How do I turn off MacBook display when I have an external display?

Reducing heat by adjusting the lid

Having the lid closed or open does not impact the airflow of your MacBook Pro (MBP). Ambient air is never in short supply and the "exhaust" (where the hot air picked up by the blade fan(s) are expelled) is located at the back of the unit (the black stripe on the newer models and the grey stripe on the first generation machines).

Some claim that keeping the lid open allows the chassis to cool down, but these claims have never had any real data behind them (simply anecdotal evidence and unsubstantiated rumour). Personally, I have a 2006 MBP that was eventually relegated to being a desktop. I ran the system for well over a year with the clamshell open, and then closed, and saw no different in CPU/CPU temps (nor any variability in the other heat sensors) as a result. Moreover, the newer models have far more efficient blade fans and would suffer even less from the effects of heat (additionally, the new Intel chipsets run cooler than their predecessors). You can conduct your own testing of course. I had replaced the heat sink, re-applied a sane amount of Arctic Silver thermal paste, and used Lobotomo Fan Control daemon to monitor my system's temperature.

Disabling the internal display, properly

There are two ways to connect a secondary display to your notebook without enabling the default screen (note that this does not mean dimming it, but rather turning it off).

The first is to connect the display with the lid closed when the machine is powered down. Once the external display is connected, turn the machine on—it will detect the secondary display while leaving the internal one turned off. This will alleviate the issues you have with "dragging things off the screen" as the system will constrain your desktop to the one, active monitor.
The second is to connect the secondary display when your system is awake and active, and the clamshell open. Make sure the notebook is plugged in. Once you connect the secondary monitor, the system will recognize it. Once it does, close the lid on your notebook. The device will be put to sleep. Once that happens, move your mouse, or hit a key on your keyboard to wake it. Once it wakens, it will enable the secondary display, but not the internal one.

Additionally, you may set the attribute to leave the system in the sleep state even if the clamshell is opened. You can do this using pmset, a local utility found on OS X that actually handles all your power settings. You can accomplish this with the following command:

sudo pmset -a lidwake 0

The -a, -b, -c, -u flags determine whether the settings apply to battery ( -b ), charger (wall power) ( -c ), UPS ( -u ) or all ( -a ).

To reverse the command, set the 0 to a 1. These settings are persistent, in that, they do not need to be re-applied every time the machine's power is cycled and are saved to the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist


How can i toggle Caps Lock LED by a program

MacLight is a Ruby Script which has worked for me.

https://github.com/busyloop/maclight


Migrated to new Lion, how to share Time-Machine?

No. Most technically minded people have stopped trying to hack together AFP as Apple have changed the code to tighten up and only show legitimate sources not connected as direct attach storage.

Apple provides two products that let Mac Clients see a hard drive as a Time Machine backup when they are not connected DAS but instead NAS (network attached storage) which facilitates the sharing of one drive with multiple macs simultaneously and without reconnecting cables:

TimeCapsule - only the internal drive is supported for Time Machine.
OS X Server - can mark any share point as being available for Time Machine use.

Yes, anything is possible in software given enough money, time or ingenuity, but for reasons I can only presume is enough smart people breaking TimeMachine and blaming Apple for lost data when using DIY Time Machine targets, this has been tightened up in Lion to preclude any easy solution that is documented at present on the internet from working.


Is it possible to only see contacts with phone numbers?

The native Contacts and Phone apps do not support this in iOS. As a workaround, you could use a third party contacts manager which supports smart groups, creating “Has a phone number” and “Has an email address” groups and working from these. Note that the contact lookup sheets shown by other apps (like, say, Mail) are provided by the native app and thus will not show your new groups.

A free example of such an app for the iPhone would be Tacts – searching for “smart groups” on the App Store should get you more.


Can a third party cloud backup app backup all user accounts on my Mac?

I have the same requirement !  This FAQ seems to indicate Backblaze backsup other user accounts. I have yet to verify it though ..

https://help.backblaze.com/entries/26264869-Does-Backblaze-back-up-my-other-user-accounts-on-my-computer-


Is my private key available in the Time Machine backups? Where can I find it?

Keychain keeps its files inside of ~/Library/Keychains.  In there is a "login.keychain" file that you can add to your current list of keychains in Keychain Access.


In disk utility via safe mode, you should be able to format it completely by wiping the disk.

Then after wiping the disk, boot into a DVD or USB of OS X and reformat from there.


Confused about network unlocked,carrier unlocked,factory unlocked

Yes, but not Necessarily any carrier.

Network unlocked, carrier unlocked, factory unlocked all essentially mean that the phone can be used on any carrier that model is designed to work.  There is different meaning factory unlocked suggests the phone was never carrier locked and bought directly from Apple for the full retail price.  Carrier unlocked suggests that it was once locked to a carrier and has now been unlocked.  Network unlock could mean either.

Determine the exact model number of the phone. For an iPhone 5 it's likely A1428 (GSM) or A1429 (has both CDMA and GSM models).

Consult this table on Apples website to see which models work on which carriers by country.  (You will need to scroll down considerably to reach the iPhone 5 section.)

The model number is printed on the back cover of the phone. Source Apple Support Article HT201296.

A1428: iPhone 5 (GSM model)
A1429: iPhone 5 (GSM and CDMA model)
A1442: iPhone 5 (CDMA model, China)

FWIW, if you're considering purchasing this phone used you should request proof that it is carrier unlocked.

You should also use Apples Activation Lock tool before buying to ensure that the findMyiPhone is turned off.  If the activation lock shows on the phone will be of no use to you, until the original owner releases it.  This is different than the carrier locking.


Fusion drive: replace SSD and HDD vice-versa

I did the trick by Trent Fitzpatrick's recommendation. Everything works. Speed doesn't changed. Probably it's because I've just made a Fusion Drive and there need some time, probably it doesn't affect at all. But Write 120mb/s and Read 380 mb/s really slow for Fusion Drive I guess.

I'll wait some time and if speed doesn't will change I guess I'll replace SSD and HDD again because HDD tray has some shock protection.


Raid set add member: com.apple.StorageKit error 118

I know this is quite late to answer but I came across the same error today while trying to add a new member to a failed RAID1 volume.
The issue is, Disk Utility doesn't tell you the whole story.
Running the same operation through the terminal will give you the correct error message when executing diskutil appleRAID add member diskX /Volumes/RaidVolumeName:
Error: -69797: The RAID set cannot be modified because it is currently rebuilding
To avoid getting this error, you need to disable autorebuild on the RAID disk:
diskutil appleRAID update AutoRebuild 0 diskX (diskX is the virtual raid disk)
Then reboot.
After you reboot, it won't be rebuilding anymore and you can add the member, either via Terminal, or Disk Utility.
HTH others.


How to connect wireless keyboard on login screen

See if this works:

Unplug ALL USB devices, have your wireless keyboard and mouse turned on, and restart. The system sees that there are no input devices and searches for them. Then asks you to type a passcode and hit return.

If you have the Apple Keyboard 2 which has the Lightning port on the back of the keyboard, all you need to do is connect the USB -> Lightning cord to the computer and it will just like a normal wired keyboard.


Even if you could copy the application bundle, it wouldn't copy data like emails or calendar events. The data for Mail is stored in ~/Library/Mail/ and ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/. The data for Calendar is stored in ~/Library/Calendars/ and ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal/.

If you didn't already try it, try using Migration Assistant to copy the files from the old installation.


Why is opencv not using all cores after upgrading to Mavericks?

Being able to use multiple-cores or threads is dependent on the process. This is not AppNap or OS X causing the change.

Your process, opencv_traincascade, may be resource constrained after a few moments and thus reduced to queuing up tasks as it waits for disk access or another limited resource.

In this case you may need to switch to a different build of OpenCV:

  Note that opencv_traincascade application can use TBB for multi-threading. To use it in multicore mode OpenCV must be built with TBB.

Cascade Classifier Training
How do I build OpenCV with TBB?

Installing OpenCV with TBB via brew:

brew install opencv --with-tbb


How to include equations in-line with text within the cell of a table in Keynote?

It is not possible to have an equation created by the equation editor (Insert > Equation menu from the top) inline with text inside a table cell in Keynote. This is possible in Pages but not in Keynote.
The problem stems from a Keynote table not being allowed to accept a picture as a text element in a cell. This behavior leads to an equation not being accepted inside a table cell as a text element in Keynote because an output of the equation editor is handled as a picture by the programs in the iWork suite (Numbers, Pages, Keynote).
A partial solution to this problem within Keynote is to create all of the contents of a cell using the equation editor and paste it inside the corresponding cell (automatically as a picture). The appearance of each "equation" picture can then be adjusted using Format > Cell > Fill menu on the sidebar on the right as shown in the example below (Keynote v10.1). Note that, once pasted, one can not edit the equation picture in a cell. If any change is needed to a cell with an equation, then the whole "equation" needs to be re-created and pasted into the corresponding cell.


SE Chat plays a twanged rubber band sound when someone pings you with @yourName in a room you have open.

You can change that pref by clicking the speaker icon at the top of the chat room.


Does macOS Sierra do mac address randomisation? I know that iOS does it

Natively, no, but you can change the MAC address yourself.  I think it reverts upon reboot though.

The command is sudo ifconfig <interface> ether <new mac address>

For example, sudo ifconfig en0 ether 12:34:56:12:34:56

You may need to toggle the interface as well sudo ifconfig en0 down and up

As per this site (https://blog.macsales.com/37428-tech-tip-finding-and-changing-your-mac-address-in-os-x) you can make a random MAC like this

openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'


Why does Finder tell me Pixie is zero bytes in size, but takes up 406 KB?

I think that this could be the resource fork taking up the space.

See here for more details.


FileVault2 command line commands in Mojave?

