macports mod_proxy configuration gives error AH01144 No protocol handler was valid for the URL .. scheme http

After try and error i found the relevant set:
   rcsdiff httpd.conf
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/httpd.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -r1.1 httpd.conf
109,110c109,110
< #LoadModule xml2enc_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_xml2enc.so
< #LoadModule proxy_html_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_html.so
---
> LoadModule xml2enc_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_xml2enc.so
> LoadModule proxy_html_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_html.so
125c125
< #LoadModule proxy_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy.so
---
> LoadModule proxy_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy.so
128c128
< #LoadModule proxy_http_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_http.so
---
> LoadModule proxy_http_module lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_http.so


Can Time Machine back up to an external HD connected to another Mac?

Yes. I've been doing this since Snow Leopard. All my MacBook Pros in the house do their Time Machine backups to an external USB drive that's hanging off an iMac running the standard OS X install (i.e. not Server). At the time of writing the iMac has been upgraded to Lion as has one of the MacBook Pros.

First, configure your target machine (the one with the USB drive attached):

Format the drive as OS X Extended Journaled. Give it a useful name. I use 'Remote Backups'.
Go to System Preferences -> Sharing
Make sure File Sharing is turned on and has a check mark next to it
Under the 'Shared Folders' list click the + button and add your newly formatted USB drive to the list of shared folders
Select the drive in the list and under 'Users' make sure everyone shown has read/write access to the drive.

Now you need to configure your source machine (the one you want to keep it's Time Machine volume on this drive):

Open Finder on the machine. Find your target machine and click on it. Mount the drive on this machine.

If you're asked for a user name and password use the user name and password on your target machine that you used to login and setup the share. Make sure you save this user name and password to your keychain

Go to System Preferences -> Time Machine
Click Select Disk...
The list should include the mounted drive, select that. Pick your encryption options and hit the Use Backup Disk button

You're now all set up to use this remote drive as your Time Machine backup location. When Time Machine runs you'll see this drive appear as a mount on your system, and when it's done the mount will go away.

If you browse this drive from the target machine you'll see sparsebundle files, one for each machine that's doing a Time Machine backup to this drive, on the disk. These are the actual "disks" that Time Machine is using on each machine to keep the incrementals. If you click on one, it should mount and you should be able to browse it like normal.

If you have a complete disaster and need to do a fresh OS X install and recover from Time Machine you can point the recovery process at the remote drive and it will ask you to pick a sparsebundle from the drive to recover from. Or, and this is what I recommend, you can unattach the drive from your target and attach it via USB to your machine and do the restore over USB which is much faster.

I can confirm that complete restores from Time Machine backups kept in this manner work well. I've had to do two of them in the past few years on machines that keep their backups this way and both went smashingly well. Browsing Time Machine history in the Time Machine viewer can be a bit laggy, but it does work.


Can I charge a different price for an iPhone app versus an iPad app?

Of course you can. Just release them as two separate apps.


You're in the "trash" directory now because when you threw out the folder, your view of that folder in the terminal went with it.  The terminal, being completely inside the directory, doesn't even need to know it's been moved to the trash.  It's pwd doesn't even change because it has no reason to re-validate the current directory path on every interaction - and why should it?  the directory itself is still valid, it just lives in ~/.Trash now.

Directories (or folders) are really just references to spots on a physical disk, so moving folders around your hard drive never changes their disk location, so again, why should the Terminal update?  It doesn't care.

It's a "gotcha" that's been part of linux for 20 years and unix for a great deal longer.


Try Activity Monitor. Left-click on the Java app > Information > Open Files and Ports.

You get list of all opened files for this application.


The problem is caused by Apple's home made implementation of the smb protocol.  Using smb3 won't make a difference.

Server-Side Fix

If you have control of the smb server (Samba?) then you can fix this issue by enabling the vfs_fruit module.  If you are not using Samba then you'll need to find another way to enable "Alternate Data Streams" (ADS) and intercept OSX's "special" streams: AFP_AfpInfo and AFP_Resource.  I made notes of all the details at the plazko.io blog.
On Samba server you can fix the issue by enabling vfs_fruit in smb.conf like this:

vfs objects = fruit streams_xattr

Client-Side Fix

If you do not have control of the smb server, then your only option is to change the way your OSX client is handling smb.  The only way to do that is to replace Apple's implementation of smb with Samba.  I have never done this, but there is a tutorial here.

This is an excerpt of the answer I gave to Slow SMB connection Buffalo Linkstation.


Problem creating new Apple ID. Account cannot be created at this time

I like to check Apple system status when I can’t use their online services.

https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

It has a contact link for when you have an issue that isn’t described. As mentioned in the comments - it’s not easy to know if you need to retry or there’s a more permanent issue, but waiting is always an option to avoid a call to support. I would try once in a few hours, then again tomorrow, then ask support if you haven’t waited a little to try again already.


Why is the update button in "App Store" app opening the app instead of updating it?

Go to Settings -> iTunes & App Store -> AppleID -> Sign out.
Close the App Store app (double-click home button, swipe up on App Store), and restart the phone -- but instead of holding the power button and shutting down "cleanly", hold the power and home buttons until it powers off.  Power it back on.
Settings -> iTunes & App Store -> Sign In.
See if you get the same results.

If that doesn't do it, try deleting the affected apps, then shutting the phone off cleanly, then starting it back up and re-installing the apps.


iPad's Mail won't check for new messages in folders

Short of getting a different mail client on your iPad I can get you more than half of the way there.

Set up gmail as Microsoft Exchange server (leave the domain blank, add user and password and let it try to connect. When it fails, use m.google.com for the server and you can choose mail, calendar, address data to use ActiveSync)

Once the first mail sync starts, you can then choose days to sync and which subfolders will have push enabled. The mail badge count still only reflects unread messages in the Inbox, but you will get the mail notification sound/vibration for any new push message arriving in your selected subfolders. Your iOS device will be ready to go when you tap into the folders that have new push messages.


Is CSS injection possible on iPad using Safari?

To inject a custom CSS into a webpage on iPad you can use the app Shortcuts. First, you need to create a new shortcut:

Open Shortcuts
Select Create Shortcut > Web > Run JavaScript on Web Page
Use the following JavaScript:

function addStyleString(str) {
    var node = document.createElement('style');
    node.innerHTML = str;
    document.body.appendChild(node);
}

addStyleString('body { color: red !important }');
addStyleString('body { background: silver !important }');
// This way allows you to add CSS in multiple passes

// Call completion to finish
completion();

Tap Next
Add the Shortcut Name

To apply a custom CSS you need to run the shortcut in Safari:

Open a web page in Safari
Tap on the share button
Scroll all the way down and tap on the newly created shortcut.

HINT: Use !important in CSS injections to override default rules.


Are you suspecting a mistress ? ^^

And yes, your 'husband' will be alerted by this mail :

  Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud on - device -

Accessing to a "someone else's iCloud" without permission is illegal.


How do I change back from MacPorts Python to system default version?

Macports select can change it back.

The current macports does it using the port select command - older versions had python_select

To see the possible pythons run

port select --list python

From that list choose the one you want and change to it e.g.

sudo port select --set python python25-apple


This answered my question perfectly:

https://www.jannikarndt.de/blog/2018/01/how_to_use_a_raspberry_pi_for_your_time_machine_backups/


Use 2019 Macbook Pro trackpad with 8th generation iPad

Yes, it is possible to relay the MBP's trackpad inputs to other devices in general.
Using the MBP trackpad with any iPad and in general is unfortunately not possible.
If you want to develop the software yourself, you would be looking at creating two applications:
First a small application on the Mac that captures the trackpad input similar to how VMware and Parallels Desktop captures trackpad input. It needs to forward it to the iPad using for example a network protocol.
The second application is an iPad app that speaks the same protocol and thus is able to take in the input from the trackpad. You would then react to that input in your application like you react to touches from the user.
You can use this open-source project to inject the trackpad input into your app:
https://github.com/Ret70/PTFakeTouch
However take note that this will only work with your own app. You cannot use the trackpad input to control other third party apps (unless you have convinced them to use your protocol), or to control Apple's default apps.
If you're willing to jailbreak your iPad, you can control other third party apps and Apple's default apps by injecting your trackpad inputs into the system.
You could even use this open-source project instead of building your own iPad app to inject the inputs:
https://github.com/xuan32546/IOS13-SimulateTouch
It features a simple network protocol that you can send trackpad inputs to and have it injected as touch events on the iPad.


How to disable Spotlight and mds_stores on Mac OS Catalina

In my experience, a failing disk and/or a disk filesystem that’s damaged or failing is the cause for most spotlight processes that run too long. Also, metadata importers that are added by programs like Office and others run to index their files and can cause issues.

Before you disable this entirely, have you opened the spotlight settings and added each user home folder to the privacy? This cleans all records of those user files from the database. Then you would restart the machine and perhaps boot to recovery HD and run Disk Utility to repair the disk.

Sometimes a clean install is all that’s needed - https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/66690/5472

Clearly, spotlight needs to take one pass over all the data, but then it should quit. As you say, if you don’t need it, adding the folders you wish to not have indexed is the easy way to let the system index things it needs, but ignore your user files, database files and other things that might cause temporary or permanent resource usage. I could see some high transaction data based never getting indexed if they don’t tell spotlight to not index files.

Preventing Spotlight from Indexing Files & Folders?


How to stop MacBook Air desktop being shown on another computer on network

On the other computer that is public. Open iCloud preferences and turn of iCloud files. Consider signing out of iCloud entirely on that other computer.

For even more protection:

Turn off iCloud document sync on the source computer (or move the sensitive files to another folder that doesn't sync to iCloud). This eliminates the ability to access those files from iOS, though.
Store sensitive files in an encrypted DMG - they will still sync, but without a password to unlock the image - the files are not indexed or accessible.

In the future, Apple's new file system will allow file level encryption so that you can be less selective about sensitive files syncing but more selective about which are locked from inadvertent access (whether spotlight or just opening the file). This is probably 18 months off or more for total iOS / macOS adoption of APFS and file based encryption.


