Why isn't this alias in terminal working?

Are you sourcing the file in which the alias is defined?

source ~/.bash_profile

If your alias was defined in .bash_profile in your home directory.

To list the defined aliases, simply type 'alias' in the shell. Type 'alias youraliasname' to see whether the alias 'youraliasname' is defined, and if so, its definition.


Problems with installing Xcode on Mac 10.10.5 ( Locations - setting)

The linked picture in the install guide

is simply wrong. After installing the latest Xcode 7.1.1 the command line tools version is indeed Xcode 7.1.1 (7B1005).

jot is an executable (it prints sequential or random data) residing in /usr/bin. The purpose of executing jot - 1 25 is to ensure that the $PATH variable is set properly in your environment. If it can't be executed your $PATH variable probably doesn't include /usr/bin.

To get your current $PATH variable enter echo $PATH. The default $PATH in Yosemite looks like this:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

To restore the proper $PATH variable use one of the various answers here at apple.stackexchange.com.


Can I upgrade to Yosemite without a credit card?

maybe the information in this link will help?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204034


Apps open outside displays on external monitors (Yosemite iMac 27" 3.4ghz i7)

i have the same problem, i noticed that it happen if i start or resume my mac with the external display connected, if i connect it after the mac is wake up it behave normally.

Probably it fail to detect the correct setting for monitor during startup (or something messed it up as wake up)

So not a fix but at least you can work..


Before doing dd command you need to do unmount $device and sub partitions(if any).

ie, in general

sudo diskutil unmount $device

this case

sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2
sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2s1
sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2s2

then you try dd command, hopes this helps

for reference https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/271471/running-dd-why-resource-is-busy


Does (High) Sierra set a higher bar for menu bar apps?

It has nothing to do with a (perceived) "higher standard" for menu bar icons, it has to do with the privilege level of the process you are attempting to run (or restart from sleep).

In this case, to access the process that controls the fans, you need to have root level privileges.  Until you grant those privileges to that process, it won't run and thusly won't show up in your menu.


What's the difference between hostname's show and the hostname on the command line?

The hostname given by the "hostname" command is the fully qualified hostname (i.e. the full hostname including domains, etc.).

The one displayed in the prompt is shown because your /etc/bashrc file contains the following prompt definition for bash (your shell):

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '

The first part of the prompt specification "\h" means that the hostname should be displayed in the prompt - but only the hostname up to the first . (dot).

That's why you see two different things.


I am experiencing something similar "upgrading" from a 2011 MacBook Air with SSD to a 2017 iMac 4K with 1TB 5400 disk (same disk as yours).

The read and write speeds looks what you could expect from such drive.

You could try reboot into safe mode to see if there is any difference.

Another solution is to buy an external SSD to hook up via USB/Thunderbolt for your project files.


How can I run a shell command at login time without showing a Dock entry?

If that's really a command, not app, then you do this by deploying launchd, Apple's standard daemon/agent manager.
Creating plist files by hand is error-prone, I suggest you to use Lingon.app
It used to be free, now it isn't anymore, but instead available on AppStore (if you're using the latest OS X 10.6.6).


How to set up a default program opening an unknown file extension?

Finder Directions:
Click a file of that type. Press cmd-i. Reveal the Open With: tab of the Get Info window that appears. Select the app you want. Click the Change All button below that menu.

Now, all files of the type you opened will open with the application you selected.


Time Machine: should I partition a 500GB disk?

Technically you could do this, although 50 GB is far too small for most any use these days.

The point of concern I think should be raised here is that you look to be hosting both files and backups on the same drive. When (not if—when) the hard drive fails, you will lose both. You would be much better off in the long run keeping the files and backups on separate drives.

UPDATE (based on comments): The rule of thumb that I've seen for deciding on a drive size to house a Time Machine back up is at least a 2:1 ratio of the drive to be backed up (so a 500GB would mean a 1 TB TM-hosting drive), and I don't see why that general rule couldn't be followed here.

Look at the data volume of the folders you intended to back up, double that, and that's the size partition you go with. If Time Machine requires a minimum that's below what you calculated, just double the size of that for your partition and off you go.

Either way, I don't think you're going to find a hard number here.


You can try to take it to a 3rd-party repair store to get it cleaned, there's a chance that they can repair corrosion caused by water damage.


You may need to try a little experimentation to get closest to what you need [also it may not always work as expected since Yosemite]

If you right click the Finder icon in the Dock you get the options of

All Desktops
This Desktop
Desktop n [only shows if it is currently assigned to another Space]
None

Each has advantages & disadvantages.

All - will carry every Finder window with you to every Space - can be irritating.
This - ought to return you to the assigned Space with any move that brings the Finder to the front, i.e. click on Desktop. [This has been a bit broken since Yosemite & doesn't always work]
None - should give no specific focussed Space & I think might be the one you need. Any new window should open on your current Space.


Is there an alternative to Shazam, but for OS X?

An alternative is Tunatic. It has a handy little window with a sound visualizer:

Once it identifies the song, it displays the name and artist:

And takes you to a link where you can download it from iTunes or buy the ringtone version:


MacBook dual drive is killing hard disks

Try using one of the various temperature utilities to get the temperature of the hard drive. Perhaps the CD-ROM drive space isn't ventilated very well, and your hard drives have put out more heat than the original CD-ROM drive.


Any way to restart LogMeIn Hamachi on a remote machine?

Solution: I simply uninstalled and re-installed.


Virtual backgrounds for any videoconferencing or webcam application

The answer is yes. Applications can create a virtual camera, which other applications will have available in exactly the same way they have the built-in camera on a laptop available, or a USB-connected camera for example.

The application would need to read the images from your real camera, insert your virtual background, and then expose it as a virtual camera.

For example see virtual webcams such as: OBS Virtual Camera or Webcamoid.

If you combine the OBS Virtual Camera program with OBS Studio, you can use the green screen (chroma key) features to get the setup you're looking for.


I use the GaiaGPS App for my walks. This is free and does the job. You can save maps and use them once you're on the spot without any connexions. And you can zoom!


Reinstall on Macbook Air 2010 (Macbook 3,1)

Finally, issue was solved. I burned my recovery partition from my Mountain Lion Macbook Pro onto a USB drive, and used that to boot into recovery and downloaded and installed Mountain Lion on my Mac Air, successfully.

It seems that this generation of Mac Airs have some kind of protection that will ONLY let you use a recovery drive to boot from USB and even from the drive itself.


In itunes, how do I view entire album of currently playing song?

If you normally sort your overall library by album, you can right click on the currently playing song in a playlist and select Show In Playlist -> Music. This will take you directly to that song in your music library.


How to Fix Generic File Icons in macOS Catalina?

Rebuild the LaunchServices Cache using this terminal command (Tested and works on macOS Catalina 10.15.2):

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

DropBox Note:
If you have Dropbox running, you may have to: 1) restart the mac. 2) Pause Syncing and wait for a minute or two. 3) Resume syncing. This should force DropBox to rescan the shares and re-attribute the files and folders.


You can sort your Desktop as you can do it with your Finder folder structure.

  Just sort by "Tags" and thats it:

In my tests, folders are showen before other files.
But of course, if you have Tags given, it gets sorted differently.

So three solutions:

Give specific Tags and sort by Tags
Give non Tags and sort by Tags
Give your folder names starting with "_" or "#" and sorty by Name


Is there any default tool in OSX by which to add text (such as subtitle) to a video?

iMovie may work for you.

Import your Movie and then.

1,  Select the Titles in the Content library to pick Title theme

2, Drag the Subtitle Theme down to the movie strip.

3, Adjust the Subtitle time line to where you want it and duration.

4, Write you text in the text field.

5, Set your text style.

Open image


Set your Download location as Desktop or Documents in Safari Preferences → General

Then turn on iCloud for Documents and Desktop in System Preferences → iCloud → iCloud Drive Options.

You might need to move existing content  in your new download location somewhere else.

For your later edit, just set the Download location in Safari Preferences → General as Documents/downloads_folder_you_made and the turn on the sync. You might need to move the existing content in the default Downloads folder to the newly made one.


MacBook Pro seems to consume gmail reminders?

Weird: Gmail had, for whatever reason, chosen to begin marking all my calendar event reminders as spam. I find them in my spam folder today, and this had indeed begun just a day or two after I got my MBP. Gmail claimed that it was sent to the spam filter because "It's similar to messages that have been detected by our spam filters." (in the header above the spam-filtered email).

The solution was to explicitly whitelist all google calendar event reminders, as follows.

I also had to clear and reset each of the default notifications for the calendar as here.

Now I can get on with my life.


Hold the option key when you power on and you can choose the working mac partition or insert a bootable DVD to get back to disk utility or a working os. This is called the Startup Manager screen.

The eject key will work once the Startup Manager is running so you can eject the windows DVD.

As I didn't explain the option key - here is a great article explaining how Mac users refer to the keys on the keyboard as well as some handy shortcuts for later once things work again.


Have you tried rebooting before removing it from Trash again? That helps in such cases sometimes.

If that doesn't work, try opening Terminal, and entering:

cd .Trash
sudo rm Install\ Mac\ OS\ X\ Lion.app


You cannot update iOS on a locked device. When you try to update via iTunes(which is the only possible in this situation), it will ask you to unlock the iPhone. It is simply not possible to update or restore a locked iPhone or any iOS device.


Can't remove bluetooth iPhone 3GS from OS X Mountain Lion

What if you just switch off Bluetooth? You're Mac will disconnect (obviously) and then you'll have removed your iPhone from your Bluetooth preferences.

If that doesn't work, you can do it the hard way and delete following files from ~\Library\Preferences:

com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
com.apple.BluetoothFileExchange.plist

Please be advised you'll delete all your stored Bluetooth devices !!


How do I transfer files fast over two network shares?

Moving files from one share on a host to another share on the same host will always be faster when initiated from the host itself, and will always be slow when transferred from the host to a client (and back).  Regardless of whether you use Finder, or mv or cp or Carbon Copy Cloner, if the data has to traverse the network, it will be orders of magnitude slower.

