How do you change the format of the OSX Screen Shot file name?

You neither can rename a file to the proposed name - it contains several colons (:) which are reserved (= forbidden) characters in the HFS+ file system - nor does defaults write com.apple.screencapture ... allow a different date format.

One idea though is creating a launch agent to rename all files in a dedicated folder starting with "Screen Shot ...":

A very simple solution, assuming you restore the default naming convention for screenshots and replace user_name by your short name below, is then:

Create a file named "screencaprn" in e.g /usr/local/bin with the content:

#!/bin/bash

mv /Users/user_name/Desktop/Screen\ Shot*.png /Users/user_name/Desktop/"`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S"`.png"; $2>/dev/null

Change permissions:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/screencaprn

Then create a launch agent in ~/Library/LaunchAgents with the name "usr.screenshot.rename.plist"  and the content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>usr.screenshot.rename</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/bash</string>
        <string>-c</string>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/screencaprn</string>
    </array>
    <key>WatchPaths</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/user_name/Desktop</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Then load the plist with:

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/usr.screenshot.rename.plist

This works but has a delay of up to 10 seconds (thus changes the seconds and sometimes the minutes of the original named screenshot file e.g. Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 03.24.02.png to 2016-09-03-03.24.05.png) and adds one com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (usr.screenshot.rename): Service only ran for X seconds. Pushing respawn out by Y seconds. line to the system log.


Does iOS have the capability to execute multiple apps in memory, and enable you to switch between them, restoring the previous state?

No - the multithreading of processes is reserved for Apple OS only and apps (including almost all Apple apps) do not get to execute simultaneously when they are not in the foreground drawing to the iOS screen. Only if the app calls some limited API (safari or other webkit apps downloading in the background is one of the white listed background tasks - FWIW) can the app get work done on it's behalf by the OS/kernel when the app itself is in a suspended state.

The iOS kernel is the same foundation as the OS X kernel, so your question about app suspend / resume state is more about the application frameworks in use than the underlying structure of the kernel.

That being said, the iOS idiom is to have apps paused by the OS at any time and various states are cached and saved so that once the kernel resumes execution of an app - whether it was paused for a few dozen milliseconds or a few hours is seamless to the user when the app is programmed correctly.

Of course, not all apps adhere to this idiom, but most do.


"You can’t sign in at this time" when signing into iCloud

I called Apple Support. We tried several things. Eventually, I started Keychain Access, and under the "Keychain Access" menu, clicked "Preferences". In the Preferences, I clicked the "Reset My Default Keychain" button. I had to re-enter my Mac and iCloud passwords. Everything appears to be working fine now.


How can I hide **some** birthdays in iOS Calendar?

You could edit out the birthdate information from those contacts you do not want to see in the Birthdays calendar.

Another way to accomplish this would be by manually adding the birthdays you do want to see to a new or existing calendar and then disable the Birthdays subscription.


Phones are a bit tricky. On one hand, the manufacturer (Apple) should make it clear how to use the device, but since you get a no-service error that part of the equation seems working well enough.

If the device shows no service with several known good SIM, you might need to check with Apple or the carrier that originally locked the device to verify it's unlocked + test with an active SIM from that carrier.

If you can use the phone on wifi, it's activated (in the technical sense - activation is a specific step needed before the phone software starts to operate) and now you can focus on establishing cellular service and troubleshooting that portion of iOS:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3780


How do I find a specific bug on Apple's Bug Reporter?

Apple's bug database is private, and as you see, you are only able to review the bugs that you submit. This has been the subject of much debate in the Apple developer community.

Open Radar is an attempt to shed light on bugs that participating developers file. It uses the same ID numbers as the real Bug Reporter system, so if the bug referred to is in Open Radar, you should be able to find it by its ID.


set own video frame in the main screen on facetime

No, the size can not be changed. You can provide feedback to Apple here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html


High Sierra: WindowManager and kernel_task - Now you see it, now you don't!

No, there's nothing specifically hiding those processes in Activity Monitor or top.

If you're using Activity Monitor, make sure that on both machines you select the menu View and then "All processes". If you select only to your own processes, you won't be seeing for example kernel_task anymore.


Cannot merge back space left by bootcamp

You want to grow the APFS container, not the physical drive that it's on (as this would be impossible, obviously). This can't be disk0, and it looks like it's disk1 in your screenshots, so diskutil ap resizeContainer disk0s1 0 should do what you want.

There is no disk0s2 to operate on, so that should error based on your excellent details in the question.

It’s safe to do a live resize of the container.


The SIMS 3 for OS X can be bought online through GameTree -- they handle OS X online game distribution for EA.


My cursor on my Macbook Pro has a box around it that enlarges everything

Could this be the Zoom accessibility feature?

It can be toggled with Alt-Command-8.

Also see System Preferences => Accessibility => Zoom for more details and options.


How do I transfer pictures from iPhoto to iCloud Drive?

Find the location of your iPhoto library (usually in ~/Pictures) and move it to the iCloud Drive folder in Finder. Once the library has moved, you can switch library in iPhoto by launching iPhoto with ⌥, then selecting the new library location.


The RealVNC Android app mouse interaction mode doesn't support macOS specific multi-finger gestures. For the list of supported mouse actions see the support article:

How do I use VNC Viewer for Android and iOS? - RealVNC Help Center


iTunes 10.6.3 opens every time I put in an audio CD

In iTunes you can go to preferences > General > you can choose among:

– display
– play
– import
– import and eject

just choose display. It seems that you can't get rid of this trouble.


Time Machine stopped backing up my Photos Library two years ago

Time machine constantly takes snapshots of each file, this simply is a lot of data, and being conservative is important for the sake of the consumer's end. Harddrive reads and writes are expensive! Especially when it is the eventual cause for a harddrive to fail and a critical system backup is therefore lost on the consumer's end.
Apple offers ~/Pictures/Photos Library to be backed up to iCloud by default, and is cutting a corner for saving your backup. Time Machine also doesn't backup many large system files that apple deems a "defaulted" file from macOS and easily reclaimed from remote apple servers.
Unrelated side-note: You can argue 5GB of free iCloud Storage isn't enough for even the Photos library alone, and you're right. But its incentive for you to pay for their service.


How to manage multiple Bluetooth mics on an iPhone?

There is an order of precedence for Bluetooth devices connected to iPhone. See iPhone Bluetooth Pairing on StackOverflow:

    What determines precedence is the order they are connected for that session. The last connected device has the highest precedence and is the one used.

Therefore, to ensure the dictation mic is used, connect it after your car connects. If it's already connected when the car connects, you would need to disconnect the dictation mic and reconnect it. (Turning it off and then on again should accomplish this, but without knowing what device it is, it is impossible for me to state this with any certainty.)


Install macOS High Sierra.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application

Here's what you need to do (example follows High Sierra):

Format a USB stick with format Mac OS Extended, scheme GUID Partition Map and name it Untitled
Get and run the installer from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208969
Run through the installer all until you are asked to restart, but then exit the installer
sudo mkdir /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport
sudo cp -R /macOS\ Install\ Data/ Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled

And... if you get an error while installing OSX, e.g. "Installer resource error", then follow these step:

ctrl+command+shift+alt+H and open the Terminal
cp -rf /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/* /Volumes/Untitled/macOS\ install\ data/
Reboot!

You're welcome!


Is there a way to reset your computer enough to let you create a New Apple ID?

No need to reset your computer to create a new Apple ID account.  Simply sign out of the existing Apple ID.  Once signed out you will have a login that will allow you to create a new account. If you don't want to sign out you could also create a new user account for your computer, sign into that new user account, then create a new Apple ID in system preferences under it.  You can also use iTunes or the Apple ID website to make a new Apple ID account.  To create the iCloud portion of the account you have to sign into iCloud with the Apple ID using an Apple device.


kernel_task and softwareupdate constantly hogging .5 GB of RAM each

kernel_task is, in effect, 'the operating system'.
Every process hangs from it, it's at the top of the entire tree of what processes are running on your machine.

Run Activity Monitor [Applications > Utilities]
From the View menu select 'All Processes, Hierarchically'
Switch to the memory tab
Click the Memory column until the arrow points down

You can now see the 'tree' of processes, which are running inside another, & how much memory each is actually using. Note, for things like web browsers, that each page uses memory in addition to the overall usage for the browser itself.

It has to be said that 6GB RAM isn't much, these days - & using 2GB of that for a VM is not really leaving you with a lot to play with.


How to fix iTunes downloading IOS update but not installing?

I do not know whether this is general or something unique to me, but here's what seems to be happening here:

When iTunes is asked to update the iPad or iPhone, it downloads the update but doesn't install it.  Usually there are no diagnostics, but on one occasion there was an "error 4000" when the download completed.
After the download, putting the device in DFU mode and launching iTunes causes iTunes to install the downloaded update.
Trying to do DFU mode without doing the download first fails.

None of the "normal" update methods did anything, though they have worked on these devices on previous updates.


When launching single-user mode, you're informed with the following text that you need to mount the disk as writable before you can make changes.

Root device is mounted read only

If you want to make modifications to files:
        /sbin/fsck -fy
        /sbin/mount -uw /

This text is printed when you launch single-user mode. Do as it says to mount with write access.


Right click on any folder in your dock to change the way files are sorted, how the stack displays in the dock, and how files are displayed.


Side button on iPhone 7 doesn't silent anymore but declines the call

Under iOS 10 and earlier, the side/power button was responsible for silencing a call, just as you'd experienced. But now, under iOS 11, the volume keys — maybe just the Volume Down button? — are responsible for silencing a call. The side/power button remains the way to decline a call.

If you've recently installed iOS 11 on your iPhone, that may explain the change in functionality you've observed.

So, the next time you get a call, try pressing the Volume Down button and see if that achieves the effect you want.


The likely most robust solution is to create a launchd job with the StartOnMount property set to -boolean YES:

  StartOnMount <boolean>
  This optional key causes the job to be started every time a filesystem is mounted.

