FaceTime Photos must be enabled on both devices to use this feature

This camera button is the FaceTime Live Photos feature.

When you’re on a FaceTime video call with one or more people, you can take a Live Photo to capture a moment from the call. Both of you receive a notification that the photo was taken, and the Live Photo goes right into your Photos library.
The other person on the call may need to set their FaceTime preferences to allow a Live Photo before you can take one.

iOS > Settings > FaceTime > FaceTime Live Photos
In addition to the Settings toggle, there is a minimum OS requirement. I got the same error message when FaceTiming with an older macOS computer.

Note: To capture a Live Photo in a one-on-one call, both you and the other person on the call must be using the latest version of either macOS 10.13.6 or macOS Mojave 10.14.4 or later, iOS 12.1.4 or later, or iPadOS. To capture a Live Photo of a person in a group call, both you and the other person on the call must be using macOS Catalina or later, iOS 13 or later, or iPadOS.
https://support.apple.com/guide/facetime/take-a-live-photo-fctm0ce5cbbe/mac


Does Apple's Disk Utility 'Restore' function make a 'byte for byte' clone?

Yes, it is a "byte-for-byte" clone. The only exception is if the source volume is defective and contains read-errors. In that case you would be better off using a specialised copying program, such as ddrescue.


iPad Mail app doesn't completely search inbox or contact

Same experience. The only way I found was to go back to the good old desktop.


Upgrading from OS X 10.10 Yosemite Developer Preview

These are questions that can't really be answered until after it happens. They are the risks that you take when doing what you describe. You can look at past examples of what Apple has done or find people who did the same as what you want to do now with previous versions, however none of that will be fact as we just don't know what Apple will do this time around until they do it.

As you mentioned, this is the Developer's preview. If you're not a developer then you shouldn't be installing it -- but you don't need me to tell you that. As for the public beta program, I think you misunderstood it, or else I did. I understood it as the first million did not get access to the developer preview version, but will get access to the public beta version when it is released later during the summer.

This would make sense as I'm sure they don't want to give a million essentially consumers access to the first developer release until after the developers have had some time to review and the first few batches of bugs get worked out. Once it's a little more stable and tested, then they will give out access to the public beta.

A few quotes from the beta site:

The beta program is limited to the first million, not the first million get the developer's preview:

  Join the OS X Beta Program and help make the next release of OS X our
  best yet. Install the latest pre-release software, try it out, and
  submit your feedback. The program is limited to the first one million
  people who sign up, so join today.

The beta will only become available at a later date, not now:

  OS X Yosemite will be available this fall. The OS X Beta Program lets
  you take part in shaping it by test-driving pre-release versions and
  letting us know what you think. Your comments will help us make OS X
  better for all Mac users. Sign up today, and the beta software will be
  available for you to install soon.


How do I undo overwriting my /usr/local/bin folder?

Well, it's not a complete disaster.  You could have done it to /usr/bin.  The obvious first answer is restore it from a backup.  If you don't have a backup then you can take some comfort in the fact that the /usr/local/bin directory isn't in the default search path for command-line executables without extra steps being taken so the damage you've caused is likely to be limited.  Really, without a backup all you can do is reinstall apps which had files there.  Without knowing what they were, you'll probably need to wait for apps to misbehave or crash and then you can try a reinstall to see if that fixes them.  Hopefully you have Time Machine set up in which case it's a simple matter of following the procedure below:

Open Terminal to run the following commands
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder - this restarts Finder so it will show the hidden system files
Open a Finder window for your Hard Drive
Open usr, then local, then bin
Launch Time Machine
With the bin folder selected, scroll back in time in the time machine interface to your last successful backup of the /usr/local/bin folder and click restore in the bottom-right corner
In a few moments, your folder will be restored.

Also, in future be very careful what you do with sudo and especially sudo mv.  You can use sudo mv -i mvim /usr/local/bin/mvim and the -i will warn you instead of just overwriting whatever it finds at /usr/local/bin/mvim.

After you're done, you can hide the hidden files again by running the following commands in Terminal

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder


How do I restore missing menu extras (clock, wi-fi, etc)?

I was able to get my menu extras back without logging out by running killall SystemUIServer in the Terminal.app.

I found the answer from zane's Recover missing menubar icons - revisited System post. The post is from 2006, but the trick still works on Yosemite.


How could I replace Mathtype in a mathematic document with Catalina?

I had the same dilemma with Adobe CS5 and CS6. Ended up buying a refurbished 2018 Mac Mini directly from Apple. Came with Catalina preinstalled. Used the following steps to install Mojave.

Download Mojave from the link on the Apple website How to upgrade to macOS Mojave.
Use the Disk Utility application to create a new APFS volume in the existing APFS container.
Boot to macOS Recovery to allow booting from external media. You will only need to perform this step, if your Mac has the new T2 chip.
Used a flash drive to install Mojave to the new APFS volume. The instructions are given on the Apple website How to create a bootable installer for macOS.

You can now install your 32 bit applications. Basically, you will have a dual boot arrangement. When MathType 8 is released, you can install to the preinstalled Catalina. Mojave can be removed by using the Disk Utility to delete the APFS volume containing Mojave.

Before purchasing a refurbished Mac, you should confirm that the model was early enough to run Mojave. The website everyman.com is a good place to get this information. If for some reason the purchased model can not be downgraded to Mojave, Apple does have a 14 day return policy.

I should note that under Mojave I do get a error message when quitting an Adobe CS5 or CS6 application. Other than the message, the applications appear to function properly.


I suggest you book an appointment with an Apple genius.

I have had a Magic trackpad for my iMac for a couple of years.

But stated to get the same issues you have around the time I installed 10.8.5 ( or one of the later updates )
 An additional issues was in any app that text could be selected the track pad would do so randomly and of it's own accord.

I thought it could be be the software and tried all manner of things.
Killing the plist included.

But the problem persisted into my install of 10.9.

I finally took it to a genius two weeks ago who agreed the issue was most likely hardware.

They replaced the Magic trackpad with a new one and I have not had any problems since.

So I think to save yourself some time and frustration book an appointment.
Also  because it is a trackpad on a MacBook Air  they should be able to run proper diagnostics and they should be able to sort it one way or other.


Internal Touchpad and Keyboard stop working after login

It seems that somehow the bits in the registry had gotten flipped. I tried two things: 1) I changed the configuration settings and 2) I removed all bluetooth daemons

## 1
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad USBMouseStopsTrackpad 0
defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad USBMouseStopsTrackpad 0

## 2
killall blued
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bluetoothd.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bluetoothaudiod.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bluetoothReporter.plist
kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel

Based on the fact that the keyboard did not work even in safe mode, it seems that the first thing worked, since the keyboard and trackpad are working now after I restarted the computer.


Reading App for iPad with build-in translator

iTranslate Reader does this.  The actual translation function is great - you can use Word Reference or any of several other sites as your dictionary.  Word Reference is an extremely extensive dictionary. The PDF reading function leaves a lot to be desired though - it lacks a bookmark, so when I stop reading and go back later I always have to find my page again. Hopefully they will fix this.

Until then a better solution is Marvin, another ereader app. You can set this up to use Google translate following these instructions:

http://ebookfriendly.com/custom-translation-marvin-book-reader/

I just started using Marvin but it seems pretty good. However you will need to convert your pdfs into epub format using Calibre (which is free, but it's a bit of a hassle to have to do this). I am still looking for the perfect solution.


Wrong working directory, if bash script is opened via double-click

If your script is stored at ~/workspaces/myproject/launch.sh and you want to be in that directory when you run, change to that directory, you can get the directory where the script is saved with this one liner:

DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )

So the first few lines of your script become:

#!/bin/bash
DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
cd "${DIR}"
...the rest of your script...

This will put you in the directory where the script is stored no matter how your run the script.

If you want to learn more about detecting the location on disk of a script at execute time see this excellent StackOverflow answer.


On-screen indicator for brightness level or sound level not showing up when changing settings

I would suggest reinstalling macOS. Shutdown your computer, power it back on and immediately press and hold Command + R. When it finishes booting, select your language and select Reinstall macOS. Follow the prompts. Apple support link for more info. This shouldn't overwrite your personal data, but I always recommend having a backup just in case.

It's generally not a good idea to be deleting or changing files in the System or Library folders unless you know exactly what the file does and you are willing to accept the risk of an unstable or broken system.


How can I use two USB devices with the new USB-C MacBooks?

You can plug in a USB hub to the available USB port on your USB-C adapter.


Restore path to be read from /private/etc/paths

Fix your /private/etc/paths content:

The default content is:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

If you want to include /usr/bin/vim (but only if vim is a folder containing some executables - the macOS installed vim exec is /usr/bin/vim!) modify the content to:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin/vim
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

You have another (superior) export PATH line somewhere (i.e. bash config files) with the following content:

export PATH="/Users/<myusername>/bin:/Library/Python/3.6/bin/:*"

with *= either completely missing or a falsely defined PATH variable (e.g. Path instead of PATH)

At least it doesn't inherit the standard paths defined by /private/etc/paths

This first PATH export and the second in your ~/.bash_profile then yield something broken like:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/Users/<myusername>/bin:/Library/Python/3.6/bin/

as PATH


Unknown number instead of anonymous number

Unknown means the carrier didn't send a CID response.  Anonymous means they populated it with the word 'Anonymous'.


When backing up many Macs to one hard drive, must the hard drive be partitioned for each Mac?

If you want the partitions to be bootable, yes you will need a separate partition for each mac you're backing up. The only way to have multiple backups in the same partition is to separate them out into other directories, which is not something most (all?) computers will be able to handle when trying to boot.

If you use Time Machine to do your backups, you could back them all up to the same partition. Then while the partition is not bootable, when you boot into recovery on the given mac, you can point at the drive and Time Machine will distinguish between the various backups.

The final, most convoluted option could be to use Read/Write disk images, those could be mounted, and backed up to, and then if a system failed, you could directly image the disk image to the new drive. This doesn't buy you a whole lot over backing up to separate folders and just copying the contents of that folder over to a new drive, so I wouldn't really bother with it.


Syncing iCal with Google calendar under 10.4?