There are some technologies that allow a copy or duplicate command on the same share to be initiated by a client and performed server-side instead of copying the whole file down to the client and then back.  I believe SMB supports this, but it it won't work across different shares, even if they're on the same host.

Long story short, your network will always be the bottleneck compared to the disk controller's native speed (~88MBps for Gigabit Ethernet vs. 200-600MBps for SATA). If you're running 100Base-T on your network instead of Gigabit, you'll be 10x slower than that (8MBps).

To (pre)view anything on the Mac, you'll always have to transfer it (or enough of it) to the Mac over the network.  For large items, I'd recommend using the Synology's interface to move or copy items between the different shares.


Connection error when remotely managing 10.9 OS X Server (SSL Handshake)

Ok, so after two weeks of not using this feature I tried again and it has now worked (not sure why). The log file says:

Jan 3 09:13:14 server.XXX.private collabd[329]: [CSUserSessionServiceBase.m:48 4398000 +0ms] Detected Magic Superuser Auth Token –


Is it possible to right click an item in finder an "move to" to move a file / folder to another location?

I have a Automator Service named Move Selected Items To....workflow and shows on the Context Menu in Finder as Move Selected Items To... when files and or folders are selected. I can then choose where to move them to and whether or not to replace existing items.

Here's a picture of the Services workflow and note the settings under Options for the Move Finder Items action.

Checking the Show this action when the workflow runs check box brings up the Move Finder Items dialog box, as shown in the image below, where you can the select where you want to move the files/folders to.

Note that you can change the default To: location from Desktop to wherever you'd like and then save the Service so it's what you chose as the starting point each time the service is triggered. While not shown in the example picture, I have it set to Macintosh HD so when the Move Finder Items dialog box appears, I can click the Macintosh HD and then Other... on the popup menu easily, to bring up the Choose dialog box to more quickly navigate to where I want to go.

You can also assign a keyboard short to the Service in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Files and Folders. I assigned it: ^⌥⌘M

Note: When I first saved the Automator Service it only showed two dots on the Context Menu, when I expected to see three as that is what I typed in the Save service as: sheet. Well, I had to rename it in Finder so there were four dots between Move Selected Items To and workflow, then save the file again pressing ⌘S in Automator. This enabled the three dots to show on the Context Menu in Finder. Note that if you have more then a few Services it will appear under Services on the Context Menu in Finder.

I have since found out that had I used four dots in the Save service as: sheet, e.g. Move Selected Items To...., it would have then shown as Move Selected Items To... on the Context Menu without further meddling.


How to save list of open Safari Tabs in a text file?

The following example AppleScript code will write the URL of every tab of every window of Safari to a file named MyURLs.txt on your Desktop:

set myURLs to {}
tell application "Safari" to set myURLs to the URL of every tab of every window
set text item delimiters to linefeed
set myURLs to myURLs as text
set text item delimiters to {}
if not myURLs is equal to "" then
    do shell script "echo " & myURLs's quoted form & "> $HOME/Desktop/MyURLs.txt"
end if

To open the URLs in, e.g., MyURLs.txt you can use, e.g.,:

set myURLs to {}
try
    set myURLs to paragraphs of (do shell script "cat $HOME/Desktop/MyURLs.txt")
end try
if not myURLs is equal to {} then
    repeat with thisURL in myURLs
        open location thisURL
    end repeat
end if

The example AppleScript code above assumes Safari is your default web browser.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.


App Store reviews are continuing during WWDC.

According to Average App Store Review Times, reviews are continuing during WWDC. The raw data page shows reviews completed during the last 24 hours, such as Stuart Cooper's tweet.


Problems with Photos App under El Capitan

Your trash is stored in /.Trashes/. Not sure if it's related to the new trash options in El Capitan, including permanent delete.


Youtube-dl is returning errors when grabbing from Mixcloud

I ran into the same error (2010 MacBook Pro) and updating to Python 2.7.18 seemed to fix the issue. You can update to 2.7.18 here. I used the macOs 64-bit Installer, but feel free to install whichever way is easiest for you.

Screenshot of running youtube-dl post update:

Hope this helps!


It is indeed challenging to get that functionality to work reliable, since iOS has a very conservative power saving mechanism and developers are not making things up.

The problem is: While there actually is a way for Apps to use Bluetooth LE while in the Background, it's very limitated. Typically, to connect to a BLE device like Noke, the App needs to scan on for the device which advertises is presence. Only after a scan is received, the app can actually connect to the device. A device issues a scan using iOS system services and registers a callback, which means the OS "calls"/"activates" the app if a device that was scanned for is found.

When scanning for a device, there are several parameters that can be tuned that affect power intensity but also latency when interacting with BLE. In gerneal, you need to balance these parameters for the best experience. In foreground, scanning for and connecting to devices is very quick on iOS, but in background, iOS ignores some options developers can configure but foremost, it reduces the frequency of the scan which greatly reduces the power usage, but also introduces a lot of latency. iOS also decides when to issue the callback to the app described above.

I made the discovery that power saving on iOS 11.1 is way more aggressive then on iOS 10. Are or where you using iOS 11 when those problems occured?

Source: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/NetworkingInternetWeb/Conceptual/CoreBluetooth_concepts/CoreBluetoothBackgroundProcessingForIOSApps/PerformingTasksWhileYourAppIsInTheBackground.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013257-CH7-SW1


Add command to sudo in OS X - or how to fix a major security inconsistency in OS X

The security command is working as expected, and is following the same keychain access policies that any other program would follow.

Accessing a user's keychain is not an admin function -- the user's keychain belongs to them, so admin access is irrelevant. On the other hand, the System keychain (/Library/Keychains//System.keychain) is "owned by" the system, so admin access might be needed for it and/or its items.
To gain access to the user's keychain, it must first be unlocked. login.keychain is normally encrypted with the user's login password, and is automatically unlocked when they log in. If it weren't already unlocked, security would trigger a prompt for the password to unlock it.
Each item in the keychain has its own access policy. You can see these in the Keychain Access utility by double-clicking the keychain item, then selecting the Access Control tab. security obeys these access controls: if it's set to "Allow all applications to access this item", security will dump the item without prompting for anything; if it's set to "Confirm before allowing access" (and security isn't in the "Always allow..." list), security will trigger a prompt for access to the item (and if "Ask for keychain password" is selected as well, the prompt will require the keychain password).

It might be possible to require admin rights to run security, but I wouldn't recommend it. Firstly, it might break any parts of the OS that depend on running security (though I don't know of any), and secondly it wouldn't prevent any other program from dumping out the keychain, since other programs are subject to the same access policies.


Replacing OS X with Windows/Linux on aging Mac

Do you have the original install disks for Mac OS X? If so, there shouldn't be any issues with wiping the Mac partition completely off the hdd.

However, if you don't have those disks, I would strongly recommend keeping the Mac OS X install and creating a new partition (shrinking the Mac partition) for the new OS. Mainly because if something goes wrong (or if you don't like either alternative) it's much easier to recover a MacBook using the Mac OS. I think you can get away with 5-10GB for the Snow Leopard partition.

If you have the original install disks, you shouldn't have an issue with restoring it.

Linux will take some tinkering to get working properly. I had a particularly rough time getting wifi to work in Ubuntu 12.blah on an older MacBook Pro. Plus side: With a laptop that old, there should be a decent amount of documentation for making your hardware work with Linux. I'd stick with Ubuntu if you like fancy, or Linux Mint if you like simple. Windows 7 (if installed through Bootcamp) works pretty well without much hassle.


Don't get password prompt when ssh-ing from fedora

It turns out that this is due to a bug in the implementation of openssh in OSX Yosemite (too small message buffers to accommodate the modern range of available cyphers - please see Redhat Bugzilla bug 1373835 for details). The workaround given there, to limit the cypher list by specifying it explicitly, as for instance

ssh -o HostKeyAlgorithms=ssh-rsa,ssh-dss -o KexAlgorithms=diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 -o Ciphers=aes128-cbc,3des-cbc -o MACs=hmac-md5,hmac-sha1 user@host

works for me.


What are api.smoot.apple.com and other hosts my iPhone is secretly talking to?

Regarding api.smoot.apple.com, from Hacker News. Note this is regarding Yosemite, but I would imagine it similarly applies to Mobile Safari on iOS, especially since the hostname is the same (emphasis mine):

There are two "Spotlight Suggestions":

"Spotlight Suggestions" in Safari
"Spotlight Suggestions" in Spotlight

Both query the same servers, both use the same name, and both return the same information.
A reasonable person might believe that, having followed Apple's instructions for disabling "Spotlight Suggestions" (the Spotlight kind), they'd disabled "Spotlight Suggestions" (the Safari kind) -- especially if you didn't actually see any suggestions appear in Safari (I didn't!).
Mark Rowe, Safari developer at Apple: "That’s probably a fair complaint." https://twitter.com/bdash/status/524005838743035904
...
The network query posted here is actually a search metrics POST, not a live search query, and it's used as metrics for local and remote search performance.


Easiest way to repeat MANY mouse clicks?

I know you already rejected CliClick, but what if the script was provided for you? It’s actually quite simple. In Script Editor enter the following:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    repeat 500 times
        do shell script "/Users/<you>/Desktop/cliclick c:" & "1694,18"
        delay 1.5
    end repeat
end tell

Replace 1694,18 with the actual coordinates of the button you want to click. Those can be obtained by pressing ⇧ shift ⌘ cmd 4 and hovering your cursor over the button.

Also replace <you> with your account name, and adjust the delay as appropriate, to account for any animation or form postback.

Obviously this is all assuming the click occurs in the same spot each time. Your question doesn’t specify, although I get the sense that that is the case. Otherwise it would be very hard to script as a repeating click.


