Where does the iPhone store deleted apps' notification settings?

Apparently, Push Notifications Permission are reset if the devices are restored or the app is uninstalled for a day.

Extracted from Apple's Technical Note:

  The first time a push-enabled app registers for push notifications, iOS asks the user if they wish to receive notifications for that app. Once the user has responded to this alert it is not presented again unless the device is restored or the app has been uninstalled for at least a day.

Therefore, these preferences must be stored where iOS System Settings are stored.


exiftool doesn't remove meta data of MP4 (stuff like "Promotion URL" and "Author URL")

Exiftool is great at removing metadata from photos and viewing metadata from others. ffmpeg is must better to use to remove metadata from videos.  A generic "remove all" command would be this. [credit to a guy who once wrote  this on a forum. You sir, are amazing.]

ffmpeg -i in.mov -map_metadata -1 -c:v copy -c:a copy out.mov


You can use the COUNTIFS (count if satisfied) function.

You define the condition to be satisfied as a text string (e.g. "Not started") to be matched for each status in your table.


FaceTime & iMessage auth troubleshooting

I have resolved this issue. It turned out that my GF's apple id was blocked on one of apple servers. I have got in touch with apple support and they resolved my issue. If you are living in the country with no apple id support, go to apple support website, select you're living in US and find any service like itunes issues or something like that with chat support. Connect to chat and describe your problem, say you are from the country with no apply support (it's important). As usual they will connect you with tech specialist who is responsible for all these issues.


Mountain Lion displaying graphical artefacts on screen

Check for updates through the Mac App Store first just in case Apple may have fixed this (obviously not everyone is experiencing this issue, but they may have anyway).  In the comments of this article about Mountain Lion bugs, many users are expressing the same issue that you are having, and having to logout and back in again to fix this.

Another thing you might try (if you haven't already) is to back up and re-install Mountain Lion.

update Everyone on this thread has the same exact issue. Yes, it is a bug, and yes, the only workaround is to killall Dock. I suggest using an AppleScript with Login Items, launchd, or Lingon (old, free, unsupported version here, and $3 newer, supported version here) to run killall Dock as soon as you log in so that the Dock just restarts itself immediately.  Meanwhile, submit this bug to Apple.


Is there a way to find the age of a specific Mac?

Few ways found after searching -
1. Mac Tracker
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, speakers, cameras, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Wi-Fi products, Newton, iOS, Mac OS, and OS X versions.
http://www.mactracker.ca/
2.Coconut Battery 2.8
It has this nice feature which shows the age of your mac inside the App -
Calculates the age of your Mac using the coded production date in the serial number of your Mac.
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/


Opening a new iTunes window for my apps (Windows 7)

Certainly, deleting your iTunes library on your computer, then just syncing your iPad back to your computer would be the most ideal solution. There is no way to access old versions of iTunes when things weren't synced as they are now so the way you described isn't possible. However, as long as you have all of your stuff from your computer, then deleting everything there and just keeping the stuff from your iPad is probably the best solution. Sorry if it's not what you wanted to hear.


New M1 Mac mini - No audio on USB after sleep

The Exclamation mark in a speech bubble is not an indication of an error, but shows which audio output is configured for system alerts and sound effects.
Having said that, I've experienced problems with external audio after sleep on my 2018 Mini. I suspect it's a bug. I have to kill the coreaudiod process to get things working again.
sudo killall coreaudiod

Then enter an admin password.
If you are changing the Sample rate to get things working, then it may be that doing that restarts coreaudiod. (Assuming it's the same issue.)
Note that some audio apps may crash or get confused if you change the sample rate while they are running.


Using a second HD and installing apps on external drive?

Mac apps run pretty much anywhere you care to store them.

Unfortunately, most Mac apps are also so small that the time you spend moving them off the boot drive doesn't compensate for the amount of space you recover.

You might look to store things like video and then photos and last music off the main volume as they typically take far more space.

As long as you don't have two copies of an app, you are free to quit any app and move it on or off the main volume as you please so other than losing some time, you can start now and see if this plan helps you reach your storage goals or if you need to reexamine them once you've moved all the apps you care to relocate.


How to find the process id for the app instance created by "open" command

Similar question on StackOverflow

If you're programmatically doing this, one way to get the opened app's pid (subsequently using it to kill the process) is to get the grep the output of ps
aux passing it the application's name.

ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -I <AppName> | sort -rn | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'

Basically, pipe the output of the ps aux command through grep and sort it based on the value of the start time column.

As pointed by @user3439894 below, there's an easier way without the above rigmarole.

pgrep -nx Safari

returns the PID of the last opened instance of Safari and

pkill -nx Safari

kills the last opened instance of Safari.


What are the default special folder names for IMAP accounts in Mail.app (like Drafts, Junk, Sent)?

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) defines that in a proper RFC, the RFC 6154. There you will find a list of special use mailbox denominations:

   \All
      This mailbox presents all messages in the user's message store.
      Implementations MAY omit some messages, such as, perhaps, those
      in \Trash and \Junk.  When this special use is supported, it is
      almost certain to represent a virtual mailbox.

   \Archive
        This mailbox is used to archive messages.  The meaning of an
        "archival" mailbox is server-dependent; typically, it will be
        used to get messages out of the inbox, or otherwise keep them
        out of the user's way, while still making them accessible.

   \Drafts
        This mailbox is used to hold draft messages -- typically,
        messages that are being composed but have not yet been sent.  In
        some server implementations, this might be a virtual mailbox,
        containing messages from other mailboxes that are marked with
        the "\Draft" message flag.  Alternatively, this might just be
        advice that a client put drafts here.

   \Flagged
        This mailbox presents all messages marked in some way as
        "important".  When this special use is supported, it is likely
        to represent a virtual mailbox collecting messages (from other
        mailboxes) that are marked with the "\Flagged" message flag.

   \Junk
        This mailbox is where messages deemed to be junk mail are held.
        Some server implementations might put messages here
        automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice to a
        client-side spam filter.

   \Sent
        This mailbox is used to hold copies of messages that have been
        sent.  Some server implementations might put messages here
        automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice that a
        client save sent messages here.

   \Trash
        This mailbox is used to hold messages that have been deleted or
        marked for deletion.  In some server implementations, this might
        be a virtual mailbox, containing messages from other mailboxes
        that are marked with the "\Deleted" message flag.
        Alternatively, this might just be advice that a client that
        chooses not to use the IMAP "\Deleted" model should use this as
        its trash location.  In server implementations that strictly
        expect the IMAP "\Deleted" model, this special use is likely not
        to be supported.


The first thing you should do is report it, having the serial number by hand (you can find it on the original box). While the procedure of handling stolen goods might be different in other countries, it's not unlikely police bumps into a batch of stolen goods and will try to get these back to the rightful owners.

As for tracking, if you had a Gmail account set up, you could check Gmail's connection logs (available from the bottom of the web interface), to see the IP addresses connecting. The same goes for other "cloud" services which allow to see a log of clients, like Dropbox.

Whether the IP address will lead you to the thief is questionable, but it could give you a broad localisation and you can always pass this information to the police.

If you had an iPad with cellular support, it is technically possible to be tracked by IMEI number, but depending on legislation/others, your carrier might not fulfil these requests without the necessary warrants.

Apart from tracking though, the next thing you should consider is safeguarding your data as much as possible. If your iPad was not password-protected, you should change all passwords of any online accounts configured, but please note this might prevent you from seeing access log as described earlier.


Why is my daughter's iPhone continuing to charge purchases to my account?

Go to app store, then at the bottom of the Featured page you will see the Apple ID which is used in it. She might still be using yours.

Signing with her Apple ID to iCloud is not related to the store. Your account might still be there.


Does archived mail count towards your iCloud storage allowance?

It does indeed - all mail that 'exists' is taking up space and therefore counts towards your allowance limit. The only way to free up space is to delete things fully.


Duplicating and renaming Finder selection to the same folder in one clean step?

For your applescript solution, you could duplicate to a temporary directory (preferably on the same file system), then rename them back to the original directory. I tried to hack this together for you but gave up...

If you want an alternative, instead of bash you might look into this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/275945/1942837 which provides a (presumably) nice python gui with progress (I have not tested this).


How can I create a folder named like the current date in bash

export DATE="$( date +%d-%b )"

You need to actually execute it. Otherwise you just assign a string value. Since you're missing quotes around the $DATE, it will be interpreted as two separate arguments, date and +%d-%b.


Does updating iOS force you to update watchOS?

No, it won't force you to update your Apple Watch. You can use an Apple Watch with older versions of watchOS while using iOS 10 on your iPhone.

You won't be able to use any features that are exclusive to iOS 10 or higher watchOS versions, though. Think standalone watchOS apps (watchOS 2.x and higher), iMessage animations (watchOS 3.x and higher), new watch faces and so on.


You can't "transfer the drive" as you describe from a 2013/14 MBA to a "new" (assuming 2018) MBA because the SSDs on the new unit are soldered onto the logic board.

To transfer your data, you have the following options available, ideally, using Migration Assistant

connect your new MBA to old MBA over the network
utilizing a Time Machine Backup
put your 2013/14 MBA SSD into a USB enclosure

Can these things be done at an Apple store?  The first two definitely can.  It's highly unlikely they'll stock a USB enclosure.  Also, keep in mind that since you can't upgrade the SSD on the new MBA, you must configure it with sufficient capacity (minimum 500GB) to fully accommodate your needs.


Modifier keys settings does not work on login screen

Run:

sudo cp ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.*.plist \
    /var/root/Library/Preferences/ByHost

and restart.


Forgot pass code and want to know if my recent videos will be safe if I restore from iTunes???? Help please!

