This fix is going to involve moving the changed data from the SSD to the HDD so you can then do a clean install on the SSD.

Move data from the SDD to the HDD
Verify data on HDD
Swap HDD and SDD (SDD to be internal)
Wipe SDD and do a clean install of OS
Migrate data from SSD to HDD
Set up CCC to clone SSD to HDD as backup.

Prerequisites
You should have the following:

USB Installer of macOS Sierra or OS X El Capitan
Preferably a different HDD (you only need a 250 to 300GB drive to backup the SSD)
A backup of your Keychain
A backup of your Application Settings where applicable

1. Move data from the SDD to the HDD
In your comments you said that the data on the SSD changed.  You need to copy over the user data from from the SSD to the HDD.
Preferably, you should have another HDD to do a quick clone of your SSD as an extra layer of insurance. However, it's not absolutely necessary.
To move your data from the SSD to the HDD  you need to create a directory on your HDD somewhere and call it SSD Data Backup or something that identifies it as where it came from.  You can do it in your home directory, it really doesn't matter, just so long you know where it is.  Then go into the SSD /Users/ directory and copy over your entire directory to the SSD Data Backup you created earlier.
2. Verify data on HDD
Make sure that everything you copied over from the SSD is on the HDD.  I can't stress this step too lightly.  Once you proceed there's no going back.
3. Swap HDD and SDD (SDD to be internal).
Now that you have a backup of your SSD data on your HDD, it's time to swap out the drives.  You should now have the SSD internally and the HDD externally.  Don't connect the HDD until you have finished step 4.
4. Wipe SDD and do a clean install of the OS.
Delete the partitions, everything.  You need to have a single partition so that when the OS is installed, it will create all the necessary partitions for you like the boot partition, and the recovery partition. Set it up like you just got it from the factory.
5. Migrate data from SSD to HDD.
Once you have your new OS installed on your new SSD, it's time to move the data back.  Attach the HDD (now external) and you can copy things back.  You can use:

Migration Assistant
Copy the whole directory and retake permissions
Copy individual items

(I personally go for the third option because it allows me to do a genuinely clean install)
6. Set up CCC to clone SSD to HDD as backup.
Once you have everything setup to your satisfaction, you can now use CCC to clone your SSD to your HDD.  Keep in mind the way CCC works is that you clone your drive to an external for backup purposes.  If/When things go sideways, you get a new drive and clone FROM the external to the new, not swap.


Is there a reason to leave WebGL disabled in Safari?

If you're really scared, yes. WebGL allows web developers to code shaders which run unprotected in the GPU. This can cause many security issues because there aren't really any antiviruses to protect against GPU infections.

The risks aren't too great because there are organizations such as Google and Khronos working on making it much safer. These organizations are really quick in creating patches and fixes for issues and flaws.

I'm really not sure about how unsafe WebGL is in Safari, however, because it's based off of Webkit, I'm quite sure it's pretty similar to Chrome.


Install Ghostscript on OS X 10.9 using DMG file

The program homebrew worked for me on Mac OS10.9.5:

Type the following in the command line:

brew install ghostscript


Is the expertsearchmodule process legitimate or malware? Mac Mojave 10.14.5

It is definitely not a part of the standard macOS install.

From the name and the story you're telling, it seems very likely that it is malware!

It might however be from a legitimate piece of software that you have installed. I would try closing the process down, and check the apps you normally use to see if you have any problems. If this is a legitimate piece of software, you should be able to get the process running again by rebooting.

If you did not knowingly install an app that is the "expert search module" - then I would recommend disconnecting the system from the internet, take backups (without deleting older backups) - and if at all possible - reinstall the system from scratch from a known-good backup. If that is not possible, use software such as MalwareBytes to track down the offender and remove it from the system.


Go to Settings -> General -> Date and Time.

Here you have several options:

Set Automatically - this sets the time to the time of the region you are currently in. Allow your device to use its current location to determine the correct time zone. To do this, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services and select Setting Time Zone.
Time Zone - here you can manually select the region you are in and our time will adjust
24 Hour Time - this changes the time between 24 hour and 12 hour time


record as usual
when ready to pause, move your mouse over to the recording box and click anywhere to activate that box (the Quicktime Program)
press "option button" on keyboard and the record bar will change to Pause ||
BUT, this DOES NOT PAUSE the timer, to do that,click the Pause ||
Now, it's truly PAUSED and you can let go of the "option" button
Now, the record button turns RED, when in this mode, it's PAUSED
To restart recording, simply click the RED button
Do steps 2 to 7 all over again for another pause in your recording


How do I install a2ps for better printing?

Well, first you'll want to install MacPorts on your Mac.  This allows you to easily install new command-line applications.

Then, just use the following terminal command:

sudo port install a2ps


Connect an iPad Pro to both Ethernet and HDMI

Only thing I found through some searching around is this:

Lightning port to USBc adapter

to

Then USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter

Then get a USB to ethernet.
I am not sure if that Multiport adapter works well having the HDMI and USB port accessed at the same time or if the iPad will even utilize all the conversions. But there are examples of someone using a grocery cart of adapters to make something work on an iPad


Refining a Sublime Text 2 / Transmit workflow

Answering my own question here.

A follower on Twitter recommended Sublime FTP ($16), a third-party add-on by the author of Package Control, Will Bond.

For my own setup, I use his Sublime SFTP Solution which maps a local folder to the remote version. This setup allows me to quickly access my files.

Since working with remote files can come with some risk, I use Joel Thornton's Automatic Backups add-on to create a time-stamped backup of whatever file I have just saved. That way, in case something tragic happens, I can quickly roll back to an earlier version of my file.


How to have terminal close tab when shell exits?

You can change this in Terminal's Preferences:


Screen sharing stops working after disconnecting for about five minutes

My workaround for this problem is to login via ssh and kill loginwindow process:

sudo pkill loginwindow

This will allow to login via VNC then.


since assistive touch is still working you can shut down the iPad through that.

Locate your “Assistive Icon” and tap on it
An option of ‘Device’ will appear along with other options.
Tap on ‘Device’
You will see ‘Lock Screen’ icon. Press and Hold this option for a while.
After a few seconds, the power off screen will be displayed.
Slide it to switch off your iPad.

When it is off you will need to plug it into a charger to turn it on again or plug it into itunes to restore it


Do It Yourself: Option 1
Open a Finder window in Column View. Choose Go To Folder from the Go menu. In the sheet that comes down, type /System/Library/CoreServices. You'll see two Finders there. Click on one of them (just one click!) and make sure it doesn't say "Classic Application" in the preview pane. If it doesn't, then that's the one you want. Hold Option and drag it to the desktop (because you want to duplicate it).
Now rename that app to RootFinder or something. Move it to your /Applications directory. That's all the setup; the only part you have to repeat is from here on in.
Open the terminal. Type:
    cd /Applications
    sudo open -a RootFinder.app

Enter your admin password at the prompt. Note that your desktop picture will change, and a new default Finder window will pop up. Your original Finder windows or other running apps won't be affected, however. Now, you cannot move files from one Finder to the other, but as long as you're using only the root finder (opening new windows will open them as root finder, obviously), you have full root access to the bowels of your system and you can browse directories and copy/move files much more easily.
To get back to where you were, open the Terminal again. Type ps auxc | grep Finder and then sudo kill [PID] and enter the PID of the Finder. The Finder will automatically relaunch in your original account, and your desktop picture will change back.
Source: Create a GUI Finder with root access
Third Party App: Option 2
Would you be interested in LaunchAsRoot?
From their website,
How to use
Drag the application (or a document) you wish to launch as root on top of the LaunchAsRoot application icon in the Finder. You will presented with an authentication dialog. Enter the name and password of an administrator to allow the application to be launched by LaunchAsRoot. LaunchAsRoot quits after launching the application.
How to use Service:
Control-click on the application (or a document) in the Finder and select "Launch As Root" from the Services contextual submenu. You will presented with an authentication dialog. Enter the name and password of an administrator to allow the application to be launched by LaunchAsRoot. LaunchAsRoot quits after launching the application.


In order to fit within the 5GB limit for the iCloud backup, you need to have the used space on your device be less than 5GB. Technically, Apps don't count against this, although their documents/data does. There are other items that don't count, as well, you can read more about iCloud backups here.

You stated that your iPod had 5GB available, but the space used for the backup is the 5GB that you have in iCloud, it is not on your device.

If you have more than 5GB used, as is likely given that it has told you there is not enough available storage, then you will need to either pay to add more iCloud storage, or just use iTunes for free.

If it is your first time backing up to iTunes and you have lots of data, it will likely take quite a while, so you should be patient when letting it complete that first backup.


How do I get command+tab to stop re-ordering spaces

You can change the default preference easily:

System Prefs > Mission Control > Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use.


How do I close all open tabs in Chrome browser for the iPad?

In the upper right-hand corner of Chrome for iPad is a square with a number in it. That number is the number of tabs open.

Single click the square-with-number.
It’ll open a “tab overview” page.
In the upper left hand corner of the “tab overview” page is a “close all” button.
Clicking that button will close all tabs.


Identifying conflicting extensions in classic Mac OS

I know exactly what you're talking about. It's called InformINIT and it was one of those tools that many of us Mac experts used to narrow down problems with. Even after Apple's Extensions Manager was released with Mac OS 7.5, InformINIT remained an extremely useful tool to identify those pesky control panels and extensions!

In summary:

Yes, you can still download it from here
Yes, it works within Sheepsaver!

As an aside, don't forget you can ask questions here about your Sheepsaver problems.


Enable "Developer" inside the "Settings" app on iOS

The devices tab is now a new screen. Use for Development no longer exists.

The option in Window → Devices or ⇧⌘2.

From that window you could enable devices for development by adding your provisioning profiles. Right click on device and select Show Provisioning Profiles.... It will appear a window where you can add your profiles.

After that you will be able to install your apps in that device.