Take a look at breakaway. You can write a quick applescript to change the volume back and forth when when the headphone is connected/disconnected, and much more


How to remove /volumes/ from my automator service using existing shell script

This is how I'd do it:

toTheClipboard="File Path: afp://serveraddress.com$(sed -e 's: :%20:g' -e 's:/Volumes::' <<< "$1") Parent Folder: afp://serveraddress.com$(dirname "$1" | sed -e 's: :%20:g' -e 's:/Volumes::')"
pbcopy<<<"$toTheClipboard"


Enable keyboard shortcut to look up word in dictionary

command ⌘control ⌃D is the built-in shortcut for this, performing a Look Up on the current mouse position, as if you'd used Force Touch.


Does Apple push updates that require a restart within a set timeframe?

No, this is not Apple. If macOS has not been able to install updates without interruption, Apple software updates will show in Notification Center and will not force you to update.

The message in your question is from an MDM provider your organisation has installed on your computer, which in this case is JAMF. You should contact your organisation if you have any queries about the actions taken on the computer.


Can I delete the system and application files on old MBP 2009 hard drive and still access the files in users?

I wouldn't put much faith in an 11-year-old drive, long-term. I certainly wouldn't put the only copy of any data on it.
That said, so long as you never expect to boot from it again*, then the old System files are just waste space, deleting them would be harmless.
It wouldn't, however, give you any speed increase, merely more free space.
Old 'spinny rust' hard drives are maybe 20 times slower than a modern SSD - even assuming a fast drive for its age, full SATA III support & a full-spec USB3 enclosure.
*Not that a drive from a 2009 Mac would have an OS that the current Mac could boot from, even if it was completely up to date before you removed it from the old Mac


If I put my old mac hard disk system drive with bootcamp in a USB caddy, after replacing it with an SSD, will it appear as 2 drives when plugged in?

You'll see drives like as it was internally, just with a different icon.  You will even be able to boot from the external MacOS (press and hold alt-key when the system chimes on power-up), but this (boot from USB) will not work for Windows.

But the files will be accessible as before.


Can I use FileVault only for specific folders?

It's not possible (at least not that I know) to specify Filevault's target dir. It will work by automatically working with your home folder by creating (if you are in Leopard or above) a Sparse Bundle (or a Sparse Disk Image if you are in Tiger). The reason for the change has to do with Time Machine (and to allow -to a certain extent- to backup a FileVaulted home).

However, you can pretty much "replicate" the functionality of FileVault for a specific folder(s) by using Disk Utility to create an encrypted sparsebundle image of the Folder in question. You'd have to mount this image every time you want to use it but the "effect" is similar.

You can create symbolic links to the files and add the image to the login items if you have an application that needs the data in its original location (which is pretty common). You will possibly have to add the image password to the "Keychain" for it to be automatically expanded.

It would be important to read about Time Machine's limitations too, since a FileVault home directory can only occur when you're logging in (or out). In order to make Time Machine to act as a regular, you need OS X Server edition as a target.

According to the wikipedia entry (which I should have quoted at the beginning since it has all this information, better written and more complete):

  FileVault is limited to encrypting home directories only in versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.7, and only those directories in their entirety. FileVault can encrypt entire disks starting with Mac OS X version 10.7

(emphasis added by me)

It remains to be seen whether this is true or not, since we don't speculate about future versions, but keep that in mind.

As an alternative, there are "multiple" programs that will also help you keep a secure "vault" of things. I'm mentioning Exces because I got it from a Bundle a couple of years ago. I used it three times and it works; there might be free alternatives (as well as using the plain "Disk Utility").

Update: Added the link provided by Kyle, because it explains how to do it, but kept my answer because it's "longer" :)


How can I pipe HTML content to Safari via the command line?

You can use something like

echo '
Hi, there!
foo' > /tmp/x.html && open -a "Safari" /tmp/x.html

I entered some HTML that contains an exclamation mark to show that you need to use single quotes for the shell, otherwise it will interpret this as a history recall. Yes, longer and you need a file name, but you can use your somethingThatProducesHTMLonStdout tool from your question.


Can I use two Airport Express routers to extend an Airport Extreme network?

I recently was able to do this successfully, adding a 2nd Airport Express with a wifi-only connection to an existing network which had RS232 lines to a modern Airport Extreme and an Airport Express. I'm using the latest Mac OS. What I found most effective after plugging the new unit it was to restart the Mac (Mac Mini circa 2012) several times so that it would, eventually, recognize the new Express hardware. I did set the TCP/IP Configure IPv6 to link-local only but I do not know if that made any difference. Once everything was working I changed back to Configure iPv6 automatically.


You can see the complete list of Apple security patches at this page: http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht1222

You can see for yourself that the last security patch for OS X 10.5.8 was "Leopard Security Update 2012-003" that was released in May 2012.

There is likely to be a large number of unpatched security holes in Leopard at this point. However it is unlikely that Apple would publish such a list and I'm not aware of anyone else who maintains such a list.

Another issue is that third party software developers may not support Leopard anymore. For example, the current versions of Chrome and Firefox both require a minimum version of 10.6, while the latest version of Safari that runs on Leopard is v5 while the current version is v8. And the last time Safari 5 saw a patch on Leopard was also May 2012 according to the Apple support document above.


Recovering all my old settings, apps etc ... from removed hard drive

Resolved the above by booting from install disk and using disk utility restore function.

Made sure everything was erased and formated correctly (mac extended journaled) on the new internal drive. Restored using the old drive as the source.

Slower process, but everything is as it should be. All applications, settings etc ... all correct.


Improve GPS accuracy by disabling cellular data

Cellular has nothing to do with GPS - they are two distinct technologies.  So disabling cellular will not increase/decease the accuracy of GPS

I thought the GPS partially relied on cellular data to improve its
accuracy.

Cellular location data can augment GPS to improve the performance of location tracking (where you are), but it can't improve the accuracy of GPS.
There are four basic technologies that provide location data:

WiFi location data
Cellular location data
GPS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS
iBeacon (Apple centric Bluetooth Low Energy)

Focusing on WiFi positioning, cellular positioning and GPS, all of them work in tandem to get your position.
Your iPhone location sensor (Broadcom BCM4774) is the receiver that GPS uses.
Cell Phone Tracking
Basically, cellular location tracking is done at the cell cite - which antenna you're connected to; it approximates your location and augments it with GPS data.

A cell phone’s location can be detected through  cell site location
information (CSLI) or global  positioning system (GPS)  data.

WiFi Tracking
With WiFi positioning it takes a known quantity (the location of the associated AP) and measures the signal of the wireless client.

The most common and widespread localization technique used for
positioning with wireless access points is based on measuring the
intensity of the received signal (received signal strength indication
or RSSI) and the method of "fingerprinting".

GPS
GPS uses multiple signals to measure location.  However, multiple factors like signal strength blockage, weather, etc. affect the signal.  Accuracy, however, depends on the quality of the receiver (the chip in your phone) and the number of signals it uses.

GPS is good down to the cm (centimeter range) and even down to mm, but to get this type of accuracy, it depends on the sensor being used.


Installing Ubuntu on Mac with macOS Mojave

NOTE: for this guide I will be using an external USB disk as the target volume, and a copy of Debian 9.8 (as it is the only Linux installer I have on hand). Due to the fact that Ubuntu is based on Debian, the process should be similar enough to apply to both systems.

Due to the way APFS works, the entire capacity of the Container disk is able to be used as needed by any and all Virtual Volumes inside of it. While this comes with the downside that resizing the Container to be smaller will limit available free space for all of its child volumes, it also comes with the upside that fewer partitions have to be resized/moved in order to create a new standard partition.

For the sake of recreating your situation I have connected a 250 GB external disk to my machine, and formatted it with a single APFS Container, which holds a single Virtual Volume. The first step in this proccess is to find the disk identifier of the Container disk. It can be found in the output of the terminal command diskutil apfs list. In my case this was disk4, as can be seen in the screenshot below. According to the output you listed above, your Container disk is disk1.

To resize the Container, first decide how much space you want to dedicate to Linux, then subtract that from the total size of the Container disk as listed under Size (Capacity Ceiling). In this example I will be dedicating 1/3rd (84 GB) of my external disk to Debian. Once you have the new total size for your Container disk figured out, run the command diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk4 166G, substituting disk4 and 166G for your Container disk identifier and desired macOS partition size.

You will now have the difference in free space on your disk. It is important to note that this free space will not show up in Disk Utility (or diskutil), but it will still be available to the partition manager in the Debian installer, which is where we'll do the remainder of our partitioning from.

Now, either burn your installer image to a CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (which I recommend), or write your installer to a USB disk by formatting it as GUID Partition Map and MS-DOS file system, then running the command sudo dd if=/path/to/installer.iso of=/dev/diskX bs=1M (where diskX is the disk number of your USB drive).

Reboot, and hold down the Option key at the chime/beep, and choose to boot from your Linux installer. Continue through the setup process until you reach the Partition Disks step, and choose the Manual option.

As previously mentioned, you'll find that the free space created is available here, and is listed under a partition with no file system, or volume label, according to Linux (this is your APFS Container disk).

Choose the Free Space partition and click Continue, select the option Create A New Partition in the following menu, and at the prompt set the size to its current value minus the amount of RAM you have installed in your machine. You will need that extra few gigabytes to create a swap partition in a moment. When it asks you where in the free space you want the partition to be created, choose Beginning.

Set the name to whatever you want, in this example I chose Main Disk.

Choose what filesystem you want the partition to use (viable options are EXT3, EXT4, BTRFS, JFS, and XFS. Personally I recommend EXT4).

Choose the mount point for the partition (default and recommended is /).

Choose mount options (recommended to leave as default).

Create a label for the partition (this is what will be displayed in partition editors like GParted).

Click Done setting up the partition.

Now select the free space following the partition you just created, which should be equal to the quantity of RAM in your machine. Once again choose Create a new partition, and this time use the default size. Change the name of the partition to SWAP, and set the filesystem to swap area. Click Done setting up the partition.

Your partition list should now contain the following partitions after your unlabelled APFS Container (with names, sizes, and partition numbers adjusted of course).

After reviewing to make sure everything is correct, click Finish partitioning and write changes to disk. Allow the rest of the installer to proceed. If you get to a page that asks if you want to install the GRUB bootloader, choose No. The Startup Disk selector in System Preferences and the boot menu presented when holding down the Option key should be sufficient to boot into your new Linux installation.