BusySync

  Google Calendar Synchronization — Sync iCal with Google Calendar for online read-write access to your calendars from any computer, anywhere.

  Requirements

  Mac OS X 10.4, or
  Mac OS X 10.5, or
  Mac OS X 10.6


Partition type FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF, drive unmountable

The volumes could be recovered in a TeamViewer session by searching for special strings similar to the method outlined in this answer: My SATA hardrive was ejected, and is unable to be remounted due to issues.

The assumptions made:

disk3s4 (24.6 GB) and disk3s5 (650 MB) are located at the end of the disk (see diskutil list screenshot of the question - both vanished after destroying the old partition table with sudo gpt destroy /dev/disk3)
disk3s2 (Macintosh) occupies/occupied the whole unallocated disk space (except the 1st Recovery HD) of ~294 GB and is encrypted.

To get the starting block of the first Recovery HD enter (which has to be in the 271 GiB - 274 GiB or ~291 GB - ~295 GB range of the disk)

sudo hexdump -s 271g /dev/disk3 | grep "48 46 53 4a"

(hexdump uses GibiBytes instead of GigaBytes!) which revealed:

447f801400 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f828a00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f840c00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 20 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f871e00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
...

0x447f801400 is Byte 294196876288 (or block 574603274) of the disk. Since the string HFSJ resides in the third block of a volume, the Recovery HD starts with block 574603272.

The typical output if the previous volume wasn't a FileVault but a normal HFSJ volume would look like this instead:

447f800c00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 20 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 01 ff
447f801400 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f828a00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f840c00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 20 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
447f871e00 48 2b 00 04 80 00 21 00 48 46 53 4a 00 00 00 06
...

The first and second byte number show a difference of 0xc00-0x1400=0x800 or 2048 Bytes because the preceding OS X volume has an alternative volume header in the second last block while FileVault volumes don't have one.

The Recovery HD has a fixed size of 1269536 blocks and it can be added with gpt to the partition table.

sudo gpt add -i 3 -b 574603272 -s 1269536 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk3

Now verify the volume with

diskutil verifyVolume disk3s3

If the partition boundaries and the volume are/is OK you'll get an exit code 0.

In the unallocated disk space between EFI and Recovery HD a CoreStorage partition was added:

sudo gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 574193632 -t 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk3

The FileVault password window popped up and the password was entered - so it  was added successful probably.

The disk and the volume were verified with:

diskutil verifyDisk disk3
diskutil verifyVolume disk3s2

which both exited with code 0 and all was fine.

Later the FileVault volume was extended to the full size of the disk with:

diskutil cs lvUUID resizeStack 318g #with lvUUID: the Logical Volume UUID of the second CoreStorage container


Time Machine cannot locate external disk

Eventually upgraded from 10.8 to 10.10 (Apple having removed 10.9 from AppStore...). And Time Machine is now up and running. I'll never know what happened.


Does OS X Have An Inbuilt "Self Cleaning" Feature?

Applications such as CleanMyMac or CCleaner are unnecessary for your Mac. They can clear certain caches or preferences that can interfere with the proper functionality of your other applications - they'll be recreated anyway the next time you use the software. Unless you're in dire need of extra space on your hard drive, I wouldn't suggest trying to erase caches using cleaner applications. If anything, invest in an external hard drive and move some of your larger files over.


I had the same problem.  I went into address book and put my desired address as the first one on my card.  It worked.


How to produce an A4-format pdf of an man page?

Right now you are running groff twice, once as part of man -t, once on it‘s own on the PostScript file generated by man.

Try

groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1 >out.ps
ps2pdf out.ps man-ls.pdf
open man-ls.pdf

or directly

groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1 |
    open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app

To have it work for all man pages accessible to man, a little script will help.

#!/bin/sh
page=$(man -W $1)
if [ -r "$page" ]; then
    groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 "$page" | open -f -a Preview.app
fi

Save it as manA4, run chmod +x manA4 once, and then use it as manA4 ls.

In case you are working with compressed man pages (which macOS does not use by default) you need to uncompress them on the fly.

#!/bin/bash
page=$(man -W $1)
if [ -r "$page" ]; then
    if [[ "$page" =~ .*.gz$ ]]; then
        gzcat "$page" | groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 | open -f -a Preview.app
    else
        groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 "$page" | open -f -a Preview.app
    fi
fi


“Hey Siri” does not respond while playing music

As far as I'm aware Hey Siri isn't actually supported while music is playing.

People on Reddit have reported the same issue about a year ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/7ssnz7/hey_siri_not_working_when_music_is_playing/


How to turn off 3G on Iphone 5 after update?

I don't there is anything much you can do now since this is a change to iOS. After the update the toggle is only between 3G and LTE and no more 2G and 3G toggle. Also, you won't be able to revert to iOS 7 for long if at all, so try that if you really must revert this functionality.

From an experience standpoint, I really don't think you will run out of battery if you're on 3G. I would advise you to not use mobile data while travelling around a lot because with frequent changing of signal towers could lead to draining of battery.

Although I've seen a method to edit the preference file after jailbreak to fix this issue but it never worked for me.


Install as non-admin user when the installer requires admin permissions

Drag-drop installs can go to an Applications folder at the root of the user's home folder and function without issue, but Adobe has been known for needing hooks in various parts of the OS. For example, a cursory overview of that package shows it wants to install certificates, the flashplayer plugin if not already present, etc.
Conceivably, if you could 'snapshot'(using fsevents/dtrace/packaging tools like packagemaker or Composer, etc.) the installation in a VM and track down all the files it sprays on disk, and relocate those wherever applicable to the user folder on your system, AND the Air runtime and App in question could run without failing due to expecting to see resources in hardcoded directories....

In other words, magic 8-ball says 'highly unlikely'.


Is there an iOS app that measures/reports the battery charging current?

The battery doctor HD app by KS moblie tells me the charging current for my iPad 2.  However the battery doctor app for iPhone 4s does not appear to give this information.


Spotlight, please don't show mail, but still let me search in Mail app

In System Preferences -> Spotlight, go to the Search Results tab, and uncheck Messages and Chats.

This will still allow you to index and search from within Mail, but the results will not show up when searching via Spotlight.


Is there a way to get Photo Booth not to flash when it takes a photo?

Your answer is Hold down Shift and click the red *button*


List number of files in multiple zip files

There is certainly more then one way to do this and what I'm presenting is not necessarily the best way, however it is a way that works.  Create a bash script using the following code.

#!/bin/bash
c=0
for f in *.zip; do
    x="$(zipinfo -t "$f" | awk '{print $1}')"
    c=$(( $c + $x ))
done
echo "The total file count is:" $c

Then you'd cd to the directory containing the zip archive files and execute the bash script by its name if it's in the $PATH or its pathname if it's not in the $PATH.

Say you save it as getfilecount in your $HOME directory, which normally is not in your $PATH you'd cd to the directory containing the zip archive files and then use:

~/getfilecount

To make the bash script create an empty text file, e.g. touch getfilecount and then open the file, e.g. open getfilecount add the code above via copy and paste and save it.  Now make the file executable, e.g chmod +x getfilecount and now you can use it as is or place it in a directory that's in the $PATH, then all you'd need to type once changing to the directory containing the zip archive files is: getfilecount

Below is sample output to show the difference between using single commands method and a bash script.

Issuing commands, one at a time:

$ cd zipfiles
$ ls
codetest.zip    destination.zip helloworld.zip  source.zip
$ zipinfo -t "*.zip"
1 file, 820 bytes uncompressed, 437 bytes compressed:  46.7%

1 file, 0 bytes uncompressed, 0 bytes compressed:  0.0%

6 files, 12385 bytes uncompressed, 895 bytes compressed:  92.8%

101 files, 0 bytes uncompressed, 0 bytes compressed:  0.0%

4 archives were successfully processed.
$

Using getfilecount (when the bash script is in the $PATH):

$ cd zipfiles
$ getfilecount

The total file count is: 109
$


How can I get rid of extra "Photo Stream" album on iPhone?

Yes, you can ! You have to turn it back on, take a picture and wait for it to upload to iCloud. Then you turn it off and and confirm the warning that says that all the pictures will be deleted. The album will then disappear.


ahem … Karabiner 10.xx no longer works with MacOS (High) Sierra …

The interim app Karabiner Elements 12.10 will solve your problem very easily, but "Complex Modifications" –meaning modifier/key combinations or e.g. "if_held_down"– can locally only be added/modified by manually editing      ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json.

Here's a comprehensive guide for the interested ones: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/json.html


Removing the automatic connection for 802.1X via terminal

It took me some hours to learn that it's a boolean value (and not just 0 or 1 as 'defaults' would report) but finally i came up with the following LoginHook which does the trick. As LoginHooks get
executed as root user, you have to 'su' to the user currently being logged
in before running the script below. As Michele points out below, that username
is available as $1 to the Hook-Script running as root.
It seems to be a user byHost-Setting, although SystemPrefs would ask for a admin password to tweak this setting...
My hook script being executed in user-context looks like this:

#!/bin/sh

if [ `whoami` = "root" ]; then
  echo "$0: Must run as regular user, not root! QUIT."
  exit 1
fi

# write new setting
defaults write -currentHost com.apple.network.eapolcontrol EthernetAutoConnect -bool false

Using opensnoop(1) or fs_usage(1) I could not see any other files being modified. Hope it helps.


Is there free real time app to protect my Mac that are not dangerous for Mac or its user?

Yes - all of the listed apps harm usability and make Mac OS less secure and less performant in my opinion. Spy on the user is a little vague, so you'd want to examine one product specifically and their data retention / collection / implementation to get a meaningful answer.

I would say you should use Apple's gatekeeper and only run signed / MAS apps if you are thinking free protection is worth your effort or time. You pay Apple for hardware so it's clear why they protect you. If you aren't paying for software, someone else is paying for your data or benefiting so without a compelling reason why you trust that person, my initial reaction is to be overly suspicious of that "free lunch".


I think Your problem description is not clear.
As I can possibly imagine, the downloading process is stuck.
First of all, make sure that Your Wi-Fi or Network is connected, then make sure that You have deleted stuck WhatsApp from Your iPhone home screen. Then open AppStore app and download new WhatsApp app. It should work.


