This answer has been posted many times before. Why not once more. The commands are given below.

diskutil  eraseVolume  free  n  disk0s4
diskutil  cs  resizeStack  01CA9FDB-EE71-4B65-9216-2A7EB5CBA511  0

If any of the above commands fail, you can try to repair macOS volume by entering the following command.

sudo diskutil repairVolume disk0s2

If the repair command does not resolve issues, then you have the following options:

Erase the disk and reload from a time machine backup.
Backup your files, reformat the partition, reinstall the macOS, the reload your files.


kernel_task consuming a lot of memory, can't finish my computations

The kernel_task process in question is likely your process running.

You can try freeing up "inactive memory" with the purge command in Terminal, just type purge and hit return when the inactive memory gets to be a good percentage of the used memory.

You can also try running your process without the gui, or without the window server running. This will free up memory and processor resources.

Set your login window to require name and password from the accounts control panel in system preferences, turn off auto login if enabled.
Then reboot to free up memory.
from the login window (if set as username/password) type >console in the name field, hit enter, and when the window server quits...
log in at the console, shortname & enter password when prompted
type screen and hit return

screen man page - so you can have another term to watch with top; will use less resources than running gui. control-a then c to create new terminal, control-a then n to move between the two scrreens

run your process in one, run top -u -s5 to run a utility like activity monitor so you can monitor your process

when done, just exit out of both screens, and then exit out of the console to launch the window server and return the login window and back to gui


If you select German as installation language your OS X installation and UI will be in German. You can always your change your system (UI) and input language or use multiple languages at the same time.

It doesn't matter where you buy your Mac. However please note, a German MacBook will include a German keyboard. Some local stores also sell english keyboards as well..


Assuming you have followed these instructions and still can't get it to let you in as root, I would recommend trying out the instructions in this support discussion to get it working.


It is a problem with tmux detaching itself from the GUI namespace.

Fixed with: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard


How can I make Back to my Mac Screen Sharing go full screen?

Up to 10.5.4 included, it was possible to add, among other possibilities, a full screen item to Apple Screen Sharing application : .

But, from 10.5.5 they remove all these features and so, the simple trick becomes more hacky.

I don't know why Apple remove these options, but anyway, if you want them back and if you're not scared about tweaking Screen Sharing application with XCode or if you have a backup of Mac OS X 10.5.4, here's an how-to.


Formatting Boot Drive As Encrypted For Clean Install

If you format a drive as Encrypted, you are in fact turning on File Vault, as that's the only encryption layer that OS X supports. The main advantage of partitioning the drive as Journaled, and then turning on File Vault is that you can revert the drive to a simple unencrypted volume if you should choose to do so in the future. You can't do this with a volume that was formatted directly as Encrypted. Other than that, the end result is the same.


First, make sure your Mac is able to use AirDrop. The following Macs are able to use AirDrop:

MacBook Pro (Late 2008) or later, excluding the MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Air (Late 2010) or later
MacBook (Late 2008) or later, excluding the white MacBook (Late 2008)
iMac (Early 2009) or later
Mac Mini (Mid 2010) or later
Mac Pro (Early 2009 with AirPort Extreme card, or Mid 2010)

However, AirDropping files between iOS devices and Macs requires a 2012 model Mac or later.

If your Mac does work with AirDrop and AirDrop still doesn't work, here are several fixes:

Reactivate Airdrop (on iPhone)

Go to Control Center on your iPhone (accomplished by swiping up from the bottom of your screen).
Disable Airdrop and then enable it again. Make sure your phone is discoverable to all devices.
Make sure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled. If it still doesn't work, try toggling the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi button.

Restart your iPhone and Mac

Restart your iPhone by pressing and holding the power button and home button at the same time.
And you probably know how to restart your Mac.

Reset Wi-Fi
Let both your Mac and iPhone forget your Wi-Fi network and/or password and reconnect to your Wi-Fi
Confirm AirDrop is enabled

Go to Finder and click on AirDrop in the sidebar.

Update

Update both your Mac and iPhone to the newest version of OS X and iOS, respectively.

Searching for older Macs?

Make sure your Mac isn't searching for older Macs. Go to the AirDrop page in Finder and make sure it's searching for newer devices (including the iPhone).

Confirm Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are enabled on the Mac

Turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the Mac. People often forget to turn on Bluetooth on their Mac in addition to their iPhone.

Hopefully, these tips will help you!


How can I effectively hide my macbook while traveling to prevent theft

Searching on the web for "laptop skin" or "removable laptop skin" would provide you a list of designers and sellers for laptop skins. Buy a boring laptop skin and use it on your MacBook Pro.

Some sites for laptop skins (in no particular order):

CafePress
Gelaskins
Zazzle
DecalGirl
Skinit


Mount shared drives with different users

You can't login to the same Netatalk (AFP)1 server with two different sets of credentials. This is why you are are seeing the result you are seeing.

When you log into AFP server, there is a 1:1 relationship between the client and the server.  This is why your client is able to browse and find all of the available shares under that login.  It won't allow you to log in again because you would have to break the existing connection first.  However, you can log into a different AFP server.

This is also why Fast User Switching doesn't work when your home directories are stored on the network.

You have two options to resolve this:

Make the shares/resources available to the user you want to log in with (Recommended)
Create another Netatalk server instance.  It can be another physical server or a sandboxed server.

1 From Wikipedia (AFP):  A few NAS solutions support AFP mostly by means of Netatalk: LaCie EtherNet Disk & 12big (AFP 3.3), NETGEAR's ReadyNAS (AFP 3.2), QNAP (AFP 3.x), Synology's Disk Stations (AFP 3.1), ... being commercial examples and FreeNAS and napp-it (which use Netatalk) being free software examples.


Burning disks fails with error 0x80020022 on MacbookPro 2012

If I were you, I would take it back to your Apple Reseller and tell them your problem. You're still under warranty, so most likely, it won't be an issue.


Do you still need iPhone when running with Apple Watch?

You are able to use the Apple Watch when running without taking your iPhone with you. The caveat to do doing so is that you won't have access to any online services but the included fitness apps will work just fine!

This article at MacWorld has actually summarised exactly what you can and cannot do when your watch isn't connected to your phone. The paragraph that might be of most interest to you is:

  If you want to go for a run without having to tote a bulky phone, the Apple Watch’s exercise capabilities are pretty much self-sufficient. All of the watch’s onboard sensors, such as the accelerometer and the heart rate monitor, keep on trucking even when your phone’s not around. Just fire up the Workout app, pick your exercise type and goal, and leave the iPhone at home.

References:
What can your Apple Watch do without your iPhone? | MacWorld


Try using Cmd-Shift-P to print using system dialog.

I have the same issue on Linux and have raised a bug report. I have also confirmed where the regression occurred in the revision history. The change log talks about reworking the way the Printer list is populated in the Print Preview dialog.


Starting Keynote presenter mode without an external monitor

Keynote has this functionality built-in. In Keynote, go to the Play menu, then choose Rehearse Slideshow. You'll then have presenter mode on your single screen.


Removing current Python version and using another Python version

I think you probably have two options, barring a reinstallation of 2.7, which might be the easiest thing to do.

You can include the following first line in every Python script:

#!/usr/local/bin/python2.6

Change the path to reflect the version and location of the Python you would like to use.

Alternately you could create a bash alias like:

alias python = '/path/to/pythonversion'

I would go with the first version myself.


I am not able to see or use cut/paste in lion

You have to press the Option key BEFORE clicking Edit on the Menu. This will dynamically change the menu to show the "move" option.


AppleScript: How to create a new Finder window for a folder that is already open?

Simple way to make a New Finder Window to the Desktop.

set myTarget to ((path to desktop) as text)

tell application "Finder" to make new Finder window to folder myTarget

From https://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=36300


File sharing between OS X server and iOS device

Looking at https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=16976 the key is to configure a 'mac os x server' account, and then enable iCloud Files. That way you can access files on the server just like iCloud files.

Only downside I've found so far, you need to enable iCloud files too, you can't just use file sharing of OS X Server.


Is it possible to have my iPhone 5 on silent except for one specific person?

This is possible using Do Not Disturb:

Open Settings.app
Go to Notifications > Do Not Disturb
Select "Allow Calls From"
You have several options. Either create a group, or have only those few people in your Favorites. The best is probably to create a group as that allows you better flexibility. After you have created the group with only the people that you want to allow to reach you, select it from the list.
Now, to enable silent mode except for those two people turn on Do Not Disturb in Settings.app.

Creating/Editing Groups: This isn't as easy as it appears on iOS. See my question about it. As mentioned in the accepted answer, your best strategy for creating or editing groups is to go to iCloud.com on your computer. Quoting the answer:

  "No, there is no way to create or edit contact groups on iOS. I share your frustration! The best workaround is to use iCloud.com (or your primary Mac, if you have it with you)."

But you can add contacts to a particular group, (though it isn't straight-forward):

  In Contacts, tap the Groups button in the top left
  Tap "Hide All Contacts"
  Tap the group that you want to add the contact to (making it the only visible group)
  Tap Done in the top right
  Tap the Add button (+) in the top right

So, the easiest is to just use a Mac (if you have one) or iCloud.com to create and add people to a group. After this is done, the new group with the people that you want to reach you should appear on iPhone.


My network is not showing up on my list of networks

You will need to figure out if it is a logical or physical issue. Protocol incompatibility is a common cause of these failures, maybe the router reset and configured itself into an incompatible protocol ("802.11 n Only" for example). Sometimes the network connections utility itself is the problem, to discard this you can type airport -s in the "Terminal" app and see if there your network appears. If not, you can run a Wireless diagnostic with the OS tool, you can open it by holding the alt key while clicking the network icon at the top bar.
The utility will guide you trough the steps and give the information that it can get about the problem.