The command you want is: fdesetup

From its manual page:

  fdesetup(8)                    BSD System Manager's Manual

  NAME
          fdesetup -- FileVault configuration tool

  SYNOPSIS
          fdesetup verb [options]

  DESCRIPTION
          fdesetup is used to enable or disable FileVault, to list, add, or remove
       enabled FileVault users, and to obtain status about the current state of
       FileVault. Most commands require root access and need to be authenticated
       with either a FileVault password, a personal recovery key (if enabled),
       and in some cases the private key from the installed institutional recov-
       ery key.  Some status related commands can be run from a non-root session.


Where is the autoexpect command line tool on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

To install autoexpect you can install the homebrew version of expect:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install expect


App Store Updates staying in queue after installation?

Normally restarting should fix that.

This could a problem of broken permissions that can be repaired in disk Utility.

If above did not work:

It also sounds like your problems are being caused by corrupted preference files. Located in ~/Library/Preferences/

com.apple.storeagent.plist
com.apple.appstore.plist

Quit all applications on your Mac, delete the two files above, and reboot your Mac.


To remove the jailbreak it is advised to restore the iPhone from the computer, but as you have already reset it mannually I would suggest to download the latest firmware from here, and then put the phone iPhone into DFU mode. Open iTunes and press the restore button holding the option + Restore if on a mac, or Shift + Restore if on PC and select the downloaded ipsw file. This should remove the jailbreak and put you to the latest iOS version for your iPhone.


How do I copy music to my iPhone using iTunes 11?

If you start draging arround tracks or albums there should open at the right a bar within your iPhone/iPad/iPod. Drag the track/album on it.


Fast CD ripping on old MacBook Pro, slow ripping on i5 PC?

Installed Mavericks on the same, slow ripping PC onto a USB external drive. After adjusting one or two kexts, I had a mostly functional OS X environment.

Updated and ran iTunes with the same settings. Ripping is now mostly at 20x on the same CD drive. Looks to be a limitation with iTunes for Windows, or Windows itself. Who knows!


Does restoring an iPhone to factory settings before a restore from a backup produce a different result than just restoring from a backup?

No.

Theres not much more to say. The end result will be the same: the device will be restored from a backup.


OS X treats folders that start with a "." as hidden, and Spotlight doesn't search them.

You could use find in the Terminal.app to find files. In your situation:

find ~/ -iname mysql2.rb

I've never searched for after-market apps because I can find anything I want using the command line.

HTH,


Add the bookmarks bar to internal browsers of iPad apps

Unfortunately, there is no way for developers to integrate your bookmarks into our apps. We create a browser using WebKit, but the bookmarks are stored in Safari, not WebKit. Instapaper is likely your best choice, and is available in most RSS apps and many Twitter apps do (including Echofon). You then can view these saved pages from the Instapaper app anytime you want.


Is Boot Camp still being supported by Apple?

The support site is alive and kicking:

https://support.apple.com/boot-camp

There are no announcements of note relating to this from WWDC 2019 through September 2019. That could change tomorrow, of course.

I’ve moved almost all my work devices over to VMware Fusion FWIW. There are plenty of reasons to not virtualize, so I encourage everyone still in the boot camp - check out Boot Runner - it’s amazing value and super helpful for managing one or more installations. If you have more advanced needs, Winclone Pro (or Winclone) are also available.

https://twocanoes.com/products/mac/boot-runner/
https://twocanoes.com/products/mac/winclone-pro/


No. Blocking a number will block it for normal calls, FaceTime and FaceTime audio.

You might have to pay attention to the details though to fully block someone. Anyone using FaceTime has an AppleID so you'd want to block the Apple ID (usually it's an email) and possibly also block the associated cellular number(s) since you can attach several phone numbers to one Apple ID.


How can I have Mission control, but just for one application?

That's called “Application windows” in System Preferences → Mission Control. There you can set a hot key to activate this. If you have a track pad, it's also available via four finger swipe down.


It looks like it was just a matter of time before Apple sync'd its user authentication information across services.  The new iTunes login seems to work now, 1.5 days later.

It sure would have been nice to be have been notified of this when forced to change the ID, and it would have taken zero effort in the course of developing the change process.


That is pretty bizarre. The iPhone 4 is supposed to have 2x256MB memory modules for a total of 512MB, but it sounds like, for some reason, your phone isn't seeing one of them. Your numbers bear this out too - the iPhone hardware sets aside 9MB of the total memory, resulting in the OS seeing 503MB or, in your case, 247MB.

Definitely take it in and try to exchange it or replace it.


"ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" on localhost after (I think) upgrading Apache via homebrew

Okay, I ended up running

$ sudo apachectl configtest

which returned

httpd: Syntax error on line 488 of /usr/local/etc/apache2/2.2/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.14/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so into server: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.14/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so, 10): image not found

When I edited httpd.conf, it turned out that it was trying to load two different version of libphp5.so: a new version that had been freshly installed (I think) by Homebrew, and an old version that Homebrew had (I think) deleted once it installed the new version.

For some reason, when Apache tried to load the old version of libphp5.so and found it wasn't there, this prevented Apache running at all. As soon as I deleted the line that tried to load the missing libphp5.so and restarted Apache everything worked fine.


Getting 5120 X 1440 @ 120Hz on a 2018 Mac mini

According to EveryMac, [The 2018 Mac Mini] 'supports "up to" three displays. It can support either (1) two displays up to 4096x2304 at 60 Hz via Thunderbolt 3 and one display up to 4096x2160 at 60 Hz via HDMI 2.0; OR (2) one display up to 5120x2880 at 60 Hz via Thunderbolt 3 and one display up to 4096x2160 at 60 Hz via HDMI 2.0.'
According to Apple themselves, "Support for the following combination of maximum concurrent display setups:
Up to three displays:
Two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0
Up to two displays:
One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0
Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports Native DisplayPort output over USB-C
Thunderbolt 2, DVI, and VGA output supported using adapters (sold separately)
HDMI 2.0 display video output
Support for one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz
DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately)


The Apple light on my Macbook is damaged, could this damage the screen?

Essentially it is not a light but is simply a hole covered with a piece of plastic. LED which are used as your screen backlight serve as the actual light for the apple mark, so the apple mark is not lit on when the screen is not lit on.

In short, a crack in Apple mark will is not going to influence your Macbook in any way.


I had a similar experience with an ACD30 (circa 2006, refurb) connected to a MacBook Pro via Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter. Fought display anomalies for about 18 months with Apple unable to identify any problem with display nor laptop.

In 2015, I finally found the following article on Apple's support site.
Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter: Resolving flickering and wake from sleep issues

I confirmed the adapter I was using had a firmware of 1.01 and thought it worth a try to have it updated or replaced.

I took both the adapter and a copy of the page from Apple's site to the Genius Bar. The representative argued that he could find no such page on Apple's support site (Though the link still works today, it has been updated and archived.) and that it wouldn't fix my display problems. I firmly insisted that based on the page he at the least upgrade the adapter's firmware. He told me that wasn't possible and finally agreed to order a new adapter at Apple's expense.

The good news is a week later a new adapter with firmware 1.03 fixed all my display problems. I'm still using the same 11 year old display two years later.

Hope this helps.


Files have disappeared overnight - where are they?

Assuming the files are actually gone there are two potential solutions I can think of, neither of which necessarily rely on Terminal (which will allow you to see invisible files, but not deleted files).  The first of which requires that you are using Time Machine.  If Time Machine was connected to your backup drive yesterday after you imported your files, it would create a new backup every hour including any files that were new to the system since the previous backup.  Simply open Time Machine, navigate to the folder where your files were previously, and go back to a time when they were still there.  Highlight the file(s) and click the Recover button.

The second solution requires third party software.  When files are "deleted" they are usually only removed from the "catalog" or "index" of the file system.  This means according to the index the space where file X used to take up is now empty and available to be overwritten at any point in the future when it needs to save new files.  Data recovery software simply ignores this index and scans the actual blocks of space on the drive to see if there is any data there. I don't endorse any data recovery software in particular however, as its been years since I've used any.  Searching the web will find various titles, both commercial and open source, and you'll likely need an external HDD to recover found files onto.  Best of luck.


iDevice as a Macbook remote control (remote desktop)

I have heard good things of these two apps, although I have not used them personally:

Real VNC
iTeleport

Hope this helps.


Cmd-` with full-screen windows on one monitor

To summarize the set of keyboard shortcuts with the addition of @soulshined's input:

If I have two windows from different apps I can switch with ⌘ Command-Tab.
If I have two windows from the same app I can switch with ⌘ Command-`.
If I have two full-screen windows from the same app then ⌘ Command-` doesn’t work, but I can switch with ⌃ Ctrl-← or → (or ⌃ Ctrl-← or →; I chose ⌃ Ctrl-← or → to
avoid conflict with browser back/forward shortcuts).
If I have two full-screen windows from the same app on different
monitors then ⌃ Ctrl-← or → doesn’t work but ⌘ Command-` does.
If I have two full-screen windows from the same app on different
monitors and the target window is currently not in front then ⌘ Command-` and ⌃ Ctrl-← or → both fail to work. I have to ⌘ Command-Tab to another app that is on the target monitor, then ⌃ Ctrl-← or →  to the target window. Correction: ⌃ Ctrl-← or → scrolls through spaces on the original monitor, not the target monitor, so there's actually no way to do this that I know of.

Aside: if I enable the keyboard shortcuts for “Switch to Desktop 1” and “Switch to Desktop 2” and use two monitors, the shortcuts won’t work if the specified desktop is not assigned to the current monitor.

I've entered a usability bug with Apple, number 19363102.


3180mAh battery for iPhone 5, is it safe to install?

Theoretically, everything that is not official can be dangerous. You should make sure the hardware in question is not bad quality and has positive reviews. To be more sure reviews are written from users and not "bots", it would be better to buy on sites like Amazon.com , but you will never be 100% sure. BE CAREFUL!


You can do a batch adjustment of time and date, in Aperture under Metadata > Adjust Time and Date. From there you can specify an increment (one year back in your case) and all of th dates will be adjusted relatively. More information from the Aperture manual is here.


How do I disable iCloud for just one app?

