Why is WhatsApp and Messenger no longer working on iPhone 5

Because of the closed nature of IOS, there really are no troubleshooting steps that can be taken, besides deleting app/reinstalling, or wiping the device, setting up as 'new' device, and then trying again.

Unfortunately, though the apps list IOS 7+ and 6+ as requirements in the app store, I have seen this behavior on older iPhones (namely my GF's) and the 'fix' has been to update IOS to a newer version.  Though this is not technically a 'fix', as the apps SHOULD work with 8.1.3, it does (for my GF at least) 'solve' the issue.

Of course, your first step should be deleting the apps and then re-installing them from the app store as I mentioned above.

If that doesn't work, and if you have performed a backup of the phone (either to iCloud or iTunes), you can try simply resetting the phone to factory defaults (keeping IOS at the same version), setting the iPhone up as a 'new' device, and then try to install the apps to see if they work.  If they don't, then you have your answer.  If they DO work, then you can reset the phone once again, restore your backup and hope for the best.

If this STILL doesn't work, you may try to update the IOS version, either via iTunes or the phone's native Over-The-Air update process, but the latter requires there be enough free space on the phone to download the update TO the phone.  Of course, make sure to take a backup first.

At the end of the day, I have personally had to just bit the bullet and start all over, setting the iPhone up as a 'new' device, and NOT restoring from a backup, in order to resolve some issues.  If you elect to take this route, make sure you have your data backed up/saved elsewhere, OUTSIDE of the iPhone backup.  Alternatively, you can use third-party software like PhoneView, iExplorer or iBackupBot to retrieve data from iTunes backups.

To reset phone to factory defaults (only do this after you have taken a backup): Settings>General>Reset (at the bottom) > Erase All Content and Settings.


I assume this is ITunes 11 (Earlier iTunes gave better options)

In album view: From the menus choose View->View Options and then choose the sort by as Artist and then as Year. You get all albums. I suspect this is nearest to what you are asking for.


Enabling Apple Wallet / Apple Pay on Non-US iPhone

Go to Settings -> General -> Language & Region -> Region and choose United States. After that Apple Pay should appear in the main Settings menu.


Unlock a Virgin Mobile USA iPhone 4s -- worthwhile?

iPhone 4s, both the CDMA and GSM models, has GSM hardware built-in. The only difference between the two models is whether the device supports CDMA, and in that case, which network it supports. A device sold by Virgin Mobile, which piggybacks on Sprint's network, may work in CDMA mode on the Sprint network once unlocked, though you would need to confirm this with Sprint. It cannot be used on Verizon's network. In GSM mode, it can be used outside the US on essentially any network. It cannot be used on US-based GSM carriers (T-Mobile/AT&T).

The iPhone 4 CDMA model (sold at Verizon) was not compatible with any GSM network, US-based or otherwise. That may be where the confusion lies.


Are you able to get access out using command line programs? For example, can you ping google.com or perhaps ping 74.125.226.226? Ping will communicate using the ICMP protocol. So knowing whether or not requests on ICMP can communicate out may help to solve this mystery.

As far as whether or not you can communicate on TCP, you should try curl google.com and/or curl 74.125.226.226. Whichever works. The google.com one should produce some short HTML code, in which you can see "301 Moved". The 74.125.226.226 one should produce a lot of code. This is what Google's standard search page is. If neither work, something's perhaps blocking any TCP request not made by Google Chrome. Which is really strange. If one, the other, or both work however, we may be looking at more of a blacklisting situation. Hard to tell though. If it fails though, tell me what it says when it fails. It may be a standard "couldn't connect to host" or it may be something more helpful.

One more thing you can do is check Activity Monitor for any possible processes leftover from Little Snitch or K9. Only Little Snitch can block programs, I'm guessing though because from a quick glance at K9's site, they didn't say anything about blocking programs. So you really want to look for anything that might be associated with Little Snitch.

That's all I can think of for now. Let me know the results and hopefully I can help you more.


Where do Adobe AIR applications cache video files?

In Mac OS X, all applications store theire cache files in one place:

  /Users/yourusername/Library/Caches

There you can find the Adobe caches, and Adobe Air cache files.


I just overwrote my folder while mounting a hard disk drive. How do I undo/recover it?

All the files are still there, you just can't get at them since the mount point has changed the system's ability to resolve files in /Users/whatever (a.k.a.~)

Going forward, try mounting the drive under /Volumes (as in sudo ext4fuse /dev/disk2s7 /Volumes/myDrive)

You should probably reboot the Mac since many programs will have issues saving work to the home folder. If you are working on some important documents, maybe save them to /Users/Shared if you wish, but hopefully you have a good backup system in case this messed things up more than expected.


How to configure Terminal to be "Putty-like" when it comes to copy-paste with mouse?

Terminal is limited in its configurability but iTerm2 is a Terminal replacement that does what you ask and more. Including bookmarks for ssh sessions not unlike puTTY.


iPhone storage is full and stuck into a restart loop

First problem was that the battery was not charged completely and my MacBook Pro wasn't able to charge the phone's battery, hence the reboot loop.
I searched an original charger, connected the iPhone and let it charge. Once the battery was charged, the reboot loop stopped, but the Apple logo was still stuck on the screen.
Tried to force restart a couple of times, and enter in the DFU mode and eventually managed to activate the DFU mode.
Connected the iPhone to the MacBook. Initialized the update process, and while downloading the 6GB file, the MacBook disabled the USB accessories, therefore disconnecting the iPhone.
I connected to a fiber internet network, and repeated the steps above. The download was faster (6GB in 7 minutes) and the MacBook started the update installation process. It gave an unknown error at ~70%. I repeated the steps, it completed almost successfully, giving the same unknown error at 100%...
Tried again and got the same result.
Finally, I reset my iPhone and restored a recent backup.

Moral of the story: if the storage is full, you may want to delete applications and data you can get later anyways, rather than rebooting the device.


You can buy very cheap screen replacements on ebay (about AU$30). I have fitted one of these myself, it is not too hard.


2013 MacBook Pro Retina 13" vs MacBook Air 13"

My first Mac is a MacBook Air.

It is now 18 months old -still a baby :)

I love it:

First it is slim and very light- important for me.

I do have the 256 Gig SSD, and after a Year it is filled up with Photos and Movies consuming 110 Gig.

I travel a lot and love the intelligent WiFi, it always finds me a connection.

The Display is sufficient for my uses, and the Thunderbolt is a killer.
I just connect my TV using a HDMI cable and have huge screen.

Speed is sufficient for what I do and it has not been bottle neck so far, and the 4 Gig RAM seem to do the work.

Since my laptops last about 3 Years, I do not mind not been able to do upgrades.

The Mavericks takes 5.3 Gig, so with all the Media stuff I recommend the 256 Gig SSD.

My MBA is tough (so far taken anything I trow at it), but have not drooped it to find out. The fans are very quiet.


What I was looking for turns out to be the display server called The Quartz Compositor that along with Quartz 2D forms the Core Graphics framework of the OSX.

X Quartz seems to be the interface that routes requests from applications that use the X11 framework to the Quartz Compositor.


How do I add all Tweets to the Mountain Lion Notification Center?

You can get the home timeline from the Twitter API and display tweets using terminal-notifier.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -KU -rubygems

require 'twitter'
require 'cgi'

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = ""
  config.consumer_secret = ""
  config.oauth_token = ""
  config.oauth_token_secret = ""
end

timeline = Twitter.home_timeline
first = timeline.first.id
previous = `defaults read me.lri.scripts nctwitter 2> /dev/null`.chomp
minid = previous == "" ? 0 : previous.to_i + 1
`defaults write me.lri.scripts nctwitter #{first}`

timeline.each do |tweet|
  break if tweet.id <= minid
  system("terminal-notifier", "-message", CGI.unescapeHTML(tweet.text),
  "-title", tweet.user.screen_name)
  # system("/usr/local/bin/growlnotify", "-t", tweet.user.screen_name,
  # "-m", CGI.unescapeHTML(tweet.text))
end

growlnotify would stack multiple notifications and not clip the text in long tweets.

The Twitter library can be installed with sudo gem install twitter.

You can run the script every minute by editing the crontab with EDITOR=nano crontab -e and adding a line like * * * * * ~/bin/nctwitter.

A recent update to Tweetbot added an option to send notifications for all tweets:


Can I have multiple graphs in the same place in Numbers?

You could create different pages. I cannot show you any screen shots right now, but you should be able to find it by clicking "help" and searching new sheet.


How to run Apple Hardware Test with broken keyboard?

You can try to run the AHT from a USB drive.

see the above link to find/download the AHT for your model.

  1) Download the AHT for your computer (see downloads below for
  specific models).

  1b) My copy had me convert the downloaded .dmg from some “old” type
  using Disk Utility. (Just open the .dmg in Disk Utility and “Convert”
  to a new target, then mount the target.)

  2) Mount and completely wipe a USB stick.

  3) From the AHT image, copy /System to the root folder of your USB
  stick:

  cd /Volumes/USB_STICK/ && cp -r ~/AHT_ARCHIVE/System .

  4) Now, from the USB drive, copy the
  /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/diags.efi to the root
  directory:

  cd /Volumes/USB_STICK/ && cp
  ./System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/diags.efi .

  5) Shutdown all applications.

  6) “bless” the USB drive in mount-mode, with the EFI file, and
  immediately reboot:

  cd /Volumes/USB_STICK/ && sudo bless --mount /Volumes/USB_STICK
  --setBoot --file diags.efi && sudo reboot

  7) You should now be booting into AHT -- don’t hold down any keys.

  8) Run the tests, and yank the USB key after AHT reboots you.


Does the iPhone GPS work in an airplane cruising between 30000-40000 feet?

For most practical situations, GPS will work well enough for you to track your progress but not have great coverage (less than 2m accuracy) or accurate speed over ground readings from iOS.

From an antenna / physics perspective, you may have horrendous GPS reception since you are riding inside a mostly complete faraday cage. Even if you have your phone in a window, all the visible satellites might be in a configuration where GPS is very poor or unable to generate a usable fix.