If with the previous steps things still don't work or show the cause of the problem, maybe it is at the router side. You will have to verify protocols and configurations according to your router/Acces point model, as every manufacturer has their own configuration.

Apple has an article referring to this, you should check it out if haven't: Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity


How can I assign different characters to different keyboard shortcuts on Mac?

If the manual provided with Ukelele is not sufficient, you can ask for help with specific problems at the users group

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ukelele-users

It might be easier to just use the US Extended layout.  Shortcuts for Turkish special characters are

option c, then c  ç
option b, then g  ğ
option w, then i  ı
option u, then o  ö
option c, then s  ş
option u, then u  ü

PS Have you tried the Turkish Qwerty layout (instead of Turkish Qwerty PC) in system prefs/language & text/input sources?  It may also do what you need via the option keys while keeping the usual other shortcuts.


What does a star next to a song in the Music app in iOS indicate?

Looks like it indicates a song's popularity.

  @rjonesy It's an indication of the song's popularity in the iTunes
  Store.

https://twitter.com/AppleSupport/status/720277245865107457


Sometimes a good place to look is the syslog.  If you know it's every 10 seconds then there's a chance that a message will get logged for whatever is happening.  Try this in terminal and append the results to your question or even have a look yourself for anything that looks unusual which is happening on 10 second intervals.

tail -n 20 /var/log/system.log

You need to be an admin user to run the above command


Windows 10 can't be removed in Boot Camp Assistant?

you are going to half to  reformat though disk utility to fat32  and use usb drive your created with bootcamp to instal windows on that same drive again


You can set the Airport base station's DNS to a service such as OpenDNS. Then make an account with OpenDNS and set up a blacklist.


Not getting a notification of only one of my contacts

Most likely the Hide Alerts option has been enabled for this contact.

Open the Messages app, tap on the contact's chat whom you are unable to receive notification from and then tap on the i icon at the top right corner of your screen.

On the next screen toggle Off the Hide Alerts option.


They blue lines are alternate speech recognition hints. Spelling is in red, not dark blue.

I don't know of a way to disable the blue lines directly other than enunciating in a way that the engine has less uncertainty about what you are dictating.


Is there still integrated login on the iPhone for Google, Facebook, and Twitter?

Yes, Apple has removed the Facebook and Twitter integration starting with iOS 11.

Google integration has never been available in iOS in the manner similar to how Facebook and Twitter was. However, it has been always possible to add a Google account on your iPhone to access Mail, Contacts and Notes within the 1st party apps. The option can be found Passwords & Accounts section of iOS Settings app.


Quicksilver accessible script for disabling and enabling Time Machine?

Just realized I could copy it out of another script I use to detect displays.

Here they are:

Disable:

tell application "System Preferences" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
                click menu item "Time Machine" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
                tell button "OFF" of window 1 to click
        end tell
    end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

Enable:

tell application "System Preferences" to activate
tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
                click menu item "Time Machine" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
                tell button "ON" of window 1 to click
        end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

Hope that helps someone else. If there's a better solution, I'm all ears!


macOS cpu/mem monitor in system tray (menu bar)

MenuMeters is popular among the Mac users I know.


How to reset Launchpad order in macOS High Sierra?

At the moment, it seems there are two answers to your question. The one answer is exactly the method you've laid out above (or the equivalent of removing the database at /var/folders/). The other option is... you can't.

With High Sierra, most - if not all - flash storage-based Macs had their file system upgraded to APFS from HFS+. Now, I haven't exhaustively read Apple's documentation on APFS but there is one item in the FAQ that sticks out to me which reads:

  Calling readdir(2) on a directory in APFS returns filenames in hash order, whereas HFS+ returns filenames in lexicographical order.
  [Source: Apple Developer Documentation]

The defaults trick technically still works. On HFS+ disks in High Sierra it still works as expected (tested by myself). On an APFS formatted drive you can see that it does something in that it resets the order but just not alphabetically. The order, then, is most likely arranged by the hash of the apps' names and not by the names themselves.

The solution for APFS? All I can think of right now is using a database tool to manually sort the entries in to alphabetical order. But then again, might as well just drag and drop...


Problem setting terminal window bounds with AppleScript

The window bounds are a list of coordinates {left, top, right, bottom}. You probably intended "400" to be the width, but it's the position of the right edge of the window and 400 is to the left of 1105, so you get a minimum width window. Change 400 to 1105 plus the desired width, e.g., 1505.

But before you pursue this further, Terminal has a better solution for this: Window Groups. If you set up a group of windows and save them as a Window Group, each time you open that group it will create windows with the same layout and appearance.

  Window > Save Windows as Group…

You can even tell Terminal to open a selected window group at startup:

  Terminal > Preferences > Startup > On startup, open: > Window group:

(As a shortcut, when creating a window group there's a checkbox for making it the startup group.)

To automatically run particular commands in those windows, you can create custom settings profiles and specify the command with

  Terminal > Preferences > Settings > [profile] > Shell > Startup > Run command:

then create each window with the appropriate profile.

Going further, in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 you can have window groups automatically restore commands without creating custom profiles, by creating the terminals using

  Shell > New Command

instead of running the command inside the terminal shell. When creating the window group, you can check "Restore all commands". (By default, it will restore a small set of "safe" commands, but you must explicitly tell it if you want it to re-run all commands when opening the group.)

Moreover, Lion Terminal supports Resume and will automatically restore all your windows each time you open Terminal. It will even restore "safe" commands for terminals created with New Command.


How can I change the priority of number and symbol keys?

To make the keyboard behave differently, you need a different keyboard layout.

You could create one by editing an XLM file manually, or you could use a third-party tool to create the keyboard layout (you don't need to be running a third-party program indefinitely once they layout is created and installed).

Ukelele is known for making it fairly easy to create new keyboard layouts for the Mac.

In any event, you want to switch the number keys (0-9) and the symbols attached to them. Save your new keyboard in ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts, and then select it as your keyboard.


Set Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 to view another users session

Unfortunately no.

Microsoft Remote Desktop is designed for the remote user to have their own desktop working environment and as such is not designed for screen sharing like LogMeIn or Teamviewer.

If you are looking for a free screen sharing solution or one that does not count on someone else's network infrastructure you might look into using VNC. It is common on Linux machines but as it is open source also available on Windows, Mac and a bunch of OSs you have possibly not even heard of. In fact macOS screen sharing/Remote Desktop is based on VNC.

There are a lot of versions of VNC out there I linked to the first one that came up in an internet search. There are many others.


Officially your Mac is not supported by macOS Sierra. However, for whatever reason, the option to upgrade to macOS Sierra is appearing in the App Store for a whole range of unsupported Macs. In fact, a few weeks back I saw this occur on a MacBook Pro (15" Late-2008) model that was running Snow Leopard 10.6.8, even though Apple doesn't officially support upgrading from this hardware or OS.

As to whether you can install it, the answer is yes, even though this isn't officially supported by Apple. If the App Store allows you to download the upgrade, then you could just download it (without installing it) and then make a copy of the installer. Once you've got a copy you could try installing from the original downloaded location to see what happens.

If this doesn't work, the other option as you've already referenced, is to download the macOS Sierra Patcher Tool for Unsupported Macs. Make sure you read all the information on this page as it contains important information you should weigh up before proceeding. If it was me I would not proceed without a full backup ready so you could recover your system if all goes bad.

In the end, whether you should download the upgrade is up to you. Do you want macOS Sierra? Many of its new features are not supported even on Macs that are officially supported by the upgrade - so the answer to this will depend on what appeals to you in upgrading to macOS Sierra? To help you decide, go to Upgrade to macOS Sierra and scroll down to the Feature Requirements section.

If what appeals to you isn't likely to work because it's only supported on much newer Mac models, then I wouldn't bother. This is especially so since you've already stated that El Capitan looks good on it.


Applescript to import mail with attachments into devonthink that would expand archived files

I can see two options:

First is to save the file and simply use the open command like is it shown at the link below. I tried it and it works well enough.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13651533/create-an-applescript-or-shell-script-to-unzip-and-rename-files

Alternatively, you can use a do shell script command to use the unzip command line tool to do the same thing like shown here,

https://discussions.apple.com/message/9062795#9062795

But extracting the archive contents is the easy part. Does the archive have a structure? Will it always be the same? Here is where you may run into trouble.

Hope this helps.


Enhancement for switching inside a program on OS X

You can set keyboard shortcuts for this (and more) in Preferences / Mission Control / Application windows.

control⬇ works for me in Lion but I'm not sure it's the default.


How to burn non-English subtitles into mkv using a mac application?

Handbrake a great application for dealing with video on the Mac. Handbrake can burn in subtitles and create both MKV and MPEG-4 files.

The Handbrake wiki contains more information about what is possible with subtitling:

  HandBrake can use subtitles tracks as INPUT from the following sources:

  From DVD’s – Either embedded VOBSUB or CC tracks.
  From Bluray - PGS Subtitles.
  User supplied SRT files.
  From Files (such as mkv or mp4)
  Embedded subtitle tracks.

  HandBrake has two methods of subtitle OUTPUT:

  Hard Burn: This means the subtitles are written on top of the image permanently. They cannot be turned on or off like on the DVD.
  Soft Subtitles: This means the subtitles will appear as separate selectable tracks in your output file. With the correct playback software, you’ll be able to enable / disable these subtitles as required.