Is it possible to connect a 1080p Thunderbolt 3 display to a Thunderbolt 2 port?

No, that is not possible. Thunderbolt 3 is required to support the power delivery (USB-PD) over the Thunderbolt cable.

As your display has no external power source, it won't help that you get the display signal to it, as it would have no power.


I found the culprit. I had a software called Pulse Secure (to connect to my workplace). I uninstalled it and BOOM! Problem fixed. If you have the same problem, it is most likely some VPN software (even if not connected to it)


Apple Time Capsule will not start -up, light stays amber

Does it appear at all in your list of wifi access points on any of your devices? If so, try to connect to it and see if there's anything mentioned in the Air Port Utility app.

If it doesn't, I managed to find this discussion on the Apple Discussions forum regarding Time Capsules being stuck on the amber light at startup. The possible problems suggested by those forum-goers include:

Failing power supply
Failing HDD

If your Time Capsule is within warranty, it'd be worth it to take it in and have them look at it. Unless it's a failing HDD, however, it's not looking like there's a lot in the way of DIY repairs for the device.


Ad-Hoc Code Signing

For third party applications and binaries that you compile yourself, and that require code signing, use an ad hoc code signature.

I am assuming the application will not run without a signature;
I am assuming the application will not be distributed;
I am assuming you do not care about the identity of the signature being valid.

An ad-hoc signature does not provide reliable security benefits. It can be used to determine if the application has been changed and it can be used to apply security restrictions, such as entitlements, to an application.

An ad-hoc signature will validate against codesign but not spctl. This may or may not matter depending on the binary being signed. For applications and executables, this is unlikely to matter because spctl is not run on locally created binaries.

Why Code Sign?

Regarding the refined question:

  How I should handle unsigned source code that I compile myself, since I don't expect contributers to always be able to, or remember to, sign their code, especially when it comes to tiny contributions to open source projects with many contributers.

For most self compiled applications, there is no need for code signing. This assumes you trust the application's code. On macOS, you can open untrusted applications from the Finder, see Apple's Open an app from an unidentified developer.

If you do not trust the code or the developers, do not compile or run the application.

Your Responsibility

The provider of the source code has no responsibility or obligation to provide pre-built code signed binaries. Being self compiled, all code signing is your choice and responsibility.

Apple require submissions to their App Stores to be code signed.
Apple request developers outside their App Stores sign their code, but it is not yet required.

In both cases, only the final binaries are signed. The original source code and resources are not signed.

Source Code is Not Signed

Source code itself can not be code signed in a meaningful way for macOS. Source files and code can be digitally signed, as any other file can be, but this makes no impact on how the resulting application or binary is treated by macOS.

How to Ad-Hoc Code Sign a Mac Application

To codesign an application on macOS with an ad-hoc signature, set the identity -s flag to -:

codesign --force -s - </path/to/application>

All the other rules, requirements, and permutations of the codesign command remain the same.

The flag --force is used here to overwrite any existing signature.

You might need to add the --deep flag to the codesign command to sign sub-resources such as frameworks and embedded services.


My MacBook won't recognize my external hard drive (Passport - that I use to back up the Mac!)

By "Passport," I am assuming that you are referring to a Western Digital external drive, which you have been using to perform regular backups. I'm guessing that by "backups," you have been using Time Machine.

Considering that this is a new issue, it is fair to say that the external drive has been formatted correctly for use with Mac OSX (i.e., Mac OS Extended (Journaled)). FYI, if you wanted to confirm the File System, then you can use the Disk Utility to display Info about the drive.

The first rule of troubleshooting is to obtain a known working device, which you can substitute to test and narrow down where the problem lay. So in this case, get access to another external hard drive (perhaps from a friend), and see if it can be accessed.

However, you observe physical issues with your MacBook, such as "spinning noise" and it being unresponsive (slow). Unfortunately, this is a classic symptom that the hard drive within the MacBook is failing. Again FYI, if you wish to inspect the processes on your system to potentially identify other issues, then use the Activity Monitor.

Assuming that the hard drive within the MacBook needs to be replaced, the good news is that the Time Machine backup on the Passport can be used to restore your system after the repair.


Show/hide Accessibility Keyboard with a keyboard shortcut in MacOS Catalina?

A workaround I found was to use "hot corners" to toggle the visibility of the virtual keyboard. Unfortunately this does require using the mouse, just moving it to a screen corner to activate a command.

You can access the hot corners tab from the accessibility keyboard settings (gear icon -> Preferences).

The "Hide/Show Home Panel" is the default and correct option. I like to unselect the "Panel follows Hide/Show Home Panel" so the Panel doesn't move around.

Note that this will only work if the accessibility keyboard is activated. This is definitely not ideal (a bit ironic too), but it's the least painful alternative I could find. Hope it helps!


Try this :

tell application "iTunes" to try
    activate
    with timeout of 10 seconds
        reveal current track -- error if no current track
        set tName to name of (first window whose its class is browser window or its class is playlist window)
    end timeout
on error
    return "Can't find track!"
end try

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "iTunes"
        try
            set b to (first button of window tName whose value of attribute "AXDescription" is "Genius")
            if not (enabled of b) then return "Genius button disabled" -- (film, video clip,...)
            perform action "AXPress" of b
        on error -- no Genius button (radio, podcast, .....) playlist
            return "Can't create genius list from that track!"
        end try
        delay 2
        tell front window to if value of attribute "AXSubRole" is "AXDialog" then -- dialog opened.
            perform action "AXPress" of button "OK" -- close the dialog
            return "Can't create genius list from that track!"
        end if
    end tell
end tell
return "Done"


MBP 16" i9 (Late 2019) Possibly Overheating

The CPU is specified to function up to 100 degrees C. So a temperature of for example 95C is fully within its operational specification. There's no risk of damaging the CPU.
I.e. unless you experience some problem related to the temperature, there's absolutely nothing to worry about.


How to ssh to remote web server without using a password

On Reusing Your Windows key.ppk File

The PPK file is a PuTTY-specific private key. It's not a portable private key that works with any ssh-based application. It just works with PuTTY. You need to convert it first. I've found some instructions for converting it to a proper public/private key pair here. You'll need to do this from your Windows machine.

That will give you a private key, key.ssh, that will work with ssh on your Mac. Put the key.ssh file in your ~/.ssh/ directory. Make sure the permissions are correct:

% chmod 400 ~/.ssh/key.ssh

And then you can use it with your ~/.ssh/config file like so:

Host domain.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/key.ssh
  User username

If you no longer have access to your Windows machine you'll need to generate a fresh public/private key pair to use with your web server.

On Generating a Fresh Keypair To Use With Your Mac

Honestly, this is the best way to go here.

Password-less authentication with shared keys requires that both machines have a piece of the shared/public key pieces. Here's a complete recipe for setting up a shared key authentication scheme with two servers. It's not really OS X-specific. It's ssh-specific.

These instructions assume host1 is your Mac and host2 is your web server.

Generate a shared key on host1 (the shared key will be /Users/you/.ssh/webserver.pub and the private key will be /Users/you/.ssh/webserver):

% ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f ~/.ssh/webserver
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in webserver.
Your public key has been saved in webserver.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
98:b7:fa:0f:0d:e7:7f:50:cc:9b:b4:57:db:8d:b4:03 ian@Ian-Chesals-iMac.local
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|                 |
|             o   |
|       o    E * .|
|      o S .  = *=|
|       . *  . B.+|
|        o o  . o |
|       . . .  .  |
|      ..... ..   |
+-----------------+

Note: I didn't enter a password for the key because I don't want to have to use a password when I use the use.

Now you need to append the ~/.ssh/webserver.pub public key to the ~user/.ssh/authorized_keys file on host2, your webserver.

% ssh user@host2 'mkdir ~/.ssh;echo '`cat ~/.ssh/webserver.pub`' >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys'

For this to work you will need password access to the remote host. If you don't have this you can give ~/.ssh/webserver.pub to someone who does have access to the box and ask them to append it to the authorized_keys file for you perhaps. Or do it from your windows machine where you still have access.

Now make sure your private key is safe on your Mac:

% chmod 400 ~/.ssh/webserver*

ssh can get complain-y if your private/public keypairs are world readable or writeable.

Finally, you can add the following to your ~/.ssh/config file to invoke the right key combination when you try to ssh in to your web server:

Host domain.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/webserver
  User username

This will get you the password-less, keypair-based authentication you desire.


Playing and editing DV-AVI files on a Mac

Handbrake can convert almost any movie file to MP4, which then works fine on everything Apple.


Can too much wattage on a charger destroy my iphone 7 plus?

As long as the charger is standards compliant, your phone will not be damaged because of the wattage. The phone and charger makes sure that the phone does not receive more power than it can handle.

The 50W charger you saw on Amazon is most probably misleading you. There's a bunch of these advertised as outputting "up to 50W". The reality is that the chargers have multiple outputs and each output only supports up to 2.4A per port - which at 5V is 12W.


Mp3 player that lets you go back 5 seconds with the left arrow

As always VLC will do that for you. The key combination:

⌘ +^ + →

from within VLC will skip forward 5 seconds. Left arrow for backwards.

You can also change the key combination, as well as skip, 10 or more seconds depending on the combination you choose from the menu, VLC>Prefernces>Hotkeys:


iPod Touch 1st Gen charging rebooting loop

This loop only happened when plugged into my MacBook Pro. When I plugged into a mains charger, it successfully booted to the OS... Weird.


Emulating ARM (M1-like) macOS on an x86 Intel Mac

Yes, in theory it is possible to emulate a M1 Mac on an Intel Mac. As such there's nothing "magical" about the M1.
However in practice you're going to run into various problems, mainly that there's no readily available software that does this. You can get much of the way of emulating the CPU itself using qemu. qemu already supports emulating various aarch64 CPUs, but it doesn't emulate the M1 and its Apple-specific instructions (yet), nor does it emulate the rest of the SoC or the rest of the Mac's peripheral units.
Last there's the question of legality. When you want to run macOS, you need to be properly licensed for that. You will need to investigate the license carefully to ensure that you can run the M1 macOS software on your Intel machine.