This is how Time Machine does it (see /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-attach.plist).


How to enable an unsupported HP Thunderbolt dock on macOS Catalina

Super smug answer, I'll add some less smug information - I have both HP Elite and G2 120W TB3 docks which worked 90% perfectly in 10.15 (with the unsupported patch installed) - sound, USB3.0, thunderbolt passthrough/USB-C video, networking and charging. The only thing that didn't work was the Displayport based outputs (and VGA I assume but I never tested that). They're all based off pretty standard chipsets and don
t need any drivers is MacOS.
So yes everything you say is correct but if you jump across to Bootcamp it all works so its all in Apples court really.
The unfortunate current situation is that from what I can tell there is no patches available for Big Sur to enable Thunderbolt so on my Elite I only have USB-C pass through video (quite happily doing 4KP60) and charging.
Lets hope something comes out in the future as there are lots of the HP docks turning up on eBay that are exlease and never used.


Yes you can, but there are some aspects of the environment of the beach life that need to be controlled.

Salt water corrodes electronics fiercely. Waves crashing means that the atmosphere at a beach is saturated with water droplets with a high concentration of salt in many cases.
Direct sun on the front black face of any iOS device can over heat it rapidly. You will probably feel it uncomfortably hot before the point where the device shuts itself off to prevent battery damage. Even if the device is powered down, you can permanently damage any Lithium Polymer battery in a few hours if the temperature is hot enough.
Sand can get in the home button mechanism and may never come out. The 30 pin connector, the headphone jack, a SIM slot are easier to clean and less likely to be functionally impaired than the close tolerances of the glass on glass home button gap.
Bright light makes it harder to see the backlit screen and if you are wearing polarized sunglasses, you will see that the display is highly polarized. It's fun from a science experiment aspect, but bad for reading or color accuracy of the display.

I would probably have a Chef Sleeve or two with me and bring an umbrella or shade to control the light and direct heat. A ziplock bag also works if you don't think the closer fitting sleeve is worth spending money on. Depending on your beach some or all of these concerns may be disregarded, but I tried to cover the common beach scenarios.

Other than that - keep it cool, heat yourself up and enjoy your iPad on the beach.


I used to run this exact configuration in a 2009 MacBook Pro. It works fine and never had any issues booting from a drive in the CD bay. I used the MCE Tech OptiBay drive bay kit for the second drive adaptor.


How do you force spaces preview to always use a picture in El Capitan?

My two-part solution leverages Better Touch Tool + FunctionFlip:

Part 1 - Trackpad:

1) Go to system prefs -> trackpad -> more gestures -> uncheck mission control (effectively disabling the mission control gesture if it was enabled).

2) Download and install Better Touch Tool, open it, and go to trackpads to set up a gesture rule that uses the mission control + immediate preview action they made especially for all unhappy people (means no mouse hacks needed as mentioned in a previous answer). Don't forget to go to basic settings and set BTT to launch on startup as well. Here's a screenshot:

Part 2 - Keyboard

(assumes you already have BTT installed:

1) Download and install FunctionFlip, enable it in accessibility, then open system prefs - function flip - check F3, click the "start FunctionFlip" button, check the "start functionflip at startup" checkbox.

2) Go to BTT - keyboard - make a new keyboard shortcut using your now specially exposed F3 key and the same "mission control & immediately show desktop preview" option used in Part 1 above.

Hope this helps!


You could compile this yourself: https://github.com/trenskow/AirFloat


The issue is caused by BSD split being later in your path than the GNU split (which doesn't support the -p option). If you do an echo $PATH you should see this - /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin will be before /usr/bin in the output.

To call BSD split directly, use the full path - pipe to /usr/bin/split instead of split.

Your original command will then become:

seq -w 1 1 10 | gsed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g' | split -p '060'


iphone 5, ios 9.0.2 stuck on lock screen

The solution should be to wait until the battery is drain out and the plug it to the power source to turn it on. Everything should be back to normal.

BUT in my case, I can't wait until the battery is drain out so I open the iphone by myself then unplug the battery (~4 hours ago). Everything should be back to normal BUT in my case, it made my iphone "broken". I did a mistake (I was separating the display from the front panel!!) when I tried to "suck" the front panel. Sometimes there are some weird mark on the top of my display and touch on that area is not working :(

Though I'm not sure, is that happened because of my mistake during opening the front panel OR because I forcibly unplug the battery when the iphone is still ON.

So, it is not advisable to open the iphone by yourself. I did that because I really need it at that moment and I can't wait until the battery is drain out (even until now it still 64%).


This use of GPAC may move closer to the goals you desire:

What is GPAC?
GPAC is an Open Source multimedia framework. GPAC is used for research and academic purposes and beyond through industrial collaborations! The project covers different aspects of multimedia, with a focus on presentation technologies (graphics, animation and interactivity) and on multimedia packaging formats such as MP4.

More details:

Compare and convert HEIF, JPEG and WebP images with rokka
GPAC support for HEIF.

A little more research and an answer here provides the way!
We need several things installed, ideally with homebrew:

x265 and GPAC
brew install x265 gpac

FFmpeg with x265 support
brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-libass --with-libquvi --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus --with-x265

Reference
Now that you have the tools, try a script like this to convert images in a folder to HEIF/HEIC:
for F in *.jpg *.png *.tif *.tiff; \
  do ffmpeg -i "$F" -crf 23 -vf "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2" -preset slower -pix_fmt yuv420p -f hevc "${F%.*}.hvc" && \
     MP4Box -add-image "${F%.*}.hvc" -ab heic -new "${F%.*}.heic" && \
     rm "${F%.*}.hvc";
  done;

I tried it with a folder of images and it works. It turns images with odd dimensions to even dimensions, for instance, but besides a few caveats it works.


iMovie 10.0.1 Upgrade/Install Fails With "an error has occurred" Message

To investigate the problem, please run Console to check the recent logs for more details (look for com.apple.installd).

In example, I had something like:

com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.installd[69518]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap: 6
ReportCrash[69520]: Saved crash report for installd[69518] version 332 to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/installd_2014*.crash

If you see the crash in your logs, then check the backtrace under System Diagnostic Reports, so there is something like:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver initForReadingWithData:]: incomprehensible archive

The reason for that could be that some of the downloaded files are corrupted.

So to solve that, you have to remove these files and try again.

Simple solution

Quit your App Store
Run Finder and go to (CMD+Shift+G): /private/var/folders.
Trash all the folders from that folder (e.g. vp, zz).
Run App Store and re-try.

In case something bad happens, restore these removed files from your Trash.

Advanced solution

From Terminal check if you've temporary files here:

ls -la /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.appstore

And then try to remove them (you may backup them first just in case):

rm -frv /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.appstore

Warning: Make sure you won't do any typos (like adding space between the folders), as you could remove the wrong files!

And re-try to run installer again.

Related:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4483444
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4234582


How to create an APFS-formated volume on an external drive using Terminal

Use newfs_apfs(8) to format a partition with a new APFS filesystem, i.e. to create a new APFS container. For example:
sudo newfs_apfs -e -v "My APFS Container" disk0s2

With diskutil, I find that just entering the diskutil command itself and reading the help that it outputs is more accessible than the manpage. You can do this for subcommands, too; eraseVolume is the subcommand you're interested in, and you can enter diskutil eraseVolume to get help on how to use this subcommand.
The eraseVolume subcommand will overwrite a partiton with a particular filesystem — it will use the relevant newfs_* command behind the scenes, thus serving as a general interface to all of the newfs_* commands — or leave the partition unformatted. diskutil listFilesystems will show you the valid filesystems you can specify. For example:
diskutil eraseVolume APFSX "My APFS Container" disk0s2

Alternatively, if you wish to reformat a partition that has an existing filesystem, keeping the same filesystem type and filesystem label / volume name, you can use the reformat subcommand instead. For example, if disk0s2 is already a case-sensitive APFS container with the name My APFS Container that may already contain data or is broken, and you just want a clean slate, then the above eraseVolume command is equivalent to:
diskutil reformat disk0s2

(Note that diskutil needn't be run with sudo.)


Migrating solid state drive to new machine

Assuming the drive fits, you should be able to insert the drive in the new Mac and see if the OS is capable of booting. I would make a good backup of the contents of the drive before starting if you can.

If you wanted to be safe, you could use Internet Recovery to install the OS on op of the drive or even wipe it clean and migrate things at a later date.

The drive will either physically fit and be a SATA device or not. The data part of things will be driven by your backup situation and comfort with spending time testing the OS or running a new install to ensure the drivers and OS are proper for the new hardware.

The symptom of three beeps means that the machine has not even completed the POST where RAM is checked, so you will want to first resolve whatever hardware issue is preventing the machine from completing the power on self test (POST).


A couple of side suggestions:

You are paying for cloud service, so you should have paid support from Adobe if you can't solve this quickly. They should have an article explaining exactly what ports need to be open for your firewall.
You could disable the firewall for a short test to rule that in/out as cause of your issues.

If you want to go this alone, enable logging in the firewall and make a new user account. Open the CC Desktop app in the new user and attempt to sign in with your Adobe ID.

This will test system settings and the app. It will check your ID is active and get you firewall data if you are blocking a needed port. It will also separate the system from your main user settings so you can narrow the cause.


Can Spaces be configured by project, rather than by application?

What I've done to achieve this is to simply not assign any applications to any special space at all. That way, when opening an application, it opens on the space I'm curently on, letting me organize my work into different projects as I want.

On Lion, the organization is kept through reboots, at least for some applications.

There is also the utility Moom, which lets you save configurations of different application windows to easily recreate spaces you use often.


Cannot install Adobe CS5 - install hangs at calculating time

Had the same hanging problem when I tried to install InDesign and Photoshop CS5 5 on two iMacs (both 24-inch, early 2009 models with 4GB RAM) that I have formatted to install El Capitan.
From a tip I read somewhere, I installed Java that I downloaded from this link: https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US
You have to restart the computer after installing Java. InDesign installed without a hitch after that. Photoshop hanged twice on one iMac but on the third try, after another restart, Photoshop successfully installed.
If this remedy failed, I would have tried the solutions mentioned here: Installation of Adobe Creative Suite 6 hangs at AdobeHelp on Mac OS X El Capitan


How to test if video is local or stream?

