How to uninstall VirtualBox / removing Kernel Extension

You can either redownload the virtual box dmg and run that script or download and run this script

The script above is just the script I got from the uninstall.tool


Is there a way to stop inline video clips from playing on MacOS Safari?

Found on Apple Communities : Stop auto play HTML5 in Safari?

  Open Terminal and enter this command:
  defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1

  That will unhide Safari's "Debug" menu.  Under that menu, go to Media
  Flags, and then select Disallow Inline Video.   This will stop videos
  from automatically playing when a page loads.

Just tested on Facebook - works.


Instead of invoking using gcc you need to call gcc-4.9. Alternately you could create an alias for gcc to point to gcc-4.9(although that is risky).


Use AppleScript to send all emails in a folder at a certain time

This is not necessarily meant to be a complete answer and is too much as a comment. Because the Mail AppleScript Dictionary lacks some verbs, e.g. send again, one therefore needs to workaround any shortcomings.

The code below could be incorporated into your script. It uses System Events to manipulate menu commands to send composed messages from the designated mailbox.

Example Code:

tell application "Mail"
    activate
    repeat with theMessage in (every message of (mailbox "9AM"))
        open theMessage
        delay 1
        tell application "System Events" to click menu item "Send Again" of menu "Message" of menu bar 1 of process "Mail"
        delay 1
        tell application "System Events" to click menu item "Send" of menu "Message" of menu bar 1 of process "Mail"
        delay 1
    end repeat
end tell

What this does is automate the tasks that one could/would do manually to achieve the same results, sending the unsent saved messages from a given mailbox.

What this doesn't do is, if the mailbox is other then Drafts, remove the messages from the target mailbox and additional coding will be required.

Notes:

The problem with automating a series of manual tasks in this manner, aka. UI programming, is if at the designated time the script runs and you are doing something else and it take focus away from Mail then the script will not be able to properly complete.  This is because if the Mail menu is not visible then the calls being made by System Events cannot be completed.

The value of the delay command may need to be adjusted, e.g. delay 1.25, if required or whatever value works on your system.  Slower systems need higher delay values.

Obviously if the target mailbox is Drafts keep in mind that unless you code accordingly all messages in the target mailbox will be sent and therefore using e.g. "9AM" allows keeping drafts that aren't ready to send from being sent. The disadvantage of other then using Drafts is requiring additional coding to remove the messages that have now been sent via Send Again > Send in this manner.


How can I download iCloud app data to PC?

If you have an Apple developer account, you can access your iCloud data from developer.icloud.com.

Since it's behind developer authentication, I'm not going to say any more, other than behind this button is what you're looking for…


Can the magnetic field from an Apple Watch charger affect external hard drives or credit cards?

The short answer is no, you aren't going do any damage with a wireless charger being near any magnetically sensitive devices.

Let's tackle each one of the points you brought up.

Inductive charging is only effective up to a maximum of  4cm (about an inch and a half).  Anything past that and the magnetic field is simply too weak.
It would need to be "right on top of it" to be close enough, but that point is moot.  See #5 below.
Time is irrelevant when it's out of range.  Again, it would have to be on top, but it's a moot point.
Same as #3
When your wireless charger is not attached to the Apple Watch, it's not transmitting an the electromagnetic field used for charging.    Within the base station is a "communications and control" unit that regulates how much power to use to create the magnetic field.  When a device is not in range, it will output very nominal power.  Once a device comes within range the "comm and control" unit will negotiate how much power to output to charge the device.

Granted, this is a very simplistic description of the charging process, but the key concept is there.

Bottom line is that when not connected, the magnetic field is so low that you would have have remove all of your drive's enclosure, electrical shielding, and casing of the drive itself to actually affect the magnetized platters.  With the watch charging, you would have to somehow keep the base station watch and drive in direct contact with each other which is next to impossible due to physical constraints.

If you notice, your watch must be in direct contact with the charging station for it to charge.  You can be assured that the electromagnetic field being generated is going to be very weak past the physical dimensions of the watch.

More info:  Qi Wireless Charging

Backstory...I came upon this info while researching how to build my own Qi wireless charger under a glass desk.  I have a frosted white glass desk which if I put the transmitter coils in a particular area, you wouldn't be able to see that a charger was in fact part of the desk. All you would have to do is place your phone on the desk in the right spot and it would start charging.   Unfortunately, I couldn't make it work because the glass desk, being 5mm was too thick to use Qi (same used in the Apple Watch).  I would need a resonant charger to get the distance, but it was incompatible with my phone.


OS X Time Machine keeps getting disabled

I use Viscosity as my VPN and by default it disables time machine upon connecting to the VPN. It is pretty much always on so that is why it seemed to be disabled all the time. I was able to fix this by disabling the option to disable time machine when connected to the VPN.


problem accessing localhost on Mac OS X Mavericks...it was working fine until I rebooted today

Had the same problem. I deleted one of my project's folder and it became broken.
In this case the site's configs should be removed from httpd-vhosts.conf and httpd.conf.

Try ping 127.0.0.1

apachectl configtest can help you to detect the problem.


In some more sophisticated networks, the prompt may be overwritten by the network providing you with the name given by the DHCP server there. This may be particularly obvious, if instead of your account the computer's hostname is displayed.

How to change it:

Open Terminal
Type in sudo nano /etc/profile (you need to be part of the administrators group to submit this command)
Look for a line starting with PS1=; if there is no such line, you can add it at the end (see example below)
To include the user, add \u to the line

To give you an example of a working line, my personal favorite is: PS1="\u@\h:\w \$ "

Here is what it does:
\u adds the user name
\h adds the hostname
\w adds the full current working directory
\$ adds a $ sign for all regular users and a # while logged in as root.

All other characters in the mix are representing themselves. So, such a prompt would convert to something like the following:
blackmouse@bm-computer:/Library/Application Support $
User and computer name are fictive as I, for obvious reasons, do not know your real computer user or computer name and the path will change to whatever directory you are in.


The Macbook pro 13" (early 2015) has Bluetooth 4.0 . You are watching the driver version.


Open new Numbers document in older Numbers

This is a hack, but assuming that your document won't be damaged by undergoing some slight changes, here is what I would do.

Logon to www.iCloud.com, and open Numbers. If it isn't there, go to beta.iCloud.com.
Upload the new Numbers document to iCloud and then open the document in your browser.
Select Download a Copy from the settings menu (as seen in the screenshot below) and choose to save it as a Word document.
Open the Word document in Numbers and save/export in whatever format you wish.

Alternate Approach:

You could, depending on the nature of the document, send it to a friend who has Yosemite and ask them to export it to the Numbers '09 format.

Other Options:

If I were you, and did want to mess with importing/export I'd probably try CloudConvert.com.
This article claims you may be able to revert the document, although the fact that you can't open it in the first place would seem to negate that option.


For anyone who needs the solution, run

sudo mdutil -i off /
sudo mdutil -i on /

This forces a reindex.


How can I extend the time when system.log gets turned over?

You use newsyslog command. There is plenty of online documentation out there on how to do this, but here's a start:

https://serverfault.com/questions/264292/osx-var-log-system-log-where-do-i-define-pruning-interval


iPhone/iPad back up to different hard drive?

Sure, if you are on a PC, create a junction.

Locate your current iTunes backup folder. If you are using Windows 8, 7, or Vista, to locate the iTunes backup folder use the Windows Start Menu and enter the following in the Search box: %APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync
Move the current iTunes iOS backup folder to the new desired destination via a simple drag and drop
At the original folder location, press the SHIFT key, right-click and select “Open command window here”
In the command prompt window, manually type in the following command where E:\ is the new drive location (drive letter may vary) and “Backup” is the name of the iOS backup folder you just moved: mklink /J “%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup” “E:\Backup”
You will now see the command prompt window return a success in creating a junction
A new folder shortcut called “Backup” will appear in the original location
Double click on the “Backup” folder shortcut and while it may seem you are still within the MobileSync folder on the C: drive, what you actually see is the contents of the “Backup” folder you previously moved to the new location. You can think of it as a virtual tunnel created through your computer directory space


I used this "trick" on Mountain Lion and it worked well for me.

  Create a new folder on the Desktop (CMD+SHIFT+N), open it, select
  View-View Options (CMD+J), set the window to your desired size and
  type view (either icon or list view: I prefer the latter), select
  always open, and then click Use as Defaults button. That should retain
  your setting and every other folder you open for the first time should
  also inherit those settings.

Source (Apple Discussion)


Cannot Save/Edit to Mac Share Using Mountain Lion

After spending maybe 12 hours or more troubleshooting this issue over the past month or so, and realizing it was isolated to my user account, I decided to recreate my user account from scratch. This has solved the problem, and I am now able to connect to the remove server and add/edit files without difficulty.


sendmail fails complaining: create file maildrop Permission denied

Unfortunately I only found the solution reinstalling postfix... workaround I know... and then killall postdrop.

apt-get install --reinstall postfix

killall postdrop


Is there a way to access Google Contacts using iPhone?

Sure. On your iPhone, go into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, select Add Account... and add Google as Exchange (!!!) account. Using Google as Exchange account allows you to sync calendars and contacts.

