Terminal gives :command not found, when typing too fast

Your problem is actually not Terminal.app specific.

The problem is more caused by you being slow on the keys than fast actually. When you type the | (pipe) character you need to hold down the Alt-key. When you're typing fast, you're actually too slow in releasing the Alt-key.

This means that you're not actually typing a space before the next command. You're pressing Alt-Space which gives you a "non-breaking space" - which is not the same as a space, but it looks that way in the Terminal.

The "non-breaking" space is not seen by your shell as a command delimiter, but instead a part of a command or file name. And therefore you get the error that no such file or directory exists.

To solve the problem - just remember to lift your finger from the alt key before typing space.

Alternatively you can change your keyboard mapping so that Alt-Space produces an ordinary space. You can find a guide to doing that here:

https://superuser.com/questions/78245/how-to-disable-the-option-space-key-combination-for-non-breaking-spaces


Is it possible to limit resources to a game? Or forcibly limit the FPS

Let's look at the two things you suggested, as these are two separate approaches to solving the issue.

Limit the resources provided (presumably by limiting the CPU.)
Cap the framerate

Limiting the resources provided is pretty easy (provided you're willing to work with a little bit of third-party software.) You can use cputhrottle to limit the usage at the system level (better explained here.)

Capping the framerate is generally done at the level of the game. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there's no way to set your framerate cap either lower or higher right now.  So you're stuck with throttling the CPU, although given what you're trying to do, that seems like a fine option.


Latest OS X I can install on Mac Pro 3,1

The Mac Pro 3,1 [Early 2008] Can quite happily run the current OS X - at time of writing El Capitan 10.11.3.  I have one here running just that.

As of Sierra, 10.12, the above still remains true, yet further clarified - El Capitan is the final OS to support the 3,1 [& indeed 4,1 unless it has been firmware updated to 5,1]

I would, however, be wary of such a long jump in one go. Be certain you have an up to date backup & be prepared for the fact that a large number of your existing apps, if they are the same age as the OS, will also need updating.

I would also make sure you have a tested, bootable, recovery path should anything go wrong during the update. I've never managed to get a 3,1 to boot from USB; I've always needed a ready-prepared second HD. These days, that's just the recovery partition on my Time Machine drive, but 10.6.8 doesn't have a recovery partition.

For belt & braces, I'd clone your exiting drive using something like Carbon Copy Cloner then remove it, so it doesn't cause confusion.

Wish you luck.


How to make a bootable, *usable* macOS USB key (NOT an installer)?

Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! can to clone to an external USB drive and it be bootable. (At the present moment they do not work on macOS Big Sur to make bootable clones.)
For versions of macOS prior to macOS Mojave, other options include:

Booting with a macOS USB Installer and then use Disk Utility to image the drive to another USB flash drive.

Creating a macOS USB Installer on one USB flash drive and actually installing macOS to another USB flash drive.

 (This option actually can be used on macOS Mojave and later.)


Any way to see my PC and Macbook's folders using iPad?

I haven't tried either, but there's Cloud Connect Pro that says you can

  View and manage files on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or other network services like Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk, Google Docs, or Box.net directly from the iPad [via SMB, AFP, FTP, SFTP or WEBDAV]

and FileBrowser to

  [a]ccess your NAS [via CIFS/SMB] without needing to turn your computer on.

CCP is clearly more feature-rich (with e.g. integrated VNC/RDP client, printing and SMB server) but also comes with a hefty price tag ($24.99) compared to somewhat more simple FB ($3.99).
There's also an Upgrade OS X article that discusses them both.


CMD + = shortcut on non standard USA keyboard (bluetooth)?

You could make your custom keyboard shortcuts.

Adding a Custom Keyboard Shortcut Command Set

Personalize your Xcode experience by adding your own set of keyboard shortcuts. Xcode provides a default set of shortcuts for most menu commands and common text editing commands. Many of these default shortcuts are based on the commonly used Emacs key bindings.

In the Key Bindings preferences pane, choose Manage Key Bindings from the Key Bindings set pop-up menu.

Click the Add button in the lower left of the dialog.

Choose Duplicate or a template option from the pop-up menu.
Name your new command set file.

You can override the default shortcuts by creating a new command set with your preferred shortcuts. This new set is stored in the folder ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/KeyBindings/ as a property list with the extension .idekeybindings.

source:https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/recipes/xcode_help-keybindings_preferences/articles/AddingaCustomKeyboardShortcutCommandSet.html


How to connect two non-Thunderbolt displays to the Macbook Pro 2011 via Thunderbolt?

The Apple mini-DisplayPort to VGA or HDMI adapter terminates the Thunderbolt chain where it is connected, so until Apple released new MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt ports (similar to the iMac that has two ports) then you will only get one video signal from the device through the Thunderbolt port.

You may find an inexpensive USB to VGA solution to get around this limitation. Initially they were slower, but the newer ones are getting much faster and the software much better. You can then put the most important content on the Thunderbolt port and have the secondary display served over USB.

Should a Thunderbolt adapter come about that drives two displays, I'll update the answer, but nothing has been released (or even rumored) even though it's clearly something the protocol could support.

I like this knowledge base article for the clear deprecation of which Macs support two Thunderbolt displays and which ones only support one.

Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch): Connection options for Thunderbolt Macs


No, if a cheap cable works between your TV and Mac you won't find an expensive cable works any better, and a cheap cable isn't going to have any effect of your Mac's longevity. Use it and enjoy the fact you could have paid so much more for a cable and gained nothing at all ;-)

Additionally, using a Thunderbolt/mini-DisplayPort adapter uses the same signalling protocols as HDMI and the output to your TV would be exactly the same.


How do I delete a file that doesn't appear in finder

If a filename starts with a dot (.), it is hidden and will not show by default in Finder. You can show hidden files in Finder by running the following command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder

Then go back to the containing folder and delete the file normally.

If you don't want to keep the change regarding displaying hidden files in Finder, run

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder

afterwards.


A possible solution is as mentioned by @Andrew, according to me there are two other possible things you can do:

install iAppLock and lock Cydia so nothing can be changed at all with in Cydia
install GuestMode and disable Cydia so that, you can see it but can't open it


Any idea what might be making my Touch Bar and Touch ID NOT work only in Safe Mode?

Assuming I understand your problem correctly (i.e. this issue is not present during Safe Mode) then your best bet is to investigate login items, fonts, and kernel extensions.

Investigating login items, fonts, and kernel extensions

Let's start with Login Items:

Startup normally
Go to System Preferences > Users & Groups
Select the Login Items tab
Take a note of your Login Items
Now remove all of them by highlighting them and clicking on the - button below
Restart your computer

Now your Mac will boot up without those login items loading. Test to see if your Touch Bar and Touch ID work okay now.

If they work okay, you know one (or more) of the Login items were causing the problem. You can then add them back in one by one until you've identified the culprit. Problem solved.
If they still don't work, it's either a problem with fonts you've installed yourself or with a 3rd party kernel extension. A little more info below:

Fonts:- You can remove any of the fonts you've installed yourself to see if this makes a difference.

Kernel Extensions:- You can open Terminal (found within your Utilites folder) and enter the following command:

kextstat | grep -v com.apple

The above command will list 3rd party kernel extensions (you may need to stretch the Terminal window so it's easier to read). Look for anything you don't remember installing, or something that belongs to software you've removed, or just anything that looks out of place. Remember though, this is a list of 3rd party kernel extensions and therefore any of them could be causing the problem.

Create another user

If your Touch Bar and Touch ID still don't work after going through the above process, you could create a new user in Apple > System Preferences > Users & Groups and then log into that user to see if the problem persists. If it doesn't persist, it may be better to use that user (or create another one you're happy to use) and migrate your data across to that account.

If all else fails

If none of the above works it may be time do a totally fresh installation of macOS (your question didn't specify whether you had already tried a "fresh" installation - but if you've already tried this then it may be best to try installing an earlier version of High Sierra).

NOTE: Make sure you have a current backup if you decide to do a full fresh installation of macOS.


Hands free auto repeat. Hidden feature or stuck key?

Rather than an exorcist, I'd take it to an Apple Store, because the keys should not repeat unless you let them pressed. There are various factors than can cause this behavior, but if the machine is relatively new, there shouldn't be any reason for this to happen. Most of the ideas come from a Software malfunction, some utility misbehaving or such.

I suggest you create a new user and work a few hours/days from there to see if it happens again. If it never happens, migrate your data to this new account and problem fixed. If it keeps happening, rush it to an appstore and see what happens. It's not common. Good luck!


My colleague's iMac connects to my MacBook Pro via Bluetooth without my consent & messes things up!

I had the exact same issue and the culprit was an app I had installed called MacID, version 1.1. I deleted MacID and the problem went away but supposedly you can upgrade it and fix the issue as well

Reference: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6702053?tstart=0


Had this recently when my time and date was reset. Try setting them again.


I had the same problem, apparently my iPad couldn't be any more charged. So I brought it to a shop, and voila, they could charge it. Point being to really really use the original "fat" charger and not another one (like the thin one of an iPhone). The chargers differ in the maximal current they can supply (more than 2A is needed for the iPad).


How can I stop Mac Mail continually caching attachments?

In Preferences, within Mail, in the Accounts tab, for each of your accounts there is an Advanced tab.  There is an option called Keep copies for offline viewing which is a drop-down box. By Choosing All messages, but omit attachments, you can set it to never cache the attachments.


Can I safely remove these MOV files from the OSX SSD?

If CleanMyMac is going to remove the files from their present location, then yes, they will be removed from your Photos Library.

You would be better off going to "About This Mac" under the apple menu, and on the Storage tab, click "Manage". Then click on "Store in iCloud", and select Photos.

As a general rule, I avoid all apps that claim to 'clean', 'purge', 'sweep' or otherwise perform housekeeping, as they often can have unintended consequences.


