Apple Mail 9.2: How to specify port and SSL options for incoming and outgoing IMAP servers?

OK... this is irritating, but possible... you used to be able to force it to ignore at that point, then set it up manually from the Accounts pane.

The El Capitan version looks like you need to do that initial setup from System Prefs > Internet Accounts, rather than directly in Mail itself.

Start from the right pane - 'Add Other Account...' [scroll down to see it, for some reason the + - buttons are unclickable. If you do, they grey out]
then Mail Account.

You get a very similar dialog as in your question - fill it in as before.
It will error, as before - the major difference being that 'Sign In' changes to 'Next'

& you're in... hit Next & select Mail &/or Notes & Done.
Close the Prefs.

If Mail is open, quit & relaunch.

Mail prefs/Accounts now has the bare bones of your new account, from which you can manually set up all the necessary ports, using the Advanced tab for incoming prefs & the still rather annoying Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop menu for outgoing.


My Fusion Drive unlinked in two pieces (SSD+HDD) and I want to restore it again in one piece

To recreate a Fusion Drive you have to delete both Logical Volume Groups and create a new one. This will delete all data on both volumes "Macintosh HD".

Booted to Recovery Mode open in the menubar Utilities > Terminal
In Terminal enter diskutil list and diskutil cs list.
Check that both disks (disk0 and disk1) are the internal disks with a size of 120 GB and 1 TB/3TB depending on your Fusion drive.
Delete both Logical Volume Groups with:

diskutil cs delete lvgUUID #with lvgUUID: the UUID of the Logical Volume Group

In your case that's:

diskutil cs delete DD7FD...
diskutil cs delete 597C4...

Please use the complete UUIDs - I'm too lazy to write them down completely.
Rebuild the Fusion Drive with:

diskutil cs create FusionDrive disk0s2 disk1s2

This will create a new Logical Volume Group
Enter diskutil cs list to get the new lvgUUID
To create a new Logical Volume enter:

diskutil cs createVolume new_lvgUUID jhfs+ "Macintosh HD" 0g


Ok. I think I have found a solution. If you have a dual-frequency router like I do, all you need to do is go into your router settings and set different SSIDs for your 2.4GHz and 5Ghz networks. Doing that has fixed my airplay issue instantly. Enjoy!!


Safari Extension for right click menu: Open in Google Chrome?

Open in Chrome Service

You can make a Service in 10.6 or 10.7 using Automator that will open a selected URL in Chrome.

Here's how:

Open Automator
When Automator asks you to Choose a type for your document window, select Service
Change the "Service receives selected" drop-down to "URLs"
Add a Run AppleScript action (found under the Automator Library, or just search) by dragging from the left pane to the right
Copy the code below to the text field (replacing all the existing text)
Save and give the service a name (it will be added automatically to the services menu)

Code:

on run {input}
    set theURL to input
    tell application "Google Chrome"
        if not (exists first window) then
            make new window
            set URL of last tab of first window to theURL
        else
            tell first window
                set newTab to make new tab with properties {URL:theURL}
            end tell
        end if
        activate
    end tell
end run

This will open any selected URL in Safari or other application in Chrome, either in a new tab in the most recent window, or a new window if there is no open Chrome window. To access it, right-click and under the Services item at the bottom of the menu, you should see an item with the name you assigned.

One important caveat: OS X seems to be a bit picky/buggy about passing link to this sort of service. It works fine if you have text selected as a URL, but it only seems to work on some links. If I discover a better method, I'll update this post with it.

You may also need to restart Safari for the service to appear.


Is it possible to not keep ios apps on your main computer?

Make sure that app syncing is disabled between your Mac and iOS devices (which you can double-check in settings within iTunes when device is plugged in). Then go into Apps section of iTunes and delete all of the apps. With iCloud and iTunes Match I stopped syncing my iOS devices over a year ago and there is absolutely no need to have these apps backed up on your computer.

If you need help managing your syncing, see this article on Apple's Knowledge Base. You will essentially want to do the opposite of what it says.


The speed of Xcode will increase if you increase the memory to 8GB. I am surprised that only Xcode is slow with 2GB. Xcode does take more memory than most applications


In karabiner, how do I set left option to \?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>L⌥→\&L⌘→/&R⌘→|</name>
    <identifier>alttobackslashcmdtoslashandpipe</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::NONE,
      KeyCode::BACKSLASH
    </autogen>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::COMMAND_L | ModifierFlag::NONE,
      KeyCode::SLASH
    </autogen>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::COMMAND_R | ModifierFlag::NONE,
      KeyCode::BACKSLASH | ModifierFlag::SHIFT
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>

This might not have quite the effect you want, but it's as close as I know how to do.


is python accepted in the mac app store?

The App Store will accept any binary as long as it doesn't require anything that isn't included with the system or in the binary. Because Mac OS X includes Python, it should be acceptable. There are a variety of libraries and helpful tools for writing Mac apps in Python such as Py2app and PyObjC. Some developers have successfully used them to write apps and get them on the app store.

Relevant guidelines from Apple:

  2.14 Apps must be packaged and submitted using Apple's packaging technologies included in Xcode - no third party installers allowed
  2.15 Apps must be self-contained, single application installation bundles, and cannot install code or resources in shared locations
  2.16 Apps that download or install additional code or resources to add functionality or change their primary purpose will be rejected


I didn't see you mention iTunes at all in your post.  iTunes is essential.

Unfortunately, AFAIK, you can no longer just "share" movies from iTunes to ATV.  You have to turn on Home Sharing, and I believe this requires a live internet connection.  Both iTunes and ATV log into Home Sharing, and everything loaded in iTunes is available on the ATV.

If you do not have an internet connection in this setup (and can't/won't add one), you can setup Airplay Mirroring on the Mac mini (2011 or newer, I believe), play the movie in iTunes, and send the content to the ATV.  This is not ideal to me, as you have to use the Mac (iTunes) to control the ATV.

Home Sharing is the way to go with ATV.

There are lots of other options like Plex if you want to use Roku or Chromecast, which should work without an internet connection.


As of Jun 2017 according to this link, during macOS High Sierra install, file system can be upgraded from HFS+ to APFS:

  How do I upgrade to Apple File System?

  The macOS 10.13 installer offers nondestructive in-place upgrades from
  HFS+ to APFS for bootable volumes. You can use Disk Utility to convert
  external volumes from HFS+ to APFS format.


For every app you want key repeat to work in, run

defaults write <bundle-ID> ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

…then restart the app.


Try this website: http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

But it might not work because 4.3.5 is out. iPad 1 wifi and 3g firmware are the same.


How to use a portable display with an older Macbook 2011 (USB 2.0)

There is a reason for the USB-C / USB 3.0 requirement, and I think it is power (among other factors).

The specifications of those monitors mention 7.5 and 8 Watt. If I understand the USB wiki correctly, USB 2.0 can at most give you 2.5 W (0.5A x 5V), which is not sufficient for your situation.

So even if you find a cable that can physically connect you MacBook to the screen, it will probably not work.


Solid coloured wallpaper for Home Screen on my iPhone

I'm assuming you are selecting from the official backgrounds that are under Settings > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper menu. There used to be more plain backgrounds available, but Apple keeps removing the older ones after each iOS update. If you want to access older iOS wallpapers, check out this gallery (there are some plain backgrounds under iOS 7):

iOS Wallpapers

In case you want to set your own wallpaper, simply save the image to your gallery, tap the share icon on the bottom left, and select the Use as Wallpaper option.


Is there a way to add a note to the iOS Health app?

Adding notes in Health.app

No, as of iOS 10.3.x you can't add comments to Health.app and its database.

Alternative (3rd party apps)

If you want to enter any notes or observations you need to rely on a third party app to do so.

Ideally, this app should be able to export your notes in a non-proprietary format like XML. Not all apps (e.g. Pillow) with a notes feature allow you to do that. (Thanks @Mark)

Alternative (use unused fields)

You may use unused Health.app fields to store your observations. Below are special data types that exceed the usual 'one value + one time stamp' values.

With graphs

UV Index (one number, start time, end time)
Sleep Analysis (three values, start time, end time)
Blood Pressure (two numbers)

Without graphs

Carvical Mucus Quality (five values)
Menstruation (four values + one boolean (yes/no))
Ovulation Test Result (three values)
Sexual Activity (three values)

You could totally add 'UV Index' (value + duration) for headaches and 'Vitamin B12' for forgotten medications. Add them to Health.app's Today view using the 'Add to favorites' toggle and you're done.


Scrambled screen when going out of sleep

Although it's likely a hardware issue, you could try a few things if you don't want to get hardware help from Apple yet.

See if this happens when booting in Safe Mode.
Install a clean OS on an external drive to be sure it's not some extension or conflict.
Look in the console logs - see if you can see any obvious errors.
Try with other monitors and cables - it could be a bad cable or display. An EFI or firmware update might be needed to make the mac handle this situation better (it should never freeze) - and a report to Apple with details how to reproduce this might help get a fix sooner unless others have reported this specific combination.
If you have alternate RAM - do try swapping that in for testing. The newest macs use RAM heavily for display buffering - and wake from sleep is a time when you first can see issues with RAM going bad.

I'm lucky to have stores close by and would head there for a diagnostic checkup - so keep that in mind - it could just be a hardware failure / bad RAM, but anything you can do to narrow down the cause or rule out software / accessories by disconnecting everything but the bare minimum could save you a trip to the shop.


How to watch/run videos served by KA_Lite server on iPod touch?

try installing the Khan Academy iOS app on the iPhone instead.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy/id469863705

You should be able to play the video streams right from within the app instead of using the Safari or Chrome apps.


Preserve scroll position when navigating back/forward in Safari?

It appears as though you're running into the "continuous scrolling" nightmare, which has become popular in recent times.

On all "regular" websites, this is not an issue from Safari 6+ and since at least Lion.

The problem is that some websites load a page, then when you reach the bottom of that page, it loads the next page below the current one. This is meant to be useful, but in the majority of cases it breaks navigation, since the page reloads on navigation.

