shortcut for cycling between different windows of Finder on Mac (not the tab)?

Besides checking on System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts that the shortcut is indeed active and enabled, check also on the "Window" menu on a Finder window. There should be the shortcut. In this case Command + `".

As you've been suggested as well, check that your PHYSICAL keyboard has this key and doesn't require a modifier (like SHIFT) to be used. If you're using a foreign keyboard set, like a spanish or azerty keyboard, for example, you need to find out what the right key is.

Another idea would be to go to System Preferences / Keyboard / Input Sources and enable "Show input in menubar". You'll get a new menubar icon, from which you can select "Show Keyboard Viewer". In this tiny keyboard you can see where your keys are mapped. Maybe (just maybe) your tick (`) key is not where you think it is. This viewer should help you.


Why iPad can't open an email with 'open in mail' option?

.eml is not supported by iOS by default.

You might try an external app like Klammer.


Encrypted/Journaled Seagate won't accept Password

Same problem here. Read and on and I'll tell you what I did to solve this problem:

I do Time Machine to an encrypted external Hard Disk. I stored the password to the disk in the default Keychain, and the system mounted the disk automatically after plugging it in. But suddenly, last morning, after I plugged in the disk, it prompted me for a password (it never did, since it was set to remember the password). In that dialogue, type a wrong password and the dialog does the wrong-password, shake animation, and it prompts for a password again; but type the correct password and the dialog freezes, like this:

The solution I have found to work is as follows:

Launch Disk Utility and Select the Drive that won't unlock.
Click on Verify Disk (after it finished it told me the disk needed repair), and after it finishes with the verification, click Repair Disk.
I let the computer do it's job, and after a while (about 30 min), it told me the disk couldn't be repaired, but the disk was now mounted, and working normally. Like shown in the following screenshot:

And now, my Time Machine drive works normally again:

So, launch Disk Utility, then Verify and Repair your faulty disk as needed. This worked in my case.


I have found a workaround. In that list, let’s call it Downloads, I have put the word “downloads” in every reminder item. Like so:

Downloads

Download http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/os-x-10-10/24/#javascript-automation
Download https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/

Redundant and not too pretty, but it works.

The way I accomplished this was the following actions:

Find Calendar Items

Find Reminders where
All of the following are true
Any content contains list_name

Event Summary
…Now you can run other actions like “Extract URLs from Text“

Then you’re done.

One thing I have learned is that (so far) there is no way to retrieve the contents of a list from Reminders. These actions will grab any item that has the text of the list name. It won’t grab that list (or all the contents) even though the list has the stirng I am searching for. It makes sense but it is lacking a bit.


So thank you to @GeorgeGarside for helping me understand where the problem would lie I was able to find an informative article on correcting the problem

Go to the Finder.
Hold down the Option key and click on the the Go menu.
Select Library.
Look for the Application Support folder. Open it.
Look for the Dock folder. Open it.
Locate files ending in ".db". Drag them into the Trash.
Go to the  menu and select Restart (or log out if preferred).
Click on the Restart button (or log out).

Source: http://www.imore.com/how-reset-launchpad-mavericks


iPhone wifi is half the speed of Mac when using an Airport Express

Start off by eliminating variables. Test using speedtest.net in your Mac, and explicitly select the server. Do the same on your phone. Or test using speedof.me on the phone. Otherwise you're comparing apples to oranges - they use different servers.


Unable to switch input sources after updating macOS to 10.14.6

I had the same issue with my mbp after the update. I called Apple support and they said it might be a software glitch that prevent this function from working. The solution I got was shutdown the computer, press the start button and as soon as I let go, press ^control+⌥command+P+R at the same time for 15-20 seconds, and login as usual. It solved my issue.


How can I keep my Apple Watch from draining my iPhone's battery?

What does usage on the iPhone say?
Have you contacted Apple Support to check the power diagnostics at https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/repair/

Once you have some measurements and data, you can change which apps get notifications, which apps are allowed to run in the background and which apps do background refresh.

You can use the Apple Watch app to deinstall any apps you need to test their power usage and also look at the power usage on the Apple Watch.

People that have honed their iOS power needs over the last 6+ years now have to consider a totally other use case. Now iOS can act as the server backing the Apple Watch as it offloads all of the third party app workload to the iPhone.

Basically, you measure the usage on both devices. Try some changes to minimize the highest users, and then repeat to balance functionality and energy use.

Before watch, my iPhone 6 would end the day with 50 to 30% charge always and when it didn't I knew exactly why I was burning power at a faster rate and planned a charge to compensate.

It's taken a week to sort through Apple Watch and iPhone and I'm actually at better energy use now since I've stopped using the iPhone for some things and have rejected most Apple Watch apps as slow remotes for the iPhone. My glances are down to 6 items I need and 2 for fun. My Apple watch also is making it all day with plenty of power to spare unless I exercise with it for 3 hours a day. That's the only time I've had to do a mid day charge on the watch.


Unfortunately, Apple do not officially support iOS 8 on the original iPad (or, as you refer to it, iPad 1). This screenshot of the "iOS 8 is compatible with" section does not list your device:

It is strange that your device is trying to update to an iOS version beyond the maximum of 5.1.1:

It is one of three things:

A bug in the update software;
Your iPad is in fact a later iPad, or;
You are not running iOS 8

Could you provide a screenshot of your General > About screen,

to see both what iOS you are indeed running, and which device you have. Also, a screenshot of the Software Update page would be interesting.

 You can take a screen shot by holding down both the home and power buttons simultaneously.

You say that your icons are similar to those on iPhone. Have you jailbroken the iPad at all..?

Instead of trying to update over the wifi, which can cause memory issues, connect it to a Mac or PC and try updating via iTunes.


Go to iforgot.apple.com and follow the instructions.


Using `say` to read terminal output from a command line tool?

<command> 2>&1 | while read line ; do echo $line | say ; done

Replace <command> with the normal command that outputs what you would like to be spoken.


This autumn of 2017 when High Sierra is released, there will be far more concrete details and evidence for you to make an educated decision. I can’t conceive Apple won’t make clear the risks and benefits on consumer, support, professional and technical levels for APFS. My guess is most people should make one backup and then jump. If you have old software that cannot be updated, you might wait three months for any odd bugs to get documented or worked out if you can’t easily recover from a bootable backup or reinstall your apps at the versions you require.

At worst, you can always wipe and reinstall High Sierra on HFS and then copy files from your backup (whether the backup is HFS or APFS or some other file system)

In July 2017, The migration scripts and functions are still being tested in beta - so today, there are no signs you could revert back from APFS to HFS on the beta macOS. Worse, you shouldn’t even trust the forward conversion yet for non-throwaway system test use.

Many programs will not work yet on APFS formatted volumes.

https://bombich.com/blog/2017/07/07/pondering-conversion-from-hfs-apfs

I would recommend keeping all your important data and all your system backups clean and untouched by beta versions of APFS scripts.

What seems to work well even now in the beta is copying files back from APFS to HFS if I work on a file or photo in beta and want to keep it on my main system. That’s a very different thing than reverting the entire file system structure, though.


How to show command of a process in activity monitor?

I could not find such functionality in the Activity Monitor, but we can use following bash command to get the same outcome:

ps -eo pid,ppid,%mem,%cpu,args -r | head

Sample output:

  PID  PPID %MEM  %CPU ARGS
  215     1  0.1  50.4 /usr/libexec/sysmond
81699 81694  2.4  27.8 node /Users/pongli/my/git/shroogal-dev2/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81662 81657  0.9  19.0 node /Users/pongli/my/git/V2ServiceApp/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81702 81700  0.3   6.9 gulp
27827 27796  5.2   6.6 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
76036 72939  0.0   5.3 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
  217     1  0.9   3.3 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Resources/WindowServer -daemon
83975  1641  1.3   2.8 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app
36742  1641  8.1   2.2 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app


Removing “Other User” from startup screen

I assume you're using a recent version of MacOS X.

In System Preferences, you need the Users & Groups panel.  Click the padlock to allow making changes.  You can then select the unwanted user account(s) and delete them from the list.

There's also a Guest User account.  To disable this, select it in the list of users, then untick "Allow guests to log in to this computer".


How do I save iCloud photos to external hard drive?

Sign in to https://www.icloud.com and download/ export your photos from the web app.


Video playback app for iOS 6 that's like iOS 7's Videos.app?

VLC for iPhone works from iOS 6.1?

If that's fine, heres the link:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vlc-for-ios/id650377962?mt=8

Movie Player works from iOS 5.1, here's the link:

https://itunes.apple.com/ae/app/movie-player-plays-any-video!/id406779775?mt=8


It is already become usual when new OS update finally break defective GPUs.

You didn't state what exact model of early 2011 you have but if it is 15" or 17" it just may be it since Radeon HD in those models tend to break.

If yours MBP is indeed with Radeon GPU try to use towel method i.e. wrap it into bath towel (dry of course) after startup and let it sit and become really hot. Try to restart after it. If it working you might try this approach


What happens if I attempt to send an invitation from the Calendar app to an email address that doesn't have an associated Apple ID?

I just tried with one of my friends' email. They receive the mail with buttons like accept, decline etc., and the info of the event of course. The said buttons have URL like: https://www.icloud.com/calendar/eventreply_full/en-gb/<some Key>&cc=IN#reply=accept It was sent from noreply@email.apple.com but with my name in the Sender.

.ics of the event, text and HTML files were also attached.


Does Apple TV support Netflix/Love Film in the UK?

Netflix - yes, just in the last few months.
iPlayer - no, never has.
LoveFilm - no.


I tested and can't reproduce this (though I'm not trying to paste into Twitter, your issue sounds like the initial copy command is failing, so from that perspective it is working for me), but an easier workaround for sending to Twitter is selecting Copy on the bottom row of the share sheet (which copies the URL, though in a slightly different format), then pasting into Twitter.


You can show Mail Activity in the sidebar so that it's visible without you needing to open a separate window.