There is no equivalent to the App Store and some functionality of macOS requires you be on the App Store to use it so there’s no competition really.

Historically however MacUpdate has a really good library.


Bootcamp Windows 7 installation, USB is not recognized only on bootloader

I attach answer here as you guys suggested.

SOLVED - Bootcamp Windows 7 installation without USB, ODD

OK, I'll explain how I worked it. I followed almost of all of David's method here and here, but there are little differences.

Before we start, please note that I'm using MacPro4,1 which does not support USB installation of boot camp and I detached ODD. Instead, I attached another HDD in Bay 2.

You need rEFInd, VirtualBox, NTFS support for OS X (like Paragon or NTFS-3G), a bootable Windows installation ISO.
Service Pack applied ISO is also ok.
Update Mac firmware as recent one as possible. here
Open Boot Camp Assistant and download driver files into any usb.
(Just 2nd option of 3 of boot camp. if your boot camp assistant does
not have 3 options, it would be 1st option)
install NTFS support for OS X, rEFInd and VirtualBox.
Format a partition with MS-DOS(FAT) which is going to install
Windows.

I recommend you not to use Boot Camp Assistant app to format. Use Disk Utility instead.

In terminal, type diskutil list and remember disk and partition
number of target partition. In this example, I use disk 1 and
partition 1. So, disk1s1
Unmount partition and set permission.

diskutil unmount /dev/disk1s1

sudo chmod 777 /dev/disk1s1

Create VirtualBox image with raw disk access. anywhere except
bootcamp partition

sudo vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename bootcamp.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk1 -partitions 1

sudo chown $USER bootcamp*.vmdk

Open VirtualBox and create a VM. Just set disk as what you already
made, and ISO file of windows installation.
Start VM and install as normally, BUT when you get in 'setting
 computer name' phase, shutdown VM forcibly.
Turn off VirtualBox, and delete all files in the boot camp
 partition (including BOOT folder and bootmgr file - If you can not
 find them in Finder, use terminal to delete them or change Finder
 option with defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES)

Of course, Before open finder, mount partition first.
 (If you didn't installed NTFS support, you can't mount or delete file)

diskutil mount /dev/disk1s1

double click windows ISO and copy all of the item into boot camp
 partition
Reboot Mac and in rEFInd bootloader, select 'Windows NTFS volume'
Install windows again, but DO NOT format boot camp partition.
Installation is finished. When you see desktop, install Boot Camp
 Driver which you downloaded at Step 3
After boot camp driver is installed & if you can see 'Windows' on OS X boot loader (which you can enter by pressing alt/option), you don't need rEFInd anymore. You can delete it in OS X.
You will see bootup selection between 'Windows 7' and 'Windows Setup' when booting Windows. If you don't want to see it,
Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced Settings - Advanced tab - Click Setting button which lies on 'Startup and Restore' section - Uncheck first one.


Auto translate mails in Apple's mail app

You can create a Service that acts on a text and then you'll be able to select any text and see its translation. In order to do that, please install trans from here: Translate-Shell Github. Place the binary somewhere in the system, for example /usr/local/bin directory. Then You'll have to create an Automator Workflow as a "Quick Action" (before it was called a Service).

It'll look like that:

Then save it as translate. After that you'll be able to select any text, right click on it and select Services -> translate.

Here's how it works (translating your post into Polish language):


Can you undo close all Finder windows (alt + click the red close button)?

This functionality is not available natively in Finder, but it can be gained by the use of third party software such as XtraFinder and perhaps Default Folder X. Please note though that you would have to check compatibility as you don't specify what version of macOS you're using.

Another option that may interest you is to access your recent folders. To do this:

Ensure you have Finder active
Click on the Go menu
Hover over the Recent Folders sub-menu
You'll now see your most recently opened folders
Select the folders one by one to reopen them

Notes:

This is not an undo option, but at least you can easily reopen most of your Finder windows (although not likely as many as 20 of them).
I have no affiliation whatsoever with either XtraFinder or Default Folder X.


USB Keyboard's number pad doesn't work while using vim

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6613968#

Terminal -> Preferences -> Profile -> Advanced -> uncheck "Allow VT100 application keypad mode"


Can I make Calendar on OS X automatically show me more upcoming weeks when focusing on today?

I do not know about Automatic.

But if you just move (scroll) the today to the first line of the Month view, you will see the following 5 weeks.

Making it automatic is a problem, since the Month view is what it says. It has been set to show the month, while Today is a variable.


How to add keyboard shortcut to toggle F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys?

In order to assign a keyboard shortcut to this script, you could create a service in Automator.

You must change Service receivesto no input. Then add Execute AppleScript and paste your script. Save it on ~/Library/Services.

Once saved, you must go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts and you can find out under Services → General. Assign your preferred shortcut there.


Turn a cloned macOS partition into a unique copy for use with iCloud

It appears deleting the files NetworkInterfaces.plist and preferences.plist from /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, then rebooting, would do the trick - iCloud needs to be set up from scratch again.

But that's a bit of an overkill, as it removes some other valid configurations (network setup, VPN connections etc.) as well.


MacBook Pro showing prohibitory sign on start up

You may need to erase the entire drive. Once you've booted to recovery, use disk utility to repartition your internal drive.

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20571
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20567

Bear in mind that repartitioning the drive will erase everything.  If you don't have a back up of your data and every app (iLife/iWork are not part of the OS) that you want to install, repairing the disc might be a better choice.


If the photos are unable to be uploaded to Photo Stream, they will be attempted to be uploaded again at the next available time. There's no 'one chance'—it'll try as many times as necessary until it succeeds or other circumstances make it not necessary to upload them.


How to claim free disk space in APFS after deletion of huge amount of files?

Okay, I can answer by myself.

In further investigation I came across the hidden space called local snapshot space that is caused by local time machine snapshots and tried to purge them for giving back at least 100 GB:

♠ sudo tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 100g 1
Password:
Thinned local snapshots:
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-12-07-134712.local
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-12-07-134712.local

Although some snapshots should have been deleted, nothing happened in order to show more free disk space. I increased the argument to 110g and now at least 72 GB was released and show up as free disk space.
I plaid a bit with separate values, found a tool called Daisy Disk that is able to show the size of hidden spaces.

I tried to remove all these local snapshots with

tmutil deletelocalsnapshots /

and it seems to remove them. At the end there are still 50 GB of hidden spaces left according to Daisy Disk that I am unable to find their location at the moment.

It seems that under the hood APFS would care by itself to free up this space if required. However, the UX around all this is as bad as possible and a huge black box from the perspective of a user.


Opening links on Mac Chrome app in Incognito Mode

To open a certain link with Google Chrome, use this command in terminal:

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'http://example.com' --incognito

Simply edit http://example.com to any other URL you want to use.


Is it safe to upgrade Bash via Homebrew?

Binaries in /{,usr/}{,s}bin/ should not usually be replaced with other files. Other programs expect them to be the versions that came with OS X, and they are replaced by OS upgrades.

After running brew install bash, you can change the default shell safely by:

Adding /usr/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells
Running chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash.

Settings in Terminal or iTerm 2 don't normally have to be changed. Both of them default to opening new windows with a login shell of the default shell.

The default shell can also be changed from System Preferences or with dscl, but all three options just modify /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/$USER.plist.


People rehost the PDFs everywhere. You can find PDFs of the interface guidelines just by searching for "iOS interface guidelines pdf <year>" on Google. For example, here's the guidelines for 2011. There's no official archive.


How can I add static route in order to access machine that had wrong static IP configured?

I do this all the time. There are 2 options:-

ssh user@<IP> for a known IP address

or if the machine has a hostname, the Mac should be able to discover it with
ssh user@hostname.local

Similar settings can be used from most GUI ssh clients.


How can I connect Philips Hue to a guest network on my AirPort Extreme?

As a sort of workaround, you could use a wireless-to-Ethernet bridge to let your Hue access the guest WiFi network. The AirPort Express can do this, but not while still acting as an extender.


Pencil Lag (iPad 2018 vs Pros, Notes vs OneNote, iOS 11 vs 12)

Based on viewing the drawing footage in slow motion, it appears the new Apple Notes app in iOS 12 is using Apple's Predicted Touches technology, which makes an educated guess as to where future touches on the display will appear so the developer can temporarily pre-draw the path there. This explains why the latency now appears faster than OneNote, which doesn't appear to use this technology. As far as I'm aware, previous versions of Apple Notes did not use this technology.

If you want to reduce latency for Apple Pencil input, the 2nd-generation iPad Pros are the way to go because they have the 120hz ProMotion display, versus 60hz for the 2018 iPad, though they are now well over a year old -- so maybe best to wait for an update. Alternatively, you could use PDF Viewer by PSPDFKit, which has the lowest latency of any app I've used because it uses more predicted touches than Apple Notes.


From the Photo app you can select up to 5 images and hit Share -> E-Mail.
Maybe it's possible to mail more then 5 images when you select 5+ and the Copy them and Paste them in your E-Mail.

See this guide for reference: Send multiple photos at once on the iPad and iPhone


How to find out why iTerm2 suddenly wants to access my Calendar?

From an open issue on the linked iTerm2 project page on GitLab:

iTerm asks for contacts and calendar access on Mac OS

  I tested version 3.2.6 on macOS 10.14. It does not request contacts or calendars in a stock install. If you run a program in your .bashrc or other login script that needs access to such (e.g., icalBuddy) then it will be asked for in iTerm2's name.

  Anything inside the terminal that tries to access just some calendar file ou directory will initiate the MacOS dialog asking for permission. But that does not mean iTerm is trying to access.

  Thy this command:

  $ find /

  It will list all your directories, and.. there will be a moment that MacOS will ask you for permission to let iTerm access your calendar. Lol.. this is a funny erroneous comportamental feature of MacOS..

As is apparent, from the comment, the -d 1 component of the command line attempted to access Calendar files, thereby triggering the permission dialogue.


How do you fix missing partition on OS X El Cap?

