Create new partition in unallocated space with diskutil

(Before proceeding, please make sure the disk in question is still disk2, you have backups of your data, etc. - that said, the changes here are not particularly dangerous. Read through the whole instructions before doing anything to make sure you understand all the steps.)

OK, your partition tables look fine (a valid GPT and a correct protective MBR), so I don't know why Disk Utility is failing you in this instance, but you should be able to create a partition in the empty space using the gpt command-line utility. Your GPT looks like this:

       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   195575768
   195985408   389353696      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   585339104     1531680      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   586870784   976562504      4  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1563433288      262144      5  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1563695432  1366319552      6  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2930014984      262144      7  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2930277128           7
  2930277135          32         Sec GPT table
  2930277167           1         Sec GPT header

The free space is indicated by this line (the numbers are 512-byte sectors, so just under 100GB free space:

      409640   195575768

Apple requires 128MiB (262144 sectors) free space following a partition, so the new partition can be 195575768-262144=195313624 sectors. Unmount all the volumes on the disk using:

diskutil unmountDisk disk2

Then, this command will create an HFS+ partition in the free space:

sudo gpt add -b 409640 -s 195313624 -t hfs disk2

That only creates the partition, not the file system. To check that it went well, you should now see a disk2s8 if you run diskutil list disk2. If this is indeed the case, you can format the partition like so:

sudo newfs_hfs -v "Volume Name" -J /dev/rdisk2s8

If disk2s8 hasn't appeared, you'll need to reboot before formatting. Instead of running newfs_hfs you should also be able to erase the partition in Disk Utility.

The gpt utility doesn't re-order the partition numbers but this shouldn't be a problem in practice. If you make any further changes with disk utility, that will probably fix the ordering anyway.


Backing up specific folders instead of copying the disk images (I realized that's what 'All My Files' consists of) has allowed me to make permanent backups with different services and devices, including my SD card.


Sync directories from iMac & MacBook . What is the recommended method?

There are many methods for syncing things across computers. If you do not mind having all of your directories within a certain superdirectory, and do not have too much stuff to sync, Dropbox is a great and incredibly easy way to go. If you have a lot of data or want to sync directories from anywhere on your computer, BitTorrent Sync is a quick and secure method for syncing data.


How to guarantee a clean install of macOS Mojave from an external USB drive

Like Allan said in his comment that step specifically says

  Once the USB drive has booted, select "Disk Utility" from the Utilities window, choose your Mac's startup drive from the list, and click "Erase".

This is one of the most vital steps in the process of a clean install. It COMPLETELY wipes the target drive of all information previously there. If you don't do that all you are doing is reinstalling macOS right over top of what is already there leaving everything that was on the hard drive still there.

If you do that there will be nothing left, no users, 3rd party apps, malware, etc.


What is the technical difference between transferring from an old phone and an iCloud restore when setting up a new iPhone?

In the past, I don’t think it mattered but in iOS 14 and watchOS 7 I am finding the iCloud backup to be the best option due to a bug or migration failure that I and several others here experienced.

Workout sync from Watch to iPhone is unreliable since iOS 14 update
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

Apple says it’s fine to do an encrypted backup to a computer, and that will work, but the unpairing of the watch and validating the backup to iCloud was what helped me restore all my data. If you are about to transfer device to device, I recommend unpairing your watch and checking the date of the iCloud backup if you can.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204184

It’s not entirely clear if Apple does some cleaning once the data is in iCloud or if the mechanics of the restore step and the repairing step re-runs a data migration step that fills in the gaps. Presumably, that would also run if you transferred device to device but for some reason Apple only mentions computer and iCloud setup in the support articles and when I talked with support and engineering about my issue before these articles were published.
So far, iCloud has bailed me out three times ( shelf and two friends) and we did make a computer backup, but didn’t try them first. I set up two fast Macs with content caching that saves/serves iCloud data so iCloud restored fly for me and happen faster than a new backup to the same computers over USB. I could see the opposite direction  wing much faster for other setups, so my solution might not be optimal for all, but it works well for me.
I would not rely on direct migration to fix this and would do what Apple says, on the original device if possible and work with Apple support if you fail to fix it after one go.


Extending network with 2 airport express from another router

Yes it is, you have to configure your second airport express with the option to Extend Wireless Network.

This is how my network looks (names blurred just in case):

ANd this is the configuration for the Airport 2 (the one extending the network created by Airport 1:


What does the "Transfer Using Quick Start" do?

Despite the description on Apple's website, Quick Start is not a distinct method for transferring content from an old to a new iOS device. It's simply a way of skipping a couple of the more laborious screens in the setup assistant on the new device. It is still necessary to perform the usual steps to ensure that the backup from which you choose to restore is fully up to date. (In particular, the instructions to first unpair any Watch because this "automatically backs up" the Watch, are incomplete at best.)

Using Quick Start, you will skip the following setup assistant screens on the new device:

Choosing a Wi-Fi network
Entering your Wi-Fi network password
Entering your Apple ID for iCloud
Entering your Apple ID for iTunes and App Stores, if you use a different one

Using Quick Start, you will need to complete the following additional screen on the new device:

Entering your old device passcode (which you may have to do anyway depending on your setup, regardless of whether you use Quick Start or not)

Quick Start has no effect on how data is restored. You must still have first created an up to date backup, and select that as the source from which to restore.


Modify permissions of files created via SMB in a specific directory

Well, macos support acl's too.

http://ahaack.net/technology/OS-X-Access-Control-Lists-ACL.html

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/introduction-to-os-x-access-control-lists-acls/

1) I'm not understanding this list too well. Why does SCAN_000275.pdf show up owned by scanaccount?  The user seems to be jstarek. I'd expect ., .DS_STORE, and SCAN_000275.pdf all to be owned by the same user.

/Users/Shared/Scans $ ls -al
total 216
drwxrwxr-x+  4 jstarek      wheel    136 16 Dez 16:41 .
drwxrwxrwt  10 root         wheel    340 16 Dez 16:15 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 jstarek      wheel   6148 16 Dez 16:34 .DS_Store
-rw-------   1 scanaccount  wheel  99403 16 Dez 16:41 SCAN_000275.pdf

2) Shouldn't you be able to configure SMB to give permissions to let the user access the share?  Isn't this what is done via system preferences via share?

I'd thought this would have worked.

3) My understanding is that group wheel is some privileged group. I wouldn't expect that on a normal user.  I wouldn't be giving wheel any more privileges.  I wouldn't be putting group wheel on an id when you are concerned about security. Is this an admin user?  Why?

  What is the wheel group? The wheel group is a group which limits the
  number of people who are able to su to root. This usually consists of
  a group named “wheel” and a set of users that are permitted to use the
  utility 'su' in order to change to root.Jul 19, 2007 The wheel Group |
  UNIX Administratosphere
  https://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/the-wheel-group/

Interesting project.

Robert


How can I use my Apple earbud mic with the internal speakers on my Macbook Air?

You can solve this problem physically with an extension cable.

Check the tip of the extension cable (the male end) for the number of rings. If it only has 2, it is only recognized as a pair of headphones. The third ring carries microphone audio which you'll see on the end of the headset cable.


Sounds like a bad RAM slot.  I had a similar issue with that and garbled screen.  It's still possible to run it with a single stick of memory if one slot is bad.


How to fix / Reset App Store app on Mac OSX - El Capitan

Go to Finder and press ⌘ + Shift + G;
Locate ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore and delete com.apple.appstore which are cache files;
Then press again those commands and go /private/var/folders, open each folder and each subfolder until you find com.apple.appstore and delete this folder;
Restart your Mac.


You shouldn't need to delete a bookmark in both locations. When you delete a bookmark from one location, on the next sync it will delete it from the other location.

The Apple KB article here explains how you can manually manage one-way syncing for Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Books, Audiobooks, Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Notes and Photos.


How to have Finder open 'Pictures' folder when iPhone connects and photos import via AutoImporter.app?

EUREKA! I found it!

The way I achieved this marvelous setup, was with a combination of a tiny AppleScript saved as an .app file, and the brilliant, free third-party prefPane app, Do Something When.

Instructions:

Set up up the first part of the process as linked to in the question, which will give the following settings in AutoImporter (so that when you insert the iPhone, it will automatically import them to the Pictures folder):

Now go to Script Editor.app (/Applications/Utilities/Script Editor.app), and insert the following code, which is what will open the Pictures folder in Finder (replace yourosxuserdirectory with your own user folder name):

tell application "Finder"
    open ("/Users/yourosxuserdirectory/Pictures" as POSIX file)
end tell

Click Save or Export and select 'Application' as 'File Format' near the bottom. Save the app file (I named it openpicturesfolder.app) to somewhere on the system drive where it won't get disturbed later on or accidentally moved/deleted etc.

Download and install DSW, open it from the System Preferences window, and create a new rule, exactly like below ('openpicturesfolder' simlpy means the .app file that you browse for DSW to 'Open' when Autoimporter launches):

Click on Start up the top, tick Automatically Start on Login, and you are on your way to iPhone/camera photo importing bliss.

DONE.


Can I use Migration Assistant to migrate certain data from different sources?

When migrating my system I often "abuse" the Migration Assistant to import my files to a dummy user. Then I create a second user and copy only the files I really want to the new user. Once I am done I delete the dummy user. This strategy should also help you to get your files together.

Some other hints that could interest you:

You can use rsync with the -c command in Terminal to compare files by their checksum. This is a very slow process because every file will be fully read. However, this gives you absolute certainty if two files are identical or not. Using e.g. rsync -anrcv /Volumes/BackupDisk/OSX/Users/me/ /Volumes/OSX/Users/me would print all files that have different checksums, i.e. are potentially corrupted. I sometimes use that when I suspect that a drive has corrupted data.
You can use caffeinate in Terminal to keep your Mac from sleeping.


Remove Documents,Downloads,Music directories from home directory

Trane is right. Love 'em or 'hate 'em the system will always recreate them when you delete them.

You might try hiding them like this using Terminal

chflags hidden ~/Documents/

That will hide (for example) the documents folder in your home directory.

