How to import a spreadsheet into Numbers from an email attachment?

This screen shot is from Keynote for iPad, but Numbers for iPad is pretty much the same:

When you view the file in Preview mode, the title bar of the document should look pretty similar to the above. Over there on the right is the Open in… button.

There might be a  button that you have to click first before you see the Open in… button.

Other ways to transfer files to your iPad:

Use iTunes file sharing to import iWork documents
Use the iWork.com public beta
Use MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV server


To detect whether my phone is jailbroken or not?

I think the most simple test is to see if the cydia app is installed.

But that app can sometimes be hidden.

So you could scroll all the way to the left to spotlight search, type in "cydia" if the app comes up, then its jailbroken.

But It could be that the spotlight feature is disabled. In this case your device is jailbroken as well.

Technically I think it would be possible to hide the cydia app even from the spotlight search. But I don't see in any point in doing this. So I think checking for the cydia app is pretty watertight.


System Integrity Protection (SIP) creating problem for oci_connect(): OCIEnvNlsCreate()

Oracle ships instant client libs with wrong search paths. You can manually fix them by using:

https://github.com/kubo/fix_oralib_osx

AFAIK SIP influences how library search path is working. DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH might be ignored when SIP is used.


How to find files by the filename length in OS X 10.9.1?

You can use the find command with the -regex (regular expression) option. This is probably less efficient than globbing, because -regex matches against the entire path.

find -E . \( -type f -or -type d \) -and -regex '.*/[^/]{11,}'

Precisely, this command does the following:

recursively searches for files in the current folder and in the subdirectories (you can limit the depth with an additional -maxdepth n clause);
uses the extended syntax (-E) for regexes.
searches for files and folders (-type f -or -type d)
regex match: the string which follows the last slash in the file path must be 11 characters or longer.


Best practices for second hard drive on macOS

Internal or external? Which (exact model) of Mac Mini? Without that info this answert is gonna be vague.

If it is an external SSD connected via USB-C/Thunderbolt. you could do what I did, install masOS on the external and boot from it and then use migration utility to move everything to the external SSD and used the old internal drive for incidental storage and as an "emergency" boot drive.

If it is a slower interface I would benchmark your current setup. Install your OS and files on the external and benchmark it again, then decide how to configure it.

Depending on what is in your user folder in the way of files (what kind, text, graphics, video, music) and how much you use it you could keep your user folder on on the slower drive. Mostly text docs, PDFs and the like should be no problem, but if you are editing a lot of video or graphics that is I/O intensive, keep your files on the faster drive.

If you are installing a second internal drive I would pretty much do it the same way. An internal SSD would be really fast and you would get full benefit of the speed on the internal bus. I'd put everything on the SSD.


Does reducing message history on one device affect other devices?

No it does not. Each holds messages it received from the servers irrespective of other devices.


Can I use both clang and gcc compiler in yosemite?

Yes you can.

Apple's Xcode supplies clang (and puts in /usr/bin/gcc a link to clang not gcc)

Then you can then install gcc - probably the easiest way is via a package manager like Macports, Homebrew or Fink


Can't set route with VPN post script since upgrade to Big Sur

Same here ... it was working for a while though.
What seems to work is:
networksetup -setadditionalroutes <networkservice> [ <dest> <mask> <gateway> ]*

To find out the adapter names use:
networksetup -listallnetworkservices

Example:
networksetup -setadditionalroutes "name of your VPN" 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.254 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.254


Can I sync Address Book to iCloud on Snow Leopard?

No. iCloud requires OS X 10.7.2., aka “Lion”.


Is there ANY disadvantages of charging MBP 13" with a powerbank that outputs 10W?

No. Slower charging is always healthier for the battery and the chemistry since it reduces heat.

Lithium chemistry service life is severely degraded at high charging temperatures (hotter than any device would charge, but the higher the temp the fewer cycles you will get on average).

As long as you can abide by slower charging, there is no other downside to your scenario.


I'm not sure about being able to reverse sort by Number of Plays, but you can exclude anything played in the last x days with a Smart Playlist...

For example...


AppleScript: How to extract section from string (based on defined characters)?

You can do it with pure AppleScript, even though the shell script method presented above is very nice:

set theText to "I ate an apple at 11:54 pm without the skin."
set the_colon_location to offset of ":" in theText
-- now we know where the colon is.
-- The Time is going to be on either side of it.
set the_starting_point to the_colon_location - 2
set the_ending_point to the_colon_location + 5
set the_time_string to characters the_starting_point thru the_ending_point of theText as string
-- in case the hour is not two digits, the first character will be a space
if character 1 of the_time_string is " " then
    set the_time_string to characters 2 thru -1 of the_time_string as string
end if
return the_time_string


internet connection problems with the iphone 3

I've had this issue on my iPhone too after update to iOS6, I had to reset the network settings. This will clear all remembered WIFI networks and force you to connect to them again, creating new network settings. This means you will have to manually connect to your WIFI network again, and if required enter its password afterwards.

You can reset the network settings by selecting:

Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings

Also what can help is trying to clear the history of your Safari browser, you can do that by going to the Bookmarks -> History and then press the Clear button on the lower left hand corner of the screen.


Get notified by notification centre when someone ssh's into my computer?

Applications like Growl or GeekTool may be able to help you with this. Growl can send messages to the Notification Center or use its own notifications; when coupled with an external system application like Log Surfer, it may be able to provide the notification you seek.

GeekTool would be much easier to setup, but doesn't send info to the Notification Center. Instead, you can have it display the output from a standard UNIX command on your desktop. In particular, you could have it display the output of a 'who' command, and update that every few seconds.


Using an External HD for Time Machine and iTunes

Time machine will use "up to" all the partition. So at the beginning there is going to be free space remaining. This free space will lessen with the time. When the partition is full, TimeMachine will delete the oldest backups.

So yes I would suggest a partition and yes the Disk Utility will allow you to partition your hard drive with a low probability of data loss. (When formatting there is always a probability of dataloss but it's really low).


Not showing user after Migration Assistant?

Did you happen to have FileVault enabled on the target (new) machine before initiating migration assistant?  I've run into where I needed to go into the FileVault section of the security system preferences and explicitly enable the migrated user before they would appear as a login option...


What hidden features have you found in iOS 6?

Alarms can now make use of songs not just built in tones. Edit your alarm and select sound and then pick a song.


Can Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 app in the App store construct and print multi month wall calendars?

Any version of photoshop can be used to print wall calendars. I would probably use Illustrator or another tool, but since you can subscribe to these for a month by month basis - it should be easy for you to decide if it’s worth it or you use a different app.

There’s also a free trial of elements if you want to avoid the full CC apps and go with something you license at fixed cost.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

Since so few Adobe apps are on the MAS, you might be happier getting it direct from them.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/purchases-mac-app-store-faq.html


How do you position your hand to use the control + w key? What fingers do you use?

On the Apple Magic keyboard, I use my left thumb for the command key, and my left ring finger for any bottom row keys to the left of that. For command W, I use my thumb and middle finger. For control W I use my ring and middle finger - all on the left hand.


How do I get Siri to ignore a particular contact that shares someone else's name?

Try giving the contact a nickname (Add Field > Nickname) in your Contacts, and then use that nickname when ordering Siri to text that person. Alternatively, put a character in front of old John's name so Siri never gets confused (e.g., xJohn or oldJohn or #John).


Trimming characters from filename script help

UPDATE: I misread your question and originally gave an answer that started at "character 1." If I understand correctly you want to trim off the first two characters, and the last two. Therefore, you want to start at "character 3." I have made the correction here.

Do it this way:

set the_short_name to characters 3 thru -2 of the_original_name as string

That's all there is to it.

Since you're working with Hazel you can get the name of the file this way:

set the_original_name to name of theFile

You may want to pull off more than just two characters since the last four characters are probably ".png" so take off 6 characters, and then add ".png" to the short name.

One more thing: Hazel may think that the renamed file is a "new" file, and consequently run the AppleScript on the renamed file over and over until the name is so short it can't get shorter. The way I'd handle that is I'd move the file out of the watched folder first, and rename it after that. In my case I have a folder called "Renamed Screenshots" on my desktop-- your path is going to be different. Use your own username (not "youruser" as I've put in the line below).

move theFile to (POSIX file "/Users/youruser/Desktop/Renamed Screenshots")
        set the name of theFile to the_short_name & ".png"

That should do it.


How to auto show unarchived files in Finder?

Instead of Archive Utility.app, I recommend The Unarchiver. It'll show the extracted files  in Finder. (I'm not sure if it's default behavior but you can change the setting in preferences.)


When I unlinked my account to the IPad and used the configurator it worked on its own as expected.


Any good memory test for newer Macs (2015 and later)

Use Apple Diagnostics. Its an Apple-approved method of checking your memory and other hardware parts of your Mac. You can restart your Mac, then hold down D as soon as it restarts. If you did it correctly, your computer will either boot into Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test, depending on the age of your machine. Then just follow the prompts.


Cannot view Outlook invitations in Gmail web on my iPhone

Wallace, to get the full functionality, you should add your google apps as exchange account. Google has provided details for this at the following link:

http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=14252&answer=138740


Xcode is constantly hijacking my Editor settings for .rb files

From the comments:

  By chance, do you use Firefox and uBlock Origin?

  Yes using both, why?

This is due to a mysterious bug in Firefox that is triggered by a recent update to uBlock Origin.

A fix has been applied to uBlock Origin to avoid the bug, however that patch has not made it to the latest release yet.


Noizio was actually at fault here. The application maps Command + Shift + P as its "Play/Pause" hotkey, overriding Sublime's own hotkey for the Command Palette. I modified the hotkey for Noizio to a different key pattern, and the issue was resolved.


A possible solution would be to use the Imac to share a network conenction over wifi which in effect also creates a hotspot.