See http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

Now, gathering together all info spread around, into a checklist format:

Google Sync is only supported on Apple iOS versions 3.0 and above, because that's when Microsoft Exchange was implemented and that's the protocol we will use.
If your business, school, or organization uses Google Apps, your administrator will first need to enable Google Sync. If you're not, then there is no such setup - it's enabled by default.
Double check you're using the correct gmail account - many users have more than one gmail, or google apps, with similar mails due to forwarding and often mistake this.
Be sure to follow the steps mentioned above. Every configuration has to be done properly and it must lastly look something like this, from Mail, Contacts, Calendars > [your account] > Exchange Account [your email]:


Will I be able to access my Time Machine backups after changing Hard Drive

Yes, you can access the backups after changing the drives out. If you control-click or right-click on the Time Machine app icon, one of the items is "Browse other TIme Machine Disks..." from where you can select your Time Capsule backups. You can also re-associate your new drive to the old backups in Terminal with tmutil so that your backups will continue as if the drive change never happened. There's a good set of instructions here on how to use tmutil to accomplish that.

One of the other options you have is to do your clean install and then use Migration Assistant with your Time Machine backups to restore all your files and settings.


How can I isolate what is causing the temporary "stall" during startup?

I'm pretty sure it's disk encryption (FileVault2) that is causing the delay. I had to erase my internal flash drive and restore from backup. In so doing, I reformatted the flash drive as normal APFS and not APFS encrypted. There was no delay in booting. After I enabled FileVault encryption (and it finished), the boot delay returned.


You can go with 8GB or 16GB. I have 16GB in my late-2011 MBP 15 inch. As I recall they are Crucial 1333mhz. No problems, she runs fast and sweet.


Solution/Script to automatically sync Safari's Reading List to Read-it-Later services like Pocket or Evernote?

I had this same idea a few months ago. I came up with a solution that works, using Ruby.

I use this gist to parse the Safari Reading List plist file:
https://gist.github.com/andphe/3232343

Then I use the ruby Pocket gem to add each item to Pocket.

In the end, I went with Pinboard instead of Pocket, and I have a working project up on github that does exactly that, except using Pinboard.

The example code that you'd benefit from is:
https://github.com/prokizzle/pinboard_tools/blob/master/lib/srl_to_pinboard.rb

What you'd ideally do to make it automatic is have Hazel monitor the Safari Reading List plist file for changes, and then run the ruby script if it's recently modified. That way, every item will make it from SRL to your read later service of choice.

Hope that helps.


Manually delete unused languages from macOS

The language files for each application are stored in

APPL.app/Contents/Resources/LANG.lproj

Removing them for non-standard applications is easy (especially from Terminal), for standard applications you need to disable SIP first.

The space gained by removing them may be small though, they use about 1.3 GB in my Applications folder with about 350 applications installed. Also you need to redo this with every upgrade. You probably gain more by removing a few unused non-standard applications.


Is it possible to downgrade to an older minor version of macOS?

Generally, no.
You would need to have made a bootable backup of the system and wipe / restore from it. Or you would need to have retained that specific build and/or an older Mojave installer layered with the delta installers to get from that lower MacOS version patched only to 10.14.5.
The combo updates are generally searchable and downloadable after they are no longer the latest at https://support.apple.com/kb/index?q=combo&src=globalnav_support&type=organic&page=search&locale=en_US
Here is 10.14.5 - https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2000


Siri saved my reminder on the shared "family" list. How can I prevent this from happening again?

Settings → Reminders → Default List. This is where you can choose the list you wish to store reminders when you don't specify a location at the time of creating the reminder.

"Remind me to …" uses the list you select as the Default List in Settings.
"Add … to my … list" uses the list mentioned in that specific Siri command.


How do I find out what serif font is being used in the Day One mac app?

This application on the web helped me out a couple of times:

http://www.whatfontis.com/

Just take a screenshot of some words which are typed with a particular font (preferably with a big size) and upload the screenshot.

I am not affiliated with the site in any way, I'm just a satisfied user. Give it a try. Otherwise you could try to mail the developers of Day One.


Temporary jailbreak of iPhone 4 for purposes of deleting a dictionary

Unjailbreaking a device without restoring it is currently impossible.

If you don't mind using a jailbroken device until it's fixed, you could jailbreak normally, then when Apple releases the fix, just backup with iTunes, restore to the latest iOS, and then restore the backup.


Connect the phone to the Mac. Launch iPhoto. Click import.


OS X El Capitan - Running Mavericks off of usb drive

If you have the Mavericks install app:

Copy the Install OS X Mavericks.app file to your desktop
Insert the flash drive you want the installation files to be copied to
Download this script, unzip it, then move the osx_10.9_bootable.sh file to your Desktop.
Open Terminal app, then type cd ~/Desktop/ and hit enter
Then type sh osx_10.9_bootable.sh and follow instructions then wait

If this was successful, restart your Mac and hold down the Option key then select the newly created installation drive to install Mavericks onto your external HDD.

(in this case, 0553225513 is my external hdd, which will be your flash drive)

After the installation you can reinstall OS X El Capitan on your Macbook.


"Unable to Download"/"Unable to Install" on iOS app update

When this happens to me, I find it starts because a download was interrupted.

To correct, I find it easiest to use my computer to install the update, which corrects each app it updates.


For these cases I just use

  from domain.com

with

  move to folder

as the action. You don't have to delete it from the Inbox afterwards, the move takes care of that.


How to change the default shortcut for "move focus to next window" to something else?

Go to "System Preferences" -> "Keyboard" -> "Shortcuts" -> "Keyboard" -> hold the option key and left mouse click on the current shortcut on the right side from "Move focus to next window" -> then enter your new keyboard shortcut.

picture of UK defaults showing different backtick


Configure Memory (Photos) titles to have a specific date format (M-D-Y or Y-M-D)

if you open the folder in Finder it can be made to list the date created. Open a finder window and click on the button that looks like a gear with the word action under it. The last entry is 'Show View Options'. You can click on this and you'll get a new pane where you can select what columns to display in a finder window. Be sure to select Date Created. You can then sort the files by date created and separate them however you see fit.


Shared Calendars not available in Outlook 2011

I have searched on the web for days on how to resolve this issue but no solution.

Here is how I solved mine;

Delete your Outlook profile as the calendar is corrupt on it

Link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-profiles-in-Outlook-2016-for-Mac-fed2a955-74df-4a24-bef6-78a426958c4c

Then, close and reopen outlook, you will be prompted to create a new profile.

Go back to your calendar on outlook. Add a calendar now and it should show up on the left view.

It worked for me and it should work for you.


Mac Keyboard Doesn't Recognize iPhone via USB

The Mac Keyboard is a non-powered USB hub. As such, it may or may not recognize your iPhone when attached to it.  Just in case though, have you tried connecting it to the port that your mouse currently is in? Do this just to make sure you don't have a bum keyboard.


What OS X and iOS software combination tracks finances?

MoneyWell

  MoneyWell is personal finance software that increases your wealth while reducing your debt. It does this by wrapping the tried and true envelope-budgeting system in a beautiful, modern interface.

They explain the features better than I do but it is actively supported by a great developer. The companion app for iOS is MoneyWell Express.


Aperture 3 seems to have completely lost all of my ratings. What can I do to recover them?

To keep the answer general enough for anyone - I'll add some precautionary steps that you can ignore as appropriate.

You might want to set up a vault
to back things up as they are or
kick off a backup before trying to
repair the database.
The sure thing is to recover from a backup before the database got corrupt. The ratings are stored in files separate from the images so there are three repair/rebuild options. See the Aperture Troubleshooting article. It's unlikely the file with the ratings lost read permission, but that would be ideal and rapid to fix. The other options are less "safe" when the database is corrupt and could result in losing work or making the system worse. It's not designed to make things worse - but it's a rare occurrence and your library is broken so even the best attempts to fix it could hurt and not help.
Lastly - you will have to restore from TimeMachine (or an Aperture Vault if you set that up) and re-import or re-perform the changes since that back up.

Good Luck!


iOS 9 iCloud Drive not showing all my folders and files

This should work. The only caveat I can discover is the that file you wish to attach in email must be fully downloaded. The download state of each file is visible in the iOS iCloud Drive app.


How about using iCloud? Backup everything before you start restoring. http://www.icloud.com

Another Way how to Backup iPad 2 : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4542101

Hope this will help you.


Does lossless audio over Apple AirPlay have preserved audio quality?

I always thought that the Express had a decoder inside, so it could just receive the digital data. Much more robust against bad connectivity.

Also, from Wikipedia:

  An often-overlooked feature of the AirPort Express is that it uses an audio connector that combines a 3.5 mm jack socket and a mini-TOSLINK optical digital transmitter, allowing connection to an external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) or amplifier with internal DAC. This allows iTunes (and other applications which can stream to the device, such as Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil) to output a bitstream instead of analog audio. DTS-encoded CDs ripped to Apple Lossless audio files which decode as digital noise in iTunes will play back correctly when the AirPort Express is connected via TOSLINK to a DTS-compatible amplifier–Decoder.


Download App updates seperately for Mac and iPad?

A solution is as follows:

Download updates on the iPad
Connect iPad to computer running iTunes
In iTunes, select File > Devices > Transfer Purchases from "<iPad name>"

This causes the update that you've already downloaded on your iPad to be transferred to your computer, and iTunes shouldn't try and download it again.


How to charge iPad with one or more USB devices connected?

Use the Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F7KJDIM/

It has a USB port and a port for a lightning cable.  Just connect a powered or unpowered hub to the USB A female and attach your instruments to the hub then connect the new Apple powered USB camera kit with everything hooked up, plus the lightning cable to a computer or USB charger.


You can't, it's up to the app developer to implement the feature.


If the notes are associated with your email account you'll have to copy them somewhere (you can email them, send them as text, iMessage,  copy and paste them but only one by one), delete them —which will happen automatically when you disable them on Settings > Mail, contacts, calendars— and then add them back to reside exclusively on your iPhone.
Consider making regular backups of your device, because if anything happens to it, that will be your only way of recovering them.


How to stop iPhone from making a specific autocorrection?

