Can't use Boot Camp with drive already partitioned

To do it the 'easy way', fully utilising Boot Camp, you need to start with one single volume on the Mac [ignoring the hidden volumes].

Boot Camp will then repartition for you & set up Windows on that new partition. Removal is then just as simple, using Boot Camp.

Boot Camp does more than just partition the drive, it sets Windows up in such a way that it is unaware it's being 'fooled' into thinking it's in charge of the drive.

Resist the temptation to ever change the volume structures any other way; tears will ensue ;-)

Best way to go right now would be to remove that extra partition in Disk Utility & extend the main one back to the entire drive, then let Boot Camp re-partition in its preferred way.

It can be done other ways, but none of them are as simple.


Where can I find Siri's file, folders, database in ios files (I'm root)

There's not just some file you can just go edit for the "Hey, Siri..." phrase. There are localized language files for Assistant (Siri) and the rest of iOS that contain information about what certain words and language in general looks like to a computer. I'm fairly certain that these files are located at /System/Library/LinguisticData/. There are people who have modified the "Hey, Siri..." phrase before, so it's not impossible, but it's not just a simple edit of some .plist somewhere.


I there a way to set a separate password for a file (other than root)?

What you wish to achieve sounds like a duplicate of this question. There are complications such as SIP to consider these days. More trouble than it's worth.

It would be more effective to 'firewall' those sites in some way that does not rely on a password that you may forget, or be tempted to revert when you should be concentrating your attentions elsewhere. Fortunately, as the other question stated, there's an app (or many) to do that.

I personally used Self Control some years ago when trying to get coursework done. It's free. There are other similar apps out there, some paid-for for the sake of extra features, though I feel those extra features are just another avenue of procrastination.


Turn off the camera shutter sound on iPhone SE running iOS 12.1.4

You found one of the methods, Live Photo.

The other is simply to turn the ringer sound down to zero.

Source - Lifewire - How to Turn off the Camera Sound on iPhone

I think the limitation on the ringer mute no longer working is because of recent legislation. No longer is 'upskirting' merely deeply offensive, it is now actually illegal.
That there is still a workaround is possibly an oversight & may be fixed in future.


How to enable horizontal split in full screen mode in El Capitan

As implemented on iOS 9 and later, OS X 10.11 lets you split the unified full-screen view into two portrait sections with one application on the left side of the partition and a different one on the right.

It's pretty basic, but it also is elegantly minimal with a clear geometry with only one degree of freedom.

My hope is that as more people get used to the mechanics of this, The software can be complicated to allow us to choose a horizontal petition if we desire to work that way instead of only splitting things vertically. Especially if there are compelling apps that work together in a wide but vertically narrow window.

If you have an excellent use case where you could be more productive at your work, please consider polite activism at http://apple.com/feedback


Whether you wind up with 1 or 2 characters depends on how Unicode Normalization is applied by the apps and processes you are using.

I don't know if there is any way to guarantee one or the other except perhaps via a utility like UnicodeChecker.

Since the two forms are equivalent, a competent search system should find either of them.


Xcode 4.2 install for Snow Leopard fails with an OpenGLApps.pkg

Dave, your post and subsequent answer were just what I needed, and very refreshing indeed.  I was getting the same error and log output, trying to install Xcode 3.2.6 with iOS 4.3 on OS 10.6.8 (the untrusted package in this case was iPhoneSDKTools.pkg).  I had tried a bunch of other things, to no avail.

When I followed your suggestion and checked for updates, it listed one for Safari (including some security-related fixes) plus another for the Application Installer (or something similar) - the description for that mentioned something about fixing problems installing certain apps on 10.6.8!  After doing those updates the Xcode install finally worked.  I'm pretty sure it was the Application Installer.  I didn't have to download a fresh Xcode installer, I just used the one I'd been trying to use all along.

Other posts I'd found recommended reinstalling Snow Leopard, which seemed a bit extreme and didn't answer why it was happening.  I think you've hit on the real issue and a nice straightforward easy solution.  Thanks.  I can now abandon my plans to leap into the Abyss.


Are there any limitations when using AirPort Express in a Windows environment?

Apple offers the software AirPort Utility for Windows, which is required to configure the router (there's no web-interface). Apart from that there are no limitations to Windows machines. However, I have no idea how good the software for Windows is. On the Mac it's great and easy to use, as you'd expect.

As you say you're a technical person: the AirPort itself doesn't offer many options, it just runs (since more than 3 years for me now, without problems). So if you plan to put linux on the router and do some crazy firewall, natting, whatever that is more than standard, it's definitely nothing for you. It's not a toy.


I just want to see the email address in the Apple ID

There's no way to find that info.  If you don't have the email address and the password you can't see that type of info.

I don't think Apple can see that info, either.  You'll have to take it to them, with proof of ownership, and they can reset the device.  You can contact them at getsupport.apple.com for additional help.


In Solarized Dark.terminal and Solarized Light.terminal, the 2*8 ANSI colors are specified in the sRGB color space, which seems to be identical with Device RGB at least on my iMac. The text, bold text, selection, cursor, and background colors are untagged, or shown as Generic RGB in the color picker. Terminal doesn't convert either of them to the color space used by your display.

You can specify the colors using your display's color space manually. For each color:

Click the color well, memorize the HSB or RGB values, and change the profile to the profile used by your display.

Insert the values you memorized, which should be the same as the values shown in the table in http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized.

In Solarized Dark.terminal:

The background color is base02 (black)
The text color is base0 (brblue)
The color for bold text is base1 (brcyan)
The cursor color is base01 (brgreen)
The selection color is base2 (white)

On my iMac the background and foreground colors in Solarized Dark.terminal were initially too bright, but the color space used by my iMac is fairly close to sRGB, so most of the ANSI colors were not that far off.


It is more accurate to say that macOS, for the most part, is based on open source code.
There is a ton of open source technologies used in macOS from the core of the kernel to how it renders graphics to even Applications (like Chess).
They even have a number of Open Source Projects that are available to the community.
Folks generally assume that "Open Source" means you have access to the code and you should be able to download it and hack away to your heart's content (i.e. RedHat/CentOS Linux).  That's not always the case.
It's all about the license
It comes down to licensing and there are basically three types:

GPLv3 (Current version of GNU Public Licensing, implemented in late 2005)
GPLv2 (GNU Public Licensing)
BSD (Berkley Software Distribution)

The general difference between them is that GPL says "you get, you give" where as the BSD license says "take and do whatever."  FOSSWire has further reading on this.  GPLv2 was a "loose" license similar to that of BSD
If you've noticed, everything in macOS is under the BSD or the older GPLv2 license .  This means they can take the code, incorporate it into their proprietary product (macOS) and not have to give back a single line of code, explain their changes, or reciprocate any rights back.
For instance, Bash, which is included with macOS is "stuck" at version 3.2.57 from 2007.
$ bash --version
bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Version 3.2 was the last version to be covered under the less restrictive GPLv2.  Bash 4.0 went to the more restrictive GPLv3. (This is also why you don't see Bash even included with FreeBSD and must be installed by the end user).
Can you update Bash to a newer version?  Sure.  Apple just can't (and won't) distribute macOS with it due to the license restrictions.
But Darwin is open source.
Yes it is.  But Darwin is not macOS; it's the core of macOS.  It's the command line without the GUI.  All of the the goodies that makes macOS...well macOS, is nowhere to be found in Darwin.
Bottom Line....
macOS isn't open source but the core, Darwin, is.


Time Machine backup to a networked (no Airport or Time Capsule) drive

I have been using OSX Server to do what you are attempting to do. Works pretty well over  wifi network. Not a free solution and probably overkill for what you're after.


iTunes Library problem - how to search and delete for similar filenames with different extensions?

Ok - this was much easier than I expected. Work around that I used was to select a new location for library in iTunes and then Library > Organise Library.

This moved all the 'known' files and left all the old mp3's. I deleted the contents of the old iTunes library and then moved it back.


FlashBlock by josorek
No developer site listed
Description:
Sets up Chrome to default to blocking Flash content on webpages.
Pros:

Helps reduce download time and bandwidth usage since flash files aren't loaded by default.

Easy to adjust blocking filter to allow flash for entire sites via a button in the address bar.

Cons:

Sometimes removes stuff without an easy way to add it back with the extension running.


Yes, I administer a large number of Macs running 10.8.5 with iTunes 12 and have not had any reports of major problems.


Finder question: missing expansion triangle in list view

The window may be using one of the "Arrange By" options. Disclosure triangles are not available in "arranged" views. If that's the case, you can choose View → Arrange By → None or press ^ control⌘ command0.

On Mojave the concept is called "Group" instead of "Arrange". Keyboard shortcut is the same. Menu item is found as follows: View → Use Groups.


How to delete storage in 'Other Volumes in Container'?

I had this same problem too, I solved by this step

diskutil list

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.0 GB   disk0s2

   /dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume 未命名 - 数据           93.1 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 82.4 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.3 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume mac - Data              13.7 GB    disk1s5
   6:                APFS Volume mac                     11.3 GB    disk1s6
   7:                APFS Volume Untitled                487.4 KB   disk1s7

   /dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Fonedog-PowerMyma-1... +162.5 MB   disk2

   /dev/disk3 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            OmniDiskSweeper        +25.2 MB    disk3

then delete the 93.1 GB    disk1s1

diskutil eraseVolume APFS Blank /dev/disk1s1

all done


Upgrade to El Capitan, unable to use keyboard and trackpad after sleep

Ok I can confirm that the keyboard and trackpad are stuck after sleep when I let VMWare Fusion running... If you have something similar that's running in background it could be the problem.

To resolve it at the moment I pause all Virtual Machines and everything goes alright now.

This is probably related to kernel modules installed by VMWare but I can't find any clue...


