Is there a way to launch uTorrent and not display the GUI window?

Try saving a plist like this as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/utorrent.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>utorrent</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>open</string>
        <string>-gjWa</string>
        <string>uTorrent</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

It can be loaded with launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/utorrent.plist or by logging out and back in.

  -W, --wait-apps   Blocks until the used applications are closed (even if they were already running).
  -j, --hide        Launches the app hidden.
  -g, --background  Does not bring the application to the foreground.

/Applications/uTorrent.app/Contents/MacOS/uTorrent would display a visible uTorrent window if uTorrent wasn't already running.

Another option might be to add a line like this to crontab:

*/5 * * * * pgrep -xq uTorrent && osascript -e 'launch app "uTorrent"' || open -gja uTorrent

open -gj shows the main window if uTorrent is open but has no visible windows. launch shows the main window if uTorrent is not open.

Programs run from crontab are run in the system security / login session. For example Mail can't access keychains if it is opened by cron.


Yosemite: can't get apps on Mac App Store

Try resetting the Mac App Store.

Enable the debug menu and restart the Mac App Store.

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true

Choose the Reset Application option and restart the Mac App Store.


How can I select the arrow on image capture on mojave?

Those arrow "formats" are tied to actual forms to be uses, not free-form lines created by the pen and marker tools.

If you add a form from the menu behind the square/circle icon and have it selected the arrow menu items become active (as a matter of fact the form menu already offers an arrow as a template).

The yellow annotations are my "comments" here, the red ones are the results I added in a previous round of annotating. :)

Here I added a line first, now the arrow menu items are selectable. I chose one and the red line to the right turned into the arrow you see. You can also add an arrow directly from the form menu (not shown).

Oh, and btw, the added lines/arrows don't just have end points but also a middle "curving" point already, so it's easy to curve them.


Can I enter my pass code when in voice over mode?

Slide to Unlock at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the first digit of your passcode once.  VoiceOver will read the digit aloud.
Double-tap on that digit to enter the digit of the passcode.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the next three digits.
Your phone will now be unlocked.


Per the system requirements on the Lightning EarPods store page, an iPhone, iPod or iPad running iOS 10 or higher is required to use them. Even if you had a USB adapter it wouldn't work because there are no drivers in the OS for them.


Should I enable TRIM with a third party (non-Apple) SSD?

TRIM and Garbage Collection (GC) are not the same, and are both necessary to maintain performance after the drive has been used for a while. GC only takes place in the background when idle, or when the OS needs to write to a previously used block.

TRIM proactively zeros unused areas in the background. This is why you see a slight performance hit, but on an SSD this is negligible and is a lot faster than waiting for GC to work on demand after you've been using the SSD for a while.

Using the TRIM enabler app is not advised, but you can enable it via the terminal by following these steps.

Including the Steps below (as there seems to be a certificate issue with that particular link) :

  TRIM Enabler for OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks

  OK. Now that Lion’s out, people want their SSD TRIM support back. I
  have one thing to say:

  DO NOT USE TRIM ENABLER (VERSION 1.1 OR 1.2) TO ENABLE TRIM ON LION.

  After a little inspection of this application, I found that instead of
  patching the file, it replaces an entire kernel extension. This means
  that when you use TRIM Enabler with Lion, it replaces a critical
  kernel extension, with lots of dependencies, with an older one (from
  Snow Leopard 10.6.8). This is bad. Very bad. While TRIM does become
  enabled, the kernel extension you now have has the potential to cause
  a ton of problems. That means anything from kernel panics, to disk I/O
  delays…and the dreaded spinning beach ball.

  After confronting the developer, Oskar Groth (who I refuse to link
  to), via his blog’s commenting system, I was told that I was simply
  trolling and spreading fear (even though I offered the alternative I
  share here). Apparently, the next version of TRIM Enabler will
  correctly patch the file, instead of replacing it, but that hasn’t
  happened yet.

  So, here’s the proper way to enable TRIM support. Run these commands
  in Terminal:

  Backup the file we’re patching

  sudo cp
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage.original

  If you’re using OS X Yosemite, disable KEXT signing

  sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"

  Patch the file to enable TRIM support

  FOR ML 10.8.5 AND MAVERICKS DP4+

  sudo perl -pi -e
  's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x54)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg'
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage

  Force a refresh of the system’s kernel extension cache

  sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

  Now Reboot!

  a) If in the future you want to disable TRIM support

  FOR ML 10.8.5 AND MAVERICKS DP4+

  sudo perl -pi -e
  's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00).{9}(\x00\x54)|$1\x41\x50\x50\x4C\x45\x20\x53\x53\x44$2|sg'
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage

  sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

  b) If something goes horribly wrong, restore the backup

  sudo cp
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage.original
  /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage

  All this patch does is simply replace the string “APPLE SSD” in the
  file IOAHCIBlockStorage with zeros. This happens to bypass the
  restriction of only allowing Apple branded SSDs. The backup of the
  original file is saved in the same directory as the original file.

  To check if it worked, open up About This Mac, click the “More Info…”
  button then the “System Report” button. In the list on the left,
  choose “Serial-ATA”. Click on your SSD Drive and in the lower half of
  the screen you should now see “TRIM Support: Yes” instead of “No”.

  Remember, if you have an older generation SSD, the hardware itself may
  not support TRIM …and therefore this patch won’t help you. This patch
  bypasses the restriction put in place by Apple to restrict TRIM
  support to Apple branded SSD drives.

  You WILL need to re-apply this patch after each major update of OS X.
  That means for 10.7.1, 10.7.2, etc.

  Credit where credits due, unlike the other TRIM Enabler, I originally
  found this on the InsanelyMac forums by digital_dreamer

  As a note, the MD5 checksums for the original and patched file on
  10.7.0 are as follows:

  Original: 155b426c856c854e54936339fbc88d72

  Modified: 945944136009c9228fffb513ab5bf734

  If you have already used the other TRIM Enabler, you can do the
  following: a) Attempt to copy and replace the extension from another
  Mac running the same version. b) Attempt to copy and replace the
  extension from the Recovery partition (Open up Disk Utility and Mount
  Recovery HD) c) Reinstall Lion d) Wait it out till 10.7.1 and hope
  that the extension is replaced in the update (but it may not be), then
  re-patch the file

  UPDATE

  a) Applying this patch does NOTHING else other than enable TRIM for
  3rd party SSD drives. If you start seeing other problems, they’re not
  because of this.

  b) Using this patch has no effect on hard disk drives. Firstly,
  mechanical hard disk drives do not understand the TRIM command, so it
  is discarded. Secondly, the Apple driver isn’t stupid enough to send
  TRIM commands to your hard disk. It knows the difference between an
  SSD and a HDD.

  c) The wiping free space option is ALWAYS greyed out, even on Apple
  based SSDs. As reported here, you can try using fsck -ffy in Single
  User Mode, but personally I haven’t tested it. I’m sure there isn’t
  too much to worry about, especially if your drive has garbage
  collection.

  d) If TRIM isn’t enabled after patching either a) you didn’t follow
  the steps correctly or b) your drive doesn’t support TRIM. If your
  drive doesn’t support TRIM, there’s no need to revert the patch, it
  simply has no effect.

  e) The TRIM patch is NOT vendor/model specific. You can patch the
  driver for any damn SSD drive. Hell, you can apply the patch if you
  only use HDDs, but that’d be a little silly.

  f) Regarding RAID and SSDs on Mac. I’m not completely sure but…if
  you’re using Apple RAID then I assume TRIM will work as usual. If
  you’re using a hackintosh and using a RAID controller (i.e. Intel
  ICHR), then no, RAID will not work. In either case, you should use a
  drive with garbage collection.

  UPDATE 2

  Regarding SSD durability and comments by Hyram:

  The durability of SSDs has sweet fuck all to do with Mac OS X TRIM.
  It’s a fact, and always has been, that SSDs aren’t as durable as hard
  disks. This is simply due it it being a new technology. SSDs fail
  often due to the wear on the cells incurred by reads and writes.

  If you don’t know what TRIM is, you probably shouldn’t be using a 3rd
  party SSD drive. Many have reported these commands don’t work, but
  that simply isn’t true. It just shows that a lot of people here don’t
  know how to use Terminal, don’t know what Bash is, nor Perl. These
  aren’t the sort of people that should be messing around with this.
  Instead, buy a SSD drive that offers garbage collection….or a Mac with
  an Apple SSD.

  There has also been some confusion about garbage collection and TRIM.
  TRIM is ALWAYS preferred over Garbage Collection and will likely yield
  better results. If you have garbage collection, you don’t necessarily
  need TRIM, but it’ll probably offer better performance and there’s
  always a chance there’ll be a degradation of speed over time.
  Therefore, when using Garbage Collection, you may have to take the
  drive out and do a secure erase so that everything is re-marked as
  free space.

  A drive will never fail because you haven’t enabled TRIM, even if it
  doesn’t have garbage collection. They simply become slower and the
  speed is not restored until you perform a destructive erase on the
  drive. However, drives that support TRIM, but do not have GC, and do
  not have TRIM enabled (in the OS) may fail more quickly than without
  enabling TRIM. In a very basic sense, since the SSD is no longer told
  what data to free up, when writing new data it will also re-write the
  deleted data, essentially causing more write cycles and wearing down
  the durability of the drive. If TRIM were enabled, the new data would
  be written without the deleted data, and hence less write cycles and
  extended durability. This ONLY relates to the combination of a drive
  that supports TRIM with no GC, while TRIM is disabled in the OS

  Running garbage collection and TRIM at the same time is NOT a problem.
  They’re designed to work together. You can look at it like so: TRIM is
  called by your OS each time space is freed up. Garbage Collection is
  run by the drive’s firmware when idle and determines which parts of
  the drive can be cleaned up and rearranged. TRIM is obviously more
  efficient and obviously the drive’s firmware is aware of the TRIM
  commands and accounts for this.

