How can I extract locally stored Notes from iOS without enabling the cloud?

This is a frustrating problem, and many folks are not happy with Apple's decisions regarding this direction of iCloud only syncing.

While you can use Airdrop to copy individual notes from iPhone to the notes app on the Mac, that entails copying each note which you have already said is onerous (I would agree if there are many notes). The advantage this process has is that it's free, and it moves the notes into the Notes app on the Mac.

Since this iPhone isn't synced anywhere in the cloud, there are several commercial apps that you can run that allow you to control your sync options with your iPhone. These have been made popular by Apple restricting what you can and cannot do between an iOS device and a computer.

Two that I have tested, and offer free trials, are SyncIOS and iMazing.

Both of these are generally well reviewed and easy to use. Both have limitations of their free trials and cost around $35 USD to unlock their full potential.

But even these programs don't actually support syncing of notes between Mac and iPhone. You can see and read the existing notes on the phone, but you have to export them to the desktop and then manually import them into Notes. Note here, SyncIOS allows you to actually create new notes from within the app on the iOS device!

So Notes, images, music and even voicemails are easily accessible, and you can back them up as well on your local desktop. Both apps come in Mac and PC versions and both require a USB connection to the iPhone or iPad.

For my money, iMazing is a more polished, feature rich app and it can easily access existing backups from iPhones or iPads. But either of these fine apps will meet the basic needs you mention in your post.


How to check how much "free" iGPU VRAM the system have in MB?

You can check this using the iStats Menu program, which is a paid app that you can try for free for 14 days:
https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Note that you'll probably find that the VRAM is maxed out, and there's much you can really use this metric for unless you happen to be a developer actively developing your own software using the GPU. In that case, you should use the free Instruments tool from Apple instead.


I'm assuming you installed Day One v2.  According to Day One, there's a specific way to uninstall the application.  I think you just need to delete the folder indicated in #2.

  Quit Day One Mac.
  Paste this into the Go to Folder window in Finder: ~/Library/Group Containers/5U8NS4GX82.dayoneapp2/.
  Drag the entire folder to your Mac Desktop. (This contains a local copy of your journal data backups and might be useful if any problems arise when you reinstall and reimport your data into Day One Mac 2.0.).
  Drag the Day One Mac 2.0 app from the Applications folder to the Trash Can.
  Be sure to quit Day One Helper in the menu bar if necessary.


Do you have the command keys mapped to option in the Keys tab and the option keys set to act as meta in the Profiles tab? If you do, set the option keys to act as "+Esc" in the preferences:

When the option keys are set to act as meta, they are not recognized in tmux.

Edit: \e[1;5D and \e[1;5C are not recognized by tmux either. You could just map ⌘B  to \eb and ⌘F to \ef:


How can I control Music with arbitrary global hotkeys (SizzlingKeys replacement) on Catalina?

Global hotkeys controlling Music even when in the background can be achieved by using a combination of MacMediaForwarder and Karabiner-Elements:

Install MacMediaKeyForwarder: https://github.com/milgra/macmediakeyforwarder/releases
Install Karabiner-Elements: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org
Configure Karabiner-Elements using "Simple modifications" so that your desired global hotkey maps onto key_code::play_or_pause (or any other action).

This can also be used to map the global volume control to arbitrary global hotkeys which I find very useful when using an external keyboard. (This does not require MacMediaKeyForwarder.)


Popmoi, the last login on console is exactly that: Somebody (likely you) logged into a bash session on your computer at 2:02:18 on Sep 30. Generally, 'console' is shown for the first shell login and then ttys000 would be the next. I see this every login/reboot for my Terminal group, which opens two bash sessions in different tabs.


Restore iphone 5 with broken wake/sleep button

Follow Apple Support's guide for what to do if you forgot the passcode on your phone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306

You shouldn't need the sleep/wake button for this. Once you get your iPhone unlocked with the help of that article, turn on "AssistiveTouch" in Settings->General->Accessability so you can sleep your phone again.


Incorrect icon of Time Capsule in Finder

That's one of the bugs which Mavericks 10.9.4 has. So you can't do anything beside waiting and hoping, that apple will fix this issue in a future update.


Counter formula that subtracts with each transaction

I do appreciate the effort here to help me with creating a running inventory counter. I realized at some point I better take the initiative and delve into some script so as to create an 'action' on command customized to my needs.

The idea was to fill entries of a Packing Slip with item numbers and quantities of that item sold. Then on another sheet that kept track of inventory, the quantity of current items sold would deduct from the remaining inventory. So a script was needed. (a formula would otherwise always revert back with each new entry.)

Basically, on the Inventory sheet (which had columns of item numbers and starting inventory) I used an IfError function with Match and Index nestled to find and transfer the corresponding entries from the Packing Slip. From there it was a simple process of scripting to create a counter.

Probably preaching to the choir here, but if anyone is interested, I can furnish the procedure, which involved a combination Numbers functions and applescript.

I also got a little fancier and insert a chime sound on completion as a reminder that the current order deductions were made from inventory, along with a notification banner.


Spotlight search not including Applications in the result [MacOS Mojave]

I ran sudo mdutil -E /Applications and it worked for me on Big Sur


Quicker way to copy files to a set of different folders for classification purposes

For each of these pictures, I'd like to send it to a sub-folder of the folder "categories". For instance, if there is a picture of a boat, I want to copy (not move) this picture to "categories/boat".

I don't recommend this approach.

This just creates multiple, on multiple, on multiple duplicates of the same file.  Just doing a little bit of math, if each photo applied to just 3 categories, storing them in your method, the number of photos you would have goes up to 45,000.

What you need is Photo (or image) management software which is just a very specific content management system.  The way this software works is by embedding meta data into the photo (or in Lightroom's case, they create a library of meta data that gets associated with the file, never touching the file directly).  So, if you had a photo that fell into 5 different categories, you wouldn't have 5 identical copies of the photo, you'd have one with 5 different ways of finding it.  Several of these applications have "dupe finders" which is a feature designed to solve the problem of the same file in multiple places!

Here's a list of some popular Photo Management products.  I'm very familiar with Bridge and Lightroom as well as ACDSee from the 1990s and I recommend them wholeheartedly.  I have had some brief experience with the Open Source products (FOSS) and they look to be very promising but depending on your needs, YMMV.

Apple Photos (Included with macOS)
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Bridge (Free with purchase of Photoshop or Illustrator)
Cyberlink PhotoDirector
Magix Photo Manager
ACDSee Photo Studio
Darktable (FOSS)
LightZone (FOSS)


recover data on external HDD formatted by mac

To recover data from an external HDD formatted by Mac, you can use software TestDisk. Formatting is mainly performed when the HD gets corrupted due to software conflicts, bad sector etc.
In Mac OS X, you can use ‘Disk Utility’ to perform the formatting process. Once formatting is completed, you can use advanced data recovery tool.


Growl Notifications for Stack Exchange websites?

I get Stack Exchange Growl notifications using Adium + Stackguru.


Open System Preferences, click Displays, click arrangement, click mirror checkbox in bottom left corner of window.


Though Apple's monthly music subscription service offers similar functionality, I think the feature you're looking for is iTunes Match.

iTunes Match enables storing your music in the iTunes Cloud Library (as long as you don't have more than 100,000 songs to store in the cloud). It'll scan your library, match the songs to ones already in Apple's extensive library (to avoid uploading them), and upload the songs that it can't match. Once all your songs are uploaded or matched from your old iMac, you'll be able to pull them down onto other iOS and macOS devices — you'll either be able to stream them on demand or download them.

iTunes Match should be available in iTunes version 10 and later.

Here's some further info:

Apple – iTunes Match
iMore – Apple Music vs iTunes Match


Is there a 3rd-party app that uses iPhone 6's barometer?

There are quite a few Apps in the App Store, including Barometer, Barometer+ and Barometer++. Take your pick. This site does the research for you.


How can the colors of a single window be inverted in OS X?

You can use Command ⌘+Option ⌥+Control ⌃+8 to invert the video colours of the whole screen.

There's no way to just invert the colours of a single window.


How do I launch a process with different date/time settings than the rest of the system?

No. The system doesn't bifurcate time.

You would need the app in question to handle the time shift or run independently of the system time or package the app to run in a VM or other container like docker. In some limited cases, the time zone variable might help you make a little tweak, but arbitrarily setting a totally unrelated time isn't implemented on OS X.


Is it possible to sync custom fonts between macOS and iOS devices?

No, you're not exactly correct.

Most app developers will make sure that both the macOS and iOS versions of their program display the custom font. This is done using either font embedding (i.e. the font is stored inside the document), or using streaming, which is a Handoff-feature that allows for the source program to transfer larger quantities of data to the destination program.

Some app developers have not invested the time necessary to do this, or are constrained in other ways. In those cases the document will show up with a wrong font on the destination device.

As such, there's no automatic, iOS/macOS handled synchronization of fonts taking place during Handoff.

In general, you can add fonts to the system font library using configuration profiles. This is intended for enterprise usage where iOS devices that are supervised or where it is otherwise accepted to install configuration profiles. This way they can have for example the company's own font installed. In the case of iOS devices managed by for example an MDM system, you could say that it is possible to "synchronise" fonts from a Mac.

These fonts are available to use in apps that support choosing from the system library. Not all apps do this! - However apps like Pages and Numbers do support it.

To create a correct configuration profile with a font payload, you'll need a code signing certificate - otherwise the user will get a lot of warnings when installing the configuration profile. The user must install the configuration themselves by agreeing to the installation in System Preferences (you can send them there by the way of a link or similar).

For home users the easiest way to install a font is probably using a third party app such as AnyFont! or similar.

If you're interested in specifically whether an ordinary user can select somewhere that all the fonts on their Mac must be available on their iOS device - then no, no such synchronisation method is available on standard iOS.