Add striped effect to own events in Calendar.app

That is how Calendar indicates that you have responded with a 'Maybe' to the meeting invite. There isn't a way that you can create your own meeting and respond to yourself with a maybe. However, you could create a separate calendar account and send yourself (original calendar) invites, to which you respond 'Maybe'.


Can't read my Windows (Boot Camp) partition from OS X

NTFS support was removed in Lion, follow below to re-add it (you should be able to write to the drive as well, after installation)

install and enable ntfs-3g:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24481/ntfs-3g/

and install fuse_wait:
https://github.com/bfleischer/fuse_wait


Simulate shell environment available to GUI Apps?

First, let me solve the problem of a GUI app not providing the same environment as a terminal session to a bash script.

The differences are because of your bash profile, so you can have exactly the same in a GUI shell script by using the source command. Put the line source /Users/<username>/.bash_profile (replacing <username> with your short name) at the top of your bash script and you will have the same environment in the script when run inside a GUI app as in your shell session.

To get a shell without running your profile in iTerm2 (I couldn't get it to work in Terrminal):

Open to Terminal->Preferences
Go to the Profiles pane
Duplicate your default profile
In "General"
Change the name of the new profile to "No Profile"
Set the shortcut key to Control-Command-A
Click on "Command"
Set the command to /bin/bash -norc
Close the Preferences

Now Control-Command-A will open a session exactly the same as a GUI app would get - everything set to the bash default.


iPhone app which syncs Outlook memos while maintaining categories

It sounds like iMExchange 2 ($8 after trial period) might do the trick for you if you or your company are running an Exchange Server.


Do I have to run a disk integrity check after a kernel panic?

Mac OS X's default file system is HFS+ Journaled. This means that before files are written, the data is first written to a special log called the journal. In the event of application or system crashes, when the machine re-starts it will re-run all the remaining entries in the journal to bring the file system back into pristine order. In theory anyway.

That said, it is still probably a good idea to use one of the included utilities to verify your filesystem.

You can run fsck in the Terminal or use Disk Utility to check your hard drive if you want. After a Kernel Panic or power outage, this is probably a good idea.

Disk Utility is the simpler option, just log in as normal and go to /Application/Utilities/Disk Utility and select your boot drive and choose "Verify". You can also run Disk Utility from your Mac OS X DVD that came with your computer (you will need to do this if you want to repair, it can't repair the boot volume if you are running the computer on it).

If you want to run fsck, you will have to do it from the startup terminal.  I'm a little fuzzy on the details, since it has been years since I last used it, but on startup hold down ⌘S during startup to boot in single user mode. Then run fsck to run the diagnostic. You should also look at man fsck to look at the manual.

TL;DR
No, you don't generally need to. But it's not a bad idea to run a utility.


How to select vertically in textedit using keyboard

The problem with that is that the Mac's modifier keys Command and Option are used in conjunction with the arrow keys to navigate through text more quickly by going to the beginning or end of a line or the beginning or end of the next/previous word, respectively.

There may be a utility that will allow you to modify the system-wide defaults but you run the risk of breaking text editing everywhere in the system.


Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 for Mac?

My understanding is that the only difference in the MS Office 2016 apps is the licensing key.

They will all want to phone home to microsoft's cloud services - so no matter how you buy/install it - you'll have to deal with that on a firewall / configuration basis after installing the apps.

The key card just provides you a license so you don't need to log in to authenticate that you're an Office 365 subscriber. Think of it like logging into iTunes or the various app stores. Microsoft gives you an account to verify if you have subscribed to their software.

The key card is the license to avoid that online payment / check.

Apple's web site is actually quite nice for sussing out how the various options are priced and licensed:

http://www.apple.com/us/search/office?src=globalnav

Office 365 is a subscription that expires. The rest are not.


Install Mac OS on old Mac Mini not working from USB nor from internet

First step is to erase the non volatile ram (used to be called PRAM) by holding Command-Option-P-R and listen for two boot chimes in a row then release the keys and try the install.

For an erase install, you need to boot to the installer and then choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and literally erase the drive. I would physically disconnect my backup if any before doing the erase. At that point, NVRAM or not - the system can’t boot from the erased drive and will make your life easier to select the correct installer and get a clean new OS.


MacPorts to automatically install dependencies

MacPort's port is reasonable documented so on of the normal ways to find help
e.g.

man port

port help

will give the way

-N
Non-interactive mode, interactive questions are not asked

So run
sudo port -N install <portname>


You can disable the notifications for Apple Wallet. Settings > Notifications > Wallet. Toggle Allow Notifications to off.


Is it possible to configure Finder to report hard-links size only once?

The short answer is there is no option to configure Finder to count multiple hard links to the same inode only once. The Finder reports the sum of the current sizes of all files and folders contained within a folder. Extra storage required for versioning is not included and saving in storage though the use of copy-on-write or multiple hard links to the same file is not reported.
A longer Explanation of How APFS Allocates Storage
The size value displayed in OP's image is the sum of the sizes of the files in the folder. The OP wants this to be the space occupied by the files in the folder. This is what the OP thinks du -sh . command does, but this would be incorrect. Under APFS there is copy-on-write. The du -sh . command does not take this in account and thus can report an incorrect value.
Below is an example.
The commands below create a 60 MB file named original in a folder name test on a 100 MB APFS volume named question.
hdiutil create -size 100M -type UDIF -fs APFS -volname question ~/Desktop/question.dmg
hdiutil attach ~/Desktop/question.dmg
mkdir /Volumes/question/test
cd /Volumes/question/test
dd if=/dev/zero of=original bs=60000000 count=1

Below is an image from Get Info of the test folder and question volume. The test folder uses 60 MB and the question volume uses a slightly larger amount do to other smaller files and folders.

The output from the commands ls -li and du -sh . are given below. Here, the du -sh . command outputs 57 MiB with agrees with the 60 MB size of the original file. (57 MiB = 60 MB)
$ ls -li
total 117192
19 -rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 original
$ du -sh .
 57M    .

Next, the command show below was entered, which uses copy-on-write to make a copy of the original.
cp -c original copy

The image below shows the test folder has doubled in size. This is the sum of the sizes of the files original and copy. The volume question has not changed in size.

The output from the commands ls -li and du -sh . are given below. Here, the du -sh . command outputs the sum of the sizes output by the command ls -li. (114 MiB = 120 MB)
$ ls -li
total 234384
21 -rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 copy
19 -rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 original
$ du -sh .
114M    .

Next, the command show below was entered, which created a new hard link named link to the original file.
ln original link

Below is an image from Get Info of the test folder and question volume. Again, the used space in the question volume has not changed. The size of the test folder has tripled from the original size of 60 MB.

The output from the commands ls -li and du -sh . are given below.

The value output from the du -sh . command is neither the space occupied by the files nor is the value the sum of the file sizes.

$ ls -li
total 351576
21 -rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 copy
19 -rw-r--r--  2 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 link
19 -rw-r--r--  2 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 original
$ du -sh .
114M    .

Therefore, there would be no reason for an option to configure Finder to count multiple hard links to the same inode only once. In other words, there is no reason to create an option replicate a value with may not represent a meaningful value. The OP wants Get Info on folder to present the space used by the files in the folder. This would be a difficult (and therefore time consuming) value to determine. For example, the following command was entered to overwrite the first 30 MB of the original file.
dd if=/dev/zero bs=30000000 count=1 of=original conv=notrunc

The image below shows the test folder size is unchanged. However, the volume question used space has increased by approximately 30 MB.

The output from the commands ls -li and du -sh . are given below. The original and link files still have the same inode number, but now do to copy-on-write only the last 30 MB of these files is shared with the last 30 MB of the copy file. So, while the file sizes have not changed, 30 MB of disk space needed to be allocated to hold the 30 MB of zeroes written out by the dd if=/dev/zero bs=30000000 count=1 of=original conv=notrunc command. Again the ls -li command does not show any change.
$ ls -li
total 351576
21 -rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  1 19:32 copy
19 -rw-r--r--  2 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  2 02:00 link
19 -rw-r--r--  2 davidanderson  staff  60000000 Jan  2 02:00 original
$ du -sh .
114M    .

Determining the amount of space used by a folder is more complicated than just looking at the file size and ignoring a size when a duplicate inode number is found. The Get Info for a volume can do this by simply subtracting the free space from the total space to get the used space. The Get Info for a folder would have to make sure a block or sequence of blocks are not be counted more than once. IMO, macOS does not do this because doing so would be to time consuming. To be fair, I could be wrong about this. For example, WGroleau has expressed essentially the opposite view.


How to fix "Error: -5341: MediaKit reports partition (map) too small" after upgrading to a larger hard disk?

Your partition table does not know about the larger hard drive yet. While Disk Utility also queries the hard disk size and lets you request it to enlarge your partition, it will fail when finally changing the partition size (after doing a file system check).

This can be solved on different ways:

One is to destroy the GPT (partition table) and recreate it manually, which is a rather annoying and error-prone way of fixing the problem as it's easy to mess up when adding your partitions again.
An easier, better way is to run gparted, which is also included in current Ubuntu Desktop Live images (or is easy to install from their packages repositories) and probably lots of other Linux disks. After starting it, it will recognize the wrong disk size in your partition table and ask whether it should fix it for you. After fixing the table, reboot to OS X and finally enlarge the Volume.


HDMI is an AV (Audio/Visual) interface that is designed for consumer devices.  DisplayPort is focused on the computer industry.  As such, one functions better in a compute environment than the other.
Founders and Industry Adopters/Supporters
HDMI:

The HDMI founders were Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson, RCA, and Toshiba. Digital Content Protection, LLC provides HDCP (which was developed by Intel) for HDMI. HDMI has the support of motion picture producers Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Disney, along with system operators DirecTV, EchoStar (Dish Network) and CableLabs.

DisplayPort:

DisplayPort (DP) is a digital display interface developed by a consortium of PC and chip manufacturers and standardized by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor, and it can also carry audio, USB, and other forms of data.