  As for the statements by Hyram, I believe some of them to be
  completely false. While it’s true that using TRIM and garbage
  collection at the same time is essentially using two mechanisms to do
  the same thing, the firmware on your SSD drive is designed to handle
  these things. All SSD manufacturers, GC or not, recommend the use of
  TRIM.

  There is zero evidence that Apple has specific code to handle their
  specific SSD hardware for reading and writing. TRIM is a standardized
  ATA command. However, it IS likely that Apple has designed their
  integrated SSDs (particularly in the Air) to not overheat. Basically,
  your SSD is likely to fail just as much in your MacBook as if it were
  surrounded by the same temperature in any other laptop.

  Posted on November 17, 2011


Will this get rid of all the data on my macbook pro (high sierra)?

No, you are simply removing one file that bookmarks a setup process has been done. Any data loss will be a result of something else (coincidence or running other commands) if you happen to lose data.
Good luck getting a new account created.


Just not to leave it unmentioned: one of the standard LaTeX editors/previewers for Mac OS X is TeXShop. Of course, one needs to be able to use LaTeX, but it streamlines the compilation, highlights syntax and generally helps. Of course, on tex.stackexchange.com, they'll be glad to help more.


Where are Photo Booth image files stored in Lion?

They're stored in ~/Pictures/Photo Booth Library on Lion. This is a package though and you can't just double-click in to the package to see the sub-folders. Double clicking on it will, instead, open Photo Booth.

If you just want to get at the pictures, right-click (or control-click) on the Photo Booth Library package under ~/Pictures and select Show Package Contents from the menu.

Under the package directory you'll see a sub-directory called Pictures -- that's where Photo Booth is keeping your snaps. Change in to there to access the images directly.  Movies are also stored in there (regardless of whether they had any effects applied) as *.mov files.

From within Photo Booth you can also right-click (or control-click) on any image in the bottom bar and select 'Export...' or 'Reveal in Finder' from the pop-up menu to access the image. The former gives you a Save dialog that lets you place the image file in some easily accessible location. The latter opens up that Pictures directory in the package I mentioned above directly in a Finder window.


How can I browse Cydia repos without an iOS device?

Cydia is really a GUI front end for apt, the homebrew equivalent on iOS and many other Linux systems, so a Cydia repo is really an apt repo.

You can use CyDownload to view and download the packages(.debs) on your computer.

Some popular repos:

BigBoss(http://apt.thebigboss.org/repofiles/cydia/)
Packix(https://repo.packix.com/)
Chariz(https://cydia.hbang.ws)
Coolstar/Electra(https://electrarepo64.coolstar.org/) (for iOS >= 11)
Saurik/Cydia(http://apt.saurik.com/) (for iOS <= 10)


Can't backup iPhone 5s (iOS 8.4) using iTunes 12.3 (because an error occured) or iCloud backup

I faced the same issue on my phone: unable to backup, neither to iCloud or through iTunes. I found some few posts, most notably this one and this one .

Basically your on the right track: backup fail because of one or more zombie app(s). Apps that were deleted but are still there...  :(

The only option seems to be to find out what app is causing this, and reinstall it, check your backup is working again, then delete it (hoping this time it will go away for good, leaving a proper state for backup to keep working ) !

To find out what is your zombie app, you'll have to find out based on whatever information you have about it. Some like me still have the app icon showing in Settings->General->Usage->Manage Storage, which make identifying pretty straight forward. Unfortunately, in your case you'll have to find out what app of 50.7MB and version 23.0 you recently deleted. To help you in your quest, you could look into:

your memory  ;)
in the App Store of your iPhone, in the list of purchased apps, look for those not installed that could match. [added base on comment below]
in iTunes, in the iPhone sync screen, app tab, the app listed as installed on your phone while you do know you removed it...
in your iTunes Library, App folder, in list view so you can sort by size
your iPhone logs, using Xcode (that's the geeky way !). see the second post listed above for a detailed how-to.

Hope you'll get to it. Good luck !

Side note: I would have added more links, but being a rookie on 'Ask Different', I'm limited to 2 external links...


I think I have a solution to this problem.

After upgrading to Mavericks my saved presets for a Brother Laser printer still worked fine, but for an Epson Inkjet they would load, like you describe. I thought it was the printer or OS conflict as the Epson was attached by USB to a machine running OS X 10.6 and I was sharing to the Mavericks machine. However I got a new wireless Epson Inkjet and the problem persisted.

Here's what I did to fix it.

Log in to an administrator account. Make a new one if you need to and give it full privileges.
Open an app that lets you print, Safari say.
Type Cmd-P and select the problem printer, set your options and save the preset.
Click Print, just to make sure it's working.
Type Cmd-P and check that your settings have stuck, if they haven't try again with another user account, if they have carry on.
Quit the App you used above.
In the Finder Opt-Click the Go menu and select Library.
Navigate to Preferences.
Copy the file com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.[yourprintername].plist to the Desktop.
Change the owner of the file to the account that is having problems (chown [username] com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.[yourprintername].plist) if this fails precede the command with sudo.
Copy the file from the Desktop to the Drop Box of the user having problems (/Users/[username]/Public/Drop Box, or you could email it to yourself or use Dropbox (as in the cloud service).
Log out of the admin account and back in to your usual one.
Repeat step 7 and 8 above
Delete the com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.[yourprintername].plist
Copy your new com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.[yourprintername].plist from your Drop Box folder.
Select the new file and type Cmd-I. Scroll down to the bottom of the Get Info window and check that your current username is the one listed with Read/Write access.
Log out
Log back in
Try to print something. Hopefully you will now have a working preset.

Hope this is useful


Non-modal dialog in full-screen Mail.app

You can use AppleScript to create a new message in a new, non-modal window, however, the window will be placed in one of your Desktop spaces, not in Mail's fullscreen space. You can save each of these as an application and access them through the Dock or the Script menu in the menu bar (enabled in AppleScript Editor's prefs).

New Message

tell application "Mail"
    make new outgoing message with properties {visible:true}
    activate
end tell

Reply to Sender

tell application "Mail"
    set theMessage to item 1 of (selection as list)
reply theMessage with opening window
    activate
end tell

Reply to All

tell application "Mail"
    set theMessage to item 1 of (selection as list)
    reply theMessage with opening window and reply to all
    activate
end tell

If you need to have the message viewer showing behind your message (e.g. to be able to copy something from an open email), then you can add the following lines to these scripts, immediately after the tell application "Mail" line:

set theMessage to selected messages of message viewer 1
set theMailBox to selected mailboxes of message viewer 1
set newViewer to make new message viewer
set selected mailboxes of newViewer to theMailBox
set selected messages of newViewer to theMessage
delay 1

This will create a new non-fullscreen mail viewer window, leaving the fullscreen window where it is. Then, after you send your message, you can simply close this new viewer.

Note: Depending on how quickly the new viewer opens, you may need to adjust the delay number. This delay (in seconds) allows the new viewer window enough time to finish opening before the script continues. If your machine is fast enough, you may be able to delete that line altogether.


Not an expert on how iOS/iPadOS OTA works, but my understanding is that it depends on whether or not the update has been locally downloaded yet.
If you check Settings > General > Storage and see the iPadOS 14.3 update somewhere in that list (where in the list it is depends on how large it is relative to other files/apps on your iPad), it's been downloaded locally. You should be able to update to it, as the locally downloaded copy should be signed.
If you don't see the update file listed, it's likely a cache issue and pressing the button will likely cause it to refresh and download iPadOS 14.4. Some older updates (back when OTA was newer) acted as bridge updates to newer versions, but that's not been the case since well before iPadOS was forked from iOS.
Again, I can't say with any sincerity that this is all true and correct. What I can say with sincerity is that you shouldn't update at all if you're not 100% certain that you have saved blobs and are willing to potentially lose your jailbreak.


According to Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), you can't do it.

8. Can I use TDM in Boot Camp?
Target Display Mode is not supported under Boot Camp.


Use the "clean up by" option, not the "arrange by" one.


How to recover deleted files from Iphone 4(iOS 4.3)

Deleted files? No. He's probably talking about things like Music Rescue, but they dont recover deleted files unfortunately, just take them off the phone without using iTunes.

Your method of moving photos and movies is fine as you are only accessing the "camera" section of the iPhone's storage, and it is one of the methods that are supported.

I think while you moved files around your cache may have filled up or something happened to the copy paste while they were cut, unfortunately cut is a destroying action, and if you cant ctrl-z immediately, I would assume it's game over.


Is there a iOS5 bug regarding the video app forgetting at which time a video has to be resume?

No - this general behavior wasn't changed in iOS 5 as part of the video / music app split.


Mac stuck at the loading bar, when trying to boot from macOS Catalina Patcher

Now I deleted the patcher and everything related to it from the machine. Then re-download the tool and also created the bootable USB drive again. I was able to boot from the drive and also install Catalina. But the MacBook again hang at nearly 100%. Then I restarted the machine and the setup dialog appeared! Yes, my MacBookPro8,1 is supported!
As an alternative I'd have tried another patcher.


Which format should I choose for a Time Machine backup volume?

Time Machine in Catalina only supports HFS+ as a destination volume.  The first macOS that supports APFS as a destination volume is Big Sur.
ref:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/types-of-disks-you-can-use-with-time-machine-mh15139/10.15/mac/10.15
vs:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/types-of-disks-you-can-use-with-time-machine-mh15139/11.0/mac/11.0


Swipe to delete only appears to happen in the 'Songs' tab of the Music app. To remove songs from a playlist I only get the option of hitting Edit at the top of the playlist, then using the red icon on the left of the song name. - iOS 5.1


How can I delete duplicate entries in keyboard shortcuts services?

