When putting a sum-over-the-entire-column formula into a regular cell, you are basically self-referencing the formula cell as a value cell.

Try putting the the formula into a footer row. This way you can reference only the cells in a column without including the header or footer row.

Add a footer row in the "Header & Footer" section in the Format > Table sidebar

Put the SUM formula in the footer row (the last row in the image below) and select the entire column by referencing the column letter or the column header title (column header title here is "Header" :).

(Select footer cell, type "=SUM", press Enter, type header title or column letter, press Enter)

As shown, only the cells, without the header or footer row, are selected. The sum is calculated over all cells in the column, even when adding new rows.


How does autorotation work on the iPhone (in terms of hardware, not software)

It´s called a gyroscope. Have a look at  this article on iFixit, it explains it (within an iPhone 4) quite well.


Can the Kinect be used as a control interface for Mac OS X?

Possible? Yes. Available? Not yet. There have been plenty of reports of people using the Kinect with OSX but no one as of yet has release any definitive software package that allows for gestures to be used. Most people don't seem to be releasing their software.

Check out this video:

http://www.kinecteducation.com/blog/2011/04/20/kinect-controls-mac-os-x/

It's the closest thing I've seen to what you are asking.

EDIT:

There is a step by step guide to getting the Kinect to connect with the Mac here:

http://kinecthacks.net/connecting-kinect-to-mac-os-x/

So if you wanted to mess with it yourself, that would be the place to start.


iMac 2011 Graphics Card issue - Unresolved

You need to repair/replace the GPU card.

This is the iMac with the graphic card issue, so it happened to me as well.
I tried everything except baking the graphics card, this is my absolute last resort.

If you're going to bake it, you may as well just toss it into the bin and save the electricity/gas used to heat the oven.  Baking a PCB is about the worst thing you can do because...

it assumes that the issue is a dry solder joint which the theory is re-flowing the solder will somehow fix the problem.  It ignores that the problem may be something simple like a bad capacitor, resistor or some other component.  Re flowing doesn't fix any of this

you're literally cooking the components on the board so if they weren't bad before, they're likely to be bad now.

What I've done now is I installed Windows on the iMac, and guess what it works perfect, please don't judge but this was only for testing.

Why not judge?  That's a perfectly viable, creative way to test the viability of your iMac.  You got Windows working so you can see that from a hardware perspective, you've got a working machine (well, almost).  Nothing wrong with getting test results that give you definitive answers.

So now, why is it that Windows works but not OSX?

It's integrated graphics versus dedicated (discrete) graphics.  The Intel Core  CPUs have integrated graphics chipset (i.e. HD Graphics, Iris, etc.) as well as a discrete GPU like the Radeon HD 6970M (mobile chip).  When you boot into Windows, it defaults to the integrated graphics whereas macOS is likely set to use "both" integrated and discrete.
How to fix...
You've got two options

The board itself can be repaired.  There are shops that do board level repair.  They can diagnose and replace the specific components that have gone bad.

Replace the GPU (link is about upgrade a 2009/2010 iMac, but it lists all 2011 compatible GPUs)  It may be quicker, easier, and possibly cheaper to simply swap out the GPU with another.  If you go this route, don't toss the bad GPU - you may be able to get a few dollars in scrap value from a board repair shop.


2009 MacBook Pro 15 inch display upgrade

This is not going to be possible. Each display is not just a display, it's an entire display module and the whole module needs to be compatible (e.g. cabling connector and length, hinges, etc).

You could get more than the native 1440x900 resolution by using an external monitor (up to 2560x1600), but I'm sure you'd already know that.


Quickly open your favorite folders on OS X?

Select the folder you want in the Finder. While it is selected, press Command+T.

This will place the selected folder in the sidebar of any Finder window, as well as Open and Save dialog panes.

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts (listed under 'Finder keyboard shortcuts')

I should add too that there's a recent folders list available in Finder. With Finder as your current window, click on 'Go' in the menu bar and then 'Recent Folders'. You'll see a list of folders you've been to recently. Selecting one brings the Finder to that folder.


How do I erase an encrypted TimeMachine drive on Mountain Lion if I've forgotten the password?

Just found the answer here. Basically, from the terminal, type:

sudo diskutil cs list

You'll get a list of your drives and a bunch of related info. Look for the one you want to format and grab its Logical Volume Group's UUID. It should look something like this:

Logical Volume Group XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Then erase the drive by executing the command:

sudo diskutil cs delete XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Now you should be able to see the drive and format it using Disk Utility.


This is how the trackpad is designed. The trackpad is pivoted at the top, so it requires more force to press at the top than at the bottom, up to the point where you are pressing at the pivot which won't click the trackpad.


You can use the following Terminal command to change the default screenshot format (I'm reading that GIF and PDF and some other formats are also supported):

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

(You can also set the location key to a path to a directory in which you'd like the screenshots to be saved, as opposed to your Desktop.)

Also, the screencapture command can be used to save a screenshot to a specific filename, and configure more options (such as window shadows, timed capture, etc.).


Macbook Pro Push Notification for Hotmail

Your Apple ID at some point was used to generate a certificate.

Either log in to your servers/service or MDM that use push services or start here:

https://identity.apple.com/pushcert/


Make sure you don't have any network proxy settings - you might want to try creating a totally new 'location' in System Preferences -> Networks, select AirPort, click Advanced, then make sure that none of the Proxies are checked.


Why do my Macbook Pro's WiFi speeds drop significantly when paired with Bluetooth devices?

I found this answer here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6803542, a guy named 'Todd Berliner' had similar issues. Credits for him if this fixes your issue

Todd has similar problems and worked with an Apple senior supervisor for several weeks and came to the following fix:

Turn off bluetooth.
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Open System Preferences. In the "Energy Saver" preference, de-select "Wake for network access" (no check, and leave it that way).
Open the finder. Select the "Go" menu.  Select "computer." Select "Macintosh HD."  Go the the "Library" folder.  Go to the "Preferences" folder. Find the preference file "com.apple.bluetooth.plist."
Rename "com.apple.bluetooth.plist" as "com.apple.bluetooth.plist.old" (i.e. add ".old").  Eventually, if this solution works for you, you can delete this "old" preference file.
Restart your computer (this will create a new "com.apple.bluetooth.plist" preference file).
Turn bluetooth back on.

Apparently, the problem is a bug caused by a bad interaction between the bluetooth preference file and wifi.


How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion?

I posted a bug on Radar#28495374 and here is the response from Apple:

Fixed in 10.12.  Go to Accessibility and Turn on Reduce Motion…
Please let us know whether the issue is resolved for you by updating your bug report.


How to add a timer between wget html downloads?

wget can read URLs directly from a file (-i file), and knows how to pause between downloads (-w seconds), so you don’t actually need a loop at all. Also, wget downloads into the current directory by default so you don't really need --directory-prefix either.

Just run

mkdir -p ~/Desktop/download
cd ~/Desktop/download
wget -E -H -k -p -w $((5*60)) -i file.txt

PS: You might also want to add --random-wait to have wget wait between 0.5 and 1.5 times the number of seconds you've specified. This might help to avoid problems with sites who take extreme steps to detect and block wget requests.


There is an updated tutorial here: How to Set up Apache in macOS Sierra 10.12

It includes extra configurations like uncommenting the following lines by removing the "#":

  #LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
  ...
  #LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so
  ...
  #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
  ...
  #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

and uncommenting:

  #Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf

in /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

and restarting apache: sudo apachectl restart

It should work.


In iwork Pages, how to start a new line after the last row of a table?

Did you try clicking off the table (so you aren't in a cell) then click the table to select it, and then pressing the right-arrow when the table is lit as selected?


Transferring bookmarks from Apple Maps to Google Maps

There is no way to synchronize Maps with Maps (so to speak), but you can sync Earth with Maps, with Google Earth being on the iPhone. If you log in to Google Earth, it will synchronize your maps. Those can be added from Google Maps on the web. Unfortunately, there's still no way to add stuff from an iPhone, but there isn't no connectivity between them.

Because I think that was a really messy and hard-to-understand answer, here's a clearer synopsis:

In the Maps app on the iPhone, there's no way to see things you've added on a computer.
In the Google Earth app on the iPhone, you can see "maps" (collections of pins) that you've created in Google Maps on a computer.
There's no way to add pins on an iPhone in either of these apps to later see on a computer.

I'm sorry there's no way to do what you want in a native Google app!


How to detect that my iPhone has been backed up with iTunes?

Does that person know your passcode?
If not, then no.
You need passcode or fingerprint before the phone will trust the computer.
From comments - If they did know the passcode, there is no way to tell.
Giving someone your passcode or Apple ID password is almost the same as giving them your ATM card & PIN, if not worse. They can do what they like, because every system they interface with will think it is you.


The menubar app Cookie can clear exactly what you want to clear at quit, at timed intervals, or both.

Can also clear thosenefarious Tracking Cookies, as well as non-favorite cookies, Flash and other databases -- and do this for all your browsers.

Not part of the company--just think especially with Tracking, it's a must have. SweetPea Productions, trial available.


Unfortunately because of the way apps are sandboxed in iOS, transferring files between them isn't really possible, unless the developers of the program have included some of that functionality. Effectively, each app has it's own folder on your iPad, and no other app can access the files within. It sounds silly, but it's a big part of security in iOS.

If you want to play media from an FTP server, you'll most likely need to get it with a player app that supports FTP (it looks like viPlay might, although I don't know if that's just the paid version, or the Lite version as well).


Podcast syncing between iTunes and iPhone doesn't work

Apple's entire podcast ecosystem is known to be buggy and has been for a long time. (See, for example, this bug of utter disconnect between iTunes and iOS prior to the arrival of the Podcasts app. It seems the point of moving podcasts to a dedicated iOS app was simply to banish the irredeemably buggy podcast code from the otherwise well functioning Music app code. I still have the exact same problems with iOS 7.1 and the Podcasts app.) You're not doing anything wrong, the stuff just doesn't work.

