Why is it still not possible to cut files to paste them elsewhere in Catalina?

Because the Pasteboard, to which all data is Cut, is inherently transient and unsafe. If you could Cut a document in the Finder, that document would only reside in the Pasteboard, and any new Copy/Cut action would cause it to be lost.
You could never Cut a file in Pre-OS X Mac operating systems.
However, you can achieve the same result by Copying (CMD+C), and then Moving (Option+CMD+V).


Is there an OS X application that overlays a grid onto the screen?

The xScope app is a veritable powerhouse of overlay, measurement and screen detail functionality.

You should be able to set up multiple grid lines if that is what you want.

http://xscopeapp.com/guide#guides

This app has paid for itself tenfold over the years. Super useful for color and measurement and, of course, grids.


What car stereos work well with iPhone Bluetooth A2DP Streaming Audio

I bought my wife a Sony Xplod (sorry, forgot the model number) and that works really well with our phones. I would assume that all Sonys work equally as well (if not better).


What is this executable file named "Icon?" doing in my applications folder (and other folders)?

No. It's not malware. These are often found which you create manual application icons by copying and pasting images from the Info menu.

Heres an Apple Script Application I made with a custom icon from Google.

Not sure why its there but its probably safe to delete and wont cause any harm if you don't.


In general terms, you'll need to:

Set up a VNC server on the Ubuntu machine. This is the software that shares the screen.
Set up a means of connecting remotely to the Ubuntu machine. If you can already SSH in, that's the best way, you can forward the VNC port over SSH by running this on your Mac: ssh username@ubuntuhostname -L 5900:localhost:5900, replacing the username and ubuntuhostname as appropriate.
Connect with VNC to the tunnel. You can do this with whatever client you like (including OS X's built in screen sharing), but the important part is that the hostname to connect to is localhost and you use port 5900.

If you need more specific instructions, I suggest you do a search, as most of these topics have been covered in some detail elsewhere. Ask Ubuntu is the best place to go if you need Ubuntu-specific information.


Is an unlocked phone and a jailbroken phone the same thing?

No, they're not the same thing.

Jailbreaking is a process where the iOS software and device firmware that Apple ships is modified to allow unauthorized/unsigned code to run.

Unlocking means that you can use a GSM iPhone with any GSM carrier, not locked to one carrier in exchange for a discount or an exclusive sales agreement.

Jailbreaking is the first step needed to unlock a phone. Jailbreaking allows additional root access to the device and allows for other app store mechanisms to load apps and code onto the phone.

Some utilities, like redsn0w, will automatically unlock certain models of iPhone in addition to jailbreaking.

Apple has sold authorized unlocked phones in several markets worldwide.
As of June 2011, Apple will sell unlocked GSM phones in addition to the locked to Verizon and AT&T models. Some carriers will unlock an iPhone once your contract is up. There is a lot of confusion in the US on this point due to conflicting law of software licenses and Library of Congress exemptions that permit users to modify their phones for the express purpose of unlocking them when not bound by a contract to one carrier.


Hard disk space usage goes from 96% to 100% one minute after restart

Next time it happens, try:

sudo find / -mmin -5 2>/dev/null

This will list all directories & files, created or modified within the last 5 minutes.


Clear "Disk2" "OS X Base System" before USB boot OS X install

If it's under the divider, it's probably not on the installed drive. If you're booting to Internet recovery this is a temporary partition that resides in RAM, I believe, and not in the installed disk.


There are typically user immutable flags set on Time Machine backup volumes so that even root can't directly chown or chmod. You can look at these with:

ls -laeO /Volumes/*
ls -laeO /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/

Mac:~ me$ ls -laeO /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@  7 root  wheel  -  238 Mar  3 04:40 .
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwxrwxr-x  20 root  wheel  -  748 Mar 25 12:29 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel  -  102 Mar 27 12:04 .RecoverySets
drwx------   7 root  wheel  -  238 Mar  6 10:47 .spotlight_repair
drwx------   2 root  wheel  -   68 Mar 27 14:28 .spotlight_temp
drwxr-xr-x@ 40 root  wheel  - 1360 Mar 27 18:31 Mac
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

Cross reference with diskutil list to double check your mount points and volume names. My experience is that since Time Machine requires spotlight to make hard links is that if you tamper with the stores where those databases are resident on the filesystem you can't put "humpty dumpty" back together again and should archive off the snapshot backups you need using Finder/rsync or by making a dmg of those instants and then wiping the drive to start with new slate of .dotfiles and .dotdirectories with associated stores.

Clearly, someone with internal knowledge of how Time Machine and spotlight self check might step up and explain things, but I've not seen this level of detail publicly documented by Apple so far. I'd start at http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html if you haven't checked there for any community knowledge on the innards of Time Machine + Spotlight


can "File system check exit code is 8" be repaired?

Generally speaking it depends on what you mean by repaired.

That error indicates that the filesystem on that disk is damaged. The good news is that if you reformat it the disk will still be usable. That is also bad news, as you may have noted.

You can try running disk utility on that drive a few times (3 - 4) and see if is repairable. Depending on the filesystem in use on the drive you may be able to use something like DiskWarrior to fix the disk. But beware that DiskWarrior and pretty much all disk repair utilities can't repair APFS volumes (yet).

If that is the case you can try a data recovery utility or sending the drive off to be recovered for you, which can be expensive.


“cannot open” when trying to save screen recording in quicktime player

Sounds like a permissions problem. If it’s a bug I suspect it will be fixed in a future macOS update. Not much help, I know.

Until then, you have to peek behind the curtain:

Unsaved recordings are stored at ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/
The file will be called Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition, or similar
Show Package Contents on that file
Inside is Screen Recording.mov which you can copy and keep


Coin master no longer to be able to buy coins

Most of the time, this means there is something wrong with you creditcard information. So do as told and contact iTunes to get rid of the message.

With no screenshot or further information, it's hard for us to provide a solution.


Sometimes a xls file don't have password to open it, but it has it to avoid modifying certain fields, you can validate that.
Also, if you have access to a PC with Windows you can try to save your xls file in a newer format.

Another alternative is to use a program like parallels or VMware to install/emulate window on your Mac.


tar is installed as part of the system utilities, the only way it can be still an old version is if you upgraded your OS in place since before Intel days, or if you have an old version of tar sitting in your PATH that is being invoked before the system one is.

First, run which tar in shell. If it says anything other than /usr/bin/tar, it's not the system-native version of tar, and you should just remove it because it's not working anyway.

If it does say /usr/bin/tar, try running lipo -info /usr/bin/tar. The output should look something like

$ lipo -info /usr/bin/tar
Architectures in the fat file: /usr/bin/tar are: x86_64 i386 ppc7400

If the architecture list does not include x86_64 and i386, then you definitely have old versions of system utilities which are not compatible with Lion and
should be reinstalled. Probably the easiest thing to do at that point is to run a full backup of the system, and do a clean reinstall, because this situation should never occur and if it is happening, there's no telling what other system utilities are broken.


Permissions of /Users keep changing back to drwxrwxrwx

This problem was caused by a bug introduced by an Apple software update. iTunes 11.2.1 has been released to fix the issue.

  iTunes 11.2.1

  Impact: A local user can compromise other local user accounts

  Description: Upon each reboot, the permissions for the /Users and /Users/Shared directories would be set to world-writable, allowing modification of these directories. This issue was addressed with improved permission handling.

This vulnerability was assigned the security identifier CVE-2014-1347.


How can I get rid of a stuck folder in the Finder's toolbar?

Well I don't know if this is what you mean, but I accidentally dragged a folder into the Finder, and when I removed it a question mark appeared.

How to delete an accidentally-dragged-in folder in the Finder toolbar:

Just hold Command ⌘ and drag the folder out of the Finder window and whoosh it's gone.


Adapter to use my Thunderbolt display with my iMac 11,3 (Mid 2010)

There are no shipping adapters that take a HDMI / DVI / Display Port signal and capture that video and send it back out over Thunderbolt directly to an Apple Thunderbolt display. There certainly weren't any in existence July 2012 when that item was posted to MacRumors.

It's most likely that the reports are confusing the existence of many TB -> other adapters that are ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive.

Since we are finally seeing video capture devices that use Thunderbolt for the ingest to the Mac (as opposed to pumping out video over Thunderbolt to a Thunderbolt display) it might be some more months or even years before something like you ask gets released. Of course, I could be totally wrong and someone will release one tomorrow.

I would explain things as follows: it's very easy and requires no expensive tools to take flour, water, and yeast and make bread. It's an entirely different situation if you want to start with bread and make flour, water and yeast. The analogy is slightly strained since you are just feeding one digital video signal and looking to extract/process it into another format of digital video signal, but at present, only a very expensive video capture console is capable of doing what you ask.

The cheapest working solution I can come up with would be the following convoluted processing path:

iMac sends video out Mini DP out
to an adapter for mDP to HDMI
to Black Magic
plugged into to a Mac with a Thunderbolt monitor
feeding live video into Video Processing software on the Mac
that the graphics card would then show in the Thunderbolt display.

This makes no sense. You'd sooner sell your iMac and just buy a Thunderbolt iMac. If you were OK with a networked solution, you could also run AirDisplay software on the Thunderbolt Mac and send your iMac's video over the network to the second Mac, but that wouldn't be as low latency as the above convoluted solution and still involves two Macs.


How to change the keyboard for alphanumeric password on lock screen on iPod

Good morning! report it to Apple support
Request them to investigate, ask them to inform you and also post "how to" on their website as well

Note: Usually Apple or other smartphones makes only post the most common situations or most common inquiry's answers

For those more specific questions, one has to ask them to investigate and post it
If there is an Apple support agent or technical support person that knows how to use his or her resources and is willing to investigate on it for more than 5 minutes, they may be able to get you an answer

Thanks!