In preferences go to sharing. Pick network sharing in the list. It has options to set a wifi password and you can then choose to share internet from something to wifi.

Unforetuntely apple "fixed" it in mountain lion or lion that you can no longer share if you arent actually connected to another device.
Before I could make a hotspot using ethernet as my share choice even if ethernet wasnt plugged in. Now it no longer will create the hotspot if not actually connected.

EDIT: I recently found away around this issue and the answer is listed here


No. You need to connect the AppleTV to a video output of some sort, otherwise there's no way to specify the SSID (the WiFi network identifier) and the password (if any). After you've done that once, you can unplug it from the video output.


Go to Settings → Messages → Send & Receive, tap the Apple ID and choose Sign Out, then sign in with the Apple ID you wish to use.


How to transfer internet audio streams to ipad?

The Music app on iOS doesn't support Audio streams. If you want to listen to audio streams on iPhone/iPad you can use one of the various streaming apps available in the App Store (e.g. WunderRadio, TUneIn Radio or Radium).


MacBook Pro won´t let me log in after PRAM

It seems like the main issue to address here is being able to log in again with a valid password. Once you've done that the rest can be sorted.

Since you've got a late 2011 MacBook Pro, you should be able to use these steps to reset your password from Recovery Mode:

Power off your MacBook Pro
Boot into Recovery Mode by pressing the power button while holding down CommandR
If prompted, select your language and press enter
Choose Utilities > Terminal.
Enter resetpassword (all one word, lowercase letters)
Press Return
Select the drive with your account (typically the main drive)
Choose your account using Select the User Account.
Enter a new password
Re-enter the same password
Enter a password hint
Click Save
Ignore the warning about the password changing
Click OK.
Shutdown the Mac using Apple > Shut Down
Restart your MacBook Pro normally and use the new password to log into your account

Let me know if this doesn't work.


Backup of a Debian machine to an Apple Time Capsule

In AirPort Utility, turn off the backup feature, turn off disk encryption, and turn on disk sharing with a password. Now you can connect to the disk over the network using the AFP protocol.

In most graphical file explorers you can now connect to the disk using the address afp://<ip-address-of-airport>. To easily configure scheduled backups to the device, you can check out Déjà Dup (known as simply “Backup” in Ubuntu).

You cannot backuo your Macs using Time Machine and your Linux machine to the same device. The two setups are incompatible as Time Machine requires proprietary extension to AFP. I would recommend you get a cheap Raspberry Pi and a two-terabyte power-over-USB-external-disk to host your Linux backup needs. (Install openssh and ufw, and you’re basically done setting up a simplistic firewalled backup device on the cheap.)


Do you run the risk of loosing your computer? Is the information stored on your computer of high value to other persons?
If your answer is no to these questions you should not consider using FileVault 2 as it has some drawbacks:

The encryption happens on the fly. As your C2D processor does not support hardware accelerated encryption, your CPU load will increase. Newer CPU's like the Sandy-Bridge processors support that Apple ships support AES-NI instructions for hardware accelerated encryption.
Your I/O tasks will become slower for the same reason. Even witth AES-NI support the performance slightly decreases. But in your case the effect should be a lot bigger.
Auto-login is not possible with Filevault 2 enabled.

Time Machine
Time Machine does not encrypt backups per default. Even with FileVault 2 enabled. You will need to enable encryption with Time Machine. In Lion, FileVault 2 did not support encrypted wireless backups but work-arounds were possible. Mountain Lion supports wireless encrypted backups to Time Capsule.


Is my iPhone 4 touchscreen malfunctioning?

There are a handful of utilities that you can use to test responsiveness of your iPhone.

Try using a webapp called Sparky in order to test and see if there are in fact dead spots, alignment issues, or any other problem with your iPhone's touch screen.


How can I use iPhone GPS and share it with an OS X application to get live position on Mac?

I think he's asking about actually using an iPhone as a GPS module for a laptop, rather than sending a location which can be viewed on a laptop.

This functionality isn't available unless you jailbreak your iPhone, then you can use xGPS or any of the similar apps on Cydia which can turn your iPhone into a bluetooth GPS module.


Lost Wi-Fi after running USB to Ethernet driver

I decided to brute-force my way to a solution. I first ran the AHT by holding down "d" while booting up. Then I held down Command R when booting up, and reinstalled the OS. That worked.


Mouse moving vertically up and down, as well as clicking, on its own

A couple of suggestions to get you going…

Disconnect it from the network [not just the internet]. Reboot.

Disable any Automator actions ~/Library/Automator [perhaps zip them, then delete, as there can be many in there for legitimate reasons]. Reboot.

Repeat 2 with anything in ~/Library/Services & ~/Library/Scripts & also see if you have a folder in ~/Library/ called QuicKeys.

Install & run Malwarebytes.

Report back…


Mac Book Pro - Logic board stopped working

Have you checked to see if it is under recall?

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


How can I disable the Macbook keyboard (from startup)

You can try this to disable the keyboard kext, although I'm not sure if it will work at boot time. Enter this command in Terminal:

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

To re-enable the keyboard kext, type

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

Source: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=433407

To bypass Safe Boot with a stuck Shift key, hold down alt at startup and select the Mac OS X bootable partition.


A partition with a NTFS volume can be resized by booting to the Windows installation  media. This can be in the form of a DVD, flash drive or partition on a drive. The type depends on the model/year of your Mac. The command to use is diskpart.

Update:

If you macOS is High Sierra or Mojave, you can make a bootable Windows USB flash drive by using any of methods outlined in this answer. I assume your Windows is installed to EFI boot. If not post a comment. I assume you know how to boot to the flash drive installer. If not post a comment.

If first window to appear after select to boot from the flash drive should be the same as the image shown below.

When the above window appears, press the shift+F10 keys. This will open a Command Prompt window.

If you are having problems with the Windows volume, you may want to try repairing with chkdsk. The command below checks drive C, but does not make repairs.

chkdsk c:

The command below will attempt repairs.

chkdsk c: /f

If you get the message shown below, then close and reopen the Command Prompt window. Try the command again.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Chkdsk may run if this volume is dismounted first.
Would you like to force to dismount on this volume? (Y/N)

You can also check the volume for physical defects in the sectors. If found, an attempt is made to mark the bad sectors as unusable. This type of checking takes a very very very long time to complete.

chkdsk c: /b

You can use the diskpart command to shrink the NTFS volume C:.  After entering the command, you can get a list of all diskpart commands by entering help.

To get help for the shrink command enter the following.

help shrink

To see how small you can shrink volume C:, enter the following commands. If you get to small a value, then try booting to Windows and running the disk defragmenter.

select volume c
shrink querymax

To create a new 75 GB partition below volume C:, enter the following.

select volume c
shrink desired=75000
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs label="NewNTFS" quick

For ExFAT, substitute the following for the format command.

format fs=exfat label="NewExFAT" quick

If you want a FAT32 format, you probably will have to format with the macOS Disk Utility application.

When finished, close both windows.

Update 2

You can not enter all the commands on the same line. Entering the following will not work.

select volume c shrink desired=35000 create partition primary format fs=exfat label="NewExFat" quick

Instead enter the following

select volume c
shrink desired=35000
create partition primary
format fs=exfat label="NewExFat" quick

Below is an example where these commands are used.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.107]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

X:\Sources>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.17763.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: MINWINPC

DISKPART> select volume c

Volume 1 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> shrink desired=35000

DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by:   34 GB

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> format fs=exfat label="NewExFat" quick

  100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

X:\Sources>

Let me know if you have any questions.


Best practices for a backup and fresh install

(Option #1)

Get Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! (yes, with an ‘!’).
Get an external Firewire or USB2 Drive that has the same or bigger size than your current drive.
Using either of the above programs, make a perfect clone of your entire Old hard drive.
Boot using the image in the New drive to make sure it works (either program will explain how to do that, it’s just pressing a key at startup).
Once you’re sure your new drive boots and all your information is there, shutdown the computer, disconnect the new drive and store it in a safe location.
Proceed to format and reinstall your computer with your OS X DVD.
At the end of the install, decide whether you want to transfer all your information automatically using migration assistant (usually a good idea, but if there’s something “bad” with your profile, it will likely be copied over again, however this time the operating system will be fresh and you can always create a new user and manually replicate things). If you go this route, you’ll need to connect your New drive so Migration Assistant can pull the data (it won’t alter the New drive, it will read it only).
(Optionally) Do not transfer any settings with Migration assistant and do it Manually after the install is over. This is good if you have problems in your profile, but it’s a tedious work if you had years of “stuff”. You can have Migration Assistant to only transfer your documents (to save you the trouble later), but if you transfer your “Network Settings” and your “Applications” any problem you had in the past may “come back” in those two. You can always manually drag the apps from new drive to Old drive after the install. And unless you also drag their ~Library/Application Settings stuff, they will be “brand new and unconfigured”. I believe you get the idea.

(Option #2)

Do the same thing as Option #1, except that instead of making a clone (and booting from it), perform a full Time Machine backup to that new external drive.
Once you have the backup continue with step number 6 up there. Remember that Migration Assistant will have to be told to “migrate from a Time Machine backup” instead of “just another volume”.

Which one is better?
There’s no better or worse, but a few things must be observed:

A full clone, although may seem tedious, it’s a fully working volume that’s identical (well, almost) than your original one, it boots, you can even work from there in case of hard drive failure, in no time you have your computer back. That’s priceless in some environments and under certain circumstances. The clones can later (daily, hourly, etc.) be updated and it takes a fraction of a second to update (just like Time Machine doesn’t make a full backup every time). SuperDuper is very good at that and was a pioneer at doing it right and fast™.
A Time Machine, although a very nice and handy thing (and I do recommend you also have one once you have your working machine reinstalled and migrated), is not bootable and in case of total hard drive failure, you wouldn’t be able to start working immediately, because Time Machine backups are not bootable and the recovery process is somewhat slower and more prone to errors (in my humble experience).
With that being said, Time Machine wins hands down when you “need to find that file I had on my desktop a couple of weeks ago”. Since Full Clones (and their incremental stuff) usually do not keep history of changes (CCC has some stuff about that, but the space used grows really fast), then you always have the “latest” copy of your drive, but you cannot go back to your drive the way it was “a month ago”.

