Possible hardware issue with the device.  Try a force restart by holding the power and home buttons together for ~10 seconds until you see the Apple symbol appear on the screen.  If you don't see the Apple symbol or it reverts to the blank screen with vertical lines on it, then the next step would be to complete a recovery mode restore.

Recovery mode restore involves connecting the device to a computer with the latest version of iTunes on it and completing the same restart with the device connected via USB and iTunes open.  The steps can be found here:  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263

If the issue continues after restoring the device to factory settings then you would want to look into hardware service for the device.


Your location and time zone settings are linked. You have to choose a location to change your time zone. This doesn’t affect your location in your documents or Autofill, as those use the data from your Contact Card.


Dark Horizontal Lines on MacBook Pro Retina Display

Apple just today released the macOS 10.12.2 update. If you have not already done so, check the App Store for this update and install it.

Other general troubleshooting procedures are to reset the SMC, and also reset the NVRAM.

If the problem persists it would be good to know if the problem occurs both when running off of battery and when plugged into the charger. Also, if other peripherals are connected (displays, hard drives, etc.) does the problem occur when they are not connected?


How do I set environment variables on OS X?

I have a .profile in my home directory; it contains many export … statements for environment variables.

You can create such a file by opening a Terminal and issuing the command touch .profile
Close Terminal.

Then you should open that file in a plain-text editor (TextWrangler for example). You can also use nano .profile in a Terminal window (current directory should be your home), which is much easier than vi. Insert lines such as export JAVA_HOME=… . Save, exit nano if you used that and quit a running Terminal.

Open Terminal and issue the command env to see all environment variables. Check that the ones you defined have the value you assigned to them. You should be good to go now. But don't forget that environment variables defined in .profile are not passed to GUI applications.


Looks like a kernel panic in Verbose mode.


Does a bootable OS X drive need more free space than the installer?

I just made an installer image for OS X 10.10 to install in a virtual machine and it's only 5268873216 bytes or 4.90702 GB in Base2, in Base10 it's 5.27GB.  So you could have made it smaller.  Not sure if you can resize it, you can try and if not delete it and start with a smaller partition.  BTW There does need to a just a bit of free space as it's written to during the install.


As far as your phone is concerned a Google Voice call is no different than any other call, so your only options involve Google Voice settings:

Set Make and receive calls = Prefer Wi-Fi and mobile data. This will make your phone treat the calls as VoIP calls which explicitly say the service they're using. This is how I use Google Voice and the quality is typically better than using the carrier service, which I have also used extensively in the past. Also iOS 12 improved the way VoIP calls are handled in the UI to make them work just like regular calls when your screen is locked (same phone UI as a carrier call).
If you want to use your carrier service,  you can change the incoming caller ID to show your Google voice number instead of the caller's number. This way you always know it's a Google Voice call, but you won't necessarily know who it's from. This is also why I prefer option 1.


How can an iPad in airplane mode detect iOS update?

By default Airplane mode disables all wireless frequencies on your device so that you can comply with airline regulations. This means that any radio frequencies relating to cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are disabled.
However, when your device is in Airplane mode, it is actually possible to manually enable Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth. And, if you do, the next time you're in Airplane mode these settings remain.
So, the most likely answer is that at some point you activated Wi-Fi during Airplane mode (either intentionally or by accident) and that ever since your iPad has sill been connected via Wi-Fi whenever you've activated Airplane mode.
As per Apple:

Use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Airplane Mode
If the airline allows it, you can use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth while in
Airplane mode. You just need to turn them on separately. On your
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with
Control Center. Open Control Center from the Home screen and tap [the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth icon]. You can also go to Settings > Wi-Fi or Settings > Bluetooth. To use
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your Apple Watch, just turn off Airplane Mode.
If you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while you're in Airplane mode, they
will be on the next time you use Airplane mode, unless you turn them
off while in Airplane mode.

Source: Use Airplane Mode on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch, Apple. [Bold emphasis mine, words in italics added for clarification]
The following screenshot is from an iPad in Airplane Mode and connected to Wi-Fi at the same time:

Related reading

Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11 and later


OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 .plist can't be found

Nothing is wrong! In Recovery Mode you can't simply access your common users since the Mac is booted to a special recovery image which doesn't contain your familiar accounts except a root user.

To access your common users you first have to unlock and mount the FileVault2 volume and then you can find the hashes at:

/Volumes/<Volume_name>/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/<user>.plist


Looking for iOS music player which includes all id3 information

Music Stats provides some of what you're looking for, I think. It doesn't show all ID3 tags, but it does provide a few of them.


lets try this one step at a time, first go in to your settings- general, then scroll down to reset and tap reset all network settings this will remove all your previous passwords and internet connections. then just for the hell of it, reboot!

this should fix your problem, if not, let me know and we can figure out the best possible fix for your problem!


How do I reset/change my security questions on my iPod Touch?

Apple's support article explains how to use a rescue email to reset the questions should you enter them and then forget them.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312

It has a link at the bottom where you can contact Apple's support if you can't get them reset yourself.


After deleting Bootcamp .. I failed to merge free disk space using Disk Utility

Thanks to David Anderson in the comment section.

I used that terminal command:

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

and it worked!

Thanks again!


How to copy updates from mac to another?

You could, but not by using Software Update.

What you should do, is wait for Apple to release the update on its website, here is the 10.7.1 update, store it on a USB drive and install it wherever you want.


Google Drive File Stream folders are missing

I received the following procedure from Google Cloud Support and it seems to have fixed the problem for me.

Go to Drive File Stream icon on the menu bar > gear icon > Pause Syncing
Then, Drive File Stream > gear icon > Preferences > Disconnect Account
Next, Drive File Stream > gear icon > Quit
Fine the cache folder: Finder > Go menu > Go to Folder > paste ~/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
Delete the folder DriveFS
Drag the app Drive File Stream to the trash
Restart the Mac
Reinstall Drive File Stream
Go to Drive File Stream > gear icon > About, and verify that Version: 41.0.2.0

This worked for me but seems very elaborate. Hopefully they will come up with a better way in the future.


How to make the "shake" commands easier?

As of iOS 5, there is no way in stock iOS to adjust the shake gesture sensitivity.


There are lots of reports of monitor problems with the 2018 Mini: so many that it seems unlikely to be anything other than a problem with the hardware itself (or specific firmware/software to that model).

I myself see the same problem: white noise on the HDMI-connected monitor after Sleep.

Using 2 TB/USB-c ports rather than one TB/USB-C and one HDMI may be a factor, rather than the cable itself.

It's unknown at this stage whether Apple may be able to fix it (with enough bug reports) in a software update, or whether it's a permanent hardware issue.


Why do some accessories work with the Lightning – USB3 Camera Adapter while others don't?

Yes, there are drivers in iOS. iOS is based on Darwin, the same as macOS. It is the exact same type of drivers.

No, these drivers are not baked into the firmware of the camera adapter. The camera adapter itself does not have specific support for storage devices, keyboards, cameras, ethernet adapters, MIDI keyboards or anything else that you would like to plug in. Those types of drivers run in the operating system on the iOS device itself.

A place to start looking for more runtime information about connected USB units is to run the command "dmesg" after plugging in the device. You can also look for and/or install custom kernel extensions supporting specific types of USB devices.

One common cause of problems with USB devices on iOS devices is that the USB port only delivers a very small amount of power. Many USB devices require more power than this port can provide. You'll then need to plug the USB device into a powered USB hub, and then connect the hub with the camera adapter to the iOS device.


Generate Keychain password when MacOS doesn't prompt?

For apps like that, not only will it not offer a suggestion, it probably won't remember whatever you put in it manually.

For things like this, I either try to use their web-page equivalent, which at least will get it into Keychain so I can look it up manually next time, or if there is no web option, you can make keychain generate passwords manually, though you still have to do this manual search for it each time, then copy/paste to the app…

From Keychain Access, + button or  Cmd ⌘   N
Give it a memorable name, account name & then click the key button lower right.
You can choose length & password type.

Once completed click Add.

Alternatively, if you also have an iOS device with the same app & password if you fill it in there manually, then Keychain will remember it, but only auto-fill it for iOS, not for the Mac app.

File this under irritating. ;)

Late thought - watch out if you get iOS to add it to keychain after doing this manually from macOS, because you will likely end up with two independent entries.


XtraFinder makes Finder windows not all restore

Seems, from the duration it is left unanswered, this is yet to be worked on. For the time being, as a work around, save the window with all its tabs. And reopen the same window after restart.


I wrote a complete article explaining how to set up a real compose key (ie. Right Option + ' + e → é for instance), using a combination of KeyRemap4MacBook and specific Cocoa input rules.