Google Drive File Stream listed many times in Finder

Well, I had the same issue on Mojave.
You can try this:

1 - Open Google Drive File Stream Preferences

2 - Copy Local cached files directory

3 - Disable Launch Drive File Stream on system startup

4 - Sign out and close Google Drive File Stream

5 - Go to Launchpad -> Other -> Terminal

6 - Type command = sudo -s

7 - Type your password

8 - Type command = cd [the local cached files directory location you copied before at step 2]

9 - Type command = pwd (to be sure where you are)

10 - If you're on the same directory name you got at step 2, type command = rm *

11 - Confirm deletion of all files (if asked)

12 - Type command = ls -la (to be sure all files are gone)

13 - Restart computer

14 - Open Google Drive File Stream, login again, follow the instructions

15 - Check finder to see what happens


How can I enter a shortcode on a 4G iPad?

Everything I've seen seems to indicate that no, there's no way to send a shortcode to your network provider on any iPad.  This is dumb, but apparently par for the course :(


Xcode 6.1.1 writes too much data to disk

My guess is that you have a normal Xcode installation and you can confirm this with Instruments or fs_usage

You'll want to let it finish downloading any documentation and close project windows that you don't work on to focus on the background file IO.

sudo fs_usage -w Xcode  | grep -v Terminal


Quick, automated way to verify the copy of a folder?

Two easy ways, one CLI and the other with a GUI :

With Terminal :

diff -rq folder1 folder2

Using FileMerge (which comes with the Developer Tools) :


Mail.app won't recognize a contact's name from my Address Book

Choose the Window > Previous Recipients menu item in Mail, and see if the email address is listed there without a first and last name. If so, try adding the email address to Address Book and merging the new entry with the existing one. In Address Book, one method of merging contacts is to select both entries and choose the Card > Merge menu item.


I'm not sure why MacLemon didn't post SENotifier as a proper answer, but that's your best choice right now. Version 1.1 added the ability to send notifications about your Stack Exchange to Notification Centre.

  SENotifier is a Mac OS X app that shows the current contents of your
  Stack Exchange inbox in the menu bar and was inspired by Gmail
  Notifier.

  I created this app so the inbox notifier would be visible all the
  time, instead of only when a Stack Exchange page was loaded in the
  browser.

  This app uses the new Stack Exchange API v2.0 with authentication, so
  it can get the current contents of your inbox.


Ability to view WIFI connection details?

Hold Alt when clicking at the AirPort icon on the menu bar. It should say PHY Mode: 802.11.x, where x is the type of connection.

You can also launch Wireless Diagnostics from that menu to capture packets and graph signal and noise measurements.


How to monitor output sound from terminal

You can get the volumes of the currently selected input, output and sound effects/alert device as a percentage value with an AppleScript one liner:

osascript -e "(get volume settings)"

which gives something similar to:

output volume:56, input volume:63, alert volume:28, output muted:false


How to list all untagged files in Mavericks Finder?

Ok, I should have taken a look at SuperUser, here's a way to do what AllInOne says without fiddling with XML files (and it's faster).
Simply create a new smart folder or hit cmd+F, choose "Raw Query" from the filters and type kMDItemUserTags != '*' in the field.


MacBook Pro, 15" (Early 2011), not booting

Try Resetting the  SMC (if you haven't already, and see if that changes any of the mentioned behaviors)

Shut down the Mac.
Plug in the MagSafe or USB-C power adapter to a power source and to your Mac.
Using the built-in keyboard, press Shift-Control-Option on the left side of the keyboard, then press the power button at the same time.
Release all keys, then press the power button again to turn on your Mac.

The SMC or System Management Controller can require a reset and exhibit similar symptoms when malfunctioning. If this doesn't help, I can only suggest there may be hardware damage somewhere or possibly latent water damage side effects manifesting themselves.


Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer when I tried to downgrade from 10.9.4 to 10.9.3

Apple's OS doesn't downgrade. You will need to back up your files and apps to an external location and then wipe the main partition using recovery mode.

At that point, you can run the 10.9.3 installer - but again, the migration of the user data will be by hand since the assistant won't load the newer files onto the older OS.

Your best bet might be to install 10.9.3 on to an external drive and test changing the home folder location from the new install to point at the old drive (after it's backed up of course) and making a list of apps that have failed.

At that point, you can ask one by one for help if a quick search doesn't yield an answer to those specific issues. Most apps should work fine with such a small regression.


tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where frontmost is true)
    set o to name
    try
        set o to o & ":" & name of window 1
    end try
    o
end tell


I'm not sure, but it looks suspicious. Poorly written, use of exclamation mark, reference to "PC" - it all looks weird. It's pretty useless too - you get an "OK" button and nothing else? What sort of dialog is that?!

Maybe check your date/time settings, but if there's no problem, I'd be a bit concerned about malware. Did you install any software recently?


What happens if I plug a 2016 MacBook Pro into itself?

The new MacBook Pros have circuitry in all USB-C ports so that the charger can be plugged into any port.

Plugging a two-way USB-C cable will just make the device think that it's charging as technically there is a power source coming from one of the ports into the other.

It doesn't actually charge anything but the reporting is what's making the battery icon show 'charging'.


Can dock items be added for multiple OS users?

You can script dock additions, but it's actually quite a pain to do correctly and in a general manner.

The time it takes you to read one of the links I will add will be longer than it takes to just log in to each user, add the icons to the dock by hand and then logging out.

https://github.com/kcrawford/dockutil

The above link is a command line utility to manipulate a user's dock. It also can operate on multiple users at the same time, so I would start with that tool and look for others if this one doesn't work for your needs / abilities.

dockutil --add /Applications/Word.app --before 'System Preferences' --allhomes


go to :

Settings
General
Cellular

Set cellular data to OFF


Is it possible to copy 'rich text' formatting on iPhone?

Text is copied in rich form in iOS 3+.
You can try it by copying some text in Safari and pasting it to Mail.

But pasted text format will depend of the app. For example, the SimpleNote app only paste in plain text format, since the service doesn't not support image and text styling.

There is no native way to see the copied text in HTML form. You'll have to find an app to do that.


iphone 6 notifications disabling "show on lock screen" is still showing up in lock screen

It sounds like you may have disabled notifications from displaying on the lock screen for some Calendar notifications, but not all. Go to Settings->Notifications->Calendar. From here, you can choose which calendar notifications are displayed on the Lock Screen (upcoming events, invitations, invitee responses, shared calendar changes, events found in Mail). If you don't want any Calendar notifications on the lock screen, then you should turn the setting off in each of these submenus.


It looks like there is no shortcut to do this, which is a shame. If you're trying to do it slightly quicker than pressing tab 8 times, you could hold ⇧ and press tab 5 times to get there in the other direction.

A somewhat more direct way is to use the third-party Shortcat utility (currently in free beta), which enables keyboard selection of graphics UI elements.

In the save dialog, you can trigger Shortcat (by default, ⇧-⌘-Space) and then start typing the name of any folder that's visible in the folder list. As soon as the folder is highlighted (and no other UI elements are), press return. You can then navigate from there with the arrow keys.

Another built-in method that's so close, but yet so far, is to press ⌘-⇧-G, then start typing the path of the folder you want. (Instead of ⌘-⇧-G, you can also press ~ to start from your home directory, or / to start from the root.) While typing the path, you can use tab (or stop typing for a moment) to autocomplete folder names.

This would work quite well if the folder list automatically updated to show the directory corresponding to the path as you entered it, but unfortunately it doesn't update until you press return. Then if you want to continue navigating, you have to press ⌘-⇧-G again to continue from where you left off.

A final possibility is to use a scripting/macro utility (like BetterTouchTool, or FastScripts) to make a global keyboard shortcut that presses tab 8 times for you. Seems a bit inelegant, though.


Set sshd to serve different shell based on `host`

I'm not able to find a way to accomplish what you're asking for directly with sshd and the options available in man sshd_config or man sshd.

Method #1 via ssh client

The first method that comes to mind is pretty straightforward. You can either do it directly with just ssh.

$ ssh -t user@someserver bash

-or-

$ ssh -t user@someserver dash

Examples

bash

$ ssh -t manny.bub.lan -l manny bash
$ ps | grep $$
31691 pts/0    00:00:00 bash

dash

$ ssh -t manny.bub.lan -l manny dash
$ ps | grep $$
31730 pts/0    00:00:00 dash

csh

$ ssh -t manny.bub.lan -l manny csh
manny:~% ps | grep $$
 1687 pts/0    00:00:00 csh

fish

$ ssh -t manny.bub.lan -l manny fish
Welcome to fish, the friendly interactive shell
manny@manny ~> ps | grep $$_
fish: $$ is not the pid. In fish, please use %self.
ps | grep $$
           ^
manny@manny ~> ps | grep %self
 4218 pts/0    00:00:00 fish

Method #2 via alias

You could leverage the above method in #1, and build aliases like these:

$ alias sshmanny1="ssh -t manny@manny-rei210-2.bub.lan bash"
$ alias sshmanny1="ssh -t manny@manny-rei210-2.bub.lan fish"

Then use them like so:

$ sshmanny1
manny@manny:~$ exit
exit
Shared connection to manny.bub.lan closed.

$ sshmanny2
Welcome to fish, the friendly interactive shell
manny@manny ~> exit
Shared connection to manny.bub.lan closed.

Method #3 ~/.ssh/config

The third method I was able to find would build configurations that can do this on the client side of your SSH connection, instead of on the server via SSHD.

$ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host manny1
    HostName manny.bub.lan
    RemoteCommand bash
    RequestTTY force
    User manny

Host manny2
    HostName manny.bub.lan
    RemoteCommand fish
    RequestTTY force
    User manny

Now when you want to connect you'd do so like this:

$ ssh manny1
manny@manny:~$ exit
exit
Shared connection to manny.bub.lan closed.

$ ssh manny2
Welcome to fish, the friendly interactive shell
manny@manny ~> exit
Shared connection to manny.bub.lan closed.

References

Choosing the shell that SSH uses?


Is there a way to reset my iphone 4 to fix this problem

It sounds like a reset is probably the most likely thing to fix this. It will reset your iPhone to factory settings, and then put back your settings and media from a backup.

You can rest your iPhone by connecting it to iTunes, selecting it in the sidebar, going to the General tab, and clicking Restore.

Take a look at the Restoring Your iPhone section of this Apple support document for more info.


I've been using Remoter VNC for a while now and I'm quite happy with the result. Their website covers most of it's features, so I suggest you take a look and find out yourself if it fits your needs.