Congrats! You now have a machine that is dual booted with macOS and Linux.


How to input accented characters to an OS running in a VM?

You can simply change the keyboard layout in Ubuntu without any changes to OS X:

Then you can type like you would do on your Latin American keyboard.


Keynote animation to scroll text box content

I just did something similar that may help. I broke the text up into blocks. Each block being the contents of one 'page' I wanted to display. I then Positioned the blocks one above the other in the order I wanted them displayed.

Next I left the first block which would be displayed at 100% opacity and reduced the others to 50%.

Then I added a move to the blocks so that they all moved up the screen the same amount at the same time.

Next I added an opacity change to each block so that it either reduced to 50% or increased to 100%.

Finally it was just a matter of adjusting the animations so that the blocks all moved together and changed their opacities at the same time.

The final effect was that as the blocks scrolled up together, the currently displayed block fades out, and the one becoming the current block fades in.

I'm sure that it's probably possible to do something like this using magic move if you want to use multiple pages to generate this effect.


How do I stop my Mac from attempting Time Machine Backups?

If you're referring to the nag when you plug in a new disk, you can try the defaults setting mentioned here:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool YES

Alternatively, try decreasing the interval of backups to some insanely great number. Try the opposite of the setting listed as #26 on this page:

defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 1800

You might try this to have TM prompt you once anually:

defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 31449600

You might need to use sudo to apply these settings.


Try assigning the key to KeyCode::VK_NONE:

<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::Z, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>

See http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/xml.html.en or http://lri.me/keyremap4macbook.html for more information about using KeyRemap4MacBook.


iPhone storage shows 57+GB used... where is it?

If you can't find it from Storage Manager, I think it's some kinds of bugs or lags.

Have you tried to reset the settings? Sometimes, it might help.


If I am a member of multiple networks, how can I force my Mac to connect to the Internet through one specific network?

You can accomplish this without having to change between both networks. Connect to both networks. From the command line run these two commands.

    sudo route add -default *ipOfEthernetGateway*

That will set all traffic to go through the work ethernet link.

    sudo route add -host SOAPserver.com *ipOfWIFIGateway*

That will set all traffic that needs to go to the SOAP server to go through the WiFi link.


iPad 1 endless reboot loop with no iTunes reformat

I solved my problem by replacing the battery. Apparently, the old one was so dead it wasn't even capable to boot up the system. Once it was replaced, I was able to access the DFU mode then reinstall the OS. This is the only solution available throughout the Internet. I even spoke with an Apple assistant, and he recommended me to not bother with this old piece of... plastic! ;)


Uk apple shop won't fix my phone under EU warranty

This is a legal question, not a technical one BUT... the EU 'law' you are referring to is the European Directive 1999/44/EC.  In the UK, the Sale of Goods Act meets or exceeds most of the directive's requirements, overriding the directive.  The bottom line is, you are almost surely covered, do check what the Sales of Good Act says, see if these chaps chan help you

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/consumer_e

and be ready to stir up as much trouble as you can.  I once had to deal with a faulty screen in a new MBP, I did complain, they guys at Apple were not helpful, I kept complaining, calmly (you cannot ever lose it in these situations, because you give the opponent an excuse to stop dealing with you) and after 30 minutes the manager basically rolled belly up and did what I told him he had to do all along.  Be prepared to ask to talk to mangers etc, and take note of times and names.


Where can I find the magnifying glass UI for iOS 10?

If you are looking for ways to zoom the screen:

Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Zoom (second option from the top)

If you want to use the camera as a magnifying glass:

Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Magnify (third option from the top)


Simultaneous voice and cellular data on the iPhone 6S Plus on Verizon

You are right when you state that simultaneous data and voice is possible over the LTE connection. There's not a VoLTE-capable network in the world where this isn't the case.

But many of your other assumptions, albeit founded on sound logic, are not consistent with reality.

So here's what you need to know:

Your calls are definitely not occurring over LTE if the data signal drops when you place the call. But your phone is definitely capable of VoLTE (as is Verizon's network).
Your Android phone has two radios in it, which is why you can maintain your LTE data connection while on a phone call on that phone. The vast majority of Verizon-sanctioned LTE-capable Android phones have two radios in them (although we're starting to see some hit the market with only a single radio now that VoLTE is possible). The phone call goes over 1xRTT while the LTE radio maintains data connectivity.

There are several things to check before opening a trouble ticket with Verizon:

Make sure "Voice & Data" is selected in Settings > Cellular > Enable LTE.
Make sure your Verizon account has the feature called "Advanced Calling 1.0" added to it. You can add this through My Verizon yourself (in the same place where you'd activate/deactive the mobile hotspot feature).
Make sure you are using a newer SIM card. Believe it or not, there are old Nano-SIM cards out there that simply will not support VoLTE. If you need a new one, ask Verizon.

If you've done all of this, there's one more thing to know before opening a trouble ticket: your phone will still prefer 1xRTT phone calls over LTE ones if you're in a marginal service area. And when it does this, since no iPhone has ever supported TX/RX with two cell networks simultaneously, your iPhone will drop LTE and hop straight onto 1xRTT to grab the call.

If marginal service is the cause of your problem, then your only solution will be to use a different phone—one that has a dual radio setup. Manufacturers are rapidly moving away from dual radios though, so be careful when purchasing anything new.

Good luck!


Will AppStore applications continue to work after an OS downgrade?

Minimal OS version requirements vary from application to application, so there is no general yes or no. The minimal OS version is part of the application description in the store though, so the best approach here would be for your daugther to look at her key applications in the store and check whether all of them will work with earlier OS versions as well.


How to submit UI ideas to Apple for consideration

All suggestions or feedback should submitted to https://www.apple.com/feedback/.

Select "Feature Request" under "Feedback Type"


Why has Snow Leopard screwed up my Safari and my desktop's ability to stay organized

Sounds like you did an upgrade, perhaps with the help Migration Assistant?

Best way to deal with it?  Back up your data, and either
i) create a new account, pulling your data back in, but with a fresh library and settings or, better yet,
ii) reformat, re-install OS and create your account again, from scratch.  Pull the data in manually.

Upgrading, and/or migration assistant, often doesn't go well when automated.  Just the nature of the beast. If you're not entirely comfortable doing this, get a pro to do it.  Trust me.


How to make a terminal window always float on top?

TotalTerminal might be a better option. TotalTerminal has a visor mode that allows it to stay on top of all the other windows. You can choose to place it anywhere on the desktop, of course, and choose to have it slide out from one of those positions when you use CTRL-~ key combo or anything else you’ve set up. Plus it’s free.


Daisy chain of two Dell U2414H to Macbook Pro Retina 13''

Any Mac that supports DP 1.2 technically supports daisy chaining.  However, OS X does not yet support it.  If you boot Windows on your Mac you will be able to daisy chain.


Very large organizations like Verizon likely have their devices enrolled from the factory, it could be new but it's likely stolen, innocently mixed up as a retail product for sale or liquidated to a 3rd party as "new old stock" (unlikely IMO).  However, generally speaking, when you see this screen, it's usually not “brand new in the box” as you describe.  The fact that it had MDM installed/enabled (manual process) means at a minimum, it was configured for use.  The moment that happens, it’s no longer "new" but "used" (pre-owned) or at the very least it's considered "Open Box."
The problem here is that you could have something that is legitimately sold from Verizon to the third party via liquidation and the MDM was innocently overlooked to it being a stolen device in which case, if you are in possession of it, you could have it confiscated by authorities without compensation back to you.
In this particular case, Verizon being a large company with a large bureaucracy, it will be a Herculean effort to validate its legitimacy  and to get MDM removed.  I would return this to the person you purchased this from for a full refund as it’s not as described - brand new. Let the vendor deal with removing the MDM - this is the "value add" he's supposed to provide.
This is not to say that buying from 3rd parties is to be discouraged; you just have to be more diligent. Here are some tips for dealing with 3rd parties:

Use a service that offers purchase protection like PayPal or eBay

Test it out; boot it up and test before closing the deal. If you run into this type of error, walk away.

Boot it from a completely off state.  If the machine is running and “waiting” for you, it could be a sign of trying to obfuscate issues. Shut it down completely and boot from off. For instance, they may have booted into Safe Mode, obscuring any issue that might occur during a normal boot

Test everything while on battery.

There are keyboard test sites (https://www.keyboardtester.com/)  or you can use Karabiner Elements (it has an event viewer) this will help you ensure the keyboard is good (You can also try xev but it requires XQuartz to be installed (both are free)
Memtest86 is free and you can boot it off a USB drive
DriveDx is free for diagnostics (pay for data recovery) and is an excellent tool to test out the storage

Check the battery stats.  You can do this from Terminal without extra software.  Issue the command:
$ system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -i "charge information" -A 10

See the link for sample output.  If it's brand new it won't have a bunch of cycles (should be in the single digits) and the "max charge" and "charge remaining" shouldn't have much of a delta if the battery's fully charged.

(I can't stress this enough) If this is an in-person transaction, do this at a police station.  Some even offer a well lit, camera monitored space in the the front parking lot to do the exchange.  If your seller balks at this, you'll know something's not right and should walk from the deal.

Conclusion
Most of all, live by the philosophy caveat emptor or buyer beware. If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. If you not "strong" in tech, do what you'd do if buying a used car from a 3rd party - bring along a tech to give you the thumbs up/down on the purchase.


Make sure your power adapter is connected to the Mac while you are sleeping.
In the Power Adapter section in Energy Saver, make the "computer sleep" -> "never".
You don't want your screen is on when you are in bed right? So make "Display sleep" -> some minutes.
Uncheck "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" and "Restart automatically if the computer freezes".

That should work!


Transfer capacity between two partitions

This is the kind of task I would always have given to iPartition, however, it doesn't like CoreStorage drives [File Vault & Fusion Drives both use this format] & also it will break Drobos.

You also need the current beta before it will support El Capitan.

With all those caveats it makes it harder to recommend these days.