Step 1: choose a Compose key

Choose the Compose key so that it is easily accessible but does not prevent you from doing anything you ordinarily do. I use the Right Option key as my Compose key. I already have a Left Option key so the right one is a bit useless to me. And it somehow matches the position of the Compose key on old Sun keyboards.

That would be Right Option on a Mac keyboard. I recommend that.

Step 2: remap the Compose key

The problem is that the Mac OS X keyboard preferences:

do not let you differentiate between Left Option and Right Option keys
only let you remap modifier keys to another modifier key (or to nothing)

Fortunately, there is KeyRemap4MacBook that lets you do very low level things with your keyboard. Install it.

We will now remap our compose key to something that the next layer will understand. I chose Shift Control F13 for that. It is very unlikely you will need that key combination.

In the file ~/Library/Application Support/KeyRemap4MacBook/private.xml put the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Send Shift-Ctrl-F13 for Right Option</name>
    <identifier>private.send_shift_ctrl_f13_for_ropt</identifier>
    <autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::OPTION_R,
                          KeyCode::F13, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L
                                      | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>

Finally, from the System Preferences, open the KeyRemap4MacBook settings and click on the ReloadXML button. Then activate the new option.

Step 3: create compose bindings

The last step is the creation of the actual bindings. I chose to import the rules from /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose on my Debian system.

Bob Kåres wrote a script that lets you convert X11 compose rules into Cocoa key bindings.

Either convert a Compose file of your own using Bob’s script, or download my DefaultKeyBinding.dict from the article. Save it in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

Be careful: by default Bob’s script uses F13 instead of Shift Ctrl F13 so in DefaultKeyBinding.dict you need to change:

"\UF710"

into:

"^$\UF710"

If for some reason you decided to go for another combination, check out this article by Xah Lee to find out the proper syntax.


How to set default number formatting in Numbers?

You do not change it in Numbers.

You change the the system date format from the Language & input system Prefpane. Change the Region to United Kingdom.

Next time you launch Numbers the format will be as you want.

You can use the Custmize buttons to set the look of the dates


iCloud Photo Library uploads every photo on every iDevice to iCloud and syncs then. My Photo Stream only saves the 1,000 most recent photos. Basically, the only advantage of My Photo Stream is that it doesn't count against your iCloud storage, whereas iCloud Photo Library does.


Some files from Google products (preferably Chrome browser) appearing at random places

These are google preferences files. They are created outside the program binary because that's how applications should behave on OSX.

If you delete them, you'll loose your chrome preferences and they will be automatically recreated by Chrome, so no need to delete them.


Apple Mail marks mail as read when searching

There is no setting in Mail to fix this problem. People have been notifying Apple about this bug since at least 2006. Obviously, Apple has no interest in fixing it. You can get plug ins to fix it. Truepreview, which is free, and Act-On from Indev.ca, which costs about $25. (Act-On's main purpose is to allow you to apply rules to messages as you send them.)

There may be others.


TimeMachine backup broken after upgrading

The problem with "… Time Machine must create a new backup …" is an old annoying one, see one of many discussions on apple, from 2016.
Apple doesn't seem to be interested.
You did well in finding a good tutorial on jd-powered.net.

However, as you wrote you accidentally started a new backup, that will have deleted all the old backups.
When I had the recurring problem in 2016 and 2017 I moved the whole old backup over from my time capsule to a spare disk before restarting a new Time machine backup. Moving them over wired Ethernet took days, literally. (Btw: I am not too sure that my old safeguarded backups are still usable.)


The Apps functionality was removed from iTunes in version 12.7, so you cannot access that from iTunes anymore.

However if the app does not have a setting in the Settings app on the device, it was not going to show up in iTunes before 12.7 either.

How to restore apps on iPod?
How do I backup and restore my IPA app backups in iTunes 12.7?


How do I resize the magnifier/zoom window in iOS 8?

What you want to do is:

Toggle the zoom
Locate the rounded rectangle at the bottom of the zoom window(the one you use to move the zoom window around)

Tap that once(without dragging)

Tap "Resize Lens"

Use the classic resize tools

Tap outside of the window to save the configuration.

Hope that helps!


Inkscape on OSX copies rasterized images from SVG

Here someone had the same problem.
They solved it by turning off X11's Pasteboard Syncing:

  Disabling ‘Sync PasteBoard’ Functionality within X11 (Which is
  Included in XQuartz App for OSX Mountain Lion) solves the problem of
  converting vector object to Bitmap after pasting the same object in
  another SVG file.

  Do This (Go to): X11 > Click on ‘Preferences’ tab > Choose
  ‘Pasteboard’ tab > Uncheck ‘Enable Syncing’


How to replace a tag with another tag system-wide?

I've had two 'Green' tags, though with slightly different names for quite some time, so I thought I'd see if I could find a workaround.

Best I can come up with is in effect a find, add, remove.
Fortunately it turns out I'd only a few 'other Green' so it was quite quick, but you can almost see the Finder 'thinking' as it ticks through them all.

From Finder Prefs>Tags, make sure both are ticked & then drop both your 'Greens' into the favourites at the bottom, circled.  You can only have 5 at once, so others will be removed. You can re-add afterwards. Leave this window open, you'll be coming back to it.

Open a Finder window & select your 'to be deleted' tag in the sidebar, to list all the files tagged with it. Mine was called 'In Queue'

 Cmd ⌘   A  to Select All.
Right click & assign the other green tag to the files, so they now have both tags.
Give the Finder time to finish - you can see it adding the second green dot…

Then - right click again & remove your unwanted tag.

Everything is now tagged with the single, wanted, Green tag.

Go back to Finder prefs & you can delete the extra tag altogether.


Files.app - how to control which app opens when a file is tapped?

You can select the app to open your file by long pressing your file. In the menu, tap the "share" option and then tap the app that you would like to open your file in.


Apple includes manual color calibration and correction:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19044

You may not be able to match the external to the internal if the quality of the LCD or age/manufacturing of the backlights vary. If you need the best displays for color look to Enzo or NEC. As they age, you may have to adjust things, so consider hardware to calibrate if you have to certify your images or there is $ on the line when your images aren't perfect. Most people get by with Apple's tools and a correction every six months or so.


This will work if the script is called from Script Editor, as it 'gets out of the way' to check the next app in line, but will fail if double clicked from Finder, as Finder will then always be last in line.

tell application "System Events"
    set frontmostProcess to first process where it is frontmost
    set visible of frontmostProcess to false
    repeat while (frontmostProcess is frontmost)
        delay 0.2
    end repeat
    set secondFrontmost to name of first process where it is frontmost
    set frontmost of frontmostProcess to true
end tell

tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
    if "Finder" is in secondFrontmost then
        display dialog ("Finder was last in front")
    else
        display dialog (secondFrontmost & " was last in front")
    end if
end tell

Leaving previous answer here for posterity

Rejigged entire answer after having not read the question properly initially ;-)

tell application "System Events"
    set activeApp to name of first application process whose frontmost is true
    if "Finder" is in activeApp then
        display dialog ("test")
    else
        display dialog ("test2")
    end if
end tell


Where on the target computer can I find the files the Migration Assistant left when the migration process was interrupted?

I'm not sure, as I've only used MA on occasion, and only from mac to mac. But as MA would not know what are desktop files, documents etc,(as the files are coming from a Windows system if might have put stuff in the Home directory.

To check, see the attached screenshot. Could the files be located in the equivalent of "David"?

Second, any idea how much of the copy had taken place? IF not much, why not just copy everything by folder, and then it would be easy to copy each folder into its mac equivalent. (i.e. don't use MA at all).


Speed up transfer of 145 GB to USB 2.0 drive

You could speed things up by connecting the iMac to a newer Mac in target disk mode (connected over Firewire) and then try the copy letting the new Mac do the faster copy.

However, the estimate might be over inflated and once you get over copying the small files, the actual transfer might only take 5 to 8 hours even if the Mac is running mostly idle.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=time+to+transfer+145+GB+at+a+data+rate+of+10+megabytes+per+sec

While the transfer is running, you can see both the instantaneous transfer rate in terms of data rate and IO rate. If your data rate are low, it could be the files are small or fragmented and you actually have hit an IO rate limit or that there are hardware issues slowing down the transfer.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=time+to+transfer+145+GB+of+data


Which OS X programs can rapidly find and replace text in very large files?

My question was solved by AllInOne: Download BBEdit. The time to search and replace went down from 1 hour+ to about five seconds.


How can I show only unnamed faces in Mac photos

For Catalina, this method works (at least from what I can tell):

Person is not %
Person is blank (i.e., the field is literally blank)

It's possible that just the second condition is all that is needed.
Here is what it looks like:


What do circles in dock right-click menu mean?