So there you have the two main methods.

An ideally backup plan (without going paranoid), will consists of a weekly (or daily) clone/snapshot to a bootable drive that you can store a few feet away from your computer every now and then and an “all the time” Time Machine drive sitting there, keeping your computer’s changes up to date in a short interval. This covers the two main problems:

I need last week’s file and I need it now! (Time Machine)
My Drive crashed but I need to continue working now! (Clone)

Good Luck! :)


After Using LP Printer Utility "unable to communicate"

Interesting,

I do have the HP LaserJet Professional P1102w as well as a network printer (WiFi) shared between Mac and Windows computers.

The Driver version is 2.0

I do not use any of the HP stuff like "hp-toolbox and hp-setup".

lpq

results in

  HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102w is ready

  no entries

The lpr fileName works just fine.

In your case try to cancel any pending jobs with lprm job-id

Considering it was a low cost ($150) printer it works like charm.

I know that I am not specifically answering your question, but just sharing information that might help you.


What causes excessive CPU use by taskgated, notifyd, and launchd processes?

Is your question to understand macOS better or have your Python code complete faster? I suspect the latter.
If so, have you profiled your Python code? What does the performance profile show?
macOS
taskgated and launchd are both involved in evaluating and launching processes.
Turn on macOS's server performance mode for raised resource limits.
If a lack of code signing is a suspected cause, you can ad-hoc code sign your – and others' binaries:
sudo codesign -f -s - <full path to bundle or executable>

External Processes

The spawned processes range in longevity, it's anything from a simple "mv" terminal command to running another program that can take seconds to hours, though most are on the shorter side.

On any operating system, avoid calling out to external processes when an in-language call exists. Launching a process and waiting for the process to terminate is expensive, compared to a system call.
See Python - How to move a file? to replace mv with os.rename(), shutil.move(), or os.replace().
Threads
Adding threads to your process will not guarantee that calls down into the operating system will not be queued and handled sequentially.
Threads in Python are posix threads and thus managed by the operating system. Adding threads gives the underlying operating system more work and more influence on how your process performs. In this regard, the difference between Linux and macOS is significant.
Use threads to handle data manipulation and, where possible, pass off file handling work to a dedicated file handling thread. Avoid touching the disk unless absolutely essential to continue the next task. Even then, try and pass data to and from other processes using pipes or inter-process communication (IPC).
Use a solid state drives (SSDs) instead of spinning hard disk drives (HDDs).
Linux
Given you appear to have proven Linux is faster than macOS, use Linux.
Docker
To save months, I would justify 1 - 2 days experimenting with Docker. This approach will allow you to run a light weight instance of Linux on your Mac and avoid the proven costs of macOS. This should ease the cost of spawning processes.
There will be an unfortunate learning curve to Docker but it will be time well spent.
Using Docker will give you a well defined working environment that can be started, stopped, and replicated without ties to the host operating system.
Unavoidable?
Be wary of assuming the 20-25% of system time is not useful, and is avoidable. macOS is a heavy operating system compared to Linux. High Performance Computing uses specific operating systems for a reason. If using Linux is easy and gets the results faster, sinking time into macOS appears unjustifiable.


iOS map app that can load MBTiles tileset

I recommend you one of these :

Guru Maps, its free version allow you to load 3 offline MBTiles. Their paid version is quite expensive - 50$ but the app is well-made.
OpenMapTiles, if you want to use OpenStreetMap vectors only.
MBTiles GPS, the app interface is basic but it's free.
MapTiler Mobile, I've never tried it but I heard great feedback about it.


List all Outlook folder and subfolder with Applescript

Try this:

    tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
    set theAccount to the first exchange account whose name is "Exchange Account"
    set theInbox to inbox of theAccount
    set everyFolder to every folder of folder of container of theInbox
end tell

That will get you the sub folders of every folder. Hope that helps!

You can also specify the name of a folder

set theSubfolder to mail folder named "SubFolder Name"


MacBook Pro 2011 has faulty power button - How do I enable any key or lid open boot settings?

Opening the lid to turn on a Mac only works if the Mac is asleep/hibernating.  If the power is off, it will need to be turned on.
The reason you have to disconnect the battery is because although your power settings may call for "boot after power failure," there's never really a power failure if you're battery is connected (and has sufficient charge).
There's two ways you can address this:

Short the power pads.  This is a "stop gap" way to turn on a Mac so that you don't have to disconnect the battery.  Simply bridge the two pads with the blade of a slotted screwdriver or, if you're really daring, solder a wire loop (long enough to come out of the case) with a momentary switch to make it more convenient.  This way, you don't have to keep opening the back cover.  It's a total bodge, but it'll get you by.

Replace the keyboard.  I actually reference this exact keyboard in this question/answer:  Keyboard key stuck or not being recognized; how to fix.  Look under "Replacing Keyboard" in the Answer for specifics.  It's actually very inexpensive.  You may also be able to find the button by itself on eBay.

I advise the latter.  You may be able to get away with only replacing the button rather than the whole keyboard, but either way, it's a better, more reliable fix.


Sluggish performance with Airport gear on 5 GHz

The 5GHz is all hype.  It can be faster, only if you're close to it.  2.4GHz is still superior in range and as you know, WiFi speed drops off the further away you get from your access point.

The only time I've found 5GHz useful is: When many other networks are interfering with mine. (in between two large apartment buildings with 12+ networks bouncing within the corridor, it's nice to switch off of the 2.4GHz)

Or, if I'm in the same room as the AP, I can get a strong signal.  Then 5GHz is sometimes faster.
here's something interesting from wirecutter.com

No matter what they are called or technology they use, repeaters start out with a minimum 50% throughput loss. The reason is that a repeater must receive, then retransmit each packet using the same radio on the same channel and with the same SSID. If the repeater is very efficient, then your loss will be close to 50%. But if it’s not, throughput loss can be higher.”

Thanks to that 50% loss in bandwidth right off the top, just about all wireless extenders suck.

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-extender/


Turn off and disable the "Coherence" feature of Parallels Desktop for Mac

Choose Exit > Coherence

To get out of the now-active "Coherence" mode, bring the "desktop" window to the front.

While the VM’s windows have "flown the coop" and no longer display within the desktop window, that desktop window does continue to exist. If you cannot find the window, on the host macOS, press Command+Tab to see the switcher bar with various app icons. Switch to the icon of a grey Apple logo with a pair of red vertical bars layered on.

With the desktop window in front, on the host macOS window bar for the VM, choose View > Exit Coherence. All your app windows snap back to the desktop window.

That takes care of half your Question. Perhaps someone else can post on how to kill the Coherence feature entirely.


Moving iMovie (10) libraries to external hard drive

You can just move it, anywhere, then tell iMove to find it again on next launch.
As the library presents itself to the Mac as s single file (even though technically it's a 'special' folder) then dragging to a new location, or Cmd/dragging to move rather than copy, is all that's required.
You can force a new library to be requested if you hold the Opt key immediately after double-clicking to launch. iMovie is capable of switching between multiple libraries this way, if required.

If it doesn't show in that list (which it won't if it's moved) then use Locate… & navigate to it.
It will continue after that to use the new location until told otherwise.
Older versions of iMovie used to keep the original footage separately - so if you see separate folders named iMovie Events, Exports, Original, Projects etc, then move those too. If any of these folders contains a file called UpdatedToiMovie10 then you should be OK without them, but better to check inside iMovie itself before permanently discarding.


Is there any way to view full podcast title on my iPhone running iOS 4?

There is a way, Though a bit strange.

If you choose to delete the podcast/file, you will get a Confirmation dialog with Delete/Cancel option.

Slide with your finger horizontal
over the file and it will give you
an option to Delete the file.
Choose Delete to show the second Confirmation dialog. There, you will be able to view the full name of the Podcast.

Be CAREFUL not to choose Delete or you will loose the file. And also the full name of the podcast.


I added this to my .bash_profile but I neglected to label it and forgot what it means exactly

This sources a ~/.bashrc file if it exists and loads the contents of that file.

The short answer to your question is: you did this so no matter how you get to your machine, via a shell opened in an interactive desktop session or an ssh login to the machine, your bash shell has a consistent setup to it.

The longer answer for why you had to do it this way lies below...

The reason you'd want to do this is steeped in bash history: one of those files is used for interactive logins, the other is used for non-interactive logins. The thought behind having two different setups is you might want some things in your interactive shell (a fancy prompt, a message of the day, colourization of your command output, etc.) that you wouldn't want in a non-interactive session because it trips up programmatic access to input and output and what not.

For most users though you want both environments to be the same. Most of us aren't running complicated enough bash setups to warrant separating out interactive and non-interactive setups like this.

The .bash_profile is executed for login shells, while .bashrc is executed for interactive non-login shells.

There's a nice article by Josh Staiger that talks about why one over the other and how to remember where to put things. Allow me to quote some of it here:

  What is a login or non-login shell?

  When you login (type username and password) via console, either sitting at the machine, or remotely via ssh: .bash_profile is executed to configure your shell before the initial command prompt.
  But, if you’ve already logged into your machine and open a new terminal window (xterm) inside Gnome or KDE, then .bashrc is executed before the window command prompt. .bashrc is also run when you start a new bash instance by typing /bin/bash in a terminal.

  Mac OS X — an exception

  An exception to the terminal window guidelines is Mac OS X’s Terminal.app, which runs a login shell by default for each new terminal window, calling .bash_profile instead of .bashrc. Other GUI terminal emulators may do the same, but most tend not to.

