I cannot rearrange pages of a PDF in Preview

The PDF is, somehow, locked against editing.
Here is the workaround I found, to achieve the desired result without having to use a third-party app. The idea is to duplicate the PDF from Preview in a way that will remove the restrictions.
Open the PDF and chose File then Print. In the dialog, chose size and orientation, then click on PDF on the bottom left, then Print to PDF.
Open the new file. It can now be modified at will, like any unlocked PDF.


How to avoid duplicating files that goes on an iPad?

On a Mac: Drag the files into iTunes with the option key down and the files won't be copied to your iTunes Media folder.

That's the exact result you like.

There is also the option to change it so you don't have to press option key:

You can press option key after changing that setting to copy it on purpose. (Exact opposite of default setting)

Good luck :)


macOS Content Caching serving lots of data to unknown clients

Need more details to really say anything conclusively.  When the data transfer is happening, you should run sudo nettop and look at the local addresses the AssetCache service is connecting to.  This will reveal what device on the local network it's serving, or the lack thereof.

Some other quick thoughts:

I'm fairly sure content caching DOES apply to the local machine.  So updates downloaded by your Mac Mini will be counted and cached.
Do system wide network usage stats show at least as much data transfer as the Content Caching stats? If not then it's probably just a bug in content caching statistics.
Are you using iCloud? Content Caching can include iCloud content if you have that enabled.
Do you have an iOS device plugged in over USB and have tethered caching enabled? That's a potential source.
Try looking at the content caching log while this is happening: sudo log stream --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.AssetCache"' --info


The App can have read/write access to a location if it gets your permission using an entitlement as part of the App Sandbox, in other words this is how its suppose to work. The App is code-signed and trusted, its asking your permission, in theory all should be good.

As noted in the Mac Technology overview:

  App Sandbox

  Introduced in OS X v10.7, App Sandbox provides a last line of defense against stolen, corrupted, or deleted user data if malicious code exploits your app. App Sandbox also minimizes the damage from coding errors. Its strategy is twofold:

  App Sandbox enables you to describe how your app interacts with the system. The system then grants your app only the access it needs to get its job done, and no more.

  App Sandbox allows the user to transparently grant your app additional access by using Open and Save dialogs, drag and drop, and other familiar user interactions.

Specifically a developer can implement the following entitlement as noted here in Enabling App Sandbox, this is exactly what you described in your question, so this is probably the entitlement that the A/V program developer had utilized to obtain just read and write access.

  com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write

  Read/write access to files the user has selected using an Open or Save dialog

Note that  this is not the same as true administrator user, since the program would not be granted the execute privilege.


Use only external Monitor on MacBook Pro

At the risk of being publicly wrong, this isn't something that's easy. macOS just wants you to close the clamshell to put off the screen. I understand you understand and reject this solution, but it's the only practical one we know of today.

I believe that people that used to do that at work with space for two large displays now may work from home and we'll see lots of changes as a result of common pain points, but there will need to be a change in the operating system to make this easy.

The closest you could get is using bluetooth / usb keyboard and trackpad but you'll lose the physical trackpad / physical Touch ID and the task bar when you close the lid.


Documenting Packet Loss on Corporate Network

The answer depends on the topology of the network.

You can set off different sized pings to different hosts internally and externally, reset these every hour with a bash script, and copy the output to an hourly directory.

Analyse the output in excel, tweak via vim.

You may also try traceroute -I which will give you hops using ICMP echo instead of UDP.


I’m assuming by “end with” you mean that files have the extension .jar or .doc. And given all those filenames, you want those who have “hello” in their filnames.

With that in mind, you’re looking for something like this:

(.jar AND “hello") OR (.doc AND “hello”)

Additionally, you could extend the number of “words” by adding:

(.jar AND “hello” OR “some_other_word") OR (.doc AND “hello”)

For more ninja commands for Spotlight, your best bet is to read throughout this interesting doc from Apple, that’s the Spotlight’s Query Language documentation with lots of examples.

Finally, if you want to know what attributes are available for you to query directly, refer to this blog post.


Recovery key set by my "company, school, or institution" on private laptop

This Apple discussion says:

  After a couple of exchanges with our engineering team they have recommended two things you may try.

  The first solution is as follows:

  Disable FileVault
  In the system directory, go to "/Library/Keychains"
  Move the files "FileVaultMaster.keychain" and "FileVaultMaster.cer" to the Trash.
  Deleting the files should then allow you to enable FileVault on the system and provide a recovery key. Refer to article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5077 if you have questions regarding the location of the files.

  Second solution:

  Performing an erase and reinstall of the computer system will reset the master password and allow you to encrypt the drive again.


Dock disappearing when using the Show Recents menu item?

This may be only you, which could be an issue with the preference files, etc.

Show recents (with a Dock that hides) for me shows the transparent dark screen, and whatever icons that should be there for that app, and shows the dock fully available.

Once clicking on the desktop though, to get out of this mode, my dock hides again as it should.

I would recommend removing the Dock preferences, which is located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist, and then restarting the dock.

You should open the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app), and then run:

rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

then run

killall Dock

to restart the dock. You may have to set up your dock icons again, but this may help the dock not showing back up after using 'Show Recents'


What's the normal operating temperature for a unibody plastic Macbook?

It's the fans. They are clogged with dust and other debris from the years of use. Notebooks are not air-tight and intake quite a bit of air over their lifetime (they need to push the air to the central components like the CPU/GPU to cool them). The units must be opened and cleaned periodically (depending on environment) to maintain peak operating performance. High fan speeds and poor thermal dissipation are signs that the fans aren't doing their job (they are likely clogged with dust and the exhaust is also likely blocked, preventing the output of the hot air blown off from the processing units). Computer fans work by pushing air taking from the environment onto the CPU/GPU. The hot air blown off the chips move through air vents in the back of the unit. Over time, dust settles on the fans, dropping their efficacy, and the vents, preventing the hot air from escaping. This bakes the components and results in the spike in over temperature.

Visit www.ifixit.com and pull up a guide on how to partially dismantle your notebook. If you are not technically proficient, bring it to a credible repair shop.

There are no "normal" operating temperatures for Apple notebooks, but there is an acceptable gradient. 82 degree Celsius is pushing the limits. The CPU's thermal threshold is 105 degrees Celsius (when that temperature is reached, the system will shutdown to prevent thermal damage).

And just an aside, regardless of locale, all temperatures should be reported as Celsius, never Fahrenheit when dealing with computer components. Official documentation always refers to Celsius.


iPad 2 cannot connect to home wifi network

Do you have MAC address filtering enabled on your Linksys?  On more than one occasion when I did, I screwed around with a new device for an hour before I remembered to enter its MAC address to the router.


Battery indicator is not moving further from 96%

Over time, a battery will stop holding 100% of its charge. This is normal. After a good 1-2 years of constant use, I have seen this happen on all of my batteries.


Why are assigned PID numbers not sequential from 100?

Process numbers are assigned sequentially, starting with 1. The kernel is sort-of considered to be process #0, but it's not really a process, so this is a special case. It does not skip ahead to 100; that's something different. The gaps you see in the sequence are indeed due to processes that have finished. Most processes are sort-lived; they start, do some specific task, and then when the task is finished they exit.

As for that "100" figure, that has to do with what happens after 99,998 processes have started. That's the maximum PID, so at that point the system has "run out of numbers" and starts re-using them starting at 100. But this'll occur only after your computer has been running for quite a while, not during initial startup. It can take months or even years without a reboot before you run out of PIDs and restart from 100.


How much RAM does the 6th generation iPod touch have?

The 6th generation iPod touch has 1GB of RAM and runs at 1.10GHz according to Matthew Panzarino.


Can iTunes gift cards be used to make in-app purchases?

Why would it not be allowed by Apple?

If it's a Japanese iTunes gift card for an Apple ID with the Japanese iTunes Store, then that's what the gift card is for. You can use it to purchase Apple software, 3rd party apps, music, etc so long as they're from Apple's Japanese stores (i.e. iTunes Store, App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, etc). In-app purchases are included as well.

What you would not be able to do is use it to add credit to an Apple ID based in another country or connected to another store. For example, if you had another Apple ID for the US iTunes Store, then you wouldn't be able to redeem a Japanese iTunes gift card for that Apple ID.


Can't invite others to iCloud shared photo albums... "Invite People" button missing

I had this problem on an albums other than the Family album on a MacBook Air. It turned out to that the "To:" line was hidden whenever Photos.app was running on an external display. When I put Photos back on the laptop screen the control would re-appear.


This shouldn't make a difference since you're talking about an Apple Magic Mouse 2 and not a 3rd party Bluetooth mouse, but one thing I have seen that does work in some cases is to make sure the mouse is the first Bluetooth device paired to your computer.

To do this you will need to reset both the macOS Bluetooth Device List and Bluetooth Controller. However, this will reset all connected Bluetooth devices, including your external keyboard and headphones.

In other words, this will remove all existing pairing information for Bluetooth devices, so each will need to be reconnected.
I have some steps you can follow, but I strongly suggest you read all of the steps first before commencing (or perhaps print out the instructions / view them on another device).

Before starting, ensure you have the Bluetooth icon showing in the menu bar. If it is not there, open System Preferences > Bluetooth and enable the option Show Bluetooth in Menu Bar.

Also, since you're trying to resolve an issue with a Bluetooth mouse,  you will need to use your built-in trackpad to follow these steps:

Hold down both the Shift and Option keys and at the same time click on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar. Once the menu is showing, release the keys.
From the Bluetooth menu, choose Debug > Remove All Devices
Hold down both the Shift and Option keys again and at the same time click on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.
From the Bluetooth menu,  choose Debug > Reset the Bluetooth Module
Shutdown your MacBook Pro
Ensure your Magic Mouse is fully powered off
Restart your MacBook Pro
Connect the Magic Mouse to your MBP via the USB cable
Now switch on your Magic Mouse
Now click on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar and choose Open Bluetooth preferences...
When the Magic Mouse pairs with your Mac, it appears in the list of devices
Exit System Preferences

Now test the Magic Mouse long enough to see if it works okay. Once you're satisfied it is, you can go ahead and pair your other devices.