MBP 13” 2020 won’t turn on after 11.3 Beta 3 Update

A few things I would suggest trying.
Since you were installing a new update that is in BETA (11.3 Big Sur) this runs the risk in many factors but nothing to fear...yet.
Let's try a few things first before seeing if your T2 Chip got a corrupted Firmware patch.
You mentioned your MBP is turning on but no screen is coming up.  I would suggest unplugging your MBP first.
Another suggestion is to see if you can spend some money on an external USB C tester here -> USB C Tester to see what Voltage and Amps you are getting.  When plugged in with a USB C tester a MBP 13" 2020 will give you 20.0 Volts and Amps around 0.4 and climbing to a steady 1.09 and above.  This means the computer is turning on etc.  With the tester you can verify if the computer is boot looping.  What this means it is MOST certain it is a Firmware patch issue, WHICH can be resolved with DFU mode.
Now in order to do DFU mode you will need another MacBook that has a USB C connection that has the same OS as the one you currently tried to install on your computer.  BIG SUR.  I suggest using any MacBook Pro from 2016 and above.  You will also need to install Apple Configurator 2 from the App Store on the Host computer.
There is a YouTube guide on how to do all this. But keep in mind you WILL need a MacBook with a USB C port.  Here is a link to the DFU guide for your MBP.
I am certain you corrupted your firmware and you need to repair it.  (Apple will say it is a logic board issue, which it is but it is something that can be repaired with DFU mode and no need to pay Apple for it.)
Here is the YouTube Video how to setup DFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVgBP4gJsU
Here is the source to learn more about how to repair in DFU step by step:
https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-restore-bridgeos-on-a-t2-mac-how-to-put-a-mac-into-dfu-mode/


How to put file into clipboard without losing control characters?

pbcopy will take input piped or redirected into it, and store it in a "pasteboard" (i.e. clipboard). So to copy a file verbatim, use a redirection:

pbcopy < dosfile

To paste, use Commandv or

pbpaste | some_command
pbpaste > some_file


ios: workflow app, is there a way to open several new tabs?

Open URLs action supports multiple URL input. Try putting the one URL in a List action, with however many list entries you need, and passing that into Open URLs. Should work


You can download Etrecheck and the report can help you.
Then with the version of Kaspersky you can find an uninstaller.


Enable macOS "Dark menu bar and Dock" without password or restarting

Unfortunately, changing system preference files will always require administrative permissions, which is something the user has to explicitly give your script.

Fortunately, there is a way to accomplish this without changing system preference files! Using AppleScript, one can ask the system event daemon to change the system appearance.

I'm testing this on my work laptop, which doesn't allow me to change Accessibility preferences, so I don't even know if Terminal is enabled there (I suspect it's not). Additionally, this does not do any GUI scripting! (I recorded the below gif with System Preferences not running) Instead, it performs the same action that checking the box in System Preferences performs, but without needing access to that checkbox.

Hope this works for you!

AppleScript

-- Toggle dark mode
tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to not dark mode

-- Enable dark mode, even it it's already enabled
tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to true

-- Disable dark mode, even it it's already disabled
tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to false

Bash

Don't wanna have something kick off an AppleScript? I'm with you. You can execute any AppleScript from bash (and thus the terminal) passing it as a string to the osascript -e command:

# Toggle dark mode
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to not dark mode'

# Enable dark mode, even it it's already enabled
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to true'

# Disable dark mode, even it it's already disabled
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to false'

I have made a proof-of-concept app that shows off this technique, plus a couple others:

macOS Dark Mode Switcher


App Store wants to install Public Beta 3 but I’m no longer in the Beta Program?

After you uninstall the Beta Profile, you need to reboot your device for the change to take effect.


How to position cursor precisely on an iPhone running iOS 9.3.x?

Press on the word.

You will then get a round magnifier covering the text. You can then move your finger and the cursor will move by character


How do I restore Dashboard widget list? (Launchpad-style adding)

I encountered the same problem, but now have a partial solution:

If you want to refresh the list entirely, delete the .db file located in "~/Library/Application Support/Dock/", followed by running killall Dock. This forces the Dock to refresh its list of widgets. Unfortunately, the list of apps in Launchpad will also be reset.

You can remove these individually via

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='APP_NAME';" && killall Dock

(from http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-Apps-from-Launchpad-in-Mac-Os-X-Lion, which adds:

 Replace APP_NAME with the name of the unwanted app as it’s displayed in LaunchPad.

)

I wish I knew how to add widgets manually, but I really don't know much unix... If it's any help to those trying to find a better solution, the widgets are located in /Library/Widgets.

Update

In the end I just decided to use Launchpad Manager to delete apps. It also functions as a widget manager.


How to open new windows as separate application instances for Chrome, Terminal?

You can try the following syntax using open command:

open -na "Google Chrome"

where -n parameters opens a new instance even if one is already running.

Adding extra --user-data-dir will start instance in the separate profile directory, e.g.

open -na "Google Chrome" --args --user-data-dir="$PWD/Foo"

And using --profile-directory you can change the default profile name.


Connecting two HDMI monitors to Late 2012 Mac mini

Yes! Get a mDP (Mini DisplayPort) to HDMI cable. Then plug that into the Thunderbolt port, and run the other monitor from the HDMI port.

Here’s an arbitrary example of a mDP-HDMI cable.


Override the command+tab shortcut in macOS Catalina when using Chrome

According to Apple: "[...] you cannot define keyboard shortcuts for general purpose tasks such as opening an app or switching between apps."
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-global-keyboard-shortcuts-mchlp2262/mac
However you can use custom Chrome shortcuts using an extension:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/341531/197509
I wouldn't bother tho. This behaviour is consistent if you think that Finder uses the same keys regarding tabs, and pretty much any app will follow the same pattern. Getting used with a different scheme will annoy you whenever you sit on another computer. It is way more efficient to just teach your brain to adapt.


Getting prompted for verification code but where do I put it in?

Tack the numbers on the end of the password if you don’t get a pop up to enter the code.

That’s what happens on older os in general.

Changing the Apple ID on a 1st generation iPad
No input field for Apple ID Verification Code

To be clear, if your password were thirteen-odd-variations and your second factor (iMessage) were 330000, then enter thirteen-odd-variations330000 as your password instead of what you usually enter.

If you don’t see a password prompt at all, you’ll want to make sure you have a backup of your device and then sign out of iCloud / App Store / wherever you wish to sign in so that you get the account / password dialog.

I’ve seen this happen when the certificate has expired and you need to sign out to release the old pairing from the keychain and then request a new session from iCloud

If you can’t ever get that dialog, you will want to restore the device from a computer or reset all content and settings - this erases everything, so be sure you have a backup or can afford to learn that the device has failed before doing the erase.


Just do a

rm ~/.zsh_history

that clears the history. After that close the Terminal app. To check if the history was cleared run

history

in Terminal.


Why does the file size change when you change the "open with" option in Get Info?

Not sure but it MIGHT be the MS Word icon that takes the extra space.

Try this, get info on the file after you have changed it back from an MS Word document.

Click on the icon in the upper left corner

Press COMMAND-X (cut)

close the window

re-open it and see what the size is....

Just spitballing here...


Open password protected MS-Word document

The main crux of this problem is supporting a proprietary Microsoft Word feature without using Microsoft Word. It uses in-document encryption, and not any sort of external security routine that may be common to generally protecting files.

The only time I've used something like this recently is with PDF files, but thankfully Preview.app supports document passwords.

Your best bet would be to find somebody that will unlock it via MS Word's password mechanism, and send it to you manually, perhaps using some other more compatible document protection mechanism such as the aforementioned PDF with a read-only password on it, or a password protected ZIP file.

Another hunch I have would be to see if OpenOffice.org supports document passwords to allow you to view them. I can confirm that OpenOffice supports this feature, but this doesn't say it's interoperable with MS Word documents. I can only suggest that you give it a try for yourself. OpenOffice.org is a great alternative Microsoft replacement Office suite with fairly good Microsoft document compatibility.


Can I run my MacBook Pro on just AC power?

For some operations certain models require more power than the Power Supply alone can deliver at a given time. For this incident it relies on additional power from the battery. It is to be assumed that that is your machines issue. You'll probably need to get that battery replaced. The price is usually between 120-150 at an Apple Certified Repair Center in Austria.

*My information is based on statements from AppleCare and their internal chat service for Certified Technicians.


Sync MP3 files from iTunes on Mac to Apple Music on iPhone

duskwuff's answer is correct if you have a subscription to the Apple Music or iTunes Match services. An Apple Music subscription gives you access to the entire Apple Music catalogue from any device signed in to your account; iTunes Match only lets you download a copy of the music you've imported into iTunes on your computer.

If you don't subscribe to either service, you should be able to sync MP3 files from the Mac to the iPhone by connecting via USB. Be aware this may remove music that's already on the iPhone, but you'll see a warning first, and if you had bought that music from the iTunes Store you'll be able to redownload it.


Where can I find information about past versions of iOS and code-signing windows?

Currently, no, your only option is to upgrade to iOS 7. This is because Apple is no longer signing iOS 6 and the firmware signing status for iPad 2 shows iOS 7 as the only signed version.

Note: Lookup the signing status (or get the direct download links) for all iOS versions here.


How to upgrade a 2009 MacBook Pro from 10.11.6 to 10.12?

The maximum supported OS for all of the MacBook Pros released in 2009 is OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31).
So your model of MacBook Pro can not be officially upgraded to macOS Sierra 10.12.


iTerm colors for Prompt, Command, and Output

There's a pretty exhaustive description of editing the bash prompt here there might be some linux specific stuff, but most of it is generic bash stuff.