In your Settings go to Messages> Send & Receive and you should be able to set your preferences from there. Go to the "Start New Conversations From:" section and set your phone number to be the default.

If your phone number does not appear, turn FaceTime off and on. Phone number should show up


What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?

If you mean Quick Look, it uses Audio.qlgenerator:

$ qlmanage -m plugins|grep midi
  public.midi-audio -> /System/Library/QuickLook/Audio.qlgenerator (555.5 - loaded)

Information about what instruments tracks use is part of .mid files. .mid files predate the VST format, but there are 128 instruments defined by General MIDI and the sounds for them are usually synthesized from wavetables in soundfont (sf2) or DLS files. In earlier versions of OS X you could change the soundfont from System Preferences, but it's much more difficult now.

If you want to use .mid style sounds in a DAW, there's the DLSMusicDevice AU:

In Live you can change the sound by changing the program and playing at least one note from a clip:


How to know what packages are available with (home)brew?

brew search lists all available formula (aka packages), requires you to install brew first of course.

Additionally, if you want to get further information about that package before installing it brew info <package name> will list relevant information like version number, dependencies etc.


iMac 14,1 won't Netboot from Deploy Studio server running OS 10.8

This was eventually resolved.  We discovered that with Mavericks we could not netboot across subnets, which we previously had no issues with, so it seems to be unrelated to Deploy Studio or model.
Also learned that the TFTP protocol change is only relevant during netboot if you get the prohibited sign during boot, which we did not get.


Hot Corners for Mission Control stop working

Had this issue November 2016 running OS 10.12.1 "Sierra" an additional symptom is that Mission Control was not launching. I fixed it by opening Activity Monitor, Quit the dock (force quit was not necessary). Went back to normal


Un-jailbreak iPhone without updating iOS?

You can use Cydia Eraser by Saurik to completely wipe and restore your device to stock iOS without updating.


"Developer" option is not available under Settings menu. Why?

I found that by powering off the device, and turning it back on while connected to the machine running Xcode 6.3, the Developer settings menu returned for my iOS 8.3 devices.


Unable to download an iOS app from iTunes Japan when I am using my Apple account registered in the USA

You can try following this procedure (Youtube Video) to create an Apple ID in iTunes without a Credit Card, substituting US for Japan.

You need to follow these steps to create an Apple ID with a U.S. address but without requiring a credit card:

Launch iTunes and switch to the iTunes store. Make sure you are not
logged in.
Scroll to the bottom and change your country to United States.
Next go to App store and download any of the free apps.

iTunes will now prompt you to create a new Apple account and this time, you’ll definitely see the ‘none’ option on the Payments screen.

Source.


Do you have two-factor authentication enabled on your Google account? If so, you may have to create an application-specific password for the YouTube login.

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=184968


I had the same problem on my 13in non-Retina MacBook Pro. I fixed it by going to my project, building and running the project, and when the Simulator.app opened, I pressed the "Stop" button.

This worked for me, but it must be a bug in Xcode 7.0.1 because just a few days ago my simulator was running fine.


How to activate iAd Network in iTunes Connect?

You need to fill out the US tax forms -- take a look at your screenshot: Note that U.S. tax forms are required for everyone.


Does running some commands on terminal with sudo permission consume more RAM?

Theoretically yes, there could be memory leaks etc in the application which only trigger when the application runs with administrative or root privileges. In practice the chance for this is probably rather small, and I would look for issues elsewhere first.


Shortcut keys mapper viewer/checker available?

Try System Preferences->Keyboard and look at the Keyboard shortcuts tab


What is this extra divider line on my Dock?

Recent apps

This is recently-opened applications, which is on by default in macOS Mojave. To disable, open System Preferences > Dock, and uncheck Show recent applications in Dock.


Yes the warranty on Apple products is generally international, however you should not that some types of AppleCare are not just warranties but also insurance and the insurance component may have additional restrictions.

In the case of the MacBook Air AppleCare this is not an insurance product so it is international in countries that Apple offers service within.


How can I repair a disk that Disk Utility says it can't repair?

There is a chance to repair it with command line (in Terminal) with the terminal utility as described in Apple's support docs, shown below:

  Use the command line and the fsck_hfs -l command.

  Start up your computer and log in as an administrator.

  Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities).

  At the prompt, type the following command and then press Return to determine your filesytem ID:

df -hl

  Look for some lines of text that look like this:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s3 37G 20G 17G 55% /
/dev/disk0s5 37G 37G 641M 98% /Volumes/Storage

  Make a note of the External Disk "disk" name that appears after /dev/, such as "/dev/disk0s3." This is your filesystem ID for your External volume.

  At the prompt, type the following command and then press Return:

df -hl

  Then type the following command, where "disk1" is your filesystem ID you noted in step 4, then press Return:

sudo fsck_hfs -l /dev/disk1

  When prompted, enter your admin password, then press Return to begin the verification.

  You should see messages like these during the disk check:

** /dev/rdisk0s3 (NO WRITE)
** Root file system
** Checking HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
** Checking multi-linked files.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
** The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.


IOS 9.3.5 breaks slow motion video playback - how to fix?

I fixed the issue by recording a new regular video (60 fps) and playing it back. The video plays, and after that slow motion videos play as well. Until this step, slow motion videos displayed a spinner and did not play.


If you are looking for Top type output with full path

I suggest ps ax sorted by PID

or even better ps auxww sorted by CPU


How to create pkg which installs files to /usr/local

Rather than using a script to create /usr/local and its subfolders, include them as part of the package's payload. That is, create a prototype "local" folder with "bin" and "etc" subfolders, and your script and conf file in them. Set the permissions correctly (root:admin, 755 for all but the conf file, 644 or maybe 664 for that). Then create an installer package that places that whole folder structure in /usr.

Note that if /usr/local (and some subfolders and files) already exist, the installer will simply merge your package's payload with what already exists (i.e. it does exactly what you want).


How to revert the intial decision for not saving username/password in OS X Firefox?

If you go to the Security tab of Firefox preferences, to the right of the checkbox labeled “Remember passwords for sites” there will be an “Exceptions…” button. This will show a dialog from which you can select and remove the websites you told Firefox to never save passwords for.


Use a Mini Displayport cable to connect a Late 2013 rMBP to a 2009 iMac?

My late 2009 iMac works as an external display for my Early 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro, and for my Mid 2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro, using this cable. Both laptops have Thunderbolt; the iMac does not have Thunderbolt.

I don't have a Late 2013 Retina MacBook to test, but it seems reasonable to assume it has the same compatibility.


It seems to work if you change the permissions of the parent directory /usr/local/include/osxfuse

You need to ensure that your user has write permissions to this directory and all of it's files.  This should work:

sudo chown USERNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chgrp GROUPNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chmod o+w /usr/local/include/osxfuse


Can I redeem EUR iTunes vouchers in any EUR country?

No. You can only redeem a gift card purchased in Germany in Germany. See this Apple doc, the section called "GESCHENKGUTSCHEINE, ITUNES KARTEN, GUTHABENKONTEN UND CONTENT CODES". Google translate does a very nice job (the doc is in German).

Anyway, here's the (translated) quote:

  Gift certificates, iTunes Cards, Content Codes and credit accounts that were purchased in Germany can be redeemed through the stores only in Germany.

It appears that this is the case for most countries.


Is it bad to store a mac on top of a windows laptop due to the magnetic power cord?

Unless the laptop comes from the mid-1980s and has the floppy drive directly below the magnet, no.

The components most affected my magnetic fields are the hard disk drive and the CRT display. Laptops haven't had CRT displays for quite a while now, and are largely losing their magnetic storage. If you do have a spinning drive instead of a SSD, the current ones are far less sensitive to external magnetic fields than they used to be: increased capacity -> less sensitivity.

So unless you have a massively-powerful rare-earth or electromagnet on the shelf, don't worry about it. The tiny magnet in the power connector won't even be noticed.


Conflicting Disc Utility Details - Failing Drive

Disc Utility isn't always the best tool for something like this.
I would probably throw something like this at TechTool Pro, Paragon Hard Disk Manager or DiskWarrior* for a good 'second opinion'.

I would also be careful & make sure I had a good clone of it first - Carbon Copy Cloner

*DiskWarrior is extremely good with Time Machine drives, as they're always HFS+, but can't handle APFS & doesn't deal with the entire drive like the others, only partitions.
I've had TTP fix things DW couldn't & HDM fix drives containing Windows partitions that the others couldn't - so there is no clear 'winner' between these three.
TTP contains SMART monitoring software too.

If I could only have 2 of the 3, I'd go TTP & DW, probably in that running order.


How do I use a showroom model of an iPhone 4S?

I would suggest doing a DFU restore. You can do this by:

Plug your iPhone into a computer running the latest version of iTunes.
Hold the home button and the sleep/wake button for exactly 8 seconds.
After this 8 seconds is up, release the sleep/wake button, but continue to hold the home button until iTunes recognizes your iPhone.
Then, choose the Restore option (this should be the only option) and wait for iTunes to download the necessary software and restore your iPhone.


Force Closing Finder, Deleting Files, Recovering Said Files?

Ugh - Do you know specifically if you used Finder to move a folder within one volume or copy the contents to another volume?

If you were copying, boot to recovery and run Disk Utility or power off and run file recovery software like Data Rescue.

If you were moving, then finder can't have caused the issue - force quit or not. Look at backing things up immediately and checking the drive / Disk Utility or hardware test.

Also - you might want to be sure you have Journaling enabled on all the drives in question. That will save you hours of check time when things crash - you might lose a file, but the loss will be quick and then you can move to restore things from the cloud or the backup.


KeePass application with synchronization support on a Mac?

MacPass is an open-source KeePass client for OS X that is able to sync KDBX files.  I came across this looking for an answer to this question myself, finding no real satisfactory answers elsewhere.