TimeMachine backup shared network drive not listed under "select disk"

The problem results from this detail: MachineA is currently using Drive0 as a TimeMachine backup disk.

  Note that the TimeMachine backup volume is "read-only" only for everyone user, but "read&write" for system and wheel users. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8216189

Thus, Disk0 was being shared as read only and hence the problem.

Looks like there is a fix for this in 10.13, a location can be shared as a TimeMachine backup destination:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202784

http://www.nandakusumadi.com/blog/2017/12/10/how-to-setup-shared-time-machine-drive


Is there a terminal command to enable Continuity - handoff on unsupported OS X?

It takes a bit more than just a Terminal command, but check out Continuity Activation Tool:

  This tool makes the necessary changes to enable OS X 10.10 and 10.11 Continuity features on compatible hardware. Continuity features activated by this tool include Handoff, Instant Hotspot, and New Airdrop. Support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) is currently experimental and does not support dongles yet.


Endnote app icon persists in Macbook launchpad after deleting all files

In the future, try using AppCleaner (http://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/). The Mac way of removing apps is to just move them to the trash, but that almost always leaves junk behind. AppCleaner helps gather that junk and send it to the trash, too.

Disclaimer: I'm not employed or endorsed my FreeMacSoft, the developers of AppCleaner. I'm just a fan.

Good luck! :)


Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black?

As far as I know, there is really no way to do what you are asking. Both the dock and the folder backgrounds are a result of the "frosted glass" effect that Apple has introduced with iOS 7. No matter what color background you are using, the dock and folder backgrounds are going to lighten and blur whatever is behind them to achieve that effect.


How can i see a list of developers I have allowed for apps on my Mac (Mojave)

Techinically approving an app from an developer is known as adding a "GateKeeper exception". However this is not done based upon the actual name of the developer (such as "Mega Super Software Ltd.") but rather based on certificates and so called code directory hashes.
You can use the Terminal to review the list of GateKeeoer exceptions you've added with a command like this:
sudo spctl --list --type execute

And you can remove a program from the list of exceptions by running a command like this:
sudo spctl --remove /Applications/AnApplication.app

where AnApplication.app is the app you want to no longer have approved.
As you can see the list of exceptions is hard to read as it doesn't include company or personal names, but rather these hash values and references to certificates.
Usually you'll see certificate rules being based on "anchor apple" (which means that the certificate chain of the app starts with Apple's own certificate) and that specific fields such as 6.2.6 and 6.1.13 are present, which means that it should be an Apple Developer certificate. Sometimes you'll also see that the leaf certificate (the last certificate in the chain) needs to have a specification OU (organizational unit) - for example WYH8F23PA3 or similar. This is Apple's internal code number given to organizations that have developer accounts.
The rules that are given using code directory hashes looks like 'cdhash H"1b9a8384...."' or similar. A code directory hash is a 256-bit number that can be calculated from the contents of the app, is almost guaranteed unique for a specific app and which ensures that if the app code is altered (for example to introduce malicious code) then the code directory hash will no longer match the app.
There's no publically available central storage of which actual company names / personal names corresponds with which cdhashes or certificate values. However you can inspect the files on your system to lookup the values for them.
You can inspect an application and find the above mentioned values, by running this command in the Terminal:
codesign -d -r- -vvvv /Applications/AnApplication.app

It will output a lot of information, amongst these the cdhash as well as certificate information and the actual company or personal name of the developer ID.
Note that if you haven't got the actual application anymore, you cannot easily find its cdhash or certificate information. Therefore you can have exception rules stored in GateKeeper for which you cannot find a matching cdhash or certificate.


Is it safe or beneficial to compress a .photoslibrary file?

All the data is highly compressed and binary. I would just save it off as it is, Time Machine or any other file copy is sufficient and efficient in storage to back up your Photos library data within the library.

It is a package which is a fancy name for a structured folder on disk, so that’s why it’s easy to copy off using a variety of tools.


Just moving your music folder to iTunes library directory won't update your library. You need to add to you Library manually by clicking on File > Add to Library... and selecting your folder (the one you just moved).
Hope I could help.


Full Disk Encryption with Time Machine Backup

You can enable FileVault 2 from System Preferences > Security & Privacy > FileVault.  Just press "Turn on FileVault..." and full disk encryption will be setup.

Full Disk Encryption in this sense means that all your own data on the Macintosh HD file system will be encrypted. There is a preboot partition that isn't encrypted, as this is where the software necessary to decrypt the drive is stored. Without it, you wouldn't be able to boot the Mac.

When you plugin the USB drive, macOS will ask you if you want to use it for backups. If you confirm that, it will ask you whether or not you want the backups encrypted. Set the checkmark and encryption of the backup will automatically be setup for you.

If you have already started backing up to the external disk without encryption, you can enable encryption afterwards like this:

Open System Preferences > Time Machine. Click "Select Disk..." and remove the external disk.

Do it again and select the disk again, and it will ask again for encryption. Set the checkmark and you'll be asked to set a password. The disk will then be encrypted. The backups already stored on the drive will be preserved.


NTPd can be configured to get time from any host. Notably many use http://www.pool.ntp.org

That IP is running a ntp server with accurate time; and a http server, the page is mostly invalid HTML with Google Ads. It doesn't look terribly nefarious, so I'd guess that something else is going on here. Check your configuration and see if it's set to use that IP (or a hostname other than time.apple.com).

Update:
Checked pool.ntp.org, and ntp.syari.net (94.23.243.53) is a member. Your computer must be set to use the pool. You should update your configuration to use pool members from the US (use 0.us.pool.ntp.org for example).


Apple ID says it doesn't recognize your finger in the morning

See this article on Touch ID. It says:

  If your passcode hasn't been used to unlock in six days, and Touch ID
  hasn't been used to unlock in six hours, you'll need to enter your
  passcode or password to re-enable it.

So you should expect to re-enter your password around once a week. It's a good idea, because otherwise you might not use your password for months and forget it.


El Captain update download doesn't continue after restarting the Mac

In App Store, selecting Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads did work for me.


iCloud allows access to files via direct link without authentication!

I filed a bug report.
Them:

Can you please set up such a file (not shared) and then send us the link so that we can confirm we are able to access it despite your intent not to share?
Thanks,

Me: Here's the link.
Me, later: The link shows "gone" after some time. Here's another.
Them:

This is by design. The link URL will expire.
Thank you for your feedback.


No. I installed iOS 5.1 on a Wifi iPad 2, and opened the notes app. No microphone icon is displayed on the keyboard as shown in the keynote or as one sees on the iPhone 4S. This means that voice dictation is a iPad (3rd Generation) and iPhone 4S only feature. There may be apps that enable something like this in the App Store.

I can't guess about the lower priced iPad 2 16 GB, but existing iPads do not seem to get this feature with the iOS 5.1 update.


How do I enable fine volume control via a keyboard shortcut in Lion?

Yes, you can do some modifications & scripting to get the effect.

See instructions here: http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/jrgxx/how_to_quarter_step_volume_adjustment_in_lion/


Connecting Macbook Air 2011 to HP LP2475w monitor.. use DVI, HDMI or Display Port?

I have this monitor since 2008. My experience with a MacBook Pro 13" (early 2011) is:

HDMI

Any cable will do it, but you'll have to override the Mac OS X settings to force RGB mode. To do that follow the instructions in

http://ireckon.net/2013/03/force-rgb-mode-in-mac-os-x-to-fix-the-picture-quality-of-an-external-monitor

DVI

No problem, but only with Apple's official adaptor + DVI to DVI cable. In this case, image quality is perfect and I haven't got issues waking from sleep. I also tried with a 43€ mini DisplayPort to DVI 1m cable from Clicktronic and I saw random red and green pixels on dark areas of the screen. I also observed this issue with another mini DisplayPort to DVI cable from a different (cheaper) manufacturer.

DisplayPort

Using CA's mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable I have extremely annoying jitters and shakes on the screen. In between those, the image quality is perfect but overall renders the usage annoying. It looks like it gets better as the monitor stays turned on for some time (about an hour). I've also observed issues when waking from sleep. Apparently the problem is not the cable, and reports of good compatibility do exist.

http://estore.circuitassembly.com/products/mini-displayport-to-displayport-adapter-cable-1m.html


I only tested this with the normal version of the preference pane, and it doesn't probably work if you have a Magic Mouse:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal pane "com.apple.preference.mouse"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    tell radio group 1 of window 1
        if value of radio button 1 is 1 then
            click radio button 2
        else
            click radio button 1
        end if
    end tell
end tell

The setting is stored in this key, but I don't know any way to apply changes to it immediately:

defaults -currentHost read -g com.apple.mouse.swapLeftRightButton

You could also use KeyRemap4MacBook:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F1, VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_CONFIG_TOGGLE_swapbuttons</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>swapbuttons</name>
<identifier vk_config="true">swapbuttons</identifier>
<autogen>__PointingButtonToPointingButton__ PointingButton::LEFT, PointingButton::RIGHT</autogen>
<autogen>__PointingButtonToPointingButton__ PointingButton::RIGHT, PointingButton::LEFT</autogen>
</item>
</root>

See the source for the key code values and predefined settings.


Broken iPhone dock connector pins, is this a hazard?

Even though the phone appears to be still working fine I would advice to get the device looked over and possibly repaired.

The main problem is without seeing which pins have broken off, the device maybe missing earth pins which could cause a risk of electrical shock, I would be very cautious when charging the device.

This should not cost to much as the port can be purchased fairly cheap on eBay.


Why does my phone say I have less space than iTunes does?

You could have "phantom" photos and/or videos on your iPhone.  Removing them manually worked for me.  Look at camera roll "usage" number does not match photos in the app for a manual solution.


How to create dual content display with Apple TV and iPad/iPhone?

