Why is Mac-to-Mac screen sharing just hanging?

Since the Screen Sharing feature seems to be the only one unable to connect, the best way to diagnose its behavior is by using the application directly.

Please, launch screen sharing located in:

/System/Library/CoreServices/ScreenSharing.app

The application has no visible "UI" so don't expect a fancy Cocoa interface. Instead, once you have loaded it, all you'll see is this "poor" icon in the Dock:

Click on it and then go to Preferences in the Mac menu bar. You should be presented with:

Notice the second option to only encrypt passwords and keystrokes. That's fine, but as you can see, there's no option to skip encryption altogether. Some VNC versions have incompatibilities with encryption, but this would be rather shocking since you're talking about OS X vs OS X.

In any case, once you have the settings like that, try connecting, again, in the menu bar: Connection -> New (or ⌘cmd + N).

A simple dialog appears asking you to enter the Host's name. Following your screenshots, try: 192.168.1.99 and hit enter.

We'll see what happens from here. Also, have the Console.app open on both computers, to see if there are any System messages going on (or anything related).


Creating a Distributed Account System with MacOS

I found an answer after long research.

There's a project called OpenLDAP, which also runs on Docker. When you configure mac authentication to listen to the ldap server, users can log in to any Mac any time.

https://github.com/osixia/docker-openldap

There's only one "con", you can't limit disk quotas, which is OK. This is the best closest solution. I plan to add cloud options (e.g: owncloud) for users; which will help us as extra disk space.


Loss of audio on MacBook Retina 15" 2013

It was a faulty logic board. Had it replaced under warranty and issue resolved.


Macbook boots up to grey 'prohibited' symbol

There are times when Apple's 'Disk Utility' software isn't as thorough at repairing problems that other applications may be.
I've had 'Disk Utility' tell me that drives are fine, but it is not until after running a program like 'Disk Warrior' (that replaces the Directory structure), that the hard drive feels 'normal' again.
This isn't to plug any particular software, but to let you know that 'Disk Utility' isn't the be all, end all of determining if a hard drive is 'good'.

Given your description of the problem, I'd be inclined to make sure I had a backup. If not, purchase a new hard drive, and get all the data off of the old one as quick as possible. (I agree with @Asmus that it appears that you are about to lose a hard drive).

On the other hand, you may just need to have the mac reinstall the OS, and fix things that way. Either way - make sure you have a solid backup right away.

Good luck.


Combine external mic and system sound and send output to HDMI

If you are looking to combine separate HDMI video and audio into a single HDMI connection (to go to a monitor, for example) you need an HDMI Audio Injector

This device is separate from your MacBook Pro and will work with virtually any digital video source and either an analog or digital audio source.

As for getting the sound to/from your MBP, you will need a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI for the video and perhaps a USB Audio Device.  Here are two products I have personally used with good success:

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI

USB Audio Adapter

You hook the outputs up to the HDMI Audio Injector and you should get the results you are looking for.

I hope that helps.


What does "com.apple.*" mean in plist titles

That particular naming structure is known as "reverse DNS" naming. (Like Apple's website is at apple.com, so their plist entries are com.apple.) This is done so that items are sorted by manufacturer before product if you sort by name.

This nomenclature is used in Java packages (and other places) as well as OS X application identifiers.

If you want to specify Java as a whole, look for com.sun.* or com.oracle.*, as those are the two companies that have owned Java.


This AppleScript code works for me using the latest version of macOS Mojave.

set originalFile to (path to desktop as text) & "Original.flv"
set convertedFile to (path to desktop as text) & "Converted.m4v"

set appendTextToComment to " This File Has Been Converted"

tell application "Finder"
    set originalComment to comment of alias originalFile
    set comment of alias convertedFile to originalComment & appendTextToComment
end tell

Obviously you need to change the file path variables to the location of your files and the appended text value to whatever you want


There is a nice tutorial on the various options and techniques here: http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/customization/customizing-the-os-x-menu-bar/

None of these is quite as flexible as you ask for (Wifi hides when wifi is off...), but realize that the majority of those icons are controls as well as indications. For example, if the wifi is off, the icon can be used to access the wifi controls. This can be real handy to turn the wifi back on. ;-) Hiding the icon would make that a more lengthy process, forcing you to go through the settings app.


How can I view the time of a text message in iOS 7?

There is and, in fact, I stumbled upon this the other day.  Both my wife and I rejoiced!

To view the time of your texts, simply swipe your finger gently to the left.  While you hold down your finger, your texts will shift to the left, and time stamps will be revealed on the right.


Creating a shortcut for Zooming (maximizing) windows that actually works on every app?