Custom services can be found in ~/Library/Services.

If showing the service in the finder led you to the Applications folder it's a service that came bundled with an app. These should be defined in that app's Info.plist.

You can access it by right clicking on that application in the Finder, selecting Show Package Contents and navigating to Contents.
Once you've opened the file look for the Services key. Expanding it will show you all services that come bundled with that app. Deleting a service's key might remove its entry from Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services. Be sure to make a backup of the .plist file first, in case something goes wrong and you want to roll back the changes.

  Note that you might need extra software (like Xcode) to open .plist files.


I can't boot into Windows 7 on Boot Camp

I'm very excited that to say that booting Windows fixed itself. My machine: MBP 2010. OSX Fuse installed. Recent update on one OSX partition to Mavericks.

My machine automatically ran its CHKDSK function and restored its own ability to boot. It found orphaned files and repaired the links. If you can figure out how to force CHKDSK to start you may find everything fixed. Best of luck!


I had a similar problem with my Macbook Pro (Not in Warranty). Apple Genius Bar was able to get it fixed in $150. They replaced the logic board and screen. For the time being, using the external display is probably the best choice.


Is the iPhone 6 model A1549 (CDMA) compatible with T-Mobile?

The GSM side of Verizon phones are unlocked and will work on domestic
  carriers but there is no guarantee all features will work. It is not
  the same for Sprint, the GSM side of that phone is unlocked and
  unlocking it will only allow it to work with non-domestic GSM
  carriers.

A1549 (CDMA):

  This is considered as the world phone version. It supports all the
  same spectrum frequencies as the A1549 (GSM) and also includes CDMA
  EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (with 800, 1700/2100, 1900 and 2100 MHz
  bands). Besides, it works on UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100,
  1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) and 4G LTE bands
  include bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29.
  The model is compatible with Verizon and Cricket in the US. However,
  if you buy an unlocked Verizon phone, you will be able to use it on
  any other GSM networks like T-Mobile and AT&T as well.

Best is to double check with T-Mobile.


Can I add or change the author of a PDF file in iBooks?

To be clear, Bryan Luby's and ReF's answers are both correct. I wanted to elaborate on ReF's answer for those who may have never used Automator before. This will allow you to change the the data for items in bulk.

Changing the Author

Open Automator and in the left-most dialog box select "Finder &
Folders."
In the subtree dialog box just to the right, select "Get    Specified Finder Items" and drag this box to the top of the workflow    zone.
Inside the "Get Specified Finder Items" box select "Add..."    and choose the files you wish to modify.
In the left-most dialog    box select "PDFs"
In the subtle dialog box, select and drag "Set    PDF Metadata" into the workflow after "Get Specified Finder Items."
Inside the "Set PDF Metadata" box, check the Author and type in    the Desired name.
Click Run, the play button, in the top right    corner.
After this workflow completes you can add these files to    iBooks and the Author field will be correct.

If you have previously added them you will have to delete the ones where the Author didn't show up.

Changing the Title

Unfortunately, iBooks reads the title from the name of the file; rather than, the title contained in the metadata of the pdf itself. If you want to change this is Automator it is possible. The most comprehensive way is as follows:

As above, use the "Set PDF Metadata" option to update the
metadata title to the title of the book.
From the PDFs subtree select the "Rename PDF Documents" widget to the end of the workflow.

This method will only work one file at a time and rename the file for you while updating the metadata. This is a particularly slow way to accomplish this task. It would be faster just to edit the file name directly in finder, or, preferably, use command line arguments and regular expressions to rename the file removing the unwanted parts.


See the menu Window -> Previous Recipients - you can select all and delete or be more selective.

Once that's done you may also want to prune your address book or disable mail from auto-filling from there as desired.


Does apple review apps during the holiday break?

This is what apple wrote in the mail do developers:

As a reminder, from Monday, December 22, through Monday, December 29, 2014, iTunes Connect, Application Loader, and iTunes Connect for iOS won’t be available.
During this time, you won’t be able to submit new apps, app updates, or In-App Purchases. You also won’t be able to access iTunes Connect or make changes to TestFlight Beta Testing


How to make a custom search engine in AppleScript

Note: the text files must be encoded with the "UTF8" encoding.

Here's a starting script:

Example: The keywords:

"Bill
Bob
Joe"

fgrep and sort return lines, like this :

/path/of/thisFile.txt:Bill
/path/of/thisFile.txt:Bob
/path/of/thisFile.txt:Joe
/path/of/thisFile2.txt:Bob
/path/of/thisFile2.txt:Joe
/path/of/thisFile3.txt:Bob
/path/subf1/of/some_File.txt:Bill
/path/subf3/of/some_xzzz_File.txt:Bill

The script use a loop to check the path of each item in this list.

The script get the path from the first item, it remove ":Bill" at end of the line --> so the path is "/path/of/thisFile.txt".

The script check the item (current index  + the number of keywords -1), it's the third item, so the third item contains the same path, then the script append the path into a new list

The others items doesn't contains all the keywords.

set r to text returned of (display dialog "What keywords?" default answer "Joe Bill Bob") --- each keyword must be sepearated by a space
set tKeys to my makeKeysForGrep(r)
if tKeys is not "" then
    set masterFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select the source folder .."
    set filesList to my getFilescontainingKeywords(masterFolder, tKeys) -- get a list of files ( each file contains all the keywords)
    --do something with the filesList -- this list contains path of type 'posix path'
end if

on makeKeysForGrep(t)
    (***   delete trailing and leading spaces, replace multiple spaces in a row by one space (clean the string to avoid issue with the unnecessary spaces in the grep command),
     and replace the space character by a linefeed character , so each line contains a keyword.  ***)
    set r to do shell script "perl -pe 's/ +$|^ +//g; s/ +/ /g; s/ /\\n/g; '  <<< " & (quoted form of t) & "| sort -u" without altering line endings
    if r is not linefeed then return text 1 thru -2 of r -- remove the last line (it's a blank line)
    return "" -- r is a a blank line, so return ""
end makeKeysForGrep

on getFilescontainingKeywords(dir, tKeys)
    script o
        property tfiles : {}
    end script
    set numOfKeywords to count (paragraphs of tKeys) -- get the number of keywords
    set tFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of dir
    set o's tfiles to do shell script "fgrep -R -o -w  --include \"*.txt\" " & (quoted form of tKeys) & " " & tFolder & " | sort -u"
    -- fgrep return the full path + ":" + the keyword, sort -u  : sort the paths and deletes duplicate lines (because the same file can contains multiple occcurences of a keyword)

    if o's tfiles is not "" then
        if numOfKeywords = 1 then return o's tfiles -- no need to continue because one keyword only,  return all Files
        set l to {}
        set o's tfiles to paragraphs of o's tfiles
        set tc to count o's tfiles
        set firstKeyword to ":" & (paragraph 1 of tKeys)
        set numCh to (length of firstKeyword) + 1
        set i to 1
        repeat while (i < tc) -- check each path in the list, the same path must exists  numOfKeywords  in a row
            set thisItem to (item i of o's tfiles)
            if thisItem ends with firstKeyword then
                set textFilepath to text 1 thru -numCh of thisItem
                set j to (i + numOfKeywords - 1)
                if j > tc then exit repeat
                if (item j of o's tfiles) starts with textFilepath then -- this file contains all the keywords
                    set end of l to textFilepath --- append this path to the list
                    set i to i + numOfKeywords -- to skip items wich contains the same path
                else
                    set i to i + 1 -- next file
                end if
            else
                set i to i + 1 -- next file
            end if
        end repeat
        return l -- list of files which contains all the keywords
    end if
    return {} -- No files found
end getFilescontainingKeywords

The options of fgrep :

The --include \"*.txt\" option :  only files matching the given
filename pattern are searched, so any name which end with ".txt"

The -w option : match word only, so Bob does not match Bobby,
remove this option if you want to match a substring in the text.

The -R option :  Recursively search subdirectories, remove this
option if you don't want recursion.

Add the -i option to  perform case insensitive matching. By
default, fgrep is case sensitive.


Bootcamp: 'No Bootable Device error' after resizing partition El Capitan

Sorry about my English. I mean I've made the Macintosh HD partition 10 GB smaller so I later could make in Windows the Bootcamp partition bigger. When I made the Macintosh partition smaller, Disk Utility made a new unnamed partition of that 10 GB. This means there were a total of 5 partitions. In Terminal the BOOTCAMP partition was situated on number 5 and the unnamed new empty partition on number 4. I think the problem is that the system only can boot the first 4 partitions. I've deleted the new empty partition again and set the Macintosh HD at its original size, so BOOTCAMP is now again on #4;

MBP-van-Daniel:~ daniel$ sudo diskutil list
Password:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            418.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                81.0 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:               Windows_NTFS My Passport             1.0 TB     disk1s1
/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        +10.5 MB    disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Remote Desktop Conne... 10.3 MB    disk2s2

In my first post I had deleted the 10 GB empty partition already. I've installed Refind and after using the reinit and write command I'm now able to choose every time I start up my macbook, several options to boot like Macintosh, Windows and other devices. Now I can boot again into Windows. The only problem is that if I make Macintosh HD partition smaller, a new partition is created that comes at #4 so that BOOTCAMP moves to #5.

Answering klanomath's question brings this;

MBP-van-Daniel:~ daniel$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  817223864] HFS+
 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 817633504 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
*4: 0C 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 818903040 -  158201856] Win95 FAT32L

and;

MBP-van-Daniel:~ daniel$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  817223864      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  817633504    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  818903040  158201856      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  977104896        131
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header


Is it possible to add an Apple compatible remote control to an audio cable for headphones?