Well, What you see in the image is simple - It's a controller for the free game called MetalStorm.

You could follow this article on "Creating a dual-screen experience for iOS and Apple TV" and look deeper into the Apple developer website about Airplay SDK and Multi Display Programming, where-in you would be able to find information about creating such a controller.


Play sound through earpiece speaker iphone

This is currently not possible as the earpiece speaker is only for phone calls. Your choice is the main speaker or a headset.
From this discussion:

As far as I know this is not an option.
The earpiece receiver is for phone calls, it's not a "private speaker". Your choices are the iPhones main speaker or a headset.

You can request Apple to add this functionality here.


Execute Shell Scrip individually for each selected file in Finder

Use a shell script such as the following that will run the command each time for each of the arguments:

for f in "$@"
do
  open "http://www.google.com/search?q=$f"
done


There are several clipboards, so even if your file managed to fit in the clipboard, all applications is so broad that it's certain many or most will not grab the file contents as you expect/intend and instead grab a name of the file or pe haps the path.

The receiving application decides what to pull off the clipboard and not the script that places something in the clipboard.

You'll likely need to write specific scripts for specific apps and potentially re-evaluate AppleScrips since it might not be the correct tool for this job.


30GB out of 32GB being used for wired memory?

Most everything looks normal since the system reports it is able to fulfill all active memory requests (which is what green signifies), but we're not seeing the whole picture to understand the wired summary since your screen image doesn’t show all processes or wired allocations.

The job of virtual memory is to keep everything loaded in RAM and only have just enough to satisfy a burst of requests. It will free up space only when needed, so large wired alone is no worry.
You have no growth of swap space to speak of - so there's no runaway memory leak.
The pressure graph is green so the system knows it can toss all sorts of cached memory and objects if a program needs more RAM and no requests are being slowed or denied.
Wired isn't typically that high in my workloads, but more data is needed to know if that's causing any issues.

However, there are specific tools and a process to pin down exactly what process(es) have allocated wired memory as well as to watch real time the virtual memory statistics using vm_stat to validate my hunch / opinion (I don’t have enough data to be certain) that things are fine here.

In addition to my answer linked above - these threads are relevant for how wired memory used to work Lion and expecially 10.6 and older OS X. On the latest macOS, I’m not convinced excess wired is a problem anymore, but I’d love to help investigate if anyone can reproduce this case here with 90% or more of total memory being reported as Wired.

What is wired memory?
Why might more memory be wired in safe mode than in normal mode?
Why does free + active + inactive + speculative + wired not equal total RAM?


Use an iMac 5k or iMac 4k 2017 as a target display with Macbook Pro retina early 2013

According to this article on AppleInsider the 2017 4K and 5k iMacs do not support target display mode.


It depends on exactly what you mean by:

  it was protected with a password

If it means that they were using FileVault, then their data should be pretty much inaccessible.

If it just meant that they had a login password, though, all the thieves have to do is boot the laptop off another disk, and they'll have immediate access to everything on the internal drive.


It's the motherboard the video chip has came unsoldered known issues with them


Homebrew install package which then won't run

Most probable answer:

The project is called shpotify.

The installed binary is called spotify

Use that as your command.


Trouble setting Sublime Text as default editor for entering Git commit message

Start by making sure you have Sublime Text for macOS installed on your computer. You can install it using either of the following:

Download it from the official website from the download page.
If you use Homebrew, you can install it via Homebrew Cask by running the following command-line in Terminal.app in macOS:

brew cask install sublime-text

Once you have the app installed, it should be available under /Applications directory on your Mac. (Assuming that in case 1, you have copied the Sublime Text.app bundle into the /Applications folder as instructed).

Once installed, this should be the path of the Sublime Text.app bundle and the editors executable file respectively:

App bundle: /Applications/Sublime Text.app
Executable: /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Sublime Text

Now, we'll use the executable's path above to set it as the editor for git command to use for writing commit message. Run the following command to do so:

git config --global core.editor "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Sublime\ Text"

Notice how we have:

Specified the path for the executable and not the app bundle.
Included the path into double-quotes
Backslash-escaped the space characters present in the path.

Once done you'd be set. Now make sure that the editor is not running, go to the Terminal, change to the directory containing your repository, stage some changes, and run the commit command. Sublime Text should be opened for you to enter the commit message. Write your commit message, save the file (you can use keyboard shortcut Command + S), and quit the editor. Your commit should get recorded.

Now that was about how to configure and use the desired editor. Whether it's a recommended approach or not is a matter of personal preference. Most folks prefer using a command-line editor which makes the overall workflow much simpler as everything gets done then and there without leaving the Terminal.

You may want to refer to this excellent post to learn in detail:

Using TextEdit as your git editor

If you have installed Sublime Text in an alternate location (such as in ~/Applications, i.e. a folder in your Home directory), you'd have to change to use the appropriate path.


Is it an IMAP mailbox? I had this problem with my self-hosted IMAP account, where iMail couldn't move the message into the junkbox on the server and kept finding it in the inbox. I deleted the IMAP account, it's associated mailboxes on the server and started again and it worked alright.


How does apple verify my list of trusted devices and browsers?

This is ensured by storing a cryptographic proof in cookies on your local computer. In authentication schemes like this, it is often named a "token".

This allows Apple's server to later confirm that the browser is indeed trusted because the contens of the cookies are sent automatically to their server when you browse for example www.icloud.com.

The cookies are prefixed X-APPLE (for example X-APPLE-WEBAUTH-HSA-LOGIN. 2FA is HSA version 2). You'll be able to see these cookies for yourself by opening the developer tools while on for example www.icloud.com, and then access the Resources tabs and select Cookies.


Is it possible to set an individual sound volume for each program on a Mac?

This is not functionality built into macOS. Windows audio was miles behind Mac for many years, but they got this ability natively first. There are only two apps I know can do this, both by the same company, Rogue Amoeba.

The cheaper & simpler one is SoundSource - $35. There is a more complex/expensive one which can also record any sound source to disk as well, called Audio Hijack - $70.

SoundSource can do all you asked & more.


If you have just run sysctl kern.securelevel=1 to change the securelevel, as you have indicated, then you just need to reboot your computer. This way of changing the securelevel is not persistent, so you will be back at securelevel 0 after rebooting, so that you can remove the system immutable flag from the file.

If you have changed for example /etc/sysctl.conf or used some method of ensuring that securelevel is set to 1 at every boot, you could edit that file and then reboot to get back to securelevel 0.

If you just want to temporarily get to securelevel=0 in order to remove the flag from the file, I would suggest booting into Recovery mode by holding down the Command and R keys while booting the Mac. While in Recovery mode, open Terminal and run chflags to remove the flag from the file.


You can find the frame in your Picture folder under the name Frame_something.tiff. Then you can import that frame in the Photos app like a normal picture.


Error 105, press F5 on Safari using Sierra

All you need to do is change your wifi setting. Change Configure iPv6 to Link-local only


How do I get all my archived Gmail into iCloud mail?

Find a IMAP email client, like Thunderbird.
Configure both Gmail and iCloud mail as IMAP email accounts in Thunderbird.
After setup, you'll find both of you accounts in the left pane. Now you can drag and drop from Gmail to iCloud. Be patient as the process might take some time.
I haven't tested this with Thunderbird lately. You probably can use Apple Mail for this also.
A different way is to use Microsoft Outlook, configure both iCloud and Gmail. Let Gmail sync to the finish. Then you can export the mailbox and import it again into iCloud mail.
Exporting: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/export-or-backup-email-contacts-and-calendar-to-an-outlook-pst-file-14252b52-3075-4e9b-be4e-ff9ef1068f91
Importing: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/import-email-contacts-and-calendar-from-an-outlook-pst-file-431a8e9a-f99f-4d5f-ae48-ded54b3440ac


Can a minor attend a Genius Bar appointment alone?

No, you need to be over 18. They might accept a minor with ID but it is not guaranteed:

  1.7 No Sale to Minors. Purchase under these terms is available only to those who have reached the age of majority.

(Source)

Also confirmed by a recent live chat.


You could setup a Mac OS X Server and boot from the network, however you will need to have a third Mac, which might be costly unless you have an old one.
You can purchase the Server from the AppStore for $20. However, booting your Mac from your server requires a moderate internet connection as well as a quick bandwidth (at the place where the server is and your location) in order to work well.
The server offers a service called NetInstall that will allow you to boot from the server. More information how to active it can be obtained in the server documents in Update client software -> Provide NetInstall service).


Yes this is perfectly normal behaviour. You can change the thermal paste if you want but you won't see any great difference in thermal levels. The Intel HD4000 GPU is integrated in the i5 die and CPU/GPU throttling is the main protection mechanism for thermal limiting .


Opening a selected folder path in OS X El Capitan 10.11.2?

command shift g when a finder window is open


Redo permissions and ACL's in Recovery.
Boot to Recovery.
Open Terminal from the Utilities menu.
Type in 'resetpassword' press return.
Select your drive and user account.
Hit button to reset ACL's.
Reboot.
Attempt to manipulate your file.


Plug in your old iPhone 4. In iTunes, right click on the device in the left column. Choose "Back up" from the listing. When the back up is complete, disconnect the device.

Next, plug in your iPhone 4S. Pull up the context menu again but this time choose "Restore from Backup..." and choose the most current back up from the list.


I know you said that you have unmerged all the cells, but if any of the cells in the column which you are trying to hide are merged with cells outside of that column, the Hide Column option is disabled, including header/footer rows.

You need to unmerge the cells to hide the column or hide all the columns which the merged cell(s) span. You can test this by adding a new column to the end, then selecting all the other columns and the Hide Columns option will be enabled.

Alternatively, Hide Column will be disabled if it is the only non-header column remaining in the table.


