On my Mac the ipsec0 interface has an IPv6 address that is part of the /64:

2607:fb90:13c0:e82::/64 which is owned by T-Mobile as seen from the whois:

CIDR:           2607:FB90::/32
NetName:        TMOV6-1
NetHandle:      NET6-2607-FB90-1
Parent:         NET6-2600 (NET6-2600-1)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:       AS21928
Organization:   T-Mobile USA, Inc. (TMOBI)
RegDate:        2009-07-14
Updated:        2012-02-24
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET6-2607-FB90-1

Since it is an ipsec tunnel, we can find out what the endpoint address is by looking for traffic on our main outgoing interface (tcpdump on en0 for example), which is where we find out 208.54.40.75 is the endpoint address, which we can whois again and get back:

NetRange:       208.54.0.0 - 208.54.159.255
CIDR:           208.54.128.0/19, 208.54.0.0/17
NetName:        TMO2
NetHandle:      NET-208-54-0-0-1
Parent:         NET208 (NET-208-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:
Organization:   T-Mobile USA, Inc. (TMOBI)
RegDate:        1999-08-10
Updated:        2012-02-24
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-208-54-0-0-1

So now the interesting part, what is opening this connection and what is it used for?

A handy command for this is named lsof which lists open files. We can pass it a couple of flags, and get back just what is listening, along with what process is listening.

lsof -a -i -l -P | grep 2607:fb90:13c0:e82

At which point we see something like the following:

ntpd        198        0   32u  IPv6 0x1c220855d5c2b5a1      0t0  UDP [2607:fb90:13c0:e82::]:123
CommCente   249     1001   26u  IPv6 0x1c220855d59e9a91      0t0  UDP [2607:fb90:13c0:e82::]:5060
CommCente   249     1001   27u  IPv6 0x1c220855d3b35a61      0t0  TCP [2607:fb90:13c0:e82::]:5060 (LISTEN)

That second number that is listed is the PID (process ID) for the process that has the open connection, so we can get more detail for what other connections are open by using:

lsof -a -i -l -P -p 249

This will output something like the following:

COMMAND   PID     USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
CommCente 249     1001   15u  IPv4 0x1c220855d68c85a1      0t0  UDP 10.64.1.100:500->m4b2836d0.tmodns.net:500
CommCente 249     1001   20u  IPv4 0x1c220855d336be89      0t0  UDP 10.64.1.100:4500->m4b2836d0.tmodns.net:4500
CommCente 249     1001   26u  IPv6 0x1c220855d59e9a91      0t0  UDP [2607:fb90:13c0:e82::]:5060
CommCente 249     1001   27u  IPv6 0x1c220855d3b35a61      0t0  TCP [2607:fb90:13c0:e82::]:5060 (LISTEN)

We can see that this has an open connection on port 500 and 4500. Port 500 is used for key exchange when using an ipsec based VPN, and 4500 is used for ipsec tunnels to traverse NAT, see this page for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_traversal#IPsec

And then information about the process itself:

ps auxwww | grep 249:

xistence          249   0.0  0.2  2582352  29932   ??  S     2:07PM   0:03.34 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreTelephony.framework/Support/CommCenter

So based upon this we can make a couple of assumptions:

The tunnel endpoints are owned by T-Mobile
It has to do something with CoreTelephony which seems to be a library used by Apple to implement phone calling on iOS (and now OS X): https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Reference/CoreTelephonyFrameworkReference/index.html
Based upon 1 and 2, and knowing that I have enabled Wifi Calling in FaceTime and on my phone, I can be fairly certain that this ipsec tunnel is used to route calls to my laptop.

As soon as I start a FaceTime Wifi-call while running tcpdump on the ipsec0 interface I see the standard SIP protocol (which is what FaceTime uses to make calls).

tl;dr: ipsec0 is used for Wifi calling.


There is no way to directly access your Journals from iCloud.com, no. However, if you publish a Journal you can choose "Add to Home Page" (iPad and iPhone), that way if you have multiple Journals a visitor can navigate to your "Home Page".

A visitor would still need the unique link for at least one Journal even with that option selected. Alas, there is no "icloud.com/user/" link one could visit directly.

I don't think it's designed to be a landing page. It's more to generate a unique link for sharing said Journal.


2012 13" Macbook Pro (nominal 2.5 Ghz) runs constantly at 2.9 Ghz

The Late-2012 13" MacBook Pro Retina comes in two variants - one is a 2.5 Ghz i5 CPU, and the other is a 2.9 Ghz i7 CPU.

If you have the 2.9 Ghz i7 variant, then this is why your machine is running at 2.9 Ghz.

The 2.5 Ghz i5 CPU supports TurboBoost which allows the CPU to boost its frequency from 2.5 Ghz up to a maximum of 3.1 Ghz. In simple terms, the boost is effective only when one of the two cores are busy, but the other is not. This occurs for example when you're really only running one, single-threaded application program.


How do you delete the Apple ID of a dead person?

As far as I know the only way to remove an iCloud password is to contact Apple with the relevant documentation.

This link has some contact details

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204169


Are there viable and cheaper alternatives to Photoshop?

I think you'll find Pixelmator a good substitute for Adobe Photoshop. It will do everything on your list and it costs $14.99.


MacBook battery/replacement battery does not work

I'm thinking it has something to do with the failed SMC update.

Can you do an update of the SMC  Firmware independent of Software Update.  Download the update here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1312

Once you are satisfied that the update has been applied successfully, keep your new battery on charge for 24 hours.  Let us know if it fixes the issue.


Can an iPhone get infected will malware by sharing a wifi connection with an infected computer?

In theory any computer (including smartphones) is attackable over WiFi (or any other channel) as long as software has bugs which can be exploited to do so. Having a infected MacBook to start with, or sharing the AppleID between devices, may make it easier (or open additional attack vectors), but at the end it's always a weakness on the attacked device which makes it possible.


Install Bootcamp Windows7 off external USB optical drive on Lion system

I have a new MBP 17 with my SuperDrive replaced with a hard drive, and with the SuperDrive mounted via USB externally.  I have not been able to install via BootCamp, due to what I understand is some new issue with USB and EFI.  I haven't heard of people having success with rEFit with the latest machines.  The one solution that seems reliable is to open the machine and put the SuperDrive back into the second bay.  The secondary drive can be put into the primary bay for Windows to be installed to it, and then the SuperDrive again removed and the drive with the BootCamp partition moved back to the optical bay.  I can't verify the

Please note, I have yet to do this myself with my machine, though I plan to attempt it as soon as I get a few free hours.


Terminal command in Applescript not working

You mustn't use some special characters (e.g. " or \) between the quotation marks after the do shell script part of Apple Scripts or you have to escape them with a back slash.

In your example the second quotation mark is interpreted as the end of the shell command: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ which is no valid line.

So escape the inner quotation marks with a back slash and your Apple Script should work:

try
    do shell script "defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{\"tile-type\"=\"spacer-tile\";}'; killall Dock" with administrator privileges
end try

If you have a shell command like this:

... awk '/disk/ {gsub("\"",""); print $NF}' ...

you would have to escape each " and \ with a back slash:

try
    do shell script "... awk '/disk/ {gsub(\"\\\"\",\"\"); print $NF}' ..."
end try


Depending on how terminal savvy you are.. you might look into sleuthing around using lsof and netstat.

This will only work with a jailbroken iOS device. Install the packages network-cmds and lsof using Cydia.

Close all your other applications, except for the one generating the ad. Then, open a Terminal, run one of these commands and look through the list. Simply use the process of elimination to figure out which IP address it is talking to. (IE: if you know you are running Spotify for music, you could rule out any active connections that are going to a website with "spotify" in the hostname.) After narrowing it down, if you are left with a set of IP addresses instead of hostnames, you could try running the remaining ones through an IP address lookup webpage.

Here are the commands. I've supplied a little bit of sample output from my mac to show you what I get. These are the same commands in the packages above for iOS, so you should get equivalent output. Be warned, you will get a lot of output, so be prepared to scroll.

[MacBook-Pro:~] jonathan% lsof -i

COMMAND    PID              USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
UserEvent  228 jonathan    6u  IPv4 <MAC>      0t0  UDP *:*
Mail       240 jonathan   34u  IPv4 <MAC>      0t0  TCP 192.168.1.124:49590->17.158.8.25:imaps (ESTABLISHED)
Mail       240 jonathan   37u  IPv4 <MAC>      0t0  TCP 192.168.1.124:49533->17.158.8.25:imaps (ESTABLISHED)

OR try

[MacBook-Pro:~] jonathan % sudo netstat
Active Internet connections
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.124.50428    cache.google.com.https ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.124.50427    cache.google.com.https ESTABLISHED

Where 192.168.1.124 will be your local IP address instead of what is shown above.


Why does my iMac freezes up intermittently?

It could be that your iMac freezes because some component is getting too hot (in my opinion  Apple’s temperature thresholds are not setup for reliability, but rather for “comfort”).

You can list temperature sensors with:

iStat Pro (free, discontinued widget, but runs on High Sierra without a hitch)
Macs Fan Control (paid app)


How do I clone the local drives' Users directory ACL to an external drive?

Ok, so turns out that all I needed to do was sudo chown root:admin /Volumes/External_HD/Users

Obviously, the checkbox next to "Ignore ownership on this volume" should be un-ticked. You can only see this on Get Info of the Volume:


How do you display time zone in Apple photos

it's actually a setting in "date&time" in your system preferences.

Open it and then in the "date&time" section, click on "open language & Region", then "advanced".

Click on "times" section and add/drag "time zone" to the "short time" format.


Timeouts in AppleUSBEHCI - how can I find out what is causing this?

Generate a system report (in Lion: About this Mac-> More Info -> System Report, or do a Spotlight search for System Information if you allow Spotlight to index applications.)

Click on USB; then look for the bus ID mentioned. Under that bus, look through the Location IDs of each device; this field is "Addr" in the error logs. Note that location IDs are unique only across a bus, not the entire system.

Once you've identified the device, I would try swapping it to a new port, either with another device on the hub or to a blank port on said hub.  If the errors stay with the device and not the port, my next step would be to plug the device into a direct port or swap cables.  If you still have issues with the device, look for firmware updates to the device.