No.  A silver coloured mailbox indicates that you deleted a subfolder within that mailbox.  You need to remove the parent after removing all of the subfolders.  Then the parent will disappear as expected.


The letter O on my MacBook no longer works

If the problem is due to debris under the key cap you can use compressed air to blow under the O keycap.  If that doesn't fix it then you'll need to replace the entire keyboard.  There are guides and instructions on ifixit.com.  It would mean completely removing everything to get to the keyboard underneath. The keyboard itself is low cost. The time it will take to disassemble and reassemble without breaking anything and putting all the tiny screws back in the correct holes makes it difficult enough that you may wish to have a professional repair it.


If you can have both machines for a period of time you can use Migration Assistant to copy your user directory directly from one Mac to the other.

While an iPod can be used as an external disk practically speaking it's an expensive and somewhat delicate mechanism for doing so – iPods get very warm when used as data drives for extended periods. External hard disks are (by most metrics) cheap these days, and will generally be more reliable than the micro hard drive in the iPod.   My first choice for backing up to an external drive is SuperDuper!

I don't know your definition of expensive but for offsite "cloud" storage, I recommend CrashPlan. You can pay for their cloud storage–50 bucks/computer/year for home use–or use the software for free to back up to local drives or drives connected to an offsite computer.

Time Machine has its uses, and is definitely "better than nothing", but I use it for recovery of individual files and prefer these other solutions for transferring data to a new computer.


Create "virtual" display for use with remote desktop

You could use the Session Select feature of Apple Screen Sharing service.
It allows you to log in into a "virtual" user session without showing anything on physical screen.
To do so you should:

create second user account and log him in "physically",
connect using Screen Sharing to your iMac with your PRIMARY user credentials,
Screen Sharing will provide you with 2 choices: "Share" screen with current physical user or "Log In" in a "virtual" session,
select "Log In" and here you are: you have a "virtual" screen not visible to current physical user.
You can now change screen resolution to match your MacBook's screen.


Can I use Javascript to write a custom function for Numbers?

No - injecting a function looks to be something that isn't easily scriptable.

A simple macro might be doable and you could start with these two references:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/InterapplicationCommunication/RN-JavaScriptForAutomation/index.html

This link is the developer documentation on how to connect the script to the Numbers app.

https://iworkautomation.com/numbers/cell.html

This automation site has for a very long time been the best place I've known to learn and implement AppleScript tools.

If you're new, you could follow the numbers tutorial in AppleScript to make sure  you have a workable task and then re-code it in the new language. Then you'd need to determine the hooks in Numbers and see if your specific task is doable without utilizing the Objective-C bridge which allows lower level integration to apps on OS X.


I found out that in Safari there's a Export PDF but print to PDF also works in Safari.  However it seems that Print to PDF does not retain links in Chrome.


Does Find My iPhone use location services only when necessary?

The location services are only used when specifically required to do so.  You should see a small compass symbol in the menu bar when the services are being used.  You can see what apps have made use of the service recently by checking in the settings app.

For Find My iPhone, what happens is that the device maintains a connection much like being logged into a push mail account to the iCloud services.  This allows the iCloud service to communicate with the phone, and when you log into iCloud and request a location for the device in question, it is able to send a message to the device over this IP data connection, and request that it turn on the location based services, locate the device and report back the findings, as well as tell it to display a message, play a sound etc etc.

So you are quite free to leave it turned on all the time and it will only use it when you need it.  You can test this by setting yourself a reminder with a geofenced alert - if I am at work and I set an alert for when I get home to feed the cat, the icon will display constantly as it needs to know exactly when I arrive at a location, and the services and as such battery drain associated with it will also be used during that time.  Clear the reminder, and it will turn off.


How Do I Batch Convert Hundreds of ClarisWorks Documents to a Modern Format?

Taking most of the relevant stuff from the bash script you've linked to and adding some commands to copy the timestamp from the original file to the newly created one will give you

#!/bin/bash

SOFFICE="/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice"

[[ -x "$SOFFICE" ]] || exit 1
[[ -r "$1" ]] || exit 2

$SOFFICE --headless --convert-to docx:"MS Word 2007 XML" "$1"

ts=$(stat -f "%Sm" -t "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" "$1")
docx=$(basename "$1" .cwk).docx
touch -t $ts "$docx"

This will convert one file (passed as an argument, including a path if applicable) from cwk into docx, store the docx in the current directory (which may be different from the place of the source file) and apply the "last modified" date from the original file to the converted one.


How can I get VMWare Fusion 6 to display in Unity with full resolution on a Retina display?

I had the same issue with Windows 7 guest on a MBP 2013 retina display. It was solved for me by unticking the "Automatically adjust user interface size in Windows" checkbox.


No right to open file once copied on the desktop

There are known issues (Apple-created bugs) with several revisions of OS X 10.5 Leopard Client and AFP file access, including permission problems and in certain cases even the potential to lose or overwrite files completely.

There is no work-around for these bugs, they are in the operating system itself and can be reproduced on 2 freshly-formatted & installed Macs running Leopard 10.5, and most or all of the later revisions, i.e. 10.5.1, 10.5.2, etc.

Your best solution is to be sure to update all 10.5 Macs to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Failing that, updating everything to 10.5.8 (the last release of Leopard) may solve your problems.

Here's a list of references that go into more detail:

http://support.grouplogic.com/?p=1508

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1423847

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67625-preping-for-105-permissions-issues-with-afp-shares/

http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2010/Dec/msg00267.html

http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/html/xsan-users@lists.apple.com/2008-07/msg00409.html


Open up activity monitor and check your RAM usage. If it's high pressure (check the graph), or even swapping files, you will benefit from more RAM.

Any computer will benefit heavily from installing an SSD. Expect everything to go 10x faster (not kidding). Also, it will make you not having enough RAM less of a problem, as it will speed up your swap.

So it just depends on your budget and needs.

My personal opinion if you can only buy one? Get an SSD.


Does an iPhone immediately download a visual voicemail as soon as it's been received, or only when it's chosen from the list of available messages?

I’d assume it saves it to its internal memory.


Can I connect my MacBook Pro DisplayPort to a Thunderbolt iMac to use as a display?

According to this source, you won't be able to do that. You have to have a Thunderbolt Mac and use a Thunderbolt cable to use a Thunderbolt iMac as an external display. This other source has a table that confirms it. Sorry!


You should go to Console.app to see the logs (before and after the crash) and try to find a repeating pattern.


Is there a way to access and stream one's iTunes music collection from a web browser?

One possibility :

Moving your iTunes library to your ~/Sites/ directory and enable files sharing.

With this your the content of your library will be accessible from your browser with your ip ( http://myip/~MyUsername/ )


Have battery status only show in menu bar when running on battery power

I use SlimBatteryMonitor (free, donations accepted, not nagware) instead of the default menu item for the battery status.

SBM can be configured to almost disappear from the menu bar when fully charged.

If that isn't enough for you, you could run a launchd script every few minutes to check the status of the battery, to see whether or not it is fully charged, and act accordingly:

If the battery is fully charged, quit SlimBatteryMonitor (if it is running)
If the battery is NOT fully charged, run SlimBatteryMonitor (if it isn't already running)

I am actually doing something like this already. I just uploaded the necessary files to
https://github.com/tjluoma/slimbatterymonitor


Make MacBook German keyboard behave like windows

Yes, this is possible with Karabiner-Elements. There are already pre-configured modifications for German keyboards by the community: https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/?q=german


What is this button on my MacBook Pro Touch Bar?

That looks like it is from BetterTouchTool. You can configure it in the settings for BTT:

https://github.com/fifafu/BetterTouchTool/issues/1033

  fifafu: You can disable it in the Touch Bar settings in BTT (go to the Touch Bar tab, then click the "General Touch Bar settings" button.
  This may require a restart of BTT to become effective.


How to remove unwanted text from a string?

I would advise you look at (and, if you wish, feedback about) the method you're using to retrieve the information from the website, as the best and most reliable option would be to use a different method such that you don't have to deal with the ReactJS comments at all.
If you'd included that part of your AppleScript along with the rest, it might have been a chance to solve your problem at its source.
Nonetheless, here's one method of stripping the tags from your text strings, though by no means the only method, nor necessarily the most graceful or efficient.  But it's reasonably clean and, presuming the tags are all simple ReactJS comment tags, it will do a reliable job.
    set string1 to "<!-- react-text: 45 -->“<!-- /react-text --><!-- \nreact-text: 46 -->Megan Fox<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 47 -- \n>”<!-- /react-text -->"

    set string2 to "<!-- react-text: 477 -->“<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 478 -->iPhone 8<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 479 -->”<!-- /react-text -->"

    stripTags from string1 --> "“Megan Fox”"
    stripTags from string2 --> "“iPhone 8”"
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    to stripTags from s as text
        local s

        # Eliminate linebreaks and join to form one line of text
        set the text item delimiters to {null, linefeed, return}
        set s to the text items of s as text

        # Use bash to isolate all the various tags within the string
        # Note: not suitable for tags with irregular content, such as
        # any that unexpectedly contain '<' or '>' as part of their
        # text content.  However, that shouldn''t be an issue here.
        do shell script "egrep -io -e '<[^>]+>' <<<" & the quoted form of s