Revert an account's "full name" back to the original

The problem is that your short name is already richard, so your Users’ folder looks like /Users/richard.

If you want, you could change your short name (provided you’re in Leopard or Snow Leopard) or, not known to a lot of people is that you can create Aliases.

For example if your name is Robert De Niro Of The Great Canyon (wow!), and your account is robertdeniroofthegreatcanyon, you can create an alias to “robert”, to simplify.

To do that, in the Advanced Options screen, click the plus (+) button under Aliases and then type your desired account alias. (Do not make any other changes.) click OK and restart (just in case any service may be crazy).

This is easy and safe, but it doesn’t actually change your short name at all, nor your home folder among other things.

If you want to change your short user name, you have two different approaches. A less “intrusive” method (#1) and a full change (#2):

Option #1: Change your short name, don’t change your home folder’s name.

You basically change your account’s name, but you leave your filesystem alone. Everything will work with your new name, but the files will be under the “old name”’s folder.

This works fairly well, except that sometimes, programs insist on storing settings based upon your short username, which could lead to some issues with those programs.

Here’s how to do it:

Disable Automatic Login and FileVault if you have them (for the account you want to rename). You can later reactivate these.
Logoff completely from the account and login with another account (create one if you have to, you can remove it later).
ctrl + click on your account name, select advanced options.
In the “Account Name” field, delete your username and type the new one. Make sure the “home directory” stays the same as it was before, don’t change it.
Click ok. Restart. Login using your new short name.

Option #2 Change both short name and home folder

Bear in mind that this, like the previous solution, has problems with some settings in certain programs/services that may use your /Users/old_name). You’ll have to check the settings for each and fix it (possibly reconfigure it). After you save the new settings for the programs, things should work ok.

Warning: Time machine will go coo coo if you change your home folder and will have to backup every file again, because it tracks files using their paths.

Disable Automatic Login and FileVault if you have them (for the account you want to rename). You can later reactivate these.
Logoff completely from the account and login with another account (create one if you have to, you can remove it later).
ctrl + click on your account name, select advanced options.
Like with option #1, change the name of your Account Name.
Change the Home Directory from /Users/old to /Users/new, where new is the short username you typed in step # 4.
Click OK and close all this, open a Terminal (/Application/Utilities/Terminal.app)
Type the following command, all on one line, and then press Return; when prompted, provide the password of the admin account you’re currently using, and then press Return again:

sudo mv /Users/old /Users/new

(these are the names from step 4 and 5).

restart!

Why all this trouble and where is the answer to your question?

So after all this, if you want to have robert in your “login menu” I believe you should simply tell it to show the short name and leave the rest of the settings alone:

In any case, if you REALLY want to have both “richard”, you’ll probably have to rename your shortname first.


You have an extra character before mysql that looks like a space, but is not a space. You have to fix that before running the command. This problem occurs when you press the space bar while you are holding the Option key.

$ # Option + Space
$ unzip -p dump.sql.zip | mysql
zsh: command not found:  mysql
$ # Regular Space
$ unzip -p dump.sql.zip | mysql
...
expected output
...

Another example:

$ # Option + Space
$ echo "hi" | less
-bash:  less: command not found
$ # Regular Space
$ echo "hi" | less

hi
(END)

Another option is to eliminate the space after the pipe entirely:

$ echo "hi" |less

hi
(END)

Option+Space = \xc2\xa0 (UTF-8)

Space = Regular Space


Time Machine Backup accidentally unplugged, can't repair

Yes. Reformat and partition the HD. When you unplugged the drive, you severely damaged the directory information on the 'My Passport' partition, rendering it unusable. If there is nothing of value on the drive, this is your best bet. In addition, make sure to reformat with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) selected.


What is the "In-House Distribution" profile on my iPhone?

if you don't know what it does, and its of no importance, simply remove it...
also do a iCloud backup before


Extract email Password from an Encrypted Backup

Eek this sounds like a bit of a task. First off you will want to download your encrypted backup from iCloud. You can only do this with 3rd party tools that will probably cost you a little money. You can use http://www.eoosoft.com/how-to/download-icloud-backup-to-pc-mac.html to download the backup from iCloud. Then you can use a tool like http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/ to extract the information you need from the backup.


identifying the network activity of a process - Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3

Yes, quite a few - ranging from the simple to the more complex. Depends on what you're after in terms of detail, but if you want a nice, easy GUI frontend (that ties up process names with activity) then you could use something like Little Snitch or Hands Off!. They are actually firewalls, which have their own network monitors. So if you find something you don't like, you can always block it.

I also use iStat Menus or iStat Pro (free) which can give you differing view of process and network activity (but not combined like Little Snitch can).

Or for something more detailed you could investigate the terminal netstat command.


Export iTunes playlists with folder structure intact

The link below has the answer. With no need for downloading any software or scripts / patches.

You need to use Terminal, but there's a simple to follow video, and minimal steps on the page:

http://kray.me/blog/exporting-music-from-itunes-mac-while-keeping/

With selected playlist, choose File > Library > Export Playlist and choose m3u8 format
Open a shell and run tr '\r' '\n' < input_m3u | cpio -pd  destination_directory > m3u_file where input_m3u is your playlist file, destination_directory the root folder to put the directory tree in and m3u_file is a new playlist file for the new tree (?). You can leave out > m3u_file, you will see a bunch of messages like ´Cannot lstat ...`  which you can ignore.

I've just done exactly the same thing as you want to do, so I can say from personal experience that it works. Copies a playlist to a new location whilst keeping the iTunes folder structure exactly the same (so by Artist, Album or compilation, etc) depending on how you have you iTunes folder set up. If you set the new location as a SD disk (or external drive) it will copy it straight there.


iPad internal storage is not extensible, but you can use services like iCloud Photos or Google Photos to store your pictures online and automatically download them as needed.


DNS resolution broken in El Capitan with Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter on Offline network

I had the same problem on El Capitan, and was able to resolve it by adding some values to the DNSResponder file, while SIP was DISABLED.

The steps I followed below:

Reboot.
Press Cmd+R to enter Recovery mode.
Open Utilities->Terminal.
Run the command "csrutil disable".
Reboot. You are back in OS X with SIP disabled.
Make the required changes by running the below commands from the terminal:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist AlwaysAppendSearchDomains -bool YES
(This is a single line)

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

Reboot.
Press Cmd+R to enter Recovery mode.
Open Utilities->Terminal.
Run the command csrutil enable.
Reboot.

After I got back into the OS, I added the search domains back into System Pref -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS Tab.

Search Domains now work once again, where I am able to ping the first two bits of my domain name, and the last 3 are added automatically.


Is it possible to create an own MacPorts (proxy)repository/server?

You could probably in theory patch Homebrew to point to your internal Git server.  But it would still download the source for all the packages from their normal upstream locations.  You could bottle everything, but that would be a lot of work.  It don't think it would work very well.


Make sure you have Calendar set for sharing in the System Preferences > Mail Contacts & Calendars > iCloud
Confirm that System Preferences > iCloud similarly sets 'Calerndars' to share
Login to your iCloud www page (or at least set it up);
Select 'Calendar' from the WWW page;
Pick the one Calendar you want to share from the left hand side of the WWW page;
In the following dialog, click the [email] button and enter the email address with whom you want to share.  The email does not necessarily have to be coupled to an Apple Account/ID.

Optional steps:
7.  Check that you are able to get 'cc:'d on that outgoing email that 'invites' the other to join in sharing;
8.  Add a calendar entry;
9.  Ask your friend to check visibility of new entry on iPad
10.  Ditto for all other Apple devices.

When Apple's 'iCloud' makes the Calendar available for sharing, a Green Icon appears just to the right of the name of the Calendar.  This icon means the calendar has been made available.  It doesn't mean that anybody has actually looked at the calendar.

On your friends side, they should perform the following steps:

Open their email, and if necessary, check the Trash or Spam folders to find your invitation;
Accept;
Open their Calendar application, iCal;
Make sure that the 'visibility' of your calendar is toggled 'ON' with a check in the box appearing at the brown top margin on the left by clicking [Calendars];
It wouldn't hurt to have them try to add a calendar entry in a reciprocal manner to the same Calendar to see if you can see it.
If you are having trouble still, check that their Settings-> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> iCloud is set to swap Calendars with the iCloud

If you have a falling out or otherwise part ways with your friend, you can easily 'unpublish' your calendar (or even just stop updating it) from within the iCloud website.

For extra credit, try to see if you can get the receiving device to 'ping' in response to new calendar entries.  This would be similar to push notifications.
Go to the receiving person's iPad Settings-> Notifications -> Calendar to get Badges and Alerts set to 'on'

In "Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Fetch New Data" you can setup what to do.  iCloud-> 'Push' seems to be fastest.

As per Q3, above, it seems that you still have to ask the person if they've accepted the invite and looked at a calendar entry.  MacBookPro plays well with iPad. I tested this out.  Not clear how well the published calendar works with PC users.


If you can, your best option is to wait until October, when the new Macs come out, but if you can't, I'd go with the 2.5GHz. That extra power will be good if you intend to keep this MacBook around for a few years.


Put your iPhone in airplane mode then switch wifi on.


Mac CPU PECI is at 104°C when encoding videos and doing heavy work

No, there's no need to worry.

The CPU will automatically shutdown before reaching a critical temperature that could damage the CPU. There you do not need to worry about imminent heat damage.

In addition to automatic shutdown, throttling is almost always also used before the critical temperature is reached to ensure that you avoid the shutdown.

Therefore - if you're not experiencing that the computer shuts down unexpectedly under high load, and your computer is functioning at reasonably normal speeds - there's really nothing to worry about.