If you open AppleScript editor and then open dictionary and choose your version of quicktime player, you can see the dictionary your system supports.

On Mountain Lion - you would look under the Standard Suite and inspect the document property to see that file would tell you if the movie is saved locally.

Presumably, you could then infer that you are playing HTTP or RSTP streaming video, but I don't see any way for AppleScript (or automator) to know if the stream was previously recorded or live from the dictionary Apple provides for the version 10.2 of Quicktime Player.


Can I view the list of songs within a podcast while playing it?

There is a (non-obvious) way to see whatever information was provided by the person who made the podcast. Whether it lists the songs will depend on how much info they actually provided.

To see the info about a podcast, when listening to it, click on the main area of the display - as marked with a large red rectangle below:

This takes you to a sort of detailed view:

Clicking on the text description here takes you back to the first view (pictorial representation of the podcast).

One extra thing: Clicking on the little icon at top-right, that looks like a sort of list (shown in the small red rectangle in the first image above), takes you to the list of "episodes" that you have for this podcast, e.g.:

Edit: What about viewing podcast info on iOS 5 iPad?

This info subsequently moved to @JasonSalaz's separate iPad question


What a good app to tag my favorite places?

Google Maps does indeed allow this.

Find the place you want.
Bring up the details for that location by tapping on it, either in search results or the box at the bottom of the screen after you have selected a place.
Tap the Save icon (between Call and Website, highlighted in the screenshot).

These places are included when searching going forward, as well as displayed on the map view with gold stars when you are sufficiently zoomed in.

You can also view an overall list of them by tapping the  menu, selecting Your Places and scrolling to find your Saved Places.


Why sometimes the charger for iPad Pro cannot charge for Macbook Pro

The chargers have different capacities.
So the ipad charger can charge the pro when it is idle but cannot meet the demand when the pro is working hard.


You need to add a MANPATH entry to /private/etc/man.conf as follows:
MANPATH /opt/homebrew/share/man

This will direct man to include the specified path directory in the search path (from man man):

If you don't specify an explicit path list with -M or [the] MANPATH [environment variable], man develops its own path list based on the contents of the  configuration
file  /private/etc/man.conf. The  MANPATH statements in the configuration file identify particular directories to include in the search path.

If have tested it in Big Sur and it works.
Why doesn't man honor the MANPATH environment variable in this case? When you look for a man page by pressing the "Open man Page for Selection" option in the Touch Bar, a process like the following is executed:
login -pfq <username> /usr/bin/man -P ul <command>

where:

username is your username
command is the command whose man page you want to display

login starts man directly, and it is not aware of the value of the MANPATH variable.


How do I reset the settings of an app that only shows in the menu bar? (Chatty - facebook messenger)

The standard hotkey for accessing an app's preferences/settings is ⌘ and ,.

Please test this to see if it solved your problem.


A method I use to move large numbers of files is the Terminal mv or cp commands. The first command actually moves directories/files from one location to the other, the other just copies the directories/files. This is much quicker than Finder, which adds a tremendous amount of overhead to the process.
Secondly I strongly suggest you go to System Preferences > Spotlight, and add both external drives into the Privacy pane. This stops Spotlight from indexing the files. The drives can be removed from the pane when you're done if you want these drives indexed.


Can you tell if your phone has been wiped via Find My iPhone?

With Find My iPhone activated this disables an activation when the phone is wiped from a different computer. The person would have to know your AppleID and password in order for the phone to be activated again (meaning use a SIM card and get reception). If they erase it, you should still be able to see the phone on your map. I would recommend not wiping the phone rather track it.

The commands become active the next time the device is powered on and gets a connection either via open WiFi or cell tower.

You won't get much in the way of information in regards to what they are doing with it. Tracking really is your best bet since it records the routes and allows you to follow the device, wiping it could make it easier for them to break into the phone and use it without your permission.


How to convert .wav to .mp3 and maintain iTunes presence?

Select the songs you want to convert
Use the option under File > Convert > Create MP3 Version

This option is disabled if you are actively syncing a CD.


How do I reset Camera and Microphone permission on macOS Mojave?

You need to use tccutil to manage the privacy database -- this involves opening the Terminal and using the command line! Here's how to do it for QuickTime Player:

tccutil reset Camera com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX
tccutil reset Microphone com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX

Other Applications

You might need to reset Camera or Microphone permissions for other apps too. If you know the bundle ID of the app you're trying to use, you can use this command:

tccutil reset Camera [com.WHATEVERBUNDLE.YOURAPPID]
tccutil reset Microphone [com.WHATEVERBUNDLE.YOURAPPID]

Examples for Common Applications

Safari

tccutil reset Camera com.apple.Safari
tccutil reset Microphone com.apple.Safari

Mozilla Firefox

tccutil reset Camera org.mozilla.firefox
tccutil reset Microphone org.mozilla.firefox

Google Chrome

tccutil reset Camera com.google.Chrome
tccutil reset Microphone com.google.Chrome

Slack

tccutil reset Camera com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap
tccutil reset Microphone com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap

The Nuclear Option

If you're running macOS Mojave (10.14) or if you just don't know the app bundle ID, then you'll need to reset Camera and Microphone permissions for all applications. This will remove any other apps that have been granted permission in the past, so you'll get prompted again by other apps.

tccutil reset Camera
tccutil reset Microphone

Once you've reset the camera and microphone permissions, you must quit your application before the change will take effect. Then you can restart your app and try using camera or microphone again, and the prompt should reappear.

Help, it's still not working!

Make sure that System Integrity Protection is enabled, otherwise these commands won't work correctly. To check, you can run csrutil status and it should say System Integrity Protection status: enabled.


How do I change the settings of the sounds in iOS 6?

Try going to Settings > Sounds and setting 'Change with Buttons' to Off.


Dashcode (3.0.5) crashes in Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Dashcode interacts with the iPhoto library on startup - Start iPhoto with the option and command buttons held down. You then get an option to rebuild the library (there are four different radio buttons, start at the top - checking whether DashCode launches between each rebuild - if it doesn't work still try the next rebuild option in iPhoto)


How can I get the Volume Serial Number of a FAT volume?

For a FAT32 formatted disk, in Terminal, the following example compound command will output its volume serial number:
var="$(sudo dd if=/dev/diskNs1 skip=67 bs=1 count=4 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '4/4 "%X"')"; echo "${var:0:${#var}/2}-${var:${#var}/2}"

Replace N in /dev/diskNs1 with the correct disk number.

You can use the mount command or diskutil list to ascertain the disk number of the target disk.

Note that the target disk needs to first be unmounted before running the example compound command.

Assuming the target disk is mounted as /dev/disk6s1, in Terminal use:
diskutil unmountDisk disk6

After the target disk is unmounted, then use:
var="$(sudo dd if=/dev/disk6s1 skip=67 bs=1 count=4 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '4/4 "%X"')"; echo "${var:0:${#var}/2}-${var:${#var}/2}"

For my test disk, a USB flash drive formatted FAT32, the output was:
18E4-4FA7

I confirmed this with the vol command in Windows and the blkid command in Linux, and the output of vol and blkid matched the output of the example compound command above.

Notes:
With FAT32 volumes, the Volume Serial Number is stored in the Boot Sector at offset 67 (0x43), and is four bytes long.
Interesting Reading: Volume Serial Numbers
and Format Date/Time Verification
There may be a way to format the output of the dd command with hexdump to avoid the rest of the compound command, however, I didn't want to take the time to figure it out and chose to use parameter expansion and shell arithmetic instead for the final formatting.


My itunes songs won't appear at all on my mac book

The only way that iTunes automatically syncs music between computers is if you have iTunes Match enabled. This costs $29/year.

If what you want is to have the music you have purchased from the iTunes Store available, you will have to download that music to your new device.

If you're using iTunes 12, click the iTunes Store tab in your Music view. Then click on "Purchased." You should then (presuming you're connected to the Internet) see all of your purchased music. You can download it by clicking "Download All" in the bottom right of that window.


"This UPX compressed binary contains an invalid Mach-O header and cannot be loaded."

Revised answer:

For hiding traces, pirates zeroed the UPX markers out of the compressed binary, so it's not possible for macOS Sierra to decompress the binary.
(Try with: hexdump -C YourApp.app/Contents/MacOS/YourApp | grep -C 1 UPX and see, that there is most likely no output.)

However, jreiser from UPX accepted the challenge and addressed this issue with implementing a more robust search for compressed code.
v3.92 will be possible to make these apps running again when decompressing the executables with upx -d YourApp.app/Contents/MacOS/YourApp.


How do I stream Mac audio to Linux computer?

I think VLC can stream the audio over the network - take a look at http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/


Where are \ { and } on an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French?

\ = Option ⌥ + Shift ⇧ + :
{ = Option ⌥ + (
} = Option ⌥ + )

You can display the layout in the Preferences (Language & Text - Input Sources - Show Input Sources in Menu bar).


How can I get an alphabetized list of Albums in Apple Music on iOS?

Settings---> Music----> Library---->Sort Album----> By Title


After upgrading to a newer iPhone, how does keeping the old one around for development purposes work?

When I upgraded from 3 to 4, after I setup the iPhone 4 to sync with my computer, I took the iPhone 3 and used the reset-erase function on the iPhone and then when I connected it to my iTunes, I gave it a new name (so I could setup different sync options). I use it as an extra ipod-like device for the kids to play with or watch movies on when we are traveling.

Note: the iPhone 4 has a different sized SIM card than the iPhone 3 so you won't be just swapping them. I had to go to the AT&T store to affect the move from my iPhone 3 to iPhone 4. The iPhone 3 just has an inactive SIM card in it.