There is no solution to this mess, other than to disable continuous scrolling, if the webpage you're accessing gives you that option.


How can I make a password protected ZIP file from a selection in the Finder app

This is not a direct solution, however it can be used as an alternate solution because it will create a disk image (.dmg) file of all selected Finder files and or folders, whether the selection is a single item or multiple items.

global myPassword

property destinationFolder : (path to documents folder)
property theName : missing value
property isTrue : missing value

set theName to "New Encrypted Disk Image"

run setPassword
delay 0.1
activate
set deleteOriginals to button returned of (display dialog "Would You Like To Delete The Original Files After The Disk Image Has Been Created?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button 1)
delay 0.1
activate
set theName to (display dialog ¬
    "Would You Like To Name Your New Disk Image?" default answer ¬
    "New Encrypted Disk Image" buttons {"No", "Re-Name"} default button 2 ¬
    with title "Name Disk Image?")
delay 0.1

if button returned of theName is "Re-Name" then
    set theName to text returned of theName
else
    set theName to "New Encrypted Disk Image"
end if

tell application "Finder"
    if exists of alias ((destinationFolder as text) & theName) then ¬
        delete alias ((destinationFolder as text) & theName)
    set tempFolder to (make new folder at destinationFolder ¬
        with properties {name:theName}) as alias
    set theFiles to selection as alias list
    duplicate theFiles to tempFolder
    set theContainer to POSIX path of (container of tempFolder as alias)
    set filesWithTheName to count of (items of (container of tempFolder as alias) ¬
        whose name contains theName and name extension is "dmg")
    if filesWithTheName is greater than 0 then ¬
        set theName to theName & filesWithTheName + 1
end tell

set theDMG to do shell script "printf  \"" & myPassword & "\" |  hdiutil create -encryption AES-256 -stdinpass -srcfolder '" & POSIX path of tempFolder & "' '" & theContainer & theName & "'"

tell application "Finder" to delete tempFolder

set theOffset to offset of "/" in theDMG
set theDMG to POSIX file (text theOffset thru -1 of theDMG) as alias

tell application "Finder" to set newName to name of theDMG

if deleteOriginals is "Yes" then
    tell application "Finder" to delete theFiles
end if

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    reveal theDMG
end tell

script failedPassVerify
    activate
    display dialog ¬
        "You Have Unsuccessfully Verified Your Password 3 Times In A Row... Please Try Again Later" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" with title ¬
        "UNSUCCESSFUL PASSWORD VERIFICATION" with icon 0 giving up after 10
    quit me
end script

script setPassword
    set theCount to 0
    repeat until isTrue = true
        activate
        set myPassword to text returned of (display dialog ¬
            ("ENTER THE PASSWORD TO ENCRYPT DISK IMAGE: " & theName) ¬
                default answer "" with hidden answer)
        activate
        set myPassword2 to text returned of (display dialog ¬
            "PLEASE VERIFY YOUR PASSWORD" default answer "" with hidden answer)
        set isTrue to myPassword2 = myPassword
        if isTrue = false then
            set theCount to theCount + 1
            if theCount = 3 then run my failedPassVerify
            activate
            display alert "PASSWORDS DO NOT MATCH" message ¬
                "PASSWORDS DO NOT MATCH" giving up after 3
        end if
    end repeat
    set theCount to 0
    set isTrue to missing value
end script

Open Automator
Make a new Quick Action
Make sure it receives 'files or folders' from Finder.app
Select Run Apple Script and copy/paste in the code
Save it as "New Encrypted Disk Image"


The way that iOS apps save/install to the homescreen is by checking something called the manifest. (see more)

The URL being referenced in the manifest.json at the specified URL is pointing to "/" meaning the root of the site which means it is working as expected.

There are two options to resolving it

Change the start_URL to match your destination i.e. "/covid19app/home" instead of "/"
Look into options to creating a relative URL per page based on the header URL if needed for multiple pages.

Your manifest.json file is located in the root directory. Alternately you can find resources to creating one for a web app.


Download mac os from the app store to external USB

If you want to have a copy of the macOS installer on an external drive, it's fairly easy to download. This link (https://tidbits.com/2019/10/28/redownload-archived-macos-installers-to-address-expired-certificates/) contains links to several versions of macOS.
These installers are just applications, and how you download the installer varies depending on which version of the operating system you're trying to download. Recent versions require using the Mac App Store to download. It will show up in your Applications folder. After it's finished downloading, just drag it to your external drive.
Apple doesn't make finding these files easy; it wants everyone to use System Preferences to update or Recovery Mode to reinstall. I suspect that's because it's the best way to make sure you have the most recent version (security patches included).


What do I need to connect MacBook 13" mid-2010 to HDMI TV?

Yes, it is true.

MacBook (Mid 2010), MacBook Air (Late 2010), MacBook Pro (Mid 2010), Mac mini (Mid 2010), iMac (Late 2009), Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and later models supply multichannel audio (up to 8 channels) and video signals over Mini DisplayPort.

There shouldn't be any dependencies for it to work other than an HDMI cable to use from your HDTV to your adapter. If you plan on purchasing a third party adapter make sure you confirm that it does both audio and video.

Mini DisplayPort | Thunderbolt to HDMI Adapter w/ Audio Support
About Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters


Could anyone help me get my app back on eBay x

You will need to know the password for your Apple ID to download the new app.
First work through that at:

https://appleid.apple.com

From there you can edit your question if you still need help using an ID to download the ebay app.


iPhone 7 won't charge consistently from MacBookAir 2015

I'm not sure when it started, but at some point both USB ports in my
  MacBook won't charge my iPhone 7, it just keeps going from charging to
  not charging really rapidly

Given that you've tried different cables, you've ruled out the possibility of the cable failing.  However, there are a few more things to try to isolate the problem

Reset the SMC (this manages the power in your MacBook)
Try a different computer with the same cable and iPhone.  If the problem goes away, you've narrowed it to your MacBook.  If not, the problem is with your device.
Try a different device with your MacBook.  Same concept as the previous point; if the symptoms remain, it's probably your MacBook.

Now, given that it's happening on both ports, it's entirely possible that there is an issue with the power rail that supplies the 5V to the USB port, the USB controller itself (unlikely unless your keyboard, Bluetooth, camera also stopped working) or any of the related components.  If this is the case, you will need to take it in for repair.

This YouTube video from Louis Rossman on repairing the USB port is a good resource for what the problem might actually be (I've started the video at the point where he discusses the 5V power).


How do I move a window vertically above the menu bar?

Finder does not allow this as a general rule. Sometimes a glitch can make this possible, but relaunching Finder usually rectifies it. There's currently no known way to actually get this to happen as a desired behavior, sorry.


How do I disable automatic media (image/movies/music) discovery in finder?

You can't stop it from indexing by file type, but you can by location.

System Prefs > Spotlight > Privacy

Any location you drag to there will no longer be indexed or appear in search results.


Homebrew refuses to work on macOS Sierra

For the big picture: I solved the issue by uninstalling homebrew and then re-installing it again. In order to help people maybe gain a bit more insight, let me go into further detail.

Researching the Internet for the error message, my first hunch was that it had something to do with permissions. Check a discussion on Reddit or on the Homebrew GitHub for reference. However, running sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local did not to the trick. In any way, I would advise to be very careful using this command as it will transfer the ownership of /usr/local from the root user to yourself, which, apparently, was not intended by Apple. You can undo this by running

sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local
sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local

However, note that this will only undo it for the folder /usr/local and not recursively for all its files.

So, I was left with uninstalling. If you want to do the same, type

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"

in order to run the official script or see the Homebrew FAQ for reference.
Be aware that this will also uninstall all your Formulae and that you will be left with installing them manually again later on.

To re-install homebrew, simply run

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

If anyone figures out why I got the error in the first place or how it can  be addressed directly, please let me know.


iPhone 4s is locked after updating to iOS 8

The "Tunes icon and power cord picture" means the iPhone needs to be plugged into a computer running iTunes, and that should allow the system to finish whatever it needs to finish.


In Macbook Pro 17", what's the difference between processors?

2.5 GHz (2860QM)

2.5GHz base clock, 3.6GHz max TurboBoost clock.
8MB cache.
Bus/core ratio: 25.

2.4 GHz (2760QM)

2.4GHz base clock, 3.5GHz max TurboBoost clock.
6MB cache.
Bus/core ratio: 24.

You can compare the features side-by-side here.

The actual difference is 4x0.1 GHz.

The links will tell you that there is no difference besides the clock speed, cache and bus/core ratio. Exactly the same specifications for advanced technologies, memory and expansions.

According to this source there is a 5.2% difference in performance. 7987 vs 7592 with PassMark.


Because you're using the POSIX path syntax, you have to use POSIX file to get the object at that path:

tell application "Finder"
    get some file of (folder (POSIX file "/Volumes/Expansion Drive/Photos"))
end tell


How do I search specified text in files on my Mac that are less than 20kb?

A simple Finder Spotlight search can do this. Navigate to the Folder you want to start the search from. Type Command F, and then enter the search criteria:

I'm not sure what you mean by keywords: do you mean metadata describing the file, or some actual text in the SVG? You could try the "Contents" token for the latter.


Yes, you can run a GUI app with nice. For example, to run TextEdit with a niceness of 10:

nice /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

It really depends on whether handbrake is using more CPU or more RAM. Xcode is a RAM hog, and nice won't help there, but if it's CPU, you're good.


Simulate a 13 inch display on 15 inch MacBook Pro

Take a screenshot, change your desktop picture to just black. Use qucklook & drag the screenshot smaller.


Disconnect both devices from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Restart both devices and then once they come back on try to reconnect them both (Wi-Fi on Mac - Wi-Fi on iPhone/ Bluetooth on Mac - Bluetooth on iPhone). If they successfully connect try to get someone to call you and see if the Mac picks it up. I do know that if your iPhone screen is on, or active sometimes the calls wont go to the Mac. Give that a try and then let us know the status.