But just for getting started, I recommend this bash profile generator

It is pretty simple, so I've since learned more and my prompt looks like:

using:

[[ -s "/Users/dwightk/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "/Users/dwightk/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

function parse_git_branch {
git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
export PS1="  \[\033[01;35m\]\u@\h:\[\033[01;34m\]\$(parse_git_branch) \[\033[01;32m\]\w \[\033[01;34m\]\n>\[\e[0m\]"

which is pretty useful when dealing with git. Everything before the export PS1= is what enables the git branch to appear.

The  is from my first foray into bash prompt editing after I read this blog post.


Handbrake is the way to go here, as mentioned by roguesys and  canary_in_the_data_mine in the accepted answer.

I am using Catalina. MPEG Streamclip does not support this version of OSX, and iMovie's cropping tool is married to the 16:9 aspect ratio.

As soon as you open your clip, if it has black bars (which was my case), handbrake will crop them automatically and it will show you in its summary how the converted video will look like.

You can tweak out things in the other tabs (dimensions where you can do a fine tune of the cropping, video for the compression codec and other things, filters, audio, etc).

Once you're satisfied with the settings in the summary, go to the bottom of the App window, choose the folder where you will save the video, and press the green Start button at the top.


To get the values for AppleHighlightColor try the following:

Pick your desired color
Get that color's RGB values
Take each value and divide it by 255
Put them into the string in order R G B

So, the color:

Red: 255 => 255/255 = 1
Green: 152 => 152/255 = 0.5960784314
Blue: 89 => 89/255 = 0.3490196078

would end up as:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleHighlightColor -string "1 0.5960784314 0.3490196078"

Be careful, it's the hightlight color only so you don't want to pick something dark as some (all?) apps don't change the highlighted text color - dark highlight color + black text = hard to read.


Apple Configurator V1.4 was working this morning, now quits immediately upon start

Delete the Apple Configurator preference file and try running the app again.

rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.configurator.plist

Delete the Apple Configurator file containers and try running the app again.

sudo find /private/var/folders -name com.apple.configurator -delete

These files should not contain any important information regarding your devices and/or settings in Apple Configurator. Both the preferences .plist and the containers didn't contain anything important, and after making a backup I ran the above commands on my machine - it didn't cause any problems. All my settings remained in the app.

However, this doesn't necessarily mean it will be the same for you. You can check the contents of the containers by running the following command (I've also included my output so you can compare if you wish):

sudo find /private/var/folders -name com.apple.configurator | xargs tree
/private/var/folders/hh/41_x4gjd5sl_fmdsmglz94xw0000gn/C/com.apple.configurator
├── com.apple.scriptmanager.le.cache
└── mds
    ├── mds.lock
    ├── mdsDirectory.db
    └── mdsObject.db
/private/var/folders/hh/41_x4gjd5sl_fmdsmglz94xw0000gn/T/com.apple.configurator
└── TemporaryItems
    └── (A\ Document\ Being\ Saved\ By\ Apple\ Configurator)
3 directories, 4 files

As per this Apple KB article, the Apple Configurator's actual data is stored in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.configurator. If, once you have followed the instructions above, the app still does not work, backup this folder and delete it. If the app works after you do this, and you need your data back, restore this folder from your most recent backup.


No, the functionality hasn't changed. The first screen shot is what you see when you want to delete an item you have purchased. As part of "iTunes in the Cloud," you can never delete those items, but you can hide them. Deleting from iTunes Match is the same, and that's the second dialog you show.


is it possible to batch rename from a list, using a bat file like rename filename.txt newfilename.txt?

If I read the question correctly, you are generating the batch file from some sort of exporting process from the Excel columns containing the command and two file names?

In such a case you can just change the rename command to "Mac equivalent" mv. The file now contains

mv accounting2016.xls ID0001.xls
mv vacationphoto01.jpg ID0042.jpg
mv BuildingPlans.docx ID0189.docx

Then you can run the commands listed in the file with e.g. Bash:

bash renames.txt

Note, that if the file names contain whitespace or other special characters you should surround them with quotes, but I think that is the case also in Windows.


Welcome to Apple.SE JONAllow. What you're seeing in the mail app is the expected behaviour of the mail app. Both of the screenshot are of two different conditions i.e. Gmail and Company account.

Gmail doesn't allow server settings to be changed via Mail.app Preferences pane. While, accounts such as of an institute of study or work have to be configured in server settings via said pane.

So to change passwords, I suggest going to Mac Preferences -> Internet Accounts,   select the said account, click "-" in the bottom. And add it back.

IMAP mailbox will not pose any problem restoring all mails. It might take time though.

One unverified alternative is that you see the sidebar in the mail and find a

error sign. Tap on it and see if it gives other options like "Try again" and hope for a password reset prompt. You might see "System Preferences want to use google.com". Allow it.

Hope it helps!


Cannot update Microsoft Office Word 2011 to 14.2.3 on OSX

I had this issue once. I ended up backing up my data via Time Machine (for a get out of jail card) and then removing Office in it's entirety, rebooted my Macbook Pro, and then proceeded to reinstall Office 2011. Once I had the Office suite reinstalled the software  allowed me to apply all subsequent updates without issue. This worked for my particular instances / issue, results may vary depending on software environment.


Where does scutil store its information?

scutil talks to the System Configuration daemon, configd. Some of the info it deals with isn't stored anywhere (except in RAM), because it relates to the live state of the computer. The part that does get stored is (at least mostly) in the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ directory, especially the preferences.plist and NetworkInterfaces.plist files. man scutil and man configd both have relevant (if superficial) info.
The format of the information in the configuration database is rather cryptic, both when viewed directly in the files and via scutil. For most network configuration tasks, networksetup is much easier to work with. I don't really recommend using scutil except for its --set and --get options (which set and get the Mac's various network names). What are you actually trying to do?


$PATH looks corrupted, is my hunch about the fix right?

Your fix is missing a forward slash before Users, therefore …tools:/Users/gpiuser/.npm/bin.

It seems …tools:$HOME/.npm/bin was what was intended, but stating the literal path works too.


-1006F error message when trying to recover mac

Take a look at this discussion on Apple Support Communities about -1006f which contains this solution :

Hold Command and R keys while the Mac is starting to start in Recovery HD. If you can start up, open Disk Utility, select Macintosh HD in the sidebar and verify the disk. If it gives you an error, repair your drive. If it can't be repaired, you need a new hard disk.
If you can't start, hold Command, Option (Alt) and R keys


Is there any way to force the Mac to not to log me out after ten minutes?

Your power saver settings might be overriding this. Set them such that display is not turned off for a longer time.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202824

Additionally, you should check "Logout after n minutes" in Security and  Privacy-> General -> Advanced.


Other than moving your speakers around about all you can do is play with the balance and the equalizer to adjust the sound to your liking.  There is a free app named eqMac which lets you apply an equalizer to your mac. It also has sensitive settings for the balance. You can adjust the balance to get the appropriate settings for your home pods. Maybe this balance adjuster does a better job than the internal one.


How to type this tilde ~ in Mac (I can only type ˜ Using Fn + N) on an Italian Mac?

Option ⌥ + 5

You can show the keyboard viewer from the input menu if it's enabled.


No - If by hard reset you mean 'restoring', it will restore the device to the most recent version of iOS that is able to be installed on the device. Restoring will only let you install the last version—there's no choice.


Corporate iPhone but on personal wifi. What can my employer see? Can they see my browser history and website?

Your company probably use an MDM (Mobile device management) on your phone.
From Apple website :

Not all settings and account information are exposed. You can manage corporate
accounts, settings, and information provisioned via MDM, but the user’s
personal accounts cannot be accessed.

Here are some examples of what an MDM can/cannot see :

Keep in mind that if a VPN is turned on, your company can see what you are doing on your phone.
Edit : I didn't see your comment. Google Device Policy can see the exact same things. Here is a detailed list.


Is there a limit on remembered Wi-Fi networks?

No, there is no limit to the number of WI-Fi networks your computer can remember unless your computer runs out of memory because it has to remember too many networks. ;)


Can a 16“ MacBook Pro be reverted to an OS before Catalina?

The 16" MacBook Pro cannot run anything earlier than Catalina.

Sometimes you can “downgrade” the operating system on a new Mac to an earlier version of macOS, but you should never count on it.

If that Mac is completely new hardware (like the new 16" MacBook Pro) then Apple never adds driver support for older versions of macOS.

If you order a Mac which could run an older version of macOS, even though it comes installed with a newer version of macOS, it might be able to downgrade.

For example, if Apple released a minor update to the 2019 MacBook Air line, and you ordered a new MacBook Air and it arrived with Catalina on it, you might be able to install Mojave on it. But you would never be able to install High Sierra on it (in fact the 2019 MacBook Air cannot run anything older than 10.14.5).


Message: not enough computer space for iphone backup

I had this issue. It finally came down to backup software - in my case CrashPlan. I "slept" the backup for a few hours, restarted the backup, and it completed successfully. It seemed like CrashPlan would lock the file after the iTunes finished writing the file out right as it was renaming it from a temporary name to the permanent name.


Can I change the icon of a mounted disk in Transmit?

I did the following and it worked.

Open the .icns file by double-clicking it.
Press Cmd-C to copy the image.
Mount the FTP volume.
Click the mounted volume's icon on the desktop or in a window viewing the computer (Shift-Cmd-C in the Finder).
Click the icon in the top left.
Cmd-V to paste the icon in.

This creates an file at the root level of the volume called .VolumeIcon.icns, which when Mac OS X sees, uses it as the volume's icon. I successfully ejected the drive and remounted it and the icon was still there.


Will an iOS reinstall make a jailbroken iOS device "unjailbroken" and “supported by Apple” again?

Apple cannot tell if you've previously been jailbroken if you do a full restore. Apple has a tutorial on how to do this (support article HT201252).