Preferences > General > Default Calendar
You can set a single default, or make it default to currently selected.


Import CA certificate into Chrome via command line

In MacOS (High Sierra), is it possible to import a custom Certificate Authority (.crt) using Terminal or over SSH?

Yes, it is.

Add a certificate with Terminal

Chrome uses the System keychain certificate store. To add a CA certificate locally, launch Terminal and run this command (I've broken it down into several lines to make it more readable, but the command is fully functional):

sudo security add-trusted-cert \
-k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain \
-d /path/to/CAcertificate.crt

where:

sudo runs the command that follows with administrative privileges (type your login password when requested)

security is a utility to manipulate keychains

-k specifies which keychain to use (run security list-keychains to get a list of available keychains). Note that new root certificates should be added to the login keychain for the current user, or to the System keychain if they are to be shared by all users of this machine, because the System Roots keychain cannot be modified. In the example above, I use the System keychain.

-d adds the certificate to the admin cert store (so that the user doesn't have to authenticate via an authentication dialog)

/path/to/CAcertificate.crt is the path to your CA certificate. The command accepts ASCII (PEM) and binary (DER) certificates.

(See man security for more information.)

Add a certificate over SSH

To add a CA certificate over SSH, use this command:

ssh -t -t <username>@<remote computer> \
'sudo bash -c "security add-trusted-cert \
-k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain \
-d <(echo \"<your CA certificate in PEM format>\")"'

where:

<your CA certificate in PEM format> are the contents of /path/to/CAcertificate.crt in PEM format (see below for an example).

Note that in this case you will have to type the password of <username> twice: once for logging in over ssh and once to run sudo on the remote system.

Example

Before importing your CA certificate, Chrome will display a "NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID" error because the CA certificate is not trusted:

Let's say you store your CA certificate in /tmp/SelfSignedCertRootCA.crt with contents:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Import it locally to Chrome with this command:

sudo security add-trusted-cert \
-k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain \
-d /tmp/SelfSignedCertRootCA.crt

or over SSH (in the example below, to a remote system with IP address 172.16.96.141) with this command:

ssh -t -t jaume@172.16.96.141 \
'sudo bash -c "security add-trusted-cert \
-k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain \
-d <(echo \"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFVjCCAz4CCQCT7ycH41qc8jANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBtMQswCQYDVQQGEwJD
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1XG7W3dXrGkrD32aRgJa4vNyLIIdQp1M7ag=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----\")"'

Now reload the site. The error is gone:

and the certificate is listed in the System keychain:


Preferred Order of NVRAM/PRAM, SMC, and OS resets

Yes, don’t do any of these until you have a very specific reason to do each. They handle entirely different functions so cycling through each of them would be equivalent to not even refining what you want to handle.

Take a medical analogy:

bandages are for cuts
anti-inflammatory is for swelling
anti-pyretic is for fever
rest and liquids are for colds
antiboitics are for infections

Prescribing the wrong treatment just wastes time and can cause further injury if you’re not treating the actual problem at hand.


You could save the script as ~/Scripts/weasels.sh with any text editor, and run it with bash ~/Scripts/weasels.sh ~/Documents/input\ file.txt. Or if you use TextMate, you can run the script with just ⌘R.

If you want to run the script with weasels instead of bash ~/Scripts/weasels.sh, you can make it executable and add its folder to the path:

mv ~/Scripts/weasels.sh ~/Scripts/weasels
chmod +x ~/Scripts/weasels
echo 'export PATH=~/Scripts:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
. ~/.bash_profile
weasels ~/Documents/input\ file.txt


Format the drive using Disk Utility. Find out what disk identifier the drive has (/dev/disk0, /dev/disk1, /dev/disk2, etc…). You can do so in Disk Utility.

Then use the command line tool newfs_hfs to create a new HFS file system on the disk. The command below is taken from here.

newfs_hfs -v HFS_VOLUME_NAME -b 4k /dev/rdisk2s1

This creates a HFS volume with name "HFS_VOLUME_NAME" and a block size of 4k on the device with identifier disk2s1.


Using Airport Express pair as 'audio tunnel'?

The Airport does not have an Audio Input. It's audio-feature is essentially being an AirPlay receiver. Your plan will only work when playing your source material from a device that supports AirPlay.


Your best bet is to restore the original hard drive, it is most likely much faster than the 2.5 year old one, and then use Migration Assistant to Transfer your files to the new computer.


The iPhone is over 3 times more expensive than the iPod touch, how much more margin is Apple doing on the iPhone?

The premise that components are the primary cost to bring a product to market doesn't hold much water for any iOS device.

The most astute quip I have seen was by Horace Dediu on twitter as @asymco:

The iPhone is a salesman hired by the operator to sell mobile broadband service.
He gets a healthy commission because he's very good at it.

I wouldn't confuse the initial price point or ongoing price point with the incremental cost to manufacture and sell a mass market product several years after release. The iPhone 3GS is still for sale and clearly it doesn't cost as much to make now as it did on the day it was released. It's also clear that each device released at the $650 retail price point doesn't really cost that to make. Retail pricing is more of a calculated gamble that the market will bear that price. Only months to years later can the margins be measured.

I think the cart is a bit before the horse as I read your question. Also, I wouldn't say the difference between 3GS to 4 to 4S rear camera is small. The iPod touch rear camera is measurably worse than all of the above so I'm not sure how to address that other than offereing a different opinion.


Try Deskovery3. It does that and more. (up to and including Catalina)

There's also Afloat (up to Mojave): http://www.perfectlyrandom.org/2016/10/23/always-on-top-in-macos-sierra/

Or AfloatX (for Catalina): https://github.com/jslegendre/AfloatX

Note: these require you to temporarily lower the security settings on your Mac (disabling SIP) during part of the installation/setup.

Alternatively, you might want to investigate the following macOS features: Full Screen, Mission Control, Hot Corners and Spaces which all allow easy and flexible control of application windows.


How-to change apple ID email address correctly

I would suggest that you first sign out of any service or device that uses your Apple ID, except for your primary iOS device, if you want to use it to change your email. From there, you can change your Apple ID email address from the iCloud preferences.

Check out this article for information on how to change your Apple ID: Change your Apple ID


Homebrew: Your CLT does not support macOS 11.0

Simplest solution that worked when upgrading to Big Sur. A clean install may not require the solution below. There is inconsistency with the way CLT is upgraded to 12.2.
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
sudo xcode-select --install

Worked with the following versions (post-install)
❯ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 12.2
Build version 12B45b

❯ pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables
package-id: com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables
version: 12.2.0.0.1.1603499215
volume: /
location: /
install-time: 1605632122
groups: com.apple.FindSystemFiles.pkg-group

Big Sur
11.0.1 (20B29)


How to work with 2 Applications folders?

Hints for solving your XY problem

Using an external hard-drive to store your applications is not recommended and will slow down their execution. Unless you are talking about a thunderbolt 4TB Solid State Drive, performances of your applications running on the external hard-drive will be very poor (especially if you compare with your internal SSD).
Try as much as you can to move your movies, pictures, documents out of your SSD and keep your apps there to make the most of your SSD. You don't need a big data read/write rate for: watching a movie, browsing photos or pdf.
If you are a professional and need to process photos/video, then a thunderbolt SSD will be life-saving.

Solution

If you don't mind about the three points above and stick to your idea, to come back to CoderX very bad answer, the proper solution to handle 2 applications folder is:

to keep your original /Applications folder.
Create a folder on your external hard-drive.
Create a symbolic link for each application stored on your external hard-drive into your original /Application folder.

Example

<InternalSSD path>/Applications/ contains:

drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-06-16 09:18 app1.app/
drwxr-xr-x+  3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-31 02:09 app2.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 12:15 app3.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 mr_bean    wheel  96 2018-08-16 07:09 app4.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 20:08 app5.app/

Then, <ExternalHDD path>/applications_2/ contains:

drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-06-16 09:18 app6.app/
drwxr-xr-x+  3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-31 02:09 app7.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 12:15 app8.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 mr_bean    wheel  96 2018-08-16 07:09 app9.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 20:08 app10.app/

In your terminal, for app6, 7, 8, 9, 10:

ln -s <ExternalHDD path>/applications_2/app<n>.app <InternalSSD path/Applications/.

Finally:

ls -al <InternalSDD path>/Applications

should return:

drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-06-16 09:18 app1.app/
drwxr-xr-x+  3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-31 02:09 app2.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 12:15 app3.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 mr_bean    wheel  96 2018-08-16 07:09 app4.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 20:08 app5.app/
lrwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-06-16 09:18 app6.app/ -> <ExternalHDD path>/application_2/app6.app
lrwxr-xr-x+  3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-31 02:09 app7.app/ -> <ExternalHDD path>/application_2/app7.app
lrwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 12:15 app8.app/ -> <ExternalHDD path>/application_2/app8.app
lrwxr-xr-x   3 mr_bean    wheel  96 2018-08-16 07:09 app9.app/ -> <ExternalHDD path>/application_2/app9.app
lrwxr-xr-x   3 root       wheel  96 2018-07-10 20:08 app10.app/ -> <ExternalHDD path>/application_2/app10.app

With this method, you don't modify your base system, don't break any path in your OS and symlink the content of your new app folder to your old one.


There might be lint in the headphone jack. The lint is partially blocking the contacts, which is causing intermittent behaviour.

Get a wooden toothpick. Use the toothpick to remove lint. Be gentle.