Clearly, cruising altitude is generally one of the best places for GPS reception as long as the antenna is placed on a tip / extremity of the plane. You don't have multi path interference to speak of, no foliage, and no hills or buildings to interfere with a clear view horizon to horizon - not to mention that your altitude will let you see more than the normal "half the sky" visibility you get on the ground at best.

The phone hardware and iOS will certainly try to get you the best fix it can once you have the device out of Airplane mode. I know many pilots that report the iOS GPS in the cockpit is quite good / on par with the other consumer and even commercial navigation products.


This issue has come up in the Dropbox forum as well, with the following answer from support:

  Pause Dropbox, copy the content over. This will cause indexing and the client might even say uploading, but we're not duplicating files in the cloud. Your resync will happen much faster than a re-upload. Just make sure the folder structure remains identical.

If you did a restore from TM, you should already be past the "copy the content over" step and might just see the indexing/uploading step (which shouldn't upload).


Recover external hard drive after dd command

First step: create a bit for bit copy of the destroyed drive using the dreaded dd command which took down your drive in the first place. Make sure you disable Time Machine and any other background application which wants to write on your disk (Spotlight aka mds is another one).

Second step: start trying to pull data off the copy (don't use the original except as read only until you've recovered your data).

I used to use Prosoft's Data Rescue 2 & 3 but the new version requires an internet connection (for no good reason). I can't recommend it on principle. Cleverfiles's Disk Drill at least lets you preview your data before you pay. You could try Lazesoft Mac Data Recovery which is donationware. If Lazesoft gets your files back, you should donate (generous programmers deserve to be rewarded). Some of flash drive manufacturers included file recovery utilities, SanDisk RescuePro program has worked for me but maintaining a licensed copy is such a hassle I don't think I have one now.

If the first data recovery program fails you, you can try some others. Even if the data recovery programs destroy your backup, you can always do another bit to bit clone to try with other programs.

Single step version:

I've just noticed that even free Disk Drill includes a workflow with built-in byte-to-byte copy to DMG routine which would be easier to implement and get you off the command line right now.

  Just proceed with "Backup / Backup into DMG-image". The unique aspect of the byte-to-byte backups is the fact they actually store the contents of data sectors that were marked as empty, not occupied by data. Yes, you get it right, the sectors where your lost data can still reside. Once the backup disk image is created, you may start your hard drive recovery from the image instead of the real hardware. This will ensure the final failure will not occur while Deep Scanning, more data stays safe and potentially recoverable.

As others pointed out, keeping backups is really, really important as everyone makes mistakes and bits fry every once in a while.

Good luck getting your important personal archives and photos back!


You can clean these keys.  You need to lift up the individual keys from the bottom, there is a hinge that they click into at the top. DO NOT FORCE, they will come up. A guitar pick like device will helps. Once the keys are up, you can clean up the gunk underneath.

The keys that are not square get pried up from the side, and some have small metal springs that may get lost if you're not careful.

Hope this helps.


There is a built-in equivalent for trackpads, called dragging, which you find in System Preferences > Accessibility > Trackpad Options:

In case this is not sufficient for you or you need to use a mouse, have a look at the answers to this question. Currently the following third-party apps are being mentioned:

Hammerspoon (free) is a popular choice for gestures and automation. It offers a feature called "Grab Scroll".
Karabiner (free) a similar and popular tool.
Smooze (commercial)
Smart Scroll (commercial)

Better Touch Tool (commercial) is my personal favourite as it allows so much more, such as another Windows-inspired feature, called window snapping, etc. The procedure here would be as follows:

Open BTT preferences
Select Input device, i.e. Mouse
Select Trigger. The one you mention (i.e. long press) currently seems not to be available. (I suggest you make a feature request on their forum. The developer is usually very open to such requests.) Instead you could do e.g. middle-click.
Select action. Go to Window Resize & Move > Start/Stop Moving or search.


I no longer have iLife.app in my Applications folder

iLife 11 was sold on physical media, find the iLife box or the restore media that contained it, and you should be able to reinstall from that.

Or a trip to the Genius Bar should get that resolved too.


Can I reduce how Mobile Safari refreshes web pages when multi-tasking or browsing in multiple tabs?

What you're experiencing is the iPhone flushing pages from RAM to free up memory. There's no way to prevent this from happening, but some things that can alleviate it are keeping less pages open, and being mindful of the current number of apps that you're using that are taking up memory. As iOS needs memory for the current app, it'll kill off less recently used apps/pages.


The excel doesn't show chinese characters

We recently had a similar issue with all Asian fonts in Excel for OSX (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean).  The solution that worked for us was to change the font to "Arial Unicode MS".  You can do it for just the cells in question or the entire sheet.

Answer originally found from the question chain here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3456247?start=0&tstart=0


Is it programmatically possible to communicate with Siri via bluetooth?

Yes, some Bluetooth headphones, speakers and hands-free car audio systems have Siri functionality, the Bluetooth device acts as a speaker/mic with action buttons, one commonly found being the Call button.

So, in answer to your question, yes it's possible with the right equipment.


Making Favorites category selected by default in Character Viewer

It seems that it has been a while since you have asked this question but I still wanted to respond to it because it had gone unanswered and you or somebody else might still use a solution, even if not perfect, to the problem you described.

I have the same problem with the Character Viewer on my iMac running on High Sierra.

The most practical solution I could find was opening it using the keyboard shortcut ⌃+⌘+space and always leaving / closing the Character Viewer when it is in the compact / pop-up state (see the picture). This helps because, if invoked through its keyboard shortcut, the Character Viewer always opens in the state it was in when it was last closed and focuses on the last used category such as the Favorites. You can click on the icon at the Character Viewer's top right to switch between its compact and expanded states.

If I do the above, the Character Viewer always opens in the compact state and focused on the category I left it with. Because most of the characters I use are in my favorites, it nearly always opens focused on the Favorites or the Frequently Used & the Favorites. Interestingly, I don't have this problem with the Character Viewer on my MacBook running on Catalina. It opens focused on the category wherever I left it in including the expanded state.


I suggest you to try:
Unix for OS X which is a good way to begin with Unix and with the Unix command line interface of Mountain Lion.
O'Reilly is a very good editor in the field of the Unixes environments.


Starting airplay from command line, to send output of 'Say' Mac OS X command to airplay

I was playing with this a couple of weeks ago.

To send to my Apple Tv via airplay I used

 say -r160 -a "AirPlay" "Hover over a Method name while holding down the Option key until a question mark  appears"

One thing I noticed at the time was that I sometimes would have to run a second command to switch the audio back to the computer.

 say -r160 -a "AirPlay" "Hover over a Method";say -r160 -a "Built-in Output" "I am back"

*update
Just tested using the numbers and they work just as well in place of the device name.


I'm currently using SmoothMouse. İt disables Mac OS X mouse acceleration


OS-wide equivalent of "read later" list?

Notes would be useful for this. There's a share extension for Notes which can be used by any app and which takes the current content straight into a note for you.

Depending on the app, the extension may be in a variety of places, but for example in Safari you can go to File → Share → Notes.


What's the App Store policy on displaying a fake access popup request?

There's nothing specific in the App Review Guidelines regarding this, although Apple reserve the right to reject your app and/or modify the guidelines:

  It is a living document that will evolve as we are presented with new Apps and situations, and we'll update it periodically to reflect these changes.

Source: App Store Review Guidelines


You mac has saved Chrome passwords in the key chain.

Open your key chain and sort by typing the name Google in search window so you can do the following easier.

This is what it looks like on my MBA.

Click on the first one of the Google password and then open the

  access control tab

Set to

  allow all applications to use

If you are not confident with that setting then use the + and add the Safari browser in to the allowed list.

  Always Allow Access by these application


How Do I Uninstall Google Voice Voicemail from an iPhone?

Simply turn off voicemail for calls to google voice using the web interface for that google voice number.

If you activated the carrier settings like in the image below, click the instructions to reverse those changes with the carrier. You could also call your carrier for help since it's a feature that has different commands on a per-carrier basis. They will be most familiar with their settings and order to undo the change if Google doesn't help undo it.

Without your carrier forwarding all calls to Google, you can still keep Google Voice and have both voicemail systems separate.

That will simply forward the call and let the iPhone and carrier handle the voicemail.

Lastly, you don't have to delete the google app for this to work, but that might make things simpler if your wife doesn't want to call out using the Google Voice number anymore.


My iPad is connected to my Mac's Wi-Fi, but can't connect to the Internet

I was able to get it to work by restarting everything -- computer, iPad, router, and cable modem.


Way to Group MMS on iPhone4s and NOT have everyone see each other's replies?

When sending group message to iPhone users, you don't actually send an MMS or SMS, you send an iMessage (sent messages will be in blue bubbles instead of green ones). When sending iMessage to more than one person, you create a group chat, and everybody will be able to see all the conversation.

To actually send an MMS/SMS, you can disable iMessage in the Settings before sending the group message, then re-enable it later.


On the desktop, press Command+J or select Show View Options from the View menu to bring up the view options. From there, select "Show Icon Preview."


Best Guess - your path variable got re-written.

From the the terminal enter: sudo find / -name git

You should see every instance of git on your system. Assuming the git binary is located, make sure its directory is in your path, or instead of typing git init you could type /path/to/git (assumes git binary is ia /path/to).

Alternatively, you could re-install git. Should not affect your repositories. Just make sure the resultant binaries are in your path.


How to fix LaunchAgent scandir: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted error?

The following worked!
I created an app using "Script Editor" that runs /usr/local/bin/borg-backup.sh using zsh.
do shell script "zsh /usr/local/bin/borg-backup.sh"

I then exported the app to /Applications/borg-backup.app clicking "File" then "Export..." choosing "Application" for "File Format".
Finally, I updated ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.borg-backup.plist.
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
  <string>open</string>
  <string>/Applications/borg-backup.app</string>
</array>

The first time the launch agent ran, a prompt asked me to grant borg-backup.app access to ~/Documents.


Hardware acceleration for flash videos in Google Chrome

Step 1 would be to look the status of your Chrome GPU settings.

Paste this "chrome://gpu/" in Chrome web address field.