When you connect your iPhone to iTunes you can do a backup, you should be able to do this even without the pin. Then just restore last backup and you're fine!

There is either a big "backup now" button or you can right click on the name of your iPhone and then select backup. Depends from the iTunes version.

Hope this helps.


Launch Daemon for NodeJS App Won't start on reboot

Presuming your application can be run within the Terminal, making an AppleScript program (using Script Editor) containing the commands that you would run in the terminal and then exporting that program as a Run-Only Application, placing it in your /Applications/ directory can create your program launcher.
There is a helpful answer on using do shell script in AppleScript here.
AppleScript Example: Running hdiutil to mount a sparseimage bundle as a Time Machine backup drive
do shell script "hdiutil attach /Volumes/NewVolumeD/TimeMachine.sparsebundle"

Then, navigating to System Preferences > Users & Groups > (your account) > Login Items, unlocking the settings menu and then using the + button on the bottom left to select your launcher application from Applications. That launcher will now run on login, check mark on Hide so that it doesn't throw unwanted messages.
Alternatively, you could make a zsh or bash script and tell AppleScript execute the shell script (given its absolute path) instead of specifying each command in AppleScript itself.
EDIT: Instead of using Login Items, you can place the Application Bundle in /Library/StartupItems (though it is deprecated) if you want it to launch on startup instead of login.


Connecting a MacBook Pro to a Windows ad hoc network

You've set up the connection correctly, but it looks like you haven't set the Windows machine to allow other computers on the ad-hoc network to access the internet. Here are the steps you need (shamelessly taken from this blog post):

Note: I assume that you have ensured that the Windows machine is connected to the internet through some non-wireless method. If not, you definitely need to do that first, otherwise there's nothing to share.

Click on the Windows icon, and type View network connections and press enter.
Identify the wired internet connection and the wireless card. Locate the wired internet connection and right click on it. Select Properties.
Click on the Sharing tab. Make sure the box Allow other users to connect through this computer's internet connection is checked.


The Find My Mac does not provide a location when used with Ethernet. I tried using Ethernet, it said that my current location is not available, but when I used Wi-Fi, it has a location. So, the MacBook is connected to Ethernet, I guess.


How to revoke the Health App's permissions to Messages

You can't delete the health.app without jail breaking as it isn't listed in the list or delete able built in apps.

Open the Health app and tap the Sources tab.

Tap an app or device.

Then you can disable it as a source.


Plugging MacBook Pro's display assembly onto MacBook Air Logic Board

Technically speaking, it should work.

Even though (according to Everymac.com), the 2009 MBP display has a resolution of 1280x800 and the 2011 MacBook Air has a display of 1400x900 it is capable of a resolution of 1280x800.

MacBook Air:

How you are implementing it, however, will be th how you make the connection.  With a little research on iFixit.com, you can see that the LVDS connecorts for the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air are on opposite sides of the logic board

(Left Image is MacBook Pro and right image is MacBook Air)

So, even though closing and mobility is not a big concern, you would have to at least turn the display the "wrong way round" to just make the connection.

If you do attempt this, I highly advise you to isolate the logic board from any potential shorts by putting a silicone or plastic barrier (think place mat) over the logic board.


How record line in audio on iPhone with lightning jack?

You need a Lightning audio interface. There's a lot of different products in various price ranges from a number of makers. Note that there are some that are targetted at specific instruments such as guitar or bass, or microphones - and some have multiple types of inputs.

You could for example take a look at the Line 6 Sonic Port audio interface for Lightning or similar.

If you want something for 3.5mm minijack, you could instead look at the Tascam iXZ Microphone and Audio Interface for iOS (approx. 60$).

Any assorted music store, or online vendors such as Amazon, has multiple types of these products. Some cheaper than the these, some much more expensive.


How to backup and restore /opt with Time Machine on macOS High Sierra?

How can I get Time Machine to backup /opt on High Sierra?

You don't need to do anything special to back it up: Time Machine backs up all folders on your Mac.
However, you may get the impression that /opt (and other folders like /bin or  /cores, as you mention in your comment) are not included because the Finder hides those folders by default:

But don't let the Finder mislead you:

either press ShiftCommand. to let the Finder display all folders (press ShiftCommand. again to hide them),
or open Terminal, list the contents of the backup folder and you will see that everything is there:

How can I restore /opt?

Proceed as follows:

Open a Finder window.
Enter Time Machine.
Press ShiftCommandG and enter / to display the root folder of your drive.
Press ShiftCommand. to display hidden folders. You should see /opt now.
Browse the timeline on the right-hand side and select the desired date.
Select /opt.
Press Restore. Note that Time Machine will probably ask whether you want to keep a copy of your current files.


Can I link a new Macbook to an old Macbook?

Apple portables doesn't support this kind of behavior as described on their support page. So unfortunately that isn't an option.


Three finger tap lookup no longer show Wikipedia pages since upgrading to Sierra

Apple uses Spotlight Suggestions for this functionality since El Capitan: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21573

  If you’re using OS X v10.10.3 or later and Spotlight Suggestions are enabled in Spotlight preferences, you may also see information about related music, movies, or map locations.

But Spotlight Suggestions are disabled for some reason in most countries: http://www.apple.com/macos/feature-availability/#spotlight-suggestions

Check if your country is in the Supported list. If not, you're out of luck at the moment, just as me. I couldn't find any normal workaround, that doesn't involve constant VPN connection. If you're OK with VPN inconvenience, cost and additional latency, you may check this solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/3cln0j/how_can_you_enable_spotlight_suggestions_in_mac/

Supported countries at the time of writing:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Spain
Switzerland
UK
USA


Import .ACO color palette for Mac (for use with Keynote, Omnigraffle etc)

I've found at least two applications in the App Store that do this:

The simple Color Palette Importer (which worked perfectly for
me) lets you import Adobe's aco files more or less directly into the OSX color picker.
The more comprehensive (and more pricey) ColorSchemer Studio lets you import palettes from a number of different formats, including Adobe's ase and aco, and exports palettes to, among oter formats, Apple's clr.

These two are just the ones I found, but there are tons of different apps for managing colors/palettes in the App Store, so there may be other apps there that can do the job, too.


Why does iPhoto need to "repair inconsistencies" in my libraries after every time I quit and open it?

How about this:

First, backup your iPhoto Library then quite iPhoto.  Then, hold down option + command while starting up iPhoto.  You should then get a prompt like this:

Try selecting all of the options if you have time (it takes a while to repair) or just the last option "Examine and repair iPhoto Library file permissions if you only have a little bit of time on your hands. Rebuilding your Library should solve the problem, but make sure to have a backup just in case something goes wrong.

For more reading, try this link here. Hope this helps!


iCloud Drive not syncing after macOS re-install

After several comments and clarifications, the iCloud sync process did eventually start.  It took about 12 hours of leaving the laptop plugged-in and awake for the syncing to start.

Because there's no UI (this is supposed to be a background process), you really have no good way to measure the progress.  Unfortunately, this has been a knock against iCloud for many years and Apple doesn't appear to be making any changes to improve in that area.


Unable to install apps on iPhone, either free or paid

I contacted Apple for support and they were unable to explain why this happened. They suggested three things:

reset network settings, then enter wi-fi settings again: this failed,
install the latest software version (12.4.8): this worked,
restore the iPod to factory settings: I did not try this.

To see if it works, I could either have signed in from the Settings app, which requests the password for my Mac computer, or to sign in from the App Store app.


How to find arguments to an application on macOS X?

Argument handling is part of the application code so there is no easy way to find these options from the outside. Besides searching on the Internet you can run

strings ANY-BINARY | grep '^--'

to search for them within an application. If you do so you will need to look both in .../MacOS/* and in any frameworks included in .../Frameworks.


Adobe/mac users: what are the LS1.dmg files(can i delete them)?

Those are the full install images for both CS4 and CS5 applications. Presumably you'd downloaded them at some point to install.  They can be deleted, if you have copies of the media otherwise.

If you purchased through Adobe.com, you can download those images again at any time.


Accessing a terminal when an interactive desktop session is unresponsive?

There hasn't been a console bypass on OSX since 10.0 days, so it's not so much Apple removed it as the feature never passed review for initial implementation. Having such a bypass is a security risk if anyone with physical access to the machine can simply open a shell with a key press or two.

Here's what you can do:

You can ssh into your OS since it runs sshd like all unix.
You can use a remote management tool like Apple Remote Desktop to issue remote commands as well.

I understand your take on it being a flaw or omission, but it's just not part of the OS X heritage to have a back door to a prompt like linux has implemented.


How can I read Xcode documentations in browser instead of documentation viewer?

You can see this file file:///Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Documentation/DocSets/com.apple.ADC_Reference_Library.DeveloperTools.5_1.docset/Contents/Resources/Documents/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/00-Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004635-SW1

Which is the index of Xcode doc.

Or open it from the doc:


How can I make my headphone jack work on my Macbook Pro 15" Retina Display, it quit working randomly

Your speakers not working after you unplug your headphone jack is a dead giveaway that your headphone jack is full of dust or some other kind of foreign substance. Get a can of compressed air (you must be 18 to purchase compressed air, also it costs about $5 per can) from Wal-Mart or Best Buy or another retailer and use it to blow the headphone jack clean and you should find that it works again.


If you have an external display attached with an external mouse/trackpad and keyboard, closing the lid will not put the machine in standby mode. You can keep using the computer with those devices.

Check this Apple link to read the official statement about it.

  Requirements for closed display mode:

  Power adapter
  External keyboard, mouse, or trackpad
  External display


Have you just tried using iCloud drive on the Mac and the "Files" app on the phone/iPad, with shelves represented by sub-folders?

Apps are opened and marked in Preview on the Mac and in-app markup is allowed in Files.