Limit the use of my Apple ID on my kid's iPod Touch

Since you do not want your children to have access to your Address Book (that syncs using iCloud), you should use a new Apple ID. This means you have to turn off and change the current iCloud settings in the iPod Touch.

Since you want to keep the apps you already installed (using your iCloud), you shouldn't  restore the iPod Touch to its original (factory) state as that will delete those apps.

I'll recommend backing up (whether via iCloud or to your Mac) using iTunes just in case you want to use the iPod Touch again in the future.


How to determine what is causing Mac Pro to automatically log out and where to find logs of logout events?

In your utilities folder, in your Applications folder, you'll find the console app. You can use this app to look at the system logs. The console app, when started looks like so:

There are several log files listed. I suggest you double-click on the system log and in the search box at top of window search for logout.


If you connect your iPad to your computer, you can natively display and record the iPad's screen on the Mac, answering both your questions at once, if I understand you correctly.

Connect the iPad to the computer and open QuickTime Player.
Select File > New Movie Recording (⌥⌘N)
Click the dropdown arrow to the right of the record button and select your iPad's name from the list. (see below—“Seagull” is the name of mine)
If you want to record the screen, simply press the record button.


"Disk not ejected correctly" msg from 2016 MacBook laptop

If I remember correctly, to completely get rid of the message, you can go to System Preferences -> Energy Saver and uncheck the box that says "Put hard disks to sleep when possible". That will eliminate the message, but it also means that your computer will use more energy and that the hard drives will be on and spinning constantly.

If this doesn't work, let me know. (Disclaimer: It's possible this won't work; I can't remember if "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" works only for internal drives or also for external ones.)


Autocorrect & Capitalization of Words in iOS13

I’ve turned off Auto-Correction in Settings > General > Keyboard. The capitalized suggestion JAMES still appears, but the phone doesn’t automatically replace it.


Can I backup my whatsapp data from an iOS 8 device and use it on an iOS 7 Device?

Conventionally there is no way to do this between the devices but you can access WhatsApp chat logs via many of the various "iCloud Recovery Tools" out there. Syncios is the one that I use but it's around $50 (trial might do it for free) for a subscription but it does allow you to export those chat logs (I think to an XML off the top of my head). They're a dime a dozen those programs so you'll find one that suits you if it's the route you wish to take. They will require that Two Factor Authentication is disabled.

Sure you won't have them available on the device but you will in the short term have a copy of them for reference.


How can I change the Guest account's background image?

This article explains it very nice. Basically you are modifying a "User Template" file, which is used to create a fresh new user every time you log in as a Guest. If you're not quite sure on how to do it just ask for help. :)


My answer:
Since you mention that you are running Mac OS X Lion (10.7.5), the issue could be that your operating system is no longer supported. Try to update your Mac and see if it works.
My experience:
I had a similar issue on Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9). Once I updated to Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11), the issue went away.


I used to get this mainly on banking sites. It might be a certificate issue, or more accurately, the older browsers that run on ML not being compatible with the certs or negotiate secure connections properly with the sites (perhaps the server actively denies access due to browser version).

As ping and DNS works, the problem must lie at a higher level.

Unless you've a reason to run ML still (I've only just updated to ElCap due to various bits of software) then I'd update.


Are Macs vulnerable to the Bash shellshock bug?

Yes you are technically vulnerable. So if you feel like panicking or billing a panicked client for a few hours of panic work, go for it!

But the reality is unless you allow SSH access from remote connections or a web server that runs server side scripting, you are not at risk. You are only truly vulnerable if someone you do not know can remotely access your machine & do so in a way where a Bash command can be executed.

Meaning your desktop Mac—which really does not run server applications of any kind—is not at any serious risk. I am willing to eat some proverbial “humble pie” here, but I do not think the majority of Mac users out there will be at risk at the end of the day.

So this issue is mainly of concern to system administrators on Mac OS X & Unix/Linux servers exposed to the world, not desktop users who do not enable SSH sharing.

Perhaps there is an edge risk of a Mac malware or virus being created to exploit this risk, but I doubt it.

EDIT: And just to elaborate how this issue is—in my humble opinion—not really an issue to most average users, yes I can run the following command from bash on Mac OS X 10.9.5:

env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c 'echo hello'

And I see this:

vulnerable
hello

Guess what? That is only terrifying if you don’t rationally think this out. I had to already have been logged into my Mac to even open the Terminal. And to negate what I said about SSH above, to even get to the point I can run this test even if SSH is enabled I would still have to be logged in to begin with.  And then—let’s say I get access via SSH—the command does not allow me to do ANYTHING past my normal user rights such as this:

env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c 'cat /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key'

Meaning if you truly are vulnerable to being exploited by this hack, your core security on the system would have to be so compromised that the fact that bash has a flaw is really the very least of your issues.

This is a concern from an overall control & rights issue as it as the potential to allow unintended access since the behavior extends outside of expected norms. But in my humble opinion, it is not a risk on par with OpenSSL or the garden variety “let me leave my password on a note taped to my screen” risks.

At the end of the day I am still patching all of my Linux/Unix servers I run as standard procedure. And will happily patch the Macs I manage once a fix is out. But for practical day-to-day use I feel fine not worrying about this since I do not understand how a flaw that does not allow for elevated user privileges adds up to anything.

UPDATE: Official word from Apple posted here; emphasis mine:

  “The vast majority of OS X users are not at risk to recently reported
  bash vulnerabilities," an Apple spokesperson told iMore. "Bash, a UNIX
  command shell and language included in OS X, has a weakness that could
  allow unauthorized users to remotely gain control of vulnerable
  systems. With OS X, systems are safe by default and not exposed to
  remote exploits of bash unless users configure advanced UNIX services.
  We are working to quickly provide a software update for our advanced
  UNIX users.”

Translation: What I said above about this being a server issue & not a client issue? Exactly.

A FINAL UDPATE: For anyone struggling with compiling from source, as of September 29th, Apple has officially released patches for Mac OS X 10.9.5, 10.8.5 as well as 10.7.5:

OS X bash Update 1.0 – OS X Mavericks
OS X bash Update 1.0 – OS X Mountain Lion
OS X bash Update 1.0 - OS X Lion

YET ANOTHER FINAL UPDATE: And now, Apple has just released a combination security update today that includes the bash update as well!

  Note: Security Update 2014-005 includes the security content of OS X
  bash Update 1.0


Can I Use TestFlight Beta Testing for Apps Not Created Using Xcode?

No, is not necessary. You can upload your app from both Xcode or Application Loader.

  Application Loader is a tool to help you upload your apps to iTunes
  Connect. It’s particularly helpful if your app includes In-App
  Purchase products that need to be configured for the app. Application
  Loader is explained in Using Application Loader. Application Loader is
  available from the Resources and Help section of iTunes Connect.

With that tool you will be able to upload your .ipa file. Once your app is upload, you can distribute that build over Test Flight.


Joining lines into a single line in TextEdit

If your paragraphs are separated by a blank line, you can do this with a two-part Find and Replace in TextEdit.

Open the Find and Replace dialog (⌥⌘F).
In the Find field, insert the newline character by typing option-return.
In the Replace field, insert a space, then click All. This replaces all newlines with a space, so you'll have one long line of all your text.
Change the Find field to two spaces.
In the Replace field, enter two newline characters (option-return twice).
Click All to move paragraphs to a new line.


Is it possible to throttle the iCloud photostream sync in OS X?

You can't. :(

I solved with QOS on the DSL Modem. (ASUS)


They updated the app. I wrote 5 feedbacks to tell them that it looks stupid on an iPad. Do I have to scroll 2000 times to see my videos. Please write them 1000 feedback so that they revert to the old home page.


How many SMS and contacts can be stored in an iPhone

As far as I remember there used to be a limit in early iPhones on early software, something around 2000? But I don't think there is a limit these days.

Text messages are stored in SQLite database which has very, very large limits of number of rows. I managed to store over 3000 messages on my iPhone 3G.


Try closing and reopening iMove, then export again. This worked for me.


Apple has provided detailed steps about how to restore files from iCloud on this page, you should have a look. https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521?locale=en_US


I don't know about making it the default for ALL playlists, but at least to get the check boxes back in the current playlist you are working with, go to View>Show View Options, then change the "View As:" to Songs.

This worked for me, hope it helps someone else!


It appeared to be an "iStats Menu" issue
And it is fixed in the newest version


PDF Reader for MacOS with font size cutomization

Anyhow I found that using preview and the combination of commands cmd+ctrl+f the screen goes to two pages and it can be zoomed. This is comfortable enough for reading!


Permissions won't let me delete a file on a shared school server

If you're not the administrator or do not have the administrator credentials, there's nothing you can do. The administrator has likely setup restrictions, and the best course of action is to work with the administrator to find a suitable solution (depending on your needs).


Where is the sudo group or is it replaced by group wheel

The group admin is synonymous with the group sudo found on Linux boxes. Members of the group wheel have a special privilege where they can su (switch user) to root assuming that the member knows root's password. Since the root account is disabled, membership in the group wheel would be similar to membership in the group admin, if configured in /private/etc/sudoers. Since some Apple supplied command line tools require admin membership, the group wheel is a vestige from FreeBSD.


Wifi AWUS036NH working in 10.9 but with no Internet

Try following these instructions. Condensed version is below.

Turn off Wi-Fi.

Open Finder, press Command+Shift+G then enter the path below and click Go:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

Find and delete the following files (some may not exist):

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
com.apple.network.identification.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
preferences.plist

Reboot.


Apple says the VP9 codec no longer works on Catalina. I want this codec for my older OS. Where can I find it?

Welp, I'm still not sure whether there ever was a VP9 component, but there is now because I made one. I managed to update FFusion (the core component of Perian) to work with a newer version of libavcodec.
https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/FFusion
At long last, I can watch 4K Youtube videos in QuickTime Player 10.2.


I am not an engineer [IANAE?], but I have been impressed by the advice of Steve Gibson, www.grc.com, a security researcher who has produced more than 300 consecutive weekly shows for his podcast, "Security Now."

His advice is charge lithium ion batteries early and often.