Click the Show Mail Activity button at the bottom of the Mail sidebar to open the drawer. The drawer will remain open in the corner and any activity will show in this area.


Why can I not have the date and time in one cell

Welcome to Ask Different. To get both date and time in a column, click on the column you wany this in, as in A or B or... After that make sure the Format button in top right of the sheet is selected. Then go to the sidebar on the right and select CELL. Near the top of the sidebar is a pull-down under the label Data Format.  Select Date and Time from the pulldown menu. Once you've selected this a date and time appear in a single cell. See figure below from numbers. I entered the date as 2/5/20 1pm and i got the number displayed in the image.

To change the value in the next cell add 1. This changes the day by 1, + 365 changes the year by 1. Fractions change the time. The value 0.000012 will change the time by 1 sec. And 60 times that, or 0.000694, changes the time by 1 minute.


How do I speed up new Terminal tab loading time?

Short Answer:

The problem is caused by a (potentially) expensive ASL system log lookup.  To see this in action, run sudo fs_usage | grep 'asl.*login' in a Terminal window, then open a new Terminal window.

To solve the problem, configure Terminal to launch a non-standard shell:

Create a symlink to your preferred shell.  E.g.: sudo ln -s /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/bash
Open Terminal Preferences and select the "General" tab.
Select "Shells open with: Command" and enter the symlink you created in step 1.  E.g. "/usr/local/bin/bash".

Note 1: You may also need to add bash and -bash to the process list at "Terminal Preferences > Profiles > Shell > Ask before closing".

Note 2: /usr/local/bin is writable in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Rootless mode.

To verify the fix:

Open a new Terminal window.
"Last Login:" should not be displayed at the top
Open the inspector (Command + I) and select the Info tab.
The command should read login -pfq username /usr/bin/bash or login -pfql username ...

Important: If the login command does not include the -q parameter, then you have not fixed the problem.

You can also use sudo fs_usage | grep 'asl.*login' to verify that /var/log/asl is not accessed when opening a new Terminal window.

Details:

There are a number of bugs at play here.

The actual cause of the slowness is /usr/bin/login, which by default will display the date of your last login.  To get this last login date, it searches the ASL (Apple System Log) database at /var/log/asl/.  These log files can be very heavily fragmented and it's this file fragmentation that causes the delay when opening a new window or tab.  (Bug 1)

The only way to suppress the ASL search for last login is to pass the -q parameter to /usr/bin/login.  The .hushlogin file will also suppress the "Last Login" display, but it does not suppress the expensive ASL search. (Bug 2)

Terminal always uses /usr/bin/login to launch each new window/shell.  There is no option to launch a shell directly nor is there a way to directly control the parameters passed to /usr/bin/login (Bug 3).

As it turns out, Terminal will pass the -q parameter to /usr/bin/login when it is configured to use a non-standard shell.  (Bug 4)

The -q parameter is what we need to avoid the problem, hence the symlink to /usr/local/bin/bash.


Upgrading to macOS Catalina with Android Studio

I have installed Xcode 11.3 from Apple Developers website.

This version supports iOS 13 SDK and macOS 10.14.4, which is exactly what I needed.


Kali Linux on SD card not showing in boot loader

The most common way to fix this issue is to go to the Mac Terminal and type in the following:
First, type diskutil list. Find the Kali Linux bootable SD and find the identifier of the EFI partition. This will look something like disk2s1. Once you have that, type sudo diskutil mount disk2s1. Once it is mounted, go to Finder and press Command + Shift + G and type in /Volumes/EFI. Once you are in there, double click on the EFI folder, double click on the Boot folder, and rename grubx64.efi to bootx64.efi. Then, in Terminal, type diskutil unmount EFI. Then restart into the Boot Manager and see if you can find your Kali SD. It should appear as "EFI Boot".
You can also replace the icon of the Kali SD. First, make sure the image you want is in the .icns file format. Then go to the Mac Terminal and type sudo diskutil mount diskidentifier. Replace diskidentifier with the disk identifier from before. Then, type cd /Volumes/EFI and rm .VolumeIcon.icns. Then, type cp /path/to/image.icns /Volumes/EFI/.VolumeIcon.icns. Then, type diskutil unmount EFI.
The Kali Linux installer may not name the EFI partition EFI by default. If that is the case, you will need to use NO\ NAME instead. In the case that neither of those names work, use the disk identifier that you got previously.

Here is an image of what you might see in the EFI partition if it was called NO NAME. You can ignore all the contents of that partition except those in the EFI folder.
Now, your Kali Linux SD will work on any Intel Based, and maybe even an Apple Silicon based Mac.
Make sure you follow each step carefully or else you may end up ruining the SD and needing to erase it.
Good luck!


You can do this with cDock.

Install, enable and choose Fullscreen width Dock.


Unsupported Macbook 4,1 (2008) on 10.10.5 (Supplementary) - No Audio After Update - What Next?

Hello I've the solution.
Download this audio kext.
Drag the two files AppleHDA.kext and IOAudioFamily.kext into the kext utility.app
After all is ok you can reboot and it works :-)

Link : https://mega.nz/#!9hcgFKRK


Not much of an "answer", but I eventually tried connecting the machine directly to the modem via an ethernet cable, and turned the wireless off altogether.

This solved my connectivity issues immediately. Since I tried troubleshooting everything I could find online, I am left assuming it must have been a failing wireless card. Unfortunately the Hardware Test diagnostics do not run on my computer (this machine has lots of problems...) so I can't tell for sure without simply getting a new card installed.

If anyone else is ever experiencing the same symptoms I was, maybe this is also your problem.


Yes, this model MBP supports two external displays without any problems, up to 4K each, or a single display at 5K. In both cases the MBP's built-in screen can also be used simultaneously.

You may want to consider whether buying another identical adapter is the best way to go, as you may want the flexibility of using another adapter or dock that provides other connection options as well. However, you can certainly achieve what you want and keep your MBP on charge as well.


Can I upgrade the memory on late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro?

The RAM is soldered on so it is not upgradeable.

The SSD CAN be upgraded, with a standard PCIe M.2 drive if you buy an internal adapter ($2-3 on ebay) since Apple added compatibility for the new M2 Drives with High Sierra. They are much cheaper and have faster read/write speeds than the originals. OR there are some standard SSDs like this one you can buy if you don’t want to use an adapter: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-and-15-Inch-Retina-Late-2013-Mid-2014-SSD/IF123-026-5

Just search for „MacBook Pro Late 2013 SSD“ on Google/eBay/Amazon and you will get some more results.


Share shell script: file permissions question

You can instruct your friends to run it using sh ./test-script.sh. That would not require a chmod +x to be done.

If your friends also use OS X, another alternative is to package it as an app with Automator using the Run Shell Script action and share that with your friends. In this case the user can run it just like any other application on the system.

See Creating Shell Script Actions in the Automator Programming Guide.


Can't move one folder from external HD to internal HD

This unfortunately indicates a disk error...
I suggest digging up snapshots of previous virtual machines and seeing if you can restore the .pvm to one of those previous, working, versions.  Back up the VM somewhere first and maybe even fire it up to back up the data inside.

I would also look through the Console (Applications/Utilities/Console.app) to see if more disk I/O errors are being logged, because this is typically in my experience the first sign of a failing hard-drive.


In Pages on iPad, formatting to add line over paragraph?

AFAIK, you can't add/edit text line styles on i(Pad)OS.
You can edit text line styles in Pages for macOS (Format sidebar > Text > Layout), though, which then carry over/display in Pages for i(Pad)OS.


For just running javascript you are just using node and npm etc. It does not matter how you installed them.

They would be separate installs of node and which one you get depends on your PATH environment variable.

The tutorial justs gives Homebrew as a different installation probably because the user manages other packages (e.g. git) by Homebrew and it is easier to use one package manager rather than go for a separate different install for each package.


Moving imported photos to external drive

I was looking for an intuitive "grandma could do it" GUI solution, but I ended up doing:

find / -iregex '^.*\.cr2$' -exec zip cr2.zip {} \; -delete 2>/dev/null

Then used the GUI to click & drag the .zip archive to the external USB HDD, mounted at /Volumes/disk2/.

Looks like all the images imported directly from the DSLR are stored in ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/. So in hindsight; to target the specific directory, instead of searching the entire filesystem, I would input the relevant path:

find ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/ -iregex '^.*\.cr2$' -exec zip cr2.zip {} \; -delete 2>/dev/null

Or even better, eliminate the need to click and drag by including the destination path as well:

find ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/\
-iregex '^.*\.cr2$'\
-exec zip /Volumes/disk2/cr2.zip {} \;\
-delete 2>/dev/null

Or simply mv rather than zip:

find ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/\
-iregex '^.*\.cr2$'\
-exec mv {} \; /Volumes/disk2/ 2>/dev/null


Desktop refreshing icons every 15 seconds or so

Just searched for people that have this problem, because I had the same problem today. After searching the internet for about half an hour I found a little post that was old and short on Apple forum.

I guy said it is Google Drive that triggers it. I uninstalled Google Drive, and WOW my problem was gone.

So if you are a Google Drive user, try to uninstall (reinstall) and see. I say reinstall because I have had Google Drive on my Mac before without the problem, but for now, I have it totally uninstalled.

NOTE: I did uninstall with a software for the purpose, I'm using AppZapper, but there are many others of that sort. I also deleted the .DS_Store file on desktop (just in case it was corrupted). If you want to delete the .DS_Store file, you need to have hidden files shown (or use the Terminal) on your mac.


How can I view the desktop version of a page on a website with faulty redirects?

To Request the Desktop version of a website with faulty redirects:

Turn on airplane mode to disable all internet access.

Warning: This next step will get rid of any open tabs you have in Safari, so make sure you don't have anything important on there.
Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data

(Many redirects are often cached, so this is a way to prevent it from redirecting you while you are offline.)
Launch Safari and type in the full desktop url (e.g. http://example.com/some_page)
Press Go to navigate to the website.

Obviously this will display the "Safari cannot open the page..." error message.
Tap the address bar again, and scroll down to tap Request Desktop Site.
Disable airplane mode, and tap the refresh button.