On my MBA 10.9.5 Chrome Version 38.0.2125.101 it looks like this

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Threaded Rasterization: Disabled
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated

Pending on your result (Flash- Not accelerated) proceed to step 2:

Do following:

  To force Chrome / Chromium to use hardware acceleration, open a new
  tab, type "chrome://flags" (without quotes), search for "Override
  software rendering list", enable it and restart Chrome / Chromium.

Optional Step 3 (my settings)

Paste this "chrome://plugins/" in web address field.

Disable the Chrome build in Adobe Flash player aka PepperFlashPlayer.plugin

If you have not already have done so, get the Adobe Flash player from Adobe, that will be now used by Chrome.


Is it possible to review an iPhone app from browser?

No, it's not something Apple puts up a web interface to allow reviews off device.

However, you can connect any USB keyboard to your iOS device using a USB adapter and most bluetooth keyboards work very well if you have one handy to try pairing.

I too find myself longing for a proper keyboard when writing due to years of habit forming. Bringing your preferred tool to iOS makes it much easier to compose even with the small screen in my experience.

Worst case, pen your review in iCloud version of notes / pages / wherever and save the text to the device so it can sync over or just be there on the storage and copy/paste if you can't find a better workaround.


Can I delete Lion and re-install Snow Leopard while keeping my Boot Camp partition?

Yes - the Macintosh installer only touches data within the partition when re-installing Snow Leopard, but there's no guarantee the windows software will still start since Apple doesn't support going backwards like that. (i.e. they don't test it so you have even less support that what they provide for Boot Camp in general)

You may have issues on the Boot Camp side if the older Boot Camp software sees that your boot camp partition is newer than it expects. This means it may not work, so you need to be backed up and prepared to reinstall the Windows side of things unless someone else can edit or answer that they have tested this out several times. It might be fine, but I would feel bad if you took the Mac side being easy as assurance that everything would work perfectly on the Windows side after you go backwards.

The prudent thing would be to install Snow Leopard onto an external drive and swap that inside the mac to test whether Boot Camp will work on your new setup. This involves time and potentially tech money, so you might want to check into virtualization costs if that is a viable alternative to you.


What time is shown for received push notification?

Yes. All times listed on your phone indicate when you received the notification and are relative to the current time on the phone. This includes not only notifications on the lock screen, but also in the Messages.app, for example, and the Mail.app.

All time stamps are listed for when the notification was delivered, or when the action occurred on your phone (you made a phone call, and looked in Phone > History).


Accidentally created user with duplicate UID. How to fix?

On Mac OS X, you can change a UID of a local user using System Preferences > Users & Groups.

Open the padlock there to allow changes to be made and then right-click on the user you like to change.

NOTE: You should not be logged in to that account at the time you do the change.

Also, POSIX permissions will follow the UID, so after changing it you may need to change the user ownership for that home folder or you would face not to be able to log in to the changed account.

Command for changing ownership would be:

sudo chown -R <account_name> /path/to/userhomefolder


Ownership of the .config folder in home directory

The .config folder is supposed to be owned by the user. It appears that the ownership got changed to system by mistake on your machine.

To restore the default permission, execute the following command:

$ sudo chown -R <username> .config

When prompted for a password, enter your login password.

Substitute <username> with your username. To determine your username, execute the following command and observe the output.

$ whoami

Finally, to answer your queries:

  Who is supposed to be the owner of the .config directory under user's home folder?

The logged in user is supposed to be the owner of the .config directory.

  And if system should be the owner, is it safe to make it readable and writable by other users?

It is not recommended to do that, unless you have some specific reason to do so.


How to 'clear refresh' a page display in web browsers (aka. 'hard refresh', ie. ignoring cache)?

For Firefox OS X 3 options:

Force Reload Page (override cache)

Cmd+F5

Cmd+Shift+R

Shift+Reload button

Edit:

Wikipedia has an overview about how to bypass the cache on nearly every browser imaginable.


I would take the new drive to another Mac and run the installer there.

You'll know soon what the weak link is with perhaps an inexpensive USB to SATA adapter.

Assuming you have the resources for that, I'd probably have that Machine download Sierra and make a bootable USB installer and just use Sierra to wipe and reinstall the OS on your daughter's Mac (or her hard drive connected to the other Mac).

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP742
macOS Sierra doesn't appear in my Purchased list within the Mac App Store
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314
How do I make a bootable USB flash drive a Mac?


How can I setup different "environments"

In "Computer -> Users" there's a folder called "Shared Folders". You can put shared files for all users in there (including the iTunes library etc.). With fast user switching enabled it's very easy to handle multiple environments.


Songs Won't Appear On Ipod After Syncing

Can you check if your iPod is set for syncing all music ? Attach your iPod to your computer and in the iTunes sidebar select the iPod. Click on Music and check if the setting is enabled or not. Also check if your enabled manually manage songs.

Also, check the Apple Support Article on how to manage and sync the music to your iPod.


Can I edit Demo account details in app review information in iTunes Connect when app status is “Waiting for Review”?

Yes, you can change all the metadata until your app is In Review.


Is there a way to add ‘separators’ to the menubar?

I've also spent countless hours searching for a way to achieve this. Recently I found a paid app on the App Store ($3.99) called infinite menu bar that claimed it could add separators to the menubar. I purchased it (had zero stars on the App Store so I was a little worried) but it works great! It allows you to make small, medium, & large separators.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infinite-menu-bar/id1439179659?mt=12


Minimum OS requirement is El Capitan, 10.11
Ref: Apple KB - Magic Mouse 2 - Technical Specifications

System Requirements

Bluetooth-enabled Mac computer with OS X v10.11 or later


Headphone Jack works, but only produces low sound

I'm assuming that you've had no issues when using your computer's speakers to produce output so you could download an EQ like Boom 2 or eqMac to bump up the volume via software. Just be careful using your speakers afterwards if you have to turn it up really high.
Another solution which I think is a bit safer but can be a bit of a hassle depending on your personal preference would be to buy an external sound card. Depending on what you get you may gain functionality and if it doesn't work you can return the item and you can be pretty sure it's a software issue.
I also would like to make sure that you're not using high impedence headphones that need an amp because if you are then that would explain your issue but I'm assuming you're not.


Can an iPad Mini with cell phone service SMS another phone?

There are lots of programs that can send/receive an SMS over a data connection in the USA. I mostly use Google Voice so it's place to start. An App Store search on "SMS" returned 2776 iPad apps and 7914 iPhone apps so the hard part is that there's actually too many to choose from.


Shortcut to copy text to clipboard and then search it on safari?

Using the built in 'Search With Google' service for Safari you can assign it a shortcut key combo.

I had to make sure that the normal service did not have a shortcut. Giving it one here does not work on my 10.10.2 os x

Now add a new Application shortcut for Safari: Using Search With Google  as the Menu title.

You then may have to relaunch Safari for it to pick it up and you can use it.

But now all you need to do is select some text in Safari and use the shortcut.


How to install local .dmg files via homebrew?

I think there are a couple of issues here. Homebrew is a package manager for command line utilities. Homebrew packages are not in .dmg files.

There is a a related project called homebrew-cask (HBC) that functions as a package manager for GUI apps, the likes of which may indeed be distributed via .dmg file.

Presuming that you are trying to use cask to install a GUI app distributed in a dmg file, you must understand that the point of a package manager like homebrew-cask (HBC) is that you create or are provided with a script that informs the package manager how to install and manage the software. All DMGs are not innately compatible with HBC.

You can learn about how this works from the guide on contributing to HBC: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

The short version is that in order to manage a package with HBC, you need to write a "cask", which is a ruby file that gives the package manager a concept of what the package is.

That said, presume that you are trying to install an existing cask, but use a local .dmg file to avoid having to redownload it? I believe Cask will maintain its own download cache, and so theoretically, if your dmg file matches the sha256 hash contained in the cask and you place that dmg in the cache location, cask should be able to install from it without redownloading.

That's as far as I can go right now, so hopefully this helps.


Spontaneous high pitches & loud squeal in headset connected to Mac USB port

Have had similar problem.
It seems to be connected with Safari somehow.
This fix works, but you may need to do it when the sound comes back.

If Safari is running, quit it.
Hold down Shift key and launch Safari
Keep Shift depressed until your homepage appears
Releases Shift and clear history.

This seems to stop the problem for a time, but I have had to do it about once a month for the last 4 tor 5 months may


How can you unlock a Sprint iPhone 6 Plus? It was paid in full without a contract

Sprint phones CANNOT normally be unlocked for use with any other carrier in the U.S., with the exception of Ting mobile, which uses the Sprint network. Additionally, both Sprint and Verizon are on CDMA networks, so any restrictions imposed on transferring is fabricated by those companies for profit. Additionally, many new phones, including iPhones work with both CDMA and GSM, the only thing stopping you from transferring is the company.
Here is a lame excuse from an actual Sprint technician:

Betty S: Some Apple devices have an MSL code, while others do not, however, even unlocking the software using the MSL code will not enable these phones to operate on a domestic carriers’ network
Betty S: Apple phones sold for use on Sprint's network are designed with an external SIM slot and sold with a SIM card to operate on Sprint's network.
Betty S: Those devices are not enabled for use on a different domestic carrier’s network because the Sprint-specific CDMA requirements are hardcoded in the firmware of the device and downloaded for operation on Sprint’s network and specific frequencies.
Betty S: This is true even within Sprint’s Network, for instance between Sprint and Virgin Mobile. These phones, if sold through a Sprint channel were not engineered as a universal Domestic device.
Betty S: Even if these devices have MSL codes that can be unlocked, the SIM cannot be enabled for use on a domestic carriers’ network.

While the firmware being different is true, it is only that way to stop customers from leaving with their devices.


Edit: You can now use h3lix by tihmstar to jailbreak 10.x on all 32 bit devices(computer required).

At this time you cannot jailbreak the iPhone 5 on iOS 10.1.1.

If you watched the video by EverythingApplePro, he said that the jailbreak currently doesn't work on iPhone 5(because it is a 32-bit only jailbreak). Right now, even if the jailbreak did work on iPhone 5, you won't be able to install anything YET.

Be on the watchout for a jailbreak for iPhone 5, but there are low chances of the iPhone 5 getting a jailbreak(on 10.1.1). I recommend the Youtube channels iCrackUriDevice and EverythingApplePro. It is recommended you stay on 10.1.1, because that has the most possibilities for a jailbreak.