If iOS is persistent in making this correction, make a text replacement:

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-text-replacements-iph6d01d862/ios

Put the correct text as both the replacement and the shortcut.


Hiding All Apple Music Features in iTunes (Apple Music Menus, Radio, Connect & Heart Column)

If you go into Preferences > General there's two things that you need to uncheck to disable Apple Music.

Show Apple Music
iCloud Music Library

For the Connect Menu, you can do this by going into Preferences > Parental and checking the Apple Music Connect tickbox.

Now I'm not entirely sure what ticking the Internet Radio box does in Preferences > Parental but it doesn't seem to hide the Apple Music Internet Radio button. I currently haven't found a way to hide this radio button.

Edit: Hiding the heart column in iTunes is simple enough. Just right click the heart column in iTunes and scroll down till you see the Love option that's ticked.


Applescript to keep a button pressed until I press it again?

A quite simple "self-regulating" way to switch between modifier keys WITHOUT being able to read their state could be to utilize their innate "effect" on a user's keyboard.
Write two scripts:

  [script 1:]  tell application "System Events" to shift key down

  [script 2:]  tell application "System Events" to shift key up

Toggling shift: apply a shortcut (e.g.) "option o" to the 1st script, "option shift o" to the 2nd one.

Now, each time you press "option o" when calling the scripts, this will STILL toggle "shift" as "System Events" will receive "option shift o" in case of a previously active shift key ...

(Another way might be to use a global variable  or even a plist file.)


Both iCal on Mac OS and Calendar on iOS have timezone support where you can tell it what timezone to use to show your calendar.  It didn't seem clear which you were asking about, so here's how to enable and use it on both.

On iCal on Mac OS, it is located at:

"iCal" menu -> "Preferences..." -> "Advanced" tab -> "Turn on timezone support"

Once enabled there, your iCal window will have a menu on the right top that allows you to select the timezone to use.

On Calendar on iOS, it is in the system preferences at:

"Mail, Contacts, Calendars" -> "Time Zone Support" all the way at the bottom

You can turn it on there and select the timezone in the selection below the toggle.


Unable to change payment information to NONE in iOS Appstore

Apple is simply trying to make it easier to purchase apps if you decide to do that in the future. Providing the security code on the card lowers the fees Apple pays to the credit card processing company since it is evidence you are in physical possession of the card.

You aren't required to provide a credit card at all just to sign up. When you are prompted for the credit card type, Apple gives the option to chose "None". If you choose this while purchasing a free app, it will allow you to sign up without a credit card.

Apple provides walkthrough steps for doing this on both a computer and on an iPod touch or iPhone.

If this method is not available in your country but your country does have iTunes Store gift cards available, you can purchase one gift card and use it to create an account. You'll have to pay a little up front of course, but you won't have to provide a credit card before starting to purchase the free apps.


Despite some positive reports in September, it looks like you won't be able to merge Apple IDs.
You can, however, set up iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mac or PC to use two different accounts for iCloud and purchases:

  iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

  When you first set up your iOS 5 device, enter the Apple ID you want
  to use with iCloud. If you skipped the setup assistant, sign in to
  Settings > iCloud and enter the Apple ID you’d like to use with
  iCloud. In Settings > Store, sign in with the Apple ID you want to use
  for store purchases (including iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match).
  You may need to sign out first to change the Apple ID.

  Mac:

  Enter the Apple ID you want to use for iCloud in Apple () menu >
  System Preferences > iCloud.  Enter the Apple ID you want to use for
  store purchases (including iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match) in
  iTunes > iTunes Store.

  PC:

  Enter the Apple ID you want to use for iCloud in Control Panel >
  Network > Internet > iCloud.  Enter the Apple ID you want to use for
  store purchases (including iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match) in
  iTunes > iTunes Store.

    Note: You can switch the Apple ID you use for
    store purchases at any time. However, you can only change the account
    you use for any iTunes in the Cloud features once every 90 days. See
    this article for more information.


Which social network profile pic appears in my contacts app on Mac OS X

Click the existing photo or the blank 'add photo' icon.

You can pick a picture from the list of choices - or even just drag any image to that icon instead of clicking.
You then get a pan & zoom page to tweak how it will appear for the contact.

I think otherwise it just picks the first one it finds - some of my contacts have a map of their home location… hardly what I'd have chosen myself…


OSX, different keyboards with different input methods possible?

Based on Tom Gewecke's input, I've done the following:

Installed Karabiner from: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/index.html.en
(note that Karabiner 10.22.0 does not work with macOS 10.12.x at the time of this reply)

Installed this mapping into private.xml from: https://gist.github.com/ylorn/43b589daf6d621a7fc47
(I've changed it to left shift key and control space to match my preferred international input keybindings)

This approach does not allow me to set default language inputs per keyboard, but does allow me to more quickly switch between them.  An acceptable compromise until I can find something better.

After asking Karabiner to reload the xml files, I can now tap the left shift key to switch inputs quickly.

--

In macOS 10.12, you can achieve the same functionality with the caps log key, without Karabiner, by enabling the "Use the Caps Lock key to switch to and from US"


Set Messages app to show Names and Pictures by default for all conversations

This looks like a bug. Mine when checked does the same.

So I set it again and I also changed the Show As Balloons to Show As boxes. Quit and re opened. This stuck.

I then Change back to Show As Balloons  Quit and re opened. Both settings stuck.

Tested on two Macs. Same thing

Further investigation which I think proves it is a bug

The show names and pictures or what ever you set in the app is actually being written out to the plist file.

The Dictionary SOTranscriptSettingsDefaultIMChatSettingsPreferences
  that holds this preference participantDisplay changes from number value 0 to 1 or 2.

The problem is the original default in the Dictionary SOTranscriptSettingsDefaultIMChatSettingsPreferences
is to only have the participantDisplay entry.

When you also change the  Show As Balloons setting to something else like boxes a new entry  transcriptStyleID is added to the Dictionary SOTranscriptSettingsDefaultIMChatSettingsPreferences. Which will have the string value of for example com.apple.iChat.Styles.Balloons.

Once both entries exist then the setting participantDisplay is actually actioned.

I used Defaults delete,write to remove and replace these settings and the results are consistent.


Could not update to iOS 11 because ‘an error occurred installing’

This happened when there is not enough space.

Before trying to reinstall you need to delete the old update.

To do this go to Settings -> General -> Storage & iCloud Storage -> Manage Storage.

Then look for the update and delete it:

Then try to install the update using iTunes:

Open iTunes and select your device
from the left panel

Click on Summary, then click Check for
Update

Click Download and Update

When asked, enter your passcode


Macbook Pro i7, Hard Disk space filling up before my eyes (Mavericks)

gvb found the application that kept filling up his drive by running:

sudo fs_usage -f filesys

(at my suggestion) in a Terminal. This command allows you to monitor file system usage, such as reads and writes by different processes.

In his case, "Avid App Man Helper" was filling up the drive continuously. Once this application was removed, his hard drive space was freed and no longer being continuously filled by this process.


I no longer got notification form updates, maybe because i set the two older Xcode to locked... maybe not.


Cropping frustration in iPhoto 11 -> iMovie 11

Make sure you have it set to Preserve Aspect Ratio: Letterbox.
Photo in this question.


Right click on the file name in window bar.


My guess is that you need the VLC plugin, available on VLC download page.


Will backing up files also include files that are marked for deletion?

No. Time Machine only backs up files present on the filesystem and furthermore, only those not excluded by a rule or explicit exception.

On OS X, what files are excluded by rule from a Time Machine backup?
What does Time Machine back up?


Changing the country for an Apple ID is impossible. Unfortunately it has never been. It is most probably related to the fact that you are not expected to simply hop from one country to the next and change your payment information associated with your Apple ID (i.e. local credit card) with it.

However, it is possible to open multiple Apple Accounts each associated with a different country and if needed a credit-card issued in the respective country.


Why is the Caching service stuck waiting for push token and never starts on OS X Server (Mavericks)?

The clue came from the system log, looking at the entries from Apple Push Services Daemon (apsd):

apsd[69]: Hardware SerialNumber "System Serial#" looks incorrect or invalid

It turns out that this machine had a logic board (motherboard) replaced a while ago by Apple, and they never bothered to flash the machine's serial number. The only fix is to look for the tool that Apple technicians themselves use to flash the serial number onto a new motherboard.

I had to write down the serial # from the bottom of the stand and double-check on apple's support status site to make sure it matches my system. The serial flash tool will only let you set a new number, it won't change it, so if you mess up you're out of luck.

After running the tool and rebooting the system, the caching service started correctly without further ado.


Delete photos from icloud but keep in macbook and phone

For the laptop, move your photos to a separate folder, desktop for easily finding it, then delete them from iCloud. On your phone, just upload the photos to your laptop and delete them from the phone, then turn off photos in iCloud.


Is there an iPad office suite that syncs with Google Docs?

You can go to www.docs.google.com and upgrade your account to a Google Drive account (I believe you can also do this from www.drive.google.com). Google has an iOS app for their Drive service (just search the app store for “google drive”. You get 5gb of free space for uploaded stuff, and docs created in google docs/drive do not count towards the 5gb. The iOS app has an offline storage option for files, as well as support for folders and starring and sharing


Automatic Wi-Fi/LTE switch based on signal strength on iPhone

If you leave wifi on, it will automatically connect to whatever wifi spot you're set up to connect to. This is different from wifi assist, where your phone will switch from wifi to lte if wifi signal is less.


Hacked, possibly - has anyone seen this message before?

From the picture it looks like someone placed your device in lost mode. When a device is placed in lost mode you have the option to display a message and a phone number on the lock screen.