Two weeks ago he stated it thusly:

  STEVE:  Yes.  Now, the universal agreement is that, unlike prior technologies, prior chemistries, both nickel-cadmium and then nickel-metal hydride, which was actually the same fundamental electrochemistry, those had a memory effect.  So if you only discharged them a little bit and recharged them often, they would forget that there was, like, a lot more room down below the point that you were normally starting the recharge.  So the logic there was run them all the way down to the ground before you recharge them.  And if you can't, then you could reset their memory by deliberately doing some deep cycles.

  Lithium-ion, completely different story.  It has no memory.  And it actually is better for the chemistry not to be running it all the way down.  So there the logic is charge often.  And if you are in a situation where, for example, you have access to a plug, and you've got your adapter, always use the adapter when you can.

I took this quotation from the transcript of episode 334, available here, on grc.com.

I hope he's right.


How to use old Apple remote with Apple TV

On the white remote, you must first press and hold the Menu and Previous/Rewind buttons for 6 seconds.  This will clear out any old paired remote.
Then, press and hold the Menu and Next/Fast-forward buttons for 6 seconds.  This will pair with your remote.

(Source: Apple support page)


Generally, if apps quit right after they are opened, the two steps YOU can do are:

Go to the multitasking environment and quit the app(s) entirely (swipe the app window up and out of the screen), then try again
If 1. does not help, you can see about uninstalling and then re-installing it/them using iTunes on your computer.
IMPORTANT: Uninstalling and re-installing an app will also remove its own user data (e.g. documents or messages)

If both steps do not work to get the app(s) working again, you may want to contact the app developer(s) since there may have been some changes introduced in iOS 8.3, with which the app(s) cannot cope with and need updating as well.  Once an update is released addressing this issue, you will need to update those apps and then try again.


Thanks for all the help guys. I did firgue it out.  I had a copy of the.ipa flie on my pc of the app that was causing problems and I had to open ifunbox and install the app by selecting the flie on the computer and it worked and got rid of the blank icon.


How does the Put Back feature of the Trash work?

According to https://superuser.com/questions/59376/how-to-tell-where-an-item-in-the-trash-came-from, "I know the original locations are stored in ~/.Trash/.DS_Store". .DS_Store is the name of the file that stores various Finder-related information.

Following that question, there is also How do I check where the file in .Trash was removed from? and How to determine original location of file that is currently in the Trash?, which don't quite look like duplicates but talk about some of the details a bit more.


Monitor if users accessed my Mac when sharing was open to all?

The file sharing protocol AFP used by OS X does not log access per default. While (at least for OS X Server) reporting to a log file can be activated before starting file sharing, it is quite a "chatty" log process (meaning it generates huge, meaningless log files easily).

To put it simple: No, there's no way to find out who accesses your Mac beside yourself after file sharing ended.


The good message: you can resize both partitions with on-board tools. The bad message: you can't change the start block of a partition to a lower block number (i.e expand Data to lower block numbers). The partition Data has to be deleted first.

Preparation:

Backup your Mac
Safe all files and folders in Data to an external drive
If you don't have an external drive you can also save the files to Macintosh HD – if it contains enough free space for all files (~223 GB) and the expansion size of Data. Example: If you want to expand Data by 673 GB (to 1000 GB!) you need at least 926 GB (223 GB + 673 GB + ~30 GB some free space for the system) free space on Macintosh HD.
Detach any external drive (especially your external Time Machine backup drive)
Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing alt cmd R at startup. Booting to Recovery Mode is not conducive because the Recovery HD will be moved in one of the steps below. And you can't move a partition used as a boot volume.

The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot into a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an Apple/Akamai server.

I recommend ethernet because it's more reliable. If you are restricted to WIFI and the boot process fails, just restart your Mac until you succeed booting.

Alternatively you may start from a bootable installer thumb drive (preferably Yosemite or El Capitan) or a thumb drive containing a full system (preferably Yosemite or El Capitan). If you boot to a full system and login as admin you have to prepend sudo to execute special commands like gpt ...!

Remove the partition Data and shrink the  CoreStorage Volume Group

Booted to Internet Recovery Mode open Utilities → Terminal in the menubar and enter:  diskutil list to get the disk identifiers and diskutil cs list to get a CoreStorage listing. Below I assume that your main disks have the disk identifiers disk0 (usually the SSD)/disk1(usually the HDD) and the CoreStorage Logical Volume disk2.
First you have to remove the Data partition:

gpt -r show /dev/disk1 #to get an overview

To remove a partition with gpt the disks (and all related disks like the inherent CoreStorage volume) have to be unmounted - first the CoreStorage Logical Volume and then the physical disks (SSD and HDD):

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk0
gpt remove -i 4 /dev/disk1 #remove the *Data* partition

Then you have to resize the Logical Volume Group:

diskutil mount /dev/disk0s2 #mount the physical volume of the CoreStorage Logical Volume Group
diskutil mount /dev/disk1s2 #mount the physical volume of the CoreStorage Logical Volume Group
diskutil mount lvUUID #lvUUID: the logical volume UUID - in your case 03BC8817-F05E-4FC3-9A5C-50130CDAB3AB
diskutil cs resizeStack lvUUID size

in your case (assuming you want to "resize" Data to 1000 GB (3121 GB-1000=2121 GB):

diskutil cs resizeStack 03BC8817-F05E-4FC3-9A5C-50130CDAB3AB 2121g

Your Recovery HD should be moved automatically - regardless of whether shrinking or expanding the CS volume - to the very end of it.
Enter the following to get the new partition scheme:

gpt -r -vv show /dev/disk1

To add a partition with gpt the disks (and all related disks like the inherent CoreStorage volume) has to be unmounted

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2 #use the diskidentifier of the CS logical volume
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1 #use the diskidentifier of the HDD
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk0 #use the diskidentifier of the SSD

Enter

gpt add -b StartBlock -s NumberOfBlocks -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1

to create a new HFSJ+ partition on disk1. StartBlock is the number of the first block in the unallocated space and NumberOfBlocks is the number of free blocks or smaller. NumberOfBlocks has to be equally divisible through 8!

Example:

if the result of gpt -r -vv show /dev/disk1 is

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=68719476736; sectorsize=512; blocks=134217728
gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 134217727
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  104974016      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  105383656    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  106653192   27564503
  134217695         32         Sec GPT table
  134217727          1         Sec GPT header

then StartBlock would be 106653192 and the NumberOfBlocks  (27564503/8=3445562,875 -> 3445562*8) 27564496

The resulting gpt command to create a new JHFS+ partition occupying all available free space would be:

gpt add -b 106653192 -s 27564496 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1

Enter exit and quit Terminal
Open Disk Utility and erase/initialize the newly created volume
Check the main volume Macintosh HD for errors
Quit Disk Utility and reboot to your main volume


kinit: krb5_get_init_creds: unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL

On macOS the default client does not fall back to TCP.

In your krb.conf prefix your kdc value with tcp/ to force the client to use TCP if your corporate network blocks UDP (A lot of them do).

kdc = tcp/realm.example.com:88


Does Magic Trackpad 2 work with Mac without Bluetooth?

Does Magic Trackpad 2 works with Mac without Bluetooth?

Yes.

  Is it possible to connect it through the USB to Lightning cable, to a computer that doesn't have Bluetooth?

Yes.

  Or does the cable work just for charging, and the communication is Bluetooth-only?

The communication can be done over cable, just like how a wired keyboard or a Trackpad would work.

This Apple Support document sheds more light:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp2656/mac

  Connect a Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2 with your Mac

  When you connect your keyboard, mouse or trackpad to your Mac, it automatically connects with the Mac using Bluetooth.

  Connect one end of a Lightning to USB Cable to your Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2 and the other end to the USB port on your Mac. Depending on your Mac, you may need an adapter, which is available from an Apple Store or on apple.com.

  You can use your Magic Keyboard or Magic Trackpad 2 while it’s connected to your Mac. You can’t use your Magic Mouse 2 while it’s connected.

A Magic Mouse can't be used as the Lighting port is located at the bottom of the mouse making it impractical to use it with the cable connected.

Quoted text added for context. Emphasis on the italicised part.


When cron runs an event, it uses the default shell environment of the running UID. However, no "profile" customization is applied, i.e. your .bash_profile is not sourced and thus any PATH settings are not picked up. As well, I don't believe that the common profiles are picked up either. As such, you probably have no PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment settings available to the process you're trying to launch and this is why pdfimages and gs isn't being picked up by default.

In the past, I've solved this one of two ways:

Directly reference the full path of the file I need.
Create a wrapper shell script for the job.

I typically prefer the 2nd one since it not only allows me to set up an environment for the job to run in, but it also makes it relatively easy to add debug situations easily. For example, if the job isn't working right I can just edit the shell script and put in STDOUT redirection to a debug file.

So in short, I would have a cron entry of

* 6 * * * cd /path/to/ && ./executable.sh

.. which would change to the path, but the executable.sh would do all the export PATH, export LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. to get my job set up.

Your sample executable.sh could be as simple as this:

#!/bin/bash

# if you want to just pick up your profile, you can '.' source it
. ~/.bash_profile

export PATH=/where/i/find/gs
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/if/i/need/libs

(./executable 2&>1) >executable.out

The executable.out file redirection isn't necessary since without it all STDOUT goes to cron.out, but it does make it a bit cleaner to do it this way. Also the 2>&1 nonsense with the parenthesis makes sure that both STDERR and STDOUT make it into the output file; this helps with debugging why a job didn't run.


Send a new text without all the history for that recipient

The history is just for you. Only the message in the box is sent when you send a message, not the entire history. The recipient keeps their own history of messages which is unrelated to your history.

This is not email where a reply to a message includes a quoted copy of the original — each message is self-contained and it's up to the receiver to keep a historical copy of messages, which is what your device is doing for you.


The picture you're seeing is actually the page for Apple Music, it comes once you've updated the iOS to a relatively newer version supporting Apple Music. To get rid of that and proceed to your music library firstly make sure the phone is connected to the internet. Then open your music app. Once it's open at the bottom you should see a line saying either "No,Thanks" or "Continue to Music Library".
Just click on either one.
That did the trick for me when i faced this problem.