AirPrint doesn't work with router that has DD-WRT installed

If all else fails, you can always use the AirPrint Activator (an app for your Mac) that allows you to use any shared printer via AirPrint. If you can get the printer to be available over your network, you’ll still be able to use AirPrint this way.


iCloud documents in list view (in browser)

No. The iCloud Drive interface does not currently have any settings to change from icon view via the web.


You can hold down on the contact photo to copy it:


How can I tell OS X to flag a name as being misspelled?

Removing words from the built-in dictionary is apparently more difficult than I thought it would be. Since your question is about how to prevent a particular misspelling of your co-worker's name, I have an alternate solution.

You can add "Jennet" to Mac OS X's text substitution list in System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Text

It will automatically correct the spelling for you each time you misspell it. You could add other variant misspellings for completeness, like "Jenet" or even make it auto-capitalize "jennett", but since most other misspelling variants don't have obscure English homonyms these will show up as misspellings.


Can you see old messages on a SIM card free phone?

Assuming you didn't wipe your phone before removing the SIM card, your messages (and everything else) will still be on the phone. If your phone is still registered in "Find my iPhone" and has network connectivity (either through a new SIM card or through WiFi), you can wipe it from your iCloud account. See iCloud: Find My iPhone overview and iCloud: Erase your device for details about the procedure.


I have Installed Windows 7 on an external drive and I want to replace this drive with a larger capacity one. What should I do?

Boot Camp officially only supports installation of Windows onto an internal drive, and isn't required for any installation of Windows onto a dedicated drive. BC's main function is to create a hybrid partition table that will allow both GPT (for Mac) and MBR (for Windows) to coexist on the same drive, and this is Winclone's speciality.

However, if Windows has been installed on its own dedicated drive it will most likely be formatted as NTFS on an MBR partition table. This means you're not restricted to using Winclone and you should be able to use various Windows disk cloning utilities, including Acronis True Image (shipped free with Crucial SSDs, works well). Clonezilla is another package to try, it's open source and free, OS-independent and boots from USB.


I have to reboot mac to restart bluetooth every morning

If you could narrow down when the bluetooth fails - that might help us help you. Apple will give you instructions on how to enable bluetooth diagnostics if you reach out to their support organization.

You might start with generating a diagnostic report each morning when the failure is present. Option click on bluetooth in the menu bar bluetooth icon - and the report will be generated on your desktop.

You might also schedule a shut down and restart each morning if you just with to sidestep the unpleasantness of waiting for the restart. That option is in energy saver in system preferences.


There are no Events on the Photos.app.

You should have all of your old iPhoto Events, but they are Albums now.

This answer describes a way of manually replicating some of the Events functionality:

  (…) you can create an Album from the last imported by selecting all in the Last Imported album and clicking the + icon on the toolbar.


Mouse issues when hovering over certain areas

I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but just in case it helps you or anyone many years later, this is what happened to me and how I solved it.

I use a larger than default cursor from the accessibility menus because otherwise I can never find the darned thing. On my Macbook Pro (new machine) I have been frustrated by the mouse feeling like it is wading through treacle when I move it over an area with lots of links in Chrome.

The right hand side of a Stack Overflow post would be a great example as the cursor is changing from arrow->hand->arrow over and over again as you move the cursor across the related links. Compared to moving the cursor over the empty space next to it I would have to move the physical mouse 2-3x as far on my desk.

I seem to have just solved this by changing the cursor scaling in the accessibility menu to a different (but similar, non-default) value.

From interrogating the values with

defaults read com.apple.universalaccess mouseDriverCursorSize

at the command line I have noticed that some values cause the problem and others don't. For example the default and max values of 1 and 4 do not cause a problem, and nor does 2. I did see the problem with 2.096360005605382 but its not just about being an integer as I didn't see the problem with 2.577354260089686.  I have no idea what this information means.  Perhaps some sort of cursor scaling performance bug with specific cursor sizes?

Anyway this may be unrelated to your issue as your pointer does look about normal size in those videos, but you could try playing with this setting.


What in the world does this iTunes Terms & Conditions about Virginia & California mean?

"For avoidance of doubt" is legal speak for "let me summarize this in a way that handles any and all cases I might not have explicitly called out in any clause in the contract". It's a catch-all term used to say "this is it". It can cap damages or dues or liability. Here's a good example and explanation:

  Contract clauses beginning with the phrase, “For the avoidance of
  doubt” are a common feature of business contracts.

  For example, Company A is negotiating a three-year contract with
  Company B to purchase twenty different products from Company B. The
  contract includes ten pages outlining minimum purchases, pricing and
  quantity discounts, price adjustments for changes in raw materials
  costs, methods of calculating credits for returns, etc., with
  variations for each product.

  Company A carefully analyzes all the different combinations of prices,
  refunds, etc., but wants to make certain it doesn’t receive a big bill
  as a result of unanticipated future permutations.

  Company A might insert a clause in the contract that says, “For the
  avoidance of doubt, Company A will never be required to pay Company B
  more than $2 million during any calendar month.” (PG has somewhat
  simplified the likely language.)

  With this clause in place, as Company A’s CFO manages cash flow, she
  knows she will never have to write a monthly check for more than $2
  million to Company B.

In the case of the iTunes contract it says first that any of "Gift Certificates, iTunes Cards, and Allowances" are handled in the state of Virginia -- presumably they use this state for these transactions as it offers something ammenable to Apple when it comes to handling these things. You can see what Virginia has for state laws around gift cards here. They're rated "red" by that site meaning they're fairly anti-consumer, pro-seller there. From their summary chart:

  Good

  Only cards with an expiration date escheat to the State of Virginia after 5 years
  Virginia has legally defined the notion of a gift card
  Virginia has legally specified whether or not gift cards escheat to the state

  Bad

  No limits on expiration dates
  No maximum post-sale fee or minimum time frame before charging monthly fees
  Merchants are not required to give cash back
  Virginia does not maintain a consumer-centric web page dedicated to gift card laws

Those bad things would look good to me if I was Apple.

As for "Content Codes" passing to you via California, again it likely goes back to some legal goodness the state of California affords a company sending out content codes that other states do not. So Apple says "we're doing this type of business, with you, via California and you agree to that".

Caveat lector: I am not a lawyer; I just play one on the Stack Exchange network...


How do I use the eGPU to power MacBook's internal screen

I'm pretty sure they're not designed to accelerate your internal screen, only external, plugged into the eGPU itself.

From the Sonnet eGPU Manual

  Set up your monitor(s);
  To obtain the best graphics acceleration for applications like games, set a display connected to the eGPU as
  the main monitor. Open System Preferences:Displays, select Arrangement
  and drag the white menu bar to the external monitor. Drag the monitors
  to mimic the physical arrangement. If you want to tile your displays
  into one large space, Open System Preferences: Mission Control.
  Uncheck Displays have separate Spaces.
  Note that if you mirror an internal and external display together, internal graphics will be used.


Bootcamp Windows doesn't start up after 10.7 fresh install upgrade to 10.10

Found the problem. So it seems that it's a relatively common problem with Yosemite messing up the partition scheme, deleting the header for the Windows partition.

This guy called Loner T had been helping people on the forum, and one of the victims of the bug had written up a summary of the steps to take to fix the issue. Do note however, that the fix is highly technical, and requires at least a competent understanding of operating systems and the CLI to safely apply it. So if you're uncomfortable (or have no idea what the instructions are asking for) it's better to find a professional to help). Obviously it goes without saying that you should have a backup of all your data before you attempt this.

Link to the fix:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/27109000#27109000


MacBook speakers off, red light coming from the headphone jack

Old question but since I had 5 minutes ago the same problem, I'll post my solution:

The audio output is as Graham Min describes a double output, working for headphone jack or Toslink adaptor.
In my case the problem appeared as I disconnected my headphones: OSX didn't switch to integrated output but stayed on digital (optical) output

This page describes an elegant non invasive solution and in my case the solution was as simple as connecting the headphones again, and diconnecting them gently.

Here the steps

Plug your headphones back in.
Play a bit of sound through them (e.g., a song), then stop the sound.
Make sure Preferences is quit.
Launch Preferences and open the Sound pane.
While the Sound pane is open and set to Headphones, pull out the headphone plug from the jack.
It will reset itself to "Internal Speakers" and you are good to go.


Have you tried this tutorial or Puppy Linux official tutorial (page 21)?

You don't have to burn Puppy Linux to real CD, just repeat all installation process inside VirtualBox. Don't forget to connect your flash drive inside a virtual machine.

As a second option you can try installing rEFInd Boot Manager by Roderick W. Smith instead of rEFIt. rEFIt which seems to be abandoned.

Here is installation guide for rEFInd: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#osx


Does Apple have a distribution platform for web apps?

Apple does not have a dedicated web app store or platform. Apple's iOS App Store and the Mac App Store both require an app bundle be submitted.

It is possible to wrap up a locally hosted web site as an application. A minimal amount of code is required for this approach. This can then be submitted to Apple for review and possible inclusion.

See results for the search wrap web site in ios app webview for possible implementation approaches.


Activation Lock has no documented bypass, so your primary course of action will be to file a claim with whomever received your payment to reverse the transaction if they cannot locate the person who has the lock on the device.

How can I bypass Activation Lock?

The Apple ID that has the lock can simply log into the web interface at iCloud and remove that device - so this is purely a contract law / human engineering issue where you will need to expend some effort to recoup your costs, get the seller (or agent that processed the funds) to reverse things.

Depending on how you paid and your local laws, a chargeback for false sale might be relatively straight forward for you.

Ideally, sellers read the first article and buyers the parts of the second that cover purchasing a used iOS 7 device. You might find something in these articles to help build your claim if needed to the bank or seller if the ad you responded to was factually incorrect, misleading or otherwise false.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5661
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818


There are third-party applications such as iBackupViewer and iPhone Backup Extractor that will read those backup files.

Also, if by any chance Photostream was turned on, those photos are on somebody's Mac, hiding in

~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub


What could cause a new network route to be added every time a website is accessed?