If after troubleshooting the hub is suspect - note that some people have found the power adapters that ship with some cheap USB hubs to be very poor, not capable of delivering anywhere near enough current.  http://hackaday.com/2012/01/06/running-the-numbers-on-a-cheap-psu/

I would put the phone and garmin charger directly off the Mac's USB ports; among other things, your mac can supply twice as much current to your phone for charging.  See https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4049


Refreshing the Dock without actually killing it?

You might try

sudo pkill -1 Dock

which sends a ‘HANG-UP’ signal, also known as a ‘HUP’, to the process whose name matches Dock.  The expected response is an internal ‘stop and re-evaluate’ in which a relevant configuration file normally gets re-read.

F.


How to text a message to a number on an iPhone?

In iMessage

create a new message (icon at top right)
enter the number you want to send the message to into the To: line
enter the message as usual
send it


How to enable COVID-19 Exposure Logging in India

Non developers don’t get to enable COVID-19 logging in ares where Apple hasn’t enabled it.

Apple has documented volumes of technical data, reasoning, white papers and more: https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing

If that’s not enough to get you going, since you are developing, you do have an avenue that all consumers lack. Open a developer support ticket with Apple using your developer account to get access to a pre-release OS and register any requests that support development of an app before it’s rolled out.

https://developer.apple.com

That’s the best way to move forward on this if you can’t wait for it to be rolled into the production OS for your region or you want to see the beta SDK / API so you know what is coming as opposed to what shipped. Also, look at WWDC dates - since that is less than 20 days away, you might wait quite some time for an answer or have to rely on the developer forums / documentation already written as there’s a lot in the air right now on the development side.


You will find several solutions (Keyboard Maestro, Karabiner, Automator Wrapper) or here (LaunchBar/Quicksilver) to accomplish this.

Another Karabiner solution is the Launcher Mode:

Download, install and start Karabiner.
In the menubar open Karabiner -> Preferences
Search for Launcher and enable the preset.
To open Activity Monitor hold OA and release A


Is biteSMS or iRealSMS a better all-around iPhone SMS replacement app?

I have used both and I find biteSMS to be the superior app. I have no scientific data to back that up, but in my experience biteSMS has performed flawlessly while I always had trouble with iRealSMS. It may be different phones, but I used iRealSMS on a 3GS and gave it up, then moved to an iPhone 4 and installed biteSMS. I haven't looked back since.


Move quickly between pages in Safari on iOS7?

No, Safari does not have a feature like the one you're describing. However, Chrome for iOS has this functionality by default.


How can I backup my Icloud synced notes locally?

The locally stored notes are stored in a database at ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/
while iCloud notes are stored here: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/
How to access the directories are described in this OXDaily link. https://osxdaily.com/2020/01/15/where-notes-stored-locally-mac/
There is a free app called Exporter, available from the AppStore, which will extract each note and save it as a markdown file.  MacDown and other apps will display the notes on the screen.
There is also a way to export all your Notes as pdfs using a script. I don't know much about this but found it on the internet.  The script and a description are given at https://macmost.com/export-all-of-the-notes-on-your-mac-using-a-script.html


How do I find out the MAC address of my iPad?

On my iPhone, I can find my MAC address by going into Settings, then General, then About. The wifi MAC address is listed under "Wi-Fi Address". It's likely that the MAC address for the iPad is in the same location.


I would probably start with two things.

sudo -s
Judicious use of file hopefully can help pick apart the error in thinking, permissions or execution here.

File should report correct results all the way back to root, and then all the way back to /private/var - once you’ve got a string of good results - repeat the sequence of file checks to test ../../var/whatever
# file ../../var/
../../var/: directory
# file ../../var/com.twocanoes.tcscryptotoken.tcstoken/
../../var/com.twocanoes.tcscryptotoken.tcstoken/: directory
# file ../../var/com.twocanoes.tcscryptotoken.tcstoken/token.sh
../../var/com.twocanoes.tcscryptotoken.tcstoken/token.sh: POSIX shell script text executable, ASCII text

If you are on Catalina - realize you are crossing filesystem boundaries and firmlinks are in play as well as sym links. You can tell that with a df command and if it shows you have a Data APFS volume in addition to the system volume. Hopefully you don’t need to wait for terraform to fix deployment - it might be a simple error, but this is why we’re moving everything into /usr/local so that we get user and non-system installation off the read only disk of macOS sooner rather than later.
# diskutil list|grep Macintosh
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     122.0 GB   disk1s1
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.2 GB    disk1s5


Delete all calendars and contacts in iOS

Delete an Existing Calendar :

In iPhone Calendar, tap on the Calendars button at the top-left of the iPhone Calendar display.
Tap on the Edit button at the top-left of the Calendars display.
Tap on the calendar you wish to delete.
Scroll to reveal the Delete Calendar button at the bottom of the Edit Calendar display and tap on it.
Confirm the deletion by tapping on Delete Calendar in the confirmation display.
Tap Done at the top-left of the Edit Calendars display.
Tap Done at the top-right of the Calendars display to return to the main display.

Delete a contact :

Select the contact's name.
Click on the "edit" button in the upper right hand corner.
Scroll down and select delete.

If you want to delete contacts in bulk you can use these apps :

Paid :

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contactdel-delete-multiple/id399148990?mt=8
how to : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHn6ABEDk1o

Free :

Download the app 'Groups' by Qbix
Link : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groups/id407855546?mt=8
As soon as you open the groups app it has all your contacts.
You can tap multiple contacts (a red dot to the left of each one) and
then at the top on the right there is a little white arrow that says
"actions".
Tap on that & you can delete, copy, or e-mail all of the
selected contact at once.


Blocked contact and multitasking menu iOS 8

Yes. Even messages to blocked contacts display that blocked contact in "Recent" in the app switcher.

You can disable the "Recents" altogether if you would like. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, and Calendar -> Show In App Switcher (under Contacts).


If you bought it on the same Apple ID, then the iTunes on your computer should see that you purchased those songs already. Therefore, you should be able to simply sync music back to iPhone.
Perhaps I'm not understanding your question though. So I'll cover both sides.
Transferring Music from iPhone to Computer
If you purchased songs and you bought them on the same Apple ID, you can simply transfer purchases back onto your iPhone. See the picture below.
Just go to File => Devices => Transfer Purchases

Transferring Music from Computer to iPhone
First of all, you can see what content you purchased (make sure you sign in to the iTunes store first). Take a look at the picture below. You should see it under the Quick Links section:

However, to automatically transfer these purchases from the computer to the iPhone, you need to follow these instructions:
On the iPhone Side:
You need to use Automatic Downloads. Make sure it's on by following the directions in the picture below.

On the Computer Side:
Make sure that iTunes has the preference that is mentioned in this picture enabled.


Have touchbar show vol up, vol down, brightness up, brightness down buttons by default

Yes, you can go into System Preferences and set the default view for the Touch bar.

Open the System Preferences app.
Select the Keyboard option (third row, sixth item)
On the first tab (also called Keyboard), locate the dropdown for "Touch Bar shows" and choose "Expanded Control Strip".


Using Linux computer as time capsule - possible but any experiences?

I've had experience with this, and it does work with some fiddling, but it doesn't "just work" in the mac sense. Every now and then, you'll find that you have to reconnect the volume, restart a daemon, or else face weird time machine errors.

If you're okay with being this "hands on", you'll need to install Netatalk (AFP daemon) and Avahi (Bonjour daemon) on your Linux machine, and set a defaults option on your mac to allow Time Machine to use network drives.

This is the guide I used for setting such a system up: http://techiezone.rottigni.net/2013/12/backup-your-mavericks-using-debian-linux-as-a-time-machine/

Make sure you keep a close eye on it for your first few weeks - nothing worse than backups that aren't actually backing up!


how can I write on my screen using terminal?

Terminal is a CLI, or Command Line Interface, and notes and other text editor apps that you are familiar with are part of the GUI family, Graphical User Interface. The GUI is most likely the type of interface you interact with every day.

That being said, you cannot open and run a GUI app in a CLI. If you open up myapp.app from Terminal, it will open it up as a GUI. For example, you can't open up Safari in terminal, do a google search from the command line, and then watch a video. However, there are a few CLI text editors that would be similar to notes already installed on your computer. My favorite is vi.

Open your terminal, and type vi after the prompt. A new interface should appear with a description of vi. I'll post a link to all the commands in vi at the end of my post, but I'll go over a few of the essential ideas.

No mouse. It's 100% a CLI, meaning you can't use the mouse for anything. Instead, use the arrow keys.
With that in mind, when you enter vi you are in command mode. We'll talk more about that in a second. To add text, you have to enter insert  mode, which is done by typing i+return. Now you are in insert mode and you can type whatever you want.
Command mode: When you are done typing, you're going to want to save your file most likely. To do this, you must enter command mode. Press the escape key. Then type:
:wq filename+return. This saves a new file called filename. Keep in mind it saves to the current directory you are in. To fully exit and save, type :wq

You can even change the standard output to make it viewable in the GUI:

    filename > filename.txt

Then, you can open filename.txt in textedit, or any other GUI text editor.

One last cool feature of vi, is it lets you edit current ASCII files anywhere on your computer. Just type vi filename in the prompt.

Here is a link to a basic list of vi commands


How to play a video at 200% zoom on Mac?

While there isn't any option to set a precise zoom value for a video playing in QuickTime, you can still zoom the video using various means:

Increase Size command under View menu. Invoking this zooms the video in fixed increments.

Fit to Screen command under View menu. Invoking this fits the video to match with screen width/height.

Zoom command under Window menu. This command works similar to Fit to Screen command.

In addition to above, a QuickTime or quick look preview window can be freely resized with the help of resizing handles to manually adjust zoom.


Settings -> iCloud (right beneath General). Then scroll down til you see the "Delete Account" button. Should be straight-forward from there.


Can I use my Logitech G5 with a MacBook Pro?

I'm not especially familiar with that model of mouse, but almost all, if not all, peripherals like mice and keyboards will work with the Mac. Even if Mac compatibility isn't listed for the mouse, it still might work.


How to make bash (Terminal.app) remember history of previous sessions?