120GB SSD-Disk: More space "used" than the sum of all files

Yes 27 GB is realistic for Mojave and there may be no missing data, just delays in calculating and transient data being purged and accounted for.
I pay for a tool DaisyDisk to get me a second opinion on space, but all your numbers make sense to me.

https://daisydiskapp.com/

Unless you can’t free space following the guidelines and see things stack in a stable or good direction, I might do two things.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996

Be sure Time Machine is backing up everything to a local attached disk.
Boot to save mode next weekend one time and then again a month later.

See if the usage leaves out is my advice. I don’t use Clean My Mac, but you could try that for free for 7 days and also rent hundreds of utilities for a month for $10 - https://setapp.com/apps/cleanmymac
for me, the paid version of Daisy Disk and Apple’s cleanup do the trick very well for me on many Macs at home and work.


How to make ⌘⌫ delete a line of text in Messages?

You can change the shortcut for "Close Conversation" to something else, that should avoid the conflict. To do this, open Keyboard Preferences, and then go to the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab. Click Application Shortcuts, then the + button to add a new one. You should get a popup like this one (I'm still on Lion, but I don't believe they changed much):

Change the application to Messages, enter the proper menu title (if it uses an ellipsis, you may have to enter that exact character — not just three periods — by hitting optionshift;), then enter in a shortcut you're unlikely to use.

It's also possible to disable a keyboard shortcut from the command line, rather than just setting it to some obscure command. However I haven't tested this on Mountain Lion or Messages app, so no guarantees.

If you're comfortable with the command line, the proper command would likely be defaults write com.apple.Messages NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Close Conversation…" nil. However I don't have access to Mountain Lion, so the com.apple.Messages part is just a guess. You may want to test first by trying defaults read com.apple.Messages and see if it pops up with an error. It should spit out a long list of plist-formatted preferences, if it doesn't the app identifier (com.apple.Messages) is probably wrong, so you'll need to do some digging to find out what it is.

Again let me stress that I haven't tested this second option on Mountain Lion or Messages at all, it's just based on how things work in previous versions of OS X.


The application keeps you logged in to your account once you log in unless you log out, but if you do anything that would require a password entry like managing your wish list, a Touch ID prompt comes up giving you the option to use your fingerprint instead of typing in your password


Big Sur - No "Create New Folder" option when using the finder to download files

I'm not on Big Sur yet, so this is guesswork.
Potential reasons it's not working.

Those icons in the top bar have always been customisable - maybe it just reverted your icon choices.
Finder, View Menu > Customise Toolbar… Actions contains the New Folder item.

Presumably you're not getting the right click option because you aren't seeing any free space, according to your 2nd pic.  (previous 30 days is not free space)

Cmd/Shift/N has been the key commend for New Folder for a long time.


iBooks Apple ID sign in prompt accepts my password but fails and re-asks, repeatedly

I had the same problem in Mojave. I managed to solve it by going to the Store menu in Books, selecting "Authorize this computer..." - which it did, and suddenly all my  books appeared in Books. After this Books works fine.

(my Mac was already authorized prior to this, since I had no problems with iTunes for example)


Copy photos from an iPhone to a USB flash drive

I would suggest using Image Capture.app. It is located in your Applications folder. From there you can select your iPhone and import the pictures.


Does the late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro Support PCI-E SSDs?

As you can see in the image below from ifixit, the 2013 Retina Macbook Pro does have a kind of M.2 PCI-E SSD. (It is the black rectangle the person is holding.)

However Apple uses proprietary firmware on those SSDs, so only SPECIFICALLY Mac compatible drives will work such as these these and these.

This Ifixit guide shows you how to install a new drive, and links to a page that lets you purchase a compatible drive.


Can I use the sound output on both my late 2009 iMac and my Cinema Display?

I don’t know if you can get away with that, but I do know what you can’t do with “the tools you have”.

The first approach would be to - having both output devices connected – create an Aggregate device that encompasses both.

Let’s say one device is called: Headphones and the other is Display.

The initial approach would be to create the Aggregate device in your Audio MIDI Setup panel, add Headphones and Display as devices, mute Headphones’ left channel and then Display’s right channel. Then happily select this new Aggregate device as your sound output and be super happy.

Sadly that doesn’t work. (I’ve tried it). Apparently the clock synchronization between the “devices” doesn’t happen and OS X doesn’t really care, therefore only one device outputs audio. (Sad, but true).

(more information on how to create an Aggregate device that can be found on this Apple Article)

What to do?

There’s hope, but I haven’t tried this solution.

The idea would be to create an aggregate device of your two sources (Display and Headphones) like we did before, then install JackOSX, set its preference to your new aggregate device, start the Jack’s router, set AudioMIDI Setup to use Jack for I/O, open an app to play your music and connect its output send channels to whatever system playback channels you want in Jack Connection manager.

That might work and I suggest you give it a shot.

More simple solutions, might involve cabling, Y-Splitters and weird things which I don’t think you want to dive into (specially given that all the audio is Digital and internal, you’re not talking about external speakers per se).

Finally, although it doesn’t provide simultaneous playback, changing sound sources is very simple with a free utility like SoundSource from your menu bar. (I do it all the time to switch from headphones to speakers).

Hope something of this makes sense.


Is there a way that my iMessages can be going to a device that is not signed in to my Apple ID?

There are multiple places in which your AppleID can be used on a given device: iMessages, FaceTime, iCloud, App Store, etc. It sounds like what is going on is that the iPad is still logged into your AppleID for iMessages, but perhaps not for other items.

Perhaps the easiest way to handle this is to change your AppleID password. You can do this on Apple's site: https://appleid.apple.com. After that is done, you will then need to go through each of your devices and update the password that is used for the App Store and Messages/FaceTime.


OSX service with custom user does not write Java Preferences

Looks like I found a solution on my own. John Keates has made some good points which made me check the web a little more.

I solved it using the following two lines with the user-creation script:

dscl . -delete /Users/_helpdesk PasswordPolicyOptions
dscl . -delete /Users/_helpdesk AuthenticationAuthority


Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?

Yes, this is possible and actually quite simple. To prevent the Time Capsule from acting as a WiFi access point or router, and use it only as a backup disk, just open the AirPort Utility app on a Mac (Applications -> Utilities -> AirPort Utility) and do the following:

Select your Time Capsule and hit Edit.
Go to the tab labeled Wireless (not Network as zhovner suggests, as putting it in bridge mode only stops it from being a router but does not stop it from being a network access point that your devices will connect to)
From the Network Mode pop-up menu, choose Off.
Click Update, and the base station will restart and load the new settings.

The result will be a Time Capsule you can still wirelessly backup your Macs to, but does not function as a router or access points, so none of your devices will connect to it.

This is the setup that I use; I have 3 eero routers and thus needed the Time Capsule to not be an access point, and these steps stopped it from being that but let me keep backing up to it as usual.

From this wireless tab, just choose off in the Network mode pop-up and hit update.

Source is a Macworld article on the topic.


How can I stop apps I do to not want appearing in the dock?

Actually there is. See the last item in System preferences -> Dock.


"T" key came out of keyboard - need advice

Hi Ronald I'm Kali :) have you tries turning your computer completely off and pressing it as hard as you can well, not as hard as you can but put force on it...and you should hear a "pop" when it pops back into place. Please let me  know if this helps you :)


How to fix Lion 10.7 Apple Webmail "Connection to IMAP server failed"?

The Apple Webmail "Connection to IMAP server failed" error kept re-appearing, I changed /usr/share/webmail/config/appleoverrides.inc.php to:

$rcmail_config['default_host'] = 'localhost';
//$rcmail_config['smtp_server'] = '%h';

Idea from

Change in /usr/share/webmail/config/appleoverrides.inc.php the value of rcmail_config['default_host'] from its default 'tls://%h' to 'tls://macserver.examle.com'.

source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16922962


How do I turn the echo service on in Snow Leopard?

Port number 7 is traditionally labeled "echo", but AFAIK no modern OS implements it.

Note that this is completely different from the ICMP_ECHO used by ping.  That is enabled by default, although it will be blocked if the firewall is placed in stealth mode.


Modifying `whatis` to return error code for missing commands

PIPESTATUS is an array. Since you only need $[PIPESTATUS[0]}, the subscript can be omitted.

(
    code=0
    while [ "$1" != "" ]
    do
        found=0
        for d in /var/cache/man $manpath /usr/lib
        do
            if [ -f $d/whatis ]
            then
                if grep -"$grepopt1" "$grepopt2""$1" $d/whatis
                then
                    found=1
                fi
            fi
        done

        if [ $found = 0 ]
        then
            echo "$1: nothing appropriate"
            code=1
        fi

        shift
    done
    exit $code
) | eval ${PAGER:-more -E}
return $PIPESTATUS

From man bash:

   PIPESTATUS
          An array variable (see Arrays below) containing a list  of  exit
          status  values  from the processes in the most-recently-executed
          foreground pipeline (which may contain only a single command).


This is not the ideal answer, but it is a start.
Notifications are transient and it is not intended that they are put into any history which is easy to use. But you can write software which can catch some aspects of notifications.
Notification activity does get recorded in the system log. To get you started a command like this will show recent notifications (you may need to modify for High Sierra, I am using Big Sur):
log show --predicate '(subsystem == "com.apple.unc") && (category == "application")' --style syslog --info --last 1h

You could write an application which spawns a subprocess running that command, collecting the output, and storing essential activity.
Note that though it records the application that sent the notification, it does not show the content of the notification.


How to use a 3 TB hard drive on a MacBookPro7.1

I'm concerned that the Partition Map Scheme shows up as "Unformatted".

I suggest you run Disk Utility and format the drive with Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) format to see what happens to the Total Capacity and to set the PM Scheme (which should be GUID).