All changes are synced. Elegant. Free. Baked-in using no extra apps.


Pro.sparsebundele is in use. What is it?

Found a solution here:

Access the Airport Extreme using the AirPort Utility.
Go to Manual Setup.
Go to Disks.
Click on Disconnect All Users…

At this stage, unplug or turn the external HD off, the plug it back or turn it on.


To solve the first part of your question, check this out:

  On the iPhone, go to Settings -> Messages -> Text Message Forwarding.
  This option will only appear when a compatible iOS or Mac device connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
  Your iPad should be listed in the Text Message Forwarding setup window. Set the slider to the on position to enable text message forwarding to the iPad. Enable Text Forwarding
  An authorization window should appear on the iPhone asking for a code.
  The code is available in a window that will appear on your iPad.
  Enter the code from the iPad into the authorization window on the iPhone. When the code is entered, this authorizes text messages to be forwarded to the iPad.
  You will now be able to send and receive SMS text messages on the iPad.

From the Apple Support Site:

  If your phone number isn't listed on an iPod touch or iPad, follow
  these steps:

  Update to the latest version of iOS.
  Verify that you're using the same Apple ID that you're using on your iPhone.
  On your iPad or iPod touch, sign out of your Apple ID in the following locations:

  Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
  Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.

  Sign in to your Apple ID with FaceTime and iMessage.

  If your phone number still isn't listed, follow these steps:

  Sign out of your Apple ID on all iOS devices, including your iPhone, in the following locations:

  Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
  Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.

  Sign in to your Apple ID on your iPhone.
  When activation is complete, your Apple ID and all verified email addresses should be visible in Settings > Messages > Receive At and
  Settings > FaceTime.
  Sign in to your Apple ID on your other iOS devices.


Low latency wireless monitor solution (2021)

I’ll answer the lowest latency which is at odds with your minimal and cheapest requirements. (From the Good, Cheap, Fast - pick any two triad)

Use LunaDisplay to transmit wirelessly to an iPad Pro that mirrors using a hardware cable to the display of your choice. The USB-C connector to a display that charges the iPad is the lowest latency in my testing.
AirPlay to an AppleTV hard wired via HDMI is second lowest latency.
TeamViewer comes in third place on Big Sur 11.2.2 using a ghost 4K HDMI adapter with commodity USB-C to HDMI adapters. This is the most expensive option since you need two “computers” and a second ghost display.

Dongles and hard wires are faster than everything and the LunaDisplay hardware effectively reduces the latency of wireless options.


Change account profile photo on network account

Enabling the account as a Mobile account has re-enabled the display photo option.


Installed reFIT on Lion and now I can't login

If you disable journaling for the Macintosh partition (in order to access files from within Linux) this should work:

hold ⌥ upon boot
select Recovery HD OR boot from Mac install DVD/USB
open Disk Utility. Select Macintosh HD. Hold ⌥ and click on File. Select Disable Journaling.
boot from a Linux Live CD. Open root terminal.
delete /Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser on the Mac partition
delete /efi on the Mac partition

If journaling was already disabled on the Mac Partition, move to step 4.


Can I use Applescript to go to the end of a text document?

This will work-- it operates on the current TextWrangler document. Change "XYZ" to whatever you want.

tell application "TextWrangler"
    set the_text to text of document 1
    set text of document 1 to the_text & return & "XYZ"
end tell


How to display only selected invisible files on mac osx 10.+?

You can either show all hidden files or none, there is no in-between.

The only way that I know of to easily access dot-files is to create a link to a visible file. For example, you could create a link from ".htaccess" to "htaccess.txt" and then "htaccess.txt" would be visible

Here's a way to make those link for all of the .htaccess files in the current directory and all subdirectories in Terminal:

find . -type f -iname .htaccess -execdir ln -s {} htaccess.txt \;


How can I redownload an episode of podcast which I accidentaly deleted?

If you are in "album" view, there should still be an "album" placeholder for your podcast, even if you do not have any more episodes stored locally in your computer. Right click (or Command click) on the podcast's album/icon and then select the option "Show All Available Episodes". This re-downloads the entire list of episodes in the podcast's RSS feed.

Is important to note that "Show All Available Episodes" does not re-download the episodes themselves, but rather the list of episodes. This is the same list that anybody sees in iTunes if they haven't subscribed to the podcast yet. You will be able to select and re-download individual episodes from that list that you have already downloaded and deleted. Hope this helps.


How do I cat a deleted file which is still open by its inode?

Since the block disk /dev/disk0s2 is in use by the Kernel, use the raw disk:

/dev/rdisk0s2


Does FileVault hurt responsiveness on a spinning HDD?

Once the initial encryption has finished you are very unlikely to notice any difference in day-to-day usage.

Your iMac's CPU also contains specific features that assist with encryption (AES).


Deleting that wouldn't work. The only keys stored in that property list, by default, are:

njboot$ defaults read com.apple.screensaver
{
    askForPassword = 1;
    askForPasswordDelay = 900;
}

These keys are tied to: System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > "Require Password 15 minutes (900/60) after sleep or screen saver begins."

You need to modify current host properties (saved in the "By Host" folder). To do so, open Terminal, and enter the following command at the command line prompt:

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver idleTime 0

Here's the result:

defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver`

{
    CleanExit = YES;
    PrefsVersion = 100;
    idleTime = 0;
    moduleDict =     {
        displayName = "Computer Name";
        moduleName = "Computer Name";
        path = "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/Computer Name.saver";
        type = 0;
    };
}

0 = never. Log out and log back in for changes to take effect. Once you log back in, you will notice under System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Start After: Never is set. This will override setting it via System Preferences. You can test this by setting the screensaver time, logging out, and logging back in. It will still read never. If you wish to undo this command in the future:

defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.screensaver idleTime

Googling the issue revealed that a corrupted launch services database could be one possible cause, and rebuilding it may solve the underlying issue.


How do I stop file types from launching automatically

That information is stored in the Launch Services database. The lsregister command can be used to manipulate that database. As far as I've been able to gather, you can only unregister an entire application, not an association for a specific file type. You can do that with this command:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -u /Applications/<appname>.app

But note that there is an automatic process in OS X that searches the /Applications folder and registers the applications it finds there. So if you have an application that wants to open a certain file type, the association might get recreated even if you have unregistered the application.

Someone may have a better answer than this but hopefully this will be at least a little helpful.


mergerfs or similar on a Mac for combining multiple drives?

The README.md file for the mergefs project on GitHub answers this for you...

  mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifying storage and management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.

Emphasis Mine

Unionfs is a FUSE project (available on GitHub) that claims to have Mac support.  There hasn’t been much development in the last few years so, how well it works with your version of macOS will be up in the air.

That said, it’s probably a better idea to just standardize the formats over those multiple drives to reduce complexity and ensure reliability.  If these drives are running in different machines with different OSes, NFS might be the direction you want to go.


What are the consequences of jailbreaking an iOS device as a Developer?

Consequences:

increased personal responsibility to not install software or firmware that might prevent restoration to a supported configuration.
increased personal responsibility for device instability or security vulnerabilities
less software support from the vendor (may be moot if you run beta software as there is less support for that as well)
potential delay if you ask for a hardware repair (either within or without the warranty period) if you do something that prevents a factory restore I suppose you might be out of luck, but I consider that further action (or error) past a jailbreak.
reduced confidence that the app will be of use in debugging issues
having to determine if an issue is in all devices or just in jailbroken devices (such as frequent and intermittent issues with push notification service).

I have had hardware exchanged by Apple when running beta software - the technician was able to tell it was clearly a hardware error and I was open with her when I presented the device for service. I wasn't made to feel like I had done anything wrong. You could be denied service if you're running software not designed by the manufacturer, I think a little common sense will let you know if it's worth the risk.

I see jailbreaking as taking down a guardrail. If you crash and the "authorities" rule you would have been safe had you left up the protection, you've got less grounds to stand on. From the comments on another answer - a several people disagree with this (and that's better than fine, many viewpoints is a strength here)

On the plus side, if you know what you are doing, you might be able to patch known vulnerabilities better than or faster than Apple does. You might also gain knowledge you would not in the process of jailbreaking and dealing with the device while the guardrail is down.

But to gloss over the difference between hardware support and software support or just stating "jailbreak=bad" over simplifies a complex issue in my eyes.


iPad app for reading and writing guitar tablature

For reading tabs, I like Songsterr Plus, have heard good things about TabToolkit too. For writing tabs, Progression and Guitar Script supposedly both quite good, haven't tried either of them myself, though.


How to permanently archive Time Machine backup?

I would recommend using hdiutil to image the disk.

First, run diskutil list in the Terminal to see the identifiers for each disk. You'll want to note the identifier for your Time Machine drive (format is /dev/disk#).

Then, in the Terminal, use:

/usr/bin/hdiutil create -srcdevice /your/disk/identifier -format UDZO name.dmg

Where /your/disk/identifier is the /dev/disk# corresponding to your Time Machine drive, and name.dmg is the name of the output DMG. The UDZO format is the default compressed disk image format. The disk image will be a replica of the entire USB drive.


How to delete photos from iPhoto album (not only removed from album)?

Select photos in an album, press option+command+delete.


How to backup external NTFS drive via Time Machine?

The only way you could would be to hack the OS to recognize and handle the NTFS filesystem. If the content of the files were small, you could automate copying them using rsync or another tool to an HFS + extended volume (boot or otherwise), but this just isn't something Time Machine has the code to handle.