The GUID partition table looks good. Nothing is really missing. The partition with the index number 2 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group. The partition with the index number 3 is your Recovery HD. The Boot Camp Assistant probably failed to resize the LVG (~ 250 GB) but succeeded resizing the Logical Volume (Macintosh HD ~ 192 GB). As a result about 58 GB in the CoreStorage LVG are not allocated to Logical Volumes.

To expand Macintosh HD boot to your Recovery HD (hold cmdR while booting). Open Disk Utility and verify the integrity of the superior CoreStorage LVG and the inferior LV (Macintosh HD). Then open Terminal in the menubar Utilities -> Terminal

Enter diskutil cs list.
Enter diskutil cs resizeVolume lvUUID size. lvUUID is the UUID of the Logical Volume; usually it's the last listed in the output of diskutil cs list. Use 250g as size. If you get an error (not enough space...) use a slightly smaller size like 249500m.
Enter exit, quit Terminal and reboot to your main volume.


How to tell if a bookmark already exists in Safari (v6.0.5)

Safari has a bookmark search function in the top right corner of the bookmark menu window,

Just paste the new bookmark (or type first 3 letters) in to it and it will tell you if it already exist.

It is also useful in finding bookmarks in a very large library.


Microsoft Outlook for Mac - View Mailbox size

Sadly, Outlook:Mac 2011 doesn't make it possible for you to view your mailbox size at all times in the UI.  The method that you've found of viewing it via the Folder Properties is the only method.

If this is important to you, you should submit feedback to Microsoft.  In Outlook, go to Help -> Send Feedback About Outlook.  Tell them exactly what you want, why you want it, and how it impacts you to not have it.  Be verbose -- the better of a case that you can make, the higher the chance is that your feedback will be given due consideration.


How to remove icons showing question marks of deleted apps from Launchpad?

[Worked] In Yosemite open Launchpad, hold down control key and click on icon you wish to remove. A question mark should appear over the icon. Just drag and drop to Trash.


Computer crashes on login, greeted with flashing folder icon

It may be as simple as the cable has become loose.  If that is the case, it is a fairly easy fix.  Sorry to see you don’t have a backup.  If the drive has gone bad, that would have been your recourse.

For future reference, a simple external drive connected via USB will work fine as a Time Machine backup disk.  Even if you are not as regular in connecting it as you should, you would at least have a backup in case of catastrophic failure.  There are other online backup solutions too that are subscription based.

If you are comfortable with taking the MacBook apart, you can check the cables first.


How to solve the “You don't have permission to open the application” in Mac OS big sur?

I solved the issue by running two commands in terminal for this app :
sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/app.

sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /path/to/app.


iPhone Whatsapp Lockscreen Notification Problem

Had this same problem and got the below reply from whatsapp support

To turn on previews that display the contact name but not message:

Go to WhatsApp > Settings > Notifications > turn Show Preview on. Go to iPhone Settings > Notifications > WhatsApp > Show Previews > Never.


My Mac is making an odd noise every couple of minutes

This sounds like the sound Skype makes for a Contact Available notification.


CMD + mouse wheel in most cases doesn't increase the font size, it's usually in most circumstances a 'zoom' in. Increasing the font size system wide isn't possible without setting it specifically for Applications (if you know the menu title) in keyboard shortcuts. However, you can emulate a system wide zoom in level with a double tap of the mouse (if your using magic mouse) by turning that system feature on in:

System Prefs > Mouse > Smart Zoom

Or you can take advantage of Accessibility feature which is turned on by default by zooming the window in:

CMDOPT=

To emulate this with a mouse scroll event go to :

System Prefs > Accessibility > Zoom

You will a list of options for you customize your scroll events.

'Use Gesture Scroll Events' will be greyed out by system default. Select this option to enable it. Choose which primary key to function from, OSx will take care of the rest (directional zoom). As you can see you can customize furthermore with picture-in-picture etc to better service your need


Hosts file in OSX Lion not blocking as expected

One more thing to check - is the hosts file still in native unix format? It's quite possible within Nano to accidently save it as MSDOS or ye-olde mac format in which case it won't be parsed properly and just ignored

(This was originally an answer, but converted to a comment by a mod, and requested to be an answer again by the OP so they can accept it.)


How to return a list of all text editors via terminal?

No, there's no such command or list available in the Terminal.
The command you've found for Ubuntu is part of the so called alternatives system that is found mostly in Debian-based Linux distributions. It's not available on all Linux systems, it's not available on BSD based systems and definitely not available on macOS.
Also the update-alternatives command does not necessarily list all text editors on the system (you see your own list is pretty small). It is only lists those that are registered with the alternatives system, which is not all of them. Commonly GUI-based editors are not listed here for example.
Instead of alternatives, macOS has the concept of file associations or "preferred applications". As far as I recall, this predates alternatives. Application bundles on macOS contain information about the file types that the application is willing to support. The user can choose which application is by default used to open a specific file type - this means that you can associate for example JPEG files with the photo editing software of your own choice. However, this is for GUI programs - not command line utilities as such.
An easy way to list and manipulate file associations via the command line is to use the third party utility SwiftDefaultApps. It can be installed from HomeBrew Casks using this command:
brew cask install swiftdefaultappsprefpane

After installation you'll have a command available named swda. You can run it like this to get a list of file associations:
swda getUTIs


How to update a command-line program using Homebrew?

Simply no. Only Apple can update programs in /usr/bin etc.

However you can make your scripts find the program from Homebrew first. You do this by making your $PATH have /usr/local/bin (which is where Homebrew puts links to the executables) earlier in the $PATH than OS supplied programs.


Apple Pages: Make a cell span two columns

do you want to merge two cells? select all the cells you want to merge and merge them together by selecting "format" menu->"table"->"merge cells"


Apply "Floating/Translucent Window" to all existing sticky notes?

You can set Floating Window as the default behavior for all new stickies, but for existing stickies you will need to set this value one-by-one.

To set the default:
On one sticky (any sticky), click Note from the menu bar and set "Floating Window" and/or "Translucent Window" to checked.  Then select "Use as Default" from the same menu.

All new stickies will have the new settings.  You can turn these off on a sticky-by-sticky basis, or you can re-set the defaults using the these instructions.


How can I stop OS X from switching Spaces when the mouse cursor is at the edge of the screen?

I found a solution. The following sets the delay to 1 minute.

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-edge-delay -float 60 && killall Dock

source: Leopard: Lower the window drag delay between spaces


How to add an account in Apple Mail without downloading older messages?

Some strange answer for your strange question, but i'll post it.

In gmail account settings enable access via POP, and set it for mail that arrives from now.
Then set up Mail app and you'll get only new emails.


That seems to be possible, at least if you can accept it to be "animated", and scroll on command: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHl72gfDl94


diskutil verifyVolume / : POSIX reports: Exec format error

You can use the Disk Utility application from the recovery partition to do all of this (unlock and mount the disk, run repair, etc.). If you have any other disk repair utilities maybe give them a shot? Either way, if you don't have a backup already I'd make a copy ASAP.

Another idea is to boot into single user mode (Command-S on boot) and run fsck but not sure it'll be any different.


How to disable Game Center process (gamed) on OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

Disable the LaunchAgent (not LaunchDaemons) and reboot your machine (without sudo):

$ launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

In case you want to enable it again at one point:

$ launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist


Mavericks Random Spinning Beach Ball appears for less than a second and then goes away

Yes, I have seen this on two different machines. Its definitely a bug.

You can see a mention of it in lots of places, including here:

http://www.imore.com/round-table-review-os-x-mavericks


To change the update speed, open Activity Monitor and select View > Update Frequency.

You can choose between three options:

Very often (1 sec)
Often (2 sec)
Normal (5 sec)


How can I access to internet in iPhone 4 with USB or other way through my mac book pro?

You can do this by sharing your MacBook Pro's internet connection - typically called an ad-hoc network.

You will need to connect your USB aircard, and then open System Preferences > Sharing > Internet Sharing. (From this Apple Forum post) Select USB from the drop down menu next to "Share your connection from:". Then select the "Wifi" from the checkboxes below. Check the Internet Sharing option to the left, then join it with your iPhone.

Here is an Apple KB support article that you may find helpful in setting up an ad-hoc network. While you are using USB the steps in this OSX Daily article should be very similar to your situation.


How do I regain all unallocated disk space to add it to macOS after removing Linux partitions?

Your disk contains some blocking Linux swap partitions: disk1s3, disk1s4 and disk0s4 (all partitions with the type 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F). Additionally your probable Recovery HD disk0s3 has the wrong type: it should be 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC.

Depending on your Mac model either use Internet Recovery Mode or a bootable OS X installer thumb drive to "repair" your disks.

Since your user folder resides on a different partition create a safety net admin user first on your boot disk. Log-in as second admin user to be sure that the account works independently from your main admin user.

Boot to Internet Recovery Mode (or the thumb drive)
Open Terminal in the menubar > Utilities
Enter diskutil list to get an overview.
Use the disk identifiers of your SSD and the HDD (e.g disk0 and disk1) enter gpt -r show disk$.

Below I assume disk0 is your system disk and disk1 is your HOME disk.
Unmount both disks with diskutil umountDisk disk0and  diskutil umountDisk disk1.
remove the two swap partitions on disk1:

gpt remove -i 3 disk1
diskutil umountDisk disk1
gpt remove -i 4 disk1

remove the Recovery HD and the swap partitions on disk1:

gpt remove -i 3 disk0
diskutil umountDisk disk0
gpt remove -i 4 disk0
diskutil umountDisk disk0

re-add the Recovery HD with the proper type:

gpt add -i 3 -b 500312408 -s 1269536 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0

resize both main volumes with:

diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk0s2 100%
diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk1s2 100%

Verify both volumes with diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2 and  diskutil verifyVolume disk1s2. If necessary repair the volumes.
Reboot


Your workflow receives No input in any application. Quick Actions are designed to run only on the type of file (or other object) that is currently selected. So I'm surprised that it shows up at all. Presumably Automator opens it because it "no input" is the default of an empty or unfinished workflow.

As your workflow doesn't require an input, (i.e. any given file as an argument), but just copies a specific file, then an application is a better choice.


Why are my AirPods Pro stuck on low quailty audio during discord calls?

I solved this by turning off the mic from System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Privacy > Microphone.
It involves an app restart each time you want to switch between mic off and on, but it works.