I don't think there's a particular unit of measurement, just 256 "steps" between lowest and highest for each of red, green and blue.

Take a look at the Wikipedia page for Adobe RGB - it has some useful diagrams. In particular, the diagram showing "The CIE 1931 xy chromaticity diagram showing the primaries of the Adobe RGB (1998) color space" - the three points of the triangle (the "primaries") correspond to these points (moving anti-clockwise, from the right):

R = 255, G = 0, B = 0
R = 0, G = 255, B = 0
R = 0, G = 0, B = 255

The same system of 256 steps is used for other colour spaces like sRGB, even though they may well be a different size to Adobe RGB's colour space.


iTunes randomly thinking my iPhone/iPad is "new"

Completely restore the iPhone using DFU mode.

See the instructions posted on this website and then do a complete restore of your iPhone and set it up as new.

If the problem persists, it might be that your iTunes would need to be reinstalled. Don't forget to unlink your library to your computer before uninstalling iTunes and keep a copy of your data.

Consolidate your library PRIOR to backing it up, removing iTunes, etc., etc.


Using the builtin dialog under OSX to unlock an SSH key

I think the dialog is because it is adding the ssh key to the keychain (as well as|instead of) to the .ssh/ files.

You should be able to invoke ssh-add -K and get the same results.


Will iMac G5 recognize external cd/dvd rom?

You don;t say what OS version you are using on your G5, but if you use a standard non-fancy external USB attached DVD Rom drive, then I can't see any issues that would stop it from reading the drive an an OS level, but I'm not sure that this will be the case at the firmware level.  So you need to factor in how you will perform the OS install, and is this just a newer version of OS X (in which case you are probably good to go) or another OS entirely, in which case I can't say...


How can I use T-Mobile unlocked iPhone with different service provider?

If it's unlocked, you don't need to activate it first. Simply switch out the T-Mobile SIM card and insert any SIM from a GSM carrier (basically anything but Sprint or Verizon in the US) and the device should work.

If you are curious, you can open the settings app and tap General, tap About then tap Carrier to update the carrier settings for the new carrier OTA. You can update carrier settings over USB with iTunes as well.


Can you share a Wi-Fi connection using Personal Hotspot?

If you are connecting through the Personal Hotspot on iPhone, it will switch to using the cellular data network that your phone uses.

This is the nature of how the Personal Hotspot feature is designed. See this article on Apple's website.

So in your case, your laptop was not piggybacking through the wifi connection on iPhone. It's an unfortunate design choice but as far as I know a current limitation. Maybe with a jailbroken device you could get past that but doesn't seem worth it for this case at all.


How to merge APFS volumes because of low perfomance

The partitions should have nothing to do with performance issues, I have the same computer and three partitions on the disk as well. I would run the hardware test that is mentioned above and you can also try resetting the NVRAM (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063) and you can try resetting the SMC as well (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295). Apple recommends resetting the NVRAM/PRAM first and then resetting the SMC. I normally find resetting the SMC to do the trick though. Also, don’t worry, neither of these will hurt your computer if they do not work.


MacBook pro - External screen flickering after reconect

I have a similar problem, a lot of people recommended resetting the smc. and it seemed to work for a lot but not me. You should try it anyway, can't hurt. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Making MacBook command-key the Emacs meta-key under VMware/Windows

To get Emacs on Windows to recognize something other than the Alt as the meta key is hard.

However, you can easily remap any keys on the Mac keyboard, including modifier keys, to be any other keys on the Windows keyboard via Fusion.  I have my ⌘ key mapped to Ctrl on Windows.  So one way to make the ⌘ key your meta key is to map ⌘ to Alt.

In Fusion 5, Select Virtual Machine -> Settings... -> Keyboard & Mouse. That will bring up a list of profiles you can select from, duplicate, and edit.  Hopefully it's obvious from there; if not, consult the built-in help by clicking on the question mark on the lower right of the Keyboard & Mouse panel.


App that provides a keyboard shortcut to mute/unmute the microphone?

You do not need an app for this. You can open Automator, and create a service. You can then double-click Run Applescript , and type in
on getMicrophoneVolume()
    input volume of (get volume settings)
end getMicrophoneVolume

on disableMicrophone()
    set volume input volume 0
end disableMicrophone

on enableMicrophone()
    set volume input volume 100
end enableMicrophone

if getMicrophoneVolume() is greater than 0 then
    disableMicrophone()
else
    enableMicrophone()
end if

Then save and go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts - Services, search for the name of the Automator file, and add any shortcut you want.
More information can be found here.


How do you jailbreak your device on iOS 6?

Compatibility

Thankfully, this jailbreak is supported by all version of iOS 6, including iOS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, and 6.1. It works on all devices that support iOS 6 and it won't magically make iOS 6 work on devices that can not upgrade to iOS 6. Some current devices that run iOS and are not compatible with this one jailbreak are the 3rd generation Apple TV and the 2nd generation Apple TV.

Evasi0n modifies the OS for the following hardware:

iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPod Touch 4th Generation
iPod Touch 5th Generation
iPad 2
iPad (3rd Generation) with Retina display
iPad (4th Generation) with Retina display and Lightning connector
iPad Mini

You need a computer to run the jailbreak. As for those operating system requirements, Evasi0n is compatible with Windows (XP minimum), Mac OS X (10.5 minimum) and Linux (x86 / x86_64).

Set Up

First, I suggest updating your device to iOS 6.1, as it is the latest version of iOS, and the most secure. Now, apparently you can not update via Wifi. You must do it in iTunes. If you already updated wirelessly,  you can [SHIFT + Update] on Windows or [Option + Update] on Mac OS X, in iTunes.

Some notes:

According to the official Evasi0n ReadMe file you should also ensure that you backup your device before Jailbreaking, disable the passcode lock if enabled and ensure iTunes does not launch during the Jailbreaking process.

Backup your device using iTunes (or iCloud) before using evasi0n. If something breaks, you’ll always be able to recover your data.
Those who use backup passwords in iTunes must disable them for now. After doing so, iTunes makes a brand new backup. Please wait for that backup to complete before proceeding! Feel free to re-enable your backup password after jailbreaking.
Please disable the lock passcode of your iOS device before using evasi0n. It can cause issues.
Launch evasi0n, plug in your device, and click “Jailbreak”. Just sit back and observe its progress. Watch for any steps you may be asked to perform.
Avoid all iOS and iTunes related tasks until evasi0n is complete.
If the process gets stuck somewhere, it’s safe to restart the program, reboot the device (if necessary by holding down Power and Home until it shuts down), and rerun the process.

Detailed Walkthrough
(From iJailbreak.com)

The first thing you will need to do is download Eavsi0n for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. Just head over to evasi0n.com for that.
With Evasi0n downloaded you will need to extract it. On Mac OS X you will find a .dmg file that upon being clicked you will be able to drag the files to your desktop, but one Windows you will have a .zip file that can be extracted by right clicking on it and then clicking the extract to folder option.
After the Evasi0n Jailbreaking tool has been extracted find the Evasi0n app / .exe file. On Windows you will need to right click on it and then click the Run as administrator option. On Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and above you will need to hold down the control button on your keyboard, click the Evasi0n app and then the Open option to get past Gatekeeper.
With Evasi0n up and running you will need to plug your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into your computer via the USB cable (upon doing this Evasi0n should recognize your device). Before you proceed any further you will also need to ensure you disable your lockscreen passcode if you have one enabled. This can be done by launching the Settings app, going into the General tab, followed by Passcode Lock and then tapping Turn Passcode off.
With your lockscreen Passcode disabled, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad plugged into your computer and iTunes closed you can click the Jailbreak button. The process will now begin and you should see the progress bar moving forward.

Sit back and do not touch your computer until Evasi0n tells you to unlock your device and search for a newly created icon by the name of Jailbreak.
When you see this message simply follow its instructions.

Unlock your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad
Find the newly created Jailbreak icon on your homescreen
Tap this icon ONCE, it will launch and quickly close itself. This is normal.

You will then see the Evasi0n Jailbreaking tool start back up again and the progress bar should start moving. When the Jailbreak is complete you will see a “Done!” message displayed . This means the Jailbreak was successful! You will now just need to sit back until your iOS device automatically restarts, which might take a several tries.
When your device restarts it will display a white background with an Evasi0n logo. This is again part of the Jailbreaking process and you will see messages like Setting up Cydia, Clearing SpringBoard cache etc.

Once everything is finished being configured your device will be brought to the lockscreen. In which case you can unlock your device, find the Cydia icon on your SpringBoard and be on your way!
You should now have a Jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Congratulations! If you are experiencing troubles then my only suggestion would be to restart your computer, switch USB ports and try again. If you still don’t have any luck then a factory restore on iOS 6.1 may be necessary before reattempting. Also keep in mind that you cannot have a Passcode lock enabled.
Once you are Jailbroken you might be asking yourself, what now? Well, you will want to launch Cydia and install tweaks of course. Make sure you check out our Top Cydia tweaks and top Siri tweaks section to find some of the best tweaks available.

Congrats:

You're done! Don't forget to install OpenSSH, as you might need it (In case of troubles). Instructions should be found on the Cydia Store. Have fun!

NOTE: This originally came from my blogpost, http://infinite-josiah.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-jailbreak-your-ios-6-device.html


The "To Do" list on Mavericks and Yosemite is now separate app and it is called Reminders.

You will find it in your Applications folders.


Can't turn on iPhone, no backup and updating isn't successful. Is there anyway to retrieve the data?

Disk Drill or iFunbox may be able to help. It is evident that you are able to access the iPhone for a restore, so Disk Drill is likely the best choice.

Disk drill will create the best backup that it can with the files left unencrypted, and iFunbox will only be able to access whatever the phone can.

Best of Luck!


What will Dropbox do when I boot my external backup drive?

Yes. Dropbox uses the modification dates of files (among other items) to determine the most recent version. Once you restore your drive and enable Dropbox, it should replace your local files with more recent versions it has available.


What does a vanilla jailbreak offer over a vanilla iOS firmware?