Jailbreaking only affects the software, and restoring a jailbroken device to an official version of the iOS firmware will make your device "not jailbroken." Doing a full restore can be done to any device regardless of whether or not they are currently or have previously been jailbroken.

Doing a full restore will set the device back to factory defaults for that version of iOS. A full restore erases everything including /private/var/ where all your personal data is stored. If you do an update instead of a full restore, data from the jailbreak could be left behind, since an update leaves files from the previous version.

Additional Information

There is one part of an iOS device called the NVRAM that persists even across a full restore. The NVRAM contains environment variables that are needed for the device to boot. If you have gone out of your way to make modifications to your NVRAM, it can reveal that you have been jailbroken since these modifications can only be made from a jailbroken state. If you don't know how to make modifications to your NVRAM or you've never heard of NVRAM, then don't worry, this doesn't apply to you.


How to remove Mail.app data after opening it to configure it to not open in the future?

Before following these instructions, I suggest disconnecting from the internet so that you don't download any more messages.

Open Mail and go to the Accounts tab in the preferences, then select your account if necessary.

The first thing you should do is ensure the account is set up as IMAP and not POP. If you used the Gmail type to set it up, you should be safe, but I believe Gmail also supports POP access. If it is set up as a POP account, you don't want to simply remove the account from Mail, or you will lose the messages you accidentally downloaded. See below for a way to get those messages back to the server.

Once you have made sure you won't lose your messages, you can simply press the minus button in the bottom-left corner, below the accounts list. As Calum said, this will delete messages in the Inbox, Sent, Trash and Junk folders, as well as folders which are stored on the server instead of your computer. You will have to delete the others manually.

If you want to make sure you don't leave anything on disk, open the HOME/Library folder in Finder. Delete the Mail and Mail Downloads folders from there. This will remove any messages and account data which Mail left behind.

If you have Gmail set up as a POP account, you can get your messages back onto the server by forwarding them to yourself. Before reconnecting to the internet, remove the password from the account information. That way, if Mail tries to check for new messages, it will have to ask for your password and you will be able to cancel it. You will still be able to send messages.

Reconnect to the internet. Find the messages you want to save and click the Forward button in the toolbar. Finally, send them to your Gmail account. They should now be on the server again, although you will need to be careful if you reply to them as it will replay to yourself instead of the person who originall


Your fans are running at speeds appropriate for that model. Even using a stethoscope on the rear of an iMac, good techs have been confused between hard drive and blower noise unless you can change the noise by increasing or decreasing the fans or the HDD.

Rhythmic blower ticking is one of two things:

Failing or failed bearings in the blower.
Foreign object (paper, hair, other) lodged in the blower.

Choice #2 is less likely since the airflow around the unit usually precludes things getting stuck there. Also the design makes it unlikely things large enough to make noise or stick can enter the blower area.

I wouldn't recommend shaking an iMac (running or not), but tipping it on a side or upside down with a friend's help and then powering it on would let gravity and the airflow dislodge all but the most unlucky piece of debris from a blower. Be aware that succeeding to move debris may land such debris in a worse place than a blower, so do use caution.

If the bearings are the cause - you might try a fan control software to run the fans faster (sometimes higher speeds are less noisy) but do get ready for a visit to the shop as bearings don't fix themselves and the noise will get worse as it wears. A technician is the best person to get debris out and truly resolve a ticking noise whether it's a hard drive, optical drive or a blower.


Store video on iPad and play video without using native iOS 5 Videos app

Get Air Video from the App store. Install the client on your Mac and point it to the directory with your videos. The iPad client will give you the option of streaming it or saving it on the iPad


How to get Time Machine to include files in /var/log in a backup

Time Machine is designed around ease of use, rather than utility. It does not backup everything on the hard drive, typically not including files that are not necessary to recover from a failure. Log files seem to fit this category.

The first option is to see if you can remove the exclusion using tmutil, which is the commandline version of Time Machine.

  tmutil removeexclusion "/var/log/apache2"

Typically, this command is used for exclusions the user has created, but its worth a try.

The other option is to use something like chron and bash (or Automator) to simply compress the log files into an archive (zip file) and place the archive in your documents folder. I would suggest that you perhaps name your archive file with the date, so Time Machine does not assume they are duplicate or simply newer versions of the same file.


"Today summary" widget in notification centre displays strange behaviour

The today widget has no widget frame or title, except when in edit mode where the remove button is shown. This is standard behaviour since the today widget can be removed and added, but cannot be rearranged.


You can do this simply with Adobe Acrobat Professional. I tested this with Acrobat Professional version 8.3.1 on my Mac OS X 10.5.8 system.

Pick one of the annotated files to aggregate the comments. Open it with Adobe Acrobat Professional. For each of the other files, select the menu command Comments... Import Comments..., and from the resulting File Open dialog select each of the other files in turn. Acrobat will read the comments from the selected file and place them into the first file. A Comments List opens at the bottom of the window, showing all the comments in the document.

You now have a PDF file with all the comments in it. Save it under a different file name, and carry on with your work.

Note that you make this much easier for Acrobat if everyone marks up the same PDF file. Acrobat can import comments from one version of a document to a different version of a document, but it the comments won't always end up in the right place. The menu command Comments... Migrate Comments... is intended to help you get comments from the PDF form of an older document to the PDF form of a newer revision.

Acrobat Help content has useful entries for Import Comments.

In my humble opinion, every knowledge worker who touches PDF files should have a copy of Acrobat Professional (not just the free Reader). I may be biased — I worked for Adobe for many years, and I still hold their stock. But I believe that being able to do operations like importing and combining comments is hugely valuable for knowledge workers.


What more could I have done to secure my iPhone and iPad?

It really depends on what you're protecting, and what you're protecting it against. If you're worried about some phone thief grabbing your family photos, securing the devices is really easy. If you're worried about protecting classified info from the Chinese government, securing them adequately is really really hard.
Turning on airplane mode and removing the SIMs will do a good job of securing them against network attack and/or snooping, but there's still the issue of someone getting physical and/or visual access to the device(s). There are some things you can do to harden them, mostly having to do with passcode security:

Set a secure (complex) passcode. Without a passcode, your devices are open to anyone with physical access to them. With a basic (4-digit) passcode, you have reasonable protection. A 6-digit passcode is better, and a custom (longer) passcode (numeric or alpha) is even better.

Set the devices up to require that passcode. In Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, set it to require passcode immediately, erase data after 10 failed attempts (you should make a backup, but leave it at home), then switch off Voice Dial and all of the Allow Access When Locked options.
I'd also turn off Touch ID. It avoids the possibility of someone spying on you entering your passcode, but if you're serious about security there's too many ways for someone to get & fake your fingerprint. Troy Hunt discusses some of the tradeoffs here.

Also, in Settings > Display & Brightness, turn on Auto-Lock after 1 minute.

Oh, and don't jailbreak your devices. If you've broken the iOS security model, don't expect it to remain intact against others.

So with the above (and turning off all network connections), your devices are pretty well locked down. But are they secure enough? As I said at the beginning, it really depends on the value of what you're protecting, the capabilities of whoever you're protecting it against, and how much they're willing to do to get your data. Can they compel to you to unlock the devices? Can they spy on you as you enter your passcode? Can they swap your devices for fakes that just capture the passcode you enter, and then use that to unlock the real devices? Can they confiscate the devices and then wait to see if a vulnerability is eventually discovered that'll let them unlock the devices? Is it possible they know of a non-public vulnerability? If the answer to any of those questions was "yes" (or even "maybe"), your devices aren't secure enough.
But there's another aspect to consider: from the point of view of your IT department, it may simply not be worth the trouble to work out the detailed risk & threat assessment, make sure they haven't forgotten any necessary steps to secure the devices (did I forget anything above? Maybe, maybe not), etc. From their point of view it's much easier and much safer to just say "no, don't take them".


You can uncheck "Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use" on the "Mission Control" tab in system preferences. This will leave the desktops in the expected order.


Recreate iPhoto library package from contents

It might be a simple extension problem:

Try adding .photoslibrary to the Photos Library folder name - basically try turning the folder into a type Photos will accept.

Interestingly, after having done something similar myself, after recovering my data from Backblaze, adding the extension switched the folder to a 'library' icon, but did not auto-hide the extension itself.
Applying similar logic to a folder by adding .app to its name auto-magically changes it into an 'app' [non-functioning] & hides the extension.

You can fix this, if you see a similar result, by getting info on the Photos Library.photoslibrary file & checking 'Hide extension'


Is there a technical reason why I cannot find a mini display port to hdmi (female) cable that's more than 6 inches?

May I suggest that you not look for a cable with a "female" HDMI end on it (those would typically be called "adapters" and would be very short.  Instead, look for a full-length cable with mini-DisplayPort to HDMI.  Such as:

http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024603


Yahoo Search has hijacked all my internet browsers (Safari, Firefox). How to remove the adware/malware?

So after downloading Vuze a while back, I wound up with api.mybrowserbar redirects and a bunch of stuff pointing at some thing called Spigot, deterministically finger banging my bandwidth and internet experience in general.

Sorry, this assumes some knowledge of the command line and file structures.

The solution, grep is your friend.

Open Terminal and navigate to /Users/YOUR_COMPUTER_USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

YOUR_COMPUTER_USERNAME must of course be replaced with your computer username, you can retrieve it by running the whoami command in your terminal.

grep -rnw '.' -e 'spigot'
and
grep -rnw '.' -e 'api.mybrowserbar'

get in there and remove that shit.

In the most annoying case, their genius software made itself the default restart page for whenever chrome unexpectedly crashes. This little tidbit is located deep inside a sort of huge JSON blob at

/Users/YOUR_COMPUTER_USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Preferences


Photos Library: .photoslibrary file taking double of storage space in Photos app and Document Folder

The reality is that there isn't two files taking up the double storage. The storage is only used once.