Can't delete files from APFS volume -- no space left on device

APFS is a CoW (Copy on Write) filesystem therefore anything (includes deleting files) requires writable disk space to perform those actions (refer to this post).
In your case, if removing VM doesn't help (because VM is dynamically-sized, and may happen to have a size of 0 when you attempted to remove it, therefore gave you no extra space), try:

Get Recovery volume's (where recoveryOS lives in) identifier with diskutil list.
Then use diskutil apfs deleteVolume IDENTIFIER

This should give you some space to delete files. Clean up immediately.
This will also ruin your recoveryOS, to restore recoveryOS installation, just:
Download latest macOS update at https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos and install it. Supplemental updates and security updates are all good.
EDIT: If you're on Big Sur (latest at the time of posting), use Mac App Store to download a full image (I know it's big, but you have to) at: itms-apps://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-big-sur/id1526878132 (this is the URL scheme for Mac App Store, paste it in any browser)


I've carried my bookmarks with me after the first import ever since Safari 1.0 by just dragging/dropping the file into the Safari folder in ~/Library. Why did you go through the hassle of conversion?

Just backup the plist and drop it in place of the old or newly made plist whenever required.


Prevent Voice Memos from ending up on iPhone when connecting to iTunes

You need to make sure that iTunes is not automatically syncing your iPhone when the latter is connected to your computer. In the iTunes Menu bar, go to iTunes → Preferences... and in the preferences window that opens click on the Devices tab. Now check Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically option.

Also, if you do have to sync your iPhone with your iTunes library, make sure Voice Memos are not selected.


Dock and Menu Bar Disappear in OS X El Capitan When in App Window

It turns out this is a bug with Firefox. These instructions I found fixed the issue.

  In Finder right click on the Firefox app and select “Show Package Contents”
  Navigate to Contents and open “Info.plist” in TextEdit.
  In this file, near the top, there should be a piece of text that says < dict >, underneath this add the following making sure all of the
  text is present.

<key>LSUIPresentationMode</key>
<integer>0</integer>

  Save that file
  Restart Firefox
  Happy browsing again

src: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3096551?tstart=0


Short answer - No.

Long answer:

Any form of a software update (in this case a downgrade) polls Apple's servers to validate the update. This is part of a larger process called signing.

Apple only sign updates for a certain time frame for each iOS revision. Typically, when a new update rolls out, the second most recent firmware is still signed for a couple of weeks before it is no longer signed in place for the new firmware.

iOS 8.4.1 is years out of this window, and iOS 9.3.2 is also no longer being signed also.

This is Apple's way to assure that devices are running the latest version of iOS to promote features to users but more importantly security fixes for vulnerabilities and exploits.


MacBook Pro: How to open last terminal tabs on restart?

I don't have enough reputation to post a comment, so I will post an answer instead, though I don't expect it to solve your problem.

If you're asking for a one-time restore (like the "Recently closed tabs" option in Chrome), I don't know of any way to "restore" those specific tabs and commands. You can type history into the Terminal and it will list the last 500 commands issued, if you're just trying to remember the commands you entered previously.

Perhaps you could save your tabs as a Window Group before restarting your computer if this is something that happens on a regular basis. Do this by clicking on the Window menu, then clicking "Save Windows as Group..." and name the window group then select the "Restore all commands" option.


How can I find duplicate adjacent cells in Numbers?

Here is an AppleScript method, which demonstrates three different types of action taken upon the rows with duplicate cell entries in columns "A" and "B" (equivalent to cells 1 and 2):

use N : application "Numbers"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# PROPERTY VALUES & GLOBAL VARIABLES
property document : a reference to document 1 of N
property sheet : a reference to active sheet of my document
property table : a reference to table 1 of my sheet

global them
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# IMPLEMENTATION:
on run
    if not (exists my table) then return false

    set them to a reference to (every row of my table ¬
        where the value of cell 1 = the value of cell 2 ¬
        and the value of cell 1 ≠ missing value)

    highlight()
    ---OR:
    -- comment()
    --OR:
    -- delete -- WARNING: permanent!
end run
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# HANDLERS:
to highlight()
    set the background color of them to ¬
        {65535, 65535 / 4, 65535 / 2}
end highlight

to delete
    delete them
end delete

to comment()
    set the value of cell 3 of them to "SNAP!"
end comment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------❮END❯

I've defined three handlers, highlight(), comment(), and delete, each of which, if called, will perform a particular action upon the rows of interest.  Currently, you can see in the script a few lines within the section labelled IMPLEMENTATION: that I've set it currently to perform the highlight() action, which will change the particular rows' background colour to a shade of pink I like.

Below that line are commands that I have commented out using --, so currently they remain inert.  When uncommented, the comment() handler will enter the word "SNAP!" into the third column of each row of interest; and the delete command (note the lack of parentheses for this one) will simply delete the rows completely.  I've marked this with a warning that implies permanent deletion, although in truth, you can recall the rows back into existence using the application's builtin Undo menu item, or ⌘Z (on a one-by-one basis!)


Add contact as a Homescreen shortcut for the iPhone 4S?

So far, it's not a feature of iOS. You need to a find (web-)app solution:
e.g.
Speedtouchapp


I believe you are misunderstanding the information you read.

On older MacBook Pros, the top row of function keys double as system settings keys just as they do on PCs, but with one important difference:  On a PC, the top row keys act as function keys primarily, and you use the Fn key to use the secondary setting. Macs default to the exact opposite of this. The top row of keys act as settings keys primarily, and you use the Fn to use them as regular function keys. This can be confusing to newcomers at first.

This also adds ambiguity into the documentation you found. It says that F1/F2 adjust the screen brightness, but F1 and F2 don't actually do anything. The screen brightness controls are just ON the F1/F2 keys.  The documentation knows that the primary and secondary functionality of the function keys is reversed on Macs, so that's why it said to use just F1/F2.

Lastly, I said in my first paragraph that older MacBook pros act this way. Newer MacBook Pros with the Touch Bar do not have a row of function keys. The Touch Bar always displays whatever function will happen when you touch it. When you press the Fn key, it shows the function keys because that's how older models would behave.

Just remember, you're not actually after the F-keys. You're after the functions that used to be on those keys when there was an actual row of function keys instead of a touch bar.

Make sense?


Add wallpaper to iPad but not to the list of Photos?

I don't believe you can, maybe with jailbreaking?

However, after setting the wallpaper, you can remove it from your photo library without affecting your wallpaper selection. This may be a bit inconvenient when you regularly switch between wallpapers, but it is as close as it gets.


Background App Refresh not updating apps

Background App Refresh won't update apps.

When Background App Refresh is on, apps that take advantage of this feature can refresh themselves in the background.

Source: Apple KB Article — iOS: Understanding multitasking
This means that the apps can refresh their content, but Background App Refresh is not responsible for the actual updating of the binary from the App Store.

With regards to the actual app updating, there is a criteria which must be met before an app can be updated:

Intelligently scheduled updates.
iOS schedules updates during power-efficient times. Like when your device is on and connected to Wi-Fi. So your battery isn’t drained unnecessarily.

Source: Apple — iOS 7 — What's New, previously available at http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
This means that just because the option is enabled, the update won't always take place.


Internal macbook pro microphone not working on any browser, but working in apps (skype, slack, photo booth)

Chrome wasn't allowed to use my microphone from the security settings in MacOS. Maybe this setting was lost after the update to Mojave?

Goto 'System preferences'
Click on 'Security & Privacy'
Click on the tab 'Privacy'
Select 'Microphone' from the left sidebar
Make sure 'Google Chrome' is checked
Let's celebrate, it's working again


How do I move my IPhone backup from one machine to another?

Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

To locate a specific backup:

Go to iTunes > Preferences.
Click Devices.
Control-click the backup you want and select Show in Finder.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215

How to back up your devices using iCloud or iTunes

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977


Looks like that you are using iTunes for Windows. The menubar is hidden in iTunes. In order to turn on the menubar follow the instructions provided on Apple support page link given below. You can turn on and keep it temporarily or permanently.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202662


What is the quickest and/or easiest way to infrequently type non-KeyLayout provided characters?

I had thought that the command + control + space (⌘^␣) picker was emoji-only, boy was I mistaken. Or perhaps it's changed since I last looked inevitably 1-3 releases of macOS ago?

This is absolutely the fastest way to enter any character, provided it's unicode name isn't overly esoteric.


Can I connect the iPad 2 video out to an iMac?

Yes you can do it using an Active HDMI to MiniDisplay port adaptor like  this  but as you can see it's not cheap


Can you activate Siri over a bluetooth microphone without pressing a button?

Did you ever try the Senna 30K? Here you can see it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrEVgfatyjM This is pretty much what you are looking for. A Bluetooth headset activated by voice and make Siri do what you desire.


You must be part of the MFi program (which covers iPod, iPhone and iPad) to access technical communication specifications for those devices.

  The MFi Program is intended for hardware developers who wish to develop electronic accessories specifically for iPhone, iPad or iPod*. Companies, organizations, government entities and educational institutions are all eligible to apply. Your organization must have a registered legal entity name to apply.

You can review further information on Apple's MFi website.


How to open or convert old .efx (eFax) documents without PowerPC support?

Since you updated your settings to receive faxes now in PDF, you can:

Fax the EFX documents to your assigned eFax® number (via website or
e-mail).
The new files should be received as PDF.

If you need further assistance, please let us know and we can convert them to PDF for you.  You can respond to this thread or contact us on Twitter @efaxcares so we can exchange contact info.


VirtualBox or Parallels: Great Visualization

It depends on what kind of thing you want to do, but neither will be a good enough option.

If doing GPU-intensive work, your best and probably only option is BootCamp, and then Parallels.

VMWare Fusion would work, but it's slightly behind Parallels. VirtualBox is worst, but it's free.

As for whether you want Windows 7 or 8, it really depends, Windows 8 start up a lot faster, but consumes quite a lot more resource than Windows 7 until I turened off some useless services.