You'll need to tell bash where to keep your history file, and how many lines to keep:

# Set the location of your HISTFILE
echo "export HISTFILE=/Users/<USERNAME>/.bash_history" >> ~/.bash_profile

# Number of lines to keep (1000 in this example)
echo "export HISTFILESIZE=1000" >> ~/.bash_profile

# Set how many commands to keep in the current session history list
echo "export HISTSIZE=80" >> ~/.bash_profile

# Ignore commands that start with a space
echo "export HISTIGNORE=\"&:[ ]*:exit\"" >> ~/.bash_profile


Does the 'iPhone' label on a Contact's phone number enable any special handling?

The iPhone label does not provide any special handling instructions or added features of any kind.  It's a purely aesthetic touch that only impacts the display and voice dialing of a contact's number in the same way any other label does, such as "Home", "Work" or "Mobile".

If you are looking for further information on how the iPhone does provide special handling for other iPhones, such as iMessage and FaceTime, there is a great thread, right here on Ask Different, that details just how the iPhone, in conjunction with Apple's servers, uses the UDID and Apple ID associated with the device to provide all those special iOS only features.


Does the new .HEIC photo image format include Apples advance photo features ie Live Photo?

Digging into my Photos library on my Mac, It doesn't seem so.

I have a live photo taken on my iPad Pro 10.5, which when I dive down into the Masters folder to find, it is saved as a .heic, but only seems to be a still image.

When I go across into the resources/media/master folder, and tracked down all files with the same creation date, I found a matching mov file, just the way Live Photos were previously saved as jpg/mov pairs.

I popped the mov into MediaInfo, it is in hevc, and weighs in at 2.55MB, while the heic is 1.3MB, so it looks like Apple is not packing them together in a single file, at least not yet. Perhaps they plan to do so in the future, but not until there is wider adoption of the HEIF format, or more products out there with HEVC hardware support...? Anyone's guess at this point.


Log in to your email somewhere else, then contact Apple.


SSD and Superdrive on Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller

There are two independent SATA channels available. Each channel will negotiate highest possible speed based on client capabilities. It will not divide 3Gbps between two clients.

And as a side answer to your question: in case you don't use Superdrive look for SATA to SATA 9.5mm optical bay caddy. This way you'll be able to put SSD in place of Superdrive and have plenty of storage on platters.

Your Macbook even accept 12.5mm thick HDDs in HDD chamber.


Two Finder processes are open. Neither works. What gives?

Try restarting the LaunchServices database. Launch the Terminal app (Cmd+Space, "Terminal"), and type in

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Then quit Terminal, restart your mac, and let us know if that fixed it.


How to visualize calendar dates (in Keynote? Or Numbers?)

You might want to try the Office "gantt chart" feature to present your data.

  Options for making a Gantt chart

  Although it is not a graphical tool by design, it is possible, with
  quite a bit of formatting, to make a Gantt chart in Excel. You can do
  this by turning your project tables into an Excel Gantt chart using
  Excel's bar graph functionality. It is also possible and significantly
  easier to create much more graphical and more manageable Gantt charts
  in PowerPoint, such as the one above. You can do this by simply
  pasting your Excel project tables into a PowerPoint add-in called
  Office Timeline.

There are many templates available here.


Can I use MacBook Pro as a display for AppleTV?

Unfortunately you can't put a MacBook into Target Display Mode like an iMac, so short of disassembling your MacBook to wire the internal Display Port the monitor uses to one of the external ones (assuming your Mac has one) there doesn't appear to be a way.


You can’t use three Thunderbolt 3 ports to drive three displays.   You can accomplish this by connecting two Thunderbolt 3 to HDMI adapters/cables and one HDMI to HDMI/VGA/DVI adapter via the HDMI port.

A couple of things to consider when connecting monitors:

Use native signals rather than convert.  Thunderbolt 3 is also DisplayPort, so it’s better to go from TB3 to mDP/DP
If you must convert video signals, use an active adapter instead as it actually recreate the native video signal


Can't sync smart playlists that contains podcasts

If the playlist sync over but the podcasts fail to play, it could be that you have your iPod shuffle set to "shuffle songs". You must switch to "play in order" for it to work.
From Apple Support:

Playing Audiobooks and Podcasts on iPod shuffle
When using iPod shuffle (1st and 2nd generation), if iPod shuffle is set to shuffle songs  it will play all the audio files on iPod shuffle except audiobooks and podcasts. To play an audiobook or podcast, set the switch on iPod shuffle to play in order .
When using iPod shuffle (3rd generation), podcasts and audiobooks will not be played when content is played from All Songs. If content is played from a playlist synced from iTunes, audiobooks and podcasts will only be played if the iPod's switch is set to play in order . In addition to playlists synced from iTunes, iPod shuffle (3rd generation) will create a special playlist for each audiobook synced and one for podcasts. When accessing these special playlists, audiobook and podcast content will play whether the iPod is set to play in order  or shuffle songs . Podcast are sorted by alphabetical order and then by episode date.


IPhone4S is not allowing to text; use email nor certain apps

I would do a restore back to factory settings, and then back up from an icloud or itunes backup. You do have a back up right?


How to introduce a list object that is stored in a .txt file to an AppleScript?

Obviously, I do not know the total scope of what you're doing or how you have other things coded, as you have not supplied all the details and code, however, I would take a different approach.

I downloaded the Moby Thesaurus from the linked page in your question and preformed the following actions on it.

Extracted the contents of the mthes.tar.Z file.
Opened the ./mthes/mobythes.aur file in TextWrangler and noticed two things to change.

Change the line endings from Classic Mac (CR) to Unix (LF).
Removed unwanted trailing commas from 6 lines.

Note that while I could make these changes in TextWrangler, nonetheless I prefer to use Terminal, and did so using the following command:

tr "\r" "\n" < mobythes.aur | sed -E 's/[,]{1,}$//' > mobythes.txt

Which took but literally a second to do (as I actually prefaced the above command with time, out of curiosity). With the mobythes.aur file having now been processed, saved to mobythes.txt and copied to my Documents folder, I will use this new plain CSV file as is, to query the search string for a match to the first field of each record and return the record, sans the first field, as a list to choose from in AppleScript. I found this method to be extremely fast, while searching for "zoom" the last record in the CSV file, it took but a second to return and create the list for that record on the fly.

In AppleScript Editor I use the following code to test against the plain CSV file as a single file containing the 30,260 lines with 2.5 million synonyms and related words.

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set theMobyThesaurus to POSIX path of (path to documents folder) & "mobythes.txt"

set theSearchString to the text returned of (display dialog "Find synonyms for:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Search"} default button 2 with title "Search Moby Thesaurus")

if theSearchString is not equal to "" then

    try
        set theSearchResults to (do shell script "grep -i -m 1 '^" & theSearchString & ",' " & theMobyThesaurus)
    on error
        display dialog "No match for \"" & theSearchString & "\" available." buttons {"OK"} default button 1
        return
    end try

    if theSearchResults is not equal to "" then
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ","
        set theSynonymsList to items 2 thru -1 of text items of theSearchResults as list
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

        choose from list theSynonymsList with prompt "Choose a synonym for: " & linefeed & theSearchString
        if the result is not false then
            set theChosenWord to (item 1 of the result)
        end if
    end if

end if

In this example, assuming a search match was made and nothing canceled, then the theChosenWord variable now contains what was chosen from the displayed list and can be processed further as needed/wanted.

Note that this is of course strictly example code for testing purposes and will need to be adapted to your use case scenario while incorporating appropriate error handling as needed.

I believe this is going to be the fastest way while leaving the Moby Thesaurus as a single CSV file, and is probably faster then whatever methods you tried thus far.


Do linked files located on FileVault partition make the encrypted file readable?

The answer is no. Symlinks do not somehow "circumvent" FileVault encryption.
Symlinks are always "soft" by the way.


How to make iOS open separate keychain files from macOS

Example ..

Steps to create .p12 file:

Run the Keychain Access Application on your Mac.
Select the login keychain from the top-left panel
Select key's
Right click and select Export Items...
Save your key in the Personal Information Exchange (.p12) file format, and name the file “something.p12”
You will be prompted to create a password that is used when you attempt to import this key on another computer
Enter a password and save


How to select single word in URL in iOS 13?

Double tap on that word.

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/06/14/ios-13-overview-text-editing-gestures/ says:

  Select a word: double-tap on it.
  Select a sentence: tap on the text with three fingers.
  Select a paragraph: tap on the text with four fingers.
  Bubble menu: bring up the shortcuts menu by tapping once with three fingers.
  Select multiple contiguous items: tap with two fingers, then drag to quickly select emails, files and folders.


iOS Updates when bandwidth is restricted

Regarding the OS update, I seem to remember that filling the iPhone with (songs, books, pictures, apps) to the point where the OS update would not fit was the only way to prevent the OS update from downloading.  On a cruise, where you would likely be taking many pictures, etc, this is not a very amenable solution.

When I've had metered WiFi in the past, I would turn it off except when checking mail and then turn it back off immediately after downloading all the messages.  Depending on how fast your WiFi connection is, even this may or may not have prevented the update from downloading.

About the only thing remaining is to ask the network admin onboard the ship if they could block the software update site as if it were a torrent or porn site.


In your case, the problem is the file system on the drive as opposed to how it is connected to your Mac.

The drive is most likely formatted as FAT32 system. This is a typical partitioning format that is supported by practically all computers (windows, linux and mac os). FAT32 limits file sizes to 4GB and device sizes to 2TB (or 16 TB for 4 KB sectors). For you to be able to store a file greater than 4GB in size, you'd need to reformat the drive to either ExFAT (file size is limited to 16EB, or 16 BILLION TB) or a MacOS partition format (called HFS plus, file size limited to 8EB, or 8 BILLION TB). I'd recommend the MacOS partition format for it's reliability, but only if you're working in a strictly Mac OS environment. HFS plus is NOT supported by Windows. If you need to transfer files between computers of various OSs, I'd recommend ExFAT.

Note: Changing partition formats WILL DELETE ALL DATA ON THE DRIVE, so make sure you back up all the data on the drive before you start.