Those are buffers which have unsaved changes. I don't use BBEdit, but that is how SublimeText and Word do it. It's probably an attribute which OSX reads and uses automatically. Another signal for this state is a white dot inside the red close dot of the window.


One way of doing this (like they said in the comments) would be to enable allowed Access control and specifying which devices are allowed to access the express. This is an easy solution if your device's are not going to change a lot :)


How can I modify a PowerBook or iBook G4 to install Yosemite or Sierra?

Your Mac uses the PowerPC processor. Yosemite and Sierra require an Intel x64 compatible processor. So a software modification not practically possible. I can not directly answer the question regarding whether a hardware modification can be made. Although, I can say that usually such modifications require reusing the existing logical board, RAM and peripherals. The existing logic board, RAM and peripherals will be to slow for Yosemite and Sierra. Furthermore the video will not support the higher resolutions required by Yosemite and Sierra.

If you want to choose a current operating system, try Ubuntu (Lubuntu) or some other linux distro.


My 5s didn't slow down at all after the upgrade. I did disable a few features that annoyed me (quicktype prediction, spotlight suggestions, etc.) and you may want to if you're concerned about performance, but I didn't notice any speed issues at all. Much, much better than my experience with the beta on an iPod Touch.


You need to convince configure that there are more c compilers than gcc.
Try:

export CC=clang


iPhone ActiveSync showing sent email in Inbox

No - this is not normal and I haven't heard of any fix short of deleting the account and trying again. If the store on the phone gets really corrupted, you may have to restore and set up the phone as new - but do try lesser steps first.


Are these numbers to be expected nowadays?

Every new OS needs more RAM on its own than the older ones. That's because developers are always adding new features, which means they will need more RAM.

So yes, 1.5 GB RAM only for the system is absolutely normal, Windows 10 for example even needs 2 GB.

  I have always upgraded my Late 2008 Notebook to the most recent OS X version. Could it be that I experience some kind of bloat / fragmentation that is related to this?

I don't think that the updates themselves are causing problems, but simply the newer systems aren't designed to run with only 4GB of RAM, which means that you have to think about always updating to the latest OS.

Of course it will run, but maybe it needs to much resources if you want to run many programs at the same time.


What video connector for a mid-2012 macbook pro to External Monitor

The best connector is obviously one which matches your monitor.

If you are getting a new monitor, most now use HDMI.

HDMI and DVI-D are very similar, and dual adaptors are common. The main difference is lack of sound on DVI.

VGA is an analog connection, and effectively obsolete, but you can get VGA adaptors for a Mac.


The new iMacs come with AMD HD 6770M or HD 6970M. How do they compare?

You can compare these graphic cards at Tom's Hardware


Change an app from "all users" to "this user only"

You have two questions here. ( and ~ is short for the /Users/current_user folder)

1) For apps only to show up in your account - move them to ~/Applications

2) If a user is not part of the Administrators group then that user cannot install apps in /Applications which is the normal place for shared Applications. Non admin users can install apps in their home folder ~ but not another user's Applications folder nor the system Applications folder.


That Lenovo TB3 box has 2 DP (display port) and one HDMI port:

( picture from here )

I simply switched ports, from DP2 to DP1, and using the first port, there is (almost) no more lag any more!

And as reference for future readers: if you intend to connect two monitors to this Lenovo TB3 dock: the second monitor has to be connected using the USB-C port on the front of the box. When you plug two monitors on the "back" of the dock, they will show the same content (like only "mirroring" is possible).

Update:

I figured a bit later that yes, switching the port did help, but only to a certain degree bit. A slightly better "solution" boils down to this:

when I come back, and both displays are black, I click my mouse once
I count to five, I hit ESC on the keyboard
I count to five again, and click my mouse again

What that does is: (almost) reliably get met to "both displays awake at the same time".

( I basically noticed that clicking the mouse will wake up display 1 quickly, and when putting it back to sleep with ESC, the next mouse click will wake up both displays )

Another update:

Since upgrading to Catalina, no more workarounds required. display 2 still has a lag, but I simply enter my password, display 1 turns on, display 2 follows 2, 3 seconds later. Reliably. At least for now.


Is there a way to wrap any website as an iOS app?

If you are looking to make your own app using web technologies, there are some options. Look into Cordova and PhoneGap. There are similar alternatives for making apps for desktop operating systems as well.

While they may be easier to develop depending on your existing skill set, they may not feel as fluid as native apps. While some developers do a great job making HTML5-based native apps or even hybrids, often times they feel non-native to the user.

If you have an existing mobile-friendly website that you want to package into a native app, you can probably make a basic app with a UIWebView that merely displays the website. This will almost definitely feel like a website to the end user.


How to stop my texts (iMessage) from showing on my Mac

Disable it in iMessages Prefs/Accounts...

[Edit] Re-reading your question, you want to be able to send from iPhone & MacBook, but not have the MacBook show any conversations initiated from the phone?
Never tried that one, but perhaps by disabling one or more of the account number/email address options further down the same page.

I've always had conversations appear in both locations, Mac & phone, never seen it behave any differently, unless I was in some poor reception area.


What will happen to apps i bought in a different country after i upgrade my iOS now?

I moved from Germany to the Netherlands four years ago. I have only a single account. Once I got a Dutch credit card, I was enforced by Apple to switch countries for my account. This had the following effects on my account:

I was no longer able to update my iOS apps in iTunes on a Mac. It told me that there are updates, but when I wanted to perform them, it refused to do so.
I was always (and am still) able to update my apps in the AppStore on my iPad (which I had already in Germany).
I am no longer able to buy stuff on the German AppStore on my iPad.
I can buy stuff on the Dutch AppStore on my iPad.
"Dutch apps" and "German apps" are indistinguishable on my iPad.

I later bought an iPhone in the Netherlands, which was never associated with my account while it was still a German account. Same picture as with the iPad: I can buy only in the Dutch AppStore, but can run my old apps and the new ones. Old apps update from the Dutch AppStore, even if I bought them in the German one.

Both the iPad and the iPhone got updated versions of iOS and the situation stayed the same.

You should check if the apps you are running are available in your destination. If so, it worked for me.


Will changing my MAC address void my warranty or affect any existing programs?

It shouldn't. I'm currently doing it on hotel wifi and everything seems to work fine. Restoring your default MAC address is as simple as rebooting the machine, so no way for Apple to really know anyway!


How to share geolocation tags in photo streams?

Under Preferences, select "Include location information for published items". You then probably need to delete and re-create your shared album to get the location metadata


With Airport Utility, select the time capsule; Airport tab; Wireless tab.  In the Wireless Mode dropdown, choose 'Off'.


Is there a way to force read a USB flash drive on OSX 10.6.8 that shows up in the system profiler but not on the desktop?

You should be able to do it with terminal, in case it's just not mounted automatically

Open terminal
type diskutil list and hit enter
Check which disk you want to browse, I'll use disk3 in this example, and get the IDENTIFIER from the line that shows the device name. So in my example the line wold be 2:  Apple_HFS DiskName  999.9 GB   disk3s2
Type diskutil info /dev/disk3s2 and get the mount point. Mout it with diskutil mount  /dev/disk3s2
Now it should show up in finder.


How to get iMessages from phone and old Apple ID email?

Settings > Messages > Send & Receive...

You can add multiple email addresses there.

Also Settings > Messages > Text Message forwarding will allow you to send SMS to another device [I've not tested to an iPad but that's where I sent txts to my Mac]


Permanently Disable Bluetooth on MacMini 2019

The most foolproof way of doing this is simply to disconnect the physical antennas. Then no matter what kind of firmware updates, operating system updates, reboots, or whatever happens - it's not going to enable itself again.

You can follow the guide for disassembling at from iFixIt:

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Mac+mini+Late+2018+Teardown/115210

In step 7, you'll see that the antenna connectors are located on the main board just below the speaker assembly.

By the way: From the sound of your question, I could guess that you're wanting to place the Mac Mini in a data center that forbids the use of wireless devices. In my experience, these places are not so restrictive that you need to actually go through with this. Their rules just mean that you're not allowed to use WiFi/Bluetooth for actual data transfers in the data centers. It doesn't mean that if the Bluetooth antenna is powered up for 30 seconds during a FileVault boot, that they'll sue you for breach of contract. Perhaps try asking them how seriously you need to take that requirement.

EDIT: You have updated your question to say that you wanted to remove the Bluetooth card, and preferably doing so without voiding warranty. That is definitely not possible.

The "card" is not a card - Bluetooth is implemented as a soldered on module from muRata containing not only Bluetooth radios, but also the WiFi radios.

It seems like your requirements for hardware doesn't really fit a Mac Mini at all - so perhaps you should look at buying a different computer instead?