How to copy files on Mac that fails to boot?

I solved this using Mac Os X Lion install DVD.

Boot your Mac from Mac Os X Lion install DVD by holding Option key at startup
When a window appears go to menu and find Terminal and run it
From inside terminal you can copy any files ( I used commands: df, ls, cd, mv )
This works for Macbook Pro late 2011 but will not work for 2012 and later models because Apple prevented them from being able to boot from install DVD or USB. Thus all recovery tools like DiskWarrior Boot DVD, Drive Genius and similar will not work on 2012 and later macs.

The other option is to ask a friend with Mac to make a Recovery USB using OS X Recovery Disk Assistant v1.0 and make a DMG file from it using Disk Utility and send you over internet. Then use the TransMac application under Windows and burn DMG on your USB stick. You will be able to boot from this USB stick into Recovery Mode and from there you can run Terminal to copy\move files or do whatever you need.

Apple should distribute some bootable ISO or DMG image which can be downloaded from their website and burned on disk or USB and used to recover Mac offline.


macOS Catalina - External Hard Drive not sleeping when lid closed and laptop sleeping

The LED on your USB external drive probably just indicates that it is connected to power.

The MacBook Pro provides connected USB devices with at least 0.50 watts of power (according to the USB power specification and Apple technote HT204377) even when the laptop has been put to sleep. This low level of power is particularly helpful for input devices like keyboards and mice, because it ensures they have enough power to register activity that can be used to wake the system.

If you want the drive LED to turn off, you can either unplug it from the laptop or you can shut down the laptop completely.


Support for Arcfour was disabled by default in OpenSSH 7.2 (Feb 2016), and was subsequently removed completely in OpenSSH 7.6 (Oct 2017). macOS 10.14 ships with OpenSSH 7.9, which is several major versions beyond this removal.

In theory, you could reverse some of the changes applied in OpenSSH 7.6 to readd support for Arcfour. However, doing so will require significant C programming experience.

In practice, I would advise you to reconsider what you are doing.


Is it possible to use my Mac to mine Bitcoins?

Short answer

Is it possible? Yes.

Will the benefit outweigh the costs? No.

Long answer

Without going into a lot of detail, and at the risk of oversimplifying things, in the early days mining bitcoins was easier than it is now. And, as time goes by, it will continue to get harder.

Another contributing factor is that the kinds of calculations needed to mine bitcoins are actually better suited to GPUs instead of CPUs (i.e. a graphics card is better at processing these than a CPU is). So, using your iMac as an example, the best GPU your model shipped with was a Radeon HD 5670 that had 512MB memory and while this may have been okay to mine bitcoins in 2010, it would take so long to do now that the cost of electricity would outweigh the value of any Bitcoin you’d be able to mine (as it now takes a lot longer to mine and the cost of power only goes up).

This brings me to the other factor. There is a real cost in mining bitcoins, starting with the cost of electricity. You’d need to have your Mac working overtime on the calculations 24/7 for literally months to try and obtain a single bitcoin. Trust me, the cost in power will be a lot higher! That is why many bitcoins are now being mined in bitcoin farms in China (i.e. air conditioned buildings with many devices on 24/7).

To my mind, the only way it’d be worth doing on a Mac would be if you were going to have access to one of the new iMac Pros (about to ship in the next couple of days) and it was configured with a Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics processor with 16GB of HBM2 memory, and you had it running 24/7 at a workplace (i.e. so you’re not paying for the power) and assuming you didn’t have to pay for the iMac Pro itself. But of course that’s not a realistic scenario, and unless your employer was also on board, may risk termination of employment!

Instead, if you want to get into mining, look at a dedicated machine designed for this purpose. Below are some examples:

AntMiner S7
AntMiner S9
Avalon6

NOTE: I am not affiliated with any of the products listed above, nor have I any experience with them whatsoever!

As you can see, the above items are not cheap. And, on top of that you need to factor in the cost of running them (i.e. electricity, air conditioning, etc)  where you live. So, my advice is forget about using a Mac (or any PC), do your research, and perform the calculations necessary to determine the costs to you and the likely return.

A word on the lottery analogy

As mentioned by various people via the comments below (and those already migrated to chat), many see bitcoin mining as being akin to buying a lottery ticket. While I understand the analogy (i.e. because the odds of success are extremely low, and because someone could mine bitcoins for a whole year with no success while someone else could be successful after only ten minutes), this analogy is actually somewhat misleading.

When someone buys a lottery ticket they essentially end up with a ticket containing random numbers in the hope that those numbers get selected. Now the odds of those numbers getting selected will depend on the lottery you're playing. However, bitcoin miners are not rewarded for essentially doing nothing, because the very act of mining bitcoins is in fact providing a record-keeping service for the overall bitcoin cryptocurrency and payment system. Bitcoin miners (if lucky enough) may get paid (i.e. rewarded) with newly-created bitcoins for this service. Likewise, even the term mining is somewhat misleading. Miners typically produce something, but bitcoin mining doesn't actually produce anything. For more information refer to Bitcoin and Beyond: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Virtual Currencies.

Nevertheless, using the lottery example is useful to convey that (1) the odds of success are extremely low and, (2) you may get lucky instantly (and therefore the return on investment is excellent) or over the longer-term you'll spend a lot of money for very little gain.


How are Sales different from In-App Purchases in iTunes connect?

Quoting from, About in-app purchases:

  In-app purchases are extra content or subscriptions that you can buy in apps on your iOS device or computer.

It's likely that existing customers, who have previously bought and installed the app have made the in-app purchases during the said period.

In-app purchases can be made at any later point (as available) after installing the app. Also, for paid apps, downloading results in a sale only upon first time installation by user.


I think my Mac swallowed Facebook and Twitter - How to get them back?

I’m sorry to say that since you’ve upgraded to macOS Mojave you’re sort of out of luck.

Apple removed the built-in macOS Facebook and Twitter integration in the name of security.

Your main options are to manually share content via Twitter or Facebook directly, or with the use of browser extensions (although these won’t extend their functionality to Finder).

On the bright side, Twitter for Mac is coming back as a result of Apple’s Catalyst project, so we may see many other apps returning or launching on the Mac as a result. And that may mean sharing content will be easier then it is now, although not with the same integration within macOS we've seen in the past.


How can I make phone calls on the internet IPhone 6

Sounds like you want to enable Wifi Calling on your device. Turn on Wi-Fi calling in Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling. For more, check out the Apple page on Wifi Calling.


Dialing numbers from Contacts on iPhone when using a calling card or callback service

Could you try accepting the incoming call, then starting a conference call where you dial the 3rd party? The dialing might make noises that the calling card service can hear, then you disconnect from the 3rd party before it connects and bills you.


How do I delete a file with a NULL byte in the filename?

Ok, so I cannot test this (for hopefully obvious reasons), but when filenames are your issue... use inodes!

First, in a directory, run ls -il (-i is show node numbers and -l is to make it a list):

2480878 -rw-r--r--  1 christopher  family  0 Mar  2 19:40 *a
2480889 -rw-r--r--  1 christopher  family  0 Mar  2 19:40 \\a
2480873 -rw-r--r--  1 christopher  family  0 Mar  2 19:39 a

In this example, I'm going to erase the file \\a, which is inode 2480889.

So I run find . -inum 2480889 -delete.

Hopefully this will work.


Catalina update from Mojave: how to continue the download from where it was?

Out of curiosity, considering you asked this 5 months ago, have you still not updated yet?

Nevertheless, here's my answer:

As far as I'm aware, if the connection is lost, the software update is cancelled, and there usually is no easy way to restart from where it was lost. A cancellation by definition usually involves the loss of progress.
I suppose, however, that there may be some obscure method by which this might be possible (I see a few comments which have various suggestions), but to be honest, its far more reasonable to simply redo the update than to take the risk to tamper with the software which runs your Mac, especially during a major MacOS update. Its simply not worth taking the risk to save 30 minutes.
I'm sure many people have had this sort of issue and wanted to do this before and if it was that simple Apple probably would've already made it so that you could start off from where you left. This suggests that it is not, so stay on the safe side.

Conclusion

So conclusion - maybe there is some complicated method which would do this, but my advice: don't risk it, just take a few extra minutes and you'll be safe, rather than sorry.


iPhone 6s, Jailbroken Stuck in Recovery Loop

I thought this is not issue of jailbreaking. Please try to restore with Factory Settings or iTunes.


Why aren't some of my songs transferring to my new iPhone?

After trying a series of troubleshooting moves, including restoring my iPhone from an iCloud backup, the only thing that worked was restoring my iPhone from an iTunes backup, as described in this article.


Is it possible to reinstall iMovie in case I delete it?

Its on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12
You can reinstall it from there.


Running a command line tool based on its extension

I would use Automator. Make an app that takes an argument (file dropped on it, file double-clicked associated with that app, whatever), and runs the command you have above.


Notification Center "Show Message Preview" doesn't work

The checkbox only affects the notifications when they display as a notification, not when they are subsequently shown in Notification Center. Notifications are always shown in full with the message preview when viewing them in Notification Center.


Have a look at: NoMachine (Main Web Site link.)

You can download the macOS version from there.

For iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPad: iTunes Preview of NoMachine

I haven't used it between my Mac and iDevice, but do use it between my Mac and Linux Media Server. It's free and it works great for my needs.


These manpages are missing for me as well on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65). I also noted that some manpages are outdated and incomplete (for example pmset is from 2012, lacking some details).

However I do have some manpages via MacPorts (e.g. OpenSSL(1)).

I have these paths in /private/etc/man.conf:

MANPATH /usr/share/man
MANPATH /usr/local/share/man
MANPATH /usr/X11/man

(the latter two are non-existent), and these in /private/etc/manpaths:

/usr/share/man
/usr/local/share/man

(the latter again non-existent).


External display resolution - cursor gets lost

Try to force RGB mode on MacBook. Here is how: http://www.ireckon.net/2013/03/force-rgb-mode-in-mac-os-x-to-fix-the-picture-quality-of-an-external-monitor


Relationship between OpenType fonts and PostScript printers, and impact on printing performance?