I won't focus to much on the specific 105 degrees measurement. First of all the measurement software you're using might not be fully precise (PECI temperatures are always negative and an offset from critical temperature - not an absolute measurement like yours, so the software you're using must be doing a conversion), secondly the specific TjunctionMax for your CPU is calibrated individually for each CPU in the factory. So your TjunctionMax might not be 105 degrees, but rather 106 degrees or something else.


How to remove Skype menu bar icon from macOS?

Since Skype 8 is an Electron app you can modify its source code. Run this command in Terminal:
LC_ALL=C sed -i '' -e "s/this\._tray=new i\.Tray(this\._getTrayIconInternal()),/\/\*is\._tray=new i\.Tray(this\._getTrayIconInternal()\*\//" -e "s/initTrayMenu(){.\{7\}/initTrayMenu(){return;/" /Applications/Skype.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar

It will prevent the menu bar icon from being created.


Cancel iCloud subscription via browser on Windows?

You will need to install iCloud for Windows. Why you might ask... Because of Apple...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204283

Note: Be warned - it is a horrible user experience to try and downgrade your storage to the free plan and remove the credit cart, however it it possible.


Yep,

Plug your iPhone into your MacBook via Lightning-to-USB cable.
Open QuickTime Player (it's on every Mac)
While QuickTime Player is running, click File in the menu bar.
Select "New Movie Recording" (not "New Screen Recording" like one may think)
Click the arrow on the right of the record button to open a dropdown
Select your iPhone under the camera section
If you want sound as well, repeat 5 & 6, but select your iPhone under "Microphone", as well

That's it! Your iPhone will have to be within USB cable length of your Mac, but you will be able to see everything on it that you will be able to see on your iPhone, and it's 100% free.

Note: mirroring the screen of your iPhone on your Mac will drain the battery life substantially


How do I scroll left or right in a text input field on my iPhone?

If you're using an iPhone with Force Touch you can force press down anywhere on the keyboard to bring up the typing cursor. If you drag your finger to the right/left side of the display(without letting go) the text will scroll in that direction.

Not 100% on how you would do this on an iPhone 6 or older as it has been a long time since I have used one. You might still be able to hold down on the keyboard..?


Open url in new tab and paste the copied text

The example AppleScript code, shown below, may be helpful to you.
As coded, it does work from Script Editor in macOS High Sierra; however, for macOS Mojave, one minor edit it required to the tell application "System Events" command in the on waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari() handler, and it is shown in the comment --  # NOTE: within the code below.
Example AppleScript code:
set theURL to "http://www.sci-hub.tw"

tell application "Safari"
    activate
    try
        tell window 1 to set current tab to make new tab with properties {URL:theURL}
    on error
        open location theURL
    end try
end tell

my waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari()

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "v" using command down
    delay 0.3
    key code 36 #return
end tell

--  # Handlers:

on waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari()

    --  # NOTE: For macOS Mojave, change 'UI element 1' to 'UI element 2` in the code below.

    tell application "System Events"
        repeat until (accessibility description of ¬
            button 1 of UI element 1 of every group of toolbar 1 of window 1 of ¬
            process "Safari" whose name = "Reload this page") contains "Reload this page"
            delay 0.5
        end repeat
    end tell

end waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari

Note: As coded, it assumes you have the desired search string already on the Clipboard so when System Events does ⌘V, it is pasted into the text box on the page.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans error handling from your original code it does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors.

Update:
This update is to address explicitly how the OP is using his Quick Action service in Automator as per his comment to this answer.
The example AppleScript code, shown below, has been tested in macOS Mojave and works on my system as is.
Replace the default code of the Run AppleScript action with the following example AppleScript code:
on run {input, parameters}

    set theURL to "http://www.sci-hub.tw"
    set theSearchString to (item 1 of input as text)

    tell application "Safari"
        activate
        try
            tell window 1 to set current tab to make new tab with properties {URL:theURL}
        on error
            open location theURL
        end try
    end tell

    my waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari()

    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke theSearchString
        delay 0.2
        key code 36 -- # Enter Key
    end tell

end run

--  # Other Handlers:

on waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari()

    -- # NOTE: For macOS High Sierra and earlier , change 'UI element 2' to 'UI element 1' in the code below.

    tell application "System Events"
        repeat until (accessibility description of ¬
            button 1 of UI element 2 of every group of toolbar 1 of window 1 of ¬
            process "Safari" whose name = "Reload this page") contains "Reload this page"
            delay 0.5
        end repeat
    end tell

end waitForPageToFinishLoadingInSafari

Note: In order to use the Quick Action service, each application you trigger it from will need to be added to two locations in:

System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy

Accessibility
Automation

You should be prompted as necessary and you'll need to unlock the System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy tab as necessary and check the application as necessary. See the images below.

In the following two images, you'll see that Safari and TextEdit have been added and this is a direct result of using the Quick Action service from both of these applications. If I were to select something to be searched with Search With SCI-HUB from the Services menu in, e.g., Mail, then it too will need to be added, and again you should be prompted.


Numbers: How can I display negative values in a column chart?

I tested this in Numbers '09 2.3 (554), and it worked for me without doing anything particularly special: see below.  Have I understood correctly?


Unwanted hollow star / album ratings foul up a Smart Playlist of zero-star songs

You can get rid of album ratings. Select "as album list" from the view menu, then click just to the left of the leftmost star. This will clear the rating, although you may have to try a couple times to hit the right spot, especially if you have 1/2 stars enabled.

Source:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1786573?threadID=1786573


How to turn off menu bar autohide in split view mode?

From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.

Click Mission Control.

Deselect the option for "Displays have separate Spaces."

Log out and then back in.


Applescript to forward email but preserve sender

You should be able to use the "Redirect" option, under the Message menu. Actually, if I'm reading your question right, you should be able to do this entirely through a rule, with no Applescript needed.

Building from "How to batch forward messages from Mail.app", if you make a rule that targets emails sent to mac@email.com, just say "Redirect Message" to "email@gmail.com".

Example:

Make sense?


How to create this static route on macos?

How about

sudo route -n add -net -ifscope wlp4s0 10.254.254.254/24 10.254.254.1

Source: man route


OSX Partition won't mount. Permissions seem wrong

Ok, I managed to fix but I did have to pay some money.

I ran Disk Warrior from my TechTool Pro drive and it was fixed.
Below is the information that it returned.

• 1 file had a duplicate ID that was repaired.!
!
• 17 files had a directory entry with an incorrect text encoding value that was repaired.!
!
• 1 folder had a custom icon that was found to be damaged.!
!
• 2 folders had a directory entry with an incorrect custom icon flag that was repaired.!
!
• 3 folders had a directory entry with an incorrect text encoding value that was repaired.!   !
• Incorrect values in the Volume Information were repaired.!
!
• Critical values in the Volume Information were incorrect and were repaired.!


How can I delete duplicate rows in Microsoft Excel 2011?

This answer assumes:

you have a header row and, because of that, the first row containing your data is Row 2.

Solution

Open the Excel spreadsheet in its original state (i.e. All duplicate rows are adjacent to each other)
Go to Tools > Macro > Visual Basic Editor
This will bring up a Project window with the name of your first sheet highlighted - Double-click on the sheet name
In the code window that appears, enter the code below (you should be able to just copy & paste it)

Sub DeleteEverySecondRow()
    For i = Cells(Rows.Count, "a").End(xlUp).Row To 2 Step -2
        Rows(i).Delete
    Next i
End Sub

Close the window and return back to your spreadsheet
Now go to Tools > Macro > Macros…
In the Macro window that appears, select the DeleteEverySecondRow macro and click on the Run button
Now wait a while for the macro to finish (how long it takes depends on how many rows you have - but it should take no more than a few minutes at most)
After it’s finished every second row will be deleted

Any problems, please let me know.

NOTE

I've answered this question on the basis of the original title and the requirement you've specified (i.e. to delete every second row). However, keep in mind that if you've sorted the data in such a way that you're duplicate rows are no longer adjacent to each other, then this macro will not achieve what you actually need.


Can I switch in a new storage drive without again downloading the Mountain Lion installer?

Buy an enclosure kit from OWC or another vendor.
Buy and put your SSD in the enclosure.
Connect SSD/enclosure to your computer.
Format the SSD with Apple's Disk Utility.
Use SuperDuper! to copy your entire internal HD onto the SSD.
Set startup to the SSD and boot from it to make sure it boots.
Remove SSD from enclosure and install in MacBook Pro.
Put MacBook Pro's internal hard disk in now empty enclosure and use it as a backup.

You also can use Disk Utility to image the drive if you don't want to use a third party product like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner. Some people also prefer a simple USB to SATA connector and you can usually get them for less than $5 from Amazon if you don't need or want a drive enclosure for your old drive.

However, the use of your old hard disk in an enclosure and a backup tool like SuperDuper! or CCC gives you both an external drive and the beginning of a solid backup solution as well.


You might be able to see or recover some of your lost Notes.

Open Terminal and paste this:

cd ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes
strings NotesV1.storedata | grep body | open -f

That should show you all your notes in text file, from where you can copy the missing one.

Terminal is a application located in the Utilities Folder under Applications.


iPad Air 2 on iOS 11 after enrolling with Apple MDM profile manager through Apple Configurator 2 is stuck on Remote management screen

This might be the reason, look at Apple's compatibility list of devices for Apple Configurator 2 -- iPad Air 2 is not listed.


Displaying difference between APFS snapshots

There's no tool available for APFS similar to what you see with btrfs send. The state of APFS is still relatively "early days" when it comes to tools like that. On btrfs it took 3-4 years before they had the btrfs send tool in ordinary Linux - I wouldn't expect Apple to be able to push something out faster than that.

The btrfs tool is very elegant in that it relatively efficiently provides a list of simple commands (such as unlink, rename, write) to transform an existing snapshot (on both the source and destination) into another snapshot that exists on the source, but not yet on the destination.