Or you could consider changing the default Apple software. For example you could run Linux instead of macOS on the Mac Mini - where Bluetooth as far as I know is not supported (and if it is, it is easy to disable). This also would mean that you would no longer be using FileVault 2, and so that part of the problem would go away. At that point you might as well buy different hardware since you haven't got a computer yet.


Flashing question mark, low hard drive space

Though the following should be valid for non-encrypted volumes and unlocked encrypted volumes, it doesn't help much because the main volume here is encrypted and locked. So skip to FileVault2-encrypted volumes

Non-encrypted volumes

Almost no free space on your start volume is a problem. At least 10 % free space are recommended.

It's indeed possible to remove files & folder in Recovery Mode but if you have an external disk/thumb drive (hfs+ or fat32-formatted) you may move them instead:

attach your external device (if you have one).
If FileVault2 is enabled on your main volume start Disk Utility, right click the volume and unlock it
Quit Disk Utility and open /Utilities/Terminal in the menubar
enter cd /Volumes/NameOfYourMainVolume/Users/accountname to change to your user folder (example: cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/ausername").
To get the names/mountpoints of your main volume/external disk enter diskutil list or df.
enter ls -la to show all files and folders

Example:

drwxr-xr-x+ 56 ausername  staff   1904 20 Feb 23:45 .
drwxr-xr-x+  7 root       admin    238 15 Jun  2012 ..
-rw-------   1 ausername  staff      3 21 Nov 16:11 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 ausername  staff  43012 20 Feb 23:35 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x+  3 ausername  staff    102 15 Feb 17:41 .TemporaryItems
drwxr-xr-x   4 ausername  staff    136  2 Nov 23:22 SomeFolder

now move further with cd SomeFolder
enter ls -la to show all files and folders

Example:

drwxr-xr-x+  7 ausername  staff        238 15 Jun  2012 ..
-rw-------   1 ausername  staff 4736527884 16 Okt 22:33 BigFile.mov
drwxr-xr-x   4 ausername  staff        136  2 Nov 23:22 UnwantedFolder

to move BigFile.mov to your external device enter
mv BigFile.mov /Volumes/ExternalDevice/
or to move UnwantedFolder to your external device enter
mv UnwantedFolder /Volumes/ExternalDevice/.
if you don't have an external drive remove folders and files with rm -dr UnwantedFolder to remove UnwantedFolder and all its content or rm BigFile.mov to remove BigFile.mov (4.7 GB in the example above). rm *.mov removes all .mov files in your working directory.

rm is a powerful command to delete a file or directory without confirmation by default. Because of this behavior, users should really be sure before deleting files or folders. So double check where you are  - enter pwd to print your working directory - and what you want to delete!

FileVault2-encrypted volumes

started to Recovery Mode open Disk Utility

If you had one partition spanning your whole hard drive and encrypted it with FileVault2 it's completely normal that you have only some MB available space left. That's unallocated free space on your hard drive. In the example above 12,7 MB are left.
highlight your FileVault2 volume and unlock it.

enter the FileVault password

if you succeed and the encrypted volume isn't corrupted your FileVault2 volume will be mounted. Check the available free space. In the example below the availbale free space on the volume is 52,8 GB

If the unlocking fails - using the correct password - the FileVault2 volume probably is corrupted. The only possible solution then is completely erase/repartition the hard drive and restore a backup.


Can't sync a song purchased with an old iTunes account that I don't use anymore

I think that technically you are able to solve this problem.

If you can't use your old iTunes account to download DRM-free version of this song and you don't want to purchase this song again using your current account (this in my opinion, is the fastest and best solution), maybe you would like to export this file e.g. using iTunes Export app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/export-for-itunes/id880764359?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4).

As says app description from Mac AppStore:

  Export your playlists and albums from iTunes to any local folder, external storage, SD card or USB drive! You can transfer easily your playlists to your car stereo or any other media player. Convert aac/m4a files to mp3 for best compatibility with most sound systems.

But you have to remember that this app:

  *Can not convert DRM protected files.

So:

In iTunes, you have to add this this problematic song to a new playlist
you have to check this playlist in iTunes Export App
next you have to click Export button
you will see export options

In here you can choose conversion options etc
Next
you have to choose export location
and finally, after a few seconds you have a new copy of your song

Now you can import it to your iTunes library, and try to sync it with your iPod.

But... iTunes Export is a paid app (quite expensive for such a little task), so if you won't be using it regulary to perform similar actions, all above soulution is not worthy your attention;-)

I'm curious if anybody will suggest a better (cheeper) way to do it.


How do you skip forward/back while watching a movie in iTunes for Windows?

Move forwards or backward within a song/video

Ctrl+Alt+Right or Left respectively.

Reference: Apple Support


Is "malformed base path in GetVolumeEntry" a cause of concern for Time Machine failing to start backing up?

I was unable to determine why the malformed base path in GetVolumeEntry is being logged, but I can confirm that it wasn't the cause of the hung backup where Time Machine was endlessly "Calculating Changes".

I stopped the backup in process and then used Finder to navigate to the folder where Time Machine stores the backups for this Mac.

Moving the 2012-08-24-032413.inProgress package to the trash allowed Time Machine to work properly (i.e. start backing up in less than 5 minutes, completing the backup in under 10 minutes). The odd message about the malformed base path remains something that gets logged at the start of each backup attempt, but it's not something that prevents a backup from being saved.

In this case I cared more about a prompt backup than why the partial backup was causing the current one to take so long.


Looks like Skitch which can be downloaded from the Evernote website as well as from the App Store. AFAIR it works without an Evernote account.


AppleScript for iCal events from Address Book entries

To set single alerts on all birthdays, you can avoid a script altogether:

Open Calendar Preferences in Calendar.
Under General, tick "Show Birthdays calendar".
Under Alerts, set an alert for "Birthdays".

I haven't taken the time to actually write up an AppleScript for the double alarm parts, but this article seems to cover scripting calendar alarms quite nicely. I would imagine you would just need to create a file or list in the script that contains the names of the events (which you can deduce from the standard naming convention Calendar app uses).

Also I am using Mountain Lion with Calendar app. I can't recall if the steps above work on older versions of iCal.


How can I list all user accounts in the terminal?

How about

dscacheutil -q user | grep -A 3 -B 2 -e uid:\ 5'[0-9][0-9]'


Connect to FTP server in Finder not working

I figured out the problem. I sniffed the traffic from my computer to the FTP server and saw traffic go through when I connected as a guest. I did not, however, see any traffic when I connected as myself. No traffic whatsoever was going through. On a whim, I tried a blank password and saw traffic going through! After changing my password on the FTP server I was successfully able to connect with Finder. It apparently had something to do with my password??? I played around to see what the exact problem was with my password and, at the risk of revealing too much information about my security credentials, found that any password with an '@' symbol in it caused Finder to immediately display that error and not even try to send any traffic to the FTP server.


How to create custom Keyboard Shortcuts?

Assuming you're on a normal Mac then the power button will bring it up. Details here.

Further details about creating shortcuts here.

You can use the info in that document to create a short-cut in any app for whatever key combo you want for the Shutdown... item.

Simplified procedure:

Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts tab
From the left, click App Shortcuts.
Click +
Choose 'All Applications' as the app
Choose 'Shut Down...' as the command
Put in whatever shortcut you want.


Looking for a GUI Subversion client for iOS

Excuse me for not answering your question, but IMHO it's better and more robust to follow the development via web, not via app.

You should be able to read the whole repository via http/https if your SVN is hosted via the apache svn module.

Another great way to monitor changes is to use some web-based frontend, which follows repository changes. A great tool (which I use and recommend) is Trac.


Why are the Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folders empty in Samba shares?

I double-checked the permissions (they were fine) and then restarted both client and server, and now everything is behaving normally. So maybe it just needed a restart?


pencil tip stuck in charger port of iPhone 6

Try something like fishing line or insulated wire. The idea is to put it's end into the port, make it go around the tip and go out at it's other side (U shape). Now gently pull out the loop you've made around the tip using 2 line/wire's ends looking from the port and it should go out.


iPhone 4S restore from backup 64 GB to 16 GB

This is not possible within iTunes, which deals with backup and restore as a single block. Keep in mind that syncing apps is different from a backup and restore - so you could remove some apps to free up space and try the restore.

The backup is stored under ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/, but the files not in an easy-to-use form.

If you wish to explore your backup and see what can be selectively extracted or used, there are some paid applications to do that (check the free trials to see if they're helpful):
iBackup Extractor
iPhone Backup Extractor

Also see:
Processing iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Files on a Computer


MacBook Pro unable to communicate with Apple Watch

I had a similar issue when I updated to Mojave.  These steps solved my problem:

Turn off bluetooth on the Mac
Open Finder and navigate to ~/Library/Preferences
Delete the file com.apple.bluetooth.plist
Turn bluetooth back on
If Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac is off, check the box to turn it on
Test if your Watch unlocks the Mac


How to delete App Documents and Data for iOS apps like Twitter?