My understanding is only Cydia.  Everything that changes the phone via jailbreak comes in via Cydia. :)


iOS: How do I transfer a mp3 from Google Drive to iBooks?

I have found this and works for me: https://www.guidingtech.com/31994/audiobooks-iphone-ipad/


My old classic used to do that kind of trick to me periodically.
I always suspected that the disk format was not particularly robust.

I found the only way to get it going again was to Restore it in iTunes & reload the whole library again - don't plan on being in a hurry, it takes ages.

One thing I did learn over the years was to always leave the lock button on [the little slider at the top, slid to show the red dot underneath] all the time unless I actually needed to interact with it.

Also to never leave it locked if I was about to connect it to iTunes, otherwise it would hang.

Remembering those two would let me run far longer before it played tricks on me the next time.


How can I set hourly reminder in Mac? If possible how to set my customised voice?

Open Date and Time Preferences.

Move to the Clock tab, and check Announce the time.

To customize the voice, click Customize Voice.

Choose one on the list, or click Customize for a larger list.


What are the most convenient keyboard/keyboard layout for programming?

Most people use QWERTY, just because it is the most popular, but if you’re learning a new layout anyway you might want to try Dvorak.

If you don’t want to learn another alphabetic layout, you can use a tool like Ukelele to make a better programming layout for the special characters while still keeping AZERTY for the rest of the keys.


I do not believe this is possible using the Chromium suite.

Window provides the property ‘active tab index’ as get/set, however setting this only changes which tab the window has active, rather than setting the index of the tab itself (i.e. it changes the active tab to an entirely different tab).
One can get the ‘active tab’ from the window, but tab itself does not provide any relevant commands.
A new tab without focusing can only be created at the end of the list of tabs of a particular window.


Can I control an iPad with an Apple TV remote?

There's no way to use the remote which comes with an Apple TV to control the iPad, but you can connect an Apple or third-party bluetooth keyboard to control your iPad.
Quoth Apple:

Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Keyboard compatibility with iOS devices
Apple Wireless Keyboard, Magic Keyboard, and many Bluetooth keyboards that use the Apple keyboard layout work with these iOS devices.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202041
Note: In addition to Apple keyboards, many third-party Bluetooth keyboards that use the Apple keyboard layout work with iOS devices. Check with the keyboard manufacturer for additional information.

After connecting a Bluetooth keyboard, Mac-like keyboard shortcuts will work to control video playback on the iPad. Spacebar to play/pause, arrow keys to skip forward and backward and to control the volume.


What is the difference between millions and billions in printer/scanner colour settings?

Old photos are unlikely to have colour depth in the millions nevertheless billions. In such a case, there is no point scanning images at anything higher than 24-bit. (See comments below.)

In a nutshell, in certain circumstances some users may opt for billions of colours if they're doing high end photography, graphic design, large format printing, etc and if their hardware supports it.

So, using scanners as an example, colour (or bit depth) is the amount of information a scanner gets from what you’re scanning. Basically, the higher the bit depth, the more colours that can be recognised and the higher your quality of scan will be.

At the risk of oversimplifying things, in summary:

Grayscale scans are 8-bit images recognising 256 levels of gray
a 16-bit colour scan can recognise up to 65,536 colours
a 24-bit colour scan can recognise up to 16,777,215 colours
a 32-bit colour scan can recognise up to 4,294,967,296 colours
and so on

Note: The above is only a basic explanation and doesn't get into alpha channels etc.

Hardware support

As I mentioned above, opting for billions of colours will also depend on whether your hardware supports it. Obviously, displaying more colors requires more memory. Most computers today will have a GPU with enough memory to support 32-bit colour. Older computers, on the other hand, may only support up to 16-bit colour. Regardless of this, your display also needs to support this too.

Likewise with scanners. Not all scanners can scan at the same bit depth. Using my summary above, a scanner only capable of 24 bit can recognise up to 16,777,215 colours, well short of the billions that some can scan.

I can't tell the difference

You stated in your question, "I can't tell the difference".

This isn't surprising as I doubt many users could tell the difference between 16-bit and 32-bit colour scans, prints or displays. However, users with particular software capable of showing/differentiating between gradients, shadows, transparency, etc that require a wide range of colour combinations may notice a difference, and this is where it gets back to the specific circumstances you alluded to in your question.

[EDIT]

IconDaemon's comment prompted me to add an example of when a user may want to scan at a higher resolution and colour depth than what their own computer/display supports.

Last December I had to produce some large-format posters for my sister-in-law and, to do this, I had to use her much older Mac to design it. While her older Mac wasn't capable of displaying billions of colours, her scanner was capable of doing up to 48-bit scans. So I scanned in the required images using 36-bit for colour depth and 600dpi for the resolution.

Then, on her outdated Mac I used Photoshop CS5 to put it altogether and export the files as high-quality press-ready PDFs. These files were then taken to a service bureau which printed the large format posters. However, if the original images were not scanned at a high enough quality, then the large format prints would have been pixelated and the lack of colour information would have resulted in a print where some of the effects (e.g. transparency, etc) would not come across very well (if at all).


Cant find "Move Items Here" option in Max OS Lion?

There is a strong hint in the screen shot you posted: Hold down the Alt key. Then the option will appear in the menu.

Oh, and one big difference from Windows: On the Mac, the decision whether to move or copy is made in the second step, not the first: I.e., (1) select file(s), select copy, and (2) move to destination folder, select copy or move item here.


iPhone: Is it possible to gift paid app to another user?

Yes, this is possible for Apps and music. For obvious reasons, you can only gift Apps that cost money. Unfortunately this is not possible with books from the iBook store.

From your Mac

Navigate to the App Store in iTunes
Find the app you want to gift
Click the little down arrow next to the "Buy App" button
A menu will appear, and one of the options is "Gift This App"

From your iDevice

Open the App Store app
Find the app you want to gift
Scroll to underneath the the screenshots
Tap the "Gift This App" button


Is it possible to play music streams on iOs devices

There are lots of possibilities. For example, you can stream directly to the device from the network.. Here is an article gauging three of these. It's a little dated, but you will get the idea. To stream directly from the macbook to your iOS device, you may be able to use Airplay. I think it depends on what specific computer and operating system you are using.

If these answers are dead ends, let me know and I can look some more. Please provide more system info, to help myself, and others make suggestions.


How to disable/restrict any and all music on my iPhone 5c?

This is currently not possible without jailbreaking. You can provide feedback to Apple here:

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


Interaction Gmail and Mail.app - Moving messages locally

you need to login to gmail's settings into the Forwarding and POP/IMAP and make sure you have it selected to to delete Gmail's copy, so it doesn't sit in Gmail's folder/server while you have it locally stored on your Mail.app, e.g.; picture below of option you need to select.

notice option "delete Gmail's copy"
once you do this you should good to go, hope this helps! :)


iTunes playlists won't sort by Name anymore

Found here:

  When displaying your playlist, hopefully you see something like this.
  If you do not, while viewing the playlist, use iTunes' menu to choose
  View > View As > Songs

  Then in the header row that says "Name ... Time ... Artist ...",
  choose the field you wish to sort on and click that header button.


I had a similar issue, I uninstalled them and reinstalled which didn't really matter as they were all free apps.


How I can activate the iPhone which is asking for credentials I don't remember?

Don't set it up for the next owner, let them do it themselves. Otherwise the account is yours, not theirs.
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  If you still have your iOS device
  Before you sell or give away your iOS device, make sure that you've removed all of your personal information. Follow these steps to protect your data and get your device to its factory default state for the new owner:

  Back up your device.
  Sign out of iCloud:

  Tap Settings > iCloud, scroll down, and tap Sign Out. In iOS 7 or earlier, tap Delete Account.
  Tap Sign Out again, tap Delete from My iPhone, then enter your password.

  Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap Erase All Content and Settings.

  This will completely erase your device, including any credit or debit cards you added for Apple Pay and any photos, contacts, music, or apps. It will also turn off iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, Game Center, and other services.
  If you're using iOS 7 or later and have Find My iPhone turned on, your Apple ID and password will be required. After you provide your password, the device will be erased and removed from your account so that the next owner can activate it.
  Your content won't be deleted from iCloud when you erase your device.

  Contact your carrier for guidance on transferring service to the new owner. If you aren't using a SIM-card with your device, you can contact them to get help transferring service to the new owner.

  When the new owner turns on the device for the first time, Setup Assistant will guide them through the setup process.

  Important: Don't manually delete contacts, calendars, reminders, documents, photo streams, or any other iCloud data while signed in to your iCloud account, or the content will also be deleted from the iCloud servers and all of your devices that are signed in to iCloud.


More than one iPad on one computer / temporary connection

It is possible to sync several iOS devices to the same computer account. I do it all the time with an iPhone and an iPad, it will also work with two iPads.


Is there a Mac equivalent for window snapping?

Depending on your technical inclination, you might want to try Spectacle, or install something like Mjolnir / HammerSpoon


Which macs are compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

If you care to read the tea leaves, the initial OS X v10.11 Developer Beta supports the following Macs:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)

Source: OS X v10.11 Developer Beta 1 Release Notes.

No official requirements are published by Apple.

About your last question, no. There are no macs supported by Yosemite that are not supported by El Capitan.


Can a flashed Mac Pro 2009 (5,1) support macOS Mojave

Yes, got Mojave on my 2009 5,1 flashed with the High Sierra update this morning using the 6/18 Mojave download.

The Apple store wouldn't let me download Mojave directly to my 2009, had to download on another machine (a 10.13 Fusion VM) then create a bootable USB, boot my 2009 from the USB and install from there.


Where is the Skype for Business for Mac Log Location?

Based on this blog entry, the log location is:

~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.SkypeForBusiness/Data/Library/Logs/com.microsoft.SkypeForBusiness

This directory contains a file called sfbmac.log, which has the log information from the Skype for Business for Mac client.


My ISP's web interface is blocking OS X Server?

If your AirPort doesn't go to another router, but goes straight to the modem or whatever you have for internet access, check your public IP online and your WAN IP in AirPort Utility.