Back up all your files on the USB drive onto a secure location on your Mac.
Open Disk Utility by searching it in spot light or opening it from /Applications/Utilities
Select your desired drive on the left side.
Go to the "Erase" tab.
Choose your desired partition format from the drop down menu, and name your drive as you please.
Click "erase"
Restore the files back to the drive.


Automatically quit Terminal when typing exit

The approach given here looks a little simpler—maybe it would work for you?

If you don't want to remember to type "quit" instead of "exit", and you're using bash, just add the following to your .bashrc or other shell startup script:
trap '/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"terminal\" to quit"' 0

What's it do? When the shell receives signal 0 (zero), that is, told to exit, it will execute this command as the last thing it does. This allows your shell, etc, to exit gracefully, and asking Terminal.app to exit via applescript makes sure it does the same. In other words, type 'exit', and your shell exits, then Terminal quits, all cleanly and the way nature intended.

The full thread can be found here.


It is recommend to install groff from Homebrew.

Apple's built-in groff is pretty outdated (version 1.19.2) and doesn't include pdfroff.

Homebrew's supplied version on the other hand is up-to-date with recent version available (version 1.22.3).

Install the required packages (GNU troff and Ghostscript) by running:

brew install groff gs


Comfortable way to archive and log terminal input

Maybe not quite what you're asking for, but an elegant solution: Press CTRL-R and it will invoke a search through your entire history. Pressing CTRL-R again will display the next search result.

Another solution would be to use something like TextExpander etc. You define your commands there and call them by shortcuts. Unfortunately it doesn't work with the built in OS X shortcuts from the System Preferences - I did not get it working.


Only Macintosh shown on Startup Manager after Windows 10 32-bit Boot Camp install

32-bit versions of Windows 10 are not supported on any Mac model. You need to install the 64-bit version.

From Apple KB: How to install Windows using Boot Camp

  Before you begin, make sure you have everything you need:

  An Intel-based Mac
  A Microsoft Windows installation media or disk image (ISO) containing a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 8 or later

See this list for which Mac models support Windows 10.


OS X Terminal equivalent of Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right

This was driving me crazy too, however I didn't want a Terminal-specific fix as I don't use Terminal, and being able to SSH into my OSX box had to use the correct keybindings too.

Also, personally, I didn't care about the ⌥ key as discussed earlier; I wanted to maintain the ctrl+←/→ combination that I'm used to on Linux.

To solve this problem, I added the following to my ~/.profile:

bind '"\e[5C": forward-word'
bind '"\e[5D": backward-word'
bind '"\e[1;5C": forward-word'
bind '"\e[1;5D": backward-word'

Note the first two apply to bash in Terminal; the last two apply to bash in iTerm2 and incoming ssh connections. Don't ask me why the keyboard emulation is different ;)

For the record, I was able to find what the keycodes actually were thanks to a hint from this stackoverflow answer: You can run cat > /dev/null to monitor the exact keycodes sent during a key combination.

(Note that for me, when I run cat > /dev/null and press ctrl+← it produces ^[[1;5D. Your exact keycode may differ, but the first ^[ is represented as \e, as shown in my example code.)

BTW, if you want to see all active bash keybindings, run bind -p.


Use time machine for backing up a different computer

To exclude your internal drive from backup, do the following. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine. Click Options... Under the section titled "Exclude these items from backups", click the + button. Select your internal hard drive. This will prevent Time Machine from backing up your internal hard drive.

If your external hard drive is working just like you'd like your internal hard drive to work after you finish fixing it, you can also restore your external volume onto your internal volume. To do this, boot into Recovery Mode (holding R upon boot). Once booted into Recovery Mode, follow the steps in this Apple Support article, under the section Restoring the backup disk image's contents to your internal Mac OS X disk. You can begin with Step 4, as you have a newer operating system than the article was written for.


Does reinstalling Mac OS X change the cycle count of battery?

The cycle count will remain as it is. This is read from the battery directly.

Like a car odometer, you shouldn't expect to be able to change the cycle count without replacing the battery. Being able to change the cycle count would be dishonest for the next person.


Mac full size keyboards with built in trackpad

You can buy a wired Mac full size keyboard and a Magic Trackpad. Both are manufactured by Apple. Check Apple Store.


Does my son know I'm using Find my iPhone when I log on?

By default, no, there is no way for them to know the device is being viewed through Find My iPhone.

However, your son could enable System Services status bar icon so that the device shows the location services icon in the status bar when any system service location tracking is active.

Settings → Privacy → Location Services → System Services → Status Bar Icon

This shows the normal location services icon (and not a special icon for Find My iPhone) if the device's location is being obtained through Find My iPhone.

Whether your Son has other location services that would cause the icon to already show or if he would notice the times when the server asks for an update is another story, but it's possible for him to get tipped off if he changes one setting.

Furthermore, if the device is jailbroken, there are numerous tweaks which would make detecting Find my iPhone extremely simple, from Firewall iP to network logging.


A specific Safari WebKit page on iOS - how to see memory usage graph in Instruments?

I would probably consider Instruments job done once you know mobile safari is allocating 640 MB of ram and move on to Safari web inspector. Setting it up is quite easy and since you have XCode and macOS safari, you have first party tools to debug your process while it runs in real time.

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/GettingStarted/GettingStarted.html

The activity viewer will right away focus your efforts based on whether you have excessive warnings and errors or simply are loading a lot of assets.


Can a Mac Mini use a MacBook Air CD SuperDrive?

Only if it doesn't have a built in optical drive. I think the limitation is built into the drive not the OS and as far as my searches have discovered can only be subverted by hardware hacks of the drive.

It's a bummer as it is is a neat little drive and Apple built-in slot loading drives are not that reliable (4 out of 5 of mine have failed over nearly a decade.) On the other hand there are a lot of cheap and ugly 3rd party alternatives which work fine.


In the event of a Jailbreak, Which I'm considering, What website/s should I trust? And do the risks out weigh the benefits?

You shouldn't be too worried about it. I've jailbroken lots of iPhones and iPods and nothing has gone horribly wrong. Most if not everything is reversible so don't worry. As for places to go, redmondpie.com has a good guide, lifehacker.com also has one. Most of the things that you find on the Internet are good as long as they aren't asking you to pay for it. blog.iphone-dev.org is the official dev-team site so that's always a good starting place.


New iPhone 8 asking for App Store password for someone else's account

Head into Settings > iTunes & App Stores and at the top you should see that your iPhone is logged in with your family member's Apple ID.

Click on the Apple ID, then tap on Sign Out and then login with your Apple ID.


How to make Safari remember my password for sites where autocomplete=off?

The "autocomplete" extension in the third link works for me.

Here is a step-by-step recipe on how to install it, for others who may run into this:

Launch Safari.  In the menubar, click on Safari >> Preferences.  Under the Advanced pane, tick the box labelled "Show Develop menu in menu bar" at the bottom.
In the Safari menubar, you should now see Develop.  Click on Develop, then click on "Enable Extensions".
Download the extension from here: http://lapcatsoftware.com/downloads/autocomplete.safariextz
In your downloads folder, click on the file that you just downloaded.  Safari will ask you whether you want to install this extension.  Say yes.

Now you're good to go!


Which 27" iMac can be used as external display on a MaBook Pro Mid 2015?

From Apple KB: Use your iMac as a display

  Target Display Mode isn’t supported on iMac models with Retina display. Only iMac (27-inch, Late 2009), iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010), and iMac (Mid 2011 to Mid 2014) support Target Display Mode.

That's it, just those iMacs, so Mid 2014 would be the latest.

After comments: It seems you additionally need to be on High Sierra or lower, support has been dropped in recent OSes - From Apple KB: Use your iMac as a display with target display mode

  Make sure that your iMac is using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 or earlier. You can't use target display mode with later versions of macOS, or with Boot Camp and Windows.


Deleted Desktop & Documents Folders from iCloud Drive, but still takes up space

I had to leave this as an answer, because it's too long to explain in the comments section.  I'm not guaranteeing that your invisible 13GB of files are definitely hanging around in the iCloud trash, but it's just the most obvious first guess that I could think of.  So, let's find out:

Open up Terminal and type in this command:

cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs

That will take you to the local storage folder where iCloud keeps copies of your files on your computer.  Type ls to list the files in the directory if you're curious, but it's much the same as navigating to your iCloud folder in Finder.

However, what you actually want to do is see if the iCloud trash is still full of files that are taking up space:

du -d1 .Trash

Hopefully, it'll contain about 13GB of files in it.  If this is the case, and you're sure there's nothing in the trash folder you wish to keep, just delete the folder:

rm -R .Trash

This is permanent and cannot be undone.  So be sure you're happy to lose those files in the trash.

Then type exit and quit Terminal.


Change apple ID associated with Mac App Store application


Is there an attention-free way to reboot from MacOS into Bootcamp/Windows?

With System Integrity Protection enabled, this is difficult to accomplish. However, this is not impossible. For example, you can install a third party Boot Manager such as rEFInd. You can then install scripts which can configure rEFInd to instruct the firmware to boot Windows after restarting the Mac.

  Note: I do not know how the new T2 Security Chip will restrict the capabilities of rEFInd.

The idea is simple. The process takes place in the following steps.

rEFInd is installed on the Mac in either an EFI, FAT32 or ExFAT partition.
The rEFInd is set to be the default for the firmware to boot.
The rEFInd plain text configuration files are setup to instruct the firmware to boot macOS.
The BASH script command or AppleScript application is installed in macOS.
When this script or application executes, the rEFInd configuration files are modified so Windows will be booted instead of macOS.
You can either restart the Mac or have the script or application do so.


There is actually no other option (unless you want to do some more advanced stuff which probably shouldn't be done on a device you don't use yourself). There is one user (or more precisely one set of settings) on an iPad and you can configure one iCloud email/calendar etc account. You can have a separate account for iTunes and the App Store, but this is probably not what you are looking for.

OTOH, you may want to look into iCloud email aliases to give both your mother and your father individual email addresses. See the answers on Is it possible to have 2 iCloud email accounts in IOS 5? for details.


Does use of memory with timing CL=10 instead of Apple used CL=11 slow my Mac down?

Yes, Crucial Ballistix Sport memory modules with CL=10 timing do work.