Not sure if O/S X will then un-hide it for you but it might be worth a try...


The standard cut on macOS doesn't support this, but you can get the GNU version (which does) by installing coreutils through Homebrew.


Some Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters won't support HDMI at higher resolutions, it is possible this adapter won't work at the higher resolution of your new monitor.

At work myself and my colleagues have found this is the case with a lot of cheaper adapters I used to buy, such as this one:

https://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Cable-Adapter-Converter~MDP2HDMI

You could try a new adapter, these are the ones we buy at work and they seem to work well:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-GC17096-Video-Display-Converter/dp/B003CK8TZ8


For how many years can I expect to use an used iPad 1 if I buy one today (as of 2014)?

Everyone is looking at this from the (entirely reasonable) POV of someone that wants to keep up with the latest IOS updates. Understandable as they often fix bugs and enhance the O/S greatly.

But from a strictly utilitarian point of view, the answer is, "as long as the hardware works."

I have an old SE/30 sitting in my office. I haven't turned it on in a long time but last time I did, it worked fine. So more than 20 years later that SE/30 works just fine.

"For how many years can I expect to use an iPad 1" depends COMPLETELY on how you plan on using it and what your needs will be 2 to 10 or 20 years down the road.

If you can download and use all the apps you need NOW without ever upgrading them or the O/S then you can use it till the hardware gives out. If all you need is a simple web browser, mail program, etc. The same applies.

If, however, you need to keep up with technology. If you need to have the latest and greatest apps and operating system if you need to be compatible with all the NEW stuff out there, perhaps an original iPad would not be a great investment. Save up your dollars and buy a newer one.

The wife and I bought an iPad 2 in May of last year for a specific purpose: POS for our small business (square) and streaming music plus some casual web browsing. there is no reason why it won't still be able to do that 2, 5 or even more years in the future as it doesn't NEED to have the latest and greatest to do the job it is currently doing.

If that is the case with you, buy the old iPad and be satisfied with what you have.


Is it possible to automatically turn vibrate mode off at night?

EDIT:
This is a feature in iOS 6. You can schedule notification suppression by opening the Settings app > Notifications > Do not disturb.
Original Post:
Unfortunately, there is no native way to do that in iOS 5.
Like you thought, the notification center, currently does not allow customization in that way. I think Apple could have added features similar to that one, but have chosen not to, either because they haven't wanted to take the time (but that hasn't seemed to stop them in the past), or because they have a big focus on keeping things simple.


Does clearing Safari's cookies actually help the iPhone's overall performance?

You've seem to come across some high-quality bull crap here. No, deleting cookies from Safari will do absolutely nothing in terms of speed anywhere. The only thing it does it reset all of your login sessions for websites. That's all it does. The speed difference even in Safari will be unnoticeable.


Bootcamp Bluetooth mouse lagging when WiFi is enabled

UPDATE #2 (27/0/2020)
Driver's Version 7.77.119.0 [21/4/2020], also works nicely with Antenna Diversity -> Aux and Bluetooth Collaboration -> Auto.

UPDATE #1 (12/1/2020)
I can confirm that the newer version of the driver (7.77.110.0 [10/10/2019]) also works smoothly without any configuration.

After all, I found the solution here.
I disable the Bluetooth Collaboration option and I change the Antena Diversity property to AUX.
Instructutions:

From Device Mananager (Windox key + X)
Select Network Adapters
Double click your adapter (mine is Broadcom 802.11ac Network
Adapter)
Click Advanced tab
For the property Bluetooth Collaboration select value NO
For the property Antena Diversity select value AUX

Instantly my bluetooth mouse worked smooth alongside my WiFi adapter.

If you don't see the two above properties you may need to downgrade your network's adapter driver.
As I saw those properties are available for:

Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter Version 7.35.118.40[7/24/2015]
Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter Version 7.35.118.73[7/12/2017]

But NOT in the latest version:

Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter Version 7.35.118.83[4/20/2018]

More info here.


Letter 'c' is randomly inputted by dragging mouse on Mac

This was caused by a dictionary app called Youdao. I solved it by disabling the features named "Screen Translation 屏幕取词" & "Selected Translation 划词翻译" of YoudaoDict.


Can Google Chrome auto updating extensions be stopped?

Yeah, it can be blocked.  There is an extension to block auto-update by extensions.  See https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extension-update-disabler/pfijgddffdeabjfpkfikmkfdpaleebek

Disclaimer: I wrote it.  At this instant, I am its only user, so exercise caution.

It provides an enable button and a disable button, which enable/disable all extensions from auto-updating.  It works by updating the manifest files to prevent/enable the extensions from finding their auto-update site.


Macintosh HD disappeared from finder after "disk damaged and cannot be repaired"

I wouldn't suggest continuing to use an external drive for your MBP, apart from anything else it's just not practical.

It seems like your internal drive has or is just about to fail.  Have you/can you check it's SMART status from disk utility?  Either way, I would suggest not worrying about trying to verify or repair it - just try and get your important files copied over to your external HD/other back up disk whilst you can still get some access to it.

Replacing a HD in a MBP is actually quite easy, ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Pro_13%22_Unibody_Early_2011 has good instructions.

I have replaced a HDD in a MBP 2012 and would rate it as moderately easy.  Hdd are fairly inexpensive these days and tools to do the job properly are available readily from Amazon for only a few quid.


Can I force GPU rendering on my MBP when connected to a power source?

gfxCardStatus (free)
I found the link to it on EveryMac along with some other info about graphics switching.

fast access via menu icon
auto/manually switch between discrete and integrated graphics
power source-based switching
growl support
open source


This can happen because of network or connection issues.
You have to find out where the issue is coming from.

First try connecting through a mobile or a 4G connection to see if the issue is in your machine or the local network.
If the issue is with the machine, try disabling firewalls, Anti-virus programs etc to find the root of problem.
It can happen because of an incorrect IP v6 configuration. Try disabling IPv6 locally.
Go to System Preferences > Network  > TCP/IP > Change Configure IPv6 to Link-local only.
If you have access to the router, try disabling IPv6 network. If that solves the issue, then there's a misconfiguration on router.
After you found the cause, fix it and enable firewalls and anti-virus programs.


Hamrick VueScan

This is a "Swiss-Army-knife" scanning application that supports hundreds and hundreds of makes and models of scanners, even many obsolete ones which don't have direct Mac OS X support.

Download and evaluate the trial version.

I use it with my Brother MFC-6490CW, which does have Mac OS X drivers, but I'd rather use VueScan than use the Brother or Apple scanning software. Although VueScan has TWAIN support, I use it as a stand-alone scanning solution to output PDF, TIFF and JPEG.


Screenshot of a single window comes up blank

This happens when a window has contents that are rendered outside the windowserver. Mostly 2d/3d, video and modelling software might do this. Some applications do it on purpose, like the Apple DVD player.


Which Mac models will support continuity and Handoff on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)?

System Requirements

Handoff and Instant Hotspot

Handoff and Instant Hotspot are supported by the following Mac models, and require OS X Yosemite:

MacBook Air (Mid 2012 and later)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 and later)
iMac (Late 2012 and later)
Mac mini (Late 2012 and later)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Handoff is supported by the following iOS devices and requires iOS 8. Instant Hotspot requires one of these iPhone or iPad devices with cellular connectivity and iOS 8.1. Instant Hotspot also requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.

Phone 5 or later
iPhone 4s (sharing iPhone calls only)
iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, iPad Air 2
iPad mini, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad mini 3
iPod touch (5th generation)

Phone calling

Phone calling requires an iPhone with iOS 8 and an activated carrier plan.
Phone calling works with any iOS device that supports iOS 8 and any Mac that supports Yosemite.

SMS

SMS requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 and an activated carrier plan.
SMS works with any iOS device with iOS 8.1, and any Mac that supports Yosemite.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6337


Yes, you don't have to keep that folder according to https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2780986?start=0&tstart=0

/EDIT

It's the backup of old Xcode installation.


What port is used in OS X for remote desktop?

Maybe it could be the same port than VNC server, 5900.


Will my iMac stay on if I use it's display in target display mode for a Mac mini?

Yes you can switch painlessly from one to the other using ⌘+F2.

Here's the Apple knowledge base article about that, you may find it interesting in order to understand exactly how the target display mode works.

However, I'm not sure you can connect via Remote Desktop without having a physical screen connected (except if you already upgraded to Lion, the "virtual screen" functionality should do the trick). Unfortunately, I can't try this at home as I don't have any Macs without internal display.


Why does About This Mac show different values for storage?

This seems to be quite a common problem. To fix it, you need to tell Spotlight to re-index your hard drive.

There are two ways to do this, depending on how comfortable you are with the command line.

Open a Terminal window and first of all check that Spotlight indexing is enabled for Macintosh HD with the following command: sudo mdutil -i on /, then tell it to re-index Macintosh HD with sudo mdutil -E /.

or

Open System Preferences from the Apple menu and select the Spotlight preference pane. Select the Privacy tab and add the Macintosh HD drive into the tab. This will remove the existing index. Then remove the drive and close System Preferences after which Spotlight should re-index the drive.

Re-indexing may take a while but once it is complete the figures should match.

A handful of sources that talk about this solution:

https://www.macissues.com/2014/05/27/fix-about-this-mac-not-showing-proper-disk-space/
https://www.cnet.com/news/what-to-do-when-about-this-mac-lies-to-you/
https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-wrong-hard-drive-data-usage-calculation-osx/
http://www.macworld.com/article/2997252/storage/the-case-of-the-missing-el-capitan-hard-disk-space.html


When resizing the partions you will need to also boot to an external drive or DVD. Once booted to that you should be able to resize the volume without any problems.

If you don't have an external drive with OSX loaded on it. You can download the Recovery Disk Assistant (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433) which has disk utility on it. This will just load onto a flash drive.


Can a developer change the minimum payment threshold?

No, you can't change the payment threshold. It'll always be either $10 USD (if your currency is supported by Apple), or $150 USD (if it's not).