Here's a link you can check out if you like to see some benchmark result.

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/parallels-desktop-8-vs-vmware-fusion-5-benchmark-showdown

And here's a even better one that compares all three virtualization software against Boot Camp.

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/benchmarking-parallels-fusion-and-virtualbox-against-boot-camp


Facebook notifications are shown multiple times

There's a different thread on the official Apple forums that claims to have a solution:

disable all facebook related notification settings in system settings -> notifications.
remove your facebook account from system settings -> internet accounts.
remove all facebook related objects from your keychain and restart your mac.
log on to facebook, you will be asked if you want to use this account for mac system integration, click on later.
in facebook go to settings -> security -> where you're logged in -> delete all old session, especially the ones under "Apple OS Integration".
clear safari cache and restart your mac.
log on to facebook, you will be asked if you want to use this account for mac system integration, this time click ok and check the notifications setting, if everything ok, restart your mac once again.


If I turn off iCloud backups for an app, will it affect it?

Welcome to Ask Different.

Your question can't be answered properly because it depends on the app your referencing.

Some apps need real-time access to the data they store in your iCloud or they won't work properly; some don't.  Some apps will function fine without this access and some won't even start-up.

I recommend that if you're not sure, contact the developer of the app and ask them.  You can also turn off iCloud and then check the app, too.


Different owners of apps in /Applications depending on installation technique

If an app is digitally signed, then the owner will be assigned to the System. As this is a requirement for apps distributed through the Mac App Store, then the apps that you see from there will likely be owned by the system and not you.

With apps that you download directly from a vendor, then they may or may not digitally sign their apps, in which case upon installation, you may or may not be the owner. Digital signing provides different privileges to how the app can interact with parts of the OS, like getting beyond the firewall without an annoying popup to the user every time, so you may see even developer downloaded apps signed.

Be careful of taking ownerships of signed apps, as this can corrupt the digital signature and you may be force to reinstall the app.


Why is the filesize of downloaded disk image different?

The difference of 1650 bytes is probably the result of the resource fork being stripped from the uploaded disk image.

To test, I created a disk image from a folder in Disk Utility. I then used

ls -l@

in the folder that contained the disk image, and it showed the image had a resource fork that was 1650 bytes.


Filter out duplicate keystrokes in software?

Have you tried setting the Key Repeat Rate in system preferences to Slow?  This may help with your problem.


What kind of input Jack can work on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) audio input port?

Any line-level input should work with the 15-inch Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (the MBPr is slightly different.) Simply insert it into the audio in port on your MacBook Pro using a 3.5mm jack.

Line level simply refers to relatively amplified analog signal. Not all microphones provide this: if necessary, you may need to use an amplifier.

I'm not sure why the microphone you already have didn't work: there's nothing that should be preventing it. If you can provide more info, we might be able to help.


Are there adapters to use Thunderbolt Display with non-Thunderbolt computers?

The Apple press release says "supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays", but this is referring to the Thunderbolt output port (for daisy-chaining). The Thunderbolt Display will not work with a non-Thunderbolt machine without an adapter.

But unfortunately now that the they have started shipping them, it has become clear that this does not apply to the input side of the display. As covered in the AnandTech review you can only connect Thunderbolt equipped computers into the Thunderbolt display.

That text in Apple's press release is oddly misleading. Because you also cannot connect a second DisplayPort to the Thunderbolt output socket on the display. You can however connect the Thunderbolt output to something like the Promise Pegasus then you can connect a DisplayPort display to the Pegasus. This seems to be a bug in the Thunderbolt Display, which will hopefully be fixed.

I expect someone could create an adapter that takes in HDMI/DVI, converts it to DisplayPort and outputs it as Thunderbolt. That should allow you to use the display with "legacy" formats, but such a thing does not yet exist and would no doubt be fairly expensive if it did.


Is it possible to charge my MacBook Air from a powerbank?

Yes, The answer is positive. The power bank capable to charge a laptop needs to supply not only the USB standard charging port but also (or only) a DC output port, or a build-in power inverter with an AC outlet.

Here i collect some power bank that can charge laptop:

1.Anker® Astro Pro2 Multi-Voltage Portable Charger – 20000mAh
Multi-Voltage 5V 12V 16V 19V for iPad Air, Mini, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Note, HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Toshiba Netbooks

2.RAVPower® Xtreme 3-Port Portable External Battery Charger with Multi-Voltage 23000mAh
Multi-Voltage 9V/12V/16V/19V/20V – for Apple Macbook, UltraBook, Digital Cameras, Surface Tablets,Asus Tablets and more

3.Poweradd™ Pilot Pro Monster Capacity Multi-Voltage Portable Charger – 32000mAh
Multi-Voltage 5V 9V 12V 16V 19V 20V for Tablet PC, Netbooks, Notebooks, Laptops, Smart Phones

4.BiXPower 153 Wh (42500mAh) Super High Capacity 12V & 19V External Rechargeable Battery Pack – BiXPower BP160
Made with high quality Panasonic Li-ion battery cells. Compact size can easily fit into a laptop/notebook carry bag

5.Energizer XP18000AB Universal Power Adapter with External Battery for Tablets/Laptops/Netbooks/Smartphones

Energizer XP18000AB Universal Power Adapter with External Battery for Tablets/Laptops/Netbooks/Smartphones

6.Qi-Infinity™ Powergrid External Battery Pack/High Capacity Power Bank charger – 34200mAh
For Laptops, Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablets and Smart Phones

7.Lizone® Extra Pro Super Capacity Portable External Battery Charger 40000mAh
For Apple Books, HP, IBM Lenovo, Tablets, Smartphones and more

8.Intocircuit® Power Castle PC26000 External Battery Pack/High Capacity Power Bank charger – 26000mAh
12 Connectors for Laptops, 10 Connectors for Phones and Tablets, AC Adapter Included

There are power banks available with various plug in connectors for laptops, but they cost around 15,000. I have seen one on ebay india, and the ad says that they’ve even sold 29 units. These are not marketed by laptop manufacturers so I am not sure what your laptop warranty status will be if you purchase one of these banks and use it charge your laptop. Most laptops charges through its adapter only. Powerbanks on the other hand have only usb 2 output interface. Replacing laptop batteries with Extra cell batteries available in the market can help. One desi jugaad is using a UPS to charge a lappy but it wont make it handy and portable.


You have look installed on your system. You can also grep /usr/share/dict/words. Even, curl with the dict protocol using the match key could be useful for spelling. Both emacs and vim have spellcheck features.


Time machine has somehow lost the connection with the previous backups. If you have renamed your drive or large folders it can happen. If you have changed the drive it will definitely happen.

Simplest solution is to reformat the backup drive and start fresh.


The App Store should show a list of apps in the Update tab that have been updated, with details such as when it was updated, the changelog and a button to open the app.


Reclaim disk space from old Windows partition?

I installed the Windows 10 Preview.
I then booted up into OS X.
I turned off FileVault, and removed my Windows partition via Boot Camp Assistant.

Finally, check disk utility and you'll see the free space went to your Mac partition.


I'm stupid. Of course one has to exclude the location where the actual dictionaries are located.

In the Sophos preferences you need to exclude the following locations from your on-access-scan:

 1. /Library/Dictionaries

 2. /Users/your_username/Library/Dictionaries


How do disable control by iPhone headphones?

This is trivially accomplished by removing the third pin from the connectivity. You could buy an adapter for this purpose if you don't want to change headsets or get what appears to be a faulty switch in it repaired.

http://www.amazon.com/EZOPower-Headset-Adapter-Smartphone-smartphone/dp/B0046FMRGA/

Basically the green plug goes into your phone and the headphones go to the black end of the cable.


How do I copy mp3s and then edit the ID3 tags of the copies without altering the tags on the originals?

As to your second question, I would try Tagscanner (https://www.xdlab.ru/en/). You can tell it the location of the files you want to edit tags for. So there is no danger of editing the set wrong files. It also has a batch mode. Read the documentation, as with many powerful tools, it has a lot of features that can seem overwhelming to new users. It also has a preview mode for changes that allows to to see the changes you are making before committing them.


Can a brand-new iPhone be stored in its box long-term?

As long as you have not charged the battery, leaving the unit in the box for long-term storage should pose no difficulty. Batteries as supplied from the manufacturer are holding about 50% charge, which is the ideal amount of charge for lithium batteries to be left in storage.


Missing advanced network settings for iPhone USB/Bluetooth tethering

You can use the networksetup command. For example:

sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "iPhone USB" localhost 8888

Take a look at http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/networksetup.8.html


How can I run Warcraft 3 on my new MacBook Pro

From https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/playing-older-blizzard-titles-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion :

  Warcraft III will only run on Mac OS X 10.7 if your operating system
  was upgraded from 10.6.X and only if the Warcraft III installation was
  patched before the operating system was upgraded. There is currently
  no way to install or patch the game on Lion.

So you need a 10.6 system to bootstrap from.


how to add a sound notification to an app that doesn't have one?

Go to System Preferences and there is a Notification Icon in the top row. Click on this and you'll get an image like the one shown below.

Click on your app in the left column and click the 'Play Sound for Notification' box on the right side of this pane.


how safe is an HDD encrypted with filevault?

Yes. FileVault 2 uses 128 bit AES encryption on all the data on your disk. This is why when you turn on FileVault, you will experience a background task grinding through your entire volume, encrypting the data as it goes. Once complete, only someone with your passphrase will be able to decrypt the data, even if they remove the drive from your Mac.


How do I measure the performance impact of antivirus applications?

AV-TEST state that their method is to use a large number of files & record the time taken to download, then repeat using each antivirus & see how much it slows down.

