How do I tell if the Flash Player Installer is a virus?

There are a couple easy ways to identify the trojan in it's current form (aside from downloading directly from Adobe or using AV software):

The trojan is an installer package that opens with Installer.app, the real installer is an application (it doesn't use Installer.app).
When run, the trojan installer looks like the screenshot of the trojan installer in the CNET article you linked to, the real installer looks like the screenshot of the real installer in that same article. (Screenshots reposted below.)

The trojan is found exclusively on sites that are not adobe.com, generally from malicious sites.

Legitimate Flash Player Installer:

Trojan Installer:


Does Photos.app do facial recognition locally or are photos sent to Apple for processing?

Facial recognition and other image analysis is done on device. Never done on Apple's servers. Also the results of facial recognition and other images analysis are never send to Apple.

  Apple’s system is more focused on privacy than Facebook's or Google’s,
  with stricter limits on how the data is collected and stored. Onstage,
  Craig Federighi insisted that Apple’s new system only uses local data, which
  means the company isn’t storing faceprints on company servers — a
  crucial point for anyone worried about their faceprint being used for
  more than just cataloging photos. Faceprints are still being created
  and used, but it's all happening on your phone, where Apple and the
  rest of the world can't access it. That’s different from Google and
  Facebook, which store data on the cloud and get significant scale
  benefits as a result.

Starting with iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra 10.13 however, facial recognition data will be synced across iCloud Photo Library.

Interview John Gruber with Craig Federighi on how this works:

  No, we've been working on it. And it's actually something that's
  harder to get right right, because when you go through the process of
  classifying your photos, we offer up and we say "Hey, is this John?"
  And y'know, "Is this John?" And you say "Yes, yes."

  But when you say yes to one face, we're actually saying "Okay, well,
  there are a thousand other photos we saw that we think are the same
  person as this, so we're going to count those all as John — but all
  you really told us is about that one photo.

  And so what we actually sync, and support, and so that we get this
  right — we sync only the specific photos you told us about, and then
  each… 'cos that's really the truth, y'know, that's what the user
  really told us.

  And then we sync that information, and then each device, because
  they're independently doing photo recognition are talking that, and
  re-deriving the
  — coming to the final result on all your machines to synchronize. So
  synchronize is actually very little data, and it's all just the truth
  data, and we won't hold back the right solution.

  But getting that architecture completely right was a — took a little
  longer than we would have liked, and so we're super excited to have it
  done now.


OSX keyboard shortcut for pushing button with underlined character

On my Macbook Pro with external keyboard and PHPStorm workd CTRL+ALT+P.
But, before try this shortcut, you need remove from phpstorm internal shortcuts.


I would like to fax from my Mac running High Sierra

Assuming you don't want to upgrade your printer, buy/borrow a fax machine or pay for an online service, then the only remaining options are:

print the pages and take them somewhere to fax for you
find an online fax service with a free trial period
use a fax modem1 if you happen to have an old one laying around

If this is a once off I would just print the pages and take them to your workplace or a local post office (or anywhere that has a fax machine) and ask if they can fax them for you. Even if they charge a couple of dollars, this is probably the best option.

Otherwise you should be able to find an online fax service with a free trial period. I just did a quick search and found that https://en.efax.com offers a 30 day trial period. No doubt you will need to provide payment details as part of the registration, but typically with these types of services you can just contact them and cancel your account prior to the trial period ending.

1. macOS Sierra doesn't natively support fax modems but there used to be a range of 3rd party fax programs, so you could use one of these. Or maybe just use another computer or install El Capitan on a virtual machine to do this. Or, if you happen to have Windows installed (either via Bootcamp or a virtual machine), that should do the trick too.


Why isn't iTunes Radio presenting the options affecting station variety?

It only works if you add your own custom stations. When you are listening to a song that you like, press on start station from artist or song. Then that new station will have the options on: play more like this, or never play this song. :)


Is it safe to use 2 Power sources into a MacBook Pro 2016 15"

Yes - that would be just fine. If you notice the battery draining you can always disconnect the display and leave the power connected so it shifts, then re-plug the display.


The proper / official / thorough way to sanitize an Apple SSD is to enable FileVault before you copy any data to it. When you shred the encryption keys - the data is cryptographically erased instantly.

  Note: With a solid-state drive (SSD), secure erase options are not available in Disk Utility. For more security, consider turning on FileVault encryption when you start using your SSD drive.

Apple’s terse recommendation requires you to read between the lines or know about cryptographic sanitization of data and read up on FIPS / etc...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207497

That being said, I would just install a new OS and then enable FileVault which will then encrypt each block on the drive with the new keys - a one time erase pass.

Then you can decide if you want to put it back in service or destroy those keys without decrypting the contents of the drive.

Why is a secure erase 'not necessary' for SSD's?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201949
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22241
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837


How to "require an answer" in a dialog in AppleScript?

Yes, it can be accomplished like this:

repeat
  set myAnswer to the text returned of (display dialog "Your question goes here." default answer "")
  if myAnswer is "" then
    beep
  else
    exit repeat
  end if
end repeat

Please let me know if this works for you.

Second version that tells the user what the error is:

repeat
  set myAnswer to the text returned of (display dialog "Your question goes here." default answer "")
  if myAnswer is "" then
    beep
    display alert "Please enter your answer to continue."
  else
    exit repeat
  end if
end repeat


Installing macOS as a VM in VirtualBox
These instructions will guide you through the process of creating and using bootable media to install macOS in a VirtualBox VM.
Pre-Requisites

Installer for for macOS (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, etc.)
VirtualBox 5.0+ (may work with older versions, but not tested)
Newly created macOS VM created with standard settings (EFI, blank 60GB SSD, 128M video memory, 3D acceleration, 4GB RAM)

We are going to use the createinstallmedia utility included with the macOS Install App to create a USB image.  However, there's nothing that says it must be a physical USB device and not a disk image instead.  For this we are going to use VB's ability to access a "raw" drive through a VMDK which will act as a pass-through device that VB can recognize and mount.
In the steps below, assume the working directory is the user's home (~/).

Step 1:  Create the Installation Media
Using hdiutil create a sparse (expanding) disk image with a size of 6GB
hdiutil create -size 6GB -fs HFS+ -volname "macos-installation-media" -type SPARSE ~/macos-installation-media

Next, mount the image
hdiutil mount ~/macos-installation-media.sparseimage

You will get a message that looks similar to the one below.  Pay attention to the disk identifier as you will need it in Step 2.  In my environment, mine was disk7 your's will likely be different.

/dev/disk7            GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk7s1          EFI
/dev/disk7s2          Apple_HFS                       /Volumes/macos-installation-media

Finally, use createinstallmedia from the macOS Installer to create the installation image:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/macos-installation-media --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/

Allow it to finish.  When it's done it will automount the new Volume and you should see it on your Desktop.
The newly created image will need to be unmounted for the next step, so go ahead an unmount the disk.
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk7

Step 2:  Create the VMDK
To do this, we are going to use VirtualBox's "raw hard disk access" to create a pass through to the newly created drive image.
The syntax of the command is as follows:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename </path/to/file>.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk#

So, for our purposes, the command would be (note the escaped spaces)
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk7

The VMDK will be a very small file that simply points to disk you created in Step 1. Now you can attach the VMDK to your VM and boot from it.
Add the VMDK to your VM and Boot
Before you can add the newly created VMDK to your VM, you need to take ownership of it.  Since it was created using sudo, root has ownership and rights.  Be sure to replace "joeuser" with your username in the command example below:
sudo chown joeuser:staff Install\ macOS\ Sierra.vmdk

Using the VirtualBox GUI, select the desired VM, click Settings, click Storage, click Add Hard Disk button, select Choose existing drive, and then select the VMDK file you just created.

Boot your VM.  VirtualBox will automatically find the bootable volume and begin the installation process.


Minimising App Windows Into their Respective Icons On The Dock To Create Less Clutter?

I think you are looking for this feature:

(System Preferences => Dock)

I just tried it on my own system and it when you minimize, it minimizes on the icon. You can click the icon to make the minimized window appear again.

You didn't mention what version of OS X you are on; I'm on Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.4).


How to add sites to the Safari Power Saver exclusion list?

Thanks to Thecafremo's tip, the responsible file is ~/Library/Safari/PlugInOrigins.plist.  I found an AppleScript published by GitHub user crmne (Carmine Paolino), SafariPowerSaverWhitelister.scpt, that is supposed to add entries (https://gist.github.com/crmne/5855a901a0a9a6ef30a5).  You might try it, but it did not work for me in Safari 7.0.3.

Instead, after clicking on a "play music" button, I opened up Web Inspector and ran the following JavaScript on the console:

window.embedElem = document.querySelector("embed");
embedElem.style.position = "fixed";
embedElem.style.width = "100px";
embedElem.style.height = "100px";
embedElem.style.top = "500px";

There was a 100x100 black square hovering on the left of the page toward the bottom.  After clicking it, Safari added an entry to the exclusions list for play.google.com.


How can I get music in other languages from the iTunes Store on my iPhone?

There is an option in iTunes to choose Latino music.

See the picture below (I'm on iTunes 11).


How to create a terminal use only account in MacOSX?

I echo the comments above. I'm not sure why you would want to bother hiding the user, why not just have a single admin account, making everyone else "standard" accounts and use sudo in the CLI (Command Line Interface - "Terminal.app") if you need to.

Anyway, here is the Apple tech article on creating hidden users and/or just hiding users from the login window:

  Set the Login window to display name and password fields

  In the Users & Groups preferences pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6 and earlier), click Login Options, then select "Display login window as: Name and password".