Let me know how you go.


Why is the audio is not working after upgrading to Yosemite?

This can be caused by the default sound settings being changed.  If you go to System Preferences --> Sound --> "Sound Effects" you will see a pull down list labeled Play sound effects through... On my machine there was the following listed: Internal Speakers and my monitor.

For some reason after the OS upgrade my monitor (and HDMI) was selected instead of internal speakers.  Switching to Internal Speakers fixed this.  You should select the appropriate item for your setup.  Also, you can go to the Output and Input tabs and verify that the correct item is selected as well.  See this picture for additional information:


Copy and paste issue from Excel to Keynote table

Your delimiter in numbers is set to a 'space', so it reads spaces in the sentence as being cell delimiter. Hence, each word goes into a separate cell. You need to change the delimiter to a comma or a tab. Then only values separated this chacter will fill new cells. To change delimiter (taken from question):

In Numbers you can use any separator when importing csv tables.
On the format sidebar, in the table tab, look for adjust Import settings. Inside it you have delimited options where you can even use custom delimiters


How to restore individual files from TM backup after clean install?

going to the external drive containing the TM backup with Finder, all folders within her "old" user-folder showed a small red stop-sign, which I learned is an issue with permissions. I wasn't able to restore manually.

This is probably the easiest way to go.

You can fix the "red stop-sign" issue by opening Terminal and entering:

sudo diskutil disableOwnership /Volumes/[Your TM Drive].

You'll then be able to copy the files over manually, without having to worry about permissions.


Keyboard Layout after startup reverts to "ABC - Extended" when using FileVault

I wrote an article called How to fix macOS startup keyboard layout not persisting about this very problem.

I never figured out exactly what the problem was, but the ABC Extended keyboard layout is the default fallback when no other keyboard layout is configured. The pre-boot environment stores its settings separately from the rest of the system.

Sometimes these settings go out of sync, or the system fails to save settings to the pre-boot environment. You’re more likely to run into this when using FileVault disk-encryption because of the increased complexity in this setup.

I lay out 11 steps in the above article that gets macOS to regenerate the settings file in the pre-boot environment. With the help of my readers, I’ve identified at least three different problems that these steps can resolve. It’s easier to just diligently follow all the steps exactly than to first try to identify the exact issue and then try to fix it.


On Catalina, what should /private/tmp look like?

Here is how my Catalina machine looks:

Charlie:/ sfederman$ ls -lA /tmp /private/
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  admin  11 Jul 16 14:05 /tmp -> private/tmp

/private/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  86 root  wheel  2752 Oct 19 19:43 etc
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    64 Jul  6 01:22 tftpboot
drwxrwxrwt   9 root  wheel   288 Oct 21 10:59 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  28 root  wheel   896 Oct  4 10:24 var

So:

Yes, /tmp is a softlink to /private/tmp
/private/tmp is a directory.


Snow Leopard Tiles Overflow Finder window

You could use the Keep Arranged By setting:


The Cisco VPNClient app is not officially supported in 10.8.  You may have some luck by using Java Preferences to specify the 32-bit JVM and either disabling the 64-bit or changing it to be secondary.

You're better off replicating the settings from your Cisco configuration into a new native VPN (IPSec) connection.

Look for the encrypted Group password in your .pcf file, then head over here to get the decrypted value.  After that it should be fairly obvious.


What malware has actually affected Jailbroken iOS devices?

I hate to say it, but in all my years of jailbreaking I have yet to see any type of malware have any real impact on the iOS community. Sure there was the infamous SSH vulnerability, but that was patched rather quick. That's the beauty of jailbreaking; we don't have to wait for Apple to release a fix. Most people fear that jailbreaking is insecure and puts your device at risk. That's far from the truth. My favorite example is the jailbreakme.com PDF exploit for iOS 4.3.3. At the same time they released the exploit, they pushed a patch to Cydia. As soon as you jailbroke, you were advised to install the patch, so that your device could not be further compromised. It took Apple a lot longer to implement and roll out their fix. In that situation, it was better to jailbreak than to not, because unless you had the patch, someone with bad intentions could have abused the exploit and done anything they wished with your device. Sure, you can be careless and install some malicious software, but most of the time it's the user's fault, because you always should be careful with what you do in a limited-regulation environment. As a final answer to your question, there were a few PDF exploits that were triggered merely be visiting a website (jailbreakme.com), but those vulnerabilities were never used for evil.

Edit: Another malware example has popped up, but it's not specific to jailbroken devices; it can remotely jailbreak any device without user interaction. This is the first time we've seen a remote jailbreak being used in the wild for malicious use. Apple has already patched it - they patched it quick. But the jailbreak community took a few months to patch it.


Should I use a Thunderbolt adapter or a USB 3.0 adapter for ethernet?

SHORT ANSWER

The answer to your question as asked in the title is it really depends on what ports you have available, personal preference, cost, etc.

I say this because both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt are faster than ethernet, so it doesn't matter which way you go from a speed point of view.

More specifically (and at the risk of oversimplifying it):

Ethernet supports up to 1Gbps*
USB 3.0 supports up to 5Gbps
USB 3.1 supports up to 10Gbps
Thunderbolt 1 up to 10Gbps
Thunderbolt 2 up to 20Gbps
Thunderbolt 3 up to 40Gbps

*In the overwhelming majority of cases, although 10Gbps ethernet networks do exist.

So, as you can see, it doesn't matter because they're all faster than the ethernet you're converting to.

LONG ANSWER

I'm adding this longer answer due to the various comments below my original answer.

For starters, ethernet can actually support up to 10Gbps. However, in 99.9% of cases (okay, I can't cite a source for that figure - I'm just making a point) this will not be a practical consideration for users unless they intend to connect to an existing 10Gbps ethernet network. While 10Gbps ethernet is starting to gain some traction in terms of network infrastructure, this is only happening in some of the largest organisations or those that have a particular need for this type of setup (such as ISPs, Cloud providers, data centres, etc). It is also worth noting that Apple has never launched a computer (not even Mac Pros or Servers) that natively support 10Gbps ethernet.

One of the reasons for a slow take up rate of 10Gbps ethernet is that it requires full duplex point-to-point links (typically via network switches) and as a result half duplex operation and repeater hubs do not work in 10Gbps ethernet networks. So converting existing ethernet networks to a 10Gbps ethernet network is no trivial matter and is quite expensive. All that said, I expect the deployment of 10Gbps ethernet networks to really start taking off more broadly due to the demands of HD video editing and the requirement of more organisations to have high-performance shared storage systems.

But in terms of typical consumers, this is not something worth considering when wanting to add an ethernet port to a computer and making a decision on the type of adapter they need.

A word about latency

A lot has been made about latency in the comments. While latency is a factor - especially when large networks with many network devices are involved - it's less of an issue for typical consumers.

Does latency matter to typical consumers?

Yes and no. A user on a home network who needs to transfer some photos and documents from a MacBook to an iMac is not going to be too concerned if it takes a couple of seconds for the transfer to commence. On the other hand, if the same user is browsing the web and it takes a couple of seconds for a page to start loading, that can be enough for them to move on to something else. So, latency can be very important to the overall user experience, but how important it is also depends on the application. If we spend hours on the internet we want our pages to load quickly, and latency can definitely affect this (just talk to any Satellite internet user). On the other hand, if we only transfer files across a home network occasionally, it's less important.

So, what is latency?

At the risk of oversimplifying things, latency refers to the delay in transmission time that occurs while data remains in a device's buffered memory (e.g. bridge, router, etc) before it can be sent along its path. While it seems to only be hardware related, latency is in fact affected by both hardware and software factors. Some are listed below:

Hardware factors

Traversing the network medium
Traversing network switches and devices
Transmission through the PCIe bus
Memory access times
Length of network cables
Etc etc

Software factors

Firmware running on the adapter
The device driver controlling the adapter
Operating system execution
The portion of the network stack that data has to transmit over
Etc etc

Regardless of the factor involved, the impact of latency on network bandwidth can be temporary or persistent.

How is latency measured?

In terms of ethernet networks, latency can be measured with different tools and methods, such as specified by IEEE RFC2544, netperf, or Ping-Pong (no, not the table tennis game). Put very simply, the main difference in these various methods is the point at which latency is measured. Regardless though, while excessive latency can limit the performance of network applications by delaying data arrival, this delay in a typical consumer network is less likely to be noticeable because there aren't usually too many network devices in consumer networks. That is, because there are less adapters, bridges, routers, etc involved between the source and destination, the total latency should be less. While users can do pings and traceroutes to measure this delay, in real world home applications (e.g. transferring files) it's not going to be noticeable unless there is a problem somewhere.

So, is latency a factor in determining the type of ethernet adapter one purchases?

Yes and no. In a sense this is irrelevant in a small/home network because there just aren't going to be many network devices. But if you have to make a decision on which type of adapter to purchase for 6 computers per room in a building of 10 rooms where all the computers are on the same ethernet network connected by multiple bridges etc, then it is much more relevant.

Thunderbolt v USB 3 re latency

So, which type of adapter is better in terms of latency? Generally, a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter is likely to have a lower latency then a USB 3 to Ethernet adapter. But, as manufacturers focus on bandwidth or throughput when they publish specs, you're not going to find it easy to try and quantify this or compare adapters.

So, why would I prefer a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter? To be honest, in a small/home network I probably wouldn't as I think the difference would be negligible and unnoticeable to the naked eye (so to speak). For me, the choice would come down to what ports I have available (or am willing to sacrifice) and the cost. But if it was a large network my preference for Thunderbolt is based on the real world experiences of users in particular fields.