Source: iTunes Connect > Resources and Help > Getting Paid

  When will I be paid?

  Payments are made within 45 days of the last day of the month in which
  book purchases were made. To receive payment, you must have provided
  all required banking and tax information and documentation, as well as
  meeting the minimum payment threshold.

  If your bank and bank account currency is listed in this table, you
  must exceed a minimum payment threshold of $10 USD. All other bank
  countries and bank account currencies must exceed a minimum payment
  threshold of $150 USD.


How to bring up a precise Emoji in the iOS QuickType menu

To answer both of your questions:

No, you cannot type all emoji using QuickType. It's currently not possible to quicktype .
See below.

Examples that can be typed:
 star struck
 Japan
 video game controller

Examples that do not adhere to Unicode descriptions:
 controller ("trackball" does not work)

You can test most matches on macOS using the Emoji & Symbols popup: cmd+control+Space

Examples that can be typed on macOS (10.13.3), but not iOS (11.2.6):
 jockey ("jockey on racing horse")
 zany ("zany face")

On macOS the localised keyword data is inside  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework spread across 4 strings files:

AppleName.strings (descriptive name) [1549 entries in English]
CharacterPicker.strings (for searching) [1505 entries]
FindReplace.strings (for suggestions/predictive) [1060 entries]
Voiceover.strings (for macOS speech) [1764 entries]

Quickly comparing FindReplace.strings with AppleName.strings or any other complete list of Emoji shows that some are missing.

Also, iOS seems to be lagging with regards to its copy of this data.


Getting VPN to auto-reconnect on connection drop

You could use the following AppleScript, save it as an application and set it to be a agent (no dock icon).

This script will setup a VPN connection when there is none. Therefore, it should also reconnect shortly after your connection drops. You can change the interval to check your VPN connection, it's 120 seconds in the script.

on idle
    tell application "System Events"
        tell current location of network preferences
            set myConnection to the service "VPN University"
            if myConnection is not null then
                if current configuration of myConnection is not connected then
                    connect myConnection
                end if
            end if
        end tell
        return 120
    end tell
end idle

I've explained how to set this up in this answer.


Wierd problem after doing a triple boot OS-X, UBUNTU 20.04, KALI-LINUX

This answer assumes the following:

You are using macOS High Sierra or newer.
The /etc/fstab file is setup up correctly for Ubuntu and Kali. More specifically, each /etc/fstab file has the correct entry for the filesystem stored in the EFI partition.
Grub is installed correctly for Ubuntu and Kali.

Below are steps that can be taken to improve your configuration.

Remove from the Mac Startup Manager the existing internal drive icon with the EFI Boot label shown below.

Use the macOS commands given below.
 sudo diskutil mount disk0s1
 rm /Volumes/EFI/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
 diskutil unmount disk0s1

Give names and labels to the EFI partitions used by Ubuntu and Kali. Also, make Grub from the Kali installation appear in the Mac Startup Manager. Below are the macOS commands I would use.
 sudo diskutil mount disk0s3
 diskutil rename disk0s3 EFI2
 bless --folder /Volumes/EFI2/EFI/BOOT --label "Ubuntu"
 diskutil unmount disk0s3
 sudo diskutil mount disk0s6
 diskutil rename disk0s6 EFI3
 mkdir -p /Volumes/EFI3/EFI/BOOT
 cp /Volumes/EFI3/EFI/kali/grubx64.efi /Volumes/EFI3/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi
 bless --folder /Volumes/EFI3/EFI/BOOT --label "Kali"
 diskutil unmount disk0s6

Add a Kali linux icon to Mac Startup Manager.

Note: This step assumes you have completed the previous step.

Download the file mac-icns.dmg from this SourceForge website to your Downloads folder. Next, enter the following command to copy the Kali linux icon set (icns) file to your third EFI partition.
 hdiutil attach ~/Downloads/mac-icns.dmg
 sudo diskutil mount disk0s6
 cp /Volumes/mac-icns/OSX10.11.6/os_kali.icns /Volumes/EFI3/.VolumeIcon.icns
 diskutil unmount disk0s6
 hdiutil detach /Volumes/mac-icns

The next time you boot to the Mac Startup Manager, the following icon should appear.

Change the type of the partition containing Kali to the linux filesystem data type.
Boot to either Ubuntu or Kali linux. Open a window to enter commands. Enter the following command to edit the GUID Partition Table (GPT).
 sudo gdisk /dev/sda

Enter the following commands into gdisk.
 t
 7
 8300
 w
 y

Restart the Mac.

Configure Grub to be hidden and/or omit other operating systems.
Boot to either Ubuntu or Kali linux. Open a window to enter commands. Enter the following command to edit the grub file.
 sudo nano /etc/default/grub

To remove other operating systems from the Grub menu, add the line
 GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true

after the line given below.
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

To skip the Grub menu, add the line
 GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden

after the line given below.
 GRUB_DEFAULT=0

Exit the editor and enter the following command to update Grub.
 sudo update-grub

Booting Ubuntu from the Mac Startup Manager

Note: This section refers to the files stored in /dev/sda3.

When Ubuntu is selected from the Mac Startup Manager, the bootx64.efi (which is a copy of shimx64.efi) is booted before grubx64.efi is booted. This results in Ubuntu being automatically made the default operating system to boot.
Alternative to Booting Grub Using bootx64.efi

Note: This section refers to the files stored in /dev/sda6.

One of the above instructions is to copy the grubx64.efi file to the bootx64.efi file. If the grubx64.efi is changed during some future Kali update/upgrade, then this new file will not be copied to bootx64.efi. One way to avoid this problem would be to replace the bootx64.efi file with a rEFInd version. This new version would silently boot Grub from the grubx64.efi file. Below are the steps needed to make the change.

Boot to Kali linux.

Open a window to enter commands.

Enter the following commands to remove any previous versions of rEFInd that may have been downloaded.
cd ~/Downloads
rm -rf refind_*_amd64.deb refind

Use a web browser to download and save rEFInd to your Downloads folder from the following SourceForge website.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/

Enter the following command to install rEFInd.
cd ~/Downloads
dpkg-deb -xv refind_*_amd64.deb refind
sudo refind/usr/share/refind-*/refind-install --usedefault /dev/sda6
sudo umount -q /tmp/refind_install
rm -rf refind_*_amd64.deb refind
cd ~

Enter the following command to open refind.conf file in the gedit editor.
sudo nano /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/refind.conf

Add the following lines to the end of the refind.conf file.
menuentry Kali {
    loader /EFI/kali/grubx64.efi
    icon /EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
    enabled
}
scanner manual
showtools
timeout -1
screensaver -1

Exit nano and save the changes.

References
Separating EFI partitions of Ubuntu 20.04 and Mac OSX on Macbook Pro
Fully Move Grub to New Partition
Grub2/Setup
A gdisk Walkthrough
The rEFInd Boot Manager
The rEFInd Boot Manager: Installing rEFInd
refind-install
How to extract a .deb file without opening it on Debian or Ubuntu Linux
What is the difference between grubx64 and shimx64?
How To Add Apt Repository In Ubuntu


Is there a functional Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 on an iPhone 3GS?

My understanding is that there currently is not one, although rumours abound that one is coming up soon. The best place for "official" information is the iPhone Dev-Team. More direct/recent updates can be found by following various team members on Twitter. MuscleNerd is a good example. If other legitimate groups released anything solid, you will hear about it through them anyway (as is the case here: Chronic Dev Team seem reliable too). There are already fake sites springing up in anticipation of the next release; the important thing is not to use anything that hasn't been confirmed by them or that you have to pay for.

Additionally, if you have saved your SHSH blobs using Cydia on an already-jailbroken phone or The Firmware Umbrella, you can downgrade and jailbreak the old version. Normally this means you can upgrade using PwnageTool without losing your jailbreak, although I don't think the Dev-Team has released something compatible with 4.1 yet.

UPDATE

There is now a full jailbreak for 4.1 and later on 3GS. BigBoss maintains a jailbreak table which may be useful for updates at-a-glance. My understanding is that all current devices are now able to be jailbroken forever (greenpois0n/limera1n exploit), but  iPhone 4 and later model 3GS are sometimes tethered on iOS new releases (as of this edit: not tethered on 4.1, but currently - hopefully not for long - tethered on 4.2)


DNS Server keeps changing to 10.0.22.1 & .2 in OSX 10.9

I discovered that the VPN that I'm running (ProXPN) changes the DNS settings to the ones I mentioned in my original post when I enable it thru its own software. I contacted their tech support who confirmed this. The VPN does not allow me to specify my own settings or disable the settings it loads. They explained that their DNS server is "secure." They also said that their settings are supposed to return to normal when disabling the VPN.  Unfortunately they do not. So in the mean time, when I disconnect from the VPN, I have to go into the network pref pane and manually delete the VPN-set DNS addresess at which point, the correct ones appear automatically.

Tech Support said, "They'd look into it."

Thanks everybody for your input. I'll post anything if ProXPN Tech Support comes up with a solution.

JAY


Internal mic not detecting audio - 2011 Macbook Pro Mavericks 10.9

This happened to me the other day. After checking all the obvious settings etc. It actually seemed as if there were either no drivers or the actual hardware had been removed, like the OS didn't acknowledge its presence at all. I spent ages trying to work it out and what got it working again was just plugging something into the 3.5mm TRRS audio input/output jack on the side.


Can having a MBP constantly charging damage the battery?

Constant charging should not damage the battery in an extreme manner. Yes, you would get more life from it if you would let it always cycle between 40 and 80%, but the Mac is already cycling power in the high 90s even though it is not showing it to you. I have not been cautious at all with by 2009 Macbook Pro and I can still get around 2 hours of autonomy from it.

However, a bulging battery is a very different scenario. You should get that replaced as soon as possible. Several people (on forums) have reported that they got their batteries replaced for free, even in out of warranty computers. I would strongly suggest bringing your computer to an Apple store if you can.


Homebrew Cask download failure. SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired

This is documented here, see also https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2020-06/0010.html and https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/232445/https-connection-to-specific-sites-fail-with-curl-on-macos.