  With this enabled, no user accounts are listed in the Login window.

  If changing the Login Window to only display the name and password fields does not meet your needs, then you can use the following steps in this article to hide a user account.

  Add users to the HiddenUsersList (advanced)

  With Mac OS X v10.4 and later you can hide users from the Login window by adding them to the HiddenUsersList array in the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist file. The following command will hide the users "mei" and "anne" from the Login window:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add mei anne

  Note: These users will still appear in the Accounts (Mac OS X v10.6 and earlier) or Users & Groups (OS X Lion) pane in System Preferences.

Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5017


Howto see disk I/O utilisation per process - iotop and pidstat not available in Homebrew on macOS

iotop is available in macOS/OS X itself.

iotop relies on dtrace though and you have to disable SIP in systems like El Capitan/Sierra to run dtrace.

Check man iotop for options and then execute iotop as root :

sudo iotop [-C] [-D|-o|-P] [-j|-Z] [-d device] [-f filename] [-m mount_point] [-t top] [interval [count]]


I used to be able to use g++ from the terminal, but now it's missing. I still have XCode installed

I had the same problem at one point with gcc.  gcc and g++ usually link to a version-specific binary.  Look in /Developer/usr/bin for something like g++-x.y, where x.y is the installed version of g++.  You'll probably see gcov, gcc, etc. there as well.  Just create a symbolic link from the versioned g++ to g++.

For example, on my machine, I would type ln -sf g++-4.2 g++.

Hope this helps.  If the versioned compiler tools aren't there, you may need to reinstall the Developer Tools.


Which key is denoted by a ^ on a Macbook?

This is ^ CTRL key (or Control on some keyboards).

Here'e more info on Apple website.

  Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including the modifier keys:

  Command ⌘
  Shift ⇧
  Option ⌥
  Control ⌃
  Caps Lock ⇪
  Fn


No. Just get a small, cheap HD (even just a 20 GB will do fine here), put it in, and boot from a system installation disk as if you were going to install the OS.


Is there a way to make a slideshow of all the videos and images contained in a single folder?

Open /Applications/Photos.app and go to File>New Album.
Create a new Album with the name "Store Display"
Open /Applications/Utilities/Script Editor.app
Copy and Paste Script below
Go to File>Export

File Format: Application

Open Application
Select your folder that contains Photos and Videos
Click Choose
Celebrate!

Heres the code (edited by @wch1zpink) :

set imageNameExtensions to {"jpg", "jpeg", "png", "tiff", "bmp", "gif"}
set videoNameExtensions to {"mov", "mp4", "m4v", "avi"}
set nameExtensions to (videoNameExtensions & imageNameExtensions)

set myFolder to (choose folder) as text

set theChoice to display dialog ¬
    "Select Your Option" buttons {"Cancel", "Main Folder", "Main Folder And Sub-Folders"} ¬
    default button 3 ¬
    cancel button 1 ¬
    with title ¬
    "CHOOSE A FOLDER" giving up after 30

if button returned of theChoice is "Main Folder And Sub-Folders" then
    tell application "Finder"
        set mediaItems to (files of (entire contents of folder myFolder) ¬
            whose name extension is in nameExtensions) as alias list
    end tell
else if button returned of theChoice is "Main Folder" then
    tell application "Finder"
        set mediaItems to (files of (folder myFolder) ¬
            whose name extension is in nameExtensions) as alias list
    end tell
end if

tell application "Photos"
    import mediaItems into container named "Store Display" with skip check duplicates
    start slideshow using media items of album "Store Display"
end tell


Apple Music doesn't display song's lyrics from MP3 ID3 tag

I use kid3 to add lyrics to mp3 files, which the iOS Music app can then show. I can take you through how I do it with macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 and iOS 11.4.

The information you have supplied looks correct. Like your example, I use kid3 to write Tag 2:ID3v2.3.0

The text encoding I use is ISO-8859-1 (which I understand is basically ASCII, is compatible with UTF8, and is fine unless you have non ascii characters in your lyrics).
Furthermore Language is set to eng.

Having saved the lyrics into the file with kid3,  check in iTunes if your song contains your lyrics.
Right click on the track in iTunes, select Song Info, and select the Lyrics tab. The lyrics you added in kid3 should be visible, and the Custom Lyrics box in the bottom left hand corner should be checked.
If the lyrics are not present then delete the song/album from the iTunes library, re-import it, and check the lyrics are visible in iTunes before proceeding.

Next delete the song/album on your iPhone. Then transfer across the new copy from iTunes to your iPhone.

On your iPhone bring up the album containing your song:-

Tap and hold on the track name until a menu appears, then swipe up to show the bottom of the menu list - Lyrics is often right at the bottom and can even be partially or fully hidden when the menu first appears.

The lyrics should then be visible:-

Having said all this, I personally find viewing lyrics from mp3s with the Apple iOS Music app to be extremely poorly designed, and much prefer to use other 3rd party apps such as Cesium.


How to stop window order changing on multiple monitor setup in Mavericks?

There's a check-box that will turn this on/off. System Preferences > Mission Control > Automatically rearrange Spaces based on recent use


Apple TV 3G can't connect to Windows iTunes home sharing library

Might be a long shot, but have you tried disabling IPv6 on your Win 7 pc?


iTunes not syncing videos from the Photos app in Mac to iPhone

Okay, so I found a way. It's a work around, but it works.

Email the video to yourself (email should be accessible on your iphone).
Save the video to your iCloud Drive
Save the video to your device (it will go to your camera roll).

Hope this helps others facing a similar issue.


SSL Client authentication with non-exportable certificates in Mac

One of the bases behind the security of a certificate (and all asymmetric cryptography) is that the private key be kept private.

Being able to export a private key is a misuse of security; it broadens the leak surface of that private key. (ideally it was generated in a TPM, and export is not possible).

Exporting a private key is saying you want another entity to be able to impersonate you, or...
Ok, maybe the other entity didn't have the means to generate the keypair and you did that for them.  But the privacy of that other entity is arguably compromised, as there is no proof that you didn't keep or share the key.


If I purchase an app for my iPhone can I download it for free on my iPad?

Yes. Purchases are tied to your iTunes Account, not to the device.


How to Check for an Enterprise Provisioning Profile on an iPhone

Go to Settings -> General and scroll all the way to the bottom. At the very bottom is "Reset". Above that is "Regulatory". Above that is "Profiles". If you have no profiles installed, this may not show up. In that case, you're fine. If a profile does come up click on it to get more information. The information page will tell you the name of the profile and who it's licensed to, like this:


compressord starting up every time I turn on my MacBook

This problem cropped up for me when I used Compressor after not having used it in a long time. I've found that if I launch and quit Compressor after starting my computer then the process goes away but I haven't yet figured out how to make it stop running on boot.


Mac: Regular expression to parse scutil command output

You could try something like this:

scutil --nc show <service id> | sed -n '/IPv4/,/ExcludedRoutes/p' | sed '/ExcludedRoutes/,/{/d'

sed -n '/IPv4/,/ExcludedRoutes/p' will show text between IPv4 and ExcludedRoutes, both included.
sed '/ExcludedRoutes/,/{/d' will remove the ExcludedRoutes line.

The result will be like this:

$ cat file <replace-with-your-command> | sed -n '/IPv4/,/ExcludedRoutes/p' | sed '/ExcludedRoutes/,/{/d'
  IPv4 : <dictionary> {
    Addresses : <array> {
      0 : 10.20.15.181
    }


Force Terminal to Use Gedit for any Text Editing - not vim

You should edit your git configuration file regarding which editor to use.

As noted here How do I make git use the editor of my choice for commits?

  From man git-commit:

    ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

    The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that order).


Try a SMC Reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

You can also re-download the update and try again (=combo update): http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1459


http://appleid.apple.com/ is the correct place.

It's been awhile since I did this, but as I recall you will need to delete it as the secondary email then you can edit the primary.

Also, it's easiest if you turn off FindMyiPhone on the device before starting this process.  After all changes have been made and you are logged back into iCloud on the device using the new appleid then be sure and turn FindMyiPhone back on. (FindMyiPhone is a security feature and one it's purposes is to make it difficult for someone without the appleId details to log out. Changing your appleId can confuse the secuirty features, solution is to turn it off during this process.)

Also realize that once you have made the change at appleid.apple.com, the are multiple places in settings on the phone to logout and log back in under the new: iCloud, iTunes and App Store, facetime, messages, Game Center, and likely email needs setup changes.

Edit (based on OP's comment below): Apple states that "If your email address ends with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com, it's already an Apple ID." Therefor it's not going to be possible to make this appleid have a different primary email address.  If you want an appleid using your son non @icloud.com address you will have to create it.  In order for that to happen you may have to delete it as the secondary on this account.  There is logic in no edit button appearing for the primary. If you made this appleid differnt, how could the @icloud address still be an appleid?


How might I save a variable between Applescript runs?

Add a property declaration at the start of your script. Changes to that property during the execution of your script will be saved and available the next time you execute.

  The value set by a property definition is not reset each time the script is run; instead, it persists until the script is recompiled. [src]


From Apple's website:

  Back to My Mac uses these methods to protect your security:

  IPSec and SSL encrypt and secure communication between your Macs and the Back to My Mac servers. Anything you transfer between Macs is
  protected.
  Kerberos with digital certificates provide secure and trusted authentication to help verify identity. An added benefit: with
  Kerberos, you won’t have to enter your user name and password every
  time you connect to another Mac in your Back to My Mac network.

  You can make your network even more secure by changing a few optional
  settings.