I didn't have to Jailbreak it to keep using it. And you can still use it with XCode Organizer to install applications that you are developing for testing purposes.


Is there a way to mount a disk directly to a specific folder?

"So my initial question is can I some how mount a drive to a specific folder, Like I would normally do in linux?"

Absolutely. The caveat is that the user who is mounting the volume must be the mount-point owner. You do NOT need to be root or use sudo to mount a disk.

The first thing is to identify your raw device. diskutil list will do that nicely.

For example, if I have a FAT32 USB stick that I want to mount in my home dir, I list my devices and see that my raw device is /dev/disk5s1. As a normal user, I can mount it in my home directory by:

mkdir ~/mount
mount -r -t msdos /dev/disk5s1 ~/mount

If you then cd ~/mount ; ls, you'll see the contents of the USB stick.

In this example, I mounted it read-only, but you can mount your device any way you like.

When you're done with the device, don't forget to unmount it, e.g.:

diskutil unmount ~/mount


Do I need a Thunderbolt display adapter or should an older mini DisplayPort adapter work?

No, such an adapter does not exist and is unnecessary. Since Thunderbolt is backwards compatible with Mini Display port.   If you look at accessory options for the MacBook Pro, you will see only the following display output adapters available:

  Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
  Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
  Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

So Mini DisplayPort is the correct adapter type. However, there are two DVI adapters to choose from. It depends on what display your are using and if it needs a single link or dual link DVI connection.

Generally speaking computer displays with a native resolution less than or equal to 1920 x 1200 are single link DVI, while displays larger than 1920 X 1200 are dual link DVI. Check your monitor's specification and requirements to be sure.

If you have the right resolution settings and adapter and the flicker persists I would trouble shoot and rule out each piece of hardware to figure out where the problem lies.

In the display
With the adapter / cabling
With the MacBook Pro


Would UStream be what you are looking for?

Ustream is a free service (with a paid upgrade) for streaming from any platform to any platform. Users can view the video stream online or via a native app (iOS and Android). I highly recommend Ustream, as it works great and (best of all) is free. You can broadcast from the web interface:

Or from Ustream Producer (free), which is a native app that runs on both OS X and Windows:

Ustream Producer has many features including:

Screencasting
Single camera broadcasting
Save broadcast to watch later
Importing movies, stills and music

There are two paid upgrades for Ustream Producer, Ustream Producer Pro ($199), or Ustream Producer Studio ($549).

Ustream Producer Pro includes all the features of the free Ustream Producer, but also adds:

HD broadcasting
Multiple camera angles
HDV camera support
Titles, Layers, and Picture-in-pictures

Ustream Producer Studio adds:

Chroma Keying (green or blue screen support)
Audio Sync Delay
IP camera support

I highly recommend Ustream, as we use it for church and it works great!


The iPod touch 5 is older then the iPhone 6 (released with the iPhone 5) so no, it does not have a sapphire coating. However, it generally is durable enough for most things before it scratches.


Mountain Lion always switches to previous application at wake up

Thanks Daniel Lawson for pointing to the solution:

The issue is cause by the 'require password after sleep or screen saver begins' option in the system security settings. If you turn this off, the issue disappears.


Is it possible to open 2 different instances of Chrome with different tabs open?

From the Terminal, you can run:

open -na "Google Chrome"

where -n parameters opens a new instance of the application.


Define different screen resolution when external monitor is plugged in on MBP retina w/ OSX 10.9

There is an app called SwitchResX that, I believe, will allow you to predefine resolutions based on which display you are using. It costs about $20 but it's shareware, so you can try before you buy.


Why is Growl showing redundant notifications for Keka?

It would appear to be an issue with Keka not Growl, I've just updated Keka to 1.0.2 and the issue is resolved.

  Changes in version 1.0.2 (10/04/2012)

  Fixed and issue with password protected rar files (Thanks to Clayman feedback) [Ticket 45]
  Fixed double notification with Growl 1.3+ (Thanks to all the feedback to Chris and MacUpdate users!) [Ticket 42]
  Fixed auto-close not always working (Thanks for the feedback Chris) [Ticket 41]
  Fixed problems extracting password protected RAR files (Thanks to Clayman for the feedback) [Ticket 45]
  Added sound customization (Thanks to Frank feedback) [Ticket 49]

Keka defect 42


Is it possible RAM not compatible with Macbook Pro?

The RAM you listed there will work perfectly fine.
Whenever buying RAM just make sure you have the correct type (DDR3 in your case) and the correct speed (1333 MHz or PC10666 in your case).

It won't 'break' your MacBook but instead it just won't boot if you have the incorrect type or speed of RAM in your MacBook. RAM has no saved state when turning your computer off so logically it couldn't harm your MacBook if you switch it out for incorrect RAM and then put the correct one back in.

So summarized: The RAM you listed will work but in the future always check for speed & type (I like to use MacTracker for this).


How can I make my iPod Touch home button more responsive?

The unresponsive iPhone/iPod Touch home button is a known problem. I had an iPhone which started with the same problem as yours. At first the home button worked with just a soft touch, and from any angle. Then it started to work only with a hard press and not at all from certain angles. Finally, it either completely ignored presses, or responded to a single press as if it had been pressed twice (multitasking bar appeared).

It was still inside the one-year warranty, but I bought AppleCare anyway, figuring that it might recur. I took it to an Apple Store and the guy played with it for a minute, told me I had a faulty device and gave me a brand new iPhone. The home button can't be replaced, so they just give you a new one.

My advice it to take it to an Apple Store if there's one nearby, or if not call Apple and report the problem. Most likely you'll get a new, working iPod Touch.


Get Value of Variable stops appending on last call & sets result to only that last variable

Running your workflow unedited...
In the fifth Get Value of Variable action, when running the original workflow, its Results, with the list button selected, was, e.g.,:
(
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Hey") ]>",
  "What's Up?",
  "1-3",
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Full QA") ]>",
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("aren't") ]>"
)

In the sixth Get Value of Variable action, when running the original workflow, its Results, with the list button selected, was, e.g.,:
(
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Thank you") ]>"
)

When it would have beed expected to be, e.g.,:
(
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Hey") ]>",
  "What's Up?",
  "1-3",
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Full QA") ]>",
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("aren't") ]>"
  "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'utxt'("Thank you") ]>"
)

Just to test something out, I converted all the Ask for Text actions to Run AppleScript actions that did the same thing, and initially converted all but the last Run JavaScript actions to Run AppleScript action and everything worked.
I then converted the last remaining Run JavaScript action to Run AppleScript action and everything worked. I did this because of the differences in how each variable was being saved/returned. Thus by making all the variables the same type/class it worked.
In the fifth Get Value of Variable action, when running the edited workflow, its Results, with the list button selected, was, e.g.,:
{"Hey", "What's Up?", "1-3", "Full QA", "aren't"}

In the sixth Get Value of Variable action, when running the edited workflow, its Results, with the list button selected, was, e.g.,:
{"Hey", "What's Up?", "1-3", "Full QA", "aren't", "Thank you"}

As you can see in the example results what's returned is a plain list of text strings not mixed as in the output of the original workflow.
The end result was, e.g.,:

While I can not say for sure, nonetheless, it looks like there may be some sort of bug with the type/class count when stacking more than five Get Value of Variable actions and why it does not fail when all have been acquired, set and retrieved when done using the same type of actions.

Here is a link for the edited workflow: Send_QA_Mail_Test.zip

SHA1: dfdec5414d0d5e22c46ad444b7bb77f19b442a45


The following works:

osascript -e 'display notification "Hello world!" with title "Hi!"'


Adding music to an iphone from multiple computers

It seems that iTunes Home Sharing would fit the bill for what you're trying to do. Here's the link for the basic requirements. I've done this before myself to consolidate my music library from several different machines. Since you own both machines, you should have no problem sharing your library from your PC to your Mac, and then just syncing from your Mac. However, both machines are required to be using the same local network.


How to create a bootable disk for an older Mac?

Note: A more complete and up to date answer to this question can be found at this link: How can I download an older version of OS X/macOS?

I tried your link https://itunes.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?mt=12 and received the following error message. Assume your error message was the same.

The answer below assumes the Mac is running High Sierra.

If you purchased El Capitan for free in the past, then you will find this recorded in your App Store account. Open the App Store application, then click on the Purchased button. Enter your username and password. If you purchased El Capitan in the passed, then El Capitan will appear in the list. You will be able to download even if the macOS is newer than El Capitan.

If El Capitan does not appear in your list of purchases, then try to find someone who has purchased El Capitan and use their username and password.


Offline iPhone app to recognize Japanese words

If it doesn't need to be OCR from a photo, you can turn on the Chinese handwriting (traditional) 'keyboard', and draw it with your finger.  This works for characters that are the same in hanzi and kanji (which is most but not all).  Then you have text you can look up in any offline dictionary, e.g., Kotoba.


Location of NetBoot operating environment

The OS is stored in the image which is transferred across the network. NetBoot can boot any operating system in this way, depending on the contents of the image.


How do I diagnose battery drain whilst asleep?

I have not found anything that satifactorily answers my original question of how to see historical battery usage (Apple calls it "Energy Impact" in Activity Monitor).

But to diagnose what might be happening over the time period I followed the process here: 2016 Touch Bar MBP drains battery in sleep of looking at system logs.

There were a lot of repeated errors from GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent throughout the day.  I don't know if this is the cause of battery drain, but in case it is, I followed these instructions to remove it: https://superuser.com/questions/730736/how-to-remove-google-software-update-from-mac-osx

On High Sierra, it was:

$ ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/Resources/ksinstall --nuke
$ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0


How to make "python" command in terminal open python3 instead of python2.7 which comes with mac?

Type python3 and you will be running the new version. How you install can vary a bit, but on the current macOS you don’t need to install anything as the stub exists. On any older os I recommend installing https://brew.sh as it has a very friendly on boarding and helps you set your PATH properly to run the v3 of python.