El Capitan Preview PDF highlighter yellow color changed

Someone was kind enough to write a code that would fix this problem.

I am reposting the code here, so that I can streamline the solution.

//compile with: clang -W -Wall changehighlight.m -framework AppKit
#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>

char cmd[2048];

int main(int argc,char **argv){
    if(argc<3){
        fprintf(stderr,"changehighlight Listname Colorname\nexample: Apple Orange / Crayons Lime\n");
        return 1;
    }
    @autoreleasepool{
        //prepare
        int ver=0;
        {
            int c;
            FILE *funame=popen("uname -r","r");
            for(;~(c=fgetc(funame))&&c!='.';)ver=ver*10+c-'0';
            pclose(funame);
            if(ver<12){
                printf("It looks like you are using Lion or former. This app is useless and might cause unexpected result. Are you sure to continue? [y/N] ");
                c=getchar();
                if(c!='y'&&c!='Y')return 1;
            }
        }

        //get color
        NSColor *color=nil;
        {
            NSString *listname=[NSString stringWithCString:argv[1] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSString *name=[NSString stringWithCString:argv[2] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            for(NSColorList *colorlist in [NSColorList availableColorLists]){
                if([[colorlist name] isEqual:listname]){
                    color=[colorlist colorWithKey:name];
                }
            }
            if(color==nil){
                fprintf(stderr,"color name looks invalid\n");
                return 1;
            }
        }
        NSData *data=[NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:color];
        NSString *desc=[data description];

        //do the hack
        strcpy(cmd,"defaults write \"");
        strcat(cmd,getenv("HOME"));
        if(ver==14){
            // Yosemite
            strcat(cmd,"/Library/Group Containers/com.apple.Preview/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist");
        }else if(ver>=11){
            // Lion,Mountain Lion,Mavericks and El Capitan
            strcat(cmd,"/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist");
        }else{
            strcat(cmd,"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist");
        }
        // PVAnnotationColor_8:   highlight
        // PVAnnotationColor_9:   delete line (need to use right click menu)
        // PVAnnotationColor_10:  under line (not functional)
        strcat(cmd,"\" PVAnnotationColor_8 \"");
        strcat(cmd,[desc UTF8String]);
        strcat(cmd,"\"");
        puts(cmd);
        system(cmd);
        system("killall cfprefsd");
        return 0;
    }
}

/*
List of Colors with usual OSX configuration:

Apple Black
Apple Blue
Apple Brown
Apple Cyan
Apple Green
Apple Magenta
Apple Orange
Apple Purple
Apple Red
Apple Yellow
Apple White

Crayons Cantaloupe
Crayons Honeydew
Crayons Spindrift
Crayons Sky
Crayons Lavender
Crayons Carnation
Crayons Licorice
Crayons Snow
Crayons Salmon
Crayons Banana
Crayons Flora
Crayons Ice
Crayons Orchid
Crayons Bubblegum
Crayons Lead
Crayons Mercury
Crayons Tangerine
Crayons Lime
Crayons Sea Foam
Crayons Aqua
Crayons Grape
Crayons Strawberry
Crayons Tungsten
Crayons Silver
Crayons Maraschino
Crayons Lemon
Crayons Spring
Crayons Turquoise
Crayons Blueberry
Crayons Magenta
Crayons Iron
Crayons Magnesium
Crayons Mocha
Crayons Fern
Crayons Moss
Crayons Ocean
Crayons Eggplant
Crayons Maroon
Crayons Steel
Crayons Aluminum
Crayons Cayenne
Crayons Asparagus
Crayons Clover
Crayons Teal
Crayons Midnight
Crayons Plum
Crayons Tin
Crayons Nickel

"Web Safe Colors" 003366
"Web Safe Colors" 99CCFF
bla bla...

System alternateSelectedControlColor
System alternateSelectedControlTextColor
System controlBackgroundColor
System controlColor
System controlDarkShadowColor
System controlHighlightColor
System controlLightHighlightColor
System controlShadowColor
System controlTextColor
System disabledControlTextColor
System gridColor
System headerColor
System headerTextColor
System highlightColor
System keyboardFocusIndicatorColor
System knobColor
System labelColor
System quaternaryLabelColor
System scrollBarColor
System secondaryLabelColor
System secondarySelectedControlColor
System selectedControlColor
System selectedControlTextColor
System selectedKnobColor
System selectedMenuItemColor
System selectedMenuItemTextColor
System selectedTextBackgroundColor
System selectedTextColor
System shadowColor
System tertiaryLabelColor
System textBackgroundColor
System textColor
System windowBackgroundColor
System windowFrameColor
System windowFrameTextColor
*/

Save the code as changehighlight.m

Open up a terminal, browse to the same directory where you saved the file, and issue the command clang -W -Wall changehighlight.m -framework AppKit && mv a.out changehighlight

To restore the color, issue the command ./changehighlight Apple Yellow


I guess we should mark this one down as
"El Capitan & Safari 9 fixed it"

I no longer see anything like the 'lag' I was getting before & all behaves as it should.


Can I view websites on an iPad in an iPhone sized window?

Nope, you can't do that. But if you have a Mac, you can install Xcode from the Mac App Store for free.

It comes with an app called iOS Simulator which will let you run Mobile Safari on your Mac, including the resolution of older iPhones/iPods (non-retina display), new retina display iPhones, and the iPad's resolution.

It also implements all the touch screen Javascript events (eg: onmouseover is triggered when you tap instead of onclick, then onclick is triggered when you tap again), double tap to zoom into a DOM element, and will properly show you how things like fixed position CSS elements will appear, which is very different on Mobile Safari compared to regular desktop Safari, and it gives you all the iOS form elements (<select multiple> fields are completely different for example).

I'm not aware of any way to properly test your website on Windows or Linux, changing the browser window size is not good enough.


What color space is iPhone's 7 "Wide color display (P3)"

Ok I've found it. It's DCI-P3 standard:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/09/09/apples-wide-color-screen-on-the-iphone-7-will-lead-to-more-faithful-color-reproduction

Most modern android smartphones are already able to display the circle inside the red square, but probably are converting Adobe RGB or DCI-P3 color space to sRBG instead of displaying correctly the original one.

Comparison sRGB vs Adobe RGB vs DCI-P3:


How to "press 1 to talk to finance" when making a call from macOS via iPhone

In the FaceTime app call window, shown towards the top right corner, click on the keypad button to reveal the keypad.

The keypad button can be seen between the Video and the Mute button. Once clicked, it reveals the keypad interface.

You can click on the keypad icon again to dismiss the UI.
The keypad icon is enabled in the recently released version of macOS Catalina 10.15.6. If you don't see it, consider updating your copy of macOS.
For older versions, where you don't see the keypad icon, click the phone call notification in the top-right corner of your screen and use the numbers on your keyboard to respond.

https://support.apple.com/guide/facetime/make-and-receive-phone-calls-mchl390e9463/mac

Tip: If you’re on a call and need to respond to prompts in an automated phone system, click the phone call notification in the top-right corner of your screen and use the numbers on your keyboard to respond.


Yes, you can do this. You'll use a feature called "Presets" which appears in the Print window. You can create a Preset so your color HP laserjet printer will print, by default, in greyscale (aka black and white) on both sides of the paper (duplex).

Here's some guidance.

Open a document you want to print. Go to the File menu, select Print.

The print window appears. Locate the "Preset" section. You'll see it's set to Standard.

You're going to create a new Preset by doing the following.

In the "Copies" section you'll most likely see a box named "Two-Sided". Check this box.

Next, click on the pop-up menu near the middle of the Print Window. The menu should be set to the name of the application you're using, such as Word or Safari. Click on this menu and select the section which lets you switch from color to greyscale. (For my Brother color printer the section is named "Print Settings" but HP may use a different section name). Select the greyscale option.

Now that you've selected 2-sided and greyscale, then click on the Presets menu and select "Save As". Give your new preset a name. I suggest "2-sided greyscale".

Print your document by clicking the Print button.

You've now created a Preset which'll be available in all applications so you can easily print duplex, greyscale documents. This Preset will be the default until you select another Preset to use instead.


What license is needed to use Apple hardware in a movie?

Basically none. If you are not using their trademarks, logo by itself - which is entirely different than using the physical product as built by Apple or as modified in any way you please to change it with painting, stickers, or a even a hammer. You probably don't even need a license to show the software if that is incidental to the picture. What you can't do is imply that Apple endorses the film or use Apple products in marketing your film.

If you are thorough, you will want to have a look at both Apple's legal trademarks information and consult with whatever lawyer (or paralegal) is helping you with other legal aspects of making a movie that is familiar with the laws in your specific filming/distribution locations.

Here is Apple's main trademark page:

http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/trademark.html

In it, you are not really a reseller or advertising the movie itself with the product and trademarked design and logos, so read that portion but don't take it too seriously for the things that don't make sense. Pay attention to how Apple prefers their product to be depicted in photographs.

Also - there is a tidbit about mailing Apple directly for product placement.

Marketing or advertising requests (which may include promotions/giveaways, sponsorship, product placement, and partnership requests) may be emailed to wwmarcom@apple.com

You might not get free product to use, but you should get a nice package covering their desires and wishes for product placement. Even if you were using Macs in a light that Apple prefers not to see - you might be covered under free speech and artistic expression rights, but I wouldn't expect Apple to spell out that on their pages - so check with your legal team for that if you have concerns.

Good luck filming your project.


No sound through HDMI with Mac Mini Connected to Projection TV

I talked with the company that sold me most of my system (but not the Mac - just everything else) and we couldn't find a solution.  I called Metra, the people who make the HDMI switch and one of them suggested something I could get from Amazon.  It cost me $22.49 and fixed it.

I don't want to advocate for a particular brand, but what I found seems to not have a clear name yet.  Some are listed as HDMI feeders (the one I got that works is listed as an "HDMI feeader" [sic], which makes it easy to find.  Some are called HDMI EDID Emulators.  If you want to see examples, search for HDMI EDID changer (or emulator or anything close to that).