Please check RFC1035, DNS protocol and Understanding the dig command.
If the status is SERVFAIL (Server failure. The name server was unable to process this query due to a problem with the name server) you won't get an ANSWER section.

I don't think the problem is on your side.

In 7 attempts querying several name servers i only got one answer:

dig @208.67.220.220 codeship.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> codeship.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36214
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;codeship.com.          IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
codeship.com.       0   IN  A   54.243.124.75
codeship.com.       0   IN  A   54.225.96.71
codeship.com.       0   IN  A   54.221.223.218

;; Query time: 6126 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.220.220#53(208.67.220.220)
;; WHEN: Tue Dec 02 02:03:36 CET 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 78


Is this magnetic connector for iPhone approved by Apple?

They're saying Apple hasn't approved any "magnetic lightning connectors" so they and their competitors are selling non-certified connectors.

Apple's patent 7,311,526 covers their Magsafe technology, which these lightning connectors could easily infringe upon.

I wouldn't go near any of these while they're in a Kickstarter/Indiegogo phase.


Can I use my iPad to organize photos that are stored externally?

Have you looked at Cinq Photo? Not sure it has everything you are looking for but thought it might be a good start


Cannot Unmount Mac OS X Base System Disk

The Mac OS X base system image is not the cause of your problem. See What is the 'Mac OS X Base System' disk image on my 2011 MacBook AIr? for an explanation.

My best guess, based on the screenshot, as to why you can't repartition the Hitachi disk is that it's the current startup device. You need to restart your computer from an an external device—preferably a device that has the Lion Installer on it-if you want to reformat the drive. Otherwise, assuming you have a valid recovery partition, you can erase the Mac partition itself and reinstall Lion without an external device.

Perhaps Apple's Mac OS X 10.7 Help: Recover your entire system document will help you.


Can not login to MacBook Pro... strange boot screen

This means your keyboard and mouse are not being recognized by the operating system. Try plugging in an external USB mouse/keyboard to do some troubleshooting.

You could also try resetting SMC/NVRAM again.

See
MacBook Air boots to strange screen showing Magic Mouse and TrackPad


How to test for a short to ground on a Macbook Air motherboard?

Bring it to a repair shop. Poking a motherboard in general is extremely dangerous for the components. You may further break things in the process.

If you do accept this risk and wish to continue... It would seem to be pretty hard. Apple, being Apple, doesn't label anything on the board. Based on some motherboard pictures on eBay, you'd probably want to use the ground pin from one of the other peripheral connectors (which have good data sheets with pinouts) and hope that everything is on the same ground bus (which I think is true). If you know/suspect what caused the shortage, see if any of its pins beep the meter. There should be one (the ground pin). If any others do, that indicates a short (unless there are two+ ground connectors, like on Thunderbolt).

TL;DR: You should probably have a repair shop check, and it's pretty hard to check it yourself.


Why can't I left click on my Macbook Pro?

Let's just say it's a story of unknown Bluetooth interference or a paired Bluetooth device that’s in range of the Mac.

I had this very issue last week on my Early 2013 15' MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Normal (Left) mouse-click wouldn't work under any conditions while running OS X, the built-in Trackpad, Magic Mouse or USB Mouse, while the secondary-click was fine on all.

I booted my MBP with a Linux Mint Live USB Flash Drive and the built-in Trackpad, Magic Mouse and USB Mouse all worked, both normal-click and secondary-click.  So at least I knew the built-in Trackpad, Magic Mouse and USB Mouse hardware was fine and it was looking like a software issue.

As another trouble shooting process I made an OS X USB Flash Drive Installer, figuring it would boot clean and the built-in Trackpad or Magic Mouse would work fine since it worked under Linux, however during the install... no normal-click would work, while the secondary-click was fine.

Turns out my Magic Trackpad, which I was not using and was in the closet, was depressed by a book that fell over on to it.  Because it was connected, even though not in use, it was causing the other clickable devices to fail on the normal-click while the secondary-click still worked.

This drove me crazy for a couple of hours because the book fell when I was not in the room, so I never heard it or suspected the Magic Trackpad to be an issue.  Linux Mint Live USB Flash Drive worked because the Magic Trackpad was not paired to it and therefore couldn't and didn't interfere.  Unlike in OS X it automatically connected.

What a pain it was but who doesn't love a good mystery!

Do you by chance have a Magic Trackpad lying around?

——

Or a Bluetooth mouse in a travel bag - if that mouse is pressed down, you can’t ever get a left mouse up event from any other device.


Applescript error -1708 when calling a function

It was a problem with the scope. This question got me on the right way. I needed to change the call to the subroutine to

my silentVolume (tmpDur)

and then now works as expected. Leave it here as a future reference for anyone googling error -1708.


Is there a way to select Safari's search (Google) bar (top right) with a keyboard shortcut?

The menu for this is hidden under Edit > Find > Google Search…. The shortcut is Option+Command+F.


Restore previous window size with Spectacle

You can undo window positions by pressing option+command+Z.


How to combine multiple mailboxes in Mail.app?

In the Menu Bar, go to Mailbox after selecting the sub-mailbox, one of your Sent folders, for instance, and then choose "Use This Mailbox For…". You can lump the redundancies together this way, but it's true that you will not be able to completely customize all the boxes.


There are currently no major options for getting legal access to DRM-free video content. Your main options are to download videos with DRM (i.e. iTunes), stream videos with DRM (i.e. Netflix), illegally download movies without DRM (i.e. The Pirate Bay) or stick to watching obscure independent art house films, which you can sometimes find available to purchase with no DRM.


My MacBook pro Wi-Fi is slow, other devices are OK

Your MCS is zero (0) which would explain why your WiFi is slow.

That can happen if there is channel crowding (not only from your devices but neighbors included).

You could just change the channel for now 1 to 5 and try.

Or you could do a quick analysis of the channels do following:

In Spotlight type "Wireless Diagnostics"

Click on Wireless diagnostics to start it.

Now in the menu bar click on the Window - Utility - WiFi scan -Scan Now.

Sort the result by channel so you can see how crwoded are the channels.

Open your FritzBox set up page and set it to the least occupied channel.

If you do not know how, open any of the following  Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari.

In the address window type 192.168.178.1 , that should open the FritzBox set up page.


Looking for an app to create icon size art

Just get GIMP! It's LGPLv3+ und GPLv3+ licensed.

GIMP is a multi-platform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
GIMP has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.


I cannot tell about screensaver for sure, but you can use pmset -g to show which process is disturbing sleep (think this first appeared in 10.6.7)

# pmset -g
[cut]
sleep       0 (imposed by 1517)
[cut]

this means that pid 1517 is preventing the system from sleeping.

# ps ax |grep 1517
1517   ??  Rs     1:59.76 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd

This shows that this is the backup daemon running.


Mail browser has 20+ viewer windows open but can't close them all, even with a force restart

Command + Option + W closes all the Windows on the app.

One may also click on File menu at the top, and hold Option key to find the Close all option to close all windows.


How to restore no longer available app from iCloud Backup

Did you ever sync or backup to iTunes? If you could restore from backup from iTunes that wouldn't be a problem, but short of that you could still see if it has the app you could copy to your phone. Not sure if that would include the documents and data though.

If by any chance that app syncs over iCloud or some other cloud service, the raw files may still be accessible (but still likely encrypted).

I personally would contact the app developers and see if they have any ideas.


How to present my IPhone screen on Windows

One solution is to use Mirroring360.
You can mirror from iPads or iPhones to a Windows or Mac computer. Mirroring an iPad / iPhone or Mac screen is achieved using the AirPlay™ technology made by Apple, all you need to do is simply install the Mirroring360 application to the computer you wish to mirror to and start mirroring!

Of course, mirroring a Windows PC screen requires the installation of Mirroring360 Sender on your PC.  Make also sure that the computer and the mirroring device are on the same WiFi network.

You can download from here. You have a 7 days trial, then it will cost 14.99$.

As the website says, this tool is useful for presentations, screening recordings, classrooms and so on.


2013 Late Macbook Pro constantly mute completely?

Does this occur when you have stereo or headphones plugged into the jack, or only when using the computer's speakers?

If it is only when trying to use the built-in speakers, then probably there is some dirt or lint in your headphone jack outlet, and the computer thinks that something is plugged in there.

You can try compressed air (safe) or a paperclip (not as safe), or just go to the Genius Bar and let them sort it out.


`display notification` works from AppleScript Editor but not when exported as Application

When you check the notification center you will see that the messages still appear there but the center won't notify the user when the app sending the message is in the foreground.

Workaround:

Before firing the notification, activate Finder:

tell application "Finder" to activate

set lasttime to current date
set min to 5 as number
set interval to 1 as number

repeat
    display notification "Notification" with title "Title"
    delay (interval * 60)
    if (((current date) - lasttime) / minutes) ≥ min then exit repeat
end repeat

Additionally, we can do this: Run an apple script saved as run only so icon doesnt show in dock - but doing so, one must use Activity Monitor to terminate the application.  Still, we need to "de-frontmost" our application because when it launches it gets to be the active application.


does anyone know how to login without credit card informations

If you already have an Account (or Apple-ID, iTunes-Account, GameCenter-ID etc.) you have to login into iTunes using your credentials from a Computer (Mac or PC), there you have the Option to select "none" in the Billings-Settings.


What technical requirements need to be satisfied by a DVI KVM for these two Macs?

I've used Teleport, a really neat pref-pane that functions as a software-only KVM switch. Moving the mouse off of one screen onto the next accomplishes the switch. I used to use it with a Macbook and an iMac next to each other on my desk, controlling either one with a single keyboard and mouse.