You will have better luck with Instacast. There are other third-party podcast players for iOS, but AFAIK Instacast is the only popular one that also plays on Macs and syncs between iOS and Macs. As of this writing (April 2014), Pocket Casts is arguably better than Instacast with respect to syncing among mobile devices, as it even syncs between iOS and Android, but it does not have a Mac application to allow you to play podcasts on your Mac.


File transfer from XBOX 360 to MBA (wifi?)

Sorry, no.  The XBox 360 does not support Disk Sharing.  You would have to get software for the '360 which supported this.


Why can't I paste a password into a password form on a webpage?

Right-click on the password field and under the menu that appears, select "paste" (it happens to me in Firefox and that is my fix).


How can I get photographs off the iPhone 4 wirelessly?

Eye-Fi has an iPhone app that will perform essentially the same function as the Eye-Fi SD Cards (wirelessly transfer photos to your computer and/or the web).  More information can be found on their website - the catch is that you need to have an Eye-Fi card.  No, it doesn't appear to actually use the card, but they give the app away to card owners.


Universal clipboard between macOS sierra and iOS 10 doesn't seem to work okay!

I solve the problem by restarting the iPhone 6. Then Universal Clipboard works as expected.


Why won't the Control Center module let me turn on Airdrop on my iphone 8?

What version of iOS are you running? If it’s a version that supports screen time I would try disabling and reenabling airdrop from screen time menu within the settings app


Remove the Notification Center icon from the Menu Bar

So you can easily disable it with

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist; killall NotificationCenter

You can remove the icon with

sudo rm /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/menuitemNormal.pdf

but the blank space will remain.  There is an app called Bartender I've seen a few people promoting to fix this issue.


Changed user names and now those accounts have been reset

Go to System Preferences / Users & Groups and create a new user with the Account name or Short Name that you used for the New users. This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents.

Extracted from Apple's indications for changing user's account name. Steps 5 and 6.


Help! I want to remove Windows EFI Boot Entry, but can’t

It would appear you have two files named EFI. I am not sure how there can be two, but neither appears to be a directory (folder). This may prevent the creation of a EFI folder which could prevent the installation of any UEFI booting operation systems which use the EFI partition to boot.

I suppose since the volume seems to be corrupted, I would just reformat the the volume. The commands are given below. The first command can be skipped, if the volume is not mounted.

diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s1
sudo newfs_msdos -F 32 -v EFI /dev/rdisk0s1

Of course, you should backup all important data before reformatting.


OSX Yosemite - Mission Control stopped working

(This irritating bug seems to be biting me more often after updating to 10.10.4)

When this happens and I don't want to have to reboot, I only restart the "Dock" process and the problem is gone.  There's probably some GUI way to do it, but I just drop into Terminal and do:

killall Dock

But before that, run killall -s Dock to see what would be killed, to make sure it's only going to directly kill the one "Dock" process.

Once you run killall Dock, Dock will restart in a few seconds and then Mission Control is working again. You can verify that the restart happened by checking the Process ID of "Dock" after the restart.


MacBook Pro 17" Early 2011 running without the AMD GPU

Adding extra memory to the system is not going to improve the graphics, I'm afraid.

The Intel HD3000 has a hardware limitation of approx. 1.7 GB of system RAM it can use for video ram. So even though you add 8 GB of extra system RAM, you're not going to be able to use more of it for video ram.

As far I know it is possible to set the VRamSize to 2048, which would indicate 2 GB - but in reality only ~1.7 GB would actually be used.

If you want to try that, please change the x60 in your command to x80, and the VRAMSize from 1536 to 2048.

I wouldn't expect that to alleviate the problem with zones of glitches however.


What's kern_sploit proccess that apears in my iPhone 4?

It's Greenpoison's exploit. It's legit. According to the GitHub source, Snowbreeze installs it.


You can get any Mac's product manual from

https://support.apple.com/manuals/C02PRT1XGCN3

Just add your serial number instead of the sample one I provided.


New smart folder renamed "All My Files" folder. How to revert?

You did not tag an OS version, but MacOS Mojave ships by default with a Recents folder in the Finder sidebar and Go menu. There is by default no All My Files folder now. You have not overwritten anything.

(Or else, you overwrote mine too)


External hard drive encryption using Disk Utility

You are out of luck accessing it on a Windows machine. The macOS Extended Journaled format is unreadable by Windows.

You can share the drive by formatting with FAT32, however, as detailed in this PCWorld web page.


Several things:

Do a TCP Dump to analyze traffic, to see if you're machine is hitting sites that are bogging it down. At the command line, type sudo tcpdump -i en1

Do a DNS cache reset. At the command line, type sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Check the MTU settings. Confirm with your ISP what the MTU setting should be, and then go to System Preferences -> Network. Find your connection and click Advanced. Find the Hardware tab, and enter the MTU setting manually if it does not match.


Has there been an end date established for the Maps app on iOS less than iOS 6?

As long as you do not upgrade to iOS 6, you will get to keep the app forever. As for the API not working any more, since Apple used the official API any changes Google makes that would break the old Maps app will also break millions of other apps on many platforms. There is a possibility that Google could revoke Apple's API key, but I seriously doubt that will ever happen.


According to the Apple Support forums, it looks like a fix for this is to comment out gs.apple.com in your hosts file.

Comment it out in /etc/hosts by doing the following (taken from that page):

Open Finder
Hold down COMMAND + SHIFT keys and press 'G'
Enter "/private/etc/" in the field and press "Go"
Find "hosts" file in the directory
Drag the file to your desktop
Open it in text editor
Remove the line that has gs.apple.com entirely or put a # at the beginning of it to comment it out
Save the file
Drag it back to the /private/etc/ folder.
You'd need to enter your username and password to authenticate the move


Simplest way to audit and monitor my home network and deal with intruders (while leaving it all open)

Mocha

  Mocha is a tool that monitors your network activity and keeps a record of Ip / Mac address pairings and firewall logs. It will give a warning when it notices any suspicious activity, like any changes in Mac address or any connection attempt to the firewall.

I hope that helps! :)


Starting page numbering on page greater than page #1 in Pages '09

This just worked for me.

Create your you four pages.

Click on the last page (4) and then 'insert' a section break.

Now with page 5 selected ( click inside page)

Go to the 'Layout inspector' and set it to:

Insert Autopage Numbers. Settings:

You can now insert more pages and the numbers continue.

The first 4 pages have no numbers. And page 5 starts from 1 with the rest continuing on consecutively


While Big Sur has been relased as a public beta, it's not ready for general consumption.  It's going to have issues and users are expected to know how to get around issues and at least research.  Let's face it... you're jumping into the deep end of the pool - do you know how to swim or at least did you bring your floaties?
From the Beta FAQ

Please note that since the public beta software has not yet been commercially released by Apple, it may contain errors or inaccuracies and may not function as well as commercially released software. Be sure to back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and your Mac using Time Machine before installing beta software. Since Apple TV purchases and data are stored in the cloud, there’s no need to back up your Apple TV. Install the beta software only on non-production devices that are not business critical. We strongly recommend installing on a secondary system or device, or on a secondary partition on your Mac.

I'm not saying this to discourage you, in fact, I encourage all users to try out new things because it expands their skill set.  However, I do fear for users who want to upgrade to the bleeding edge on their only computer to beta software (regardless if it's Windows, macOS, or even a *nix) without having some sort of way to escape if something goes sideways.  Ask any long time user here how many questions we each have answered where having a Time Machine backup would solve pretty much all problems...
All that said...  You can do an in place upgrade and a wipe and install . I prefer the wipe and install (via USB Installer preferably).  After you've downloaded the installer....
In-Place upgrade:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --agreetolicense --forcequitapps --nointeraction

Wipe & Install:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --eraseinstall --newvolumename "Macintosh HD" --agreetolicense –forcequitapps --nointeraction

To create a USB installer:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/DRIVENAME --nointeraction --downloadassets


How can I track detailed analytics for my iTunes Library?

Last.fm and its API opened to developers gave birth to some nice web applications. Of course, you must have an account (free) and scrobble your songs to benefit from them.

Two of them related to analytics (I'm not a specialist, I guess there must be other ones) :
http://www.mymusichabits.com/visualize/cosmokraymer
http://lastgraph.aeracode.org/user/cosmokraymer/

The latter enables you to generate visually impressive timelines of your listening habits ...

... and play history for each of your artists


You're right Christian, I didn't even notice it but the gamecenter app has been removed.
It is stated under gamekit in the IOS 10.0 releasenotes
Apparently it won't be missed by many :)


iCloud/Google calendar sync issues on OS X 10.9.1

You can't create events without a calendar to put them in, and you can't create calendars without an account. Since you have no available cloud service, you need to create the calendars in the On My Mac account.

Completely log out and remove all accounts that could store calendars, including iCloud and Google.
Open Calendars → Preferences → Accounts (Not Calendars → Accounts).
Select the On My Mac account and check the Enable this account box.


Can I pay for membership from another card?

Yes.

The Apple Developer account isn’t locked to your credit card. You can make use of any valid/active credit card to make payment towards your membership renewal.


Disable IPv6 and WiFi.  Plug both in via Ethernet.  Verify your targets IP.  Turn AFP and all other sharing settings off on the target, and wait for it to disappear from the sidebar on the machine you're connecting from.  Then re-enable AFP sharing on the target, and see it come back on the source.

Ping the IP, or even the name (foo.local if the computer's name is foo).  Try connecting by clicking on it from the sidebar - failing that try using the Go menu (connect to server) and putting in a URL in the format afp://<name or IP here>.

Let us know how it goes.