With APFS you haven't got such a tool to efficiently create the list of diff commands. However, you can use any tool that synchronizes two ordinary folders over a network. It won't be as efficient in generating the list of diffs, but it should be possible to make it just as efficient in applying the diffs (as the btrfs receive command is implemented in user-space).

A well known tool for that purpose is rsync, but you've already mentioned that you do not want to run rsync because of the speed. Unfortunately there's really no methods speedier - unless you happen to have some kind of special use case where you can make assumptions about the changes between your snapshots.

Regarding Carbon Copy Cloner and the entitlements - I don't think it's a "secret" as such how they work with snapshots. You've found the various system calls for snapshot manipulation (which they use), and you can read the the actual on-disk format specification on Apple's web page. You could use dtrace to inspect the actual system call parameters and order of them that CCC uses.

The sad part is that creating your own programs that do something with snapshots (besides listing them), requires the entitlement "com.apple.private.vfs.snapshot". You can get that entitlement only by talking to Apple's technical support for developers. If you're creating backup software for example, you should fit the criteria for getting it - but the only real way to find out is to contact Apple.


How to access older iPhone auto-backups / restore lost Safari cards?

Recently I've lost all my open Safari cards on my iPhone.

I'm assuming you're referring to your open tabs/windows. These aren't backed up.

Since i want to move my data to a new model anyway, I was just disabling wifi every time I plugged it to the charger in order to not let it auto-backup.

This, quite frankly, doesn't make sense. Auto-backups to iCloud don't interfere with manual backups to your computer. It also doesn't interfere with backups made on other devices.

I did not turn off the backup function, because I was too scared of the iThreat, threatening they'll delete all my iCloud files, backups, photos, etc. if i cancel anything iCloud-related.

It tells you that it will remove your iCloud Backup of the current device if you turn it off, because you're turning it off.

So sadly, that one time I forgot to turn off the wifi, and it did back up automatically. Since I've tried doing a computer backup many times before on many different PC's and cables, changing settings, including replacing the whole charging port, I couldn't do it, so iCloud backups are the only ones I could make.

This is a whole other issue, it seems.

Now, as you might have guessed, the latest backup doesn't contain any of those lost 48 open cards, and the latest backup i did manually is almost half-year old.

Is there any way I can get access to the older AUTOMATIC iCloud backup?

iCloud will show you a list of backups you can pick from when you restore your device. There is no guarantee any specific backup other than the latest will be available, but there usually are.

If not, how do I get my cards back? They couldn't just disappear without the trace of I didn't physically press 'delete' button right??

Again assuming you're referring to the open Safari windows, these aren't backed up. Use bookmarks if you want to save websites.


What determines whether a drive can be converted to APFS?

There's an important distinction that needs to be made that's key to understanding the "rules."  There's:

Supporting APFS
Converting to APFS

Any drive, spinning (HDD) or solid state (SSD) will support APFS. You can wipe it clean and do a new partition with an APFS volume.
Apple File System Guide FAQ:

Can I use Apple File System with my existing hard disk drive?
Yes. Apple File System is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, but can also be used with traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and external, direct-attached storage.

Paraphrased from the FAQ:

Apple File System is a new, modern file system for...macOS....It is
optimized for Flash/SSD storage...
APFS replaces HFS+ as the default file system for...macOS High Sierra and later.

Converting (during install or otherwise) is another story.

Installs/Upgrades with an SSD will convert automatically.
Installs/Upgrades with an HDD will not.
You cannot convert non-Mac volumes at all. Though you can erase the drive and do a fresh install with APFS.

So as a use case, you install macOS High Sierra on a iMac with a single HDD. It will not convert, and it won't give you the option because you cannot convert a boot volume. You can't even erase a boot volume for that matter. However, if you boot into macOS Recovery, you will have the ability to convert your drive.
If you have a USB external formatted as HFS+, it will convert.  If it's formatted FAT32 (for example), it won't; you can, however  wipe it and format it with APFS.


Beamer keeps asking PIN code connecting to Apple TV

Same thing happened to me. Definitely an issue with the new tvOS. Beamer just has to update their app so it's compatible. I've already shot an email to their support team to let them know. Right now the only workaround I've found is to set the Apple TV to require a password (not a 4 digit PIN) - it should say what it is directly below that (like a 6 digit number) and then when Beamer asks for the password - just enter that and it'll accept it.


Disk Utility can't repair external hard drive, tried fsck whats the next step?

If your disks have non-critical data you can live without, and you just want to wipe them clean, use Disk Utility. If you're not in a rush use the Secure Erase/Zero Fill option as this will take any bad sectors out of use that may have formed since you acquired the drives.

Alternatively, if you have data you really need to access, try DiskWarrior as it can repair many disk issues that Disk Utility/FSCK can't.


Since there isn't an answer, I wanted to chime in.

Thanks to the comment, I can confirm deleting and re-adding the printer did the trick.


Copy files searched with find command using xargs command

xargs appends its input to the command, so you are basically running cp . source_file. Use

find ~ -type f -iregex '.*linux.*\.pdf' -print0 | xargs -I '{}' -0 cp '{}' .

instead.


Can the iOS Dropbox app download all contents of all folders to my iPad?

Not really. It isn't designed to store everything, but does try to cache files you have downloaded and save them as long as the iOS device doesn't run low on space and tell apps to throw away files that can be re-downloaded.

Keeping more than a Gigabyte of free space on the filesystem will keep iOS from purging the files dropbox has downloaded.


You may have a problem with the video chip.

Here is how to tell...
  Shutdown your machine.  Hold down the shift key.  Poweron.  Bootup will be longer.
    Wait awhile while you harddrive is being checked.
  An article on how to boot into safe mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455

Runs OK in safe mode...
Running in Safe mode leaves out some video drivers.  Which results in your machine not using advanced video hardware. As luck would have it, you can run the safe mode video drivers in normal mode.

Here is how:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16057567#16057567

Look through the above thread.  See the second page.  You don't have to read through the first page.  Just go to the part where I try a solution that works.

Using the safe mode video driver results in these limitiations:
  -- OpenGL acceleration is not supported on this mac
  -- Your mac lacks quartz extreme acceleration


How do I sync friend- shared google calendars?

I have exactly the same set-up :)
Mac, iPhone, iPad and girlfriend. I've got a bunch of calenders, and so does my girlfriend.

In Google Calenders, hover on the agenda you want to share and hit the little arrow on the right. A new menu pops open and select "Share this agenda". Now you can invite other people to this agenda by submitting their e-mail address. And you can give them rights (read, write, read/write...)

I hope this works! If not, please let me know cause it's a delight to work with a Mac, iPhone, iPad and girlfriend. Trust me, I know ;-)

EDIT
To get the agenda of your girlfriend, look for the label "Other Agenda's" on the right and paste your girlfriends' e-mail there. And if your girlfriend has shared her agendas with you, they will appear on yours.


Change name and Application icon when starting via Automator

You could make a copy of the application bundle:

cp -r /Applications/{Emacs,gnus}.app
defaults write /Applications/gnus.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleExecutable gnus
defaults write /Applications/gnus.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier my.gnus
echo $'#!/bin/bash\n/Applications/gnus.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs --name Mail --title Mail --no-desktop --no-splash --funcall gnus' > /Applications/gnus.app/Contents/MacOS/gnus
chmod +x /Applications/gnus.app/Contents/MacOS/gnus

I changed the bundle identifier because spaces assignments are per bundle identifier. It also makes the application have a different preferences file.

I don't know how to change the application name.


Are you viewing a PDF? Unfortunately, the three finger tap gesture does not work with PDF files across the system (e.g. not in Safari as well).

The most convenient alternative I can think of is double tapping a word to select it and then two-finger tapping on that word to show the context menu in which you find the command "Look up word in dictionary".


How can I create a BIOS USB stick for ASUS ROG Strix X570-F in OS X?

Macos doesn’t have any special ability to run other applications or OS apart from using virtualization to install windows or Linux guest OS on macOS host machines. Boot Camp makes permanent changes to your disk, so virtualization is usually easier to free up space than running windows on Mac hardware directly.

https://support.apple.com/boot-camp

However, using the dd tool or Disk Utility is a sure fire way to take an ISO image file and push it to a USB drive or read a drive into an image.

https://www.howtogeek.com/228886/how-to-create-iso-files-from-discs-on-windows-mac-and-linux/

You’re likely going to need windows to run those tools (or figure out how to extract the drivers and analyze how the resulting image is laid out on disk), so if you can rent / borrow a PC or use a windows trial license on the Mac - this is more about what’s most convenient for you to reach your update goal. Im certain with some extra details, there are people here that may be able to nail a command to extract the file and dump it on a USB without needing to do all the work I mention, but these are general options to get any installer running.

What is the smallest and/or fastest way to run Windows programs on MacOS (Catalina)?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/search?q=Run+windows+on+Mac


Unfortunately palm rejection has never worked properly with the larger trackpad, and there is no fix for it. Just search for "macbook pro palm rejection" and you will discover many tales of woe but no actual fixes that work properly. Turning off tap to click doesn't help - besides tape or using an external pointing device, it seems there is little we can do until Apple fixes this hideous defect.


Cannot connect to Wi-Fi (The Wi-Fi network "network name" requires a WPA2 password)

I would recommend removing the wireless network from your preferred networks. You can do this by going to your network preferences. As follows:

Open Network Preferences > Select your Wi-Fi connection > Advanced.

Select the network from the list on the first Wi-Fi Tab and hit the [-] key then click OK.

Once you have done this, click Apply on the next screen.

Next you want to remove the password from your keychain to make sure its gone. So open up Keychain Access Application.

Search for the wireless network name. Select the network name and hit delete key. Click the delete prompt to be sure.