A shell alias is an easy way to fix this permanently.

alias python=python3


Is there any way to see iPhone logs on Mac's Console over wifi?

On the device list in the left sidebar, it's possible to provide an IP address by right clicking the device. As long as both are in the same network Xcode will be able to connect to the iPhone.


Join-merge-consolidate many audio book CDs into one or a few albums in iTunes 12 / PC?

High-Level Steps to Merge Multiple Audio Book CDs

Read the "Meta Data Tips" below (it could save you some time).
Load CD 1.
Sort the tracks into the right order. [ Click Options > Get Track Names ]
Join the tracks. [ Click Edit > Select All and then Options > Join CD Tracks ]
Fill in the initial meta data (Author, Title, Spoken & Audio, etc.). [ Click CD Info ]
Import the CD [ Import CD > AAC Encoder + Spoken Podcast + Use Error Correction ].
Wait for import to finish.
Go to View Music and find the imported CD (to assure yourself it is there).
Repeat Steps 1-7 until all CDs have been imported.
Change each CD from "Music" to "Audiobook" and set the playback and shuffle properties.
[ Right-click > Get Info > Options > media kind = Audiobook ]

[ Check-in Remember playback position and Skip when shuffling ] + [Click OK].

Notes:
(a) The CD will disappear from your Music library and reappear in your Audiobooks.
(b) Don't be alarmed if iTunes moves all or a subset of your books at once instead of one-at-a-time. Sometimes it happens; sometimes not. I haven't figured out why. I am, however, grateful when multiples are (correctly) moved all at once.

Find the CDs in your Audio Books. [ View > Audiobooks ]
For each CD that you want to include in a particular merge, retitle (rename) that CD so that it has exactly the same title as all other CDs in that merge.

[Right-click > Get Info > change the Title ].

Example: My book has 5 CDs (Superbook Disc 1, Superbook Disc 2, etc. I want them all in one merge. So I change all Titles to Superbook-5CDs. As I change each title, that CD is merged with the other CDs of the same title.

To see what you've merged at any time, just click on the new CD title. You should see an expanded list of the CDs contained in that merge.

Meta Data Tips

You can get to meta data fields by clicking on the "CD Info" icon or by right-clicking and selecting "Get Info." And there may be other ways. Do it one way and you might see a subset of the fields available to you via the other way.
When asked "Are you sure want to edit multiple items?" then, yes, of course you do!
Be sure the Disc N of N data is correct.
While working with your first CD, take notes (or a screenshot) of your Author, Composer, etc. meta data so that you can repeat it exactly for each subsequent CD.
Keep your meta data simple. Be sure to fill in the fields that will help you when searching and sorting in iTunes. And to fill in those fields exactly alike.

You need to be careful about your meta data entries because iTunes is very picky about matching and sorting. Any differences (spelling, spacing, capitalization, punctuation) will likely cause you difficulty in subsequent steps.

For example, mis-matched meta data could cause your imported (and as yet non-merged) CDs to be scattered instead of appearing next to / near each other in different viewing modes.

Credits

I pulled the above together over several years (from iTunes 8 until now with iTunes 12). For those of you with older versions of iTunes, here are the sites where I found helpful information:

www.aldoblog.com (as of 2/24/15 his Audiobook postings are returning 404 errors, though they were working last week. Maybe the site owner is updating the content?)
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/itunsrip.htm
http://criticalcreig.org/2013/06/how-to-import-cd-audiobooks-into-itunes-11/
http://www.mcelhearn.com/
(And yes, even on ehow) http://www.ehow.com/how_5885990_merge-audiobook-discs-itunes.html


date -r $(sudo dscl . -read /Users/username accountPolicyData |
  tail -n +2 |
  plutil -extract passwordLastSetTime xml1 -o - -- - |
  sed -n "s/<real>\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p")

date -r <seconds> takes some seconds.
$(…) runs a command and captures stdout.

sudo dscl . -read /Users/… accountPolicyData returns accountPolicyData as XML.
tail -n +2 drops the first line of the output of the previous command, because dscl prints some extra information before the plist starts.
plutil -extract passwordLastSetTime xml1 -o - -- -

-extract passwordLastSetTime xml1 extracts the value for the key passwordLastSetTime in the input, outputting as xml
-o - outputs to stdout
-- - reads from stdin

-- to stop parsing options
- for stdin

sed -n "s/<real>\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p") extracts just the integer from the output.

-n suppresses the default of printing every input line
s/a/b/p substitutes a for b, printing matching lines (overriding -n for individual lines)

<real> matches the start of the line containing the integer we want
\(…\) is a capturing group

[0-9]* matches digits any number of times

.* matches to the end of the line, thus removing content in the line we're not interested in
\1 is the first capturing group

| pipes stdout from the left command into stdin of the right command

You can put this command all on one line if you prefer.


How to transfer a large video (> 2 GB) from iPhone to a PC?

You can use the program iExplorer. It is free, and you can download it to view files on your iDevice. Simply plug in your phone, open iExplorer, and then on the sidebar, select Photos -> Recorded Videos.


Names not appearing in Messages on Watch

This answer's a bit late, but I finally figured out the issue.

Your Apple Watch's contact list is most likely out of sync with your iPhone.

Try checking your Apple Watch's contact list though the phone app. If it looks like some contacts are missing, it's likely that the contact list isn't synced properly.

The easiest way to manually re-sync your contact list is to create a dummy contact "AAAAA" on your iPhone. Once it's been resynced, all your contacts should start displaying properly again.


Is it impossible to install windows 7 via boot camp in a lion based macbook air?

It's possible.

Create a partition for Windows.
Get the Windows 7 USB DVD download tool.  Create a bootable USB installer.
Boot from the USB stick and install Windows to the partition you made.

If you already tried the above, what error do you get?


I would suggest going to an Apple Store or calling Apple Support.  They will be able to go step-by-step to help you find out what the problem with your Mac is and fix it.


Can I use my mid-2010 imac as a display for my PC with HDMI input?

Apple has just such a page in its knowledgebase on Target Display Mode.

But the one thing they do not mention is if it works with Windows (or other) PCs. It would make sense that it should/could work but I have no experience in doing so. Perhaps that article will help. perhaps others who have tried this will know for sure.


Preventing Remote Desktop from reconnecting to lost connections after waking

Yes

You can edit the connection and under the login settings you can untick the Reconnect automatically if disconnected box. You can configure this in the Default.rdp file or alternatively in each connection if you save separate rdp files. However, as far as I am aware it will only worked if you have saved settings for that particular machine/server.


How to open a .zip file which is embedded in .xlsx file?

The thing is - all Microsoft Office documents are ZIP files containing XML files. I would try this:

copy the XLSX to another location
Rename the copy by addin ".zip" to it (ignore the warnings)
unzip the copy with your favourite tool (Unarchiver or terminal "unzip ")
look through the folder structure and find your zip file.


Altering speed of podcast playback on iOS 11.4.1

Assuming you're talking about the default Podcasts app, this still has a 1x option located at below-left of the screen (just below the volume slider on the main page of the episode you're listening to).

Tapping on the 1x option will cycle the options from 1x to 1 1/2x to 2x to 1/2x and back to 1x.


unload kext when it is in use or retained (cannot unload)

I resolved this issue by resetting the PRAM on my MacBook.

How to reset NVRAM/PRAM


diskutil moving partitions into order for merging

Though you can't move the partitions, you will be able to merge both partitions. You have to convert disk0s1 to a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group, then add disk0s4 as a second CS Physical Volume to the existing CS LVG and expand the Logical Volume in the existing CS LVG to the expanded CS LVG. CS is available in older OS X versions but adding PV to existing LVG is only working reliably in OS X 10.9 and newer.

mergeThis   disk0s1
leaveAlone  disk0s2
leaveAlone  disk0s3
withThis    disk0s4

mergeThis   disk0s1 > LVG' > PV1 (disk0s1) > LVF' > LV' (disk1)
leaveAlone  disk0s2
leaveAlone  disk0s3
withThis    disk0s4

mergeThis   disk0s1 > LVG > PV1 (disk0s1) > LVF' > LV' (disk1)
leaveAlone  disk0s2
leaveAlone  disk0s3
withThis    disk0s4 > LVG > PV2 (disk0s4)

mergeThis   disk0s1 > LVG > PV1 (disk0s1) > LVF > LV (disk1)
leaveAlone  disk0s2
leaveAlone  disk0s3
withThis    disk0s4 > LVG > PV2 (disk0s4) > LVF > LV (disk1)

The content of disk0s4 will be erased. The content of disk0s1 will be preserved as disk1 and disk1 has finally the ~size of disk0s1 + disk0s4.

CoreStorage is a logical volume manager, which is an additional layer between device/partition and a volume.

A Logical Volume Group is based on one or several Physical Volumes (which can be one or several physical devices/partitions) and may contain one or several Logical Volume Families/Logical Volumes.

In OS X it's usually used to manage FileVault and Fusion Drives,


Install Adobe After Effects 7.0 on OS X Yosemite

You are going to need to download the latest version of Adobe After Effects.
https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html?promoid=KLXLW
I doubt are going to be able to download the old version of Adobe After Effects unless you go back to the OSX that used to be compatible with that version of After Effects (Which I don't recommend at all). You are just going to have to get used to the newer version of After Effects.


My guess would be that OS X is clobbering your GrUB when it sets its own bootloader when you make the change in System Preferences. My advice would be to not set OS X or Monjaro as your default in OS X, but rather use GrUB. You can then set GrUB to default to OS X after a customizable delay, which I assume is the behavior you're looking for. Potentially helpful link


Random podcasts appeared in the podcast app

I'm not sure why this worked, but I reset my iPhone a second time and restored it from the same iCloud backup and that seems to have fixed it.


How can I recover 'iTunes Library (Damaged)'?

Apple's documentation on recreating your iTunes library if it is corrupt:

iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists

Last Modified: April 07, 2011


Is it possible to disable a specific key in OSX?