Actually, most of that data is cached from the internet for the specific apps you mention. Twitter and Instagram cache images, tweets, posts, etc. from the Internet. There is currently no easy way to remove them, however, you can send feedback to Apple here, and tell them you want a way to delete app cache.

You can restore from iTunes to remove it, as it's not backed up. If you run out of space on your device, iOS will automatically remove the cache.


How To Delete A Large Video File From iOS Device Which Does Not Show Up in Photos?

In the Photos app, select the Albums view and you'll see a Recently Deleted album there. Deleting the video from there will free the space for you. If you're not hurting for space, you can leave them and they'll be cleared from the device after 30 days. Each photo/video in the album is shown with the remaining countdown before the media is permanently removed by the OS.


What, precisely, does "reset network settings" do on an iPhone?

According to this Apple support page,

  This will clear your current cellular and Wi-Fi network settings,
  including saved networks, Wi-Fi passwords, and VPN settings.

So, it will reset your network connection options, and it will affect internet connectivity, both GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G and WiFi, but it shouldn't impact "classic" telephone services, because they are usually auto-configured by the carrier and do not require specific settings on the mobile phone.


Applescript error -10000 when saving Mail attachments in Mojave 10.4.6

Following a hunch that it had to do with the steadily increasing new permissions requests, I added the "Script Editor" app to this preference:
System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Full Disk Access

The error -10000 disappeared and the script is back to saving attachments.
I'll update if the error returns.


Fixed it myself. Made a workflow that does the following:

and ran these commands:

1)sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Austen\'s\ MacBook\ Pro/

2)sudo tmutil associatedisk -a / /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Austen\'s\ MacBook\ Pro/2014-09-15-161252/Macintosh


How can I have a hostname always be resolved using my local network's DNS server when I'm connected to a VPN?

You could configure dnsmasq to

use your local DNS as an upstream server for the domain in question
use the VPN's DNS as the upstream for all other requests

This can be achieved by configuring a domain dependent upstream server in /etc/dnsmasq.conf, for example:

server=/hostname.domain/dns.server.local

Then change the VPN configuration to use your dnsmasq setup as its DNS server.

dnsmasq can be easily installed with Homebrew as follows:

brew install dnsmasq

Note that, in such a setup, the configuration file is located in $(brew --prefix)/etc/dnsmasq.conf. This post about using dnsmasq on macOS for local development may be provide you with some additional hints.


Searching Gmail from Mail.app doesn't work

The most likely suspect for this behavior would be in how you have mail settings configured. The mail account will only search as many messages as you tell it to pull down from the server. Go to settings, and then select "Mail, Contacts, Calendars."Scrolling down will reveal the different settings that you can configure for mail. One of them will be an option to let you change the number of emails that are pulled from your server. If you get a large number of emails, but the settings are only configured to store the most recent 100, then it would be reasonable to expect search to find only those items from the last couple of days. Depending on how far back you think that you will need to go on a regular basis, the number of emails that you will want to hold onto will vary greatly. So, you can easily adjust the number of emails that will be kept and will be able to be searched, but it will be up to you to determine this based on what you think your needs will be.


Reclaim Free Space Partition in High Sierra

The easiest way is to reset everything and start over.

In the recovery partition (which you appear to be in, but if you aren't, use that) click the View button (in the window, upper left hand corner) and click "Show all devices."

This should show a hierarchy instead of a flat list in the sidebar. Select the top-level representing your hard drive. Mine says "APPLE SSD SM1024L Media". Your computer will likely say something else.

Click the Erase button. Enter a partition name ("Macintosh HD" being the default). Set it to APFS and GUID Partition Map. (This will remove the Recovery partition, but you will still be able to initiate the recovery process via Internet Recovery, so it shouldn't matter.)

You can now exit Disk Utility and use the macOS installer to reinstall the recovery partition and macOS.

Note: If you experience an issue during the installation phase, I've noticed that sometimes the installer doesn't like the disk being APFS at first. Wipe the disk again and select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)." It will be converted to APFS during installation.


In the 2004 words of Leland Wallace, an Apple employee in the Core Servers group:

  There is a unix programming "pattern" of creating a temp file, opening
  it, then deleting it, keeping it open. This allows the application to
  have a private scratch file that cannot be accessed by any other
  process (the file will to be completely deleted when it is closed).
  AFP does not have direct support for "open-delete" so we need to fake
  it by renaming the "deleted" file to .afpDeletedXXX and deferring the
  delete until it is closed.

Source: http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2004/Jun/msg01271.html


How to refresh iCloud after some changes in iTunes

As far as I know these changes should be applied automatically. If not, try Store -> "Update iTunes Match" to apply the changes. You can also use "Add to iCloud" for songs which haven't been matched before.


How to enable telnet server on macOS 10.13.1?

Use ssh. Really - use ssh. But if you insist:

brew install telnetd

I'll leave this up since the typical homebrew services start script isn't implemented on the stable homebrew version. Once that's done, you can:

brew services start telnetd

The brew services needs a file like this in /usr/local/Cellar/telnetd/54.50.1/homebrew.mxcl.telnetd.plist and possibly the config file in /usr/local/etc/telnetd.conf or wherever.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>homebrew.mxcl.telnetd</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/sbin/telnetd</string>
    <string>--config</string>
    <string>/usr/local/etc/telnetd.conf</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>KeepAlive</key>


Can I use iPhone 4 3G services outside of my native country?

The UK uses the GSM 900 / GSM 1800 MHz bands. These are, among others, supported by the GSM iPhone 4.

From the iPhone 4 - Technical Specifications page:

  GSM model: UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

These bands should give you coverage in most of the world, providing that you get a simcard from a GSM provider:

GSM World Coverage


How can I "clean out" my Time Machine backups if Time Machine won't backup because the disk is full?

Enter TimeMachine, then in the main window, select the backup you want to delete (on the right), then use the Action Menu (Gear icon) to select "Delete Backup".

Using this menu, you can also, when a file or a folder is selected, delete all its backup.


iPhone is stuck in Recovery Mode with full storage

I have an idea.

get off the nand flash from the mainboard.
copy all nand flash data to a large one.
solder the large nand flash with data to the mainboard.
update new IOS with itunes.

Because changing a new larger nand flash in China is a very common thing. And there is a nand data mirroring tech in 2016 on Iphone 5C.
So I think Combine these two technologies may be can solved this problem.


Can you listen to music using AirPods without an Internet connection?

You don't need an Internet connection at all.
Per the Technical specifications under System Requirements:

iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS
iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
Mac models with the latest version of macOS
Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS

It makes no mention of an "active Internet connection."  You can play stored music without one and I've controlled Siri on many occasions when my ISP has had an outage.  She obviously can't do lookups, but will respond to local commands.


I want to install Windows 10 on External SSD and then be able to move it between 2 Macs, is that possible?

While technically possible, it would be exceedingly cumbersome because each time you booted, Windows would consider itself to be running on new hardware and require a new activation and new device driver installations. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change.

A better option is virtualization. You can run vmware, parallels, or the free https://www.virtualbox.org, installed on each of your macs, and keep the virtualmachine file on the external drive.


Automation on iOS not triggering when connected to WiFi

According to https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/enable-or-disable-a-personal-automation-apd602971e63/ios, an automation based on Wi Fi cannot run automatically. You will get a notification asking if you want to run the automation. You then have to press Run.


My iPhone 4 running on 4.2.1 and I was wondering if I could restore the phone?

You may restore your iPhone to 4.2.1, but you need the SHSHs for your device as Apple servers only allow 4.3 firmware at the moment, I think.


Whats a good software title to take video (mp4, avi, other..) and burn it to DVD

If you're going to burn to DVD, you need a replacement for iDVD, and you don't want to spend beau coup cash, use Burn. Burn is free, and works swimmingly.


Why AppleTV displays "An error occurred loading this content. Try again later" error?

If you hold down the Menu button and the down arrow on the remote for 10 sec until the LED on the front of the Apple TV begins to flash. Let go of the buttons and the Apple TV will do a soft reboot.
This has been happening to me several times a week and doing this seems to fix the issue.


No. (Not yet) I would make sure you optimize your microphone setup and then retest to be sure the results are reproducible.