EDIT: then, once that works properly, change one thing at a time.  Enable WiFi on one machine and remove the ethernet cable.  Then test.  Then do the same on the other machin, and test.  Then enable IPv6 on one.. test.  Then the other.  Etc, until you've worked your way back to how you want your machines to be set up.  This can also help us isolate where the problem is happening (if you re-enable WiFi and sharing stops working...)


iPhone 5c can't install Netflix because iOS 11 is required

Unless you've bought/downloaded Netflix before (at a time there still was a Netflix app compatible with your current iOS version) you can't access old versions in the store.
Netflix might have pulled old versions from the store because theAPI between the app and the netflix servers changed and old versions can't talk to the backend any longer


ATTOCelerityFC8.kext is a driver for some ATTO fibre channel cards. They fit in some pre-"trash can" Mac Pros only.

ATTO explicitly lists all Mac compatible adapters here: Apple Solutions, but forgot to update the list for High Sierra.

There is no real doubt that the driver is genuine.

The ATTOCelebrity kext is some figment of imagination only ;-)


Is there a way to preserve terminal tab history across computer restarts?

Try adding this to ~/.bash_profile:

HISTFILE=~/.bash_history.$(basename $(tty))

This creates a unique history file for the terminal associated with each tab.


Playing videos on VirtualBox Mac OS X guest on Ubuntu 13.04 as host

OS X uses QE/CI (Quartz Extreme/Core Image) for graphics acceleration. Unless you're using an actual Mac or are running a modified version of OS X directly on PC hardware, you won't get full acceleration. Furthermore, VirtualBox support for OS X is experimental and doesn't include Guest Additions.

Looking around a bit, it seems some have had success with modified SVGA drivers in VMWare. It may get you better performance overall, but it still won't enable QE/CI (and thus no video playback), and doesn't work with VirtualBox anyway.


I had the same exact problem.  Drove me crazy trying to figure it out.  Simple Solution.

Open System Preferences, Trackpad

Under the Point & Click tab make sure that the Look up & data detectors is set to Force click with one finger.  Some how, mine got changed to tap with three fingers.  I know I didn't change it and I'm the only one that has access to it so its a mystery but now it works so thats all that matters.


I was able to run the client making some modification to the wireless router configuration:

The DHCP server now gives addresses that start with 192.168.2 instead of the old 192.168.1
The subnet mask of the local IP address is now 255.255.0.0
You run OSX in 32 bit mode keeping the 3 key pressed during boot

After these changes the subsequent call to SNX (configured as described above) was able to associate the proper IP address (that in my configuration was 192.168.1.33, last number changes from connection to connection) to the en7 interface created by SNX and so I've a valid IP address for the router on the 192.168.2 network and one for the office on the 192.168.1 network.

I'm still convinced that something can be done using also the ifconfig command to properly assign IP address, but for now having a connection it's enough for me, I'm posting the result of ifconfig if someone can describe me how to proceed:

en7: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1350
ether 54:55:43:44:52:00
inet 192.168.1.33 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Check Point Virtual Network Adapter

See also http://www.phillo.it/?p=13

Regards
Massimo


iPhoto doesn't provide this functionality.
There are two things you could do at this point:

Submit feedback to Apple on iPhoto here. Please note that it might take a while for them to implement your feature, and they don't respond to comments.
Use an alternative 'board book maker'. After a quick web search, I found this website (pintsizeproductions.com). I'm sure you'll be able to find some more with a similar search.


Mac App Store Upload Fail: Validation Error (SFML)

I fixed it!
The problem was that I had only edited my project-info.plist. I went and added the same lines for CFBundleSupportedPlatforms to the info.plist's for each of my external frameworks.

CFBundleSupportedPlatforms => array,
item0 => MacOSX

Seems to have done the trick.


Is there any way to connect a record player (RCA outputs) to AirPlay speakers?

Now I have figured out a simple and reasonably cheap solution for Airplay that does not require a computer, paid apps and similar, only a cable, that have multiple other uses, and an iOS device not in use while listening (depending on the circumstances I use either my iPhone or my iPad), see this

http://davidbo.livejournal.com/795.html (It is added to the Wayback Machine so it won't disappear).

Some non-dealbreaking minor issues remains, I will update that article when I find solutions to them.


Downloaded music in google music app get "unplayable file" in my 2017 crosstrek

Dunno exactly why, but I offloaded the subaru starlink app and it's streaming just fine again.


I'd use the Terminal command last for a more complete list of logins.

Execute the command last [yourusername] will generate a list of tty and console logins.

Ex: last icondaemon generates:

icondaemon     ttys000                   Wed Feb 21 08:12   still logged in
icondaemon     console                   Wed Feb 21 07:57   still logged in
icondaemon     console                   Tue Feb 20 07:52 - 15:24  (07:31)
icondaemon     console                   Fri Feb 16 07:16 - 16:03  (08:46)
icondaemon     console                   Thu Feb 15 07:33 - 16:25  (08:51)
icondaemon     ttys000                   Wed Feb 14 09:34 - 09:34  (00:00)
icondaemon     ttys000                   Wed Feb 14 09:34 - 09:34  (00:00)
icondaemon     console                   Wed Feb 14 07:36 - 16:19  (08:42)
icondaemon     console                   Tue Feb 13 07:31 - 15:57  (08:25)
icondaemon     console                   Mon Feb 12 07:32 - 16:30  (08:57)
icondaemon     console                   Fri Feb  9 08:51 - 15:48  (06:57)

...

icondaemon     ttys000                   Wed Nov  1 15:22 - 15:22  (00:00)
icondaemon     ttys000                   Wed Nov  1 15:21 - 15:21  (00:00)
icondaemon     console                   Wed Nov  1 11:36 - 15:53  (04:16)

I'm not sure what happened on November 1st to rollover the log.


How can I create a Windows password reset disk on Mac?

Use Hiren's Boot CD. it have a password deleter. you can download it for free and just need to burn it to a CD.


Soundflower from Cycling74 used to be the app to do this type of task, but is unsupported & no longer reliable - I eventually had to uninstall it.

It was taken over by Rogue Amoeba, who maintain the download but no longer provide updates. It has been open sourced on GitHub, but I've yet to see a stable release; kernel panics are frequent.

It seems quite possible they re-worked the technology into their main product, Audio Hijack. Although primarily marketed as an 'any app' recorder, it actually can achieve some pretty comprehensive routing; comes with a fair number of built-in audio effects & can also use any AU plugin effects too.

This is a quick example, using 2 apps, EQ, volume, optional recorder & a specific audio output.

...and another with 3 sources to 3 outputs...

If you need even more comprehensive routing, there's always Plogue Bidule... if you can ever figure it out ;-)


It turns out that these features are specific to the manufacturers Bluetooth drivers. I was able to find another manufacturers drivers, and they have hands-free as a function:


Find date of upgrade from Mojave to Catalina

These are the steps to follow:

Go to applications
Click utilities
Go to System Information
On the left scroll down to software
Click system installations and sort by software name
Look for the update and when it was installed, an example as follows:


If you are going to re-partition to install another O/S then a cleaner won't do much, it really depends on how much room you need to recover for your partition.

That said there are a number of cleaners out there. I have always used the free Onyx. I usually get it off of MacUpdate. Note that the latest version is always for the latest O/S if you don't have Mavericks look on the developer's website for earlier versions.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx

Oddly enough CCCleaner is available for the Mac, and while I have used the PC version quite a bit I have never used it on the Mac, preferring to stick with the utility I know. So I can't speak to how good a job CCCleaner does on the Mac.

MacUpdate is a great place to look for software, pretty much everything you are looking for here can be found there.


How do I move an app out of a folder on iOS 8? (e.g. newspaper out of "newsstand")

Maybe say what version of iOS you are using?

Newsstand is not a normal folder.  You put items into it by subscribing to them.  And remove them by un-subscribing.  You can move Newsstand to the top level, though, in the same way as you move other icons (see the documentation).  One way is to use iTunes, switch things around there, then sync.  Another way involves holding your finger on the icon until it starts wiggling, then drag it.


Is there a way to charge a purchase to the account owners credit card rather than the organizer accounts credit card?

For an "adult" in the family to use their own credit card they would need to be removed.

  Ref: HT201079 Section: near bottom of page, above "*Age may vary by country".

The "adult" could make purchases using gift cards redeemed to their personal iTunes ID, though this won't stop subscriptions or gift purchasing from being charged to the "organizer".

  Ref: HT201079 Section: First paragraph and "Making Purchases".

It's not possible to remove the credit card from the "organizer" account completely, but you could update the "organizer" card to the desired card, then change it back after the purchase. This would only work for non-subscription content. If subscription content is purchased and the card is changed after, the card on the "organizer" account at the time of renewal would be charged. The renewal may also be interrupted.

Do be careful to prevent any unwanted purchases to the card on the "organizer" account, from any other family members including the "organizer", during any temporary changes.

  Ref: HT203905 Section: bottom of page "If your part of Family Sharing"

Family purchases and payments
Reasons for not seeing "none" in iTunes Store payment options

Accepted payment card type on "organizer" account may vary depending on 'child' account being present and any accounts with Ask to Buy enabled.


Seems like we were able to find the problem through the comments. Chrome sometimes "hijacks" your media buttons for its own functions. A quick google search yielded the following result:

  You can set to the keyboard shortcuts to work only when Chrome is in focus:

  Open the Chrome app menu

  Select Tools > Extensions
  Click the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ link at the bottom of the page
  Find the Google Play Music section
  Change any specified media key options from ‘Global’ to ‘In Chrome’
  Fix Media Key Hijacking in Chrome

  Or you can disable/remove the app/extension from Chrome entirely:

  Open the Chrome app menu
  Select Tools > Extensions
  Find ‘Google Play Music’
  Uncheck the ‘Enabled’ box OR click the trash can to remove

Source: OMGChrome


Based on Safe Mode comment, make sure the Karabiner kext (kernel extension) is uninstalled. Look in /System/Library/Extensions.