AppleScript and Finder - How to detect an "empty" selection when copying paths to the clipboard (Expanded Question)

I think = is what you're looking for.

set sel to (get selection)
if not sel = {} then
    --stuff is selected
else
    --no stuff is selected
end if

Or remove the not and flip the cases

set sel to (get selection)
if sel = {} then
    --no stuff is selected
else
    --stuff is selected
end if


Installing (any) App asks for my password again and security question's answers

This was a recent change to increase security for the many iTunes/App Store accounts. This is not malware or anything you have to be concerned with, just Apple increasing security.


Can you downgrade a 2021 iMac to Mojave?

You can‘t run old macOS versions on newer hardware, there usually are some drivers missing. There are special constellations in some cases (and we probably have some answers beneath similar questions) but as of now it‘s highly unlikely that there is a way for a 2020/21 iMac to run Mojave.
Options which may work for you

Run Mojave in a VM and access the SAN from there
Get an older Mac mini/iMac capable of running Mojave via eBay or similar


How can I encrypt photos on an iPhone 3GS/4?

I'm now using CryptMyPic, as it's the simplest and most secure I've found so far.


installing older version of wine on Mavericks from tar.bz2 file

MacPorts

It is possible to install older editions of software using MacPorts. The following article explains how, How to install an older version of a port.

The example given by the article using this notation for the tcl package:

sudo port activate tcl @8.4.16_0

Try this for the wine package:

sudo port activate wine @1.5.8

HomeBrew

Alternatively, consider installing using the HomeBrew project. This article by David Baumgold walks through the steps required, Installing Wine on Mac OS X.

brew is also able to install a specific version of a package, see Homebrew install specific version of formula?

tar.bz2

If you want to manually install wine from the downloaded tar.bz2 source, follow the steps in Wine User Guide: 2.3. Installing Wine from source.

This approach will require installing the Xcode command line tools and dealing with dependencies. Because of this, I highly recommend using brew or another pre-built package approach.

osxwinebuilder

An open source project called osxwinebuilder attempts to ease the process of building wine from source. This project may be helpful as it claims:

  The goal of this project is to provide easy-to-use scripts for cleanly
  building and installing Wine and its prerequisite software into a
  self-contained directory hierarchy on Mac OS X.

Emulators

If you encounter problems compiling from source, consider using a PC emulator such as VMware Fusion, Parallels, or Virtual Box. All these can run Windows on your Mac and thus run Lingea Lexicon 5 for you. In addition, VMware Fusion and Parallels both offer commercial support should you encounter problems.


Can I upgrade an iPhone 5S directly to 8.3 from 7.1.3?

I presume you mean 8.1.3 … & also 7.1.2, as there never was a 7.1.3 afaik

You can go straight to it - in fact, there's no other option. It's the only route.
Apple stops signing old releases shortly after a new one comes out, so an older version wouldn't work, even if you got hold of it.

Safest route to any update is…

Sync to iTunes
Backup to iTunes
Download the update from iTunes, without updating.
Update as a separate step [ensures the download is full & complete before starting]

Belt & braces - you have a full, recent backup of the current state should anything go wrong.


How to Secure erase files in OS X without moving the files into trash?

You can always use the terminal command rm with the -P option:

  [Option -P will]
  Overwrite regular files before deleting them.  Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff, then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.

If you're not handy with the Terminal, just:

Open the Terminal.app (Found in /Applications/Utilities).
Type cd  and drag the folder which contains the file you want to delete, to the terminal window.
Type rm -P FileName.extension and hit Enter


Being enabled only on the Login Screen you must disable it under System Preferences / Users & Groups. If the preferences are locked, click the lock icon in the lower-left corner of the page and type and administrator password to unlock them. Click Login Options and uncheck the Use VoiceOver at Login Window.

VoiceOver, along with other features of this kind, can be enabled, and hence disabled, under System Preferences / Universal Access.


How does codesign and signing of profiles on os x work?

I suspect writing an equivalent to codesign on a non-Apple platform will be tricky; but you might be lucky as parts may be open source.

Consider having a Mac provide a code signing service solely for your web server. Then you can use Apple's codesign but avoid using the Mac as the public server.

Apple provide two useful documents about code signing:

Code Signing Guide
OS X Code Signing In Depth

The technical note is a great source of information for how codesign works and has changed across different editions of OS X:

  The purpose of this technote is to provide a more in depth view of code signing. It is intended to expand upon the information given in the Code Signing Guide by supplying a more detailed analysis of the technology. The target audience for this document is OS X developers who have read and presumably understand the information given in the Code Signing Guide but want to learn a bit more.


How to configure a complex launchd CalendarInterval?

You'll have to explicitly create a record for every hour from 9 to 15 for every day from Monday to Friday: 35 records. The cron utility has a far more compact format. With it your use case would be written as 0 9-15 * * 1-5. LaunchControl is a utility which creates launchd StartCalendarInterval records from cron time descriptions:


I know this is old, but I had the exact same error as you and here is what I did to solve it.  I edited the first few lines of the config.mk file yopu are copying to be

export CC = gcc-7
export CXX = g++-7

because you are using gcc 7.1

Then you can finish making and building as you can find in many tutorials (e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39315156/how-to-install-xgboost-in-python-on-macos)


Force apps to be opened everytime in a new desktop

You can set any app to launch in a specific Space.
It will open in the same one every time after that.

To get it there the first time

Switch to that Space then launch it,

or if it's already running

Right click it in the Dock > Options.
Set to 'All Desktops'.
Switch to your preferred Space - it will move with you.

Right click it in the Dock > Options. Set the Option to 'This Desktop'.

This method, of course, is not an automatic process & requires setting up by hand. One advantage is that you quickly learn which Space belongs to which app & can then use shortcut keys -  Ctrl ⌃   [number]  by default.

Setting System Prefs > Mission Control to disable 'Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use' will make the assigned Space numbers stick.

This method will only work correctly if you don't manually move any app window to a different Space. Spaces cannot correctly handle apps split over more than one Space.


Apple says it is safe to remove the content of /Library/Printers: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203343#remove.

I did that after resetting the printing system, just to be sure.


Open up Safari on your iPhone 4 and go to jailbreakme.com.
Sit tight for couple minutes and your iPhone is jailbroken. You'll see that Cydia app is installed.

It uses PDF security flaw on mobile Safari. It will be patched soon, so jailbreak now while it's available. It's by far the easiest way to jailbreak your iPhone.

It jailbreaks iOS 4.0.1 which is the latest at the moment.

Edit (8/11/2010): Apple has just releases iOS 4.0.2 to fix the PDF exploit that jailbreakme.com uses. Jailbreakme.com should still work for iOS 4.0.1 and below.

Edit (8/13/2010): PDF Patch is available for download in Cydia. Search for "PDF Patch." You can jailbreak 4.0.1 and then just patch PDF bug instead of upgrading to 4.0.2 and wait for jailbreak to be available.


MacBook Air has suddenly become very slow at booting and shutdown

Issue: After entering the password the computer would appear to freeze and become unresponsive. After about 20 mins it would eventually log in. User was claiming that browsing the internet was very slow and he could only access one page at a time.

Resolution: I had unbound the mac from the Active Directory domain and it fixed the issue. As it turns out the computer name had been removed from the AD Computers list.


codesign still tries to access other keychains when adding --keychain parameter

We have the same problem. For now, we have to add the keychain we want to the search list as the only keychain. Then restore all keychains after codesign.


OS X 10.9 Fullscreen on second display doesn't stretch to full screen, but only part of it

Here's my workaround: right click on the 1/4-screen video and, if you're using Flash 15.0.0.xxx, you should see a Stretching is <type> item in the options list. Click on that and the video will fill the screen. Keep repeating until you get back to the 'Stretching is none' setting, unless you prefer something else.

I have the same issue when using firstrowsports.eu on my 2014 MBP, multiple different browsers, no plugins, no additional screen, hardware acceleration on and off, Mavericks and now Yosemite.


Airport Time Capsule port forward magic packet (Wake-on-LAN)

The configurability of the Apple routers is (for some advanced use cases like the one you describe) perhaps a bit lacking. I hope someone else can provide a definitive answer as to whether it will be possible to actually broadcast that WOL packet using only the router!

I propose to you an alternative that is slightly more complex (and therefore not ideal), but to me feels like a robust approach that will work in all home network environments, so that you can avoid relying on any advanced capabilities of the network hardware.

The idea would be to set up a machine on the LAN (such as a $5 Raspberry Pi whose power draw will likely be comparable to that of your linux server in S3 suspend) that is always running and which you may access remotely. However this is done is entirely up to you, you may connect them via WiFi or Ethernet and with static or DHCP addressing, and this is what I mean by flexibility, you may have to do specific configuration to deal with the NAT traversal and security aspects. As it applies to your situation (similarly to you, I have an Apple router as well) you'd probably just assign this machine's MAC to a static IP and forward the ports needed for remote access, such as port 22 for SSH, port 3389 for Windows RDP, port 5900 for VNC, and that's about it. It's hard to beat something like using SSH with a private key for passwordless secure access.

The other piece that will be relevant is if you have residential service from your ISP, your router's IP will be dynamic, and a service should be set up to periodically check that this address has not changed. I implement this myself using a cronjob and a python script that sends emails to me, but you can readily find tools to handle that job. Indeed, this aspect of residential internet service is hard to address without a programmable client machine, although I'd imagine that highly configurable routers might offer equivalent functionality.

Once you set things up to allow you to reliably and securely access your machine from the wider internet, you can now use that to broadcast the WOL packet on the LAN, at which point you may connect to the woken-up host via the usual means (which may also require configuration).

I just like this approach because it's so powerful and you can administer many more aspects of your home remotely once you have this kind of setup.

I have more than enough raspberry pi's but I already have desktops (which happen to run Windows) that I keep running 24/7 at home, so when I need to send a WOL to my macbook (if it's at home, it will be sleeping) I can just use any of those machines to do the job since they're going to be up all the time.

But if you have a small and low power machine you can just set it and forget it on the network and it will just always be there for you, that peace of mind is really great.


TextWrangler is also available outside the Mac App Store, and older versions which are compatible with Snow Leopard and Lion can be downloaded from BareBones website

This standalone version launches without complaining about being damaged, regardless of the date (so far?).


Right click on the package, "show package content", then go in the "ressources" folder and change the icon there. The icon file is the .icns file.