        # Use the tags as a basis for elimination using AS's TIDs
        set the text item delimiters to {null} & paragraphs of the result
        set s to the text items of s as text

        return s
    end stripTags

string1 is a copy of your variable FirstTitle, including the line breaks that it contained (I'm not sure whether these were in their intentionally or an artefact of when you copied your script over into the browser); their presence or absence doesn't affect the efficacy of my script, but merely necessitated the two lines at the start of the stripTags handler that gets rid of them.
string2 is the text you supplied at the bottom of your question.
I've shown the output of each of these following processing.  I retained the double so-called "smart"-quotes that are part of the string and lie outwith the tags; I did see that you had opted to eliminate them, but their presence here—merely for demonstration purposes—are a nice visual reassurance that the script targets only the tags, and preserves the text in between.  I hope you don't mind if I leave those smart-quotes for you to deal with as you wish.
Let me know if you have any queries.
ADDED 2018-05-12:
@cjeccjec Thank you for updating the website information with the correct URL.  Tip for next time: include the code you're using to get the title.  It'll be easier for people to help you and it will attract more help as well.
Luckily, this problem seems quite straightforward.  Using getElementsByClassName() is a good idea, and you even managed to identify the classname of interest, term-keyword__keyword.  Well done.
The elements assigned to that classname are <p> elements.  They do have a title property, but it's empty, so I suspect that's not what you're using nor what you're after at all.
They also have a property called textContent, which, as it suggests, returns the text contained within the element, i.e. the labels of the items being compared in this game.  I believe that's what you're after, and it's completely free from ReactJS tags.
This code returns an array of the textContent properties from the three loaded p.term-keyword__keyword tags on the site at any one time: the two currently visible and in play being compared; and one off-screen to the right waiting to scroll into view for the next comparison.
    Array.from(document
              .getElementsByClassName('term-keyword__keyword'),
               e=>e.textContent.slice(1,-1)
              );

I also took the liberty of slicing off the quotes from the beginning and end of the texts.
Incorporate this into AppleScript like so:
    tell application "Safari" to set labels ¬
        to do JavaScript "Array.from(document" & ¬
        ".getElementsByClassName('term-keyword__keyword')," & ¬
        "e=>e.textContent.slice(1,-1));" in the front document

    --> {"Microsoft Word", "Moobs", "Malaysia"}

    item 2 of labels --> "Moobs"

Those were the results that I got returned whilst playing the game.  I was trying to guess whether "Microsoft Word" or "Moobs" had more internet searches, which I got correct; then "Malaysia" scrolled into view as I already knew it would.
Using this method, you don't need to strip any ReactJS tags away, nor any quote marks.


Do I have to restore my Mac if I've forgotten the admin password?

You can restart the Setup Assistant by performing the following:

Boot into Single User Mode ⌘ + S.
Mount the drive by typing /sbin/mount -uw / then ↩ enter.
Remove the Apple Setup Done file by typing rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone then ↩ enter.
Reboot by typing reboot then ↩ enter.
Continue setup, making sure not to transfer data.
Setup a new administrator account. You can use this account to reset the password to the original account (through System Preferences → Users & Groups).

The new account can then be deleted once the original account has been recovered.


How to select and copy a part of the text of an hyperlink in Mail?

I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but when a link is displayed in Mail, if you want to select only a part of it, one trick is to put the cursor slightly to the left or to the right of the link (not too far though, or you'll select spaces too) and select the link's text from this point.

Thus, the cursor will be in 'select' mode, and you're going to be able to select a part of the text from the link. This only works if you're wanting to select the beginning of the end of it though.


No signal at 2560x1440 resolution from early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro

I solved this problem by using an HDMI cable.  Full resolution works fine.  I still don't know why DisplayPort doesn't work at full resolution.


Rename terminal tab to host alias in ssh config

EDIT: On Yosemite (OS X 10.10) use this instead:

function ssh ()
{
     servername=$(echo $@ | sed -E 's|([- a-zA-Z0-9:/]+)( *[^@ ]*@)([^@ ]*)|\3|')
     echo -ne "\033]0;${servername}\007";
     /usr/bin/ssh $@
}

Note that the function expects username and server name to be specified as user@server (you can use the server IP address too: user@a.b.c.d, the tab name will be set to a.b.c.d). Other combinations like -l user server won't work properly.

You can unset the function with:

unset -f ssh

You can create a function named ssh that sets the terminal tab name and then invokes /usr/sbin/ssh:

function ssh ()
{
    servername=$(echo $@ | sed 's|\([- a-zA-Z0-9:/]\+\) *\([^-]\+@\)*\([-a-zA-Z0-9.]\+\)|\3|' | awk '{print $1}');
    echo -ne "\033]0;${servername}\007";
    /usr/bin/ssh $@
}

servername=$(echo $@ ...

The first line extracts the server name from the arguments passed to ssh. I tested it against several possible ssh invocations with and without arguments but can't promise it's bullet proof.
echo -ne "\033]0;${servername}\007";

The second line is where the magic happens.
\033]0;<name>\007 is a ESCAPE sequence that sets the terminal tab name. See this Wikipedia article for more information - this particular escape code is listed in the non-CSI codes section.
/usr/bin/ssh $@

Start /usr/bin/ssh with arguments provided.

Add the function to your ~/.bashrc file (if you don't use bash modify it to match your shell syntax and add it to your shell's startup file) so that it's always accessible.

Note that it will also set the terminal tab name when executing a remote command:

ssh user@server command

for example:

ssh jaume@myserver ls -l /


Is my hard drive missing if a iMac 2011 purchased at a garage sale boots up with a flashing grey question mark?

Try this: Press and hold Option+Command+R or Shift+Option+Command+R at startup and use Internet recovery mode.


How can I reduce the size of iCal files?

Not sure how you are measuring the size of the iCal information but when you exported the events from Google Calendars you got the bare event information in a transport form (.ics)

When this gets imported into iCal the data formats for that application must be created together with any linking and additional data. I would suspect if you were to be privy to the internal storage format of the Google Calendar it would also take up more than 336KB.

It's a fact of life with software that the data storage formats will take more space than the bare contained data as the software needs to add more than just your data to provide functionality.

As an example create yourself a TextEdit document and type a single space save then look at the size of the file.

If you save as plain text it's 1 byte, save as RTF and it's 328 bytes, and save as Word(docx)it's 3528 bytes.


After restore, WhatsApp does't show photo anymore

I solve this problem with an iTunes restore.

In particular, using an older backup that was previous the one used having found this problem. In this manner, all the WhatsApp photo were present.


Time Machine wants to decrypt the backup volume

The thing you struggle with is that you have a misconception that the encryption of the backup is separate from the encryption of the volume - it's not.

I.e. when you do encrypted Time Machine backups, the volume is encrypted - and that's the only encryption that exists.

So either you have encrypted Time Machine backup via an encrypted volume, or you have a non-encrypted Time Machine backup on a non-encrypted volume.

All in all this means that if you click "Turn Off Encryption", you're removing the encryption on the volume, which is not what you want. You basically already have the setup you're looking for which is an encrypted volume.


Restoring a Modern Mac Laptop from an External Backup Drive

I think the 'modern equivalent' of your anticipated disaster recovery scenario could still be done by CCC, with caveats.

Receive new machine, ready with Recovery partition & brand new OS, clone CCC boot partition back to new boot partition. Assuming parity with machine/drivers etc, i.e. like for like, then I foresee no issues.

The same maybe couldn't be said if the new machine was different, newer - as you cannot anticipate the new architecture - for that you'd need Time Machine, to be certain.


What's fastest: iPhone 4 tethering with bluetooth, usb or the new hotspot feature?

Fastest to slowest:

USB
WiFi hotspot
Bluetooth

Keep in mind the power draw of the options. From most battery efficient to least:

USB (It helps that it's also charging at the same time.)
Bluetooth
WiFi


Unable to download purchased apps because cloud symbol missing on some apps in itunes

Hi I would try downloading the apps onto your device with whoever a sign in shows all of them in there library and then log out of there sign in and sign back into your name and see if that helps I had a similar issue in the past and this seemed to solve the problem


Using Mac as external audio amplifier, while routing its output to USB?

I found a solution: there's a free little OS X utility called LineIn (written by Rogue Amoeba Software). It just lets you route any audio coming in on the line in connector to any destination, including the built-in speakers.

So now I've got Garagaband routed to USB Audio out.. to the mixing panel, and then its output is piped back into the Mac via the Line input, the LineIn program, and finally to the built-in speakers.


Apple TV Screen Mirroring not working from iPad

Tap on Control Center/Screen Mirroring/Stop Mirroring on the iPad.
Rename your Apple TV by navigating to Settings/General/About/Name.
Try mirroring your iPad's screen again, it should work.
Optionally, you can change your Apple TV's name back to the original name.


How can I hide the Terminal split pane scroll bar?

As you've probably figured, I'm not used to using a mouse and realised that's what's causing the problem.


Double check your permissions in those files, if they are not like this, it won’t work:

-rw-------  1 martin  staff   1675 Jul 27  2009 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--  1 martin  staff    403 Jul 27  2009 id_rsa.pub

UPDATE:
If you see that the files have an @, that means they have “extended attributes”.

You can see what they are by issuing:

xattr -l <filename>


I don't want to carry all of my old contacts on my iPhone. How could I select which groups to sync with iCloud?

Currently the only way to do this is by synching your contacts via iTunes. It's not possible via iCloud. I also want this feature. Please leave Apple feedback.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html


What is this usernoted process in my Macintosh?

That's actually not a lot of memory for usernoted, Finder, or Dock. "usernoted" is a known process and is installed with OS X. Do you mind telling how much memory you have, as well as what OS version?
Also note that you clicked on the Compressed Memory column, rather than regular memory, which is a more accurate way of showing memory usage. Don't forget to show all processes (not just your processes).


I Pay for iTunes Match So Why Does iTunes Radio Now Have Ads (iTunes 12.0.1.26)

I have the same problem, and found something that worked. I skipped around 30 songs, listen to 3 on the same station (as I am writing this post) and no ads.