Yes, there are lots of them, check eBay, amazon, probably aliexpress.

Keywords I used are: iphone extension cable remote.

Most of them have a microphone as well.


How do I reset Apple's Mail, in Lion, to default settings?

The following directories should be empty:

~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Mail Downloads
~/Library/Application Support/Mail
~/Library/Caches/Mail
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail

The following files should be removed:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist*
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState


Is your Mac a dual-gpu model? I've seen cases where the descrete GPU goes bad and causes crashes, but if you disable it and go integrated GPU only, it will function normally. Worth a shot.


How to export all emails from a mailbox in Apple Mail

I couldn't get my export working even with a mailbox rebuild.  However, my goal was simply to archive my old mail, and not necessarily to do so in the mbox format, so copying the raw mailbox with 'mv' was adequate for my purposes.

After some trial and error, I found the path was ~/Library/Mail/V3/IMAP-<account-name>/.  Sharing it here in case anyone anyone else is in the same boat.


You could try to set it in DFU Mode, sometimes that resolves the issue with a faulty USB-I/O.

  Entering DFU Mode on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch:

  Plug your device into your computer with a USB cable.
  Turn off the device.
  Hold the Power button for 3 seconds.
  Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds.
  Release the Power button but keep holding the Home button.
  After about 15 seconds you will be alerted by iTunes saying that it has detected a device in Recovery Mode.

    Source: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/DFU_Mode

Maybe it depends on what iOS you are, so if it does not go into DFU Mode, research it.

Good Luck!


App Store can't verify purchased applications

Short of calling Apple Support (or web chat or twitter @AppleSupport) you could check a few things:

date and time are correct and set automatically
sign out and in to the App store with your Apple ID
delete the app in Launchpad and download it again (make a backup in case the app has been pulled from the store)
make a new user account - delete the app and re-install it from the new user
restart the OS


Can I make applications load on the same monitor as the mouse cursor?

I think Mr. Siracusa has railed against the lack of consistency or flexibility that leads to a situation like this, and I don't have a "you can modify this plist and presto!" answer either, but I saw this and thought of your plight:
cordlessdog.com/stay/

It may not be what you need, but it could be a step in the right direction, which I heard of here: http://twitter.com/wilsonminer/status/20750686482


iPhone screen zoomed without zoom accessibility feature

Why do you say "without the zoom accessibility feature"? That's almost certainly what has happened; that feature has been activated. Try 3-finger tapping to unzoom your phone.


From this Apple Support discussion:

  So, to fix a stuck clipboard (pasteboard) problem, you simply need to:

  Open your application folder
  Open the utilities subfolder
  Open the Activity Monitor app
  Type “pboard” into the search box at the top right
  In the search results below, there should only be one result — a row listing the “pboard” process. Highlight it by clicking on it.
  Click the “x” button at the top left of the window which represents ‘quit this process’

  Once you’ve done that, OS X will kill the faulty PBoard process and
  re-establish it with a fresh one automatically. Your clipboard should
  be back to normal.


after transferring information from time capsule to new MacBook Pro iTunes/AppStore stop working

It appears that was a problem with the AppStore and iTunes connection but it is working now.

Some applications worked when the connection work, but two didn't work until I deleted the application and let the AppStore to install them again


You can change the behavior by going into Settings under Remotes and Devices.

In the Remote section, there will be an option called Home Button. Tap the option to switch the location the home button sends you to. Since Apple TV automatically sets it to TV app after updating, you just need to press once to restore normal behavior, and again to switch to launching the TV app when the home button is pressed.


Does setting the Computer Sleep setting to 'Never' prevent sleep?

Yes. This setting reliably prevents a Mac from sleeping. I've had my iMac set to "Never" sleep for over a year, and it's still running (though its display turns off after 10 minutes or so per the other setting on that screen).


If jailbreak is for iPhone then what is it for MacBook?

There is no need to. Administrator account is available. That is basically what you want with "jailbreak" on iOS.

EDIT: NoahL has a point about disabling SIP, forgot about that one. More info here http://www.howtogeek.com/230424/how-to-disable-system-integrity-protection-on-a-mac-and-why-you-shouldnt/


macOS Bluetooth very high retransmission rate

Super graphs and presentation of this item - you are correct to be concerned if you are getting the feeling that efficiency is low right where the Mac is.

Couple things to help set conditions. You will want to track what exactly is plugged in physically to the mac. Everything from which cable - which port - as you make screen shots of times with high retransmission, you will know how often that happens and if it’s only when one cable or one device is attached. (And you will have to detach devices - split-half troubleshooting if needed or one by one)

Make note of devices that generate interference even when they are properly working:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201163 - About USB on Mac computers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201542 - Resolve Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues caused by wireless interference

Hopefully you don’t need to capture the Bluetooth traffic to understand the spikes and cause of retransmission - there are devices that can do this but it’s kind of technical and the good tools cost money and time to learn. If the only problem is the Mac, that’s a good reason to think it’s part of the issue either causing interference or more sensitive to the interference than your same iOS devices and headset.


Why do I get different results for my IP when I type google "What is my IP" and when I type in macOS' terminal "ifconfig |grep inet"?

Unless your computer is directly connected to your ISP via the modem, your computer's IP address is actually assigned by your router (either provided by the ISP or yourself). The IP address you see when you go to a whatsmyip website is the public IP address that the ISP has assigned your router, which is the only IP address devices on the internet can talk to when trying to talk to a device on your network. Using a technique called Network Address Translation your router allows multiple devices (e.g. your laptop, your phone and your PlayStation) to share that single public facing IP address from your ISP among each of the devices.

Likely your devices connected to your internal network have IP addresses like 192.168.XXX.XXX or 172.16.XXX.XXX - 172.31.XXX.XXX or 10.XXX.XXX.XXX. These are Private IP addresses reserved for internal networks and are not usable on the wider internet.


iMessage Security issue: Typing Status Indicator Actually sends what you are typing?

This isn't something I have ever seen reported before, and it seems unlikely that you can see the message before it is sent, but then again to use the popular Photo sharing app Instagram as an example they start uploading the photo as soon as you take it, before you tag it or write your comments etc, then when you click upload it's already most of teh way there and they can just add the extra info.  So it's not out of the bounds of possibility that iMessage works in a similar way to increase the perceived speed of delivery by essentially streaming it to the recipient who is then instructed to mask it with the dots until it received the all clear signal, as it were.

There's no real way for us to know this is happening, and all iMessage communication is encrypted too, so hard to find out with snooping etc.  I would ask if the partial message you see before receiving the real thing is always the same as the actual text you receive, or if it ever changes, i.e. are you seeing genuine updates as they are type, or is the system tripping up and just flicking between showing your the message and the dots?


Does the Mac mini (2018) support Intel Hyper-Threading?

Hyper-Threading is offered by some models of CPUs in the 2018 Mac Mini. The base-level 3.0 Ghz Core i5 does not offer Hyper-Threading however.

I'm writing this on a 2018 Mac Mini with the 3.2 Ghz Core i7 CPU - and it does indeed display 12 graphs in Activity Monitor indicating that Hyper-Threading is enabled and used.


Shared note folders not visible in icloud notes

You cannot view Shared Folders or their contents on the iCloud.com web view.
Evidence: Regardless of which account used to test, they do not appear.


Setting default "Spaces" arrangement in El Capitan

The whole thing is much easier to manage if you don't use the system full-screen, which will always set a full-screen app to the right of any existing Spaces & they cannot then be accessed by the standard  Ctrl ⌃   num  method

If you don't full-screen, then you can quickly lock any app to a Space by right-clicking in the Dock.

Also, make sure you don't have it set to rearrange Spaces automatically in System Prefs > Mission Control.

See my answer at https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/179403/85275 for some more working methods.


How can I set the camera to default to HDR on?

This depends on the "Flash" settings you select:

Flash-Auto : HDR - Auto
Flash-Off : HDR - On
Flash-On : HDR - OFF

So, whenever you force the Flash ON, HDR reverts to OFF. Alternatively, turning Flash OFF retains the HDR ON setting


To stop a process in Matlab with Dvorak keyboard

Matlab's hardcoded CTRL-C combo

It is not CMD-C, it is CTRL-C VISUALLY. So press CTRL-C as written on your keyboard, not the C on Dvorak layout or any other layout. Matlab has hardcoded the interruption command to a key, not a letter.

Debugging

The way I do it is to create breakpoint with the looping vars

for ii=1...10000
     if isequal(ii,2000)
         %Add here a breakpoint
     end
     ...
end

where the breakpoints make it possible to stop the execution. Also force-quiting Matlab is the other way. I know no other way to them.


2017 MacBook Pro can't connect to Dell P2715Q via USB-C to DisplayPort cable

I used the Star Tech USB to DisplayPort Cable to a similar model monitor, and it worked.

On 1 monitor I had to manually change the DP version.


Is charging my iPhone all night harmful?