Check both your home directory Library/Application Support folder and the System/Library/Application Support folders and make sure the Karabiner folder is deleted--which should contain the private.xml document.

Safe Mode does not load non-Apple kexts so that suggests to me that the Karabiner kext did not get uninstalled. Not sure but I think the mods you make end up in that private.xml file. Lots of other files in that folder too. The uninstall scripts look like they should work but it's important to verify this yourself manually. Trust but verify....


If you're looking for a video tutorial, this screencast on YouTube is pretty helpful:

NEW iMovie 2013: The Basics and Overview (In-Depth Tutorial)

Apple provides a very detailed guide on iMovie, available from Help → iMovie Help or online.

http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0


Enable home directory sites in Lion server?

Found it: The UserDir module in Apache2 defaults to public_html. So ~studentname was being directed to /Users/studentname/public_html. Which doesn't exist in any of the users' folders.

What does exist is /Users/studentname/Sites, so I just added this line to the httpd.conf:

UserDir Sites

...and it's working perfectly now. Awesome!

Many thanks to @bmike for pointing me in the right direction.


Macbook doesn't have VGA built in, so normally everyone is using DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, which is actually converting digital signal to analogue. The issue might be with converter itself, but if you are saying it's bad only with the Projector, but works with everything else fine - then I assume that Adapter is ok.

I'd suggest you to troubleshoot in order of appearens:

Adapter.
VGA Cable.
Connection slot or pins on the projector input.

To check the adapter is easy - try connecting via different vga cable to any monitor which has it. To check VGA cable you are using - try connecting it to different device, for example other projector or monitor. Clean the pins in VGA slot of projector, it might be some dust got in from ventilation, or whatever.

The single color to me sounds like it's bad contact somewhere, a VGA cable is broken, or with pin connectors. This happens normally when you have analog cable, alike VGA, when one/several color components goes off.

If you projector has other inputs, DVI or HDMI - I'd recommend to use them, instead of analog VGA.


Is it possible restore or update your iphone if you only have tethered internet?

As you said, yes, you do need to have a connection to download and verify the install, not just the download. Its the computer doing the update that needs an internet connection - not really the phone.

In your case, the phone is currently in the update, which is probably running a very 'light' iOS bootstrap while your computer does the update. OS features like tethering would not be running then (nor anything much really), and so your computer would not recognize it as a connection, and the iPhone can't really do the verification in its state at that point either.

The only way you could really do the update with tethered internet is to have another iPhone that you are tethered to.


How do I remove Siri from the collapsed Control Strip?

I called Apple multiple times about this, each time it was escalated to a Senior Advisor, and each time nobody could figure this out. While toying around with it, however, I found the solution:

The only combination of preferences which allows you to customize the collapsed Control Strip is:

Touch Bar shows App Controls
Show Control Strip is checked

Then when you press "Customize Touch Bar...", you will be allowed to customize only the collapsed Control Strip. After you're done with that, you can change your "Touch Bar shows" preference to whatever you want:


iPhone 4s irregularly asks for Apple ID after a night at airplane mode

Does not answer question directly as this is possibly a bug with flight mode. Her use case is not what flight mode was made for though?  Better option to keep from being disturbed at night is to Use the Do not Disturb feature form settings.   Configurable and can set it to do automatically during certain times.  Otherwise just manually put the phone in mute mode.

On the flight mode...  I know certain older version of IOS had problems with alarms.   Think it is quite possible that the lack of any network connectivity might block some background processes so can think that it would be reasonable to expect the password at some times.   If it stops n alarm from activating it would be a bug in iOS though.


After having struggle with this issue for a long time I was able to achieve the desired effect by:
sudo ifconfig lo0 alias <ip>
rdr pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to <ip> port <port> -> 127.0.0.1


An unknown computer is – sometimes – shown in my Finder

This answer is based on the comments as the user perhapsmaybeharry covered how Bonjour works and how to disable it.

  Edit: New info - Most of the time this computer is not showing up. But
  it has a few times the last month. So it really feel like someone has
  gotten into my network. PLEASE HELP!]

This could be anything from a shared computer that has been cached on your system to a non-expired lease on your router.

To clear your mDNS  (Yosemite and Later):

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
To clear out the unexpired entry on your router, just log into your router, go to the DCHP Client Leases area, and delete the unknown computer.  Each router is different, but all have this functionality.  You will have to look up the settings for your particular router.

  I have a PC that is always connected to the network and Timecapsule.
  But I don't recognize that unit name. And this unknown unit is not
  always connected, just sometimes

I am assuming that you have a wireless network and you allows friends/family to join the network to surf.  This may be a PC/Mac that belongs to someone you know, you just don't recognize their computer.

  I haven't seen that computer for a while now. Isn't the most likely
  theory that it is someone that has broken in to my network?

Again, I am assuming that you have a wireless network - if it were wired (meaning no Wi-Fi) it would be really difficult to get into your network unless they had a physical connection.

If this is the case, you can immediately address the issue by changing your network passphrase (password) to join the network.  Just log into your router and make the change (you will have to update your Wi-Fi settings on all your devices when you do that.)

The other option is to turn on MAC filtering (not Mac as in Apple Mac, but the media access control - mac - address) in you router.  What it will do is prevent anyone with an address you didn't specifically authorize from joining the network.  Keep in mind that this will become very labor intensive because every time you want to allow your friends/family who haven't joined the network yet, you will need to go into the router and add their MAC address, and that's after obtaining it (usually) manually from their device.  It's much more secure, than just a simple passphrase, but the trade off is convenience.

If you have more "transient" guests than regular family and friends, this is where you start looking at a guest network.  Most routers with guest network capability allow you to have another SSID (WiFI network name) a different passphrase (wireless password) and some rules like isolating the clients so they can't talk to your "private network" or each other; they also have the capability to limit your guest users by, time (only surfing at night), by site (no XXX) and even by bandwidth (limit streaming).

This is all dependent on the router.


I had the same problem and found the solution at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8597674:

  Add your Terminal app (i.e. Terminal.app or iTerm.app) to your list of apps for full disk access in Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access.


How to copy and paste in built-in dictionary

There doesn’t seem to be a way to copy from the built in dictionary, but there is a workaround.
For the English dictionaries and thesauri, you can almost always find the same content freely online at Lexico, as the content for both comes from Oxford. (The same content even usually comes up when you search Google.)
I do this a lot actually and the content rarely ever differs between Lexico and the built in dictionary, even between the American built in dictionary and the British section on the website (both dialects are available on both the built in dictionary and the website). The website tends to have more example sentences though.
For example, gimme:


How can I open Google Chrome in Presentation mode using a shell script

I tested this out and then it wouldn't let me exit kiosk mode. I had to Cmd+Q to get out of Google Chrome. Save the following to a script, something like ChromeKiosk.sh and chmod +x ChromeKiosk.sh to get it to run.

#!/bin/bash
open "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" --args --kiosk http://www.google.com.au

This will open Google Chrome to the http://www.google.com.au webpage. Change it as you need. Copy and paste the rest of the script

If you want to turn it into an AppleScript so that you can create an application that can in turn be automatically run each time the computer reboots to a default specified user, use the following code and when you save the script, change it's type to Application

do shell script "/bin/bash open \"/Applications/Google Chrome.app\" --args --kiosk"

It's requires the \ (escape sequence) before the " because of the way the shell reads the spacing between the words Google and Chrome in the filename. You can also write it as

do shell script "/bin/bash open /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args --kiosk"

It's just that I've never favoured the look of seeing a escape before a backslash. It's too messy. Stick with either the BashScript option at the top or use the 1st of 2 AppleScript lines and save it as an Application type.


Find Google Chrome installation directory using Terminal

You can query for this kind of information using the Launch Services database to dump a list of all registered apps, then grep for the one you want (in this case Google Chrome), for example (using Mountain Lion 10.8.4):

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep -i "google chrome"

gives me the output:

path:          /Applications/Google Chrome.app/
executable:    Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
path:          /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/27.0.1453.116/Google Chrome Helper.app/
executable:    Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Helper


You can't add calendars in the Calendar app, only in Settings. To add an event, you should have a calendar set up in Settings.

If you do have calendars set up, make sure they are visible by going to the Calendars button at the bottom center in the Calendar app. Select "Show All Calendars" and see if you can now add events.

If you don't have a calendar set up, go to the Settings app, then iCloud, and make sure you enabled Calendars. Or you can add your own calendars from Outlook, Gmail etc. at Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add Account.

Let us know if you succeeded. :)


Most optimal way of recovering files from a non-bootable MacBook in Recovery Mode

There's a fair bit to your question, but...

On one hand you tell us that you don't have an external hard drive or another Mac, but then you say you may be able to get your hands on an empty MacBook if you pay someone.

So, if you were going to be spending money, it'd be best spent on an external hard drive. Not only could you use it to get yourself out of this jam, but then you'd be able to use it as a Time Machine backup drive or even a temporary boot volume for your Mac.

Now to address your four questions:

  1) Suppose that I can have access to another MacBook. By using First
  Aid through another MacBook in my Hard Drive in the Target Disk Mode,
  would I obtain a better result?

No. You should have an external hard drive anyway, so while this is certainly one way to go to transfer your data, it still leaves you with no backup regime once you're back up and running. And, if you're thinking of doing this as a way to try and fix your existing drive, you may in fact hasten its untimely end. Basically, your priority should be to backup your data to another drive. Proceed on the assumption that your current drive will die very soon.

  2) Suppose that I transfer my files to an external HD through any of
  the methods in the above cited question and, when trying to access the
  transferred files, discover that they are actually corrupted. Would
  they also be corrupted if I have instead performed the transference by
  using another MacBook and the Target Disk Mode?

The method you use to transfer your data will not change the data itself. In other words, if your data is corrupted, then it's corrupted.

  3) More generally, what would be the better method of recovering my
  files that would optimize the amount of fully functioning files
  recovered?