The view you're looking at is just confusing, since the "Fotos" and "Fotos-Mediathek" is really one and same.

You can open your home folder in finder and select the list view (command 2) and then calculate all folder sizes. Let finder add up all the space and you can verify you don’t have double space used.


Permanently add a special character to the Touch Bar

OK, I've worked out how to do this. Working nicely on my MacBook now, I now have a  button on my Touch Bar, which types the  symbol.

Instructions:

In the app Automator, create a new Quick Action. Save the new Quick Action using a name consisting of the symbol it will represent e.g. I named mine "". (Optional: At the top of the Quick Action window you can also choose an image which will appear in front of it on the Touch Bar, I chose the plus symbol. If you don't want one you could create a blank image and use that).
In Automator, find the 'Run Applescript' action (search for it or look under Utilities) and drag it into the script area on the right.
Paste the following script into it, replacing the "thumbs up" symbol with your desired character.

    set the clipboard to ""
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down

Save the new Quick Action you have created.
Go to System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Keyboard and either: a) set "Touch Bar shows: Quick Actions" (this will make the new icon appear on the touch bar immediately), or b) use Customise Touch Bar to add the Quick Actions icon to the touch bar (this will make the new icon appear on the touch bar when you press the Quick Actions icon).
Icon should appear on Touch Bar. Press it and an error message will appear.
Cancel the error message then go to System Preferences --> Security and Privacy --> Privacy --> Accessibility. Click the lock to make changes (if necessary) and under "Allow the apps below to control your computer" tick the new one which should have appeared named "ServicesUIAgent".

Done!

NB The method above should work for any Unicode character including the special characters you suggest (obviously you could also use it for multiple characters, any text string that'll go on the clipboard should be ok), but if you only want the letter "n" then the script can just say:

keystroke "n"


To uninstall AdobeAIR by hand, quit any unnecessary applications (specially applications that might use AdobeAIR). Then delete the following files and folders.

/Applications/Adobe/Flash Player/AddIns/airappinstaller (alternatively remove the /Applications/Adobe folder - first checking that its sub-folders do not contain files other than AdobeAIR files.)

/Applications/Utilities/Adobe AIR Application Installer.app

/Applications/Utilities/Adobe AIR Uninstaller.app

/Library/Frameworks/Adobe AIR.framework

/Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR (alternatively remove the /Users/Shared/Library folder - first checking that its sub-folders do not contain files other than AdobeAIR files.)

The following files are in your Home Folder (represented by '~'). You can access this Library folder by holding down ⌥ while accessing the Finder menu Go > Library.

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR (alternatively remove the ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe folder - first checking that its sub-folders do not contain files other than AdobeAIR files.)

~/Library/Caches/com.adobe.air.ApplicationInstaller

~/Library/Caches/com.adobe.air.Installer

~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.air.ApplicationInstaller.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.air.ApplicationInstaller.plist.lockfile

~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust/air.1.0.trust.cfg

~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/www.macromedia.com/bin/airappinstaller

These files were found by scanning the file system before and after installing the latest version of AdobeAIR to see the file changes that were made.


If you put a Mac in Lost Mode while FileVault is enabled, does it prevent OS X reinstalls?

Filevault prevents the theft of data not the device. If they boot to recovery partition or jump drive they can wipe and reinstall and your data is still safe. if you want to prevent that from happening you need to add a firmware password. So this would be the best combo

filevault
firmware password
lost mode

however if they know what they are doing they can still open the machine and take it from there.

There is no 100% fool proof way other keeping your mac with you


How do I preview a Live Photo using the keyboard in Photos.app?

If you have a 2016 or 2017 MacBook Pro w/ Touchbar there is a small icon which plays the Live Photo.

Unfortunately I haven't found a solution for MacBook users w/o Touchbar so far...


We’re unable to validate your product’s purchase date

What’s the harm in providing the evidence you have that’s best for you?

Apple typically starts the warranty when you complete the purchase and the authorized seller ships the device. That’s when you “bought it” and you control the shipping costs and times in reality, not Apple.

Also, don’t worry about a day or two. If you have issues at the end of the warranty you can arrange service on the last day and then ship it - get another 90 days coverage and even if you present your device a week after expiration, my experience is Apple covers these days / week periods in your favor anyhow.

This form pops up when the date Apple thinks it sold it is too far in the past. If this left the factory recently, this form just starts your coverage today, so already Apple is a little cautious so I wouldn’t put a date here that you don’t have evidence to corroborate in case when you list the receipt date, they ask you to upload a scan of the delivery confirmation.

Unless your local law says warranty starts when you receive the gear, the proper transfer of warranty starts when you pay for the goods, not when you receive them.


Missing calendar events and can't create new ones

Go to Settings and click iCloud and turn on Calendars.

If that doesn't work, while in your Calendar, look at the bottom - "Today," "Calendar," and "Inbox." Click on Calendars. Somehow my "Home" calendar (which is where I save most entries, as opposed to "Calendar" or "Work") was unchecked. I couldn't see any old or future entries, and when I added entries and hit save, the day would be empty. When I re-checked "Home," everything reappeared.

It just wasn't showing "Home" entries. I hope your problem is this simple because I know how you feel like you're losing your mind when something like that happens!


How do I backup my complete iTunes library (to new a PC)?

Apple has a support document for this: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer. It also covers things like de-authorizing your old computer from the iTunes Store etc.


Dark mode issues in iPhone 6s+ iOS 13.6.1

Have you disabled auto-brightness? There's a few hours difference between your two screenshots. Try seeing if this issues comes and goes at different times of the day. If it does, consult this answer for how to turn auto-brightness on and off.


Changing the icon on the "window bar" Mac OS X

You'll want to use -setRepresentedFilename:or the other similar methods. I don't think you can just change the icon to anything, it has to be associated with a file.


Can't mount writable images in Disk Utility

Let's assume you have a physical or virtual FAT32 or ExFAT formatted drive. You could mount the ISO file and then copy all the files to this drive. I would recommend using the Terminal application to do the copy. Using the Finder application may result in the creation of ._* files. Although these files can be removed by using dot_clean.

To create a legacy bootable ISO file, use the command given below.

hdiutil makehybrid -o windows10.iso /Volumes/ESD-USB -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 8 -eltorito-boot /Volumes/ESD-USB/boot/etfsboot.com

In this example, the name of the drive shown in the finder was ESD-USB. The -boot-load-size was set to 8 sectors, because the size of the etfsboot.com file was 4096 bytes and the sector size is 512 bytes. ( 8 * 512 = 4096 )


There is no such native feature. You can use a third-party bootloader like rEFInd to achieve what you want.

P.S. If holding Alt/Option on boot genuinely doesn't reliably show the Startup Manager for you, you should probably get that checked out.


How do I use AUNetSend in GarageBand '09

Assuming you’re using GarageBand ’09 (I think it’s the same in iLife ’11), you can still follow those very same instructions.
AUNetSend is an audio unit that uses Bonjour to send a stream of data in the format that you specify.

You can then modify the properties of the “send”:

The “listening” side should be using AUNetReceive…
I haven’t really tried this since the age of dawn, but assuming both Macs are in the same network, it would be more or less straightforward.


MacBook Pro immediately shuts down when disconnected from charger, auto starts when opening MacBook, even after shutdown

Your battery is old even if it still has a low cycle count. You might even have a battery that has been damaged in production. In all cases you should not continue using your MacBook in this condition. The battery could start producing gases, inflating and destroy it in the process.


What software can replace AppleWorks on a new Mac?

There isn't a perfect fit for a unified Appleworks replacement - but each of the 5 functions is available directly from Apple either pre-installed or on the App Store.
Apple now has the iWork suite, which used to be a single package you can buy, but is now separate apps on the App Store. It is made up of Pages (word processor), Keynote (presentation software), and Numbers (spreadsheet). If you want a database consider Bento or FileMaker Pro. All five are made by Apple (the databases are made by FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary). Bento equates to Access, and FileMaker equates to MS-SQL (roughly).  Of course the mail app is the fifth item you will use to fully replace Appleworks.
Edit: Bento is no longer an option.  FileMaker ceased production/support of Bento.  There are other options like TapForms at http://www.tapforms.com.


As you have described the problem, it would be more natural to use Core Graphics or perhaps SpriteKit (depending on the interactions with your graphics).

UIKit does not strike me as an obvious go-to framework for this problem.


How to view CPU clock rate in GHz or MHz?

Intel Power Gadget can show the current CPU frequency.


Forgot administrator username and password MacBook Pro

Password assistant (FileVault must be on)
One way to reset your password is using set Password assistant (FileVault must be on).
If FileVault is on, follow these steps to reset your password:

Wait up to a minute at the login screen, until you see a message saying that you can use the power button on your Mac to shut down and
start up again in Recovery OS. If you don't see this message,
FileVault isn't on.

Press and hold the power button until your Mac turns off.

Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.

When the Reset Password window appears, follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password. If you need to connect to
Wi-Fi, move your pointer to the top of the screen and use the Wi-Fi
menu to connect. To exit without resetting your password, choose Apple
menu > Restart.

When done, click Restart.

If you were able to reset your password with the Reset Password assistant, log in to your account using your new password.

Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

(Source)
Reset using your Recovery Key (FileVault must be on)
If FileVault is on and you have a recovery key you can use that to reset your password:

At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using your Recovery
Key. If you don't see the message after three attempts, FileVault
isn't on.

Click the arrow next to the message. The password field changes to a Recovery Key field.

Enter your Recovery Key. Use uppercase characters, and include the hyphens.  Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password,
then click Reset Password when done.

Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using Recover Mode
You can reset your password from the terminal using Recovery Mode:

Turn off your Mac (choose Apple > Shut Down).