In the Finder, get info on the volume (under the File menu). First, check the General section of the info window to make sure it's in one of the Mac OS Extended formats (probably "Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)"); if not, you'll need to reformat it. I'm not familiar with the Lacie setup program, but you can use Disk Utility to do this.

If it's in Mac OS X Extended format (or a variant), expand the Sharing & Permissions section of the info window, and see if it has an "Ignore ownership and permissions" option at the very bottom. If it's there and enabled, click the padlock and authenticate as an administrator, then disable the "Ignore..." option.

Explanation: when OS X sees a new external volume, it assumes it's either come from another computer, going to another computer, or both.  Since there's no general correspondence between accounts on different computers, OS X figures there's no point in trying to track file ownership and simply disables it. If you enable ownership in the Info window, OS X will start storing & respecting ownership on files on that volume.


How to save password for AppStore on mac？

Password settings are in System Preferences > App Store


Getting songs from iPod classic with low battery

It depends on wht you mean by "iPod Classic." Which is why we recommend people include model numbers in their questions. That said there is an iPod called the iPod Classic which was the last click wheel iPod Apple sold.

Yes you might be able to get the songs off if it, depends on how much effort and $$ you are willing to expend.

The iPod Classic (A1238) came in a variety of HD sizes but they are all about the same for getting into. EG difficult and finicky. Once open it is possible to replace the battery. It may even be possible to extract the HD and plug it into some kind of external (USB) case if you can find one with the same connector as the HD. I think it is a non-standard connector. Other folks here will no doubt correct me on this...

Lots of places online have instructions on how to do this. YouTube is one, there are others. My favorite is iFixit.com that has instructions for replacing both the battery and HD.

It does not look simple but if you are adept at this sort of thing it looks like it is quite possible to do.


Try changing the the window's minimum width value. To do so just:

Go to /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/YourLanguage.lproj and open the AppConfig.plist file. ( I'd use a text editor to open it, as it's easier to modify the file this way.)
Look for <key>browser-window-minimum-width</key> and change its integer value.
Save the file and Restart iTunes.


WD external drive won't mount in OSX - partition map rebuild?

Seems like you need the following: Fixing my external hard drive's partition map

The fact that it's external shouldn't make a difference to you.

What happens when you try to mount it?

eg.

diskutil mount /dev/disk2s3

  alex@smiley:~|⇒  diskutil mount Usage:   diskutil mount [readOnly]
  [-mountPoint Path] DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode Mount will mount the
  volume in the "standard" place (/Volumes), unless an optional mount
  point is specified.

The error you get should point you to your problem.


auto unmount .dmg if it has not been accessed for a while

The OS doens't allow that out of the box (neither for dmg nor real partitions).

What I would do is create a script that would listen to that mounted image and after x time idle, unmount it.

Applescript is a fairly simple way to get that working (or via an automator flow).

Some pointers:

(the tricky part is getting the disk image idle)

http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.20/20.07/FolderWatching/index.html

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:IjvM1V_MxroJ:macscripter.net/viewtopic.php%3Fid%3D39468+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari

Checking for folder/file changes using Automator?

How to run Applescript on Disk mount

Automatically launch a program or action when an external drive or disk is connected

I'll make an example later today, but the flow will be like this:

open script

drag mounted image disk to it

monitor this disk access (every x time, to save processor)

if last time accessed > idlelimit then
    eject disk
    quit script

otherwise

keep checking


Reminders app not showing in Location Services

I was trying to create reminders via Siri. I went to the Reminders app and created one there, I tapped onto the location and was again prompted that I needed to authorize the app to access my location. This time Reminders showed up!

So, I hope that if anyone else is having this issue they can solve it by attempting to create a reminder in the app itself, and not just through Siri.


Safari: How do I show history in a new tab in Safari?

As neither way to access history [from menu or from a toolbar button] allows you to open it in a new tab by the usual method of  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧  clicking I'd suggest the best method might just be open it in a manual new tab - 2 keystrokes.

 Cmd ⌘   T   for new Tab
 Cmd ⌘   Y   for History

Apparently, Show History  Cmd ⌘   Y  may not be the same key command in all Languages, but I can only check for UK English...


Is there a way to make the terminal's font less blurry?

You can lighten the antialiasing system-wide in System Preferences. Go to General and at the bottom is a checkbox labeled "Use LCD font smoothing when available". This is pretty cool in theory, but Apple's implementation is... not so great. LCD font smoothing  (also called subpixel rendering) treats the R, G, and B channels of each pixel as separate pixels, so you get something that looks even smoother. However, on a Mac it just doesn't work very well and you end up with the super-thick font.

Here's an animation of the two different antialiasing styles.

So all you need to do is uncheck the LCD font smoothing box and restart Terminal. (If you log out and back in or reboot, it should make the font better for the full UI.)

To off subpixel rendering for a specific application, use

defaults write com.apple.Terminal AppleFontSmoothing -int 0

changing com.apple.Terminal to the bundle ID. Change the 0 to a 1 to turn it on again.

To turn off subpixel rendering only for MacVim use:

defaults write org.vim.MacVim AppleFontSmoothing -int 0


Send mail after found new items inside the folder

Change your code so that the do script captures a return value and use that to decide what to do. For example:

tell application "Safari"
    activate
    set theScript to "new Date().toJSON().slice(0,4);"
    set theResult to do JavaScript theScript in current tab of first window

    if theResult is "2014" then
        display dialog "IT IS 2014"
    end if
end tell


Does macOS Mojave comes with java pre-installed?

Java does not come preinstalled.

The /usr/bin/java command does come preinstalled, though - but it is not Java. Instead it is an Apple program that lets you decide between multiple installed JDKs (if any). If you haven't got a JDK installed, which is how the system is by default, it will tell you via a popup and let you click a button to be directed to a download site for the JDK.


Making an AppleScript that holds down a key

Try running your code using the key down & key up features of AppleScript.

code:

tell application "System Events"
    key down option
    delay 5
    key up option
end tell


I don't think a straight-up cable exists, no. However, you can get an adapter/dongle that works perfectly well for your scenario. You'll need to Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter:

https://www.apple.com/us_smb_83039/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter

You can read more about the adapter here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207266

Note that Target Display Mode is not using the same kind of signal as mini-DisplayPort - therefore a USB-C to mini-DisplayPort cable will not work! It needs to be an actual Thunderbolt 2 source.


Macbook pro crashes occasionally on dual monitor

Upgrade your NVIDIA driver according to your OSX version: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306535-nvidia-web-driver-updates-for-el-capitan-update-06232016/
After restart you'll see an NVIDIA icon on top right of your desktop
Chose 'OS X Default Graphics Driver'


How to copy MP3 from PC to iPhone 4s without iTunes

Here are two alternatives both for free:

For Windows: SharePod

For Mac: DeTune


how to tab text blocks in terminal input line

Use option ⌥+→ and option ⌥+←. You will be able to step by one word.

Update:

You can also go to start of the line using control+A or to end of the line using control+E


You just have to specify what you want to search. As soon as you begin typing your query the results will appear.

From OS X: Keyboard shortcuts

  Command-F Find any matching Spotlight attribute

As long as nothing is entered there is no match.

If you just want to move the input focus to the search field without starting a search use command+option+F


The brew command is in /usr/local/bin, so you need to ensure that you either use the full path to brew in your commands, i.e. /usr/local/bin/brew or you need to set your PATH environment variable in your profile before using brew, e.g.:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH


How can I get Wikipedia embedded audio and video to play back in Safari?

Wikipedia is not directly using the HTML5 audio tag (which it should be) and is not supporting media in Safari at this time (likely due to it's lack of popularity) so It's recommended to use Chrome (which is basically safari that Google improved upon) or Firefox.

example page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Libre_music

document.querySelectorAll('audio').length
0

The "compatibility" layer (mw.PopUpMediaTransform) they are trying to use makes the audio tag after you click play but in safari it tries some java applet that breaks.


Switching between two monitors stacked vertically

See my answer to Mousing over to external display

Works just as well for vertical as horizontal.


What is the normal temperature for a Retina 15" unibody mid-2015 MBP?

Normal temperatures are around 30-50 C (86-122 F). Mine is around 30.6 C on low load and around 60-65C under very heavy load. It depends where you keep you mac, for example if you put it on bed sheets it can get very hot because the air flow is blocked :)


You need to set a passcode to use Apple Pay. This is because every transaction with Apple Pay is authenticated by you by using your Touch ID or passcode.

You can't use touch ID without a passcode, so there is no way around this.


CD with data not opening in selected application

it's reasonably simple to change the default application (the process is quite similar to that on windows)

Use Finder to find the file you are trying to open.
Right Click (or Ctrl left Click) Choose "Open With" -> "Other"
Use the resulting finder window to find the application you want to open the file with (you may need to change the "Enable" drop down to "All Applications")
Tick the checkbox, "Always open with"
Click "Open"


Going off the title question - Setting up multiple O365 organisation accounts on iOS and interpreting that to mean you want to have multiple Intune profiles on a single iOS device because you (or your customer) has multiple accounts managed by different Intune servers; unfortunately, the answer is no, this cannot be done.

  Intune only supports deploying app protection policies to only one user account per device.

Microsoft details this in their support document What to expect when your iOS app is managed by app protection policies.

  Read the following example scenario to learn how Intune handles
  multiple user accounts.

  User A works for two companies: Company X, and Company Y. User A has a
  work account for each company, and both use Intune to deploy app
  protection policies. Company X deploys app protection policies before
  Company Y. The account associated with Company X will get the app
  protection policy, but not the account associated with Company Y. To
  have the Company Y user account managed by the app protection
  policies, User A must remove the Company X user account.