  Partly disappointing system loads

  For the load test of the security packages, 839 files, representing a
  volume of 30.6 GB, were copied on a reference system, and many
  downloads were performed. The time needed for these tasks served as
  the reference value in the test. As soon as a protection solution was
  installed, it was required to complete the same tasks. The relevant
  times required are listed in the latest test chart. The results,
  however, could not be more diverse. The reference time was 246
  seconds. As already mentioned, the packages from Bitdefender and ESET,
  with 249 and 253 seconds, hardly put the brakes on the system. The
  other values from Symantec, Canimaan Software, Kaspersky and AVG are
  good up to the clocked 268 seconds, however they're not great. But
  after Sophos with 284 seconds, the values continue to increase
  significantly: from 292 to 466 for Avast. The nearly unbelievable
  value of 1387 seconds was measured for Dr. Web. That is more than 5.6
  times the reference value.

[the referenced chart]

In my own, less than scientific tests, I could feel the slowdown using Sophos or Avast, long before I read about them on the AV-TEST site.

Regarding system load, they appear to be less specific. One can only imagine they are looking at Activity Monitor, but there's no direct information, only the rather vague

  The two charts with the test results quickly reveal that the
  protection solutions from Bitdefender and ESET, despite 100% detection
  rate, cause little or no burden on the system. They require for their
  own performance a mere 1 to 2% of system resources. Most of the other
  solutions in fact require up to 10% system resources for security
  performance, in some cases even m ore.


Workout sync from Watch to iPhone is unreliable since iOS 14 update

It’s official, Apple published an article that to me explains the update had some problems and our devices may not fix themselves. It also warns of future data loss. I got bitten by the GPS bug and was not successful in fixing it by unpairing the watch, but I will follow this sequence later today once I close my rings :-) Looking closer at noise data - that's off for me and my watch isn't unlocking my Macs anymore so I'll want to restore my iPhone and watch together (first unpairing the watch, then backing up the phone, then erasing the phone and restoring / repairing)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

If you updated to iOS 14 and watchOS 7 and are missing Activity or Health data, learn what to do to prevent future data loss.
After updating to iOS 14.0 and watchOS 7.0, you might notice:

Your
workout route maps are missing in the Fitness app on iPhone for
previous GPS-enabled workouts from your Apple Watch.
The Activity,
Heart Rate, or other health-related apps fail to launch or load data
on your Apple Watch.
The Fitness app or Health app fail to launch or
load data on your iPhone.
The Health app or Fitness app is reporting
an inaccurate amount of data storage on your iPhone.
The Activity app
is reporting an inaccurate amount of data storage on your Apple Watch.
Your environmental sound levels data or headphone audio levels data
from Apple Watch is missing in the Health app on iPhone.
Increased
battery drain on your iPhone or Apple Watch.

If you experience two or more of the above issues, follow the steps below.

Old information for context before Apple acknowledged this issue.
I had this once in the past and needed to work with Apple Support to enable a support PIN so they could see my workouts sync to the cloud and diagnose the errors. In the past, they identified something the server code could clean up and all the workouts synced within 2 days of the fix.

They walked me through one additional quick fix you didn't mention - unpair the watch and re-pair it.

Unless this is a widespread bug, the sooner you start with support, the less likely you'll lose your workouts if that's your primary goal. For a data point, I've logged dozens of workouts since upgrading all my devices on the initial day updates were released. My account hasn't needed anything, but there was a sync error in the past that caused this precise error. (In hindsight, every one of the workouts that synced were missing GPS data - so my failure wasn't initially evident as I didn't review ALL the data after seeing the initial parts correct.)
They told me if I wanted to wipe and lose all activity from the watch, I could unpair it, then back up the iPhone to the cloud and then wipe the phone from Finder, then it would all download - but since I had a lot of photos, I declined that and waited out the fix for the sync error they identified based on looking at the logs on the device. The concern was the backup to the iPhone wasn't guaranteed based on the logs as that used the same sync code as the workout sync.


Command in shell script to minimize particular window of an open app?

You referenced this page, which is only one example but a decent starting point. (You might also try more general search terms, such as “AppleScript window management”.)

In most Applications, each window has an ‘index’ property that one can use to determine, for example, which is frontmost or which was created first. Depending on the complexity of the AppleScript dictionary for that particular application, it should often be possible to act on windows based on other properties, such as title.

To minimize multiple (or all) windows, one could run a loop that queries the ‘id’ or ‘index’ and ‘visible’ status of every window, and then act on them as desired. (I have done this in the past with web browsers to iterate through every window and tab for the purposes of exporting and logging.)

As far as running ‘osascript’, invoking it from a shell script file will let you call it using whatever shell (e.g. sh, bash, maybe even osascript itself) that makes quoting the easiest (or whatever shell the example you are copying was written for), even if you are using Zsh as your interactive (user) shell.

Regardless, I strongly recommend getting your AppleScript working first in AppleScript Editor before attempting to run it from a terminal shell.


Is there a keyboard shortcut for enabling dictation on iPad?

Apple added new shortcut in the recently release. Just press ctrl twice.


Keyboard backlight is not working in Macbook Pro

Try to adjust the keyboard brightness manually in Macbook Pro by customizing the Keyboard control strip to have the keys related to Keyboard brightness as mentioned below. (F5, F6, etc function keys did not work for me)

Apple logo -> System preferences -> Keyboard -> Customize Control Strip -> Drag and drop Keyboard brightness button to the touch bar as shown in the image below

Then use this to manually adjust the keyboard backlight brightness


It is called Gatekeeper on Mac.

How it works.

It verifies at bare minimum if a app is:

blacklisted,
code-signed,
code-signed by Apple or a certified developer,
code-signed and the code-signed contents still match the signature.

As you can see from your screen you have control over it.

As of High Sierra, Apple has removed the Option to Download from Anywhere, but you can still enable it if you whish, or use Allow as in your screen.

AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. is a Czech security software company headquartered in Brno, that was founded in 1991 by Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Avast since 2016.


How can I prevent my old iPhone from getting Facebook messages?

It sounds like your account is still linked to your old phone.

Make sure you are signed out of Facebook on that phone. If this doesn't work, try deleting and reinstalling the app. (This should clear any settings associated with the app.)


Restore app windows to their original Spaces

edit 2:  This still doesn't COMPLETELY work for me as well: some windows are restored and some are not. The new bug id in Chromium is 1012034, and it still needs your votes!

edit: It was implemented in the latest development version (Chrome 79)!

Though, by default, in compliance with Apple's UI requirements, this feature still won't restore the workspaces if you exited Chrome with Cmd-Q. Quoting sdy, the feature author:

  For folks who want Chrome to always restore windows to their original spaces, you can set that by running this command in a terminal window (for Canary, use com.google.Chrome.canary):

defaults write com.google.Chrome NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES

  To go back to the default behavior, run:

defaults delete com.google.Chrome NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch

Original answer:
There is a bug #74812 in Chromium. Vote for it!

Same question on Superuser.


Do I need to implement anything special to enable VPN access within my iPhone app?

Most likely, it has to do with name resolution. Try providing a URL with a fully qualified domain name to your server - http://vpnip.mydomain.com or something. Something that is resolvable via the DNS. If no such name exists, try that server's IP address (as the first troubleshooting step).


Homebrew installed libraries, how do I use them?

They are usually linked in /usr/local/lib. If they are not there, try brew link <library-you-are-installing>; that should solve it.


Well I guess this might help you : iCloud: Remove your device from Find My iPhone
See :
Remove an iOS device you no longer have
If you no longer have the iOS device because you gave it away or sold it, you need to remotely erase it before you can remove it.

Sign in to icloud.com/#find with your Apple ID (the one you use with iCloud). If you’re using another iCloud app, click the app’s name at the top of the iCloud.com window, then click Find My iPhone.

Click All Devices, then select the device.

Click Erase device, then enter your Apple ID password. Because the device isn’t lost, don’t enter a phone number or message.
If the device is offline, the remote erase begins the next time it’s online. You’ll receive an email when the device is erased.

When the device is erased, click Remove from Account.
All your content is erased and someone else can now activate the device.


Remove 'Tags' section from macOS Finder right-click context menu

Finder > Preferences > Tags
you'll see the text:

Drag your favorite tags to the area below to make them available for quick use in Finder menus.

Drag the tag dots out of the bottom "Favorite Tags" section.
If you remove all of the Favorite Tags, the Tags menu will be hidden from Finder right-click context menus.

Add a tag to the shortcut menu: Select the tag in the list, then drag it over the tag you want to replace in the favorites section at the bottom of the window. There can be up to seven tags in the shortcut menu that appears when you Control-click a file.
Remove a tag from the shortcut menu: Drag the tag out of the Favorite Tags section until you see the remove sign (X).
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/tag-files-and-folders-mchlp15236/mac


Will macOS Mojave 10.14 slow down an early 2011 13" MacBook Pro?

As Nimesh already noted in his answer, that MacBook Pro is no longer supported.

But as chriszanf commented: "Machines outside of those spec can be upgraded using dosdude's app: dosdude1.com/mojave"

But apart from being unsupported that brings another caveat. Just installing that will work, but is no fine experience at all. For once, the installer will convert your magnetic drive HDD from HFSplus to APFS, and the new filesystem is a terrible performer in general and even much worse on rotational disks. That will slow you down.

Using APFS on hdds and why you might not want to

You also have to keep in mind that your graphics card is not exchangeable and does not supported Metal. That will slow you down.

The problems do not end there. And the list of hacks and workarounds you might have to hunt down is also long.

It is possible to install it. But probably not really worth it.

If you have some time on your hand, the following thread lists some experiences in attempting this:

macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread and it is very conveniently just 471 pages long by now.