Devices
iPhone 5s - No commercials there
2 PCs: one with Windows 7 (64-bit) and the other Windows 8.1 (64-bit);

Problem:
I have iTunes Match and still here ads

Solution:
Enter iTunes → Store → Deauthorize this computer

After
Store → Authorize this computer
Store → Turn on iTunes match


How to mirror a Mac desktop to a larger Windows computer's screen?

AirServer might be worth a try. It's an AirPlay receiver for Mac and PC. So as long as both computers are in the same network, it should allow you to stream your MBP screen through AirPlay to your Windows computer.

I'm not exactly sure how it will handle resolutions though.


How to determine the absolute path to a file in a shell script

One option would be to install coreutils and use greadlink -f. It resolves symlinks and it works with /Foo/ or ~/foo.txt if they don't exist, but not with /Foo/foo.txt if /Foo/ doesn't exist.

$ brew install coreutils
$ greadlink -f /etc
/private/etc
$ greadlink -f ~/Documents/
/Users/lauri/Documents
$ greadlink -f ..
/Users
$ greadlink -f //etc/..////
/private
$ greadlink -f /Foo
/Foo
$ greadlink -f /Foo/foo.txt
$

This doesn't resolve symlinks, and it doesn't work with /Foo/foo.txt either.

abspath() {
  if [ -d "$1" ]; then
    ( cd "$1"; dirs -l +0 )
  else
    ( cd "$(dirname "$1")"; d=$(dirs -l +0); echo "${d%/}/${1##*/}" )
  fi
}

abspath /etc # /etc
abspath /Foo/foo.txt # doesn't work
abspath /Foo # works
abspath .
abspath ./
abspath ../
abspath ..
abspath /
abspath ~
abspath ~/
abspath ~/Documents
abspath /\"\ \'
abspath /etc/../etc/
abspath /private//etc/
abspath /private//
abspath //private # //private
abspath ./aa.txt
abspath aa.tar.gz
abspath .aa.txt
abspath /.DS_Store

dirs -l performs tilde expansion. dirs +0 prints only the top directory if there are other directories in the stack. You could also replace the subshells with something like old="$PWD" ... cd "$old".

Ruby's expand_path works with all paths that don't exist, but it doesn't resolve symlinks.

$ ruby -e 'print File.expand_path ARGV[0]' ~/aa/bb
/Users/lauri/aa/bb$


Can I make iCloud Preferences forget an old AppleID (mac OS SIerra)?

A quick check shows that quitting System Preferences and deleting the folder...
~/Library/Accounts/
...followed by subsequent log out and log in, gets rid of the pre-filled Apple ID.
After that a new sign-in request from iMessage/FaceTime appears.

Other than that there seems to be an abundance of account types listed in the database within the "Accounts" folder, so logging into those might be required again.
To see a list of account types held in the database, run this command in Terminal (to be found in /Applications/Utilities, or via Spotlight):

echo 'SELECT ZACCOUNTTYPEDESCRIPTION FROM ZACCOUNTTYPE;' | sqlite3 ~/Library/Accounts/Accounts4.sqlite

...and press enter

This has not been tested for any long term side effects.


Ways to find messages from blocked contact info

Text messages that are blocked are not saved. So you cannot go in to see old text messages.


How to disable the docked Finder monitor pop-up on OS X?

Looks like you have activated VoiceOver mode. To disable either press Cmd-F5 or go to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Voice Over and turn it off there.


How can I switch dialog buttons using the keyboard?

Go to...

System Preferences→Keyboard→Keyboard Shortcuts
and select All controls under Full Keyboard Access

Now you can use ⇥ (tab) to switch between the dialog boxes.
Note: Unlike in Windows, you need to hit space to trigger a highlighted box that is not the default one! (If this is not natural to you, here's something that helps many to remember tab and space rather than just enter. The space bar is the keyboard version of a one button mouse with the tab moving the mouse's pointer for you.)


What Kernel extensions should be deleted to disable bluetooth?

I'll leave this open to a more definitive answer, but after some guess-and-check I was able to disable the Bluetooth preferences pane with an error To see this preferences pane, you may need to connect a device to your computer. by removing the /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext file.

Clarification as to which of the following found kernel extensions are specifically responsible for Bluetooth IO would be appreciated:

$ ls /System/Library/Extensions/*lue*
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothDebug.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothDebugService.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothModule.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothMultitouch.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothRemote.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/AppleMIDIBluetoothDriver.plugin:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext:
Contents

/System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext:
Contents


How to access external DNS on iOS when it is blocked

The easiest way to solve this is probably to use an app such as "Weblock - AdBlock for iOS" that works through proxying content. In the app you create a redirect rule for your external web site URL and to the correct IP address of the website (port number 80 for http or 443 for https).

Another possibility is using a VPN app to allow you to punch through and access other DNS servers.


Reinstalling Lion OS using recovery , will it erase my other partition(s) data?

The Lion Recovery HD can be a very misleading name. Especially if you're familiar with PC vender recovery solutions. The Lion Recovery HD [or disc] is, in functionality and feature, just like booting of an Mac OSX Installation Disc.

When you boot into the Recovery partition [or disc] and start the process, you will be asked to select which disk you wish to restore [which actually means install to]. You will see a list of your three partitions to which you select your "Macintosh HD" partition and you're good to go. Any formating that may occur will only occur on your selected partition and not affect any other partitions.

You are safe to run the Lion Recovery Partition.


How can i take facebook pictures and put them into an iphoto album?

Exactly as it says, you need to import them. Currently iPhoto is referencing them on the Facebook servers. So download them from there with your web browser and then import them to iPhoto.


Can I bootcamp my mac with only a product key from windows8.1?

You can download the mediacreationtool.exe which will allow you to download the .iso or create the USB flash drive.

I believe you want an iso. If you use the mediacreationtool to create a USB flash drive, it will not work on a Mac. You need to burn the iso to a DVD or use Boot Camp Assistant to create the USB.

Of course you will need to execute the mediacreationtool from a machine booted to Windows. If you do not have such a machine, you can install a temporary evaluation copy of Windows Enterprise 8.1. The iso can be downloaded from here.

To be clear. You download the 64 bit Windows Enterprise 8.1 as an iso. You use the iso to install Windows to your Mac. Boot to Windows and download the Media Creation Tool. Run this tool to download a iso of the Home or Pro version of Windows 8.1. This iso should work with your product key. You then erase the installed Enterprise Windows and install the Home or Pro Windows using the Product Key.

  Note: For almost all Macs, you want the 64 bit version of windows.


Numbers app: how to change x axis position + change chart's line width

To answer the first part of your question, please see this Answer to Force line chart to show axis at point (0, 0)

Second part:
Select the line to highlight it.  Then under Style in the Inspector the Connection Line and weight can be adjusted by point.


Terminal shows hostname from old machine, not new machine

That part of the prompt is the hostname (\h) by default. Normally changing the computer name from System Preferences also changes the hostname:

The settings are stored in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist:

<key>Network</key>
<dict>
    <key>HostNames</key>
    <dict>
        <key>LocalHostName</key>
        <string>Lauris-iMac</string>
    </dict>
</dict>
<key>System</key>
<dict>
    <key>ComputerName</key>
    <string>Lauri’s iMac</string>
    <key>ComputerNameEncoding</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
</dict>

This changes the system hostname:

sudo scutil --set HostName My-MacMini

It adds <key>HostName</key><string>My-MacMini</string> under System. If the system hostname has been set, changing the computer name or local hostname from System Preferences won't change the prompt.


How to get rid of firewall "accept incoming connections" dialog?

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /path/to/application.app

I've never had to create a certificate using this method.

If that doesn't help, try without --deep and without the trailing slash:

sudo codesign --force --sign - /path/to/application.app

Note, just to make it clearer: After having applied the signature, start the app, accept incoming connections one last time, then quit and start again to verify that the request is gone.


Activity Monitor - Dock Icon - dual core is displayed with 4 columns

While researching the Activity Monitor, I saw this:

Some of the newer Macs have hyper-threading, which makes each core appear to be two processors.

Relatively speaking, I'm less familiar with hyper-threading than older CPU technology, so I'm putting this in an answer, and letting the community vote.


You need to buy iPhone 6 Plus Model A1524 (GSM). I would think you can get that model in the local Apple store.


How do I download/save a backup of OSX's "Enhanced Quality" system voices for future use?

Search for CatalogVersion 2 ApplePostURL http://swpost.apple.com in a browser. Or download one or several of the Apple update catalog files directly e.g:

10.9 catalog
10.10 catalog
10.11 catalog

Open the file(s) with a decent text editor. Search the file for MLV_locale_name with locale: your preferred locale and name: the voice name.

E.g. searching for MLV_it_IT_alice will reveal:

        ...
        <key>031-11791</key>
        <dict>
            <key>ServerMetadataURL</key>
            <string>http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/44/20/031-11791/gm3k0mrgb2nhbw6nmomxgshi9cd36lv9ke/MLV_it_IT_alice.smd</string>
            <key>Packages</key>
            <array>
                <dict>
                    <key>Size</key>
                    <integer>264300527</integer>
                    <key>MetadataURL</key>
                    <string>https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/44/20/031-11791/gm3k0mrgb2nhbw6nmomxgshi9cd36lv9ke/MLV_it_IT_alice.pkm</string>
                    <key>URL</key>
                    <string>http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/44/20/031-11791/gm3k0mrgb2nhbw6nmomxgshi9cd36lv9ke/MLV_it_IT_alice.pkg</string>
                </dict>
            </array>
            <key>PostDate</key>
            <date>2015-01-22T18:33:08Z</date>
            <key>Distributions</key>
            <dict>
                <key>English</key>
                <string>https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/44/20/031-11791/gm3k0mrgb2nhbw6nmomxgshi9cd36lv9ke/MLV_it_IT_alice.dst/031-11791.English.dist</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
        ...

containing the ServerMetadataURL and the direct pkg download URL: MLV_it_IT_alice.pkg

Enter the pkg download URLs in a browser or a download manager to get all desired voices.