It should now bypass all redirects and request the full Desktop Site.

Unfortunately this isn't a complete solution since only a small portion of users on mobile devices are going to be using the desktop site for webpages such as these. This means that some things on that site may be broken since they aren't likely to have been tested on mobile devices.


File Open dialog freezing on macOS 10.12

The issue seems to be associated with iCloud drive. Here are two steps to resolve.

I seem to have resolved the freezing dialog box problem by disabling iCloud Drive. I have been experiencing what seem to be exactly the same problems, even after two fresh Sierra installs.
If you don't want to disable iCloud drive, use Finder-> Preferences-> Sidebar- Disable iCloud drive to  remove the iCloud option on the Finder sidebar.


Does Mountain Lion support Canon Pixma printers?

Apple has moved the printer drivers out of the OS and made them available on a separate page. Very unfortunately they don't mention the exact printer models, nor that the pacakge is for Snow Leopard on the page so they are hard to find with Google.

  Canon Inkjet Printer Drivers v2.12 for OS X

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl899


MySQL Preference Pane is specifying a port number when it runs mysqld

You may change the port in the file com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons by editing it with

sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist

Change the port at

  <string>--port=3307</string>

near the end of the file to whatever you need it to be and reboot your Mac or restart the service.


How to access recent files or folders in Finder or in file dialogs?

Yes, there is a way, although a commercial one. It will cost you $34.95 and AFAIK there are no competitive solutions.

The Default Folder X program wraps the dialog boxes with it's own frame allowing you to navigate to: a recent file or folder, a folder you configured as favourite, a folder that you used recently with a particular application.

So it fits into all of your three scenarios. Additionally you can open recent and favourite places in Finder by using the icon in the menu bar.


Sparrow computes the number of unread emails based on the downloaded emails in the specific folder.
That would be possible to show the number of emails based on the server but some servers shows the wrong information, some servers requires to consume lots of bandwidth to get that information.


Unless you have an amazing internet pipe, don't bother trying to play purchasef TV, etc, from the TV or Movies icon on ATV.

Download the TV, etc, to your Mac/PC, turn on iTunes Home Sharing on the Mac/PC and on the ATV, choose "Computer" on the ATV, and stream it from the Mac/PC to the ATV.


How to stop TextEdit.app from adding extended attributes

TextEdit should not (and does not) normally add quarantine attributes to files that it saves. It's possible that MacOS is adding the quarantine for some other reason. (Where are you saving to?)

However, there are other extended attributes, which TextEdit may add during the course of normal operation in MacOS.

Normally, extended attributed don't get copied to things like github, and are simply unused by other platforms, even if present.

I also agree with bmike. If an app has a behaviour you don't like, then use another app.


How do I edit contacts on FaceTime, when icons don't show

Checking your contact's details might help. It could be that you have certain details (e.g. Work email but not personal email or number) that is not linked to their Apple id and facetime


Install OS X Cheetah on my Macbook Air with OS X Yosemite

You will need to virtualize the hardware. PearPC claims to successfully run Mac OS X 10.3, so my best assumption is that it would also run 10.0.

The matter of obtaining and running the OS on your computer is of dubious legal nature, depending on where you live and what licenses you accepted when you purchased and ran the OS.


In most cases your Mac will cool itself down by passive airflow, but when things get too hot, the fan will spin up to get the excessive heat out.

Chances are that the drop caused a minor bend in the casing.  While you might not see any damage with the naked eye,the MBA is engineered at micron level and there's little room for any "unnatural" dimension changes.

However you might be (arguably) lucky, and the drop might have damaged the fan closure or fan blades.  The fan is fairly easily replacable at Apple Service, the casing will be less replacable (or too expensive to do so).

I think it's time to get your Apple Care plan executed, or to give your insurance agent a call.


My MacBook Pro doesn't sleep when lid closed

This is expected behavior and it’s called clamshell mode. With an external display and mouse/keyboard, closing your laptop lid allows you to continue working on the external devices. The momentary blackout is due to switching graphics modes. To put the machine fully to sleep, simply choose Sleep from the Apple menu.


Sounds like to me that your earphones have started to prematurely break down.  How does the cable look?  Is there bends or twists near the ends?  If there is then perhaps a wire is broken inside the cable.  Normally this would mean no sound rather than a decrease in volume.  Either way it seems that the earphones will need to be replaced completely.

Are you using the apple in ear earphones?  If so then simply replace the steel mesh inside the earphones by simply unscrewing them.  If you lost your extras you can find them on Amazon through a third party source.


I cannot connect to internet but my MacBook Pro detects the network and my HP computer works fine on the same network

This is going to be a starting point answer, hopefully you can find something strange while comparing the shots and fix the problem.

If you can connect to Skype that means you have connectivity, but your computer is unable to perform name resolution (that is, convert the address of a service -like a webpage- to an ip address). Skype may work because it relies less on DNS and instead uses its own discovery protocol, or the entries that Skype requires may be saved from previous sessions.

In any case, start by going to System Preferences and typing DNS in the top right corner:

note: the shots come from Lion (10.7.4), so you may see some differences

Now tap on Network (I believe Snow Leopard was the same).

You should be in a page that has multiple tabs, so let's see the important ones:

TCP/IP: let's see if you're using DHCP. If that's the case, then the DNS should be automatically set up for you, but this may not the working (some routers fail to provide this info or provide old info).

There isn't much to see here; I am using DHCP, so my network is automatically configured for me. Let's check the DNS.

Now things get more interesting. I have two that correspond to OpenDNS (which you can use to test if you wish, they are free and open). One thing to note is that they are grayed out, meaning I can't change them. The reason behind this is because DHCP configured them for me. The real reason is because I have configured my router to provide these two DNS addresses to my computers and devices, so we all use a reliable service. But I could override this if I wanted by adding more (notice the plus symbol at the lower left corner). When you press that, you're given the option to type an IP address (use OpenDNS for this test or the Google servers: 8.8.8.8). Add just one, it's just a test.

While we are here, we can check one more thing, Proxies. Go to the proxies tab and make sure that -unless instructed by a crazy network administrator- everything is unchecked, specially the first two. Look at it:

All right, you're all set, go ahead and test your machine by opening Safari and typing www.google.com, performing a search and then testing any of the results.

What to do if this doesn't work?

Despite the above, things can still not work, so don't panic yet. If that's the case take some time to provide us with some details about your network, for example:

IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, etc. etc. etc.

We can try to see what's going on from there.


Why is Microsoft Excel 2016 so slow when Internet connected

When I had a similar problem, disabling dropbox integration (I never realized I had enabled it) made a huge difference in performance, especially for otherwise trivial things in Office/Excel like copy and paste (which had become unbearable).

System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Privacy Tab->"Allow the apps below to control your computer"  (dropbox was checked, I unchecked it). Not sure exactly what functionality this took away from dropbox, but it still syncs folders fine, which is all I used it for anyway.

(I know this is thread is over a year old, but it's one of the first results in Google so I'm adding this for all the others who come along in hopes it may help them).


How to "print" a web page to a PDF in Safari on iOS (iPad)?

This is now possible on iOS 10 (and possibly earlier). It works for anything that can be printed

Tap the Share button (in Mail, this is in the Reply button)
Then Print
Now, pinch to zoom the preview (or with 3D touch, pop) to get a full-screen view of the print preview. This is actually a PDF of the view and has its own share pane, so you can, for example, email the PDF.


How can I write to Notification Center from a launchd command?

You can send to Notification Centre using Applescript (osascript )in you shell script.

There is a very good thread here that explains the various ways of either running only Applescript as a shell script or being able to mix applescript in with bash, for example.

I created a shell script with:

#!/bin/bash
theDate=`date '+DATE: %m/%d/%y TIME:%H:%M:%S'`

osascript -e "display notification \"$theDate\" with title \"test 1\" subtitle \" sub 1\""

I then created a LaunchDaemon in the same way you have and loaded it without sudo.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>notifTest</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/userName/Documents/notify.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>90</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Every 90 seconds I get a notification:

The notification icon you will notice is the Script Editors one. Which means the Notification is controlled by the Script Editors Notification settings in Notification Centre


Unable to locate an executable at "/usr/bin/java/bin/java"

You probably can just remove the definition of JAVA_HOME from .bash_profile and restart the shell. If you really need to set the variable, use

export JAVA_HOME=$(/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Commands/java_home)

to define it dynamically depending on the installed JDK version or

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home

to use the default place (which is symlinked to the above path).


Program Icons bounce, but won't open on Apple MacBook Pro

This is likely because the app's binary is missing the execute bit. In Terminal, run the following:

chmod +x "/Applications/AppName.app/Contents/MacOS/AppName"

Replace the first 'AppName' with the name of the app and second with the name of the app's binary. You can find this by right clicking on the app, choosing Show Package Contents, then opening Contents → MacOS.


Locate iPhoto in your Applications folder. Control + Click on the iPhoto application and "show package contents". The file you seek is there.


Backing up when logged into wrong iTunes account

iCloud and iTunes backups are totally separate. If you backed up to your computer, it doesn't matter whose account was logged in on iTunes. The backup is on your laptop.

iCloud backups occur directly from the device and who is logged into the device does matter in that case.

Also I think you are misunderstanding what happens during a backup. Nothing is transferred to the phone. What you are describing would be a restore.


Actually found that the problem. On setting up I activated disk encryption in Filevault with the previous account.

The solution is to decrypt and re-encrypt the the disk with current Apple ID.


Connecting monitor to mac via USB docking

What is the docking station?  Without knowing, as a guess, I'd say yes, you will have to get video via the mini-DP.  USB and Firewire and such are not really designed to carry video signals, and while some USB docks do video, the laptop needs to support this properly - something that my MBP does not do at all.

I get the convenience, but the mini-DP is the way to go.