For example, in the music production industry users have found that with audio devices capable of being connected either through Thunderbolt or USB3, that the overall audio latency of the connection is about 1ms for Thunderbolt and 4.5ms for USB 3. Now, these speeds can be impacted by other factors, but since these setups involve the exact same equipment, it appears that for whatever reason the Thunderbolt connection is faster (probably because Thunderbolt is allowed almost straight access to the CPU).

Whether this difference would be replicated in terms of a typical ethernet network is unclear. By that I mean connecting a PC to specialised audio equipment directly via Thunderbolt is different to connecting a PC to an ethernet network via a Thunderbolt or USB 3 adapter. Even if it was replicated, while audio latency may be noticeable to music professionals, the transfer of files and documents is different again.


How would I make a keyboard shortcut to *maximize* the current window?

One of the easiest ways to do this is to use BetterTouchTool. It will let you bind a keyboard shortcut or a trackpad shortcut to many commands, including maximize window.

Once you are in the BTT settings page, do the following:

Go to the Keyboard tab on top.
On the bottom near Keyboard shortcut, enter in whichever keyboard shortcut you want.
For Predefined action, choose Maximize Window.

There are many other options related to maximizing besides "Maximize Window":

Maximize Window Left
Maximize Window Right
Maximize Window To Bottom Half
Maximize Window To Top Half
Maximize To Next Monitor


OS X Yosemite Xcode update stuck on 'Waiting'

Yeah, a lot of people have been facing this issue. First, cancel your update. (In the AppStore update window hold Option to show the Cancel button.)
Now, you can do two things:

Download and install the Xcode DMG from here (if you have an Apple Developer Account)

Or try clearing your cache, and restart the download from the app store. You can use third-party apps or enter this command in your terminal:
rm -rf "$(getconf DARWIN_USER_CACHE_DIR)/com.apple.appstore"


Wiping old iPhone without touch or me.com?

If you can connect it to a PC/Mac, you can fully restore the phone using iTunes.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


Photos: Export all images without downloading them?

You can do this in a web browser by logging in to iCloud.com and accessing your photos there. Photos get downloaded to your default download location (which usually is ~/Downloads), so change this in Safari Settings first to point to the NAS.


Is it safe to uninstall SIMBL agent on Yosemite?

The easiest way to uninstall SIMBL is to run the its bundled uninstaller.
You can get a copy from the official website.

After the uninstallation check if these folders are present:

~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL
/Library/Application Support/SIMBL

If they are present you can easily delete them.

Since OS X 10.11+ SIMBL gets broken due to the introduction of SIP by Apple (System Integrity Protection).

There is no need to disable SIP before the process and re-enable it later.


Outlook 2011 category colors - Windows Color Palette?

Using /Applications/Utilities/DigitalColor Meter.app set to RGB as Actual Value, 8-bit and then hover over each color to find it's RGB color values.

Color Values:

## COLOR       HEX     (RRR GGG BBB)
 1 Red         #E7A1A2 (231 161 162)
 2 Orange      #F9BA89 (249 186 137)
 3 Peach       #F7DD8F (247 221 143)
 4 Yellow      #FCFA90 (252 250 144)
 5 Green       #78D168 (120 209 104)
 6 Teal        #9FDCC9 (159 220 201)
 7 Olive       #C6D2B0 (198 210 176)
 8 Blue        #9DB7E8 (157 183 232)
 9 Purple      #B5A1E2 (181 161 226)
10 Maroon      #daaec2 (218 174 194)
11 Steel       #dad9dc (218 217 220)
12 Dark Steel  #6b7994 (107 121 148)
13 Grey        #bfbfbf (191 191 191)
14 Dark Grey   #6f6f6f (111 111 111)
15 Black       #4f4f4f ( 79  79  79)
16 Dark Red    #c11a25 (193  26  37)
17 Dark Orange #e2620d (226  98  13)
18 Dark Peach  #c79930 (199 153  48)
19 Dark Yellow #b9b300 (185 179   0)
20 Dark Green  #368f2b ( 54 143  43)
21 Dark Teal   #329b7a ( 50 155 122)
22 Dark Olive  #778b45 (119 139  69)
23 Dark Blue   #2858a5 ( 40  88 165)
24 Dark Purple #5c3fa3 ( 92  63 163)
25 Dark Maroon #93446b (147  68 107)

Note: color values returned by color meter might be slightly different based on the selected color profile.

Make a custom color and use the RGB Sliders and enter the decimal values above.


Does my 21.5 inch Late 209 iMac support mixing and matching memory modules?

If you use only the 4GB modules, what does it say then?
If it still see's them as 2GB each, it might be the RAM - who knows, maybe they just put the wrong sticker on it ;)


How do I change the brightness in iOS 7?

Ask Siri to change the brightness and you can get to the control straight away.


DNSCrypt fails to start (problem with libsodium)

I managed to refresh dnscrypt-proxy so that it uses libsodium.18.dylib and does not throw the error anymore with the following procedure *:

brew update
brew prune
brew cleanup
rm -fr /Library/Caches/Homebrew/*
brew uninstall dnscrypt-proxy
brew uninstall minisign
brew uninstall libsodium
brew install libsodium
brew link --overwrite libsodium
brew install minisign
brew link --overwrite minisign
brew install dnscrypt-proxy
brew link --overwrite dnscrypt-proxy

* credits to Frank Denis the creator of DNSCrypt.


Can someone else sign into my iTunes account to download my purchased apps?

Yes you can. And Apple actually doesn't discourage this behavior. While it's true they do warn users not to share their Apple ID, but that can be taken more as a security concern than one of theft. In the past, Apple has never been one to mince words about piracy (being vocal against music and movie theft).

Apple allows you to register a small number (5) of devices to a single Apple ID. So you can register your little cousins device, your girlfriend's device, or your dad's device without a care.

This helps consolidate purchases and in a lot of cases, helps device management in large households.

The drawbacks aren't many. You can withhold your password from those that you do not wish to make additional purchases using your ID. But this will restrict them from even installing free apps. And if they happen to log out, they will be unable to log in again. The decision how to handle your account's access is left to your discretion. Just note that you will be responsible for any purchases made on any device registered under your account. Typically Apple is quite good with refunds, but I'm not sure how they would handle one in this case. (It's likely that they will issue you a "one-time" refund and warn you that you will be responsible for any additional purchases made in the future.)

Aside from potentially having someone rack up your account, it's totally cool with Apple and a great way to get mileage on your app purchases.


You can install Ruby 1.8.7 via rbenv and add it to Textmate paths:

  PATH:
  /Users/YOUR_NAME/.rbenv/versions/1.8.7-p249/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

  TM_RUBY: /Users/YOUR_NAME/.rbenv/versions/1.8.7-p249/bin/ruby

If you have problems with installing ruby 1.8.7 with errors such as:

  openssl_missing.h:68: error: conflicting types for 'HMAC_CTX_copy'

you can try to do brew unlink openssl. After successfully installing ruby you can link it back with brew link openssl --force

Good Luck!


Upgrading to Snow Leopard without optical drive

You will need a USB drive (8GB) and access to another Mac. You can use any external drive instead of a USB drive, but be aware that you'll have to format the drive and you'll loose any content on it.

Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and the USB drive into a Mac with a working optical drive
Start 'Disk Utility'. You should see your USB drive and the SL disk in the left pane.
Select the USB drive in the left pane.
In the right pane: Select Volume Scheme: 1 Partition
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Enter a name for the USB drive in the 'Name' field. You can use "Mac OS X Install DVD".
On the bottom: click 'Options' and choose 'GUID Partition Table' and click 'OK', then 'Apply'. The USB drive will be partitioned and reformated.
When that is done select the 'Restore' Tab
There are two fields: 'Source' and 'Destination'
Drag the SL Installer DVD from the left pane to 'Source'
Drag the newly formated USB drive from the left pane to 'Destination'
Click 'Restore'
Once the restore is done eject the USB drive, put it in your Mac and reboot. Hold 'Option' while your Mac is booting, this will get you to the boot selection list. Choose your "Mac OS X Install DVD" and you're ready to go.


If I turn iMessage off, will I receive those messages when I turn it back on?

You need to turn off iMessage on all the devices that have it on. If you have iMessage enabled on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, turning one off will not disable iMessage entirely.

For example, if you enable iMessage on iPhone and Mac, but only turn off the one on iPhone, People can still send iMessage your phone number or email linked to your iMessage account on Mac.

Answering your question, the message will appear on the devices that has iMessage but not on the one you’ve disabled, however, if you turn off iMessage on all devices, then your friends will send you a normal text message.


It seems that the network you are on is blocking the port 62465 which your VPN server is using.


How do I get osascript to parse backslashes and run this command in a new Terminal window?

Because it's going through another layer of interpretation, you need to escape the escapes -- essentially, you need to double the backslashes:

osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do script "echo -n -e \\\\033]0\\;My Custom Window Title Here\\\\007 ; ping www.google.com"'


Basically, Apple does not support running Windows 10 on Macs older than the 2012 models. This does mean you can not run Windows 10 on an older model, just that you are on your own to figure out how.

Windows is designed to use older drivers when newer ones can not be found. The drivers for Apple hardware is included in the "Boot Camp Support Software" (BCSS). If Apple did not supply Windows 10 BCSS for your Mac, you should use latest available BCSS that Apple documents is designed for your Mac.

One myth I put to test was: "Downloading the BCSS using the Boot Camp
Assistant will produce newer software than directly downloading from the internet". I have iMac (21.5" mid 2011) running OS X 10.11.3. I used the Boot Camp Assistant to download the BCSS for Windows 8.1 to a flash drive. I also directly downloaded the BCSS for Windows 7 from Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621. I then used Windiff.exe to compare both downloads. They were identical. I am not saying this is true for all Macs, it just happened to be true for mine.

To install the BCSS after Windows is installed, open the BootCamp folder and execute the setup.exe application. If setup.exe will not execute, right click on the icon and select Trouble compatibility.


External drive is damaged and freezes my Mac. Any way to recover?