  Recommendation

  Most of the time you don’t want to maintain two separate config files for login and non-login shells — when you set a PATH, you want it to apply to both. You can fix this by sourcing .bashrc from your .bash_profile file, then putting PATH and common settings in .bashrc.

  To do this, add the following lines to .bash_profile:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

  Now when you login to your machine from a console .bashrc will be called.


How can I get my AppleScript code to move files?

It appears the following line is returning an empty list:

every file of folder (choose folder) whose name extension is filetype

As an experiment, try a different suffix matching approach:

every file of folder (choose folder) whose name ends with ".wad"

In the Finder, make sure the .wad files are in fact showing their complete name. Do this with Get Info on one wad file in the Finder. It is unlikely but possible that the true file suffix is being hidden and thus not being matched.


Xcode 11 jumps to every desktop in Mac Os Catalina

If you right click on the application icon on the dock, you can select Options > and change the "Assign To" from All Desktops to None.


How to back up text messages from iPhone 5S?

I believe that the right way on doing that is with an iTunes Back-up. This way you make sure you can restore them back to your device anytime you want without loosing any of them including the images.

Also there are few apps out there that could help you export the messages, but not sure if they can be imported back to your device. For example using an app for Mac called iExplorer.


Macbook 2010 with OS X 10.9 - "Dangling Thumbs" issue while typing

there used to be an option for it as seen in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3608?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
If you have a mac running mountain lion or below this still works.
There is still an option to disable tap to click in system preferences/trackpad but that disables it even when you are not typing.


How to browse files for uncompleted iOS backup

When you take an unencrypted backup using Finder, it will generate a random name for your files or photos and remove the extension, in this case, you can't know the file type but you can try preview it or open it so if this file is an image and you tried to open it with preview then you can see the image


How to install endnote x8 into Microsoft word 2016/2017

Endnote x8 isn't always compatible with Word 2016.

Word had a major upgrade behind the scenes - the older version of endnote works with Word version 15.x and lower. A newer patched (fixed) version of endnote x8 works with Word version 16.x (and possibly back with some older Word, too).

I would update both Word to the latest version and endnote to the latest version and try the install again.

Details are here from the endnote vendor support:

https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Word-2016-Mac-version-16-Compatibility?language=en_US


See: File system check exit code is 8 on macOS


Encrypted forgot password NO Recovery Key

When you loose both, your passphrase and the recovery key, chances are very high that your data is lost completely as FileVault is a very secure way to protect your data. This is Apple's support document describing possible steps in such a situation.

However, there are a few things you could try:

In case you have multiple users set up, try their passwords, as they may be enabled to decrypt the volume as well.
In case you have backups, they are not encrypted by default. You could recover your data from there.
Also, you could recover the Recovery Key from the FileVaultMaster.keychain file from such a backup (see method 3).
By default the iCloud recovery option is selected. In case you didn't change that during setup, you can use Apple's Reset Password assistant to get your recovery key from the iCloud.

Good luck!


Can I simply install a fresh OS X without a thumb drive?

That should be possible. At least it was possible for previous OS X's, but I don't see why they changed it. So yes, you can run the installer from the second hard drive onto the first one. You can even install any other OS X onto another partition on the same hard drive.


Force window to appear on a select screen

If by screen, you mean desktop, I think this is how you can do it:

Go to the desktop you want.

On the doc, right click (or control-click) the item you want to appear on a certain screen.   There should be a menu with "options" on it.  Select options, and from the submenu select "this desktop".

Return to any other desktop and verify, that if you were on, say 'desktop 2' when you selected 'this desktop', the options will have 'desktop 2' checked.

Then if you click the app on the dock from whatever desktop, your desktop will switch automatically.  Results may not be the same when you open the app with some different method.  For example, when I tried from a terminal window "open -a Bean"  it opened Bean in the right desktop, but did not swithch automatically.  When I tried to open Firefox with open -a, basically nothing happened (apparently).

(I'm on Lion 10.7.4, but as I recall this also worked in a similar way on earlier distributions.)


Fix localhost cant provide a secure connection

I always find adding a fake query string after the URL refreshes the cache for me.

e.g. http://localhost:3000/?fake=true


How to lock a browser with a password/passcode on iPhone?

iCab Mobile has had this feature since at least 2012.

iCab » Settings » Account

(iCab is, by far, the most feature-rich browser on iOS. I’ve referred to it as “Safari Pro” for many years.)


Trying to install CocoaPods using terminal getting command not found

the $ in the lines shown is meant to represent the command prompt of the terminal.

enter the commands without the $ preceding..also the [sudo] part represents the requirement to use sudo or not (you will probably need to) so this comes down to entering

sudo gem install cocoapods
pod setup

before embarking further on your exploration of the command prompt you might find it helpful to have a look through some of the resources on this superuser question


How to know under which account/Apple ID an app was purchased?

There are 2 ways I can think of now:

Follow this step-by-step program to see your complete purchase history
Remove the app, make sure you're logged in on the right account and check if the just removed app has a cloud-symbol instead of "purchase" next to it.

Hope this helps.


Set your umask to 000 and reboot, then all files will save with full permissions for everyone. Here is the documentation http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2202


Adding iOS 11 devices to DEP using Apple Configurator

In the new beta 2.5 it's active but when you are on the step where you need to login to your DEP account I get an authentication error. I'm 100% sure I entered the right credentials: even used 2 DEP accounts and still not working.


Empty Keychains "1" that cannot be deleted

Just found that you can press delete on each of them and remove them. Takes a while if yours is just like mine and had a few hundred but at least you can remove them.


Where can I download Bootcamp drivers for Windows 8 Macbook1,1?

Apple does not support this officially, but I've used the windows 7 one and installed Windows 8 without any problem.

I can start my Windows bootcamp without any issue and Windows 8 runs like a charm.


The iPhone 3G is almost certainly out of warranty by now. You can't even really get a swap on it anymore in store. They've been end of lifed for quite some time and the store would have to order one for replacement. Since it's probably out of warranty, you would have to pay for it. I'm not aware of any warranty extensions for issues like this, they are usually done for obvious issues such as unexpected failure that's not due to regular wear and tear.

In general the 3G might sync a bit slower than an iPhone 4 or 4S, but it still probably shouldn't take 2 hours with that much data. My wild guess without seeing the phone is that the part where you're hanging up is the backup. You can verify where you're getting stuck by watching the progress indicator at the top of the iTunes window when it's hanging.

When I've seen this before, most of the time it wasn't a hardware issue with the phone itself. It could be something corrupt in your backup, or an app that has a lot of data stored in it or a setting or even just a large camera roll. It could be an issue syncing contacts or bookmarks. I've also had luck with disabling the setting that sends crash logs to Apple or resetting the sync history in iTunes.

Another thing to check is does it have a large amount of used space marked as "Other" on the bar graph (at the bottom of the summary tab) when it's plugged into iTunes? There should be some space taken up by this, but if it's a GB or more you might have something corrupt in the phone that's hanging it on sync.

It might help to sync it and watch what step it's hanging on and to post back with that information. That way, we can give you a more specific answer on how to fix it.


Good Video Editing Software, around $100?

Just FYI, I bit the bullet and went with Final Cut Pro X in the end.


There is a app (there is always a app :) to do that, and it is free.

Photo Investigator: View, Edit, Remove Metadata; GPS, EXIF...
By Daniel Anderson

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-investigator-view-edit/id571574618?mt=8


Will an IOS App get deleted/ Remove itself if Developer's license expires?

Your copy of an app will never be taken from you.
This applies to both free and paid apps.   Of course, it will no longer be updated, so if any compatibility issues or bugs arise in the future you will be on your own.
What I don't know, though, is whether or not Apple keeps a copy of the app on its servers for redownload/restore purposes, so if it's an app you really care about I suggest keeping a backup of the .ipa file so that you can restore it manually if you ever need to.
If you have a Mac, here's how to make a manual backup (instructions for iTunes 12.5):

Open iTunes and choose Account → Purchased from the menu bar.
Click the Apps tab on the top-right corner if necessary.
Find the app you want to keep a backup of and click its download button if there is one.  On this screenshot, I have already downloaded a copy of Tiny Wings and do not have a local copy of Super Mario Run.

If you don't see the app in the list, try switching between "All" and "Not In My Library."
There's also a handy "Download All" button in the lower-right corner.
Once it's downloaded, it will be captured and saved in the next Time Machine backup.
If you want to get to the actual .ipa file, it's saved in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications.


I found the solution
The folder was locked...


How to disable special character selection popup when a key is held down

That command still works in Mojave, High Sierra and Mavericks — don't forget to reboot or logout/login after running the command.


Why does my iPhone not play music or audio through my car's stereo?

Download a song through iTunes. That is all I had to do. Apparently my car's stereo won't play any audio from any app unless I have at least one song in my iTunes library. I listen to everything through streaming services like Spotify so I didn't think I needed a song in my iTunes library.


More information on Instagram having access to my person photos on my phones camera roll.

It's not Instagram as a whole which needs access to your camera roll but the Instagram app. Without the access right, the app will not be able to access the camera roll if you want to publish a photo taken outside of the Instagram app.

But even with this access right granted, you still are in control of the photos you share with your Instagram friends. They will not be able to access photos in your camera roll.


Oops -- I posted too soon.  I have since run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (thanks to a suggestion on my other post), and this file is identified as an instance of "Adware.Spigot".

I've been laboring under the belief that, as a Mac user who avoids the shady back alleys of the internet, I didn't have to worry about malware.  But apparently that's not quite true!


iPhone photos still stuck on "Restoring from iCloud"

When syncing data from iCloud, you should remember that iOS syncs large data only when on Wi-Fi and charging. Please try the following:

Sign out from iCloud, then sign back in.
Put your device charging overnight with a good Wi-Fi connection.