Technical
Lithium Polymer batteries, such as those used in the iPhone, are a very well understood battery chemistry and use specific chargers to manage their charging.
While the latest charging ICs Apple uses are proprietary (they work with Dialog for their power management ICs), it is unlikely that Apple performs a significantly different charging process than every other battery charging IC manufacturer.
This process charges the battery as quickly as reasonable while protecting the battery from damage or increased wear and tear. Please note that the charging IC - or Power Management IC - is located inside the iPhone.  So this applies regardless of the external USB powering device you use to charge it.
When the battery is full, the charger turns off the charging process.  The battery is left alone without current going into or out of it.  This is because most Lithium chemistry batteries don't like trickle charging (a process you may hear from others where a constant voltage and low current is applied to a battery all the time to keep it topped off).
Charging ICs therefore turn the current completely off and power the phone itself from the charger. This is the only time the battery isn't charging or discharging - when it's full and the phone is plugged in.
The battery isn't discharged and charged in some sort of cycle after charging is complete.  I'm not sure where this myth stems from, because it would actually place additional wear and tear on the battery.
Self Discharge
Every battery has a "self-discharge" rate.  This is the battery's natural capacity loss when not connected to anything.  For Lithium Polymer batteries, this is a low (compared to other rechargeable battery types) 5% per month.
The charging IC does check up on the battery and if it loses significant charge over time while plugged in, it will start another charging cycle.  But this would occur perhaps once every two weeks after several percent of the battery charge has been lost - certainly not overnight.  If you leave your phone plugged in for a month, it might start another charging cycle once or twice in that time.
Conclusion
The phone and its battery, therefore, will suffer absolutely no damage being plugged in for days at a time.
Long term storage
There is one caveat to this answer: Lithium chemistry batteries don't like to be stored with full charges.  They degrade more quickly if they aren't used and have a full charge.  If you are going to store your mobile device unused for more than a month, charge it up fully, then discharge it (watch videos over wifi or play video games) until it's 40-50% charged.  Then turn the device fully off.
Long term use
If you are using an older iPhone in a fixed installation (picture frame on the wall, data collection, baby monitor, etc) while turned on and in use with it plugged into a charger all the time, you should consider disconnecting the charger and discharging it fully once a month.  Similar issue to the above - the battery doesn't like being "stored" for long periods of time at full charge, and the charger will keep it near 100% the entire time - degrading the battery a bit more quickly than desired. Going through a discharge cycle will exercise it and help it to last longer.
Personal
While I use a newer phone now, I charged my iPhone 3GS every day for 8+ hours a day (ie, overnight) regardless of how much charge was left - and more often than not, I had used less than 20% on a given day. I used it for 4 years that way, and never replaced the battery -  it still lasted much longer than a day. Since then (3 years now), it's been essentially an iPod touch, being charged for days at a time when no one is using it, and being left in the car discharged for days (or weeks!) at a time when it's forgotten.  Battery is still going strong, and this is certainly more than 900 charging cycles for this device.
My iPhone 5 and iPad (3rd gen) were used the same way.  No negative impact from having them charge all night every night.
I'm now using the iPhone 6+ the same way.  This is an expected use case for a mobile device, and it's running just fine. I expect that to continue to be the case.
You can leave your iPhone plugged in all night and it will not be harmful to your iPhone.


Your MacBook Pro requires a more recent version of OS X (A least 10.6.6). Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers on Support.Apple.com


How can I (re)create development and build tools on a corrupt installation?

Reinstalling XCode and updating Homebrew should be enough. To do this:

Try the uninstall-devtools script from this answer to remove older XCode versions. (If it doesn't work or you can't find it, don't worry about it.)
Delete the entire /Developer directory if it exists. This is where older versions of XCode live.
Download and install the latest XCode for your OS version. (The App Store makes this easy.)
Install the Command Line Tools. In XCode, go to the Apple menu, select Preferences, select the Downloads section, and click Install next to Command Line Tools.
Update the Homebrew definitions and packages with brew update && brew upgrade.

If any brewed packages still seem broken, brew rm them and brew install --fresh to reinstall.

Edit your shell config file (e.g. ~/.bashrc) to make sure /usr/local/bin is on your path. brew doctor can help diagnose this and other issues.

Note that tms is designed to install to /usr/lib by default, which you won't have permissions to do in a normal OS X setup even once you have all the tools installed, because the OS reserves /usr for its own use. You'll probably want to fiddle with the Makefile and tms.h to get it in to /usr/local or /opt, which are easier places to drop user-built packages.

If you're feeling ambitious, you could even do brew create http://jonathanscorner.com/download/tms1_4.tar.gz to make a Homebrew formula for TMS, making repeated installs easier.


How to drag window from anywhere on the window without using the title bar?

To move any window, including borderless ones such as iTerm, you can move the mouse to any edge of the window until the cursor become a double-arrow, then click and hold while moving the mouse in a direction opposite of what would change the window size.

As an example, if you mouse over the top edge while the cursor is a double-arrow then click, hold and drag upwards or downwards it makes the window larger or smaller respectively, however if you drag left or right the window moves and once moving you can drag it anywhere and then release the mouse when you have the window where you want it.

The same paradigm applies on any edge of the window, moving the mouse to any edge, to where the cursor becomes a double-arrow then click and hold, and move in a direction that will not make the window larger or smaller will move the window instead.

Update:

This answer was originally posted on Nov 21 '16 and the target OS was OS X 10.11 El Capitan and works as stated for that OS.

There have been recent comments about it on macOS High Sierra and if the Title Bar is showing then it can be moved as described however if the Title Bar is not showing then it can only be moved in the manner described from the top of the window. That said though I've noticed it can be a bit finicky but I can move it as described when tested under macOS 10.13.3 in reference to this update notice.


MacBook on takes long to establish WiFi connection

I solved this by myself and I feel a bit silly too:
In pfSense I had a DNS override set for "captive.apple.com" to point to 0.0.0.0 because I didn't want my Apple devices to talk to Apple every time I connect to my home WiFi if not necessary. After deleting this override it works fine. Sorry for bothering you with this.


You can use different Apple ID's with different services. Create a new Apple ID for the second iPhone and use that ID for iCloud, while still using the same iTunes/App Store login.

There may be a way to manage how the devices sync (using the same account), but I have been using the above method successfully.


Do OS-X app bundles always contain Info.plist - CFBundleExecutable?

Yes see Apple's documentation on bundle structure

An OSX Application bundle must contain an Info.plist and expects certain keys including CFBundleExecutable whose definition is

  The name of the main executable file. This is the code that is executed when the user launches your application. Xcode typically sets the value of this key automatically at build time.


To recalc in Mac:

Command + =

You can try also changing Excel preferences:
Command  ,
Calculation
"Manually" radio button


If the size of your camera roll is bigger than the available 5.0GB of space then you won't be able to back up to icloud unless you delete some of the content in your camera roll. Make sure by going into Settings>iCloud>Storage and Backup>Manage Storage that email, and other documents and data aren't using up any space. You can press edit and delete those if you don't need them.


Tool for creating .rar files on the Mac?

You can use command line rar for Mac OS X, but it doesn't have GUI. On the other hand, it's useful for scripting. (I feel that it should be mentioned here anyway).


2011 iMac (high-end) taken apart, how to reassemble?

Nothing is better than iFixit replacement guides (link for your 27 inch 2011 model). This tutorials are technically correct and safe to apply. Hi-res pictures are also available. Additonally you can try to find some videos in Youtube


MacBook - WiFi won't connect in macOS but rebooting into Windows does?

I figured it out. It's the weirdest thing.

My WiFi doesn't work when I have a certain external HDD plugged in via USB (Seagate Backup Plus).

I have no idea why it would be interfering with the WiFi signal. I don't have this problem with other external HDDs.

Edit

Upon further investigation it appears to be an issue specifically with the USB C to A adapter that I am using. This question is my exact issue.

The WiFi interference is strongest when I plug in my Seagate Backup Plus 4TB external HDD, a little less when I plug in my Seagate Expansion 1TB, and little or no interference when I plug in my mouse.

It probably has to do with the amount of power these devices require, and also my USB adapter is very cheap so it probably has bad shielding.

I also have an official Apple USB adapter that does not have this problem, but I don't know if it's because this adapter has a cable so it is slightly separated from my laptop, or maybe it's just better quality with proper shielding.


Part of display not working, changing display region for macbook pro

I was wondering if I can do something so that my entire screen appears in only the part to the right of this black portion,

No, this cannot be done.
Your screen is physically damaged, but as far as your GPU is concerned, it's working fine.  The dimensions that get reported back (for example 2650x1400) are still reported back.  It has no idea it's now only (making up a resolution here) 2300x1400.  And even if you were able to tell the driver that was your resolution, it would be centered, not shifted left/right.
Your best bet is, if you must use the machine until you can take it in, to get an external monitor.  They're inexpensive and fairly reliable. Also, an iPad, iPhone, Windows, Unix or Mac computer can screen share very well using several apps.
There’s no harm in running a Mac with this display damage and using another display - especially if it’s stationary or running closed clamshell.


IPod touch 4th generation, USB connector is broken and password is lost - how to reactivate?

Unfortunately, you cannot reset a PIN without iTunes.

The last thing that you could try is going to Genius Bar and hope that they can help.  Apple Stores have been known to completely replace broken devices, in some cases even if they aren't under warranty.


lion: assign buttons on a Microsoft mouse

BetterTouchTool's "Normal Mouse" area allows you to assign functions to all kinds of mouse buttons and should work for you. It's free, too, so it won't hurt to try.

The author has issued a couple of recent updates to make it more compatible with Lion. There are still a couple of small things but I'm using it every day (previously with my mouse, now with my trackpad) and it's tremendously useful.


2012 Mac Mini not displaying in 1920x1200 on a 27" IPS Display

The Mac Mini can do 1920x1200 but it is probably the HDMI to DVI adapter doing the limiting.  The Mac will only display the resolutions that it is being told it supports by the connected device.

If you are trying to get the display to 1080p HDTV, it is doing it properly (HDTV is 1920x1080).

If you are trying to get to 1920x1200 for a different monitor with a DVI connector, it probably won't be able to, again due to the limit of the adapter.

The monitor can probably do the 1920x1200 but it can't communicate that to the Mac because the adapter is in the way, which is saying it can only do 1920x1080.

By chance does your display have other connection options, like DisplayPort or MiniDisplayPort?  You can get an HDMI to Display Port adapter which will allow the display and Mac to communicate properly.


iPad and iPhone no longer connects to iMac since downloading IOS 9.0.2

Current iTunes is 12.3 which will be required for iOS 9 devices to connect.