I discovered that these are cloned routes unique to BSD networks stacks which are displayed when you use the '-a' option to netstat. For more info see: ETutorials / Home / Networking / Integrated cisco and unix network architectures /
Route Cloning


How to Kiosk Mode a Web Page OSX - Chrome

Have you considered using Opera as a browser for the signup. It does provide a kiosk mode that is easy to enable:

/Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/Opera -kioskmode -noexit

The documentation has information about a 'Go To Home' timeout mode that will restore the kiosk after a set interval.


iPhone - How to set up not requiring passcode if recently closed

I believe the setting you are looking for is Settings > Touch ID and Passcode > Require Passcode.

It should be noted that using a Microsoft Exchange account in email can effect the options available here.  For example the only option on my phone is "immediately".  this thread is how i finally learned why I only have the option "immediately".


Check out Hammerspoon. It seems to be very fully featured and — like AutoHotkey — offers a programmatic way to do all sorts of OSX automation, in addition to key binding/remapping.

(It takes a plugin based approach. Karabiner, mentioned in an answer above, can be used as a plugin too allowing its functionality to be enhanced in all sorts of ways.)

http://www.hammerspoon.org/


How do I make an ISO image out of a folder using Toast?

Toast has never used .iso format, it uses its own proprietary .toast format.

You can convert back to .dmg or .iso from .toast using something like DiskImageMounter but not the other way round.


Which macOS processes handle iMessage network communications?

iMessage message delivery is not as such handled seperately in a specific process for that single purpose.

Instead the generic apsd (Apple Push Notification Service Daemon) process handles the network communication. apsd handles Apple's push notification service in general.

The imagent process that you have already identified is indeed involved in iMessage, and not only Facetime. It is there to receive the notifications forwarded by the apsd process.

In addition there's a special case for iMessage attachments (i.e. very large iMessage messages in general). Their content is not transferred using push notificcations via apsd, but are rather downloaded from iCloud. That process is initiated via a notification from apsd however.

All in all this means that you can kill the apsd process, and keep it from restarting, and thereby stop iMessage messages from coming in (without "deactivating"). However it would also stop any other push notification from arriving at your computer.


I solved my problem using this script

for m in CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 LOGIN NTLM PLAIN; do
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "add ':module options:ldap:Denied SASL Methods:' string $m" /Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/LDAPv3/ldap.foo.fr.plist
done

I'm pretty sure it's not the best answer but still, it do the trick and now I can log in.


Using automatic setting but getting wrong timezone (missing 30 minutes)

Wow. That looks like a bug that Apple could verify and fix if you filed one. If you’re a developer, use the bug reporter. If not, calling AppleCare and asking them to help you set up the proper time zone, and if they fail, pointing them to this excellent documentation of how you sure look to me did everything correctly.

Worst case, they explain the fix and you can post an answer here for all to learn.


How can I make iPhone silent for a specific amount of time?

While time-limited muting does exist on Android, it does not on iOS. You can set your phone to silent (by using the mute switch on the side of the phone), but you can't set it to silent for N hours. This feature could come in a future software update (try suggesting it to Apple) but can't come from an app, as iOS apps are forbidden from controlling ringer volume or Do Not Disturb setting.

You can, however, set DND to come on for a specific time period every night, having it automatically turn on at 10pm and turn off at 7am, say (times are customizable). That's in Settings->Do Not Disturb->Scheduled.

Source of information about apps not being able to control ringer volume: my personal knowledge as a published iOS developer and this answer.


How many cycles do you have on the battery? If you have lost >20% of your
full charge less than ~200 cycles in, your phone is defective and eligible for service.

Failing that, you can go to the Battery tab of Settings and see which apps drain your battery the most. Quit any ones you don't need by double-clicking the home button and swiping up on them.

You can always enable Low-power mode all the time if necessary.

P.S. I have a 7+, and I get a full day (8+ hrs) between Clash Royale, texting, and the occasional web page.


The first thing you can try is doing a Reset SMC.


How to do a complete refresh in Safari 10.1.1 on MacOS Sierra

Shift-click the refresh button, or choose View → Reload Page From Origin (⌥⌘R) to refresh ignoring cached resources for the current domain. You can observe the effect in the Web Inspector's Network tab.

What I suspect is catching you out here is how a force refresh only bypasses cache for the same domain as the site you're refreshing. Even with a force refresh, resources may still be cached, such as from CDN domains.

To bypass cache for all resources, open the web inspector, choose the Network tab, then select ‘Ignore the resource cache when loading resources’. Refresh the page normally (all refreshes ignore cache now, not just ⇧-refresh) and all resources will be loaded from origin.


Is there a complete list of defaults / plist settings for the dock?

Each of the lists or applications below include Dock adjustments and default settings. None claim to be complete:

mathiasbynens' dotfiles
TinkerTool
defaults-write.com
Deeper / Onyx
Global defaults in macOS Mojave


Is it possible to find out an app installation date on iOS?

On iTunes on a computer. You can see your app & subscription purchase history.

Open itunes.
At the top select the iTunes Store.
On the right hand side click on "purchased".


i've deleted some Keychain certificates and now Internet browsing is almost impossible

Unfortunately, based on your comments, it looks like your only option is to start afresh.
* Backup everything first (use Time Machine or just clone it using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner)
* Do a fresh install of OS X Leopard. You can do it from an external SuperDrive or using another Mac that has a SuperDrive, with this one put in Target Disk Mode
* Run Software Update to bring the system up-to-date
* Use Migration Assistant (under the Applications->Utilities folder) to bring over your applications and data from the backup

Also see Reinstalling Mac OS X without a DVD Drive - Target Disk Mode


How to trick Mozy into thinking network share is local USB disk?

For the last couple years, I was basically the primary developer of the Mozy backup client for Mac. I worked primarily on the background process that actually identifies and uploads the files you've selected, and less on the user interface, but I'm still quite familiar with the code in question. I believe this makes me one of the most qualified people in the world to answer your question.

On a UNIX-based system such as OS X, information about a filesystem ultimately comes from the statfs(2) system call. One of the pieces of information this call can return is called f_mntfromname. This "mount from name" is basically the name of the raw device where the mounted disk originated. For physical volumes, it will probably look something like /dev/disk0s2. For an AFP mount, it looks something like this: afp_3gfD0q3eeRWD4jJmgS0DVWMM-1.2e000004. For a SMB share, it's something like this: //bjhomer@macbook-f2a0b3/Some%20User's%20Public%20Folder. Anyway, the point is that in order to determine whether a file is on a network share or not, Mozy checks whether a file's filesystem was mounted from somewhere inside /dev/, which is where all physically-attached devices live.

Unfortunately for you, /dev/ is owned by the kernel, and as such not susceptible to simple tricks like a symlink. You'd probably have to resort to a kernel extension (kext) that mimiced the contents of your remotely mounted volume as if it were a locally-mounted volume. I'm not a kext expert, so I'm not even really sure if that's technically feasible. And remember, since Mozy can start a backup at any time, your kext would need to make sure the volume is there at all times, handling any network glitches or the unavailability of the remote volume gracefully. (Any errors are likely to cause a kernel panic.) And you'll need to make sure that the simulated volume is mounted just like a normal volume and can handle all the system calls correctly. It's probably possible to do all of this, but frankly, it seems like a lot of work for very little benefit.

All that being said, it's hard to bet against the creativity of the internet. So if someone comes along and thinks of a good way to do it, all the better for you. But know that a good deal of thought went into the design of this particular behavior, and I don't anticipate a simple workaround. Of course, now that Mozy has moved away from their unlimited storage plans, one could argue that continuing to limit the availability of network backups to MozyPro customers seems odd. I'd agree with you. Maybe this limitation will be removed some day, but in the meantime, this is what we've got.

(For the record, I no longer work at Mozy; it's possible that the implementation of this behavior has changed since I left. I would doubt it, but it is possible.)


You can delete the Software in question, start the App-Store, logout the Work-id, login the Personal ID (in the App-Store) and Download the Software again.

If you want to make sure all settings and files of the Software in question are gone, use the Freeware 'AppCleaner' (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/)


Recover Deleted Zip file from macOS High Sierra

The Storage Management application will delete files without moving them to the trash.

You cannot restore them.

Your Mac has an SSD which will instantly execute the TRIM command. So, your Mac has already overwritten the file with something else. Data Recovery software also won't help. If you have a backup, try recovering the zip file from it.


Problem fixing my corrupted USB drive on OS X

You need to unmount the disk first. Before you can write to it using ddHere the command you need to run to unmount the disk:

sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2


See iAd Revenue in the new iTunes Connect layout?

Looks like apple hides the url. After log in iTunes connect, visit https://iad.apple.com/itcportal/ directly.

Update:
visit https://iad.apple.com/


In Boot Camp Assistant, how to select a previous Windows version to install?

Apple has recently dropped support for windows versions less than 10 on macOS sierra. I believe select macs can be "tricked" into booting, but I am stuck a bit as well. I did find these online posts that could help. I posted a similar question in case this gets figured out and you can then see the answer there.

Install Windows 7 on mid-2017 imac

My post (in case it eventually gets answered)

Tricking bootcamp on el capitan  (I believe they changed the plist file structure on macOS sierra despite it looking similar)

From what I can tell, I believe the process is as follows:

Partition hard drive using disk utility and have a 60gb minimum sized partition named "BOOTCAMP" as FAT to install windows to
Boot to windows 7 usb (or disk if your mac is before 2011) using mbr boot (not efi because the bootcamp software is expecting an MBR install). Some drivers also don't work for EFI windows installs yet, especially graphics.
Using the windows installer, format the BOOTCAMP partition as NTFS
Install and then after it reboots, hold option to boot into the windows partition again to finish installing
Boot into mac os and download the windows 7 bootcamp package FOR YOUR DEVICE (if there isn't one, you may not be able to have backlight, keyboard / mouse support like mac os does - but should have basic drivers). Other devices may not show up correctly, such as the "coprocessor" and other apple unique devices.
Install this software when booted into windows. You may need to modify a config file or trick the MSI installer to run. There may be a "NOCHECK" command line parameter to pass to the MSI. This link says more: Bootcamp support software on unsupported hardware
Reboot into mac
Use the startup option in the mac settings to choose the default startup volume

This is all I've been able to find, but I'm currently stuck at booting the windows 7 install.