The results of an Xbench 1.3 "Memory Test":

Hynix CL=11: 618.25
Crucial CL=10: 699.12

The not by Crucial recommended memory modules perform 13% faster then Apple's factory default modules in this Mac.

Benchmarking performed on a 15" MacBook Pro (Mid 2012, MD103xx/A, MacBookPro9,1) with 2 modules of identical memory:

Apple default Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB (PC3-12800S (DDR3-1600)
Crucial Ballistix Sport BLS2C8G3N18AES4CEU (PC3-14900 (DDR3-1866))

Detailed results:

Hynix

Memory Test: 618.25
System: 679.54
Allocate: 2388.91 (8.77 Malloc/sec)
Fill: 414.93 (20174.73 MB/sec)
Copy: 630.47 (13022.12 MB/sec)
Stream: 567.11
Copy: 569.11 (11768.32 MB/sec)
Scale: 571.98 (11817.02 MB/sec)
Add: 568.58 (12112.06 MB/sec)
Triad: 558.29 (11943.20 MB/sec)

Crucial

Memory Test: 699.12
System: 699.53
Allocate: 2327.00 (8.55 Malloc/sec)
Fill: 435.50 (21174.97 MB/sec)
Copy: 639.94 (13217.72 MB/sec)
Stream: 698.71
Copy: 689.46 (14240.61 MB/sec)
Scale: 695.49 (14368.67 MB/sec)
Add: 716.26 (15257.79 MB/sec)
Triad: 694.24 (14851.47 MB/sec)


Can I edit the “Release Date” field of podcasts in iTunes?

Best I can tell, the answer is a resounding “no” — at least without deleting your iTunes Library .itl file.


Enable Terminal / iterm2 sound notification exclusively

You can create separate profiles one with sound disabled (default) and one with sound enabled (for your weechat). These are available both in Terminal and iTerm2.

Terminal

iTerm2


Using automator or script to turn on wifi in case of ethernet cable failure, and vice versa?

Isin't 'Set Service Order' in System Preferences > Network sufficient (click  circle with three dots inside at the bottom of left pane to see it)?
Setting Thunderbolt Bridge first and active and WiFi second and active should make MacOS switch automatically if first connection becomes unavailable.


Text file preview failing in Finder (perhaps due to Sublime Text?)

I had the same problem, without Sublime and I used this instead: https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins


Will it work to turn off iCloud photos on 1 mac to allow pruning library on another mac

It did eventually work.  Mac #1 finally realized that there was nothing to upload and started downloading from iCloud. Now both macs are in sync with the pruned library.


Useless Eject key on Apple Wireless Keyboard

The wireless keyboard can be used with systems that do still have an optical drive, and if you had an external USB SuperDrive for your MacBook Pro, it would function for that.

Your power operations have always been on the eject key using modifier keys; only recently was the power key introduced as part of the keyboard itself.

controleject will give you a dialog box where you can choose to go to sleep, restart or shut down.
commandoptioneject will go straight to sleep.
controlcommandeject will restart.
controloptioncommandeject will shut down.
controlshifteject will sleep your display only.


Confusing behavior of macOS task switcher when app windows are minimized or non-existent

When using the macOS task switcher, when selecting the app with minimized window(s), while the app does become active and displays the Menu bar, but the minimized window(s) are not automatically maximized.
You can make the minimized widow for an app maximize when using the task switcher by pressing and holding the Option key before releasing the Command key. This would maximize the minimized window of the app. It would similar to what would happen when you'd click on the Dock icon of the app.
Here are the steps again:

Invoke the task switcher using the keyboard shortcut Command + Tab.

With the Command key held down, keep pressing the Tab key until you have reached the desired app.

Once the desired app is selected, press and hold the Option key and then release the Command key.

You'd notice that the app window in question is un-minimized (as if you have clicked on the Dock icon for the app).


I am very happy to report that upgrading from Sierra to High Sierra (macOS 10.13.2) reintroduced the text services in PDFKit and therefore Preview.app (Screenshot of a German macOS where "Preview" is "Vorschau" but you'll get the idea):

Classical Apple giveth, Apple taketh away and giveth again cycle I guess...

Maybe this also leads to a more functional PDFKit on iOS.

Cheers everyone

Dennis


Most likely it's the operating system, in this case, iOS. The operating system needs a certain amount of space on the iPad.

In this way, you don't get the amount of storage that you pay for, since iOS tends to usually take up anywhere from 1 to 4 GB of storage, depending on which version you're running.


Firefox vs Chrome: how to open new tabs in foreground or background with same meta keys?

Employing the following Firefox preferences settings achieved what I wanted. In particular: the annotation highlights the setting I unchecked that made things work on my system.


Cannot reset password due to does not match any of last n passwords requirement

I contacted Apple Support. I was able to reset my password using macOS Utilities in Recovery Mode.

Boot up holding command+R until the macOS Utilities screen comes up and go to Utilities > Terminal. Type in resetpassword and follow the prompts. I chose the second option, something like 'my password does not log me in' which lets you reset your password if you know the current one. It worked in that reset password function but not the one from the login screen.


For future notes:

I punted. Neither TimeMachine nor MigrationAssistant worked. I mounted the volume and just used rsync.

In the unlikely event that someone else is interested, I have a followup question on the restore.


You select the text box and then position the cursor over the center of the text box. Now left-click your mouse button and wait a second or two. The cursor should turn into a closed fist and then you can move the whole text box.


Archived mail keeps reappearing in Inbox on OS X

Archived mail keeps reappearing in Inbox …

Smells of a database inconsistency.

  I rebuilt the mail database by deleting the Envelope Index files from /Users//Library/Mail/V3/MailData/

Critically:

did you quit Mail – and allow time for completion of that quit – before those deletions?

Some of the many articles about Envelope Index lack that recommendation. Here's one of the better articles: SpamSieve Manual: How can I rebuild Apple Mail’s database?

Cross reference

My reply to a MacRumors Forums topic that appears to involve a database inconsistency.


Can I use an old iPhone as a wifi-only device?

Yes, you can use the device as if it were an iPod Touch without cellular service.  No need to remove the SIM. It will automatically be deactivated when your new phone is activated.

You can also purchase a prepaid SIM from a service using provider network to which the phone is attached if you'd like to use it as an emergency or burner phone. For example, h2o pre-paid SIMS work in locked AT&T phones.


Mail won't open anymore OS X El Capitan 10.11.5

OK I finally figured out how to fix it (yay).

I followed this http://c-command.com/spamsieve/help/how-can-i-rebuild-apple to delete the current index which then let me into Mail (finally) and get all my old emails back.  I am so happy to have it back. :-) Thanks for trying to help me!


safari and firefox now crash immediately on launch in yosemite 10.10.1

Genieo Adware is installed.  Removing it will help.

  If you have another browser installed, use it.
     If not, launch App store and get another  browser for temporary use.
     Remove it afterwards.

  Use  free  AdwareMedic by clicking “Download ” from here

  http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

  Install , open,  and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button   to remove adware.
     Once done, quit AdwareMedic by clicking AdwareMedic in the menu bar and selecting
     “Quit AdwareMedic”.

  or

  Remove the adware  manually  by following the “HowTo” from Apple.
     http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
  Safari > Preferences > Extensions
      Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .
      Turn those on one by one and test.

Originally posted to the Apple discussion forum


Why can't I access Server.app in Lion Server?

I found a problem, the servermgrd was not running, I was search in Active Monitor and no found it.

To resolve just run:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist


I'm a little confused about my disk utlliization

The number after "Macintosh HD" and in the centre of the circle in your image is how much space on the disk is used - not the entire capacity of the disk. Clicking an area in the chart will navigate into that folder and show you how much space that folder is taking on your drive.

If you go back to the start view by clicking "Disks and Folders" you will see the actual capacity of each disk.


I can't re-attach my thunderbolt display stand

I just experienced this and I had a heck of a time finding anything online about it, so I thought I would answer.

The flange probably isn't properly stuck, it's just very, very highly tensioned. I threaded two relatively thick pieces of twine through two of the torx screw holes. I then actuated the release mechanism and pulled really hard on the twine. Like, really hard, harder than you probably imagine it should need. The twine broke when I only had one piece threaded.

This should be sufficient. Once you get it out, it should lock back in place and you can continue as normal


Apache slow to find localhost -- how can I fix?

A few things:

Apache built into OS X runs on port 80. If XAMPP couldn't start the web server erroring because port 8000 is in use, something is listening on that port already. You did one of the right things in reconfiguring XAMPP's Apache port, the other would be to find what's running on 8000 :).
You're using the "Bonjour" name of your server, in theory. The mysite.local name. But if it's taking more than a second to resolve, then it is obviously browsing out to the internet in order to resolve the name to an address and come back inside.

If you know how, you can take the time to investigate your Bonjour settings. If you have Wide-Area Bonjour Browsing configured, but the server on the other end is not (or is no longer), these lookup delays are not completely impractical.

The quickest fix to this problem would just be to use localhost:8080 instead of mysite.local:8080, the longer one would be to trace where exactly your DNS lookup is heading too, and determining why a multi-second lookup is occurring.


Harmony Remote and Apple TV - "start position"

My ATV4 has a "Menu" button (upper left button, below touchpad).  Touching it from anywhere on the homepage takes me to the home screen, and selects the upper-left icon (Settings, for me).

But, if you're inside a "folder" on the home screen, or inside an app, it usually takes 2 clicks to get back to that top-left tile.

Before you say, "just program 2 clicks every time", when you do that from the home screen itself (not in a folder or app), that launches the screensaver.  You'd need to press Menu again to get out of the screensaver, but 3 clicks would send the other scenarios into the screensaver...

There is no sure-fire way to get to the top-left tile, and then to your Netflix app.  Unless you're willing to use the reboot function, which is available in the Harmony setup for ATV, but that kind of defeats the purpose of getting to Netflix quickly...


Copying web page content in Safari to HTML

Try View->View Source. If the web site does not use too much javascript the data you want will be visible inside HTML markup.


You can use the same folder for Mac and Windows versions of iTunes. I would recommend use the exactly same version though. Here is more info on how use it through the network: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070424081346722. It's the same logic, but you will be using the same local folder instead a network shared one.