Assuming your running iOS 8.1, on your iPad, go to Settings -> iCloud -> Storage -> Manage Storage. Once your there under Documents & Data you should see your game. Just tap on the game you want to delete (reset) and click Edit, the the Delete All button will appear. Tap on that, and your game should be reset (you may have to Quit and/or delete the app to make the changes take place).


"# is not registered with iMessage" error

I've got several contacts that are offline in iMessage and they have gone through all the troubleshooting steps.

Everything points to this being a service disruption as opposed to something you or your contact has done wrong.

http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/


System Preferences constantly jumps to Keyboard screen

Since this issue isn't present when you create a new user account, I suggest you also test whether this behaviour is replicated in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode

Follow these steps to boot your MacBook Pro into Safe Mode:

Fully shut down your Mac
Restart your Mac
Immediately press the Shift key and keep it down
Let go of the Shift key when you see the login window (NOTE: If you have FileVault enabled you may need to log in twice).
Take a note of what happens (i.e. is the issue still present when accessing System Preferences)
Now exit Safe Mode by restarting your Mac as normal
Once logged in again, test to see whether the behaviour continues

If the problem is not present during Safe Mode and still remains when you log back in normally, it's time 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 this and see if the problem persists:

If the problem goes away 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 the problem does persist, 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.

After making these changes, use your Mac long enough to see what difference, if any, they make. This is basically a troubleshooting step to help narrow down the possible cause of your problem, so let me know how you go.


What causes an iPhone IP to keep changing when it hits a website repeatedly?

The IP address will change as you move base stations or your data requests are load balanced by your provider. This is because it is not your IP address but the IP address used by the provider to service the internet request.

It will be the same when on Wifi since your routers external IP address will persist for its connection to the outside world. However if that changed (if you rebooted your router and don't have a statically assigned IP) then you would observe the same behaviour.

These changes should happen over half hour or longer intervals, so if you are seeing changes that are minutes apart, then the traffic is being routed to a service that is anonymizing the source IP and/or potentially being tampered with.

See the tor project for a description of how this works when people want to show up in web server logs as coming from many diverse IP addresses.


What happens when you remove (or lose) the SSD from a Fusion Drive?

The Fusion drive is an amalgam of the SSD and HDD. If either piece gets removed or fails, you lose all the data. It might be possible to retrieve some of it, but it would be a job for drive recovery experts.

If you have a Fusion drive, it is possible to split it into the two separate pieces, resulting in a standard two-drive setup. However this is a destructive process, you need to reinstall the OS and all your data afterwards, as well as the recovery partition. On Macs that came with a pre-installed Fusion drive, you'll also run into issues where Disk Utility wants to "fix" the Fusion drive, so disk management needs to be done with the command line tools.

If you really want to split your Fusion drive, make sure you have a backup — this will delete your data; then boot into the Recovery partition (⌘R on boot) and open Terminal.

Run diskutil coreStorage list, and note the long string that appears after Logical Volume Group — that's the UUID. Then run diskutil coreStorage delete UUID, replacing UUID with the actual string. You can then reinstall OS X on the SSD or HDD and restore from a backup.


What is the reason of sound from the attached file?

James P, Thanks for the hint! It was Skype indeed.

To turn off this sound I went to Skype -> Preferences -> Notifications -> Overview and unchecked "Play sounds related to contact availability"


How can I repartition and format a Samsung Portable SSD T1 (model#: MU P8500B)?

You don't need any additional software or drivers, not that I am aware of. You can do everything via disk utility. Please backup your data before performing this (by this I mean actually copying your files onto some other media or the cloud).

Please note: The method will vary for different macOS versions, as in the position and labeling of the icons are possibly different but the functionality should remain the same.

The steps given below are for macOS Sierra. Warning: Wall of text incoming.

Your disk utility interface should look similar to this (except the options on the top bar shouldn't be grayed out):

Next, you need to select the whole disk in the column on the left. As you can see in the image above (look at the column on the left), the volumes are stacked under the actual disks and are indented slightly to the right. You need to select the disk, and not the volumes. Your disk should be labeled "Samsung Portable SSD T1 Media" from what I can see in the given image.

Next, navigate to the bar on the top and click erase. There you should get a confirmation message, for which you should select the option "Erase". This is immediately followed by a window with a field for the name you want to give the disk, and two dropdowns - one for which format you want to use, and one for which scheme you want to use.

Here you need to make a decision. You can name the disk whatever you want, obviously. But as for the format you need to consider your use-case. Are you going to be using this disk only for Macs? Or are you also going to plug it in to Windows and Linux machines? Actually, Linux machines can also read Mac OS extended, but I digress.

If your use-case is the former, then you should just go with the default options it gives you which should be - Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Scheme: GUID Partition Map. If not, change it to that.

If your use-case is the latter, then you should change the format to exFAT and let the scheme be GUID Partition Map.

You don't really need to change the scheme unless you plan to make the media bootable. If you do, then please tell me the details of the OS.

Finally, you can press the erase button and let the magic happen. If you get an error, then simply click on erase again and it should work. I'm not sure why this happens, and this bug seems to have increased on Sierra. I think it has something to do with USB hubs, but it's not much to be concerned about.

After the erase process has happened you should have just one partition. Now you can paste the data back in and enjoy your drive with a bigger partition!

Good luck


A better configuration to do development?

The iMac you are considering will be much faster than your mini. One tip I have is to upgrade your RAM, Xcode will use it.


How do I download embedded media such as Flash video in Safari 6?

Ok, I figured this out last night. Due to a weird flaw in the Inspector, I didn't notice this before.

If you intend to download anything loaded via a plugin you must have the inspector open before you have the plugin load the resource. This is easiest when the site does not autoload/play a video or music file. ClickToPlugin is particularly helpful in this regard.

Enable the debug menu if you haven't. (Preferences > Advanced)
Go to the web page of the resource you want. (e.g. http://www.example.com/kittenvideo.html)
Pull up the inspector. ⌘⌥A now pulls up the Inspector.
Now load the resource you want to download.
Back to the inspector, look at the list of files. Look for audio, video, etc under the Other folder.
Select the resource you want, then look to the right of the window under location and copy the full URL.
Open the Download window (⌘⌥L)
Paste the URL in the Downloads window to download.

So now there are just a few extra steps, but the paste to the downloads still works as before.


In the "Open" dialog there is an icon that pops up a menu that allows you to choose the sort order.

In the Finder you can either use the same pop up or right click and the context menu has "Arrange By".


Opening finder instances extremely slow in browsers and quicksilver since 10.6.7 update

Did you update to 10.6.7 using the Software Update utility? Or did you use the Update Combo?

It's not unheard of for the Software Update utility to muck things up. The advantage of using the Update Combo is that it rewrites everything, as opposed to doing a 'delta' upgrade.

It should be noted that the Update Combo package is now weighing in at over 1 GB.

You won't do any harm, and you may fix things, by running the Update Combo linked to above.


Reinstalling Mac OSX Lion on Locked Disk

If you have enabled FileVault once, the disk will be locked. Try open disk utility and mount it. It should ask for a disk password. Enter your disk encryption passwords which you entered when you setup FileVault. And, you're good to go.
If you forget disk passwords, you should try resetting with iCloud. Else, you'll need to format it.


How can I restore a supervised device from iCloud

No — restoring from iCloud will remove the supervision. There's no way round that, other than re-supervising the device afterwards.


How to enable Sqlite on a Mac OS X Mavericks

As it turned out, this was only an issue because I was using Zend Framework 1.12 and Apple upgraded to PHP 5.4 and 5.4, which in turn dropped some Sqlite support in favor of Sqlite 3.  Here are instructions on how to upgrade Zend to Sqlite 3 support.

https://github.com/gencer/zend-cache-sqlite3


Striving to become power user on OS X (coming from Windows)

I know almost nothing about Windows, but I think the equivalent of PowerShell on the Mac is AppleScript, not bash. The equivalent of bash would be MS-DOS Prompt, right? With PowerShell, you’re scripting the Windows GUI and apps, right? That is AppleScript on the Mac. So you might get more practical — and immediate — results from using the AppleScript Editor app rather than the Terminal app. Terminal enables you to script Unix command-line apps and become a Unix power user, but AppleScript Editor enables you to script both Mac GUI apps and Unix command-line apps, and become a Mac OS X power user.

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, you can Copy/Paste this AppleScript into your AppleScript Editor and tap the Run button at the top of the window. The HTML source of the current Web page that is showing in Safari will appear in a new document in TextEdit.

tell application "Safari"
    activate
    if document 1 exists then
        set theHTMLSource to the source of document 1
        tell application "TextEdit"
            activate
            make new document with properties {text:theHTMLSource}
        end tell
    end if
end tell

This is a very basic example, but most AppleScripts are just expansions of this core idea of multiple Mac apps working together like a player piano. In-between Safari getting the HTML source and TextEdit rendering it, you could use the “do shell script” command to apply a PHP function to the source. After it is showing in TextEdit, you could use the “save” command to save the source as an HTML document to a particular file folder.

A key thing is that right away, you’re automating the apps you use every day. Anything that can be described as “grunt work” can be automated into a single step with AppleScript, so that you save a lot of time and trouble as you work. And right away, you’re not just using Mac apps, you’re also making Mac apps, because any AppleScript can be Saved as a standalone Mac app.

Ultimately, you do end up learning the Unix shell, but only the parts that you find interesting and useful to your work. For example, if you’re writing an AppleScript and you want it to download a file from a URL, you can have the AppleScript run the Unix “curl” command, but after that the AppleScript might open that downloaded file in Photoshop and add borders to it and reduce it to a certain size and export a Web-ready JPEG, and finally your AppleScript could use an FTP app to upload that JPEG to a particular Web server.

The whole Mac is fair game in one way or another with AppleScript.


This may pull you out of recovery, but it will clean wipe the iPad. Download the Latest ipsw supported by your iPad. Put the iPad into DFU mode. Open iTunes and press the restore button holding the option + Restore if on a mac, or Shift + Restore if on PC and select the downloaded ipsw file.