MBP w/ Retina won't connect to any Bluetooth devices

Your bluetooth controller is probably kaput.  If your MBP is under AppleCare (hopefully still since it's a 2014), this should be covered under warranty.  I would take to the local Apple Store for service

If not, go to your local electronics retailer (Walmart will work here), get a usb bluetooth dongle, install and see if devices can connect.

If they can, then you have narrowed down your problem to the internal bluetooth.   You may be able to find a BT module on eBay for a nominal price.  They are fairly easy to replace.  But if you aren't handy with a screwdriver, a local "Geek" could handle this task.


Any suggestions to get an Audio CD to load

I had the same pb with CD's or DVD's that are a little thicker than normally. Perhaps some sticker on top of the CD/DVD. In my case I was using CD who are labeled and my MBP. If you are using new CD then there is a quality pb with it.


The command for Mac OS X and Linux are the same: crontab -l
This seems to indicate that the crontab is empty. Maybe edit the crontab with crontab -e and afterwards print out the crontab. Your changes should now be printed to console.


In this case it was the distance between face and ipad. Apple says 10-20 inches. I need it to be more than 20 inches to get 60% working on wakeup which is difficult when I can only read the message to use Face Id from less than 10 inches


How can I compare file structures before and after a software install?

In Terminal I can think of two choice:

ls -R.
tree directory-name/ (after you install it; i.e. brew install tree). The slash at the end preserves the display of special characters in the file the output is saved to.

In both case you redirect the output to a file before and after installation and compare the two files possibly using Apple FileMerge.app shipped with Xcode.


Run this command to copy /bin/sh from the BaseSystem.dmg on the Recovery HD:

diskutil mount Recovery\ HD &&
    hdiutil mount /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg &&
    sudo cp -p /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/bin/sh /bin/sh

Also see How can I get back a system file after deleting it from my Mac?


On iOS 7, swipe down on the homescreen to bring up the search tool. You can search for SMS/iMessages and they will be brought up as you type. For iOS 6 and others, you can go one page to the left of the homescreen to do this.


Inheriting Time Machine Backup: Invalid Target

All relevant UUIDs and other Time Machine metadata are stored in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist on the host side (the Mac to be backed up)! The file contains (probably the old) hostUUID (hardware), destination volume UUID (backup volume) and all IncludedVolumeUUIDs (source volumes). To get your current volume IDs use diskutil info diskXsY and the volumeID of the vanished Mojave volume is in the plist. The new hostUUID (hardware) and MAC are available in System Infomation.app > Hardware and Hardware > Ethernet-cards.

The com.apple.TimeMachine.plist may be populated with new UUIDs partly, you also have to grab the old com.apple.TimeMachine.plist from the backup.

All relevant Time Machine metadata on the side of the destination disk (the backup volume) are stored as extended attributes attached to the machine folder and subsequent snapshots and the included volumes:

machine folder

Example:

xattr -l /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac

and the volume folder(s) (in the latest backup of the old Mac).

Example:

xattr -l /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac/2019-10-19-125832/Macintosh\ HD

(This is a lot of back & forth. Best is to collect all data in some data sheet. Then it's easier to compare all plist entries/extended attributes and extract the proper ones)

After associating and inheriting a machine directory I expect various UUIDs and other data to be equal in the plist and the extended attributes on the one hand and the hardware/disk info of the new Mac on the other hand.

This is: BackupMachineAddress, HostUUID, ModelID and RecoveryPartitionVolumeUUID (
if available) on the host folder and various UUIDs in the plist.

If tmutil initiated inheritance fails, one has to use enforced adoption (or marry rich and get a larger backup drive):

To modify the extended attributs you have to read out (to reapply them later) and remove the ACLs of Backups.backupdb and Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac because both folders are heavily protected. Then apply new extended attributes (partly extracted from the plist and the new hardware info) and reinstate the ACLs you removed previously.

To get the ACLs use ls -le [folder1|2]. To remove the ACLs use sudo chmod -N [folder1] [folder2]. To apply new extended attributes use sudo xattr -w [ext_attr] [value] [/path/to/folder].

Examples:

If you found a ModelID Macmini4,1 in the extended attributes of /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac but the ModelID of the new Mac is Macmini8,1 you would have to update it like this:

sudo xattr -w com.apple.backupd.ModelID Macmini8,1 /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac

To update BackupMachineAddress (a MAC address of the new Mac) and HostUUID (the Hardware-UUID of the new Mac) use:

sudo xattr -w com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress ac:87:b5:ca:c4:7a /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac
sudo xattr -w com.apple.backupd.HostUUID A7D80431-E567-389A-CC33-8321E461D431 /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac

To restore the ACLs use sudo chmod +a 'group:everyone deny ... writeextattr,chown' [folder1] [folder2]

Afterwards unmount the backup volume. Mount the backup volume again, open the Time Machine PrefPane and wait until the window is populated with the proper dest volume(s).

If you post all relevant data (which is a lot and somehow private) I could work out all commands properly.

This is untested and some "joy of experimentation" is required but it should work finally - somehow (|⚒)! At least it sheds some light on the files and attributes Time Machine uses to determine the validity of backup machine directories and what to change to re-establish assignments.


macOS Catalina blueoothd high CPU IOBluetoothBroadcomSchedulerWorkaround issue

I've found a workaround: I've figured out MSS probably means Master-Slave-Switch. That didn't suffice to fix the issue. But disabling sniff mode resolves the issue. It seems that some energy management code doesn't work properly.
The cause of the issue traced down: Apple has a bug within BT3.0 Stack. This issue is not happening with anything BT4.0+.


Homebrew had the same problem you had when you tried to download iTerm2 directly from its website - I imagine the website was temporarily offline (it seems to be OK now - I've just downloaded iTerm2 successfully).

I'd suggest trying again. If it still doesn't work, check the website on downforeveryoneorjustme.com, and wait until the website is back up.


Where does Time Machine server store its backups?

Since OS X server is just an app that runs on top of the standard OS X, you would open the Time Machine system preference pane to see where the server itself is backed up and which files may be excluded. (This is exactly the same as non-server app Macs, but Time Machine knows how to kick off server data snapshots as needed.)

In my case, I exclude the large backups and back up the small backups all to the drive XXX Backup A.

Then you can see that each of the machines either back up to the service destinations of Small Backups or Large backups.

And the storage lineup for this server is:


VNC Server for non-Jailbroken iPhone/iPad

A VNC server on an un-jailbroken device is impossible due to Apple restrictions. Any such app would not be able to run in the background (without a jailbreak tweak to modify the backgrounding code) and is not permitted by App Store regulations anyway.


how to remove the shortcut on Finder top bar (see picture)

Press the command key ⌘ .
Drag the item away from the toolbar.

This behavior is generic for other OS X Apps. (Finder, Safari, Pages,...)


Add a startup script in macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

Testing this under macOS Sierra 10.12.6, I did not find it necessary to use the sudo command to run CumulusMX.exe using mono.

At a minimum, the following example AppleScript code can be used in Script Editor to create an AppleScript application that you can add to your Login Items.

tell application "Terminal"
    do script "cd $HOME/Desktop/CumulusMX; /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono CumulusMX.exe"
end tell

To use the  example AppleScript code, copy and paste the code into a new document in Script Editor and then save it as an application, e.g.: Cumulus MX

Then add Cumulus MX to: System Preferences > Users & Groups > $USER > Login Items

I’d like to mention that if I was doing this on my system the CumulusMX folder would not be on my Desktop, as IMO that’s not an appropriate place to put it. Also, in testing the  example AppleScript code, I did not find it necessary to use the sudo command to run mono, however if for some reason you need to do that, then additional steps would need to be taken but not recommended to automate.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not include any error handling as may be appropriate/needed/wanted, the onus is upon the user to add any appropriate error handling for any example code presented.


The only thing I can do on my iPhone 6 is make calls

Since we cannot visually inspect the damage on your phone, I would say take your phone to the Apple Store to get a better answer. The Apple Store will also suggest how much it would cost to repair the phone.


There is an alternative method to

create a bootable USB of Windows 7 and
boot from it

Assuming that you have the ISO handy (if you don't, there's Digital River links here), download Unetbootin.

Unetbootin allows you to create bootable USB drives from many Linux distributions and also ISO images. (note that Unetbootin requires admin privileges) The following image demonstrates how to manually select the ISO image. Click the "..." button to browse for your image.

To boot from your USB drive, I recommend rEFIt.  I use it myself to boot from an Ubuntu partition on my external hard drive that I use as a Time Machine on another partition.  It is useful for recognizing operating systems installed on your computer and devices connected to your computer (and their partitions).  I recommend simply burning rEFIt to a CD/DVD to boot to the Windows 7 install USB. Having had trouble trying to install it to the Mac itself (without the DVD), I usually boot to the rEFIt DVD, and continue to boot to my choice of operating system.

(boot to a rEFIt DVD by holding down the C key [or the option key, as you stated] after you hear the chime of the startup)

I know for a fact that Unetbootin works for creating bootable Windows  install USB's (I've run them before on PC's).  I will test booting from rEFIt and update this answer when I have.


How do I stop my external monitor from occasionally blacking out?

Does it sometimes go completely black and you can not seem to get it turned on again?
Does the monitor have its own menu button on the monitor itself to change monitor settings?

I aks because sometimes the monitor has its own sleep mode independent from the operating system.

Check the monitor-menu and check what settings are there and try find a manual - either online or the one made out of paper that came with your monitor.


Connect to network says "Connection failed" but it actually isn't

I had the same problem. I could connect although it said "connection failed."  I observed that my network was also not in the preferred networks list.
I resolved the problem in two steps.
I manually entered my network's name and my networks password to keychain list. After that, in the system preferences advanced window, I manually added my network to the list of preferred networks by clicking on add button (+) and dragged it to the first line of the list.
I hope this helps.


If I uninstall mysql with brew, does it drop the databases too?

Depends on the location of the database file on disk.

Upon uninstalling mysql, the mysql installation directory is deleted, which is /usr/local/Cellar/mysql in the default install.


What app is this icon with a square and a black triangle?