Printer-installed fonts tend not to be used at all, as PostScript output from MacOS (and PDFs) use unique names to reference the Font data that they contain, e.g. "Helvetica-Bold+AAXYZ".
There is no benefit to having a printer that stores font data, because the font names in the printer won't match the unique names in the PS output. Also, the amount of data saved is in the order of Kb, and negligible in terms of file size and performance.
The PostScript output from MacOS encodes the glyph data from PostScript, OpenType and TrueType fonts in a variety of ways within the data stream. It is not rastered beforehand.
I suspect that most laser printers these days contain ample memory, compared to those in 'pre-OS X days'. Some printers, particularly larger, 'network' devices, have memory expansion slots where you can add DIMMs.

In short: you do not have to worry about any lack of quality or performance by using OTF or TT fonts, compared to Type1 PS fonts.


Why is pip3 referencing Python 2 instead of 3?

Run
open /usr/bin/pip3 -a Textedit.app

Or general:
open $(which pip3) -a Textedit.app

The first line (shebang) would be point to python 2. Fix it by putting in the path to python 3 there.
I use conda environment, so for me it is:
#!/usr/local/opt/python@3.8/bin/python3.8

For you, it should be
#!/usr/bin/python3

or any other python executable that you want to use.

Alternate method is running pip by invoking python3.
python3 -m pip install xattr

https://stackoverflow.com/a/51055589/


Can't find Trash in Finder or on Desktop


Do you notice it regardless of what app you are using? I have seen this kind of thing before with various audio drivers.

If you can pin point it down to one location/area on the computer you might think about taking it in for diagnostics to an Apple Store or AASP.

If it is software related, try keeping an eye on Activity Monitor when it is getting close to the time-frame of the sound and see if you notice any processes starting up that use a hight CPU% or apps that simply stop responding.


You can connect a harddisk (also SSD) with another mac via thunderbolt or firewire. It will see it as external harddisk so you wont need to remove it from your macbook.

How to run a other macbook as external harddisk:

Connect the two mac's with thunderbolt to thunderbolt OR firewire to
firewire
Power on the mac which has the harddisk you want to check and hold T to go to 'Target Disk Mode'.
The harddisk will be shown as external harddisk, run it with disk
utilities to check the disk.

Check for more info the Apple support page


Boot Camp ‘saving support software’ holds indefinitely

I second ELLIOTTCABLEs answer. When I was stuck at that exact phase, after giving it a good thirty minutes or so at 100% bar fill, I simply ignored it and went ahead and restarted my computer and it starts on windows. I don't know why this happens or why this works but it did... give it a shot


The iOS Reverse Sync: Urban Legend or Real?

I am so sorry seeing your two questions about stolen data and property. Ugh.

I would recommend PhoneView to get the songs back (as well as all sorts of other structured data) - the free download works for a limited number of songs, contacts, etc... You pay to unlock the entire iPhone's worth of data once you are sure it's what you want for the job.

I have had good luck getting pictures, contacts and songs off an iPhone that iTunes insisted was corrupt and needed a restore. The OS on the phone needed a restore, but my data was luckily still fine and salvageable.

Lastly, you didn't ask, but I also really like CrashPlan which also has a free trial period for off-site backup of your data.


Why does my MacBook Pro say "Not charging" when plugged in?

Some obvious causes:

Need to wait 30 to 60 seconds for the SMC to read the battery and decide what to do
check for pencil lead/debris on the mac end of the magsafe
check for pins stuck down on the magsafe cord end of things
The SMC needs to be reset on the Mac
The battery, all adapter or charging circuitry itself is faulty or detecting something that causes a pause and the mac might need service. (This is exactly what your mac will do if it needs an 85 watt adapter but you've somehow gotten your "friend's" 65 watt adapter - if your adapter isn't putting out enough power, the mac can only run and not support the CPU/GPU load as well as the charging circuitry. Similarly, if the battery is drawing more than designed, the mac will prefer to run than charge and tells you this in the not charging message.)

Due to the way batteries work, they can be out of tolerance / spec at only a specific portion of the entire voltage range. The sensors will correctly detect “good battery” until you reach that one point where the voltage drops too fast and shows aging or a problem with the cells.

Do a calibration run at your earliest convenience if your battery doesn’t continuously self regulate and calibrate. Next, think about a visit to the genius bar or other Apple Support / service desk if the problem continues. Take your wall adapter with you when you go as it can be checked with the mac together.


How to show width and height of image files in Finder's column view?

Icon View and Column View

Pressing Command+J or Right Clicking, while in the folder where the pictures are, will show the Options menú. Then Show View Options, and enable Show Item Info. This will show the image's dimensions below the file.

You could press Use as Default, if, well, you want it to be default.

List View

While in List view , by Right Clicking the list's title bar, you'll be able to choose extra information columns to show. As Koiyu explains here:

  The list of extra columns is relative to the folder's location. In order to get the dimensions available, the folder in question has to reside somewhere under ~/Pictures/. (Under ~/Music/ you could choose e.g. artist or album and under ~/Movies/ you could choose length or codecs and so on…)


Turns out it was the battery. Got it tested for free at the Genius Bar, and they did the replacement for the cost of the battery.


Why is my iPod Shuffle an "Unknown Device"?

My suspicion is that your charger was not the standard AC charger, and the voltage some how blew part of the port hardware, but not all of it. Are you near an Apple Store or a Reseller? They can probably try to boot it, and if it won't be recognized, they may give you a recycling discount on a new shuffle. It's probably not cost conscious to repair when a new one is $49.


Any way to manage options in Open With dialog?

You can get rid of the Windows apps by unchecking the Share options in Parallels
[needs to be done for each VM]

To lose some of the others, I'd use RCDefaultApp - freeware - old but still working in Yosemite.

Might need to rebuild the Launch Services afterwards -
 as I did after taking the above picture ;-)

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user


Why do I have repeated "Are you sure you want to open it?" messages when launching applications?

Solved the problem! The quarantine metadata was not clearing correctly for some reason. I fixed this by doing:

sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Coda\ 2.app

Big thanks to Thomas Reed in the Apple discussion forums - Link to answer.


Creating an icon for a homebrew installed software (evince) - Mac OS X

Simply use a wrapper like Platypus

Download and install the script wrapper Platypus.
Create a shell script /usr/local/bin/evince.sh with the content

#!/bin/bash

/usr/local/bin/evince

Open Platypus and create a new app like indicated in the screenshot below:

Choose a nice icon (1024 x 1024 px linked) like this one:

 (48 x 48 px example)

and hit the create button
Save the app to an appropriate folder (e.g. /Applications) and create a Dock item


How to delete ALL notes from Stickies app?

This method works for me at least. macOS 10.14.5

rm ~/Library/StickiesDatabase

Using Automator's Record feature, you can ease repetitive tasks.

First get a new workflow. Then hit record button on the top right. This makes a floating record bar with a stop button and gives focus to Finder.
Click the Stickies in the Dock and click the stop button in the Automator bar.
This opens Automator with a single action in a block, Running which gives focus to Stickies/ or opens it.

Now hit the record button and

Click Stickies in the dock: this opens all the notes.
Hit command+W OR File menu > close note.
Click Delete note in the popup that appears.
Stop the recording.

Now you should have this on your screen.

Click on the "Click "Stickies" in the dock line" in the second block and hit delete.
You can also increase the playback speed. Now the second block is ready to be copied. So click on the black area to get focus of the same.

Either right click, hit duplicate. Then use command key to select multiple blocks, right click duplicate, and repeat as many times you wish.

Simply command + click on the blocks and use normal copy paste shortcuts.

Now save it and run it. When it runs out of notes, it encounters an error, and terminates.


How do I prevent the mirror-effect in video recordings in Photo Booth?

In the menu bar click Edit, then "Auto Flip New Items". After you do that, the photos and videos you take will capture what the camera sees, and not reverse it.


How to install gpg without Admin password

I don't believe this is a feature that is available yet, as GPG does provide functions which require root access.  However, the issue appears to be on their radar as there exists a ticket.

See the ticket here

And 3 forum posts have been tied to that ticket.


iOS Mail automatically switching account, depending on recipient

You are probably replying to the message from inside your gmail inbox which will use the gmail account as the sending authority since the email was sent to this account in the first place. The error therefor isn't with the mail.app it is with the way that your emails are sent to you.

If you want to change the address in which you send your email from just tap on your gmail address and switch it to your iCloud address.

If you don't want to have the automatic reply address to be your gmail one I suggest not using the address to receive emails to.

All that mail.app can do for default address is to ensure that your iCloud account is the address that is used when you compose a new email.


My slide show option in power point isn't working on my macbook

Press up arrow, command and enter for the slide show from beginning
Press command and enter from the current slide.

If is not working again then uninstall powerpoint by using "Appdelete" or "CleanMyMacX" then reinstall again.


Inconsolata font does not work in Terminal

Try to clear and rebuild your font cache with the following:

sudo atsutil databases -remove
sudo atsutil server -shutdown
sudo atsutil server -ping

The above is "my standard answer" to font problems.

After your reply, I tried to download the font too. Installed it and in the Terminal.app got the same result as you. So +1 to the question - I'm interested too.

So,

removed the otf version (does not work)
I downloaded the ttf version from the Google Fonts Directory
removed my cache as above
installed the ttf version
and works.

after it, for the test:

removed the ttf version
cleaned the cache
installed the otf version
does not work

so again for ttf - and have a working version in my Terminal.app

Haven't any idea why the otf version does not work. ;(


It turned out that this was related to running a true 64-bit kernel instead of a 32/64-bit one.

Installing one of the following updates for the FuseFS system fixed the error:

Fuse for OSX: http://osxfuse.github.com/
MacFuse 2.2.2: http://mac.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macfuse.html

After installing this, I reopened TrueCrypt and was then able to mount the volume.


How to hide Terminal Window when a script is running

You could run your script using the screen utility. This will detach the program from the terminal so even if it is closed the program execution will continue.

Screen will exit once the program running in it has finished but not before.


My Mac repeatedly beeps three times on startup. What does this mean?

No, your Mac is not possessed. And Yes, it’s trying to tell you something!