P.S: Try this for recovery, it is a paid software. I haven't tried this personally, but the software description says that it can recover data from an iDevice stuck in recovery


Why cursor pointer size not getting small on Mac OS X sierra?

Please try going to System Preferences->Accesssibility->Display:

Slide the Cursor size knob towards Normal. Does your cursor change size while you are sliding it? If so you can make it smaller that way.

Also, is it possible you have zoomed in or out on the screen itself?

Go to System Preferences->Accessibility->Zoom:

Try turning on Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom, and then use Zoom out to zoom all the way to the normal setting, where you cannot zoom out further.


What 4k video editing programs are available?

I can't answer your first question properly, because there are many 4K tools and you have to check yourself, which you like most. I personally like Final Cut Pro X much. But that depends on your needs.

Now to your second question:
Well, as far is I know, there isn't a 4K video editor for consumers, because normally, this user-group doesn't need 4K. So yes, you need to switch to pro-tools like Final Cut Pro X etc.


You can copy the list of subscriptions between them, but I don’t know how to keep them in sync.

In the sidebar of the first iTunes installation, select Podcasts, right click, then click Export. I use the OPML file type, but others might work. (Let’s call it Podcasts.opml).
Using a USB stick, Dropbox, or some other method, transfer Podcasts.opml to the computer with the second iTunes installation.
Select File > Add to Library, and find Podcasts.opml. Once you open it, your second iTunes installation will have the same podcast subscriptions as the first.

Two comments:

This won’t keep them in sync; if your podcast subscriptions change, you’ll need to repeat the above to carry the changes across.
There may well be a much easier method, using something like Home Sharing or Dropbox, to keep the single library file synced between the two machines.


I've been having this issue for a couple of months and fixed it by doing the following:

Quit Contacts.app
Delete all content of ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
Remove Contact sync from iCloud preferences in System Settings
Wait couple of minutes, and re-enable Contacts sync
Open Contacts.app and wait. Everything appears, and now Contacts syncs properly both ways.


Make the desktop report the OS X version

Running sw_vers -productVersion will return the OS version.

You could then use something like GeekTool to output the result of a shell script to the desktop.

GeekTool is having issues under Lion right now, but the author posted an 'experimental' build for Lion. on his Twitter page.


Software to clone / recover data from almost dead ssd on MBP

The best way to recover is to restore from your backup. Assuming you don't have a backup, you could try Disk Warrior, as I've found it tends to work well. Although damaged SSDs are trickier than hard drives, it may work.


How can I monitor an employee's activity on a remote Mac?

If you do not trust the remote worker, do not hire them.

Legal, not technical

This is a legal problem, rather than a technical one. You should agree to a contract with the remote worker stating the limits you desire and how they will be enforced.

See Stopping certain data from ever leaving your Mac? for a related question.


Can all music and playlists/ratings be transferred back from an iPod Touch to a PC?

Try SharePod:

  Change
  Add and remove music, videos, playlists and artwork on your
  iPod.

  Backup
  Backup all those tracks you just can't lose onto your computer.
  Import them automatically into your
  iTunes library.

  Share
  SharePod can run straight from the iPod itself, so you can use
  it at work, school, home - wherever
  you and your iPod are.


Lost Time Machine Password - Unable to Format Disk

you've probably answered this already, but you need to use the terminal.

diskutil list

and then

diskutil eraseDisk nameofnewdisk /dev/diskX

replace diskX with disk0 or disk1 or whatever from diskutil list


Downloading videos with Safari 7.0.1 on OS X mavericks

Option-command-A is just a shortcut for showing the resources tab of the web inspector. It still works, but you have to enable the develop menu first.

Check Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop menu in menu bar.
Open the resources tab of the web inspector.
Look for a resource for the video under the other folder. It's named videoplayback in YouTube. If it doesn't show up, try reloading the page.
Double-click the resource to open it.
Focus the location bar and press option-return to download the video. If you try to save the page, Safari only saves an empty file.

Note that some sites like twitch.tv use multiple resources for long videos.

Another option is to use youtube-dl. You can install it with brew install youtube-dl after installing Homebrew. Some examples:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567 --extract-audio

youtube-dl http://www.twitch.tv/b/1234567 -o ~/Downloads/'%(uploader)s %(title)s %(id)s.%(ext)s'

pbpaste|grep -o 'https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=[0-9]*'|parallel youtube-dl -o '%(id)s %(title)s.%(ext)s'

curl -s http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/someusername/uploads|grep -o 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[^&]*'|sort -u|parallel youtube-dl


Is there a way to configure the keyboard on an iPad

Unfortunately what you're looking for is unavailable as of iOS 5.1.

The letter keys you type are lower case unless the shift key is blue. This does match a physical keyboard so hopefully you can get past that lack of displaying exactly what you get.

From a design standpoint, each app can add to the keyboard or replace the keyboard entirely, but you can't load a different keyboard if you don't like the ones that are delivered from iOS.

One example of an augmented keyboard is the Prompt ssh application by Panic.

One modification you can do to the keyboard is to "pull the keyboard apart". Using two fingers start in the center of the keyboard and slide your fingers towards the side of the iPad as if you were stretching the keyboard apart.

Also, if you're interested in editing in a language other then your device's default you can go to Settings -> General -> International then select one of several dozen languages available including Hebrew, per your comment. Once you've selected an alternate language you can tap the international icon to cycle through your selected languages as noted in the image below.


App Shortcuts defined in System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts override the default shortcuts.

Therefore, you can set up the shortcuts so that Paste is ⌥⇧⌘V and Paste and Match Style is ⌘V, as this will override the standard shortcuts.


Can I avoid windows snapping to main screen when I briefly lose my second screen?

Stay should solve this for you.  It's not free, but it's not expensive either.


Is it possible to add alternate SCM options in Xcode 3?

In the latest beta of XCode 4, there's a built-in support for Git, so it's possible to add other SCM.

Maybe Apple will also incorporate Mercurial support as well.

They are several requests - XCode should support Mercurial as well as Git., Xcode 4 should support Mercurial - to put Mercurial support into XCode.

So if you can't find a solution now, I'd suggest you to wait until XCode 4 goes out officially.

By the way, if you need or want a nice Mac OS X client for Mercurial, you should try MacHg.


Am I able to replace In-App purchase with Apple Pay?

No, Apple Pay is for physical goods or services only.

  Apple Pay or In-App Purchase

  It is important to understand the difference between Apple Pay and In-App Purchase. Use Apple Pay to sell physical goods such as groceries, clothing, and appliances. Also use Apple Pay for services such as club memberships, hotel reservations, and tickets for events. On the other hand, use In-App Purchase to sell virtual goods such as premium content for your app, and subscriptions for digital content.

Source: https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/Getting-Started-with-Apple-Pay.pdf (page 2)


Recover Bootcamp EFI Folder/fix boot entries?

I suppose you will need a Window 10 installer flash drive. If you do not have this flash drive, you will have to build one. First download the 64-bit Windows 10 iso from this Microsoft web site. This can be done while running macOS. Next you will need 16 GB or larger flash drive. For your model Mac, I believe the Boot Camp Assistant will aid in the creation of the Windows installer flash drive. If not, let me know.
If the root folder of the flash drive contains the file AutoUnattend.xml, you will need to rename the file to NoAutoUnattend.xml.
Boot to the flash drive. Hold down the option key at start up. From the Startup Manager, select the icon labeled "EFI Boot".
Open a Windows Command Prompt window, by following the procedure outlined in this step. Below is an image of what is initially displayed by the Windows 10 installer. Select "Next".

In the image shown below, select "Repair your computer".

In the image shown below, select "Troubleshoot".

In the image shown below, select "Command Prompt".

The result should be the image shown below.

Use the diskpart command to determine the drive letter for BOOTCAMP partition.

diskpart
list volume
exit

Enter the command below to assign drive letter S to the EFI partition.

mountvol S: /s

Here I will assume the BOOTCAMP partition is assign the drive letter C. Enter the command shown below to recreate the boot files.

bcdboot C:\windows /s S:

Enter the command shown below, then select option to "Turn off your PC".

exit


Why is the "Word of the Day" screensaver giving me false information?

According to this discussion it is supposed to open the "Dictionary" app. However, according to that discussion doesn't seem to work if the screensaver is set to require a password.

I have not tried on MacOS X 10.8, but on 10.9 it is no longer possible to disable the password of the screensaver and only set the time after which the screensaver activates. So it seems that it is no longer supposed to work and it is a sentence they forgot.


How to trigger download of thumbnails of icloud photo library to iOS?

The only way I have found is to click through each one. I usually start at the top and swipe through them, and they should start downloading.


How can I use Google Calendar etc. with iCloud?

Your Google account can be added to System Preferences → Internet Accounts. There you can select the services that you would like to enable.

For example, selecting the Calendars service will enable all of your calendars in your Google account in the Calendars app on OS X.


Selecting a minimized window in Expose via the trackpad two finger swipe gesture

Not possible via the trackpad as far as I can tell.  You can use the arrow keys though.


How can I silence the startup chime on El Capitan?

After a (few) restart(s), method 1 is back to working. Beats me.


Unix command to recursively copy JPG files in a complex directory tree

You can easily use rsync to accomplish this:

rsync --include "*/" --include "*RNav.jpg" --exclude "*" -am source destination

Based off this page. This includes folders and *RNav.jpg files and then excludes everything else. I've used -a instead of -r to preserve more information (my personal preference) and added -m to prevent rsync from creating any parts of the directory tree that wouldn't contain any files.


External Apple USB keyboard, Shift+Tab and Command+Shift+Tab doesn't work

Sounds like a hardware problem based on the comments. Until you can try a new one, you could get the same action by using use Cmd+Tab (holding down Cmd but just tapping Tab) to bring up the switcher, and then use the arrow keys to go back and forward.

Or possibly the Karabiner keyboard customizing app will let you remap the left shift to something else.