Press the power button while holding down Command + R. The Mac will boot into Recovery.

When you see the load bar appear you can let go of the keys. It may take a few minutes to load.

Select Disk Utility and press Continue.

Choose Utilities > Terminal.

Enter resetpassword (all one word, lower-case letters) and press Return.

Select the volume containing the account (normally this will be your main hard drive).

Choose the account to change with Select the User Account.

Enter a new password and re-enter it into the password fields.

Enter a new password hint related to the password.

Click Save.

A warning will appear that the password has changed, but not the Keychain Password. Click OK.

Click Apple > Shut Down.

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Laravel from Scratch - Traversy YouTube - SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] error when run PHP artisan migrate

The solution...
For MAMP users, there's a line missing from the default .env file in Laravel which basically instructs Laravel where to find mySQL:
DB_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

You also need to change the DB_HOST and DB_PORT settings for MAMP.
This works for a default MAMP installation:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=8889
DB_DATABASE=lsapp
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root
DB_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

If you have set a username / password you should use them of course ...


How to deal with unzip error on a large file in OSX?

I managed to unzip it with tar.

tar xzvf 2015-09-24-raspbian-jessie.zip

Requires no installation of additional software


You can restore it as new. With iTunes.
And then re-install all user data and apps. Do not jailbreak again.


I would try the following command in the terminal to download and install updates available for your mac. All commands below require administrator privileges and will prompt for your password which is NOT relayed to the screen. You will not see the caret move at all as you type it in or be replaced by "*" per character of your password. This is normal.

sudo softwareupdate -ia

This downloads and installs all available updates.

If perhaps you have configured a different App Store catalog (Usually done in businesses) you can run the following command first and then the above command. You can run it anyway to restore the catalog to defaults if you're not sure.

Reset default catalog for App Store:

sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog

For business Macs that need to restore the catalog back to the business's you can do that with the following command:

sudo softwareupdate --set-catalog <URL GOES HERE WITHOUT BRACKETS>

The first command I stated should download and install all updates but sometimes bugs happen and things don't work. Another attempt to solve the issue could be the following command first.

Reset all ignored updates:

sudo softwareupdate --reset-ignored -ai

More edits! Lets try seeing what the app store thinks is needing an update with this command:

defaults read com.apple.appstore

Last possible option I can think off is to write that no updates are available. If there are updates available this won't fix that, but it'll change the updates available number.

defaults write com.apple.appstore appStoreBadgeCount 0

This may change the badge count.

Sometimes nothing works, and a reinstall may be the best option. Steps below.

Don't forget to backup your data!

Download MacOS Sierra from the app store.
Reinstall by opening it and running it

OR FOR CLEAN WIPE READ ON

Wipe a USB Drive or Partition it with 6GB minimum named Untitled
Run the following command after downloading Sierra to create a bootable USB.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

This may take a bit of time to copy onto the USB.
Now, boot into recovery mode by holding down alt/option directly after starting up your mac.
Here you will be presented with the USB option (Don't forget to plug keep it plugged in or it won't show up) NOTE If a firmware Password was set, you will be required to put it in to boot it up and choose a disk to boot from!
Booting up to the USB will be like recovery mode and you can wipe your Mac's HD/SSD and reinstall a fresh clean copy of OS Sierra.

Don't forget to backup your data!

Reinstalling via alt/option + command + r into the internet recovery (If available on your mac model) will revert and download and old OS that it came with out of Apple's Facility then to Sierra, so a bootable USB is a good option and you can keep it there for another use.


I have a Watch S2 with 4.3.1.  I haven't noticed any changes during my alarms or notifications.

Check to make sure your haptic strength has not been accidentally lowered:

Open the Watch app.
On the My Watch tab, tap Sounds & Haptics.
Scroll down to Haptic Strength.  Is it in its normal position?  To make is stronger, move the slider to the right.
For even stronger haptics, turn on Prominent Haptic.


gpg-agent + launchd maxing out cpu overnight.. plus other stability oddness lately.. any ideas why?

My problems covered a few areas, but all stability seems to have been addressed.

Regarding the gpg-agent issue, I haven't seen that come up again, and this maybe attributed to one of two things: 1) uninstalling Mozy; 2) keeping up with the OS X system updates.  I don't know which of these for sure, or if the issue is actually fixed, but several months later, I haven't seen this issue reoccur (Mozy was probably uninstalled a week or two after originally posting this).

Regarding the sleeping/freezing oddness, this may have been addressed by OS X system updates as well, or could have been related to this sleep issue I had with locking screen vs. going to sleep, detailed here: How do I stop my MacBook Pro from randomly freezing when trying to go to sleep?

As of this follow-up, I'm running 10.7.4.  Hopefully this helps someone else pinpoint a similar issue.


Built-in mic on MacBook reacts in Sound System Prefs, but not in Skype (calls & audio settings). Can anyone help me?

Skype can select different audio input than default OSX in system preferences pane.
Have you tried going into Skype preferences and checking if you have "Internal Microphone" selected there as well?


How do I clean ununsed tags from Finder?

Open Finder preferences either by going to Finder → Preferences in Menu bar or by pressing Command + , keyboard shortcut with with Finder.app open.

Go to Tags tab, select the unwanted tags and hit - button.


Connecting to samba share with different username on Tiger

It should just be as easy as accessing the location as follows

smb://username:password@ip.of.the.server/optional/path


Why do I keep receiving my own text messages when I text ONE of the five lines in our family plan?

I just figured this out as I had the same issue.

What you need to do is click on your Settings app and scroll down to the green messages icon, click on that and scroll down to the Send & Receive setting. Next to this, it will have the number of addresses, that is: two addresses, click on this and untick the number and email address that are not yours. This should cure the problem for you.

If you have FaceTime active, then I’d advise checking it to make sure that only your number and your email address are filled in.


Re-added certificate leads to unknown authority

If you have in fact deleted a trusted root certificate, then you must

add it again
trust it again

In order to trust the certificate, open it by double-clicking on it in the keychain, open the Trust section, then set When using this certificate: Always trust.

In order to make Mail accept the newly trusted certificate, it may be necessary to quit and re-start Mail.

If all fails, you could re-install your macOS over the existing installation which will most probably restore all pre-installed root certificates again.


Which Personal Hotspot mode uses least battery?

USB tethering will use the least battery because the phone will charge while it acts as a hotspot. Bluetooth should be next (especially if both devices go into Bluetooth 4.0's low power mode), with WiFi last.


Remove titlebar from window like Vimperator

This is specific to Firefox and how plugins are able to interact with its windows.


The identity of "imap.gmail.com" cannot be verified

Check your Date & Time settings in preferences. Make sure that the date is correct.


Error: SHA256 mismatch with brew install

I had a similar issue with brew install.

Try running rm ${file_above} && brew install poppler


Automate Fn key switch when opening Excel

I think the best way to achieve this is to install a keyboard mapper program. I use Karabiner. Once installed (might need a reboot?) you'll then see a menu bar icon that looks like a rounded square probably with the word 'Default' next to it; it is suggesting you're using the default mapping profile. Click on it and select 'Preferences' to access Karabiner's prefs applet so you can edit the private.xml file and add in the mapping below. You should be able to find a button for "Open private.xml" under the "Misc & Uninstall" tab of the preferences window.

Put this into your private.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>

  <!-- ============================================================ -->
  <!-- Make F2 send as Ctrl-U for formula editing -->

  <appdef>
    <appname>Excel</appname>
    <equal>com.microsoft.Excel</equal>
  </appdef>

  <item>
    <name>F2 becomes Ctrl-U in Excel</name>
    <identifier>private.map_F2_to_ctrlU</identifier>
    <only>Excel</only>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F2, KeyCode::U, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

That will now make it that when you hit F2, it will send to Excel the Ctrl-U sequence instead. Whatever F2 was doing before will no longer work, but it appears to be some kind of cut-and-paste.

Note that I am doing this on a wired apple extended keyboard (from a Mac Pro) where F2 doesn't require Fn (the alternate functions like volume do), so I don't know what the non-numeric keypad or laptop keyboards will do, but perhaps you'll have to add either KeyCode::FN or ModifierFlag::FN to the left side of that mapping if it doesn't work right away. Then again, the Fn behavior might be a keyboard preference- I don't recall off the top of my head.

It is worth pointing out that in the mapping file I created for this, I defined it in a way that this mapping will only be valid for the Excel application, it won't do it for any other application.

The only other thing you might need to do in the preferences window is under the "Change Key" tab, there will now be a checkbox for "F2 becomes Ctrl-U in Excel" which will need to be checked.

Let me know if that works. FWIW, I've used Karabiner for a few years now as a way to map the Right-Option key as a Windows Menu/Context key when running under Citrix Receiver (remote login to work PC) and it has worked well for me and updates have been painless.


Is there a way to extend the time you can talk to Siri for?

You can prevent Siri from cutting you off in the command mode by holding down the Home button until you're done speaking.

Normally you activate Siri in the command mode by holding the Home button until Siri responds, then releasing the button and talking.  In that mode she'll cut you off pretty quickly.  Continuing to hold the Home button bypasses that limitation.


Is it possible to update any iOS 6 device to iOS 6.1.6?

Sadly, no.

The iOS 6.1.6 patch (as was 6.1.5) is an update only available for iPhone 3GS and the fourth generation iPod touch. Apple appears to only be maintaining that branch exclusively for devices which were never compatible with iOS 7.


Prevent Calendar on Mac from removing old entries

The problem is resolved.

On my iPhone, all the old entries were still there. But restarting the Mac and going to Calendar again, the same thing happened: The old items displayed and disappeared. However, disabling the iCloud calendar and then re-enabling sync for my iCloud calendars appears to have caused the problem to resolve.