A looping three beeps in between three seconds during startup is your iMac’s way of telling you that the operating system you’re trying to boot into is incompatible with your Mac hardware.

In other words, the Snow Leopard disc you’re trying to boot from contains a version of Snow Leopard that is earlier than version 10.6.6 (the earliest your iMac can support).

My guess is that you’re not using the grey disc that shipped with your iMac. It’s either one that belongs to another Mac or it’s a retail version that’s earlier than 10.6.6.

The only ways to get around this is to use another disc or do the following:

Boot your iMac into Target Disk Mode by pressing and holding the T key as you startup
Connect it to your Mid 2009 MBP with a FireWire cable (once connected it’ll be seen by the MBP as an external hard drive)
Boot the MBP from the Snow Leopard disc
Now install Snow Leopard onto the external drive (i.e. the iMac’s drive)
Reboot the MBP from the iMac drive and then upgrade Snow Leopard to the latest version (i.e. 10.6.8) so that you know for sure it’ll boot the iMac fine
Shutdown both the MBP and iMac and then try rebooting the iMac as normal from its internal drive that now has Snow Leopard installed.

WARNING: You should always ensure you have a backup of your data, especially when performing operations such as this!


Is File Vault 2 whole disk encryption or whole partition encryption?

John Siracusa's detailed Lion review covers the new FileVault disk encryption feature in great detail:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/13#lion-file-system

To summarise, the new system is "volume" based. This means that not all volumes can be or are encrypted. The Lion recovery partition for example is not encrypted. Non Mac volumes are also not encrypted (FAT, NTFS, ExFAT, etc).

From John's description it does appear you can have multiple encrypted volumes. Whether or not they can use different passwords is unknown to me. Some use of the diskutil command may be necessary to achieve this if possible.


Will iPhone X from TMobile A1865 or A1901 work globally?

According to https://www.techwalls.com/iphone-x-models-a1865-a1901-a1902-differences/ you better buy A1865 which works globally:

A1865
The iPhone X A1865 is considered the global phone as it works on both GSM and CDMA networks. This phone is also available as a SIM-free factory-unlocked version at Apple Store
A1901
The iPhone X A1901 is the GSM version. It is available on AT&T and T-Mobile in the United States, as well as many other Europe and Asia countries.


Trouble opening plist files in text editor

plist files are not necessarily plain text so they need to be run through a converter. Finder and Xcode (which has a plist editor) do this without telling the user

The binary format is documented in this C code so any application can convert it and someone has written a format description in English and more Apple documentation here but note that it references old paths in /Developer/Documentation

The command line program plutil can convert to and from XML

e.g. to view a binary property list in XML format on stdout:

plutil -convert xml1 -o - <file name>

Also to convert a binary to a XML plist in place and then leave it so that the user program can read either.

plutil -convert xml1 <file name>


How do I make full use of a generic 6-button mouse?

You can use a tool like USB Overdrive to map various functions to the buttons on your generic 6-button mouse.


How to deploy Automator workflow to clients?

If you really want to “idiot proof” the process, here is  option. In Script Editor.app, create a new blank document then immediately go and save it as an application (I saved mine as “JIMZ Attach Folder Action.app”)

The purpose of this application would be to copy the Automator workflow file (which will be included within the “Resources” folder of this new application you just created in Script Editor ) that you want attached to the “ABC” folder on any user’s computer, to the necessary “Folder Actions” folder on that computer.  If the “ABC” folder does not exist on the target computer, it will be created.  For purposes of this project, the “ABC” folder location would be on the target computer’s desktop.

Paste this following code into your new blank AppleScript app that you just created.

property nameOfTriggerFolder : "ABC"
property pathToFolderActions : ((path to workflows folder as text) & "Applications:Folder Actions:")
property attachFolderActionTo : (path to desktop as text) & nameOfTriggerFolder

set resourceName to "ABC Folder Action.scpt"
set folderActionScript to ((path to me as string) & "Contents:Resources:" & resourceName) as string

tell application "Finder"
    if not (exists of folder attachFolderActionTo) then
        make new folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:nameOfTriggerFolder}
    end if
    duplicate file folderActionScript to folder pathToFolderActions with replacing
end tell

tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
    activate
    try
        set addedFolderAction to make new folder action with properties {name:nameOfTriggerFolder, path:attachFolderActionTo}
    end try
    try
        delay 0.5
        tell addedFolderAction to make new script with properties {name:resourceName, path:(pathToFolderActions & resourceName)}
    end try
    if not folder actions enabled then
        set folder actions enabled to true
    end if
end tell

Then go ahead and drag your Automator workflow file from Finder app directly to the resources folder in Script Editor (as shown in the animation below)

Compile and save the app in Script Editor.  Now you can distribute this app to whoever you want.  When this app is now launched on any target computer, it will copy the Automator workflow file directly to the folder where it needs to be located.  It will also add the “ABC” folder to the list of enabled folders in the Folder Actions Setup.app and attach the script or workflow file to that folder


MacOS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) uses h/w encryption?

Using this option, you'll endup with a whole disk encryption.

It uses OSX CoreStorage volume management technology and XTS-AES 128-bit encryption, so it's software.

Edit : As pointed Alan Shutko, since 2011 Intel added an Intruction set to intel processor to do AES encryption.


iTunes (in menù bar) > Preferences, then General > Show list views for all media.
This setting works for iBook too!


How to fully automate video conversion to mp4, iTunes friendly format?

z264

z264 will look at every file, but will only touch avi, flv, mpg, mpeg, wmv, vob, mkv and mp4 video files, copying video and audio streams and rewrapping if possible, transcoding just the audio if necessary, and transcoding only what video is necessary, and leave you with iTunes friendly, atom optimized mp4 files, leaving the originals in your Trash. It makes reasonably intelligent decisions for you about how to transcode files based on how you set its HandBrake variables (set at lines 312-333).

  check file for AVC encoding and flv, wmv, or mkv wrapper and rewrap in mp4 container otherwise, if not already am mp4, transcode to AVC mp4

  z264 has several dependencies (mediainfo, rmtrash, ffmpeg, SublerCLI, and HandBrakeCLI)

copy and paste binary install section into a new bash script and use it to download and install the dependencies into /usr/local/bin/ (create /usr/local and /usr/local/bin/ if not there already)
create 2GB ramdisk called 'Two' using command in ramdisk section

diskutil quiet erasevolume HFS+ 'Two' `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://4194304`

double-check command definitions (locations of dependencies), and correct locations (to "/usr/local/bin/")

change line 231 to read:  mediainfo="/usr/local/bin/mediainfo"
change line 236 to read:  rmtrash="/usr/local/bin/rmtrash"
change line 238 to read:  ffmpeg="/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"
change line 239 to read:  SublerCLI="/usr/local/bin/SublerCLI"
change line 262 to read:  mediainfo="/usr/local/bin/mediainfo"
change line 263 to read:  rmtrash="/usr/local/bin/rmtrash"
change line 265 to read:  HandBrakeCLI="/usr/local/bin/HandBrakeCLI"

save as z264 in /usr/local/bin/
make executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/z264
use Terminal to call z264 on single file, directory of files, or call it from a cron to crawl entire file systems periodically

z264 directory.full.of.mixed.video.filetypes/*

minor issues: user needs to be able to read, debug, and use bash. z264 does not yet count how many background_transcoder processes it spawns, meaning if there are a lot of transcodes, it will take awhile for them to complete, but they will complete. You also need a lot of memory (8GB is ok). Snow Leopard users will need to install purge command from xcode developer tools.


Poor Diablo III: Reaper of Souls performance on a rMBP late 2013

I'm assuming you have the 15" rMBP with the NVidia GT 750M. If you're trying to run at native resolution, 2880 x 1800, with full effects, that card is likely inadequate.

The GT 750M I would estimate is roughly equivalent with a Radeon HD 6850, 6770, or even lower, placing it fairly low on this benchmark chart for the original Diablo III.  The frame-rates there get down into the 20's, and you have a) 25% more pixels then their highest tested resolution, and b) the expansion which likely has had graphical updates in the intervening two years.

If you want better frame-rate, you must trade off fidelity.  Lower the resolution, lower graphical settings until you find something you're happy with.


Best way to View Powerpoint Presentations on Ipad

If you are looking just to view, you can convert your slides to PDF and use iBooks.  If you also want editing capabilities, Keynote is indeed the best way to view and edit slideshows on the iPad. it carries the advantage of being tailored for your device. Keynote is Apple's version of PowerPoint, so it can edit and view slideshows. Just so you know, you won't achieve 100% compatibility with PowerPoint, but it will be pretty good. I use Keynote and I'm continually surprised by it's abilities and it's depth. I say, go with keynote.


OS X Lion All Files Showing as Type of Document

Have you tried repairing Disk Permissions using the Disk Utility when booted off your Recovery Partition?


If you have an Exchange server, Outlook will do that. Calendar for OS X can do it too, provided your calendar server supports it.  OS X Server's Calendar server does.

In either use case the parties must be in the same organization or otherwise accessible due to federation.


iPhone 7 Plus randomly wouldn’t let me do things?

Being unable to hear through the speaker and the speakerphone button being grayed out are symptoms of a hardware failure with the device.  The troubleshooting you could try is:

Force restarting the device - Do this by holding the power button and the down volume button together for ~10 seconds.  When you see the Apple symbol let go of the buttons. Then test to see if it's working.
Reset settings - Under Settings> General> Reset, select 'Reset All Settings'.  After the reset test to see if it's working.
Perform a restore - Backup you device before doing this step using iCloud or iTunes.
Best way to do restore is by connecting to a computer with iTunes, then performing the force restart steps, holding the buttons slightly longer until you see the iTunes symbol show on the iPhone screen.  Then follow the prompts in iTunes.  Once restore is complete setup as new if possible then test again to determine if issue is still happening.

Since your device is still under warranty I recommend contacting Apple Support.  They will make sure you have completed all necessary steps and if the issue is still occurring be able to present you with replacement options.


That's intended behaviour - though since Mavericks it sometimes breaks & does only focus the one window until the Finder is relaunched.

The window you requested will be the frontmost, active window.

Unlike Windows, Mac applications consider all an app's windows as part of the same process, so bringing the process to the front brings all its attendant windows.