Based on the info in your question, we can only assume your hard drive has started to fail. The first thing to do is not to overuse it at this point - as we have no idea how much life is left in it. In other words, you may only get one shot at this, if you're lucky. If you're really lucky, you will be able to recover all your data. Your hard drive may last one more minute, or it may last another week. We just don't know.

So, to maximise the amount of data you save, the absolute best option would be to buy an external hard drive and then to selectively backup your data in order of importance. The reason this maximises things is that you're selectively recovering what you want, whereas making a full backup will also backup an awful lot of stuff that isn't important. This is okay (in fact preferred) if you know the drive will last long enough to do this, but if you don't know how long the drive will last, then selectively backing up your data is a much better approach.

If you're not familiar with or comfortable using Terminal to selectively transfer your data, then getting access to another Mac is the best way to achieve this. Ideally you would have the other Mac and an external hard drive. That is, put your old Mac in Target Disk Mode and then connect it to another Mac to browse your data and copy it across to the external hard drive. But if you can't get both, then temporarily transferring your data to the other Mac is your best bet until you can also get an external hard drive to put your data on.

However, keep in mind that assuming your internal hard drive is dying, you will need to replace that as well, although with an external hard drive you could first install macOS on that and then transfer your data to it as well. This way you could use your old Mac for a while by booting up from the external drive.

  4) In general, when such failures in installation occurs, what folders
  and files are likely to have been overwritten or erased?

This is impossible to answer as there is no way to know at what point of the installation process it failed. However, it's unlikely your user data would have been overwritten. Basically, unless you had formatted the hard drive, a macOS upgrade is only going to change system files, default apps, etc. It is not going to change your documents, media, downloads, etc.

A final word / recommendation

Having gone over both of your related questions I get the sense you need to perhaps make a choice between spending some money on getting access to another Mac or on buying an external drive.

If I was in your situation I would do as follows:

Purchase an external hard drive of higher capacity than your internal drive
Connect the external drive to your Mac
Boot up your Mac in macOS Recovery mode
Access Disk Utility and then format/erase your external hard drive
Proceed to install macOS onto your external drive
Once completed, your Mac should be booted into the new installation from your external drive. If not, restart your Mac and press the option key until you see your drives on the screen Then select the external drive and boot from that.
Once you're logged into your Mac, go to Apple > System Preferences > Startup Disk and make sure that the external drive is selected as the default Startup Disk
Exit System Preferences
You'll also notice in Finder that you can see the internal drive as if it's an external drive
Now you can do one of the following:

use Migration Assistant to migrate your data from the old drive
manually copy your data

NOTE: Once your data is copied across, you can use your Mac by continuing to boot from the external drive. However, this is not really a long-term solution as you'd be better to replace the internal drive on your Mac at some point or, when finances allow, upgrade to another Mac.


Play custom audio alert for certain incoming mail

Assuming your using Mail.app, add a mail rule.

Go to Mail -> Preferences -> Rules. Add a rule based on your criteria (Subject Contains | Is Equal To | Starts with "xyz").

Under "Perform the following action" select "Play sound". You can choose a preset sound or select "Add/Remove" to set your own custom sound.


Apps rearrange themselves after iPhone restart

Since your phone is jailbroken, there's no telling what's installed on the phone, so getting help for the issue may be problematic.

That said, there is an option in Settings to reset your Home Screen, which is what you're seeing. My bet is there's a flag somewhere that does that when the phone is reset.


Reference book or websites on how Mac OS works

https://developer.apple.com has a lot of information, basic registration is free.
The books from http://newosxbook.com/index.php have more technical content than most macOS users/developers need in their lifetime.

Besides that you should be able find a lot of information by just googling for "macos launchd getting started" and similar search terms. For specific questions about problems in getting something done there is also always this site here :-)


How can i regain functionality with automatic downloads? they no longer work in either direction

New purchases download to all iOS devices, if configured so.  But an existing purchase does not download to iOS device #2 just because iOS device #1 installs it again after it has been removed.
It has always been so.


.xls files are Microsoft Excel files, perhaps you might have opened it as a preview and it appeared as a pdf when in reality it is an excel file.

If it isn't the case, try restarting your mail client, sometimes the mail might have not loaded properly.

If it is neither of the above, provide a screenshot of how it is attached.


What's the quickest/easiest way to make a digital signature on an iPad?

Email the document to yourself, then tap the icon of the attachment. When you do this, it should open, and a small toolbox should be in the top right hand corner. Tap it, and you may add a signature using the signature button at the bottom left corner. There are dedicated apps available on the App Store, like HelloSign. Furthermore, macOS "Preview" App also allows for the signing of documents, as does Adobe Reader DC.

For signing on Mac, follow instructions that may be found here, which basically says to click on the toolbox icon within preview, then the signature icon located in the menu that just dropped down.

Footnotes:

[1] The document must be a PDF and on iOS, it must be opened from the mail app.

[2] The newest OS is recommended to perform these actions, but it is available on iOS 9 and later. And macOS must be 10.9 or above.

Best of luck!


Is there a way to convert audio files in Mac OS X or the command line without using iTunes?

I installed ffmpeg via MacPorts, although it also available via Homebrew (brew install ffmpeg) or download the binary.

To convert something like that, (without worrying about audio quality, which I know nothing about), I just use:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.mp3

Here is an example of how you would convert a .wav file to .mp3 from their website:

ffmpeg -i input.wav -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 output.mp3

Here is an example of how to find all .wav files larger than 50M, convert them to mp3 and then delete the original wav (aka, batch mode -- alter the find command to create your 'batch')

find . -size +50M -iname *.wav -type f -exec ffmpeg -i {} -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 {}.mp3 -y \; -exec /bin/rm {} \;


applescript - extract filename from posix path

Try this:

set yourpath to ("/YOUR/PATH/HERE/file.ext") as POSIX file
do shell script "basename " & quoted form of POSIX path of yourpath

This should work for files and folders as well.
I used "basename " & quoted form of... because AppleScript and shell script handle spaces in directories quite in a different way, that should allow you to use also paths with spaces in it.


Two 4TB hard drives -- how can I create a RAID 1 with two 2TB partitions?

It is not possible and even if it were it would be a very bad idea.
RAID 1 is to protect from hardware failure, and as described in the Apple document Create a disk set using Disk Utility on Mac mentioned by @user3439894 in comments, requires multiple disks (not partitions).

Mirrored (RAID 1) set: Protect your data against hardware failure with a mirrored RAID set. When you create a mirrored RAID set, your data is written to multiple disks so the information is stored redundantly.

Even if it were possible it would provide no protection against hardware failure (as both partitions are on the same disk) and in the case of a HDD would drastically reduce write performance as the disk arm would have to continuously jump back and forward between partitions.
While it may theoretically give some limited protection against bad blocks if you only have one disk you would be much better off making a a backup to another partition (which would protect you from accidental file deletion).  Backup to another to another disk would protect you from disk failure and file loss while RAID 1 is only designed to protect from hardware failure.


Well, to answer my own question: the problem was that my GPU was overheating.

I forgot to mention that this specific machine is a hackintosh. I don't know if such thing can happen to a real Mac, but anyway: here where I live it's pretty hot and dry, so there's a lot of dust accumulation inside and around my computer. The GPU cooler stopped because of this (last time I cleaned it was back in March), so I just opened up the computer case, cleaned it and now everything seems to be back to normal.


Mac Automator: combine images in PDF and resize

I think the problem is that Automator passes the incoming files to each action in turn. It doesn't pass the created PDF file in the first action to the 2nd action.
So you need to add a "Get Specified Finder Items" action to 'get' the PDF that you've just created, and pass it through the workflow.
Of course, none of this addresses the problem of the fixed name and location of the finished PDF.
I have written python scripts to be used in Automator workflows, which individually convert images to PDF and apply Quartz Filters (saving the file in the same folder with a unique name); it wouldn't be too difficult to modify them to do both.
https://github.com/benwiggy/PDFsuite/tree/master/Automator_Scripts


Extract data from an iPhone with broken screen

Your best option is to

Repair/Replace the broken screen

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+SE+Display+Assembly+Replacement/61305

now you can log in and all your data is still there, and you have a working phone.

Kit for the Job costs $50

Loosing Photos- Priceless


Macbook Pro cannot automatically detect external monitor automatically after I unplug external monitor when it is sleeping

I have the same behaviour with exception of the Automatic reboot (it does not do that).

I explain it this way.

When going to sleep mode Mac will create a Sleep image of the system status/configuration.

It is not monitoring the external devices during the sleep.

If you disconnect the monitor during the sleep it will not know that.

When it wakes up it will load the sleep image containing the system profile and is looking for the monitor and can not find it.

So far everything is normal.

I do not know why does it reboot on Mirror Display? For that please provide the Console log at that time stamp so we can look ofr the reason.


How do I remove a device from a free (un-enrolled) team provisioning profile?

The free developer program has a 3 device limit. To increase the number of devices, you'll need to purchase a membership, which will increase the limit to 100. You can only reset your list of registered devices on your annual renewal cycle.


What is the difference between a local Mailbox and an archive in Apple Mail?

The 'Archive' folder that Apple Mail uses with IMAP accounts is still on the IMAP server.
In short, it's just a default folder to move email to, for people who like their Inbox empty.


Someone keeps sending me a link via bluetooth - how to stop them without disabling bluetooth?

This is Handoff, part of Continuity, where devices signed into the same primary iCloud account can ‘hand off’ currently viewed content between each other.

Handoff isn't available for anyone to share content with you — this is only for you to share content between your own devices. I would be very concerned that someone has access to my iCloud account on a supposedly unknown device. I recommend investigating this further if you are unaware of the Continuity source.

You can disable all Continuity features including Handoff in System Preferences → General → Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices.


Moving multiple subfolder files to parent folder on Mojave?