I was able to install windows 7 into the partition, but had to use VirtualBox to boot to the disc using mbr and avoid the freezing issue.

The steps I did were:

Created a windows 7 VM with 1gb ram, with NO hard disk.
Created a raw vmdk file manually using the following commands in mac terminal (this points to a physical disk, so use CAUTION):

diskutil list (to find your drive/partition id)

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk0s4 (use your drive/partition id found above)

chmod 777 /dev/disk0s4(use your drive/partition id found above)

VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename win7destinationPartition.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0s4 (use your drive/partition id found above)

chmod 777 win7destinationPartition.vmdk
Then I went to the settings for the vm I created and went to the storage tab. I enabled the "use host I/O cache on the SATA controller" option (otherwise it throws an error).
Then I added a hard drive under the sata controller and selected my "win7destinationPartition" vmdk file.
Then I "inserted" the iso into the virtual optical drive
Closed the settings, and powered on the VM. It was able to boot into mbr with the destination being my partition. I then proceed with the windows install.

My next steps are to fix the partition / boot info on the physical drive, so it sees my windows partition on the "option" menu at boot up and as a startup volume. I'll update with any progress I make.


Time Machine backup to an SMB share Mavericks

Pulled this from MacRumors:

After you get the sparse bundle created in your desired location, mount the sparse bundle by double clicking it.  It should mount just as any other drive or image file will.
Once that is done open up terminal and run this command (leave the quotes in place):

sudo tmutil setdestination "/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/"

Now open up Time Machine and turn it on.  You don't have to select your disk, the command in terminal did that for you.


If it's just the icon giving you issues, not the connection, then try removing the icon from the menu bar, restarting your machine, and then putting it back.

To remove the "Wifi Status" menu bar icon, drag it out of the menu bar while holding the command key.

Restart your machine. To put the icon back, go to System Preferences > Network > Show Wifi Status in Menu Bar.

If this doesn't work, then reset your Network interface, which will erase your previous configuration and set it back to default.


iMac mid 2011 T2 secondary heatsink heating up

This is not a problem. I have a 2010 iMac with an HDD and I have Temperature Gauge 4.1. It reports the temperature at 14 different locations in my iMac. My computer is basically idling right now. 9 of the 14 locations have a temperature that is over 60°C, with the Power Supply Heatsink reporting 75°C. The locations that are not reporting temperatures over 60°C are at 55-59°C. So 60°C is not a problem. The Average CPU temperature on my machine is reported as 59°C. One fan is maxed out and another almost maxed out. This is normal for my older iMac. The left side of my iMac also gets very hot to the touch.


Cannot mute my ringtone since recent update, will go down to 1 bar and no further

This is usual behavior for iOS. The ringtone-volume can't be set to zero. If you want it muted, you'll have to use the mute-switch.

Perhaps you're mistaking it with the volume for music, etc. (as soon as music is playing your side button will trigger 'volume' instead of 'ringer' - which can be set to 0).


This happened to me with newer iPads and even my iPhone XS Max. Let it charge using the Serial cable. Leave it on the charger for at least two hours. Then try to turn it on, connect it to iTunes, and go from there. That helped my boot loop.


Rotate the Quote Bubble shape in Keynote for macOS

With the thought-bubble shape select, you just drag the green position handle on the tip of the callout triangle (for lack of a better term) with the mouse to the position of your liking.

Please see image below.


How to save PDFs from web for offline reading on an iPad?

You can technically install one of the many PDF viewers for iOS from the App Store, save the PDFs within the app, and you are good to go. As long as the PDF is saved locally, you won't need an active Internet or Wi-Fi connection.

One of the most popular and and 1st party app is Apple Books. If you couldn't find it installed, you can open the referred link on your iPad and install it.

Once installed, you can export the desired PDFs into Apple Books app, either by syncing with iTunes, or wirelessly via AirDrop from another Mac. Once you have the app installed, you can also open a PDF file in a web browser on your iPad (such as Safari, or a 3rd party browser) while online, and export the PDF file into Apple Books. Once exported, the PDF remains available for offline viewing.

There are also a variety of other ways to get the PDF into Apple Books and a variety of other apps (such as Amazon Kindle) that lets you do the same. Totally depends on your preferences, availability and your use of other devices and services etc.

Step by step instructions to save a PDF file open in a Web browser to Apple Books app

Make sure you have the Apple Books app installed on your iPad. If not, open this link on your iPad to go directly to the App Store page of the Apple Books app.

Open the desired PDF file in the Web browser of your choice. Here I have opened a PDF file in Safari.

Tap on the share icon in the browser toolbar (shown just next to the address bar) to reveal the share sheet. Once the sheet is shown, tap on Copy to Books item. If the option is not shown, you can enable it by tapping on More button shown at the end.

Voila! the PDF file is downloaded behind the scenes and copied into the Apple Books app. It can be viewed under Collections → Downloaded in the Apple Books app.

You now have access to PDF file in offline mode.

You are only limited by the amount of available storage space on your iPad when it comes to number of PDF files that can be saved for offline viewing. Apple Books can also save and open ePUB books.


Youtube video won't play with Firefox but will with Safari!

If you don't have Adobe Flash plugin installed you need to do so and give it another go.
Do you have by any chance the Firefox "Flashblock" extension installed?!


Introduction
The Fonts included with the macOS operating system have not changed a whole lot over the years. As new (and highly customisable) fonts are made available to download and add to your FontBook, it indeed becomes difficult to remember which ones you have installed yourself and which were installed by the last macOS update. Having faced this issue for several years now, I  believe that I have found and implemented the best solution implemented across my various mac devices.

The Concept
I have discovered that the following solution is both reliable and very easy to set up. It includes uploading the entire fonts folder on the mac to Dropbox. Already being a frequent user of the platform, I am a big believer in syncing my fonts this way because my Design projects live there permanently. The big advantage is that the work and fonts are all in one location (Dropbox) from where I can access them at any time without having to search the internet for that one awesome font I haven't installed locally on the end-device. If I share a project, I can also have instant access to include the fonts in the project files, making it super easy for the receiver of my work to continue.

The Setup
You can find these sorts of guides all over the internet but I have found this one to be the most reliable in terms of macOS changes.

Your Mac:

Launch Terminal in Applications/Utilities/
Run cd ~/Library to open your user Library.
Run sudo mv Fonts ~/Dropbox to move your Fonts folder to your Dropbox.
Enter your password when prompted.
Run ln -s ~/Dropbox/Fonts to create a symbolic link in your User Library.

Target Mac:

Launch Terminal in Applications/Utilities/
Run cd ~/Library to open your user Library.
Run sudo rm -r Fonts to delete your user fonts folder.
Enter your password when prompted.
Run ln -s ~/Dropbox/Fonts to create a symbolic link in your User Library.

Things to consider
While this setup works well for my own purposes, you may like to thing about using a different cloud storage provider such as Google Drive or Apple's iCloud, which may work even better on other Apple devices.
Let me know how you make out and whether you have any questions about this method in action. I am sure it would fit your needs and I'd be more than happy to follow up with you on this.

Follow-up Additions

This method essentially removes all Fonts from the mac and migrates them to Dropbox, then a link to the location is created, allowing any of your linked devices (or through the web interface) to add new/delete old fonts to/from your "repository".
After the initial synchronization between Dropbox and the mac, you are able to disconnect from it because the font files have been synced to the Dropbox folder in your file system, much like every other cloud storage solution has that offline component. You may make changes to any content, once you connect to the internet, it syncs up and any changes push to all devices.
If you are a one-off solution, I'd recommend not going to all the trouble of creating the symbolic link etc, and simply copying all the fonts to a folder on Dropbox or any other physical/cloud storage medium, deleting all fonts in the Fonts folder on the target machine and pasting all of them into the (now empty) Fonts folder.
If you wish to keep existing ones, I have honestly not looked into that in too much detail as it wasn't applicable to my situation at the time. Apps like Compare Folders work really well when locating differences. I would suggest you check the source mac's Font folder against the target mac's Fonts folder and view the differences. This would allow you to pick out those that are not in the target folder. It isn't all as complicated as it sounds.


Swap right command with right alt/option on external bluetooth keyboard

It seems to work at least on my Apple Wireless Keyboard. KeyRemap4MacBook should work with most external keyboards that don't have their own drivers.


I have a 2013 MBP running Mojave. It’s showing no issues and works fine. No concerns on speed. I noted no apparent slowdown in anything after upgrading from High Sierra. I think you should be fine... I wouldn’t even consider a 2016 model to be “old” at this point.

A sided by side comparison shows Mojave actually been slightly faster overall, and much faster in Booting.

Reboot average times were 212 seconds in High Sierra but only 124 seconds in Mojave, that’s an 88-second improvement.

However, as with any new OS X, the performances from 3D party apps might be initially impacted till they provide updates to they products.

Example Adobe CS Premiere Pro is 2 seconds slower in opeing on Mojave.

Do not have "word processing apps" to compare to answers your question.


Note Timing Dropdown Menu on Garageband 10.0.3?

If the audio editor is too short it will hide some of the options.  Resize the audio editor to be taller to show the Time Quantize options which has the menu you're looking for.  Here's a screen shot:


How to disable Top Sites in Safari on macOS Lion

I found this somwhere else which may solve your problem:

Quit Safari
Open Terminal (Applications/Utilities) & paste:

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2

then hit return & quit Terminal.

To reactivate:

defaults delete com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy


Intermittent detection of USB 2.0 keyboard thru Anker hub on macOS Catalina

I have the same issue. My USBC hub is Deltaco USBC 1266.

You probably don't need to reboot, just move the keyboard from one slot to another or move the whole dongle from one port to another. This usually resolves it for me.

I had this problem when the computer was new in 2016. Whatever the OS was then. And I got it again after upgrading to Catalina.