First Steps: Repair the Disk, Tell Us What Happens

What exactly is happening isn't something I know. However, with a damaged disk, the first step should be to attempt to diagnose/repair it. Since that didn't work, tell us what went wrong. It'll give us a lot of insight into what may have happened and how we can fix it.

Since You Can't Repair The Disk

It's possible (although unusual) that using the command line fsck will help. Follow this guide and let us know what happens.

Command Line?

This doesn't seem like it should work, but if the disk is accessible from the command line, you could just use command-line copy paste. This doesn't seem like it should work, but you never know.

Data Recovery

No one likes it, but you may have to just reformat your partition after taking it to a data recovery service.


Connecting non Apple monitor to Macbook Pro

Does connecting a monitor to MacBook Pro via display adapter lower the
  refresh rate,

Not necessarily.  It will only do so if you get an adapter/cable that doesn't conform to the latest specifications (i.e. it doesn't support 4K at 60Hz)

The best place to find what the MacBook Pro will support with respect to an external display is directly from Apple:

  Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display
  at millions of colors and:

  One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
  Up to two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at millions of colors
  Up to two displays with 3840-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors

As for what monitor to get, the best advice is to get one that a) works with you and your workflow and b) has a DisplayPort/mini DisplayPort interface.  This way, you don't have to convert from the DisplayPort signal that is natively on your MacBook Pro.  All you will need is a USB-C to DisplayPort cable to connect


The only folders you can keep locally for IMAP are:

Drafts
Sent
Trash
Spam

If you want to empty other IMAP mailboxes, you will want to set up local folders on the Mac - use the built in help and search for "Create Mailbox" to get the steps to make a local folder so you can move all the messages there and then send a delete command to the IMAP server to actually remove them if they don't auto purge.


Can I configure Messages for Mac to receive messages sent to my phone number?

In iOS 6, your phone number and your Apple ID will be unified, so when you'll receive a iMessage or a Facetime call, they will appear on all your devices (iOS and Mac OS).

More info here.

So I think you just need to wait until this fall to resolve your problem !


How can I trigger the creation of a .DS_Store file in a directory?

I would suggest creating a folder from the terminal.  Inside the folder create a temporary folder and a temporary file.  From the terminal, open the directory in finder, create a new folder, and rearrange all of the items.  After messing around, check the terminal to see if .DS_Store is created.
Here are the steps:

Open Terminal
mkdir Folder
cd Folder
mkdir MyFolder
touch MyFile.txt
open .
Menu > Sort By > None
Menu > File > New Folder > "Temp"
Move all the items around
In terminal, check to see if the .DS_Store has been created.

P.S. I am running macOS 11.1


How can I print an image in its original size on a Mac?

To print an image so that the output is at 1:1 scale to the object it depicts, the image must either be specified with the proper ppi (pixels per inch), or the scaling of the printed output must take into account the desired dimensions.

There are a few ways to get the correct sizing.  One way is to print the image twice:  the first time, printed at 100%, will produce a result in this case that is larger than desired.  Measure the printed size of one of the objects with known length; I recommend choosing the largest object that fits on the page.  Then the correct scaling factor to apply is (actual length) / (printed length) x 100%.  So for example, if a 3-inch screw depicted in the image is printed out at 100%, and has a length of 5.2 inches in the print, the scaling factor to apply to the next print is 3/(5.2) x 100% = 57.6923%.

If you cannot make more than one print, or if printing at 100% results in no objects of known length fitting on the page, then you could also use an image editor that can read raster images and measure the distance in pixels between two points on the image (e.g., Adobe Photoshop).  So for example, the original image is 2048 x 1536 pixels, and has a printing resolution of 72 ppi.  If you measure the length of a 3-inch screw, and find that it is 720 pixels, for example, then the ppi setting that will make it print to scale is (720 px)/(3 in) = 240 ppi.  Then you can either change this value in the image editing program and print it at 100%; or you can leave it at 72 ppi and print it at 72/240 x 100% = 30%.

Note that in both cases, you must know the real-life dimensions of an object in the image.

After downloading the image, I measured it and found that a length of 4 inches corresponds to approximately 758 pixels in the image.  This gives a resolution of approximately 189.5 ppi, which means that you can either set the image to this value, or print it at a scale of 38%.


Automate change in settings upon plugging mouse in

Under macOS Sierra, if you have only a normal USB mouse, not one that comes with it's own software and is multi-function with additional buttons, etc., then in System Preferences > Mouse, you have the following settings that can be changed:

Scroll direction: natural checkbox
Tracking speed slider
Scrolling Speed slider
Double-Click speed slider

And two additional settings under Mouse that will not be addressed, for two reasons, the Primary mouse button: radio buttons, if other then the default of Left, is in all likelihood already set and wouldn't necessarily change because one wants to change the Scroll direction: natural checkbox, and since the OP stated USB mouse, I'll assume is not using Bluetooth and can ignore the Setup Bluetooth Mouse... button.

This answer is going to use AppleScript to get the before and after settings for the value of the aforementioned listed sliders to be used in the AppleScript code that follows after this code.

Open Script Editor and create a new document, then add the following code:

tell application "System Preferences"
    set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.mouse"
    --delay 0.5 -- # If necessary, uncomment 'delay' command and set its value in seconds and or decimal fractions there of.
    tell application "System Events"
        log "Scrolling speed is set to: " & value in (get properties of slider 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences")
        log "Double-Click speed is set to: " & value in (get properties of slider 2 of front window of application process "System Preferences")
        log "Tracking speed is set to: " & value in (get properties of slider 3 of front window of application process "System Preferences")
    end tell
end tell

There will be two difference states of the Scroll direction: natural checkbox in System Preferences > Mouse, checked and unchecked and the change in slider settings between the two states.

The code above will be run once to get the current value settings of the sliders. Then make the setting changes that you want to the sliders for the opposite state of what it was when you gathered the values of the first settings for the first state. Then run the code again to get the differential settings.

You will then plug in the values, gathered above, in the code below. You can comment out or remove any slider that's not going to be changed by the code below.

The comments in the code below should be adequate, however, don't hesitate to ask it you need anything explained.

I saved the following AppleScript code in Script Editor as an application named Toggle Mouse Settings in the Applications folder.

When run, it toggles the state of the Scroll direction: natural checkbox between checked and unchecked along with the slider settings under each state.

AppleScript code for the Toggle Mouse Settings app:

on run
    try
        tell application "System Preferences"
            set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.mouse"
            -- delay 0.5    -- # If necessary, uncomment 'delay' command and set its value in seconds and or decimal fractions there of.
            tell application "System Events"
                set isChecked to get value of checkbox 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences" as boolean
                if isChecked then
                    --  # The 'Scroll direction: Natural' checkbox is checked, uncheck it.
                    set cbValue to value of (click checkbox 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences") as boolean
                    --  # Scrolling Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 8.0
                    set value of slider 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 6.0
                    --  # Double-Click Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 10.0
                    set value of slider 2 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 8.0
                    --  # Tracking Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 9.0
                    set value of slider 3 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 6.0
                else
                    --  # The 'Scroll direction: Natural' checkbox is not checked, check it.
                    set cbValue to value of (click checkbox 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences") as boolean
                    --  # Scrolling Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 8.0
                    set value of slider 1 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 4.5
                    --  # Double-Click Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 10.0
                    set value of slider 2 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 8.0
                    --  # Tracking Speed - Valid Values: 0.0 to 9.0
                    set value of slider 3 of front window of application process "System Preferences" to 4.0
                end if
            end tell
            tell me
                if cbValue then
                    display notification "Natural scrolling is now active." with title (name of me)
                else
                    display notification "Natural scrolling is no longer active." with title (name of me)
                end if
            end tell
            quit
        end tell
    on error eStr number eNum
        activate
        display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "Toggle Mouse Settings" with icon caution
        tell application "System Preferences" to quit
        return
    end try
end run

Note: Before running the Toggle Mouse Settings app, you'll need to add it to: System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility

There is an app called EventScripts that could be used to trigger when a USB device is plugged in and or removed. I have not used it before, just aware it exists.

There is also an app called Scroll Reverser. I have not used it before, just aware it exists.


Application Switcher showing up on wrong monitor display

The application switcher appears on the display where the Menu Bar is placed (the primary display).

However, if you have enabled Automatically hide and show the Dock in System Preferences → Dock, the app switcher will appear on the display which has last shown the Dock.

You can change the display which has last shown the Dock by moving the cursor to that display, move the cursor to the edge which houses the Dock and make the Dock appear momentarily.

This is the simplest approach to change the display on which application switcher needs to be shown in a multi monitor setup.


Cannot see the new SSD drive after installation in a mid 2011 iMac

I find out the following solution at the end

1) Run PRAM by holding Option+Command+P+R at boot

2) Boot into macOS from  the original harddisk

3) A message should appear and say there is an uninitialised harddisk

4) Use the disk utility to format the harddisk. In my case since the OS is still at Sierra, only HFS+ options are available.

5) Reboot and select the usb installation image of High Sierra

6) The SSD drive is now visible to the installer. Proceed with installation.


IDLE requires TK to work. You need the tkinter package for your version of python in order for IDLE to work. You probably want py27-tkinter and py32-tkinter. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to go with the default xll version, the +quartz variant is not well maintained upstream. It won't build in x64 on Lion+ or with Xcode 4.4+ because it uses deprecated QuickDraw APIs which don't exist in the 10.7+ SDKs. Xcode no longer includes a 10.6 SDK, but you might be able to get it to work on 10.6.

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32329


It’s done automatically as part of the document scanning feature.
What’s New in Notes for iOS and iPadOS

What else is new

Use search to find text in documents, like receipts or bills, that you’ve scanned with the built in document scanner.
Search can also visually recognize images inside your notes such as images of a bike when you search for the word “bike.”