The only way I am aware of doing this is by using a program which used to be called KeyRemap4MacBook but is now called Karabiner.

Download here: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/

If you would like a walk through, go here: https://www.quora.com/How-does-one-turn-off-their-shift-key-on-a-MacBook-Pro


When did I reset the data counter on my iPhone?

If you mean the usage on the mobile network, it is shown in Settings -> Mobile network, all the way down, scroll down to see when it's been reset.


Preview is closed in Mavericks when last window is closed

You need to disable Preview's automatic termination.

defaults write com.apple.Preview NSDisableAutomaticTermination -bool TRUE && killall -HUP Finder

This is due to Lion's automatic termination which was introduced so that apps which have no windows open and are not performing a task can be quit to save system resources. Generally it's good to leave on, but if you really want to disable it, use the above command.

You can disable automatic termination in all apps by setting it in the global preferences.

defaults write -g NSDisableAutomaticTermination -bool TRUE && killall -HUP Finder


How to modify app expose to show only open windows of current application on current desktop?

^ + ↓ will show all the windows of the current app regardless of their desktop (without overlapping)

And if you want to show all the windows(can be of diff apps) of your current desktop without overlapping then uncheck the Group windows by applicaiton check box and your mission control will not overlap the windows

P.S. I have 10.9.4 installed.


How to delete an extra app on my iPhone 5s and return to just the icon on my screen?

I'm not sure if I'm talking about the right box, but try pulling that Weather app outside that folder to make the grey box empty. The grey box should delete itself automatically. Then place your weather app wherever you need to.


iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch apps that use ports other than 80 and friends

Have a look at the ports commonly used by Apple (on all devices, not only iOS) here
(Though these are only the ones used by Apple and other Developers might use other ports) and look for specific Services (FaceTime uses many ports, so does Game Center and so on…)


Purchased an entire season of a show, but newest episodes are requesting payment of $2.99

Submit a Help request thru the iTunes store.  This happened to me for Archer Season 4, Episode 4.  Took about 3-4 days, and then I finally got the email saying it was ready for me to download.  Didn't happen to any of the other shows I buy.

Not sure if the Help ticket helped, but it didn't hurt...


What is 'symptomsd" and why is it at times using 60% of my iMac's CPU?

I have an iMac and had the same issue. It appears to be a bug in Mac OS X.

In my case, I had both Ethernet and Wifi turned on for my iMac. Turning Off Ethernet in System Preferences > Network, keeping Wifi as the only connection, prevents the issue completely. Now, the symptomsd consumes about 0.2 ~ 0.3 % CPU load as it's supposed to.

I started to experience only recently after upgrade to Mac OS X 10.11.1. I guess this is a bug introduced recently.


Mirroring two displays with different screen sizes

It is not possible. Apple explains well what happens when you mirror displays:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5019?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

"Your Mac will attempt to match the closest resolution between the primary (or built-in) and secondary displays. The usable resolution is the closest matching resolution for both primary and secondary display. If you choose a resolution that is not supported on both displays, the resolution will return to the closest matching resolution."

What are you doing that your only choice is to mirror the displays?

Cheers,

Dave


There's Lyn which definitely allows you to work at the file level within your existing folder structure. However, it's editing capabilities seem quite sparse compared to something like Picasa or iPhoto. There's a free trial, so it might be worth a look.


AirPlay Mirroring shows scrambled output in guest account

This is a bug in 10.8.

To be more precise: after using AirPlay Mirroring in one account, one needs to log out that account before one can use Mirroring in another account on that same Mac. The same applies if you happen to use Mirroring in the guest account first, and then leave that account logged in and try to use Mirroring in some regular account.

Also, any text you might recognize is not from the current screen of the other account, but from the last Mirroring session of that account. The current screen might already not show that text anymore.

(It's fine to log in again right after logging out; apparently some cleaning up is done when logging out. I've reported it, but unfortunately used Apple's feedback form, rather than the developer Bug Reporting. Hence, I cannot see the status of my report. I will delete all this if it's fixed in some future version.)


If you have a 3tb drive would you not partition it? 1tb would be HUGE for OS and apps, I can't imagine the number of apps you'd need to fill that much space. Do remember though, that you'd still need to backup your data (SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner are sometimes more useful for data backup). As you have a MacPro then dropping a new, smaller boot drive in should be very simple and then you could use your 3tb drive just for data (iTunes etc). You might also think of a smallish ssd as a main boot drive (even 128gb is probably fine for all the OS and Apps you'd throw at it). This would boot very fast and apps also load a lot faster.


How to tell which resolution my iTunes movie is playing at?

When the iTunes movie is playing, drag down from the top of the remote to the bottom of the touch area. This will show the info panel from the AppleTV with information about the movie.

At the top you'll see small icons representing the currently played quality. For example "HD", "4K" or "SD". It might also display "HDR" and similar.

For the frequency, the best way is to check the TVs "Info" panel (or whatever it is called on your TV). This will show the resolution and frequency that the AppleTV is currently playing at. When you have frequency matching enabled (which is the default) this will match the source frequency of the movie.

Note: This method is not suitable for determining resolution when playing back from for example YouTube where content might be 240p or similar low resolutions. In those cases look at what the Youtube app tells you.


Does apple automatically sign out all connected devices when you change the apple id password?

does Apple automatically sign out all connected devices when changing
  your password?

If they are still signed in (at the time you change the password) it will not sign them out, but next time they will have to use the new password to sign in.

Your problem is clearly with someone who cracked your old gmail account.

Now they have created NEW apple id and can verify it since they have access to email.

go to that gmail and change the password to a strong one.

You only got a copy of that email since you have the forwarding turned on.

You must have created a apple id once upon a time since it is needed for basic service like system software updates.

Your original apple id might be still OK and not compromised (but change the password on it anyway).


OS X Server - Reset all POSIX and ACLs on new file share

I believe the proper commands for this are:

ACL

sudo chmod -RN /Path/to/your/share

POSIX (assuming the short name for your local admin account is 'admin' and you want everyone to have read-access, if not change 744 to 740)

sudo chown -R admin:wheel /Path/to/your/share
sudo chmod -R 744 /Path/to/your/share


It used to be simple where each model has a “you get one display, you get two” but now with the 4k and 5k displays, one display can have more pixels than the 6 displays Mac Pro used to support.
Also, support is a vague term sometimes. Apple “supports” less displays than you can often connect since support means fast refresh, low likelihood of lags and slowdowns and glitches as opposed to “you’ll never get signal on this mess of adapters and cables and usb drivers and daisy chained devices”
That being said, here are the articles on multiple displays:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154

These Thunderbolt-3 capable Mac computers support multiple Thunderbolt displays:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) and later supports up to four Thunderbolt displays using Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapters or daisy-chaining.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) and later and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports) and later support up to two Thunderbolt displays using Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapters and daisy-chaining.

So you should expect two attached displays to run well unless there’s a 4/5k issue:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207448 (likely only one 5k for 13 inch MBP)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207447 (probably no issue with 2 4k)


I short circuited my iPhone 5 through audio jack

a reset solved the problem

  Try a reset, press the top and and home button at the same time

I found this solution by sarri at fixit


How to get mp4 files from my PC to my iPad 2

The sordid state of app names for Audio / Video is kind of annoying in iOS' history.

On the iPhone, before iOS 5, there was an iPod icon, which did audio and video.
On the iPod touch, no matter the version, there have always been separate 'Music' and 'Video' icons.
On the iPad, before iOS 5, there was an iPod icon, which only did audio, and there was a seperate Video icon for videos.

As of iOS 5, all devices now have separate "Music" and "Video" app icons. At least they're consistent now…


How can I configure fail2ban for use with OS X

If you are running the macosx server product (as well as running macosx as a server), you can try activating the adaptive firewall (man afctl(8)). It is a tool that watches for auth failures and blocks the originating host for a short time. Not quite as flexible as fail2ban but catches some of the services that don't log auth failures.


How to upload HD video to YouTube using unlimited 4G LTE on iPhone?

If your device is jailbroken, you can use 3G Unrestrictor, which will fake apps into thinking you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, thus enabling the higher quality upload.

http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.kstreich-dev.3gunrestrictor5/


How to turn off multilingual typing without deleting dictionaries or keyboards in iOS 10?

Leave feedback with Apple or they will never fix this. All they need is a way to turn it on and off.

One good way is to use the Apple Support iOS app and check if you’ve missed an easy step. If not and this is truly by design, they should get you a feedback link where you can request this change in functionality.

Apple Support by Apple


Usually that is done in

Mail-View-Sort by: select your choice (see if sort by unread is checked)

If your selection does not stick (remain) the try repairing the permissions using the Disk utility.


You can use Power Manager to do this. An included Set volume at log out task will do what you want. Logging out is part of the shut down process.

I work on Power Manager, so feel free to ask technical questions about how it works in the comments.


Passing alt/opt key sequence over ssh to remote host with iTerm

A terminal connection, such as created by SSH, basically transfers characters, not keystrokes. There are some exceptions to this, such as the "return" key and CTRL+letter combinations, because they have been in use since time immemorial and have their own character codes, and some keys like the arrow keys are handled by sending multi-character sequences, but more "modern" inventions, such as ALT combinations (which did not exist on the 1970:s-era terminals of which modern terminal windows are the descendants) are simply not handled.

Some terminal programs provide various work-arounds for this. One such work-around is setting the eighth bit in the character code when the ALT key is pressed, but this breaks down if you use some other character encoding than 7-bit ASCII. A more sensible workaround is to prefix "alted" letters with an ESC character, so that typing Alt-A is the same as typing Escape and then A.

So you need to figure out which of these conventions tmux expects, and then configure iTerm2 to follow that convention. I don't use iTerm2 myself, but it seems to have "Meta" (set eighth bit) and "Esc+" options under "Keys" in the settings window.