One was developed by consumer electroncs manufacters and supported by movie and television studios as well as cable service providers.  The other was developed by PC and chip manufacturers with standardization provided for by the long standing VESA.
This is further reiterated by PC World article from 2019: HDMI vs. DisplayPort: Which display interface reigns supreme?

Though you’ll find it [DisplayPort] alongside HDMI on most late-model, high-end video cards, as well as in Macs and laptops marketed to business users, it rarely appears in Windows PCs aimed at consumers. It’s also rare as hen’s teeth in consumer electronics devices.

Empahsis mine
Your Mac
Your Mac has been using DisplayPort whether it was the native mDP (mini DisplayPort), the Thunderbolt (1, 2 or 3) port or the USB-C port in Alternate Mode.  Only a few Mac computes had native HDMI ports (i.e. Mac mini).
So, going from native DP to DP is going to be the most reliable connection.  There's no conversion.  No conversion = higher reliability.
Converting the Signals
The signaling of HDMI and DisplayPort are very different.  It's not just re-aranging the pin outs of the display signals, the voltages and the presence/absence of a clock sync all contribute to the reliability of the signal.

DisplayPort was designed to replace VGA, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), and FPD-Link. The interface is backward compatible with other interfaces, such as HDMI and DVI, through the use of either active or passive adapters.

Yes, you can convert a DisplayPort signal to HDMI, but I don't recommend it.  Again, no conversion is better, but if you must use HDMI, use an active adapter because it recreates the actual HDMI signal including the clock signal.  A passive adapter cannot do this.

My Opinion on HDMI
Personally, I find HDMI very flaky especially when it comes to audio.  On every single HDMI interface (non-computer) in my house, regardless of how new or old the equipment is, audio will drop out.  The fix is to switch to another input and switch back.  Apparently, it gets out of sync and the switching of inputs "re-syncs" it.
From a computer perspective, in the office, we've had mixed results.  Some computer to HDMI connections work flawlessly.  Others only get a blank or blue screen.  I resolved it by getting active adapters.
However, my greatest experience came when trying to convert a MacBook with a broken LCD (re-purposing a student computer) for a digital signage project.  The 55" Television only had HDMI and I simply couldn't get the MacBook to talk to the TV properly.  I had to get a PC with a video card with HDMI to make it work and at least twice a week, I had to reboot it because the signal became corrupt.  However, the Mac that I had attached to the Dell monitor via DisplayPort ran for months without issue - the only reboots came when we had to apply updates or change the content.


remove scratch from iPhone 5 front glass

Yes, probably the rivets from your jeans.  I've done that before.

A screen protector is always a good idea because of the time and money involved in replacing the touch screen.  Especially for any of the iPhones; they are expensive.  I have always loved the screen protectors from Screenguardz.  Compared to the ones at Best Buy (forget which brand), they are extremely smooth and the anti-glare is great.  Here's the one for the iPhone 5...

ScreenGuardz - iPhone 5

Also, if you already have scratches in your touch screen since you didn't have a screen protector there in the first place ( duh, :D just kidding), you might check out the compound from these guys.  It looks like industrial grade stuff or something of the sort.

TDI Smart Technologies - Glass, Acrylic, and Gorilla Glass Compounds


This problem was with the "local items keychain". I found the following here and it worked for me:

Follow these steps to prevent prompts to unlock the Local Items keychain.

In Finder Select Go > Go to folder (⇧⌘G)
In the window that appears, type the following:
~/Library/Keychains/
Click OK.
Look for a folder with a name similar to this "A8F5E7B8-CEC1-4479-A7DF-F23CB076C8B8".
Note: Each folder has a unique number.
Move this folder to the Trash.
Immediately choose Apple Menu () > Restart… to restart your Mac.

After restarting the computer, a new folder is created in the Keychains folder with a name similar to "4B29A0BB-599D-47FC-A2D1-42B5592B130B". There is no need to repeat the steps in this article, or to delete this folder. The new folder is expected and corrects the symptom described in this article.


Important note regarding AppleScript actions in Automator workflows.Hopefully this helps others who are looking for a fix.

Assistive Access
If your script uses things like tell application "System Events" to get UI data from app windows or send virtual keystrokes, etc, then it'll require "assistive access".
This may be called different things in different versions of Mac OS, but can generally be found in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility, under "Allow the apps below to control your computer".
Enabling assistive access for the Automator and Script Editor applications will allow your workflows and scripts to run from those tools, but not when saved as standalone apps. In theory, enabling access for any app should also let it talk to System Events.
Problem with AppleScripts run from Automator Actions
But as many have discovered, Automator often has issues creating apps that can be granted assistive access, when such apps contain AppleScript code. Not to mention the fact that services cannot be granted such permissions at all, since they aren't apps.
Workaround
However, you can build standalone AppleScript apps from the Script Editor application instead, and grant them assistive access without issue.
You can then run such apps as part of an Automator or shell workflow, like this:
AppleScript action in Automator
do shell script "osascript -e 'tell application \"My Granted App Name\" to activate'"

Shell Script
(can also be from an Automator action)
osascript -e 'tell application "My Granted App Name" to activate'

This also works for creating services in Automator. Just have your service run the permission-granted app, rather than trying to add permission-requiring code to the service itself.
Note that the tell app call doesn't require the ".app" extension, or even a path. If you have many apps with the same name, there should be a way to get the app by its bundle identifier, etc.
Other IDEs
I'm not sure if this is a problem specific to Automator, since I haven't tried calling fancy AppleScripts from apps built with tools other than that and Script Editor. Either way, the above should work for other IDEs/compilers/etc. as well.
Re-Building your App
In most cases, editing and re-building a granted app requires it be re-granted access. So it helps to test everything well in Automator/Script Editor before you build the standalone app, to save you the trouble. If your script is called by a larger project you routinely recompile, it's best to turn that script into its own app to grant it access once, and run the app from your larger project. At least until the larger project is finalized.
For apps used by multiple scripts, you could keep them in a consistent spot like a custom /Applications/Tools/Scripts folder. However, remember that any third-party code can launch apps and thus activate your potentially sensitive scripts. It's important to consider security implications when creating code that using assistive access.
When Re-Granting Doesn't Work
There are times when re-granting a rebuilt app doesn't "take". In such cases, renaming the app and re-adding it via System Preferences usually solves this. You should be able to re-name the app back to its original at a later time. This is a bug with how Assistive Access caches its list of apps, and the filename and/or path are involved somehow. If anyone knows how to clear this cache, please add a comment; it would be very helpful.


Why running lldb with HomeBrew Python 2 installed produces ImportError and NameErrors?

I installed six module with pip python package manager and it solves the problem:

$ pip install six
Collecting six
  Using cached six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: six
Successfully installed six-1.10.0

$ lldb myExecutableFile
(lldb) target create "myExecutableFile"
Current executable set to 'myExecutableFile' (x86_64).
(lldb)


I had similar problems, tried lots of things and finally tried not only to shutdonw my checkpoint VPN client but also delete all profiles and one would'nt delete as it had some firewall settings enforced...sounded scary so I removed checkpoint completely and viola ping works :)    https://community.checkpoint.com/thread/6627-i-have-endpoint-installed-on-my-system-and-want-to-uninstall-it-because-a-virus-has-masked-it-from-view-i-cant-find-it-on-the-launch-pad-or-in-the-applications-library-how-can-i-locate-it-to-uninstall-on-my-mac


How do I view disk usage on my desktop computer icon?

Right-click a blank location (e.g. not on an icon) on your desktop and click 'Show View Options'.

Check the 'Show item info' box:

The effect happens immediately.


Is it possible to make all text fields in OS X editable with Vi keybindings?

There is an OSX only way to do this, without using any 3rd party apps. You just have to create a file   ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict and put what you want in it. See an example.

Since I dont use Vi, I'm not sure what the specific keybindings are, but there is a great page about Customizing the Cocoa Text System that should get you going.


How to package Quicklook plugins for AppStore

Put them inside MyApp.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook/

More info on Apple developer site.

  When Quick Look searches for a generator to use, it first looks for it in the bundle of the associated application and then in the standard file-system locations (...)

If You do not have any app and only the plugins, I think you can make a single view application describing the plugins or something like this. However I can't find the reference for this.


Strange looking certificate in macOS Keychain

I found a plausible explanation, the certificate is most probably related to studentd, see https://eclecticlight.co/2019/04/01/back-to-school-studentd-and-classroom-in-mojave-10-14-4/:

  Although run from a system LaunchAgent property list, studentd is run as the user from login. If you log into a user account which doesn’t yet have one, it creates a security certificate in that user’s login keychain, with a name starting with ‘member:’ followed by two UUIDs. The first of these is that user’s UserIdentifier given in ~/Library/studentd/AdHocConfiguration.plist, thus is that student’s identifier for the purposes of studentd. That certificate isn’t trusted, but trust is obtained later if the user connects that Mac to a Classroom system.


You can use http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ (KeyRemap4Macbook) to set a new function key.

If you're on a macOS Sierra beta, this won't work. Risks with beta software...


USB doesn't have direct access to a GPU. Driving two 4K displays would be quite difficult, if at all possible. In all honesty, if you wanted to drive two 4K displays, the new MacBook was NOT the computer you should have purchased. It can barely handle its own display.


this clearly comes from your provider.

Most probably it is a new network profile which could not be downloaded.
simply restart the iPhone once. So it dials into the network again and the problem should be solved.


Weird bar in the bottom-left. What is that?

Use QuickTime to record your screen with the MacOS onscreen keyboard visible and you'll be able to figure out what key combo causes this to appear. Then you can track it down to a particular package.


Message from voicemail yet no missed call on iPhone 11?

Maybe the signal where you're located was low or inexistant, and the person just left a message.

Some companies from the US permit users to send voicemail to other users, without calling them. Also, some apps/services exist for that end.

https://www.techjunkie.com/call-directly-voicemail/

The same thing is possible in Canada, at least for Bell customers:
(look at page 7)
https://service.aliant.bell.ca/PS/pdf-download/3470874/default.pdf


First, the shortcut Shift - Command - Q will log you out and secondly, what a hassle when the display glitches or ghosts like that.