It’s just a built in function.  You may have to reimport the handwritten note do it’s processed by the OCR engine.


launchd runs program every hour even though StartCalendarInterval array is provided

launchd is throwing out 24 as an invalid Hour value, thus interpreting that entire entry as Minute = 0. This causes your agent to run every hour on the dot.

The correct value for midnight is 0:

<dict>
    <key>Hour</key>
    <integer>0</integer>

    <key>Minute</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
</dict>


Is there an option to show the real url when you do search on Safari 6?

Safari maintains this information internally, but I've only been able to make it divulge the actual URL by enabling the web inspector (Option-Command-I) after you have enabled the Debug menu at the bottom of the advanced tab in Safari Preferences (Command-,). You can of course drag the URL out of the search window to get a link (instead of copying which just copies the visible search terms).

You will see the Full URL under the Location disclosure in the bottom right corner of your screen. The only good part of this is the text is copyable once you've navigated and selected it. It might be possible to write a Safari extension to perform this copy, but I have not found one to do this yet.

As provided by Arjan you can also make a bookmark and use JavaScript to retrieve the URL.

javascript:(function(){window.location.href=window.location.href.replace("search?", "#");})()

You might also be interested in gDirectLinks or it's more fully fledged sibling LinkThing which change the way Safari renders google search terms and works with URL handling from google.


How to check which cellular network bands are supported by iPhone

EU phones will all be GSM.
You cannot cross the divide between GSM & CDMA.

Read this for a long but simple explanation - http://uk.pcmag.com/cell-phone-service-providers-products/11593/news/cdma-vs-gsm-whats-the-difference
… though having read that twice & my head is still spinning - I'm still not actually sure if the fact that 3G = WCDMA means it will work….
I always used to have to have a different phone to use in Japan, but that was several technology generations ago.

https://xkcd.com/927/  ;-)


Japanese kana layout on iPad screen keyboard

To get a different layout you have to find one in the App Store or use a hardware keyboard.


Will "backup -> factory reset -> restore" free up space?

Your suggested backup/restore process will only provide a temporary respite. Caches will be cleared, but they will regenerate.

In iOS 11 Settings > General > iPhone Storage will give you recommendations as to how you can free up some space.

You can offload apps (delete the app but leave it's data, settings and icon) and you can store your photos in iCloud.

You can process your photos using something like JPEGmini or Half.app and regain some space.

But really you're fighting a losing battle. I recommend you upgrade to a larger capacity iPhone so you don't have to waste time and energy on keeping things just below capacity.


iOS always "resets" my apps after a while when they are minimized. How can I change that?

You can‘t change that, only the app developer can (by adding code to handle the unloading of the app and preserving the state). Most games don‘t, unfortunately.


VPN (PPTP) connection is working on iPhone but not on MacBook Pro

As I thought the special characters were the problem. I also updated to 10.9.4 but the behavior was the same. It works on the iPhone but not on the Mac ... I would not recommend to use special characters. What is security?


Connecting iMac + External Monitor to Win 7 Desktop

Target Display Mode is the term.  Seems every iMac has a different way of handling this.

If the Win7 machine has a display port output, you should be able to do this?

Here's some more info

Can I use the iMac in TDM as a display for my gaming console, DVD player, or other device?
The Mini DisplayPort port on a supported iMac can receive DisplayPort compliant video and audio signals. Converters not made by Apple may provide options to convert other electrical, video, and audio protocols to Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt compliant signals.


Can an iPhone be used after a Find My iPhone erasure?

It seems like Activation Lock does make erasing harder starting with iOS 7.

Find My iPhone includes a new feature called Activation Lock, which is designed to prevent anyone else from using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch if you ever lose it. It starts working the moment you turn on Find My iPhone in iOS 7
Even if you erase your device remotely, Activation Lock can continue to deter anyone from reactivating your device without your permission.

However there several methods that enable you to bypass this activation lock. Simply google for bypass activation lock iphone.


Attempting to run samba with a LaunchAgent - process won't start with system

I see several things that need fixing:

This should be installed as a LaunchDaemon, not a LaunchAgent.  The difference is that an agent runs inside a user login session, as the user; a daemon runs independent of who is or isn't logged in, and generally runs as root (which you need here).
The ProgramArgument list isn't parsed by a shell, so && doesn't do what you want -- it's just passed as an argument to smbd.  You really should make two launchd items, one for smbd and one for nmbd.
The -D flag to each program tells it to daemonize, i.e. detach and run in the background; launchd expects the things it launches to stay connected so it can monitor them (and in fact will think a program has quit if it daemonizes).  Remove the -D flags, and use -F instead.

Also, if you have Snow Leopard (installed or available) take a look at the launchd items that start the system's version of smbd and nmbd; they're /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/smbd.plist and .../nmbd.plist.  They contain some additional tricks which you may find useful.  Most notably, nmbd is set to auto-relaunch if the network is up, and smbd is only launched on demand when a connection is received.


Not sure if this will help but sometime device may get into a weird state. Have you try a hard reset? i.e., holding down power and home button for 10 seconds -- the screen should go blank and then show the Apple logo, that's where you can release the button.


Is there a way to overline text in Pages for the iPad?

If you search for "math symbols" in the app store, you will find a number of apps designed to create such things for pasting into other apps.  Otherwise copy/paste from an existing note is solution I think.


There is a setting that can lock the Keychain after a period of inactivity.  So if you have unlocked it after sleep and then find after a few minutes that it is locked, it probably means that this option is turned on.

It's also possible that on some items you haven't checked 'always remember' and so it is popping up the request for credentials via keychain.

You can also repair your keychain using this guide.


IiPhone 5s won't appear in iTunes (appears in my computer) after iTunes update

I hope one of these will help you:

Have you given it permission to access photos and videos?
Try open apple software update on your PC, and check for another update.
Try restart your iPhone.
Try restart your PC.
Try with another lightning cable.


With New Photos app on Mac, how do I manage photos on my iPhone?

The default behavior is for iCloud Photo Library not to store full-size versions of your photos on your iPhone and iPad:

The theory is that only thumbnails are stored on your iPhone/iPad until you decide to view/edit/share the photo, at which point a device-optimized or full-size version of your photo is downloaded from iCloud.

(Note: I know a full-size copy is downloaded when you edit/share, but it appears that if your iPhone has plenty of space it will download a full-size copy for viewing as well, as opposed to just a device-optimized version. This is likely to avoid having to do a second download later if you decide to share the photo.)

When you start running low on space, iOS will begin pruning less-accessed photos and return to simply thumbnails or device-optimized versions of those.

All of this happens automatically in the background and you shouldn't have to worry about managing space yourself.


Use different DNS servers for guest network on AirPort Extreme/Express

What you are suggesting will provide name resolution to the 192.168.1 subnet but has nothing to do with restricting access.

The correct way to do what you want is to firewall the device, or have no routing between your subnets.

If you do want to set up just the DNS settings then all you have to do is propagate them via DHCP. This means having two separate DHCP scopes, one with the google DNS servers, and one with your internal DNS server.


WIFI and Bluetooth not connecting at same time..on my Tauras keyboard

It should have come with a charger, or you can use USB cable.

It has a rechargeable battery.

The keyboard has an internal battery that’s charged with the included miniUSB cable.


When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

This is not normal.  Something is amiss. I'd see the most likely cause as either a bad filesystem or a failing drive. While surprising, it could be a bad spot on the drive just where the directory is.  In the case of a failing drive, macOS will try multiple reads to see if it can retrieve the data.

/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility

goto the First Aid tab.  Should you find problems, you will have to boot in the recovery manager. command + r at boot time before the beep.  click on the utilities tab and select disk utility.

High Sierra's Disk Utility

Yosemite's Disk Utility

Try a safe boot.  It's always a good idea to try safe mode when strange things happen.

Shutdown your machine.  Hold down the shift key.  Poweron.  The boot up will take longer than normal because the filesystem on the startup drive is being checked and repaired as needed.   All about safe mode including what features and apps safe boot leaves out.  Safe boot uses a software driver instead of using your machines video hardware.
  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455


Automatically unlock iPad mini 5 upon pickup

Unlike the recent crop of iPhone and iPad Pro, iPad mini 5 doesn't feature Face ID. It comes with a physical Home button with a Touch ID built-in. Neither does it feature Raise to Wake setting, which automatically wakes the screen when you pick up the device.

So there's no way you can configure it to unlock without a physical intervention required from your end.

The best/fastest you can do it to configure it to unlock just by resting your finger on the Home button. Go to Settings → General → Accessibility → Home Button and enable Rest Finger to Open.

This way, you can speed up the process of unlocking your iPad and making it ready for use. Once the setting is enabled:

If your iPad screen is turned off, simply pressing the Home button will both wake and unlock it.
If your iPad screen is awake, just resting the finger will unlock it and get it ready to use.

The aforementioned (picking up the iPad, while keeping your registered finger, generally thumb, on the Home button) is the fastest you can go from picking up your iPad to taking it to the unlocked usable state.

Additionally, with the screen awake, you can swipe left to launch the Camera app. The iPad mini 5 also works with Apple Pencil 1st generation. Thus, tapping on the screen with the Apple Pencil will directly launch the Notes app with a new note.


Open up terminal, and write:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

This makes you see dot files and hidden files in a grayish tint. You open . files with right click open. I do not know why you cannot just double click them though. If it is a problem, ask a separate question on that.

Just a little bonus:
You can hide files by issuing:

chflags hidden /path/to/file

and unhide by issuing:

chflags nohidden /path/to/file


How to grant web app access to restricted file?

The first thing you need to do is discover which user owns the Tomcat process. You can do this by typing ps axu -w at the command line. The owner of the process will be in the first column. On a standard Mac install the web server (the process called httpd) is owned by the user _www. I assume Tomcat is owned by the same user.

Now change the ownership of the file so it is owned by _www and then you will be fine. Do this chown _www filename replacing filename of course.

Once you've done that you should be right.