The proposed solution is to set HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_CURL

HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_CURL=1 brew cask install netlogo

If you run Catalina you can use

export CURL_SSL_BACKEND=secure-transport

to have curl not use LibreSSL (which seems to have the issue).

You can also remove the entry for AddTrust from /etc/ssl/cert.pem (it's the first entry in the file, just remove all which expired end of May 2020).


Can't Delete Time Machine Backups, Can't Move Them Out of Trash

So, as an answer, save any other data on another drive, then reformat and partition the drive.

You shouldn't be able to put any Time Machine files into the trash in the first place, so if that happened, you need to get anything you care about off that drive and erase it anyhow. If you don't need the backups - you can use Disk Utility to just erase the drive - that will empty your trash instantly as well as all the data on that drive.


Random extreme CPU spikes on random browser tasks

Here are a few steps you can check:

Do you use Safari extensions? Try uninstalling unused or non-trusted Extensions.
Do you run Java in Safari? Disable the java browser runtime
This sounds too easy, but did you clear Safari Caches and Cookies? Sometimes quitting Safari without restoring windows may help resolve issues.
Go to Safari Preferences and turn off the autoplay video feature for all sites.
If you never clear your Cache the ~/Library/Safari/RecentlyClosedTabs.plist file generates huge file size. Quit Safari and move RecentlyClosedTabs.plist to the trash


Charging iPhone 4S from closed MacBook Air

I am not sure about MacBook Air, but in my MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) it will charge my iPhone if the MB is active (powered up and not sleeping) and it will also charge my iPhone when sleeping, but only if the iPhone was plugged in before the MB went to sleep.

If your MB is shut down (not active & not sleeping) it will not charge your iPhone.

UPDATE

One of OS X/MacBook updates must have changed something at some point. Now, when a MacBook is plugged and sleeping and you plug in an iPhone, the MacBook will silently wake up, start charging the iPhone and fall back to sleep. It all happens with closed lid.


Try typing this into terminal:

ps axv | grep java

This should output details about which jar file is open in the runtime.

Alternatively, to find out which applications are using the Java Runtime select java in the activity monitor and clicking on the blue i icon.

Click 'Open Files and Ports' and see if it gives you a clue which application launched the java environment. You'd be surprised which applications depend on Java!

You could also try going into the Java System Preference, clicking the Java Tab and choosing View.... You'll see a list of registered Java applications that might help you find the culprit.


Stop installing python for each package by brew

The nice thing about homebrew is it only installs dependencies needed to build the packages and also that you don’t have to choose just one version of a tool.

Why not let brew install what it needs, but control your path so that you’re running Anaconda from the python you prefer?

Also, brew has a cask install of anaconda as well, so that might be an easier path to harmony if you can’t get away from the homebrew installs for tools.


Get full file path on shared network drive when mounted volume includes subfolder

mount

this command would show you the SMB URL, e.g
//server/folder1/folder2/


The easiest way to do this is to iTunes on your Mac or PC.

Broadley speaking, the steps would be:

Launch iTunes on your Mac or PC
Connect the first iPad to your computer
iTunes should recognise that your iPad is connected and will display an iPad icon
Click on the iPad icon and view the Summary screen
You'll see a Backups section. Click on the Backup now button to make a full backup of the iPad to your computer. This may take some time.
Once completed, connect the other iPad to your computer
Repeat Steps 3 & 4 above
In the same Backups section, click on the Restore Backup... button
You'll now have the option to restore from the backup you just made to your other iPad. This also may take some time.

Further reading:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup


Go into preferences at the bottom of the "General" tab tell iPhoto to email from Mail instead of iPhoto itself.

The other option, if you don't want to give up on this functionality right inside of iPhoto, you can email it just to yourself and then "resend" it (rather than forward, resend avoids the indentation).


You need to, in the window you want to move, go to View-> Show Tab Bar (if the tab bar isn't showing already).

Then, drag the tab of the window you want to move onto the window you want to move it to.

Update for iTerm 2: In iTerm 2 the setting is no longer exposed in the View menu.  Go to iTerm > Preferences > Appearance > Tabs and check "Show tab bar even when there is only one tab". Note that in early releases of iTerm 2 the setting was "Hide tab bar when there is only one tab".


Is macOS Mojave (and up?) doing extra network blocking compared to macOS High Sierra?

A macOS server system provides two and half firewalls:

Application Firewall (with a GUI > System Preferences > Security & Privacy)
pf (only 3rd-party GUIs)
Adaptive Firewall which is (or at least was) based on ipfw and pf (and thus in parts flawed because Apple botched it by removing ipfw). Partly fixed here: How to setup the adaptive firewall.

Only the last one is exclusive to systems with Server.app installed and configured.

Launching Server.app for the first time will modify /etc/pf.conf and add an additional pf anchor: /private/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple.server-firewall. This anchor loads additional anchors from /Library/Server/Firewall/Anchors/.

By default all firewalls are off and defunct and no substantial rules are defined.

As soon as you change in Server.app: Server > hostname > Access > Default Network Access the default setting all networks to something else, the linked anchors are fed with rules depending on your settings and the pf daemon is launched. Changing back to all networks will remove all rules related to default network access but the pf daemon continues to run.

all networks will allow NATed traffic from the Internet directed to your server
private networks will prohibit NATed traffic from the Internet directed to your server based on the propagated rules.

AFAIR there is no difference between the various Server v5 versions (at least El Capitan - Catalina) regarding the initial setting of Default Network Access which always is and was all networks.


Can I use iCloud with my devices on Windows XP?

No. iCloud requires Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7.
Data will have to be synced manually, yes.
Yes, manually syncing iTunes will not interfere with iCloud. All devices connected to iCloud will sync automatically and update their contents in the cloud after they have been manually synced.


how to reinstall xcode command-line tools?

I run
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
and then xcode-select --install

Problem fixed on my side


Will Bluetooth speakers and/or USB speakers work for sound when there is a broken headphone jack stuck in my macbook port?

Yes, a Bluetooth and/or a USB speaker will "override" your audio input.  It all depends on how you configure it.

In System Preferences > Sound, you can setup which audio device does what.

For example, in my setup, I play all the "Sound Effects" through the Internal Speakers, however, I could select the USB Audio device I also have installed.  For your case, you would select either the USB/Bluetooth Device.

You could even use both a Bluetooth audio device and a USB device

For example, in my Output configuration, I can choose Internal, USB Audio, or Bluetooth

And...

Depending on your Application, it can even select which audio device to use for it's individual output.  Here's the configuration screen from VOX:


Hard drive partitions destroyed by FileVault

I would highly recommend using Disk Maker X to create a bootable USB disk to reinstall OS X/macOS. Here's what you'll need:

Another Mac with access to the App Store (if the one you're trying to fix doesn't function enough to complete the following steps.
A USB drive/stick with a capacity of at least 8 GB. Also be sure it has absolutely no data on it, since it will be formatted.
An internet connection in order to download Disk Maker X.

First, download macOS Sierra on whichever Mac you're using by searching for it on the App Store, but don't install it! Next, download and install Disk Maker X on whichever Mac you're using. Then, open Disk Maker X and follow the steps listed. After that, make sure the Mac you're trying to fix is off. Plug in the USB Stick, then press Option and press the power key. Select the USB disk in the window that loads, follow the setup process, and you should be good to go! Let me know if you have any questions.


Can you help me cure font outlines (as opposed to the font itself) showing up in webpages?

You need to empty your font cache and restart--and there are a variety of utilities, some free, that will do this for you.


You can insert a literal tab by pressing Ctrl-v (quoted-insert) and tab.

You can insert tabs in strings with $'\t':

cut -f2 <<< $'aa\tbb'

Or use pbpaste:

pbpaste | cut -f2

This makes tab just insert a tab:

bind '"\t": self-insert'

If you use option as meta, adding this to ~/.inputrc would make ⌥⇥ insert a tab:

"\e\t": "\C-v\t"


No.

It is not possible for a user to change app icon for any iOS app, let alone system apps.

iOS doesn't allow users to tinker with .ipsw files and have them installed. Making any change to the app bundle would alter its signature and there would be no way for the system to verify if the app came from the original developer.

This idea is one of the major foundation for iOS security.


Installed new SSD, but I have no Snow Leopard disk. Can I install Lion from Internet?

Lion / Mountain Lion's recovery is only present on hard drives that have the system already installed.  Internet Recovery (likely what was used with your Dad's Mac) is only built in to newer systems that shipped with Lion or Mountain Lion. Apple support page documenting this

In your situation I think your best bet would be to download Mountain Lion using your MacBook Air, build a Mountain Lion installer disk using the application below, boot to the install disk/drive by holding option while powering on your Mac and selecting the disk and installing as usual from there.

Lion Disk Maker

Hope that helps!


If the Apple Watch has wifi - does it connect to my local router?

Yes. It uses the wifi networks already configured on your phone. Mine worked over my home network perfectly with zero configuration on my part.


Keep Mac ON for background work with minimum power

While newer Mac OSX offers something called PowerNap, the feature does not support the uses you listed. Therefore, the only options are within System Preferences.

In this case, you should set your Energy Saver settings to Computer Sleep- Never, and Display sleep - 1 min. Check the box for 'put hard disks to sleep when possible'. Wake for network isn't helpful, since your computer will not sleep.


http://www.malarkeysoftware.com/projects_PhotoGrabbr.html

This great piece of software will do it.

Beware though, if don't have a pro account, you can't download the high resolution originals.


eBook formats - Kindle to iBook and back?

Note that there are now three main eBook formats

PDF which is not reflowable text and is used mainly for graphical books. There is a open specification for this.
MobiPocket(Kindle files with extension .mobi (and encrypted as .azw)) The specification is not published and so Amazon can change it when they want.
ePub which is most of the rest including iBooks. This is a published specification and there are open source tools that can create, edit and validate that the book meets the specification.

If the books do not have Digital Rights Management(DRM) then Kindle books can easily be converted to ePub as the format is similar, the reverse can also be done but you might lose some information as ePub data contains more things than Kindle data.