In Terminal run
cd PARENTFOLDER
mkdir -p $TMPDIR/move
mv */* $TMPDIR/move/
rmdir *
mv $TMPDIR/move/* .
rmdir $TMPDIR/move

Please note

This will lead to data loss if files in different subfolders have the same name.
rmdir * will fail if the subfolders aren't empty after the move (e.g. if they contain files/directories starting with a .)
It works by first moving the files within the subfolders to a temporary location, then removing the subfolders themselves and then moving the files from them temporary location back to the parent. The moves are fast if they are on the same drive, they are very slow (and may fail due to lack of disk space) if the parent folder is on an external drive

For the extended version you've asked in the comments

Is there an easy way to batch apply this for an entire folder? For example: Year (parent folder) > Month > Day 1, 2, etc. Where I can apply your function to every folder in Year, with the contents of Day 1 & 2 going into Month, but the content of Month don't go into Year?

_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
cd YEAR
for month in *; do
    [[ -d "$month" ]] || continue

    echo mv -- "$month"/*/* "$_tmp"/
    echo rmdir -- "$month"/*
    echo mv "$_tmp"/* "$month"/
done
rmdir "$_tmp"

Remove the echos if the output of the dry run looks ok.


Try upgrading to Acrobat XI if you can. I've found it's so much better than X in so many ways that it was totally worth the price. I'm not at my Mac now, but you should be able to set the profile you want in either the Print or Print Setup dialog, then save it as a default.


I wouldn't use Time Machine for this, it is best at backing up your local Mac. The NAS you have has a built in backup function that can use a local USB drive or a network share (as well as other options). So if you want to backup the NAS to a drive mounted on your Mac just set the share up on the Mac then configure the NAS to backup to that share on a schedule. If you really want to use Time Machine you would have to mount the NAS or more likely specific directories on the NAS then include those in Time Machine on the Mac, This article gives good info on backing up several types of network shares to your Mac thru time machine: http://lifehacker.com/5685547/how-to-set-up-time-machine-to-back-up-to-a-networked-windows-or-linux-machine


Can I change how often Lion's "Versions" feature saves files?

I haven't been experimenting with this for long enough to be an expert yet, but I think you're confusing two semi-separate features: autosave and versions.

Autosave saves frequently -- in TextEdit, it seems to save after about 30 seconds of inactivity.  But it doesn't save a new version, it just saves the current document state.

Every hour and/or every time you explicitly save a version (Command-S), it saves a restorable version -- one that you can revert to if you decide you've made a mistake in editing.  Once saved, the "version" does not get updated; you can revert to it, or go into the Browse all Versions interface and copy content from it, but it's essentially frozen.

Autosave protects you against forgetting to save changes.  Versions protects you against mistaken edits you wish you hadn't made.  They operate on different time scales (and as far as I know, neither has customizable timing).


Why might an Apple TV stop playing purchased content from iTunes?

The explanation I got from Apple is there is some maintenance being performed on an iTunes server this weekend, which is affecting AppleTV's ability to authorize content.  Even if you are streaming directly from your PC/MAC to the AppleTV, there is still some validation with the iTunes store that occurs.

In the meantime, you can use Airplay to continue to stream content to your AppleTV.  More info on using Airplay can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4437.


iPhone 4s: I keep receiving notifications over 3G for apps that I've disabled cell data for

When you disable access for cellular data for specific apps like Pandora and YouTube, It only disables the access cellular data when you have the application open.

The push notifications you receive on your iPhone are sent through the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). This is done so that the application does not need to run at the background to fetch new notifications all the time, Only the Apple's push notification service runs all the time checking for updates from all the applications.

All the more the push notifications uses a very minimal amount of data which won't be shown in the usage.


Unable to Extend Macintosh HD partition to use Free Space

Try booting from recovery or install media and following the same procedure. Usual caveat: make a full backup of things just in case.

I've had the same situation as you and it worked for me, the only difference was my drive was Time Machine rather than a boot volume. The route I took was make a bootable USB drive with DiskmakerX[1] rather then in-built recovery partition on the Mac.

[1] http://diskmakerx.com


Left Shift not working for combination with [

I think it was Keyboard Ghosting problem. You can read more here

The problem was solved after I have tried pressing the key combinations (involving non-working key, in my case [).

There are a lot of combinations and so I don't include it here. In case it disappeared, here is the archive version on the archive.org.


Can I install my old OSX on a different computer after upgrading?

Yes, depending on the hardware of the other computer and the type of Snow Leopard disc you have. For example, if your existing computer is an iMac, and the other computer is a Mac Mini, and the Snow Leopard disc you have is the disc which came with your iMac this might not work. Many OS / recover disc which come with a Mac will only work on that model. The only way to know if this will work is to test it.
When you install Mountain Lion, you will have the option to Upgrade, keeping all your applications, users, and most of your settings, or Archive and Install which will keep a copy of your current system (which you cannot easily roll back to) but do a clean install. You can also Erase and Install where you will lose everything. OS X upgrades are fairly safe and while you might have to re-install a few applications (VMWare Fusion and Adobe products come to mind) you are unlikely to lose any data.
You can install mountain lion on all Macs you personally own. To quote Apple:

  If you've purchased OS X Lion or Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store, you're allowed to install it on all of your personal authorized Macs

In fact, you can bypass installing Snow Leopard at all, it's possible to install Mountain Lion directly: Lifehacker has an article on this explaining how to create a bootable Mountain Lion installer. Here's an AskDifferent answer with a second method.


The Eject menu is part of the Menu Extras that are of the standard core service items for the Mac.

It is not normally enabled.

But one way of enabling it is to double click on the
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu  file.

The Eject menu is normally for your built in disc drive if you have one.

It may or may not work on external disc drive.

To remove the Eject Menu

Press and hold the Apple/Command key.
Click and drag the Eject menu icon off the menu bar.
Once you start dragging the Eject icon, you can release the
Apple/Command key.
Release the mouse button when the Eject menu no longer appears in the
menu bar.

The Eject icon will disappear.


What happens, exactly, when an iPhone app is run on an iPad at 2x scale?

I haven't found a detailed list of the exact behaviors. For the most part, it seems that everything is simply pixel-scaled (which is why text looks bad), except for images which were scaled down to begin with. I presume that the UIImageView class has some behavior to handle this automatically.

On Retina devices, Apple's built-in text and image rendering are aware of the scaling factor of the screen, and will render text and photos in high quality. But this doesn't seem to apply to iPhone apps run on an iPad. (See Apple's developer documentation on high-resolution screens for more information on that.)


How do I get my monitor to run at the correct resolution reliably?

I have the same monitor and running MacOS Catalina 10.15.4. I believe a DVI cable (DVI-to-TB3: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HLR62ZM/A/moshi-usb-c-to-displayport-cable) would get you higher res options + 75Hz refresh rate. Failing that, try using SwitchResX (https://www.madrau.com/) to expose some other display options.


Why do higher resolutions not show in my display preferences?

Have you tried holding Option and clicking "Scaled" in your Display Preferences window?  This should unlock the full range of resolutions your Mac thinks is available for the monitor.  Not sure what that will be over HDMI, but once your DisplayPort cable arrives you should see 3840x2160.


Registering as individual for iOS development still requires company name

Even though I am registering as an individual, there is still a field for company name and it has to be filled. What do I put there?

Put your name again.


I ended up carefully removing all the key caps (like shown here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Cue2IlXIg) and cleaning up the dust/dirt that accumulated over the past two years. I guess it messed with the electronic contacts.


Is there a way to operate the camera of a disassembled iPhone X?

Yes, you can. How is a very difficult question to answer.
Broadly, as with developing any embedded electronic project, you first have to correctly identify each part, and obtain its technical specification / manual from the manufacturer. This will tell you what each part does and how to assemble and connect them all together. The second part is even more difficult - if the manufacturer doesn't provide a ready made software (or atleast a device driver or template software that you can customize), you will have to write the software / program yourself to use the hardware correctly. (in iPhone, this part is handled by iOS and the camera app.)
So if you are familiar with electronics and embedded technology, and embedded programming, you should be able to do this.
Realistically, it is a very diffult task and will take a lot of time and new skillsets. It would be better to start with a smaller and easier electronic project before trying this.
Go for it if you are interested in patiently learning these skills. Even if you fail, you will still learn a lot. (Take inspiration from Alyssa, a young woman, student and hacker who is progressing on reverse engineering Apple's GPU in its new ARM processors, to create a linux driver for it).
The knowledgeable people at iFixit may be able to help you identify the parts, and even obtain the technical schematics on it. You can also ask for more help and advice from the Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange and Reddit Embedded forum.


As you have the iMac on a UPS, you could use the power consumption readout that is usually available on a UPS. I.e. if the power draw is above a few watts, the computer is on - if it's not, the computer is off.

Another option is simply to connect a cabled, USB mouse/keyboard instead of the Bluetooth. As having a malfunctioning UPS at the exact same time your mouse runs out of battery, whilst also being the exact same time your keyboard runs out of battery, is quite rare. Therefore it shouldn't be a problem to spend a little extra time plugging it in USB.

A third option is using a cabled network or WiFi connection to check if the Mac is powered on. You could do that by for example pinging the Mac from another computer, smartphone or tablet. If it responds to pings, it is powered up - otherwise it is powered down. Obviously the computer needs to be connected to the same network in advance for this to work.

A fourth option is to use another computer or specialized hardware to check for Bluetooth/WiFi signals being emitted from the computer. This only happens when the Mac is powered.

A fifth option is to use temperature-sensing equipment (depending on your scenario, it could be your hands) - to sense/feel if the iMac is warmer than room temperature or not. If it is warm, it is powered (or was recently powered).

And finally, if your Bluetooth keyboard is actually an Apple keyboard, then you can press the caps-lock key to detect if the keyboard battery is dead. If the keyboard is not dead, then you can use it to check if the iMac is powered on. If the keyboard battery is dead, you can recharge it.