Be patient and keep in mind that download speed also depends on your Wi-Fi. If it's slow, downloading will take longer.


Disk Utility changing partition types on its own

The OS X and macOS Disk Utility applications has never been bug free with respect to resizing partitions. The diskutil command has far more options than can be accessed by the Disk Utility application. Also, the diskutil command is less prone to failure. This makes the diskutil command far more versatile than the Disk Utility application. An Ask Different search for FFFF currently results in at least 150 posts, with yours being the latest. The first being posted on August 19, 2012. You refer encountering the problem with Mojave and Catalina, however the problem was first posted when Lion was in use.

Here at Ask Different, the FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF partition type is a known bug. I have no way of knowing for sure, but being this problem has existed for at least 8 years, I just assume the bug is known to Apple.

I best advice I can give you is that if the Disk Utility application is malfunctioning because of the procedure you are using, then you need to change the procedure. I would try to include an alternate procedure, however currently your question does not provide enough information about your current procedure and state of your Mac before applying such procedure.


Is screen flickering harmful to my MBP's health? If let it be, will it gradually screw up my display and create irreversal defects?

Never mind your MBP's health: a flickering screen can have a negative effect on YOUR health.
Spending regular time in front of a poor display can cause headaches, eye strain, fatigue, dizziness, nausea -- to say nothing of bringing on seizures in epileptics.
A 'cool cyberpunk effect' is not worth your health.
Your MBP is a relatively new machine: you may still be able to get a free repair at an Apple Shop for defective hardware. It's much better to get a small problem repaired for free, or at little cost, than a much bigger problem later on, which will cost you much more.


How can I make a photo album that stays on my iPhone, even when removing all other photos using windows "import"?

When you synchronise your iPhone/iPad with iTunes, you can select to sync one or more albums by selecting them in iTunes.

Opening information about your device in iTunes

We need to open the device information in iTunes. Download and install iTunes if you don't have it installed.
Then follow these steps:

Connect your device to your PC
iTunes should open automatically, if not, open it manually.
Select the small iPhone icon (see Image 1)

You will see a summary of your device in iTunes now.

Adding albums to your iPhone

We now have to select the albums that you want to save on your iPhone. Make sure you see the device information as described in previous steps, than follow these steps:

Click on Photos (See image 2, it's called "Foto's" there)
Check the synchronise Photos checkbox
Select the albums that you want to transfer to your iPhone
Click the synchronise button in the bottom right corner to transfer the photos

When the process is completed, your selected album(s) should be located on your iPhone in the Photo's app.

Removing the albums from your iPhone

In order to remove the albums from your iPhone, you have to follow the same steps as adding them. The difference is that you uncheck the albums that you don't want to be synchronised.

Please let me know if you need some extra help.

Image 1

Image 2


How to get the system language or the language that was selected when Mac OS X was installed

The left part of osascript -e 'user locale of (get system info)' is the language selected in Setup Assistant (I think).

The language at the top of the list in the Language & Text preferences should be the second line of defaults read -g AppleLanguages.


I found that I could put the text into another editing application (I used TextEdit) and adjust the line spacing there and it remained when I pasted into the title. Presto magic-o!


To get the URL or Title of a Tab within Google Chrome via the command line, in a Terminal you can use osascript to either execute AppleScript statements or a programfile.

To see what is available in the Google Chrome AppleScript Dictionary, the dictionary can be opened and reviewed in the Script Editor using the File > Open Dictionary... command.

Here's a simple example to get the URL of the first Tab of the frontmost Google Chrome window:

osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get URL of tab 1 of window 1'

For the Title under the same conditions:

osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get title of tab 1 of window 1'

To get them both at the same time, under the same conditions:

osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get {title, URL} of tab 1 of window 1'

Depending on exactly what it is you're trying to accomplish the statements can be more complex and handle multiple Tabs and or Windows, etc.  Although this is where using osascript to call a programfile verses using -e statement will probably be easier.

Here's the output from Terminal when this page is the target Tab:

$ osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get URL of tab 1 of window 1'
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/232565/get-url-of-opened-tab-tabs-from-terminal
$ osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get title of tab 1 of window 1'
osx - Get URL of opened tab / tabs from terminal - Ask Different
$ osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get {title, URL} of tab 1 of window 1'
osx - Get URL of opened tab / tabs from terminal - Ask Different, http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/232565/get-url-of-opened-tab-tabs-from-terminal
$


Should I partition an external drive before or after using Time Machine?

What I have done with my 1TB external backup drive is to add one additional APFS volume with a reserve size of 400GB that I name "Files" so that I can use the same external drive for both Time Machine and general file storage.
Here are the steps that I used with a new, empty Samsung T5 1TB SSD:

Connect the Samsung T5 drive to the Mac and open Disk Utility.
Right-click the Samsung T5 drive in the left-hand pane and select "Erase".
In the Erase dialog, set Name to "TimeMachine", set Scheme to "Guid Partition Map" and Format to "APFS".

Right-click the TimeMachine volume that was created above and select "Add APFS Volume".
Name the new volume "Files" and click the "Size Options" button.
Set the Reserve Size to 400GB (or however much you’d like to reserve) and click OK.

Once you have done this, you can open the Time Machine utility and select the "TimeMachine" volume as a backup disk, and still have a separate "Files" volume that you can use for general file storage using typical utilities such as Finder.
These steps don't necessarily have to be done before configuring Time Machine to use the external drive. I was able to add an additional APFS volume to a drive that only has one volume that had already been set up for use with Time Machine by right-clicking the existing volume in Disk Utility and adding a new one.


According to Xcode 4.3 release notes, Apple restructured Xcode — what gets installed (and where) has changed.

From Apple's documentation:

  Several additional tools are no longer part of the default Xcode installation, they are now downloadable as separate packages. The More Developer Tools menu command (Figure 5) provides a direct jump to developer.apple.com/downloads in Safari where these development tools can be found.

Once you open that and log in with your Apple ID, then download and install "Graphics Tools for Xcode - ...", which includes Quartz Composer.


New USB ethernet adaptor not recognized on network at work

If you needed to register your MAC address for your computer to be authorized on the network at work, then your problem may be that you have inadvertantly registered the MAC address for the original USB-ethernet adaptor, rather than the MAC address of the internal ethernet interface in you computer. The problem is that the new USB adaptor generates a different MAC address than your old one, and is therefore not recognized by your work network.

To fix this problem, you will need to plug in your new USB ethernet adaptor, get its MAC address and request that this MAC address be authorized on your work network.

You can find the MAC address for your USB ethernet adaptor using System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced... -> Hardware. This will give you the MAC address on the en1 ethernet interface going to the adaptor, rather than the en0 interface going to the computer. The en1 MAC address changes when plug in different USB ethernet adaptors, but the en0 does not.

To see how en1 MAC address changes and find the stable en0 MAC address of your ethernet card, open up a terminal window and type:

$ ifconfig

Then plug in your different adpators, and repeat the ifconfig command.


@bmike has already offered the easiest solution, but I wanted to go back to the GUI instructions not working.

I found that Apple’s instructions here can be confusing. Control-Clicking will not do anything unless you first “unlock” the Users & Groups pane, as shown below in the blue box:

Once you have it unlocked, be sure you are clicking in the white-area on the left to access “Advanced Options…” as shown above with the blue arrow.

Then you should be able to access the options, including shell, from the Advanced pane.


You cannot do anything technically to get past it.  Your only method is to get back to the seller.  If they have disappeared, then perhaps you might want to entertain the possibility that you have been sold a stolen iPad.  In this instance, then rather than have a very expensive paperweight, you might want to report it to the Police.  There is a slim chance that it has been reported as stolen, and they may be able to reunite it with it's true owner, in which case there is also a chance that they may reward you in some way to make up for your loss, or (perfect scenario) they will have already replaced it on insurance, and will simply unlock it for you and let you keep it.


MacBook turned off during Time Machine initial back up - What do I do?

It would be hard to tell with out looking at the backup. If I was in you situation and I was not sure if the first backup was successful I would wipe that partition and start again (assuming when you say initial backup you mean the first ever!)

From my personal experience however when similar things have happened to me during a backup I've had no corruption issues. This being said it was not my first ever Time Machine backup.

Honestly the safest thing to do is wipe that partition and start again (assuming when you say initial backup you mean the first ever!)


sysmond using 100% CPU usage, but only while on the Memory tab

I've fixed it. I had shared memory and private memory both checked. Enabling either one seems to cause sysmond to spike in CPU usage, and having neither checked returns sysmond back to its usual state. Odd.


You can use a private.xml like this with Karabiner (previously named KeyRemap4MacBook):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>test</name>
    <identifier>test</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F13, KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT, VK_SHIFT</autogen>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F14, KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT, VK_SHIFT</autogen>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F15, KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT</autogen>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F16, KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

Change for example KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT, VK_SHIFT to whatever key combination inserts { in your keyboard layout.


Increase amount of text copied in iterm2

It should copy all text you have selected.  You should check under Preferences>Profiles in the Terminal tab how big your scrollback buffer is.  However it is specified in lines not bytes.


How can I import private keys to iSSH app in iPhone?

This is not the most user-friendly app. Besides importing the key, you should put MOSH support on for better connection on phone.

Step-by-step

Copy your key to Dropbox or any other service to copy the text to iPhone's default clipboard
General Settings > Configure SSH Keys > Import Key... > [Hold finger long, press Paste and insert password]
Add Configuration... > Use Key ON > Key > [Select your just imported key]


Unable to reboot from USB on Snow Leopard

It's because your new MBP has few hardware components that are not supported by Mac OS X 10.5.8. Just to be sure you can check where 10.5.8 chocking when booting MBP if you press and hold cmd+v during boot.


How to increase Macintosh-HD main drive partition size?