Old version (macOS Sierra) for Pages, Keynote and Numbers, iWork

You need to have an old version of Pages, Keynote and Numbers installed in your Applications folder to be able to update them. If you lack these (either because you deleted them or never had them installed first hand) and never registered the purchase with your Apple ID, you need to work your way up through the missing years of upgrading, including the registration with your Apple ID to be offered an installation on any system that's older than the currently shipped Mojave:

Install an old iWork suite (from your original installation medium, or use the iWork ’09 trial suite that can still be downloaded from Apple.
You now have an iWork 09 folder inside your Applications folder, containing trial versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
Launch Pages, Numbers and Keynote, then quit each app. (This step was suggested by the instructions based on the 2014 article. It doesn't seem to be necessary any more - I had only launced one of the programs.)
The trial suite can be upgraded to iWork 9.3 with a downloader available at Apple - Support - Downloads. I cannot verify if this step is necessary since I had installed that upgrade. I suspect it can be skipped.
You still have an iWork 09 folder inside your Applications folder, containing trial versions of Pages (v4.3), Numbers (v2.3) and Keynote (v5.3).
Launch the Mac App Store, go to the updates tab, and activate show incompatible updates. Selecting one of those apps will take you to the app's page. There, select update. The store asks for purchase confirmation and your password (if required by your settings). Then it will attempt to update the application, and fail, telling you that they require 10.14. Repeat for all three (five, if you installed iMovie and Garageband from your original DVDs) applications anyway, since from then on this application will appear in your Purchased tab. (Note: The Purchased tab disappeared with MacOS 10.14 - High Sierra might be the last OS to handle this step)
Now your purchase is linked to your account, and you may reinstall those applications if they ever should get lost. So let's loose them: delete the iWork09 folder from Applications (or move it to the Thrash).
Go to the purchased tab in App Store. The applications are listed at the top of the purchased list. Upon selecting install, you will be prompted if you want to install the last supported version for your OS release.

You now have Pages (v8.1), Numbers (v6.1) and Keynote (v9.1) directly in your Applications folder. (Version numbers applying to High Sierra as of January 2020)

Alternative route
If you have access to another Mac running a version of MacOS currently supported by the App Store (As of Jan 2020, that would be 10.14 (Mojave) or 10.15), you could associate your AppleID with an account on that Mac, download (and thus register) the Applications you want to install on your older Mac there, and then use the Purchased tab on the older Mac to reinstall older versions of those apps on the older Mac.

Sources:

2014 Redmondpie article
2014 Cult of Mac article
2018 osxdaily article "Where to Download Old Mac OS Software"
MacWorld article about missing purchases tab in Mojave App Store


Deleting files doesn't free storage on SSD

This situation is normal for Catalina on up, due to the way that the file system is managed by the OS. See here: What's /System/Volumes/Data?
You can check out OmniDiskSweeper to find files/folders that are taking up space.


How to selectively enable autocorrect based on language?

There is no possibility to turn on autocorrect for one language on the keyboard but not on another. There is the setting "Check spelling that only underlines 'incorrect' words, but does not change it. I like to use that feature, as I am also bilingual. When that feature is on, you can first type your text and then tap the underlines one by one and then pick the suggestion you want.

If you want to jailbreak your iPad, then you could install a tweak called 'ManualCorrect' that only changes the word to the suggestion when you tap it.

Source: own experience and http://iphonemonsta.com/manualcorrect-autocorrect-fix-iphone-ios-cydia


Running meld: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'append_search_path'

After finally stumbling upon this https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35697, I installed XQuartz to replace X11 and restarted. meld now works


Transfering file and folder permissions to a clean install with rsync?

As you have discovered Time Machine and the system migration scripts handle all the little corners where files are customized per unique account or tied into a system file or just not to be backed up. I would probably rsync back the files into a new short name for which no user exists on the system.
Then take advantage of the system to fix permissions by creating the new user and answering yes when it sees the home folder present matching the short name of the user you are about to create.

Delete oxprox_2 account or copy into oxprox_3
Create the account to match the restore path
Let the system fix permissions on the restored files
Log in to the new account and test

Basically, delay making the account until after you’ve done the restore.


The hosts file does not support wildcards, so you have to map each domain and subdomain,
which means, you need to add

173.252.110.27   www.google.com

as well. If you are redirect to a local version of google, eg like www.google.fr, you need to add that as well.

You can edit the host file easily from a terminal window without changing the file format to RichText or similar by running the following command:

$ sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

You need to enter your password. Afterwards, add your changes at the end of the file, not the beginning.

At the end, flush you DNS cache or reboot your mac.


How to set up mouse second and third button?

I found how to do it. It is not the most comfortable way having both, if anyone knows a work-around I'll be thankfull.

I had to set secondary button in the tiny scroll-ball , that way it works. And about the drag scrolling, i am using smart scroll software, but I also have to set it up in secondary button , and it also works with the tiny scrollball click.


How to make iCal event repeat based on Chinese calendar?

iCal (actually now Calendar.app) is strictly a Gregorian calendar. It shows Chinese dates as a matter of convenience, but it does not actually operate on the Chinese calendar system.


How can I create a custom colored icon font?

For font making the common OS X tools are FontLab, FontForge, and Glyphs.

I understand the Color Emoji font uses png color bitmaps in two sizes in a proprietary “sbix” table, but have not yet seen info on how to make that table.


Auto Generating and Printing PDF Files From Markdown?

You can do this with Markdown.pl and htmldoc(1), both of which can be installed with Homebrew.  The basic flow for making a PDF is:

markdown foo.markdown | htmldoc --no-toc --no-title -f foo.pdf -

As for your filename-per-page, you coul incorporate echo to add it as an HTML element:

echo $(markdown foo.markdown) "
foo
" | htmldoc --no-toc --no-title -f foo.pdf -

And for printing, the lpr(1) command will send a file to your default printer.

Tying this altogether:

for filename in `ls *.markdown`;
do
    echo $(markdown "$filename") "
$filename
" |
        htmldoc --no-toc --no-title -f "${filename}.pdf" -
    lpr "${filename}.pdf"
done


Yes, it will delete them from iCloud.
If you need more space on your computer, you should get an external drive and move the photos onto there, then delete them from your Mac.


It sounds like you might have dragged it out of the Sidebar on your Finder Window. Try this: plug the drive back in, and then hit  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   C   to go to your Computer view. You should see all your connected drives there; just drag the drive you want back to the Sidebar.


To debug this, you'll need to open terminal.app and look at the power assertions log. It's pretty verbose, but it really shows what's going on to prevent a sleep from happening.

pmset -g assertionslog

If you need a smaller set of data to look at, just ask for the current status and not an ongoing log of what's set and what's changing.

pmset -g assertions

You can close the window when you're done with the tools.


How to make ffmpeg use correct libfreetype version?

Try to reinstall with Homebrew instead of macports..? I have had too many dependency issues when using macports.

brew install ffmpeg

If you have problems (you shouldn't on a clean Homebrew install) check the answer here.


What is the Default content in /private/etc/paths?

The default content of /etc/paths until Mavericks (10.9) is:

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

The default content of /etc/paths since Yosemite (10.10) is:

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


Go to Today tab in the Activity tab and swipe to get to yesterday. You should see the activity and its duration in a big box. Tap it, and scroll to find Show all Data. You can delete the particular entry there.

Adding is similar, go to some day you did yoga on, Tap on the said big box and find red + at the top right.


Macbook Pro (5.1 Model Late 2008) 16GB RAM upgrade

The Late 2008 MacBook Pro's can only address:

6.0GB for the 17" model
8.0GB for the 15" model

The information is based on personal experience and backed by MacTracker


Tell if screen is original or replacement on iPhone 5

I am not sure what those marks you are showing are, but I am slightly concerned by the colour of the proximity sensor on the left of the ear piece in photo 1...

Have a look at my previous answer to a similar question:
How to check if the screen replacement part for iPhone 5s is an original one?

This might help also.


Turned off iCloud, but still deleted my photos from all devices

The problem is you misunderstand how iCloud Photo Library works. It syncs your photos so that all devices match at all times. Therefore, when you told it to delete your photos on your old phone, you were telling it to delete them everywhere. You can restore them from the Recently Deleted folder on your Photos app and/or www.iCloud.com.


How to change the multitasking view in iOS 9?

No, not without jailbreaking.

If you're willing to jailbreak your phone, there is a tweak called SwitcherTweak (no idea how they came up with the name) which lets you select which direction the app switcher goes in.

(Note: if you have updated to iOS 9.1, there's no jailbreak utility currently available for it and there is no way to downgrade.)


How to take a full length screenshot of the iPhone Messages app?

Stich It! is the App you're looking for I believe.


How do I transfer podcasts to an iPod shuffle (2nd gen) in macOS Catalina?

My ipod shuffle would not show up in the finder when I plugged it in. Here's a workaround that worked for me:

Open Music App
Click on your iPod shuffle in the sidebar
You should see a Sync Settings button in the upper right
That will open the finder window where you can sync podcasts


To add the space from the deleted container to the existing container, the deleted container would at least have to physically reside after the existing container. In your case, this probably was not true. You can confirm this by viewing the output from the command given below.
diskutil info disk0s3 | grep -e Size -e Offset

Here, I assume the existing container has disk0s3 as the identifier for the physical partition. If you restart your Mac, this will probably change to disk0s2. The offset should show the partition starts at around 151 GB. If so, then all the free space you created resides before the container and therefore can not be added to the container.
Apple's intent by creating APFS was for a computer to have only one APFS container. You can create additional volumes within a container and install more than one macOS operating system. If you had done this, then deleting the APFS volume(s) would have automatically made the free space available for other volumes.


Can I toggle Do Not Disturb on/off on my Mac as easily as I can on my iPhone?

Option + Click the menu bar

Actually, there is a Menu Bar icon, of sorts.

To toggle Do Not Disturb you can just hold the option key down while you click on the Notification Centre icon at top right of your Menu Bar.

Doing this will instantly make any visible notifications disappear and grey out the icon. You can still click on it to manually show/hide the Notification Centre whenever you want, but Do Not Disturb stays active.

NOTE: Do Not Disturb will stay active until the next day (when it becomes inactive again) or until you once again hold the option key while clicking on the Notification Centre icon.