App Store on OS X broken after system restoration from backup

There are several Options you could try in order to identify the source of your troubles:

create a new User and try to access the AppStore with your current ID (or a temporary one). If it works, the Problem lies within your User-Profile and not the OS. If it doesn't, the Problem is located in the OS (or the Drive itself).
OS & User-Profile: try clearing out the Cache files, either manually (see f.e. StackExchange Article here) or use the freeware 'Onyx' (my preferred method)
OS: Check the Harddrive and the File System Permissions with Disk Utilities.app (found in /Applications/Utilities). It is possible (but not liklely) that your HD or Filesystem is defective/corrupt.
User-Profile: go to ~/Library/Containers/ an move the Folder com.apple.appstore somewhere else, f.e. the Desktop. Try starting the App Store again.

Try these and if it doesn't work look in the console. perheaps there are news error messages there.


WhatsApp Messages Missing after Reinstall

Usually, there are two ways to backup WhatsApp chats to iCloud.

Within the WhatsApp settings, go to Chats and then Chat-Backup. There you have several options, e.g. automatically backup your Chats or exclude videos.
In the settings App, head to Apple-ID, iCloud and then you will find iCloud-Backup. There you can select which apps and documents you want to backup to iCloud, i.e. you can backup all phone data and apps.

If you haven't select/used either one of the above backup options, then you are out of luck. They should both display the date and time when the last backup has been completed, so you should be able to check both.
In your case I assume you have not selected the chat backup method in WhatsApp, but the second one, backing up your complete iPhone. Yet, if the last successful backup was completed one month ago, there is no way to retrieve newer Chats.

As a general rule: If you are not 100% that your data is in a backup, never modify important apps and documents. Especially if your work relies on that. It is definitely worth it spending a - comparatively to the harm it may cause - little money on iCloud Backup or a hard-drive for local backups than to risk losing the data forever.

How to backup Time Machine backup to a Cloud?
Offsite Backup Strategy for multiple Macs

I know this refers to Mac (and TM), but in general - deepening on how important your data on your phone is - the same general backup procedures could be applied to your phone.

Note: There is still the option to backup to a computer. If you have done that, you can also restore the data from there.


Probably you have some troubles building it from a sources. My 0.02$:

check here https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/lang/python24

In the files subdir you can see the needed patches to sources, but especially the patches needed to the Makefile and configure, for the successful build. Use the above as a learning material for your own build process.

Ps: only wondering, what is wrong with macports.org? Why does not use it directly? All things are builded/compiled on your machine from the sources and you can always check the patches and so on... (so, no binary installs).


Open AppleWorks spreadsheets in Mac OS X when Numbers won't work

These files will open just fine in LibreOffice. Mac OS X (tested on OS X 10.11.5) does recognize that each of the files I want to open is an "AppleWorks Document" (as can be seen in the "Kind" column in Finder.app), but it does not know that LibreOffice can open it.

After you've downloaded and installed LibreOffice, there are a few more steps to get them open:

Right click on the AppleWorks document you want to open.
From the contextual menu's "Open With" submenu, select "Other…".

This will open the "Choose Application" window.  In that window:

From the "Enable" pulldown menu, select "All Applications".
If you want LibreOffice to automatically open this document going forward, check "Always Open With".
Select LibreOffice.  You'll get a warning staying that "It's not known if this application can open" the document. Don't worry about that!
Click "Open".

You should now be looking at a well-formatted spreadsheet in LibreOffice. It looks like the original formatting has been maintained; the spreadsheets I opened have colors, italic, bold, etc.

Once you've got it open in LibreOffice, from the "File" menu select "Save As" and you'll have the option to save it in any number of supported formats, such as Excel. Once that's done, your AppleWorks spreadsheet data has been brought into the modern world.

If you always want AppleWorks docs to open with LibreOffice, follow these instructions.


How do I share full-resolution photos between Apple devices?

Airdrop sends full sized versions.

iCloud link/album sharing sends full size versions.

iMessages can downsize if enabled in Message settings, but I don't know otherwise.

Put them in a note and add collaborators or create a sharable link.

Put them in iCloud Drive and share from there.

Use Dropbox, Firefox Send, Google Drive, OneDrive.

Plug in the iPhone to a Mac, trust the device and import using Photos.app. And then export unmodified original or let it do so modifications.


How to resize the widgets in the dashboard?

It is currently not possible to resize Dashboard widgets yourself.

However, the developer of the widget can make their widget resizable. This Apple Developer Documentation page describes the process by which developers can make their widget resizable, however it is uncommon for a widget to be made resizable:

  Try to limit using live-resizing to cases where it is absolutely necessary. If your content can be shown in a fixed, simple user interface, do so.


Can Apple Watch faces display reminders other than the scheduled list?

No, you need to have your reminders scheduled to show on the watch face.
To workaround this you can simply set them for a date long in the future and set the alarm to no alarm.


iTunes/Applescript: get all tracks from (incomplete) album

Try:

set playlistName to "playlist name"

tell application "iTunes"
    set playlistReference to first playlist whose name = playlistName
    set currentAlbum to album of current track
    set albumSongs to (every track of playlistReference whose album is currentAlbum)
end tell


How does data get "imported" into ML's new features?

Notes will import from the Notes folder in Mail. They no longer appear in Mail, but are still an IMAP folder.
Reminders will import from the task calendars in iCal. They no longer appear in Calendar, but are still ical files.
Messages pretty much is iChat, with a different UI and an extra protocol (i.e., iMessage, which is really just XMPP). You can still save logs. You can still read your iChat logs. If you have iChat set to load old conversations when a window opens, the iChat conversations will appear in Messages when you open it the first time.
For Gatekeeper, most apps are signed already so you won't have to worry about it.


Try it by providing full path, like /Applications/some_folder/appium-doctor to launch this app. It looks like system is not able to locate the binary 'appium-doctor'.
If it works then you can add that $path in .bash_profile.


How to schedule run of .command file (bash)?

There are several ways and I think the first step is to make the .command file just a shell script.

Given you comment re automator I would suggest the easiest way is to create an automator/applescript that calls this shell script. This then can be called by calendar

Other ways are using non GUI tools and call the shell script from a cron or launchd entry


Why are programs I download on my Mac listed under Devices in Finder window?

Many applications you download for your Mac come in a file which is similar to a virtual CD/DVD. Those are .dmg files or Disk Images. Whenever you double-click those you can imagine they are kept in the memory of your computer. Even if you delete the .dmg the content is still there as long as the image is not ejected (it is currently "mounted").

When you eject ("unmount") them, the content in memory is no longer there. However, the .dmg is at the same location where you opened/double-clicked it. Most likely for newly downloaded things, this is in ~/Downloads which is the Downloads folder in your user's home directory.


How to disable boot on MacBook Pro when lid is opened?

This article has the info for you.

Steps :

Open the Terminal from this location /Applications/Utilities/
Enter the command - sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00 to turn off autoboot feature.
Hit return and authenticate with the admin password (necessary due to sudo).
Exit terminal when finished

Note : If you want to reset to defaults, then enter this command - sudo nvram AutoBoot=%03


Is a Lightning lead without rubber shielding dangerous?

Such Voltage is not 'dangerous' but you should get a new one as soon as possible. Why risk a further damage to your iPhone, your Mac or your charger?


Reliable way to downgrade iPad 2 to iOS 6 without SHSH

Apple is currently signing iOS 6.1.3 for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. Simply download the appropriate IPSW and Shift+Restore (Option+Restore on MacOS) in iTunes. The signing status of iOS 6.1.3 for these two devices is unlikely to change because they are installed with iOS 5 out of the box. iOS 5 on these devices cannot update over-the-air to any iOS above 6.1.3 due to some technical limitation. So the update path for an out-of-the-box device over-the-air is iOS 5 -> iOS 6.1.3 -> latest iOS.

Note: At the time I answered, only the OTA for 6.1.3 was signed (because the limitation doesn't exist when updating through IPSWs). For some unknown reason, Apple now signs the IPSW for 6.1.3 (perhaps to be consistent). I don't know when this changed and I cannot find any information about it. The whole reason OdysseusOTA exists is because only the OTA used to be signed. Below you can find my original answer according to the circumstances of early 2016.

The lowest version you can go with an iPad 2 and without SHSH blobs is iOS 6.1.3. This is because Apple still signs OTA (over-the-air) iOS firmware for this version. You can use OdysseusOTA to downgrade to this version, but only if you're jailbroken. If you're not, then you can't. And only iOS <= 9.0.2 can be jailbroken currently. Read my answer on this question for more information about OdysseusOTA.

All tools that claim to be able to downgrade are simply forks of Odysseus and/or its process. Odysseus is the only tool that can do such things at this time.

For a video explaining how to use OdysseusOTA, watch this YouTube video from its author.


Is there something similar to the Greasemonkey script system for a browser in iOS?

At the moment there is the GreasePocket project in the works.

Have a look at their website, but it's far from a finished product, it will also probably need to be run on a JailBroken device.


Appstore multiple update of the same application

The log of your updates are available in:

~/Library/Application Support/App Store/updatejournal.plist

The simple solution is to clear the update logs by deleting the mentioned file.

Here is the guide to remove duplicate if you want to keep the update logs.

Open Terminal.
Convert the updatejournal.plist by entering this line plutil -convert xml1 then drag the updatejournal.plist from Finder into Terminal to expand the path, then press Return. Mine is the following:

plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Application\ Support/App\ Store/updatejournal.plist

Open ~/Library/Application\ Support/App\ Store/updatejournal.plist with your favorite text editor (TextEdit works fine).
Find the duplicate update logs. For example, mine is Command Line Tools (OS X 10.10). The point is to delete that entry which is inside the scope of <dict>. So you should delete the content between <dict> and </dict>. Here is line I need to delete. Save the file.