First, boot from Recovery HD by pressing Cmd-R on startup. You will need to do this because modifications will be made to the startup drive (in this case, it's size).

Now, from Recovery, open Disk Utility and select your Drive D/E. I'm going to assume you've moved all the data on these drives off, and they are empty now. This process will delete all the data on the Drive D/E partitions.

Select the partition of Drive D/E and press the minus button beneath the pie chart to delete the partition. You'll have to do this twice as you have two partitions you'd like to merge with another.

Now, select Macintosh HD and drag the small circle over to fill up the space left behind by the now nonexistent Drive D/E partitions. Alternatively, just enter a really big value greater than all three partitions combined (900 will do) and Disk Utility will reduce it automatically to fill up whatever available space remains.

Click Apply and the above steps should be written to disk. After it's done you should see one big Macintosh HD partition spanning roughly 400GB. You can now reboot to your normal system.

(as all good advice goes, it's always strongly recommended to make a backup of your data in case something goes wrong. Time Machine or a disk image to an external drive will do.)


I went through this when I first got my iPad. My killer app is color pdfs with nice figures. (biochemistry/bioinformatics) I tried GoodReader, iBooks, Stanza, and one other that I can't remember now. I also wanted: borderless full screen, tap to turn, quick page turns regardless of file size, and the ability to scrub between pages. I settled on Stanza, as it has those features and seems to integrate with Dropbox in a reasonable manner.

My litmus test for file size was a 300dpi scan of Envisioning Information by Tufte (came to nearly 450MB?) It was quite usable with fast page turns. It did crash once in awhile, but other readers would not even load it.

Stanza's epub performance apppears to be good. I have only really tested it with brutal PDFs, to be honest, but I use it nearly daily.

My workflow is this: read rss from PubMed/sites with filters. Read abstract. If I like it, put it in Dropbox/papers. Then, before leaving work/home, sync the files on Dropbox. Read on train/at leisure. I make notes in SimpleNote. I don't really like PDF annotations because they are generally non-standard and easier to lose/messup.

Hope it helps!


From Apple's Support Article:

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard system requirements

To install Snow Leopard for the first time, you must have a Mac with:

An Intel processor
An internal or external DVD drive, or DVD or CD Sharing
At least 1 GB of RAM (additional RAM is recommended)
A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
At least 5 GB of disk space available, or 7 GB of disk space if you install the developer tools


Is there a battery monitoring app that can send a notification when the battery reaches X %?

There is an app called Coconut Battery that does this but it is hardwired for certain values all less than 50%.  There is also a setting for number of minutes left. Load the app and go to Preferences under the coconutBattery menu item. This opens a panel and one option is Notifications. See image below.

CoconutBattery is free but there is a Pro version for $9.99. This will also report on iOS devices connected to your computer.


Duplicated mail settings caused email loss in Mail on Lion

If I'm reading the initial question correctly, you wish to select which account new mail comes from.

In Mail prefs > Accounts > Account Information tab you can enter multiple email addresses in the Email Address field. You must separate them by commas.

When you create a new message The From dropdown will list every email address. These addresses will be used in the From: field.


Transparent PNG photo shape creator on iPad

This App will allow you to make parts of a photo transparent then save to your camera roll. You will have to draw the shape or use the simple tools to create the mask.  Works well for me as I usually want to remove the background. Not sure of the file format but they are transparent and are great to add to things like Keynote.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/background-eraser-for-ipad/id532187687?mt=8


How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?

Unfortunately, Macintosh does not (yet) support complete iCloud synchronization for documents. We can only hope that Apple will implement this at some point soon.

In the mean time, go to http://www.icloud.com/ and sign in. You can drag documents to and from the appropriate section on your computer, and it'll work with your iPad. There's still another bug, which involves Mac > Mac syncing, but as long as you just do iPad > Mac or Mac > iPad, it'll work fine. :)

Also, there is a folder located at ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ which contains your iCloud-enabled apps' data. This includes the iWork suite, but unfortunately iWork documents aren't saved as the normal filetypes (e.g. ".pages"), so they can't be opened on their own.


Most scanners have a programming interface in which you can not just setup how the scanner works and how the data is formatted, but you can also configure what keystrokes it sends (like Control sequences and extra text such as a URL)

I just grabbed a random programming guide for a random Symbol scanner to use as an example

So, from the Table of Contents, we can configure it to send "Control characters"

What you would need is to set up a global shortcut with Karabiner, Keyboard Maestro or ControllerMate (I personally use this) to launch a browswer with URL and barcode number as the address.  You can even program in the Return keypress to go to the website automatically. It may have to be done in with some AppleScripting, depending on the complexity.

You could set it up so it sends a CtrlB, wait to allow your browser to loaunch and then and the text http://example.com/?xxxxxxxxxx


MacBook Air mid 2011 Geekbench results too low

I went to the Apple Service, where the guy has booted from an external hard drive and run the Repair Disk Permissions task from Disk Utility. That solved the issue!

Note: I did run Repair Disk Permissions before while trying to solve this problem, but it apparently couldn't fix some of the files due to that the disk was mounted. So, booting from an external disk is crucial here.


Merge two word documents into one document

Have you tried to use the built in merge tool?

However, I don't know whether it goes beyond simple documents.


iOS: Newly added contacts get hidden and don't sync to iCloud

My guess is "unknown" is somehow the same as "On my Mac."

If you go to Address Book / preferences / accounts, do you see "on my mac" or "unknown?"

If so, if you can disable or delete it (if you're sure your contacts are all on iCloud).

That will get rid of the duplication and if/when you add a new contact on your Mac it should go up on iCloud.


Sebastian, there are some great news for you:

As of today, you can use your Magic Trackpad 2 upside-down with BetterTouchTool:

  BetterTouchTool 1.93 (October, 23, 2016)

  Fixed some little Sierra issues regarding keyboard shortcuts
  You can now choose whether a normal mouse button should trigger on mouse-down or on mouse-up (click the little gear icon left to the
  mouse button selection)
  You can now repeat an action while a mouse button is pressed (click the little gear icon left to the mouse button selection).
  Added option to mirror the Magic Trackpad orientation for upside-down usage. It's in the advanced trackpad options => General

See BetterTouchTool Homepage.


Play/pause buttons launches iTunes instead of playing/pausing the Deezer app

Found the answer on the Deezer community forum:

You have to allow Deezer the accessibility rights, go to:

System Preferences
Security and Privacy
Privacy tab
Choose "Accessibility"
Add "Deezer" to the allowed software

You'll have to unlock the configuration by clicking on the lock and enter your system password.

The original answer can be found here.


Texting from my old 3GS iphone without a Sim still shows my old phone number

Cellular SMS requires an activated SIM card.

When you upgraded to a 4s, the phone company probably deactivated the SIM in your 3GS, so it can't be used for SMS without another valid SIM card.


I found Display connected Wifi name to work perfectly for my needs.


I don't believe it is possible. Settings for the new trackpads don't exist in Yosemite. And the packaging for the new trackpad specifically states that it requires 10.11 (El Capitan).


Is there a way to dynamically manipulate the spellcheck dictionary?

When you press the Learn button, the word is added to ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary if the language is set to automatic or to ~/Library/Spelling/en if the language is set to U.S. English. en_GB is used for British English and en is used only for U.S. English.

If you edit the files in ~/Library/Spelling/ directly, you can apply the changes by terminating the AppleSpell process.

So try to assign a shortcut to a script like this:

cd ~/Library/Spelling
if [[ -e fiction ]]; then
  mv en normal; mv fiction en; d=fiction
else
  mv en fiction; mv normal en; d=normal
fi
killall AppleSpell
terminal-notifier -title "Using dictionary $d" -message '' -group spellingdictionary
sleep 3
terminal-notifier -remove spellingdictionary

If for example you use the British English dictionary, change en to en_GB.

You can install terminal-notifier with sudo /usr/bin/gem install terminal-notifier.


What's the name of the temperature sensor closest to the PCIe slots in a MacPro5,1?

This is the full list - from iStat Menus

There isn't really one anywhere near the PCI slots that's also in the same compartment.
CPU, DIMM & IOH are all in the lower compartment, Drive Bays & PS are in the upper.

I've seen machines reporting a temperature for PCI Slot 1 - but these may have the original graphics cards in them... mine barely has an original anything.


Should I reset my MacBook Pro after a major macOS update?

Unless you are experiencing serious issues (such as malware or other unexpected behavior), there's no need to ever reset/format a Mac. Even if you are having problems, it doesn't mean you need to format it. If you know the cause or are willing to troubleshoot the issue, you could fix most problems without formatting your Mac.
Macs have separate volumes for the OS and for user data.

If you reinstall macOS, it only makes changes to the OS volume, and you will not even realize macOS was reinstalled because it will reboot and everything will remain exactly where it was, even any windows you had open before reinstalling macOS.
If you format the data volume, you will lose all of your data, but the OS will remain functional.
If you format the whole drive, you will lose both volumes and have to reinstall macOS, after which it will ask if you want to restore your data from a Time Machine backup.

Personally, I've been updating macOS on my devices for several years without formatting, I guess ever since macOS Mavericks. When upgrading to another Mac I just restore my Time Machine data or use the Migration Assistant (both are built-in on macOS).
It's always advisable to have backups of your data. On a Mac, you can setup Time Machine and keep it running. Your Mac will create hourly backups for as long as the Time Machine drive is reachable. You can then restore all your data in case you upgrade to a new Mac or something unexpected happens.
You can also use cloud services to keep some of your files safe. iCloud Drive is built-in on macOS.
If you are having a specific issue, please search Ask Different for a solution and if you didn't find any, ask a new question.


I would say until it uses up all its storage. How long it takes to do that would depend on the scene being shot and how long the intervals between taking photos are.


What external monitor and size combinations provide best scaling on macOS?