Is resetting iPhone to factory settings sufficiently secure to subsequently sell the phone?

All the data on an iOS device is encrypted using strong encryption by default. The keys that are used to encrypted and decrypt our data are stored on the devices. When you choose to "Erase All Content and Settings" the device "obliterates" the keys. So your data is basically still there but no-one can read it anymore.

From the Apple's iOS Security document:

  Erase All Content and Settings

  The “Erase all content and settings” option in Settings obliterates all the keys in Effaceable Storage, rendering all user data on the device cryptographically inaccessible. Therefore, it’s an ideal way to be sure all personal information is removed from a device before giving it to somebody else or returning it for service.

  Important: Don’t use the “Erase all content and settings” option until device has been backed up, as there is no way to recover the erased data.

I'd recommend reading through that document if you are interested in the security features of iOS devices. There's a lot more to it, including multiple levels of encryption depending on which types of data, etc.


Changing The Dock's Appearance From 3D to 2D?

Yes, you can, but only in OS X 10.8 or earlier.

You can use the the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES && killall -HUP Dock

To go back to 3D, run the following command (replace YES with NO):

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO && killall -HUP Dock


What SIP voip client for OS X I could use?

I prefer Telephone App over most the other VOIP clients I have come accross.


Add ~/Downloads to Dock through Profile Manager

Take a look at this blog post at nbalonso.com: Relative Paths in Configuration Profiles about including the Downloads folder into the Dock


External HDD with encrypted mac partitions is no longer recognized

Ok, let us step back for a second here. What OS are you running these commands from, and when was the volume originally partitioned? Although you've not mentioned it, its clear from the screenshots you've posted that (at least, as some point, depending on what you mean by "restoring" the first two), your volume was formatted into a Core Storage "Logical Volume Group", with at least one Core Storage "Logical Volume".

CoreStorage is a pretty well deprecated technology at this point. It was only really actively used for a brief window by Apple.

This more or less necessarily means that "the 4TB disk is split into two parts around 2TB each, both standard encrypted macOS partitions" isn't quite true, as there's not really such a thing as a "standard" "encrypted" macOS partition. There are [J]HFS[+] logical volumes which are encrypted via CoreStorage, although today they're quite rare (10.12+, APFS is preferred, and Time Machine on JHFS+ uses a whole different mechanism using disk images/sparse bundles). None of these, are, unfortunately, close to "standard".

My first recommendation (and its difficult to say what to do after this, without more information) at this point would to be would be to try to revert the Core Storage LVG into standard JHFS+ partitions, so they're individually recognized on in the GPT partition table. You may have to decrypt the Logical Volumes first. That would be diskutil cs revert [disk5s2 or the LVG UUID], possibly after one or more diskutil cs decryptVolume [diskXsX or LV UUID]  commands.

As for restoring disks and volumes, if you wish to retain their structure, your best bet is to use asr — although of course occasionally with dd in combination with /dev/r[diskX] there can still be some milage to be had, I really don't recommend it.


Snow Leopard, App Store unable to download anything

Years late, but to provide an answer...

You can only download the current OS X/macOS from the regular apps or search page.

If you require an older OS, then you must use your Purchase History & download it from there.

Photoshopped to put these all next to each other

El Capitan is slightly different, as it has been specially preserved by Apple due to Sierra not being compatible with older machines.

If you need El Capitan, it can be downloaded from the App Store - though it's difficult to actually search for.
See Apple KB: Upgrade to OS X El Capitan which gives links that will open the correct location in the App Store app.

...or try this direct link


How can I change how often iCloud data gets synced on my iPhone 6?

I believe this is not possible. Your iPhone automatically syncs your data with icloud.


Change Replace keyboard shortcut in Gedit

Your syntax for Karabiner is off.

This will work. Note that, like @klanomath, I have no idea if you're actually trying to use Command-H or Control-H, so you may need to change COMMAND_L to CONTROL_L on the third line.

        <autogen>
            __KeyToKey__
            KeyCode::H, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L,
            KeyCode::F, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L
        </autogen>

It also now occurs to me that in your version, within the code, your replacement command is Command-Option-F as opposed to Control-Option-F as specified in the name. So you might need to adjust CONTROL_L to COMMAND_L on the fourth line.


Early 2011 MacBook Pro Memory Upgrade - What are the SO-DIMM memory specs?

According to Apple Support:

  Double Data Rate Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR3) format
  67.6mm x 30mm (1.18 inch)
  2 GB or 4 GB
  204-pin
  PC3-10600 DDR3 1333 MHz type RAM

Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270


Can I charge an iPhone with another device's USB charger?

Yes, it works great. The iPhone charges over USB like many other devices. The iPhone can accept more current than the USB specification, so you might have a slower charge than a charger that provides that extra wattage, but the iPhone circuitry is designed to take any normal USB charge and properly handle the charge which includes pausing it when the battery is full.


Hard drive full with 200GB of used space that I can't find

I scanned my drive with DaisyDisk, and as an administrator. (Instructions) I found 187GB in the hidden ".DocumentsRevisons-V100" folder. These are document versions which the OS autosaves (more info). It appears to be from documents primarily from the app Sketch.

Here's how I removed the files.

Open Terminal
Paste defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES (This makes all hidden files visible)
Relaunch Finder. You can hold down "Option" and then right click Finder. Click Relaunch.
Look within the folder Macintosh HD/.DocumentRevisions-V100/ (For me there were a number of underlining folders with lots of files within.)
Delete the folders and files within.
Empty the Trash
In Terminal paste defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO . This makes hidden files hidden again.
Relaunch Finder again. Click the System Apple top left, then "About this Mac" and then "Storage." Breathe a sigh of relief.

Here's some articles I referred to:

https://medium.com/@thomasdegry/how-sketch-took-over-200gb-of-our-macbooks-cb7dd10c8163#.kb2yopebo
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/20/clear-versions-history-auto-save-cache-data-in-mac-os-x/
https://dribbble.com/shots/2184593-Sketch-users-Free-up-some-space
https://www.designernews.co/stories/50043-hard-drive-mysteriously-filling-up


Macbook Pro (Late 2010) slow after installing Mavericks

As Mathias711 pointed out in the comments, the cause of this was Spotlight automatically re-indexing after the after the OS upgrade. The process of indexing was greatly slowed down by OSX attempting to index a very slow, old external drive we had hooked up.

Once the indexing had finished (it actually took quite a while) the laptop eventually returned to its former speed.

There's also a post by Computer World that backs up this conclusion:

  OS X will rebuild the Spotlight index after a major System upgrade. The process takes time and degrades performance while it takes place.

  Click on the Spotlight (looking glass) icon to the top right of the display to see if indexing is taking place. If indexing is in progress you should see a dot in the middle of the looking glass icon and/or be told the operation is taking place. Allow the process to complete and you should see immediate performance improvement.


The forum build of DropBox will do that for you. I'm not sure if you can specify exactly what folder (by default it goes in a folder called 'Camera Imports' in your dropbox folder). It will even earn you more space.

http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=57787&replies=7


Disable screensaver password requirement from command line

If you are not forced to use defaults write you can use the following command. It interacts with the OS the same as if you were to utilize System Preferences.

TESTED ON:

10.5.x
10.6.x
10.7.x
10.8.x
10.9.x

sudo osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'

NOTE: If the command is being run inside of a script that has been given root privileges you would not need the sudo.

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'


Unfortunately, not possible, afaik.

I think they likely made the change to make the scale easier to read, but the side effect is you have less info at hand.


Will Time Capsule work on a college dorm's WiFi network?

She could probably tie the time capsule into a ethernet line in her dorm (I assume there is a wired option) and then set the time capsule to be on bridge mode (where it doesn't issue a new IP adress but rather passes the one issued by the school's DHCP).

She could then use her Time Capsule (which is also a wifi router) to have her own private wifi locked down for her dorm, this is what I do in my house as Telus doesn't offer DSL modems as a standalone.


Is there a way to "force" an iMessage to "come from" an e-mail address?

Yes, under Settings -> Messages -> Receive At -> Caller ID you can set the phone number or email address you want your messages to appear to come from.

You can also do this with FaceTime as well.


How to create a Windows 10 bootable USB on a Mac for PC without Bootcamp, when install.wim is too large

The open-source package called wimlib, can also "optimize" a wim file.
I managed to reduce the size bellow 4Go, my FAT32 usb thumb accepted it, and booted with success
Install wimlib via brew
brew install wimlib
Copie the bigfile from the iso volume to your HD Disk (Download example by example)
cp /Volumes/CCC.../sources/install.wim install.wim
Compress the file
wimlib-imagex optimize install.wim --solid
"install.wim" original size: 4463411 KiB
Using LZMS compression with 8 threads
Archiving file data: 9 GiB of 9 GiB (100%) done
"install.wim" optimized size: 3311533 KiB
Space saved: 1151878 KiB

You may need sudo, because you could encounter an error like this:
[ERROR] Can't modify "/home/roger/win/sources/install.wim": Permission denied
ERROR: Exiting with error code 71:
The WIM is read-only (file permissions, header flag, or split WIM).

Copy the reduced file to your usb drive
cp install.wim /Volumes/MYUSB/sources/install.wim
Boot up !


Should I place air holes in my custom MacBook Pro case?

Yes, you definitely do not want to block any vents - no matter if the lid is closed or not.

You can read Apple's instructions on not blocking vents here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202179

Note that there are vents both along the side and on the back of the MacBook Pro. Don't block any of them.


How can I change the iTunes U folder on Mac?

I made a symbolic link.

    ln -s /path/to/iTunes U/content /path/to/where/iTunes/is/looking


Is it safe to reformat drive during Recovery Mode install?

The difference between the 500gb and Mac HD is pretty simple actually. The parent is the actual hard drive that holds the partition (Mac HD). You use that to re-partition if you want to split or change the partition table.

So you should use the Mac HD if you just want to erase and install.

The disk1 in your screenshot is the recovery partition. You probably can't erase it or remove it (not sure as I haven't tried). The icon indicates that it is a mounted drive and not an actual hard drive.

So click the Macintosh HD, erase, format, target for install. It's not long ago I did the same on my MacBook Pro.