<dict>
    <key>__isSoftwareUpdate</key>
    <true/>
    <key>installDate</key>
    <date>2014-10-17T09:55:17Z</date>
    <key>productKey</key>
    <string>031-08844</string>
    <key>release-notes</key>
    <string>Command Line Developer Tools for OS X 10.10</string>
    <key>title</key>
    <string>Command Line Tools (OS X 10.10)</string>
    <key>version</key>
    <string>6.1</string>
</dict>

Convert the file back to binary1 by entering this line plutil -convert binary1 and drag the updatejournal.plist from Finder, and press Return. Here is mine in Terminal:

plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Application\ Support/App\ Store/updatejournal.plist

Open Mac App Store and refresh the Updates section. The duplicate line should disappear. Remember to only delete one entry of duplicate file. Imagine that plist as a spreadsheet with duplicate lines. Just delete one.

Feel free to leave question in comment if the tutorial is vague.


Use external USB 3.0 SSD with 2012 iMac for the OS?

Yes, it's totally fine to install and run macOS on an external HDD/SSD.

Especially since USB 3 you can get the same speed as the internal drive – or even faster in the case of an SSD.

The only downside is the fact that you will have one USB-port permanently occupied. It may also not be as pleasing to one's eye if there's an external drive permanently attached.

Enjoy your new iMac!


Permanently disable "beep" with volume change?

Sytstem Pref -> Sound -> Uncheck Play Feedback when volume is changed


iMessage conversations on iPad 2 are not appearing on my iPhone 5

They are not stored in iCloud (or the iMessage server). This is for your own privacy.
They cannot be redownloaded.


How can I get the mic sound feedback in my headphone?

LineIn from Rogue Amoeba lets you route any sound input to any output. Freeware.


Managing second iPhoto library with some albums and events from first library

Another option would be to get iPhoto Library Manager:

iPhoto Library Manager allows you to organize your photos among multiple iPhoto libraries, rather than having to store all of your photos in one giant library.
iPhoto Library Manager lets you easily create and keep track of multiple iPhoto libraries, but that's only the beginning. It also has the ability to copy your photos from one library to another, while keeping track of photo metadata that is normally lost when exporting from one library and importing into another.
Titles, dates, descriptions, keywords, ratings, faces, and place information are all transferred along with the photos, ensuring that you keep all that information you spent hours entering into iPhoto. iPhoto Library Manager also reconstructs events and albums with the same photos as they had in the library they came from, as well as retaining both the edited and original copies of each photo. You can split up a large library into multiple smaller libraries, merge entire libraries together into a big one, and much more!


Purchases I did not download do not appear in iTunes library

The first item is to check on the iPhone to be sure you are using the iCloud Music Library / iTunes Match / Apple Music settings there as you expect.

Then you’ll repeat the inspection on all other devices to have them match up with your iPhone if that has the library / playlists / features and media you want to go to all the devices.


The command grep -v allows filtering out a term or regex from the input. You can use a pipe (|) to combine multiple grep -v commands.

Example: grep -v firewall /var/log/system.log | grep -v imagent | grep -v mdworker

The first grep command in this example operates on the file contents; the subsequent grep commands operate on the output of the previous grep command.

grep is located at /usr/bin/grep on my Lion system. For more information on using grep, read the man page with the command man 1 grep or just man grep.

Edit: Command line can be shortened to

grep -v 'firewall\|imagent\|mdworker' /var/log/system.log


Small XCode Bug where No Output is Shown

In the top bar:
view->debug area->activate console


Possible to monitor URLs an application is connecting to?

Little Snitch

A firewall that can alert you when an app connects to a certain domain, and lets you allow/block the connection.

Alternatively, you can allow all connections and just monitor them.

Rubbernet

Alternatively, you can use Rubbernet:


iPhone 6s question in reference to my iPad

If you sync both iPad and iPhone you will receive alerts in both the devices. While, deleting messages and conversations has to be done on each individual device separately so deleting is not synchronised.


Computer freezes after update 2020-002 on High Sierra. How to revert / cancel update?

Rollback procedure

The only way I found to be able to fight bad OS updates, and to revert an OS update is the following procedure. It is a procedure to have in place before any
update and at the same time it is a heavy and pretty good backup policy.

Buy a dedicated disk for this backup and rollback policy, twice the capacity of the disk of the Mac you want to protect.
Make a full bootable backup of your OS with Carbon Copy Cloner (you can try it for free to make your own opinion about the quality of this software).
Once this backup is complete, test it by booting your Mac on it and check everything is OK (your vital applications at least).
Reboot your Mac on its internal disk and make a log file to track which versions of your OS you backud up correctly. For example I use a basic text file I maintain with vi (and rcs):

backup disk name        version of the OS saved        date of backup

Make the update that App Store proposed you and check everything is OK (your vital applications at least).
If this update is OK, just continue with it: end of the backup procedure.

Else, make a rollback of your previous version saved on your backup disk with Carbon Copy Cloner.

Practical time spent on this procedure

one hour for backup CCC,
half an hour for checking the backup,
one hour for MacOS update,
2 full days for testing the new MacOS version,
one hour for rollback CCC if the new MacOS is ill behaving,

total:   2.5 days (essentially testing a fresh new MacOS version).

Practical time saved with this procedure

between 1 day and 3 years, depending on the time Apple will take to fix a misbehaving version of MacOS.


How can I transfer a Live Photo from one .photoslibrary file to another?

The easiest way to transfer Live Photos is to use AirDrop.

Starting with macOS Sierra 10.12.3, Apple added a new Live Photos Smart Album to Photos. It can be accessed either from the Sidebar (⌘ cmd ⌥ opt s) or in Albums view (⌘ cmd 4).

Once you’re in there, select all the Live Photos you want to transfer, then right-click, Share → AirDrop.

To use AirDrop, you will need one of the following models of Macs:

MacBook Pro (Late 2008) or later, excluding the MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Air (Late 2010) or later
MacBook (Late 2008) or later, excluding the white MacBook (Late 2008)
iMac (Early 2009) or later
Mac Mini (Mid 2010) or later
Mac Pro (Early 2009 with AirPort Extreme card, or Mid 2010)

Apple has a support article that may help you identify which model Macs you have.

If your Mac doesn’t support AirDrop, but hers does, AND you’ve managed to free up space on your iPhone, she can also AirDrop those photos to your iPhone. You can then import them into your Mac by plugging in to USB.

Barring all of the above, then you can have your girlfriend send you those Live Photos by iMessage, then import them into your Photos Library.

As of macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and iOS 10.3.2, AirDrop and iMessage are the only built-in ways to share Live Photos while preserving their full quality. Using a Shared Photo Album will down-sample your photos to 2048 pixels on the long edge.


Can I use different Apple ID for Music on Catalina?

Yes - you can sign in using different Apple ID for the music app and not share the same AppleID as you do with other items like the App Store, iCloud preferences, FaceTime and Messages. In fact, you could choose a different account for each one of the above if you wanted to be creative or difficult or just had specific needs.

I use my work AppleID for Messages and FaceTime and iCloud.
I use my personal AppleID for the App Store and Music. (Where I subscribe to Apple Music as well)

For the macOS Music app - look in the Account menu - sign out of the wrong account and then choose Sign In... to switch to the one you prefer.

Works for me, no issues, no complaints. The activation count issues of the past seem to have disappeared for almost everyone.


MacBook Air - upgraded HD, now does not boot up

You can try starting in Safe Mode. Restart your Mac and immediately after your Mac starts (some Mac computers play a startup sound), press and hold the Shift key. Release the Shift key when you see the progress indicator. See if this works. If so edit your question mentioning that it works in safe mode, and leave a comment here.


Connecting iPhone to HC-05 Bluetooth module

As far as I know, they are using different BT profiles so It's not possible. HC-05 is using SPP which iOS does not support.


How to display the MiniPlayer in iTunes with AppleScript?

AFAIK you can only do this using UI scripting, here are some ways to switch to the miniplayer :

Simulating a click on the button in the interface :

tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTunes"
    click button 4 of window 1
end tell

Using the keyboard shortcut :

tell application "System Events"
    tell application "iTunes" to activate
    keystroke "m" using {option down, command down}
end tell

If you want to display the miniplay AND the fullsize player (your request isn't clear) use :

tell application "System Events"
    tell application "iTunes" to activate
    keystroke "3" using {option down, command down}
end tell


CPU at 100%, but no processes showing significant usage

NOTE: This is only a partial answer, so any other info as to why this happened could be good for others with this problem.

Literally, upon simply plugging in the power cord, all symptoms immediately stopped. (Battery was well above 10%.)

CPU usage dropped to normal levels.
Resulting sluggishness stopped as well.


Apple keyboard on Windows PC: will CMD buttons work as CTRL?

Command button will act as Windows button, Control as Ctrl, Option as Alt. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202676 section "How Microsoft Windows Function keys are mapped to Apple keyboards".


How can I verify if a group exists in Active Directory on a certain domain

To find a user:
dscl "/Active Directory/DOMAIN/All Domains" read /Users/user

To find a group:
dscl "/Active Directory/DOMAIN/All Domains" read /Groups/group


Can't download Mavericks - I got a Mountain Lion CD, what to do?

Here you go with the screen shot of download button.


How do I exclude a hard drive from Time Machine backup history?

Once you’ve excluded the drive from future backups using System Preferences → Time Machine, open Time Machine on your computer, secondary-click on the disk to delete and choose ‘Delete All Backups of disk’.

http://osxdaily.com/2015/07/27/delete-old-backups-time-machine-mac/


From Apple KB - Two-factor authentication for Apple ID

You can update your trusted phone numbers by following these steps:
Go to your Apple ID account page.
Sign in with your Apple ID.
Go
to the Security section and click Edit.
If you want to add a phone number, click Add a Trusted Phone Number
and enter the phone number. Choose to verify the number with a text
message or an automated phone call, and click Continue. To remove a
trusted phone number, click x icon next to the phone number you want
to remove.

Presumably, if this is someone else's iPad, they will have to do the removal.
Alternatively, you may be able to see & remove their device from the Devices list on your Apple ID page. I'm not sure how this would affect future trust, as it wouldn't necessarily clear the number from their account.