Start keeping a log

what time does this start and when was the Machine last restarted?
does logging out and logging back in fix it temporarily?
what apps do you run that correlate with this failure?

While you are logging to see if there are patterns, here’s how to triage specifically for the location of the fault:

I would start with a new user account to be sure this isn’t a system bug. While you are in the second user, check that your backup is current or set one up and let it finish. Once you’re sure it’s not the system, you can decide to start cleaning your preferences for your user or erase your user and restore files manually or with Migration Assistant to bring your user back from the backup.

I would try an erase install and restore from backup first before troubleshooting user preferences or manual restore of files. That’s much quicker and I have good success with it cleanuping up preference rot (assuming that’s what is causing this). The bonus to this is it also clears up system corruption. Two birds, one stone, so to speak.

Also, delete any apps you don’t need or can easily reinstall - the app data is left around and the fewer items to triage, the faster you will narrow down what’s causing this.

Good luck!

Some shots in the dark:
- uninstall Chrome for a while
- older versions of Microsoft Remote Desktop were reported to cause this - that should be easy to isolate if so

This is something quite a few have reported and my hunch is Apple probably doesn’t run the setup and app usage in their testing labs that’s likely to reproduce and fix this. Clearly this is a pretty severe visual bug triggered with some amount of common tasks.


In System Preferences go to App Store and disable Automatically check for updates.


Why is iphoto creating un-deletable albums?

If you go to iTunes and select your device there is a tab called "Photos"

If you check and uncheck the boxes as shown:

Check "Sync Photos"
Chose "Selected albums, Events..." radio button
Un-check "Last 12 Months" and "Last Import" and any you don't want
Then check any albums you do want

You should be set.


Lion login screen when using two screens

I believe the answer is "no". You can select a custom desktop picture for Lion, but I know of no way to select different pictures for each screen.


How to find the running TFTP Server process name?

I wrote a script for that purpose if you care to use it. The usage for TFTP would be as follows.

sudo what-listens.sh -p 69

You might be surprised to find that it shows launchd instead of the actual TFTP process. The service needs to be running to see the actual TFTP process, and launchd is probably managing that service.

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo 'This script must be run as root.' 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

CMD_SUDO='/usr/bin/sudo'
CMD_LSOF='/usr/sbin/lsof'
CMD_GREP='/usr/bin/grep'

function port() {
    PORT="$1"
    $CMD_SUDO $CMD_LSOF -n -i4TCP:"$PORT" | $CMD_GREP 'LISTEN'
    if [[ "$?" -eq 1 ]]; then
        echo "There is no program listening on port $PORT."
    fi
}

function usage() {
    echo "Usage: $0 [-p,--port <port> ]"
}

B_NEED_ARG=0
case "$1" in
    -p|--port)
        FUNCTION=port
        B_NEED_ARG=1
        ;;
     *)
        echo "Error: unknown parameter: '$1'."
        FUNCTION=usage
        ;;
esac

if [[ $B_NEED_ARG -eq 1 ]] ; then
    if [[ -z "$2" ]] ; then
        echo "Error: option '$1' requires an argument."
        usage
        exit 1
    else
        if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: argument to '$1' option must be an integer."
            usage
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
fi

${FUNCTION} "$2"

unset CMD_SUDO
unset CMD_LSOF
unset CMD_GREP
unset B_NEED_ARG
unset FUNCTION
unset PORT

I see the question was modified with...

  My goal is to use script to track if tftp server has been turned on OR not...

This solution below was working up to Mavericks, 10.9, and probably works up to El Capitan, 10.11.6; but, I have not actually tried it on a Mac with a version higher than 10.9. To disable a service:

sudo defaults write /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist 'com.apple.tftpd' -dict Disabled -bool true

It can then be checked:

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print com.apple.tftpd:Disabled' /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

If the return value is not 'true', then the service is not disabled.


Macbook Pro 2020 doesn't recognize second monitor while using usbc

Daisy-chaining monitors over USB-C is not supported on macOS. This is due to the fact that macOS does not support MST for monitor daisy-chaining, unlike for example Microsoft Windows. You will need to use Thunderbolt monitors in order to get display daisy-chaining working.
With your current hardware, you need to connect each monitor to its own port on the MacBook Pro - or get a Thunderbolt 3 dock that allows you to connect two monitors to the dock, and then the dock via one cable to the MacBook Pro.


How to differentiate original and fake Apple 5W USB EU power adapter A1400 / MD813ZM/A?

I got here by having the same problem as you and googling it. :)

I got my 5W EU charger (i'm sure now that it's fake) from a local seller, because my brand new SE was for UK market, so i had their three pin charger in the box. The one that i bought had a problem i noticed shortly. When i tried to charge my SE with it, touch sensitivity would go crazy. I compared it with my girls charger (she got it with her 6S in the box, for French market) and it was working flawlessly. There are couple differences between those two. Metal pins are different, fake one is lighter and you can bend the plastic housing a little when you press it harder.
They even made serial number readable, but pins and weight betrayed them.
I will post pics tomorrow when there is daylight so i can make better macros.


SATA Controller

I had something similar happen to me and I seem to recall it was not so much the O/S as it was the controller in the drive caddy.

The drive is probably SATA 3 and the drive caddy is probably a SATA 2. And there are limitations to drive size in various versions of SATA. If you got a drive caddy with a SATA 3 controller (to USB) and plugged it into your Mac it would likely show all 4 TB.

Mac OS X Volume Limits

Your version of Mac OS X supports drive sizes up to ~8 EB (Exabytes).

See this Apple technical note, Mac OS X: Mac OS Extended format (HFS Plus) volume and file limits.


Its supposed that the apps that you can download should work well on your iphone, in the case where the app is not compatible with that iOS version it should pop you an alert, if some app does not work correctly the only thing you can do is:

What you are doing right now, restore the device and manage well your iphone storage.
Post an App Store review in which you describe yout problem..

This type of issues are not supposed to happen, especially with big developers like Google but..who knows.


Apple TV won't connect to Airport Express

I have 2 apple tv’s.    One wouldn’t work anymore.     I went to Utilities, Airport Utilities and noticed there was a newer version available.   Once I installed the newer version my apple TV finally worked.   I don’t know if this will help anyone else, but it did the trick for me.


Is there a way to set application-specific 'hot corners' in OS X?

CornerClick and AppleScript

Try creating an AppleScript that is triggered by CornerClick. Your AppleScript could check which application is front most and act accordingly.

Enhancement Request

Also, consider opening an enhancement request with CornerClick. The project is open source and your interest may help motivate the author, or other developers, to improve the product.


New iOS release, what time are they traditionally released (on release day)?

Most Apple software updates seem to get posted around 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific. Far from a guarantee however, that's just my approximation based on past experience and a super quick Google to confirm.


The short answer to your question is no, Keynote does not allow you to specify which order a line can be animated so that you would be able to achieve the effect you are going for.

Annoyingly, the way to achieve this effect is to have separate object groups for each part that you want to animate. The gif below was generated in Keynote but it used multiple objects, if this is the desired visualisation you want, you will have to create each object to animate them individually.


You don’t even need an extension; Safari has a built in setting in the advanced settings to use a custom CSS for all webpages:

You need to create your own CSS file, but that’s a completely different beast. Something that will work nice on some pages might not on others, but I’d create a file named whatever.css and have it contain something like this:

* {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000 !important;
}
a {
    color: #00ff00 !important;
}

and then load it into Safari via the preferences. To reload any changes to the CSS while Safari is open, you need to select None Selected and then re-select your custom file.

You’ll probably find lots of people on the web that have put lots of effort into similar CSS files. Good luck!


How do I fix an iPhone 6s plus that has lost apps?

A normal shutdown is in order. Press the sleep wake and slide to power off.

If that doesn’t help and you have an iCloud backup and can erase all content and settings, I would try that. If not, restore when you connect to iTunes and then restore a backup.

If you don’t have a backup, you might attempt one via iTunes first and hope you don’t lose all data.


Preventing access to mounted volumes for non-admin users

Basically just take the permissions applied to your own home folder and apply them to the mounted volume. For example try sudo chown -R /Volumes/name-of-secure-volume yourusername:yourgroup

Then use chmod -R 700 to change permissions so that only owner can access them, and group cannot edit or view (in case new users are members of the same group as you). Of course, if new users are able to sudo, then all bets are off unless you put the volume into a TrueCrypt container. Which might be easier.


The Java JAR file ... could not be launched

Even though the error message says to check the Console I couldn't find anything useful there. However if you try to run the JAR file from the Terminal you get this error:

no main manifest attribute, in ./algs4.jar

This error means that the JAR file is missing the "Main-Class" parameter in its MANIFEST.MF file. The Main-Class parameter tells the Java runtime which class is the Entry Point, i.e. which class to run first when launching.

You can add this parameter using the Terminal. First of all download the JAR file from the Princeton website, then run the following command (assuming the JAR file is in your Downloads folder):

jar ufe ~/Downloads/algs4.jar TestAlgs4

This command updates the MANIFEST.MF file within the JAR. Once that is done the JAR file should run from the Finder or the Terminal successfully.

Having said all that, you only get the error if you try to run the JAR like an executable. I don't think you're meant to do that. You are meant to just place the JAR file somewhere the Java runtime can find it, and then refer to it in the code you write as you do the exercises in this book. There are clear instructions here on what you are supposed to do with the JAR file here: https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/code/


Everything is noticably slow, restored to new 1tb ssd

Mac computers will cut down the CPU power down to 50% if the battery is not supporting it.

In your case  been without working battery, is the reason for slow down.

PS, you do not need iStat to see CPU usage. Use the Activity Monitor


How to skip files with ditto command line utility?

I've worked around the problem by booting on the failing drive and copying to the external drive.

I still get the I/O errors when attempting to read the same files, but at least the drive does not eject (and the system does not crash) so I was able to go through with ditto and ignoring/logging files in error.