Some people suggest using a can of compressed air. This is potentially bad because lint can be blown further INTO the device.

If you need more information about cleaning your phone, there are various online sites that can help.


Fit 2 video clips in iMovie side by side without cropping

With the Video overlay settings set to Side By Side, you should see the Cropping be activated. Click Cropping, then set the style to Crop to Fill and extend the crop to be the entire size of your input video. Repeat this step for the other video clip.

Add one of the clips to the timeline and drag the other clip above the existing clip in the timeline.
Go to Adjust → Video overlay settings, set the video overlay style to Side by Side and the side for the current clip.

Go to Adjust → Cropping and set the cropping style to Crop to Fill

Drag the bounds box to the edges of the selected clip.
Repeat the previous two steps for the other clip.


Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder?

You could create an Automator service like this:

This takes the selected files and creates hard links to them in the directory where they exist. You can then drag and drop the links to the location where you want them.

This will work for files with spaces in their names, but not for files containing quotation marks in their name.

You can access it from the Finder » Services menu, the context menu, and you can assign it a keyboard shortcut analogous to the ⌘ L shortcut for aliases (perhaps ⌘⌥L).


Can't run OpenJDK macOS Catalina "Can't verify it's not a Virus"

Go to System Settings -> Security & Privacy -> General -> click 'Allow' (below 'App-Downloads allowed from')

After that open a terminal and run java again (e.g. java -version).
A new Dialog should appear with the possibility to trust OpenJDK futurewise.


How to get back to Excel home/welcome screen?

File -> New from Template -> Select "Home" from the sidebar


will RAM from a mid-2011 MacBook Pro work in an early 2011 iMac?

The memory for the MacBook Pro 8,1; 8,2 and 8,3 is the same as for the iMac 12,1 and 12,2.

Just as a point of clarity, the models possible are:

Early 2011 MacBook Pro
Late 2011 MacBook Pro

Mid 2011 iMac
Late 2011 iMac


Open Safari and go to Preferences, then click on the Advanced tab.  There's a checkbox at the bottom titled "Show Develop menu in menu bar".  Check that then close the Preferences window.

You'll notice that in your menu bar between Bookmarks and Window you have a menu called Develop.  Near the bottom of that menu list is Disable Images — click it.  Now your browsing experience is image free!


How do i use iBooks or an alternative app across my devices for PDF annotations

As suggested by the OP, from the comments:

Depending on the PDF viewer, the PDFs could be stored in the cloud, using something like Dropbox. Synching is supposed to work in this environment.

If it is just for commenting, decent PDF viewers are Adobe Reader or iOS, or (in any case) PDFExpert by Readdle.


Accessing an ipv6 NAT64 connection on my iPad, broadcast from Mac

I did the same a couple of days ago to control my app for ipv6 (even if I didn’t need to do so), you should also switch off WiFi on you router / modem and you need to switch on the airplane mode on you iPad.
Mind that in the latest version of Xcode your app must be compiled for ipv6 automatically.


Just by using the default software, there is not a way to do this.

Theoretically, someone could write an app for jailbroken iPads to do this, but I did some searching and couldn't find anything.


Why do file transfers take a long time to stop?

With file transfers, both copy and move, cancelling the operation tries to not interrupt the current file being transferred. When interrupting a file transfer, Finder finishes the current file, so that you are not left with two corrupt half-files in both locations. This means you can continue the operation later, or move the files back (if it's a move), if you so wish.


You need to put it into DFU mode. See this OS X Daily article for instructions. Basically

Connect the iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes
Turn the iPhone off (hold down the power button at the top of the iPhone)
Hold down the sleep/power button and home button together for exactly 10 seconds, then release the power button
Continue to hold down the Home button until a message appears in iTunes telling you an iPhone in recover mode has been detected

When you are in DFU mode your iPhone screen will be completely black. Even though the screen is black, that doesn’t mean the device can’t be interfaced with either iTunes or a custom firmware client (for jailbreaking, etc).


Why does Xcode 4.1 installation ask me to close iTunes when it isn't open?

Use Activity Monitor, and locate the iTunes Helper process and kill it. As per an Apple support discussion and several other sources.

Update: The latest Xcode installer has been fixed and this should not be an issue now.


Can't edit/delete some events on my iPad's calendar

Have you checked your www.iCloud.com account to see if the events are editable/duplicated or have any errors in fact. Also check your icloud settings and make sure in (Mail-Contacts-Calendars) you only have one calendar synced, and make that one you iCloud one.


Show Battery percentage on Mac OS Big Sur

The software changed what shows in the menu bar. Open the dock and menu preferences and enable percentage.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-dock-menu-bar-preferences-mchlp1119/mac


You can also use Homebrew for installing octave.
I find homebrew more clean and less intrusion than macports as it uses the system libraries available if possible.

Following the instructions on Octave wiki

brew tap homebrew/science
brew update && brew upgrade
brew install octave --without-docs


Synchronize 2 different iPhoto libraries

Is it possible that iPhoto Library Manager might be of any use for you in that situation? It’s not free and I don’t have any personal experiences with this software but from what I’ve read it seems to work.

Hope it helps.

Good luck.


Is there a way to force Finder to attempt to move something from a read-only folder?

No, this is an implicit feature of the permissions system. Moving a file out of a folder is effectively deleting it from that folder, which is a write operation, by the permission system's logic, hence it's forbidden if you don't have write permissions.

Read-only access is typically used in situations where users need to access files, but shouldn't be allowed to modify or delete any. Being allowed to move files (potentially to locations where other users couldn't access them) would break that paradigm.

If you want to move that file, you could do so from the Terminal, using sudo mv file destination (sudo means perform the command as the super-user, i.e. a user that has write permissions), or you can change the folder's permissions from the Get Info window (in the right-click menu, file menu, or press ⌘I).


How do I rearrange my watch faces in watchOS 2?

AFAIK, there is no way to easily rearrange them. As you probably know, you could take note of which complication went where on every and delete all the watch faces and then add them again in the order that you want, but that would be very time consuming and if you change your mind later then you'd have to do the whole thing over again. Apple should have let the user rearrange watch faces in watchOS 1 or at least watchOS 2.0, but it looks like we'll just have to hope that this is implemented in watchOS 2.1 or 3.

Adding on, you can send feedback to Apple here.


Increase horizontal speed scroll on Logitech Mouse

Download the Logitech Control Center here. It will allow you to change the settings.


How to create Siri shortcut for Animojis

It is not possible to pass variables to an App opened by Siri.
Since there is no predefined action available that opens a specific thread in the Messages App, it is not possible to create a shortcut that fits your request.


Remap Left Spacebar key on MS Sculpt ergonomic keyboard

The best thing I've come up with so far is to use Right-Alt as backspace. Not quite as good, but it gets the job done.


How can I match the text color and background color in Terminal?

Open a terminal window and type some of the text whose color you want to set the background the same as.  Then open Terminal preferences.

Click the Window tab and then the Background Color.  This brings up a color picker window.  Click the magnifying glass in the upper left and move it over the text you want to match the color with.  When you click on the text this will set the color you want.  You could also set it directly in the RGB slider panel shown in the 2nd image which matches the text color from your image in the question.


Why does the fan come on after having my MacBook Air on for only 2 minutes?

Windows (in Boot Camp) doesn't do most of the power management tricks OS X does, so the CPU generally runs at full tilt all the time. That creates lots of heat, so your fans stay on. It may be because of flash, but, like you, I doubt it. To test that, leave Windows running for awhile with no web browsing.


Here is one

It is called the Wait Cursor :)

/System/Library/Frameworks/GLUT.framework/Versions/A/Resources

You can help looking for it, it does belong to the Cursor category.


How can I use a 5" screen as a display for a Mac Mini? Is there a way to over-ride HDMI settings?

It's working.

My HDMI cord wasn't fully plugged into the Elecrow screen.

Anyone who encounters this, it's totally possible.

This screen is so great (cheap, works and portable).


Does my new iPad 3 have an audio input ...?

The new iPad, like all iPads, have a combined audio input/output jack, like the iPhone and newer MacBooks. The Genius was correct: Griffin cable should have worked. If it didn't, either the cable or the iPad was faulty.

One other possibility is that it was the software. This isn't very likely, but it's possible that the software you were using had some sort of compatibility issue with the new iPad.


Mavericks cannot connect to windows share by computer name, but works fine with IP

It is likely a name resolution issue, which is usually the case when an IP address works and a name does not.

there are a couple of things you can do

if the PCs have IP addresses that rarely, or never, change you could add those to the hosts file. Just open up the terminal.app and:

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

After the last entry just put the IP addresses of the PCs in there like this:

192.168.x.x pc-one

192.168.x.x pc-two

(substituting the IP addresses of the PCs for what you have) then save and exit. You'll want to flush the DNS cache. I usually just reboot but there are terminal commands depending on your OS version.

If you don't mind installing some Apple software on your PC, Bonjour is part of the iTunes install and will automatically register names on the local network.

It is unlikely that it is a firewall issue as you can connect via IP. The firewall would block that too.

Also if you give it time any computers that the Mac can connect to (in recent OS versions) will show up in the Finder's sidebar. Bonjour will help with that.

You can also add the IP addresses of all your PCs in the connect to server dialog box, enter in the ip address and click the + button before you click connect. It ain't intuitive but it's better than nothing... ;-)


After upgrading weechat using Homebrew, brew says formula built but weechat was not symlinked

Just fixed this same issue on my system!

From this related thread about a similar brew link issue with nmap:

  I'd wiped /usr/local/ before installing brew, so was unsure about this. Realised that MacTeX installs its stuff in there too by default, causing this issue.