Then, if they match, make sure to forward port 80 (unless you prefer to specify a port every time you go to your site) and test if that wasn't already the case.

If the IP's don't match or if the issue persists, check with your ISP.


Is there a way to take Flash updates out of the hands of Adobe?

While far from a perfect solution, you could run this script from Rich Trouton on a regular basis to install updates.

Note that the current version of the Flash player is 15, so you'd need to update the script's fileURL entry for this to download and install the correct .dmg.


Handbrake x264 encodes .m4v/.mp4 not accepted in iTunes

Handbrake keeps individual logs for every encode. You can find them in ~/Library/Application Support/HandBrake/EncodeLogs.

If an encode fails, it should contain any relevant information on why it failed.


Big Sur switched to zsh terminal but still uses .bash_profile

Are you using macOS's Terminal.app? It might be overriding this in its Preferences:


Copy files after the current copy operation is completed

Pathfinder from Cocoatech
It's called Queue file operations or Copy queue:

Open in the menubar Windows -> File Operations (or shortcut: altcmdP) and enable Queue file operations. All file operations (like copy, move etc.) will be queued then.

CopyQueue from Curio Software

You have to define new tasks (New Queue or cmdN) first.
You may save them, if you have to use certain copy operations repeatedly.


Migration Assistant Reports failed files, Prompts repair errors: No Documents transferred, High Sierra

It sounds like your Migration didn't work, even though you didn't get error messages saying so at the time.

I always use either Target Mode or an external disk when I use Migration Assistant. I also don't do the Migration until I've gotten the new computer completely up-to-date, etc. I create an extra "Admin" or other dummy account which I delete later.

I would reset the 2018 MBP, create a dummy account, do all the updates, and then when the system was running perfectly, then I'd start the Migration Assistant using the 2017 MBP in Target mode.

The other thing I do, because it didn't work correctly once when I did it a different way..... After selecting the source disk, MA will scan the source and identify the files, accounts, apps, etc. that need to be transferred. Since I was transferring everything, I didn't wait for it to calculate the sizes of all these different things, and just said "Go" or "Next" or whatever to get it started. That didn't work. So, now, I always wait for the scan of the source disk to complete. I wait to see the size of the Users folder, the size of the Apps folder, etc. before I start the Migration.

Good luck!


You can go to Settings app > Messages > Send & Receive, and at the bottom under "Start New Conversations From" change it to your preferred option. Your email address and phone number will both appear there.


Receiving text alerts on Macbook but not iPhone

This is normal.  Messages notices you were sent the alert on your Mac so it doesn't alert again for the same message on your iPhone.

You mentioned that when you do get Messages alerts on your iPhone when your computer is locked or has the lid closed.  Messages is designed to not 'over alert' you when it believes you've already seen the alert.


Can I sync itunes between my two mac laptops?

Sign in to both computers with iTunes home sharing - then you can import files back and forth as needed. There is a filter to show songs not on the local library and the copying is drag and drop.

Much faster if you really want to copy files than iTunes Match which also would sync things, but take far longer to upload and download the files.

See these posts for some less useful options and extra commentary:

How can I sync my iTunes music library between two Macs for free?
Sync iTunes library across two machines
Sync iTunes library with Dropbox without letting iTunes organize the folders and files


iChat: Very slow transfer speeds/Port Restricted

You'll want to use these two documents to forward the appropriate ports on your router:

Using iChat with a firewall or NAT router (apple.com)
ZyXEL Q1000Z: How to create a custom Application Rule (qwest.com)

If you have specific questions about port forwarding on your router, you could try asking over at Super User.


Apricorn Velocity X2 is what your looking for.  Provided that you have a slot free.


Can I use a t-mobile contract free iphone 6 in europe with a sim card from a local provider? Or: How do I know if my country has a compatible network?

The phone will work (all the typical phone functions) without any problems. From what I've heard, it is only unlocked if you buy the T-Mobile version directly from the Apple store (not from a T-Mobile store).

As mentioned above, the LTE functionality is the question. Apple's website details the T-Mobile version's included LTE bands (model A1549 (GSM)).

You can check those bands versus what bands your carrier uses to determine if it will give you the full LTE functionality. Wikipedia has an extensive LTE band list per country.


How to get a terminal general auto-complete function?

The completion function is neither coming from any Terminal application or the OS on which you work: MacOS X, Linux…

This function is provided by your shell. To check which one is providing you the completion function you like, just get which shell you are using on Linux with:

echo ${SHELL}

Then change your login shell on MacOS X with:

chsh -s /bin/my_preferred_shell

to use the one which is performing the completion function you want.

Check that this shell exists and is executable, and read the documentation of chsh:

ls -ld /bin/my_preferred_shell

man chsh

To test it without risk, don't restart your session, just open a new Terminal. In case of error, you will be able to run chsh once more.


iPhone 5 (AT&T, ios8.3) Suddenly Can't Text One Number

I just fixed this after 2 years.  First- delete the contact altogether.  Second - delete every single message the person has ever sent you, including any group texts they are in (if it's not obvious to you, search for their name, and when the messages come up, swipe left on them and hit delete).  Third- re-enter their contact, being sure that there is a 1(xxx)xxx-xxxx format and that the selected type of number is iPhone (even if it Is not).

Send a test message.  If it doesn't work, do a reset and do it all again.  If you don't delete every single old message, it won't work.  It worked for me!!

I have no idea what the original problem was because I share contacts with my husband and he could text these two contacts.  I just know this worked.  Apple tech even said she was going to write it down to share because she had no idea.


Get rid of text slide in iphoto 11 slide show

The Title slides in iPhoto work in an odd way.
When you create a title slide iPhoto uses the first photo as the title and then puts text over it.

So when you delete it you are deleting the photo with the text on it.

To remove the text click on the photo, and in the settings pane, uncheck Show Title Slide'.

If you want to add a proper title slide it is better to create it in PowerPoint, Keynote, Paint, Photoshop etc, and save as either a JPEG or PDF and import that as a photo into iPhoto.


Difference between Express and Standard Replacement Service for iPad battery

With express service you'll get a replacement device before sending back your old one. That way you don't have to spend time without a device.
It's available under warranty but will be charged.

Price in Austria is 29€ incl. TAX to give you an idea.


Trackpad on Late 2016 MBP Stops Working When USB Gamepad Is Attached or ControllerMate Is Running

Fixed

The problem was that apparently installing the new version of ControllerMate somehow checked the preference “System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present”. I turned it off again and everything works fine now.

Thanks @toma for pointing it out in the comments!


As far as I know, there are no license fees - nor limitations such as the "fleet management" exception with the old Google Maps based API.

You need to check your individual license terms with Apple. They're provided for you in the Developer Center under Contracts.


To disable this you will need to go to the Notifications and uncheck Show notifications on lock screen. There is no global disable, so you will have to do this for each app. To get there:

Click the Apple icon in the upper left hand corner
Click on System Preferences
Click on Notifications
Click on the App you don't' want to see notifications from.
Under the alert style, uncheck the box for Show Notifications on Lock Screen.

That will removal all the notifications from your lock screen.


Is it possible to have iPhone messages with drafts visibly marked as such?

No, this is not a feature of Messages in iOS.  If you started typing a response to someone but didn't send it yet, that text will still be in the text box when you go back to that message.


Use Home as Desktop directory in Yosemite

I'm trying to refrain from starting with "Why would you want to do that?"

You cannot delete the Desktop Folder, the OS should tell you it is a required folder & not allow it. I suppose you could sudo it, but my guess is it would either replace it after a relog, or just cause problems.

Even if you did manage to force it to remove the Desktop Folder, what would the OS then use as your Desktop? It certainly wouldn't default to your Home folder, that's not its job.

I'm sure it would be far simpler all round, if you do want your Home Folders contents directly displayed on your desktop, to make Aliases of those folders & put them inside the Desktop Folder.


there could be a couple things off the top of my head.

resume download has been iffy for me.  but go into the app store and go to the purchased history and all your previous apps will be in there.  you'll just have to download them and rearrange to how you like them.
but consider those may no longer compatible with the new ios version?  doesn't sound like it from how you described it but...


At least on un-jailbroken phones it is not possible to delete the standard applications, so the icon (and the app) are still on your phone. Try to

Use Spotlight search to search for "Calendar"
Go to Settings -> General -> "Reset" (last option) -> Home Screen to reset the home screen to its factory state


Can I control how frequently Safari refreshes when switching between pages?

Safari (for iPod and iPad) keeps website cache only in RAM, and therefore, once it runs out of RAM, it'll automatically destroy an entire page, forcing the refresh, disguising itself as an auto-refresh feature. You can only keep few pages respective to amount of your device RAM.

You can try a third-party browser that has offline caching, and it'll remedy the situation. like:

Mercury
iCab
Atomic Web Browser

or if you Limit the number of tabs open in Safari to 2 or 3. It won't refresh.


Changing the range of addresses served to clients connected via Internet Sharing

This is specifically for Ethernet > Ethernet Sharing connections, rather than WiFi (it might work for WiFi but I haven't tested) - I thought the answer would best belong here, for Google.

Tested as working up to El Capitan 10.11.5

Apparently since Yosemite, adding just the SharingNetworkNumberStart key is no longer sufficient.
Also, System Prefs caches the NAT file located at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat & will just overwrite your settings again, if you do things in the wrong order.
Actual addresses are, of course, your choice.

Switch off internet Sharing.
Close System Prefs
In Terminal type these 3 commands

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkNumberStart 192.168.0.0
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkNumberEnd 192.168.0.20
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkMask 255.255.255.0

Open System Prefs > Network
Select what is to be your shared port & set as follows

Configure IPv4: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.0.1
Then in Advanced... > DNS add the same Router Address as DNS server, in this case 192.168.0.1

OK, Apply.
Switch on Internet Sharing

Test your Bridge address in Terminal with ifconfig -a  & check the line inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 is what you expected.