Photos stored in iClouds photo stream are only stored for up to 30 days and up to 1000 photos (whichever you reach first). You should save any photos you want to keep to your photo roll or iPhoto within the 30 days allocated.

For this and more information about iCloud check out the iCloud FAQ


How can I edit the keyboard shortcuts in notes

Go to System Preferences → Keyboard → App Shortcuts.
Click the + to add a new shortcut.
Choose Notes.app, enter ‘Bigger’ as the Menu Title, then set the Keyboard Shortcut ‘⇧⌘=’.
Click Add. The new shortcut will be available for use and will show in the Notes menus as appropriate, under Format → Font → Bigger.


Is there a way to encrypt data on iCloud?

If you want set-it-forget-it like BackBlaze, then iCloud is not for you. Your data is safe from a rogue Apple employee, but not safe from a government agency or someone with a legal ability to extract it. When Apple can help you regain access to your iCloud files if you forget your password then they can help a government agency to do that too.

But if you create your own password-encrypted disk image (.sparsebundle file using Disk Utility and encryption in the Finder) then the password is known only to you, and is only stored in RAM on your machine while your disk image is open and mounted; it is destroyed when you unmount and close the encrypted disk image. You can keep copies of that encrypted disk image on your machine or in a cloud service.

If you never store that password in the Keychain iCloud or localitems keychain files, then it will never be uploaded to iCloud. If you store that password in a local-only Keychain file then it is secure but would not necessarily be proof against seizure of your hardware or a malicious remote control.

Regardless of how well you protect the password to your encrypted disk image, you might be forced to decrypt it whilst under arrest. If you 'forget' it, then that may be used against you in court. If you truly forget it, then your data is completely deleted and unrecoverable.


I tried asking a similar question on the Apple discussion forum but wasn't allowed. It seems to be a bug. If you log out and log in the settings work as they should, at least they did in my case.
I could put my MBP (2010, running Yosemite) to sleep via the menu, close the lid or simply let it go to screen saver and then sleep, let it stand over night and still not be asked for my password, so I don't think its only a Power Nap issue.


Is it possible to synchonize my iPod with iTunes on one computer and drag-drop ad-hoc files on another?

I know it was possible with older iPods, not sure about touches though. If you have it jailbroken, you can SSH into the device and store your files that way. You have to have WiFi access in both locations though. That's the simplest way I can think of, sadly lol.

Here's how to jailbreak. And here's how to SSH. Other SSH info.

Hope this helps!

-Thomas


CMD + ` to switch between windows on Turkish keyboard

Open System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts to discover this setting on standard Turkish keyboard: command+w.


How to show current time in mac terminal prompt?

Simple answer: \T is the code for 12hr time in HHH:MM:SS. So, you'll get:

$ export PS1+="\T"
08:56:25 $
08:56:26 $
08:56:28 $
08:56:30 $

In the case you have the PS1+ is appending onto an earlier configured PS1 variable - you'll need to modify to your needs.

This is a live variable in my version of bash on High Sierra. I copied and pasted above hitting enter to show the seconds incrementing.


In Bootcamp, I can't get past the "Create Partition for Windows" stage

I remember having this problem with my 2009 MacBook Air. I never did manage to actually fix it, but I ended up making the partition using Disk Utility. This seemed to work fine.


It is possible to create a login which doesn't need a password

You do not have to set a password:

Start with Create new user account in System preferences - Users & Groups
Under drop down choose for example Standard Account
Enter name and account but skip the password filed
You will get a warning about not having password, click OK

Account is now created without password.

The Guest account (if enabled) also doesn't require a password.


I have no idea the model/year of the OP's Mac, therefore this answer is based what I think would work.
The Windows Support Software provided by Apple for the newer model Macs no longer includes an AutoUnattend.xml file. This file is not required to install Windows 10. With respect to this answer, you can skip step 3 and replace step 7 with the step 7 given below.

Enter the command below to start the Windows installation.
setup

When you finish installing Windows, you will have manually run the Windows Support Software installer, as explained in step 10.

Note: The questions and answers linked to your question were created at a time when Apple was having the Boot Camp Assistant install Windows 10 with a separate recovery partition. The newer versions of the Boot Camp Assistant no longer do this, which significantly simplifies the installation procedure from what I previous posted.


Can't fully expand projects and targets list in Xcode 7

Looks like it's just a layout (probably AutoLayout) issue with Xcode on smaller screens. When I close some panels or view Xcode on larger screen I'm able to expand and resize the projects and targets panel.


Your Console shows:

1- The kernel is trying to turn off BT but gets refused!

2- Your os x install has a bug?

They might or not be related.

Reinstall your OS X (12F45) update. ->Check.

Reset your SMC. ->Check.

If problem continues Log in as Guest. ->Check.


When typing on Bluetooth keyboards, letter sometimes infinitely repeats while not holding it down

Regarding the shortcut for changing input sources, in El Capitan it is Control plus Space (unless your upgrade process carried over Command plus Space from an earlier OS version).  Normally the MSFT Windows key = Apple's Command key.  Alt = Option.


TLDR; If you care about your money, buy that 2nd hand MP.  If you care about expandability, look for a 2nd hand heavy CPU'ed cMP (classic Mac Pro).

--

That used Mac Pro doesn't sound bad at all!  Sure, one day in the future there will be new models available, and they will be faster and better.

However one must not buy a Mac Pro - or any computer for that matter - for the future.

Assuming your computer is not for academic research or playing games, professional machines like these should start making you money from the day you connect them to the power grid.  When the new model comes out you should have made so much profit with it that replacing it would be a no brainer.

If you don't plan to do that - and are afraid it will be quicker obsolete than the upcoming version - perhaps the Mac Pro isn't the machine for you.

Chances are low the 'new' Mac Pro will follow the latest traditions of the 'lesser' Mac range, being getting smaller, less power demanding and just a slight faster or less fast than its predecessor.  The new Mac Pro will be significantly better leaner and meaner than the Late 2013 model.

Expect the new MP to have a E5 V4 Broadwell-EP - or even a Skylake E3 V5, Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 and an updated AMD FirePro or even the Fury.  These are very cool features indeed but IMHO the steep price and limiting form factor make it not worth it.  Give me 2 grand and I'll search myself a 2nd hand 12-core, matte silver boxed classic Mac Pro.

disclaimer: personal opinion of course.  We swapped our 6 core cMP with a 6 core newMP about a year ago.  If I knew better then I would have tried to stop that.  That's for technical and usability reasons, not for the (companies) money.


Downgrade pre-installed Lion to Snow Leopard on a 2011 Macbook Pro?

I'm not sure if this will work in your case. But I have a 2010 MacBook Pro I cannot install the retail copy of Snow Leopard onto. That retail disc is 10.6.3, and the laptop needs a higher version.

To overcome this, I installed Snow Leopard on an external drive connected to an older Mac. I then updated Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and copied the contents of that drive back to my MacBook Pro via SuperDuper.

Now, in your case, I'm not sure if Snow Leopard will work at all on the recent MacBook Pro. But, if you have access to an older Mac, give my solution a try.


Check battery health on iPad like on iPhone

Battery Health is currently not available for the iPad.
According to Apple Support,

For iPhone 6 and later, iOS 11.3 and later add new features to show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be replaced.

Nowhere on the page does it mention iPad or iPadOS, so unfortunately, at this time, it's limited to iPhones running iOS 11.3 and later.
You may want to submit a feature request with Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html


Launchctl difference between load and start, unload and stop

TL;DR

You typically want to use launchctl load -w and launchctl unload -w.
start and stop are usually reserved for testing or debugging a job.

Details

launchctl start <label>: Starts the job. This is usually reserved just for testing or debugging a particular job.
launchctl stop <label>: Stops the job. Opposite of start, and it's possible that the job will immediately restart if the job is configured to stay running.

launchctl remove <label>: Removes the job from launchd, but asynchronously. It will not wait for the job to actually stop before returning, so no error handling on this one.

launchctl load <path>: Loads and starts the job as long as the job is not "disabled."
launchctl unload <path>: Stops and unloads the job. The job will still restart on the next login/reboot.

launchctl load -w <path>: Loads and starts the job while also marking the job as "not disabled." The job will restart on the next login/reboot.
launchctl unload -w <path>: Stops and unloads and disables the job. The job will NOT restart on the next login/restart.

  Where do I find the job label for a daemon, is it in the plist file?

Yes, it's in the plist file and it typically matches the filename of the plist file.


I have found the solution!

I set up a second email account on my server with an obscure name, then, I changed the POP/IMAP settings to use that account for receiving, and left the send/SMTP details unchanged.

This now gives me the desired behaviour. It also gives me a receive only account ( which could also be desirable ).

If you are on iOS4 or below, you can also refer to Hand-E-Food's answer. My instructions will work for iOS5 ( due to the extra checks iOS5 makes to verify what you've entered )


What are possible consequences for the screen, when doing the replacement of iPhone 5s home button

As long as you apply common sense when replacing Touch ID/the home button you should be fine:

all screws go back to the same thread they came from
tighten the screws so they won't stick out
make sure to properly align the screen to the top of the case first
pay attention to the flex cables - put them in all the way into the ZIF connector

I recommend to watch a few 5s display repair videos if you never have replaced a screen before. This should give you a better idea what diffuculties may arise.


Using Applescript to paste the current date into a range of Excel cells

I think the code below speaks for itself. The do shell script command shouldn't be used inside another application tell block. Still I prefer a vanilla AppleScript solution as below which is fine to be used in any context in the script.

tell (current date) to set {_day, _month, _year} to {day, it's month, year}
set _day to text -2 thru -1 of ("00" & _day) -- add leading zeros if needed
set _month to text -2 thru -1 of ("00" & (_month as integer)) -- add leading zeros if needed
set _date to _day & "/" & _month & "/" & _year

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    tell workbook 1
        tell worksheet 1
            set value of range "$A1:A10" to _date
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


There different backups at play here:

iTunes backups: saved to local disks, configured in iTunes.
iCloud backups: saved to iCloud, contain more information than iTunes backups, like home screen and app organization.