Personal commentary: on that hardware 10.12 Sierra is the last "known good" performer for me. That is currently at least also updated with security patches.


No, apps can't see your Apple ID unless you allow it. Pro Tip: use a unique email address for your Apple ID, that you use for no other purpose. Also use unique email addresses for each app or service that you don't completely trust (i.e., all of them).

  By default, developers don’t have access to your Apple ID, just a unique identifier. If you give your permission, developers can use your email to let others find you in their app. You’re always in control of these permissions and you can turn them on or off at any time. Your data isn’t shared with developers, unless you choose to share or post publicly.

Our Approach to Privacy

Yes, it is technically possible for apps to know that you previously had their app installed. This was the cause of the recent Uber controversy:

Uber responds to report that it tracked devices after its app was deleted

Unfortunately, it's very difficult for users to prevent this. At the least, from what I've been able to determine, you'd have to not use iCloud Keychain to share data across devices, and you'd have to factory wipe your phone and NOT restore it from a backup.

See also:

What unique fingerprinting information can an iOS 10 app collect?


If you look at the specific files you'll see that there are actually only two files (/etc/ssh/sshd_config and /private/etc/ssh/sshd_config is the same file unless your setup is non-standard).

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist is used by the system to start sshd, usually you don't need to change this
/private/etc/ssh/sshd_config is the global configuration file for sshd, and the place where you need to change whatever is required to harden SSH on your Mac.


How to figure out what formula corresponds to a given package in homebrew?

brew desc should search among both formula names and descriptions, and is now included in brew. The site Search Brew also uses this. However, both seem to cover only the default repository, as a quick test on my machine fails to pick up packages in homebrew/python.

In the specific case of the Parallel Patterns Library, I'm not sure that the entire 'ppl' is actually available on Mac. Microsoft has made a subset of it cross-platform as 'pplx', but otherwise I have no good news.


How can I map the "Eject" key on a Microsoft keyboard or create a new shortcut for locking my screen?

I don't know how to map a key to the Eject key, but you can easily create a new shortcut with Automator and Services:

Open Automator in the Applications folder.
Choose Service:

Select Utilities and drag Run AppleScript to the right pane:

Configure, on the top right corner, that the service should receive no input in any application. Then paste this AppleScript script:

on run {input, parameters}
    do shell script "open /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app"
end run

Save the service. Use a descriptive name, as it is the name that will appear in the Services menu. You can see in the screenshot above that I named the service Lock Screen.
Open System Preferences, select Keyboard and then the Shortcuts tab. Under General locate Lock Screen and assign a key shortcut to it. As you can see, I chose ControlCommandL:

The Lock Screen service is now accessible from any application as an entry in the Services menu:

Choose the service shortcut carefully to avoid conflicts with other applications' shortcuts.


Is it safe to delete a TimeMachine backup subdirectory with the rm command?

The Basics
The first command you ran, included the rm -rf flag, this (as you are no doubt aware of) removes the files and folders within the given directory (i.e. recursive deletion). It means that you will no longer be able to recover from this backup. It did not affect the parent (or higher) directories.

The rm command should be used with caution, as you rightfully point out. It can absolutely delete everything (permanently) with one wrong command. I, therefore, recommend to always use the TimeMachine command itself to delete the backup - included since OS X Lion.

Deleting with Time Machine

Terminal:
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/[MAC-NAME]/YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss

Manually:
As you are concerned with maintaining the interity of the backup setup, you may like to consider using the following method instead (extracted here):

Enter time machine
Select the backup
Right click on the backup (on the finder window)
Select 'Delete Backup' (you may be prompted for a password)

Conclusion
You first command did not affect the root directory to which any past or future backups are/will be stored. You can test it out by going to TimeMachine in the menu bar and selecting Back Up Now, alternatively, you can try to recover to a backup made an hour earlier to discover whether the data is there, it is, because the rm command only removed the contents of the given directory.

Additionally: When rm becomes destructive
It is not unless you are totally new to the command or become complacent in your ability to apply correct procedures with the command, that you begin to make mistakes. If you are interested in some of the donts when using the command, how about this and this article, both make for an amusing read if you have a minute spare.

I hope I was able to interpret your question correctly, do let me know if that made sense to you or if you have any follow-up questions. I'm more than happy to assist where I can.


How to Auto-Hide the address bar in Google Chrome?

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking, but I think you mean in full screen mode judging by the tags.

Simply uncheck View > Always Show Toolbar in Full Screen (⇧⌘F):


Where is the iCloud data on a third-party iOS app stored?

The ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ folder only contains data that is stored in your iCloud Drive.

iCloud is an umbrella marketing name that also covers other services that are not implemented in the same manner as iCloud Drive. Apps that store data in iCloud directly often do so via iCloud CloudKit. iCloud CloudKit is a service provided by Apple that makes it easier for app developers to store and sync data. As the lower tiers are provided for free by Apple, it is a relatively popular service.

When apps store data in iCloud via CloudKit it is not generically accessible to the user. The app itself needs to provide an interface for accessing the data before you as the user can access the data.

If no such interface exists within the app, you have to contact the app developer to request such an interface.

If you're a citizen of the European Union, you might have luck sending the app developer a GDPR request for your data. That is often a one-time, manual process however.


Your username is coming up in the Terminal title, because when you launch Terminal it is starting off in your home directory as the current "working directory."

There are two ways to do this:

1)  Yosemite and earlier

a)  You can create an AppleScript that launches Terminal and sets it Window title

tell application "Terminal"
   activate
   set custom title to "This is my Custom Title"
end tell

b)  You can set it using bash's PROMPT_COMMAND variable in .bashrc.  For instance, you can add the line PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;This is my custom title for ${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'

Every time you open terminal, it will set that as your window title (assuming you are running bash, of course)

There's more info on using this method from this post:  https://superuser.com/questions/79972/set-the-title-of-the-terminal-window-to-the-current-directory

2) In El Capitan forward:

You can turn it off by deslecting the "Display Working Directory" option in Terminal preferences.

The change is immediate, you don't need to relaunch Terminal; your username will no longer show on the title of the window


Safari 6: Replaces all instances of font X with font Y

The easiest method would be to handle this with CSS and a browser extension.
Install the User CSS extension on Safari 6 available here: http://code.grid.in.th

Running the extension, create and enable a New User CSS. Name it whatever you want. Under URLs, delete the single asterisk and include the domain for the site you frequent (http://*.oracleinfoworld.com/* or whatever. Place asterisks for wildcards). Now under styles, enter the following:

@font-face {
font-family: 'Courier New';
src: local('Monaco');
}

Click save, and reload the Oracle information site.

This creates a CSS font-face rule for Courier New, replacing it with your local Monaco font. When the site calls for Courier New, your browser will pass in Monaco (or Andale Mono if you change the name). If you really hate Courier New, you can leave the single asterisk in the include section and replace all instances of Courier New with your preferred font. I would not recommend this, as it may have unexpected effects from time to time.

Here's an example of how I would configure this extension.


How to disable Chrome/Safari notifications on multiple devices

This sounds like Handoff. Handoff lets you continue an action you start on one device on a different one (e.g. browsing a webpage).

If not already, you have to disable it on every device.

On OS X:

Go to System Preferences > General
Deselect Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices

On iOS:

Go to Settings > General > Handoff & Suggested Apps
Turn off Handoff.


vim arrow keys inserting strange character in iterm2

Setting the Report Terminal Type to ansi or linux in my profile solved my problem.

When the terminal type of your sessions is set to one of those "xterm" types, iTerm handles the arrow keys, the home key, and the end key in a special way.


How do i add icon on .sh file using terminal

Easiest thing to do is is to wrap your script in an app. Platypus (https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus) is an easy to use app that can help you do this (and allow you run the script as an app).

Also worth mentioning you may want to look at iconutil (man iconutil) it will change a folder (normally with the extension of .iconset) of png images (icon_16x16.png, icon_16x16@2x.png, icon_32x32.png, icon_32x32@2x.png, icon_128x128.png, icon_128x128@2x.png, icon_256x256.png, icon_256x256@2x.png, icon_512x512.png, icon_512x512@2x.png) into a proper .icns bundle.


The three problems mentioned in the article have all been addressed by Apple.

Apple Maps Misdirection – 2012

Apple Maps are constantly being updated.

Gotofail – 2014

Fixed four days later on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. The article linked in the question was published on 30 October 2017.

Heartbleed – 2014

Heartbleed was not an Apple specific bug. It was a bug in the open source OpenSSL project, which was rapidly fixed.


Mac Mini Yosemite Install Reboots Back to Mavericks?

Please verify if your mac-mini is eligible for Yosemite update. Also, please run disk utility and check for permission errors. If these don't solve your issue, please take backup of your mac and try a fresh install of Yosemite.


I spilled some milk on MacBook Pro, there is no sound what should I do?

As a home remedy, you can soak your macbook in a packet of rice. it will absorb the excess water droplet in a safe manner. In that case sometime you might be able save some money without de-assembling your macbook. If any case the issue is there continuously, you better meet a technician or if you are still inside the warranty period, better do the steps adhering that.
Soaking in a rice bucket has been experimented successfully with my xiaomi phone and my hp envy laptop (water spoiled).


Trying to understand how podcast syncing works in iOS 6

Same thing for me, this upgrade has brought nothing but headaches.

You can still open Podcasts in your Music App by doing a search for the podcast name.

Deleting the Podcasts app from your phone and killing the Music apps process (or reboot phone) will bring the Podcasts menu back to the Music app as well, hurrah!


Brand New Macbook Pro (Mid 2012) already with 2 cycle counts

When I bought my MacBook Pro, it also had 2 cycles used. I think it's normal and it's probably a part of the in-factory testing.