Close Keychain access and retry connecting to the wireless. This should have removed all traces of the wireless network from your computer and allow you to try it again.


How to find low bitrate audio (non alac/flac)

In iTunes, go to the menu View -> View Options.

Expand the File triangle, and check “Kind”

You can now sort your songs by file type by clicking on that column header, and they cluster by album.

Alternately, make a smart playlist that includes files by their kind or size, and use the View dropdown in the top right to view it by Artist List (or Grid, but I assume you have your music collection sorted by artist.)


How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Finder location?

As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal provides Services for opening a new terminal window or tab at the selected folder in Finder. They also work with absolute pathnames selected in text (in any application). You can enable these services with System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services. Look for "New Terminal at Folder" and "New Terminal Tab at Folder". You can also assign them shortcut keys.

In addition, you can now drag folders (and pathnames) onto the Terminal application icon to open a new terminal window, or onto a tab bar in a terminal window to create a new tab in that window. If you drag onto a tab (rather than into the terminal view) it will execute a complete cd command to switch to that directory without any additional typing.

As of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, Command-Dragging into a terminal will also execute a complete cd command.

Note: The New Terminal at Folder service will become active when you select a folder in Finder. You cannot simply have the folder open and run the service "in place". Go back to the parent folder, select the relevant folder, then activate the service via the Services menu or context menu.


OS X: Set up one folder as "extension" of another, symlink-style?

As far as I know, you can't do that directly but I'm not sure I understand why you'd want to?

Why not just symlink the entire folder and never worry about it going forward?

If it's important to you that it's only large files that are moved to the HDD, you could create a Folder Action in Automator and run a bash script that checked file size and based on that moved and created the symlink automatically (I'm assuming you've got some tech skill since you know what symlink even is :) With that said, I'd be happy to post more detailed instructions if need be).


How to add Trash folder to Finder Sidebar in Mojave?

Several of us over on MacAdmins pulled this issue apart earlier this year when a user complained that their Sidebar not only wouldn't hold his Trash icon, but kept resetting back to default settings-and-layout on a very regular basis.

The Trash folder complex (and it is complex) has to track files from multiple volumes and from multiple users across those volumes, and several changes they made to the Trash 'engine' to work with APFS affected other parts of the OS.

Sidebar reset has been a minor nagging issue for many years, though, but the cause wasn't figured out until recently: Static user Sidebar items (the things you add to Favourites, etc) are linked to their target by the Finder itself, using an always-running subset of the code that drives 'Folder Actions'. Unfortunately, if a previously-specified target isn't where the Sidebar link code says it thinks it is, it updates its cache with zeros, which causes the Sidebar panel's .plist to reset. The Trash, because of its be-many-things-but-appear-in-one-place nature, cannot maintain a static reference, so the Sidebar goes "ptui!"

Anything that can change its reference - or even disappears and reappears of its own accord, like a network share - should never be put into the Sidebar.

The Sidebar is happy as long as things don't go missing, so how can we make transitory objects like the Trash and network shares appear to always be there? The solution is rather obvious in hindsight:

Aliases.

Make an alias of the item you want in the Sidebar, and add the alias itself to the Sidebar. Aliases are files with their own target references, so they just sit there acting as a middle-man twixt Sidebar and targets.

Make a new folder in your ~/ as a repository for the aliases you want Sidebar favourites for.


How to run/manage websites on macOS versions *after* High Sierra?

You could run NGINX and Apache via Homebrew on Big Sur as far as I'm concerned.


I discovered that having the Stationery pad checked under a file's properties will cause this behavior on purpose. This will create a new copy of an existing file every time it is opened, no matter the program doing so. (I suspect this flag became corrupted due to me having to "hard reset" the system.)

Of course, after all was said & done, I was able to find an explanation here.


iMac in recovery mode, can’t install macOS no matter what I try

I solved the problem! I looked up how to erase a computer when you plan to sell it, was able to do so in recovery mode by opening up the disk utility and selecting erase on the hard drive and setting it to the maximum security. This successfully removed the need for the previous owners password and was able to reinstall macOS as per normal from there!


How do I "unhide" or "show" a hidden login item on Mountain Lion?

Press command and tab to see the apps that are "running" and select the apps one by one to reveal the windows that the system hid for you.

Alternately, you could deselect the hidden check in the log in items preference and restart (or log out and in again).


Can not boot from USB to make a clean install of Yosemite

I had the same problem. You have to drag the file from finder into terminal to get the official name of the installer. The end result is something like /Applications/Install OS\  X\ Yosemite.app

At least that is what worked for me.

Hope that helps.


Install app on jailed iPhone, which is not available on App Store

Unless the .ipa file is signed for Enterprise distribution or you have a provisioning profile for the app from the app's developer, you won't be able to install the app without jailbreaking.


Where are Apple's default desktop images stored?


ALT+CMD+SPACE Suddenly works differently

As far as I recall ⌘n has always been the Finder shortcut for New Window assuming that Finder is the active app, ⌘⇧n opens the Finder with search focused globally. See the 'Shortcuts' tab of Keyboard.prefPane:

I assume that ⌘⇧n as a new plain Finder window was being provided by some other means; Some configuration in that Shortcuts tab (perhaps under services), or a third party app that does a simple "bind these keys to this action", and for some reason that app failed to start, or crashed if you didn't even reboot your Mac.


Is there an alternative to Dropbox which has an smaller CPU overhead

This annoyed me too so I built Rsync Client.  It's like an FTP app but uses rsync, and it only runs when you invoke it, so it's not relentlessly chewing resources. It works with many backend storage service providers, so you control where your data goes.


My friend's WiFi switch is greyed out. How can I fix it?

This most likely means that his Wifi chip/antenna/thing is "burnt out". You can most likely get it replaced at an Apple Store, or through a 3rd party Apple approved technician.


Is there a way to use Notes without using Mail.app

Currently there is no way to use notes outside of Mail.app as suggested there are other apps like evernote that will sync but not iOS notes sadly.

I would have expected some kind of widget like stickies to work with notes, but no.


coconutBattery indicates iPhone 6 problem

The issue here is that coconut battery shows that the design capacity is 45% and that app is probably correct.

This means that the battery is dying and needs to be replaced.

This can be done by Apple or a third party.

This question happened to be the first I read  on the way home after getting my battery replaced at an Apple Store. They need the phone for 2-3 hours. So book an appointment on line or as I did turn up and see if they have a spare slot, they will message you when they do (in my case after an hour). It cost £79.


Is there an app to chat on Facebook on iOS?

There are two, both from Facebook. It's available in the Messages section of Facebook app, as well as the standalone Facebook Messenger app. The standalone app uses a denser interface, and would be an improvement if you were going to use this heavily, but the section of the complete app isn't much worse.


Xcode 10 runs really slow and slows my entire computer down

I do have the same issue - unlike many other posts on the Web, I only have one view controller with a couple of slides and views, so simplifying is not a solution for me -

I suspect the simulator seems to slow things down - there is a SimStreamProcessorService which seems to take a lot of CPU time (look at Activity Monitor under %CPU) -

I restarted XCode and didn't use the simulator and it seems to be running fine.  I have a MacBookPro late 2011 with 16GB RAM running Sierra -


Yep, this is something that can happen, and there are two Apple articles to address it.

Boot Camp: iMac displays a black screen during installation of Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173

Download the autounattend.xml and updated graphics drivers

Boot Camp: Start up to black screen after installing Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2600

Reset PRAM
Reset SMC

You mentioned that you did already download a fix from Apple, so I am assuming you may have followed the first article already, and if that is the case there are some instructions floating around the net to try to resolve the graphics issues by removing an ATI driver pre-reboot.

Run the Boot Camp Assistant in OS X as normal and create a partition when asked, then insert your Windows 7 disc to reboot and begin the process proper.
Windows 7 requires the NTFS file system, so once in the installer just select your new partition (labelled BOOTCAMP), click on Drive options (Advanced) and choose to format it. Then select the newly formatted partition and continue.
Windows 7 will begin installing, and once it gets almost to the bottom of its checklist, it’ll try to reboot. Now, if you leave it here, you’ll get so far and see the black screen. Any further attempts to reboot will bring you to the same dead end.
Instead, restart and press a key to boot from the Windows 7 disc when prompted. Rather than running the installation again, choose the little option at the bottom to Repair your computer. Decline any suggestions that pop up until you see a list of options with Command Prompt at the bottom. Choose that option.
At the Command Prompt, type DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ATIKMDAG.SYS to delete the default ATI driver, then close the window and reboot.
This time, Windows should successfully initialise a more appropriate display driver, allowing you into the desktop. From here insert your OS X disc to install the relevant hardware drivers as you normally would, then run Windows update to clear up any leftovers.


how to install latest possible iTunes without Yosemite upgrade?

Download the latest version from the Apple Support Downloads here


Bash history is not remembered in Terminal

Begin isolating the source of the problem by removing any customizations of Bash’s history. For example, any code that sets shell variables that begin with HIST, or uses set -o to set either the history or histexpand shell options.

The per-session command history code in /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal attempts to maintain compatibility with Bash’s history variables, and tries to detect when the user is probably doing something it can’t be compatible with and disables the mechanism in that case (because the user is doing something arbitrary, like loading, saving or modifying the history). However, if you have scripts that run the history command, that code has no way of knowing in advance; you’ll need to either update your code to maintain compatibility with the new per-session command history, or disable the per-session history by setting SHELL_SESSION_HISTORY=0 as described in the documentation in /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal.

If you’re not customizing HISTFILE, HISTTIMEFORMAT or the histappend shell option, another thing to check is if your shell startup script(s) modify either PROMPT_COMMAND variable or the EXIT trap without concatenating the previous value to avoid wiping it out.