Otherwise, the answer to my original question seems to lie with rsync:

rsync -av --exclude='path1/to/exclude' --exclude='path2/to/exclude' source destination

or:

rsync -av --exclude-from=FILE source destination

See this answer for more information.


I'm locked out of machine as will not accept password as I shut down while using French keyboard

Or you could change the password to something "keyboard language neutral" via single-user mode. Quoting from Mac OS X Hints

  Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on)
  Type fsck -fy
  Type mount -uw /
  Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
  Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password.
  Reboot


Are Swift Playgrounds compatible with macOS and iPad?

I just tried running one on my iPad Air downloaded from this Swift Blog post as well as the ones found on the Resources Page and most of them just returned errors. You may see the attached image. Tests were run on iPad Air running iOS 11 Dev Beta & XCode playground Beta a well as further testing on an older iPad Air running iOS 10.3.3 and Xcode Playgrounds (older version)

The following error message is displayed:

Error Compiling Source

Error: Sources/CoreGraphicsDiagramView.swift:2: no such module 'XCPlayground'

Proof available at link posted below.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/t6qZY.png


Chrome keeps creating Application folder in Home folder

Google Chrome has a feature called App Launcher. If you install any apps from that part of the store the browser will put shims for the apps in ~/Applications (it also puts an identical copy in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Web Applications/LONG_RANDOM_IDENTIFIER/). If it is doing this then you should have a folder within ~/Applications called "Chrome Apps". You can see the Chrome developers making the decision to use the ~/Applications folder here. If you have installed any Chrome Apps, just uninstall them and delete the "Chrome Apps" folder and then Chrome shouldn't recreate the folder.

If you are using Chrome Canary, by default it installs shims for Gmail, Google Drive, Google Search and YouTube. But if you delete the "Chrome Canary Apps" folder it doesn't appear to recreate it.

There are other applications that install to that folder though. On my own machine Steam has installed shims for games and GitHub has chosen to install there app there instead of /Applications for some reason (I may have been prompted, I don't recall).

Like Tetsujin said though, having an Applications folder within your own user account isn't really anything to worry about.


Mac: installing homebrew messed up .profile in terminal

From the bash manual:

  When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with  the  --login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists.  After reading that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that  order,  and reads  and executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable.  The --noprofile option may be used when the shell is started to inhibit this behavior."

As stated if you have the file ~/.bash_profile then the file ~/.profile will not be read.

To fix, just run

cat .bash_profile >> .profile
rm .bash_profile

and open a new Terminal tab.


Upload Photos to iCloud Photo Library on iPhone only when plugged in?

Source:

Previous versions of iOS would only sync photos when the device was plugged-in and on wifi.

iOS 11 changed that.  Now photos will also sync when on cellular and when not plugged-in.  This means if you have a lot of photos, the first-time sync could kill your battery.

There's no fix for this however there is a workaround according to this Apple discussion.  This user had both an iPhone and iPad and used the iPad to do an upload of several images first.  After that they turned iCloud for their iPhone back on.  I can't vouch for this method because I never tried it but it worked for several people on that discussion thread.

  Use iTunes to sync a minimal number of photos which automatically turned off iCloud Photo > Library. After that finished on the iPad I turned on iCloud Photo Library and agreed to
  delete the photos I'd just synced and then it worked.


Possible to reset Keychain password without knowing the old password?

An administrator can change your login password without knowing the old password. The is no way for anyone to change a keychain password without knowing the old password.

Normally your login password is the same as the keychain password. For you to change your login password, you need to enter the old password and new password. After the software changes your login password, an attempt is made to change the keychain password. This only succeeds if the old  password you entered is the current keychain password. If not, then the current keychain password remain unchanged.

When an administrator overrides you old login password with a new password, the old password is never entered into the software. Without the old login password, the software can not change the keychain password. If you do not know the old password (i.e. the current keychain password), then you have to "Create a new login keychain". Doing so erases all the passwords stored in the keychain.

This throwing away the keychain with all the data “resets” the slate and you won’t have prompts with the new keychain that you can’t unlock since you now know the correct password to unlock.


Using an email address as imessage contact name

iMessage is a service from Apple which works from iOS devices and Macs with OS X 10.8 and later only and is using the device's data connection rather than the regular phone connection.

Using the e-mail address with another device's text messaging system will most-likely result into an error telling you that the e-mail address entered is an invalid phone number.

Sending a message with ANY device as regular e-mail will result into your friend receiving the message as e-mail instead of an iMessage.


Numbers SUMIF by dates within current week?

Of course there may be other ways of doing this, but here is one.

To accomplish this dynamically (so that it changes when the current week changes), one can use the WEEKNUM( ) function.

Create a column (you can hide this later if you don't want it to show. See edit below) with the calculation of:

WEEKNUM( A1 ) -- Where A1 is the first cell with a date.

Drag this formula down the column.

Now you can use this formula in a cell to get the sum for the current week.

SUMIF(Table 1::B,WEEKNUM(TODAY()),Table 1::C)

This should give you the desired result.

See the screen shot.  The Function Inspector pane has more information on these functions.

EDIT

To hide a column:
 - Highlight the column
 - Click the disclosure arrow (or control click / right click)
 - Select Hide Column

To show again, right click in an adjacent column letter and select Unhide.


Is it possible to install Windows 8.1 on a disk with two other OS X versions?

WARNING:

If you create another partition in OS X after installing Windows with Bootcamp, it is very likely your Windows partition will become unbootable. Apparently Bootcamp cannot handle more than 4 partitions: EFI, OS X, Recovery, and Bootcamp/Windows.

Be sure to make backups and be aware of the risk of losing your Windows partition if you create an extra partition in OS X after installing Windows with Bootcamp.


How to Convert a Webex ARF File on OSX (a Mac)

Webex has a Mac version of their player on their player website available for download:

https://welcome.webex.com/client/T31L/mac/intel/webexnbrplayer_intel.dmg

The software will install, but (IMO) it doesn't create an application link in Finder or in Launch Pad.  I personally don't have any WebEx recordings I can use to test, but you can launch the player manually.  It's located in the user's library folder under:

~/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/500

I was able to launch the player by using Terminal and typing:

$ open ~/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/500/Network\ Recording\ Player.app

You could also open that folder in Finder and create an alias to put on your Desktop/Applications folder.

Convert the Audio

The kicker here is your are going to need another app to "grab" the audio.  You can use Audio Hijack or Soundflower.  You can also do it via hardware (less than $30) which will also give you a high quality USB audio interface that you can use for other purposes (I personally use this method for my iMac interface to my Bose Wave Radio).


Sync video recording from two iphone 6 or 6+

It can be done, yes. However, it's somewhat involved.

One way would be start filming on both iPhones and then play a high-pitched sound of some kind. Then, later, you can use video editing software like Adobe Premiere, or Final Cut Pro (or even iMove, I suppose) to visually sync up the videos by looking at the audio tracks of both videos and aligning them up visually by looking at the sound spike created by the high-pitched sound played during recording.

This is kind of like what video professionals do when working with multi-camera setups. Not exactly easy. But technically possible, if you know how to do video editing.


Boot Loop - Trying to make a Yosemite KVM VM w/Chameleon Bootloader

I eventually solved this: I had to upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 and use just the GraphicsEnabler=No flag as a boot option. You enter it in the same place after boot: that the -v flag in the first screenshot.

Disclaimer:
As far as the legal issues brought up in the comments, most people I talked to did not think you had to actively be running OS X on the machine, as you are allowed do things like run a different version of OS X in a VM, or use VMWare ESXi. I am not a lawyer and did not talk to one, so any individual concerned would have to consult their own legal team.


It's the new gmail interface. Right above the list of emails are three tabs:
Primary   Social    Promotion
You are in Primary, try clicking Promotion and you will see the missing emails.


Phone responds to swipe but not touch - hardware or software problem?

In order to fix this problem follow these steps.

1) Plug your iPhone into your computer and open Itunes.
2) Select iCloud Backup or Backup without iCloud.
3) After a successful backup click Restore my iPhone.
4) Attempt using your fresh iPhone and on the phone select restore from iCloud.

If this Does not work follow these steps.

1) Call or go online to schedule a genius bar appointment.
2) Pay and have apple replace your screen or recalibrate it.
3) Use craigslist or something to get a aftermarket screen or calibration.


It turns out you might need to set your DNS server to 8.8.8.8 as I found out Here.

To change DNS settings, go to the Settings app and then pick Wi Fi in the left column. Tap the blue arrow that's on the right of your Wi Fi network name, and DNS should be an option, and you'll see a number like 198.0.0.1. Tap this number and change it to be 8.8.8.8.

Try the update after changing the DNS setting (wait a minute as you'll have to reconnect your wireless connection) and the update should work now.


How do I change the global stylesheet of Safari from the command line on OS X?

I've set a stylesheet in Safari and these are the changes that occurred in Safari's plist:

UserStyleSheetEnabled = 1;
UserStyleSheetLocationURLString = "~/Desktop/dsa.css";
WebKitUserStyleSheetEnabledPreferenceKey = 1;
WebKitUserStyleSheetLocationPreferenceKey = "~/Desktop/dsa.css";

Your command line would be:

defaults write com.apple.safari UserStyleSheetEnabled 1 && defaults write com.apple.safari UserStyleSheetLocationURLString "/path/to/css" && defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitUserStyleSheetEnabledPreferenceKey 1 && defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitUserStyleSheetLocationPreferenceKey "/path/to/css"


Apple maintains a Product Feedback area on their website for reporting feature requests and bugs from the general public. Here is the OS X feedback page.


Finder sidebar icons showing as circles for disks

Do you have WhatsYourSign (program that checks if an app is signed) installed by any chance? I removed that and the icons are back to normal


How to open .dmg file or install XCode on Windows?

You can not install XCode on any version of Windows, it only runs on OS X.