Safari tabs rarely restoring to their respective desktops after restarting

Apps cannot be assigned to multiple Spaces.

If you split multiple windows of any single app to to separate desktops with no other pre-assignment, they will all open on the desktop that just happens to be frontmost when they launch. This can feel more random at boot time, when the screen is rapidly changing Spaces to place each already-assigned app on its correct Space.

You can fix any app to any Space by right clicking its icon in the Dock, then Options >

All Desktops - the app will follow you wherever you go
This Desktop - will change to show the Space number once assigned, then will always open in that Space.
None - will open in whatever Space you're in at the time.

If you have Mission Control set to 'Displays have separate Spaces' & 2 monitors, you will need a minimum of 3 Spaces before these options will become available to you.


How can I remap the volume buttons for custom use?

Karabiner (Formerly called KeyRemap4MacBook)

allows to intercept the keyplay.

Assign your scripts for fine volume adjustment to F11 and F12 (actually it's a combination of fn+vol. up/vol. down).
Download and install Karabiner.
Open the Karabiner preferences via the menu icon, which is a black square (like a keyboard key), somewhere in your menu bar.
In the Tab Change Key select the options:

Volume Down to F11
Volume Up to F12
F11 to Volume Down
F12 to Volume Up

This will switch the behavior of the function keys with the volume keys: Now you can use fine volume adjustment with one touch and the usual volume adjustment using fn+vol. up/vol. down.

Note that there is also an option "Fine grained volume controls" that enables fine grained volume controls by default, so you can do this purely within Karabiner, without any other scripts.  You can find this in the giant list, under "Change F1..F19 Key & Functional Key" and then the submenu "Change Functional Key".


How to transfer apps from iPad to MacBook Pro

Menubar -> Store -> Sign In (with same account used on the iPad)
Menubar -> iTunes -> Preferences -> Store -> Automatic Downloads

Once you have signed in with your account, a sync via USB should do the trick aswell, I think.

BTW: You might also need to authorize your computer to play some purchased music (Menubar -> Store -> Authorize this computer)


How to log in to a Mac OSX desktop with no user account password?

Resetting User Account Password (10.7 +)

1) Boot into your Recovery Partition holding down command + R at the startup chime

2) Select 'Terminal' from your Utilities Menu Bar

3) Type the following command in:
     resetpassword

4) From the window that appears, select your boot volume and the appropriate user account

5) Type in the new password and confirm the new password

6) Click Save, close this pane and quit Utilities

7) Select your boot volume when presented with choose startup disk and reboot your machine


MacBook Pro constantly freezing/pausing for fractions of a second

EXACTLY that symptoms had my friend, he noticed it mostly in Excel an in the gaming - random freezing, first about a half second, later (1-2 months) became worse between 0,5-30 sec.

It was a HW problem. He bring his notebook to apple service, something (don't remember what) got changed and everything is OK now.


On the iPhone select Preferences -> Notifications -> Messages
Scroll to the bottom
Turn off "View on Lock Screen"

You have to repeat this for all notifications you don't want to be shown on the lock screen.


The passwords you find in Keychain Access are not hashed by OS X - you can view the actual password there.

44 characters could mean a 256 bit hash. If you base64 encode that, it would be 44 characters - with the last character being the equals sign (=).

However, there's no way to conclude which hash algorithm has been used for your password with only the two first starting characters.

For finding the original password, you could try various passwords you have used before, and run them through various hashing algoritms to compare. Alternative you could Google the hash or download rainbow tables to test with.

I would suggest simply trying to use what you think is a hash as the actual password to see if that works.

You might also be able to find more information in the documentation for the email client you have used.


HDMI output not working on new MacBook Pro 2016 Touch Bar

Based on everything you have described, it sounds like the problem is between your MBP and the TV(s).  I am not a fan of no-name adapters like the one you linked in your question.

I have personally recommended this Anker USB-C to HDMI adapter to a family member with excellent results.

It's got high ratings, an 18 month warranty and supports 4K at 60Hz.  The adapters you referenced didn't support that level of resolution (1080p looked to be the max).


Coming from a Windows Server world, how does one connect workstations to an Apple server?

The server admin tools and associated documentation will walk you through how this works on Mac OS X. There are even worksheets that help you work through the myriad possibilities before you set up OS X Server.

It depends on how the server was "set up" so perhaps you can find out whether yours expects to control the user accounts and have the clients control themselves with a local policy file pointing to the server or if the server expects to set up the mac clients as well.

Hit the books and do know you can ask more specific questions later of one specific item is holding you up.

I prefer using System Preferences directly from the client until I'm comfortable with the specifics for each site...


iPhone 4S 64GB not charging unless switched off

Users complained that iPhone won't charge when it turns on. This is really strange. You can check by following methods:

Check the USB cable
Check the charging accessories
Clean the charging port
Hard-reset your iPhone
Using iPhone Recovery Mode, restore the iPhone to factory settings


I assume you want to use this with a DisplayPort compatible monitor:

Yes you can. As you quote:

However, [Thunderbolt 2] does support Mini DisplayPort for video output

This is definitely correct and I can confirm that this works on a similar machine. The cable you show should work as intended.

What doesn't work is using a Mini DisplayPort as Thunderbolt 2, e.g. for transferring data to a hard drive. But you want to use Thunderbolt 2 as a video output, which is one of the intended use-cases of TB2, similar to the newer TB3, USB-3 and USB 4 (which in theory equals TB 3) connectors.


How to keep Mail from encoding messages with the old charset=windows-1252?

As far as I know, the only way to guarantee the encoding is to make sure every message includes an Unicode dingbat (e.g. in the sig).  This will ensure that the message goes out as UTF-8.  Dingbats are in the Unicode 2700 range, e.g. ✈ .  You need to add this from the Character Viewer, not by just changing to a "dingbat" font, which may not be Unicode.


MacBook White Unibody doesn't detect new HDD

To be able to create a bootable volume for Intel Macs you have to use the GUID partition scheme while partitioning a disk in Disk Utility. Apple Partition Table (APT) is for older non-Intel Macs or non-bootable disks in both worlds. The disk size is restricted to 2 TB though.

If no boot option works (C or alt/option) either your optical drive is broken (or dusted etc.) or the DVDs got corrupted.

Then re-attach the 250 GB disk and an additional thumb drive, download an OS X installer app of your choice and create a bootable OS X installer thumb drive.

Put the 500 GB disk back into your MacBook again and boot from the thumb drive.


How do I use my Logitech G9x mouse on Mac OS X Lion?

Use Better touch tool. Freeware. You can assign macros to any button with this wonderful tool.


MacBook Retina with non-retina External Monitor has wrong resolutions

Try hold option while clicking 'scaled' radio button in external monitor Display settings. It will show you more options.


How to convert iOS backup from 4.0 to 3.x

No, there is no way to exchange backups for each major versions.

but you can give that a try, first you need to downgrade the firmware, and for the moment you can't downgrade from 4.x to 3.x as it already updated the baseband and there is nothing you can do now unless using hacker tricks that you need to find in specialized forums.

Then after update the device with the firmware, you just chose "restore backup" on your first connection to iTunes and pass the activation (if an iPhone)

Remember one BIG thing:

iPhone 3G runs iOS 4.0 really slow, but iOS 4.1 is sooo much faster! you should upgrade! I did and I was impressed with the speed, though now wife has it as I bought the 4th version of the iPhone.


Is my keyboard compatible with MacBook Pro

Will all the letters & numbers work?
Yes.
You'll probably use the Windows key as Command, the others as labelled. Choosing a PC keyboard layout in System preferences may be helpful too.
Will all the media buttons & customisation options work?...

Features
Set up lighting and effects freestyle or by zone
Create and store macros and button bindings
Customise your keyboard’s Game Mode
Library of game profile presets
Adjust your mouse’s DPI settings
Monitor battery life and adjust audio

No.
There are no Mac-specific drivers or custom control panel available.


iPad Air screen is black and unresponsive

I like to connect devices with no visible display to iTunes and see that I can make a backup of the device. At that point, I follow the 6 step process (even if I don't think the first few will work, sometimes going through the shutdown motions revives the screen.)

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281

If you can make a backup, you have a good base and then can try a restore. Also, if you haven't powered it off, that might do the trick without needing a computer.


How does the "Unicode Hex Input" input source work?

You are right by pressing Option ⌥+0009.

My guess would be that Firefox, like many browsers, doesn't like tab characters (especially with forms). Try in TextEdit; it should work there.


Where are the User and Group definitions stored in High Sierra?

The user and group information on a Mac are stored in Directory Services. That service can bind to external sources and alternate "local" sources like NFS, LDAP, ActiveDirectory (LDAP) but by default, unless you opt in to a directory - the user and group database is locally managed.

You can find the default local files in /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups and users. They are stored in binary plist format so you need to use /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy or similar to read them.

Alternately, you can use the easier method of the dscl utlity which allows you to read and change Directory Services entries. Using dscl has the added bonus of reading any of the optional sources in their preference to retrieve this information the same a program would.


What happens when a phone runs out of storage and pictures are taken?

iCloud storage price : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5879?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

So it depends if you have a good network connection for download what you need when you want (photos with iCloud, musics with spotify...) or if you want all your photos, all your iWork documents and all your stuff on your iPhone all the time.

It depends if you take a lot of videos, if you download a lot of big games from the App Store...

In fact, it depends of your money ^^


After my test (ipad air 2 with 9.3.2) i see that MAIL opens only zip files produced with a MAC OS X.
With MAIL we can't open zip files produced on other operating system /app (for example windows or 7zip on windows, etc)
So their info
("Supporto allegati email/Tipi di documenti visualizzabili" on https://support.apple.com/kb/SP708?viewlocale=it_IT&locale=it_IT)
are not true (or are partially true)


How to track steps with the iPhone Health app

Source:

Enable Motion Tracking, so that your iPhone will actually record the data.  Go to Settings>Privacy>Motion & Fitness.  Toggle Fitness Tracking on. Now your iPhone will count your steps.