I have the same behavior. If you turn off the Screen Sharing service in System Preferences > Sharing, it will cure the issue. Turning it back on will again present the intermittent flashes of CPHD checkerboard during playback. Must be a bug - gonna call AppleCare and get them to file a bug report.


Having trouble restoring backup of my iPhone

The simplest thing to do is to take your iPhone to a new computer and see if you can determine if the problem is the iPhone / OS on that device or the problem lies with your computer.

Also - you might check iTunes to be sure you have the old backup stored safely (perhaps backing up the computer itself)

iTunes places the backup files in the following places:

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings(username)\Application Data\Apple  Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

Once you know which of the two parties is not working correctly, you should be able to take your troubleshooting to the next step and consult the site here or Apple's support articles for how to proceed:

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/restore/
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/


lsof's output is truncated. Paste the following command into Terminal:

ps -Ac|grep com.apple

This'll show you all the processes it could be referring to. You'll have to look at their PID to know which is which (second column in lsof, first column in ps).

A process will only be listed if it is has an active connection to somewhere. Not all applications maintain an active connection at all times.


What you propose works just fine on Mac OS Sierra with HFS + filesystems. Both deploy studio and server.app work fine for network installs.

Whether this continues for High Sierra and APFS remains to be seen, but OS at 10.12.5 and lower all include network install functionality in addition to network boot and the setup steps are well documented publicly for both.

The only wrinkle added for 10.12 is the touch bar and EFI component. As long as your Mac can connect to both the NetBoot server and Apple's servers you will be prompted to update the Touch Bar if needed.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207567

If you can’t do that, plain old internet recovery might be better for your situation.


I had the same issue several months ago. After many hours of unsuccessful troubleshooting, I brought it to genius bar at apple store and was told to reinstall system software. It solved the problem!


iPad frozen after long pressing an app icon

From Settings - General - Storage - Manage Storage find the app and delete from there.


What's a good SSH tunneling client for OS X?

Why not just use an SSH Tunnel via OSX's built in Terminal?...

Launch an SSH tunnel

To initiate your SSH tunnel, simply open Mac OSX Terminal.app and connect to your remote server via SSH with the following flags:

ssh -D 8080 -C -N username@example.com

This will launch our SSH tunnel on port 8080 and route all traffic (securely) through the server at example.com.

Browse the Web

Now, let’s start browsing the web using with your new SSH Tunnel (Chrome):

Open Google Chrome
Select ‘Chrome’ up the top left
Select ‘Preferences’
Select ‘Show advanced settings…’
Select ‘Change proxy settings…’
Select ‘SOCKS Proxy’
Enter ’127.0.0.1′
Enter port ’8080′
Save changes by selecting ‘OK’


Viewing Logs on Startup volume that freezes

I'm having the exact same problem with a client's 12,1 iMac.  I think it's hopeless for the iMac, but you might be able to put your MBP into relatively working condition if it has two graphics cards (you didn't mention what model you have).  If it does, then only one of them is busted (the AMD Radeon HD 6750M has come unsoldered), so you have to prevent the machine from trying to use it.  If you have an Intel HD Graphics 3000 card in there as well, you might be able to work off it.  Here's the GitHub guide:
https://gist.github.com/cdleon/d1eff7246a25193304284ecec40445b0
Here's the annoying (but insightful) YouTube video that led me to this discovery:
https://youtu.be/iLft4N54zvU
Check out both, give it a try, and please let me know how it goes.


Every time I start my terminal, I get ".zshrc:source:18: no such file or directory: /sourceme.sh"?

I was able to solve this issue with the following steps:
Open .zshrc and edit it. This can be done with the following:
sudo nano ~/.zshrc

From here, you may find a file, whatever it may be named (in this case, it was sourceme.sh). Delete the line that was installed in there. There are many reasons it's in there using nano. Then, save.
Where sourceme.sh came from: I downloaded another program that automatically wrote that line in when I configured it, and when I deleted, it could no longer find that file. It could be any other shell script (.sh).


How do I stop messages appearing on the homescreen of my iPad2?

Settings -> Notifications -> Messages.  Set Alert Style to None.


How can I make bootable macOS High Sierra without the HighSierra App from App Store

It looks like the installer came in archive parts. You can use The Unarchiver from the Mac App Store to extract the installer from the archive. Be sure to select part1 when extracting. Also remember, downloading macOS from 3rd party websites might be dangerous as they might be modified.


Are there any way I can have a Dashboard Widget visible all the time on the desktop?

You can drag a widget outside the "screen" it appears in, if you enable the debugging mode for the Dashboard.

Open a Terminal window, and execute the following command: defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
log out, and log in back
press the key-combination that in your Mac shows the Dashboard
grab the widget you want to take off from the Dashboard, and drag it
press the key-combination that you used to make the Dashboard appear
drop the widget when you want to place it

Alternatively, there are some utilities that enable it for you; I cannot report you which ones are, though.


Where are the config files for Pidgin via Homebrew?

All config files for pidgin reside in the (invisible) folder ~/.purple.


See Installation Status of All App Updates

Unfortunately, there is no feature like this built into iOS. Something may exist with a Jailbreak, but I am not aware of such a tool.

You have something 'like' this in the Mac App Store, where the update screen shows the progress itself.

You can possibly suggest the feature on Apple's Feedback Page, or submit a bug through Apple's Bug Reporter.

Luckily, in iOS 5, multiple apps can be downloaded and installed simultaneously, so this should speed up the process, and make it more noticeable.


Best way to distribute script with low friction

AppleScript is imho the best one for your case. Shell needs sudo for shutdown -r and automator is overkill for these basic needs.

Here are the 2 basic scripts you'll need :

To reboot :

tell application "Finder"
  restart
end tell

To delete a file :

tell application "Finder" to delete file "path:to:file"

If you want to use a posix path, an alternative to the previous one is

tell application "Finder" to delete POSIX path of "/path/to/file"


This has been reported here on Apple Support Community. Please try the solution posted there to see if it helps you.

Basically, their suggestion is to restore a backup of the device.


Where to get the full offline-capable installer for macOS Mojave (.1 update)?

The 22 MB "stub" installer is downloaded when your Mac is having trouble getting the correct data from Apple's software update catalogs. This is quote common during the first 24 hours or so, as it takes a little while for the updates to propagate across the CDNs. The solution in this case is to delete the stub, wait a couple of hours, and then try again.

There is also a useful script by Greg Neagle that lets you inspect which installers are available in your update catalogs, and can download them for you: installinstallmacos.py

PS: If you have a Mac managed by an organization, you may also get the stub installer if your administrator hasn't approved the new update, e.g. with Reposado.


Right of the device's icon, when you're in the appropriate 'device' section on the top row...


How do I delete my number from iMessage on send and receive from my iMac?

First make sure that iMessage is the active application, i.e. the word iMessage shows on the top left in your menu bar.
Then press cmd+, to access the preferences.

This works for most apps, in your question you demonstrate this for Firefox.


The only irreversible thing you could do is to upgrade your baseband, eventually making it harder/impossible to unlock. In the past bricking the device was possible, because you were able to reflash the bootloader incorrectly (iPhone 2g) and thus bricking the device.

PwnageTool and Redsn0w are from the same developers team (dev-team) and they are using the same jailbreaking method (as of redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 and PwnageTool 4.3). IMHO both are safe, but PwnageTool gives you more power.


iOS Keyboard Backspace and Foreward-space Capabilities

Currently, there is no way to do this without a jailbreak. The software keyboard has no functionality to do what you want, and as a developer, I know that there is not way to program any other delete but the backspace.

As for the jailbreak, I am sure there is a way, but make sure you Google it first, since I wouldn't jailbreak without knowing for a fact.


Possible to change the visibility of a column in finder with AppleScript?

I do not believe it's a bug because if you look at the AppleScript Dictionary for Finder, it shows the following for list view options as a property:

list view options (list view options, r/o) : the list view options for the container window

The user cannot change a read only property, however there is a UI Scripting solution.

That said, I try to avoid UI Scripting whenever possible however, I have the daily need to open an external drive in a particular view, sorted by size and to do this a UI Scripting solution was this only choice I could find.

I've taken the relevant example AppleScript code from it to toggle the visibility of the Kind column:

tell application "Finder"
    if (current view of front Finder window) is equal to list view then
        activate
        my toggleCheckBox("Kind")
    end if
end tell

to toggleCheckBox(thisBox)
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "j" using command down
        tell window 1 of application process "Finder"
            click checkbox thisBox of group 1
            click button 2
        end tell
    end tell
end toggleCheckBox

Note that this particular UI Scripting solution does open and close the View Options for the front Finder window and is a bit of a visual distraction and one of the reasons I dislike UI Scripting however, sometimes one has no other choice to accomplish a given task. Note that I'm not saying it cannot be done any other way, just at the present time I don't know another way.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also Working with Errors. Additionally, UI Scripting may require the use of the delay command as appropriate, needed or wanted.


Can I use the LG Ultrafine 5K display with a PC?

The compatibility of these monitors with a PC and/or Windows is unclear. Even the FAQs page has a couple of related questions, but these are yet to be answered.
However, I wouldn't recommend buying this with the intention of using it with your setup unless you get a definitive answer from either Apple or LG.
In the meantime I refer you to this info:

At this point you may have noticed that all of these specs are the same as Apple's iMacs. LG Display makes the IPS displays in the iMacs, so it's very likely if not certain that these are the same panels. Given that these monitors are targeted at users of the new MacBook Pro, it's also very likely that they do not have any sort of sRGB fallback mode, as such an option is unnecessary on macOS where there is end to end color management in any AppKit app and even in most apps that don't use AppKit. This is important to keep in mind for anyone interested in buying these for a Windows computer. The state of color management on Windows means that in nearly every application you'll be stuck with oversaturated colors and no workaround, so I wouldn't recommend it even if it can work.
While I'm on the topic of Windows support, I will say that from a
technical perspective, the displays should work with a Windows
computer. However, product listings for the monitor specify that you
need a Mac with USB-C for the 4K model, and a Mac with Thunderbolt 3
for the 5K model. This limits the 4K model to Apple's MacBook, and the
new MacBook Pros, with the 5K model only working on the latter. This
also ties back to the integration with macOS. Most monitors use
physical buttons for controlling brightness and volume, but the LG
UltraFine displays use the integrated controls that macOS provides,
meaning that it can respond to the volume and brightness keys on Mac
keyboards. It doesn't look like the monitors have any buttons to fall
back on, so this may be another situation where Windows users should
be wary, and it definitely explains why the monitors are being
marketed specifically for their integration with macOS.