Happy fresh laptop!


Stop iTunes from launching when iPhone is connected

Actually it is very easy.

Start iTunes
Plugin the device
Click on the device in the menu bar
Remove the tick [checkmark] where it says Open iTunes when this ... is connected


What time stamp will show when an iMessage is received while phone has a dead batter / is turned off?

I'll will show as sent at 3:45.

Your phone only matters in terms of the message being delivered/read.


Problems Accessing (Synology) NAS over AFP directly over the finder and time machine with Mavericks MBPr

add the nas hostname and IP to the MAC "hosts" file, that's how fixed it today.

to edit the host file on a MAC, best way is through terminal, google it.

Good luck


Photos

I know the point of the question is an alternative, but I've been through both transitions: first iPhoto to Aperture, then Aperture to Photos. I think there's a few points still to be made for using Photos.

  always-on sidebar

I've always used the always-on sidebar instead of the toolbar since the very first version of Photos. Yes, the sidebar option was buried in the menus, but it was there and is much better than the toolbar. All that's happened in the most recent version is the removal of the (previously default) toolbar navigation and the activation of the existing sidebar option.

  moments, still no user-defined events structure

This definitely was one of the things I worried about moving from Aperture to Photos. However, Albums works almost identically to Events, and I set up a smart folder looking for all photos not in an album as ‘Unorganised’ which lets me organise new photos into albums.

  lack of batch editing (still true except for rotating)

Make adjustments to a photo.
Copy the photo adjustments using ⇧⌘C.
Select as many photos as you wish to batch apply the adjustments and paste using ⇧⌘V.

  cumbersome GPS tagging

Feel free to expand on this one, but this is how I go for photos without GPS:

Select photos that need geolocation.
Get Info (⌘I).
Enter the location in the ‘Assign a Location’ field. The field accepts regular text search (uses Apple Maps) or latlong coords.

  monolithic file structure (i.e. no referenced files in user-defined folder structure)

Storing photos in the library definitely isn't required. Photos has full support for references files. When importing files, deselect ‘Copy items to the Photos library’ (this preference is remembered for next time). For more information about using referenced media, see Change where Photos stores your files.


Not able to copy files to another Mac in the network via AFP

It turned out that the issue was indeed different UIDs though the usernames were the same.

From the Apple Support Communities link:

  borbye:

  The first user that is established on an OSX disc is given UID number
  501. Normally next user is given UID 502. In my case I could not import my existing user during first run with my new MB Air. Had to
  establish a testuser and later import my existing user. It turned out
  that the testuser was giver UID 501 and my existing user was given UID
  502. Result was the existing users on the two macs are not the same even thoug the username and login is identical..

I tried what was suggested in the support thread and screwed up my entire system - as he had clearly warned.

  borbye:

  Check your users in systemprefs -> accounts - open the lock and right
  click on user -> choose advanced options.

  NB: Dont even think you can just change the UID for the user and it
  will work..... If some more advanced users have a script to change the
  UID for all files in a home folder, please let us know..

The workaround suggested at the thread didn't quite work for me. But I am not sure if I missed any steps. So you can try this at your own risk.

  one51mac:

  borbye is correct that this will remedy the problem but there is a way
  to do it and have your account work. after changing the user UID and
  group UID to 501 you will have to restart. then when you log on your
  home folder will still be your default but you will not have any
  access. Since you are still an admin you can change that. right click
  on the home folder and select get info click arrow for sharing and
  permissions. Your old UID account will show up as _unknown delete this
  user and add your user to it giving yourself read and write privilege.
  click on the cog on the bottom and select apply to enclosed items. A
  warning box will appear stating that this process cannot be undone do
  you wish to proceed? click yes and a status bar will come up. once the
  bar is gone the process is complete. since you didn't have access to
  your home folder you cannot save your settings, this is a good thing
  since your account will not look remotely the same as yours most
  likely. all you have to do now is logout and then back in. Your
  account will look as it did before the change with all the access
  settings and so forth as before the change... minus some permissions
  due to the overwrite. It's a minor repair to the permissions to some
  shares considering you will be able to now move files to and these
  shares without the permissions alert that only creates a 4kb file
  instead of the real thing. Takes 5 minutes at most. Have fun.

Ended up doing a fresh install and created a user with the same username as the first one. It took a lot of time to backup and restore all the data but finally I am back on track.


This happens all the time.

Condensation and fog like effects are almost always benign and transient. Shut down form15 minutes minimum and restart.

The image persistence is somthing all LCD will eventually succumb to and some can show that even when brand new. Either power off entirely for hours or days or have an all white screen saver engage and prevent partial content from staying on screen static.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence


How to change file names in different folders?

You can run this command in Terminal:

find . -name hello.jpg -exec bash -c 'mv "$1" "${1%/*}"/"$(echo $(dirname "$1")_$(basename "$1"))"' -- {} \;

This will find all hello.jpg files inside directories and prepend dir name in front of the filename. NOTE: this search only inside current dir You're in - not the whole partition.

EDIT: fixed spaces in dir/filename.


Names and location of .dmg files for OS X installation

My English is not very well, if you mean the Install macOS High Sierra.app is mounted by a .dmg file .
Then you should be wrong，when you download High Sierra for appstore.
Just downloaded this file “Install macOS High Sierra.app”
There is no mounted operation.


Mojave macOS Installation Error (com.apple.DiskManagement error 69854)

Had the same issue. Retina 5k imac.
Rebooted with cmd-r and restored from time machine. Everything is back and working even boot camp!

Will be waiting before trying Mojave again.


Does purchase from Amazon.in void Apple warranty?

Amazon.in, Amazon.com that's the same, so it won't void anything.

Amazon.in is targeted just for indian customers.


You can't, user input is not cached in Safari. But hopefully the web site you want to log in to allows you to reset/resend your password


Pointing devices not properly recognized and won't left/right click after upgrade to Mountain Lion

Go to System Preferences, then click on Trackpad.  You will have to add the use three fingers to swipe box, as well as unclicking the natural scroll box in the scroll/zoom tab.  Hopefully this helps.


Remove list of recently updated apps in Mac App Store

Source.

If you hide an item you purchased in the Mac App Store, you won't get update notifications for it, and you won't see it on your Purchases page. If you're using Family Sharing, hidden items will also be hidden from your family members.

Hide purchases using these steps:

Open the Mac App Store.
Choose Store > Sign In, then enter your Apple ID and password.
Click Purchases.
Right-click the item that you want to hide and choose Hide Purchase. A prompt will ask if you're sure that you want to hide the item.
Click the Hide Purchase button. The item will fade. The item below it, if there is one, will replace it in the list.

Unhide purchases using these steps:

Open the Mac App Store.
Choose Store > Sign In, then enter your Apple ID and password, if you're not already signed in.
Choose Store > View My Account.
Enter your Apple ID password, if prompted.
From the Account Information page, click View Hidden Purchases.


Check the Task Manager to see if anything (like Finder) is hogging Memory or CPU cycles, and check the disk activity as well.


What can cause 90 second delays joining a wifi network?

You can also boot up to the start up disc that come with your mac if it is 10.6 of newer. There you can connect your wifi when the disc has loaded up to check make sure its not a software issue.

You can also try resetting the P-Ram on startup, by holding P + R + cmd + alt and letting its chime 3 or 4 times. That may help.

Also check with other machines to see how long it takes to receive an ip address. This may be an issue with the router.


How can I verify my Time Machine password?

The best way is:

backup every of these passwords.
remove them one-by-one and mount and unmount your current Time Machine hard drive.
Once you are prompted for a password to decrypt the Time Machine backup, it means that you removed the only password you needed.


What proved helpful in my situation was replacing the battery (which was nearly 3 years old) with a new one. Since then I haven't reached a zero battery in several weeks, but after all it stopped the lost contacts problem from reappearing since the replacement.


Blocking calls with no SIM card automatically on new?

The Call Blocking feature built-into iOS doesn’t depend on having a SIM card per se. However it does synchronize over iCloud, meaning that if your previous iPhone had an Internet connection at any point (and you were logged in to your iCloud account) then its blocked numbers were synced with iCloud.

Conversely, your new iPhone would synchronize its block list as soon as you connected it to your iCloud account.

You can verify whether your block list transferred by opening Settings → Phone → Call Blocking & Identification.


How to see contacts that are suggested when composing emails?

The easiest way to add a contact from the iOS mail app is to see their address in an e-mail. Received or Sent does not matter.

Simply tap on their e-mail address, or the name it displays for them and a callout window will appear with the choices 'Create New Contact' or 'Add to Existing Contact'. Tap on one of those and add the details as necessary.

Note that if you already have them in your address bar, following this process will show all the contact information you have for the individual.


The origins go way back as a place holder for the dictionary words used by the spell utility. spell is not available but the program look will use the words dictionary. You could use one of these alias/function courteous of Wilfredo Sanchez Jr. to do word look ups.

For ksh, zsh, and bash

word () { grep -F -i "$*" /usr/share/dict/web2 ; }

For tcsh

alias word  'grep \!* /usr/share/dict/web2'


How to run old AirPort Utils 5.x on MacOS X maverics?

There is a workaround detailed here: http://coreyjmahler.com/2013/10/24/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-9-mavericks/.


What do the numbers after an invitee's status in iCal mean?

These numbers are only present for users who have enabled the iCal "debug menu", using a third party configuration tweaking utility, or the command line

defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu 1

which adds them, as part of an additional entry in each invitee's context menu, after his e-mail addresses:

The numbers themselves contain information about the invitee's version of
MobileMe or iCloud.


Quotes can be used to escape spaces when assigning to a variable.

var="abc def ghi"


Removing OSX without deleting media files

If you have a spare USB hard drive (or Dropbox/Google Drive/Box.com/iCloud account big enough to hold all your media), I'd just move your media files to that temporarily.

Boot into OS X Mavericks, open Disk Utility, select "Macintosh HDD" from the sidebar, then click the "Erase" tab.  Reformat it to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", rename it whatever you like, then put all your media files back on it.


Mac search no longer searching within files for text matches?

grep command can do the same thing:

To find word "main" in all files(and directories) in the current working directory
In terminal: grep -r main *