Offline transfer contacts and text messages from Android to iPhone

Apple publishes an app on the google play store that you could download to the android and then try running the transfer from a network that has nointernet connection to be sure it’s not using cloud based transfer.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201196

I suppose that’s third party software from Android point of view but it seems pretty first party of you are ok with macOS and iOS. In fact, one of the troubleshooting steps is to disable cellular network which makes me think it uses local network discovery and intentionally doesn’t want your data going anywhere except from one Android device to one iOS device. (That also follows Apple’s long time design to never send data out when you can keep it local.)

If you have closed WiFi, use that and you don’t need the Mac. The only case I see needing Mac in this scenario is if you want to use the WiFi hardware to make a local network for both mobile devices to talk to each other.


Is there an equivalent to resetting NVRAM on an M1 mac?

There is no SMC or NVRAM reset on the new hardware. Same as on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS and HomePod hardware.

https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/28/startup-modes-for-m1-macs/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

Yes, you can run a nvram command and read/write to a key-value store, but the reset at boot key command is gone.
I would open a support case for each specific item that’s strange. We now have detailed logs and a very capable recovery infrastructure for debugging boot issues so out with the old, embrace the new is my current motto.


Outlook for Mac searching only the current folder

It turns out this is an option. In the Search tab, which shows up after you started the search, you have to select All Mail or All Items. By default, it is only Current Folder.

This is described on the support site.


Screen Sharing won't allow me to paste into remote system

Apple answer: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14152

  Choose Edit >Use Shared Clipboard.
  Using the shared clipboard, you can:

  Copy text and images from documents on one Mac and paste them into documents on the other.

  Select and drag text and images from one Mac to the other.

  Copy a link from your web browser and paste it into a web browser on the other Mac.

  Copy text from a document on one Mac and drop it on the desktop of the other Mac to create a clipping.


Move desktop item to system tray (dock)?

Firstly, @cyphorious has the answer you need, but I'm going to add more details to help expand your understanding of Mac terms.

Firstly, the .app file that is on your desktop is the actual application, not a link.  Think of a .app as being roughly equivalent to a .exe (the main difference being that a Windows .exe file is a single file that will no doubt require a bunch of DLLs and other supporting files that it will expect to find either in your windows/system32 folder, or in the same location as the .exe itself.  A .app looks like a single file, but is actually a collection of files and folders that is just treated differently so an app can be identified and moved/copied/deleted as a single file, rather than having to know which files and folders combined make it up - it's essentially a bit like a zip file that doesn't need unzipping to access the contents).

The tray of icons at the bottom is the dock.  Nothing lives in the dock permanently, anything there should be a shortcut or link to the actual file that is expected to reside elsewhere.  In this way, when you remove an app from the dock, you are just removing the shortcut, not deleting the actual app.

So the key to getting the shortcut working in the dock is to move the application to where you want it, then either start it and tell it to stay in the dock, or drag it to the dock from its new permanent location (usually the applications folder as per @cyphorious's answer, but could be on an external disk etc).


How to prevent iPhone from muting ringtone by side switch?

Simply put, you can’t.

The best you can do is to make sure Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Vibrate on Silent is switched On. You can’t otherwise override the hardware mute switch.

You joked about applying glue, but a hardware solution does exist in the form of a case. With many iPhone cases, including Apple’s own Leather and Silicone Cases, surround the hardware Mute switch. Recessed in such a way, it becomes harder to switch off by accident.

Or you can also get an WATCH…


How to back up iPhone / iPad without PC or iCloud?

I'd say… No.

The backup structure would require some kind of 'smart' object at the other end.
You cannot just connect a storage medium & push data to it. It is just not designed that way.


On an iPhone, you're right it's currently missing even on 8.3. Perhaps an oversight. On iPad, it's ok. Open up the iTunes Store, it's in the footer for Music:


Cloning macs within a context of no internet access

I'm assuming you've disabled SecureBoot, and that the volume name is identical in what follows:

It's possible that the T2 chip on these new (2018) Minis makes 'straight' cloning difficult.
I had the same problem when I cloned my old 2012 Mini's volume onto my 2018 Mini : I too got a flashing question mark. I was able to fix it by installing Mojave on top of the newly cloned disk. I used a USB install media (after disabling SecureBoot!). The disk booted perfectly after that, with all my files still in place.

I tried blessing the startup volume (though I may not have used the correct commands); and resetting NVRAM, without luck. I can only assume that the T2 chip 'knows' something has been changed and it requires an Apple installer to reset.

It may be possible to perform the 'reset' without having to do an entire OS install, but I don't know what the procedure might be.


iPhone 4S to new iPad - iMessage does not work

Try turning off iMessage in Settings, reboot the device, and turn on and log into iMessage again.  This should re-register your device with Apple's iMessage servers, and may resolve your problem.

This has fixed a similar issue for my iPhone in the past.


Prior to upgrading, attempt the "transfer purchases" option in iTunes. With your iPad plugged in, go to "File" --> "Transfer Purchases from iPad". See if that transfers over your free applications as well. (I've had to do this sometimes to get all mine to transfer.) Note that this may take awhile to do.

Also note that this only transfers free applications from the app store, not built-in apps like the calendar, camera, etc.

And finally note that I've had occasions where even after I've transfered purchases multiple times, and can verify that everything did transfer correctly, that the upgrade process still insists that there are purchases that haven't been transferred. At that point, knowing I've done everything I can do, I ignore the warning and proceed with the upgrade. Probably won't happen to you, but something I've experienced in the past, so thought I'd pass it along.


Install OS X inside a VMware ESXi server (hypervisor)

Apple loosened restrictions around OS X and virtualization with Lion. Previously on OS X Server could be virtualized and even then, only in narrow circumstances. With Lion you could virtualize the non-Server OS X version.

The Mavericks EULA maintains the Lion virtualization clause. Specifically it says:

  (iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or
  instances of the Apple  Software within virtual operating system
  environments on each Mac Computer you own  or control that is already
  running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software
  development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using OS X
  Server; or (d)  personal, non-commercial use.

So you can:

Only virtualize on Apple hardware (which you say you're doing);
Only virtualize non-Server for development, testing or "personal, non-commercial use" otherwise you have to use the Server version of OS X (which is a $20 add-on to Mavericks from the App Store)

Fall within the bounds of the above-mentioned restrictions and yes, you can virtualize OS X in your ESXi environment.


Downgrade Yosemite from back-up (not Time Machine)

I would not use Time Machine in this case, use SuperDuper! of Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable image on another drive, upgrade, see how it is and if it fails to work, then go boot off the bootable image and clone it back to where it was.

I would suggest taking a Time Machine backup in addition so you always have 2 copies of the data.


Oh, Yes it does work. I have personally tried it. So, go ahead.


My iPhone storage only has 16gb but i buy 50gb iCloud storage

I will give a general answer about what you may and may not store on iCloud, since you didn't specify what data is important to you.

What you can store in iCloud:

Photos
If iCloud Photo Library is activated you can check the option to optimize phone storage, which will offload your photos and store them on iCloud. Therefore, when you want to view them in full resolution you need a internet connection (be careful with cellular data, especially for videos).

Documents
You can save documents (e.g. pdfs, pages/word docs,...) in iCloud Drive, with the Files app (requires iOS 11).

Music
If you use a streaming service (e.g. Apple Music, Spotify,...) the music files themselves can be streamed (as the name implies) and therefore don't need to be stored locally.

What you can't store in iCloud:

Apps
You can't store the app on iCloud. The same is true for most app data (exception to this are e.g. pages/numbers/... documents)

System
Quite obviously, iOS itself needs to be stored locally.

To get an overview of what is using your memory head over to preferences -> general -> iPhone-storage.

Note that some apps (e.g. WhatsApp) store their data in the app and all your chats and their media will be shown as app data.


Moving remote files without implicit local copying

If you're moving between two different shares, even if they're on the same host, there's no way to avoid the local copy, without changing your configuration.

From the Mac's point of view, the shares are two distinct entities. Even though the hostname/IP is the same, there's no way for the OS to match up the directory tree of one share with the other, let alone a command for the SMB server to move files in that sort of instance.

From a practical standpoint, I can think of three ways to work around the local copying:

Change the server's configuration so you have one share that encompasses the source and destination.
Log in remotely to the server via SSH or some form of remote desktop and perform the move directly on the server.
Access the server via a different method, such as FTP. For this to work you of course need FTP access to both the source and destination paths in one host, otherwise you're back at square one.


Is there any way to access some apps before I put in my password?

No, although there are/were tweaks available on jailbroken devices that enabled locking specific apps with a(n unrelated) passcode.


Macbook Pro (2009) doesn't recognise 7200rpm HDD

I'll bet you a dollar that its the cable.


How do I prevent document preview over slow connections?

You can disable Icon preview in the view settings.
For example: right click the desktop and select "Show view option" and then uncheck the last box.


Can I direct the audio signal from Apple TV?

I don't believe it is possible to send your audio signal from the appleTV to the Airport Express. You will need to use the amp as your switcher.


Memory Upgrade: Planning to Use Different RAM Model

As stated in Apple's technical specifications your machine officially only supports 8GB of memory total.

That said Other World Computing runs a massive on-site lab and has confirmed that the Late 2011 MacBook Pro can support 16GB without any stability issues. The memory does need to be PC3-10600 DDR3 1333 MHz however. You can find that memory available from Other World Computing as well as from other online retailers.

Do keep in mind however that, since it's an unsupported configuration, Apple won't support your machine with those memory modules installed (should you ever need to take it to the Apple store).


Switching the Wi-Fi network from terminal does not succeed (DHCP fails)

If you look at the usage for -setairportnetwork it implies that you have to include the password as an argument as well:

$ networksetup | grep setairportnetwork
Usage: networksetup -setairportnetwork <device name> <network> [password]

WiFi passwords are typically stored in Keychain so it's likely the case that the networking widget is pulling the password from Keychain and passing it as part of this operation behind the scenes.

How to find a Wi-Fi password on Mac

Example

Here I've looked in Keychain prior to get a rough idea of the item I'm attempting to retrieve via the CLI.