That is the icon for AirPlay, by Apple, and that menu bar item allows you to control the streaming/mirroring of content on your Mac to an Apple TV or other AirPlay server.

  Turning AirPlay Mirroring on and off

  If your Mac supports using your Apple TV as a display, an AirPlay menu appears in the menu bar when an Apple TV is on the same network. The AirPlay Mirroring menu icon turns blue when AirPlay Mirroring is on ().

Source: About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X


What is happening is the cursor mask processing is corrupted. It's often one of the first signs of hardware failure in the video system but still could be software.

To rule out software you will have to boot from a clean source (install the proper OS onto an external drive, erase your drive and reinstall if you have a great recent backup, or just boot from an install DVD to see if the pointer masking is still mussed up.)

Hardware failure will persist across software installs. It would be worth trying a safe boot - boot with the shift key pressed from the sound until you see the grey apple.

This will let you know it's something you added to (or has failed on) the mac after the OS was first installed. A clean install will fix things but you'll want to watch as you reinstall apps in case it's a conflict and not just something that broke along the way in the software. It's possible but not likely you reintroduced the corruption if it was saved on the time machine backup you restored. Did you notice if the cursor was fixed when you booted to the clean system?

My experience is this is more often caused by faulty hardware - specifically a faulty GPU or faulty VRAM. This non-unibody mac almost certainly has Intel integrated graphics which use part of the RAM as VRAM. You could try isolating your RAM to see if that helps. If you have a good stick of memory, you would install that while removing your potentially faulty RAM from the system. Also - you could catch one bad stick of RAM by first removing the "left" stick and booting. Then remove the right stick and put the "left" stick in the right side. That way you'll detect a single failure of the ram slot or ram sticks by moving things around and testing.

Even though it's irritating, I've seen machines run for stable for years in this state. It's a tiny part of what the GPU does and that machine otherwise was running in a closet and no-one cared most of the time what was on the screen except for when we needed to update or reboot it. You could get a program to make the mouse larger - but that doesn't cure the real issue.

The official service diagnostic (as opposed to AHT - the bundled hardware tests will not find this failure) for your machine will diagnose this failure, but I wouldn't pay much to run that since you can rule out the cheaper fixes by the steps outlined above. Hopefully it's the RAM or the software - both of which are relatively cheap and not too time consuming to fix. I have had good luck seeing this diagnosed for free at the genius bar so if you're close that might be worth a visit for help isolating it as well as getting a repair quote.

Good luck!


It depends on how you have the account setup in your iPhone Mail settings.

From: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook-to-go

  iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch Tap Settings, and then tap Mail, Contacts, Calendar.

  Tap Add Account in the Accounts page.

  Select Hotmail.

  Enter your Outlook.com address and password.

  Select the fields that you want to sync. Tap Save.

That last step is where you decide whether you want to sync contacts, calendars, etc or just mail. If you choose to sync contacts, it syncs all contacts. There is no way to selectively sync contacts.


What's the technical reason some Macs can't use Boot Camp with macOS Mojave?

The technical reason is that the fusion drive is an Apple engineered disk spanning software layer and Apple didn't implement / ship this for fusion drives on top of APFS. Someone has to write the actual code that runs behind that Boot Camp assistant program and the code was written to not start on that specific hardware.

Now - that decision was probably a business decision. We could speculate that it required tradeoffs or more engineering talent or failed some performance or stability test so they removed that capability technically during the planning of the OS before it was publicly released to beta in June 2018 and shipped in September 2018.

Boot Camp is three things:

1) Drivers to make Windows see the Mac hardware as legitimate
2) Scripts to repartition the drive.
3) Documentation and articles like the one you references to educate people how to use the software and what to expect.

Apple could have decided to leave these few Macs without the entirely new APFS and coded other exceptions, but I'm not at all surprised they just said - no bootcamp on some small subset of iMac that didn't ship with SSD as the main storage.


Why does iTunes sometimes decide it HAS to stay open at any cost and to reopen every time I quit it up to crazy numbers of quit or force quit?

https://thebitguru.com/projects/itunes-patch

Play Button iTunes Patch
The application will patch the Remote Control Daemon to prevent it from starting iTunes whenever you press the play button on the keyboard or an external remote control.

This does require SIP to be disabled, but it can be re-enabled once you've run this patch.
This does not work with macOS 10.13. Since you're still on 10.9 it should work fine, however I have not tested it myself.


Copying Subscribed Calendar from iPhone to Mac

If it really is a subscribed calendar (i.e. a URL to an .ics file) you should try the following:

In Calendar.app on your Mac, choose File > New Calendar Subscription and enter the URL from your iPhone.


Weird issue with applications not responding on Macbook

Turns out it was an issue in the MacOS software. I have now fixed it by reinstalling the MacOS on my computer. No issues now!


Customize accents when holding down a key

Navigate to /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/.
Backup the Keyboard-en.plist file.
Append the following to the Keyboard-en.plist file (before the closing </dict></plist>), changing the keycaps to be your desired space-delimited list of characters.

<key>Roman-Accent-t</key>
<dict>
    <key>Direction</key>
    <string>right</string>
    <key>Keycaps</key>
    <string>× ÷ √ π ∴ ∵ ≈ ≠ ∞</string>
    <key>Strings</key>
    <string>× ÷ √ π ∴ ∵ ≈ ≠ ∞</string>
</dict>

Feel free to change the Roman-Accent-t to any character you wish, providing it does not already have Press & Hold keys assigned. Also see shortening the Press & Hold time if you're using it regularly.


Game Center and iMessage for iOS9 vs. iOS10 multiplayer game?

Well, after a bunch of back and forth with the Quatrain folks, I finally heard this from them:

  After a lot of investigation, it looks like there is no simple way to
  add friends between iOS 9 and iOS 10 devices. We will be working to
  integrate the new iOS 10 Game Center functionality, but it won't be
  ready for a while as Apple made some drastic changes to the Game
  Center functionality.

  As a workaround, you can play the Auto-match games and if you select
  the Auto-Match Length of 5, you are almost guaranteed to only play
  each-other as most players don't use that option.

My friend and I tried the simultaneous "Auto-Match Length of 5" option and were able to play backgammon together. While playing there are "send friend" invite options but mine "went out" to who knows where and theirs (iOS10) at least gave a message saying not available.

So, sounds like there's some work to do for app developers to maintain the new style of Apple's Game Center functionality with non-iOS10 devices.


What is the technology used to prompt for passwords on an public wifi network

As far as I know, it is not called "Push notifcation" as indicated in earlier answer.

The correct name for this is a "Captive portal".

The technology is simply that the user's requests are redirected to a specific web page until the user has authenticated (or whatever requirements the specific provider has).

The redirection can technically be done via HTTP (i.e. some kind of HTTP proxy), via ICMP redirects or via sending back fake DNS replies.

Apple has added detection of these captive portals to Mac OS X. After connecting to a WiFi system, Mac OS X will try to access an address at Apple - if it succeeds it assumes the user has general access to the internet.

If not, it will assume a captive portal is in place, and popup a window for the user to authenticate to the network.


can't get HTML to display in Apple Mail signature

You don't specify the steps you used so in case you missed something, take a look at this page describing how to set up HTML mail signatures.


I have not seen the OS X doing that ever.

It must be one of your Applications.

The OS X is already fully up and running at the time that Window pops up.


Are there any standard apps in iOS that implement isIdleTimerDisabled=true?

Though I haven't found any built in apps that do this, I guess it can be done in Safari using a glitch/hack.

This demo page utilizes the hack, and clicking the button on the page keeps the page awake forever.

https://richtr.github.io/NoSleep.js/example/

It is open source, and works on all iOs versions except for 13.4, but will probably be fixed for that too as well!

Note that it may not work as well as a native app though, as I find that if my power is low and I'm not plugged in, this doesn't work (display turns off)


3TB Airport Time Capsule (FW 7.7.3) Incorrect DNS address delivered by DHCP

I got this hint from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2735366?start=0&tstart=0

Check out the last post from Paul Verity.

  I've just hit on this problem too, and also found that deleting the
  DNS entries in my TimeCapsules DNS configuration fixed the problem.


Shortly before submitting this question, I found what I believe is my answer. I hope this can help somebody later.

On the Notes app, you can't draw in an area with text. This not only means that you can't draw over text, but also that you can't "make" a space to draw in by clicking enter/return many times. If you go to the end of your document and open the drawing tools, you will see a horizontal line separating the text-section from the available drawing-section. By default, at the bottom of every document/note there is a drawing section. It is in this drawing-section that you can actually draw.

If you would like to insert a drawing in the middle of your note, you can double-tap a blank line where you would like to insert the drawing, and then click "Insert Drawing". If you try to double-tap or tap-hold in the middle of a paragraph, you won't see the "Insert Drawing" option.

After you click "Insert Drawing", you will see your new drawing section. Note that if you would like to resize your drawing section, just tap the little circles on the left-side and drag up or down.

When you are done drawing, your drawing section will be treated like a picture. You can delete by either tap-holding it and selecting "Delete" or "Cut", or you can go to the text-section just after it and continue hitting backspace/delete.


How can I delete files in recovery mode using Terminal on my OS X main partition?

Boot into recovery mode, mount volume, and open Terminal

Boot to recovery mode by holding CommandR right after starting your Mac before the Apple logo appears.
Go into Disk Utility and check that your target disk volume is mounted. Mount it if it's not already mounted.
Close Disk Utility, and open Terminal from Utilities menu.

Removing files from Terminal

Enter cd /Volumes then ls to list all mounted volumes.

Enter, e.g., cd Volume_Name/Users/<username>/path/to/parent_directory with parent_directory being the directory containing the target directory you want to delete.

Be careful, as you have nothing restricting you from deleting required system files! Unless otherwise necessary, you should only delete files from your home directory (/Volumes/<Volume_Name>/Users/<username>/)

Example: If you want to delete a folder "xyz" in "Macintosh HD" (the example name of your main volume) enter cd "Macintosh HD/Users/username", replacing username with your user name.