No install location available in Mac Internet Recovery

Follow this guide on how to erase and install Mojave and all recent macOS releases. Many old instructions on the net are wrong.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

You create the Macintosh HD as part of the process, so if it’s not there either you aren’t taking the intended action or there is a failure in the disk (hardware) and Disk Utility should throw an error condition to trace that.

Follow the link on erase in step 2 above for the erase portion.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496


Finder shows executable shell scripts as Unix binaries

This all seems correct.
Under Unix the only way any file is executable is if the executable bit is set in the file modes.
There is no such thing as a binary executable just executable and it does not matter what the file is script or compiled


Go to the Mac App Store, then click on the updates tab and download & install the latest update


Finder window background colour or image for USB Drive

Only works in icon view & as far as I'm aware only on HFS drives.
I quickly tested with a FAT32 drive which appeared to work, but didn't survive eject/insert]

Open your folder or entire disk & set view to Icon [ Cmd ⌘   1  ]
Show view options [right click or  Cmd ⌘   J  ]
Select Colour or Picture [for picture you then drag & drop an image to the box on the panel.


Creating a keyboard shortcut for "Show Path Bar" in Finder

Go to the Keyboard preference pane in System Preferences and choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. In the left column, choose Application Shortcuts like shown in the image below.

Click the plus button and add a keyboard shortcut entry for Finder for the "Show Path Bar" menu item. Since the title of the "Show Path Bar" menu item changes to "Hide Path Bar" once the path bar is shown, you might want to add a shortcut for that as well.


What does this mean: "Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address...& will not be able to connect to the Internet"?

So there are two things happening when a wifi device wants to use "internet". First it has to join the wifi network using an AP (access point) If there is a password like WPA that needs to be supplied. Next the device needs to get an IP address. That information comes from a router. It is not always necessarily true that the router and AP are the same piece of equipment. If the IP address acquisition (typically via DHCP) fails or times out the device will assign itself an IP from 169.254.X.X. However this IP can never talk to the Internet and the device knows that so that's why the message is provided. Sometimes this is simply resolved via a reboot of the router, but it could also be a hardware failure, especially if the AP and router are two separate devices.


What solution is there for users who need lots of (> 1 TB) storage in a MacBook Pro?

The wireless networking on Apple hardware is really as fast as spinning hard drives can shove data so there's not much benefit to putting large storage in a device as I see it.

We run the MacBook pro in places where an iMac used to be needed with iSCSI initiators to connect to SAN, AFP and SMB shares to file servers, thunderbolt and USB 3.0 access to drives.

If you benchmark the speed of the SSD in that hardware, you'll see why it's so pricey. If you think of that as fast cache - high speed storage premium tier and then look at your workload - you can think about how you can place low access speed requirements and long term storage elsewhere and let the system cache the files needed locally.

Apple is going that way for iCloud, Photos, iTunes - having a large library and letting the system go out to the cloud as needed to retrieve files. If that change doesn't arrive at a pace you like or you really need to bring several TB of storage with you - there are great options with thunderbolt and USB 3 as well as networked storage to fit many sizes and price points.


Lion refuses to download from App store stating " unable to install on this machine"

Apple determines Lion compatibility based upon the original shipping configuration of your machine. Since there was never an "official" upgrade offered from Core Duo to Core 2 Duo, according to Apple your machine is not supported.

But...

There are workarounds out there, if you are willing to get a little creative.

The simplest method is to install Lion onto a drive using a supported machine.  Once Lion is installed, it will boot and run just fine on your upgraded Mac Mini.


How long does a clean install of Lion take?

About 40 minutes or so. I'm assuming a 5400RPM drive, 7200RPM or an SSD would be faster, obviously.


The issue would appear to be the font used for the text, a font called "Corbel"; it is a Windows only font created by MS and included in all version of Windows Vista and above.

Normally, PDF's can be created with embedded fonts, in this case the font is not fully embedded, only a subset (e.g. those characters required for the docuemnt)

Further research shows that there are a lot of issues with Macs reading PDF's created with Word 2007

Note, Chrome includes a copy of those fonts as part of it's PDF rendering engine.


What is the best folder to install your extract-only applications?

In general self-installed UI applications should go to /Applications, unix-level binaries/applications to /usr/local (see Where should shell tools be installed? and I downloaded a shell executable and man pages from a source I trust. Where should I put them?). But can spare yourself a lot of hassle by using a package manager for this, mainly Homebrew or MacPorts (using both at once is possible but requires additional configuration steps).
Homebrew
Helm seems to available on Homebrew already, so

Install Homebrew as described on the site
Install Helm with brew install helm
To get older versions of Helm follow the instructions in this discussion

This will install Helm (and any other installation you do via Homebrew) beneath /usr/local (for Intel) or /opt/homebrew (for Apple Silicon). /usr/local/bin most probably is already in your path, /opt/homebrew/bin needs to be added manually.
Macports
Macports has several versions of helm available port search helm and a helm select port to switch between them.

Install Macports
Get the dmg Disk Image for your version of MacOS and run the installer from that.

Part of the installer can update your path in your shell startup files i.e. adding /opt/local/bin to your $PATH
To build things you will also need Xcode (now from the App Store) and install command line tools xcode-select --install and for current OS Agree to Xcode license in Terminal: sudo xcodebuild -license . However macports does download binaries in most cases so how much of this is needed could differ.

install port
e.g. For Helm 3.3 sudo port install helm-3.3

Add the select port sudo port install helm-select This will allow you to choose which version of helm that will appear on your path.


Is there a way to disable headphone detection in Yosemite?

That is not possible.

By design there is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack that will automatically turn off the speakers.


Is there a way to transfer an app from a device to another one (App no longer on the app store)?

First you want to do a back up of the 4s. Then you want to follow these steps:

Once you've finished that, you want to load the iPhone 5s with the backup.

And then you should be good to go. These are from apples website: here
Hope it helps!


Unlock iPhone X while screen is broken and won't turn on?

You can try this slightly unconventional approach. It would work easily if you can get your hands on an alternate working iPhone X, the same model as your iPhone X.

Place the other working iPhone X besides yours. Now based on the screen of working iPhone X, you can approximate the location of the on-screen controls.

First, attempt to turn off your iPhone X. Use the help of the working iPhone to locate the power-off slider. After you have turned off your iPhone, turn it back on. You'll be prompted to enter the device passcode. Use the working iPhone X to approximate the location of buttons and unlock your iPhone.

If this is the first time you are connecting your iPhone X to your Mac, you'll need to trust each other. Connect both your and the other iPhone X (which I am assuming was never connected to your Mac). You will get the approximate location of the Trust button on your iPhone.

Once you have successfully connected your iPhone, you can back it up in iTunes.


The black background is just because black is the absence of any other image there. You can make a white jpeg photo with Photoshop or Inkscape or whatever program you have, insert it as a frame, and then it's white. Then you can drag title text onto that white image.

You can also drag title text as a new clip, and then it gives you an option of various backgrounds (including white).

For the rest of the video, well, you see video as the background, not any color.

If you want more control of layers and opacity and backgrounds and such, you may want to consider a step up to Final Cut Pro.


Clear Clipboard on OS X after 'n' seconds

The script below clears the clipboard every S seconds:

#!/bin/sh
# pbclear [seconds]

S=${1:-10}

while true
do
    pbcopy < /dev/null
    sleep $S
done

Save it to a file named pbclear, set executable permissions with chmod +x pbclear, and put it somewhere in your path, for instance, /usr/local/bin. Then run it in the background with  pbclear 60 & to clear the clipboard every 60 seconds.


How to connect to a mac mini when offline from a mac laptop?

There are two solutions, depending on the situation

Create a computer-to-computer network. Doing this will cause you to lose your internet connection. To do this, follow the instructions from Apple:

  Choose Create Network from the Wi-Fi status icon in the menu bar.
  If the icon isn’t in the menu bar, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Network. Click Wi-Fi and select the “Show Wi-Fi status in menu bar” checkbox.

  Give the network a name, and select a channel from the pop-up menu. The default channel is 11, but you can choose a different channel.
  Select the Require Password checkbox to protect your network with a password. Type the password users will need to enter in order to join your network. Do the following:
  Type a password of exactly 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits if you chose “40-bit WEP (more compatible)” from the Security pop-up menu.

  Type a password of exactly 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits if you chose “128-bit WEP” from the Security pop-up menu.

  Other Wi-Fi-enabled computers within range can join the network you created by choosing it from their Wi-Fi status icon or by choosing it from the Network Name pop-up menu in the Wi-Fi pane of Network preferences.

Once you did that, connect your Mac mini to it. You can now access it from your browser.

2.Share your internet connection. To do that, follow these instructions:

  Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Sharing.
  Select Internet Sharing and click the checkbox if it isn’t checked.
  Choose the Internet connection you want to share from the “Share your connection from” pop-up menu. For example, if you’re connected to the Internet over Ethernet, choose Ethernet.
  Select how you want to share your Internet connection in the “To computers using” list. For example, if you want to share your Internet connection over AirPort, select AirPort.
  If you share your Internet connection using AirPort, click AirPort Options and give your network a name and password.

Basically, use an ethernet cable on one of you devices and share it to the other device using Airport.


Can I install Mac OS from another account?

Yes, if one of your account do has the installer in the Purchase list, you can download them and use it on your Mac Mini. However, you can’t just install it on top of Sierra. You needs to wipe the drive or use a separate partition.

If you downloaded the installer, it’s perfectly fine to use it on multiple machines.


Install Latest OS X version with Internet Recovery

Do you have a Mavericks recovery partition? Or is Internet Recovery your only option?

From OS X: About OS X Recovery

If you use the Recovery System stored on your startup disk to reinstall OS X, it installs the most recent version of OS X previously installed on this computer.
If you use Internet Recovery to reinstall OS X, it installs the version of OS X that originally came with your computer. After installation is finished, use the Mac App Store to install related updates or later versions of OS X that you have previously purchased.

Source

To reinstall Mavericks, you can either create Mavericks recovery media or install Lion and upgrade to Mavericks.