The easiest way to convert is to use Calibre which is a tool for managing ebooks including conversion, loading to devices and organisation of a library of books.

DRM books are tied to the application with which you bought them. An exception is that many ePub EBooks (but not iBooks and not Kindle) use Adobe's DRM and so can can be used in several devices.

There are plugins to Calibre, which are not legal in many countries, which allow removal of the DRM and thus use in Calibre allowing conversion between the formats. However I belive that there is no plugin for decryption of iBooks files.


Does “Prevent computer from sleeping…” remain in effect even if I close the lid?

Closing the lid will put the system to sleep, no matter what settings you employ.  This is considered the equivalent of selecting “Sleep” from the Apple menu.  The only way the laptop will stay awake after closing the lid, is if you have an external monitor attached to it and the laptop is being powered by its wall plug (i.e. it is not running off its battery). In which case, it is considered to be in “clamshell” mode and the computer will stay awake and output its video to the external monitor.  In all other cases, closing the lid will put the system to sleep, and no software can override that.


Ok, I'm not going to pretend I know what's happening here but try deleting the file where that info is stored:

$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems.sfl2

I would bet that there's something corrupted in there.  Delete it, log out and log back in or reboot, and try to remove it again.  See if that helps.


Regarding groff - where is the config file and will this work?

For the first part of your question, "What file should the command go in?": put the command in ~/.bash_profile using your favorite editor. For example, you can do this using nano by opening Terminal and typing

nano .bash_profile

Type in the command and then press ctrl+X to exit. Say yes, you want to save the file.

For the second part, "Is there anything else I should know?": You are also going to need to install bcat, a program which allows you to send text to a browser via the command line. You can do this by running

sudo gem install bcat

in the terminal and entering your password.

Now you can view man pages in your browser by typing bman. For example:

bman ls


None of my apps are keeping a list of recent documents?

I would trash your preview .plist file located at:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist

Restart Preview, and it should create a new one.  It sounds corrupted.


macOS Catalina renamed external volume name

This happens from time to time when the dismount isn’t clean. It’s not new and has been around since the beginning of OS X.

Eject the drive and be sure it’s disconnected and then remove the folder where you prefer the volume to mount.

When you reconnect the drive, it will mount in the proper place again.


Does it make any sense to complain about App Store app review?

You can request the review board to review the complaint.

However, I would ask them what screen caused the bug - I've heard of times when a tester tried to use PassBook on an iPad when that functionality only loads on an iPhone. By asking politely, you'll better understand what code to cut from this submission rather than have to do that blindly and resubmit. You could also resubmit that exact build to TestFlight and ask to have it approved so you can have coverage for that build of that device from your testing pool.

Without seeing the text of the rejection it's hard to know what or why you got the no. Absolutely, make a new build and submit that for review. Even if it takes a week or two due to the crush of new apps for Apple Watch - you can always then make an appeal if the rejection doesn't make more sense in 48 hours time once you've looked it over and/or reached out to other developers to get their opinion of the situation.

Personally, I would thank them for the rejection. Offer a fixed build to address their specific complaints and only revert to an appeal after 6 weeks of unsuccessful attempts to get the initial version passed.

You don't say if this app has ever been approved - so allowing several months for that is realistic if the app isn't clearly something that has had significant engineering put into it.

Also - I find putting the app into TestFlight for beta allows you to discover sooner what points Apple sees as problematic with your app without it being a "go live" or "die in a fire" scenario.

TL;DR - find any way to give the reviewer what they ask in all or in part and try to avoid taking it to the review board until you're sure there is no other option.


Problems saving changes to /etc/sshd_config

Using sudo on the open command doesn't do anything particularly useful -- the actual program still gets run under the user's regular identity.  To solve this, make sure TextEdit isn't running, then do:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit &
open -a "TextEdit" /etc/sshd_config

The first command runs TextEdit as root; the second tells it to open the file.  After this, you should be able to edit & save changes.  When you're done, be sure to quit TextEdit (or it'll keep editing files as root).

Alternately, use TextWrangler (or its even-more-capable-but-not-free sibling, BBEdit).  It handles saving files as root automatically, as well as having easy ways to edit invisible files.  I much prefer it for editing config files and the like.

EDIT: Be sure to get the version of TextWrangler from the Bare Bones Software web site, not the version from the Mac App Store -- the App Store version has the save-as-root feature removed to comply with Apple's rules.


will Airline Power Adapter work in a car lighter as well?

Nope, it says on the package that it was specifically designed for those Airline plugs and will not work in cars.

Plus, it will not charge your MacBook, it will only power it to run.

Cheers!


Repeating a formula for every row in Pages

If I'm not mistaken, tables have a small yellow dot on the highlight box at the bottom once selected.

Clicking and dragging this dot downwards will duplicate the rows (and hence their enclosed formulae).


Long delay on this answer, but since there were no other ideas, I'll answer with what I've done.

I simple unplug the monitor every night before putting the computer to sleep. Not anything fancy or technical, but it works for me.


I think not, only by using a hardware keyboard or via copy/paste from another doc or an app like Unicode Maps.  You might be able to make a custom layout as well with Unicode Maps.  Also have a look at Keyman.

A 3rd party keyboard is Davka Nikud.


nsurlsessiond is used by other software to make requests on their behalf, the most common source of large amounts of data being transfered with it on workstations and end-user devices is iCloud Photo Library and iCloud Drive.

You can watch for filesystem activity in ~/Library/Caches/CloudKit if photo sync doesn't seem to be the source. It is possible to have a condition where sync operations with iCloud Drive don't reconcile as expected and your workstation will be re-fetching data — you will see evidence of this in logs for bird(8) for the user.


How to create a bootable Windows 10 USB with a Mac to boot/install on a PC?

You can try "MS-DOS FAT" formatting with "Master Boot Record" scheme a flash drive. Next mount the download of the current version of Windows 10. Copy all the files from the mounted ISO to the flash drive. Try booting on a Windows machine.

If this does not work, then you could install VirtualBox. This is a free product. You can install Windows as a virtual machine, then use the Media Creation Tool to create the flash drive.


Sudden barrage of "too many open files" in log, cascading app failures

So the problem turned out to be in Adobe CC. I ran the Adobe CC UNinstaller, and selected "Repair", rebooted, and things were back to whatever normal is. I just wish I'd connected Core Sync with Adobe sooner!

Oh, and in case anyone is interested, here's the script I used to figure what had the most files opened. It lists all the processes by name, and sorts by number of open files.

#!/bin/bash
lsof +c 0 | gawk '
{
    if (! $1 in count)
        count[$1] = 0
    count[$1]++
}
END {
    for (var in count)
        print var, count[var]
}
' | sort -n --key=2

It depends on GNU awk (gawk) so not sure how well it would work with the installed awk.


Disable Screen sharing via the command line in mountain lion

To start screensharing:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

To stop:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

The -w flag modifies the Disabled key as appropriate. It's best to let launchctl handle this, as the location where the config files are stored has changed a bit between OS versions.


In the interest of science, a VM died to answer this question:

testrm:~ admin$ sudo rm -rf /

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
rm: /dev/fd/0: Operation not supported
rm: /dev/fd/1: Operation not supported
rm: /dev/fd/2: Operation not supported
rm: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
rm: /dev/fd/4: Bad file descriptor
rm: /dev/fd: Operation not supported
rm: /dev: Resource busy
rm: /home: Resource busy
rm: /net: Resource busy
rm: /private/var/log: Directory not empty
rm: /private/var/run: Directory not empty
rm: /private/var: Directory not empty
rm: /private: Directory not empty
rm: /System/Library: Directory not empty
rm: /System: Directory not empty
rm: /: Is a directory
testrm:~ admin$

Interestingly, it succeeded. Back in the Slackware 2 days, I tried this on Linux and after it deleted the dynamically linked libraries rm was using, it failed.


Create iCloud Mail account without an Apple device

In addition to iOS devices and Macs, Apple IDs can be created on other platforms via Apple's native apps such as iTunes, Apple Music, and Apple TV+.

Create an Apple ID on your Windows PC

Open iTunes for Windows. Make sure that you have the latest version.

From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, choose Account > Sign In. Then click Create New Apple ID.

Create an Apple ID on another device
To create an Apple ID on an Apple TV, Android device, smart TV, or streaming device, you can usually follow the steps provided onscreen and enter your full name, date of birth, an email address or phone number, and a payment method. You need to create an Apple ID when you subscribe to services like Apple Music and Apple TV+, or when you download the Apple TV app.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204316


How can you forward delete all in macOS?

Within default macOS apps (e.g. TextEdit) as well as other Apple apps (e.g. Pages) you can use the controlK keyboard shortcut to delete the text between the cursor and the end of the line (or paragraph). However, this isn't supported by default in many 3rd party apps (e.g. MS Word).

However, you can use the optionfndelete keyboard shortcut (in standard keyboards) to delete everything to the right of the cursor up to the next space. This works in many 3rd party apps.

If you have an extended keyboard, then you don't need to use the fn as you have a dedicated forward delete key.


Bluetooth file transfer between Mac and android phone

If you have done everything in that HowToGeek article correctly, I don't see how it's not working. So maybe go through it step by step and check that you didn't miss anything.

Next thing may sound stupid, but have you tried turning both devices/Bluetooth on those devices off and on again? A good old reboot may be enough to fix this problem.

If both of my above solutions don't work, then I cannot help you further, however, I can give you an alternative (although that isn't what you really wanted). I use a messenger called Telegram and send images (sometimes files) from my Phone to my Laptop and vice-versa. Good thing is that there is a client for almost any platform which means you can access your messages (and in this case images) on any device you want.


Have you set it up like the Lion Server Administration article quoted below?

Time Machine service offers a backup destination on your server to Time Machine users. Use the Time Machine pane of the Server app to make server disk space available for backing up users’ computers, or to change the disk used for storing user backups.

Time Machine service is available to users with Mac OS X Lion, Snow Leopard, and Leopard. Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard users who haven’t selected a backup disk in the Time Machine pane of System Preferences are automatically asked whether they want to use the server as a storage location. Other users need to open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences and change the backup disk.