When you erased the device and signed back in with your Apple ID this would turn off lost mode for the device.


Why does BBC Radio Player fail in Safari on my Mac?

Clearing Safari's cookies fixed the problem!


I would do it through a bash script instead since the Unix foundation of OSX provides all that you need and you don't have to play with the GUI which is not easy.

The two most important things are

Testing connectivity.
Force reconnection to an AP.

For the first a simple ping should be sufficient and for the second you can use the following command.

networksetup -setairportnetwork en1 "BLAH" "mypassword"

So the script would look like this...

#!/bin/sh

whotest[0]='test' || (echo 'Failure: arrays not supported in this version of bash.' && exit 2)

# Assuming all APs use the same pass code
myAPpass="mypassword"

# List of APs
myAPlist=(
'NetFasteR WLAN 3'
'WiFi HRC7dE'
'BLAH'
)

myAPcount=0
while [ "x${myAPlist[myAPcount]}" != "x" ]
do
   myAPcount=$(( $myAPcount + 1 ))
done
echo "There are $myAPcount APs available."

# IP address to target
myIntIP="192.168.0.1"

# Which AP in the list to attempt next
myAPnum=0

# We'll loop forever
while true ; do

   # Monitor connection; Loop until ping fails
   while true ; do
      # Test connection. If non zero status it failed.
      ping -c 1 -t 1 $myIntIP >/dev/null 2>&1 || break

      echo "Successfull heart beat at `date`\t\r\c"

      # Wait # secs before testing again.
      sleep 2
   done

   echo " "
   echo "Failed to contact internal IP. Reconnecting..."

   # Try to connect to an AP in the list
   while true; do
      # Get next AP in the list
      if [ $myAPnum -eq $myAPcount ] ; then
     myAPnum=0
      else
     myAPnum=$(( $myAPnum + 1 ))
      fi
      myNewAP=${myAPlist[myAPnum]}

      echo "Trying AP '$myNewAP' : \c"

      # Connect to new network
      networksetup -setairportnetwork en1 "$myNewAP" "$myAPpass" >/dev/null 2>&1
      if [ "x$?" = "x0" ] ; then
     echo "Success!"

     # Wait for DHCP etc...
     sleep 2

     break
      else
     echo "Failed :("
      fi
   done
done

You will likely have to tweak it a bit to get the right delays and so forth but for me it works quite well.

If the APs don't share passwords then you will need to add a second array with them.

If you are worried about passwords being safe, you could set it up to run as root and change the permissions so that only root can read it.

EDIT: The script is pretty dumb. It can take a while to find an AP that is working if the list is long. You can reduce delays by making it smarter. For example, you could check using the airport tool for a list of available APs and then pick one to connect to.


Automatically delete files older than 3 hours macOS

Here is an example find command that you can modify to suit your needs:
find '/path/to/files/' -type f -name '*.jpg' -mmin +180 -delete

I'd use launchd to run it every 3 hours.
Here is an example .plist file that will run the find command every 3 hours using launchd:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.my.delete.every.three.hours</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/find</string>
        <string>/path/to/files/</string>
        <string>-type</string>
        <string>f</string>
        <string>-name</string>
        <string>*.jpg</string>
        <string>-mmin</string>
        <string>+180</string>
        <string>-delete</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <false/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>10800</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

It would be saved in: $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist
From Terminal:
touch "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist"
open -e "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist"

Copy and paste example XML code into the opened TextEdit document:
Modify as needed:

E.g. Change /path/to/files/ to the actual path.
E.g. Change *.jpg to the proper extension if not: jpg

Save and close the document.

Continue in Terminal, to load the plist file:
launchctl load "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist"

To stop and unload the "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist" file use:
launchctl stop "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist"
launchctl unload "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.my.delete.every.three.hours.plist"


Macbook Air doesn't recognize external display

Solution: Buy a new Display, the old one seems to be broken

I tested my laptop with another display and there weren't any problems with other displays so my conclusion was that the display has to be the error (the display is old and used up).

NOTE: Sorry that I didn't answer my own question, I forgot about it.


Is it possible to send message to shared iTunes library owners on the network?

I don't know about a specific app to send instant messages (I doubt one exists) BUT I like to rename my own shared library something akin to "if you don't stop stealing my internet I'll steal your credit card info".  Not that I actually know how to do that, but it usually scares them off my wireless.


Do files lose their UTI when copied to another file system?

UTIs are stored on the file system itself, so they are not copied with the file if you move it to another file system.

Where do UTI come from


Let’s reply in parts (as Jack The Ripper may say).

⌘ cmd + Tab is effectively for switching between applications but not windows of an application.
⌘ cmd + ` does the window part.

So far, so good.

Why do we have Minimize and Hide?

At first they tend to be very confusing, especially because the hide part is rather new to people coming from other Operating Systems. Windows only has minimize.

It is confusing but the reason for both becomes apparent when you analyze the limitations of each. Independently of the particular implementation that OS X does for handling with this situations, there’s a reason for each.

Hide
⌘ cmd + H will effectively hide most of the applications (and I say most because there are some notable exceptions out there). You will want to hide an application when you want to get it out of the way, completely, in all its forms, windows, and palettes. There will be two traces of the application after it has been hidden. It will be on the Dock with a dot (where you can click to perform the usual dock’s magic) and it will be once in ⌘ cmd + Tab regardless of the number of windows/palettes/etc.

So in conclusion, hide is an all-or-nothing mode. If you have a multi-document application (e.g.: Pages) with a few documents open (each in its own window), and you want to not see all of them at the same time, Hide is the way to go. It disappears. Until you bring it back, again, all of it. It also doesn’t show in Exposé, so you can’t find it there. You’ve hidden it.

Minimize

⌘ cmd + M will perform an old trick and will send the current window to the dock. In older OS X versions, there was a dedicated space (next to the trashcan) for these minimized windows. Snow Leopard changed (for better in my opinion) the way this works, and now you can see them in Exposé or when clicking (and holding) on the application icon in the Dock. This subtle distinction is the first important difference, as hidden apps are invisible to Exposé (except when you click on the Dock’s Icon, exposé will show all the windows, separating the minimized ones in the lower portion, but you can still see the ones that were open before you hide the whole application).

You want to use Minimize when —following the above example with Pages— you have this Application with three windows (Pages Docs) and you want to hide one of the documents, but not all of them. Minimize it, and it will go to the Dock, but you can still work on the other documents you have open.

But what about Applications with one Window?

Well, here’s where things get “gray”. Technically, unless you really like Minimize (or have any other reason), hide should be the way to get rid of that Application. Minimize is more clumsy and harder to bring back without the mouse, but hidden windows do not show up in Exposé, so you really have to decide.

Ok, I know I minimized something, how do I bring it back without the mouse?

That’s a tricky one since the age of Panther (OS X 10.3). Perform this simple test.

Open TextEdit and create 3 new documents (windows). You have now 3 editor screens right in front of you.
⌘ cmd + M one of them, and watch it go to the Dock.
Now use ⌘ cmd + ` and see you can only switch between the two windows.
⌘ cmd + H in either Window, hides all the TextEdit windows. It no longer shows in Exposé… wait… the Minimized windows do show!

Let’s get real… really, how do I bring it back?!

Technique Number One:

Use Exposé. You can type the name of the window while expose is activated (or use the arrow keys) to select a window, including the minimized ones.

Technique Number Two: (this one is trickier)

⌘ cmd + Tab until you have TextEdit selected but don’t release ⌘ cmd, instead press ⌥ alt (both at the same time now) and release them together. It’s hard.

Now this doesn’t always work (especially if the Application has multiple windows open and you have switched a few times away), so the best way to bring minimized apps back is Expose.

Enough trickery, how do we deal with this?

This is subjective and a matter of personal preference, and I didn’t even include Spaces in the mix, that would have make it more interesting… all these window handling mechanisms are confusing and have gotten more confusing with the newest additions to OS X. But it’s usable and you get used to it kind of fast.

What I do is usually hide an application I don’t use. I don’t really use Spaces, I hide. If I happen to have a lot of windows of an application open, I start to minimize the ones that I really wish I could hide but I can’t because then I’ll lose the others (are you following me here?). So the key for me is Hide as much as possible. Only minimize when more than one Window within the same application and I want to keep at least one visible.

I have recently started using HyperDock (still Beta and Free) and I like the Window 7 approach to the Dock (and the fact that It can show all safari tabs as “windows”). So I’ll be likely getting that. I don’t use the Mouse that much, but that’s a nice addition for when I do.

In Mac, users tend to hide rather than Minimize, at least that’s my experience after spending years with other Mac users (mostly programmers and graphic designers).

As they say in Internet, ymmv. :)


How to enable "Show message on Lock Screen" with Script

I'm an idiot! Just having the "LoginwindowText" key set to a string value is all you need!

My "problem" was two-fold:

The GUI won't display the checkbox as "checked" until you log out and back in.
I had a typo in the key name in some of my notes that I was copy-pasting from.

Hope this helps somebody else... I spent some serious time banging my head against a wall!


The screen of my macbook suddenly broken down how can I do to recover

Depending on the age of your MacBook, you'll have one or more connections on the side that an external screen can connect to. When you identify your MacBook you'll be able figure out the best way to connect a screen, whether it's directly or using an adaptor.

If the external monitor doesn't help, the onboard graphics may have gone pop, which might have affected the screen. In that case, go the Target Disk mode route -- but you'll need another Mac and a connecting lead (Thunderbolt or Firewire depending the age of the MacBook) for it to work.