How can I force Google Chrome to translate the current page without using the mouse?

Enable Always translate in Chrome, that way you do not have to do anything. If it is already English page it will not change.

Additionally tell Chrome to Offer to Translate

One more piece of information, I have set up my Chrome to Auto Translate German, and it works, when it is completed it shows this tiny icon on the right side


Can I request Apple to expedite the approval of a new version of my app to rectify a critical bug

Yes; there's a feature called Expedited app review precisely for these cases. From my personal experience, it takes usually about 24 hours to complete, but that's no guarantee.

From the linked page:

  Expedited App Review

  If you face extenuating circumstances, you can request the review of your app to be expedited. These circumstances include fixing a critical bug in your app on the App Store or releasing your app to coincide with an event you are directly associated with.

  Urgent Bug Fix

  If you've submitted an update to fix a critical bug in your app on the App Store and you are requesting an expedited review, be sure to include the steps to reproduce the bug on the current version of your app.

  Time-Sensitive Event

  For apps associated with an event, we recommend you plan and schedule the release of your app in iTunes Connect. However, if your app is still in review and the launch of your event is quickly approaching, you can request to have your app review expedited. When submitting your request, it's important to include the event, date of the event, and your app's association with the event.

  Please Note: Expedited reviews are granted on a limited basis and we cannot guarantee that every request will be expedited.

It's a (partly) automated process, you can just sign in and request one on the Developer Portal.


How can I show photos that aren't in an album?

File → New Smart Album and set the condition to ‘Album is not Any’.

Media not in an album will appear in this new Smart Album.


Need to install minimum 10.9.4 for XCode, but running 2009 iMac with 2GB Ram, only option now is Yosemite

A friend of mine recently upgraded his MacBook5,1 (2009 core 2 duo) with 2GB to Mavericks. It wasn't the most pleasant thing, but it actually didn't work out too bad for him and he even thinks there was a slight performance increase (I'm assuming due to the memory compression stuff being a touch faster than swap). I'm assuming that Yosemite isn't going to be much more stressful than Mavericks, so you can probably get away with it.

That being said, 2GB is absolutely too little for a machine that you're going to run Xcode on. Regardless of Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite, you need more RAM. Period.


Modify the sstpc command to have pppd call a script like so.

sudo sstpc --log-stderr --log-level 4 --cert-warn --user $UN --password $PW $SERVICE_URL call myScript

Then use the terminal to create the script. I believe this file needs execute permissions but I"m not 100% sure on that...

sudo touch /etc/ppp/peers/myScript

This script should contain all of the pppd options needed for the vpn connection. In my case I used this.

usepeerdns
require-mschap-v2
noauth
noipdefault
defaultroute
refuse-eap
noccp
domain work.domain

The key is the last option domain. For some reason we are unable to add it via the command line, but by using this file we can set the proper search domain.


MBP Headphone Jack Doesn't Work in OS X but does in Windows

It's entirely likely you have a situation where the drivers on Windows are not detecting a faulty hardware condition and thus continue to send signal to the copper ports. Your Mac may be sending the audio to the TOSlink (optical) portion of the jack.

See this other question for details and a similar answer by @chico on his experience getting around this hardware failure by using different OS / drivers.


Downloading all photos from iCloud Photo Library without Photos app

I highly recommend ndbroadbent's fantastic Python program the icloud_photos_downloader project. The project repository can be found at his Github account: https://github.com/ndbroadbent/icloud_photos_downloader.

There are some great instructions on installation and use in the project README. Once installed, you run the program to download all your photos to a directory called foto_folder; from the terminal

./download_photos.py ../foto_folder
    --username=myemail@email.com
    --password=myp@ss
    --size=original
    --download-videos

And viola, it does its magic.

I've also posted this answer here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/311787/271502


qlmanage

Use the command line tool qlmanage to investigate your QuickLook set up, including the default generator for each file format.

  qlmanage -- Quick Look Server debug and management tool

Apple's QuickLook developer documentation provides a good overview of how QuickLook works and how to test specific plugins.

Editing the iA Writer QuickLook Plugin

You may want to edit the iA Writer QuickLook plugin to disassociate it from your .h and .m files. See QuickLook file associations for more information about achieving this.


Can I use multiple displays on a MacBook Pro using a TV connected by Thunderbolt/HDMI?

Yes - you can control what plays on multiple displays by dragging windows across the combined desktop or using Mission Control to direct a video player to the external connection while keeping your other windows on the internal display.


Game sharing with different Id and passwords


How do I stop the Adobe Creative Cloud app from auto-launching on login?

It is loaded by default by /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist.

If you run

launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist

that will disable it for your user.

To turn it back on

launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist


Several users simultaneously on a Mac mini

Not sure how it was 2 years ago when this question was asked but I confirmed that this work out of the box for me now.

Mid 2010 Mac Mini running OS X Mavericks 10.9
Client machine tested: Windows 7 Pro using TightVNC Viewer, iPad using iTeleport.

Both client devices were able to connect to Mac Mini via VNC and log in to different user accounts at the same time.

On every VNC session, it will show the mac login window which user can choose to access specific user accounts.

Though I would agree that it might be using up more resources when multiple users are connected at the same time, furthermore using for development.


Why iCloud tabs not working iOS 11 iPhone and iOS 10 iPad?

I’ve concluded that iCloud tabs don’t work on older OS’s (when other devices are on newer ones).


How do I create a home screen button with a tel:// URI?

As it turns out it is possible to create a profile in Apple Configurator that creates the button(s) you want, save it, and then send it to the person to install, which will then add the buttons. Totally painless on their end, so I can certainly deal with creating the profiles. Hope this helps someone else.

Short summary:

Get Apple Configurator form the Mac App Store
Turn on supervision and create a new profile on the general screen

Go to Web Clips
Add a new clip with a url in the form tel:+12025551212
Add more clips for more phone numbers

Save and export the profile and mail it to the user


Why is always on Hey Siri only available on the iPhone 6S?

The best you can do is to use an external battery pack and then it will work even on the six :)

In addition I actually like the way it works now on an iPhone 6, because when I go to bed I just say 'hey Siri good night' and I can verify that my phone is plugged in if Siri replies


How to 'Open With' in downloads dock flyout

How can I get that context menu to display for icons in the downloads window?

You can’t.

The stacks were designed to be a quick way to open items in the folder.  If you wanted to do anything more (copy, move, delete, etc.), you needed to actually be in a Finder window, thus the shortcut at the top which launches you into one.


Is Maverick faster than Lion on a MacbookPro year 2009?

That depends.

First of all assuming that your hardware is per requirement for either OS.

The 3 apps you mentioned, you will not notice speed improvement in VLC or Office 2011 since those apps are not really speed dependent, but since Mavericks has better overall process task management it could be faster.

If you were to use Safari instead of Chrome you would notice improved speed in Safari with Mavericks.

The Mavericks does have a better memory (RAM) management them ML that can be helpful even for Office and VLC to make them work faster.

If you care about batter utilization then mavericks wins that one.

In summary, generally new software are always better (faster) the older one, otherwise they would defeat the purpose of been released as a improvement.


Macbook Pro (2010, OSX Sierra) has started prompting me to enter password for DHCP again and again and again

You've got a trojan!
Look at the Directory ~/Library/VideoFrameworks
The Trojan collected your keychain and browser-data there.

The program itself resides in ~/Library/RenderFiles

You can stop it with
launchctl stop fr.handbrake.activity_agent

Did you install handbrake as well or just makemkv?

I would recommend to make a clean install of osx or install your time-machine backup from before the installation of the program.

Update: I cannot comment here, so I try to edit my answer with additional information:

The trojan collects at least the following data:

Keychain files (saved passwords in OSX)
Personal data from every browser on your system including saved passwords
Screenshots

So you really should check which passwords you saved in the keychain and the browser and change them immediately on another computer. You can find the data that it collected in the directory described above in several zip-files.

Do you remember where you downloaded handbrake? Did you use the update function?


How do I export Notes from iphone to PC with images?

If you do not require your notes to be in Notes format on your PC as well, you can email each note to yourself:

Open the Notes app on your iPhone,
Get into the note you want to transfer to your PC,
Tap the share button (top right),
Choose Mail and input your email address,
Check the mail on your PC.

You can then copy the contents of the note in the email and paste them into a document for further use or download the attachments to your computer. Some attachments, like photos, may not show in the mail correctly. If that happens, you need to click the show image option (depending on which email service you use) to view the pictures.

These directions have been excerpted from easeus.com. Hope they help.


Sending unknown callers to voice mail automatically?

You can use "Do not disturb" mode judiciously. You can set the DND period to be effectively 24 hours, and add a contact group to the list of people who you will accept calls from. That works well for me. If someone calls you a second time, they will be allowed through - which works because the spammers generally only try once.

I agree that spamming has become downright silly.

Check with your carrier...they may have the ability to auto-block known robo caller numbers.

The problem I've been experiencing is that they spoof the number they're calling from and it's always different.

Good luck!


Probably connected to where you bought the machine.  From Emojipedia:

The flag for Taiwan, which may show as the letters TW on some platforms.
This flag is hidden from the emoji keyboard on iOS devices where the region is set to china. Chinese iPhones won't display this flag and will instead show a missing character tofu (□).


How hard can it be to add a "rotate" action?

Edit: As of 2016 this functionality is now part of iOS's native photo app

The following information pertains an iPhone, but I assume the iPad is identical in terms of features.