Your Catch 22 is that the minimum OS for iTunes 12 is 10.8.5.

It would appear that your only alternative would be to update your OS.
However, unless you have previously purchased any of the OSes between 10.7 (Lion) & 10.10 (Yosemite) your only available option from the App Store will be 10.11 (El Capitan)

I couldn't even speculate on the compatibility issues you might have jumping 5 major releases in one go, but I wouldn't even dream of it without a full backup or clone in place first.


Can I put a 7200 RPM hard drive in my MacBook Pro?

No, no, no and no.

Have fun with the 7200 rpm drive of your choice. Mac drive mounting hardware is excellent and the drive screws are standard sized. Unless you get a drive with exotic firmware or physically too large to fit, there will be no issues relating to design. Only a faulty drive (or failing Mac) will cause issues.

Simple physics means a 7200 RPM drive has to generate more heat than a 5400 RPM drive, but in practice, this is well within a normal Mac's ability to cool - even when you never let the drive spin down - something else like CPU load will be needed to get the internal fan to spin up.


Upgrade iPad2 to previous iOS version (from 4 to 6, but not 7)

For security reasons, once a new update is released the old ones are no longer supported, so there is no way to upgrade to six or seven.

However, there is no issue upgrading to iOS 7, because the interface is slicker and prettier, and it utilizes the iPad's resources well.


Audio Memos

This paid app lets you add a paid extension that allows you to have voice activated recording:

  Voice activated rec. - stop recording silence.

If you don't like IAPs, then you can download Audio Memos Pro from the same author (but it's more expensive than Audio Memos + IAP price.

Smart Recorder

This paid app also lets you have voice activated recording:

  Auto pause/voice activated recording


Is there a way to set the *default* monospace font in Safari?

The following information was correct when it was posted, but now only applies to obsolete versions of Safari.

There are unexposed preferences for changing the default fonts and font sizes:

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily Georgia
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 16
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Menlo
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 14

Another option is to edit the CSS file that defines the default styles (look in
Preferences > Advanced > Stylesheet), adding something like this, for example:

@font-face {
   font-family: monospace;
   src: local('Menlo');
}

That rule makes any element that uses font-family: monospace (as well as elements like <pre> and <code> by default) use Menlo. Just change the font name (being careful to keep the enclosing quotes) to whatever you prefer.


What app can I use to browse photos on my iOS devices from a Mac on the local network?

If you have Aperture, you can create libraries without importing the original. I have my photos on different libraries. One on my usual Mac and and a few others on external disks on another Mac. It might be a bit slow but it works


iMac 27'' mid-2011 stuck on startup (grey screen)

You probably need your video card replaced. See this Apple article regarding a known video card issue:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130820015305/http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5167

From the article:

  Apple has determined that some AMD Radeon HD 6970M video cards used in 27-inch iMac computers with 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 or 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processors may fail, causing the computer’s display to appear distorted, white or blue with vertical lines, or to turn black. iMac computers with affected video cards were sold between May 2011 and October 2012.


Is it possible to configure Safari's search box to use google.co.uk rather than google.com?

the query string is defined in :

~/Library/Safari/Configurations.plist.signed

but the file is signed and cannot be edited without being replaced by safari.

Also, it seems that every time you use this search bar, Safari hits This file on apple.com which can make one assume that Safari compares the 2 files and replaces the local one when needed.

I think your only options are via extensions or another browser


Deleted partition in Windows 8.1 (bootcamp) and now macos won't boot

Your best bet at this point is to perform some formal data recovery.

I've used Data Rescue 4 & 5 with good success.
https://www.prosofteng.com/mac-data-recovery/

I've also used MiniTool's products, on the PC side to recover Mac data.
https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery-software/free-for-mac.html

You can either boot your mac into Target Disk Mode if you can another Mac available. Or, you can create bootable recovery media from either vendor. The third option would be to have professional data recovery done, but that is expensive.

--

The obvious lesson here is that a) always have a backup of your important data, especially if you are messing around with partitions. b) Don't make changes to partitions on the Windows side.

Cloud backups are so cheap these days there's really no sense in not having it, just in case.


Find file in Time Machine backup with command line

In order to access a Time Machine backup from Terminal on macOS Mojave, and later, you'll need to add Terminal to Full Disk Access in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy for it to work.


If I erase all content and settings will I lose my contacts?

The answer depends on where the contacts are stored.

If the contacts are stored in iCloud, you will not lose the contacts. Log in to iCloud and the contacts will be restored.
If the contacts are on your SIM card, you will not lose the contacts. You can re-import the contacts from your SIM card.
If the contacts are stored on your device, you will lose the contacts.


You shouldn't need a firewall rule to forward packets because Apache can listen on your selected port.  Leaving it as port 80 also won't conflict with anything.

What you need to look at is your httpd.conf file.  Specifically, the "Listen" directive

# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 23736

Since it's working locally, but not on another client (I'm assuming on the same subnet), you may have the directive set as localhost:23736.

If that's the case, it would cause the symptoms that you are seeing.

What you should have is what I posted above, or to restrict it to a particular IP:

Listen 172.18.48.240:23736

Once you make the change, restart Apache.


sshd: Service exited with abnormal code: 255

In recent macOS versions, the rotten fruit geniuses have restricted SSH access to admin users only. I was having this 'service exited with abnormal code' issue and I fixed it by Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login: On and 'Allow Access to': All Users (or the users/groups you want). You must be an admin to do that (you must be able to unlock the locker icon on the bottom left).

Two hours wasted, damn idiots...


Keeping battery charged at certain level

The 40% charged state is applicable for Lithium-Ion batteries only if you're going to remove the battery and put it in long term storage without using it. Refer How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries. In the case of MacBook models, Apple recommends storing the batteries at 50% charge if you do not plan to use it for more than six months.

For normal usage, Apple recommends that you run the laptop on battery once in a while and also do a full discharge and recharge to calibrate the battery (full discharge/recharge means running it down till the computer automatically goes to sleep or shuts down due to low battery and then recharging it completely to 100% in one go).

Apple laptop batteries - Standard Maintenance

  For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time. An ideal use would be a commuter who uses her notebook on the train, then plugs it in at the office to charge. This keeps the battery juices flowing. If on the other hand, you use a desktop computer at work, and save a notebook for infrequent travel, Apple recommends charging and discharging its battery at least once per month.

See Apple's guide on Notebook batteries for detailed information.


Getting a Text from someone that does not have my mobile number but has my email

Hello Mario and welcome to Ask Different community. Yes, this is possible and you may have it configured from Settings to receive SMS through your email. As pointed in this related question cant get my number to change from email to my phone number

  Messages is NOT sending a message via email. It is simply using the email (which is likely your Apple ID), as an identifier of your device. This lets other Apple users send you a message to either your phone number or email address. This is useful on iPads, iPod Touch, and Macs, who can not send to phone numbers, because they do not have phone service. So, with Messages on your iPhone, someone on their Mac can send you a message, and you can message back!


They can only view this information if they are logged into your account on their iDevice.  For example, an iPhone, iPad and MacBook all on the same account will receive all messages sent or received from the other machines (barring a lack of network connectivity).

My suggestion to you is to change your password. They will be prompted for the new password and will no longer be able to view new messages that you send or receive through iMessage. I would also change the password associated with your email account if you use similar or identical passwords for these accounts.

Existing messages that they have captured will not be removed from their device, so be wary — anything incriminating that has already been gathered is in their hands.


A cursory look at the iTunes Store reveals CodeToGo (iTunes Store Link). Since you cannot compile on the iPad itself, this app leverages a web service (IDEOne) in order to run the program and return the results to your device. The app is USD$3 and a universal binary (iPhone+iPad). The web service appears to be free, if not just a little ugly :).


How can I send text from an iPhone to a PC?

Create a gmail or hotmail account as these have a web interface, and send the text as email to said account.


Use Automator to drop one letter in the naming

You could use a Run Shell Script action like this:

for f in *;do [[ $f =~ (.+ [0-9]+)x([0-9]+ .+) ]]&&mv "$f" "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}${BASH_REMATCH[2]}";done;exit 0

Or if the filenames don't contain other x characters, you could replace the script with for f in *;do mv "$f" "${f/x/}";done.


Pros and cons of enabling “Put hard disks to sleep when possible?”

Advantages:

on older traditional rotating disk drives it will save some power
on the same type of drive it often parks the heads making it less fragile in cases of unplanned moving/shock/drop

Disadvantages:

rotating hard disk drives will live shorter due to the fact that it’s the starting and stopping that kills them, not running idle
slower initial access to the disk as it starts after it was put in standby (it needs to spin up before it can be used)

None of this really matters to solid state disks as they are pure electronical devices with no mechanics. Their power use is directly proportional to disk activity. While they often do have extra low power modes, you won’t actually benefit much from it since it is not much less than its normal power regulation.

The reason this is plural is because it can also apply to external disks, and desktop macs used to have space for up to six harddisks. The 2009 Mac Pro has 4, for example.


How can I delete videos off iTunes Library on my computer but keep them on my iPhone?

Under your iPhone’s Summary page in iTunes, check Manually manage videos (if you don’t use iTunes Match or MUSIC this option will read Manually manage music and videos).

This will let you decide what gets synced and what doesn’t.


The site has a general options list as well for the window management category at: What Window Management Options exist for OS X?

For your specific requirements of keyboard, HUD and non-text preferences, I would select either divvy or moom. The former is one I've selected for several clients and they have enjoyed it and adopted it easily. Moom is also awesome and has some nice gestural / mouse / trackpad workflows.

http://mizage.com/divvy/ ----- Divvy on the Mac App Store
http://manytricks.com/moom/ ----- Moom on the Mac App Store

I linked above to the free trials and web sites first with a Mac App Store link to follow.