Then enter ls again to list all files and directories to be sure that you are in the correct working directory.

Then enter rm -r folder_to_delete or rm -rf folder_to_delete

-r: Removes a folder and its content recursively.
-rf: Removes a folder and its content recursively, attempts to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, regardless of the file’s permissions, and ignore any errors.

Example: If you want to delete a folder "xyz" and all containing files and folders enter: rm -r xyz


How to import edited (cropped/filtered) photos from iPhone to Mac?

Apple has a support page about this.

  Most programs will show the original, unedited version of the image.

  Images you import to your computer directly from your iOS device will show up as the original image in iPhoto, Aperture, and in the Finder.

To import edited photos to your computer

If you want to view the edited version of a photo on a Mac or PC that doesn’t automatically import the edited version:

AirDrop or email the photo to yourself.
Or, if you've enabled iCloud Photo Library, download it from the Photos web app at iCloud.com.

This will save a copy of the edited version on your computer, but you won't be able to revert to the original, unedited version.


Where is the previous recipients info in Entourage?

You can do it, though it's done in kind of an odd fashion.

From the Entourage 2008 Help file:

To delete a single entry from the recently used address list, you must first add it to your address book and then delete it from your address book.

Click Mail, and then click New.
In the To box, type the first few letters of the address. A list of suggested addresses appears.
On the pop-up menu of addresses, click the recently used address that you want to delete.
Press CONTROL, click the address, and then click Add to Address Book. The address appears in a new contact.
On the Edit menu, click Delete Contact. If a confirmation message appears, click Delete.
Close the message, and then click Discard Changes.

You can also clear the entire list in one go by choosing Entourage > Preferences > Mail & News Preferences > Compose, then clicking Clear List.


In Keynote, is there any way to assign shortcut keys to select specific fonts?

I don't know any easy-simple way, but (as usual) Automator and scripting can provide some help.

The basic idea is:

You write the text with the Keynote's default font.
Select the text.
Press a hotkey - this will run the Automator script and replace the font for the selected text.

so, to make this work:

Start Automator.
Select the type "Service".
At the top change "text" to "rich text" and set the checkbox "Output replaces…".
From the Library in the left side drag into the right side the following actions. (You can use the search field to quickly locate the needed actions.)

"Copy to Clipboard"
"Run Shell Script" (and check the box "Ignore this action's input" in the action's Options)
"Get Contents of Clipboard"

into the "Run Shell Script" action enter:

pbpaste -Prefer rtf | textutil -stdin -convert rtf -font 'Menlo' -fontsize 32 -stdout | pbcopy

Replace the Menlo with your wanted font name and change the 32 to the needed size.

All the above is sounds complicated, but it is much faster to do it as reading the above. ;) Here's what your Automator screen should look like when you're done with the above steps:

Save and name the service, for example, as "SetMyFont". Now you have a new "Service", so let's check it out:

Start Keynote (or TextEdit or whatever program you'll want to use this Service in).
Select some text that you want to change the font of.
Go to menu: Keynote -> Services and select your previously named service, e.g. "SetMyFont".
Your selected text should now appear in the new font.

If the service works, you now should add a global hotkey for it:

Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
In the "Services" tab, search for your service name, e.g. "SetMyFont". It should be in the "Text" group.
Select the checkbox and add a shortcut. (see screenshot)

And you're done!

A bit complicated to set up, but it works and when you have lots of text, it can speed up the formatting a bit.

(Somebody will likely suggest much simpler solution using AppleScript directly with Keynote.)

When you've finished the work and don't need the service anymore, you can remove the "SetMyFont.workflow" from the ~/Library/Services, or uncheck that checkbox in the Keyboard preference pane.


Replacing iCloud on iOS and macOS devices with a macOS server machine

You can't replace all the functionality of iCloud with Server.app.

✓ Full support

Mail, Contacts and Calendars are supported by each individual service. They offer the same functionality, including push.

iCloud Drive is supported through the File Sharing service.

﹅ Partial support

Reminders and Notes are supported in macOS once you add the service separately in Internet Accounts. Your mileage may vary with Reminders and Notes in iOS.

Safari is unsupported, but you can use the file sharing feature to sync symlinked Safari preferences on macOS. This is not possible for iOS.

Keychain sync requires you to sync a keychain using the File Sharing service on macOS. This is not possible for iOS.

iCloud Backup is unsupported but you can use iTunes Wi-Fi Sync to sync to iTunes when on the same local network.

✗ No support

News, Home, Wallet is unsupported, but you can still use each of those apps locally, there's just no synchronisation between devices.

Find My iPhone is managed separately and still requires Apple's servers, even though you don't technically need an Apple ID or to be signed in to iCloud.


Local Email folders dont come up on new OS 10.8. What can I do?

On my MBA- 10.9.4 the "on my mac" mail folders are in the

~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/

The Library folder is hidden since OS X Lion, so use the Finder's "Go To Folder" menu in the "Go" menu and enter that address.


How to add apps to Big Sur Finder toolbar?

Running macOS Big Sur (11.0.1) I can add an application to the Toolbar in Finder by first selecting the target application in Finder and then while dragging the target application to the Toolbar, and before actually being over it, press and hold the ⌘ key and then drop the target application on the Toolbar.
You will know you are doing it right because a green circle with + in the middle of it will appear when having moved over the Toolbar while pressing the ⌘ key while dragging the target application onto the Toolbar in Finder.


Retina MacBook Pro (non-Force touch) trackpad can't "click" as usual

Nevermind. I started to press firmly all around the trackpad, and it just went back to normal. There was probably some dust particles in, and pressing around the trackpad eliminated them.


Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
Settings that can be stored in NVRAM include sound volume, display resolution, startup disk selection, time zone, and recent kernel panic information. The settings stored in NVRAM depend on your Mac and the devices that you're using with your Mac.
Shut down your Mac, then turn it on and immediately press and hold these four keys together: Option, Command, P, and R. You can release the keys after about 20 seconds, during which your Mac might appear to restart.


Is it possible and safe to uninstall pre-installed apps and to reinstall them when needed?

iMovie and GarageBand are not necessary to the system and you may delete them at will. However, note that many other apps that come preinstalled on macOS are important to the system (even if it doesn't seem like it) and should not be deleted. As Steve Chambers commented below, though, macOS won't let you delete anything that falls into this category, assuming you aren't doing anything to get around that.
If your Mac was purchased after October 1, 2013, you can re-download the iLife and iWork apps (pictured below) for free at any time from the Mac App Store. Also, regardless of that, if you see them in the Purchased tab of the Mac App Store, that means you do have a “license” for them and can download them at any time.


Finder: Spotlight shortcut and command+tab switching apps stopped working

Solved by resetting NVRAM.
Power down.
Restarted holding down command+option+P+R until I heard the second chime. Released all the keys.
Now both functions work in Finder. Command+Space brings up Spotlight search box. Command+Tab brings up the list of apps to toggle through.


Two finger tap selects text in web browsers

This is a feature implemented across the entirety of macOS, through web views and text areas. There is no option to disable it.


How to remove "Reminders.app" from Mac OS?

All the default apps are protected by System Integrity Protection.

  To disable System Integrity Protection, you can do the following:

  Boot into the Recovery HD by restarting whilst holding ⌘R.
  Open Terminal (from the Utilities menu).
  Run the following command in Terminal:

csrutil disable

  Restart.

Source: Disable OS X El Capitan Rootless and permit write actions to System Integrity Protection locations

You can re-enable it once you've deleted the app.


Google APP email uses Google designed Encryption.

To set it up you need to use the Google Apps Message Encryption Quick Start Guide.

For the Attachment settings see the Google instructions  Attachment compliance setting

Basically what it means is you have to tell Google APP how to handle the attachments.

To configure Attachment compliance settings for your domain or organizational unit:

Sign in to the Google Admin console.
From the dashboard, go to Apps > Google Apps > Gmail > Advanced settings.
In the Organizations section, highlight your domain or the organizational unit for which you want to configure settings (see Configure advanced settings for Gmail for more details).
Scroll down to the Attachment compliance section:
    If the setting's status is Not configured yet, click Configure (the "Add setting" dialog box displays).
    If the setting's status is Locally applied, click Edit to edit an existing setting (the "Edit setting" dialog box displays), or click Add another to add a new setting (the "Add setting" dialog box displays).
    If the setting’s status is Inherited, click View to view the inherited setting, or click Add another to add a new setting (the "Add setting" dialog box displays).
When you're finished with your changes, click Add setting or Save to close the dialog box.


Can you recover recovery mode after erasing HDD?

If you have properly created a Mojave USB flash driver installer, inserted the flash drive in a USB port on the Mac and booted to the Startup Manger, then the an icon will appear representing the flash drive. If this does not happen, then either the flash drive was not plugged directly into the Mac or the flash drive was not properly created. In other words, most likely there is something wrong with the DMG image or something wrong with the way you transferred to the flash drive.

As for the two options:

Use bless , which is only present on macos and requires physical USB stick not DMG/iso image.

  The bless could could be used to avoid using the Startup Manager. However, a properly created Mojave USB flash drive installer would appear in the Startup Manager. Besides, you have no way to execute the bless command.

Recovery mode where you can configure drive to become bootable or at least check why it is not.

  You have erased the any recover volumes that may have existed on your Mac. The only ways left to boot to Recover mode would be from an external drive or the internet. So far you have stated you can not boot from any external sources. In the comments, you have stated that you are to afraid to use the internet.

A good reference on how to install macOS can be found as the accepted answer to the question: How can I download an older version of OS X/macOS?


External disk does not show in "diskutil list" after premature eject, what can I do?

Reading the man page of diskutil, I found a command that I thought might provide at least some diagnostics on what was wrong:

diskutil activity

When you run this command, it will start monitoring all disk activity and report back to you until you stop it again.

I ran this command and switched off the bricked external drive. Nothing happened.