In the Server app sidebar, select Time Machine.
Click the On/Off switch to turn on Time Machine service.
Select a disk to use as the destination for users’ backups, and then click Use for Backup.
Time Machine service creates the Backups shared folder on the disk you select.

To choose a different disk as the backup destination, click Edit.
If you turn on Time Machine service when file sharing service is off, file sharing service turns on automatically.

If you change the backup disk, users’ Time Machine preferences that were set to use the server for backup storage will automatically begin using the Backups folder in its new location.

After selecting a different backup disk, advise users that their first backup will take longer because it’s a full backup. Time Machine service doesn’t copy users’ backup data from the old Backups folder to the new Backups folder.

You can control each user’s access to the server’s Time Machine backup storage in the Users pane of the Server app.


How to connect external display to MacBook Pro without a cable?

I've used a few wireless dongles and other devices in the past and they've been hit and miss due to driver issues and other complications.

By far the easiest method is to use a AppleTV and use AirPlay to mirror or extend the display to the screen.

You would connect the AppleTV to the display using HDMI. After setting it all up you would then click the AirPlay icon in the upper right of your Mac's screen and select your AppleTV from the choices.

If your WiFi is nice and strong for both units, you should be good to go.


How do I make Terminal/UNIX tools to start the week on Sunday?

i know this seems like a locale problem -- i spent of bunch of time looking into that but it turns out this is actually a problem with the date command.
from the man page for date:
%U     week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)
%W     week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53)

so if i rewrite your command to use %U instead of %W:
for i in $(locale -a); do bash -c "LC_TIME=$i date -j -f '%Y-%m-%d' '2020-01-05' '+%U %a'" ; done
then i am getting all of the results showing week 01 instead of 00.
hope this helps!


No shared Links available in iOS 7 Safari

Go to Settings > Twitter and link your account there. Once installed, and linked, if you open the Bookmarks tab in Safari, you will see Bookmarks, the Reading List, and Shared Links. If you have logged in properly, your Shared Links will appear here.


On my Mac, command+↑ ("command up arrow") takes me to the top of a file/document/webpage. Same sequence with "Down arrow" takes me to the bottom of a file/document/webpage.

If that doesn't work for you, let us know & we'll try to help further.

For future reference, Apple has a list of shortcuts on their support website. It also includes links to app-specific shortcuts.


MacBooks, especially Pros, do heat quite a bit when under heavy use. It is is perfectly normal. You can however check you system by downloading a temperature monitor. Most also allow you to monitor/control your fans. I personally have used smcFanControl before, but the app in the previous answer should do too.

I once had a MacBook (2006, black model) with a faulty fan. It broke after years of use and plenty of dust. If the computer detects it is overheating past a certain threshold, it will automatically shut down to protect its components. I'm not sure what this threshold was, but I want to say about 100 degrees Celsius.

As long as the temperature of your Mac is not approaching this threshold and your fans are functioning properly, it should be fine. Don't hesitate in taking it somewhere to be checked if you're not fully confident however!


Trouble opening an Excel file with preview

The general manner to get at logs on macOS (and OS X in the past) is to open the Console app. It shows the common application and system logging framework and allows you to search across all sources and databases that store logs.

If you are unix based - much of this logging is documented in manual pages and at developer.apple.com.

Many third party packages have documentation - like python to interact with and document logging.

Your specific needs will depend on the exact version and build of the OS and the preview app, but start with Console and consider asking a follow on question once you have specifics.

Quicklook is going to be a much harder nut to crack, since you need to know about spotlight importer details, less direct databases and layers of indirection and storage. Spotlight debugging is more of a book than an answer here as a side question.

I'd also skip excel - since that's not really an Apple product - focus on getting your file to work in Preview and you'll likely be good to go.


How do I copy and paste a text address in the messages app?

I think it's just the way you're pressing on it that's causing you the problem.

Assuming iOS has recognised it as an address (typically it would appear in blue and be underlined just like a traditional hyperlink), just tap on it gently for about a second or so and you should get a range of options. One of the options will be Copy. Select that and you can then paste the address as you want into another app etc.

If you just do a quick tap, then it'll take you to the Maps app as you describe.


Touch Bar has blank/void button after Catalina update

It could be several things.

Runtime corruption - one program (or several) gets things off course or the macOS code has bugs that will get fixed in an update
Data corruption if this persists across log out / log in and restarts.
Good code and faulty hardware - less likely but could be the cause if it’s intermittent and never able to resolve with updates over weeks or months.

I would triage this by setting up a brand new user account on the Mac, logging out from the one where the bar settings are suspect and then into the newly created empty account.

Should the bar be missing the default icons, you can conclude that the operating system and the bar software need to be reloaded / reset.

If the bar behaves, then it's going to be the settings in your user account that need resetting or fixing.

So to answer the main question - it's a corruption in the settings or the controller and the above steps will help you narrow down which path to remediating it you choose.


How to focus on MacVim in terminal using keyboard shortcut?

See this question for different ways to assign shortcuts to opening applications.

When I tried using Alfred to assign a keyboard shortcut for MacVim, pressing the shortcut did not always open a new window. You could try using a script like this though:

tell application "MacVim"
    reopen -- open a new default window if there are no open windows
    activate -- make frontmost
end tell

Or try just using activate app "MacVim" or adding different arguments to open -a MacVim.


How to check if invisible items are visible?

An alternative to grgarside's script, this doesn't need you to restart the Finder, just refresh open windows.

Can be saved as an app or in Automator, as a Service.
I have it as a Service, triggered on  Cmd ⌘    H  from System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services - which required me to change the 'Hide Finder' key command in …Shortcuts > App Shortcuts to something other than default.

To add as Service, launch Automator then File menu > New.
Select Service in the dialog then drag Run Applescript to the new Automator window.
Copy/paste the script inside the on run - replacing (* Your script goes here *) & Save. It needs only the default parameters for everything else.

In System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services it will be added as the last line. Set any trigger key command you like.

If you use  Cmd ⌘   H  the same as me, you'll need to change Hide Finder to something else - I just used a garbage shortcut as I never need that command…

set newHiddenVisiblesState to "YES"
try
    set oldHiddenVisiblesState to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles"
    if oldHiddenVisiblesState is in {"1", "YES"} then
        set newHiddenVisiblesState to "NO"
    end if
end try
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles " & newHiddenVisiblesState

tell application "Finder"
    set theWindows to every Finder window
    repeat with i from 1 to number of items in theWindows
        set this_item to item i of theWindows
        set theView to current view of this_item
        if theView is list view then
            set current view of this_item to icon view
        else
            set current view of this_item to list view

        end if
        set current view of this_item to theView
    end repeat
end tell

The script itself reads the current state of the invisible flag (less elegantly than grgarside's version but just as effectively;) then toggles each open window to another view type - list, icon etc then back again.

Edit: Just refreshing the windows no longer works in El Capitan, you now have to restart the Finder.
New version for El Capitan

set newHiddenVisiblesState to "YES"
try
    set oldHiddenVisiblesState to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles"
    if oldHiddenVisiblesState is in {"1", "YES"} then
        set newHiddenVisiblesState to "NO"
    end if
end try
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles " & newHiddenVisiblesState & "; killall Finder"


iPhone 5 changes itself to a black theme with white and blue writing

This would be explained entirely by a change to your accessibility settings to "Invert Colors".

You can change that back in Settings->General->Accessibility.


Finder search does not work properly for Tibetan unicode after Yosemite upgrade

I discovered recently exactly the same problem for certain Cyrillic characters. After trouble-shooting it became obvious that the culprit is lack of unicode support in the Apple indexing. The workaround is to use the alternative search - such as Find Any File.


How do I type + (plus) character on a Swedish Apple Wireless Keyboard using US keyboard layout?

It should be  Shift + ´ on a Swedish keyboard.


Are 'du' and 'df' reliable when there are lots of hard links?

From man du:

  Files having multiple hard links are counted (and displayed) a single time per du execution.

  Directories having multiple hard links (typically Time Machine backups) are counted a single time
       per du execution.

From man df:

  The df utility displays statistics about the amount of free disk space on the specified
       filesystem or on the filesystem of which file is a part.

So assuming both man pages are correct neither utility should count hard linked things twice.


My favourite way to install and run MySQL is via the Homebrew package manager. With Homebrew installed it's as straightforward as:

brew install mysql

This gets you the server and the command line connection tool. It's setup to run with no password, so it's not suitable for production use, but it's perfect for developing with. Homebrew takes care of putting everything you need on your PATH for you, no digging around in .app bundles for binaries.

Once installed, to connect:

mysql -uroot

To have launchd start mysql at login:

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

Then you can start it with:

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Or if you don't care about having it start on machine boot/restart, you can just run the server directly with:

mysql.server start

The configuration file it reads will be in at /usr/local/etc/my.cnf.

Bonus: having Homebrew on your system puts you one command call away from installing all kinds of other packages. It's a reasonable package manager without a lot of fluff and cruft.


It sounds to me like the store you bought it from, imported it as a grey import from Hong Kong. However, all iPhones come with a global warranty, so you will be covered.

You need to contact Apple directly - someone there will be able to organise something for you. You may need to provide proof of purchase, so have that ready (scan it in if you haven't got a digital copy).

For your info, below is a similar experience I'm aware of firsthand.

I recently helped a lady who purchased a new iPhone from a local online store. About 10 months later the iPhone developed a fault, and while it was definitely under warranty, it took a while to establish this fact because the serial number came up as having been purchased in Thailand, and because it was dated about 7 weeks earlier than when she had purchased it.

In this case, she needed to show her purchase receipt to correct the commencement date for her warranty, as it was originally showing as only 8 days remaining compared to the two months she thought she had left. It did get all sorted, but the issue had to get escalated before it was resolved.