You may have enabled iCloud Keychain on your devices. If enabled, WiFi networks and the passwords associated with them are shared:

What information does iCloud Keychain store?

iCloud Keychain stores credit card numbers and expiration dates—without storing or autofilling the security code—and passwords and usernames, Wi-Fi passwords, Internet accounts, and more. Developers can also update their apps to use keychain, if the app is on a device that uses iOS 7.0.3 or later, or OS X Mavericks 10.9 and later. If you don't see items stored in iCloud Keychain, learn what to do.

From: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204085


As a work around, you can drag the tab you want to keep to a different window, then close the first window with the extraneous tabs and they are all gone with one click.


iPhone Storage Space Inaccuracy (No Storage Space)

Sometimes I have seen a lot of space taken up with the "other" category in the graph of space taken up on your iPhone in iTunes. Fixing that is not actually that difficult.

Back up your iPhone to your computer (I would encrypt the backup as the backup will then save all your passwords too, which it does not do if you don't encrypt the backup.)
Once done go into Settings > general > reset and erase all settings and data. (you may have to first turn off Find My iPhone, if its on, under iCloud)
When the phone reboots, plug it back into the computer, launch iTunes and restore the phone from the backup you just made.

Usually when you do this, if there is a lot of temporary or unneeded data on the phone this will do some house cleaning and free up some space. No guarantee this is your issue but it is easy enough to do and you won't lose anything except maybe an hour (or less) of your time.


/Applications/Preview.app no longer exists but is visible in Finder?

Did you try to explore over on the following path:

/System/Applications/Preview*


External disk automatically reconnects after unmounting

The problem no longer occurs once I upgraded to macOS Catalina.


How can I show other people my Sites folder?

You need to make changes to the router that makes your internet connection.

Basically, there are 3 steps you need to complete:

Create your website - you have done this
Enable Sharing on the machine hosting it

At this point you have done all you can on your Mac

Get your external IP address, and configure your router to pass through port 80 (or whatever other port number you may use if you are not using the default) requests that come in from the internet to be passed directly to your machine.

This can be achieved in a myriad of ways, depending on your choice, your skill level, and how security conscious you are.  You can manually "port forward" a single port (80) to a single machine (your Mac), or you can forward everything to a single machine (this is known as putting your machine into the DMZ or De-Militarised Zone) which reduces complexity if you are doing multiple ports at the expense of security (all internet requests will be passed though to your machine, rather than just dropped if they are not specific replies to requests that originated from your machines)


OS X Contacts (Mountain Lion) with CardDav - "CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 500"

The response says the the error is when communicating with the 3rd party server (since the Mac isn't CentOS obviously) and that there was an error on the server side (type 500)

The 5xx range of HTTP response codes are for server side errors, basically there was an error, we couldn't do anything and we are closing the connection.


How do I export text messages from android into iphone

Method for saving text only: similar to the "move to iOS" app, but still requires a complete application-SMS Backup +. It also transfers text messages, but it cannot be added to iPhone Messager or iMessages.
Here are the steps: Log in to Gmail on Android> Settings> Forwarding and POP / IMAP> Enable IMAP> Enable IMAP> Download SMS Backup from the Google Play Store +> Launch the application> Connect to Gmail> Backup SMS to your Google> On iPhone login Gmail> Done.
Method for saving text and merging with iPhone Messager: It is recommended to use transfer tool to convert the file to a format supported by iOS.

The above information is from this article, it also mentions the comparison of several methods.


How do you fix a non-working key on the Macbook pro 2016?

I found another way that seems to work and doesn't require a can of air: Hold the laptop sideways and while holding it like that, pound on the key. Pound as hard as you would if you were typing an angry message. Try to pound on each side of the key. Holding it sideways gives gravity a chance to pull the crumbs out. And if it doesn't work the first time, try holding it a different direction.

I've tried this method on several keys, including the large right SHIFT key. It seems to work pretty good. The SHIFT key still isn't fully back to normal, but is way better than it was.


Are the 4 LCD screws to fix the LCD replacement in an iPad critical?

Go back in unless you are worried you will break it the second entry.

Adhesives won't hold under vibration and shock like a screw will and the screw pressure is what helps set the adhesive in the first place.


Shared directory with Guest Ubuntu has become empty: a problem of virtualbox guest addition?

Just solved the shared directory problem (showing the content of the shared directory), by installing the guest addition under gnome terminal of the guest Ubuntu:

cd /media/t/VBOXADDITIONS_5.0.16_105871/

sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

See "Installing Guest Additions from a Terminal"  in https://askubuntu.com/a/22745/1471.

Questions:

Why did the above command line solution succeed in showing the content of the shared directory.
What is the cause of my problem in my post here?
I still get the same error when clicking Devices -> Insert Guest Addition CD Image as in my post here.


Email privacy on iPad : any trick to share the device without session feature?

The only trick is to actually go into settings app and delete the mail account by turning it off. Your password is still stored - just the data is flushed until you or the family goes to turn it on.

It prevents casual or accidental exposure of the mail contents in a similar manner to closing an unlocked door. It's a little better since your family will need to go poking to learn mail is off - especially if you leave enabled one account that has mail of a less private nature.

For meaningful security, you'll have to delete the account credentials and use webmail or enter it in only when you want access to the mail you consider private.

Another "trick" is to use a feature in gmail where it allows you to suppress certain mail folders from IMAP. This setting has worked for me on iOS to keep some archival folders from ever syncing to my devices (even though iOS uses exchange active sync to get the mail from gmail). You can see these messages through webmail or toggle the settings when you need to have them temporarily on your IMAP/exchange sync devices.


Should I defrag my SSD before creating a partition for Boot Camp?

The Boot Camp Assistant will move any file (if any) which may reside in your future Windows partition to a appropriate position in your then shrinked Mac partition before creating unallocated disk space in the repartitioning process.
Therefore there is absolutely no need to defrag in the forefront.
Please read Do partitions on SSDs map to physical addresses?

Or with other words:

A SSD works like an Amazon distribution hub:

and a HD like Walmart:

If both of them want to sell a new product (let's say windows) Amazon just has to find empty boxes to stack all the different windows. The controller knows where they are. However Walmart has to free up a whole section to present all windows at the same place for the sake of a convenient shopping experience. ;-)


download, install and run a scan from Malwarebytes for Mac. Sounds like you have malware installed.


Create event in iCloud calendar for different time zone

I am assuming that you are using the website for this.  Go to iCloud, and open the Calendar app.  Click on the gear at the top-left, then click preferences.  Go to the advanced tab, and check "Enable time zone support".  Now, when you edit an event, you can select the time zone in the event information.


Import H.264 videos into Final Cut Pro X

Try using Clipwrap. It can quickly convert a lot of error-prone footage for you. there is a free demo available that outputs watermarks.


Forcing Rich Text by default for iPad/iPhone

It has been solved.

There seems no native way of doing this on iDevices, for some very strange reason.

But, since they'll automatically encode in rich text if there are any HTML tags placed in the message by the device itself, putting a single space (&nbsp) in the signature via the mail app itself, and then bold/italic-izing said space makes it work.


How can I log screen sharing access on OS X?

You can very easily extend the script that was suggested to me in another question to solve my need for notifications when VNC connections were established.

Basically, replace the notification aspect of the script with a line that writes to a log file.


Restored iPhone 5s asks to set up as new iPhone or restore from backup

It depends whether you have a backup you want to restore from. If you don't have a backup to restore from, or don't want to restore from a backup, set it up as a new phone. If you want to restore a backup, select the option for the backup that you want to restore from (iTunes or iCloud).


I am not able to open a .tgz file on a Mac

Open Terminal
mkdir ~/Downloads/unpacked
cd ~/Downloads/unpacked
Type tar -xf  (notice the trailing space), drag & drop the file into the Terminal window and then press Return


Attempting to boot into Mac partition after Boot Camp results in a password lock

From your description, I believe you're looking at the firmware password:

This isn't specific for Boot Camp, and would have been set through the Firmware Password Utility. If you can't remember the password you set and can't boot into Mac, you'll need to go to an Apple Store.


How to migrate my Mac OS X application and data from MacBook Pro to Mac Mini?

As @Globalnomad says using the Migration Assistant is the easiest way as per the Apple reference . However you do not need the extra disk but connect them with a firewire cable see Apple knowledge base for firewire booting
The steps are given in the first reference in he section "Migrating using FireWire or ThunderBolt "

or if no Firewire cable - connect via Ethernet and use the section "Wireless (Wi-Fi) or Ethernet migration"  I suspect Wi-Fi might be a bit slow.


I can't download El Capitan from App Store

I restarted the computer, and tried again, solved the problem.


How can I remove a ding from the edge of the iPhone 5?

You will make it worse, especially if its the black model. Just live with it.


What is the meaning of this feature “Camera, recently”

It means that an app has used your camera recently - in this case, the Camera app.
If you see an orange dot at the top of your screen, then an app is recording audio. If you see a green dot, then an app is recording video (with or without audio). In either case, the control center will tell you which app it is/was for a short time after it's over.
If you didn't expect an app to be using your audio or video, then this helps you understand what happened, so you know which app is abusing your privacy.
About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar


Track pad and plug-in mouse left click not working

I would recommend splitting this question in 2 since you had 2 different issues even though they are affecting each other.

First one (this post) would be to only figure out how to reinstall OS with just keyboard. Take some pictures with your phone and post them along with your question so we can help you better.
If your input hardware doesn't work even after the OS re-install, post your second question with the new post-OS-install details.

As for your hardware, have you tried using tab and shift + tab to change focus (indicated with a blue boundary) and use spacebar to select that button, while enter only works for the button filled entirely with blue colour.


Not a complete answer, but here's a list of all accessory service types supported in Apple HomeKit. This defines the entire scope of possibilities in the Home app.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/homekit/hmservice/accessory_service_types

The accessory categories are:

Light
Power and Switches
Air Quality and Smoke Detection
Temperature and Humidity
Windows
Water
Locks and Openers
Safety and Security
Video and Audio
Information

However, I am not familiar enough with the HomeKit ADK to fully answer your question.