Daisy Chain 2 Dell monitors to MacBook Air (mid 2011)

MacBook Air cannot drive more than one external display.

I have Dell Ultrasharp U2713H and U2711 on my desk and I have tried daisy-chaining them with MacBook Air:

late 2010 (with mini DisplayPort),
mid 2011 (with Thunderbolt interface).

MB Air recognized only the first monitor in chain. Second display in chain mirrored the first one. Your error message is probably caused by signal cooked for U3014 (2560×1600) being fed to U2711 which cannot handle resolution higher than 2560×1440. Have you had lowered the resolution, you might have been able to see mirrored desktop on U2711.

At the moment I do not know (have not been able to find any information) whether macOS included drivers do support MST feature of DP at all.

There is an article About Thunderbolt ports and displays by Apple explaining how many of displays are supported with which Mac (though it does not explain why macOS does not support features (e.g. MST) with some configurations which Windows does support it (see Ed Andersen comment)).


iTunes sometimes doesn't recognize connected device

Apple has two articles to cover this - one for iTunes on Windows OS and the other for iTunes on Mac OS:

https://support.apple.com/HT204095#PC - iPhone, iPad, or iPod not recognized in iTunes for Windows PC
https://support.apple.com/HT204095#Mac - iPhone, iPad, or iPod not recognized in iTunes for Mac

Both start with If your iPhone, iPad or iPod won't connect to iTunes on your PC, try the steps below. Just follow the guide for your OS and consider asking a follow-on question if you get stuck with a specific step. Be sure to list the versions of OS and iTunes in that post as those details will help us help you.


Cannot seem to download command line tools

Run xcode-select --install

This will prompt you to download and install the CLTs using softwareupdate.


An error occurred when configuring keychain syncing

No solution yet, looks like an OSX Lion issue...


How to have my iPad use Win 2008 server's internet connection?

It sounds like a dns issue to me.  You'll want to have an internal dns server that knows to route *.example.com to your server's internal address and forward everything else to a public dns server like 8.8.8.8, and make sure your dhcp service hands out this dns server.

It could also be an ipv6 issue, as Apple products are configured to very strongly prefer ipv6 whenever they can.  If you have partial ipv6 support somewhere on your network (very possible to have without even knowning) it could be confusing the iPad.


Can't copy folder with files from external hard drive because of permissions?

If you are familiar with terminal you can use the following command;

sudo chown -R username directory

username: your username
directory: the folder in which the files you want to copy are located

PS Requires an administrator's password


It looks very much like iStat Menus.
There are many view & information options, but I'm reasonably sure that's one of them.

BTW, the orange highlighted segment in your image is actually mostly disk read/write speed. Network usage is just to the right - I re-imaged, labels are to the left


A bit broad, but…

It is highly region-dependent.
There is also no such thing as a "standard" English keyboard. The two main types are US English, which is based on the ANSI standard & the UK English, which is based on the ISO standard.
The most immediately obvious differences are the Enter key & the key left of Z…

US English - ANSI

British English - ISO

pics from Apple KB - How to identify keyboard localizations
These major physical differences also apply to PC keyboards.

Having " above the 2 is a UK English PC layout [one that drives me mad, even though I'm a Brit, I am simply used to @ being above 2 after 30 years of using Macs;)

US English does it the Apple way, even on Windows, so you could argue that it's the British PC layout that is "wrong", but in the end it's what you get used to.

If you change your keyboard layout in System Prefs > Keyboard > Input Sources to British PC, you will get your " & @ back to where you like them - however, it will also move other 'peripheral' keys to where a British PC has them, such as \ | ~ etc

Image showing British PC layout with Shift held.


Which characters can I use for complex passcodes?

Depending on the app/situation, the acceptable password characters will vary. For example, when entering an email password or an iTunes password, you can enter in any of the characters available to you within iOS.

For a phone lock passcode, you must use a 4-digit numerical code to lock the phone. It does not accept other options.

Various other programs, such as 1Password, also accept their own set of characters although this software applies to the first part, which is that it accepts whichever characters are available to you in iOS.


How can I fix the Spotlight index for an encfs-mounted directory?

Appending the option -o local to the mount (i.e. encfs) command seems to work...


Dual monitor setup macbook 13'' pro retina

If I understand your configuration, you have:

a. macbook, plus two external displays

b. two thunderbolt ports, one for ethernet, one for display

c. one hdmi port for the other display

For the VGA display, you need a Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter.

And the HDMI display can be simply hooked to the HDMI port.

Now, to display different desktops:

Go System Preferences >> Mission Control
Tick the Displays have separate Spaces
Set the other checkboxes according to how you prefer to work.
After step (2), you will be able to set different desktop backgrounds (for each display; the background will be reused when you add Spaces to a given display).


From the loaded kernel extensions in the backtrace, we can see that com.apple.iokit.CHUDKernLib is the bundle identifier of the kernel extension that is causing the kernel panic.

That makes sense, as the CHUD tools are part of the older Xcode installs.

If you're comfortable with the command line, what I would do is start up in single-user mode by holding down Commmand-S right after you start up your machine.

At the prompt, type the following and press return:

mount -uw /

This will mount the filesystem in read-write mode so you can make changes.

Then type the following 4 commands, pressing return after each line.

Make an "ExtensionsDisabled" folder to move the CHUD-related kernel extensions to:

mkdir /System/Library/ExtensionsDisabled

Change the current directory to the kernel extensions folder:

cd /System/Library/Extensions

Move the 3 CHUD*.kext kernel extensions to the disabled folder:

mv CHUDKernLib.kext CHUDProf.kext CHUDUtils.kext /System/Library/ExtensionsDisabled

Reboot:

reboot

If you're not comfortable with the command line, you could start up in safe mode and delete (or disable by moving elsewhere) the following 3 files:

/System/Library/Extensions/CHUDKernLib.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/CHUDProf.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/CHUDUtils.kext


Macbook Air 13" Mid 2017 Power 2 External Displays With Macbook Air with lid closed

This answer assumes you're asking about the model still currently available, as the MacBook Air hasn't been upgraded since early 2015 (9 March 2015 to be exact), although there was a very minor spec update in June due to a 12.5% increase in the processor's speed. This, however, has no impact on the integrated GPU being used and even Apple's website does not list this as a "new" model.

Originally this model was only rated by Apple as supporting a single external display of up to 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. However, it was found to actually support Ultra HD (i.e. 4K) resolutions of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and Apple officially revised their specs.

Most resources (including everymac.com) imply that the MBA only supports a single external display. However, this is not strictly the case, so long as you're using Thunderbolt displays.

According to Apple:

  These Thunderbolt-capable Mac computers can support up to two connected Apple Thunderbolt Displays:

  MacBook Pro (2011 and later)
  MacBook Air (Mid 2012) and later
  iMac (2011 and later)
  Mac mini (2011 and later)

Source: About Thunderbolt ports and displays

So, you can use two Thunderbolt displays with a MacBook Air, but you will need to daisy chain them. Note this applies to all models of MBA from Mid-2012 and later. In some cases users have had to do this by, for example, connecting a Thunderbolt display directly to the MBA and then connecting another powered Thunderbolt device (e.g. a Thunderbolt drive) to the display, and then connecting your second Thunderbolt display to the Thunderbolt drive.

Other options

I have seen setups in which users have connected one Thunderbolt display directly to the MBA's Thunderbolt port and a second DVI display via a USB-DVI adapter. Some seem to work quite well, others not so much. If your intention is to just do some word-processing and browsing, this'd be fine, but if you wanted to use the display for more intensive tasks, I would not go this route.


Two identical iCloud Group lists in Contacts

Found it!

I have no idea how it actually was set up, as I discovered a pref pane through another question on Ask Different which I'd never seen before…

System Prefs > Users & Groups >[unlock] > Right click user name > Advanced Options...

My user@me.com account was listed twice in aliases.

I deleted one - the duplicate iCloud account in Contacts disappeared.
So far I've seen no unwanted  side-effects.


To my knowledge there is no way to do it in iTunes itself, but I use a great program called MP3tag for renaming batch audio files.

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/


IIRC, FileVault2 generates its own encryption keys when you start using it. It uses those keys to encrypt the drive, not your password. This is unlike FileValut1 which uses your password itself.

The keys themselves, when stored on disk, are THEN encrypted using your password, and therefore can only be  used to read the disk if you have the password. This is the reason multiple accounts can unlock the disk in FV2, and how the "master key" can exist (multiple encrypted copies of FV2's storage keys).

Yes, changing your password will mean that this new password is required to access the storage keys, and hence the drive. But this only triggers a re-encryption of the keys, which are very small, and not the entire drive.

Since FV1 and FV2 are 2 totally different encryption schemes, the fact that you migrated from 10.6 shouldn't matter. Not sure if Lion is backwards compatible with FV1 directories, but as long as you're actually using FileValut2, changing your password should work as described above.


What are the home and net folders I see within finder?

The whole "root" directory you picture, and finder shows actually does not exist at all. It's kind of a "meta" directory. The unix root directory (e.g. /) points to the folder OS X calls "Macintosh HD". Everything is a sub-directory of that, even other drives.

Basically, when you connect a external drive, insert a CD, mount a DMG, or map a network drive, the resources contained within the new drive are actually made available (called "mounting") as a subdirectory of /Volumes/[Drive name here].
Finder (and finder only) has a facility that shows a fake-directory that contains all the mounted drives.

In other words, the reason you can have two home directories is because they're not actually in the same folder. One is actually located at /Volumes/home and the other is /home.

Anyways...

The home and net directories actually exist as folders on your main drive. If you open the root directory of your drive (IN your picture, its labeled "Macintosh HD"), you'll see where they are actually located.