My educated guess is the Apple Silicon chips in iOS give Siri and edge over Macs without T2 chips even on those, you may be right and see differences in the two OS.
The thing you can control for now is checking that your microphone for the Mac is as personal and close to your vocal cords as your watch / phone / pad / pod are.
Proper mic makes a massive difference in Siri no matter which engine you use in my experience. The ability to be close due to size and also different hardware makes the biggest difference for me.
I would probably not use Bluetooth microphone for your tests either. Hard wire is best for Siri if you can accommodate it.


How to change the send/receive sound on Messages in macOS Mojave

iMessage sounds are located at

/Applications/Messages.app/Contents/Resources/Received Message.aiff
/Applications/Messages.app/Contents/Resources/Sent Message.aiff
/Applications/Messages.app/Contents/Resources/Default.aiff

However, changing these files do not seem to affect the sound.


How to Connect a Macbook Pro A1501 to an HP Z24i Monitor?

I have this same setup, but with an older Macbook Pro (A1278).

Simply get a mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter, and use DisplayPort only. The Thunderbolt port on your Macbook Pro is ALSO a mini-display port and it is compatible with a mini-DisplayPort connector.

Here is an example from monoprice.com http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=6006


How does iCloud music determine which songs to sync to iPhone?

What Apple Music iCloud Music Library does is the following:

It will check all the tracks you have stored in iTunes and
See if they are available in the Apple Music catalog. If not, Apple Music will
Upload them to the cloud.
All these songs will be available from the Music app on iOS. If you play them, you will stream them from the cloud. If you would like to save songs for offline listening, tap the triple dots next to a song, and tap: Make available offline.

Because it works this way now, it is no longer necessary to sync via iTunes


I had/have the same issue.  With IMAP email server, if you have another computer, or phone, etc.  checking mail from the same server it marks it as read in Mail.   Change your settings (or remake a profile) to POP instead of IMAP.  Solved for me.


I "cut" and "pasted" Simulator.app to Desktop and back to its original location. After that Alfred was able to find it


Here's a possible option for you:
Hold down Option key while clicking the camera button. It'll instantly take the picture and not use the screen flash, but it will be silent.


Automatically close Chrome tabs (for certain websites)

There's a Macworld article that may help you do what you want, although it focuses on logging out idle users in a fast-switching environment rather than closing applications. That said, if you have a launch agent monitoring the idle state of the user, it should be possible to have it trigger an AppleScript that brings Safari into focus and tells it to exit.

It might be easier to just have their accounts logged out when they're idle.


Can I run a terminal on IOS with sandboxed filesystem (w/o jailbreak)?

Sorry to resurrect an old question. . .

I was actually browsing for info on a new iOS app that sort of does just what this question is asking about, emulates a Linux environment via a pretty slick terminal app.

It's called iSH. Still in beta but I think you can get a Testflight invite right on the homepage.

It even has pseudo access to the Files app.

For instance, you can make a directory with mkdir, create a script with the terminal using any number of editors, and then open said script in the Files app like it were an iCloud text document in your TextEdit folder.

But, as far as I can tell, you can not move that script directly to Dropbox, or your TextEdit folder on iCloud.

You can, however, copy and share the text via the share extension.

Anyone else been screwing with this app?

Here's the GitHub link to the project, and they've got a Twitter and reddit, too.

A few screenshots of the app in action on an iPad with the Files app, and without:


To change the file flag of a symbolic link, or a Finder alias, rather than its associated file, use the -h option:

$ chflags -h hidden file

To  unhide a file that has the hidden flag set, use:

$ chflags -h nohidden file


Where does gmail/Apple Mail keep its messages?

The URL you state is by and large correct, but the details can differ based on your exact configuration. On my machine (which runs El Capitan, uses V3 in the mail path, and for a Gmail account where the IMAP Path Prefix is set to [Gmail]), the messages for the inbox are stored in the path you stated but messages for other standard folders are in the path MrWonderful suggested.

The easiest way I think is to send yourself an email with a unique string (ideally without spaces) as the subject) and to get creative on the command line.

find . -name '*emlx' | xargs grep 'UNIQUE_STRING' -ls

This finds all messages and subsequently searches them for the string, spitting out only the file names (with path) for the files containing that specific string.

Hope this helps you dig around the mail folder and find the information you're looking for.


Unless the pins of the MagSafe that carry the power were physically stuck, the fault isn't something you could or should fix. Hopefully Apple's diagnosis is correct and you don't need a repair of the Mac instead of a repair of the adapter.

You'll discover that in three days time unless you can test with another MagSafe adapter in the mean time.


This depends entirely on the app.

Some apps promote reviewing and get more reviews.
Some apps are designed for kids and do not get as many reviews, but sometimes get more reviews due to parents reviewing the app.
Some apps' market demographics means that the users are unlikely to review an app.

There's no single average time frame. It is entirely up to the user whether they review an app, although you can mention/promote reviewing in the app itself if you wish to expedite the process.


WhatsApp actual size is in MBs but in iCloud backup it is several GBs

Many people have asked this since it’s not immediately clear that app developers can take up two chunks of storage in iCloud.

Data that’s stored directly in iCloud as direct cloud sandbox storage (you have 474 MB in this bucket)
Data that exists on the device as local sandbox settings that the OS backs up to iCloud (you have 10 GB in that bucket)

The 14 GB is all the backups and snapshots, so everything looks appropriate to me.


I had a similar issue and this is how I went.
Warning this involves a total reinstallation of your OS, wiping and partitioning your drives. With an SSD, it might be possible to push files into a new partition and by doing this repeatedly, squeeze your data into 3 partitions and then down to the desired two without wiping anything (maybe), but with billions of read/writes going over and over the same cells, such a method has the potential to noticeably age your SSD max life cycles. Backup, Partition and Restore has a much better outcome

My set up: iMac late 2012: macOs 10.14, 1TB HD, 1TB Time Machine, 0.6TB external HD, and about 45 GB synced in 315 GB in GDrive space.
All my personal documents are live synced to gdrive and also backed up to Time Machine. Some of my lesser projects are also synced to gdrive and also backed up to Time Machine.  I would strongly recommend you use multiple backup strategies for your most critical documents.  I only have a few files in my home directory, rather I have everything linked from the cloud in the Documents, Pictures, Music &etc directories.  All my big projects, archives, and video editing I keep in …/Shared as they are way too large to sync to the cloud.
Having said that, I followed the recommendations from Apple and other reliable gurus and accepted that APFS case sensitive is not recommend for applications. So I prepared to split my hard drive 100 GB for macOS ( / ) APFS regular and 900GB APFS case sensitive for /Volumes/Users.
I was going to relocate my home directory and the Shared directory from /Users to /Volumes/Users/……
Determine how much you are going to need for your macOS drive, which mounts at /.
First determine how much you have in /Users and the subtract that amount from the total usage on your 1TB. On my iMac, for 110+ apps all the libraries and system files and other normally hidden folders it was about 60GB total, so a 40% margin for growth was fine. Your situation may be different.
On my 0.6TB external drive I have kept a repository of all the dmg, zip, tar, and pkg files that installed programs on my Mac.  I have also kept a text file list of all the application in my /Applications and under /usr/local/Cellar & …Caskroom to aid in reinstallations where needed.
Now with a full Time Machine backup of the entire SSD and extra backups, installation files, and lists, you are ready for a smooth transition. And you are covered pretty much if everything goes south too.

With an active internet connection, do the reboot Cmd-Opt-R iNet recover. Do a new install and partition the SSD  as desired, first partition APFS regular 10-20% of space (as you have pre-determined will be needed with growth room included) Make a second partition using all the remaining space (less if you have a plan for a 3rd partition for special use) using APFS case sensitive and name it "Users".   I would choose that name so as to reduce some possible confusion for certain programs looking for a relative path, but you could call it Data, if you wanted. Continue with the installation and set the first partition (I named mine "macOS") as the install destination drive.
When installing use the same username/password for yourself, this will greatly simplify your efforts.
After installation and rebooting login as yourself and then, if you don't know how to set up root as a user and login as root, create second user, anyname, as administrator and log in as them. COPY the nearly empty new folders from /Users over to the new volume, /Volumes/Users. Choose copy over move because in a worst case loss of your Data volume, you can still boot in as you with your permission intact. (Hint: once in awhile you might want to copy your hidden user setting file over to /Users/yourname—I use midnight-commander to do that. By using a second administrator, all of the files will be free to copy the can be copied.  Your admin identity is now safely in two locations.  You can logout and back in as yourself.
You are now ready to move your home folder assignment. In the System Preferences/Users & Groups, unlock the settings first. Remove the second admin you created and all their files & directories. Now right-click on your ID in the left-hand table and choose advanced options.  It is here you can "move" your home directory to the new one on the second, case sensitive partition, /Volumes/Users/yourname.
Once you have changed your home directory, you can reboot and and log in. /Users/yourname and …/Shared are now orphaned.
Here is where you have to choose, speed OR security and reliability: Note you can not just restore as that will try to put everything back on the now much smaller first partition.
A. the faster method:

open two finder windows, one at / the other at Time Machine
press command-shift-. to see all the hidden directories
use finder to navigate to the last full backup on Time Machine
highlight everything in that backup EXCEPT /Users and copy all the folders over to root ( / )