Compress file as .tar.gz instead of .zip

You can try to write a unix shell script where your commands are to tar the selected files then run gzip on it.

Then you can make this a service and save it at ~/Library/Services. Then enable it via system preferences > Keyboard > shortcuts > Services.

Creating System-Wide Keyboard Shortcut To Launch Applications
How do I run my automator service without opening automator?

Then you can select a file and right-click on the selected file. At the bottom of the right click menu,  a section for Services appears which has your services. Select your new service and that should do the job.

Alternatively, it can be found in Finder menu > Services.


How can I remove leading/trailing whitespace from filenames in Automator?

There's one line script for that, cd to that folder and ...

for f in *; do mv "$f" "$(echo $f)"; done

Put it into a shell script and call it from Applescript:

tell application "Terminal"
    do script "whatever"
end tell


This post from the Apple Support Communities might help: Link

Things to try according to this post:

Settings/Networks/Advanced/Proxys, Discover new proxys
Check the ignored domains for blocked domains
Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then empty caches
Safari/History/Show History - delete all history items
Restart your router (obvious one, but often works well)

One other thing to try:
 - Change the DNS server to Google: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4


What obsolete files can I remove from my iPhoto Library?

It is a bad idea to try to manually modify the folder structure inside the iPhoto library, as you seem to want to do.

The best way is to follow Apple's instructions for rebuilding the iPhoto library.

However, this is usually only used as a repair procedure if iPhoto is malfunctioning.

You can try this, but make sure you have a complete backup of your iPhoto library before you start the rebuilding procedure.

Also, realize that iPhoto has an internal Trash that is separate from Mac OS X's Trash. If you have deleted hundreds of photos over the years, and never emptied the iPhoto Trash, those photos will still be in there and taking up space in the file structure.


Does apple reviews apps on slow network?

I don't believe that the majority of app reviews would enable Network Link Conditioner or test the app on an intentionally hobbled network.

Given the extra time that would add to the review cycle and how much time it takes for the mandatory issues, I believe that Apple's role isn't a performance tester and would expect user reviews and the developer to test adequately for network errors.

Yes - I would bet that some of the best testers test for no network condition from time to time when their intuition shows that the app is marketed in that respect or if they are looking for a reason to push a build back to the developer, but my hunch is that this isn't the typical testing workflow at present.

I think it's awesome that they noticed your current incarnation of server side content deployment resulted in a delay to the user. Did they ask you to look at using their solution for App Slicing and on-demand resources so that your apps not only installed quickly, but were useful at first launch and then could retrieve assets from Apple's CDN rather than from your servers directly?


How to delete events on iPad Calendar.app

Launch Calendar.
Tap on the event you would like to delete.
Tap on Edit in the upper right hand corner.
Tap on Delete Event at the bottom.
Tap on Delete Event once again once it pops up to confirm that you
want to delete that event.


Time Capsule will not connect to the internet or back up

I would start with the Airport Quick Assist and see which steps fail you.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1145

You can leave this question a general. "How do I start to troubleshoot my device" or edit it to list the steps you took and the specific error conditions. I'd be inclined to start a new question once you have more details and have narrowed down the issue.


What does this Wifi trend by iStumbler mean?

From the graph displayed either your router or your MacBook (?) is having problems maintaining a connection. I assume this happens even when the computer is in the same room as the router? This is important as wifi signals are often attenuated by some kinds of building materials (wiring, metal studs, brick/stone walls, longer distances) so being near the router while testing is a good first step.

the fact that thing are OK for a minute or so after resetting your WiFi (power cycling the  router?) may indicate a problem with the router. the trick is what the problem really is.

The second thing I would do is make sure you have the latest firmware on the router. Often times firmware updates will fix connection issues and stability issues with the routers. If it an Apple Airport then the Apple Airport Utility has a button to check for updates.

If it is a non-Apple WiFi router log onto the admin page and record the firmware version. The go to the manufacturers website and see if there is an update and apply it. Even if there is not an update re-applying the current firmware might help. Also you could try resetting to factory defaults.

Failing that you could try a 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT, Tomato or the like, and if those do not work then it may be time to get a new router. A decent router is not expensive, but depending on the construction and layout of your home you might just need more than a base model unit. Just remember that more $$ means generally faster access and better coverage.


Try to use the lsof utility

sudo lsof -p 1
# or
sudo lsof -p $(ps -U root | grep -w "/sbin/launchd" | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')

EDIT
There are can be other user launchd processes running with different process IDs, run

ps aux | grep sbin/launchd

To check PIDs of other instances of launchd.

It should list opened files by launchd. Try that to find there something suspicious.
You can also try an app called fseventer, it shows read/write events to the filesystem, or use app like Grand Perspective or Disk Inventory X to find this newly created huge file and investigate further what it is.


There are two places for LaunchAgents to be called from:

/Library/LaunchAgents - this launches a process at login for every user
~/Library/LaunchAgents - this launches a process at login for a specific user.

The Spotify startup plist is found in the latter; the com.spotify.webhelper.plist allows you to open Spotify via the web.

Issue the command launchctl list | grep -i spotify and you should find (up to) two plists that are loaded:

$ launchctl list | grep spotify
-       0   com.spotify.client.startuphelper
9087    0   com.spotify.webhelper

To unload them, you can uncheck the option in Advanced Settings
 (Command,)

Or...

You can issue the command:

$ launchctl unload com.spotify.client.startuphelper.plist


I heard that Siri can be installed on iPhone 4 but can't find it in the App Store?

The Siri app was withdrawn from sale to new people, but if you purchased it you can download it still from your history. It won't work without servers running, but you can still "get the app" from the store.

The app does nothing but check to see if the Siri servers are running. Since they are no longer operational - even people who have the app can launch it to see this announcement.


Can't boot Apple Hardware Test with correct install disk that has AHT

My first thought was that perhaps you had somehow updated the firmware and were trying to use an AHT disk that couldn't boot due to this. This is a possibility because your Mac Mini came pre-shipped with Mac OS X 10.5.6, but the firmware update (which you do have installed) requires Mac OS X 10.5.7. However, then I realised your question says you only just ran the AHT last week. So, unless you somehow updated the firmware in the past week, this isn't likely to be your problem.

Since you can't seem to get your disk to work, the only other option I can think of is to download AHT again and run it from a USB. The steps to do this are as follows:

Create a bootable USB flash drive by using Disk Utility's Erase function. Make sure you choose OS X Extended for the format and the GUID Partition Map for the scheme. For the purposes of these steps, also give your USB the name AHT when you're erasing it.
Download the AHT for your particular Mac Mini here
Mount the downloaded image (it should mount as AHTCThree)
Now you will need to copy the AHT to your USB flash drive. To start, Launch the Terminal app (usually found within the Utilities folder)
In the Terminal window, enter the following:

cp -r /Volumes/AHTCThree/System /Volumes/AHT/
Now we need to make the USB flash drive bootable, so enter the following line in Terminal:

sudo bless --folder /Volumes/AHT/ --file /Volumes/AHT/System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/diags.efi --label AHT
Enter your Admin password
Leave the USB flash drive plugged in and restart the Mac Mini
Immediately hold down the Option key
Select the AHT from the list and boot up

NOTE for other readers: - These Terminal commands were written for this specific question. However, these can be adapted for your use by replacing the AHTCThree with whatever name your downloaded disk image mounted as at Step 3. For example, if at step 3 your downloaded disk image mounted as AHTEOne, then at Step 5 you would use AHTEOne instead of AHTCThree within the Terminal command.


Recovering lost voicemails after carrier switch

Luckily, this was possible (my important voicemails were not lost!) and you have three options, which I'll describe below. The first two will require a Mac (or maybe PC would work) and will cost you money (if you haven't already purchased the right app, or find an alternative that's reputable and free), while the third may be free.

The best option: obtain from iTunes backup
If you recently backed up your iPhone to iTunes on a Mac (fairly recently, before switching carriers) then you can use an app like PhoneView ($30) or iExplorer ($40) to recover your voicemails from the old iTunes backup.  PhoneView is free for up to the last 10 voicemails, but for more than that you'll need to buy it. With iExplorer, you'll need to buy it for any number of voicemail exports.
PhoneView:

Connect your iPhone to your Mac (be sure to trust the Mac) and open PhoneView.
Click the "iTunes Backups" button in the top bar of the app and then click "View Voicemail iTunes Backups".
Choose the correct device in the Phone dropdown, then select all items (with command + A) and choose "Save Messages" to save them to your Mac.

iExplorer:

Connect your iPhone to your Mac (be sure to trust the Mac) and open iExplorer.
In the left sidebar, click the dropdown arrow next to the most recent backup of your iPhone.
Choose the "Voicemail" button you'll now see in the sidebar.
Click "Export All..." to export all of your voicemails to your Mac.

The other good option: restore from iCloud backup

Check in iCloud settings to ensure your phone was last backed up to iCloud before switching carriers.
Then, factory reset your device (or, better, a separate iPhone whose data you don't care about losing).
Once it resets, set it up by signing into your iCloud account and restoring from an iCloud backup. Be sure to use the most recent backup (before switching carriers) of your iPhone.
Wait for it to restore, then connect it to iTunes on your Mac. Follow the iTunes portion of these instructions to create an iTunes backup of your newly-restored iPhone on your Mac. You don't need to encrypt the backup.
With the iTunes backup made, start following the instructions in the section above ("The best option").

The questionable, but maybe free option: call the GLDC
I contacted AT&T's chat support to ask them what to do before figuring out the methods above. Their representative told me to do the following:

To recover your VMs, you'll want to call the Global Legal Demand Center (GLDC), formerly known as the National Compliance Center (NCC). Their number is 800-635-6840.
Just ask them you need your VMs for legal purposes.

Kind of questionable, but maybe worth a shot!

Hope this helps, and leave a comment below if I can help more.


Increase attachment size limitation with Outlook 365

This is not a client-side setting that you can control.  This is a server-side setting, which is to say, it's something that Microsoft limits (as do most internet service providers).  Since your attachment is larger than their limit, you could upload it to oneDrive and then send a link to the file on oneDrive to your intended recipient.  You should have at least 7 GB available in your oneDrive account, possibly more, depending on which Office 365 subscription you have.