So we're looking for an item that contains "802.1X Password" for the "Kind". So we can use the security CLI tool to retrieve this like so:

$ security find-generic-password -D "802.1X Password" -g
keychain: "/Users/joeuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
version: 512
class: "genp"
attributes:
    0x00000007 <blob>="SomeSSID Secure"
    0x00000008 <blob>=<NULL>
    "acct"<blob>="joeuser"
    "cdat"<timedate>=0x32303139303330343132323630355A00  "20190304122605Z\000"
    "crtr"<uint32>=<NULL>
    "cusi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "desc"<blob>="802.1X Password"
    "gena"<blob>=<NULL>
    "icmt"<blob>=<NULL>
    "invi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "mdat"<timedate>=0x32303139303330343132323630355A00  "20190304122605Z\000"
    "nega"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "prot"<blob>=<NULL>
    "scrp"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "svce"<blob>="com.apple.network.eap.user.item.wlan.ssid.SomeSSID Secure"
    "type"<uint32>=<NULL>
password: "securitypasswordssid123"

NOTE: When you run this command, you'll still be prompted for passwords to allow security CLI to access the Keychain. You can either do this 1 time, or allow it indefinitely.

The dialog will look like this:

References

How to find a Wi-Fi password on Mac
How to Find Wi-Fi Network Passwords from Command Line on Mac
802.1X Management on the command line


I think you just need to juggle the order of things:

hdiutil convert ~/whatever.img -format UDRW -o ~/destination.iso

I may be wrong, but top of my head I see that...


Center an element which is "inline with text"

Use the text formatting for the paragraph containing the image rather than the image itself.

Click beside the image to move the insertion point to the paragraph, then use the format inspector to set the alignment.


Not without jailbreaking. However, you could use something like TeamViewer to control your Mac or PC. I know it's not the same, but it's as close as you'll get without jailbreaking. I hope this helps!


How can I use App Analytics to determine which device models are using my app?

Apple's App Store Connect Analytics provide various insights about your app. However, the segregation based on device model type is something that is not made available to publishers.

For details about what data is made available, see this web page:

App Analytics - App Store Connect


How to execute this brew installed tool 'gigtools'

The syntax is:
gigextract [-v] GIGFILE DESTDIR [SAMPLENR] [ [SAMPLENR] ...]

The following would extract the files in Downloads folder.
gigextract "~/Downloads/myfile.gig" "~/Downloads/"

Optionally add indices of samples you get from
gigdump "~/Downloads/myfile.gig"

A bit more help is at gigextract --help

For multiple files, you can use shell loops like
cd ~/Downloads
for g in *.gig; do gigextract "$g" ./; done

or, if you downloaded a whole directory structure of .gig files,
cd ~/Downloads
find . -name '*.gig' -execdir gigextract '{}' ./ \;

A less elegant way is to create a shell script like extract.sh which contains
cd ~/Downloads
gigextract "myfile.gig" ./
gigextract "myfile2.gig" ./

and run it with sh extract.sh


You can also use tag:

tag -tgf \*|grep '^    '|cut -c5-|sort -u

tag -f \* finds all files with tags, -t includes tag names in the output, and -g prints each tag on a separate line.


Unable to properly boot Power Mac G5 running Debian without a screen connected

The server is ping-able the entire time, but startup utilities such as
  SSH and other are never started; or at least they aren’t reachable.

That happens because while a system might be pingable, that only happens at the most “embryonic” levels of any system booting into existence. This is why simply pinging a server is not the best way to determine overall system service state. And the reason services—such as SSH—are not starting is because the system is hanging due to it not knowing how to deal with being without a monitor attached; the keyboard should not play any factor in things.

What you are looking for is a way to run that Power Mac G5 as a headless system. To my knowledge, this can be done if Mac OS X is installed, but this cannot be done if another OS—such as Linux—is running.

That said, you can “trick” the Power Mac G5 to believe a display is installed by using a “headless dongle” which is a fairly common/simple hardware item in the server world. Most of these devices are based on VGA display settings and if you look at instructions—like these for a Mac Mini server—the concept is quite simple. By placing a 75-85ohm resistor between pin 1 and pin 6 on a VGA connecter on a machine you can “trick” the machine into believing a display is connected.

In your case, unclear on whether your Power Mac G5 has native VGA output or not, but if it does, then just find a 75-85ohm resistor, stick it between pin 1 and pin 6, and you should be good to go.

If your Power Mac G5 has a DVI connector, then you’ll need to get a DVI-to-VGA adapter and then set the 75-85ohm resistor on that. But the overall concept is the same.

There are also some online tutorials—such as this one for a “VGA dummy”, this one on Instructables and this one as well—that are a bit more elaborate. Heck, look at these instructions here from a user running Ubuntu on a Mac Mini who faced similar issues as you describe; note he used the three resistor setup:

Why do all of those tutorials require three 75-85ohm resistors for pins 1 & 6, 2 & 7 and 3 & 8 instead of just one for 1 & 6? Not clear myself. But the general concept of these devices are the same: A simple piece of hardware that “tricks” your computer—regardless of OS—to believe a display is attached to it.

Also, if you are running a server on hardware that uses an HDMI connector, you can use one of these similar dongles which runs around $15-20 (U.S.) a piece and works great. Allows you to have true HD resolution on a headless machine when you remote into it. Pretty sure your Power Mac G5 does not have an HDMI connector, but worth mentioning here for reference.


Why do I get "Operation Not Permitted" when I try (as root) to delete a file that does not have the `restricted` flag set

Turns out that in addition to the restricted flag, SIP protection can be invoked on a file by giving it the com.apple.rootless attribute. Attributes are not shown by ls -lOd, you need ls -l@d to see them. (Strictly speaking, the d option is not necessary, it is there so that when you do ls on a directory, you only get information about the directory itself without also getting info on everything in the directory.)

Much more information on this is available here.


"Hey Siri" doesn’t run if iPad locked and Smart Cover Closed in iOS 11

This is a known issue with iOS 11. Currently there is no way to turn "Hey Siri" back on with the Smart Cover covering the iPad's screen.

Please provide feedback to Apple so the feature can be brought back in future releases of iOS 11.


Is it possible to read the accessibilityLabel attribute of an item using AppleScript?

You can access the 'description' of the 'UI Element' of each row. Like so:

tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
    keystroke "," using command down -- display preferences
    delay 1
    click button "Privacy" of toolbar 1 of window 1
    delay 2 -- let the cookie count update
    click button "Details…" of group 1 of group 1 of window "Privacy"
    set z to description of UI element 1 of every row of table 1 of scroll area 1 of sheet 1 of window "Privacy"
end tell
return z


Can you copy files to /Applications using Launchbar?

Once you use the Instant Send hotkey to select the file in Launchbar...

You can start typing "Applications" to select your /Applications folder.

Then press Return and select Copy to "Applications" from the menu.


Messages using email instead of phone number

A single contact entry in your iPhone may have one or more email address, phone number or both listed.

People using iPhone are logged in with their Apple ID which requires an email address to create. The phone number of the iPhone gets linked to the Apple ID. However, Apple ID can be used to login into Mac or an iPad as well. It's also possible that a person is using a Mac or iPad and not having an iPhone, in which case the phone number doesn't get linked with Apple ID.

Messages app on iPhone gives priority to iMessage over SMS (if the recipient's email/phone number is registered with Messages). The Messages app displays the email address of the recipient if it's an Apple ID. The message can be sent as an iMessage.

In your case, its possible that the contact has only email address available and it's an Apple ID registered with Messages. If the contact also has a phone number saved, it will be listed and SMS can be sent to it.


Why does FaceTime ring on all my devices? Have tried everything!

It sounds like you have the same AppleID on all the devices. The default is that all devices configured with the same AppleID use the primary email address associated with that Apple ID.

You have a couple of options:

Use a different AppleID
Use a different email other than the primary one.  There's an excellent article on how to do this workaround

Basically, you go into the Facetime settings on on each device you don't want to ring and add another (different) email.


Keeping a PDF article's bibliography always visible

In Adobe Reader, when reading your document, you can choose "New Window" to view two different spots in the same document.  Do it again if you want to view three spots.


Apple Mail won't login after Migration Assistant transfer

I found a solution after searching around and trying things.

The answer here led me to the solution. What worked for me from that post was deleting the folders in ~/Library/Keychains that had super long names of numbers and letters. Then I restarted the computer and tried to log in to mail and everything worked.


Need help with Google chrome certificate transparency settings

Okay, I need to quit and restart Chrome, which is not mentioned in the document, sigh.

I also need to wait for ~1 minute, simple quit and restart may not work immediately.


Two Apple IDs, can I use both on same device?

You could use the "Family Sharing" Function in iTunes and add the original Apple-ID as a Family member, who can use your Music. See further explanations for Family Sharing here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060


Large amount of disk used by "System". Time machine not to blame. What's taking up so much space?

I don't think TimeMachine backups are stored elsewhere but on my machine, the Library folder takes up 100 GB! It may be included in the system size but OmniDiskSweeper separates it out. I've asked about the library folder being so large but didn't get an adequate response. I don't know how to safely reduce the size of that folder.

You should check the results of OmniDiskSweeper to see if your Library folder is taking up a lot of space. You have 2 library folders. Check the one in the Users/yourname directory.


How to delete the iOS7 install package on iPhone?

I did not have this issue and so didn't have to deal with it. But there is a solution posted on the Apple Discussion Forums that you could try. If it doesn't work, you could follow up there (and subscribe to that thread to get updates). Make sure you have a backup (along with Time Machine backups of your previous backup and this one).

Here are the instructions from that post (with better formatting and some typo fixes):

  Part 2. Delete iOS 7 firmware downloaded automatically:
  Method A:
  If you have backup in iTunes, recover it. (I didn't test this method, so it's on your own risk.)

  Method B:

  Open Settings > General > Software Update
  Tap Install Now.
  There will be a prompt that says "Verifying update...".
  Wait until this prompt disappears, there will be a spinning wheel on a black background. Immediately press and hold both of the power and home buttons at the same time.
  DO NOT release the power and home buttons for about 10 seconds.
  Your device will reboot. It's done. The automatically downloaded firmware will have been deleted.