How do you remove the time from the menu bar in Big Sur

In terminal, write:
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock IsAnalog -bool true

Not what you want but close enough as it makes it a single clock icon


OS X 10.9.4 Apple preview - can you rotate in inserted rectangle?

You can only rotate an inserted shape by going to Tools > Rotate Left/Right...


If using Lion, it should not go to sleep when an external display is connected. If it does, you can wake it up with an external keyboard.


VirtualBox 5.1.22 on OSX 10.10.5 fail to start after install

Solution:

sudo chown root:admin /Applications
sudo chmod o-w /Applications

Run the lines in the Terminal.


Force Click to preview items in Safari doesn't work

Well I restarted my Mac and everything works perfectly...


Removing profile settings from a profile that no longer exists

My best tip would probably be to install the app again, with the profile and all of that, and then remove the profile again, then deleting the app and see if that helps.

It's hard to tell what might be causing the problem – you're sure there are no proxy settings in place anywhere and that the profile is deleted?

Edit: It seems there are some ghost settings you're unable to change. Your best chance would be to reset all the network settings (Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings), or restoring your iPhone to factory settings.


How do you delete applications which are stored in your system preferences?

You can check if its related files are still stored in your computer. Activate Finder, then click Go > Go To Folder, and type in /Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support, replacing yourusername with your username. From here, you will be able to remove your application's related files.

You can remove the application's Preference Pane from System Preferences by opening System Preferences and right-clicking the application's name, and click "Remove Preference Pane".


How to determine quickly what is the currently running OS volume?

If in terminal, one could type open / which opens a Finder window for the root (similar to what @andersmoldin described).

You could also drag the volume's icon to the Finder's sidebar for quick access later on.

Or you could drag it to the Dock.


Yes, the iPad also comes with the Facetime app, except not if you buy it in Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and if you buy it in China the audio will not work.

I think Skype works everywhere, and I have sometimes found it more reliable than facetime, but others have the opposite experience.


Why does the Notes app show on the lock screen?

Handoff is why the notes app shows up on my lock screen.

You could try disabling that entirely or be sure that no other device is communicating with your device over bluetooth or WiFi.

If you look at the text in the handoff settings, suggested apps can also be shown based on usage patterns. If you open notes every night at 7 pm, eventually the OS will suggest notes at that time based on inference. Since this intelligence was introduced with iOS nine, it would take a while for the OS to learn your habits so having it appear coincidental  with the 9.0.2 update seems plausible.


You don't need sudo to unmount a drive.

Use diskutil

The following command ejects the volume Backup:

diskutil eject /Volumes/Backup

This should do it, although (IIRC) you might want…

diskutil unmount /Volumes/Backup

…to make it easier to re-mount without having to physically disconnect/reconnect the drive.

Ejecting All Disks

If you want to make sure you have ejected all of your disks, you can try this:

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)'

Third Party Tool: Mountain

There is also Mountain which will automate this for you.

Third Party Tool: Keyboard Maestro

Above all other ideas, I would recommend Keyboard Maestro which can do all of these things on sleep, and remount your drive on wake, plus 1,000 other things.


Try brew install moreutils and then run the ts command. moreutils installs a bunch of things.

https://rentes.github.io/unix/utilities/2015/07/27/moreutils-package/


MacBook Pro Retina 15 connecting a 4k monitor

An Apple store employee told me they no longer sell Mini-DP to Mini-DP cables because Thunderbolt cables can serve the same purpose, but this answer suggests she might have been lying.

I've seen a firmware revision reported for a Thunderbolt cable, which fits with the claim that a Thunderbolt cable includes a chip.

I've had good luck with DisplayPort to Mini-DP cables. If your monitor has a full size DisplayPort connector, connecting a cable to that might be your best bet. Cables for that purpose are easy to find on Amazon.

This answer confirms my experience, that a Mac HDMI port can't do UHD at 60 Hz.


Afraid not, but I feel your struggle. My internet is about as terrible as it gets (14kb/s). However, I was able to download the IPSW using my PS3's Internet browser which seems to get 700kb/s and it took slightly over one hour. You might not have a PS3 but this is what worked for me.

Or likewise, you could try downloading the IPSW on a public library computer from a 3rd party website or even a friend's computer. Whatever the case, good luck.


Where can I go to make enhancement/feature requests for OSX Lion?

Here's the official Feedback form for OS X.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

The general feedback pages do get to the marketing and engineering people as well as measuring user satisfaction, but you also can sign up for a free developer account and file bugs more directly with the engineering team. It's best to reserve this for real bugs, but it's also appropriate to make usability / functional requests there too.

http://bugreporter.apple.com

Your issue where you can repeatably break a known function is clearly a bug and might get resolved much faster through the bug channel. You can upload specifics of your hardware and steps to reproduce and honest bugs get resolved quite efficiently through this channel.


Caps-lock is probably on. This inputs the text as if you typed it yourself, so it's affected by holding shift down, or having caps-lock on.


Why did apache move config, and how do I move it back?

What caused it to change, and how do I change it back?

In short, SIP.

The directory /usr/local/ is one of the directories that's not covered by SIP so applications and users are allowed to modify files there.  Obviously httpd.conf can be modified so it needs to be located in a non-SIP secured location.

Further, /Library/WebServer/Documents/ is now in a SIP protected directory so it's advisable that you move it from there.

Even though you're using Yosemite, PHP 7 made the change to comply with newer systems.  Instead of changing it back, it would be beneficial to make the change in your system now because once you upgrade to El Capitan or higher, it will be required.


How to change preference pane unlock dialog language?

In the end I solved the problem by removing all languages except English from the list found in System Preferences -> Language & Text and restarted.


How to remove photos on my iPhone directly from iPhoto?

Perhaps not quite what you're asking, but Image Capture will quickly list the entire contents of the iPhone's library & allow single or multiple deletion [or indeed transfer] with shift/control select.


How do you see more than the Last Opened date when an application was launched on Mac?

See the kMDItemUsedDates field of the output of command
mdls "/Applications/Sublime Text.app"

or any other app.
mdls "/Applications/Sublime Text.app" -name kMDItemUsedDates

will also work.


I had this problem, also. The terminal isn't wide enough. It looks like it's only 76 columns wide. Drag to at least 80. Test using:
echo $COLUMNS


When will the iPad 4th Gen stop getting iOS updates?

Warning: conjecture ahead!

It's impossible to predict with certainty - but it helps to think about what is politically expedient for Apple, what is technically feasible (due to device specs), and by looking at past trends.

Importantly: Apple has no stated-policy, but iOS updates seem to always be available for at least 2 years after a product was discontinued (excepting the original iPad)

Product    Launched    Discontinued     Last iOS Update Date   RAM
iPad 1     2010-04     2011-03 (1yr)    2012-05 (iOS 5.1.1)     256
iPad 2     2011-03     2014-03 (3yrs)   Current                 512
iPad 3     2012-03     2012-10 (7mo)    Current                1024
iPad 4     2012-11     2014-10 (2yrs)   Current                1024
iPad A1    2013-11     Current          Current                1024
iPad A2    2014-10     Current          Current                2048

iPad 2 was sold from 2011 until March 2014 - a long time - cynically, because it represented an 'entry-level' value-proposition from Apple with what I believe was a good profit margin compared to the relatively far more expensive retina iPads - so it wasn't much of a surprise to see the iPad 2 out-last the iPad 3 in 2012 and almost the iPad 4 (which was sold until October 2014).

I think iOS 9 will be the last iOS update for the iPad 2 - look at that 512MB RAM figure, that was probably the reason the iPad 1 with its tiny 256MB RAM wasn't given the iOS 6 update. 1024MB RAM gives more breathing room - while the iPad 3 is older than the iPad 4, they are very similar internally (the major change in the iPad 4 was the Lightning connector) - so I expect them both to stop receiving iOS updates on the same date.

I think the iPad Air 2 is the new iPad 2 and will serve as Apple's new 'entry level' tablet so it will have a longer market lifespan and will probably be discontinued after it's at least 3 years old and receive updates for at least 2 years after then (though I'm surprised the iPad Air 1 is still in production given the iPad Pro 10" is now available).

My predictions:

Model     Discontinued   Last iOS Update
iPad 2    2014-03        iOS 9 (2016)
iPad 3    2012-10        iOS 10 (2017)
iPad 4    2014-10        iOS 10 (2017)
iPad A1   2016-10        iOS 11 (2018)
iPad A2   2017-10        iOS 12 (2019)


MacBook Pro not loading although power adapter is connected

Yes - the system management controller polls the battery infrequently, so when the first plug it in, sometimes the cable has some lint or just that the battery doesn't need charge. I wouldn't worry at all and I wouldn't keep the battery always full. In my experience, that causes them to fail far more often than ones that get exhausted due to 1000 cycles (or less) and then the battery being flagged as faulty.

Apple certainly doesn't initiate a charge when the battery is nearly full, so we would need to see the detailed power status to know if you're expected to charge.

Here's what that command shows when you have a fully charged MacBook and disconnect the power and reconnect the power - no charge happens, just a back on AC power message:

me@mac ~> pmset -g pslog
Logging IORegisterForSystemPower sleep/wake messages
pmset is in logging mode now. Hit ctrl-c to exit.
2019-01-26 11:03:35 -0600 IOPSNotificationCreateRunLoopSource
Now drawing from 'AC Power'
 -InternalBattery-0 (id=4194403)    100%; charged; 0:00 remaining present: true
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.timeremaining
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.percent
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 IOPSNotificationCreateRunLoopSource
Now drawing from 'Battery Power'
 -InternalBattery-0 (id=4194403)    100%; discharging; (no estimate) present: true
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.source
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources
2019-01-26 11:09:19 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.timeremaining
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.percent
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 IOPSNotificationCreateRunLoopSource
Now drawing from 'AC Power'
 -InternalBattery-0 (id=4194403)    100%; charged; 0:00 remaining present: true
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources.source
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources
2019-01-26 11:09:43 -0600 com.apple.system.powersources

Feel free to ask a follow on question if you want to post your power stats or have a question about system information and reporting battery health and full charge cycles. Just @ me in the comments with a link to the new question and I'll see it.