Getting Perl DBD::mysql working on OS X 10.7?

After quite a bit of frustration, I eventually found a simple solution that works.

The salient details are that you need to update the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /usr/local/mysql/lib. The easiest way of doing that is to add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/mysql/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"

I went into a little more detail in a blog post here: http://www.bartbusschots.ie/blog/?p=2186


My iPhone keeps telling me my Apple ID cannot be used in the U.S. store and that I need to switch to the Albania store

There are two possibilities. One common and the other rare.
The common item is your AppleID is steering this. You can solve that with Apple Support directly and I would leave your device out of the picture - just use a computer to go to https://appleid.apple.com and choose your region / locale / banking so that your preferred location pops up when you browse https://www.apple.com and https://support.apple.com
The less common item is that Apple tracks the geography in to which an iPhone is sold. This can not be changed unless you have documented proof as the original purchaser that Apple made a mistake. If a reseller makes a mistake, it’s generally up to them to fix the registration.
This affects things like GPS being disabled, functions like EKG / health / watch being enabled only in regions where it’s officially approved (legally and contractually) by regulatory  agencies (the FDA in the US for example).
Once the AppleID is set, I would erase all content and settings on the iPhone and perform a setup again, and then engage Apple Support if you are not being offered your preferred region. Sometimes a reseller uses an iPhone to set up a bunch of accounts and then sells it, so you might need to talk to your seller if for some reason your phone isn’t working as Apple designed it out of the box.
Ask a pointed question to your buyer - which region did Apple sell this iPhone if you can’t solve this yourself. Tracing back to the contact to which Apple shipped the device (you or a reseller) will make it easy to know if a mistake was made.


How can I configure OS X server to advertise SMB over bonjour?

I usually just do shortcuts- either on the desktop or in the dock (a little more dynamic)


Installing the Festival Speech Synthesis System with Mavericks

Here is an email reply I got from Rob Clark (one of the creators of Festival):

  Use the speech_tools and Festival packages, then
  unpack and run make in each directory.

  You will also need dictionary and voice packages from the standard download site.
  The festvox and festlex packages should be unpacked in the directory
  above festival (i.e. where you unpacked the festival package itself)

  Regards. Rob Clark.

Since Rob responded to my email with in hours, feel free to contact him for more information if needed robert@cstr.ed.ac.uk

As mentioned in the comments, unpack the festvox and festlex packages with the command line, and not the Mac's default unpacking software.


A quick dash round google gives me the impression that it could do it in iOS 7 beta 1, but the function disappeared after that & was never in a release iOS.


Apple Photos Shared Albums on OS X are not updating

Quit Apple Photos. Now run Activity Monitor, look for Photos Agent, and kill it by selecting and clicking the X at the top left.

Now, start Apple Photos again. This will restart Photos Agent, and after a minute, you should see your updated shared albums.


Cannot access user files with root using osxfuse

I just found the solution.

I was missing -o defer_permissions from my command

The following post has more info in this topic:

https://github.com/osxfuse/filesystems/issues/1#issuecomment-3612902


Importing only RAW with Photos - ignoring JPEG

If you see a J in a square on the top right of the image, you're using the JPEG image. You can change this to RAW using the following steps:

Open the image
Click the yellow edit button
Menu: Image > Use RAW as original
Click done

You will now see an R in a square instead of the J. You have to do this for each image, can't do it for all at once.


Once backed up iPhone to iCloud, can I delete an app and redownload it with same data?

As long as you don't make a single backup of your iOS device after you deleted angry birds, you can restore from a backup and the game should have data of progress you've made till the day of that backup. If you redownload the game, you would not have any app-data, regardless of anything, unless you've jailbroken your device and manually made a backup of the app-data, and reapplied it.


nobody is probably the hostname your system gets from a DHCP server. This also explains why sometimes you see the name you set yourself.

Check out Why is my host name wrong at the Terminal prompt when connected to a public WiFi network?


How can I see which macOS version is installed on an external disk, without booting into it?

You can read the SystemVersion.plist on that particular volume-
/Volumes/<volume_name>/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist


How many CPU cores should be in my MacBook Air?

Your MacBook Air has 2 independent processor cores.

When Hyper Threading is used, each core can act as two. In this case you will see four computational cores.

The EveryMac page for your MacBook Air explains why you are seeing four in some situations and two in the System Information application:

  This model is powered by a 22 nm, 64-bit Intel Mobile Core i7 "Ivy Bridge" (I7-3667U) processor which includes two independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip. Each core has a dedicated 256k level 2 cache, shares 4 MB of level 3 cache, and has an integrated memory controller (dual channel).

  This system also supports "Turbo Boost 2.0" -- which "automatically increases the speed of the active cores" to improve performance when needed (up to 3.2 GHz for this model) -- and "Hyper Threading" -- which allows the system to recognize four total "cores" or "threads" (two real and two virtual).


Is [SMART being disabled] an issue I should be concerned with? Does it affect the speed or other functionality of this drive.

SMART is a monitoring and reporting tool.
From Wikipedia:

S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often
written as SMART) is a monitoring system included in computer hard
disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) that detects and
reports on various indicators of drive reliability, with the intent of
enabling the anticipation of hardware failures.

It has no effect whatsoever on the performance of your SSD.


How to improve into vim of MacOS Mojave the speed of vertical scroll with bottom/up keys?

You didn't tell which Vim's variant you use, whereas there's no such thing as "standard Vim" in MacOS. In fact lots of things aren't described either, including Terminal's window geometry (the more text is shown at once, the more CPU cycles it'd be needed to scroll it), Terminal's active profile (some of them are slimmer and others have somewhat complex graphics thanks to additional effects — "Silver Aerogel" is one example).

I use homebrew's version of Vim and can tell that its scrolling is quite fast (at least there's no slowness) both in Terminal and in iTerm2.

Hence, a few suggestions that logically follows:

Try changing either Vim or terminal (or both).
Try using GUI version (gvim) and compare its scrolling performance.

You can give a try to Activity Monitor's CPU monitoring (with shortest update interval possible) to see if it shows any major CPU consuming processes during scrolling in Vim.


How to evenly space table cells in Pages document?

In Pages you are able to enter the sizing/spacing for cells in a table in Pages. You are limited to entering specific measurements that is applied to all cells.

To do so go to the Tool Bar and select the Format Tab > Table Tab (have the table selected) then look to the bottom right corner of the window for where it says Row &  Column Size and it will let you enter the with Height and Width. I have included a screenshot as well to help.


If my stolen iPod touch gets reset, will I receive a notification from iCloud?

No (for iOS 6 and earlier) - erasing an iOS device means you will never hear from it again. No messages, no tracking, no find my device since at that point. Even if "your device" checks back in with Apple, it is no longer associated with your account.

This is covered by Apple here in this article:

iCloud: Erase the information on your device

  After you erase all the information on an iOS device, you won’t be
  able to use Find My iPhone to locate it or send it a message.

Someone can enter a new (or your account) back into that device and only then will it resume checking in with the new account/password combination to be tracked.

The only way you might get a notification is if you first send the locate message and then the erase message and both remain queued in the proper order. Since the device was offline when you sent the two commands (otherwise you would have located the device if it were online), the device could later check in and it is conceivable you will get the locate notification delivered with enough time to respond before the erase command gets sent and acted upon.

Apple changed this in iOS 7 where activation lock and an enhanced lost mode can erase the device except for the tracking and registration. This brings the erase benefits without losing control of the device.


Getting information from this answer and this answer:

Press the Spotlight button at the top right of the screen (Cmd + Space)
Search Keychain Access. Open this
Open Preferences (Cmd + ,(comma))
Check Show Status in Menu Bar
Press the Spotlight button at the top right of the screen (Cmd + Space)
Search Automator. Select this
Create new Service
Search Run Applescript next to the Actions and Variables buttons. Double click this
Make sure the checkboxes are Service receives no input in any application
Paste this Applescript:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
    tell (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 where description is "Keychain menu extra")
        click
        click menu item "Lock Screen" of menu 1
    end tell
end tell

Save this Automator as something like Lock screen (note: code in GIF is different!)

To make a shortcut:

Press the Apple button at the top left of the screen
Click System Preferences
Click Keyboard
Click Keyboard Shortcuts tab
Click Services
Find the name of the service you just created
Click the blank space on the right
Type your shortcut in

Use your shortcut in any application!

OR...:

You could buy Alfred
You could use Cmd+Shift+Eject


Saving applescripts as scripts versus text

This has been a goal for many an Applescripter for a long time.

Not sure anyone has hit the holly grail without using a third party scripting app with a Spotlight indexer..

I have tried a few things in the past but this thread prompted me again to have another go.

I now normally try and save all my applescripts in one places, in a Scripts folder in my Documents folder and also use Hazel to watch place like my Documents folder and desktop for scpt files and move them into the Scripts folder.

My new idea is to run a shell script that will be passed a scpt file that is saved in my Normal scripts folder as a normal scpt file and use the shell command osadecompile to decompile and read the file. Then create a text version in my new Script Text folder.

The code I am using is:

fname=`basename "$1"`

echo "`osadecompile "$1"`"  > "/Users/UserName/Documents/Scripts/Script Text/$fname".txt

Hazel conveniently uses $1 for the file path of the file being passed.
And I use the command basename to get the file name.

In Hazel it looks like this.

Notice I am using a date last modified condition with 5 minutes.

This is to try and catch any edits I do.

The nice thing I found is when I find the text file with the code I am looking for, I can either copy the text, refer to it, or find the scpt file easily because I have the same file name in the text file file name.

i.e

display iTunes artwork.scpt

display iTunes artwork.scpt.txt

This idea should be able to be used with other folder watching apps or hopefully give you some inspiration ...


16" MacBook Pro Doesn't Wake Up Screen on LG 5K External Monitor

The issue has to do with the clock sync.  Basically, the Mac "knows" that the monitor is connected (I've verified that EDID data was being received), but since the Mac and the display "won't get on the same page" so to speak, the monitor shows blank.

I'd bet if you were to test this with a Bootcamp install of Windows on the same machine, you'd have no issues.  The Windows drivers are just more forgiving than the macOS kexts.