Short Answer: You can’t rotate photos in the default iOS’s Camera Software; you need to install a third party utility, like PS Express (recommended and free):


How to use 3 external monitors on 15" late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina?

3 external displays DOES work.

I am on a Late 2013 MacBook Pro. I have 1 monitor on the HDMI port, 1 on a displayport to HDMI adapter, and one on an ACTIVE displayport to DVI adapter. I'm thinking that the trick here is to use an Active DVI adapter (mine is from Accell)


Enterprise iPad: Limit which wifi network can connect to

It is not possible to do this with Apples MGM tools.


Used iPhone 5 - What do I need to do to register as the new iPhone owner, have warranty, etc

The warranty is established by Apple based on the serial number and nothing else.

If you want to register things, you can do several things:

Contact AppleCare http://www.apple.com/support/contact/ or via phone
Self register at https://register.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/GlobaliReg.woa
Self register by erasing all content and settings (via Settings App - Reset or iTunes restore) and opting in with an Apple ID to register the device.


Macbook 12" doesn't sleep/wake on close/open

Your power management settings are excellent. If you say you've already reset all of the controllers that could be causing this problem, then it really could be a hardware failure.
I just don't quite understand how you notice that the computer is not sleeping? In the settings of pmset no process prevents sleep?
My final advice would be to switch to Hibernatemode 25
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25


If you've deleted them, you'll need to have a backup to restore the file from. If it's a laptop, hopefully you had local snapshots enabled, in which case you can go to the folder that contained your iPhoto library, enter Time Machine and restore the file.


What is the ribbon in this picture of a 2006 MacBook?

The orangey cable? I can't say exactly what it does, but it's clearly a data cable of some sort, and so an integral component.

You might want to look through a complete tear-down on ifixit.com, which might identify it. You're unlikely to find that as a spare part, unless you buy another similar model (eBay 'For Spares') and strip out the part you need.

Given the age of the Mac, you might be better off putting money into a newer model. A 2009 or higher MacBook would give you significantly better hardware, more compatible with newer software and hardware.


How to remove "get info" sidebar in a finder window?

View Menu > Hide Preview  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   P


Drivers not working on Windows 10 installed (CLI process) on external SSD running on Macbook

The answer of how to install Windows 10 to a external drive has be answered may times here at Ask Different. Most notably Is it possible to use Boot Camp with Windows 10 from an external HDD?. Enough subtle changes have been made to macOS and Windows 10, that I felt the answer should be reposted. Here, I try to incorporate the best ideas in all the other answers I have read. This answer does not require a virtual machine, optical (DVD) drive or any flash drives.

Note: When this answer was tested on a 2018 Mac mini with the T2 chip, Secure Boot and External Boot was set, as shown below. For instruction on how to configure a Mac with the T2 chip, see the Apple website About Secure Boot.

Download the latest Windows 10 ISO file from the Microsoft website Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File).

Note: This answer was tested using 1909 (September 2019) update.

Download Window Support Software. Open the Boot Camp Assistant application. From the menu bar, select Action->Download Windows Support Software. By Default, the files should download to WindowsSupport folder in your home folder. When the popup shown below appears, enter your password then click on the Unlock button.

When finished, quit the Boot Camp Assistant.

Plug in the external drive. Open the Disk Utility application. In the pulldown menu in the upper left corner of the Disk Utility application, make sure Hide Sidebar is not checked off and Show All Devices is check off, as shown below.

Highlight the external drive and select the Erase button. Enter the following in the popup window, then click on the Erase button.

When finished erasing, click on the Done button. With the external drive still highlighted, click on the Partition button. Make the following changes in the order given below.

Note: The size entered below has to be large enough to create a volume that can hold the Windows ISO and Window Support Software files. The value of 16 GB should provide more that enough space. However, a smaller value can be substituted.

Click on the + button.

Enter a size of 16 GB.

Enter the name WINSTALL.

Select the ExFAT format.

The result should appear as shown below.

Click on the Apply, Partition, and Done buttons in the given order. When finished, quit the Disk Utility.

Using the Finder application, mount the Window 10 ISO file and copy the contents to the WINSTALL volume. Next copy the contents of the WindowsSupport folder to the WINSTALL volume. In your case, the result should appear as shown below.

Open a Terminal Application window and enter the following commands. These commands create labels that will eventually appear below the Mac Startup Manager external drive icons.
bless --folder /Volumes/WINSTALL/efi/boot --label "Install Windows"
mkdir /Volumes/WINSTALL/label
bless --folder /Volumes/WINSTALL/label --label "Windows"

When finished, quit the Terminal application.

Restart the Mac and immediately hold down the option key until the Startup Manager icons appear. Boot from the external drive by selecting the external drive icon labeled Install Windows.

The first window to appear should be similar to the one shown below.

Proceed as one would for a GUI installation of Windows. When a window similar to the one shown below appears, press the shift+F10 key combination.

Note: If you press the shift+F10 key combination before the image below appears, then the Windows installer may not have loaded drivers from the Windows Support Software.

The result should be the appearance of the Command Prompt window shown below.

This is the step where commands are entered to install Windows 10 Pro. For this Windows 10 ISO, a complete list of names to choose from are given below.
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 Home N
Windows 10 Home Single Language
Windows 10 Education
Windows 10 Education N
Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Pro N
Windows 10 Pro Education
Windows 10 Pro Education N
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
Windows 10 Pro N for Workstations

If you have a different Windows ISO, then a list of names can be generated by entering the command shown below after exiting the diskpart command.
dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:t:\sources\install.wim

Below are the commands to be entered.

Note: If more that one disk appears in the list of disks, then care must be taken to select the correct disk, otherwise important data could be lost.

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 3
assign letter=t
select partition 2
delete partition
create partition msr size=16
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs label=BOOTCAMP quick
assign letter=w
select partition 1
assign letter=s
list volume
exit
dism /apply-image /imagefile:t:\sources\install.wim /name:"Windows 10 Pro" /applydir:w:\ /checkintegrity
dism /image:w:\ /add-driver /driver:t:\$WinPEDriver$ /recurse /forceunsigned
bcdboot w:\windows /l en-us /s s: /f uefi
attrib -h t:\label\*
copy t:\label\.d* s:\efi\boot
attrib +h s:\efi\boot\.d*
exit

Below is an example of the typical output from entering the above commands.

Note: In this example, Volume 3 is stored in the EFI partition on Disk 1, which is the internal drive. This partition is not used by Windows.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.418]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

X:\Sources>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: MINWINPC

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          465 GB   128 MB        *
  Disk 1    Online          233 GB      0 B        *

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             200 MB    20 KB
  Partition 2    Primary            450 GB   201 MB
  Partition 3    Primary             14 GB   450 GB

DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> assign letter=t

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART> select partition 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> create partition msr size=16

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label=BOOTCAMP quick

  100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> assign letter=w

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART> select partition 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> assign letter=s

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     W   BOOTCAMP     NTFS   Partition    450 GB  Healthy
  Volume 1     T   WINSTALL     exFAT  Partition     14 GB  Healthy
* Volume 2     S   EFI          FAT32  Partition    200 MB  Healthy    Hidden
  Volume 3         EFI          FAT32  Partition    300 MB  Healthy    Hidden

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

X:\Sources>dism /apply-image /imagefile:t:\sources\install.wim /name:"Windows 10 Pro" /applydir:w:\ /checkintegrity

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.1

Applying image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

X:\Sources>dism /image:w:\ /add-driver /driver:t:\$WinPEDriver$ /recurse /forceunsigned

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.1

Image Version: 10.0.18363.418

Searching for driver packages to install...
There was a problem opening the INF file. t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\autorun.inf Error: 0xE0000100.
Found 24 driver package(s) to install.
Installing 1 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleAudio\AppleAudio.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 2 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleAudio_1884106B\AppleAudio_1884106B.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 3 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleBluetoothBroadcom64\AppleBTBC.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 4 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleMultiTouchTrackPad64\AppleMTP64.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 5 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleMultiTouchTrackPadPro64\AppleTPP64.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 6 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\AppleSSD64\AppleSSD.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 7 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\Aquantia64\aqnic650.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 8 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\BroadcomBluetoothHID64\UheBtHid.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 9 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\BroadcomBluetoothHID64\UheSerialBus.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 10 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\BroadcomWirelessUDM64\bcmwdidhdpcie.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 11 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\Dolby\swc_aposvc\dax3_swc_aposvc.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 12 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\Dolby\swc_hsa\dax3_swc_hsa.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 13 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\cui_comp.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 14 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\iigd_base.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 15 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\iigd_ext.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 16 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\IntcDAud.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 17 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\msdk_comp.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 18 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelHDGraphics64\Graphics\vk_comp.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 19 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelMEI\heci.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 20 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\IntelSST\intcaudiobus.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 21 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\SerialIO\iaLPSS2_GPIO2_CNL.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 22 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\SerialIO\iaLPSS2_I2C_CNL.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 23 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\SerialIO\iaLPSS2_SPI_CNL.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
Installing 24 of 24 - t:\$WinPEDriver$\SerialIO\iaLPSS2_UART2_CNL.inf: The driver package was successfully installed.
The operation completed successfully.

X:\Sources>bcdboot w:\windows /l en-us /s s: /f uefi
Boot files successfully created.

X:\Sources>attrib -h t:\label\*

X:\Sources>copy t:\label\.d* s:\efi\boot
t:\label\.disk_label
t:\label\.disk_label_2x
        2 file(s) copied.

X:\Sources>attrib +h s:\efi\boot\.d*

X:\Sources>exit

After the Command Prompt window closes, click on the red X. When the popup shown below appears, click on the Yes button.