I had to make a similar decision for myself. In summary: after lots of researching and testing, I found an LG 27 inch 4k display to be the best balance from price/performance point of view for now. I tried to explain in following sub-topics:

Ideal PPI for laptops and desktop screens are different

First of all, Apple adjusts its desktop monitor default PPI values to look like 110 PPI, however for laptops, they tend to use higher PPI values. For example:

Default scaled resolution for Macbook Pro 16 is 1792x1120. On an 16 inch display, this results in 132 PPI.
Default scaled resolution for current Macbook pro 13 is 1440x900, which results in around 128 PPI on 13.3 inch screen.

Therefore, you should first accept the fact that, on a large screen, expecting the same PPI values (thus same size of fonts) as the macbook screen won't be an ideal solution (unless you have eagle eyes). After that point, you should be hunting for a display, which would give you a good scaled resolution which gets closer to 110 PPI.

On a desktop screen you should aim for something between 90-110 PPI

If you follow Apple's desktop scaling habits, ideally, you would like to get that 110 PPI on a non-scaled, pixel doubled
resolution. This means that, if the screen resolution is X by Y, when you calculate the resulting PPI for X/2 by Y/2 resolution on particular display size, you should get 110 PPI. This is called the pixel doubled HiDpi mode.

However, one of the most popular size: 24 inch 1920x1200 16:10 aspect ratio monitor is 94 PPI. This size has been very popular for productivity. Therefore, we can assume that anything between 90-110 ppi will be good.

Using the pixel doubled mode will have two benefits:

The text on the screen will be sharpest, because MacOs will use exactly 4 pixels to render 1 pixel of graphical elements.
It will put on the least amount of stress on your GPU and CPU, which will make the computer run much cooler/quieter and all the gui animations to run smoothly. This is especially important if you have an older mac.

27 Inch 5K is the best, but not widely available

Without no doubt, according to the above criteria, a 27 inch 5K screen, or a 20 inch 4K screen would be the best option. Unfortunately, both options are not available unless you buy an IMac. You can use the DPI/PPI calculator to check the actual PPI values you'll get for a resolution and screen size. Remember to divide the native resolution of the screen by 2 to find out the PPI values which result when the display is used in pixel doubled HiDPI mode.

Dell p2415q is one of the 4K monitors which come close according to the specs. It is 24 inch and 4K, which results in 91.8 PPI. Since you are already happy with the 1080p resolution on 24 inch display, getting p2415q will be a safe choice regarding sizes of UI elements. However, this monitor has an older design, and reportedly, its compatibility with mac is not very good. You can still try.

Next best option is a 4K 27 inch monitor

On the other hand, you can buy a 27 inch 4K monitor and use it in:

pixel doubled mode 1080p: 81.5 PPI
2304x1296 scaled mode: 98 PPI
2560x1440 scaled mode: 109 PPI

I tried all three of the modes, and from a sharpness point of view, I was quite happy with all of them. However, the sharpness advantage of the pixel doubled mode is definitely perceivable. Since I am using a 2015 macbook pro 13, choosing the pixel doubled mode gives me performance advantage, therefore I use it in that mode. Note that the perceived sharpness difference between pixel doubled and scaled modes will also depend on the distance you will be looking at the display. On that regard, I recommend using the Is this retina? calculation tool. If you will be using the display beyond the distance the monitor's pixel density becomes retina, you will realize less decrease of sharpness in scaled modes. For a 27 inch 4K monitor, this distance is 53 cm. (Right now, as I am writing this, I am looking at my 27 inch 4K LG monitor from 63 cm distance. )

Sharpness depends on how distant you look at

Note that even Apple started to use scaled resolutions on their macbook pro line up in recent years, so as long as you are looking at the display from a distance greater than the retina limit, you should not be afraid of the decreased sharpness. However, the performance drawback of scaled resolutions are real. For example, in order to display 2560x1440 scaled resolution on a 4K display, MacOs first renders a 5120x2880 canvas, then downscales it to 4K. Remember that this is done 60 times each second. I have made lots of tests with Intel Power Gadget to test for the impact, and the result was clearly elevated CPU/GPU temperatures combined with fans spinning in higher RPMs. This tests was on a 2015 13 inch Macbook pro. For newer hardware and/or discrete graphics, your milage will vary.

Sharpness wise, 27 Inch 5K > 27 Inch 4K > 27 Inch QHD

To sum up, a 27 Inch 5K would be the best. However, 27 Inch 4K used at scaled 2560x1440 will be a lot sharper than 27 Inch QHD monitor when used with MacOS.

Because of the lack of ideal affordable solution, the best solution which worked for me was to get an affordable 27 inch 4K monitor, at least until 5K or higher resolutions become the standard.

Consequently, I would not not recommend buying a QHD monitor (2560x1440 native), since you will loose the ability to scale and actual native pixel density will be much lower. I believe modern MacOs versions depend too much on having a dense array of pixels to render text smoothly.

On the other hand, as an added bonus, Windows 10 scales beautifully with a 27 inch 4K monitor, too.

Note: I did not put Pro display XDR into consideration, since its price, and requirement for the newest hardware to drive 6K display.


This application is the freemium app Concepts.


Copy entire chat in Messages in macOS Mojave

Scroll up before copying.

I just observed it. Copy-pasted in textedit and used a service to count words which increased every time I scrolled up. Also scrolling up can be sluggish at times due to media, previews etc., so it might be rendering it from another format the source of which I presume is /Users/me/Library/Messages/Archive/01-03-2019/My Friend on 01-03-2019 at 01.11.05.ichat


What can I do once my jailbroken iPhone gets a data plan attached by AT&T?

You're going to have to talk to AT&T and have them remove the data plan, unless you're under contract for a data plan (as all new iPhones are) they should be able to take it off your next bill. Jailbreaking really doesn't have anything to do with this.


Multiple empty Chrome/Google setup volumes in root Finder folder

I'm having a similar problem, though I haven't seen the Chrome Canary folders. I've tried two things now (one in the last few minutes, so let's see if it works this time).

First, open Applications > Utilities > Terminal and copy/paste the following:

cd /tmp
sudo rm -rf 2014*

At this point you will be prompted for a password. Enter the password you use to login to your Mac.

Then copy/paste this line:

open .

You should have a Finder window popup. On the sidebar, click on your computer's name and make sure that you don't see any of the Google/Chrome folders.

Second, uninstall the Google Voice and Video plugin. It can be reinstalled if needed in the future, but the uninstall/reinstall process seems to prevent these volumes from showing up again for some people.

Again in Terminal, copy/paste the following:

/Library/Application\ Support/Google/GoogleVoiceAndVideoUninstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleVoiceAndVideoUninstaller

Press Enter and a dock icon should appear, along with a small window requesting credentials. Enter your Mac login password again and after a minute, it should tell you that Google Voice and Video was uninstalled.

You may have luck with uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome Canary if this didn't fix those folders.


Why do I have IPv6 listeners when IPv6 is disabled?

Because not setting up your network card to use ipv6 does not prevent applications of opening such sockets.

The sockets displayed as *.<port> are not bound to specific ip addresses/interfaces of your machine. They will simply listen to any incoming connection on any interface. Of course, no ipv6 connections will come in through your ethernet card if ipv6 is not set up.

Besides that, I'm pretty sure that another interface on your machine is set up to use ipv6: your loopback interface. Hit up a terminal and type ifconfig lo0 and you'll see it having an ipv6 address assigned to it. You can also use ping6 ::1 :). In fact, the ipv6 sockets listed as ::1.<port> are bound to this interface and will only receive connections from your local machine.


You do not have to downgrade to a earlier version of MacOS, you just need to install High Sierra in a new APFS volume in the same APFS container that Catalina is using. You can download High Sierra by accessing the link on the Apple website How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra. After High Sierra finishes downloading, you will get the following popup message. You can click on Quit to exit the installer.

To install High Sierra, you will have to copy the installation files to a flash drive. See the Apple website How to create a bootable installer for macOS for instructions. Once booted from the High Sierra flash drive, you can install High Sierra in a new APFS volume.

  Note: The installation of High Sierra on my Mac consumed about 29 GB of space. If you are space limited, then you may have to temporarily move some of your personal files off of the installation drive.

After finishing installing High Sierra, you can use the Boot Camp Assistant included with High Sierra to install Windows 7.

  Note: Apple documentations does state that the Windows 7 ISO should include Service Pack 1 (SP1). You can download a Windows 7 ISO with SP1 from the Microsoft website Download Windows 7 Disc Images (ISO Files).

During use of the Boot Camp Assistant, you will encounter the following window.

If you click on Open Website, you will be directed to the website Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp. You should follow the directions given on the website.

After Windows 7 is installed, you can boot to Catalina and use the Disk Utility application to remove the High Sierra volume.

Some Comments about 2015 and Newer Macs

Apple and Microsoft intended for Windows 7 to BIOS boot on Macs. The instructions given in this answer should install Windows 7 to BIOS boot. However, starting in 2015, Apple starting eliminating the ability for Macs to BIOS boot. This is why the links to download on the website Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp end in 2014. In your case, you can either try installing Windows 7 without the Boot Camp Support Software (Window Support Software) or try the Windows Support Software that can be downloaded by using the Boot Camp Assistant.

A Note about Windows 10

If you have a Windows 7 product key, then you may be able to use this product key to install and activate Windows 10 for free. When asked for the Windows 10 product key, just substitute your Windows 7 product key. The latest Windows 10 ISO can be downloaded from the Microsoft website Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File).


accountsd eating up all CPU resources when wireless has no internet connectivity

After various attempts at disabling and logging out of iCloud accounts on the device, in the end a reset of Keychain fixed it:

Keychain Access -> Preferences -> Reset My Default Keychains


Web sharing : Images won't load - 403 Forbidden

So as I said in the comments above, the problem was that only the owner of the file did have the rights to read the file.