According to your error message it looks like a Mail plugin incompatibility. One or more plugins are not fully compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina, yet. Did you install GPGMail.mailbundle or additional mail plugins? If so,

Completely shut down Mail.app
Navigate to ~/Library/Mail/Bundles
Move GPGMail.mailbundle to your desktop
Restart Mail  and try again


Error Code 90161 Invalid provisioning profile

If you get this error, you probably don't have the correct type of Provisioning Profile. There's a few types of Provisioning Profiles, most notably are the "Development" and "Distribution" profiles. I suggest looking at your provisioning profiles, and if necessary recreate them.

You have to use App Store (not Ad-hoc) provisioning Profile while creating your .ipa in order to upload to App Store with Application Loader.

Try this, and see if that helps. Be sure to haul the new profiles in Xcode (or any other method you'd use) and edit your project's settings.


The fastest way I was able to find by fiddling with the UI is as follows:

Create a new role called "Stills" in the menu bar under Modify > Edit Rolls...

Select everything (both clips and stills) in the main timeline.
Open the index, click the roles tab and uncheck "Video". That way all the stills turn gray and only the videos remain blue (since they contain audio with a role of "Dialogue").

That makes it easy to then manually deselect all the videos by holding command and clicking on them in the timeline.

Now, with only the stills selected, right click the selection and choose Assign Video Roles to assign the newly created "Stills" role.
Finally head back to the clips tab of the index, right click in the column header and make sure Video Roles is displayed. Then type "stills" in the search box. You can then cmd + a the resulting list to repeatedly select only the stills in the timeline.


There are new SMS tones as of 4.2, and you can assign a specific SMS tone to a specific person via the Contacts app also as of 4.2, but you still cannot create custom SMS tones in the stock firmware.


Disk space available: Finder shows way less than System Information

I suggest you run DaisyDisk which will do a graphical display of your disk contents. The app is not free but can be used once as a free trial.  This app will map out your entire disk showing where everything is located.  it will take several minutes to completely map your drive.


Can I specify file associations at a more general or specific level?

I'm not certain about separating out password-protected PDFs specifically - it would depend on how they differentiated themselves to the OS, but everything else can be done with RCDefaultApp
which, though quite old, is still perfectly functional.
It adds itself as a control panel & can then adjust defaults for any app & protocol.


How to change physical layout of the keyboard

OS X includes an British keyboard layout that you can switch to under Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources. If you hit the + button and search for British it'll come up. That'll give you Apple's version of a British keyboard layout.

If you'd like British to match a PC's keyboard, there's a second Apple mapping named British - PC.  This'll put the @ and | symbols where they should be in that layout.

You might find that Apple's British - PC keyboard mapping isn't quite right, as because their British keyboards aren't laid out as a typical British (BS4822) keyboard is. There's a great solution for this with a custom keyboard mapping. The one I linked there works like a charm.


How to share and sync only selected Contact groups between iphones

Don't keep the contacts you want to share in iCloud.  Use, for instance, a GMail user, and keep the contents there.  All three of you sync the GMail contacts list.


How can I get iMessage to verify my phone number?

Looks like you tried all the basic troubleshooting steps.  Heres the next step:

Make sure your data is backed up, either iTunes or iCloud.
Turn iMessage off (make sure to do this).
Erase all contents and settings (this will wipe your device.)   Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Contents and Settings.
Set the phone up as New (make sure to do this)
Turn on iMessage, wait for it to activate.  Once it's activated erase the phone again and restore from your backup.


Did some research and found this: Time Machine Full Backup Issue.

Here is what it says on the site:

  Time Machine will always do a full backup in these circumstances:

  Backing-up from a new disk or partition (only that disk/partition gets a full backup).
  Backing-up to a new or erased disk or partition.
  After a full restore (not a "smart update") from a "clone" such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.  This includes getting a new HD or
  erasing your current one, and using the clone to restore your data.
  Effective with Lion 10.7.x, you may be able to prevent it via item #B6).
  After replacing or erasing your internal HD, and putting your data back “piecemeal.”  This includes dragging selected items or restoring
  selected items via the Time Machine “Star Wars” display.  Effective
  with Lion 10.7.x, you may be able to prevent it via item #B6).
  Going many days (at least 10, usually many more) without a backup, if a lot of changes have been made.


Reason for perpetual dynamic DNS updates?

Hm, must have been something transient: I noticed that the SOA didn't change, and after a zone freeze/thaw, the problem suddenly disappeared. Looks like BIND might have had a hick-up.


Keyboard shortcut not working in yosemite

I have reported this bug to apple and it's still not being closed. I will update my answer once it's closed.

Till then you can add this shortcuts under all applications(instead of preview) then it will work.


How does Finder decide if a file should be hidden?

I found the answer! It is controlled by the hidden flag. Open Terminal,

$ /bin/ls -Ol

will show you which files are flagged with hidden.

To make /mnt hidden, simply

$ sudo chflags hidden /mnt

To change back

$ sudo chflags nohidden /mnt

Cheers!


13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro has incorrect "default scaling" value (compared to 2012 MBP)

So it looks like all modern 13" MacBook Pros do this. It has been confirmed in this MacRumors thread.

This change was likely made with the recent thunderbolt 13" MacBook Pros.
This was most likely done in order to allow the user to "fit more" into the relatively small 13" screen by default.

I find it strange for this to be the default resolution, because it is a fractionally scaled resolution. This means that the virtual pixels do not map perfectly to physical pixels. If the default scaling was set to the second box, as with older 13" MacBooks, then a 1x1 block of virtual pixels would correspond exactly to a 2x2 block of physical pixels. With the new default scaling, this is not the case.
This leads to text which is slightly less sharp if you look at it up close. Why this change in default scaling was made, I don't know—perhaps Apple determined the loss in sharpness wasn't significant enough to discount it as a default option. Oh well, it's good to know anyway. At least my display isn't having an identity crisis.


"An unknown error occurred" when signing into iMessage account with Apple ID on macOS

I used to have the same error on my device once.

In my case it helped resetting the NVRAM, which is one of the recommendations in Apple's documentation.

  Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac

  ⌥ + ⌘ + P + R

  Shut down your Mac, then turn it on and immediately press and hold these four keys together: Option, Command, P, and R. You can release the keys after about 20 seconds, during which your Mac might appear to restart.

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063


why cannot I see Library folder under my home directory in Finder?

Yes, that folder is hidden by default along with another bunch of files and folders becasue most users never need or want to go into it.
To make it visible press:
ShiftCommand .
That's Shift-Command-Period, it will reveal all the hidden files. There is also a command to un-hide just the ~/Library folder:
chflags nohidden ~/Library


WiFi slow on MacBook Pro but not on other devices

As with all mysteries such as these, it is best to narrow the tree of possibilities with a sort of binary search, as it were.

Here are some starting point (and if you're lucky, ending point) tests to eliminate whole branches from the tree:

Test a wired connection. You've already done this test ✅, so now we know:

It's not a hardware problem with the possible exception of wifi-specific hardware, which is highly unlikely, especially given the symptoms you report.
It's not an OS problem, again with the possible exception of wifi-specific components, which I think is also unlikely.

Boot your Mac in safe mode.  Run the speed tests again. If the problem is gone, follow the steps under If the issue doesn't continue in safe mode at the provided link. If it is NOT gone, I would hold off on OS reinstall recommended by If the issue continues in safe mode fo now, trying the things below first.
Test it on an entirely different WiFi network. This might narrow it down to your router or how your Mac connects to that router via WiFi. If it turns out to be this, report back and we can go from here.
Test whether the flatlining is system wide when it occurs. First open a browser window open with a quickly loading web page already loaded. Run a speed test. When it flatlines and while it is flatlined, refresh the webpage. Does the webpage refresh stall too? It would be best if your speed test is not running in the same process as your web page test. If it is browser based, use a different speed test that isn't, or use different browsers (e.g. Safari and Firefox). Alternatively, use something other than a web page to see if the speedtest stall is a system-wide stall.
Test using a different browser, or a non-browser-based speed test.

I can come up with more but let's start with these.


Why can't I shuffle songs within a specific album under the latest version of iTunes 12.5.1.21?

Select Control > Shuffle
In the drop down/slide out menu check 'Album' instead of 'Songs'


How do I display unsupported emoji on OS X Yosemite

I copied these two files from El Capitan and replaced the default ones (I recommend making backups):

/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttf
/System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/Resources/Category-Emoji.plist

After a reboot I have all emojis in Yosemite.


This is currently not possible. Siri is only able to use Apple's standard apps, sadly.


Can the 1m Apple USB C cable charge the 13 inch MacBook Pro at full speed?

Yes.1

1 In practice, my experience is yes. Every single iPad cable has not been an issue for charging any iPad and 13 Inch MacBook Pro and MacBook One.


Pictures folder showing 39GB for 0 items! Please help?

Since 10.6 doesn't have a Recovery HD you will want to install a second copy of the OS onto a USB drive and/or use the DVD install media to start the Mac and run Disk Utility to examine the filesystem.

Before that, make a backup of the Mac (or at least your critical files, photos, etc...) to be sure you don't make things worse. Disk Utility will sacrifice files to make the filesystem whole in some cases.

Also, you could boot into single user mode and run /sbin/fsck -fy without mounting the root filesystem as an alternative if you are comfortable with that level of sophistication with terminal.

Post back details if you get hung up or if these details aren't enough to go on.


Bootcamp the startup disk cannot be partiitoned

This is a very common question. Again, here is the commands you need to enter in a Terminal application window.

The next two commands will remove the disk1s4 partition labeled BOOTCAMP and the disk1s3 partition labeled OSXRESERVED

sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk1s4
sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk1s3

The next command return the free space back to the disk1s2 APFS container partition.

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1s2 0


Just get Xpdf 3.04 from foolabs.

If your current system is Yosemite get the precompiled binaries: xpdfbin-mac-3.04. The 64-bit installer available there doesn't work. Uncompress/Untar the tar.gz and install this binary package manually:

Copy the 64-bit executables (xpdf, pdftotext, etc.) to to /usr/local/bin.
Copy the man pages (*.1 and *.5) to /usr/local/man/man1 and
/usr/local/man/man5.
Copy the sample-xpdfrc file to /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc.  You'll
probably want to edit its contents (as distributed, everything is
commented out) -- see xpdfrc(5) for details.