See the comments in /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal for a description of how the mechanism works and how to customize or disable it.


How can I report security vulnerabilities for open source OSX applications?

You can contact Apple about this at product-security@apple.com (or you can open a Radar report if you're a developer), or you contact the maintainer of the package.
Often the mail addresses can be found in the README (or AUTHORS) of the source code, or on the project's website.

Yes - both Apple (specifically) and the open source developers (in general) do reference CVE in patch and security emails and participate using that mechanism for tracking reported vulnerabilities.


Target Display Mode between a Dell XPS and 2013 iMac

I'm pretty sure it can't be done - but I can't find anywhere that categorically says so.

Two reasons in your particular case.

The iMac 2013 needs Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt, not mini Display Port.

Both machines need to be running macOS to enable the function.
Macs running Windows in Boot Camp cannot use Target Display Mode.

Background info from Apple KB - Use your iMac as a display with Target Display Mode

Also -
Using MacBook Pro as keyboard/mouse for Windows computer for alternative methods of displaying one machine on another.


Late 2013 Macbook Pro OS X 10.9.3 Maverick

Macbooks don't use standard stereo trs jacks, they use '4 ring' jacks. Anything else is likely to just not make a firm connection - see MacBook owners frustrated by new audio jacks

You didn't give enough info re your USB attempts for me to guess. Edit your question to provide more info & I'll see if I can modify this answer.


What happens to songs improperly marked 'Apple Music'?

Figured I'd answer my own question. I made two attempts to contact Apple Support and another attempt to post to Apple Discussions, with no results.

So I copied my entire iTunes library to a backup disk, and did my best at keeping notes at how many songs I had, which were what status, etc. I knew if things went south, I'd have quite a project in figuring out what songs to restore, but couldn't think of another alternative.

After I finished backing up, I loaded my original desktop iTunes library, and picked "Update iCloud Music Library".

It took about 90 minutes for 6,177 tracks, first analyzing music, and then uploading to iCloud. And the end result is that it looks like it resolved matters perfectly.

I've seen other articles from the past indicating that "Update iCloud Music Library" only led to partial success, and led to people doing long involved processes like opening a new library, deleting all their tracks there, and then going back to their original one to re-analyze and download, but to me that seems more error-prone and unnecessary.

Brief stats: Before I did the update, I had:

Apple Music: 2912
Uploaded: 2486
Matched: 8

After the update, I had:

Apple Music: 43
Uploaded: 3135
Matched: 2228

The rest of my songs stayed consistent in status (Purchased, Ineligible, No Longer Available, Waiting, Error). So far I don't see any songs that are improperly categorized, and all of my personal recordings are properly Uploaded.

I still don't know what would have happened if I had canceled, but matters seem improved now.


Need to download iMovie '09 on MacBook Pro 16" with iMovie 10

I found a tutorial on how to extract the older iMovie 09 onto the same Mac as v10 & have both capable of running (I doubt it will work on Catalina or later, but I haven't tested)

Download the iMovie 9.0.9 package… https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1574?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Create a folder on your Desktop called iMovie.

Open the imovie9.0.9update.dmg file to show imovie9.0.9update.pkg

Drag this .pkg to the folder.

In Terminal, type pkgutil --expand followed by a space, drag iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg to the Terminal window, and then drag the desktop iMovie folder to the Terminal window. Hit Backspace to remove the space, and then type iMovie so the full command is
pkgutil --expand /Volumes/iMovie\ 9.0.9/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg Users/[username]/Desktop/iMovie/iMovie

Hit Enter, and wait for the extraction to complete. Then quit Terminal.

So we have a new iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg file in the /Desktop/iMovie/iMovie/ folder.

Right click on it and select Show Package Content.
In the resulting folder, right click Payload and choose Get Info.
In the info panel, go to Name & Extension field to add .zip extension.
Hit Enter and there will be a prompt. Click Add and we get Payload.zip.
Double click on Payload.zip which will generate a folder Payload 2.
Go into the Payload 2 folder, next Applications folder and Voila, the iMovie app is there!

Right click the iMovie and select Copy iMovie. Now open Finder and go to the Applications folder, right click on empty space and select Paste Item. Click Keep Both when prompts. To distinguish with the newer iMovie, it's better to rename it to iMovie 9.


Can I use the USB-C Apple adapter, to charge my MacBook 12', with USB-A port?

No, this will not work.  You cannot charge through the USB-A port.

The USB-A port is a 3.0 port which will supply 5V of power, but it will not be able to negotiate to receive power per the USB 3.1 spec.

Per the Multiport AV Adapter specifications:

  Use the standard USB port to connect devices such as your flash drive
  or camera, or a USB cable for syncing and charging your iPhone, iPad
  or iPod. You can also connect a charging cable to the USB-C port to
  charge your Mac.


What is the advantage of dual microphones?

You are correct. The signals from the two microphones are used, in conjunction with the Mac's built-in digital signal processing software, to cancel background noise for a person speaking into the microphones, for use in webcame programs like Messages and Skype. The signal thus generated is monaural; the two microphones cannot be used for stereo recording.


How to get rid of an spyware on iPhone 8 called News?

The entry that you see corresponds to Apple's News app. The icon isn't displayed because you don't have the app installed on your iPhone.

  After setting the two-factor authentication system on it earlier this week, a connection attempt has been made by someone else (I've received an authentication code on my second phone when I clearly didn't try to connect in any way).

There is apparently no unintended connection attempt. You appear to have received the verification code from Apple on one of your "other" trusted device (which is expected behavior after turning on Two-factor authentication).

  So first of all is it a spyware?

No, it isn't a spyware.


Macbook pro 13" early 2015 freezes and shut down

I took it to the repair center and it was a hardware issue with one of the chips. They replaced it and now my MBP is back into action.


I'd like cmd-tab to always take me to the most recent window of the application. Currently it doesn't. Can this be fixed?

As far as I can tell this is an issue that is provoked by something in Chrome.

I'm struggling with the same issue but while having multiple displays attached (behaves the same as spaces in most ways) where if I have Chrome on Display one and two.
If I now cmd+tab to an app that's only on display 2 it'll switch focus to that display but when I Cmd+tab back to Chrome it will focus back to display 1 in spite of having a Chrome window also on display 2.
If I now switch these two windows of Chrome around the focus priority doesn't change so it doesn't have anything to do with the creation order of the windows but soley with the Desktop which they're on.
For my 2-Display setup it prioritizes always the same one no matter where the Dock is located or anything else I could think of to try. I therefore think it's got something to do with the internal differentiation of macOS between the displays.

But now for the kicker: If I try to reproduce the same illogical behaviour with Safari it doesn't happen. Safari behaves exactly as one would expect regarding focusing order.

Thus I think it's a problem created by some interaction of Chrome and macOS because of the arbitrary lock to a Display.

I therefore think the easiest solution for your Problem is to move the Terminal Window(s) to the Desktop where Chrome focuses. Maybe reordering the Desktops might change something about the behaviour but I didn't check that.


Highlight and immediately speak selected text in one click - Text To Speech on Mac

Here is an item that you can put in your Karabiner private.xml file to make Option-Escape highlight the current paragraph (under your mouse cursor) and being reading it.

I also implemented the command for stopping it as you requested (Command-Shift-S) though I don't believe there's a way to go back two seconds and start reading again.

<item>
    <identifier>private.tripleclick</identifier>
    <name>Option-Escape to Triple-Click and Text-to-Speech</name>
    <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::ESCAPE, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L,

        @begin
        PointingButton::LEFT, PointingButton::LEFT, PointingButton::LEFT,
        KeyCode::ESCAPE, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L
        @end
    </autogen>
</item>
<item>
    <identifier>private.stoptts</identifier>
    <name>Command-Shift-S stops Text-to-Speech</name>
    <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::S, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L,
        KeyCode::ESCAPE, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L
    </autogen>
</item>


How to restore Applications & Files from HD Backup (Migration Asst won't read it)

Manually, enable root user, and then you can move the files by hand.


Function keys and Enter key on built-in keyboard of 13" rMBP mysteriously remapped. How to fix or reset to default?

First, boot into single user mode/verbose mode. If the problem persists, its hardware.

The hardware problem can be as simple as a loose connector between keyboard and logic board. I had experience with a malfunctioning trackpad on my no-retina MBP 13'. The cause was that the connector came loose and only some lines of signals were fed into the system. I don't see how the connector would come loose without external cause; I opened up/modded my MBP many many times. However, I can say that there is free space between the connector and the bottom chassis of the laptop, enough for it to become loose.

I know retina-ones are different from my MBP in config, so you should look up ifixit to see if that's the case for you. Plus, you might have warranty concerns etc that stop you from opening up the machine.


iPod 5 charger isn't working! What do I do?

Without knowing if your charge is dead, try using a USB cable connected to your Mac, to charge it that way.

  To charge iPod, connect it directly to a computer's USB port (not a
  keyboard) and make sure standby, hibernation, or sleep mode is turned
  off. Important: iPod will stop charging if the computer it's connected
  to enters standby, hibernation, or sleep mode.

If you have a volt meter then check the pins of the cable coming out of the charger.


Sync errors between iCal and Google Calendars

This is a common error. The iCal auto setup has created an incorrect address for you. There should be no "slash" / at the end of the address i.e. it should be

/calendar/dav/youremail@domain.com/user

To fix it, go to Preferences / Accounts and change the address, removing the final / from the Server Path setting.

AFAIK Lion no longer has this bug.


If you've tried copying it over and it doesn't work, then realistically there's little you can do.
Applications are (crudely) just a series of instructions to the OS. The available instructions change from one OS to the next.  If the app is sending instructions that are no longer valid, then it just won't run.
Your best option is to identify what features you want from Preview in 10.7 that are not in Preview from 10.13, and find a third-party app that provides them.