I don't expect that you're going to find apps that you can run since everything in the EFI partition is presumably dealing with the hardware directly and doesn't conform to a UNIX/BSD/OSX application model. Instead, it is a bit of a mini-OS that has enough drivers to support booting from various devices (disk, USB, network, etc.) before handing control over to the "booted" operating system.

That all being said, I would imagine that the files you'd find there would be a combination of the raw boot code (i.e. initial bootstrap of UEFI "mini-OS"), the main UEFI kernel, various device drivers for the hardware onboard, NVRAM storage and possibly a driver/API that the OS can access to communicate with the above (e.g. setting nvram values).

That all being said, I'm sure there are better resources out there on the internet to explain what the exact files are, but I would suspect that there is extremely limited utility for end users since it is all very hardware specific ultimately.


Recover Apple ID despite deleting email address and not being able to answer the security questions

It’s not possible anymore to recover your Apple ID over the phone. You could, in the past, but not now. Consider your Apple ID dead. And they won’t make an exception.

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/24/apple-flooded-with-icloud-password-reset-requests-amid-tightened-account-security-controls/


The most likely answer is that something is installed or loaded at the user level that allows the mouse to function properly.

Can you try creating a fresh user and logging in as them and see if you get the same fixed result once you're logged in?

Alternately can you try another 3rd party external USB mouse to see if it experiences the same issue.


How To Change Time Machine Password - Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)

Remove and Re-Enable the Backup Drive from Time Machine With New Password

Open System Preferences > Time Machine

Remove current disk: Select Disk... > Under Backup Disks, choose the existing drive > Remove Disk

Re-enable disk without the existing password: Select Backup Disk... > Select disk > Deselect Encrypt backups > Use Disk

Cancel the disk backup in-progress > Wait for the disk to decrypt

Repeat Step 2.

Re-enable disk with a new password: Select Backup Disk... > Select disk > Select Encrypt backups > Use Disk


Since you did not post your pmset -g power profile, we can't be sure if it is set right.

First, autopoweroff specifically says it does not work if on battery power. Sure, that's dumb and contrary to common sense, but that's European power laws.

The correct setting is standby:

From 10.10.5's man page:

  STANDBY ARGUMENTS
  standby causes kernel power management to automatically hibernate a machine after it has slept for a specified time period. This saves power while asleep. This setting defaults to ON for supported hardware. The setting standby will be visible in pmset -g if the feature is supported on this machine.

  standby only works if hibernation is turned on to hibernatemode 3 or 25.

  standbydelay specifies the delay, in seconds, before writing the hibernation image to disk and powering off memory for Standby.

On my Macbook Pro, for some reason, it's:

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         4200
 standby              0
 halfdim              1
 sms                  1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 disksleep            10
 sleep                10
 hibernatemode        3
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         3
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Notice Standby is set to 0. It should be changed to 1 to turn the feature on.

pmset -a standby 1


I had the same problem. Tried rebuilding Mail mailboxes, re setting preferences and so on to no avail. Then rebuilt and repaired whole hard drive with DiskWarrior 5. So far no further problems. Perhaps a coincidence, perhaps a solution but I pass it on for what it is worth.


Had the same issue with my iMac running Lion and iPad 1. The iPad was visible but greyed out, as was the preview button.

Here's what worked for me:

Connect iPad to Mac
Open iBooks on iPad
Click on preview in Author
Close iBooks on iPad
Cancel preview and tap on preview again
Open iBooks on iPad again

Not sure why or how, but it worked for me.

Good luck!


Corrupted GUID partition table on secondary hard drive

Boot to your OS X system
Open Terminal and enter diskutil list
Enter sudo gpt -r show diskX with X the device number of your external disk found in the previous output (probably 1 - below I assume it's 1 but use the disk number found in your environment in the commands below)
Enter diskutil umountDisk disk1
Remove the one and only partition:

sudo gpt remove -i 1 disk1

Add the EFI parititon:

sudo gpt add -i 1 -b 40 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B disk1

Add the main partition:

sudo gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 3798935504 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk1

Verify disk and volume:

diskutil verifyDisk disk1
diskutil verifyVolume disk1s2

If you get an error in the last two steps add a comment.


How can I remove the explicit label from a song?

Remove rating for one song
The app subler allows to edit a song's info manually. I've successfully tried version 0.14 in Lion.

Remove (suppress) ratings for all songs
You can choose to not show explicit labels for all songs in the parental controls of iTunes: iTunes Preferences -> Parental -> Show content ratings in library


Xcode 5.1 won't launch -- "being updated" -- but already installed

Show the App Store's Debug menu (enter the following in Terminal):

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true

Select Reset Application and restart the App Store

Log in to the App Store through the Purchases tab.
Reboot.


From https://help.viber.com/en/article/transfer-your-viber-history-from-one-device-to-another

Your Viber account and chat history are connected to the platform that your phone uses, i.e. Android or iOS. There is no way to transfer content between the two platforms


The command fdisk can be used to copy the boot code to a destination MBR from some source file or MBR. This source is not supplied by OS X.

One way to write boot code the the MBR would be to follow the step given below.

Insert DVD or flash drive you used to install Windows 10.
Restart the computer and hold down the alt/option key.
Select the DVD or external drive icon labeled Windows.
Open a Command Prompt window by clicking on the following sequence.

Next
Repair your computer
Troubleshoot
Advanced options
Command Prompt
Enter the following command. I assume C: is your Windows 10
partition.

bootsect  /nt60  c:  /mbr


How to place Dictionary definitions higher up in spotlight results

In 10.8+, you can open Spotlight, type in the word to look up, and press ⌘L to jump to the definition within Spotlight. Pressing ⌘D instead of ⌘L opens the definition of the typed word in the Dictionary.app.


Suddenly got DNS problem with OSX 10.9.2

If you're confident it's a DNS issue and not a NIC (network interface card, e.g. AirPort vs. Ethernet) issue, then try the following:

Flush DNS with sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder via http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5343.
Manually change your DNS server to something else, e.g. 8.8.8.8.  Do that using the "+" button next in the DNS pane you're showing in your post, the button next to "IPv4 or IPv6 addresses."


iTunes Match wont match a song in the store that i already own, recorded from vinyl

Surely the waveform of my vinyl recording is the same, regardless of gain level?

Unfortunately it does not appear to be that simple. Many factors can affect the quality of a digitised vinyl recording such that it will not match the digital fingerprint Gracenote is comparing against.

There is an interesting discussion on Apple Support Communities with suggestions on how to improve the digitised vinyl version so that it better matches such comparison services where possible:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3507807


Listing only Mobile Accounts in terminal

Finally i figured out that there is a way to list down all the local accounts. And this includes the mobile accounts of the network users. This command gives the above info:

dscl /Local/Default -list Users


How to remote control Youtube from an iPhone?

On your PC/Mac, go to http://youtube.com/tv  (that's not your usual URL, it's the "Lean Back" mode)
Go to settings -> Pair a Device (on the sidebar, on the PC)
Once instructed to do so, go to your phone and just navigate to http://youtube.com/pair ... if you have the YouTube app, it will ask if you want to open on that app, say yes - if you don't - just move forward
Put the pair code from your PC into the pair box on the phone

Presto - you're driving from your phone.

Essentially, "Lean Back" mode treats your PC like a TV, that's why it works.


It seems somehow version of OS X on your mac is corrupted. Try restoring it using utilities in OS X recovery system (built-in).

To start up from OS X Recovery, hold down Command (⌘)-R immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac. Release when you see the Apple logo. If you can't start up from OS X Recovery, try holding down Option-Command-R to start up from OS X Internet Recovery. Startup is complete when you see the OS X Utilities window. Use one of the listed utilities to restore your mac.

If you have time machine backup, select Restore From Time Machine Backup.
Otherwise, select Reinstall OS X. OS X Recovery (Command-R) installs the version of OS X that was last installed on your Mac. OS X Internet Recovery (Option-Command-R) installs the version that originally came with your Mac.
If still not able to restore, browse the web and find help for your mac using safari (Get Online Help Option).


How to preserve DHCP server settings when migrating from Lion Server to Mountain Lion Server?

The situation is actually simpler than some references make it seem. As Apple states:

  If you enabled DHCP (only) in Server Admin in Lion Server, your configuration will be preserved when you upgrade or migrate to OS X Server (Mountain Lion).

Moreover, the Server app now provides a (very limited, but sufficient) user interface for controlling DHCP.


Can I turn a bad video card iMac g5 into headless server?

No reason you couldn't do this. If you have already enabled remote login for ssh or screen sharing then you are good to go! If not then as you say use target mode to amend the settings. No real reason to install a server grade hard drive, although if it has the original hard drive in it then you might want to consider replacing it with a new one before you trust your data on it.


Disable volume control noise on mac book pro?

You can change this in System Preferences.

Go to the Sound pane, and uncheck the Play feedback when volume is changed checkbox.

Also, if you want to not play the sound for a given change (a one-off thing), hold down shift and change the volume.
This will also play the sound if it's turned off.


Can VirtualBox prevent Mac OS X Yosemite to boot properly?

Finally I found a serious hardware error (failure of main board) was preventing installation of Yosomite. The reason I saw Virtual Box error was just a matter of chance, it printed out the lost error message before the computer crashed due to the main board error


How to transfer photos from Mac to iPhone via Airdrop?

This is a workaround:

Select your photos
Right click --> edit with --> preview
In preview, hit the share button --> airdrop


Is it possible to know the keywords used in AppStore for a given iPhone App?

Unfortunately no: if you didn't submit it yourself there's no access to the keywords. They don't show up in the official RSS feeds nor in the scrape-able web pages. Searches in iTunes on a computer or mobile device are performed entirely on Apple's servers, so the keywords aren't exposed on the clients.