Is the MAC address of my VM different to the MAC address of the host?

The VM will use a virtual MAC address to map to the physical device MAC Address.  Keep in mind that if you provide the MAC Address of the Wi-Fi Adapter from your MBA, that you're now locked to using that device for connectivity.  Thus, your VM will need to use that device as it's bridged connection to the internet.

You should provide the physical hardware MAC address to allow your device and your VM access to the internet.


Music/iTunes syncing with iOS devices is indeed slightly screwed. From my diagnosis, it is because of iOS 13 update and has little to nothing to do with macOS Catalina update.

Fix:

Connect your iOS device to Mac.
Go to your device syncing app:

iTunes for pre-Catalina; and,
Finder for macOS Catalina.

Select the device you want to fix your music library on.
Go to the 'Music' tab in the device sync settings.
Uncheck 'Sync Music onto device name'.
Click 'Apply'.
For verification, eject the device and see that there is no song on your device now (except for maybe the content purchased from iTunes Store).
Plug the device back in and check the 'Sync Music onto device name'.
Click 'Apply'.
Wait to let the library sync to your device.

The missing songs should be on your device and the artwork must be restored as well.


How Many Genius Mixes Are There in iTunes?

We can crowd source this:

  Please type very carefully. Don't split combinations that use "&" or
  "/"- just list them as you see them. Do remove the word "Mix" from the
  end.
  If you have Brit Pop and Brit Pop 2, add in ( 2 ) or ( 2 3 ) if
  you have more than one mix with the same name.

These mixes have been observed already "in the wild."

Acoustic Blues
Adult Alternative
Adult Alternative Pop
Adult Alternative Rock
Adult Contemporary
Adult Pop/Rock
Alt. Folk
Alt Metal
Alt Pop
Alt Singer/Songwriter
Alternative Country
Alternative Pop/Rock
Ambient
Americana
Animation
AOR Classic Rock
Art & Experimental Rock
Art & Progressive Rock
Big Band & Swing
Black & Death Metal
Bluegrass
Blues, Boogie & Southern Rock
Bossa Nova
Brazilian Pop
Brazilian Folk & Traditional
Breakbeat
Brit Pop
Brit Pop & Rock
British Invasion
Canto-Pop
Celtic
Chamber Pop
Children's
Christian Pop/Rock
Christian Urban
Classical
Classical Crossover
Classical Instrumental
Classic R&B
Classic Hard Rock
Classic Punk (2)
Classic Rock (2)
Classic Ska
Classic Soul
Comedy
Conscious Rap (2)
Contemporary
Contemporary Country
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
Cool & West Coast Jazz
Country
Christian Rock
Dance Pop
Danceclub
Dancehall & Ragga
Disco
Dream Pop
East Coast Rap
Electric Blues
Electro Pop
Electronica
Electronica Mainstream
Emo
Europop
Folk (2)
Folk Rock
Folk-Pop
French
Funk
Gangsta Rap
Goth (2)
Gothic Metal
Grunge
Hardcore & Thrash
Hard Bop & Post-Bop
Hard Rock & Stoner Rock
Heavy Metal
Hip-Hop/Rap
Honky Tonk & Outlaw
House
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Indie Rock & Lo-Fi
Industrial
Israeli
Jam Bands
Jazz
Jazz Vocals
Jungle / Drum n' Bass
J-Guitar Rock
J-Pop
J-Pop Dance
J-Pop Female
J-Pop Urban
J-Rock Female
Kammerpop
Korean Pop
Latin Dance/Pop
Latin Folk & Traditional
Latin Rock
Latin/World Jazz
Lounge
Mainstream Rock
Mandarin Pop
Meditation
Metal
Minimalist
Musicals (3)
Neo-Soul
New Age
New Age/World Music
New Wave
Nü-Metal
Old-School Rap
Pop
Pop Metal
Pop-Soul
Post-Modern Rock
Post Punk
Power Pop
Progressive House
Progressive Metal
Punk (2)
Punk Pop
Punk Rock
Quiet Storm
Reggae
Rock Singer/Songwriter
Singer/Songwriter
Ska
Soft Rock
Soft Rock Oldies
Soul
Soundtracks
Southern Rap
Surf/Garage Revival
Swing Revival
Synth-Pop
Techno/House
Teen Pop
Traditional Acoustic Blues
Traditional Folk
Trance
Trip-Hop (2)
Urban Crossover
Video Games
Vocal
West African
West Coast Rap
World
'50s Oldies
'60s
60's Psychedelic Pop/Rock
'70s Pop


Macbook air wouldn't turn on until after I reset the SMC. Does this indicate any further problems?

Resetting the SMC usually solves power-related problems (fan handling, sleep mode, etc).

The procedure is quite simple and documented, meaning that such problems are quite common and usually do not indicate the existence of anything worth worrying about.

Actually, it is advisable to reset the SMC and PRAM (start up with Command, Option, P, R pressed) periodically; also, while you're at it, you might want to repair disk permissions (using Disk Utility in the Utilities folder) and verify the Hard Disk as well.

If you keep your Mac well maintained, it will remain healthy for a long time: my MacBook Pro is 4 1/2 years old and still rocking thanks to an SSD upgrade ;)


Mac terminal shows 'null' for host name at the prompt

Have a look in your .bashrc and .bash_profile... for instance I have the line

PS1="\[\e[0;32m\]\u@monkey:\w\$ \[\e[0m\]"

before fi to set my prompt.


Infinite loop "Are you sure you want to buy this item?" in the App Store

Have you tried going to http://appleid.apple.com and confirming your billing information there (going to billing, clicking submit) and then trying again ;-)


Activating unlocked iPhone 4s with SIM but without contract?

If you use the T-Mobile SIM it will only activate the device, it will not create a contract.  If you feel safe you can get it without a SIM, head over to the closest Apple Store and ask them to activate the phones using AT&T dummy cards.

Once you activate the phones, I suggest putting the phones in airplane mode and turn on Wifi, otherwise the phone will constantly be searching for signal which will cause the battery to drain.

Good luck.


Yosemite randomly switches audio output to displayport

System Preferences builds a preferred list for your audio outputs and inputs based on which ones you pick over others.

To work around this you will need to manually select the audio output you would rather use once when the undesired one is available and again when it isn't. This method will work in most (but not all) cases.


iPad 2 cannot connect to a Microsoft Exchange server with Outlook Web Access (OWA)

iOS does not use Outlook Web Access for Exchange support, it uses ActiveSync. Summarized setup instructions from this Apple support article titled iOS: Setting up Exchange ActiveSync:

Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Microsoft Exchange
Enter the information in the fields shown, then hit Next
Your iOS device will now try to locate your Exchange server. If necessary, you will need to enter your front-end Exchange server's complete address in the Server field.
Choose which content you would like to synchronize: Mail, Contacts, and Calendars. Tap Save when finished.

(See the linked support article for the screenshots provided by Apple.)


How can I access a 2012 Macbook Air storage when the display has failed?

You can boot the old Mac up into 'Target Disk Mode', by holding T at startup.
You will need a cable that connects the two together: this is a bit complex, because the 2012 MBP has FireWire and Thundberbolt 1 and the new Mac has no FireWire and Thunderbolt 3. So'll you'll either need a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adaptor, or a Thunderbolt to FireWire adaptor.
When the Migration Assistant runs on the new Mac, you may be able to connect the other Mac via Ethernet (again with the relevant adaptor on the new Mac), to begin a transfer of the data. It's possible you might have to type in an admin password on the old Mac.
Removing the drive and connecting it via a USB-C to SATA cable is also possible.


If you have previously downloaded earlier OS X installers via the App Store you can download them again (you will likely be warned that this version is older than the copy installed but you can continue with the download). Then you can use the appropriate commands to both erase and copy the installer files to your USB drive from https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372


Yes, Time Machine will backup until it fills the backup disk and then it will start overwriting old backups to make way for new ones.  However, if the volume of data you've told Time Machine to backup exceeds the size of the disk Time Machine is using to save the backups on, it will complain that the disk is too small.  If you have a Time Machine disk which is smaller than the combined size of the hard disks used by your Mac, it's likely you'll need to manually intervene at some stage due to this issue unless you're very diligent about ensuring that you don't ask it to backup too much data.


How do I remove the ".local" suffix from my computer's hostname?

Just put macpro back in the sharing field.

The .local is there to catch fully qualified domain names and help with bonjour - you can't avoid that, but it won't show up anywhere but that pane.


Encrypted sparse bundle disk image visible in the cloud?

No, it is only mounted locally. No one would be able to see it unless they can also see your computer.


osascript "set bounds of window" not working after Mavericks upgrade

Try changing the size and position attributes or using System Events instead:

tell application "Terminal"
    tell window 1
        set size to {1150, 850}
        set position to {50, 50}
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal"
    tell window 1
        set size to {1150, 850}
        set position to {50, 50}
    end tell
end tell


New file on my Macbook Pro with odd custom permissions. Have I been hacked?

/Library is where system files are kept - configurations for applications, etc. Generally, unless something is broken, you wouldn't need to access /Library for anything. Your main location for your files - the ones you need to access is actually /Users. Hence, permissions for System Only are right for /Library
I would likewise not be concerned about something that says "Logs" on it. Logging is a useful tool for diagnostics - or to put it another way - to work out what is going on or where something may have gone wrong.


Visual Studio Code App wont run from Applications folder

I had this issue and I found a workaround, which may work for you...

Unzip Visual Studio Code in the download folder.
Right-click Visual Studio code, in the download folder, and select 'Open'. If you're prompted by Gatekeeper, open the application.
From the 'Code' menu, select Preferences > User Settings.
Once the settings files open, you can immediately close them both.
From the 'Code' menu, select Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.
As with #3, you can immediately close the files.
Quit Visual Studio Code
Copy the Visual Studio Code application into your Applications folder.
Open it from Applications.

This worked for me - I have no idea why, perhaps a bug to do with accessing the preference file(s)?
Maybe this might work for you?


How can I disable animation when switching desktops in El Capitan?