How to convert my iCloud Photo Library into H256/HEIC/HEVC

For images, you could use this iOS app to batch converting anything to HEIF:
I personally use this app for my own Photo Library!
Half - Cut Media Storage in ½
https://apps.apple.com/app/half-cut-media-storage-in/id1288721004
For videos, I haven't test anything solid yet. However, I found a blog post https://rienkjanschurer.nl/how-to-make-your-apple-photos-library-smaller-use-h265-hevc-for-your-videos/
and it uses Permute, which looks promising!
https://software.charliemonroe.net/permute/


This is a problem that's caused many people head aches, and also seems to occur on iPhone 3gs models.

For more detail on what fixes have been attempted, you can read this Apple discussions thread on this issue.

There was a discussion thread I read a few months ago (which I can't seem to find) where multiple people reported a success at fixing the issue by doing the following:

Unsync all music and playlists on the iPhone
Click on the Apply / Sync button in iTunes
Shutdown / reboot the iPhone
Connect to iTunes and once again do a (blank playlist) second sync with iTunes clicking on the Apply / Sync button.
Add back playlists and re-sync with iTunes.


Quick search in NAS. Which software for overview?

This solution is vexing and hard to solve generally.
We have had great success with one product and have tried many, none seem to work well as they don’t solve the remote index and then share that index out nail on the head.

https://cdfinder.de/

The marketing calls it the holy grail of media asset management, and I think that’s a little bit of an understatement. It does more than just that, it scales and is extensible and you can automate on top of it.
As you mention, the indexing would have to run on naps to be perpetually up to date, but periodic index scans by NeoFinder work well for us.


MacOS Sierra Launch Daemon won't start VPN service before login prompt

Your plist contains major errors and minor glitches. The proper plist - including stderr and stdout - looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.vpn_at_boot</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/sh</string>
        <string>-c</string>
        <string>/usr/local/sbin/sstpc vpn-redacted.redacted.com --user redacted --password redacted --log-stderr --cert-warn require-mschap-v2 noauth refuse-eap noccp</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.vpn_at_boot.err</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.vpn_at_boot.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Replace redacted with the proper domain name, user and password in your plist.

Your plist misses important tags (e.g. </dict> and </plist>). It contains unnecessary stuff like sudo. The sstp-client may be updated later, so use its link in /usr/local/sbin. I also recommend to add /usr/local/sbin to /etc/paths.

The plist permissions have to look like this:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  - 682 Jun  9 13:38 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vpn_at_boot.plist

After running the daemon successfully (i.e. without errors) you may remove the keys StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath and their corresponding strings in the plist.


I suggest you use what comes with OSX, namely sftp/scp, included with every OSX since the age of dawn.

Enable SSH in the sharing (Remote Login), configure what users have access and then try to use sftp from the Terminal (if you are familiar with it). Try

man sftp

to see the help.

  DESCRIPTION
       sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp(1), which
       performs all operations over an encrypted ssh(1) transport.

You have the benefits of "ftp-like" plus everything is encrypted.

If you still want to go ahead and use ftp, I suggest you take a look at ftpd conf file, located in /etc/ftpd.conf and /etc/ftpusers

In any case, take a look at the man page for ftpd.conf and ftpusers:

man ftpd.conf
man ftpusers

…to see other options you can add there (because the default one will be most likely empty or with little things in it).

There's no pretty program to configure FTP on OSX (there is on the Server version as far as I can remember).

Please note that FTP is not a very secure protocol by default and hence it should be running inside a chroot. (hint: man ftpchroot).


As far as I'm aware only the phone company the handset it currently registered to can do this. It's a fairly straight forward process [in the UK anyway!].

I think there is possibly a method if you jail break the handset but this obviously carries other risks too.

Beware black market unlocking services, there are lots of scams out there!!


Why does my iPhone make calls to my emergency contacts on its own?

Following hints from the Reddit post:

  If your iPhone is in your pocket and the screen is facing your body,
  the motion that your legs make when walking up a set of stairs "taps"
  the bottom left corner of the screen (at least for me).

  the first tap registers as a swipe up, which, because FaceID is not
  recognizing a face (because it's in your pocket), goes to the passcode
  entry screen

  2) the second tap clicks the Emergency text in the bottom left of the
  unlock screen

  3) the third tap clicks the Medical ID text in the bottom left of the
  Emergency screen

  4) the fourth tap clicks the phone number of the second emergency
  contact at the very bottom

... I found a solution that at in most cases prevents accidentally calling my emergency contacts:

Create a new contact called "Dummy" or similar, with an invalid phone number (e.g. 12345678). Make sure you have at least one other emergency contact.
Go to the Settings app → Health → Emergency info, and find the Emergency contacts list
Reorder your emergency contacts so that "Dummy" is number 2 from the top

This setup will cause your Dummy contact, and not a real contact, to be called when the bottom part of your screen is tapped in your pocket.


Use Image Capture. You'll find it in your Applications folder. It's surprisingly robust, and it's made by Apple.


Removing the “unread messages” indicator when messages were deleted by bug

Reboot your phone.
I discovered a solution for this one accidentally when I turned my phone off for a time, and then back on again - when it was turned back on, the list of messages was fully restored.
It's possible that the simplicity of fixing this issue is why Apple hasn't patched the bug in the 5+ years it's been known about.


Is there a way to specify that a certain app always stay in memory?

You can not set the application priority (to remain in the RAM).

Your system automatically manages the resources based on current usage.

However, depending on your Reminders settings, and what external (Internet) accounts you use, it might take a moment for it to check those accounts.


Python editor for ipad with mercurial support?

I just don't believe that thing that you want yet exists1. But…

1) There is textastic which supports text highlighting for Python, Ruby, CSS and HTML and   it supports FTP, SFTP and WebDAV connectivity (but no version control support). It highlights 80 different file formats but not Django templates (you can edit them like it's just html).

2) GitHub supports online editing for any files under version control using their Ace Editor (of course it's not an app and it doesn't support mercurial yet, but anyway if you like DVCS you should like Git and their Hub too :).

3) Python for iOS. That's what you need for mercurial and Django right? But,
Python is scriptable language which is distributed under GPL compatible licence so Apple can just remove this appх from their App Store (because they don't like scripting stuff on their iOS devices and they hate GPL licence)

1 That's mainly because it's too amazing to exist.


Try erasing free space (from Disk Utility, on the bottom left corner of the "erase" tab of your drive), and then enable trim (via Trim Enabler).

More than likely this drop in performance is caused by the SSD having to clear memory before being able to write to it. Flash memory can only bring bits up (from 0 to 1), meaning that over-writing a non-zero byte requires first erasing the whole byte, then bringing up whatever bits are needed. This means that 2 operations are needed (erase, write) rather than just 1 (write). TRIM helps improve performance by actively zeroing out memory locations that have been deleted during idle times, allowing for a single write operation to be sufficient for writing to that location. Erasing free space will do the same thing, but it's a one time deal, whereas TRIM works in the background to keep it all tidy.


UK keyboard layout \ and ` swapped even with ISO keyboard and British PC layout

Ok, so I re-read my previous answer and noticed that I needed to restart my computer when I wrote that. So I tried it, and it worked! The keyboard identification wizard appears on login but this time it had no problem identifying my keyboard as ISO.

If you have keyboard layout issue in MacOS try restarting your computer!


Attempted to fix macOS startup volume after failed dual-boot Linux install, but failed and now original partition unknown

I am sorry to hear that you are having this issue. Can you access macOS Recovery? If you can, that's great news!

If you can access macOS Recovery, then the first step would be to run First Aid on APPLE SSD/HDD, the Container Disk, and Macintosh HD. If the process fails, then that means that the data might not be recoverable. If you do manage to mount the disk, then that's good news!

If the OS drive mounts, then go to Disk Utility and type cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD then type ls. This will allow you to see if your data is still there.

If you can boot up on the macOS Drive again, then that's good and your repair process is complete! If not, then try reinstalling macOS from macOS Recovery. This will not delete your data. Then try booting up on it.

If none of these work, then the last thing that you can do is erase the APFS container, and reinstall macOS on Macintosh HD.

Good luck!


Localhost refuses to connect after upgrading to Sierra OS

After updating to macOS Sierra, Apache httpd moves the old httpd.conf to httpd.conf.pre-update and place the new one. In order to work the localhost work please try the below procedure:

cd /etc/apache2/
sudo mv httpd.conf httpd.conf-afterupdate
sudo mv httpd.conf.pre-update httpd.conf
sudo apachectl configtest
sudo apachectl restart

Then test:

curl -I -L localhost


Does the iPhone have a disabled chip for FM Radio?

I wouldn't have believed a single ranting tweet, but the UK's Daily Mail also covered this recently - so it's actually likely to be true, for any given value of 'true'
[my own opinions on the Mail's foil-hat, ranty, opinionated style aside…]

The FM radio hidden in your SMARTPHONE: Mobile manufacturers are denying users the chance to listen to radio for free


Ukelele generated custom keyboard layouts not working in Lion?

The layout you gave the link to works fine for me.  Are you sure that your copy of the file ends only in .keylayout and not .keylayout.xml or something else?  You have done logout/login after installing it, right?


How do I stop emails highlighting dates (with links to my calendar)?

I solved it by replacing each character in the formatted date using the follow regexp:

(.{1})

and then replacing with

$1&zwnj;


Only half of the display works, can I set to display only in that region?

You can't control the viewing area by changing the resolution, resolution only influences how many pixels are displayed on the whole screen. Even though it would make sense to restrict the viewing area to that remaining part in your case, there is no easy method to actually accomplish this.

Technically this could be done via display calibration, but the tools build into Mac OS X do not have a screen size calibration, only Color Calibration. (External monitors usually have this option in the monitor menu.)