Always show directory icon on Finder on Big Sur

You can revert application toolbars to their 10.x look by setting NSWindowSupportsAutomaticInlineTitle. To set this for Finder, use com.apple.finder as the domain.
Disclaimer (from the comments):

I always wish “killall Finder” had a disclaimer. It’s safer to log out and back in since killing finder can interrupt copies, spoil mounted share and other such items... they are clearly edge cases...

defaults write com.apple.finder NSWindowSupportsAutomaticInlineTitle -bool false
killall Finder

From my answer to a similar more generic question: Revert UI on Big Sur?


Display dialog from command line (like xmessage does)

One option is to tell a background process like SystemUIServer to display the dialog:

osascript -e 'tell application "SystemUIServer"
display dialog "message"
end
activate application (path to frontmost application as text)'

You can also tell the frontmost application to display a dialog, but it's not shown immediately if the application is not responding. If MPlayer OS X is frontmost, text dialogs don't accept any keyboard input.

osascript -e 'tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
display dialog "message"
end'


In my case, I confirmed the drive was working fine and could easily do almost 100MB/s, yet backups were happening in KB /s.  I had backups going back 4 years and it seems it is the layering of backups that slowed things down.

A few possible solutions:

Many users report that booting into "Safe mode" will reset some data and then restarting back into "Normal mode" may solve such issues.
Try to repair the external disk using "Disk Utility" (may take a very long time).
Can try updating the drive firmware.
If you have enough space on the external drive, partition it into 2 separate disks. (May also take a day or so)

Then setup Time Machine to use the new partition. This will require a complete "Initial" backup, but in my case, 300GB initial backup was still faster than the 4GB incrimental backup on the old drive.

As a final resort, wipe the drive and backup from scratch or buy a new drive to use in parallel.

I'm still experimenting, but there may be a bug causing Time Machine to slow down significantly as new backups are added. I'm using an HFS+j external USB3 drive from WD. Hope that helps.


Why is there a doubled name in the Photos app when I search to name faces?

One is the original name tag you supplied in iPhoto, the other is the closest possible Contact in your Address Book.

I went through the same process yesterday - trying to decide whether I wanted people tagged as names, or Contacts.

I can find no way to switch it off - nor, even more irritatingly, how to assign all photos with a particular face to the Contact instead of the original name, other than one at a time…

Edit:
Simpler than I first thought - Select one 'Face' in the main faces screen, click the name & start to type. Choose whether to use the Original tag name or the new Contact name. All similarly-tagged faces will be changed to the new system & the old tag will vanish.

I made a silly one as an example…

a. Start to type, you have 2 alternatives, select the Contact name
b. Hit Enter, the Contact Name is embedded
c. Try to repeat the process… there is now only one choice for that person [or cat]

There's a huge, detailed Photos guide on iMore - How to use Photos for OS X: The ultimate guide


It will not be able to automatically switch. What you'll have to do is create a new iTunes library that is used for streaming only. To do this, open iTunes while holding the Option key. Then selected "Create new library" and name it something different, I used "iTunes Streaming". Then, simply turn on iTunes Match and you'll see all your playlists populate. Once you do this, you'll be able to stream all your music directly from Apple. When you're back home, open iTunes again while holding the Option key and select your original library.


How can I view invalid characters in a file?

Sublime Text can display the invalid characters.


With the Windows disk in, restart your Mac and as soon as you hear the startup chime hold down the option key and keep holding it down until you get a list of disks/partitions to boot from.

Pick the Windows disk to boot off of it, then you should be able to point the Windows setup at the partition you created for Windows (be careful you don't over-write your Mac partition!) and install Windows.


The idea in OS X is, that you open an Application and create the file while you are working. This simply because creating the file beforehand is kind of awkward:

  Create file > open file > edit

Of course if you just need dummy files, then you can make those from Terminal.app, but I'd be careful with that if you are not used to it already.

The command is: touch filename


Do the chips in 2018 Macbook Pros have fixes for Spectre and Meltdown?

Intel announced via press release that the patched CPUs will be integrated into their hardware in the 8th generation chips shipping the second half of 2018:

These changes will begin with our next-generation Intel® Xeon®
Scalable processors (code-named Cascade Lake) as well as 8th
Generation Intel® Core™ processors expected to ship in the second half
of 2018.

Anything manufactured prior to 2H 2018 will be updated via microcode software patch:

First, we have now released microcode updates for 100 percent of Intel
products launched in the past five years that require protection
against the side-channel method vulnerabilities

Which Chips?
The three new chips that were released in Q3 2018 are (all mobile):

Kaby Lake G (9706G)
Whiskey Lake (8565U)
Amber Lake (8500Y)

Whiskey Lake is the only CPU line to have the actual fixes in hardware where as Amber Lake and Kaby Lake G are both "Kaby Lake" based CPUs.

The situation with Amber Lake is a little different. Intel confirmed
to us that Amber Lake is still Kaby Lake – including being built on
the 14+ process node – making it identical to Kaby Lake Refresh as far
as the CPU die is concerned. In essence, these parts are binned to go
within the 5W TDP at base frequency. But as a result, Amber Lake
shares the same situation as Kaby Lake Refresh: all side channel
attacks and mitigations are done in firmware and operating system
fixes. Nothing in Amber Lake is protected against in hardware.

Emphasis Mine
Bottom line, unless you're running a Whiskey Lake CPU, mitigations are still done in the OS and in firmware microcode.

Get Your CPU Identifier
To find which CPU your system currently configured with,  issue this command:
$ sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string

It will output something similar to the following:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz


Though I was really looking for a way to copy from say TextMate into an email and preserve highlighting...

Since there are no answers, I found this answer as a decent workaround somewhere so I thought I'd share:

Head to an online syntax highlighting tool like tohtml.com and then copy and paste the text into your email

Fairly quick and easy to use :)


Steve Chambers is right.

As Windows release new versions boot camp is updated to support them and more often than not they drop support for the previous version of Windows.

You could either install Windows 8.1 (it still has the start menu ;) ) or install Windows 7 under parallels desktop.

I personally use parallels desktop as it allows me to use Windows and Mac at the same time. I run it on my 2014 MacBook Pro retina. No issues, everything runs perfectly.


Downgrading from iOS 6.0.1 to iOS 5.1.1?

You cannot downgrade your device. It is forever locked to iOS 6.0.1.

A downgrade for certain devices (those that run on the A4 processor, and yours does) is only possible should you have the SHSH blobs (using Redsnow). However, since you do not have them, there is no way to revert to any version prior to 6.0.1 (unless you saved the blobs for 6.0, then you could certainly revert to the prior version).


To answer your first question, Yes booting from an external SSD should be much faster than a stock HD.

Thunderbolt is definitely the fastest interface around so that shouldn't be the bottle neck.

Yes, from a brief Google search it looks like people are booting from  Thunderbolt drives without a problem.


Depends what calendar you're adding the events to. In the Calendar app, in the top left, there is a Calendars button which lists all the calendars on the phone. You should hopefully see your MobileMe calendars in there, labelled as such in their own section. The theory goes that you should see any events on MobileMe that you've added to the calendars listed under the MobileMe section of the screen.

I would guess you're adding the events on the iPod touch to the wrong calendar, but it could be there's a separate issue. You'll need to check what Calendar is selected on the Event screen when you're adding or editing the event.


Why are you "trying" to switch to Chrome? If you like Safari... stick with Safari...

Marginally better JavaScript performance (according to the SunSpider benchmark)
iCloud tabs
App Nap
More customizable interface
Reading list

Whereas Chrome offers a different set of extensions, and tab syncing via its own cloud service (which also requires Chrome on all your devices).

Personally, ClickToFlash is the deal breaker for me, until Chrome let's me load piss-poor Flash videos in a QuickTime plugin, I'm saying away from it


During jailbreaking iPhone 4 shuts down and can't start again

Try plugging in to computer then press the home and power button, it usually worked for me.


Error when installing El Capitan: disk does not use GUID partition scheme, and I am unable to convert

Considering the comments and the results of the different listings above, Yosemite probably was installed with a hack to enable a Windows MBR only install.

I assume it was the Yosemite MBR Patch 10.10 (14A389). The patch allows you to install Yosemite to a disk with a pure MBR partition table and not the default GUID partition table with a pMBR or hybrid MBR (if Windows is installed).

Depending on the efforts needed to save your data, you may either backup everything, reinstall first Yosemite (or El Capitan) from scratch after partitioning the main disk with a GUID partition table and migrate your data from the backup and then install Windows with Boot Camp Assistant or create a GUID partition table with proper partition values manually after booting to Internet Recovery Mode. The latter will probably render Windows unbootable.

Since the first method is trivial I only describe the second one.

Add a GUID partition table manually:

This method will probably render Windows unbootable!

Preparation:

Backup your data - especially any data on your Windows partition.
Detach any external drive (especially your external Time Machine backup drive).
Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing alt cmd R at startup.
The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot to a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an apple/akamai server.

I recommend ethernet because it's more reliable. If you are restricted to WIFI and the boot process fails, just restart your Mac until you succeed booting.

Alternatively you may start from a bootable installer thumb drive (Mavericks or Yosemite) or a thumb drive containing a full system (Mavericks or Yosemite).