A simple chmod +r on the file solved my problem.


It is possible to create a Logical Volume Group spanning over more than two disks. I doubt that it will differentiate between fast and slow HDD. The SSD part should work though.

To accomplish this put all drives in your iMac and boot to a Mavericks or Yosemite bootable installer thumb drive.

Partition all drives as simple volumes with Disk Utility.

Then open Terminal and enter diskutil list to get an overview. The result is similar to this one:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD                     255.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1000.0 GB  disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD1                    999.6 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1000.0 GB  disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD2                    999.6 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3-disk15 with sizes between 1 GB and 512 KB are part of the boot disk as well as the thumb drive.

Now create the Logical Volume Group with:

diskutil cs create Fusion /dev/disk0s2 /dev/disk1s2 /dev/disk2s2

Choose the proper disk identifiers found in the diskutil list.

The output will be similar to this one:

Started CoreStorage operation
Unmounting disk0s2
Touching partition type on disk0s2
Adding disk0s2 to Logical Volume Group
Unmounting disk1s2
Touching partition type on disk1s2
Adding disk1s2 to Logical Volume Group
Unmounting disk2s2
Touching partition type on disk2s2
Adding disk2s2 to Logical Volume Group
Creating Core Storage Logical Volume Group
Switching disk0s2 to Core Storage
Switching disk1s2 to Core Storage
Switching disk2s2 to Core Storage
Waiting for Logical Volume Group to appear
Discovered new Logical Volume Group "0AD5A644-34A7-4B44-A9BC-CD37411B8910"
Core Storage LVG UUID: 0AD5A644-34A7-4B44-A9BC-CD37411B8910

Now create a new Logical Volume with:

diskutil cs createVolume lvgUUID jhfs+ Fusion 100%

with the example above this is

diskutil cs createVolume 0AD5A644-34A7-4B44-A9BC-CD37411B8910 jhfs+ Fusion 100%

This will yield the following:

The Core Storage Logical Volume Group UUID is 0AD5A644-34A7-4B44-A9BC-CD37411B8910
Started CoreStorage operation
Waiting for Logical Volume to appear
Formatting file system for Logical Volume
Initialized /dev/rdisk16 as a 2 TB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 172032k journal
Mounting disk
Core Storage LV UUID: 34345C6A-421B-4F03-A6D1-4C5A144FA610
Core Storage disk: disk16
Finished CoreStorage operation

The 2 TB is erroneous: in fact a ~2,25 TB volume will be built:

...
/dev/disk16
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                  Apple_HFS Fusion                 *2.3 TB     disk16
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2, ...
                             34345C6A-421B-4F03-A6D1-4C5A144FA610
                             Unencrypted
...

Now install a new system and enjoy your DIY SuperFusion Drive.

One fact cannot be concealed: the SuperFusion Drive is even more vulnerable to drive failure than a normal Fusion drive. The failure probability is comparable to a RAID0.

Here is a comparison for 1, 2 or 3 disks:

Survival probability (for new disks and being optimistic):

Nr of disks  1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year
          1       98%      90%      83%      78%      73%
          2       97%      82%      69%      61%      54%
          3       95%      74%      57%      47%      40%

Considering that at least one drive is already 5 years old the survival probability is even worse. So better get a reliable backup drive!

A deleted question invisible for some or most users asks for a speed test. A (Super)Fusion Drive is no RAID0/5/6, so r/w speed directly depends on the physical disk written to/read from. Usually at least 4 GB of the SSD are kept free. One can expect that the first ~4 GB written to the DYI SuperFusion Drive are transferred with SSD speed (150-550 MB/s) and the rest with HDD speed (20-120 MB/s). The read speed depends on the location of the files (i.e. SSD or HDD) and is similar to the write speed.


Automatically play Spotify when headphones are plugged in

Breakaway is no longer maintained on its website, but it can still be downloaded from Sourceforge.  I've associated it with the following two AppleScripts to mute the speaker and pause Spotify when the jack is disconnected, and to play Spotify when the jack is connected.  Follow the instructions on makeuseof to see how to author AppleScript and connect it to Breakaway.

jack-disconnected.scpt

set volume output volume 0
tell application "System Events"
    set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell
if (MyList contains "Spotify") is true then
    tell application "Spotify" to pause
end if

jack-connected.scpt

tell application "System Events"
    set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell
if (MyList contains "Spotify") is true then
    tell application "Spotify"
        if player state is paused then play
    end tell
end if


How do I know if I need a new hard drive?

I have the same model of Macbook which was showing the same issues. After replacing the Harddrive with an SSD I still had the same issue.

It ended up being the SATA cable connecting the hard drive to the logic board. Over some time the insulation had started to wear off and the cable was occasionally shorting against the base of the case causing IO errors. Once I replaced the cable these errors stopped happening.

A good way of checking this would be to use an external USB to SATA cable and try and boot the laptop from it externally. If the drive functions well when doing this then it is likely the SATA cable that is at fault.


Photos you have saved to your iPad, from the Facebook app or mobile web site, save into your "Camera Roll" album if you have not enabled iCloud Photo Library, or into the "Photos" tab on iCloud Photo Library (accessible on all of your devices).


Does turning off cellular data significantly improve battery life?

You can follow general rules to optimize your battery life.

https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/.

Now respecting your question, you save a lot of battery by turning cellular data only when you needed. Cellular data consumes a lot of battery power, specially when yo have have no coverage or low signal:

"No Cell Coverage and Low Signal. This indicates that either you are in a poor cell coverage area and your iOS device is searching for a better signal or that you’ve used your device in low-signal conditions, which has affected your battery life."
This is according to previous apple link, however, take into consideration that GPS works with cellular data so if you leave it by accident powered on, your battery charge will decrease dramatically.

Also I recommend you to have your iPhone up to date, for possible bugs, of course back-up first.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977

Pay attention on one detail, if you back-up an iPhone with already performance issues, the iOS or iCloud back-ups could be affected too. So it is important to back-up often and not wait to have problems to back-up before an up date or even a restore.

Kind regards!


iMessage sent to me by spouse shows receivers name (mine).

There are several possibilities:

As @jksoegaard has indicated, you and your spouse are sharing an AppleID
You and your spouse are sharing an iPad or Mac
You or your spouse have gotten a contact mis-labeled
You and your spouse are doing research for a new comedy show

If none of those address your issue, you could Google iMessage from spouse says it's from me, and start reading through the responses. In any case, the number of hits from this search should give you some comfort as you'll learn you're not alone.


Who makes compact backpacks specifically sized for Macbook Air 11/13"

I have a 13" MBA (bought in July 2011). I have the McKlein Montclare 15494 Small Netbook Laptop Case, and I love it! Here's a URL:

http://www.mckleinusa.com/15474S.html

Apologies though - not a backpack, more a messenger bag or briefcase sort of deal.

I own one in black. It exactly fits my 13" MBA, so obviously you'll have a little extra room if you've only got an 11". I like the amount of padding in the bag, and because it's on the thin side, it "encourages" me to keep my junk to a minimum.

FYI, I can slide my iPad 2 in next to my MBA, and that's about exactly how big the padded sleeve part is.


Here, I assumed "primary drive" meant a drive containing a APFS container from which you boot Mojave.

I have not seen an recent posts referring to asr adjust. There is is no mention of adjust in the man page of asr in both High Sierra or Mojave. I would recommend avoiding the use of undocumented commands when other documented commands can accomplish the same task. In this case, you could have used gpt or the third party command gdisk.

In your case, you are trying to change a value that is already correct. The GUID for a APFS container partition is suppose to be 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC.  I assume when you executed diskutil you were booted to either a macOS (OS X) operating system or recovery that was too old to recognize the APFS partition type.

If you wish to boot to macOS Recovery over the Internet, then you should use the key combination Option-⌘-R to boot to the latest version compatible with your Mac. See the  Apple website About macOS Recovery for more information.


Will Safari preserve my windows and tabs across an OS update?

I wouldn't count on it. Specifically, I had several machines not rejoin WiFi after the upgrade, so the tabs didn't load with no network. I would save all open tabs to an HTML document and save it just in case if you really can't afford to lose your workspace.

http://brettterpstra.com/2015/09/04/share-browser-tabs-in-one-link/

Bookmarking is overkill and this tool will be useful going forward without needing to clean out your bookmarks after the update.


If you have the TextMate theme file, you can use this online converter to spit out a (Mac)Vim theme file for you: http://coloration.sickill.net/

It should do a pretty good job of converting it for you, as it did for the ones I've tried.


It's not clear from your question what exactly you're missing -- I use Notepad++ on the PC and find both TextMate and TextWrangler to be reasonable replacements -- but you'll likely appreciate either TextWrangler's big brother BBEdit 9 or, if you can put up with its alpha nature, Sublime Text 2.


Try rebooting or relaunching the process coreaudiod. This is a glitch that often results from 3rd party programs, but occasionally coreaudiod will mess up on its own.


Intuos 3 Drivers for Mac OSX Sierra (10.12)

After searching all over the internet, I found a few people who have the same problem here.
They said to use Wacom Driver 6.3.8-2 (macOS 10.7 - 10.9).
This driver can be found here.
Alternatively, you can find the link to this driver by:

Navigate to Wacom's Driver Search Page here
Search for "Intuos 3"
In the MacOS driver box, select the "Older Versions" link
Scroll the list until you see Driver 6.3.8-2 (macOS 10.7 - 10.9) and download it
Un-install any previous non-working versions of the wacom tablet driver and install the newly downloaded version

After I installed it, I was able to see the Wacom Tablet on the Preferences Pane and edit the preferences to map the tablet to my screen size again!
My pen and mouse work as they did previously, but the original issue with my mouse (clicking) now appears to be a hardware issue. I will go buy a replacement mouse from eBay.