When the next windows appears, click on the red X. When the popup shown below appears, click on the Yes button.

When the Mac restarts, hold down the option key until the Mac boots to the Startup Manager. Next, hold down the control key while selecting the external drive icon labeled Windows.

After Windows 10 finishes installing, you will need to run the Boot Camp Support Software installer. This can be accomplished by opening the Setup application in the BootCamp folder on volume labeled WINSTALL.

Note: After the Boot Camp Support Software installer finished and the Mac restarted, the volume labeled WINSTALL was no longer assigned a drive letter. If you need to access this volume, then use Disk Management to assign the volume a drive letter. You can also protect the volume by using Disk Management to remove the drive letter.

While booted to Windows, run Apple Software Update to check for any new software from Apple.

Optional: Removing the Installation Partition
The instructions below remove the partition containing the Windows 10 ISO and Windows Support Software files. The free space is then added to the Windows partition.

Note: There exists a Golden Rule which can be loosely stated as “Never use Windows software to change the partitioning on Mac computers.” An exception to this rule is when Windows UEFI boots from the Windows installation files or the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE). Seeing a drive letter of X: is an indicator that this has occurred. Since the external drive contains no Apple partitions, you may want to chance using the Disk Management system utility in Windows, instead of following the instructions given below.

Boot to the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE). Basically, hold down the shift key while while selecting Restart, as shown in the image below.

Next, a series of menus will appear. Select Troubleshoot, Advanced options and Command Prompt in the order given. Eventually, a Command Prompt window will appear.
Below are the commands to be entered.

Note: If more that one disk appears in the list of disks, then care must be taken to select the correct disk, otherwise important data could be lost.

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
list partition
select partition 4
delete partition
select partition 3
extend
list partition
exit
exit

Below is an example of the typical output from entering the above commands.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.418]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

X:\windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: MININT-G6386F5

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          233 GB      0 B        *
  Disk 1    Online          465 GB   128 MB        *

DISKPART> sel disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list part

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             200 MB    20 KB
  Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   201 MB
  Partition 3    Primary            450 GB   217 MB
  Partition 4    Primary             14 GB   450 GB

DISKPART> select partition 4

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> extend

DiskPart successfully extended the volume.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             200 MB    20 KB
  Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   201 MB
* Partition 3    Primary            465 GB   217 MB

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

X:\windows\system32>exit

After the Command Prompt Windows closes, the menu shown below will appear. Select Turn off your PC.

“To Do List” of Items Not Covered in This Answer

Add a custom icon to the Startup Menu
Move the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) files to their own partition.
Configure Windows to use the Apple keyboard.

Additional References
DISM Image Management Command-Line Options
DISM Driver Servicing (.inf) Command-Line Options
BCDBoot Command-Line Options
UEFI/GPT-based hard drive partitions


I've finally found a solution that supports logical page numbers like the other PDF readers I have tried, but also respects custom page numbers embedded within the PDF. GoodReader shows the page numbers properly. It's $4.99


Some app or service block macbook from locking

Okay, the first thing I'd do is boot your MacBook in Safe mode and test to see what happens.

Boot into Safe Mode

Follow these steps to boot your Mac into Safe Mode:

Fully shut down your Mac
Restart your Mac
Immediately press the Shift key and keep it down
Let go of the Shift key when you see the login window
Now log into your Mac and (NOTE: If you have FileVault enabled you may need to log in twice)
Now test to see if your MacBook goes to sleep or not
Exit Safe Mode by restarting your Mac as normal
Once again, test to see if your Mac goes to sleep

If you find that your MacBook still doesn't go to sleep while in Safe Mode or when logged in normally afterwards, then proceed below to resetting your SMC.

If on the other hand you find that your MacBook does go to sleep in Safe Mode, but still doesn't when you're logged in normally, then let me know and we'll troubleshoot further.

Resetting your SMC

Your System Management Controller (SMC) manages a whole range of functions relating to power, charging, your Mac's thermal environment, and so on. Since you're having problems with your Mac going to sleep, this is a good thing to try.

However, since you haven't specified your model of MacBook, refer to How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac on Apple's website. Please read through this page carefully as the instructions differ for different models of Mac.


Nothing will break (or hasn't for me whenever I resort to this on occasion) - you'll have to remember to re-do the permissions if and when the OS updates that file systematically. You'll also want to watch the permissions if you ever "repair permissions" since that file is likely recorded in a system receipt. I'd go so far as to set a launchd task to daily enforce your "custom" permissions if you feel it's worth that much work and log something to the console about the need for this "adjustment"

This is a far faster and simpler (and therefore probably better) solution to setting up your own DNS or NIS even though a trip down memory lane would be fun for a few moments:

cd /var/yp
make


This is a known issue. The touch bar is quite finicky. Try these scripts in the terminal:

Kill touch bar - pkill "Touch Bar agent"

Refresh control strip - killall ControlStrip

Additionally, if the scripts didn't solve your issue and you are still under the 90 days of free Apple Care, I'd recommend taking it in. There are a number of things that could be wrong with it and it's really hard to diagnose + solve without a physical examination from an expert.


Can I get iOS notifications for emails routed to folders?

There is not a native way to do this in iOS, but there are many possibilities for workarounds. Here's one:

Set up Boxcar and install the helper app on your iDevice.
Create a rule in Boxcar telling the helper app to get a push notification every time a message is received at the forwarding address provided. If you need help with this, see this help article.
Create a rule (or whatever they're called in your email service) which automatically forwards folders' new messages to the Boxcar address.

If this fix doesn't suit you, you may want to do a similar thing with ifttt.


Is there any way to search image by image in Mac finder?

Seems this similar image detector could let you do like this, it stated " Add a photo to compare against the photos in chosen folders and find duplicate and similar ones from the folders "
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/similar-image-detector/id892627565?mt=12


If you have the Time Zone enabled in Calender Preferences it will do just that, show you events in different time zone.

That is indicated by the ability to select time zones in top right corner of the Calendar.

So when you enter new event it will default to the Zulu time :), aka GMT , aka UTC time. That is the world wide basis time to which all others are show as positive or negative variation.

If you disable the Time Zone support, it will stop showing you different time zone and use yours.

That can be also automated based on your location in the date time preferences with the "Set time zone based on current location".

It uses your IP address and knows in which time zone you are currently.

So now when you make a shopping trip to Paris, it will automatically adjust the time/date to Paris and back to home (if you ever decide to go it home).


Automatically Turning Wifi Off when Sleep

SleepWatcher 2.2.1 can do this, and for free. However, if you do not have administrator access to your Mac (and it sounds like you might not) then you might not be able to install it. Worth a shot, but just FYI that it might not work.

Keyboard Maestro can do this, even without admin access, but it is not free. I think it's $35. Well worth it, IMO, because it can do 1,001 things on your Mac, and this is only 1.

I am not aware of any way to do this on macOS without using third-party apps.


How to mapping "Eject" key on Non-Mac keyboard?

One way you can eject a disk without remapping keys is to use the Eject Menu Extra item.
Just navigate to the /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/ folder and double-click on the Eject.menu file. It will put the 'eject' icon in the menu bar:

For me, this has worked for both internal and external drives. One click and the drive opens like magic!


Is it possible to swap two cells content in numbers?

If you don't want to use other cells temporarily, then do the following, which assumes equal size ranges:

Select the first range of cells.
Press ⌘C to copy the first range of cells to the clipboard.
Select the second range of cells.
Drag and drop the second range of cells onto the first range of cells.
Select the range of cells the second range of cells originally occupied.
Press ⌘V to paste the first range of cells from the clipboard.

Now the two ranges of cells have been swapped.

Note: Both ranges do not necessarily need to be the exact same size, however there has to be an appropriate amount of cells in the area of the ranges being swapped. Use your best judgement.

By the way, this works because the drag and drop clipboard is different then the general clipboard. So the first range of cells just sits there waiting to be pasted as the drag and drop operation didn't disturb it.


How do I find out the status of a large download from the Mac App Store?

Aha... found it. In the App Store application menu, you can choose Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads which pops up a window like this:


Prevent webpages from binding to certain keyboard shortcuts?

I lightly edited some code from this answer on Super User to make it prevent the capture of certain shortcuts which do use the Option key and do not use the Command key. You'll want to add the keycodes for any shortcuts you want to prevent binding to the keycodes list. I started it with the codes for the two examples in your question, / and E (it doesn't care if other modifiers are pressed or not).

You can install this to your browser using an extension such as Tampermonkey.

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Disable option shortcuts
// @description    Stop websites from highjacking keyboard shortcuts
//
// @run-at         document-start
// @include        *
// @grant          none
// ==/UserScript==

// These are the keycodes for E and /. Find others to add by uncommenting the first alert line below and pressing that key.
keycodes = [69, 191];

(window.opera ? document.body : document).addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
    // alert(e.keyCode ); //uncomment to find more keyCodes
    if (keycodes.indexOf(e.keyCode) != -1 && e.altKey && !(e.metaKey)) {
        e.cancelBubble = true;
        e.stopImmediatePropagation();
    // alert("Gotcha!"); //uncomment to check if it's seeing the combo
    }
    return false;
}, !window.opera);


Unsure of how to achieve my usage scenario with a repurposed iPhone

I solved the problem by making an appointment at the Genius Bar at the local Apple Store, explaining what I was trying to do, and asking for their help. Even though I purchased a used iPhone 5c from a third-party, they brought out a working new Sprint SIM card and activated the iPhone with Apple (for use as an iPod touch only. with no phone service) for me. They also let me keep the SIM card in case I need it to reset the iPhone.