Desktop files showing in command line shell but not in Finder

Moving ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist file fixed things up for me, at least for now.


macOS Messages app: how can I undo the deletion of a conversation?

In the Messages app Preferences, sign out.
Quit Messages.
From Time Machine

restore ~/Library/Messages/
restore ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/

Log out.

This worked. I summarized here from received wisdom.


Mac crashed after changing disk permission

If you just selected Macintosh HD and changed "everyone" to "No Access" and did not select "Apply to enclosed items", try to:

Start up in single user mode by holding command-S on startup.
Run mount -uw /. fsck -fy is not necessarily needed.
Run chmod 755 /.
Run reboot.

If that doesn't work, try to reinstall OS X from the recovery partition. It installs a new copy of OS X over the current installation while keeping user files and settings in place. It solved a problem I had where my Mac got stuck during the startup process. If nothing else works, try to erase and reinstall OS X, or erase the Macintosh HD partition (not the whole drive) from Disk Utility and then choose Reinstall OS X.

If you don't already have backups, try to save a disk image to an an external drive in Disk Utility on the recovery partition or copy files to an external drive in single user mode.


How do I obtain the FileVault2 recovery key after it has been modified?

In theory, you might be able to use the MDM hooks which are not publicly documented by Apple. In practice, it's easier to place an institutional key on devices so that you can manage things and not hope to receive updates to any personal keys.

See: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=314

One MDM provider's framework is covered at http://resources.jamfsoftware.com/archive/Administering-FileVault-2-on-OS-X-Mavericks-with-the-Casper-Suite-v9.2.pdf


How to disable Two-factor authentication for Apple ID?

Two-factor authentication can be turned off up to two weeks after enabling it. If it has remained enabled for over this period of time, you are locked into using it (for your account's safety, as per Apple.)

It is a useful feature which adds an extra layer of security for your account. Also, as per Apple, even if you do not wish to use it, certain features in iOS and macOS software require this extra level of security.

From the Apple Support document on Two-factor authentication, Two-factor authentication for Apple ID:

  Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I’ve turned it on?

  If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off. Certain features in the latest versions of iOS and macOS require this extra level of security, which is designed to protect your information. If you recently updated your account, you can unenroll for two weeks. Just open your enrollment confirmation email and click the link to return to your previous security settings. Keep in mind, this makes your account less secure and means that you can't use features that require higher security.


Is there a way to use Apple TV+ for free one more time?

Is there a possibility to use it somehow to launch free apple tv+ for another year?

No.
Once you have availed the free trial offer of Apple TV+, whether for an year when purchasing a new device, or 7 days for everyone else, you can not avail it again.

What will happen if I run new MacBook Pro with one of my family members Apple ID? Will it work and be visible also for me as the owner of Family Cloud?

You can not game the system to avail the free trial again.
From the Apple terms and conditions (PDF) for Apple TV+ promo:

Only one offer per Family, regardless of number of devices purchased. You can share your one-year free trial of Apple TV+ with up to five other family members via Family Sharing.


How to fix brew after OSX upgrade to Yosemite?

I decided to look this up and found that there is an issue. The issue is closed but it is not possible to simply run brew update because you will still get the same error.

So here is what you need to do:

cd /usr/local/Library
git pull origin master

In case you have changes in the directory (/usr/local/Library), the git pull will throw an error. In that case, you'll have to fetch the master branch and set it forcibly as master:

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master

This will upgrade your homebrew and you can use brew again.

If you installed Homebrew as a non-root user, you'll need to cd to /Users/yourusername/homebrew/Library instead of /usr/local/Library.


Sign in without credit card if the Apple id is already created

Log in Apple Store using your AppleID

Select Account

Select Edit for the Payment type

Select None.


Is there a way to automatically change my keyboard language when I switch between windows on macOS?

Follow these steps to changing your keyboard language dynamically:

Open up System Preferences. This should be in your /Applications folder.
Click on "Keyboard":

Click on the "Input Sources" tab:

You should see a checkbox titled "Automatically switch to a document's input source". Check that checkbox and you're done!


How do I turn off OS X function key usage?

One thing I did not think of, this is a Razer keyboard, so their software may interfere with normal usage.  In this case though, if I put the keyboard into "Game" mode, function keys turn into normal function keys again.  I can then also map my volume controls to the macro keys and not lose that function either!


You can either reboot, or run

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist


Can I find my stolen iPhone if someone reset it and uses different AppleID?

Just be sure to switch on Find My iPhone in Settings > iCloud
then not only can it not be reset by anyone without your AppleID & password, but can be

Pinged to play a sound [if you just lost it in the house],
remotely put into Lost Mode [which will enable you to put a message on the lock screen, with another phone number to be contacted at, if someone finds it],
or in extreme circumstances, remotely wiped [though this will itself then disable Find my iPhone].

All this can be done from another iPhone or on the iCloud web site at https://www.icloud.com/#find

See this question & answer to see just how impossible it is for a thief to be able to reset it once you've secured it - How can I bypass Activation Lock?


Booting Ubuntu (or any other Linux) from MacBook Pro 2020

There is a Ubuntu Live USB distribution called LivelyLinux that boots from Mac. It costs $29.99 and is available in two editions: Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 20.04.1.
It works on Macbook Pro 2016 with WiFi, touchpad, etc. Probably should work on later models as well.


How to connect iOS Mail app to Gmail with two-step verification

So you've already set up two-step verification in Gmail...

(If not, now is probably a good time to do so.)

But now that you have 2-step enabled, you can't use your old gmail password to sync your iOS Mail app to Gmail. You will have to sign into Gmail on your phone using a special app password which you can find by signing into Google at your two-step settings page:

https://accounts.google.com/SmsAuthConfig

Then click the "App-specific passwords" tab, and then the "Manage application specific passwords" button.

At this point you may see that you've already set up an app password for your device, but if you've recently reconfigured your two-step settings or activated a new phone, then you'll need to "Revoke" access and set up a new app password.

Set up a new app password for Mail by selecting "Mail" on my "iPhone" (or other iOS device) in the dropdowns and click "Generate".

Next, follow the directions provided by Google:

  Open “Settings” on your iPhone.
  Select “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”.
  Select your Google Account from the list of available accounts.
  Edit your account information and replace your password with the 16-character password shown below.

It's as easy as that.


Macbook pro disable charging when connected to external monitor via thunderbolt 3 port

I spoke with Apple chat support. They did not have a solution for this issue.

My tested and working solution is as follows:

I bought 2 things

HDMI Cable (one end connected to external monitor)
USBC to HDMI converter (one end connected to macbook)

Now, the macbook does not charge because of external monitor connection.


OneDrive on mac doesn show all shared folders with me

Only folders you have ‘can edit’ permission show in OneDrive desktop client.

You only have ‘can view’ permission to the missing folder, so that's why it's not shown.

Add and sync shared folders to OneDrive


Reduce transparency and Lock-screen Background

I have had this question as well for a long time and my answer is — as far as I can tell and have tried and researched in other posts and fora — there is no way to do so. Hopefully that assertion will motivate someone to try and find an answer that proves me wrong.

As of 2017 the issue you are having is also present in MacOS Sierra — to respond to the claim that it is unique to El Capitan — making the issue still relevant. I have asked this question myself recently on apple.stackexchange but nobody has responded as of yet.


Using an iPad as a car entertainment system

There is nothing that steps into the iPad at a low enough level as to simulate a swipe to unlock. Even the external keyboard connector could be extended, but that won't allow total control of the device even if you could operate things without seeing the display. There is no concept of a mouse or pointing device in the iOS or the iPad hardware.

You might want to consider a generic LCD panel / speaker system and an iPod touch or iPad with a cable that will reach to the front seats. You could queue up the entertainment and use the video out to present it to the passengers in the back until such time as they can learn iOS and be trusted to hold the iPad. It won't take long for that to happen or for them to show you every hidden feature you never knew existed or could be enabled in the iPad.

This use case screams for an AirPlay video receiver but those aren't shipping yet even in the living room.


What methods are available to (re)install Lion on a Mac?

Create a bootable OS X Lion USB stick or DVD based on the Mac App Store download

Buy and download Lion from the Mac App Store. The installer should show up in your Applications folder.
Right-click on the installer and hit “Show Package Contents”. Navigate to Contents/SharedSupport and look for a file called InstallESD.dmg.
Open up Disk Utility and drag the DMG file into the left-hand sidebar. If you’re burning it to a DVD, insert your DVD, select the disk image in the sidebar, and hit the “Burn” button. Skip down to the last step to use it.
If you want to burn Lion to a USB flash drive, plug it in and click on it in the left-hand sidebar in Disk Utility. Go to the Partition tab and select “1 Partition” from the dropdown menu. Choose “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” on the left.
Hit the “Options” button under the partition table and choose “GUID Partition Table”. You’ll need this to make the drive bootable on a Mac. Hit the “Apply” button when you’re done to format your drive (note: it will erase everything on the drive).
Click on the “Restore” tab, choose the InstallESD.dmg file as the source and your flash drive as the destination. Hit the “Apply” button and it will create your bootable USB drive.

Reboot into OS X and hold the option key when you hear the startup chime. You can boot into your DVD or flash drive from there.


You can limit access to specific apps via the Parental Controls in:

System Prefs > Users & Groups > Guest User

then click the Open Parental Controls. It may take some configuration to get all the services working. But I've logged into guest having disabled Little Snitch and it hasn't opened. It worked fine when I logged back into my account.


If you've subscribed to Apple Music, or if all the music you own is purchased, then all the music you have is the same on all of your Apple devices and yes, when you delete them from your Apple Music library then you'll lose the download of that song but it will always be available to you for as long as your subscription lasts.

