having 400 GB (or even 26 GB of space used from .MobileBackups) and with the repeated edits, I'm not even sure we're on the same page, but for others - here are some things to try:

Rather than re-enabling things, try giving the system 5 minutes to clean up before the restart

sudo tmutil disablelocal
sudo shutdown -r +5

Then when the machine restarts, look for that folder and delete things using Finder or terminal from /.MobileBackups once the machine is restarted with the local store disabled.

First check for a huge file in / with:

sudo ls -sa1 / | sort -n | tail -4

We know the large files aren't anywhere else but Applications and Users - but you could use this answer to search for smaller files (say 1 GB or larger)

If you're looking to just know what the size of various folders is - this long running command (14 minutes on an SSD MacBook Pro with 200 GB total allocation / 6 minutes on Mac Pro with about the same) will show you a list of the largest folders - hidden or not.

sudo du -smx /* /.* | sort -n

If that folder no longer shows using that space, your next recourse is to see if the filesystem catalog and free space accounting can be fixed. That would be the last step before backing up, erasing and reinstalling the OS.

Boot to single user mode: Hold Command + S when the boot chime is sounded and hold it until white text on a black screen appears.

/sbin/fsck -fy /

repeat the above check+repair until there are no errors and then

halt


There are a number of causes for kernel panics and a number of things to try, either fixes or diagnostic. Do some googling and read up on Apple Support. Geniuses are not necessarily the final word. Like, did these start with something new - cable, external, software? Update?

As far as bench fees, call around. Any ASP will tell you the cost.


Trying to install Xcode on Yosemite 10.10.5

You are trying to install Xcode 7 on OS X 10.10. There's your problem. If you read the developer website, it would tell you it can only be installed on OS X 10.11. No exceptions. My advice would be to either: a) use a new computer to test Xcode 7 and El Capitan, b) Use a new partition for that, or c) Wait for the official releases within a month or so.


No, wrong. The home button is no sensor in the meaning of a pressure sensor.

For reference see this.


There is an app called PDFsam. SAM stands for split and merge. There is a free Basic version of this app and you can set the pages to keep together. You can split every n pages.  It should do what you want without coding.


recovering erased hard drive with Testdisk

An image copy (what you did with testdisk) is a block-level clone of your drive, not a file copy. it includes the directory, which does not include any of your files.

EaseUS, Data Rescue and similar programs can usually recover files from a formatted drive. Yes, they cost money so get out your credit card. Some have a preview mode that can recover a small number of files per scan, basically to prove it's worth investing in.

EaseUS costs $90, you apparently don't think your data is worth that much. Decent external drives cost about $200, a backup would have eliminated the headache you are going through. And there's more to come, as recovered files typically don't have the original filenames.

Also note that if you are talking about the disk drive in the computer you are currently using, the chances of recovering anything go down every minute you continue to use the computer.


How long is an app downloadable from the App Store?

An app is downloadable/available on the App Store as long as the app developer or the publishing company has an active developer license with Apple.


Disable accent functionality from backtick button

It's pretty easy to make a custom layout which removes the dead key function from a key using Ukelele.


Can I get my iPhone to see the "Other Calendars" from Google Apps for domains Calendars?

I found the answer

"By default only your primary calendar will be synced to your device. You can sync additional calendars by visiting the following page from any web browser:

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect
(Google Apps users can go to https://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/your_domain/iphoneselect, replacing 'your_domain' with your actual domain name.)"