This is a small device that runs off the power from the HDMI cable.  Mine has a small post sticking out that looks like the post on a typical potentiometer.  There are 16 different positions and a chart on the back.  I picked "4k 5.1CH."  (The Sony projector is 4K, so the only thing that changed was the audio - which is, as I indicated, non-existent on the Sony projector.)

When I put the feeder in, between the Mac and the Metra HDMI switcher, the screen went blank for about 10-20 seconds, then the Mac display came back up.  Same when I changed the box to the setting I wanted.  It went blank for about 10 seconds, then the display returned.

I had a video playing on the Mac.  After the display came back on, with 2-3 seconds, the sound changed from being played on the Mac speakers to coming from my Sonos system.  (It may have changed with the display - I can't remember.)

So it's working okay.  The solution was the HDMI EDID emulator that edits the EDID from the projector to add the audio specs to it.


Yes (probably). macOS supports two simultaneous user graphical sessions. One the local session and a second remote. You get unlimited ssh / xwindows environments.

I would start with two users and your vnc of choice for remote access. The only problem is if your vnc doesn’t work like Apple screen sharing and offer the second user a choice if asking to share the session or create their own.

Are the changes to Lion's screen sharing documented anywhere publicly?
Is there a Windows remote desktop client compatible with Lion's virtual display feature?


Can any recent iPhone benefit from the AirPods instant pairing?

Yes, the iPhone 5 and newer running iOS 10 can be paired with headphones equipped with the W1 chip.
From Apple's website:

Beats Solo3 Wireless is ready to go when you are. They instantly set up – just power on and hold near your iPhone – and then simultaneously connect to your Apple Watch, iPad and Mac*.
*Requires iCloud account and macOS Sierra, iOS 10, or watchOS 3


How do I determine where a process is being started from, and disable it?

The related launchd job ticket was found in /Library/LaunchDaemons.

Answering to mark question as successfully resolved.


How to get back the missing monitor option in Mountain Lion's menubar?

Display Menu (free) on the Mac App store adds the menu options back for OS X 10.8


How do I get my Downloads files back on my Mac?

Open Terminal by pressing Command + Spacebar and typing terminal.

Press Enter.

Type cd ~/Downloads then press Enter.

Type open . then press Enter.


Clearing data on a stolen iphone 5s when my phone has no network?

No, the iPhone must have some form of internet connectivity to receive the signal to erase.

Since you have disabled the phone's mobile internet, the only way it will receive the signal is if another SIM card is put in the phone which would enable the data, or it is connected to a Wi-Fi network.


Change download location of Safari PDF download button

AppleScript on its own can't be used to 'hook' into other actions such as clicking certain things. There are tools available to run AppleScript on keyboard shortcuts, however you might as well use ⌘S in this case, or remap this shortcut with System Preferences → Keyboard. One cannot change the download location of the button in Safari preferences.


Is Voice Control still present in Siri supported devices?

Voice Control is still available on the iPhone 4S, unless you have enabled Siri in the iPhone preferences (listed under the General menu).

If Siri is disabled, holding the Home button will still launch the "classic" voice control, which does work offline, and also supports a whole lot more languages than Siri currently does.


In general, the network settings are global, and apply to the whole machine, including all applications.

VPNs will work great to access machines on a known network (eg: 192.168.1.x = home,
10.1.1.x = work via VPN)

What kind of VPN is it? It's possible that the VPN has grabbed the default route, meaning that all network traffic that isn't on your local network will go via the VPN.

You can run netstat -nr in Terminal to see your routing table.

You can use sudo route change default 10.1.1.1 to change the default route to your local network's router (eg 10.1.1.1 for me) so that it will route external connections. Connections to your VPN network should still go through the VPN.

Hopefully this helps!


Decrypt files recovered from encrypted external hard drive

Unfortunately, you cannot recover the data.

From Apple's Support document:  Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac

  If you lose both your account password and your FileVault recovery
  key, you won't be able to log in to your Mac or access the data on
  your startup disk.


Firefox 28 search is easily interruptible

Removing the extension "fast video download (with search menu)" solved the problem.


How do I import from a mini DV camera without using the tape?

Try Quicktime Player -  Cmd/Opt/N for new movie recording.

That's how I have to get live video into FCPX, though with a different camera.


Security risks of disabling "Find my iPhone"?

The security risk you endure is that you won't be able to trace the device location, and use the functionality in Find My iPhone for erasing the device, adding a message and giving off sound.

In addition it is possible for others to format the device and start using it with a different Apple-ID. However this is not a risk to the confidentiality your data or your accounts - they would need to do a factory reset (i.e. delete everything from the phone) before doing this.

I would advise backing up the unit before handing it over for repairs at the very least. If you want absolute safety, make sure that your phone is completely emptied before sending it. You do that from Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings.

Assuming that you trust the repair partner to not steal your iPhone, I would say that the only real risk associated here is what happens if someone breaks in and steals your iPhone from the repair partner's premises. In this case your data is not anymore at risk than it was before, but because you have disabled Find My iPhone - you cannot track your phone, and it can be repurposed for a different user.


Why does a string of arabic characters crash Safari and other web browsers?

As the arstechnia link to ycombinator page states, it is a "bug inside Apples CoreText font rendering framework".

This post on a Russian website drew attention to it:
http://habrahabr.ru/post/191654/

(translated page here: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhabrahabr.ru%2Fpost%2F191654%2F )

The comments under the ycombinator article are the most interesting, with one reader pointing out that this bug is already fixed in Mavericks

Also, if I had enough reputation, I would downvote your question for putting an offending string in the question and thus risks causing a crash for some apple.stackexchange.com readers.  A slightly malicious or somewhat stupid move on your part, I dare say.


Disable HTTP traffic on my entire computer

There is an application called SSL Enforcer (currently in beta) and works system-wide. It has 2 main modes of operation:

"Strict Mode" which forces https connections.
"Best Effort Mode" which will redirect to https when available.

I've tried it before, and found that when I set it to Strict Mode it broke some websites with mixed content. Here are the applications "Key Features" via its webpage:

  Works for all apps including browsers, plug-ins and any other Internet clients.

  No data leaks. Blocks unsecure connections on the system level starting from the very first request.

  Switches to secure connections (HTTPS) automatically if available.
  Flexible rules based on application name, target host and port.

  Does not use a tunnel or proxy server. Your traffic goes directly to the target with maximum speed.


After upgrade of retail iWork 09 DVD it appeard on my Apple Store account

It's a normal behaviour so you can directly download the new Pages, Keynote & Numbers on your new Macs (or new OSX installations).


Why does my iPhone disconnect from wireless when it is in use?

I wish I could comment, but do not have enough reputation.  Since it sounds like this problem is isolated solely to your specific iPhone, it sounds like it could be a problem with your router, or maybe the antenna in the phone itself is some how damaged.  I know you said you don't think it could be a problem with your wireless router, but do you experience any of the same problems when using any other devices?  My recommendation would be to reset your router to factory settings and then using your iPhone to view or download a large file over that connection.

I really do think it is a problem with your router, as I have seen other wireless connections exhibit the same problems when they are about to fail.


How do I edit Managed Client preferences without them getting replaced?

Turns out that the master copy of com.apple.applicationaccess is kept in /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/[user].plist. Editing that solved the problem for me. Thanks to Lyken for helping me find this on this question.


I'm leaving the Couple app for the same reason. It's a shame. I was a huge advocate for it over the past few years.

Good news. I found a way to get all your messages.

Visit https://app.couple.me/ and log in.
Open a separate tab and visit https://app.couple.me/1/p/timeline (this may take a while to load depending on how many messages you have).

This API is how it fetches your messages while you're scrolling (but it batches it by 55 messages at a time).
Let me know if this URL doesn't work. I don't believe it's user-specific (but the number 1 can seemingly be interchanged with numbers between 1 and 31). If you want to try and find it yourself, open up the Network Inspector in Chrome and scroll until a batch of messages has to be fetched. There should be a url with the word 'timeline' in it that shows up (you'll need to strip off anything passed 'timeline' from the url to get all of your messages).

You should now have a JSON representation of all of your messages.

i.e. A lot should look like this

{
    "eventType": "text",
    "text": "A cat?",
    "pairingID": [redacted by me],
    "timeStamp": 1345602786515,
    "itemID": "[redacted by me]",
    "lID": "[redacted by me]",
    "from": "yourcouplepartnersemailaddress@gmail.com"
}

Event types of 'text' allow you to see the texts you've written. Event types of 'image' have an image url you can download.

From the File menu, select 'Save Page As...' and save the file (onto your desktop and name it couple_backup.json if you want to use the tip below).
That's it!

I'm not sure how comfortable your are with the JSON format. But all the data is there for the pickin'. In case you're not super comfortable, here's a way to get the JSON to be slightly more readable (only will work on a Mac):

Open the Terminal app.
Paste cat ~/Desktop/couple_backup.json | python -m json.tool > ~/Desktop/formatted_couple_backup.json into a Terminal window and hit Enter.

This should format the JSON to make it more readable and save that to a file named formatted_couple_backup.json on your Desktop

Maybe I'll create a Couple Exporter app one day to help people like us that could go through and automatically download all the images or something. This can work for now.


Rather than using the in-line form to give the username and password, you can specify them as parameters for the mount volume command. Changing the final line to the following will work with passwords with special characters:

mount volume "smb://" & server_name & "/" & share_name & "/" & user_name as user name user_name with password pass_word


Are you sure you can get by without the Application Support app? Try reinstalling Safari and see if you still have the issue with Application Support installed. (Then, if you want, uninstall that and see if Safari still works.)

Since you don't have the updater installed, you should check regularly to see if there are new versions of Safari so you don't get hit with some known exploit.


What does the indicator on Settings>Privacy>Facebook mean on an iPhone

Settings->Privacy lists the social accounts that iOS can store info for. If you go into one of them, such as Facebook, you will see a list of individual apps on your phone that want to access those accounts to do the following:

Create a network session.
Get the activity feed for a user.
Make a new post.
Set properties on a post, add attachments, etc.
Publish a post to an activity feed.

If the toggle next to the app is green, then you have given permission to that app to do these activities. If the toggle is not green, then the app has requested permission, but you have denied it.