Check your $PATH if the executables don't work.

If your current system is Mavericks, Mountain Lion or Lion the above-mentioned 64-bit installer should work.

Now continue like Matteo mentioned:

To extract it with pdfinfo:

pdfinfo file.pdf | grep ^Producer


How do I fix the SSL warning I get when visiting github.com?

Should I worry about this?

You should always distrust SSL connections that are using expired certificates. This could indicate a simple oversight on the part of the website operator or it could indicate a malicious attempt to intercept encrypted communications between the website and your browser. Heed your browser's warnings and don't load the page when these warnings occur.

  How do I fix it?

OS X users can delete the expired certification from their keychains. This certificate was issued by DigiCert and they have a blog post that details what happened and how to fix it. Paraphrased from the post:

Start the Keychain Access application (you may be asked for your password when you do this)
In Keychain Access go to View -> Show Expired Certs and search for DigiCert High to find the DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA that expired on July 26, 2014. It's important you only delete the expired certificate here.
Delete this certificate and close Keychain Access.

You may also need to restart Chrome and Safari for the warning to disappear. Also, make sure you check all Keychains and verify your Category filters - certificates or All Items should be selected.


Add different iCloud email to existing AppleID

Even though the Apple support article referred to doesn't specificaly say this (I'm assuming it's because @icloud.com was only introduced recently and the article was never updated), what goes for @me.com and @mac.com goes for @icloud.com (they're all aliases for the same address).

ie, read: Some Apple IDs, like those ending in @mac.com, @me.com or @icloud.com, can't be changed.

So no, unfortunately you won't be able to change.

iCloud: About your icloud.com, me.com, and mac.com email addresses
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5441


How to see the latest apps released in the App Store?

Apple doesn't show a list of new apps or games. However, you can use a third-party site like 148apps.com to view the newest apps.


Automator turning well-aligned PDF documents upside-down, flipped -- unreadable in OSX?

It must be how you have the PDFs that you want to combine. I have this exact same workflow as an app and it works great and perfectly. However if you have several PDFs that are not all the same orientation then it will do what is happening.

I don't see any other way of doing it other then manually opening up each one in Preview and using Command L or R to change the right orientation.

Phil


This is like asking "Why is my dictionary missing some words?"

Just like no dictionary contains every possible word, no font contains every possible unicode glyph. Remember that someone has to actually create the font, and they aren't going to spend the time to get every possible glyph from every possible language. Especially when the number of glyphs defined is always increasing.

From wikipedia:

  No single "Unicode font" includes all the characters defined in the present revision of ISO 10646 (Unicode) standard, as it is continually adding more & more languages and characters. As a result, font developers and foundries are also incorporating those new characters in newer version or revision of a font, and correcting their previous errors if there were any.

If you are interested, you can see on Wikipedia a comparison of some common Unicode fonts together with the code blocks that they cover.

You might try installing Gnu unifont, which seems to have the most complete coverage. To install, just download the font from the site, click on the file, which opens a font preview in FontBook. Just click "install" and you are done.


Will Mac OSX 10.5.4 or 10.5.8 run on a PowerMac g5 quad?

According to Mactracker, the latest version of Mac OS X any version of an Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop can take is Mac OS X 10.5.8 although Mac OS X 10.5.4 will also run on them.

The information I presented was what is reported by Mactracker and they usually are correct with the information they provide.  In any case all sources I've looked at for the Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz M9592LL/A PowerMac11,2 the only quad core Power Mac G5 produced all say the same thing, latest or maximum OS is "Mac OS X 10.5.8".  Unfourtunatly Apple's own page Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) - Technical Specifications does not say. So I guess the answer should be contact Apple via phone or stop by an Apple store for what would be considered an authoritative source.


Execute this command in Terminal and see what happens:

dscl . -read /Users/[user_shortname] JPEGPhoto | tail -1 | xxd -r -p > ~/Desktop/any_file_name.jpg

Ex:

dscl . -read /Users/U92 JPEGPhoto | tail -1 | xxd -r -p > ~/Desktop/U92.jpg

Gleaned and distilled from this AskDifferent page.


Prohibited symbol trying to boot into Recovery Mode

This is exactly the type of convoluted situation that calls for having a 3rd party software cloning utility in your toolset. If you need to transfer Apps, system settings & one or more user profiles to the replacement SSD then using a cloning tool would be ideal. It would enable you to clone just the boot partition to the SSD after which you would need to reinstall the OS from an internet restore session so as to get a functional local restore partition on the SSD as well. This can be done without harming the data that already exists on the drive.

If you want to reuse the original drive for backups as an example, then once you can successfully boot from the SSD you can reconnect the old drive & use Disk Utility to repartition it so you have access to its entire storage volume.


Can I track the amount of time I spend on which websites on Safari (iOS and OSX)?

You can use the app Timing.

  Document-Based Tracking

  Timing automatically tracks every app, document and website you use —
  including the full file path or URL. This makes assigning time
  tracking data much easier and more accurate.

I use it to track my computer time for the purposes of billing clients.


Extand main APFS partition on MacOS Mojave 10.14.3

The output, from the commands below, should show that disk0s3 starts at an offset that is sufficiently close to the end of disk0s2 to produce the error message you posted.

diskutil info disk0s2 | grep -e Offset -e "Disk Size"
diskutil info disk0s3 | grep -e Offset -e "Disk Size"

Or, in other words:

(Offset of disk0s2) + (Size of disk0s2) - (Offset of disk0s3) = (Small enough size to cause message)

You do not need the Apple_KernelCoreDump partition. You can remove this partition be entering the command below.

sudo diskutil eraseVolume "Free Space" none disk0s3

Next, you can reenter the command you posted in your question to reclaim the free space.

diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0


Wifi doesn't stay connected with 2010 MacBook Pro after upgrade to Mountain Lion

The only solution I found that actually worked was to replace the Mountain Lion Wi-Fi drivers with the ones included in Snow Leopard.

NOTE: This solution is not for the faint of heart and please ensure you've backed up your system - at worst this should only bork your Wi-Fi (which I'm assuming is already broken if you're trying these steps) but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Insert the Snow Leopard DVD into your DVD drive.

Open a Terminal:

sudo -s
cd /System/Library/Extensions
mv IO80211Family.kext /Users/<your acct>/Desktop
cp -R /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext .

Run Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permission on your system drive

Rebuild the kext cache:

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

Wait a few minutes to ensure that the cache has been regenerated and then reboot.


How to uninstall mySIMBLHelper service installed by SIMBL for MAC

Ok.. So I found the way myself.
The next are all the files that need to be added to the script.
I deleted them manually, so I am not sure if it will work without editing.

With this, mySIMBLHelper stoped starting and all the dumpstate shown with by launchctl.
Hope it helps.

"$HOME/Library/Caches/org.w0lf.mySIMBLHelper"
"/private/var/folders/tl/*/T/AppTranslocation/*/d/mySIMBL.app"
"/private/var/folders/tl/*/C/org.w0lf.mySIMBLHelper"
"$HOME/Library/Preferences/org.w0lf.mySIMBL.plist"
"$HOME/Library/Preferences/org.w0lf.mySIMBLHelper.plist"
"$HOME/Library/Caches/org.w0lf.mySIMBLHelper"

Don't try SIMBL !!


Why is "tomorrow" displayed as the "Date Modified"?

I get that all the time when I download a file from Europe when the time zone differences are not corrected. Dates can be set far in the past and far in the future with simple commands like touch and the finder just reports the metadata / date stored in the files in question.

No real mystery or worry unless you are in some way trusting a file’s date for processing or record keeping. In that case, you’ll need to audit for the correct times and catch things that show up with non-sensical dates or dates off from the current time by some deviation you set.


What is the location / path of the finder icons?

These icons are located at:

  /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/


Is it possible to block the Wifi access for an individual application(Mac OS X 10.7)

Install and use LittleSnitch to easily block outgoing network connections on a per-application basis. (Can also configure incoming blocks as well, if you wish.)

If you're trying to defeat network copy protection in Adobe Photoshop and certain other apps -- you can prevent Photoshop from "phoning home" across the internet, but you can't prevent it from detecting multiple serial numbers on the LAN. At the LAN level it uses protocols other than TCP/IP to see if other same-serial-number copies of the program are running. LittleSnitch can't recognize or filter these non-TCP/IP communications.


Is there an easy way to list CLI tools installed on macOS?

Basically every directory listed in PATH besides the standard ones (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin) contains user-installed, so running ls on these directories gives you the list for them and you can use the usual Unix tools like du to calculate sizes.

To make managing user-installed tools easier you can rely on a package manager. Homebrew is the package manager of choice for many users.


USB external harddrive not being recognised

Have a look here on to enable native write support to NTFS.


Macbook Pro 2012 MD101 cannot bootup, cannot reinstall OSX

It sounds like you had a replacement SSD that WAS working at one time and has since failed. You then had some work done on the Mac or had some diagnostics done (?) but with no results.

Trying another SSD yielded similar results: the drive was not found to install macOS onto.

I am re-stating your problem to make sure I got it right.

What it SOUNDS like is that there is something going on with the storage subsystem. A cable, a connector or something on the system board (disk controller or the like).

You could examine all the connections carefully make sure there are no kinks or breaks in any cables associated with the disks. And if you still have the original working drive I would be tempted to try that, assuming it is still around and still bootable.

Failing all of that I would say that the issue is with the Mac itself and if a repair shop can't fix it what you have is an expensive door stop, unless you want to use the Mac with an external drive plugged into it (assuming that works...)


Files Greyed out in Finder - Potential extended attributes issue?

This worked, but after external disk (NTFS) eject the problem was back

xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo fileToUpdate

(or for all files in a folder xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo *)

This worked after eject/re-mount

xattr -wx com.apple.FinderInfo

0000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 fileToUpdate

Notes from man xattr:

 xattr -w [-rsx] attr_name attr_value file ...
 xattr -x  Force the attribute value to be displayed in the hexadecimal representation.