There is a program named TotalSpace, that has the feature you need. Once installed, you should open it up, go into "Transitions" and disable "Use transitions", this will remove the animation you get when you switch Workspace (aka Dekstop)

If you're on OS X 10.11.x El Capitan or later, you will also need to disable a feature known as "System Integrity Protection" which prevents you to edit or access system files. To disable it:

Restart the Mac, then boot it in recovery mode, by holding down cmd (or Windows key) and R keys, before hearing the sound of your Mac startup. Hold them down for 5 secs.
Click on "Utilities" on the top of your screen, then select terminal.
On the new opened window, enter csrutil enable --without debug .
Reboot
Enjoy :)

csrutil enable --without debug is the better solution suggested by [http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/elcapitan][totalspace].


Not that I have seen. Apple designs the USB / Thunderbolt ports to support wake from sleep so the firmware has them always active by design. Same for providing charging of an accessory from the Mac battery or power supply.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/share-your-mac-resources-when-its-in-sleep-mh27905/mac


How to configure proxy settings for a specific network?

You need to make specific network configuration:

System Preferences > Network > Location: > Edit Locations...

left down + button,
enter a new netowrk configuration name, for example Office / Wi-Fi + proxy,
choose it and configure it with the proxy setting you need.

You will have to make 2 network configurations one to go through your proxy, and one without. Example: Office / Ethernet + proxy, Home / Wi-fi - proxy.

You will notice that you have a new menu entry:

 > Location

and you will be able to choose the correct network configuration which fits your actual network use.

To avoid most of the problems caused by the Automatic predefined network configuration, I advise you to inactivate completly network interfaces you don't use. For example Bluetooth doesn't have to be configured and open to network access if you don't use it yourself, and you don't control who uses it.


I may have figured it out myself:

To keep the Siri suggestions when you swipe right or down in the home screen, but to remove the icon at the bottom left of the screen when you double click the home button go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Location-Based Suggestions > OFF.

Since I did that I have not seen the little icons.


Why are my applications crashing after the update to 10.10.5?

Just guessing:

My standard install of OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 doesn't contain the file /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit..

Please check the following:

the currentness of your backup
The proper destination of the soft link "Current" in the folder /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/. It should be /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/.
Does the folder /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/ contain a second file named Appkit.?
If the folder /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/ contains a second file named Appkit., check the md5s (md5 /path/to/file) of the files Appkit and Appkit.. The md5 of the file Appkit in my system is 5404e155c41dedd1bea5e29bf02182d8 (size=39.450.864 bytes, mod date 2nd of June 2015). If you have 2 files Appkit and Appkit. with identical and correct md5s move Appkit. to a save place with:

sudo mv "/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Appkit." "/System/Library/Frameworks/Appkit."

If one has the correct md5 and the other a wrong md5, remove the file with wrong md5 and if necessary rename the correct one to "Appkit". If both md5s are wrong reinstall 10.10.5 with the 10.10.5 Combo Updater. Reboot your Mac and test the behavior of µTorrent. If the testing with µTorrent gave a positive result remove the file /System/Library/Frameworks/Appkit.
If the folder doesn't contain a file named "Appkit." at all boot to your Recovery HD and try repair your main volume.


Yes, I too see an incredible amount of data usage from newsd. In my case, around 28GB was downloaded in 24 hours.
I’ve opened a ticket with Apple Support.


Adjusting brightness on 27" iMac used as external DisplayPort monitor for PC

I just had an issue with not being able to change the brightness on my 27inch iMac in Target Display Mode. It was at full brightness. And the brightness keys on the keyboard hooked up to the TDM Mac would not adjust it. But I found if I pressed and held Commond-F1 on that keyboard it slowly lowered the brightness. This probably won't help much if you have an issue with it defaulting to a low brightness though.

iMac 2009 High Sierra and iMac Pro Mojave.


How to protect an iPhone 4s from Internet access?

There isn't a way to do this directly on iOS. What you can do that is the closest thing to what you want to achieve is to follow these steps:

Go to Settings > General > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions and create a passcode that only you will know (and it should be different from the passcode that has been set on your son's iPhone, if there is one).
Then deselect the following items: Safari, iTunes Store, iBookstore, Installing Apps, Deleting Apps, in-App Purchases, Siri, and FaceTime (of course, deselect whatever you see fit, but my example is an extreme example).

On the same Restrictions menu, go to Accounts and tap "Don't Allow Changes".

Go to Restrictions once again, and go to Cellular Data Use and tap "Don't Allow Changes".

Finally, go back to Restrictions, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and tap the following switches under Game Center: "Multiplayer Games" and "Adding Friends."

I'm assuming that you don't want your son to use any form of Internet on the iPhone AT ALL. This will limit the iPhone to the most limited form as possible. I can't guarantee that your son will not be able to use the Internet in some way, shape, or form, but at least you have now severely limited the chances.


While this is not a full solution but more of a workaround, I still thought it's worth sharing.

Like many on this thread, I noticed that, much to my annoyance, the Terminal window changes size when I add new Tab on El Capitan (10.11.3). I'm also using Spectacle for arranging my windows from the keyboard. I thought it might be an issue with spectacle but the same happens when I quit spectacle and resize Terminal windows with touchpad.

From what I noticed it only happens to me when when the below sequence is followed:
1. Open a new Terminal window
2. Add a new tab
3. Make the window smaller (height or width)
4. Add a new tab, and this one will change the size of the window.

Nothing happens when I make it bigger. I figured through experimentation that each and every tab in the window must be holding it's dimensions form when it was last viewed. In this particular scenario the last new tab in step 4 will change the size of the window to what it was when tab 1 was last viewed.

Now this is most important bit.
The new tabs will adjust its dimensions to the biggest tab in the window.

Workaround:
When I resize the Terminal window, I use Shift+CMD+Arrows to quickly browse through all the tab in this window. If I do that, new tabs will not affect the size of the window.

While it might be useful to some, I understand that it is not really practical, especially if you have a lot of tabs open. It is my way of dealing with this until a proper solution comes along.


Logitech MX Keys connects to dock but does not connect to mac

The Logitech MX Keys is a wireless keyboard that uses either Bluetooth LE (low energy) or the Logitech Unifying wireless receiver. The USB cable is for charging only.

So, excluding the USB connection from your question, this comes down to the following possibilities:

Bluetooth Issue
Defective Keyboard

You might have interference issues with your BT (AirPort card) on your Mac. To isolate, remove the dock and try pairing. If that doesn’t work, try pairing with the USB receiver. But to get a solid diagnosis of your BT adapter, try a different device to ensure it connects as it should

As for your keyboard, try pairing with another computer. If the symptoms persist, it’s the keyboard and it should be returned.   If they don’t, then you’ve definitely narrowed it down to your Mac.


Create a plain text file with this in it (in TextEdit, use Format > Make Plain Text):

{
    "~d" = ("insertText:", "ð");
}

Call it DefaultKeyBinding.dict (make sure to uncheck “When no extension is provided, use .txt”), and save it in ~/Library/KeyBindings/. (You can press Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+G and paste that path.)

The "~d" means Option-D, and the ("insertText:", "ð") means it will insert a ð character instead of ∂.

You will have to restart your applications in order for this setting to take effect.


iCloud Books: Failed to Load Book Because the Requested Resource is Missing

The most likely reason is that you were using different versions of the same book, or two different books are name the same, something like that. The Apple Books app remembers the position for one version of the book, but can't find it in the new version, and pops up the error.

Source: http://richardexplainseverything.blogspot.com/2016/05/fixing-failed-to-load-book-because.html


Mac book Air Does not start without charger connected

Click on Apple icon in top left and go to: About This Mac -> System Report -> Power and see the battery condition. If battery is Normal, check if your computer is actually sleeping after you close the lid.

Reset your SMC and PRAM.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

To make sure it is not a software problem, I would boot from an external USB with a clean OS installed on it. And test it with that.

If all these steps fail, I would brought it to Apple store so they would run some hardware diagnostics (it's free, just make an appointment at Genius Bar).

Hopefully SMC would fix it. If not, it sounds like a battery issue. That 'compatible' charger, was it Apple's? Some cheap replicas from eBay are not good. I hope it is not a logic board's power distribution failure which is still fixable, but it's more of a chipset problem then. A chip would have to be replaced/reprogrammed. At Apple, they change the whole board, not just a chip, so wait on fixing it with them (unless you still have Apple Care) and check local and online logic board repair stores.

Hope it helps!


Lost my Downloads folder both from Dock and Finder

It sounds like when you dragged the downloads folder out of the finder sidebar it vanished before it got to the dock.
if that is correct it is pretty easy to get it back:

Open a Finder window and go to your user folder
In the user folder you should see the downloads folder
Drag the downloads folder to the place you want it in the sidebar
Drag the Downloads folder to the right side of the vertical bar in the Dock

The folder icons in the Finder sidebar and Dock are only pointers to the original. Kind of like Aliases, if you will. Generally OS X will prevent you from deleting the actual folder Downloads along with any of the other top level folders under your user account. But it will not prevent you from removing these aliases in the Dock and sidebar, as you have discovered.
A useful shortcut if you can't find your user folder is Command-Shift-H


Setting Color Tags in iCloud Drive for iOS

As far as I have found this is not possible using the iCloud Drive app for iOS.


Pinning Apps to dock VIA terminal or installation arguments OS Sierra

You can use the following command (replace PATH_TO_YOUR_APP):

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add "<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>PATH_TO_YOUR_APP</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>"

This adds the application to the dock. For the change to take effect, follow this up with killall cfprefsd and killall Dock.


How is it possible that my iPhone is using data when on airplane mode?

@Tyson's comment provides some insight based on your checking the data usage with your carrier, AT&T.

The time that is posted by AT&T is the time that they added the usage to your account, not necessarily the time that the usage was done.

As an experiment, if you can spare one of your iPhones that long, is to set it in Airplane mode for a day or two and see what AT&T reports.  This thread on the AT&T forum explains some of the fine print.


Automator: Filter finder items by date modified isn't working as expected

I'd use the find command instead.

In a new Automator workflow, add the following actions:

Run Shell Script

Settings - Shell: /bin/bash and Pass input: to stdin
Replace the default cat with:

find "/Path/To/Directoty" -type f -mtime +14d -iname '*.*'

Change "/Path/To/Directory" to the pathname of the target directory, e.g. "/Volumes/Name/Directory/.."