I switched the external drive back on while the command was still running. Now, I saw the following sequence of events repeat several times (leaving out the information that came with the events):

***DiskPeek
***DiskAppeared
***DiskMountApproval

and finally a few times

***DiskDescriptionChanged

followed by

***DAIdle

which was also the last event before I switched the drive back on.

This seemed promising, so I took a peek in the Finder and lo and behold, both partitions of the drive were there!

This was my first attempt to mount the disk while running diskutil activity and the third attempt in total since the problem started. I don't know whether diskutil activity actually fixed the problem or that this was just my "lucky try", but if you run into the same problem as I did, at least this is something you can try!


How to properly backup OS X Server (Mavericks)

I use Carbon Copy Cloner (actually Super Duper - but same idea) to back up my system drive to another drive.

Additionally, I have another CPU which acts as an Open Directory Replica in case the first one goes down.
(granted, this means you need 2 CPUs - so it's not the cheapest solution!)

You can find some more info about OD Replica here:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/12/a-power-users-guide-to-os-x-server-mavericks-edition/2/


App Previews for iPhone 6+, using an other iOS device

You will need to create one specifically for iPhone 6Plus according to this: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Appendices/Properties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH26-SW10


Office Open XML is a standard invented by Microsoft - their documentation would be the go-to resource. Pages simply uses the built-in OS X ability to read them. TextEdit can read OOXML (i.e. .docx) as well, and is included (with source) with Apple's developer tools as a sample.


Is there a utility to display outlines of other resolutions on the screen?

have a look at xscope.
Its not expensive and it has "Screens" and "Frames" function which both should to be doing what you need.


Problems connecting to ethernet with El Capitan

As mentioned in the comment, try the adapter on a different machine to see if it's still functional.

Have you tried to add a new network device in the network settings pane? The USB adapter should show up there.


Problems importing an calendar event into iCal

There is no end time for the entry so you need to add this into the file.

DTEND:20120830T155000

The ICS specification also states

  the "UNTIL" recurrence rule parameter MUST be used to specify the
          last valid onset of this observance (i.e., the UNTIL date-time
          will be equal to the last instance generated by the recurrence
          pattern). It MUST be specified in UTC time.

so your RRULE line should read:

RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20121212T150000;WKST=SU;BYDAY=MO,WE,FR


How to open CSV file with Microsoft Excel and get the information into separate columns?

It is interesting that if you really have a comma separated text file, you actually have to select the comma separator, the only separator that is selected by default is "Tab".

Select the CSV file to import.
Select "Delimited" in the "Text Wizard Import 1 of 3" dialog.
Make sure the "Comma" checkbox is checked in the "Text Wizard Import 2 of 3" dialog.
Unselect "Tab" if you have tabs embedded in your data in the same dialog.
Continue with the text wizard dialogs and select finish.

The final screen, when "Finish" is enabled, will show a sample of how your data will be imported so you can see before you finish that it will be properly separated into columns.


How can I prevent iOS 7 from downloading to iOS 6 devices?

Apple uses the following hostnames for distributing OTA updates:

mesu.apple.com
appldnld.apple.com

Blocking access to these hostnames should prevent iOS from downloading the updates, resulting in one of the following errors, based on whether the device has knowledge of the update or not before the access is blocked:

Software Update Failed: An error occurred downloading iOS 7.
Software Update Unavailable: Software Update is not available at this time. Try again later.
Unable to Check for Update: An error occurred while checking for a software update.

iOS devices use the following XML file to find the relevant update and download file:

http://mesu.apple.com/assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_SoftwareUpdate/com_apple_MobileAsset_SoftwareUpdate.xml

Blocking access just to this file should be sufficient providing that the devices have no knowledge of the update prior to your blocking.


From my point of view, best option is Migration Assistant.

You can select:

Which users you want to migrate.
If you want to migrate or no the installed apps.
Allow to migrate settings or not.
You can select other files.

You can use it with Wifi or Ethernet, FireWire or ThunderBolt.

Disk clone is an option for me, when the target machine have the same configuration as origin machine.


How to easily set artwork for movies on iphone

Why are you taking a screen capture rather than setting the artwork using the original jpg/png files? There are many metadata editors and scripts that will set the artwork so iTunes sees it on a Mac; have you tried a metadata editor for Windows to determine if iTunes will read the changes as imbedded?


iPhone Reminders how to determine account

When you open the reminders app, it will either show a display of all the lists or show you the items in one list.

If you are in the detailed view, tap the white area at the bottom of the screen to bring up the List View.

Each list that is synced through a cloud service has that service listed in grey to the right of the item count. Those without text are stored on the device only.


Why does my macOS always swap while sleeping?

csrutil enable will cause swapping mode reopen.

edit /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist file to disable it;

then restart the SIP mode.
Disable standby, autopoweroff, ttyskeepawake, tcpkeepalive in pmset:

pmset -a standby 0
pmset -a autopoweroff 0
pmset -a ttyskeepawake 0
pmset -a tcpkeepalive 0


How do I handle (e.g. correctly escape) parens in a 'defaults write ...' key value?

To escape parens successfully in the defaults command you have to use quotes and inside the quotes single quotes:

Example:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "'/Users/user/Desktop/(Screenshots)'"


How to tell Google Chrome to use my Keychain

Since v. 45 of chrome passwords are not synced to the OSX keychain anymore, the support has been dropped completely.

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=466638

  Remove OS X Keychain integration for saved passwords

  Starting in OS X 10.9, Apple introduced the iCloud Keychain. This manifests itself as the “Local Items” keychain in Keychain Access. Items in this keychain are only accessible to applications with the keychain-access-groups entitlement [1][2]. This, like other iCloud entitlements, is “available only to apps submitted to the App Store or to the Mac App Store” [3].

  The effect of this is that on 10.9 and 10.10, passwords stored in Safari are not accessible to Chrome (but passwords originated in Chrome are still shared to Safari)

Later in the doc:

  All the changes hit the 45 release. The plan is to get rid of the complicated Keychain code, thereby improving the robustness of the Chrome Password manager.


My iPhone was stolen a week ago i just noticed now and turned on find my iphone

If the thief resets the phone, they still cannot disable iCloud Activation lock.  They would need your password to do that.

The only way to disable that is to disable Find my iPhone before the reset by entering your iCloud password or at the startup process by doing the same.


I faced the same problem. The way I have solve the issue is given below.

I got the new xcode 10.1 from App Store. Though the problem existed.
Then I run xcode-select --install which didn’t work.
I update my homebrew by brew update. Than I run sudo xcode-select --reset.

Now it works fine.


What is the support of AVX-512 in MacBookAir9,1

According to this Anandtech article and ark.intel.com site it looks like they have it:

Core i3-1000ng4

Core i5-1030ng7

Core i7-1060ng7


When I decompress a zip file on my Mac, the folder is nowhere to be found. Help!

Try relaunching Finder by

System Preferences -> Force Quit

Scroll down till you see Finder.

Click Relaunch


How to see what apps you have bought after doing a clean install

On your iPad log into the AppStore with the Apple ID you used to purchase the Apps. Then go to the Purchased tab and select them to be downloaded again.

If you did not make a backup, which iTunes would have asked you to do before upgrading, you will lose all your data however.

You can also do this from iTunes by logging into the AppStore and clicking on Purchased and then selecting Apps under purchased:


Why does quitting an application automatically bring up Finder?

I don't work for Apple, so I can't say so authoritatively, but I think the Mac works this way because Apple considered it the most intuitive; that it follows the "principle of least surprise." I am not aware of any easy way to change this behavior, although I suspect with some scripting it might be possible.

There is no reason to quit apps that you switch between frequently. The Mac does a good job of managing its own memory. That and shutting down are the only reasons to quit apps.


I can't find any Quick Look cache data in macOS Mojave beta

In Mojave, quicklookd stores the information in the same private folder hierarchy:

/private/var/folders/<id>/<random>/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache

as in High Sierra.

To list the exact folder name used in Mojave (this procedure also works in High Sierra), open a Finder window, select a document or application, press space to fire up Quick Look, launch Terminal and run:

sudo lsof -c quicklookd

lsof -c displays which files and folders are in use by a specific process.
The result will look similar to this (the red circle highlights the private folder):

The folder can't be accessed, neither by a standard user (even with sudo) nor by an administrator:

As you posted in your comment, the reason why you can't see its contents is because it is protected by System Integrity Protection. That's new in Mojave.


Is it wise to turn off the iPad completely if I don't use it during the day?

The total life of the iPad's battery is going to be affected by the temperature you keep the battery at and the number of discharge-charge cycles it goes through.

Turning off the iPad will cause the battery to drain more slowly than leaving it in standby mode. But the battery will still be draining when the device is "powered off" as there's circuitry enabled to detect you pressing the power button to turn it back on.

I'm not sure how long an iPad that's off will hold its charge vs. one that is simply sitting in standby mode. I can't imagine the marginal gain in battery life is worth the hassle of waiting for it to power up every time you want to use it.


Music Tracker Software allowing Keyboard Input for Playing Piano

You have this in GarageBand. Keyboard mapping.

If you decide, one day, to link a midi keayboard, the only thing you need is the Midi to USB cable. Nothing else.


Running on Mojave, a quick test of deleting Pages reveals that I cannot download the latest version from the App Store's main pages, but if I go to the list of "Purchased" apps in my Account, I can download a compatible version.

If you haven't already purchased (for the sum of 0) the iWork apps, then you likely can't download them on older OSes. It's well worth downloading them now, for the future!


What is the current status of handwriting recognition on the iPad with an air pencil or stylus

iOS currently doesn't support handwriting recognition on OS level. There are apps for the Pro models (with Apple Pencil) that recognize handwriting, but this won't help you with Google Sheets or similar.
Things appear to be more bright with iOS 14 (the version to be released later in 2020). Apple will introduce handwriting recognition on OS level, at least for the Pro models, with a feature called Scribble. Check out https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/ for the details already known.


Open new folder window in Finder El Capitan - instead of same window

Without installing additional software you get the wanted Finder behavior by hiding the toolbar and the sidebar.