Info worked from Mac OS Hints: Change the default subnet for Internet Sharing


From Facebook Settings (on a PC), click the 'download a copy of your Facebook data' link.  Included will be a list of login activity, amongst everything else


Which carriers support iOS 10's voicemail transcription?

Voicemail transcription (beta) is available on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE with Siri language set to English (United States or Canada).


Use of regular expressions in macOS search fields

I don't know if you discovered this already but you just need to click on the magnifying glass in the search field, it has a little down-pointing caret which is the clue, see this screenshot:

After clicking choose Insert Pattern and you get a range of options:

This is basically user-friendly regex, i.e. you get tokens you can easily arrange into quite powerful search patterns.

The example in the screenshot is TextEdit however this option doesn't appear to be available in Preview.


How to enter Unicode (or other) symbols in LaTeX within Keynote (iWork)

Thanks to the tip from tom-gewecke, I have a functioning workaround.

First, you have to enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard in your System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources.
Then, of course, you activate it, for example, by ticking Show Input menu in menu bar, then selecting Unicode Hex Input with your cursor in the menu bar.
Once this keyboard is enabled, you can enter Unicode characters by holding down the Alt/Option key ⌥ on your keyboard and, while holding it down, typing the code for the Unicode character.
You can find code for Unicode characters by, for example, from the same keyboard menu bar item, selecting Show Emoji & Symbols, which opens the Character Viewer.

That much was known. The workaround to get a Unicode character directly into a LaTeX formula with an iWork application (eg. Keynote, Pages) is:

Once you open the editor for equations ( Insert > Equation... or ⌥⌘E ) to enter LaTeX code, you type \text{ }, and when your cursor is between those brackets in the text field, you type the code for the Unicode character as described above.
Et voila, you have any Unicode character directly in your formula. For example:

\text{⌥2642} produces ♂
\vec{R}_\text{⌥2642} produces


AirPods not showing the sub BlueTooth menu

If you haven't already, perform a full restart (Settings - General - Shut Down - Power Off slider). Turn on, then goto  Settings - Bluetooth menu.

With my AirPods in the charging case with lid closed, it says disconnected. I open the case, and tap the Airpods to get them to connect. Mine says Connected (for you "Connecté" or similar).

I then see the Airpods information pop-up box with charging levels. I can click the information (i) button next to the AirPods to get to the sub-menu.

After performing these steps, do you see the sub-menu? If not, you may want to make an appointment at the Apple Store.

This link may be helpful as well:
https://www.imore.com/how-to-troubleshoot-reset-airpods

Hope this helps.


I am not aware of any Linux software that can do that, though there is some commercial OSX and Win software that enables you to use a screen as a second screen for OSX (over the network): http://avatron.com/apps/air-display#downloads

If you are running dualboot Linux/Win this maybe an option.

I use it with my MBP. The connection is fast enough for office, mail, browsing, etc.


Restore a potentially compromised iMac - best course of actions

Here's how to detect keyloggers:

Run this command in terminal: kextstat

Something like this should appear:

Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
    1   90 0xffffff7f80a46000 0x9d90     0x9d90     com.apple.kpi.bsd (16.5.0) D4161E07-43B8-4D47-ABFE-7DF2D693ED9A
    2    8 0xffffff7f80dff000 0x3940     0x3940     com.apple.kpi.dsep (16.5.0) 6B33C49C-82D8-4830-AC91-ECF9B9EE3A8C
    3  116 0xffffff7f80a04000 0x21040    0x21040    com.apple.kpi.iokit (16.5.0) E2BA46F4-C06A-4ACE-81E5-D9A4B6E061AA
    4  122 0xffffff7f80a26000 0xd200     0xd200     com.apple.kpi.libkern (16.5.0) 21ABA52A-C45A-4A1B-8824-F6EB5295ADDE
    5  110 0xffffff7f80a00000 0x3dd0     0x3dd0     com.apple.kpi.mach (16.5.0) E18B885B-776C-4F3A-88D4-C823FAFE12A1
    6   61 0xffffff7f80a34000 0xbbf0     0xbbf0     com.apple.kpi.private (16.5.0) F0CD0AC2-92DF-4FF9-80A5-21B68641D28E
    7   71 0xffffff7f80a40000 0x5890     0x5890     com.apple.kpi.unsupported (16.5.0) 4AE97C68-EB51-4545-A2EB-007EE5A66503
    ...
  140    0 0xffffff7f81f9e000 0x9000     0x9000     com.apple.filesystems.autofs (3.0) E79E1801-8AB8-3BB1-A1F2-3CA5F9C7C648 <139 7 6 5 4 3 1>
  142    0 0xffffff7f8272a000 0x18000    0x18000    com.apple.driver.AGPM (110.23.17) 3E92E313-274C-3175-A659-2CB88F03A707 <115 108 99 89 12 6 5 4 3>
  143    0 0xffffff7f823f4000 0x5000     0x5000     com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor (1.9.5d0) AFB68EC7-205B-3499-B796-DAE93A4BA543 <5 4 3>
  144    0 0xffffff7f83463000 0x5000     0x5000     com.parallels.virtualhid (1.0.3 3) B0C355DF-4268-359B-9654-0A67F4305F7B <37 5 4 3 1>

So my first 143 kexts all start with com.apple, so they should be safe (unless somebody uses Apple's bundle id, so look closely at each of one and see if there's something wrong with the name) and I have installed parallels, so it should be safe too.

Next check if one of the extensions links against something that doesn't make sense, like an audio extension linking with a networking library. You can see what they are linked to by looking inside the angle brackets <>. For example, item 114 (com.parallels.virtualhid) links to item 1, which is com.apple.kpi.bsd. as 1 is inside the angle brackets (<37 5 4 3 1>)

If you find something suspicious, remove it, but before you go on be sure that you have the right kernel extension. Disabling the wrong kernel extension can make life really hard. They are usually found in System/Library/Extensions and end with the extension .kext.

Now if you really want to completely reinstall macOS, follow these steps:

Copy the files that you need to another place
Boot into recovery mode:
Shut down your computer, then power it up while holding Command-R.
Erase your computer:
Select "Disk Utility" from the menu

Click on Erase and confirm the dialogs (May take a while to erase)

Reinstall macOS
Select "reinstall macOS"

Follow its instructions
Complete!

Note that installation may take a long time, especially when your internet connection is slow as it actually downloads the OS from the internet.


Automator Workflow - Convert FLAC to MP3

Found this.
Edited it to my needs (no iTunes import, don't delete the files). If I select files it works but not for folders. Pretty nice. A solution where I can select files or folders is still prefered.


Why can't someone import music from outside sources into apple's iPhone music app?

Apple calls the area in the storage of an iOS device containing media (music, video) for the built-in apps to play the iPod library.  iOS provides an interface that App Store apps can call to use the iPod library, but this is basically limited to playback and search.

Other than that, apps' access to storage is restricted by sandboxing.

From Apple's "iOS App Programming Guide":

  For security reasons, iOS places each app (including its preferences
  and data) in a sandbox at install time. A sandbox is a set of
  fine-grained controls that limit the app’s access to files,
  preferences, network resources, hardware, and so on. As part of the
  sandboxing process, the system installs each app in its own sandbox
  directory, which acts as the home for the app and its data.

This means that third party apps from the App Store can't directly access files other than their own (like the iPod library), so they can't save files that they download anywhere but their own directories.

In addition to the sandboxing, Apple also has a mandatory review and approval process for apps to go into the App Store, and so apps that don't follow the guidelines aren't available.  In a sense, that's not really a restriction "in the OS", because Apple can change their review process at any time and newly-allowed apps can be downloaded and used immediately without any change to iOS.  Also, iOS app developers can get their own apps signed to test on their own iOS devices, before the review process.  But from the point of view of the average user, what restrictions exactly are enforced by the sandboxing and what are only App Store guidelines is academic.

On jailbroken devices, applications that have not been approved by Apple can be installed, and jailbreaks generally modify iOS so that apps can operate outside of sandbox restrictions. So it's possible for an app that understands the current iPod library file formats (for instance recent versions of iFile) to add music directly to the library.


My Macbook Pro Retina 15" has a 250G H/D which is full. How do I identify what I can remove

I'd personally recommend using a tool like DaisyDisk to get a clear indication of what files are taking up the most space.

After that you could also run a tool like CleanMyMac (paid) or MacClean (free) to help you delete more hidden files like browser caches and language files.


Obviously, if there was a well-known way around passwords that you could just apply, then there would be little point in having them.

There are several different types of password:

Firmware Password
If you see a prompt almost immediately, then that's likely to be a firmware password.

User prompt
Normally, the OS loads and then asks for a username and password.

FileVault password
Sometimes, the OS asks for a password in order to access the encrypted disk.

There is also your AppleID name and password.

It sounds like you're talking about a disk encrypted with FileVault.

Most of these will involve contacting Apple to sort out. You will need proof of your ownership.

Do you have a backup that isn't encrypted? If so, then you can wipe the disk and restore the backup. That will work for a FileVault protected disk.


Adding external photos to iPhone library in correct order

Non tested manual method

create a new folder ALL_PHOTOS on your PC/Mac
copy all your iphone photos directly to ALL_PHOTOS
copy all your camera photos directly to ALL_PHOTOS (no subfolders)
go to iTunes, select your iDevice, go to Photos section, check 'Sync Photos' checkbox and choose the ALL_PHOTOS folder as your 'copy photos from' folder.
Sync

After sync done, all your photos should appear as a new album in Photos app. Then you can safely delete photos from Camera album on your iPhone. Repeat this procedure once in a while.

Downsides:
1. 100% manual, slow and boring procedure
2. an annoying problem with duplicate filenames can arise


iOS Simulator installed app location in Xcode 6.1

For newer Xcode's (including 6.1) follow below steps to see the installed apps (.app) location >>

Right click Xcode.app.
Go to 'Show Contents'.
Navigate to this part of the file path: Contents > Developer > Platforms > iPhoneSimulator.platform > Developer > SDKs > iPhoneSimulator8.1.sdk > Applications

Here will show all installed .app list.

Besides if you want to install new .app on simulator, just drag and drop .app to this location.