The home directory seems to be related to enterprise environments, where various network drives can be defined using a directory service. I believe that, in such a situation, the automounted drives appear in /home/[Network drive name], rather then the OS X traditional /Volumes/[Drive name]. In any event, it's part of the autofs underpinnings of OS X. More here.

The /net directory also seems to be related to the automounter. There is a thread about it on the apple support forums here.

  /net is built into the automounter in OS X and uses the special map
  -hosts. This built in map will consist of the exports from the named server, when that server is accessed via the /net path. For example,
  if I have an NFS server at the IP address 192.168.1.10 and it exports
  a directory /exports, then if I do this from my Mac:

  prompt$ cd /net/192.168.1.10/exports

  the Mac automounter will contact the server, mount the export, and put
  me in that directory. All without me having to issue any "mount"
  command.

As such, it may be possible to use the /net directory as a shortcut to access network drives, assuming you're working from the command line. It doesn't seem to work for SMB (i.e. windows) shares (at least for me), though.

Incidentally, if you want to look at what's mounted where, all you have to do is open a command-prompt, and type mount. It will return a list of all the drives your computer has, and where they are mounted.


How do I watch Youtube videos without Flash on Safari?

Yes, most YouTube videos are also available as HTML5 videos. You need to sign in to YouTube and join the HTML5 trial -- see http://www.youtube.com/html5 for details.


why does an m1 Mac think that a side loaded iOs app is jailbroken?

The App is doing this check, not your computer. Apps use a variety of techniques, usually involving checking for the presence or lack of specific files that indicate the possibility of a jailbroken iPhone.
This app has implemented their check poorly, causing it to trigger on your Mac. You should contact the developers of the application and tell them to remove the jailbreaking checks.
Note: Of course, if the developer did not list it on the App Store they may not be receptive to making changes to accommodate running it on the Mac.


how to fix permission on default apps in el capitan

You cannot modify system files/applications in El Capitan due to System Integrity Protection (SIP): some system locations are completely locked unless you boot into recovery  and disable SIP through csrutil in the command line ('csrutil disable')

See http://arstechnica.co.uk/apple/2015/09/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-the-ars-technica-review/ for more.


The response from this user post in a related question was helpful. Specifically, apple is blocking the default user-agent string from Chrome and Firefox on Linux (at least Ubuntu based) computers. To confirm this, I did the following.

Change useragent on Chrome:

CTRL + SHIFT + I to open Chrome developer tools.
Click the 3 dots in the bottom right of Chrome developer tools:

Go to More tools > Network conditions
Scroll down to User agent and un-check Select automatically
Enter the following string Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X;
fi-fi) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3
Enter the following in your browser https://appleid.apple.com

Change useragent on Firefox:

Enter about:config in the URL field and press enter (and accept
risk warning).
Enter useragent and press enter.
Look for general.useragent.override

If you see it, right click it and select Modify and go to step 4.
If you don't see it, right click in empty area of page and choose New > String and then enter general.useragent.override as name and go to step 4.

Enter Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; fi-fi) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3 as value
Enter the following in your browser https://appleid.apple.com

Another way to test this in Chrome in Linux is follow steps 1-4 for Chrome useragent change. Next, instead of entering the example string above, select another useragent (Safari - Mac, Chrome - Mac, Chrome - Windows, etc) from the list. All those useragent's allow access to https://appleid.apple.com from Linux.

Chrome on Windows 10 doesn't have a Linux option to choose from, so to test this from Windows, you can enter one of the following strings I pulled from a Linux machine with the latest updates:

Chrome/Linux
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.109 Safari/537.36

Firefox/Linux
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:65.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/65.0

In my test this morning from a Windows 10 computer, using those useragent's in Chrome, attempts to https://appleid.apple.com resulted in a 502 bad Gateway.  That same test should work from a Mac but I don't have mine with me.

Test from Windows 10:

Some information about browser detection.


Safari (iPhone, MacBook) gives NSURLErrorDomain:-1017

What are you using to host the website?
The issue is because of:

It looks like your server is offering an upgrade to HTTP/2 even though
the connection is already done with HTTP/2 - which makes no sense. Not
only that, it is explicitly forbidden. From RFC 7540 section 8.1.2.2:

I had a similar issue with a .NET API which was breaking only with Safari/iOS and the solution was pretty similar to HTTP/2 configuration
Please check here:
https://serverfault.com/questions/937253/https-doesnt-work-with-safari
Nginx: Header unset Upgrade; does not work if you proxy your request, use proxy_hide_header      Upgrade; instead.


Apple Battery Charger Not Charging Sanyo Batteries

Stating the obvious up front, the charger is only designed and tested to work with the Apple Batteries. It could be that the mAh of the Sanyo batteries is too different (out of range) for the Apple Battery Charger to properly recognize and charge to full capacity. The Apple batteries have a mAh of 1900.

If the Sanyo are 2400 or even 1600 the gap may just be too much so that the charger doesn't do its thing. As long as the charger is still able to charge the Apple batteries, the charger should not be bum.


Well I figured out the issue after 30 minutes of adjusting the LaunchDaemon. The issue was in the start.sh file. I had forgotten to correctly set the location of the miner.


How do I manage locations for the Reminders iPhone app?

Your home and work geo-location are picked up from your contacts card in the Contacts app (on iOS devices). To manage where your home or work is, edit the relevant addresses in the Contacts app, under 'add new address'.

You can also edit other peoples addresses, add shops, the gym, clubs, etc, and it will use this data.


What tiny thing in Lion makes you smile or has caught you off guard?

Using the FaceTime camera to add signatures to PDFs in Preview.

Click the annotations button in the toolbar and use the drop down menu next to the signature icon to grab your signature from a piece of paper you have written it on. Then just click and drag in the document to place it. Haven't really needed it yet, but it's implemented so nicely that I did it just for fun.


Can Apple Remote Desktop control the current session without turning on the screen?

It does in fact wake the screen, even in Curtain [privacy] mode.

It initially shows the regular login screen, then hides that & leaves it mainly black but with a large lock symbol & a tag as to who locked it.
After you log off it briefly shows the login screen again then switches off.


I'm not the most qualified to speak on multiple displays but the way I know to do it is:

System Preferences
Mission Control
Uncheck Displays have separate spaces
Log out & back in


What is the content of the unsubscribe message?

It'll not send an e-mail, it'll just try to find an unsubscribe link and activate it.


Mounting USB stick in single-user mode: unsupported sector size (0)

How about formatting the usb stick with exFAT format. That works for me where I have to copy/read in both my mac and windows OS's


Unless you cut a special deal with Apple, you will buy one single license for each Mac and you can circulate those machines sequentially to any number of employees. The last time I checked, you would need to purchase 100 OS licenses to get a floating license agreement with Apple.

There are two simple ways to get expert advice on the licensing terms of the Mac App store:

Ask Apple - since you are in a country with Apple Retail presence you can call any of the stores and speak with a member of the Business team for advice, consultation and assistance. Next would be going to your online store and asking for pre-sales assistance. There is typically a toll free number with assistance in your native language(s) wherever Apple has an online store.
Read the license for the software. In your case, Mountain Lion would come with a license if you purchased it in bulk from Apple directly so I presume you would know in that case what to do. Otherwise, the App Store terms/conditions take first precedence and secondly the Mountain Lion terms also apply.

The Mountain Lion terms appear to be unified for all regions here:

http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX108.pdf

You can find the App Store terms at http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/ as well as from the App Store when you select your Account Information in the footer between the Privacy Policy and FAQ.

For you, the direct link is:

http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/de/terms.html

Most countries can substitute their two letter abbreviation for de above to get a localized and correct license for Mac App Store licenses for accounts based worldwide.


If you are using iPhoto '11 9.2, you are not alone. The upgrade to 9.2.1 this week fixed this for me.


How can I use a Keyboard Shortcut to tag files?

Using the tip mentioned above, I created this macro using Keyboard Maestro and it works great! One caveat: you can't use the same macro to undo the red tag. You'd have to create another one for that. If you do use it again, you'll see that it adds an orange tag.


Seems the problem was hardware related. Something got stuck in my ventillator which made it stop.

When the laptop overheated after 10-15 minutes it underclocked all hardware, making the internet run slow.


Would accessory charging via USB hurt a MacBook Pro?

Not really.

The rating of your MacBook Pro battery is 1000 full charge cycles and you probably get 500 charges of your Bluetooth per one discharge of the Apple battery, so you’re taking 1 / 500000 or the equivalent of diluting alcohol in water at two parts per million.

If you do the milliamp hours calculation for your situation, that’s more accurate than my estimate, but if you factor convenience and the eventual cost of a new Apple battery, I can’t imagine anyone not charging some devices unless your Mac battery already has issues unrelated to charging Bluetooth devices.


How is it possible to have global hotkeys in OSX?

You can assign a shortcut to a script like this:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "VLC"
    click menu item "Step Forward" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Playback" of menu bar 1
end tell

For example save the script in ~/Library/Scripts/ in AppleScript Editor and then use FastScripts to give it a shortcut. Or if you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred, you can create a workflow with a Hotkey trigger connected to a Run Script action.


Should I use my personal Apple ID for development or create a new one?

There isn't a hard and fast rule, or many convincing arguments in either direction. However, if you eventually want to make money or work with others, or in general grow in that direction, you may find that the ability to keep your personal and work stuff separate to be helpful.

A simple example may be that you have personal pictures on iCloud associated with your personal ID, and for whatever reason, you want to give someone complete access to your development account without access to iCloud. Yes, there are other ways to accomplish that, but having the option of two different Apple IDs might come in helpful down the road.


There is a free third party app called Magic Prefs which allows you to adjust the scroll area and a bunch of other things

http://magicprefs.com/


You have several options:

DM1
iMaschine
DrumOn
etc.

I have tested iMaschine years ago. I was very satisfied at the time. I'm not sure whether this App is still maintained. I have heard very good things about DM1, never really got the chance to test it though.