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10798/lg-introduces-new-4k-and-5k-ultrafine-monitors


How To Change Apple ID associated with Apple TV?

You shoul find it in Settings > Users and Accounts > then click on the iCloud bar where's written the email of the currently active Apple ID and then you have the option to sign out. Then Sign back in with the account you prefer.


terminal mac - bash command not found, permission denied and '&gt' in prompt

The &gt; is a syntax error, apparently caused by HTML markup in whatever source you copy/pasted this from.  Where you see &gt; the author intended > and where you see &lt; the author intended <.  If there's an &amp; that will need to be replaced with a literal & etc.

See a listing of HTML entity codes for a somewhat more exhaustive list.


Good call on not dumping the kitchen sink. The first step is to run Network  Diagnostics - once when things work so you can see what it does and again when things are broken.

It will guide you through changes to make, so keep a short log of when you run it and what it has green/yellow/red and what changes are needed to fix each breakage.

Over time, you'll probably find a pattern to one thing breaking and can ask a more narrow follow up question.

To run the tool:

Open Finder
Use the Go manu - Go to folder
paste in /System/Library/CoreServices/
Drag Network Diagnostics to your dock so it's easy to access

You can also use the "assist me" button in network settings - it's bottom right next to apply:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21585


Apple has published trademark and product placement guidelines. Unless you are a registered developer, you should contact Apple and they can assist with proper logos and artwork.


Does installing Wireshark via homebrew provide a graphical interface?

Type brew options wireshark to show the options provided with wireshark.

To install Wireshark with the UI :

brew install wireshark --with-qt

If you've already installed, you can use the reinstall command instead. This should only download the required qt dependencies.

brew reinstall wireshark --with-qt


Is there a way to get the date of the first boot of an old mac?

The closest answer to my problem could be:

ls -lt /private/var/db/ | tail -3

which shows for example:

drwx------ 8 root wheel 272 Apr 18 2009 krb5kdc
drwx------ 3 root wheel 102 Apr 18 2009 dhcpclient
-r-------- 1 root wheel 48 Jan 14 2009 SystemKey

Ignoring the date of the "SystemKey"-file.


"Clean-Up By Name" on all folders on Mac

If you want to always keep icon views sorted by name, open the view options for some folder in icon view, set Arrange By to None and Sort By to Name, and press the Use as Defaults button.

The default settings don't apply to folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file, so you might also want to delete .DS_Store files:

sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

Deleting .DS_Store files:

Resets folder-specific view options, including the sort by and arrange by modes
Removes Spotlight comments from Finder's information windows (but not the extended attributes for Spotlight comments)
Resets the positions and shown parts of windows
Resets the positions of icons and custom backgrounds in icon view


Documents folder not visible in Finder on macOS

This is a new feature in macOS Sierra. It allows you to put Desktop and Documents folder in iCloud Drive so you can access it in all of your Mac connected to that account and even iOS devices. You can disable it by pressing Apple Menu -> About this Mac, then go to storage and click Manage under Macintosh HD( or the name of your macOS partition) then in the iCloud part you can turn that feature off.


How do I link text boxes in iBooks Author?

Using the Botany sample, the text boxes seem to work as expected with the caveat that you have to intentionally click on one of the four corner handles of the text box to make the blue linking triangles appear.

I took a small video showing the controls reacting to mouse events.

From there, linking works as expected from the perspective of Pages.


Unable to add self-ripped HD+SD encodes to iTunes 11

OK, after many many hours of experimentation, I've come up with a trick that (so far) seems to work.  Not sure if this is the best way of doing it, but here it is.

Go to the "Music" section in iTunes (I know, this sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me), and create a new playlist.  I call mine "New Movies Test Bed."  Set the View to List View (this makes it easier to work with, again just trust me).
Drag the SD version of your encoded media into the playlist you just created.  It should add the file and copy it to your iTunes media library like normal; however it won't show up as an HD+SD entry, since you obviously only copied in the SD version.
Now select the HD version of your file, and while holding down Alt (Option) drag it into the same iTunes playlist where you dragged the first file.  It should magically turn into an HD+SD entry; however it has not yet copied the second (HD) version of the file into your iTunes library (you can verify this by right-clicking and choosing 'Show in Finder"; you should only see the SD version of the file in the window that appears.)
In iTunes, right click on the file you dragged in, choose "Consolidate Files" then click the "Consolidate" button in the dialog that appears.  You should see iTunes start copying the HD version of the file into your iTunes library.
Verify that both HD+SD versions are in your iTunes library by once again right-clicking and choosing "Show in Finder."  You should see two files, one of which should be named "Movie Name (1080p HD)" (or presumably "Movie Name (720p HD)" if you did a 720p encode).
Finally, go to the Movies section (or TV Shows section if you're importing a TV show).  You should see one, and only one, entry for the file you just imported.


Hot Corners is a feature of macOS that lets you assign instant actions for when you move the mouse pointer to any one of the four corners of your Desktop.

Hot Corners can lead you to pretty powerful workflows using just the mouse cursor, such as:

Instantly showing/hiding the Dashboard.
Putting the display to sleep
Showing the Desktop
Displaying notifications by opening Notification Center
Showing/hiding the Launchpad
Showing/hiding the Mission Control.

The flexibility of doing these tasks without moving your hand from the mouse/trackpad can lead to faster and easier workflows.

Hot Corners can be configured by going to System Preferences app → Desktop & Screen Saver → Hot Corners... or System Preferences app → Mission Control → Hot Corners....

For more details, go through the Macworld article, What’s hot about OS X’s Hot Corners.


X Quartz opening on new blank desktop on Mac

You probably have set XQuartz to Full Screen.

(picture from https://grammarofdev.blogspot.com/2018/01/exit-xquartz-full-screen-mode-macos.html)


Is it possible to show multi-level threads in Mail.app?


For the Apple SSD drives, will they run slower with less free space available?

The drives are provisioned with space set aside to handle garbage collection and bad block replacement. I'm sure it's possible to drive the create benchmarks where a measurable drop in performance is shown under certain conditions but I've used six different SSD's in three different MB/MBP and have never noticed a drop in performance even when the drives were almost full.


iTunes creates a backup of your iPhone everytime you sync it, not only when you upgrade it.

If in doubt, sync the iPhone before upgrading.

Here is an Apple Support article about the subject: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766


The opposite keyboard shortcut for the cmd+M is the

cmd + Tab

that will bring up all open windows

keep holding the cmd key

scroll till you find lets say Chrome

still holding the cmd key use up down arrows that will bring all open windows with in that app.

THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED HERE:

Actually there a multiple ways doing the minimizing and the maximizing all windows at once.

I prefer the cmd + F3 to hide all at once. Then F3 to show all.

Then there is a 3 party app called Witch.


Fixed it. I had a defaults key "AppleMagnifiedMode = YES". After deleting it, I get crisp apps in HiDPI mode.

$ defaults delete NSGlobalDomain AppleMagnifiedMode

(See also http://lists.apple.com/archives/carbon-dev/2012/Jun/msg00003.html for details on the key.)


Creating a second background session with Apple Remote Desktop

Assuming you are talking about using Apple's Remote Desktop app and not just Screen Sharing (which I'm guessing you are, based on your question) then yes, it's perfectly possible, you just have to set it on a system-by-system basis. Oh, and it only works on 10.7+. Here's how:

Right-click the system you want to remote in to and choose 'Get Info'
If you haven't already, set your administrator credentials under 'Login' and 'Password' on the 'Attributes' tab. Click 'Edit' in the lower right to enable you to, well, edit. Make sure these are not the same login credentials used by the system's actual user otherwise you'll remote in as them and share the screen
Switch to the 'Control & Observe' tab
Click 'Edit' in the lower right (if you didn't do it at step 2)
Set each radio button to 'Connect to a virtual display'

Now when you choose to 'Control' that system, ARD will spawn a new window process and connect you to a virtual display, allowing you to access and configure the machine without disturbing your user. (:

Don't worry, you won't have to set these options every time you want to connect, just the first time. I wish there was a way to set that as the default behaviour but alas.

Hope this helps. (:


Boot Camp Assistant is a glorified partitioner. It doesn't do any actual installation of anything. For that, you'll have to actually launch the Windows installer from the ISO, by burning it to a disk first, and booting off of that.


Network share always mounting in Finder, but never for Time Machine (High Sierra 10.13.4)

Problem solved. Here's the reason of all this:

Both Macs were configured with the same iCloud account.
For some reason, the admin user on the Mac Mini had an alias that was the email address of the iCloud account.
The MBP's Finder mounted the network share using that iCloud email address (admin alias). That's probably why it didn't ask any credentials.
But something went wrong with the MBP's Time Machine process, that kept trying logging with the Mini's admin user "real" credentials (not the iCloud alias).

What I did:

On the Mini, in the "Users & groups" preference pane, I right-clicked on the admin user and deleted any aliases found in the advanced options. See this for step-by-step instructions: Prevent File Sharing access with Apple ID
On the MBP, I mounted the network share (using the "real" Mini's admin credentials), then I recreated the Time Machine setup.


Retrieve folder's name for Automator's shell script action

I'm assuming $1 is e.g. "/path/to/filename.VOB" so $current_path would be: /path/to

So, for $filename use filename="$(basename "$current_path")" placed after: current_path="$(dirname "$1")" and then ext=".VOB" afterwards. You can then change .VOB to other extensions as needed.