Adding GUID partition table and the already existing MBR partitions:

Open Utilities -> Terminal
Enter diskutil list to get an overview
Unmount your main disk with diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0 (assumimg disk0 is the disk identifier of your main disk).
Add an GUID partition table with gpt create /dev/disk0
Add the EFI and the existent "MBR partitions":

The command basically looks like this:

gpt add -b StartBlock -i IndexNumber -s NumberOfBlocks -t Type device

To add all your partitions enter with the data found in your fdisk list:

gpt add -b 40 -i 1 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B /dev/disk0
gpt add -b 409640 -i 2 -s 400094952 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk0
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0
gpt add -b 400504592 -i 3 -s 1269536 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk0
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0
gpt add -b 401785650 -i 4 -s 67071375 -t EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7 /dev/disk0

The size of the last partition (your Windows partition) is odd because usually it's a multiple of 8. But I have no explication for this.

The first partition is the EFI partition, the second your main Yosemite volume, the third volume is your Recovery HD and the last one is the Windows partition.
You may label your partitions with following command if they have no names:

gpt label -i number -l name device

Example:

gpt label -i 2 -l "Macintosh HD" /dev/disk0s2

Quit Terminal by entering quit and start Disk Utility
Check the consistency of your main volume (disk0s2)
Reboot to your main volume and install El Capitan


Network services deleted via terminal reenabled after Restart

So the solution that I stumbled on was to lock the file using chflags uchg /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist so whatever was modifying it back was denied. Oddly, it was a root owned file so whatever was modding it was root.
I ran sudo fs_usage | grep /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and saw no write or modify commands so it had to happen on boot or login.


VMWare Fusion OS X 10.13.5 GUID partition

Restart the system in single user mode.

To restart your system in single user mode, restart your Mac and as soon as it turns off and is about to start, press and hold CMD + S buttons.

You should see a command prompt logged in as root.

Now, run the following command:

/sbin/fsck -fy

if your drive was OK, the screen will say “The volume (name of your hard drive) appears to be OK”. If any repair was made, you’ll see the prompt, “FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED”. Then, you’ll see the root# prompt again.

Then try to restart the system and try deleting the space. It should work. If not, you'll have to use the diskutil command to override this thing and get it to work.

In case the solutions I've provided here is not working for you, please do this:

Reboot your mac in Recovery mode(While rebooting hold CMD + R), launch terminal and run diskutil list and update your question with the screenshot.


Automator command line: "Unable to open workflow"

Use -i:

automator -i foo.docx ~/Documents/convert_word_to_pdf.app

Or if there are multiple arguments:

printf %s\\n foo.docx bar.docx|automator -i - ~/Documents/convert_word_to_pdf.app

See the man page:

SYNOPSIS
     automator [-v] [-i input] [-D name=value ...] workflow

DESCRIPTION
     automator runs the specified workflow.  To create or edit a workflow, use
     the Automator application.

     The following options are available:

     -D name=value
              Set variable name to value for this run of workflow.

     -i input
              Set input as the input to workflow If input is - then the con-
              tents of standard input is used.  The newline character (\n) is
              the delimiter for multiple strings.

     -v       Run in verbose mode.


Can I pair 2 Bluetooth headsets to my iPad simultaneously? We watch tv on it when traveling

iOS will only output sound to one device at a time, and that includes the internal speakers. So no, you can't pair multiple Bluetooth headsets and listen through both simultaneously.

Your only options would be to:

Each use a single earpiece from the same headset.
Purchase a Bluetooth splitter.


Which Bluetooth Headphones Switch Easily between 3 Devices?

AirPods!

You can switch devices easily

Airplay in apps that support it
iPhone Control Center: Swipe Up, Swipe Right to Left, select AirPods in Airplay on bottom
iPhone Bluetooth: Force Touch "Settings", select Bluetooth, connect
Mac Bluetooth in Menu Bar (if not there, go to System Preferences → Bluetooth → "Show Bluetooth in Menu Bar"
Mac Sound in Menu Bar (System Preferences → Sound → "Show Volume in Menu Bar")

AirPods auto-pair to devices signed into the same Apple ID (no need to pair via Bluetooth). It connects to the last connected device automatically.
Sound quality/fit are essentially identical to traditional Earpods, but Airpods are truly wireless!


Using a Gamepad To Control Any iOS Device?

It's definitely possible to use a PS3 controller on a jailbroken iPhone. You need the $7 app Blutrol and the SixpairTool for MacOS X. Before I rewrite the instructions, please simply refer to http://lifehacker.com/5991266/how-to-use-a-gamepad-for-any-ios-game-not-just-emulators.

EDIT: In a nutshell

GETTING READY:

First, you need an jailbreak your iOS device. Then, download the App Blutrol (http://apt.thebigboss.org/mobileweb/onepackage.php?bundleid=ch.ringwald.blutrol&db=), which currently costs $6.99. In order to use the PS3 controller, you will need an additional app for MacOS: SixPairMac (ringwald.ch/cydia/blutrol/SixPairMac-v1.0.zip)

SETUP for PS3 controllers:
Connect the PS3 controller via USB Cable, and the iOS device (via lightning cable or 30-pin cable) to your Mac. Click the button "Pair Controller to iPad" in SixPairMac. Now, open Blutrol on your iOS device and select the PS3 controller.


iTerm2 terminals close immediately with "argpath=login error=No such file or directory"

Not sure why it didn't work with Login shell selected, but I changed it to
⌘ command and invoked bash -l or /bin/bash -l to make it work the same way. Hope this helps anyone else who has the same problem!


Since the SSD is likely to be powered on much more than the DVD ever was, your thermal load inside the mac will be higher. Most SSD use even more power at idle than HDD, but it won't be nearly as bad as the CPU/GPU running full tilt. The fans may run faster to compensate if the ambient temperature is high, but I've heard no hints of problems even from people in warm environments with SSD+HDD.

There are many apps to log the temperatures so you can get a before / after log and check on things as you should whenever you add parts not planned by the manufacturer.


Do any window managers allow me to snap windows to the sides of the display?

SizeUp is exactly what you need:

  SizeUp allows you to quickly position a window to fill exactly half the screen (splitscreen), a quarter of the screen (quadrant), full screen, or centered via the menu bar or configurable system-wide shortcuts (hotkeys). Similar to "tiled windows" functionality available on other operating systems.


Open terminal and type:

chflags nohidden ~/Library

Look here for more information:

http://www.macgurulounge.com/library-folder-mac-os-lion/


How to install 'MySQL Utilities' using brew or brew cask?

This will do it:

brew tap caskroom/cask
brew install brew-cask
brew cask install mysqlworkbench


Get a new Apple ID,go to: Settings ICloud and then tap your Apple ID and then tap Sign Out then enter your new Apple ID

P.S. U can't use same Apple ID from the one that u don't remember password from.


How to show desktop files on both screens?

I'd like to do the same thing, but I haven't found a way. The best compromise I could come up with was to move the menu bar to my primary display. By moving the menu bar, I changed the display which shows my dock and desktop files.

You can move the menu bar by dragging white bar in the Arrangement settings from one display to another:


Background menu bar stuff visible through current menu bar

Your desktop background is a screen-shot that includes a menu bar. Try going into System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop and choosing a different background.


How to stop "NTFS new version", or any notification for that matter?

Any App you need to actually run an installer & give admin perms, rather than just drag to Applications, installs elements somewhere inside the 'system' itself.

It is not wise to just throw these out if you no longer want them, as they will leave all the system bits behind.

As you threw away the component which contains the uninstaller, the app itself, then by far the simplest way to uninstall it will be to get the installer again, install it, then use its own uninstaller to uninstall it.
At the moment it is still entirely functional, you only threw out the control surface.


macOS Catalina on AWS: merging partitions

Solution: I had to restart the EC2 instance and the command then worked.


The device is called iPhone X, pronounced iPhone 10.

The pronunciation follows on from (Mac) OS X being pronounced 10. In the special event, the announcement called the device out loud as ‘iPhone 10’. This is continued in the Apple video ‘Introducing iPhone X’.

This screenshot is showing the YouTube generated subtitles, as the manually written subtitles print ‘iPhone X’, which is what it's called but not how it's pronounced.


Disable Safari from loading previous website when scrolling down with Magic Mouse

This is a feature of the Reading List in Safari, and does not occur when viewing webpages normally. Scrolling beyond the end or beginning of a page when viewing it from the Reading List will switch to the next or previous item. This functionality cannot be modified.


You can only do that: How to use function keys on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

  For some apps, you can make the function keys display permanently in
  Touch Bar:

  In System Preferences, choose Keyboard.
  Click Shortcuts.
  From the left sidebar, select Function Keys.
  Click the “+” symbol, then navigate to the app and select it.

  Now when you open or switch to this app, Touch Bar always displays the
  function keys.


Open application in specific space through AppleScript

If you lock an app to a space it will always open in that space, no script required. the limitation is that all windows of each app will be in the same space; no way round that except manually, afaik.

First open the app in the required Space, then right click the Dock icon & select 'This Desktop'
After that, if you check from any other Space you will see the Space number listed.

[& I do wish they'd stop calling them Desktops]

If you really need it to be scripted, then this MacScripter page has all the calls - http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=23453


Is there a way around "Error: Command Line Too long"?

Put the arguments in a file such as -A argA -B argB -C argC … (excluding the binary), then run:

cat /path/to/file | xargs ./exec


Call Shell script from Automator on Catalina

Now I have a solution that works for me. If I put the content of the routen_VPN.sh in Automator in AppleScript like this
do shell script "content of routen_VPN.sh" with administrator privileges
it works fine.
Thanks to all who tried to help me with this! :-)


Retrieve network password (network share) from keychain in terminal

After searching, it seems the case is important for the kind. The following worked for me with the following keychain config:

security find-internet-password -D "Network Password" -l "the_share" -w

Of course you can filter a bit more by indicating more element to your research

security find-internet-password -h
Usage: find-internet-password [-a account] [-s server] [options...] [-g] [keychain...]
    -a  Match "account" string
    -c  Match "creator" (four-character code)
    -C  Match "type" (four-character code)
    -d  Match "securityDomain" string
    -D  Match "kind" string
    -j  Match "comment" string
    -l  Match "label" string
    -p  Match "path" string
    -P  Match port number
    -r  Match "protocol" (four-character code)
    -s  Match "server" string
    -t  Match "authenticationType" (four-character code)
    -g  Display the password for the item found
    -w  Display only the password on stdout
If no keychains are specified to search, the default search list is used.
        Find an internet password item.