Go to the Health app to setup your physical info so that it can better estimate your stride length.
Add steps to the Today view.  While in Health app, go to the Health Data button at bottom left. Then tap Activity and scroll down until you find Steps and tap that. Toggle the Add to Favorites switch. Now you can view your step count easily from the Today screen.


I am having the exact same issue. Safari kept stealing focus no matter which fullscreen app I would move to. It only does this when moving to a fullscreen app. I found a workaround that keeps it from switching completely away from the fullscreen apps.

I unchecked "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" in Mission Control. And this stops it from moving back to wherever Safari is open across spaces or screens (running with an external monitor).

This doesn't fix the problem completely as Safari is still technically stealing focus as apps will basically twitch and the Touchbar will switch to Safari displaying the "New Window" "New Private Window" buttons. When switching to Google Chrome, the top part of the app will drop slightly as if the menu bar was being selected and then you have to click into Chrome again to get the focus back to chrome.


Is it possible to run macOS in a virtual machine on Linux?

Well... if we assume that by 'legally' you mean according to Apple's EULA [there's a lot of bickering about that, so to avoid complication that's the definition I'll use.

Apple's EULA states, in short, that you can only run an Apple OS on Apple hardware; anything else is 'illegal'
see, I had to use that term, didn't I? ;-)

So, of course you could run it in a VM in Linux, but only if your Linux machine was actually a Mac [which would be rather pointless].

They only alternative I'm aware of would be to use a cloud instance & the only one of those I've really heard of [though never used] is MacinCloud
It was discussed on Stack Overflow a few years ago [2012] so that might be worth a look at.


Connect to Mac Mini and browse files - works on one Mac but not the other

The error sounds like it's unable to resolve the alias to the original source. What I would do is remove the shared folder(s) from the Preferences on the Mac Mini, and recreate a preference for a specific folder (ie. Public), with further testing. If the issue were to persist, I'd create another User and test from there.


Using the same partition for both Time Machine and other files

According to this HowToGeek article, as long as you don't put anything in the Backups.backupdb, you will be fine.
The Time Machine only deletes files inside the Backups.backupdb folder.
So your Archive folder and the files in it should be fine.
Relevant paragraphs from the HowToGeek article.

The easiest way to store files on your Time Machine drive is just placing the files on there directly. Plug in your Time Machine drive and open it in the Finder. You’ll see a folder named “Backups.backupdb”. Time Machine stores all its backup files under this folder. Just leave this folder alone and let Time Machine use it normally.
Place personal files and folders outside the Backups.backupdb folder. Don’t place anything inside the Backups.backupdb folder — Time Machine automatically deletes files and folders inside there to free up space, so you may find your personal files deleted if put them there.


Is it possible to use a single Time Machine backup so that two Macs are always in sync?

Time Machine is not designed to do this. It will not make bootable backups, so you can't use a Mac as a destination for backup (and have this backup be "functional").

There are other solutions for synchronizing multiple machines. If iCloud/Dropbox/Google Drive type solutions are not sufficient for your needs, there are other tools that can sync - Chronosync is one solution.


iOS 9.1 - Can't clear "documents & data" and "other" with restore - can it be done?

You should be able to "erase all content and settings" by using the settings app on the iPhone and then re-choose from the choices:

restore from an iCloud backup
restore from an iTunes backup
set up as a new device
restore from Android

The error message you mentioned is typically a result of not actually running iOS 9.1 on the device (or whatever build you were in the process of installing. You can verify the exact build of iOS on the phone from the settings app > general > about

It also could be that iTunes wants to see if it can get a newer OS than what it detects on the device. In that case, just put the device into recovery mode.

Power off the phone
Plug it into the Mac while holding the home button until you see the recovery screen


Unfortunately, Top Hits cannot be disabled. However, it should only show up when your search is rather vague (i.e., searching for the word "the" would surely trigger Top Hits). The more specific your search is, the more likely your results will NOT include Top Hits. Be careful, though - sometimes trying to be too specific may yield no results at all! When I search my email, I try to use as few search terms as possible and always include words that are distinct to the content I'm searching for.

I realize this probably isn't the answer you were looking for, but hopefully I've helped you minimize the likelihood of Top Hits showing up when you search your mail.


You have to boot from another device or to Internet Recovery Mode and then use the command line to modify the CoreStorage volume.

Preparation:

Backup your data.
Detach any external drive (especially your external Time Machine backup drive).
Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing alt cmd R at startup.
The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot to a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an apple/akamai server.

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

Alternatively you may start from a bootable installer thumb drive (Mavericks or Yosemite) or a thumb drive containing a full system (Mavericks or Yosemite).

Modify CoreStorage:

Open in the menubar Utilities/Terminal
Enter diskutil cs list
Enter diskutil cs resizeStack LVUUID size with LVUUID: UUID of the logical volume and size: the final size of your Macintosh HD
Example:
diskutil cs resizeStack C6AE5E40-1B4F-4AED-BD80-9E71EB6F1352 1000g
to expand it to 1.0 TB
diskutil cs resizeStack C6AE5E40-1B4F-4AED-BD80-9E71EB6F1352 0g or
diskutil cs resizeStack C6AE5E40-1B4F-4AED-BD80-9E71EB6F1352 100%
to expand it to the full size with magic numbers.
Enter exit and quit Terminal.
Reboot to your main volume.


Keyboard viewer in macOS Mojave dark mode

Honestly, I don't know if they're supposed to, but they do, & have done since the first beta. Still the same in the latest beta 10.14.2

Sorry, some confusion... the picture in the OP isn't the Accessibility keyboard, it's the "Show Keyboard Viewer" keyboard, which used to be white & is now as above.

From High Sierra

The Accessibility keyboard seems to have been the same since High Sierra [can't test Sierra] & didn't exist in El Capitan.


Device Manager fails to start on a macOS Server 5.2

I believe that Profile/Device manager needs the full Certificate authority (to sign profiles) that is only available on the OD master, so it is probably by design.


Why is my iPhone 6 wireless working on b/g mode?

Most routers/AP will step down to b/g when there is a device on the network that does not support N or AC. Often this is a printer, or Roku or something you have on the network. Examine all the clients and devices to determine which are causing the router to step down, and either reconfigure, upgrade or eliminate them. Also, there may be an outside device on your wireless network causing similar issues.

Alternatively, you can configure your Airport to work in N mode only. Open the Airport Utility, select Wi-fi Settings, Radio Mode and change the mode for 2.4GHz. This is also a good way to see what devices might be incompatible with the faster speeds your router supports.


Macbook won't sleep with VGA monitor connected

I'm afraid that's the appropriate behaviour, and it's called Closed Clamshell or Closed Display mode.

Using the  Option+Command+Eject shortcut will  put the computer to sleep.

On the other hand, unplugging the Power Adapter from the MacBook and then closing the lid, will do the trick, too.


Setting to Disable Automatic Text Replace (OS X 10.9.1)

Nevermind, I have found the answer to my problem. As I was writing the question, I found another setting under Keyboard > Text; Use smart quotes and dashes.

This option is probably set to true by default. Leave it unchecked and the problem is solved.

I actually clicked Post your question and answer when submitting the question, but somehow the answer doesn't show up.


Is it possible to have dual internal hard drives in a 2009 mac mini?

There are three possible models of Mac mini that came out in 2009: Early 2009, Late 2009, and the Late 2009 server variant.

The server variant comes with two hard drives already (and no optical drive), so I'm assuming you don't have that one. However, since the server and non-server variants use the same case, it seems a safe assumption that you could fit a hard drive in the space usually taken by the optical drive. Getting the hard drive to be held properly in that spot might be difficult, but maybe one of the optical drive replacement caddies could help.

There doesn't seem (and I don't remember there being) a significant physical difference between the early and late 2009 models, so I think the same assumption would apply.

In any case, be sure to check the iFixit (or similar) teardown before you start and do tell us if it works (or if it doesn't)!


Can I move the OS X that was preinstalled on my MacBook pro to a VM running on the MacBook Pro?

You could try to download the Yosemite installer (or another OSX version if your "purchased" it earlier) and try if you can install a virtual machine with it. You could also visit this link (it is for parallels, but maybe it will also work with virtual box): http://kb.parallels.com/en/118806


And the problem was the env var, http_proxy. Somehow it suddenly started to make a difference.
Shout-out to @patrix for the help!


Mac Book Pro 2012 model: My sharing name automatically changes

Just to make sure you're changing your computer name in the right place, follow these steps:

Go to System Preferences
Click on Sharing
In the Computer Name field, enter the name you want your computer to use.
Exit System Preferences

Now, assuming you were already doing that, you should reset your NVRAM.

Reset your PRAM/NVRAM

Older Macs had what's called Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). You should definitely reset this to try resolving your issue. Follow these steps:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionpr keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. mouse speed, time and date/timezone, etc).


Do the 2013 Time Capsules work as a NAS drive?

No. The internal drive gets shared as one volume. You would need to layer user access controls to set up folders for different uses within the same share.

But you can attach an external drive to the USB port and access that as shared storage from any peripheral on your network. Those show up as separate volumes when you use the stock Apple firmware on the Time Capsule.


Exception to smart quote substitution for one word

The most correct character for the Hawaiian ʻokina is U+02BB, Modifier Letter Turned Comma.  It is a letter in its own right rather than punctuation.

Using that would hopefully avoid problems that can arise when a punctuation symbol like U+2018 Left Single Quotation Mark is used instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻOkina


I'm trying to block game "X" from accessing the internet including updating

The issue is that the firewall option stops connections from outside to the app but for an update the app initiates the contact to the suppliers server  so the firewall does not help here.

the program Little Snitch does allow you to control the app starting a conversation with another IP address and so can do what you want.


How to make automator run an applescript that turns of mac?