Both types of backups are often blamed in troubleshooting. But the iCloud backup is especially useful because it has the home screen and app organization. If you have a lot of apps, or you are particular about the way they are laid out on the homescreen, restoring an iCloud backup to a new device is an excellent solution. (Personally, this is what I do when I get a new iOS device.)

Passwords will transfer between devices if you use iCloud Keychain.

There are numerous downsides to starting from scratch on a new device:

You'll miss out on your old settings that you won't even remember having set, or why, until you're already suffering from not having them.
You'll have to endure downloading your apps manually from the App Store, and chew on the anxiety and worry of wondering if you've forgotten to download one of your most beloved apps, like Flappy Bird.
The time you'll spend configuring your new device from scratch will never pay off, because it is categorically easier for your brain to cognitively consider changes based on your previous settings, than on arbitrary default iOS settings that you should not want to and most likely do not know off the top of your head.

The potential downsides of restoring an iCloud backup seem less:

If you had a lot of apps on your old device, it could take longer than you're willing to wait for them to all install on your new device. But this is only relevant if you would like to downsize the number of apps you use. Otherwise, this is not a downside.
There is a relatively insignificant chance of corruption during the backup/restore process and an additional relatively insignificant change that your previous device was running poorly due to some configuration that may be carried unto the new device via the restore process.

Verdict: If you aren't interested in spending a long time reconfiguring the device from scratch, perform an iCloud backup on your old device and restore unto the new one to save time. After all, time is money.


15" MacBook Pro Thunderbolt Display Flickering - Firmware Updates?

Since your MBP is a 2011 (and we're still in 2011), I'll assume it's still under AppleCare 1st year warranty. If so, consider getting it checked at the nearest Apple Store. Do mention you tried applying the firmware update. The list of Apple firmware and SMC updates is here.

If you don't live near an Apple Store, and if you're curious, you could try to diagnose if there's a hardware problem using Apple Hardware Test (AHT) which is a software in one of the DVD that came with your MBP.

Insert the DVD
shut down the MBP, then
hold down the D (for diagnostic) while you power on your MBP
Follow the on-screen menu and note down (or take a photo of the
screen) any errors reported before you call Apple Phone Support.


Apple Thunderbolt Display switching between two computers without manually disconnecting the cord?

What you describe asks for a KVM switch. That would be a small box with 2-4 output ports (non-enterprise class) where you connect one monitor/TB/USB devices and as many computers as you have ports on the switch. Then you switch which one is active and uses screen.

What it effectively does is actually disconnecting computers from the screen, but you don't have to pull the cable, just press a correct button.

A nice feature with those is that you can also connect Windows/Linux PCs and be able to seamlessly switch between all of them.

For example: http://www.atlona.com/Atlona-2x1-Mini-DisplayPort-KVM-Switch.html (it allows to connect 2 mini DP to one screen and switch between them using buttons on the front) [I'm not associated with manufacturer nor the online store, just giving it as an example].


Why does Refind break when upgrading from Mac OS High Sierra (HFS) to Mojave (APFS) on NVMexpress Macs?

Solution:

EDIT: Thank you to @DavidAnderson for pointing out that the driver file "hfs_x64.efi" is what causes the Mac to be able to see the bootable container on the mac. Please see his answer for a better explanation.

The solution is very brief and involves installing the "driver_x64" folder included with the refind download in refind-bin_X/refind/drivers_x64.

Simply drag and drop this "drivers_x64" folder into the EFI/EFI/refind directory after mounting the EFI. Your EFI refind folder should look like this:

Below are some useful commands that helped me.

How to check which mac model I have

You can enter the following in terminal to see your model number:

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier:"

How to check if my Mac has NVMExpress

Newer macs will most likely have the NVMExpress SSD Controller. But if you are curious in learning what kind of connection you are using, you can input the following commands, separately.

If your device is SATA it will return the info regarding your SATA hard drive and the connection.

If your device is NVMExpress then it will return info regarding your NVMExpress Hard drive and the connection. Of course if your device is not NVMexpress then it will return nothing.

system_profiler SPNVMeDataType
system_profiler SPSerialATADataType

Example:

Please note that the version of Refind will affect which Volumes you would be able to boot up from. I tested this on Refind version 10.4 and 11.4.

From my testing I found that with 10.4 you will only be able to see the "Macintosh HD" volume.

Any version after and including 11.1 are designed to see the Preboot Volume that comes installed with the upgrade to Mac Os Mojave. For more info regarding Refind revisions you can go here:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/revisions.html

I do find it strange that within the driver folder there is no explicit mention of an "apfs.efi" driver. I probably plan to bring this up to the developer. But it still seems to fix this issue. See below for what I mean:

I hope this helps! This was breaking my head for over a week until this simple solution occurred to me. Hopefully it helps you as well.


You can assign a shortcut to a script like this:

ignoring application responses
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "QuickHue"
        click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1
    end tell
end ignoring

There is a bug where clicking some status menu items causes scripts to be blocked for about 5 seconds. One workaround is to terminate System Events after the click command:

launch application "System Events"
delay 0.2
ignoring application responses
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Time Tracker"
        click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
    end tell
end ignoring
do shell script "killall System\\ Events"
delay 0.1
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Time Tracker"
    tell menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
        click menu item 2 of menu 1
    end tell
end tell

The first two lines are needed when System Events is not already running. System Events supports sudden termination, so it should be safe to even send it a KILL signal.


Home button of ipod touch 4g (32 gb) giving problem

This is a relative known problem with iPhone 4(s) and iPod Touches.

If it's still under warranty, take it back to the store and they should fixed it for you (or replace the device).


OS X hangs up intermittently - spinning beachball of death

I ended up taking the laptop to a Apple Store and they said that the hard drive bracket needed replacement. They agreed to do it for free since it is covered by the Apple Quality program. Apparently, the hard drive bracket is something that breaks in this model and Apple has the decency of repairing it for free despite being way out of warranty. One thing I will never know is why Windows performed well despite this hardware error. Anyway, my computer runs smoothly again, specially with the new SSD.


It's not possible... hoping Apple allows this in a future release.


Mac Preview Force Touch not working properly

Apple support said that it was a changed after the update. It will sill working on other applications like pages, notes...


Unable to delete .pkg files in /Library/Updates/

Reboot in Recovery mode by restarting your Mac and holding Command+R. It can take more time to boot as
  usual, that's OK, just be patient.
  In the top menu go to Utilities and open Terminal.
  Type csrutil disable and press Enter.
  Type reboot and press Enter to reboot again.

Now delete the update .pkgs but the .plist files will contain wrong info, if any, about the download status etc. I am not sure if they have to be deleted or not.

<key>InstallAtLogout</key>
    <array/>
    <key>ProductPaths</key>
    <dict>
        <key>061-41421</key>
        <string>061-41421</string>
    </dict>

Also, disable automatic download from System Preferences  → Software Updates.

  Now you should re-enable System Integrity Check. It is there for a
  reason.

  Reboot in Recovery mode by restarting your Mac and holding Command+R.
  In the top menu go to Utilities > Terminal.
  Type csrutil enable and press Enter.
  Type reboot and press Enter to reboot again.

How to completely disable Siri on Sierra?


Why does my friend iphone 6 calls show on my phone

The Apple ID is how the iCloud system identifies you. If you share an Apple ID, then iCloud thinks you are using both phones. If you don't want the calls to show, then don't share the Apple ID.

Why are you sharing an Apple ID? Is it to be able to share purchases from iTunes/App Store? If so, you CAN use a different Apple ID for the App store than your Messages, iCloud, backups etc. Simply use the shared Apple ID with the App Store login, but for iCloud, use a personal Apple ID. That way, calls won't show up on your phone, but iTunes/App Store purchases can be shared. Or, use Family Share, as Family share allows you to include personal Apple IDs in a purchasing 'group'.


macOS Sierra - localhost stops working when virtual host is enabled

Probably you missed one or more modifications. To enable virtual hosts in macOS 10.12.0 (Client) do the following:

edit the file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:

uncomment line 160:

#LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so

to

LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so

replace in line 213

#ServerName www.example.com:80

by

ServerName localhost

uncomment line 509:

#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

to

Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

edit the file /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and replace the content by

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot "/path/to/localhost"

    <Directory "/path/to/localhost">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Your site has to reside in /path/to/localhost/
Check the apache config with: sudo apachectl -S. The first two lines should yield:

VirtualHost configuration:
*:80                   localhost (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:23)

Start apache with sudo apachectl start
Now – after emptying the browser caches – enter localhost in the address bar of your browser.


Problems integrating Python 3.1 on 10.6.5

At least with MacPorts, this is done with the python_select command.  It may not be immediately applicable to your setup (you didn't mention MacPorts) but it's somewhere to start.


My MacBook Pro doesn't recognize the battery after minor liquid spill

That needs dismantling for cleaning and as soon as possible.
The damage will likely get worse and the « loquid » will also make a difference, as the impurities can become electrically conductive and cause more problems over time.
Take it to a service centre or a professional.


Update to 10.14.1 on Mac Pro 5.1 results in black screen

I just had the same black screen issue on my 5,1 Mac Pro (also running a Sapphire RX 580). I tried putting back the original 5770, and after booting with that failed, I tried resetting the PRAM (power on and immediately hold Cmd-Opt-P-R until the machine restarts again) and that reset things and got the display working again.

It might have worked without swapping back to the older card first, I unfortunately didn’t try that, and I admit I hope not to find out. Thankfully it still was better than your OS reinstall, I was afraid it was headed that way.