How to identify each of the fans inside my iMac 2010

There is a free app called Temperature Gauge which may help you.  This app will identify each fan.  This app runs in the menu bar. So after starting you should see a new icon in menu bar.


Which file system for an SD card permanently mounted on my Mac?

I tried for myself, formatted the SD card in GUID + HFS+, and after several months it seems more reliable than exFAT for this use case.

When the  card is accidentally disconnected the OS shows a notification, but as I unplug and replug the card, the system checks it for defects, and run fsck in the background if needed (it happens rarely, and it takes less than a minute).

So this setup it's a good solution from my point of view.

It's worth remembering that you should use it only for static files, i.e. data that you read often, but write seldom.


Problems with creating Open Directory Replica on OS X Server 5.1

Note that although I got the same error, I am on macOS 10.12.6 and Server 5.3.1.

I documented what I did, step-by-step.  I'm not exactly sure which of these steps made the difference but my hope is that this will help someone.

In my case I have a server on the west-coast and another on the east-coast using a site-to-site VPN and two different /24 IP subnets, so communication can happen but replication obviously failed.  Before starting I recommend having the same macOS version/build numbers as well as the same server.app version.

Blow away OD on both sides.  I used $ sudo slapconfig -destroyldapserver.  Make sure to have a backup of your data first.
Get DNS working perfectly.  This involved going through Server.app's "edit hostname" process and (in my case) using a FQDN.  When you change the hostname and you're asked to select whether the server is operating on LAN-only, LAN + VPN, or Internet, select either the LAN + VPN or Internet options.  This is so that the server creates DNS zones that aren't ".local", which I think is one of the core issues that prevented replication working, because .local is for Bonjour and I think that messes things up.

So I changed the computer name to "Company X Vancouver Server" and the hostname to vanserv.clientcompany.com.  Restarted the server, checked things out with $ changeip -checkhostname and verified forwards and backwards DNS are working with the "host" tool, looking up both the IP and the hostname, and making sure it resolved both ways.  Set the server to use 127.0.0.1 for DNS first, then its other IP (192.168.10.10), then local next-hop router, then public DNS.  Restart.

I did exactly the same thing on the east-coast server, calling it "Company X Toronto Server", and hostname "torserv.clientcompany.com".

I made sure there were entries on both servers for the other server.  So vanserv has vanserv.clientcompany.com (192.168.10.10) and torserv.clientcompany.com (192.168.20.10).  Checked forward- and reverse- DNS lookups for the other server on both.  And pinging torserv from vanserv would resolve and return packets, and vice-versa.

I set both servers to "perform lookups for only some clients" - and I set that to the server itself, only.  This is so that DNS lookups for the company's domain, clientcompany.com, don't go to the server and fail to resolve, such as a staff member at the office visiting the company's website.
Create the primary OD, but leave it empty.  Restart.  Join the replica to it using the FQDN - in this case the OD was created on vanserv and I joined torserv to it as a replica.  I used the FQDN vanserv.clientcompany.com instead of the IP address.  Success!
Populate the OD with data, make sure it replicates successfully.  It did!
Add in locales (optional) - I defined 192.168.20.0 as Toronto and set that server to torserv.clientcompany.com, and Vancouver as 192.168.10.0/24 and set that server to vanserv.clientcompany.com.

So my suspicion is that the "network problem" as well as the "different version of macOS" errors I was getting in the server.app GUI really were just a lack of good communication happening due to DNS being configured in a way that server.app didn't like.


How can I change the view options for all subfolders at once?

One option is to use the Set Folder Views action in Automator:

There's no way to change the size or position of windows though.

You could also use a script like this, but it's just as slow Automator when applying window properties is checked.

tell application "Finder"
    folders of entire contents of (POSIX file "/Users/username/Folder/" as alias)
    repeat with f in result
        open contents of f
        tell Finder window 1
            set toolbar visible to false
            set sidebar width to 0
            set statusbar visible to false
            set current view to column view
            set bounds to {474, 250, 1318, 750}
            tell its column view options
                set shows icon to false
            end tell
            close
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell

Use as Defaults applies to all normal folders, but folders that have been opened before have .DS_Store files which can override some of the defaults. You could also delete the .DS_Store files:

find ~/Folder -name .DS_Store -delete
osascript -e 'quit app "Finder"'

It also removes Spotlight comments. Once you change some view options or the sorting modes, they are saved to a .DS_Store file which overrides the defaults again.


There's a three dot menu in the bottom right hand corner of the screen when you are playing a file...

if you tap that the top item once and you'll get "repeat one" tap it again and you get "repeat all" which when I tried it, changed the behavior from quitting at the end of a track to playing the next track.

It will also probably repeat the playlist when it gets to the end though.


macports/dylib failure with libc++abi.dylib: terminate called throwing an exception Abort trap: 6

Both vowpal_wabbit and its dependency Boost seem to be getting wrongly compiled and linked with the system libstdc++ instead of macport's /opt/local/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib

Solution seems to be:

a) Hack the macports Boost install by either:

hack the portfile to override configure.cxxflags, linkflags
manually compile and link Boost as per Remove Boost libstdc++ dependency with clang++/libc++?

b) Then we have to hack the macports file to point VW to the Boost install


Are Apple Event Demos done in real time?

Most demos are done real-time from the console they have off to the side of the screen.  The presentation, and often the code displays, are done with Keynote (not Powerpoint).

Of course, sometimes demos are actually pre-recorded and this was often done when Jobs couldn't get the real demo to work correctly due to network or other issues.


Concerns re: upgrading to an OWC Aura Pro SSD on my 2015 Macbook Pro 15" retina

You can pick up secondhand Apple OEM cards on sites like eBay very reasonably. I bought a 512Gb Apple card for my 2014 MBP, which has doubled both the original capacity and speed, (as it's a newer 4x PCI lane model).

Alternatively, there are adaptors that allow more generic M2 cards to be used.


iOS: Sync address book with Exchange and contact picture

Do you have Active Sync on for your Exchange account?

Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and select your Exchange account.

Make sure Contacts is turned on for ActiveSync:

Adapted from this Apple Document.


Why does Apple Activity Monitor report that my Mac with a dual-core Intel i5 Ivy Bridge CPU has 4 cores?

This is a technology called Hyperthreading those i5 chips support.

It means two threads can run simultaneously on each core resulting in two additional virtual cores. OS X's Activity Monitor only shows virtual cores, not physical cores. Likewise, a quad-core chip has eight virtual cores and that's what's presented in Activity Monitor.

To sum it up:

1 CPU
2 physical cores
4 virtual cores (2 per physical core)


How to prevent the status bar from appearing in an iPad screenshot?

Unfortunately, there is not a way to remove the status bar unless you are in an app which is full-screen and chooses to hide that information. However, you can crop the image in the Photos app:

Take Screenshot
Open Photos app
Open screenshot
Press Edit in upper-right of screen
Depending on rotation of screen, look for the Crop symbol
Press Crop and drag the white boxed frame to match the image you'd like
Press Done to finish cropping

Here is a Wikihow on how to do it, with screenshots.


rm just deletes the file(s) specified on the command line. So if you need to delete additonal files from /.DocumentRevisions-V100 you need to delete them explicitely as well.


Why is it that every time I put my mac to sleep it resets the dark menu bar?

I have an application called flux and after reading your post i thought id try something: I set the option "OSX dark theme at sunset" to enabled, then enabled dark mode in my system preferences, put my computer to sleep and woke it up. As you described, this disabled the dark menubar.

So perhaps you have the same app, or a similar app that also offers an option to manipulate the menubar's state.


Import Outlook mac archives in Windows Outlook 2010

That is one big email database archive. Moving from outlook mac to outlook windows is not possible directly as windows outlook does not support olm files. However, it can be accomplished indirectly by using IMAP to synchronize emails to a free webserver domain like yahoo, gmail etc. However, in your case, this method might not work as database size is too large. In your case, it is adviseable to utilize a third party tool like OLM to PST Converter Pro for converting OLM files into PST format compatible with Windows Outlook and later importing it into Windows. I have personally tested this utility as I was in same kindof situation a few months back adn after extensive research I zeroed on this application.


The iPhone 4 is limited to iOS 7.1.2, which does not support iCloud Photo Library.

If your iPhone gets backed up to iCloud, then your photos are in iCloud, although you cannot view them at iCloud.com, or from another Apple device.

If you want your photos synced to iCloud Photo Library so that they can be viewed from iCloud.com and from other Apple devices, you will need to backup your iPhone, upgrade to a newer iPhone that supports at least iOS 8, and restore your backup onto that new iPhone. From there, you can enable iCloud Photo Library and sync your photos across all your Apple devices.

Another option is to export all your photos to a computer, then upload them to iCloud through a web browser at iCloud.com. To do this, plug your iPhone into your Mac, then press ⌘ cmd space and enter Image Capture. Select your iPhone, the photos you want to Import onto your Mac, and a folder. Do note that this is a manual process you would need to repeat on a regular basis.

The easiest option would be for you to upgrade to a new iPhone and use iCloud Photo Library.


How can I use smtp to connect email to mail client

As forcer obliquely mentioned SMTP is for sending mail. And one of the most popular programs to do that is called "Sendmail." Not that you need to know that, but hey...

Anyway to be able to send and receive email you need both an SMTP server and an incoming mail server that speaks either POP or IMAP. I won't go into Exchange here as it is Microsoft's own take on IMAP.

Often times the sending and receiving servers are the same. At work mine is mail.domain.local. It sounds like you may have plugged in the same server (or IP address) for sending email into the receiving (POP/IMAP) mail location in your mail.app. If it didn't work, you will have to bug your IT folks for the POP/IMAP address too.


My external disk made a clicking noise. What should I do?

Clicking noises are generally signs of immanent disk failure. Backing up your important data on that drive is a good idea, and you should do that first thing.

Most HDD manufacturers have tools that will perform thorough checks on your disks health and come in different formats (most require an image to burned to a CD/DVD and then boot to it).

Do you know what the model of the external drive or the hard disk it houses?