As for the manufacture capacity - it's perfectly normal for it to deteriorate, but it's going to do it gradually (and slowly if you take care of your battery)

How much capacity has it actually lost?


If you haven't had any luck with email support, you should call AppleCare. They can unlock the account.


Unless your $PATH is different than normal, you could solve that with a sym link of the tool you want.

$echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Then if the libtool you want to run first is /usr/local/libtool/bin/libtool then a quick

sudo ln -s /usr/local/libtool/bin/libtool /usr/local/bin

At that point, you might have to restart your shell or rehash or hash -r in bash to get the libtool from /usr/local/bin to be preferred.


How to check which currency conversions that spotlight supports? Is the currency supported by different regions different?

Spotlight uses the Calculator App to convert the currency. You can check the supports currency in Calculator——convert——currency.
Because the data source comes from Yahoo, I think that as long as I can access Yahoo, it should be the same. I tried China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. There is no difference.


See my answer here:

Since the release of 10.10.4, Apple now provides a new tool called trimforce, allowing users to activate TRIM also on unsupported disks. So now you can do:

sudo trimforce enable


How do I mount a jailbroken iPhone as a volume in Lion?

Phone Disk ain't free, but would be a good choice: http://www.macroplant.com/phonedisk/


Mavericks: Safari does not recognize PDFs and shows them inline

This may not resolve the issue of Safari displaying PDF as garbled text, but you can use this command in Terminal.app to open PDFs outside of Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES


How to send text with telnet in Terminal?

Here's a simple Python server:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import socket

TCP_IP = '127.0.0.1'
TCP_PORT = 5005
BUFFER_SIZE = 10  # Normally 1024, but we want fast response

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.bind((TCP_IP, TCP_PORT))
s.listen(1)

conn, addr = s.accept()
print 'Connection address:', addr
while 1:
    data = conn.recv(BUFFER_SIZE)
    if not data: break
    print "received data:", data
    conn.send(data)  # echo
conn.close()

Source

Save it as server.py, and run it python server.py.

Then try to connect using the terminal

telnet 127.0.0.1 5005

Then just type anything and press return

The server print the data in the console and send it back to you.

That way, you'll know what you have to do to send data via telnet.


iOS13 Beta / iOS13 requirements TLS Certificate

I cannot confirm but the article you a referring to states very clearly its only for Server and Issuing Certificates.
In other words SHA-1 Root certificates are not impacted.


How to transfer photos from my Macbook Air to an android smartphone?

A really quick Google search turns up two methods for doing this

Plug the Android phone into your Mac and use the Image Capture.app
Use the Android file transfer app


How can I encrypt a folder in OS X Mavericks

OS X doesn't ship with a folder by folder encryption. You can create an encrypted sparse bundle which acts as a folder that is decrypted once it mounts and stores all contents in an encrypted form on disk.

Enable advanced image options in Disk Utility:

defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility advanced-image-options 1

Open Disk Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities/).
Select File → New → Disk Image from Folder… or press ⌘ cmd+⇧ shift+N.
Select the folder that contains your files and press Image.
Choose sparsebundle as the Image Format, and choose the level of encryption you require.

Choose a password to encrypt the image. Make sure to uncheck the Remember password in my Keychain box if you want to be prompted each time you attempt to mount the disk.
Click OK. Disk Utility will create a sparse bundle to hold your files. Don't forget to delete the original folder.

You can make an alias (or a symbolic link, symlink for short) to folders in the encrypted folder to hide much of the difference between a disk image and the actual encrypted folder if desired. Alternatively, you can mount this disk image in a custom folder (instead of /Volumes) for even smoother access.


Macports update causes Macbook pro to heat up

That behaviour is expected, as each updated port needs to be compiled for your system. Some ports are simpler and don't take much effort. Others are more complex and will cause your MacBook to heat up as it works (example: ffmpeg).

Given you say you haven't updated your ports in a while, likely there are quite a few ports that need updating. You can take a look at those with:

  port outdated

From there, you can choose which ones you want to update, if you don't want to update all of them:

  sudo port upgrade PORTNAME

Additionally, you can see what MacPorts is doing by looking at the output in your Terminal. Typical steps where your MacBook may heat up are:

  --->  Configuring PORTNAME
  --->  Building PORTNAME

Do not be concerned about the temperatures. If they really become too hot, your MacBook will shutdown by itself to prevent serious damage.


Why are three newly-downloaded, up-to-date, unrelated applications not starting: "not supported on this type of Mac" *not a PowerPC problem*

Problem identified. My machine only runs 32-bit at the moment. The latest versions of Tiled are 64-bit, and Gideros is all 64-bit. After a redownload and some minor glitches, Pixen seems to work fine. I downloaded an operational albeit outdated version of Tiled in the mean time. I really need to upgrade to 64-bit.
I guess I overreacted when all three had the same error, and indeed Pixen shouldn't have had the error (and no longer does). I didn't anticipate that Tiled would be 64-bit either. Oh well. Thanks for any and all input.


Can't navigate Time Machine interface (going backwards/forwards in time) since upgrading to Mac OS X Yosemite

Have you given this a try?

  While in Time Machine, press the key combination shift-command-C. The
  front window will show all mounted volumes. All snapshots should now
  be accessible. Select the one you want and navigate to the files you
  want to restore.


Stuck on Apple Logo while trying to install Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro

Your screenshots show you are not connected to a network. Perhaps if you connect to WiFi or an Ethernet dongle Internet Recovery would kick in.

Also if you can connect to another Mac with a cable you could clone that Mac’s OS over to your drive. You could also remove the drive and use a dock to clone from a working machine.
After you clone you could potentially be able to erase the disk and reinstall the OS using the recovery utility.


Include original picture's file on a iPhoto slideshow

In iDVD, in the Advanced Menu, there is an option to Edit DVD-ROM contents.  There you can simply add whatever content you want, including dragging in the photos from iPhoto.


How can I disable Mail.app when I click on an email address?

Notwithstanding any sneaky Terminal commands I know not about, OS X will always have the need to open some app upon clicking an e-mail link. Literally any app of your liking will do.

Such an app might be an app you don't mind being opened. Like… the Finder!

Open Mail Preferences and go to the first tab, General. Choose the pop-up menu for Default email reader and pick Select….

Choose Macintosh HD (or whatever you've renamed your boot volume to) → System → Library → CoreServices → Finder.app.

Try it out! (I can't post mailto: links here though. )

If you work with spaces or full-screen apps, clicking a mail link might switch spaces. But at least no apps are launched. On my computer, not even a new Finder window is opened.


After uninstalling iBooks, I can't sign in to iTunes any more

Uninstall iTunes 12.3.x
then install iTunes 12.2.x.

Seems as if 12.3 must have iBooks not so with 12.2.2.


How to export a growing Aperture Smart Album repeatedly without creating duplicate files

One method you might consider is using Aperture itself to create your web gallery. Use File > New > Web Page to create a web album, then fill it with photos from your smart album. Aperture won't duplicate photos in this album even when you drag in duplicates, so you'll end up with one copy of each image after all of your updates.

When you publish the web album (using the Export Web Pages button), Aperture will replace any folder with the same name, again avoiding duplicates. This perhaps isn't quite as good as just skipping duplicates -- it does waste time, deleting old files and recreating identical new ones -- but it nevertheless achieves your goal.

But if you want to stick with your current system, the bad news is that there is nothing that will force Aperture to directly overwrite existing data. It's one of the fail-safe mechanisms of the program. There is a thread on the Apple discussion forum on a nearly identical question, and one of the respondents there suggests creating an Automator action that will delete the existing images on your Dropbox, and then export a new set of images from Aperture. Again, not ideal, but it does achieve your goal.


How can I download my app package directly from app store connect?

The title and body ask two different things, ‘app package’ and ‘original files’.

The ‘original files’, source code, is never uploaded to Apple. You will need to get these from the original developer.

The compiled ‘app package’ in an .ipa bundle for execution on an iOS device (not Simulator) cannot be downloaded from App Store Connect.

Apple does not provide any way of retrieving an upload app/IPA. It's neither possible through App Store Connect nor the App Store Connect API.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60947606/download-ipa-build-via-app-store-connect-api

If you want to run the app on a physical device without releasing to the App Store, add the app to TestFlight and enable internal testing.


Preview freezes on clicking inside (very small) PDF files

Though I never figured out what caused the problem here, and none of the proposed fixes worked, I was able to avoid the problem by switching to Skim, which is generally less buggy than Preview.

The problem likely has something to do with LaTeX, since all the affected files were built with it. Unfortunately, the problem described here is now moot, because a new bug causes both Preview and Skim to freeze whenever almost any document made with LaTeX is opened.


How do I import files into GarageBand on iPod touch?

To import audio files into Garageband for iOS, connect your iOS device to your computer. Then do the following:

On your computer:

Open iTunes
Click your device in the left-hand column
Click "Apps" in the bar at the top of the right-hand pane
Under "File Sharing" select "Garageband" in the "Apps" column
Click "Add..." in the bottom-right of the "GarageBand Documents" area
In the dialog that opens up, select the file(s) you want to transfer over
Once you've selected the file(s), it transfers over to your iOS device.

On your iOS device:

Open GarageBand
If you're not already, switch to the multi-track view by tapping the  button
In the upper right-hand area, you should see a loop icon with the number of newly transferred files on top of it, like this:

Tap this icon. It brings up a screen like this:

Just like the screen says, you can tap and hold and drag the desired audio files into your track listings. They each appear as Audio Recorder tracks:

That's it!

There is one caveat: GarageBand for iOS is limited to a maximum of 320 "bars" for the length of a project, and it does not appear that it's possible to bypass this. If you need to edit audio that's longer than that, you will need to use another app.