The new SIM card that the Sprint Store had given me earlier, for one reason or another, did not work.

The Genius in the Apple Store told me that Sprint SIM cards are very specific, and some would work in a 5c and others would not.

The Sprint SIM card model that did work with my iPhone 5C was Sprint part number SIMGLW406C.

The Sprint SIM card model that did not work with my iPhone 5C was Sprint part number SIMGLW406R.


Using separate Bluetooth keyboard and mouse simultaneously with my iPad

Would I be able to purchase a generic Bluetooth mouse from a retailer and use that simultaneously with the generic Bluetooth keyboard in interacting with my iPad?

Yes. It's possible to simultaneously pair a Bluetooth keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse with an iPad running iPadOS 13.4 or later. The screenshot shows an Apple Magic Keyboard and Apple Magic Mouse 2 paired and used simultaneously.

Before you invent into a generic Bluetooth keyboard and a mouse, make sure they are compatible with iPad and you'd be fine.


If I understand you correctly, you want the first bullet point to exit stage left, and have its replacement arrive from stage right. Then repeat wi point three.

Create each bullet point in its own text box. You can manually mimic the build in to match the rest of your presentation. Once the slide's build is complete, the easiest animation might be with a couple of additional slides set to Magic Move.

slide 1, original text in place; bullet 1 replacement off screen
slide 2, bullet 1 replacement in-line, original off screen, bullet 3 replacement off screen
slide 3, bullet 3 original off screen, mullet 3 replacement in-line

If you're familiar with the Magic Move transition, this should make sense. If you're not accustomed to it, play and discover some fun!


From the command line you can use look which looks for the string as a prefix of a word in the file- /usr/share/dict/words.

look ent

Right click the word in the Terminal window and select Look Up "....." menu or you can grep /usr/share/dict/words using regular expressions or extended regular expressions. Such as:

grep 'hello$' /usr/share/dict/words


Yes, it absolutely does.  This is the result of pasting THING into vim open in my terminal:

The [200~  marks are the result of the paste mode.


The question mark comes up when the start up files have been messed up.

I do not know if you can repair the Magnet damage but you can try to restore.

Mac's have a Restore function build in (or online)

To access start computer and hold cmd-r

that will bring up the restore menu.

Depending on your computer model you might have the Internet restore option.

The sound you heard was the forced computer shut down.


If it's not in Open Recent under the File menu, it's gone.


PC laptop + VNC + Mac Mini server for iOS development. Is it practical?

Yes, VNC will give you access to the full Mac desktop and to Xcode for iOS SDK development, if the Mac is so configured.  Apple sells remote admin tools that use this protocol.

The problem with using VNC for iOS development is that you will also need access to the Mac's USB port to do any direct app loading and debugging on an iOS device.

If you can do without needing to connect a debugger, you can transfer Ad Hoc iOS app builds and provision files from the Mac to your PC and use iTunes to install your apps for testing.

If you want to try it out, there are reported to be services that will rent you VNC access to a Mac in a data center somewhere.  You will need admin/root access to install the iOS SDK tools.

If you prefer RDP to VNC, iRAPP is a commercial RDP terminal server available for use on Mac OS X.


Changing the default iOS dictionary from New Oxford American Dictionary(NOAD) to Oxford English Dictionary(OED)?

It looks like this is possible in iOS 7. When you click to define a word, in the bottom left there is a "Manage" button. Here, you can tap the X for a dictionary that you want to delete from your device and tap the cloud button to download a dictionary you want. So in your case, tap the X to delete the NOAD from your iPhone, and tap the cloud to download the OED to your iPhone.


Old GarageBand had a legit drum roll; can't find it in 10.0

If you go to “Orchestral > Percussion > Orchestral Kit” and go to C0 and hit H you’ll get a good drum roll. I found it by going down and holding down each key until I found it.


The best way I can think of to do this is to use Tweetdeck.  Tweetdeck scrolls tweets as they come in.

Create a new twitter account eg joshhnews
Add your RSS feeds to this TwitterFeed service (free), and link it to the new twitter account
In TweetDeck follow this new Twitter account.

You will then see the news stream through live with clickable links to the articles etc.

Hope this helps.


Mac keyboard on powered hub does not work initially

You should try using the keyboard extension cable that comes with your keyboard. For somewhat obscure reasons, this solved the problem for me and other people trying to use the Apple Wired Keyboard with USB hubs. See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/179299/33925


Try restarting finder by hitting CMD + OPTION (ALT) + ESC -> Choose Finder and click restart.

If this doesn't work try performing a "Repair Disk Permissions" inside Disk Utility, and reboot.


Migration Assistant estimated time remaining keeps climbing

macOS progress and completion estimates are often based on the number of bytes transferred.  But one large file will usually transfer much faster than many small files even if they add up to the same size.  What may be happening here is that the transfer started with some large files, went quickly, and resulted in an optimistic estimate.  But now it is into small files which take longer and so the estimate is growing.

The estimate and speed can also be affected by the type of storage, whether the migration assistant is trying to do other tasks at the same time, whether FileVault is enabled, the type of connection for the backup volume, etc.  All of those factors can magnify the differences in file sizes as well as cause variability on their own.

Make sure both the backup volume and the new MacBook are plugged into their respective power supplies and give it some time.  The worst case scenario is a hardware problem with either the backup or the MacBook, but give it a few more hours before jumping to that conclusion.


Can I move applications and other data to a JetDrive 128 GB for MacBook Air

I've been using SD cards more and more just as you mention and I think you'll be ticked with the benefits of having double the storage.

Here are the tools I use to get the data I need on relative speeds so I can choose what should be stored on the drive and what shouldn't go there.

Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
DaisyDisk

The Daisy Disk tool is really stellar for quickly seeing which chunks of data are big enough to be worth your time to handle. In my case, the first chunks I will move to the card are:

20 GB of logic files from /Library/Application\ Support/Logic to the card
40 GB of Photos Library if the automatic compression algorithms don't shrink the files on my local storage enough for my tastes.
Less seldom used Virtual Box and VMWare virtual machine storage drive files

I also use BlackMagic disk tester to check how the speed of both drives is actually so that I can keep the things I don't care about being slow on the slower SD card (or pay more for a faster SD card).

OS X would run fine with your entire user folder on the SD card, but make sure you have a second admin account on the boot volume if you go that drastic route.

As far as opening files - most applications will run just fine if you use Finder aliases or command line sym links to point to the storage card once you move files off the boot volume.

Also, if you are bugged by HiddenStorage in your setting, download the full version of DaisyDisk - it runs for free if you have bought the app on the MAS and adds two critical features for me: scanning as an administrator and collecting files to then delete them

Be sure your Time Machine backup is backing up both the boot volume and the SD card before you delete things, but I've had no issues running OS X like this from 10.7 Lion through the betas of 10.11 El Capitan.

Some apps are cranky, so I would leave all system files where they are and worry about things that are 10 GB or more in size rather than trying to micro manage dozens of small relations that don't yield significant storage savings on the boot drive.

In your case, you can use iTunes to locate the iTunes storage on the external SD card and moving the iPhotos Library is trivial as well. Move it from Finder and then open the new file. Delete the original file once you're sure things work and/or you have a solid back up.


Install MacOs Mojave (Only Bootcamp partition)

This link has a good starting point. First up, you obviously need to create a mac partition on the computer. Next, you will need to find a copy of macOs (obtainable via Mac App Store by all mac users, hence you only need to find a mac owner willing to give you a copy) and convert it into a bootable USB drive. Next, you have to boot into the mac partition on your computer and install macOS via the bootable drive.


Why do full-screen applications change their order in Mission Control?

Uncheck it if you must :). Then it will retain 'as launched/created' order.


Looks like you have a portable Mac rather than a Mac Pro and Time Machine turned on. What you are seeing here are local snapshots. From https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14329 : To stop saving local snapshots, open Time Machine preferences and slide the switch to Off. Snapshots resume when you turn Time Machine back on.


Sleeping Apple Devices Responding to ARP Requests for the Default Gateway

We've been experiencing this issue and we're running Cisco 3802 Flex Connect with a WLC 8500.

We are going to attempt DIA This weekend but from both Cisco and Apple they are saying there isn't much we can do. Cisco is saying they will have a patch for the Wireless Controller to introduce ARP security for this in about a month and Apple won't release to the public what is the issue or when their patch would be out to fix it.

Some Options that have been floated to us as a Temp Solution
-- Downgrade the WLC to 8.2 from the current recommended version 8.5.140
-- Upgrade the WLC to 8.5.140.11 a special release not provided without support consent that will require DHCP reassociation on every device when roaming. Not a great Trade off.
-- Remove Flex Connect and re design your WLAN to Central which would tunnel the ARP traffic to the WLC and use built in security for ARP protection. "We are not going to do this"

What we will be trying!
Enable DIA on the Switching platform and log the drops. The hope is if this is from a sleeping Macbook then the getting dropped won't matter and we'll see some kind of containment.

This is our last option.


How to open Microsoft XPS document on OS X?

Upload the file to your Google Drive, then view the file in your browser.
You can also save it as a PDF from there.

Or download third-party software as suggested in the comments.


How can I make the icon of a folder to be a given .icns file?

"Get Info" of the folder you want the icon to be replaced,
using Finder, drag and drop the *.icns file to the current top, i.e. smaller icon of the folder in the "Get Info" window.


How do I adjust the time Mac Mail takes to mark messages "read"?

Have you tried quitting Mail, launching a Terminal and putting in

defaults write com.apple.Mail MarkAsReadDelay 0