This method holds the probable risk that your moved identity will not recognize most of the restored programs/have the right settings for them, and if you then go on to restore yourname from the Time Machine in the same way, you also won't have the right settings restored.
B. the surer (slower) method
Next, you should re-install all your previous programs. Once done, you should re–establish your email settings and other on-line accounts through System Preferences. If you archive your emails, like I do, you can't just restore them because the directories are no longer have the same names. However, you can import  them through Mail out of Time Machine under your old file structure, ~/Library/Mail/ into your "new" email. Once they are imported you can rearrange them as you like.
Important: do not re-establish your Time Machine drive as the current backup drive before you are satisfied that everything has migrated correctly, or the app will start dumping older files to make room for the "new" ones without ask you.
Next, you can start restoring all your Document, pictures and such, and if you have used …/Shared to file all your project data, and however you have used it, those folders can all be dragged out of Time Machine and copied back to their original location.  I recommend this way as it will make sure that all of your permissions remain as before.
When finish, your OS should be on a APFS case-insensitive boot partition and all your user identity and all your data should be on a APFS case-sensitive data partition.
You can go back into the Time Machine if you find some settings just won't work and look for the originals.
If all else fails, you can rewind it all back by restoring (with re-partitioning) from your original Time Machine backup.
I was up and running in about 4 hours but I have a LOT of customizations and it was three more days before I was happy.
Be patient and methodical and this should work well for you.
Richard


It is not clear it is the hardware (your screen) but the Safe mode indicates that.

things you can try

Disable Automatic Graphics Switching
run Apple Hardware test.. Press D during startup
disable any graphics controllers (external software) like the TechToolPro
Reset PRAM/NVRAM..press Option-Command-P-R until you hear startup sound a second time.
reinstall OS
NONE of the above worked..lets get to the final step..Hardware.. it might be the Cable..see instructions here how to get to it, just pull it out and back in, while you are at it vacuum clean the interior.

This is considered a Very difficult surgery, so if you are not of a steady hand and very handy with tools, skip the step and go to professional place.


Considering you can't boot into an OS, the first things I'd try are resetting the NVRAM and SMC. Below are the steps for doing so, as well as the order you should do it.

1. Reset the NVRAM

Older Macs had what's called Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). Here’s how to reset it on your particular Mac:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionpr keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, time zone information, etc).

2. Reset the SMC

Here’s what you do to reset the SMC on your particular Mac:

Shut down your computer
Keep the MagSafe adapter (power cable) plugged in.
Press at the same time shiftoptioncontrol (on the left side of the keyboard) and the power button
Let go
Turn your computer back on with the power button.

Once you've done both of these, check to see whether the problem behaviour (i.e. an inability to enter Internet recovery) is still present. Let me know how you go.


Problems after switching from MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2018 to MacBook Pro 16" Late 2019

Well it turned out I really didn’t use the correct power supply. I used the one from my 13” MacBook and it turned out I need the full wattage charger.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201700

The Monitors also work now. Just had to turn off HDR in my MacBooks Display Settings.


Audio output and volume controls gone after updating to iOS 5.1

From the fact that the issue persists across multiple firmware updates, it's almost definitely a hardware or firmware issue.

My first guess would be some small amount of metallic debris in the dock connector. It's likely that connecting and disconnecting the usb connection forces the software to assume that there is nothing connected, until the next time the phone wakes, when it checks if it's connected to a passive audio-out adapter.

Some metallic debris in the dock connector could force the phone into thinking there is always a line-out adapter present.

Try cleaning the dock connector with compressed air or a soft brush, or look into it with  bright light to see if there are any bent pins.


What version of iOS will I get on new iPad 4 Mini

There is no way for anyone here to give you a definitive answer to that question. Although the iPad mini 4 originally shipped with iOS 9.0 (13A340), it also fully supports the latest iterations of iOS 11.

In a nutshell, you should not assume that the one you buy will have iOS 9 as the version of iOS it has pre-installed will depend on when it was manufactured. Because of this, if it is new, it's likely to have a version of either iOS 10 or iOS 11.


If you've just removed the httpd.conf, here is the contents my /etc/apache2/original/httpd.conf (OS X 10.9.1):

#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2> for detailed information.
# In particular, see
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so 'log/access_log'
# with ServerRoot set to '/www' will be interpreted by the
# server as '/www/log/access_log', where as '/log/access_log' will be
# interpreted as '/log/access_log'.

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk.  If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "/usr"

#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80

#
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
LoadModule authn_file_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authn_dbm_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_anon_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_anon.so
LoadModule authn_dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_dbd.so
LoadModule authn_default_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authz_host_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_user_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule authz_dbm_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_owner_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_owner.so
LoadModule authz_default_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module libexec/apache2/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule auth_digest_module libexec/apache2/mod_auth_digest.so
LoadModule cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache.so
LoadModule disk_cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_disk_cache.so
LoadModule mem_cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_dbd.so
LoadModule dumpio_module libexec/apache2/mod_dumpio.so
LoadModule reqtimeout_module libexec/apache2/mod_reqtimeout.so
LoadModule ext_filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_ext_filter.so
LoadModule include_module libexec/apache2/mod_include.so
LoadModule filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_filter.so
LoadModule substitute_module libexec/apache2/mod_substitute.so
LoadModule deflate_module libexec/apache2/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule log_config_module libexec/apache2/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/apache2/mod_log_forensic.so
LoadModule logio_module libexec/apache2/mod_logio.so
LoadModule env_module libexec/apache2/mod_env.so
LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/apache2/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache2/mod_expires.so
LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache2/mod_headers.so
LoadModule ident_module libexec/apache2/mod_ident.so
LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache2/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache2/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/apache2/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule version_module libexec/apache2/mod_version.so
LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_connect.so
LoadModule proxy_ftp_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule proxy_scgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_scgi.so
LoadModule proxy_ajp_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_ajp.so
LoadModule proxy_balancer_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_balancer.so
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime.so
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
LoadModule status_module libexec/apache2/mod_status.so
LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache2/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule asis_module libexec/apache2/mod_asis.so
LoadModule info_module libexec/apache2/mod_info.so
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_fs.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so
LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache2/mod_dir.so
LoadModule imagemap_module libexec/apache2/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule actions_module libexec/apache2/mod_actions.so
LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache2/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
#LoadModule perl_module libexec/apache2/mod_perl.so
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
LoadModule hfs_apple_module libexec/apache2/mod_hfs_apple.so

<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
<IfModule !mpm_winnt_module>
#
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
# running httpd, as with most system services.
#
User _www
Group _www

</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# 'Main' server configuration
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#

#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
ServerAdmin you@example.com

#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride None

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

</Directory>

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<FilesMatch "^\.([Hh][Tt]|[Dd][Ss]_[Ss])">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

#
# Apple specific filesystem protection.
#
<Files "rsrc">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</Files>
<DirectoryMatch ".*\.\.namedfork">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</DirectoryMatch>

#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/error_log"

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

<IfModule log_config_module>
    #
    # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
    # a CustomLog directive (see below).
    #
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

    <IfModule logio_module>
      # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
    </IfModule>

    #
    # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
    # If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
    # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
    # define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
    # logged therein and *not* in this file.
    #
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" common

    #
    # If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
    # (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
    #
    #CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" combined
</IfModule>

<IfModule alias_module>
    #
    # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
    # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
    # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
    # Example:
    # Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar

    #
    # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
    # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
    # Example:
    # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
    #
    # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
    # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
    # need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
    # the filesystem path.

    #
    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
    # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
    # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
    # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
    # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
    # directives as to Alias.
    #
    ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin/((?!(?i:webobjects)).*$) "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/$1"

</IfModule>

<IfModule cgid_module>
    #
    # ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
    # socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
    #
    #Scriptsock /private/var/run/cgisock
</IfModule>

#
# "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain

<IfModule mime_module>
    #
    # TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
    # filename extension to MIME-type.
    #
    TypesConfig /private/etc/apache2/mime.types

    #
    # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
    # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
    #
    #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
    #
    # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
    # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
    #
    #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
    #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
    #
    # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
    # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
    #
    AddType application/x-compress .Z
    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

    #
    # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
    # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
    # or added with the Action directive (see below)
    #
    # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
    # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

    # For type maps (negotiated resources):
    #AddHandler type-map var

    #
    # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
    #
    # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
    # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    #AddType text/html .shtml
    #AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>

#
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type.  The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#
#MIMEMagicFile /private/etc/apache2/magic

#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
#

#
# MaxRanges: Maximum number of Ranges in a request before
# returning the entire resource, or one of the special
# values 'default', 'none' or 'unlimited'.
# Default setting is to accept 200 Ranges.
#MaxRanges unlimited

#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files.  This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off

# 6894961
TraceEnable off

# Supplemental configuration
#
# The configuration files in the /private/etc/apache2/extra/ directory can be
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
# necessary.

# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

# Multi-language error messages
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf

# Fancy directory listings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# Language settings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-languages.conf

# User home directories
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf

# Virtual hosts
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-manual.conf

# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-dav.conf

# Various default settings
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-default.conf

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
#
# Note: The following must must be present to support
#       starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
#       but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
#
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>

Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf

Permissions:

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    18K 23 Oct 19:37 httpd.conf

…although it might be worth doing a permissions repair in Disk Utility.


Mac Mini 2011 - monitor wakes up messed up

I've experienced the same issue on a friends mac.
If he switches spaces (swipe with 2 fingers on magic mouse - but i suppose opening mission control via a shortcut does the same) it's back to normal (until the next sleep)


How do I stop Google notification of sport scores on iPhone?

First, open Google application (it is not Chrome, fully G icon Google apps) that you have installed on your iPhone. Click on three dots ...(More) -> Settings-> Notifications from where you can disable and customize notifications.


Mount external disk at the same mounting point in macOS

On Mac, drives automount with the name that the drive provides to the OS (usually as soon as you plug it in/turn it on). For example, a drive named external1 will always mount to /Volumes/external1 on macOS, even if the /dev/disk[n] is different


Dropping items "in place" on Mountain Lion desktop

Check that the option Snap to Grid is not enabled.

Right click on your desktop to activate the window displayed in the screenshot.

I'm not running OS X Mavericks by the way; I'm just using the background :)


Turn Internet Sharing off automatically when on specific network

Yes, you can use ControlPlane.  It is designed to do exactly the sort of thing you've mentioned.

You'll need to define a context (like "Home" or "Work" or "Out & About") or a few contexts, and then define what clues show what context is active, and then define what actions to take when a context becomes active or ceases to be active.

In most cases a context corresponds to a location (or vague type of location, like "Out & About").  But you could have a "Hotspot" context and a "Wi-Fi" context and an "Ethernet" context, if that suited your needs better.  Or you could have "Metered" and "Unmetered" contexts.

You can also enable multiple simultaneous contexts, but that gets complicated and confusing, and I don't recommend it at first.

You can use presence of networks, geographical location, and perhaps dozens of other things to determine your location/context.  It's quite powerful (but after a while you'll notice things missing, like the ability to directly trigger an action from an evidence source, without the need to use a context as an intermediary).  I heartily recommend it, even though you may eventually wish it did a lot more than it does.


iPhoto does not import photos from iPhone after switching the library to external storage

After trying many different ways I could not fix iPhoto. However I succeeded to import photos to iPhoto. The trick was to run Image Capture, import photos using it and selecting the destination to iPhoto. It worked like a charm!


Numbers giving a `can’t be used as a single value` error

The roundup function needs to be applied to each of the values in the range you give,

Or, you need to use vlookup() for example to extract the particular value from that range and then apply the roundup function.


Prevent "Google password Required" notification (Mac OS X)

Maybe try unchecking "Include when automatically checking for new messages"


Moving a window to another workspace by a key combination

You can use Better Touch Tool to move window to different space (even move to secondary monitor). However this does not work on fullscreen windows. Here's sample setting:


Move contents of one directory to another

You can try using something like Unison to sync folder contents and then delete the source directory once it's synced up.


Not entirely sure but Mavericks introduced a menu bar on all screens. It may be that these programs are not aware of this feature. EG they need an update for this to be fixed. Check the forums for this manufacturer.


Boot up in Recovery mode and use the Terminal to remove the swapfile0 file. That is fully safe to do.


MacBook that spontaneously restarts and often shuts down instead of sleeping

I would go for my 'make sure it's all OK' recipe for starters...

Fix permissions [which you did already], Verify & if necessary Repair disk, using Disk Utility
Reset Home folder permissions & ACLs using OnyX  - Maintenance tab/permissions, tick the box at the top then Execute.
Update or [re-apply if already updated] to 10.10.5 using the 10.10.5 combo update, not the delta from App Store


Add a Google account to macOS 10.14.6 running Safari 13.0?

Safari 13.0.1 fixes this issue.

From the release notes:

Fixes an issue that prevents signing into Google in Internet Accounts in System Preferences

To install Safari 13.0.1:

Go to System Preferences > Software Update to install the 13.0.1 update. You'll need to restart your Mac after the installation for the Google authentication problem to go away.

If pressing the "Open Safari" button in the Internet Accounts pane of System Preferences fails to open Safari, open Safari yourself and the problem shoudl rectify itself. Safari does not need to be made the default browser for the system.

As of the time this was posted, September 20 2019, there was no known solution to the problem. Safari 13.0 broke the authentication workflow from System Preferences with Google account authentication if you use 2FA on your Google account.

The problem has been reported to Google and Apple via their official bug feedback channels.

Partial workaround

A partial workaround to the problem can be had for Mail.app and Notes.app if you add your Google account as a generic "Mail Account". For this to work you'll need to generate an application-specific password in your Google account and use this app-specific password with your Google email address to link the account to Mail.app and macOS.

To generate an application specific password for your Google account (from Google's official documentation):

Go to your Google Account.
On the left navigation panel, choose Security.
On the "Signing in to Google" panel, choose App Passwords. If you don’t see this option:

2-Step Verification is not set up for your account.
2-Step Verification is set up for security keys only.
Your account is through work, school, or other organization.
You’ve turned on Advanced Protection for your account.

At the bottom, choose Select app and choose the app you’re using.
Choose Select device and choose the device you’re using.
Choose Generate.
Follow the instructions to enter the App Password. The App Password is the 16-character code in the yellow bar on your device.
Choose Done.

To use this password with macOS:

Navigate to System Preferences > Internet Accounts and click the Add Other Account... at the bottom of the list
Select Mail account from the list
Fill out the fields:

Name:
Email Address:
Password:

Click the Sign In button to complete the process. You'll be able to connect to Mail and Notes with this approach.

Unfortunately this approach won't work to make a Calendar connection from Calendar.app to your Google calendar.


I had exactly the same thing happen. Upgrading to El Capitan resulted in my having to erase the entire hard drive and restore using my back up! Thankfully I always back up but so far I'm not happy with ElCapitan. This upgrade has brought so many problems which are ongoing. Apple are very helpful and can offer you a number of 'fixes' so I'd recommend contacting them. Sadly for me as I mentioned erasing he hard drive was my only solution. Good luck


Web clips on Dashboard not always updating correctly in OS X (Lion)

You can submit a bug report here. It requires having a free Developer account. You can also submit feedback here which doesn't require a Developer account. I would suggest reporting on both.


iPhone 5 will not ring, it only vibrates

Get some compressed air (don't just blow into it) and blow the headphone jack clean of any dirt, lint, or other debris. A toothpick might help clean it out, too.


Finally found a fix for this!

The fault lies on the Mac itself. Simply signing out of iCloud on the Mac and signing back in removes any past iCloud enabled devices from Maps.

Although this caused a new problem, it fixed the annoying Maps problem. Other than that hope this helps others out there experiencing the same thing!


Where do I find the "Show Addresses" option in Yosemite Mail?

Yosemite now has this feature built into the to field, at the end is a blue circle with a plus (+) symbol. Click this for a pop over with the Address Book.

I don't have groups so I presume this is what you need, but I can't confirm.


iOS devices [non-jailbreak] anti-theft apps better than Find My iPhone

Apps on the App Store must obey the App Store guidelines and stay within their sandbox.

  2.5 Apps that use non-public APIs will be rejected
  2.6 Apps that read or write data outside its designated container area will be rejected

Apps aren't able to disable an iOS device's power off functionality as this is fundamental to the device and is not able to be manipulated by an app on the device restricted to the code that is downloaded with the app:

  2.8 Apps that install or launch other executable code will be rejected

Furthermore, doing things such as taking photos in the background is not permitted per the App Store guidelines:

  2.16 Multitasking Apps may only use background services for their intended purposes: VoIP, audio playback, location, task completion, local notifications, etc.

Therefore, such an app will not be found on the App Store.


Adobe Acrobat Pro on Macbook Pro scrolls very slow

You have to turn on Enable Scrolling from the View menu. I also had that issue before.