If you've ripped CDs (or obtained content by other means) you'll need to copy those files from your work computer to external media and put them on your home computer. Usually iTunes stores its files in the Music folder on Windows and macOS (OS X), you can check where music is stored by going into Preferences in iTunes on the Advanced tab. Just place the music you copied from your work computer to your home one , then restart iTunes.


Your friend has a Refurbished iPad Mini (1st Generation, 16GB, Wi-Fi Only, Black).

The number on the back should say A1432.

The F generally indicates a refurbished product (not always).


Modern OS X installations start the items simultaneously, independent of their visible order, and also use additional mechanisms such as Resume and invisible launch entries which have influence on the start sequence during the login phase.

From: http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/history.html

See:

How do I change the order in which login items execute under OS X 10.8.2?
How to control order of startup items for users at login?


Can I use the new @me.com address as a full feature mailbox?

Yes - iCloud includes full mail service - webmail, IMAP and iOS for free and not counting against your free 5 Gb of cloud storage quota.

http://www.apple.com/icloud/ mentions that iCloud is free with iOS 5. Enjoy!


You should have no problems since you are paying for the repair anyway. Plus, upgrading the RAM on a MacbookPro does not void your warranty.


Can't reset iPhone because iTunes must update the phone at the same time

We found a solution to the problem. We logged in to our collegues computer and used his iTunes and preformed an reset and it did work.

Thanks all for all the help!


Can I charge an iPhone XS from my Macbook Pro 2015 when my MBP is running on battery?

Yes.
You can charge your iPhone via your MacBook irrespective of whether it is running on battery or power.

Yesterday when I plugged it in, the iPhone wouldn't charge from my laptop.

It could be possibly be due to a faulty cable or port. Try cleaning the port or any dust or other accumulation and/or switching to a different port. You can also try connecting a different peripheral or device to ensure that the port is in working condition.


Jumbled block instead of mouse pointer in login window

I've seen things similar to this, several years back, but never such a large jumbled block.  I think it was never larger than about 4 times the size of the normal pointer

My guess would be it is not the data display cable.  It's hard to imagine anything that could go wrong with a cable that would affect only the mouse pointer.  I have zero experience with any Thunderbolt display, which might have enough 'intelligence' to do so.

I was usually able to figure out where the 'hot spot' of the pointer was.  Even though the cursor image was jumbled, there was still a point somewhere in the jumble at which clicking the mouse registered in whatever was being pointed at.  I would move the cursor to the corners of the screen, which gave me clues to where clicks would go.  This might be more difficult with your quite large jumbled pointer.

I would suggest trying to get the computer to refresh the mouse pointer, to 'overwrite' the jumbled block and restore the little arrow.  From the login window (as you have it pictured), pressing the return key or the enter key normally hides the arrow cursor until you move the pointer again.  If you can log in by providing the password, that may refresh the mouse pointer.

If that doesn't work, and you have a blinking vertical line in the password field, pressing the 'esc' key should return the login window to the choice of users, and should get the computer to try to switch from the text pointer to the arrow pointer.

If you have another computer on the local network, you could try accessing the desktop using Screen Sharing, which does some sleight of hand to get the cursors to match up on both screens.  This should also take the display cable out of the equation.


keyboard shortcut to jump to the non-whitespace first character in a line

There is no shortcut for it by default. As a hack, you can create ~/Library/KeyBindings/ and save a property list like this as ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

{
  "~m" = (moveToBeginningOfParagraph:, insertText:, " ", moveLeft:, selectWord:,
  moveRight:, setMark:, moveToBeginningOfParagraph:, deleteForward:,
  swapWithMark:, moveLeft:);
}

Then quit and reopen applications to apply the changes. ~m is option-m, which is bound to back-to-indentation in Emacs.

I copied the macro from https://github.com/ttscoff/KeyBindings/blob/master/DefaultKeyBinding.dict. moveToBeginningOfParagraph:, selectWord:, moveRight: would not work with lines that don't start with spaces or tabs. moveToBeginningOfParagraph:,moveWordRight:, moveWordLeft: would not work with some lines where the first non-whitespace character is a special character.

DefaultKeyBinding.dict does not work with some applications like Xcode or Firefox.

See http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/site/cocoa-text.html or http://osxnotes.net/keybindings.html for more information.


Configuring the Dock to be Spaces-centric

3 questions in one, so I numbered your points to make answering easier…

Set the app's space compliance to None [right click the app in the Dock]

1) Mac apps don't do that, no new instance will be created unless none exists.
2) Can only be done if the compliance is set to All Desktops - but that means it will always follow you around; probably not what you want.
Focus will switch to that app, whatever Space it is running in. There is no way to change that behaviour.

Pro Tips…

Click/hold the title bar of any app & use a key command to switch Space
 - by default  Ctrl ⌃   num  will bring the app with you to that requested Space

Personally, I find separate Spaces per display untenable, so have it switched off. My monitors switch in pairs…


I recently had similar issues with my iPhone 6+. It's very disruptive and makes it very difficult to complete even simple tasks. You may have a defective digitizer or loose connector. Has your phone recently experienced any drops or hard impacts? Your best bet is to visit an Apple store and have the screen/digitizer replaced.


Backing up the iCloud Photo Library when it won't fit on my internal drive

Can you set your library to be on the external drive, turn on the setting to keep originals locally, then download everything.

Then take a copy of that library on the external drive, turn off the setting to download originals locally, and move the library back to the internal drive?

I can't see why that would not work ...


What functionality of iTunes is not available anywhere else?

iTunes match is a huge feature for the iCloud integration features for easy streaming and syncing of playlists and metadata across iOS and Mac/PC. Ping is unique, though few would argue this is highly useful.


Network Drive for backup (and archive and iTunes)?

I don't have a WD but my LaCie D2 Network 2 also has Time Machine support, and it works well.  You don't partition or format it, you just flag a share as needing to support Time Machine and the device takes care of everything for you.

As for sharing a partition between backup and iTunes, that's not a good idea because Time Machine will eventually use all available drive space for backups, using any extra space to increase the number of versions of files it can keep.  The LaCie drive deals with this by letting you create as many shares as you want, and putting a quota on the share available to Time Machine so that it won't take over the rest of the disk.  I'm nowhere near my quota so I don't know how well it works though.  Presumably WD has done something similar.


How can I move my local e-mail folders in Mail.app from my old Mac to my new Mac?

Under ~/Library/Mail/ you should have a folder named after you mail account. Inside it, there are .ewsmbox files that contain all your e-mail folders.

Try to move those from your old to your new Mac.


Can iOS display a text message notification icon in the status bar?

Notification icons in the status bar aren't a feature of iOS, just Android, so there's no way to get the look you're talking about.

You will, however, get a notification and a sound on the lock screen/home screen when you get a text, a badge on the Messages app icon that you can enable/disable in Settings -> Notifications -> Messages, and the notification will be accessible in Notification Center (which shows up when you swipe down from the top of the screen) until you read the message.

While iOS surely has some advantages over Android, its customisation options aren't one of them: there's just no way to get those icons you want there.

Though I haven't tested it, it may be possible to do this if you jailbreak an iPhone—see @timothymh's answer.

tl;dr: There's no way to do this with iOS.


How to remap delete and shift+delete keys to delete and permanently delete a file in Mac OS X Lion?

If you want to delete files immediately, you can copy the files, open Terminal or iTerm, type rm -r  and press ⌘V.

If you want to delete the files securely so that they cannot be recovered with an application like DiskWarrior or DataRescue, you can use srm -srf. srm uses the 35-pass Gutmann algorithm by default, but -s only overwrites files with a single pass of random data.

You could also create a service like this:

osascript -e 'on run argv
    set text item delimiters to linefeed
    tell application "Finder"
        display dialog "Delete the following files immediately?" & linefeed & linefeed & text items of argv
    end tell
end run' "$@"
[[ $? != 0 ]] && exit 0
rm -rf "$@"

I didn't use an Ask for Confirmation action, because it can't be used to display the paths specified as arguments, and the dialogs shown by it don't get keyboard focus.

The service cannot be used to delete a file if deleting it would require superuser privileges.

You can give the service a keyboard shortcut from System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services. The shortcut recorders don't allow entering ⇧⌦ as a keyboard shortcut, but you can first give the service some temporary shortcut, then close the System Preferences window, then run something like f=~/Library/Preferences/pbs.plist; plutil -convert xml1 $f; open -e $f, and then change the key equivalent to $&#x007F;:

<key>(null) - Delete Immediately - runWorkflowAsService</key>
<dict>
    <key>key_equivalent</key>
    <string>$&#xU007F;</string>
</dict>

$&#x007F; is ⇧⌦ (where ⌦ is Mac forward delete / Windows delete). ⇧⌫ would be $&#x0008; (where ⌫ is Mac delete / Windows backspace). The format used for the shortcut strings is described in http://lri.me/keybindings.html.

As for making ⌦ (Mac forward delete / Windows delete) move files to the trash, you can modify Finder's property list:

defaults write com.apple.finder NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict 'Move to Trash' '\U007F'
killall Finder

However that also makes pressing ⌦ move a file to the trash when you are renaming a file.


How to schedule send/receive in Outlook for Mac using Exchange Account

There's no way to do this. VBA would be the obvious choice, but Outlook for Mac does not support it. Another (crude) approach would be to start and stop Outlook from crontab entries with the appropriate command line switches, but Outlook for Mac doesn't have command line switches either.


how to create a dot file for default mac settings

create a bash script for all the config commands, e.g.

#!/bin/bash

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer

store it in /usr/local/bin under whatever name you like
run it once for each new account


Does an iOS virtual machine exist for Windows?

Simple answer: No.

Apple does not allow iOS to run anywhere else but iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) and the Xcode simulator. You could simulate OS X on your Windows VM application and then use Xcode to simulate an iOS device, but this would be really taxing on your computer and really not worth the effort, but you cannot simulate iOS directly on Windows because of chipsets and Apple preventing it.


How much free space do I need to install Mavericks 10.9.4?