You can use the following in an AppleScript to shutdown the system:

tell application "System Events" to shut down

If you really want to click the menu items you can go straight to clicking the "Shut Down" button with the following:

tell application "System Events" to click menu item "Shut Down" of menu 1 ¬
    of menu bar item "Apple" of menu bar 1 of process "Finder"

Note: I've add the ¬ Line-Continuation Symbol to keep from having to horizontally scroll to see the entire line, just remove it and place it all on one line in the script if you want.  If you want to actually bring up the Shut Down message change "Shut Down" to "Shut Down…".


How do I right-click in iOS Safari to access website specific functionality?

Since the original iPhone, mobile safari and iOS in general has multitouch and there is no concept of a single pointer. There can be up to 11 different point interactions that change in time, so the core problem is that web sites not designed for touch fail to deliver a good experience.

There is no hover if you don’t have one pointer - so all the hover to show details falls flat
There is no control / right shift / option / mofifier click to map to a pointer that doesn’t exist - so your use case simply fails to exist.

Some things do translate well:

Mouse down event can be processed when multitouch shows a tap (finger down and no large movement)
Mouse up event can be processed when multitouch shows a finger up (no more contact in the region of the initial touch or tracked moving touch)
Multiple finger touch can sometimes map as option click.

Sorry to say there simply isn’t a mouse or pointer on iOS, but that’s kind of the summary.


Usually I activate the Guest account and use that to test issues like you're describing.

If you try with the Guest account and you're successful, it is an indicator that you've got permission problems with your files.

Unfortunately, Apple's Disk Utility doesn't fix users' files. I've generally found it is quickest to go into the terminal.app and look for permissions that seem out of the ordinary. For example, Application Support folder on my MBP is rwx------

You can view yours by opening Terminal, using cd Library to get into the right folder, then ls -lh to view the folders including Application Support.

If those permissions are different, we can show you how to change them.


Why are my Photos library database/metadata files being modified even when I'm not using the Photos app?

This is the design of iCloud based photo library storage. There are several daemons that run in the background so you'll want to store your these files in a directory where dropbox doesn't perform any syncronizioaion.

If you need backup, you can script that and store just the periodic backups in dropbox.

You likely won't be able to change this behavior as Apple is all in with cloud syncing of data and even if you neutered the processes on this version of 10.12, the next security update or patch will likely re-enable this behavior.

If you really need to track down what's happening, you can open the command line (terminal.app) and use fs_usage to see in real time which processes access the files in question. With sudden app termination and power nap, you may find that the system will start processes to run periodically even when the app itself isn't launched. Similarly, when an app is launched, the process can and will be terminated when the system knows they have no work to do.

The analogy isn't perfect, but several years back, most apps were a manual transmission. Now most Apple apps are automatic transmission - you don't control their launch or exit in many cases - just whether the icon shows in the app switcher and dock.


Can I use two 4k displays with MacBook Pro MGXA2

Multiple (up to 12) thunderbolt displays or devices can be chained and utilised by a single port. Whether your device has the power to do this, and whether the OS allows it is a different matter. Your device should be running Mavericks or Yosemite and should be powerful enough to use the monitors. With most Thunderbolt Displays they can be plugged into the mains and therefore work fine in chains with low powered devices.


Is it possible to disable single function keys?

FunctionFlip

FunctionFlip can 'flip' certain function keys instead of changing all keys.

  FunctionFlip individually controls your MacBook or MacBook Pro's function keys, turning special keys back to regular F-keys, or vice-versa.

  FunctionFlip's purpose is simply to disable the special features — rewind, play, mute, etc. — on the function keys. For example, if you "flip" F7, F8, and F9, those keys — only those keys — will revert back to normal F keys. Press the fn key with the special key to get the special function back. That is, the "special" and "normal" functions are flipped.


How can I see what custom URI schemes are registered?

I like to use RCDefaultApp to manage handlers for protocols and URIs.  There may be a better way to do it programmatically, but Rubicode's RCDefaultApp is very useful for a lot of other reasons too.

When you dump the launch services database does it show up there?

 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -h


I did not have the same problem, but I also had to verify my payment details. I contacted Apple support about this problem.

They told me that I have to edit my Apple ID address via apple.com
I made a little change in my address and saved it. Than I restored my address like it was before. When I want to download an app now, it had no problem.

It could be that you need to verify your details once again after changing your address.

I'm not sure if this will solve your problem but for me it dit.


Before you do anything, you need to obtain the install disks.  The latest version that was supported was OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard).
I don't recommend downloading them from a torrent site or from an unknown person off the Internet.  Your best bet would be to obtain the genuine installer disks from  eBay, Craigslist, GumTree, etc.  If you have the inclination, you can attempt to install FreeBSD on that G4 (I installed it on a G5 XServe)
Don't wipe your disk until you know you have a working installer. And even if you do have a working installer, make a backup, preferably an image using dd or another cloning tool, of that hard drive.  If things go sideways, you'll have a way to get back to a working machine.  Ideally, I would use a different drive and put the original away for safekeeping.


Retina Macbook Pro with External Display (Samsung BX2440)

haven't tried myself, but according to this blog post if you press option key when selection Scaled radio button, you will get more resolutions.


Toggle Finder sort order with AppleScript under Lion 10.7?

This is a bit hacky, but changing the sort column before and after changing the sort direction seemed to work on Mountain Lion.

tell application "Finder"
    tell list view options of window 1
        set sort column to name column
        tell column size column
            if sort direction is normal then
                set sort direction to reversed
            else
                set sort direction to normal
            end if
        end tell
        set sort column to size column
    end tell
end tell


How to view and delete Mac download history

Yes, macOS does keep a history of everything users download, although users can prevent items from being recorded in that history if they're using their browser's private browsing function or other software designed to ensure your privacy (e.g. the Tor browser, etc).
So, downloading anything in a typical browser (even right-clicking on an image and saving it) is recorded. However, if you're using a private (or incognito)  window (e.g. via shiftcommandN in Safari, Opera or Chrome, or shiftcommandP in Firefox) any items being downloaded will not be recorded in the history.
You can use a terminal command to view what is in your historical record. Note: it’s going to be one extremely long list and you’ll probably find viewing it isn’t very useful. Regardless, you can do this as follows:

Launch Terminal app (usually found in your Utilities folder within the Applications folder)
Once it opens, copy and paste the following command:

sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent'

Press return

Terminal will now spit out a long list of addresses pertaining to your downloaded files.
To delete this history, you need to enter (or copy and paste) the following command in Terminal and press return:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'
To confirm that you've deleted your history, just run the first command again.


How to disable notifications for the US Holidays calendar

In the sidebar on the left, right click the appropriate calendar add-in & select Get Info.
The notifications switch/prefs is in there


What are the differences between these two Apple TV models?

Are you in Canada by any chance? The MD199C/A code seems to be for the 3rd generation Apple TV in Canada, whereas the -LL/A code is the part number in the US. I'm not aware of any differences between the two (other than the limitations on Canadian iTunes, such as more limited iCloud TV/Movie accessibility).

You can verify these numbers by adding the Apple TV to your cart in the US or Canadian online Apple Stores.


Ask for text, pass to terminal, in Automator

If you're not particularly bound to using Automator's "Ask for text" command, you could do this:

In your service, have the action item be "Run AppleScript" rather than "Run Shell Script"

Use this AppleScript:

on run {input, parameters}
    set myvar to text returned of (display dialog "What F-stop do you want to set?" default answer "1.8")
    repeat with myitem in input
        set myscript to "exiftool -FNumber=\"" & myvar & "\" -overwrite_original_in_place \"" & (POSIX path of myitem) & "\""
        do shell script myscript
    end repeat
end run


Generate a new table entry in one sheet from another

Seems like iOS has this feature under the names of Forms, just like you add a sheet, you can add a Form for a table. Don't have it on the Mac App, but that seems to be it.


Using the -Bless Command on Multiboot Macs with 10.11 El Capitan

I've had good luck using AutoDMG and munki's crgateosxintallpkg scripts with 10.11 in beta. I haven't done the work yet on the current build, but i think these SIP issues and bless changes were fit in by Apple before release so you shouldn't have issues using these tools.

Are you running into a specific error? What MDM or deployment framework are you using? If you have scripts, it might be easier to adopt one of the standard tools than re-working yours, but both are on github so you can see how they are handling SIP/bless if you need that level of detail.

https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG
https://github.com/munki/createOSXinstallPkg
Automate Yosemite Upgrade
https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=334
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205054

The last link is Apple's official word on how you will need to script your client Mac to trust the netboot server and the commands needed to navigate the SIP changes for distribution of 10.11 images.

In a nutshell, you can list the "blessed" netboot servers as opposed to blessing the image itself.

csrutil netboot add 10.0.10.10
csrutil netboot list


What apps are people using to record voice meetings on the iPad?

My favorite app is the Voice memos for iPad. It only $0.99 and it supports multitasking!

And if you like free apps, I would recommand using Audio memos free Voice Recorder.


How to change carrier on iPad 2nd generation?

If you check the Apple Sim page for iPad here (Use Apple SIM with Wi-Fi + Cellular models of iPad), it says that you can use a nano-SIM card in the SIM tray to set up a cellular data plan with a different carrier.

  Japan:

  AU, DoCoMo, Softbank (purchased in a carrier retail location): The    embedded Apple SIM and nano-SIM tray are locked to the carrier that
  sold you your iPad. Outside Japan, you can use the embedded Apple SIM
  or a nano-SIM card in the SIM tray to set up a cellular data plan
  with a different carrier if you are outside Japan..
  KDDI (KDDI retail locations): The embedded Apple SIM is locked to    KDDI in Japan. The nano-SIM tray is locked to the carrier that sold
  you your iPad. Outside Japan, you can use the embedded Apple SIM or a
  nano-SIM card in the SIM tray to set up a cellular data plan with a
  different carrier.