Apparently some software will write to that folder using root privileges on install so there is an ownership issue here.

To fix:

ls -la /usr/local/share/man/
Identify which directories require ownership permission changes

Using /usr/local/share/man/de/ as an example, it was owned by user "root" in group "wheel" prior to the fix, whereas we want it to be owned by your user (output of whoami) in group "admin"

Recursively change ownership of the directory and all sub-directories thereof: sudo chown -R $(whoami):admin /usr/local/share/man/de/
Attempt linking again: brew link weechat

The above steps fixed the issue for me!


Can Time Machine remove some files completely, and/or sync only to within 6 months?

You can add files and folders to the exclusion list - this only prevents future backups from copying those files. You can script these exclusion lists with terminal in Lion using tmuil.

You can delete all versions of files and folders using the Time Machine interface. This is a somewhat manual practice.

Apple doesn't support (there's no built in setting) to set an arbitrary time limit for backups. Once the drive fills, TimeMachine will delete enough backups to start the current backup and then warn you that files have been deleted. It will do the deletion silently if you don't ask to be warned in the preference pane. You have to monitor the drive if you can't afford Time Machine automatically deleting files when it needs more room.


You ideally want both banks the same, this will allow interleaving which almost doubles the memory access speed.

  In computing, interleaved memory is a design made to compensate for the relatively slow speed of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) or core memory, by spreading memory addresses evenly across memory banks. That way, contiguous memory reads and writes are using each memory bank in turn, resulting in higher memory throughputs due to reduced waiting for memory banks to become ready for desired operations.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleaved_memory


Apple doing anonymous data exchange in Mac?

I see this question is a year old, but I was just researching the same thing and thought I'd share my answer.  I have used Little Snitch for years, but only began seeing the connection alerts referred to by OP after I turned on iCloud Sync in System Preferences.  If you have this option selected, I can confirm that this traffic can be attributed to your files being backed up to iCloud Drive.

If you always use the same network configuration and/or are not overly conscious about security and privacy, allowing and whitelisting those hosts and/or IP addresses is perfectly fine.  But if you're running software like Little Snitch, then one might infer that you are at least more conscious about your anonymity and security than the average user.  If you are reading this and nodding, then I would suggest creating a new "Profile" in Little Snitch.  Furthermore, if you have access to a VPN or proxy, activate the "APS" (Automatic Profile-Switching) feature. Profiles can be toggled manually, or automatically (when you switch networks), whenever one wishes to regulate network connections more strictly.  This is useful for many reasons.  Some may simply wish to cut down on bandwidth-hungry, resource-intensive background processes.  Others may wish to anonymise themselves from censors, ISPs, advertisers, data-miners, governments, or other parties that could tie you to your internet use by logging your traffic, IP and geolocation.

Until last year, I might have doubted that Apple's logs of iCloud, iTunes, and App Store traffic would be employed to tie users to unrelated internet traffic.  But these logs, willingly provided by Apple, proved instrumental to the arrest of alleged "Kickass Torrents" domain owner [1] [2].  So now whenever I am torrenting, I am have Little Snitch switch to a new profile specifically for my VPN.  For more details, here are a few ideas.


How to fix "512 bytes per sector" to "4096 bytes per sector" for an "Advanced Format" 4K sector USB hard drive?

I had this same issue.  I finally resolved it by connecting to the drive using eSATA instead of USB or Firewire.  My USB/FW enclosure has an eSATA port on the back, and I connected to that instead of USB.  Bypassing the USB circuit in the external enclosure allowed Mac Disk Utility to directly recognize the WD30EZRX 3.0 TB drive, and to partition it correctly to that size.

Luckily I have an older Macbook Pro with and Express/34 slot and an eSATA adapter for that.  I don't know how we are going fix this with newer MacBooks.  Perhaps newer USB interfaces can correctly represent the Advanced Format sector info.


The option has been removed from the GUI in OS X 10.7 however you can enable it with a few commands.

Here is a good write up on how to do it.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20088844-263/managing-ftp-services-in-os-x-lion/

Summary of the link above:

To Load:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist

Then to start and stop you would run the following:

sudo launchctl start com.apple.ftpd

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.ftpd

To Unload:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist


Changing my Apple ID's email: address is not available

Had exact same problem. Called Apple Support. Explained problem to them. Changing emails on Apple ID's is a little tricky so my call had to be bumped up to the next level of support, but the problem was quickly ironed out. And I had THREE email addresses going! LOL!


Weird .download files keep emerging in Downloads folder

Apparently, Telegram Desktop generates these files during "failed" searches when using the @gif command. The ones that Telegram generates are easily identified by being named with a series of 18 digits (e.g 532576936841446647.download), usually similar to one another, and always at zero-bytes length.

You can replicate the issue by trying some @gif searches after removing all files and seeing them being generated again.

They're safe to be removed; watch out not to remove the Safari ones, though, unless you'd like to restart your ongoing downloads.


A .plist file is just a "preference" file that contains your preferences for whatever application the preference file relates to.

Your question doesn't provide any details on why your performing these actions, but typically by moving a preference file (i.e. the .plist file) for a particular application and then relaunching that application you are starting afresh as none of your previous settings are kept.

That is, when the .plist file is not where it's supposed to be, the application will create a new one from scratch. So, moving the .plist file is often a troubleshooting step used to correct problems a user may be having with an application.

Note: Many guides recommend you trash the .plist file, but it's actually best to just move it somewhere first (e.g. to your desktop) and then to test whether that has actually resolved the problem. If it hasn't, you can then quit the application and move the original .plist file back so that you don't need to reconfigure everything again for the application.


It is pretty close to "full capacity" (the first 117 of 128 GB are filled), but SSDs do overprovisioning for this reason.
As long as you have enabled TRIM on your SSD, you should be fine. I keep my (non-Fusioned Crucial RealSSD 300) SSD near full capacity and don't experience degradation, as long as I have TRIM turned on (if it's turned off it gets terrible fast).
Yes, you can create a Fusion Drive by specifying the partitions, e.g.:

diskutil cs create fusion /dev/disk0s2 /dev/disk1s2

If you are looking for non-Sandforce controlled devices, you have many options now: Crucials M4/M500, Samsung SSDs, OCZ Agility/Vertex 4, and more.

For further reading, check out AnandTech's article with more details and pretty graphs.


My iPhone 4S has been destroyed... can I backup from the cloud at a later time?

The backup for the old phone will be stored in the cloud until you delete.  However, if you restore later, you will have to erase any data that you have added since then on the new phone.


Can I get the Media browsers from the File Open dialog in the Finder sidebar?

A software alternative that provides a media browser from anywhere:

http://www.karelia.com/imedia/


How to run a bash script from the desktop?

You can add a .command extension to your text script.

Then use chmod 744 to make it executable.

When opened or double-clicked in the Finder it will then run from the Terminal.


MacBook Pro (Retina, 15", Late 2013) is crashing frequently

In this log it is the Google Chrome Helper creating havoc.

I do not know why, but you can safely kill it for time been.

To do that open your Activity Monitor located in your Utility Folder.

Click on CPU and find Google Chrome Helper.

Use the x in top left to shut it down.


Is there a way for OSX to auto-copy a file somewhere whenever it's updated?

You would use something called Folder Action.

Right click on the Folder you want to monitor and select Folder action set up.

In the new window choose folder action workflow, and attach it.

Now select it and choose edit workflow, which will open Automator.

Here you do as shown below, while you can choose when it happens and where to save a copy.


How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?

Create a file /etc/fstab with the following contents.

# fstab
#
# Identifier  mount point  fs type  options1
#
UUID=3CA41C88-3E86-3A39-88CE-9379FF44B6A5 none hfs rw,noauto

The alphabet soup after the = sign can be found with diskutility.

(Fire up DiskUtility, select the disk, right click, More Information Universal ID)

FS tab needs the following ownership and permissions:

bash-3.2# ls -l /etc/fstab
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  71 29 Aug  2011 /etc/fstab

To create the file try this:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

The noauto option causes it to not mount at boot.
In a terminal window type man fstab for other options

Not directly applicable to your problem:  VirtualBox, VMware, and Parallels can run windows in a virtual machine.  VirtualBox allows using a dedicated disk. (Others may, don't know)  For applications that are not CPU or graphics intensive, or access the hardware directly this is often good enough.  I run MS Access this way.  Anything that needs DirectX may have issues or have an unacceptably slow frame rate.  Action games don't work well.


How can I recover iPhone data lost after iOS upgrade?

Right click your iPhone in your iTunes' sidebar, then select "Restore from Backup". iTunes should ask you now what backup you want to restore from, just select the latest one (should be preselected) and it should start restoring all you data.


Ext4fuse usage to see and browse the volume in Finder

add -o allow_other to sudo ext4fuse /dev/disk3s1  /Volumes/Linux -o allow_other. Source: https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/issues/36#issuecomment-237390665


The problem was resolved by swapping in an SSD.

The root cause may still be memory swapping. I am not sure if I was truly I/O bound or if the SSD just swaps fast enough to not be a problem.


Yes, it's just slow.

After a few hour some of the items are now usable. If you Get Info on the iCloud Drive folder and leave it for a short while you will see the size slowly increase as the downloads progress.

I guess this is a side effect of pushing all files to all macs and having every man and his dog uploading stuff to iCloud right now.


Can there be problems copying files from AFPS to other file systems?

Files content is just bytes and the FS job is to handle it and that's all, by copying a file you just copy the bytes and not how it being handled. SMB send the data as a raw data and the "other side" receive it as a raw data and handle this data according to it's rules.