Podcasts stay on iPhone even when asking to synch 0 episodes

Turning off the sync options will stop your phone syncing new episodes, but it won't remove the episodes that have already synced.

If there are episodes on your iPhone that you want to remove just drag the entry for the episode to the right to reveal a Delete button. Tap the Delete button and it will remove the episode from your phone.


Remove "Ads by Games Crystal" malware from Chrome on a Mac

Although I was hoping to find a more surgical solution, I ultimately settled on simply resetting Chrome, by following the instructions here:

On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top right, click More > Settings.
At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
Under the section "Reset settings,” click Reset settings.
In the box that appears, click Reset.

So far, no additional Games Crystal ads have displayed, so hopefully this took care of it.


Because Apple's logging system changed in macOS sierra.
They are moving from the Apple System Log facility to unified logging.

Here's a link to the developer documentation.

The following filters the new unified log for text "Message4me"

$logger -is -t LogTest "Message4Me"
Oct 15 13:19:27  LogTest[51173] <Notice>: Message4Me

$log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Message4Me"' --last 3m

Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Filtering the log data using "eventMessage CONTAINS "Message4Me""
Timestamp                       Thread     Type        Activity             PID
2016-10-15 13:19:27.666574+0900 0x33b62c   Default     0x0                  51173  logger: Message4Me
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log      - Default:          1, Info:                0, Debug:             0, Error:          0, Fault:          0

=======

If you add --info you will see the event message itself in the output as well.

In the previous OS versions the logger command would send to the /var/log/system.log  file if the priority was high enough (e.g. using -p alert) as well as to the syslog database.
In Sierra the system.log is not written to when logger is used with -p alert -not in 10.12.1 anyway.  This could be a bug.

You can still use logger to send to he new logging system, but will have to use the Console app or the cli log utility or the new API to see the results.


cpu clock too low / force cpu clock / overclock

That sounds most probably like an old Mac, which will not go very fast anyway these days.

But the symptoms really can describe a few things of underlying problems.

misconfiguration: look at the programs installed and delete what's unneeded, especially background applications (make a clean install ot the OS if all else fails)
SMC settings got confused: perform an SMC-reset
aging hardware: the thermal grease could be bad by now and might need replacement (try the other options first)
being dirty: if the grills for the fans are clogged (most probable here) just open the case, clean it out.


Can I make unlocking the screensaver also unlock the login keychain?

This usually happens when you change your login password without changing your keychain password.

Open Keychain Access
Click Edit -> Change Password for Keychain 'Login'
Match the password to the one you log into the computer with.

If you firmly believe "this is not the problem", please try to delete your keychain and recreate it in order to get the link between the login and keychain to properly function. (thanks @dragon788)


Does appleutd@xmr3.com belong to the Apple up to date program?

I wonder if you signed up for their Up to Date Program on a web page pretending to be the Apple website. That PDF is most likely a scam, do not open it--It could execute some malicious code. In the last seven years I have yet to see e-mail communication from Apple that does not come from apple.com. Also, I think all of their invoicing is done by using HTML-formatted e-mail messages sent to your Apple ID, not PDF's. Hope this helps.


Enter individual numbers into iPhone contacts

If you put them into a vCard (.vcf) file and if your iPhone is synced to iCloud, you can import them via the settings in Contacts on iCloud.com as you can see below:

There are also 3rd party service options such as Google Contacts as you can read from this article with specific directions if you want to import them from a CSV file.


Custom name server removes the ability of visiting websites with 'dev' in the url

I have been passively looking for this for over a year now.
thanks to @nohillside I found that the .dev redirect were resolvers and looked into my /etc/ and found a folder called resolver.
(get to /etc/resolver/ on mac using CMD-SHIFT-G in finder)
This folder contained the file named dev with the contents:
# Lovingly generated by Pow
nameserver 127.0.0.1
port 20560

from the pow website:

And Pow eliminates the need to edit /etc/hosts.

I am now wondering if I used some other application that used Pow internally and didn't clean up after itself.


How can I ignore conversations in Outlook 2011 for Mac?

After searching over the net and various forums, seems this feature is not present in the outlook on mac.


utun0 is created by macOS for VPN and Back to My Mac, regardless of whether these features are enabled. This is not indicative of any unwanted application being installed; utun0 is expected on macOS Sierra and later.


No, there's nothing in that list which is "killing" your battery. The battery degrades during normal use - that's not preventable and to be expected.

Batteries are not all alike. Some degrade faster than others - you cannot say that the battery capacity shrinks x.xx% per year in general and expect that exact number on every phone.

Apple states that the battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles under normal conditions. You're still well above 80%.

Having 90% capacity after 222 charge cycles seems to be quite alright - i.e. it is likely that you’ll be at approx. 80% percent after 500 charge cycles.


Will my old messages appear on a newly synced apple device?

"synced" can mean differnt things and is slightly ambiguous.

However if you "backup" your phone via iCloud or iTunes, then you can restore the backup to another device and your iMessages and SMS texts will have been transfered.

More info here: iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview


What is the chance for Apple to terminate my developer account?

Unless your App has; an un-announced hidden mode (tethering for example), or use any one else's IP - there is little likelihood of you being terminated for good faith App submission.

Common reasons for rejection are now listed here;
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/rejections/

If you are being rejected for these reasons, then you can rest assured that you will not be terminated.  If these were reason for terminations the forums would be flooded with complaints.  As it is, most terminated devs fall foul of complaints from IP holders.

Top 10 reasons for app rejections during the
7‑day period ending August 28, 2014.

14% More information needed

8% Guideline 2.2: Apps that exhibit bugs will be rejected

6%  Did not comply with terms in the Developer Program License Agreement

6% Guideline 10.6: Apple and our customers place a high value on simple, refined,
creative, well thought through interfaces. They take more work but are worth it. Apple sets a high bar. If your user interface is complex or less than very good, it may be rejected

5%  Guideline 3.3: Apps with names, descriptions, or screenshots not relevant to the App content and functionality will be rejected

5%  Guideline 22.2: Apps that contain false, fraudulent or misleading representations or use names or icons similar to other Apps will be rejected

4%  Guideline 3.4: App names in iTunes Connect and as displayed on a device should be similar, so as not to cause confusion

4%  Guideline 3.2: Apps with placeholder text will be rejected

3%  Guideline 3.8: Developers are responsible for assigning appropriate ratings to their Apps. Inappropriate ratings may be changed/deleted by Apple

2%  Guideline 2.9: Apps that are "beta", "demo", "trial", or "test" versions will be rejected


2010 Mac Pro suddenly getting stuck booting

Not really an answer, but what I'd try next to try to reduce the problem cause further...
This can be tweaked if we get closer to a solution.

Remove all other drives, PCI cards & any external USB devices.
Reduce the RAM to one stick [or one matched pair]
Put the original GPU back, if it's been swapped out [& you still have it]
Boot to Safe Mode [Shift key at the chimes]
If you can get to Safe Mode, make a new admin account & try logging into that.
If possible, set up a known-good boot drive on another Mac Pro & swap it in [This is possible between 3,1 up to 5,1 [I haven't tested other models], a boot drive made on one machine can be swapped directly to another, up to El Capitan but not Sierra]
Test if it can boot from Time Machine directly & if a restore from there works.
Test if it will boot from El Capitan or Yosemite rather than Sierra. I had some odd issues with one El Cap security update which would leave me staring at a white screen & going back to a point before it was my only solution.
Security update 2016-003 10.11.6 issues - which has no real conclusion, just a whole lot of working method. Might be interesting to read if you're bored ;-)


There is every possibility the trackpad is still generating data, even if only randomly.

The only two alternatives I could think of would be

Get it fixed, or
Disconnect it


Late model macs such as yours have good support for EFI boot for windows and OS/X. I assume you have installed both via EFI on a disk partitioned using GPT partition scheme.

I am very familiar with the windows 8.1/10 cycle of trying to fix itself, it never will fix itself, this is something you need to help it with.

I spent more than a couple of days last week playing with EFI dual boot for Windows and Mac but my Mac isn't up to it. It's an early model 2011 MBP.

I had fun but no sound in windows. I could not fix the sound issues, not the constant (in Windows):

crash, trying to repair
restart, trying to repair
crash, trying to repair

Your issue is almost certainly related to the way in which you prepared your machine. including the windows drivers you installed.

Have a look at this post from Jamie Osborne. I know Jamie and have worked with him. His guide is for 8.1 but should equally be suitable for 10.

http://jmeosbn.github.io/blog/windows-8.1-efi-install/

What might be more suitable for your situation is the following link. This is real bare bones stuff and requires knowledge. Not for the faint hearted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/2fy3be/by_popular_demand_my_better_than_bootcamp_guide/

have fun!

In my case, and for the sake of my sanity, I reverted to BIOS boot for windows. That's ok in my case as I also have Ubuntu and GRUB on there as well. The extra button click on startup is tolerable for me.


How do I reset ios simulator in the given image back to original even after any number of rotations? Basically how to reset it back to normal

On my system, using Script Editor, the following example AppleScript code works for me to reorient the Simulator window in the normal view:
tell application "Simulator" to activate

tell application "System Events" to ¬
    click menu item "Portrait" of ¬
        menu 1 of ¬
        menu item "Orientation" of ¬
        menu 1 of ¬
        menu bar item "Device" of ¬
        menu bar 1 of ¬
        application process "Simulator"


Does "Download and Keep Original" require manual sync of each photo?

To downloads all photos, Download and keep originals will retrieve all images from the cloud and save them to your phone.  Optimize storage will only download when photos are viewed and/or are needed by an application.

It may require you to plug your phone in, connect it to Wi-Fi and wait for a bit for all of the photos to download, as you said there are quite a few.  It may help to have Photos open beforehand too.

Source: Experience & Apple Support documentation.


Late 2009 Macbook, El Capitan, how to rotate display? (it's not on settings)

The display settings panel has to be opened with ⌘⌥ (+ clicking on the display panel icon)