Thus, change "THIS_SHOULD_BE_THE_DIRECTORY_NAME.VOB" to "${filename}${ext}" as shown below:

#!/bin/bash

current_path="$(dirname "$1")"
filename="$(basename "$current_path")"
ext=".VOB"
cd "$current_path"

for f in "$@"
do
    /usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.1_1/bin/ffmpeg -i concat:"$(pipeize() { local OLDIFS="$IFS";IFS='|';echo "$*";IFS="$OLDIFS";}; pipeize *.VOB)" -c copy -map "0:v?" -map "0:a?" -map "0:s?" "${filename}${ext}"
done


What is the function of the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard?

The power button only powers ON/OFF the keyboard, it doesn’t power off the computer.

To power off your computer using the keyboard, you might want to use any of the following:

Reference:

⌘ (Command key) - On some Apple keyboards, this key also has an Apple logo ()
⌃ (Control key)
⌥ (Option key) - "Alt" may also appear on this key
⏏ (Eject)
⇧ (Shift)

⌃ Control + ⏏ Eject : Show shutdown dialog

⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Put the computer to sleep

⌃ Control + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then restart the computer.

⌃ Control + ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer.

⇧ Shift + ⌃ Control + ⏏ Eject : Sleep the display, but not the computer.  (thanks to VxJasonxV)


Use testdisk. (Freeware, http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk)

I've once had a disk that could not be read by the system nor anything. I just ran testdisk and was able to recover all of the data on the disk.


How can I configure custom repeat intervals for Reminders?

This bugs me too. It isn't possible to do in Reminders, but you can achieve the same thing by creating a repeating event in Calendar, which has a "custom..." item in the Repeat menu:

Then you can specify exactly when to repeat the event:

It seems like an oversight that Reminders doesn't have the same feature (it would be just as useful), especially since the event/reminder detail UI is the same...


Mount APFS Volume to /Users with the Disk Utility during the installation

Not with Disk Utility (can't specify custom mount points with Disk Utility) but the macOS installer environment has Terminal. With Terminal, you can run:

mount_apfs /dev/disk1s3 /Users

Replace disk1s3 with the identifier of the volume to mount there.

This should answer your question about mounting during installation, but after a reboot your disk will be unmounted and /Users unavailable. To permanently set a mount point, you'll have to mess with fstab.


Itunes 12.3.2.35 playlist order non-alphabetic

Restart iTunes.

I have the same problem. After I create a playlist, the order of the playlists (in the sidebar) is sometimes not alphabetical. I suspect it's a bug. Restarting iTunes has always fixed it for me so far, though.


How to sync only those photos that were taken this year?

You can specify in iTunes, whilst the phone is connected.

Select your device at the top, then in the left-hand column, select Photos.
You can choose any or all Albums, Faces etc in the lower half of the screen [not shown] & additionally a specific time period to include all photos from.


How do I increase the size of the main partition?

Try the following steps:

Shut down the computer and reboot it while pressing  Alt/Option.
In the boot picker choose your recovery partition (name can vary, depending on your language settings).
In the recovery partition launch disc utility and perform the steps you tried already.


Profile Manager has since been updated to allow the prevention of device wiping by users.


Windows 7 computer not showing up on Apple TV

The problem could be with your firewall. You should check the firewall software you use and open relevant ports. Some firewalls actually have predefined rules for the services, but for most you'll have to define them manually.

Most commonly the services used are named mDNS or Bonjour sharing. If these aren't found, you can find a list of relevant ports here and add them manually.


How to disable startup connection to a 'dead' server?

My guess would be that there is a login item for the dead server. To Remove it access Systems preferences via:

 -> System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Choose your user -> Login items ->

Select the Dead Server and press "-" to remove it.


Is it possible to password protect access to a folder with your macOS password?

You can always use Disk Image to mount an encrypted partition that you can write files to. You choose the password, so you could set it to be the same as the password for admin. It's pretty simple to do:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201599


There's a "Change what happens when you close the laptop lid" setting in Windows. Is there an equivalent in OS X?

Nope, there's no such setting in OS X. This has lead to the creation of a number of sleep-prevention apps:

InsomniaX
Simple app but lets you set options for each:

macosx-nosleep-extension
A preference pane for enabling/disabling sleep-prevention.


How to copy video files from iPhone 6 onto computer?

Mac Solution
You can use Image Capture to manage your videos and photos on your iPhone 6.
With Image capture: Choose AutoImporter from the “Connecting this [device] opens” pop-up menu to transfer images from a device to your computer whenever you connect it to your computer.
Click the icon that looks like a box with a down arrow enclosed on the lower left corner:

Select your preferred application from the list to change which application comes up when plugging in your iPhone 6:

From Apple Support:

Image Capture:
Transfer images and other items from your device
Transfer images, video clips, and MP3 sounds to your computer from
many cameras and devices that contain a camera, such as your
iPhone. Once you transfer the items, you can delete them from the device.
Connect your device to your computer, then turn the device on. If the
device is locked with a passcode, enter it.

In Image Capture, select the device in the Devices list.

Use the buttons at the bottom of the Image Capture window to view the thumbnails as a list or as icons to change the size of the
thumbnails, or to rotate or delete images.

From the Import To pop-up menu, choose where to save the images or which app to use to open the image.

To import only some of the photos, select those photos, then click Import. To import all the photos, click Import All.

Choose AutoImporter from the “Connecting this [device] opens” pop-up menu to transfer images from a device to your computer whenever
you connect it to your computer.

Select “Delete after Import” to remove the items from the device after transferring them to your computer. You can also select and delete individual items on your device, then press the delete key on your keyboard.


MacBook not sleeping when I close the lid

First thing - if "Internet sharing" is on and you are connected to power your Macbook won't sleep, though it does turn the display off.

To start can we make sure that the computer will actually sleep.

Select "Sleep" in the Apple menu. Now wake the computer. Note the time. Do the same thing again ten minutes later but this time sleep the computer, close the lid, wait a couple of minutes then open it. Note the time again. Does this wake the computer?

I like to open Console rather than use the syslog so run Console and select "All Messages" under "System Log Queries". Now we can search in the log easily for both "wake" and "sleep".

When looking at the results for "wake" you should see some kernel messages that tell you either it waked due to a lid open "EC.LidOpen" or you touched the keyboard which will log a kernel message "The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 2 of Hub at 0xfa100000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (3)"

When looking for "sleep" the most interesting lines are those that log the AirPort power change as they mark actual system sleeps. If you have "Power Nap" turned on the  you will also see kernel messages logged by RTC for "Maintenance" and "SleepService" which tells you that at time the computer was asleep but partially woke up for RTC to do it's thing.

For sleep though the best to look for is a message from WindowServer "handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring" which it logs at sleep time.

What does 'pmset -g assertions' give you? Are there any lines set to '1'?

Given all that what do you learn about how your computer is sleeping and waking?

If it doesn't wake on a lid open perhaps you have a hardware problem?


Do iPhones have a built-in mouse or trackpad and how do I use it?

iOS 13 and later
As of iOS 13 and above the process for using this feature has changed.
The steps are largely the same as for iOS 12 and earlier (see below), but instead of pressing hard on any of the keys on your keyboard, you need to press on the space bar and not let go to see and use the trackpad.
The other change is that this feature is now available to any iPhone compatible with iOS 13 or later, not just iPhones with 3D Touch. So, models like the iPhone SE are now covered!
iOS 12 and earlier
Yes, this is true but not for all iPhones. It has to be an iPhone 6S or above (basically any iPhone with 3D Touch, which unfortunately means the current iPhone SE is not included).
The way to access it is via the keyboard, so you need to already have the keyboard visible on the screen.
More specifically, follow these steps:

Press hard on any of the keys on your keyboard (but don’t let go)
After a moment your keyboard will turn into a grey “trackpad”, so to speak (remember, don’t let go)
Now move your finger around the grey trackpad area (where your keyboard was) and this moves your cursor around the editing area (so if it’s only a small field, you can only move the cursor around that, if it’s your Word document, you should be able to move around the page).
As soon as you let go, the trackpad disappears and your keyboard returns, and you can start typing from where you left the cursor.

Highlighting text
Since you’re stuck having to edit a Word doc on your iPhone, you’ll probably need to know how to highlight text while using the above feature. This is a little tricky, but you just move the cursor to a word you want to highlight and then reduce the pressure on your finger ever so slightly for a moment and then press hard again. This should highlight the word for you.
Note:- This may take a little while to get used to and, while handy, certainly doesn’t make the job of editing a Word document on your iPhone easy! But it is handy for small notes or adding comments to news stories, etc.
[EDIT]
Below are two screenshots showing a before and after shot of how this works when using this mode to edit this very answer!


Macbook connecting to hotspot - slow wi-fi after wake from sleep

This is technically not a fix but I think toggling wifi off and on solves the issue, without having to restart your mac. I have the same issue on my 2018 mac mini, and the only way I found to avoid this issue is to not put it to sleep.


How to enrol in a program as a Commercial Software House

Each client will need an Apple Developer ID and membership of the Mac and/or iOS Developer Programs.

There are two approaches:

You can develop and submit applications for Mac or iOS. After acceptance into the App Store, transfer the app to the client's Apple Developer account.
You can develop and submit the applications using the client's Apple Developer ID credentials.

In both cases, the client will need to be enrolled with an Apple Developer Program.

You can delay this cost for the client by developing and submitting the app using your own Apple Developer Account.

Part of the process of enrolling involves agreeing to Apple's terms of service and other legally binding agreements. Without agreeing to Apple's agreements, the receiving client will not be able to participate in Apple's App Store or Mac App Store under their own name.

It is possible to have applications associated with your Apple Developer ID but not participate in the App Stores. However, those applications will not be eligible for sale through Apple.

It is possible to associate your details as the technical contact for your client's Apple Developer IDs. This can help separate your technical role from the client's business role.