• Open system preferences

• Select ‘Keyboard’

• Go to the ‘Input sources’ tab

• Click on the plus button at the bottom to add a keyboard format

• Select a keyboard format that supports full-width text (e.g. Japanese)

• Make sure that the full-width input mode is enabled. (For the Japanese keyboard menu you will need to tick the box next to ‘Full-width Romaji’)

• Make sure that the ‘Show Input menu in menu bar’ box is ticked

• Select the full-width mode in the menu bar

• You should then be able to type in full-width text

Screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/eHqyl


What readers annotate PDFs better than the Preview app?

Skim is a pdf reader specialy designed to annotate pdf.

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.
Stop printing and start skimming.
Explore the links to the left to investigate Skim and consider helping out with the project.

  Features:

  Viewing PDFs
  Adding and editing notes
  Highlighting important text, including one-swipe highlight modes
  Making "snapshots" for easy reference
  Navigation using table of contents or thumbnails, with visual history
  View all your notes and highlights
  Convenient reading in full screen
  Giving powerful presentations, with built-in transitions
  Handy preview of internal links
  Focus using a reading bar
  Magnification tool
  Smart cropping tools
  Extensive AppleScript support
  Bookmarks
  Saving passwords in Keychain
  Export notes as text
  Automatic download of remote PDFs
  Support for Apple Remote Control
  Interaction with LaTeX, SyncTeX, and PDFSync
  Integration with BibDesk and other third party applications
  Spotlight support
  Highly customizable
  And much more...


Parsing time from the CLI in Sierra adjusted for the timezone

Yes, it's possible in dateutils:

$ dateconv 2016-11-12T01:46:00.000000Z --zone Asia/Singapore -f '%Y%m%d%H%M'
201611120946

If the offset isn't known by name but rather you want 8 hours (or any other time interval) added to a UTC stamp you can use dateadd

$ dateadd 2016-11-12T01:46:00.000000Z +8h -f '%Y%m%d%H%M'
201611120946


You can't use the letters  B or M in the cell. you have to use all the digits.  Open numbers and on the right side of the window, on the top right corner be sure to click on Format. You should have 4 tabs underneath Format that read "Table, Cell, Text, Arrange. Click on the Cell tab and a new panel appears with a pulldown menu Data Format. One of the options under this menu is Currency, select that and you should be good to go.  My setting is Automatic and it usually recognizes the $ sign as currency.  See image below.


Does autocorrect take into account an alternate keyboard layout?

Apple has a patent on the autocorrect feature for mobile phones (and possibly for desktops as well). There was a lawsuit over iPhone vs Samsung autocorrect: http://gizmodo.com/5884179/apple-is-now-suing-samsung-over-autocorrect
. Moving right along, apple's autocorrect does use keyboard layout to predict a replacement word: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2010/07/yes_ill_matty_you.html . Lion will only try this feature if it can recognize the keyboard layout you are using based on a keyboard standard.


What do I need to do to be able to use keyboard combinations, instead of Touch Bar clicks?

Keyboard shortcuts can be found in System preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts. You can set any shortcuts to any keyboard combinations you'd like. The default for voiceover is Command + F5, which can be changed.

The Touch Bar can also be set to only display the Function Keys, instead of app specific context keys. While you won't be able to feel the position of them, they will remain there when any app is open, acting like a standard keyboard rather than the Touch Bar.


How to smoothly transition my iPhone back to iOS 11 non-beta?

Actually it's pretty easy.

go to Settings > General > Profiles and tap the iOS Beta Software Profile that appears. Then just delete it. When the next non-beta update is released you can update to it then, or you can back up the phone and restore the current version.


Assuming there is no DRM (copy protection) on the file probably one of the best conversion tools and the one I use is called Handbrake:

http://handbrake.fr/

This joy will trans-code almost any video file format to almost any other video file format. It is free, easy to use and should solve your problem.

Just reveal your movie file in the Finder (so you know WHERE it is) and point handbrake to that file. Then just select the output device you want and Bob's Your Uncle!


Backing up and compressing Photos Library.photoslibrary


Multiple Time Machine backups, both encrypted and unencrypted

Yes, it's entirely possible to have a mix of encrypted and unencrypted TM backups of the same Mac. In fact, that's exactly what I use for my MacBook Pro: 3 backup drives, one unencrypted drive that stays home, and two encrypted drives that rotate being offsite.

When backing up to a directly-attached disk drive, the only difference between an encrypted and unencrypted backup is how the backup disk is formatted -- an unencrypted backup is in the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" format, and an encrypted one is in "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)" format.

However, note that the encryption applies to the entire drive (or volume, if it's split into multiple partitions). That means that if you have two computers backing up to the same disk, they'll both be encrypted (with the same password). Similarly, any other files you happen to store on the backup disk (/volume) will be encrypted as well.

Just for completeness, if you're backing up to a network target (Time Capsule, file server, NAS device, etc), the encryption works quite a bit differently. For network targets, TM creates a disk image on the server and backs up into that, and can use either encrypted or unencrypted disk image formats. As a result, the encryption applies only to the backup itself, not to anything else stored on the server. But it's still possible to mix target types freely: you could have the same Mac backing up to an unencrypted local drive, and an encrypted local drive, and an encrypted network target, and an unencrypted network target. No problem.


Why does it take so long when I click on the filename in the window title?

By comparison, I don't experience anything like that delay on my 15" 2014 MacBook Pro. It's not instant, but certainly less than half a second.

Your video shows some circle appearing when you click. Is that from the screen recording software, or is it something else? Perhaps it's relevant.

Are you experiencing any lag in any other aspect of the computer? I'd be tempted to check that I had a good amount of disk space, and that the storage was performing well.

Check Activity Monitor, and see what's using CPU and memory at the time that you click.

Another thing to do is to test the behaviour in a brand new user account. If the problems persists, then it's at the system level. If it is absent, then you know that the cause is something in your original user account. This could be corrupt preference files or caches, or some third-party software running in the background that is causing problems. You'll need to go back to the original account and start troubleshooting.


is there a better alternative to clean installs?

Certainly, if you are selling or passing on a Mac to someone else, then you should wipe the disk and install the OS anew, ideally leaving it so that it boots to the "Welcome" setup assistant. This will remove all personal data. (Trying to recover deleted data on SSDs is much harder than on hard drives.)
Cautious purchasers / recipients may wish to ensure that the computer is 'safe' by wiping the disk and installing the OS themselves.
But for the purposes of trouble-shooting an existing installation, or as part of 'routine maintenance', a clean install is largely 'overkill'. This is particularly true if you intend to restore most of your previous software and settings to the disk, leaving out only some elements that may be causing problems. It's analogous to destroying your whole house and rebuilding it just because you need to replace the toilet.


If I plug my ipod to another computer's itunes, my musics will be deleted?

In my experience, it asks you. You can say no. However, I'm not sure if this requires Manually Manage Music to be checked in the Summary tab.

As always, make a good backup just in case.


Sync Mail app tasks with Gmail/Google Apps

BusySync might do what you want. The price is preposterously high though.


Is there any way for me to view a webpage on my iphone in Safari offline?

Thanks Kevin Grabher for the answer.
For those who want to use this, to get to 'Send As' you should press 'options' after pressing the bottom middle button.
There are natural and understandable limitations, namely that you will need to make sure you arrange things such that you capture all the assets in doing this. There's several ways to do so. For me I just inlined the assets I needed, hosted locally on my computer, accessed my local server, did this webarchive thing and hey presto, it works!


Disable the internal keyboard of a MacBook Pro

From this post on MacRumors forums:

  To disable the Macbook keyboard, type (or copy and paste) the following into terminal:

sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/

  To re-enable it, type (or copy and paste) the following into terminal (if copying and pasting, don't forget to copy a linebreak to make the command work):

sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext

  External keyboards will still work.

Tested to work on macOS High Sierra 10.13 and macOS Mojave 10.14.

Alternatively, you can use Karabiner, a 3rd party app for macOS has a feature which lets you automatically disable the internal keyboard of your MacBook when an external one is connected.


Why does sshd only accept connections from within LAN? (Snow Leopard)

You are forwarding to port 21 on your mac mini. SSH uses port 22.

You are also not forced to use a different port on the router: you could map port 22 to 192.168.1.102:22


does the thunderbolt display have a cooling fan?

Yes, the Apple Thunderbolt Display does have a fan.  See: Apple Thunderbolt Display Teardown

It's a brushless fan, so it might be rather quite when running at lower speeds.

I have a Thunderbolt Display and I can't recall having heard it as I usually hear the fan from my MacBook Pro above all.

Cropped image from link above:


MacBook won't boot on Yosemite after force power off

Hard drive clicking/clunking/scraping noises (other than the usual sounds of an HDD in operation) are nearly always a bad thing and it's best to assume it's terminal.

If it is your hard disk (or if you've ever erased/replaced the disk) you won't be able to access the hardware test, in which case you will need to start your MacBook with the Applications Install disc that was supplied with your computer.


See website visit time in Safari history

So I woke up today to my sleep-tracker app telling me I went to bed an hour earlier than I thought I did, so naturally I assumed the app was the one who made the stupid mistake. Luckily I'd surfed the web before going to bed, but apparently Apple changed things up again as of High Sierra or Safari 11 so the other answers didn't work for me.

I found out how to get the visit times, and since I went way to far to get to the bottom of this highly unimportant issue already, I thought I'd share my findings here:

Edit

Okay so I got carried away a little more and wrote a bash one-liner to do all the hard work for you. Just open the terminal and copy-past it in. It should work without having to install anything, unless apple has changed something again in the mean time.