It is interesting in that Facebook is also listed as an app looking for Facebook data.  This lets it keep using the login and password you've entered if you've shared something on Facebook from another app.


"Erase and Install" function missing in Snow Leopard

With Snow Leopard Erase and Install is now a two step process:

When you start up off the Mac OS X Install DVD from the Tools menu choose "Disk Utility". You will then want to erase the hard drive you want to install on.
Install Mac OS X as you would normally.


How have I got Two identical iCloud accounts?

You can delete both - it will let you know if any data needs to sync up and then you can sign in again.

Sometimes the system loses track of a preference, so I recommend a back up of your local data and then perhaps restarting / disk check to be sure the storage is healthy before adding the account and re-syncing data.


What is the difference between macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Update and macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Combo Update?

I believe that the "normal" update only has the changes from 10.12.1 to 10.12.2; therefore, you need to have 10.12.1 already installed.

The combo one, OTOH, has all the changes from the last major release (10.12.0).


Is there a complete list of all hidden keyboard shortcuts in OSX?

Not sure if this is a complete list, but this is a pretty good start from Apple:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

Here is another link to an image of the shortcuts:

http://dashkards.com/img/dashkard-macosx-general.png


How can I skip the Trash when deleting a file?

You can create an Automator service or application to facilitate executing the rm shell commando, which will permanently delete files or folders and skip the trash.

For example, start with creating a new Service in Automator.app.

Select files or folders as input, you probably also want to limit the availability of this service to the Finder app.

Optionally, but highly recommended, first add an Ask for Confirmation step to the workflow.

Finally, add the Run Shell Script step to the workflow. Make sure to pass input as arguments. Then you can put in the following script:

for f in "$@"
do
    rm -rf "$f"
done

As mentioned by @Thecafremo, you can also add a -P parameter to rm for additional security while deleting. For an extra nicety, you can add some audible feedback by adding the following command at the end of the shell script:

afplay "/System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/SharedSupport/SystemSounds/finder/empty trash.aif"

Save your service, and it should be ready to use in Finder from the Services menu in the menu bar. The service will also appear at the bottom of the menu you get by right clicking on files in Finder, although to make it appear there you may have to run it once from the Finder > Services menu first.  You can also configure a keyboard shortcut to your service in the Keyboard preference pane of System Preferences.

Instead of creating a service, you could similarly create an application in Automator, which you can pin in the Dock so you can drag files to it.


As of August 2017, only the 12.9” and 10.5” iPad Pro (not the 9.7” iPad Pro) support USB 3 transfer speeds. No other iPad, iPhone, iPod, or tv does.

This is confirmed by Apple’s Store page for the Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera Adapter:

  The 12.9-inch iPad Pro and 10.5-inch iPad Pro transfer data at USB 3 speeds, while the 9.7-inch iPad Pro uses USB 2.

The problem is that the USB-to-Lightning cable Apple provides is only a USB 2 cable. You’d need a USB 3.0-to-Lightning cable, or some kind of adapter, to benefit from the greater transfer speeds. Those do not exist yet, and even Apple’s USB-C to Lightning Cable only supports data transfer at up to USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) speeds.

Furthermore, System Information lists my iPhone 7+ as having a maximum transfer speed of 480 Mbps when connected to one of the main USB 3 ports on my iMac. This is consistent with USB 2 transfer speeds, which confirms that so far, no iPhone supports USB 3 transfers, at least not with Apple’s official Lightning cables.

It’s unclear whether the 4th generation tv supports USB 3 transfers. It does include a USB Type-C port, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it supports USB 3 speeds. For what it’s worth, there’s a USB 2-to-Ethernet chip inside TV 4, per iFixit. I doubt Apple would include a USB 3 port in tv, when most users would rarely, if ever use it, while leaving other devices with USB 2 that would benefit from USB 3.

If you want to be certain, plug your tv 4 into one of your Mac’s builtin USB 3 ports, and check System Information.

In summary: Connect your Apple mobile devices to the USB 2 hub.


HEX Code in Color Chooser for Mavericks?


MBP TB 2016 Failed to format and crashes. APFS Container damaged?

This is the official answer from me on what fixed the issue.
If you run into this same situation(rare case really) this is how it was fixed.
The background: MBP 2016 with TB, updated normally, converted to APFS and had at one point windows running on it with bootcamp.

I decided to format the drive and reinstall clean because i had a lot of clutter on it and moved everything to cloud, so i can have more space.

Followed the apple guideline and made a bootable installer USB.
Followed the erase process, and in the middle of that my MBP crashed with a kernel panic.
Kernel panic happened with disk utility and terminal. Tried multiple methods.
My APFS container was damaged and disk utility was unable to resolve it.
The OS was gone, it was not booting. The only sign on the screen was a circle with a diagonal line in it. Recovery still worked.

Took it to apple store and started working on it with genius bar guys.
After 3 hours most of them gave up and said needs an ssd repair because this is a hardware issue($800). I was thinking differently, because it was fine a few hours earlier. Then another genius came up with an idea that became the solution.

We connected another macbook pro with a thunderbolt cable to mine, and turned mine on while holding T.

This way we tried to format the drive using the new macbook pro's disk utility.
Surprisingly worked, and was able to format the drive in HFS in 15 seconds.

Install still crashed but we were able to use my disk utility and reformat to APFS, and run the installer again. Crashed again.

3rd time we did PRAM and NVRAM reset, run the installer again and no crash, Restarted, with apple logo and a timer.
Finished with a working OS and booted to the welcome screen.

Currently its still running, and the partition table cleaned up.
If you watched my video, the ghost drives from diskutil list disappeared.
The only thing showing now is the current new APFS container, with correct names and sizes.

Drive speed test shows good speeds, no crashes so far. Installed some apps and updates.

I will update this thread if another issue comes up but hopefully it will stay stable for a long time!
Cheers!
David


How can I get the dev name associated to a Volume name?

mount | grep /Volumes/foo | cut -d ' ' -f1

or

mount | awk '/Volumes\/foo/ { print $1 }'


Why can't I change my macbook's backlight?

You set it with the F5 and F6 keys, and it should not change after that, except for the setting SystemPreferences->Keyboard->Keyboard  "adjust keyboard brightness in low light".


No, you can't activate FaceTime service except by jailbreaking.


Sourcing a replacement graphics card for an iMac

There were three gfx card options that went in this model:

NVIDIA GT120 (256Mb): part #661-4991
NVIDIA GT130 (512Mb): part #661-4990
ATI Radeon HD 4850 (512Mb): part #661-5135

Searching for these cards by this "Apple Part Number" yields many online sellers. Ebay, macpalace.com, powerbookmedic.com, macpartsonline.com...

(How to get the apple part number for any given computer is a mystery to me, so if someone wants to elucidate, I will probably accept the answer.)


Finder preview automatically goes full screen whenever Finder gets focus

Using the answer space to provide images, but this is a guess...

I'm assuming you've rebooted & this hasn't fixed it?

I've never seen fullscreen Quicklook get stuck like this before, but I have seen regular Quicklook get stuck, usually if Quicklooking an attachment in Mail, then forgetting & switching to another app/Space.
The fix is usually to get back to Mail, reselect the original item & click the close X top left; as none of the regular methods will work at that point.
All I can imagine is you've got stuck in a similar situation, but in fullscreen Quicklook.

Ordinarily, you would click the double arrows to get into fullscreen...

Which would give you this...

Note the floating section at the bottom...

This will vanish if you don't move the mouse, then reappear if you do. Esc will also revert to windowed.

On a complete guess, I think Spaces is what's trapped you; my proposed solution may mess up your usual Spaces structure which you'll have to rebuild afterwards, so it depends on how much you use them as to whether you'd try this as a first off...

Quit all apps using fullscreen or spread over more than one Space.
I'd be tempted to have only a single windowed app running, in Space 1, with only one window open.
Shut down, unplug all except your primary screen.
Boot.
This will force all Spaces to that monitor & I think will then let you out, simply using Esc, or the floating controls.


How I can change my region when I have few Apple ID balance?

If you are prepared to sacrifice the remaining balance, contact Apple support and they will remove it and you can then change regions.


I don't believe you actually can. Home Sharing does have photo sharing support (as you've discovered with your Apple TV), but I don't believe you can stream photos from a computer to an iPad. Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts and the rest, but I don't remember photos from a computer to an iPad were ever supported.

The only way to do it would be to use a third-party app or use iCloud with Photo Stream, if you can work within its limitations.


What happens with iTunes Match after my library exceeds 25,000 songs?

The 25,000 songs is for the songs that you've added to itunes match and are not purchased from the itunes store. If you exceed that limit you will just be able to able to add to your itunes match library, songs that are purchased from itunes.

You can delete specific songs from your icloud library (right click>delete from icloud), there is no need to delete them from your local library too.

And yes, it just displays a popup mentioning that you've reached the  limit.

This is all documented at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146


Macbook Pro: One USB-C port only works for charging devices

You have a hardware issue.
And, unfortunately, it's a logic board problem.

The power rail not may not be delivering enough current to the USB bus
The USB controller for that side may be malfunctioning
The circuitry that connects the controller to the port may be problematic.

Unfortunately, without putting hands on with proper diagnostic gear it's impossible to know.  In fact, if you take it to Apple, they will simply change out the logic board rather than identify and fix the problem.
The one thing you should do is an reset the SMC.  There are different methods depending on your Mac model so be sure to read the steps carefully.
This is one of the actual few problems where an SMC reset is applicable - you're having power issues.  Re-installing macOS is the last thing you should do - booting into Safe Mode or Recovery will get you a clean version of macOS without the hassle of overwriting your system and risking your data.  You can also run Apple Diagnostics to see if there are any error codes.
Potential Workaround
If you can still transfer data, just not handle the "strenuous" tasks as you described, you may still be able to work with it if you use a powered USB hub.  It will supply the power to the USB bus that your logic board can't


Can I use both Thunderbolt ports to get higher resolution/framerate

The problem is not the speed of the connection, a Thunderbolt 2 port has the bandwidth for a display size and refresh rate of at least 4K@60Hz or 5K@30Hz.  Using two Thunderbolt connections to a single display requires a display that supports this, and this is a feature that I recall was short lived as there are now cable and connector standards readily available for supporting 8K displays with refresh rates of at least 60Hz.
The problem is not a lack of bandwidth.  The problem is that the GPU in the laptop doesn't support more than 4K@30Hz.  To get better than this means adding an external GPU, or getting a new computer.