Many times you can solve the issue through hardware by using an active adapter if you are converting the signal (i.e. DisplayPort → HDMI).  However, if you're going DisplayPort to DisplayPort, there's nothing the active adapter is going to do to fix it.

External monitors show blank screen until restart
MacBook Pro detects syncmaster (monitor) but doesn't display
USB-C to Displayport cable or adapter

You may also want to try powering cycling the monitor (if the power button doesn't work, try unplugging from the mains) while the Mac is awake.  This solved it for a number of folks.


Lost 3 GB memory from iPhone 4s after update to iTunes 11.4.018

For my phone - the space was being taken up by the download and unpacked iOS 8, which was waiting to be installed. Once I installed the software - the "missing" space appeared again, and the bar displaying my drive capacity was reflecting correctly.

I would check that first - to see if it already downloaded the update.  The link will say "Install Now" on the Settings > General > Software Update page in iOS.

Regards,

Ed


Why did my iPhone Notes stop syncing with Gmail?

The problem is that Google's implementation of IMAP isn't really 100% IMAP, so it doesn't really support notes. I've been trying to get it to work for quite a while which ended up with me losing all my notes (although they may still be in the Google Mail archive somewhere).

I've actually given up trying to sync notes between my Mac/iPhone/Google and have gone for the Plain Text app which stores the notes on DropBox, this seems to work so much better. Now if only I could delete the Notes app from my iPhone.


Is there a command similar to Linux's command-not-found?

Searching Google for "homebrew command-not-found" (without the quotes) one of the results was: Ubuntu’s command-not-found equivalent for Homebrew on OSX

I have not personally tried using it, so I cannot comment on how well it may work.


Access tabs directly in Safari with ⌘+1..9 keyboard shortcuts?

This is now the default behavior of Safari 9.


Automatic software updates only do minor MacOS updates, not new versions. You need to download the newest MacOS version (High Sierra) from the App Store and install it.


Does 4th gen iPod Shuffle comes with iPhone earphone that has mic and volume buttons?

It certainly does't come with the same ones at the iPhone, which are characterised by the 3 button inline controls & mic

Checking with a touch I bought recently, it seems it came with just plain old earphones.

Previous models of the shuffle had the full inline controls on the headphones, but this was due to the lack of controls on the actual device.  They took some stick for that decision, and since reverting to the old shape they no longer do this, and as such I think they have also reverted to using standard headphones.

As for your picture, I think it means that the headphone connector, unlike on the iPhone/iPod touches/Airs etc, is a normal 3.5mm headphone only adapter, without the extra internal pinout to support a mic.  The mic is now actually located on the shuffle itself, thus not requiring you to need a headset to use the voiceover functions - check the tiny hole next to the headphone socket:

So it means that while the headphones will still work if you use iPhone headphones, or any of the other headset style ones with inline controls, the mic will not be used, and the one on the device will always be used, although it seems the remote functions for volume and next/back might be available.


How do I get iTunes to just play one album?

You can go to the menu bar and select View » Column Browser » Show Column Browser. Then you can pick an Album in the third column, and only songs on that album will appear in the iTunes window. Note that this will switch you from the Grid view to the List view.


Why does a find field value in one application show up in a the find field of another application?

I've found it. It's called FindScrap.

At the command line, enter:

defaults write <program> FindDialog_UsesFindScrap -bool NO

Where <program> is something like com.barebones.bbedit.

(source: https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/ExpertPreferences.html#texts, accessed 20180203)


How do I check all boxes in Alfred Snippets?

Select the first snippet by clicking on it.
Scroll to the bottom and hold Shift while clicking the last snippet (or press ⌘+A to select all)
Right click on a snippet to bring up the context menu
Mouse over Auto Expansion and click "Set Allowed"

All the check boxes should now be checked.


Someone else's phone automatically shows up in my iTunes


Cannot change archive folder gmail on iPhone

This seems to be a bug with "Google" mail accounts in iOS.

I was able to solve this by not showing the "All Mail" label in IMAP in the Labels settings in GMail.

You can then select a different folder as the archive folder in the Mail app. The Mailbox list will still show it as "All Mail" but it is actually your chosen folder.


How make snoozing iphone alarm go away for today?

Instead of swiping the snooze to the right like you would if unlocking, swipe to the left, then push the x.  Done

Before swiping, the screen will look like this:

After swiping left on the "Snoozing" message, you should see:

Clicking on the small cross should then cancel the alarm.


How to contact Apple about connection issue on bugreport.apple.com?

I tried connecting with Safari (6.0.2), and it wasn't working:

When using Chrome (versions 15 & 25), I am asked to sign-in using my Apple ID on this page: http://bugreport.apple.com/

I have no problem at all:

Make sure you are using the latest update of your browser. Or use a different one such as Opera, Firefox, etc.

Take note of this, from the page, where you enter your Apple ID credentials:

  Note: Safari is the suggested browser for use of the Bug Reporter.
  JavaScript and Cookies must be enabled to access the Bug Reporter.
  Idle time to disconnect is 120 minutes.

If you have tried with different browsers, and it still doesn't work. I suggest you try repairing disk permissions in your disk utility, if you are on a Mac.

If it still does not work, try downloading the newest Safari, and reinstall it. You can also try this link to the login-page.


Combine/merge two separate image files of the same thing(newspaper page) taken in half

There are a number of applications which will stitch images together, provided there is sufficient overlap. Calico is one I have used. Partly this depends on how the images are taken.

For simple tasks like this a manual process is probably better.

I use GIMP, importing the images into 2 layers and manually moving them until the match is "adequate".


Black screen after login and frozen loading wheel

the part you want to pay attention to is the

  CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe000002ca detected for
  LVG "Macintosh HD" (...) disk2: I/O error.

I Googled that error code and found a few reports online of people with that issue.  It looks to me like your hard-drive is failing (but that may not be true - it's just a guess).. any time I see the "I/O error", I typically assume the data is in jeopardy even if there's a chance it might not be.  You want to be as safe as possible.  I hope you have backups .. if you don't, you'll want to treat this situation as though you could lose all your data.

Hire a professional to make backups of your hard-drive and advise you on your best next steps.  It never hurts to talk to Apple, if it's under warranty they may be able to help.  If not, you'll want to decide if you want to get a new hard-drive put in (depending on the year your iMac was manufactured, it could be very easy or very difficult) or just buy a new iMac.


E photos are edited.
The text you added to the photo creates an IMG_Exxxx.JPG file with the changes you made.
The original is preserved as IMG_xxxx.JPG which can be reverted to using the Revert button in the Photos app when editing a photo.


Is it possible to load an app onto an iOS 11 device using iTunes 12.6 or earlier?

There’s no need to specifically use iTunes v12.6 if all you want is to copy the iOS apps that you already have on your Mac to an iOS device: Apple’s support articles suggest this can still be done with iTunes v12.7. However, do keep in mind this only goes for the iOS apps you currently have on your Mac, it is not possible anymore to download other apps using the new iTunes.

According to the Apple Support article “Changes in the new iTunes”, you can still copy any of the apps that you have in your iTunes Media folder to an iOS device:

  The new iTunes focuses on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks. Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are now exclusively available in the new App Store for iOS. […] You can find iOS apps, ringtones, and books (PC only) that you've already downloaded in your iTunes Media folder. If you have an iOS app, ringtone, or book that's no longer available for redownload, you can move that content to your iOS device while plugged in to a computer with a USB cable.

That last sentence links to another article that provides more detail:

  If you have media on your computer that you can't redownload from the App Store or iTunes Store directly on your iOS device, such as custom ringtones or iOS apps, you can drag and drop the media from your computer to your iOS device using iTunes.

  Connect your device to your computer.
  Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
  On your computer, find the item you want to add to your device. If you're looking for Apps, Tones, or Books (for Windows) that previously appeared in your iTunes library, you can find them in your iTunes media folder.
  Drag the item from your computer to your iOS device in the left sidebar of iTunes.


How do I upgrade my iOS on my iPad 1st generation?

You cannot. The first generation iPad simply does not support later iOS versions than 5.1.1.


After El Capitan update, I cannot sign in to anything with my Apple ID: '"This action could not be completed. Try again"

Execute the following commands in Terminal:

sudo mkdir -p /Users/Shared
sudo chown root:wheel /Users/Shared
sudo chmod -R 1777 /Users/Shared


The best solution for this is Karabiner (formerly known as KeyRemap4MacBook).

It allows you to do all sorts of great remapping, including this one. It isn't the easiest thing in the world to set up though. Using it and writing your own custom keybindings file almost anything is possible.

For a commercial solution that also does a great deal more and is easier to deal with you could use Keyboard Maestro, which I consider almost essential on a Mac.


set position {0,0} of element accessibillityTitle via Applescript

Actually I dealt with a similar case, when I wanted to move a previously generated dialog to the top-right corner of my screen.
I only succeeded in doing so thru a 2nd script that was launched simultaneously, but had a "repeat nothing until" loop built in to await the dialog's pop-up. In my experience, no matter what I tried, the dialog would hinder an "in-script moving" while its window stayed open ...
(I attached both to a folder: I just had to add #2 to its list.)

In script #1 the final command reads:

tell application "Finder" to display dialog DL_display as string with ¬
  title "Recent downloads" buttons {"Close"} default button 1

The 2nd one:

tell application "Finder"
    set screenRgt to bounds of the window of desktop  --> independent of
    set rightEdge to (item 3 of screenRgt) - 425      --> screen resolution
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder"
    repeat while not (exists window "Recent downloads")
    end repeat
    delay 0.1
    set position of window "Recent downloads" to {rightEdge, 61}
end tell

You can see there's a (minute) delay after "repeat-nothing". Even waiting 0.1s sometimes my MacMini's so busy that the delay's too short, and the dialog remains centered ...
(To make sure set a higher value, say: 0.5.)
My "Recent downloads" Workaround #2 for Safari can be found HERE.


How to disable the discrete graphics card on a mid 2010 MacBook Pro on El Capitan?

That is neither a permanent solution nor it disables discrete graphics card, you will end up with very slow graphics that make your computer unusable for everyday work.

I answered this other question with the full procedure to permanently disable discrete graphics card on startup.