You can ignore the empty lines in the output (they are http-redirects) and you can change the last number 30 in the command to filter the number of lines you want to see.

sqlite3 ~/Library/Safari/History.db 'select visit_time,title from history_visits order by visit_time desc;' \
 | while read i; do d="${i%%.*}"; echo "$(date -r $((d+978307200))) | ${i#*|}"; done \
 | head -n 30

Original answer

So instead of having a simple folder with all the history like before, they now write the history into a database. Here's how you get the info if you really want to:

The data is now stored in an SQLite Database, so you're gonna need some tool to read that. I suggest the DB Browser for SQLite. Just install it the usual way.
Now open the database file. It is located here: /Users/[yourname]/Library/Safari/History.db.
In the Browse Data Tab click the Table: dropdown and select history_visits.

Now, sort by visit_time and find the thing you are interested in.
Those numbers under the visit_time column are a Core Data Timestamp, so to get something human-readable you need a converter. Simply use this one: https://www.epochconverter.com/coredata

Hope this solves your history-related conundrum.


What you are trying to do is called dual booting and your "segment" is actually what is referred to as a "disk partition" or just "partition." This is nothing more than a logical segmenting of the disk. While the data is all on one drive the operating systems will see it as two (logical) drives.

I have not done a Dual boot Mac in a long time so take this (overview) with a grain of salt and do some googling on dual booting your Mac with two Mac OS partitions (there will be a lot with Windows and Linux, ignore those).

Basically you would boot into recovery mode (COMMAND-R) at startup and go into Disk Utility. In Disk utility you should have the option of re-sizing your main Mac partition by clicking on it and dragging up to make it shorter. It will only allow you to resize the partition by removing unused space. How much you will be able to resize depends on how big your drive is and how much of it is used.

Once you have done that you should be able to create a second partition. Once that is done you can boot from your install media and point the installer to your new partition. Once that is done you can use the Apple Migration Assistant to move selected files/apps to the new partition from your old external drive.

Again this is a 30 mile view. No doubt others have more recent experience with this and can add to (and correct) the basic procedure here. But it is basically possible but like bmike mentioned knowing the relative sizes of your drives and available space will help...


Where do provisioning profiles live in my iPhone XS?

The link you've included in your question doesn't in fact contain that quote.

The easiest way to manage the provisioning profiles on the iPhone is to open Xcode and select the menu item "Devices and Simulators" in the Window menu. Right-click on your iPhone XS and select "Show provisioning profiles".

You'll then be able to see the installed profiles, add new ones and delete existing profiles.

You cannot download a provisioning profile from the device, nor can you "beam" an installed provisioning profile. However, you can just copy the provisioning profile to the device (or store it on iCloud Drive) as an ordinary file (i.e. without actually installing it) - that file can then easily be transferred using AirDrop, email or whatever.

On the actual device you will in some instances also have a menu in Settings - General - Device Management that will list the installed profiles.


Is there a way to only mark the most recent email in a thread as unread?

In a message thread in the mail app, there's a small indicator of how many messages are in the thread:

If you click on that indicator, it'll open up the thread and show all the individual messages:

You can then interact with the individual messages, including setting the most recent one as unread.


IPV6 ip address not able to connect from my app when NAT64/DNS64 is connected

If you only have an IPv4 network then the NAT64 network provided by your Mac will have no connectivity to the real IPv6 internet, only to the synthesized IPv6 addresses that correspond to IPv4. If you need to connect to real IPv6 servers then you need a real IPv6 connection.


When receiving a call you can either Decline it, Accept it, Respond with a text message instead of answering (by pressing the Message button) or Remind yourself to return the call (by pressing the Remind Me button).

When tapping the Remind Me button, two options are displayed: Remind me later or Remind me whenever I leave this place.

The reminder you're referring to in your question, is one of the Remind me later kind.


How can I perform an Apple Hardware Test without my original install media?

I've never been able to figure out why this function seems so unreliable - holding D for diagnostics doesn't seem to work for me in practice. I wish I had a better explanation than "many models don't have this and even the ones that do, this isn't something I can count on."

I have come to rely on AHT that are available for authorized Apple technicians to download so you might be able to get help from one closer than an Apple Store - http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/service/

Apple will usually run a very good test for free as past of a genius bar appointment, and both Apple and Authorized Service will usually check a mac in for diagnostics under coverage for no charge. Out of warranty, expect to pay $39 to $85 for a diagnostic.

Lastly, you can order replacement media if yours are misplaced from Apple. 800-APL-CARE


Using the iPad dock connector to connect cameras - airplane mode - no WiFi

Using the iPad camera connector with the USB port seems to work with certain items (headsets, etc.) that aren't cameras, leading me to believe that there is a full USB hardware implementation in there but there simply aren't any drivers. If this is true, you could get a USB Ethernet dongle, write iPad drivers for it in your camera-viewing app, and use Ethernet to connect to your cameras. I doubt that would get on the App Store, but that's not a problem, given that you will be using the Enterprise distribution method. This might also preclude charging the iPad while it is connected, so you may have to design and manufacture your own power-and-ethernet dongle.


CMD + arrow goes to beginning of line , conflicts with Sublime

Command   +  Arrow  is the system standard for 'beginning/end of line'.

This gives a good way to remap key bindings... Remap "Home" and "End" to beginning and end of line


I finally found out what the problem is. The problem was not with the terminal emulators themselves as both OSX Terminal and iTerm2 were using UTF-8 by default. It turned out one has to inform python explicitly that the terminal is capable of handling unicode by way of

export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

Credits to this stackoverflow answer.


No applications respond to trackpad clicks

This sounds like a perfect candidate for VoiceOver. It's fairly (if not entirely) straightforward to learn and use.

Hit Command ⌘+F5 to turn on VoiceOver. (You may need to use the fn key as well to hit F5.) You can then hold down Control ⌃+Option ⌥ (usually referred to as the VO keys) and use the arrow keys to navigate around the screen.

Here is Apple's page on VoiceOver and here is a tutorial on how to use the technology.


Lost contacts after turning off Exchange

When you delete Exchange account, sync deletes all of the contacts that are stored trough it. You can try to set up Exchange again to get that contacts synced on the phone (you said there is no password assigned) and then use this guide to keep them stored after turning off the Exchange account http://iphone-contacts.blogspot.com/2013/03/keep-your-exchange-contacts-on-your.html


iOS 8.1 Settings "Handoff & Suggested Apps" doesn't exist

Handoff is not supported on an iPhone 4S as described in this article:

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


No sound after upgrading to Lion, despite hardware working fine

Odd though it may seem, try launching Garage Band (if you have it) and creating/saving a new project. It seems that Garage Band does some low-level tests on your audio system when it runs, and clears up weird states like you're encountering.

This doesn't answer the question of what's wrong, but hopefully will fix it anyhow.


Connect two iMacs and an LED Cinema Display to MacBook Pro

The Retina MacBook Pro (13 and 15) both allow for two external monitors using either both Thunderbolt Ports (and correct adapters) or two external monitors (one using HDMI to correct adapter and the other Thunderbolt to adapter).

In both cases, three displays work - the retina display and two external monitors. To add a third display, you'll need a USB display card (there are many and some are cheaper than $30 with performance to match the price) or a software solution to drive the iMac over VNC or similar networked protocol.

Out of the box, the Retina MacBook Pro are not designed to run three external displays so you'll need something extra to make things work.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#dispnum

See note 4 in the above article for RMBP details.


After iPhone photo import to Photos app on macOS, how can I tell if all photos successfully imported?

Sidestep the issue - use Image Capture.
If you plug in any phone or SD card etc it will display the contents.
I set mine to delete on import. Import can be to a folder, or to Photos etc.
You can watch the list of photos go down as they are imported.


Apple Agenda totally empty and "updating" endlessly

I don't know the reason why this is happening, but I had this once. I think it's connected somehow with error of synchronization, it just gets into loop, and never recovers back.

First of all, try to Force Quit for this app, and then to restart. In some cases it helps.

Second scenario, if the previous one haven't helped to troubleshoot, is:

Open up system Preferences and navigate to accounts  > System Preferences > Accounts
Deactivate the iCloud. (try deselecting calendars, as well)
Restart iCal.

If it haven't, then you need to clean the cache. Instructions described here helped to restore:

Quit iCal/Calendar.
Make backup copies of these files before deleting them. (!important in case something goes wrong)
Delete the calendar cache found here:

~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iCal (if these files exist)

You may try the second scenario, provided by the link above, but in this case, you will lose the not saved events, which were not synced with your account. You additionally would need to do these actions:

Delete the Events directory found here:

~/Library/Calendars/*.calendar/Events
Delete the application's preference files here:

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

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.helper.plist (if this file exists)

And then to reconfigure the preferences and accounts.


Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?

Yes, as long as you have the iCloud backup enabled your documents will be backed up. I have first hand experience. After exchanging a defective iPad the new one, after entering my iCloud account information, had all my books (both epub and pdfs, I don't buy books from the iTunes store because of DRM), links, gamecenter data, and application data.

What didn't synchronise was music and videos.


Can no longer sign in to @me.com or @icloud.com email address

You are probably hit by the 'App Specific Password' feature. Apple recently changed their policy for 'third-party' Apps and Clients to require a password differing from your main AppleID password.

The following Apple Support link: Using App-specific passwords is a good place to start.


Remove spacing between pages in microsoft word for mac

That feature is not supported on any version of Office for Mac to date. The closest you can get is to change the view. Look towards the bottom left of the screen. You will see icons and the 4th one should be a different color than the other 5. The 2 furthest to the left will allow you to have something that somewhat does the feature that you are looking for. One is called draft view and one is called outline view.

Or you can choose Notebook layout view. This has no gap but makes your document look like a “real notebook”