Move Finder Items to Trash
Save the workflow as an application.

Test that this does as you want before saving it as an application.

Note: You could devise a more complex find command and or workflow, however this, as is, is better then your current malfunctioning workflow.


How can I play iTunes U videos on my iPhone?

iTunes U is a separate app - see
 https://itunes.apple.com/app/itunes-u/id490217893?mt=8&ls=1


Is it possible to unlock a CDMA iPhone 4S (from Virgin Mobile) to use another SIM in it?

Of course, it's possible!

Simply buy a Gevey Turbo SIM ultra S CDMA.  Note: type "geve" into google and watch it autofill with "gevey sim".  Good news- You're in luck because the price is not bad for the CDMA Gevey SIM turbo at this time.

sometimes, they're close to $100.  only $35 right now.

also, i've included some other links to help explain

http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Gevey_SIM  (Personally been using iphonewiki for iOS firmware for years, totally legit.  NOTE: the reference to musclenerd possibly the most knowledgable mofo on baseband, unlock, JB etc.)

http://www.applenberry.com/unlock-cdma-iphone-4s/


Which Linux distro best to install on a Mac mini 2011 server?

From a few minutes of searching, it looks like Ubuntu 11.04 would be a good fit and match most of your requests, and what you were looking to use as well.

64bit would be needed to reach more than 4GB of RAM. And there is a 64 bit version, although (to me) confusingly named AMD64. This would be the version you need.

There are also Magic Trackpad drivers available, and a good writeup available on the Ubuntu Wiki.

I also found a good site documenting installing 11.04 on a MacBook Pro. This should be rather similar to your instal.

Finally, in most cases, choosing the right Linux distro is also a feel and how you like the install. But in accordance with your list of support, it looks like Ubuntu will cover this.


Get values from Numbers.app into AppleScript's variables

In the process of doing this exercise I understood lists are much better for storing read data. So here is the working code:

tell application "Numbers" to tell the front document to tell the active sheet to tell table 1
    repeat with i from 2 to the count of cells of column "A" -- row 1 is a header
        set theProduct to formatted value of cell i of column "A"
        set theQuamtity to formatted value of cell i of column "B"
        set thePrice to formatted value of cell i of column "C"

        set the end of Products to theProduct
        set the end of Quantities theQuantity
        set the end of Prices to thePrice
    end repeat
end tell


How can I revive dead pixels on my iPod Touch (second generation)?

I dont know about how comfortable you are with taking electronics apart, but it sounds like the connector for the screen might be coming loose, or the screen might be on the way out. I would recommend buying a replacement screen on eBay, or paying apple to fix it for you.


iOS application that allows search in Word documents?

The app "Documents" referred to above is a good option. It searches inside the documents whether the files are PDF, docx, etc… It sports a clean interface and plenty of remote connection options. And not to mention, it's free with no ads!

Give it a go and see if it fits your needs.


How to use (sync) Apple Address Book with multiple accounts from Google?

There are third party, paid, services available to sync multiple Gmail, Address Book and Exchange accounts. I can't speak to the effectiveness of any of them. I signed up for Soocial and then decided I didn't care if the two gmail accounts I use had out-of-sync address books -- I just sync one with my Address Book and iPhone now using the built-in sync manager in OS X.

Soocial
Sync'Em


iPhoto not launching after upgrade to Yosemite, I don't know how to execute the fix

I'm not sure whether that is a true fix or not - however, that file doesn't actually reside in /Library/Frameworks/ it is symlinked from /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
to
/Library/Frameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework

You would need to replace the original, not the symlink

The simplest way to get there is…

switch to Finder
 Cmd ⌘   N   for new window
 Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   G  for Go to…
Copy/paste /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/
Hit Enter
drag the file in [you might want to copy the original to the desktop first, just in case]
click 'replace'


How to completely wipe 3rd generation iPod Nano


Problems with Internet connection on my Mac - Gmail, calendar and Skype work but some websites will not open

This could be caused by Path MTU Discovery.

Test by changing MTU

To test this, go to System Preferences > Network, click on Ethernet then Advanced... and finally select the Hardware tab.

In there, you should see a Configure option and the drop down menu next to it most likely is set to Automatic. Choose Manual then you'll see the other options become available. Leave all options as they are, but change the bottom one, MTU, from Standard (1500) to Custom and in the field that shows up below type 1400.

Accept all changes and see if you have any more success while browsing.

Test using ping in Terminal

A more definitive test you can do is in the Terminal.app and using the ping command.

If the website that gives you trouble has a URL http://www.troublesomewebsite.com/, you can do the following:

Ping the website by typing: ping www.troublesomewebsite.com. If you get responses, proceed to the next point below; if not, replace the www.troublesomewebsite.com with an address of another website you're having issues with and repeat.
When you find a site that does respond, type the following command and see if you get responses: ping -s 1472 -D www.troublesomewebsite.com. If you DO get responses, then it's NOT a Path MTU Discovery issue.
If you DON'T get responses, decrease the number 1472 to say 1464 and run the command again, like so: ping -s 1464 -D www.troublesomewebsite.com. Keep doing that until you start getting responses. Most likely, if this IS the PMTUd problem, you should get responses again with the packet size set to somewhere between 1464-1456 bytes. Add 28 to the number at which you start getting the responses and that's the MTU you can set on your computer to work around your issue.

Background Information

Path MTU discovery is a mechanism that manifests itself by frequent and seemingly intermittent timeouts when browsing some websites but not others. This has to do with misconfigured firewall rules on the website side, which prevent ICMP traffic to go through, specifically the ICMP unreachable message. That in turn breaks the pmtud behaviour, which is how most of the TCP/IP stacks have been working for at least the last 20 years or so.

The MTU becomes an issue especially if your broadband connection uses DSL - in such case, there is an extra 8 bytes of PPP header that need to be used, and if the Service Provider didn't configure their links to use larger frames, this results in a smaller payload available to your packets - hence the need to decrease the MTU on your computer.

More information available in RFC1191 and this Wikipedia Article


Apple Watch - Getting weight lifting to count towards "move ring"?

Make sure you are using the Workouts app on the watch as this will make the heart rate monitor get your heart rate more often. Therefore, it won't miss any spikes from lifting and moving about.
Make sure your watch is securely fitted so the heart rate monitor can get an accurate measurement!
Lastly, it's a bit hard for a device on your watch to know that you are using weight resistance, etc. so don't expect much. Perhaps we'll see some updates from Apple about this, here's hoping!


How to get photos from one iPad to another

"I had to open a new Apple account"
That was the mistake.

Nothing on the old iPad is owned by the owner of the new iPad. As far as Apple are concerned, the two accounts are totally & utterly separate.. Your choices now are iCloud sharing, as mentioned, or maybe setting up Family Sharing or, imo probably the best choice, releasing the new iPad from its current owner & re-assigning it to the right one, as though you were selling it to someone else - What to do before you sell, give away or trade in your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch


Is there any potential problem with disabling core dumps?

No, disabling Core Dumps will not cause any problems, as you've said, it is meant for developers and IT Managers. Apple, in a Technical Note, says:

There are a number of circumstances in which the ability to capture a kernel core dump is useful.

When you're writing a kernel extension and you encounter a kernel panic, you can usually debug the problem with the two-machine kernel debugger. However, there are circumstances where this isn't possible. For example, if a tester or end user reports a problem that you can't reproduce on your desktop—either because it happens infrequently or because it only happens with obscure hardware or in a non-standard environment—you will not be able to debug using the standard tools. In these circumstances it's helpful if you can capture a core dump of the panicked kernel and debug using that core dump.

If you manage a large group of Macintosh computers, you might want to monitor which computers are panicking and why. You can use this information to determine how frequently kernel panics occurs, whether there are any common symptoms, and, most importantly, whether any third party kernel extensions are involved.

Finally, if you manage a high-availability Macintosh server and you have problems with the server panicking, you can capture a kernel core dump, immediately restart the server, and then debug the problem offline.

There's even a good reason not to keep them, as the Core Dumps may contain sensitive data, which an attacker could use in a nefarious way.


Because everyone wants to download things from Apple right now. 10.10 Beta access, iOS 8 beta, XCode 6 beta. Their servers are under stress. Unless it's your own connection, but I'm sure you checked that :)


MacBook Air unable to write to external Harddisk

MacOS does not natively write to NTFS. Although it has write drivers installed, which can be activated via the command line following this set of instructions, this is complicated. Most users install a third-party driver such as OSX Fuse or Tuxera to write to NTFS. The only file systems that natively support read and write on MacOS, Windows, and Linux are ExFAT and FAT32.


Password dialog box differs between Macs

If you see the old unlock screen (gray window asking for your username and password) you have to delete the following file:

/etc/cacloginconfig.plist

If you delete this file, you will see the new unlock screen (like the login screen) and touch ID will work again.

  Summary: If "/etc/cacloginconfig.plist" exists in 10.9 +, the screensaver unlock screen will be controlled by SecurityAgent (old style). Admins, when they successfully authenticate, will be allowed to take over the user's session.  Even if "system.login.screensaver" in AuthDB is set to "use-login-window-ui", this will be overridden by the existence of "/etc/cacloginconfig.plist". We will still be presented with the SecurityAgent style login window.

More Info:
http://www.openradar.me/19177988


You can use Grapher.app (in /Applications/Utilities or via Spotlight), enter the formula there and then just copy&paste the formatted formula into Pages.


I think you found a bug.
Within All Contacts,
if you select one contact entry,
hold down ⌥⇧, maintain them, and select a second contact entry
then the highlighted group will stay on.

From there, if you use the keyboard arrows, this highlighting will remain on, but won't be correct.

My analysis is that in this sequence of events the ⌥ key up
isn't managed correctly.


Mojave: disable or control the "[SOME_APP_NAME] wants access to control [ANOTHER_APP_NAME (often Finder)] ..."?

Add the app to "Full Disk Access"

In Mojave, under Security & Privacy, there is a new tab called "Full Disk Access".

Adding my personal Applescript apps to this list (in addition to the existing Accessibility list) has made the prompts disappear.

Update 9/26: Upon a couple days of further use, this seems to work sometimes, but not consistently.