With the above results here's what are the fields (replace -w by -g)

security find-internet-password -D "Network Password" -l "the_share" -g
keychain: "/Users/bric3/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
version: 512
class: "inet"
attributes:
    0x00000007 <blob>="the_share"
    0x00000008 <blob>=<NULL>
    "acct"<blob>="the_user"
    "atyp"<blob>=<NULL>
    "cdat"<timedate>=0x32303139313233303133323534345A00  "20191230132544Z\000"
    "crtr"<uint32>=<NULL>
    "cusi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "desc"<blob>="Network Password"
    "icmt"<blob>=<NULL>
    "invi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "mdat"<timedate>=0x32303139313233303133323534345A00  "20191230132544Z\000"
    "nega"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "path"<blob>=<NULL>
    "port"<uint32>=0x00000000
    "prot"<blob>=<NULL>
    "ptcl"<uint32>="afp "
    "scrp"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "sdmn"<blob>=<NULL>
    "srvr"<blob>="the_share._afpovertcp._tcp.local"
    "type"<uint32>=<NULL>
password: "the password"

E.g. specifying the protocol using -r "smb " will not result in any result for me as it is an afp share, but using -r "afp " will, for this particular (Note that the extra space is mandatory for this particular criteria to work). But it's also possible to search for the account using -a the_user. But for this password specifying other fields (as they are NULL) will not return anything.

macOs 10.15.2


refresh mail.app inbox when returning from standby (IMAP)

Mail.app doesn't automatically check for mail every time focus is put on it's window or every time the computer wakes up. There are several ways for you to configure how, and how often Mail.app synchronizes with servers:

You can click the Send/Receive mail button

You can use the Command + Shift + N keyboard shortcut
You can configure your Mail.app to check for mail every minute by clicking the Mail menu and then selecting Preferences. Under General change the Check for new Messages configuration.

This way you never have to wait more then 1 minute for mail to be synced. Keep in mind, if you are on battery, this will impact battery life negatively.


Creating InDesign "Paragraph / Character Style" shortcuts on a Mac wireless keyboard w/o number pad

Yes.
Use the app Karabiner (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/).
It can remap fn + number to fn + numpad number.
With Shift+fn+1 you have Shift+Num 1.
It works.


How can I stop NTFS-3g from mounting a particular volume?

Add the following line to the /etc/fstab file.

LABEL=BOOTCAMP none ntfs rw,noauto 0 0

If the label is something other then "BOOTCAMP" set it to what it is.

To edit the fstab file, in a Terminal: sudo nano /etc/fstab

To save the changes press control-O and to exit press control-X


Reinstalling a deleted app on my iPad with iOS 6

Open App Store.
click updates
select Purchased
change the tab from All to Not on This iPad

If it has been deleted it should have the cloud with the down arrow.
If it just says open, it could be that you haven't deleted it yet.... try swiping to the far left and using search... search for the app.
If you are having issues, turn off your ipad and back on again by holding down the power button then swipping to turn it off.


How can I automate pasting of password into SecurityAgent?

With thanks to input from markhunte and tetsujin, I came up with the following solution. With all things considered, the exact requirements evolved to the following:

Ensure a SecurityAgent dialog is actually present so that script doesn't run otherwise.
Reposition the SecurityAgent dialog because it can readily get in the way in its default position.
Display a message which will stay on top of 1Password, but is not generated through 1password, instructing the user to select the correct item in 1Password
Automatically copy the password for current 1Password item
Delay the script long enough for the password to actually end up in the clipboard, before the script attempts pasting it.
Paste the clipboard into the SecurityAgent, and submit it.

I came up with the following solution:

set appName to "SecurityAgent"
set passApp to "1Password 5" (* set this to the name of your password manager *)

tell application "System Events"
     if not (exists window 1 of process appName) then -- test if SecurityAgent window exists
         return -- abort if SecurityAgent window does not exist
     end if
 end tell
 tell application "System Events"
    set position of window 1 of process appName to {10, 10} -- move SecurityAgent window out of the way
 end tell
 tell application passApp
      activate -- bring 1Password to the forefront, run it if not running
 end tell
 tell application "System Events"
    tell application "SystemUIServer"
      set answer to display dialog "Make sure correct 1Password item is actively selected (i.e. click it again if it was previously selected), then click “Continue” to proceed." buttons {"Continue"}
    end tell
    tell process passApp
    (* If you are not using 1Password, you may need to change the menu item clicks, below, to whatever is correct in your particular password manager *)
        click menu item "copy password" of menu "item" of menu bar 1
        delay 1
        set appData to the clipboard
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process appName
            set value of text field 1 of window 1 to appData
            if exists (text field 2 of window 1) then
                set value of text field 2 of window 1 to appData
                click button 1 of window 1
            else
                click button 2 of window 1
            end if
         end tell
     end tell
end tell

I made the whole script conditional on the presence of SecurityAgent, because this script will be assigned to a keyboard shortcut, and if that key combination is inadvertently selected by the user, I'd rather they not be bothered with an unexpected script process.

If there are ways in which I could refine or improve this solution, please advise. I am very happy to be learning more about AppleScript.

FINAL UPDATES: Had to make one final change. It turned out the button numbers for CANCEL and OK change around from the SecurityAgent instance for creating an encrypted disk/disk-image, and for when opening an encrypted disk/disk-image. So I had to modify the IF THEN statement right near the end to handle each scenario.


iOS 11: How do I replace the emoji keyboard button with a punctuation menu without third-party tools?

Slide your finger from the punctuation button in the bottom left of the keyboard, to the punctuation mark you want, then release. This automatically switches the keyboard back after typing the punctuation you chose.
Hold the punctuation button whilst tapping a punctuation key with another finger. Releasing your finger from the punctuation button returns the keyboard to the standard keyboard.

Both of these techniques are much faster than separately tapping the punctuation button, entering punctuation, then tapping again to return to the standard keyboard.

It's not possible to modify the standard iOS keyboard more than the settings available in Settings → General → Keyboard, which does not offer any way to change the language input menu. If necessary, you can replace the iOS keyboard with any third-party keyboard from the App Store.


Weird encoding in executable files in ios apps

iOS applications consist of compiled code and additional support files, you would need decompilation tools of some kind to get back from the compiled code to readable source. As a starter see

IPA File Format
.ipa (file extension)
Bundle Programming Guide/Bundle Structures

If you just want to understand how iOS apps are developed you might be better of by looking at sample code within Apple's Developer Documentation and/or some of the various online repositories/courses.


Can iTunes find all songs with no Album Art?

You can do this by creating a Smart Playlist:

(I'm using a Mac, but it will be similar for you)

Set the "Album Artwork" rule to "false":

This will update automatically as you add artwork to your albums. And you can simply delete this playlist when you're done.


You could upgrade your iCloud storage and utilize the iCloud Photo Library, this can be used/setup by checking the respective box in Preferences.

The other option would be to have your Photos library on an external hard drive. Then when launching Photos, hold the option key, choose other library on the bottom left, and you can point Photos to look at the external drive's Photos library. This will only display your library when your external drive is connected however.


Can I use 1333 MHz RAM in a 1067 MHz MacBook Pro?

Mid 2010 MBPs (7,1) with Geforce 320M are known for freezing when using faster ram. Motherboard chipset supports it, but graphics chip doesn't and OSX freezes when initializes the graphics.

My recommendation - buy 1066MHz DDR3. If you can't find it in your local store, try OWC, it's a reputable online store that guarantees compatible ram at good prices.

ps. I'm not in any way connected with OWC.


Sharing my purchased movies on friends Apple TV

I would set up family sharing. My wife and I share an account for all our apple purchases and it works great. You can have up to 6 people in the family group.

I would check if your son/daughter already have sharing set up and if so would ask them to add you.

I am making the assumption that you purchased your movies via iTunes and that your computer in a Mac.


Assuming you have iOS 7 (now) I can provide you the steps on how to remove Recent contacts in the Messages.app.

Open Messages.app
Start composing new message
Once the list starts showing up, press the blue 'i' icon next to the number.
Press the redline Delete from recent
You're done, repeat these steps for the contacts you don't want to show up anymore.

EDIT: Community bumped this thread up making me answer it because I never check the dates. I hope I can still help anyone  out with this answer.


iPhone 4 asks me to log into an Apple address that Apple say doesn't exist

Start by recovering the password to example22@example.com at https://iforgot.apple.com (and use the guidance provided there in case you don't know the answers to the security questions). Then proceed with decoupling your phone from the old ID.

If you are unable to recover the password to example22@example.com, Apple can remove the old AppleID from your phone. You need to show proof of purchase for this though.


Yes - OS X offers software RAID functionality on both the Server version and consumer OS. Open Disk Utility and read through the help on RAID.

  Create a single, large disk from several smaller disks by creating a concatenated disk set, which is also called “Just a Bunch of Disks” (JBOD) or “spanning.” The concatenated disk set acts as one large disk with the combined capacity of all the smaller disks.

You will need to erase/repartition both drives and then can choose from a simple concatenation of the drives or set up striping which has advantages and disadvantages compared to just combining the two drives.