Keyboard shortcut

You can also create a keyboard shortcut. To do this:

Go to Apple > System Preferences...
Select the Keyboard preference pane
Select the Shortcuts tab
In the left-hand pane select Mission Control
On the right-hand side tick the Turn Do Not Disturb On/Off checkbox
Now press the keys you want to use for your shortcut (e.g. in the screenshot below I've chosen ⇧⌘D)

Exit System Preferences

Now you should be able to use that Keyboard shortcut to toggle Do Not Disturb on/off as required.

NOTE: If a keyboard shortcut you've set up doesn't work, then it's most likely already in use for another purpose within macOS. Likewise, if it doesn't work while you're in a particular app, then it may conflict with an app-specific shortcut. In either case you will need to change your shortcut.


Most of these codes are defined in the MacErrors.h header file. It might be that you need Xcode installed to have that header file on your system, so you can look it up online here:

https://opensource.apple.com/source/CarbonHeaders/CarbonHeaders-18.1/MacErrors.h

It lists a huge number of error codes with a short explanation.

Some error codes are not defined in this header file, but instead in other, similar header files for various subsystems. For example AppKitErrors.h, FoundationErrors.h, CoreDataErrors.h, etc.

Unfortunately your error code -8058 is not defined in MacErrors.h.


Grey Volume bar - coreaudiod - Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 2

"Weird reason 2" is ENOENT: No such file or directory. The file the job is referring to (/usr/bin/sandbox-exec on my installation) no longer exists.


How to Stop Encrypting process in external hard drive?

There’s no option for stopping and reversing the encryption process. It doesn’t matter that it is an external drive, as it is still the same processs as is used when enabling FileVault on internal drives.

Note that if you unmount/unplug
the drive, encryption will be paused - but it resumes the next time it is plugged in.

In regards to accessing the content - you should be able to do this while the disk is encrypting. If you can not locate the disk in Finder, open Disk Utility to mount the external drive. You can use the drive as normally while it is encrypting - although performance will be impacted a bit.


OS X internet recovery older version problem

Note: This answer has been updated because the comment below misunderstands how Recovery works. When your Recovery partition gets updated, not only will it run the newest version of macOS, but the installer gets updated to the newest version as well.

If a Mac shipped with macOS 12.3 or earlier, then Internet Recovery will install whatever version of macOS shipped on the Mac, even if the Mac had previously been updated.

If the Mac shipped with macOS 12.4 or later, or was upgraded to 12.4 or later, then Internet Recovery will install the most recent version of macOS that is supported on that Mac.

So if your Mac shipped with 10.11, and you updated to 10.12, then:
Internet Recovery will install 10.11
Recovery will install 10.12

If your Mac shipped with 10.11 and you updated to 10.12.4, then:
Internet Recovery will install 10.13 (or later)
Recovery will install 10.12.4


Cannot update from OS X 10.11 to 10.11.1 - Stuck in loop

Although this answer is a single link, it goes directly to the 10.11.1 Update Installer download, and does not rely on the App store. If you can boot your machine and use it normally, download this installer and ignore the App store for now. The .dmg size is 1.19GB.


Does AirPlay mirroring have any restrictions?

There are restrictions on Airplay in Mountain Lion. It has to do with your video card that comes on the machines that you are using.

Your video card has to be powerful enough to do all the heavy lifting of streaming so that your CPU is unhindered and therefor you can smoothly still use your machine.

This question and answer should help you out and explain things and find an alternative, such as AirParrot.

Here is an Apple Support Article on the subject, listing the restrictions and giving more information on how Airplay Mirroring works.

Here is the excert from the article showing the compatible computers:

iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

As for a Mac Pro, they are not listed as a compatible model that supports Airplay Mirroring, as discussed in this article here.

You can still connect a cable and mirror in that sense, that has not changed in ML. The mirroring feature of using a separate display is a completely different process than Airplay Mirroring.

I hope that this answer helps you out.


Is there any app to make/receive calls on iphone from another non-apple device?

Yes, on your iPad or iPhone go to settings > facetime > choose the caller id option for your phone number, then an option will appear to allow iphone cellular calls.


How to set a double press key shortcut on Mavericks? i.e. double-press option-key for mission control

You can use a private.xml like this with KeyRemap4MacBook:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>custom</name>
    <identifier>custom</identifier>
    <autogen>__DoublePressModifier__ KeyCode::OPTION_L, KeyCode::OPTION_L,
    KeyCode::EXPOSE_ALL</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

You can also assign different functions to pressing and holding a key. This would make pressing the right command open Safari:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <vkopenurldef>
    <name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</name>
    <url>file:///Applications/Safari.app</url>
  </vkopenurldef>
  <item>
    <name>custom</name>
    <identifier>custom</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyOverlaidModifier__ KeyCode::COMMAND_R, KeyCode::COMMAND_R,
    KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</autogen>
  </item>
</root>


This looks like an issue with your display, your flex cable, or some thing in the graphics part of your motherboard (a bad gpu, bad gpu solder balls, or a bad tantalum capacitor for the gpu).

If you feel comfortable, reseat the video flex cable and see if that solves it. If you don't feel comfortable opening your laptop, you'll need to take it in for repair.

Messing around inside a computer can always cause issues, even for experienced technicians, so if you feel uncomfortable doing it, don't risk it. You could permanently damage components.


How to run the Apple Hardware Test in Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro?

If I remember correctly, in Snow Leopard the Apple Hardware test was on the second install DVD, and would only run from the DVD (unless you manage to install it on the hard drive and run it from there).

See also the official Apple page: Apple hardware test


Terminal: Remove specific extension recursively

Try this:

$ find TopFolder -print
Topfolder
Topfolder/Folder1
Topfolder/Folder1/Folder11.ext
Topfolder/Folder1/Folder11.ext/Folder111
Topfolder/Folder2.ext
$ find TopFolder -name '*.ext' -print | while read i; do mv -v "$i" "${i%.ext}";done
$ find TopFolder
TopFolder
TopFolder/Folder1
TopFolder/Folder1/Folder11
TopFolder/Folder1/Folder11/Folder111
TopFolder/Folder2

The first and last find are just to show the before and after hierarchy. Here's how the middle find, the one that does the actual work, works:

$ find TopFolder -name '*.ext' -print

This finds everything in TopFolder matching the pattern '*.ext', that is all files and directories ending in .ext, and prints the path to each. If you want to limit it to just directories, add -type d.

while read i; do

read i reads from standard input into the shell variable i. while loops until read i returns false, which it does on end-of-file. Being find's output is being piped to the while, read's standard input is the output of the find, so read will read a line at a time from the find output until there's none left.

mv -v "$i" "${i%.ext}"

This does the actual rename. The -v is in there just so you can see what's happening, you can leave it out if you want. "$i" is the source, quoted in case any element of the path in $i contains spaces. "${i%.ext}" is the destination, which is $i, with any trailing .ext removed.

done

This just terminates the while loop.

Note that this is in bash, it should be doable in other fairly modern shells, but the syntax may be a bit different.


How to block certain IP/Mac Addresses from accessing my AirPort on my 2009 iMac?

Apparently it's possible to enable MAC filtering using the Internet Sharing feature in Snow Leopard.

Here is an extended description how to do it and at the same time overcome some flaws of the sharing implementation of SL.

Essentially you have to add an additional key/array in the /etc/bootpd.plist containing the MAC as string:

    ....
    <key>allow</key>
    <array>
            <string>0:17:43:a3:2d:45</string>
    </array>
    ...

Probably the opposite: deny/MAC-address works as well.

Please check the whole article and implement the respective modifications.


What do I do to start my iPad back up if it is powered off and power button doesn't work?

These things will resolve all issues:

Enable Assistive Touch: Settings>General>Accessibility>Assistive Touch
This will give you an on screen button, navigate to Device and then hold the sleep/wake on screen button, slide to power off
To turn the iPad back on, plug the device into power.


ls -axi would have performed a regular directory listing, but with more contents (-a showing dot-files), a horizontal sort (-x) in columns, and with the inode number present (-i).

From the man page for ls:

-a

  Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (.).

~ $ ls
Desktop     Downloads  Movies  Pictures
Documents   Library    Music   Public

~ $ ls -a
.          Downloads  Pictures
..         Library    Public
Desktop    Movies
Documents  Music

-x

  The same as -C, except that the multi-column output is produced with entries sorted across, rather than down, the columns.

-C

  Force multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a terminal.

~ $ ls -ax
.          ..         Desktop
Documents  Downloads  Library
Movies     Music      Pictures
Public

-i

  For each file, print the file's file serial number (inode number).

~ $ ls -axi
686312 .          643912 ..         686338 Desktop
686325 Documents  686327 Downloads  686313 Library
686390 Movies     686333 Music      686336 Pictures
686386 Public


Is there a way to not require a password for login when I am at home but still require one everywhere else

I’ve configured my system to do something similar to what you are trying to do. While I personally never disable my login password (I never recommend doing it for several reasons) I do change some of my security settings for my local home network vs. when I’m away from home.

First, you will  want to get and install ControlPlane (which I have NOT tested with El Capitan). This add-on will let you change a bunch of settings on your Mac based on the location information that it can glean from "evidence sources”.  It also has a bunch of built in functions, is AppleScriptable, and open source.

Once you have ControlPlane installed you will need to create an AppleScript that will let you disable or enable password login based on the location information.

The AppleScript you create may be different depend on which Mac OS you are running (in your case El Capitan). But it will be similar to the script I created on OS X 10.9.5 to do what you want.

NOTE 1: This scrip only toggles the settings found on the Security & Privacy Page, it does NOT have any understanding of the location information. You will probably want to create a version of this AppleScript for each location that ControlPlane identifies, and have it change the settings accordingly.

NOTE 2: This script require the user to enter their administrative password twice when disabling the password login and screensaver settings. I don’t know of a way around this unless you want to drop down and do shell scripting from ControlPlane, or add your password into the AppleScript and have it type it in for you.
I DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY THIS SCRIPT! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK AS I HAVE NOT TESTED WITH EL CAPITAN.