So to answer your question, the FS does not matter.


Are vintage devices compatible with iCloud?

Notes, iCloud, etc. are not determinant on the hardware, but what version of macOS you're using.


How can I expand my remote desktop image size?

Mac OS doesn't have a terminal services centric design, so the loginwindow ties the remote screen resolution tightly to the actual physical screen dimensions.

Some easy solutions are to connect the Mac to a display (or a display dongle that simulates a plug and play monitor of a resolution of your choosing to the OS) so that the OS allocates a larger pixel boundary when the user logs in.

Alternatively, you could get software like SwitchResX to force the display to a size of your choosing.


Put your per-server SSH-configuration into ~/.ssh/config like this:

Host useKeyOnly.net
user sshuser
Identityfile ~/.ssh/mykey1
IdentitiesOnly yes

Host usePasswordOnly.org
PubkeyAuthentication no
Port 53221
user root


How do I prevent Music app from using 1 GB of cellular data in less than 10 minutes?

This was a bug in iOS 8; it was fixed in later versions of iOS.

I encountered it personally whilst I was working at Apple and so did others: https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/519966240484622336

More information: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4351602

Even doing everything to prevent it: https://www.imore.com/apple-music-eating-your-iphones-cellular-data-plan-heres-how-fix-it the problem still occurred.


Each alternate line is a hyper threaded core, not a real core - count the lines, there are 24, not 12.

If you're doing something processor-intensive, it makes more sense to use real cores, so tasks first share out to all the top line of each virtual pair.

Edit for new image
Image showing

to the left - 2 simultaneous [yet separate apps] 3rd party app video conversions, still only the real cores needed - presumably the app threads according to the number of actual cores, for speed. If you add more tasks, they will start to add to the 2nd virtual core, but HT isn't as fast as 'real' for intensive tasks.
to the right -  a single conversion from Final Cut Pro, showing much better 'spread' of resources.

I'm sure someone will come along with a better technical explanation, but in short - no, it's not broken, both CPUs are functioning normally, but maybe the software isn't fully using all the resources.

I have no explanation for why FCP would work differently to 'regular' conversion apps, but the picture shows the difference.


Mac OS Sierra Safari Youtube Flash out-of-date

Flash is still [barely] alive & kicking, though is not needed at all for YouTube these days.

The best way to ensure it's gone once & for all is to use the dedicated uninstaller, available from Adobe, at Adobe KB: Uninstall Flash Player | Mac OS

The uninstaller is Mac version-dependant, but the direct link for OS X 10.6 & later is at https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg


Yosemite Login screen ignoring login after Screen Saver

I would create a test account on the computer and test it as well. If the issue persist it is a system wide issue. I would reset the SMC on the computer, try to boot into Safe Mode and try there as well. If issue is still persistent reinstall the OS through the recovery partition (you will not lose any of your personal data just reinstalling the OS)


Could you not create entries for keystrokes to generate these characters in the User Dictionary?  I think the Kotoeri Help tells how to do that in general.

Also you can make a wave dash by typing nami dasshu or part of it in Kotoeri and hitting space once or twice 〜


Accessibility Menu items no longer selectable under OS X Yosemite?

The menubar item in Yosemite no longer allows you to make direct changes to the settings, it is merely an advisory list of what is on and off.

You can make changes to the settings in the list below, previously accessible from the menubar, by pressing Option-Command-F5 and ticking the appropriate boxes (see screenshot). The remaining settings, and others, can be set in System Preferences.

Invert screen colors
Mouse keys
Sticky keys
Slow keys
VoiceOver


how to fill a 64 gb SDXC card with random files

64 GB of files, 30 to 50 MB each

First, there are a couple of ways to create large files. This command creates a 30 MB file of zeros very quickly.

dd if=/dev/zero of=file.dat count=30 bs=1048576

This command creates a 50 MB file of random bytes. It's not as fast as a file of zeros.

dd if=/dev/urandom of=file.dat count=50 bs=1048576

Here are some other useful commands for this project.

jot -r 1 30 50             # makes a random number between 30 and 50
du -sm . | awk {'print $1'} # finds the size in MB for the current folder

Shell script

Choosing files of zeros (it's faster), and putting everything together in a shell script:

#!/bin/sh
min=1          # minimum file size
max=1          # maximum file size
limit=1        # limit of total files size
filetype="dat" # filetype
folder="."     # folder to put files in
zeros=1        # fill with zeros or random bytes?

while getopts ":h:n:m:l:f:t:z:" opt; do
  case $opt in
    h) echo "-n {min. file size in MB} -m {max. file size in MB} -l {limit of total size of all files in GB} -t {string filetype without dot ex.: 'jpg'}-z {1 = fill with zeros | 0 = fill with random bytes (slower) }"
    ;;
    n) min="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    m) max="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    l) limit="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    f) folder="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    t) filetype="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    z) zeros="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    \?) echo "Invalid option -$OPTARG" >&2
    ;;
  esac
done

if [ $zeros -eq 1 ]
then
  source=/dev/zero
else
  source=/dev/urandom
fi

n=1                                      # count files
lm=$((($limit*1000)-($max-1)))           # real total file size limit
sz=`du -sm "$folder" | awk {'print $1'}` # size of folder in MB

while [ $sz -lt $lm ];
do
   cnt=`jot -rn 1 $min $max`;
   dd if=$source of=$folder/file$n.$filetype count=$cnt bs=1048576 2> /dev/null;
   status=$?;
   if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
      echo file$n.$filetype $cnt MB;
   else
      echo write file$n.$filetype failed;
      exit $status;
   fi
   let n=n+1;
   sz=`du -sm "$folder" | awk {'print $1'}`;
done
exit;

n counts files so that each file has a different name
cnt is a random number from $min to $max that the dd command uses to make a file between $min MB and $max MB

Copy the script and paste into a new TextEdit window. Select Format->Make Plain Text from the menu bar. Save the file on the Desktop and name it random_data_files.sh.

Creating the files

Open a Terminal window and run these commands:

cd ~/Desktop
chmod a+x random_data_files.sh

Make a folder or mount an SDXC card. cd to the folder or card. Run the the shell script.

~/Desktop/random_data_files.sh -n 30 -m 50 -l 64 -t jpg -f {your_folder}

The script will create approximately 1,600 files (sometimes more, sometimes fewer) for 64 GB of 30-to-50 MB files. Open another Terminal window in the same folder or the card, and use:

du -h

to watch the progress of the script. Please comment if something's not clear or if you have a problem.


Getting a < 75 Watt charger for a macbook pro due to flight constraints

Apple sells a 60W MagSafe2 Power Adapter for US$79.00 for the MacBook Pro with 13-inch Retina display. They also sell a 60W MagSafe Power Adapter.


How to capture the H.264 stream of a Logitech c920 camera

This is a partial answer, but from what I recall the C920 doesn't stream in H264 by default. I think it defaults to MJPEG (which would explain the blurriness), the 3rd option being YUV.

If you follow this thread, you'll see that I had to change the streaming mode using v4l2ctl (in Linux) to obtain a H264 stream. Assuming you've got a Linux computer somewhere:

#this sets the C920 cam to H264 encoding, framerate 30/1:
v4l2-ctl --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=1

Hopefully, the configuration remains after unplugging the webcam, allowing you to use it on OSX...

If you're interested in a less "native" solution than QuickTime, the rest of the thread describes how to use gstreamer, either by rtp streaming or local capture. I didn't try it on OSX but you can try replacing v4l2src by osxvideosrc:

gst-launch-1.0 -vvv osxvideosrc \
! video/x-h264, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1 \
! queue max-size-buffers=1 \
! matroskamux \
! filesink location=/tmp/video.mkv

... which should give you a Matroska file.


How to disable growl on iterm2 with mac os 10.8.x?

Preferences > Profiles > Terminal > Notifications > uncheck 'Enable Growl Notifications'


Accidentally activated firmware lockscreen, how do I go back?

As you have already attempted the known ways of changing startup disk, it seems that the firmware password is necessary in order to proceed. However, there's no publically known way of bypassing the firmware password.
You can however take the device to an Apple Store along with proof of ownership, and they will unlock the firmware password for you. If you do not live near an Apple Store, call Apple and they can probably arrange mail-in repair or similar.
If it is a company device and you haven't got proof of ownership, you'll need to go through your employer. Most probably they will know the firmware password, and can proceed without having to contact Apple.
In some cases, managed devices (i.e. company issued laptops) can be set to require special access in order to do things that could circumvent managed device restrictions - such as for example trying to boot from a different partition. This could quite possibly be what you have run into. In this case you'll need to contact your employer to get it fixed.


Your starting configuration was slightly different than that of the question you posted a link to. So you would have had to adapt the instructions to meet your particular configuration. Step 14 shows the new partitions to be "swap", "ext4" and "ESP" in that order. Your current configuration shows you choose "swap", "ESP" and "ext4" in that order. This change should not have made any difference, but does show one place where you deviated from the original instructions. I assume you made other deviations to the instructions that I can not detect due to lack of information. I also assume this why you can not get Windows to boot. I did a installation using the posted instructions, Ubuntu 16.04.6 and the order of "swap", "ESP" and "ext4". I did not encounter any errors that would prevent Windows from booting.

I know of two possible answers to your question.

You could mount the EFI partition (disk0s1) and post the contents of the following directories (folders).  I could then try to determine if I see something wrong. Be sure to include at least the file names and sizes.