External HD Shows up in Disk Utility, but I can't access it

If you do not care about loosing the data already on it, try changing the partition scheme instead of formatting it.

Select the drive like in your screen shot, then click on Partition tab on the right, then select 1 partition from the pop-up menu on top of the graph. Then click Options at the bottom and select GUID (the first option) in the next window, close it, and then click Apply in the main window. You can also set the format of the partition before you click apply. It should already have selected Mac OS Extended. All this assumes of course that you wish to use this drive with a Mac and only a Mac… if you want to use it on a PC and a Mac, you'll have to select other options, but still possible.

If that still doesn't work, it's probable the drive is physically damaged.

What you have right now is a Windows Partition scheme and a FAT formatted partition. I could be mistaken, but I think FAT32 does not work on OS X. I'm only 50% sure though...


Safari alternative to gleebox for mouseless navigation?

You could try the Type to Navigate extension, it allows you to jump to links by typing a portion of their text.


prevent doubleapple files creation when tarring directories (Snow Leopard)

@LauriRanta answered the question by giving two solutions.

The first solution is to use COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar -cf directory.tar directory each time you want to tar a directory without the hidden files.

Her 2nd solution however - and also the one I was looking for - shows how to automate the whole lot by using an alias. If you don't know what an alias is (I didn't) there is a great tutorial available here that shows how to create a temporary alias (only valid for current session) and a permanent alias (stays valid even after turning your Mac off).

I used Lauri's suggestion with a few additions to create a permanent alias:

alias tarc="COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar --exclude '\\.DS_Store' -zcf"

so next time I want to tar a directory without overhead I only have to write tarc chosen-gzipped-tar-filename.tgz name-of-directory-i-want-to-tar/ and beam it up to my webhost.

Thanks for all comments and input!


Can we submit new TestFlight "pre-release" build while previous build is "In Review" (for beta review)?

No - you'll jam up the review if you don't let the first review complete once it is "In Review". Most of this is covered in the FAQ on iTunes Connect under Resources and Help.

The solution is to dig into the documentation (there's a video explaining the entire test flight process) and/or call Apple Developer support if you can't find the documentation on the web site.

I used to know where the link to support was on developer.apple.com, but Apple recently re-jiggered things on the developer web site and it's not where I expected. I suppose you need to log in to iTunes Connect and get help there on the contact us page.

The main solution I've discovered is to be patient and not try to game the system by submitting a second build if the first is taking a while.

If your build was "In Review" see if you can call and have them resume that review with the original build. Getting that first review is crucial for having subsequent reviews go faster as they can refer to their internal testing notes and just look over what changed, spot check things rather than do all the work for an initial build.


How to I block a yahoo contact that is spamming me in Messages application?

There is no blocking mechanism built into iOS 6 and lower or on OS X.

On iOS 7, you can add contacts to a block list and not receive calls, FaceTime, or messages from that contact (and the rest that you block).

From the settings app, use iMessage and FaceTime preferences to add numbers to a block list.

On OS X or iOS before iOS 6, You will have to convince that person to stop sending messages or stop using that account.


Is the used vulnerability closed after a jailbreak?

Jailbreaking doesn't immediately make older iOS immune to vulnerabilities with newer iOS, but it has been possible to install tweaks which protect against certain exploits.

These might not be the same implementations as with the newer iOS, but serve to protect against specific exploits. For example, SpectrePatch is a jailbreak tweak for older versions of iOS to protect against Spectre.

A survey of a broad range of security professionals would be iOS devices are less secure when jailbroken.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-jailbreak-risks,news-18850.html


Some things I would look into in such a scenario:

Backup

Absolutely essential, and something you can set up easily. At least attach an external drive and configure TimeMachine. If you want to add more protection against handling errors or such, use a service like Backblaze or Arq to get an off-site backup.

Remote Access

Sooner or later you will do support over phone and it is much faster and easier to do if you can see what is happening on the screen. I usually use Teamviewer which is easy to setup and use. Just make sure that everything is working as it should before you leave house.

Restricting things on the computer itself

With remote access in place you can get rather restrictive with what the user can do. You probably don't want to give them administrator rights (so make sure you set up a non-admin account for them) which eliminates most handling risks. I would also restrict application installation to the App Store.


Wi-Fi sync with iPhone and iPad fails often

I have experienced similar issues from time to time. Normally, if the device is ineligible to sync (for example, if it somehow disconnected from the same wifi that the computer is on), it will disappear from iTunes in the same way if you were to disconnect an iOS 4 device that had been plugged in with USB. I'm guessing the device's connection is somewhat faulty, and is ultimately responsible for it's disappearing (this is just my guess/thought).

I have found, however, that if I initiate the sync from the iOS device after it has disappeared, that it will typically come back and work well. This can be done from Settings > General > iTunes Wi-fi Sync.


I'm trying to purchase Keynote for Mac Os 10.7

You can purchase the iWork suite (which includes Keynote) from Amazon or a similar retailer. Searching the internet should help you, but I found iWork '09 for $19.99. Note that iWork '09 uses universal binaries so it will work on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

You may want to check which versions are compatible with OS X 10.7. Wikipedia has a good table with OS X / iWork version compatibility.

You need either iWork '09 or iWork 9.x. If you are on OS X 10.7.4, you can run any version of iWork up to and including iWork 9.3.

iWork 2013 is only compatible with 10.9, so stick with versions prior to that one on Amazon or another retail site and you should be good. If the version you want is not on Amazon, check eBay or another website.


How can I measure, that how much data of internet I used on MAC for a certain period of time?

Did you try the activity monitor thats built in to OS X? Use spot light to find/open activity monitor and click on the network button near the bottom and it will display the data sent and received since the last restart.


General > Reset > Reset All Settings

Solved the problem with a hack.  Which just means iOS does not do what you tell it, and needs to be reset as it is not written properly.  Frustrating, but would have liked to know why the sounds were not sounding


RAID sets can't be resized wth Disk Utility.  Here's what works best, if you have a large number of files to move to the new array (e.g., a Time Machine archive, which can have millions of tiny, individual files.)

Note that you'll need a third drive to boot from, if your RAID array is also your boot drive.  A MacOS install DVD or USB stick will do, since they enable running Disk Utility.  You will also need at least one external dock or enclosure, for at least one of your old RAID drives.

Format the new drives as Journaled, case-sensitive, not encrypted.
Partition the drives, if desired.
Call up the RAID Assistant within Disk Utililty.  Create an new mirrored set with the new drives, or with size-matched partitions on the drives.  You can leave non-RAIDed partitions on each drive, and/or create multiple RAID sets from multiple matching partitions.  (This is very useful if you have virtual machines, or large movie files that are static and don't generate new versions over time.)

NB: Because a VM is "new" to Time Machine every time you use it,
   it will give rise to multiple 30-50GB archived versions that
   will very quickly eat into the available Time Machine storage
   space.  It's best to exclude VMs from backup in Time Machine's
   preferences, and back them up manually in their own separate
   partition.
   Another use for a separate partition is to hold a bootable clone
   of your startup HD (Carbon Copy Cloner is good for this.)  If the
   startup drive fails, the clone lets you reboot and carry on within
   minutes (and keep operating until your replacement drive arrives.)
Mount at least one of your old RAID drives in an external dock or enclosure.
Here's the key step: In the left pane of Disk Utility, select from "RAID Sets" your desired target RAID, then click the "Restore" button.  Select the source volume on the old RAID drive that you want copied to the new RAID set, and let the restore proceed.  It may take many hours, but that's far better than the many days that Finder would require.


iCloud backup size after iPhone migration

After talking to Apple Support and trying various things, I conclude that this is a bug in iCloud.

I've made the following observations:

Backups to iTunes always have the size they should have (about 2.8GB in my case)
Backups to iCloud when first created are of the correct size and then constantly grow (after I month I saw about 10GB).
Apple Support has no solution to offer except to periodically delete the iCloud backup and recreate it from scratch.

For reference, this only started after I migrated my iPhone 5S to an iPhone SE via an iTunes backup.  Before this migration iCloud backups worked as expected.

Edit in 2018: indeed the bug was fixed later and backup size went back to normal a few weeks after this answer.


can't update iPhone 6S to public beta 9.1

Follow this tutorial: http://www.imore.com/how-download-ios-93-public-beta

Your question being old, I'm guessing you might be interested in iOS 10 now, which you can obtain through a) a paid Developer account, b) invite to Apple's Public Betas, which should be coming soon, or c) an Apple Seed invitation, which you can't ask for.


Prevent web browser renaming downloaded files with dot

There are several issues with you problem.

First: Downloading a File via a Webbrowser is bound to naming conventions and recommendations which are based on the recommendations from the W3C and RFC's from the IETF, probably RFC3986. There is a Recommendation for URI's from the W3C which include "Reserved Characters". As you can probably guess by that point the dot, as well as double-dot, are reserved characters. In your case the Webbrowsers are automatically renaming the Files with a preceding dot. There is probably no way around that.

Second: Filenames in OSX follow the Unix Schemes in which a preceding dot is marking a file to be hidden (see an interesting explanation to the history here). The Terminal Command you entered is only displaying all files in the Finder, which is irrelevant in you case since you cannot download the File with the preceding dot in the Filename in the first place.

Possible Solution:

1) Try different Browsers, but i doubt that you will find one which doesn't adhere to the naming Conventions

2) you could try the 'Google Drive Sync App'. Perhaps it will sync the files in questions. Since you already displaying invisible files they should show up.


Has anyone seen this weird floating light in iTunes before?

What you are seeing is the visualizer in iTunes.  Right now its just in idle mode.  It will dance if you play something.  Hold down Command and press T to turn it off.