-- !!! USE THIS SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!
-- !!! NO IMPLIED OR EXPLICIT GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE !!!
-- USE OF THIS SCRIPT IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK ON ALL OS VERSIONS!

-- An AppleScript to Disable and Enable automatic login and sleep/screen saver password request.
-- This script may require the user to enter their administrative password twice when disabling.
-- This script ONLY toggles the settings found on the Security & Privacy page.

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.security"
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            click menu item "Security & Privacy" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
            delay 0.5

            -- Check to see if the System Prefs are locked and editing is disabled.
            if title of checkbox 1 of window 1 is "Click the lock to make changes." then
                click checkbox 1 of window 1
                repeat until checkbox "Click the lock to prevent further changes." of window 1 exists
                    delay 0.1
                end repeat
            end if

            -- This should enable or disable "Disable automatic login"
            click checkbox "Disable automatic login" of tab group 1 of window 1
            repeat until not (exists sheet 1 of window 1)
                delay 0.1
            end repeat
            delay 0.5

            -- This should enable or disable "Require password after sleep or screen saver begins"
            click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window 1
            delay 0.25
            repeat until not (exists sheet 1 of window 1)
                click button "Turn Off Screen Lock" of sheet 1 of window 1
            end repeat
            delay 0.25
            -- BE CARFULE IF YOU CHANGE THIS AS IT COULD MODIFY YOUR KEYCHAIN!!!
            repeat until not (exists sheet 1 of window 1)
                click button "Keep Using Keychain" of sheet 1 of window 1
            end repeat

        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
end tell

If you use this scrip as an AppleScript app MAKE SURE that your Accessibility settings are enabled, otherwise it won’t work.


Can I restore individual iCal appointments using Time Machine?

I asked staff at the Apple Store the same question, who consulted with a Genius. As of Mountain Lion, it is still not possible to go into Time Machine via iCal/Calendar. In other words, the only solution is to manually restore deleted entries from raw iCal/Calendar files (located in ~/Library) using Time Machine.

There is a related discussion on Apple Support Communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3851319?start=0&tstart=0

The person I spoke to also reminded me to turn off iCloud before attempting the restore procedure, as it may corrupt existing calendars.


How can I optimize use of Civilization III in VirtualBox?

Tuning performance on one system stacked that deeply with layers of software is tricky - you will need to observe and measure:

The game performing against Windows 7 so that you could see if Windows needs settings changes to run the game more effectively.
The Windows OS running against the VirtualBox environment and seeing if VB settings can make windows run better.
The Virtual Box runs on OS X and you'll need to see what OS settings might influence how well that runs.

Since we're an Apple centric site, I'll get you started on item 3 on how to measure things on the OS level open activity monitor when you are running things and get a sense whether memory, disk or CPU is being stressed. Hopefully it's just one of the three items and you can then see if tuning and optimizing for that one area helps your gameplay more satisfying.


Can I use Home Sharing with an iPod Nano 7th gen?

The iPod nano 7th generation does not have Wi-Fi, so Home Sharing is not available.


I had a similar issue and this post solved it for me:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/26964292#26964292

It may be the same discussion that Tetsujin references, but the setting to use is NOT "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated" -- you should use "Send NTLMv2 response only". After I made that change, I connected to the share, put in my Mac username & pwd, and it connected.


Why different Bluetooth headsets pair in different ways on iPhone?

What makes the pairing procedures for the two headsets different?

Quite simply, the Bluetooth version is what determined the pairing capabilities.

Is the new headset using some kind of advanced Bluetooth technology?

In short, yes.  That Sony WF-1000XM3 earbuds are Bluetooth 5 compliant and if you’re using an iPhone 8 or newer, it’s also utilizing Bluetooth 5.
So why the difference?  Basically the protocol it uses to advertise its services. Bluetooth 5 supports LE (low energy) extended advertisements.  Basically, when close enough, the device will advertise to a discoverable device like your phone “I’m a headset.  Would you like to pair?”  Which is why it seems so simple.
It gets even easier when you utilize NFC in which you actually “touch” the devices together and the Bluetooth connection manager assumes you want to connect so it just looks for a confirmation To pair - yes or no.
I couldn’t find specifications for the Xround Versa because their website is quite limited, but I would guess that it uses Bluetooth 4.0 or even earlier resulting in the different experience.


Warning: be careful about editing the system dictionary as it is easy to get an unusable dictionary. You also run the risk of having the updated dictionary over-written by subsequent OSX updates.
To edit the system level dictionaries, there is a helpful Q&A that tells you where to find the dictionaries: superuser.
In summary:

~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
The System-wide equivalent, which is empty on my Mac, would be here:
/Library/Spelling/
Aside from this, you will find packaged dictionaries here:
/Library/Dictionaries/
~/Library/Dictionaries/

If it were me, I would just add the word to my personal dictionary. Although your question was how to edit the system dictionary, I note that on my system (10.8.2 Australian English) both your words are accepted.
But Microsoft Word 2011 (with Australian English) puts red lines under expresso and is happy with espresso.
It appears your example may be one of those where there is different usage in different parts of the world and in different software packages.


Brand new Macbook Pro retina fail Memtest

As you said in the comments :

Memtest is failing
Apple Hardware Test indicates a possible memory failure

This a clearly a bad indicator for your memory.

The fact that a premium reseller is not taking your MacBook Pro for some obscure reasons would make me call a huge bulls**t.

They have to take if it's defective !


Where is a video stored after it is deleted from my iPhone?

The video is then stored in your Messages application as opposed to your photo library. If you have iCloud enabled for messages it is stored in iCloud as well for both people, since you both have the message.

To see photos stored in Messages, go to [Settings] -> General -> iPhone Storage -> Messages, there you will find a section for Photos and Videos:


Have you tried the latest DisplayLink manager software? It is a bit of a battery-guzzler and has some limitations r.e. 3D acceleration, but may be an improvement on the native OS X driver.


My own iPad Air shut off by itself last month (with the charge reading at 80%) and wouldn't turn on, even when I plugged it in. After 30 minutes of it being plugged in, the screen was still black. However, I left the iPad charging for about an hour and finally the screen came back on.

Try charging it for an hour, and plugging it into iTunes to see if you get a response from it.


System Services in Automator won't start

You could try running "Disk Utility.app", manually, and try to do the following:

Repair permissions.
Verify or repair disk.

If that doesn't work, you could try to narrow it down by starting from another volume with a different copy of the System Software.

That's worth a try I think.


Finally found the solution. If this happens to you, try turning on (or turning off/on) the iCloud contact syncing, even if you don't think you're using it.

I turned it back on (I never realized it was on) and all my contacts came back. I guess the phone was using iCloud to sync contacts all along and I wasn't aware of it.


Debugging MacBook Pro kernel panic few minutes after resuming from standby

From the look of this line:

  panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802947d5dd): "VM_PAGE_QUEUES_REMOVE: unmarked page on Q"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/osfmk/vm/vm_pageout.c:1924

And there's the word page all over the panic log, I suspect it's about your virtual memory.

Try disabling it for a few days and see if it happens again. You can find how to disable it here. You can disable it, delete those VM files, and then reenable it again. It might also be caused by corrupted VM images.

Also, it could be sleep-related, or about secure virtual memory.

You can check about secure virtual memory in System Profiler, under Software.

Try to rule out any possibilities. You can find guide to disable sleep here.

Well, disabling sleep is strongly discouraged, and I don't really think it's about secure VM, also, check your boot drive's format is Journaled HFS+.

Good luck!


Why Apple partitions the SSD drive this way, and which partition should I removed?

The WDC WD100... and the Mercury Electra are devices. They represent the physical drives that are attached to your Mac.

Devices contain one or more volumes. Macintosh HD is a volume on the WDC device. There will be other volumes on that device that aren't displayed.

The Mercury device uses Apple's new APFS format. This uses a structure called a Container to 'contain' the volumes. That's why there are 3 objects.

If you just want to wipe your existing volume of data, then erase Macintosh SSD and Macintosh HD. That will maintain any other existing volumes, such as Recovery partitions.


I had the same problem and found it was because I had checked "Block all incoming connections" in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall > Firewall Options.


Link pre-installed apps to Homebrew Cask

I have found the best way to fix this issue is brew cask reinstall <cask>. Homebrew then removes the old version as if it installed it and the new version is now managed. That for me has been the cleanest solution.


Is Security Update 2020-002 still available?

Direct link: https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2020/macos/061-90747-20200319-5ded2636-188e-428b-90e6-2ed1507f6f46/SecUpd2020-002HighSierra.dmg

in case it doesn't work, it's due to the key in between. Try the next link.
Download page: https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos


How can I copy or reveal email password dots to text on iOS 5.1?

You cannot. If you could copy it, someone who had your iPhone could find out your email password by copying it.

If you lost your Gmail password, you need to contact Google so they can reset it.


mDNSResponder was replaced by DiscoveryUtil in Yosemite. So Bonjour is still enabled. According to this Apple-kb article you might have to download updated printer drivers from Apple or the original manufacturer or re-add your printer with a different set up.
If you still have problems discovering your printer an Apple-discussion-thread might help:  unblock discoveryd in the firewall preferences and an immediate reboot...


Since Apple does not provide tools, I would suggest the Bartender app to organize your menu bar.

Organize your menu bar apps

    Lets you tidy your menu bar apps how you want.
    See your menu bar apps when you want.
    Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
    Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
    Rearrange your menu bar items as you wish.


Using startup commands when the default startup disc is not OSX

You can boot to the Lion recovery partition by holding the option key during the reboot.  From there, you can select the startup disk, similarly to if you were running system preferences.

From there, the single-user mode boot should work as you expect.


Can a Standard User format an encrypted drive?

You're right- while booted from the other partition you don't need admin access to erase a disk.

You can set a firmware password to prevent someone from changing the startup disk if you're worried about that. But keep in mind they could just physically remove the disk from the computer. The data will still be encrypted but the firmware password won't follow the disk (pretty sure).

Setting a strong user password and, of course, storing your recovery key in a secure location are important for securing your data.