/Volumes/EFI/EFI/Boot
/Volumes/EFI/EFI/Microsoft/Boot

Implement the solution given below. Basically, you will be recreating the Windows boot files.

You will need a Window 10 installer flash drive. If you do not have this flash drive, then you will need to build one. First download the 64-bit Windows 10 iso from this Microsoft web site. This can be done while running macOS. Currently, I would recommend the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Next you will need 16 GB or larger flash drive. For your model Mac, I believe the Boot Camp Assistant will aid in the creation of the Windows installer flash drive. If not, let me know.
Boot to the flash drive. Hold down the option key at start up. From the Startup Manager, select the external drive icon labeled "EFI Boot".
When the window below appears, press the shift+F10 key combination to open a Windows Command Prompt window.

The Windows Command Prompt window should appear, as shown below.

Use the diskpart command to determine the drive letter for BOOTCAMP partition. In my case, this was drive C:.

diskpart
list volume

Select the volume with the label EFI. In my case, this was volume 5.

select volume 5

Assign this volume the drive letter S:.

assign letter=s

Enter the command below to exit the diskpart command.

exit

Here, I will assume the BOOTCAMP partition is assign the drive letter C. Enter the command shown below to recreate the boot files.

bcdboot C:\windows /s S:

Enter the command shown below, to close the Windows Command Prompt window.

exit

Click on the red button with the X to close the window.

Click on the Yes button to cancel the installation.

Update 1

The output you posted for the commands diskutil list disk0 and list volume seem to contradict each other. One possibility, that would account for this, would be if disk0 is hybrid partitioned. You could check for this condition by entering the following commands after step 4 in my original answer.

list disk
select disk 0
list partition

Post the results to your question.

Update 2

You drive appears to be hybrid partitioned. This would explain why Windows fails to boot. While you do not have to use a third party tool to remove hybrid partitioning, the third party tool named gdisk makes removal easy. Below are instructions for removing the hybrid partitioning.

Download gdisk. I assume this will goto your Downloads folder.
Remove the quarantine from the download by entering the command given below in a Terminal application window.

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/gdisk-1.0.4.pkg

Use the Finder application to open gdisk-1.0.4.pkg. This will start the installation of gdisk.
Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP).
Enter the command given below in a Terminal Application window.

sudo gdisk /dev/disk0

This command is interactive. Enter the next four commands when prompted.

x
n
w
y

Below is an example.

Marlin:startup davidanderson$ sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.4

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

Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): x

Expert command (? for help): n

Expert command (? for help): w

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

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk0.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.
You should reboot or remove the drive.
The operation has completed successfully.
Marlin:startup davidanderson$

Enable SIP. One way to do this would be to enter the command given below, then restart your Mac.

sudo csrutil clear


How to uninstall Git from the command shell?

Do not uninstall Apple-distributed Git. You can leave it as it is and run another version by having it in a directory earlier in PATH environment variable.

The easiest way to install another version on OS X would be to use Homebrew packet manager.

After installing it, you can run:

brew install git

Homebrew (brew) will take care of all dependencies and configure the latest Git version, however there is still a chance it will find a setting it cannot resolve automatically, so read what Homebrew says at the end.

Packages installed with brew do not interfere with system-preinstalled packages.
It installs packages under /usr/local/Cellar directory and puts executables in /usr/local/bin, so you just have to keep it in PATH variable in before /usr/bin.


Simply reset your Keyboard Dictionary.

As you type on iOS, it will begin to learn the words you use frequently. The frequently used words will take precedent after a while (most often seen with names). Sometimes this system makes a mistake and records a typo or a word that you'd rather not have iOS dish up.

To correct this matter, simply reset your Keyboard Dictionary. Tap Settings > General. Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Reset.

This will delete all the entries and restore your keyboard dictionary to its default state, removing the erroneous admission.


installation os x on Mac pro 2 from scratch

To make a USB installer from the 10.7 .DMG you need to open the .DMG, then open the installer application by right-clicking and selecting Show Package Contents and then find the actual installer itself, InstallESD.DMG.

Use the Restore function in Disk Utility to copy InstallESD.DMG to your USB device (if you receive any errors, try mounting InstallESD.DMG first before copying it). You should then be able to boot your Pro from it :)


Are there special boolean search operations (AND,OR, NOT) for iOS mail app?

If you search using Spotlight (from the Home screen), you can use to: and from: qualifiers, as well as flag and unread status.

From Apple's iOS: Understanding Spotlight Search page:

  Examples:

  Flagged june 2013

  Searches for all flagged messages from june 2013, as well as for messages containing these words
  Unread last week from:@icloud.com

  Searches all unread messages from last week where the sender's email ends with @icloud.com, as well as messages containing these words
  Vip read yesterday

  Searches all read messages from contacts marked as VIPs, as well as messages containing these words
  to:appleseed monday

  Searches all messages sent on Monday to a contact named "Appleseed", or an email address starting with appleseed, as well as messages containing these words

Note that these examples mention "messages containing these words". A note above the examples states that to search message bodies, you must use Mail's search function, not Spotlight, but these examples are for Spotlight. After testing, it appears these work in Mail's search field as well as Spotlight.

In addition to the above, you can use has:attachment to limit to messages containing attachments, and Mail appears to search within attachments.


In Pages, What is this Line Under a Rectangle Shape?

Simple.  Make sure you've selected the object you want to remove the line from.  Click your inspector, and navigate over to the graphic tab (see screenshot).  select none.  Last screenshot shows the result.


How to force a page refresh in Chrome on iOS?

Per your comment that "a way to delete the browser cache completely" may be suitable, you can go to the Chrome menu → Settings → Privacy and clear the cache.


I don't think it will hurt your iPhone. The charger is smart enough to stop charging when necessary. It is the number of charge/use cycles that degrade battery life and if you are attached most of the time its doing neither.

I have had mine attached to a cable most of the time for over a year and not seen any degradation.


Position of Percentage Symbol on Keynote Charts

You should change the regional settings of your Mac to US. There was an option "US (Computer)". I chose that and it worked.


I have gotten an answer from the seller, who states that they are both the same. Hm, price targeting?


Heavily edited answer:
In theory, the answer is yes. But as @benwiggy has pointed out in his comment, as a practical matter, the answer is: "It depends". Apple's proprietary design of the SSD's connector/interface means that an adapter will be needed to use it in a device with one of the industry standard M.2 interfaces. In other words, you can only re-use an Apple SSD in another machine IF you have the correct adapter. Making this still more difficult is the fact that Apple changed the SSD interface design periodically, and so the adapter required may be unique to a model or model year.
Your question has now been closed as duplicative, but in reviewing the duplicated Q&A, it will be noted:

that Q&A pertains to a Macbook Air early 2014 which requires a different adapter than your Macbook Pro 2015, and

some of the links are now broken, meaning some of the recommended adapters and sources are no longer available.

However, ferreting through one of the manufacturer's websites (Sintech) provided in this answer led to this page of macbook SSD adapters which may be of some use. I saw no prices provided on Sintech's website, but another answer stated that his cost was $13.99. You can factor cost & your research time into your tradeoffs for buying a new drive vs. buying an adapter to re-use the Apple SSD. You might also want to consider the environment in your decision.


I believe it refers to accepting airplay connections from computers connected to the wired ethernet port on the AirPort Express. The port's primary purpose when the AirPortExpress was first released was to connect to a cable or DSL modem. Apple and many other home router makers refer to this as the WAN connection. However, I think it only supports AirPlay when the AirPort Express is being used to bridge wired devices onto a WiFi network.

I base this on my interpretation of this review of the AirPort Express on Small Net Builder:

  Since the Music screen is unique to the Express, I grabbed a copy of it. The screenshot below shows that the controls are pretty simple. The Enable AirPlay over WAN feature really works, since that's where the iTunes server I used for a quick test sat. Administration from the WAN worked just fine, too.


Have you tried rebuilding you outlook mac identity? If you haven't, then have a go through that and try exporting your email database again. This is a manual process and may acquire your attention as well as your time.

Have a look here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/office_for_mac_support_team_blog/2015/01/07/outlook-for-mac-for-office-365-database/

If you are seeking an automatic process then you can have a look here: http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-outlook-mac-mails-on-mac.html


iPhotos eHDD Format Inquiry and Windows Compatibility?

You can create a second NTFS partition on your windows machine, then reformat the new partition on your mac as Extended journaled as per Apple specs.


Restore a lost partition from degraded software mirror RAID

You can try the following programs to retrieve your data from lost/damaged partitions: FileSalvage, Data Rescue, Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery, DiskWarrior. The good practice is to create an image of the actual partition and restore data from it.


Why is the Arabic font on my iPhone different from what it is supposed to be?

It seems I had my language preferences list with Urdu higher up than Arabic, so it used the Urdu font (Nastaleeq) wherever it saw Arabic text. Putting Arabic higher up in the list fixed the issue and made the font San Francisco.

As a side note, it is kind of a shame that it can't distinguish between Arabic and Urdu (seeing as they use the same alphabet), and yet it assigns a separate font to each of them and uses said font depending on its position in the language preference list.


See what apps and data are taking up space in iOS, without iTunes?

To see what’s taking up all your storage space, open the Settings app, tap General, then tap [Device] Storage.

There, you’ll get an overview of how much storage space you have used and how much you have available, and you’ll get a list of how much space each app uses for the app and associated data.