You have more than enough space on your disk

I'd very much like to see a picture of your 'About this Mac screen', from the  Apple menu, just to be certain you're heading in the right direction.

It should look something like this…

Also, you'd be better off installing the 10.9.5 Combo Update which will install all updates from 10.9.0 to 10.9.5 without needing any intermediate steps.

After comments & posted picture:
You cannot jump over an update using just the delta update, only using a combo.


Use macbook inbuilt microphone with audio going through mic-less earphones

Yes, you will be able to use your internal mic and headphones. A useful shortcut is option click on the speaker icon on the menu bar.


I had the same problem with the Documents folder. I solved it by using ACLs to grant access.
chmod +a "_www allow list,search" Desktop
For more information, see my answer to a similar question.


Firstly, I would check to see if the issue is systemic, or related to the user account. Create a new blank user account, and then see if you can remotely log into the computer using that ID.

Then, if that works, try to su to your existing ID.

Also, try a start in single user mode. See what works there. After that, try safe mode.

Interestingly, using Terminal I get the same message in the console as you, but I don't using iTerm. Perhaps you can try iTerm and see if that works. It would narrow the issue down to the specific applications.


Something was dropped on my iPad Pro, and now the screen is black and won’t turn on?

It is likely that your backlight is broken. If you can, try to shine a flashlight at an angle and look for any images, or use it in a very dark room. If you can see anything being displayed, the backlight is broken.

Either way, you will have to take it in and get it repaired.


Prevent Automatic Installation of iOS Update

For iOS 7 -> 8

You do not receive the message again, but the update is available through the Settings app.

Device restarts do not cause update installation.

Source: my wife's iPhone 5S, which went weeks and multiple reboots without installing 8.4

For iOS 9

I believe iOS 9 will prompt you daily (I upgraded immediately, but I am basing this on the comments below). However, rebooting will still not cause the update to install.


Should I get the new Apple TV if I don't have a digital TV?

I don't think it'll work. According to the Apple TV's tech specs, playing protected content (which I imagine means the one you'll get from iTunes rentals and Netflix) requires HDCP, so using a converter box probably won't work. At least the ones I've found online after doing a quick search specifically say they won't work with HDCP.


iTunes not playing all songs in a playlist

iTunes defines the random order of the tracks when you first specify set "Shuffle".  (This is so that the skip forward / backward buttons work in a reasonable manner.)  If you never turn Shuffle on or off, that order is never changed.  Just disable and then re-enable Shuffle to get a new random order of tracks.

For more detail, see Why isn't iTunes shuffle random?.


How can I back-up an external drive while preserving attributes, folder creation date and showing progress?

Just after I posted this question I found a solution.

I noticed that the rsync: get_xattr_names errors all had one thing in common: the files that raised the error where always ._ files.

I read that ._ files are used to store information that would go into a HFS+ extended attribute. As I'm copying between HFS+ drives I figured I don't need these files.

So I added an --exclude argument to my rsync command which excludes all filenames that start with ._

rsync --exclude="._*" --recursive --info=progress2 -hhh --xattrs --times --crtimes /Volumes/origin/ /Volumes/destination

The command:

Filters ._ files beforehand (--exclude="._*"), preventing get_xattr_names errors.
Preserves the folder creation dates via the --times --crtimes argument.
Preserves Finder colour labels via the --xattrs argument.
Shows progress in a human readable format via the --info=progress2 -hhh argument.
(Added bonus: preserves custom folder icons as well, via the --xattrs argument)


How do you find the UDID for an iOS device?

You can follow the official how-to from Apple KB.

The same way works for iPhone, iPod and iPad.

The easiest way is to plug your iDevice, open iTunes, click on your device on the left panel of iTunes then click on the serial number. Your UDID will appear :


External USB Audio not being picked up by Macbook Pro

First, it would be helpful to know the exact model and the brand.

Second, could you please give this a try:

Plug your DAC in,
open the Audio-MIDI-Setup utiilty from the Utilities folder and
check whether it appears?

If not, try to create a device for it... Just a crazy idea...


Not able to mount EFI partition with diskutil after installing Ubuntu

Occasionally, you will encounter scarecrows. Here is one such example.

Observe:

Marlin:~ davidanderson$ diskutil mount disk0s1
Volume on disk0s1 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
Marlin:~ davidanderson$ sudo diskutil mount disk0s1
Password:
Volume EFI on disk0s1 mounted
Marlin:~ davidanderson$

The message is meant to scare you, thus the term scarecrow. Nothing is wrong, you just need to add sudo.


Display accents on Touch Bar when holding a letter under Mojave

There is a possible reason why this may be:

You've installed the third-party product Webroot SecureAnywhere.

  Webroot SecureAnywhere is made by Webroot Inc. When this software is
  installed on your Mac using its default settings, you might notice
  these symptoms:

  Text that you dictate doesn't appear as expected. You don't see any
  accented characters when you hold down a letter key. You can't select
  items such as emoji in the Touch Bar of your 2016 MacBook Pro.

  Follow these steps to fix the issue:

  Click the Webroot SecureAnywhere icon in the menu bar. Choose Pause
  Secure Keyboard Entry.


Is it possible to use a Mac's USB ports remotely through VNC/Remote Desktop?

No, pretty sure you won't be able to use a Mac server and then connect iOS devices to PCs and prepare them using Configurator remotely. You can add more USB ports using a hub to increase the number you can connect simultaneously.


Without knowing more details, I cannot know this for certain, but it seems likely that your father's wife is receiving iMessages sent to him, but not SMS text messages. This is the designed behavior – iMessages are delivered to an Apple ID, and if they share an Apple ID, iMessages will go to both of them. The solution is for them to not share an Apple ID.

That said, one can set up a different Apple ID for Messages but keep the same Apple ID for the App store, iTunes, etc. This would alloow them to share purchases, but keep their messages separate from each other.

You can also go into Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and un-check mark the email address that is associated with both of their phones (and Apple IDs). There is a good chance that will also fix your problem.


Apple Remote Desktop - Safari Homepage - How to set to Home Page

The fastest thing that comes to my mind is to send an UNIX command to the clients with the following contents:

defaults write com.apple.Safari HomePage 'http://example.com'

This sets the Safari homepage for the user that runs the command.

I hope this helps.


Depending on how the SD card was damaged someone with some electronic skills might be able to straighten things out enough to get the files off of it. Possibly a phone repair shop? They might need to extract the memory chip circuitry from the damaged card and put it in another card, or even just re-solder some leads. Impossible to tell without actually examining the card in person

If, however, the actual memory chip in the card was damaged, you are out of luck.


To set this up you need to activate it.

Go to Apple menu > System Preferences
Select Users & Groups
Click the lock icon to unlock it
Enter an administrator name and password
Select Guest User in the list of users.
Select “Allow guests to log in to this computer.”
Click the lock icon to lock it
Close the window

Hope this helps.


How do I completely and securely wipe a FileVault (SSD) drive?

No - nothing really happened when you asked for the erase and yes - you are basically done when you delete a partition instead of decrypting all of the contents. Even if you used a third-party tool instead of the supplied disk utility to securely overwrite an SSD, it doesn't cover 100 % of the storage space due to how flash memory is over provisioned and the drive controller actually intercepts the read/write commands and decides how to store data amongst the normal and space memory addresses that make up the "drive".

Apple documents the hasty refusal of Disk Utility to actually perform secure wipes of SSD - this is the designed behavior of the tool:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3680 - OS X: About Disk Utility's erase free space feature

Note: With an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault encryption when you start using your SSD drive.

If you didn't turn on FileVault before introducing sensitive information to the SSD, it's possible that the controller could have marked some of that data as offline / damaged and it theoretically could be recovered - although highly costly and perhaps requiring someone to modify the drive itself / change the firmware to get it to dump all the data and not the data that is making up the "drive" currently.

In reality, writing new data will gradually / eventually over-write any old data. I would either just destroy the FileVault key securely or set up a new FileVault encryption on the drive and never write down / record the passphrase and then repartition the drive. From your words, you might not even need to do anything if the previous FileVault encryption was secure in terms of passphrase and no copies of the recovery key being obtainable.

That encryption is much stronger than most people care to or could decrypt - so once the new encryption pass is complete - you can be quite confident that absent the passcode/recovery key - no one will discover what was on the drive.


voice or video calls using google talk in messages app Mac

If I'm understanding your question correctly, it seems like you're trying to use Google chat to initiate a call.   Google Chat/Hangouts/Meet has undergone a lot of changes in the last few months.  One of them is definitely which of those apps can make outbound calls.   As far as I know and currently experience, the only way I can make outbound calls from my macbook (I'm running Catalina though) is going directly to google voice in Chrome (https://voice.google.com)


How can I migrate my Evernote notes to Apple’s Notes?

The fastest way to do that would be to borrow a Mac and make a new account.

Download the free Evernote app to the Mac and sign in to iCloud and enable note syncing.

From there you can drag/drop and copy them far faster than you could on iOS.

The evernote app on iOS is intentionally designed to not let you use the inter-app sharing feature to simply move the note contents to another app.

Instead, they coded a public/private web link infrastructure that looks designed to keep your content on their servers yet allow sharing of some notes as long as you force your sharing recipient to make an account and log in to the service. Basically, your notes are in a "gated community" and notes.app isn't welcome to import that content without a fight or some effort.

Depending on how good you are at processing XML files, you might be able to export your entire notebook and process it into a form that's amenable to notes. Again, you need a PC or a Mac to accomplish that transformation as well as the initial backup.

https://evernote.com/contact/support/kb/#!/article/28607737

Even better, both Notes and Evernote are scriptable on OS X, so you might be able to craft a nice tool to do the migration of the data.


Verbose logging option is only available for an L2TP over IPSEC connection type.  If you selected CISCO IPSEC when configuring your VPN connection in the network preference the Verbose logging option will not be available.


Extension for Safari to enable Google Translation WITHOUT adding a button?

There's an extension called Translate, you can download it here:
http://sidetree.com/extensions.html
(second from the bottom)