MacBook Pro: Glitch/Copy of closed Window - Graphic card or monitor defect

The MacBook screen is experiencing what's called a burn in effect image persistence. This problem is an electric charge build up on the LCD. (Correction by @Allan)

It's a hardware issue and is generally resolved by screen replacement. There is no software fix for this issue.

(P.S.: Apparently, this issue was widely faced by a lot of Mid 2012 Retina MacBook Pro users. Related discussions here and here)


There isn't really many alternatives on the market. USB-C to Mini DisplayPort exists, but not many with Thunderbolt 3/2 support.

Apple makes a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 which is supposed to be bidirectional (read more in this support article). In that case you would probably need a Thunderbolt 2 male-to-male cable, but it should work in theory.


Change MacBook Pro OS X Apple ID ownership

You'd need to erase, then reinstall OS X. The drive (and all applications as well as the authentication data for that user's Apple ID are kept during the reinstall of OS X. Erasing the drive completely will remove all traces of any data on that drive. However, it will also delete all of your files. I'd recommend doing a manual backup and copy all the files from your desktop, documents, etc. to an external drive. Then enter recovery HD, erase the drive, and reinstall OS X.


It's going to vary, of course, but one way to get an approximation is to pull up the Maps app.

This article from Apple Support says the following about this...

  "Apps that can show your location on the screen, including Maps, show your current (approximate) location using a blue marker. If your location can't be determined precisely, you'll see a blue circle around the marker. The size of the circle shows how precisely your location can be determined—the smaller the circle, the greater the precision."

This article may be of assistance, too: http://n8henrie.com/2014/09/how-accurate-is-the-iphone-gps/


MacBook Pro 2017 - suspicious network settings I don't understand

Your screenshot doesn't indicate anything suspicious.

Most Macs will, by default, have the Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) checkbox selected, so you need not be concerned about this.

In addition, most Macs will also have entries like yours in the Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains field.

In a nutshell, if your computer is connected to a network that has a firewall1 in place, you may need to specify proxy servers2 and/or select the Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) checkbox to access some Internet sites.

1 A 'firewall' is designed to protect computers from unwanted/unauthorised network/Internet connections

2 A proxy server is a computer on a local network that serves as a 'middle man' between users and the Internet. It is designed to increase security and provide other administrative functions.


Can Apple provide the serial number for stolen Macbook Pro

If you registered the device then the serial number is recorded with your Apple ID at supportprofile.apple.com.


I understand you are looking to actually change your MAC address, but in case you want to spoof it to appear as another MAC address, this is what I recommend:

Use SpoofMac. It just works. Here is how to get it and use it:

$ git clone https://github.com/feross/SpoofMAC.git
$ cd SpoofMAC
$ python setup.py install
$ cd scripts
$ python spoof-mac.py list
- "Ethernet" on device "en0" with MAC address 3C:07:54:55:71:41
- "FireWire" on device "fw0" with MAC address A4:B1:97:FF:FE:9E
- "Wi-Fi" on device "en1" with MAC address 68:A8:6D:1B:FE:E4 currently set to 00:E0:B8:1B:FE:E4
$ python spoof-mac.py set 00:00:00:00:00 en1 # or whatever mac address you want

Hope that helps anyone trying to change their perceived mac address and failing.


is iPhone 5S 2-times faster than iPhone 5 at Graphics Task (like Gaming) due to 64-bit CPU?

This covers pretty much everything you need to know about benefits of Apple switching to ARM64.

https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2013-09-27-arm64-and-you.html

tl;dr conclusion/answer from the link

  It's also important to point out the things that "64-bit" does not refer to, as there's a lot of confusion in this area as well. In particular, "64-bit" does not include:

  Physical RAM address size. The number of bits used to actually talk to RAM (and therefore the amount of RAM the hardware can support) is decoupled from the question of CPU bitness. ARM CPUs have ranged from 26 bits to 40 bits, and this can be changed independently from the rest.
  Data bus size. The amount of data fetched from RAM or cache is likewise decoupled. Individual CPU instructions may request a certain amount of data, but the amount of data actually fetched can be independent, either by splitting the fetch into smaller parts, or fetching more than is necessary. The iPhone 5 already fetches data from memory in 64-bit chunks, and chunk sizes of up to 192 bits exist in the PC world.
  Anything related to floating-point. FPU register size and internal design is independent, and ARM CPUs have had 64-bit FPU registers since well before ARM64.

  "64-bit" A7 is not just a marketing gimmic, but neither is it an amazing breakthrough that enables a new class of applications. The truth, as happens often, lies in between.

  The simple fact of moving to 64-bit does little. It makes for slightly faster computations in some cases, somewhat higher memory usage for most programs, and makes certain programming techniques more viable. Overall, it's not hugely significant.

  The ARM architecture changed a bunch of other things in its transition to 64-bit. An increased number of registers and a revised, streamlined instruction set make for a nice performance gain over 32-bit ARM.

  Apple took advantage of the transition to make some changes of their own. The biggest change is an inline retain count, which eliminates the need to perform a costly hash table lookup for retain and release operations in the common case. Since those operations are so common in most Objective-C code, this is a big win. Per-object resource cleanup flags make object deallocation quite a bit faster in certain cases. All in all, the cost of creating and destroying an object is roughly cut in half. Tagged pointers also make for a nice performance win as well as reduced memory use.

tl;dr tl;dr

RAM(Memory) is decoupled from CPU bitness and has no play in it's performance
64-bit does not give 2x boost by itself
Due to transition to 64-bit Apple managed introduce some clever ways to improve performance


The Touch Bar integrates word prediction similar to iOS, which provides you with three word suggestions as you type. Tap a word to insert it. The more you type, the more the words filter. The screenshot shows when a new sentence is being started — type and the predictions finish your word.

Use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro

Touch Bar word prediction is available by choosing View → Customise Touch Bar and enabling "Show typing suggestions" if they are not already available.

The options are listed with the most commonly used word in the middle and other common alternatives either side.
You can disable word prediction by tapping the › button on the left of the suggestions.


How do I view the list of podcast chapters on an iPad using iOS 5?

There really doesn't seem to be a way to view this info at all on iOS 5 iPads, in Apple's "Music" app.

Further iPad iOS 5 podcast annoyances:

If the main "Music" you listen to is podcasts, it's really annoying that you can no longer promote the "Podcasts" button from "More" to the main view: so you always have to go to "More" to see your podcasts.
If you have a mixture of video and audio podcasts, you have to switch between the "Videos" and "Music" apps to see them.

For all these reasons, I gave up on the built-in iOS 5 podcast tools, and switched to Podcaster. It costs a small amount of money, but has so many convenience features built in that it's well worth it.

(It's actually iPhone only - but works fine on iPad, at 2x size, even for showing videos)

I particularly like:

It downloads the latest episode of shows you subscribe to, but seamlessly shows you earlier ones too, so you can easily stream them
Automatic downloading via WiFi - so no more need to connect my device to a PC to update lots of podcasts
Back and forward buttons to go move 30 seconds back or forwards - or you can change the settings, and make these buttons go back/forward 10, then 20 then 30 seconds if clicked in quick succession.
Small icon at top-right of screen shows/hide details of podcasts.
Sleep facility (15, 30, 45, 60, 90 minutes)

(I'd like to include a link to the original question here where I saw Podcaster first mentioned, but there are so many answers singing its praises, I really don't remember which one I saw.)

Edit

And to answer your question about Tiesto's Club Life Podcast, yes, Podcaster displays that well. It shows the images as you listen, and at bottom-right of the screen there's a little chapters icon that shows name of each chapter, and its position (in minutes and seconds)

Furthermore, you can swipe upwards on the screen, when playing, to show the chapters.


How can I stop my iMac's remote management connection from defaulting to wifi?

In System Prefereces > Network set Ethernet above Wifi. That should do the trick.


What does time of year (Early, Mid, Late) and year in About This Mac dialogue mean?

The label indicates the time of the year and the year the particular Mac was announced and released for sale by Apple. The label is commonly used to identify the generation of the Mac model (just like various iPhones are commonly differentiated by their marketing name such as iPhone 7, iPhone 8, iPhone XS etc.)

It does not represent the date of production. Since it is a model identifier, the label remains the same for all the Macs produced till an update/upgrade to the model is announced. The nomenclature generally used is Early, Mid or Late depending on the time of the year the model was released appended with the year of release.

For e.g. the last model of Mac mini released by Apple is labelled Late 2018 as it was released in November 2018. The model it superseded is Late 2014 as it was originally released in October 2014. All Mac minis produced during the four year period were labelled Late 2014 and saw no updates/upgrades from Apple whatsoever.

  I want to buy MacBook Pro that would display Early 2019. If I buy a brand new MacBook Pro from Apple Store (or order it online from Apple website) let's say in February 2019, will it show Early 2019?

  What does that year label actually display?

The last release of MacBook Pro was in July 2018 and they are labelled Mid 2018. The one you'll buy in January will be labelled Mid 2018 irrespective of the place you buy it from (unless you end up purchasing an older model, or unless Apple releases a new one in January which will be dubbed Early 2019). Month is never shown as part of the label, so there's will be no February 2019 MacBook Pro.

Now, if you are interested in determining the actual date of manufacturing of your unit, there are numerous ways. The easiest one being using a popular 3rd party utility called coconutBattery. The app is primarily used to determine battery health (charge cycle count), but it also shows the manufacturing date of the machine along with the model identifier.


How do I set the Camera Roll to send the actual size (rather than small size) via email?

The dialog box that allows you to choose a size appears after you compose the email and hit send.


How to create a 10.6.8 recovery CD (not clone of the OS or install environment)

Snow Leopard does not have a Recovery HD. That feature was introduced in OS X 10.7 Lion. You can't create Snow Leopard recovery disks either — that requires Lion too.

To create a bootable environment, you need to use the OS X installer. For this, you will need an install media to create the bootable partition. See:

How can I download Snow Leopard?