The second place to look is inside the Accessibility features (under System Preferences), which include Screen Zoom and some Display settings. What you would need is a global fullscreen negative zoom, which is not supported by default for obvious reasons. (I could imagine, though, that there might be a possibly undocumented setting that would allow this. Either way, there is no obvious way to do this.)

However, you could do the following:

Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom

1 - Enable Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom
2 - Select Picture-in-picture for the Zoom Style
3 - Open More Options
4 - Select Stationary for Window position
5 - Click Adjust Size and Location

Now, you can move the overlay rectangle to the exact are you can still use in the top left half of your screen.

6 - Click OK to confirm the Zoom window position.

Lastly, hold Control and zoom in with the least amount possible. Now move the mouse around and you will be able to see every corner on your screen - it isn't the nicest experience and probably takes some time to get used to. I would recommend to just scale all your (safari, etc) windows to the section you can view and only use this method when you have to. Then just zoom out again and that overlay window will disappear.

In the end it's a broken screen and your most usable solution would be to get an external monitor.

[Update]

There is also a third-party application that could possibly be useful. It's called SwitchResX. I have not used it myself (and have nothing to do with that company), but they appear to support custom layouts that could be helpful in your situation. I believe you can just try it out for free as well.

[Update 2]

If you care to do some coding and are skilled enough to solve this on your own - this may be a good starting point: https://github.com/Eun/DisableMonitor/tree/master I have absolutely not looked at that code, but it claims to be able to change resolution and turn off certain screens for you - you would probably have to implement something like a screen-grabber that you run in full-screen mode, but only draw the results into your desired area. Actually doesn't sound that complicated now...

New Idea

You could even try to activate Screen Sharing in your Mac OS X System Preferences and see if you can find a tool that allows you to connect to your localhost. It probably won't work, since you'll see a screen inside a screen inside a screen .... but maybe you could run the VNC in another user account and get it to work?

1 - Enable Screen Sharing in your main user account
2 - Create a new user account and switch to that user without signing out
3 - Start RealVNC or another third-party VNC viewer (the build in ScreenSharing application into Mac OS X doesn't let you connect to your own machine).
4 - Scale the output window to your viewable area.

You could do this with VNC or you could install TeamViewer or Splashtop or any other third party tool that allows you to do screen sharing.


What does a "o" symbol instead of "3G" or "E" mean?

You are connected to GPRS/1xRTT since other network connection types are not available.
iOS 5.1 status icons
On GSM (All but Verizon):

3G = UTMS/HSDPA
E = EDGE
o = GPRS

On CDMA (Verizon):

3G = EV-DO
E = no equivalent - not possible
o = 1xRTT

(iPhone User Manual on Page 12)


How can I rotate a video by a few degrees?

Import the video in FCPX (don't worry about creating optimised/proxy media, etc).
Create a project and add the clip.
Use Transform (⇧T) to rotate (and scale) the clip as appropriate.
Export.


Is it possible to display a Smart Folder as a stack in the Dock?

Instead of your specific recent documents search, you might also like this alternative:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'; killall Dock;

This adds a recent items stacks to your Dock that has customizabile viewing options (grid/fan/list/automatic) like one is used to.

The right-click menu gives you the option to choose between recent applications/documents/servers and favorite volumes/items.


Extending 2007 iMac display to HD projector?

2007 had 2 iMac models.  The white Intel iMac and then the start of the Aluminum models.  Based on the info and pictures above, you have the Aluminum Core2Duo model, which should be able to handle up to 1920x1200 digital external display in extended desktop mode so it isn't a limitation of the iMac video RAM.

In the list above, when in extended desktop mode, the appropriate resolution setting for the projector would be 720p.  Have you tried configuring the iMac and projector in mirroring mode?  Check the box in the Arrangement tab on the iMac window then set the resolution to 1280x800 or 720p (which will be 1280x720 with black bars on the side of the iMac display).

Finally if that still doesn't work, most likely it is the DVI to HDMI adapter at fault, especially if the DVI to VGA adapter is working.  Try replacing it with a new/different adapter, if possible with an Apple brand.  3rd party adapters might not be 100% compatible.


How do I undo deleting my bluetooth device from my macbook bluetooth device list?

Also, most Bluetooth speakers have a pairing routine that will usually be initiated right after turning on, or by keeping the power / pair / connect / play button pressed for a while —which specific button will depend on your speaker make and model; either explore a bit, or find the manual.


Apple Numbers using AND in formula to find dupes

Figured it out! AND cannot be used since it's a function itself, instead IF needs to be nested, like this...

IF(COUNTIF(name,name)>1,IF(ISBLANK(meaning),"X",""),"")


openssl claims to use /private/etc/ssl, but appears not to, What The Heck?

This issue is the result of a known bug in OpenSSL that was reported in February 2013 and tracked here (log in using username guest and password guest). At the time, the latest public release of OpenSSL was OpenSSL 1.0.2. The issue was marked resolved in October 2016, and the bug no longer exists in releases after this date, the earliest of which is OpenSSL 1.1.1. Some users have reported that the bug was also not present in "version 1.1", to which they may be referring to OpenSSL 1.1.0 or forks of it — I have not confirmed whether the bug exists in OpenSSL 1.1.0.

The openssl binary included with macOS is LibreSSL, which is a fork of OpenSSL that originated from OpenSSL 1.0.1g. Since the bug existed in that version of OpenSSL, it persisted in LibreSSL until it was noticed and fixed by their developers, which was somewhere between the version you're using (LibreSSL 2.2.7) and the version I'm using (LibreSSL 2.8.3, which is packaged with macOS Catalina).


My contacts in Messages are not syncing on my new Mac

You can try following method

Connect your iphone or iPad to your mac using a usb cable.
Wait a few minutes and then open a new Finder window.
Your device should appear in the Sidebar of your Finder window.
Select your device and you should get a panel like the one below.

Click on info on the top line of your panel.

This should give you options on which things to sync. This method is described in more detail at this location


Insert photo from Camera to e-mail - show size choice on iPhone

Unfortunately, as I looked through Settings, as I thought, I couldn't find a way to change a settings like that. To be honest, I'm surprised that you had the option to remember the setting, as I have never had that (and still can't duplicate that).

I would recommend rebooting the phone to see if that, for some reason, fixes the problem. Also, as I'm sure you are well aware of, it should be mentioned that when you Message (MMS/iMessage) a picture or video it won't ask you the size, and when you email a video, it won't ask you the size.

If you really wanted to, you could reset the phone's settings (Settings > General > Reset (at the bottom of the list) > Reset All Settings). Honestly, I've only done the wipe all content and settings, so I'm not exactly sure what all it will reset, but it should take care of that problem. Don't forget to back up just in case.


How do I find which IP address softwareupdated daemon is downloading Mojave from?

lsof doesn't always show the root processes running. So sudo to be used.

sudo lsof -p PID | grep TCP

PID to be replaced with the PID(Activity Monitor is one source.). TCP can be replaced with other protocols too. For unfiltered results removed the | grep TCP part.


macOS prompts to log in to Google accounts on every wake

If, like me, you have that problem, you might want to check that googleapis.com and other google domains aren't blocked by a firewall (if you are using little snitch, double check that accountsd can access google apis.

Once I allowed accountsd outgoing internet access to googleapis.com, as shown in the attached screenshot, the mac no longer complained when woken up from sleep that I needed to enter my password for my GSuite account.

If that doesn't work, you can maybe look for a DNS server or a host file that would block the googleapis aswell.


How to determine which keyboard shortcut combo is free to assign?

As @Tetsujin pointed out,

  The beep doesn't mean 'oops, I've got a key conflict' it means 'the key command you just used has nothing assigned to it in this scope'.

After a restart, the (above) shortcuts worked in every app I tried.

So after tuning your keyboard shortcuts, try to close and reopen the app in which it does not get triggered (beeps) or ultimately, reboot.

Also - there's no notification if you have an existing short cut and install an app that collides with that, so you may have to just remediate when an app or shortcut collide - defining another shortcut in that app to free your preferred use.


Console + iMac 27" 2011 External Display

Three things need to align for a game console to send video out and have it be mirrored on an iMac.

First, the iMac needs Target Display Mode.

The 2011 iMac and later run thunderbolt - so you need a legitimate thunderbolt video connection for Target Display Mode to work.

The older iMacs had Mini DisplayPort video out and video in, so you would simply need to get an inexpensive adapter to change HDMI to miniDP (note - most adapters go the other way - take a MiniDP signal and split out HDMI - this would need to function in the other direction.)

I believe PS3 doesn't have native thunderbolt adapter or even a mini DP adapter, so you'd need additional hardware for Macs older than 2011 and I don't know of a box that takes HDMI and converts it into thunderbolt - so you might be out of luck on 2011 and newer iMacs.


Mac has become insanely slow : Processes SystemUIServer, UserEventAgent and loginwindow using a lot of memory

First of all: High Memory-Usage is not a bad thing in itself - the goal is to have a performant system and it can accomplish that by using RAM.

That you Mac slows down is more likely a problem that a process or an App is hogging Memory and not correctly releasing it, forcing the system to use Swap-Memory (on your Harddrive) and thereby slowing your system down, but that is just one possible scenario.

I think it is necessary to differentiate that because i think you are looking at the wrong place for your problem.

Other Possibilities could be wrong File Permissions, I/O errors of your Harddrive or SSD, timout issues for some process or App (Google Drive, Dropbox etc), corrupted chaches or swap files.

You should:

check the CPU-Usage in the 'Activity Monitor.app' Is there a Process/App that is using up your CPU and slowing your system?
Check the 'Console.app' in /Applications/Utilities/ for errors and post them here. There might be some clues there, f.e. read/write errors, timeout issues etc.
It is always a good idea use 'Disk Utility.app' in /Applications/Utilities to check your HD/SSD with 'Verify Disk' and after that checking the File-Permissions with 'Verify Disk Permissions'. If you find some errors there you should use the 'Repair' Function.
try booting your system in 'safe mode' by holding the shift key on startup. Can you reproduce the problem in that mode?

Try that and post your findings.