Mac doesn't wake up from sleep since latest OS upgrade (Big Sur)

Sleep Wake failure in EFI
Failure code:: 0x00000000 0x0000001f

Big Sur has introduced a significant number of sleep-wake bugs that possess this signature. This is not user error and only Apple can fix this issue because it is a result of programming errors in their firmware and/or software.
The best that you can do is collect as much useful diagnostic information as you can and file a bug report. You’ve already collected your sleep-wake failure report, which is essential to provide.
An important step to take prior to filing your report is to eliminate potential hardware catalysts. Try cumulatively adding each of the following steps in order and see if the problem persists or goes away after each one:

I notice that you have several external devices attached to your system, including an Apple multiport adapter, an LG display, a Microsoft wireless dongle, and a Transcend external hard drive. Try disconnecting these and any other devices and dongles.
Try disabling WiFi and Bluetooth.
Try reproducing both on AC power and on battery power.

The next few experiments are intended to exercise the multiple internal routing paths for sleep & wake signals:

You are presumably initiating sleep either via lid close or the Apple menu. Try doing it both ways.
Try setting a sleep timer and a wake timer (System Preferences -> Battery -> Schedule -> Sleep) for one minute away and two minutes away, respectively, and letting the system sleep and wake itself via the timer without you touching it.
How are you waking the machine? Keyboard press, trackpad click, lid open? Try each one in order. If all still fail, re-enable Bluetooth, pair a Bluetooth keyboard or pointing device, and press a key/button on the Bluetooth device to wake the machine.


In macOS, is there a keyboard shortcut to move windows to other desktops?

You can hold the window with your mouse and use the usual keyboard shortcuts to move the window across desktops.


According to the folks at iFixit, there aren't any compatible drives out yet.

Source: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/181479/SSD+possible+%28%29+upgrade+on+ebay#answer181496


Why doesn't my Mac go to sleep when closing the lid or through the task bar when plugged in?

Oddly Resetting my Sharing preferences did solve my problem. All I did is go into the System Preferences Settings.
1. Chose Sharing.
2. Uncheck everything that is checked.
3. Close System Preferences.
4. Open Systems preferences back up.
5. Go back into Sharing
6. Check everything you want checked
7. PROBLEM SOLVED !!! (For me at least) I have a 2008 MacbookPro running Max OS X 10.7.2


In this case You can use Accessibility Inspector which is part of the Xcode Developer Tools package (simply install Xcode).

To launch it use Spotlight (⌘ cmd+space bar) and type "Accessibility Inspector". Then turn on inspection pointer with ⌥ alt+space bar, open your contextual menu, point on the item you want to inspect and press ⌥ alt+space bar to lock it again. You'll have all informations about element such as Title, Frame, Type etc. (you can copy paste them to translator if you want)


If your filesystem is case sensitive, then you probably meant to enter gcc instead of GCC


Address Book: Is there any way to move the fields up/down?

I'm afraid you cannot change the order they appear in, you can only change what fields are shown in the Template Section of the Preferences.


How to recover Mac Startup Security Utility?

The reason you can't access the Startup Security Utility is because it doesn't exist for your model of MacBook Pro.

More specifically, Startup Security Utility is only available on Mac computers that have the Apple T2 Security Chip. So far the only Macs that have the T2 Security Chip are:

iMac Pro
Mac mini models introduced in 2018
MacBook Air models introduced in 2018
MacBook Pro models introduced in 2018

For more information I refer you to the following Apple pages:

About Startup Security Utility
About the Apple T2 Security Chip


Mc Loud uses oAuth authentication. This means that your password is not seen by the App, but entered on an internet page of Dropbox. Mc Loud only gets an anonymous token from Dropbox that you can revoke at any time in your Dropbox account.

http://mcloud.tunesremote.com

Mc Loud Remote (a free download) can be used in Demo mode to test all features of Mc Loud.

Features are:
- universal (iPod touch, iPhone, iPad)
- stream music and videos directly from Dropbox
- includes a remote that lets you control Mc Loud either from any web browser or from Mc Loud Remote on another iOS device
- fast indexing of all metadata, including title, album, artist, duration, composer, genre and album art
- control from the lock screen


Other than they didn't actually open it yet - reading on the lock screen doesn't tag it as read - most likely is they switched off Read Receipts for some paranoid reason.

Either that or you're blocked - there's no way to tell that, unless you ring them & get bounced straight to voicemail every time… though their phone could be off.

Blocked messages are sent & arrive at the receiver's phone, but are just never shown to them, so as far as the system & carrier is concerned, everything went as planned.
Voice calls might ring once, then go to voicemail; depends how quickly the phone reacts to the block. Again, as far as the system & carrier is concerned, everything happened as it should.

Last option, they sold their iPhone, bought a droid, & forgot to switch off iMessage. [long shot]


Operating System becomes unstable after prolonged use

While your issue may go beyond this, there is one piece of behavior I've noticed with Google Chrome;

When you open a new window / tab, wait for the content to load. Wait for the Top Sites and everything else to appear. If you browse to a site while that's still loading, Chrome rarely allows me to browse to anything else. Wherein if I start having this problem and let the Top Sites content load, and THEN browse somewhere, it works pretty much perfectly and without any problems.

Whenever I'm "stuck" loading content, killing the tab takes time, at least a handful of seconds, but it does eventually happen.

However, I have never had massive computer instability as a result of Chrome, shutdown / restart has never failed to work.


I have the same problem and I guess it is due to the adapter. I worked around it by adding an extra cable from mini jack to stereo cinch just for outputting the audio. The mini jack audio output is located on the other end of you MacBook.


Big Sur on Macbook Pro M1 does not allow to add an Administrator account to a file

I actually had the same problem for some of my downloaded apps outside of the appstore .
Try this :

Press command + space and type terminal and press enter to open terminal

Paste this code in terminal and press enter .

sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/app
Note : to get the path to app simply drag the file you can't open because of permission issues to terminal .
sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /path/to/app

Next paste this code with the path of the app and press enter .

You can open the file now with no permission problems .


How can messages be scripted whenever I open a specific application?

Run EDITOR=nano crontab -e and add a line like this:

* * * * * pgrep -xq Safari && terminal-notifier -title 'Click to quit Safari and open Chrome' -message '' -group cronsafari -activate com.google.Chrome -execute 'osascript -e "quit app \"Safari\""' > /dev/null

The command is run about once per minute, and the notifications are shown repeatedly as long as there is a process named Safari.

You can install terminal-notifier with sudo gem install terminal-notifier.


iCloud folders visible in Finder but not in 'file upload' dialog in Safari, how to enable this?

One way is to move "iCloud Drive" from "iCloud" section to "Favourites" in Finder and Safari uploader will display that.


If you want just notifications on the new mails you have in your Inbox(es), then there is a setting for that in GrowlMail configuration tab. Not in Growl System Preferences, but in Mail.app Growl Mail preferences.


Is there a key stroke to switch to a fullscreen app in Lion?

You can configure these shortcuts in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Mission Control

I think the default is control-option-left/right arrow, at least that's what I have it set to.

In mission control, you can also re-order the position of the desktops/full screen apps by dragging them around. I think by default they're ordered by most-recently used desktop, but you can change that (I can't remember how, that would be a separate question anyway).


Lines running down screen of iPod touch 4th generation

Your display is dying. Replace the display or buy a new iPod touch.


High Sierra with Yosemite Time machine restore

Yes, this is different from iOS,iOS only backup data and you can't restore your backup to a low version.

Time Machine will backup all you files include macOS itself.
Recovery from Time Machine will restore the entire partition.
So this is normal and  you don't have to worry.

You can download High Sierra then upgrade instead of clear installation.
I have upgraded many times without problems,from 10.10 to mojave.


Can the MacBook Pro 13 inch early 2015 model output to two 4k displays?

According to Apple's tech specs for the 2015 13" MBP, it is possible: "Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 3840 by 2160 pixels on up to two external displays..."


~\Applications isn't created during the installation of the OS, you have to create it by yourself. Once you create it, it is recognized as an "application folder" and the Finder will show the proper icon for the folder.

It has been like this since Tiger, at least. I'm not aware if Lion creates it automatically as mine was already there when I upgraded to Lion.


Joins both usb and wifi personal hotspot iphone

There is no built-in logic to specify an if/then decision to not join WiFi so the mac will join any WiFi SSSID that is detected and matches its list of auto-join networks.

You can set the service order by "secondary clicking" the gear at the bottom of the Network Preference Panes to Set Service Order... and make sure the WiFi is lower than the USB connection. It will still join, but no traffic will flow while the USB connection is viable.

Lastly, you could just make a new Network location called USB Only and turn off WiFi all together when you select that location on the mac. Changing network locations can be scripted as a service and AppleScript/Automater or FastScripts to effect or reverse the change you desire from a keyboard shortcut.


I can't download Xcode because my Mac mini is not up to date. However, there are no updates for my Mac mini. Is there anything to do?

You can get earlier versions of Xcode from here:

https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=xcode

This may be an option if you can't upgrade the OS.


Connecting MacBook Air to two VGA/DVI monitors

since they air only has 1 thunderbolt and some usb2 ports, you're pretty pinched.

you could get a thunderbolt dock along the lines of the caldigit unit..  this has an hdmi and a pass-through thunderbolt on it.

you can then get an hdmi-dvi cable for oen monitor and a thunderbolt to dvi adapter for the other.

another option would just be a thunderbolt hub.  neither solution is very cheap, but it willg et you wht you want.  there are also devices for usb-vga conversion, but that's a last resort, imho.

i'm curious how well these will be powered (how much resolution and how laggy) they will be, but it should work.


What is consuming a large amount of space on my Mac regarded as Applications in Storage?

Try an app called DaisyDisk, it breaks down your storage usage folder by folder.