The following Applescript will trigger the zoom button (that´s button 2) in the frontmost application´s window.
You could make this a service and define a global shortcut for it or use an application like quicksilver to call it.

tell application "System Events"
set frontApplication to (get name of every process whose frontmost is true) as string
tell process frontApplication
    click button 2 of window 1
end tell
end tell


How to (easily) open links received on iPhone in an iPad

Yes you can absolutely airdrop them from the share menu of both WhatsApp and Safari. It appears in WhatsApp if you hold on the message, not link, and tap forward, then you see two options, 1: forward, 2: share. Tap share. Keep the conditions satisfied, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, visibility in Airdrop. Same iCloud ID is good to have, not necessary.

Also, you can add it to the reading list and then open it on the other device after sync is done and then remove it when you're done reading.

Personal Opinion: I have found  universal clipboard fairly unreliable to use. See support articles on Handoff.


Apple Mail mixes up sent messages with other sent messages within and across different accounts

Open your Mail app preferences. Make sure you are using following setting.

This way your Sent email is always going to be from the currently selected email account.

Open one of the Sent mail folders. In there add the "From" to double check.


Hide or minimize (not force kill or quit) a temporarily frozen or stuck program window?

I'm tempted to post this as an answer, even without full info…

I am assuming that if you cannot  Cmd ⌘   Tab ⇥   to another app at this point, it is because the entire machine is currently too busy to respond, not just the frontmost app.

If an app itself is unresponsive [& you can see other apps around/behind it, i.e. not full screen or maximised], you ought to be able to simply move the cursor outside that unresponsive app & the daisy wheel will go away, returning to the standard cursor. Clicking one of the other apps will bring it to the front.  Cmd ⌘   Tab ⇥   at this point would also work.

If the daisy wheel doesn't go away outside the borders of the unresponsive app, then the entire machine is too busy to respond - usually just temporarily, until whatever process taking all the resources has finished its task.

Photoshop processing a very large image for the web is just the kind of task that can temporarily use large amounts of RAM & CPU. I just tested on a 5000 x 3000 image. Photoshop went busy for approx 15s, RAM usage doubled & CPU usage went to 100% [which is 1/24th of the number of virtual cores I have, so in essence used one core to its fullest] . I was able to change screens, switch to other apps etc, but I'm running on a 12-core Mac Pro with 64GB RAM.

From this snapshot you can see the brief effect [highlighted in red] on the cores & the drop to 'not responding' in Activity Monitor.
Perhaps try some comparison tests & see what figures you get at the same point.


How active is my mobile phone when I'm not using it?

Since iOS 10, I’ve seen very good ability to control activity. Even better, you can see exactly what runs, hour per hour what’s front most and what background apps are taking energy.

If you want no background - just turn that off for all apps. Then review the activity graphs for a couple days. If you want more activity, enable background and remove apps that are more active than you care or selectively disable background activity so you know apps only run when you ask them to run.

If you’re technically minded, the Charles proxy is excellent to log outbound traffic without needing to manage your router. I also use Ubiquiti network routers so know and log access / block some traffic, but that’s on the network side, not the iOS side.
I don’t think getting outside analyses are as important as choosing your apps so you know how they are funding development. If the app is slick and free, you’re paying them in data / marketing / eyeballs in many cases.


Time Machine is recording *diminishing* amounts of bytes

Time Machine compresses backups based on a regular schedule. Ultimately you will end up with weekly backups. This occurs regardless of your free storage space.
When you run out of space, it will start deleting whatever backups you have, oldest first, until you have enough space to complete a new one.


Those 5 pixels are tied to the Dock. You can position the dock on either the left of right side instead, but the gap stays on the side of the Dock. I think this is something fairly low level with the Dock, as window managers (like Spectacle) will maximize windows and not use the gap.

My $0.02: If you have a lot of screen real estate, as it looks like you do, I say shrink some of your windows to a more appropriate size and/or fullscreen windows instead of maximizing them.


How do I silence FaceTime notifications without silencing others?

Either Settings > Notifications > FaceTime > Sounds > None or I have misunderstood your question. Do you mean to prevent the notifications from making noise or just dismissing a notification after its begun?


How do I remove Wondershare Video Converter from MacBook Air Mountain Lion?

Reboot, then move it to Trash.
Open Activity Monitor, find it in the list, then quit it, and drag it to Trash.


I noticed that even though the transitional icons are showing up on the Apple Watch, on the Apple Watch app the "Show App on Apple Watch" option was turned off for those apps. Turning on the option restarts the download. In any case this appears to be a bug.

Although this works, it can be slow to attempt to figure out which apps aren't downloaded and turning on the option, perhaps someone could suggest a more efficient method. Also, @user24601's suggestion might be something to try.


I am on Pages 10.1 and no longer have access to anything that still has v8.1.  This means the precise instructions might be a little different, but Pages 8.1 does support these features (even if the menus or wording might be a little different).
Pages has a two major modes of operation.

Word Processing mode:  This is the default mode for most documents.  In this mode, document text is added directly to the page. If you reach the end of a page but continue typing, a new pages is added and you continue to type on the new page.  If you delete some of the text from the first page, all text is moved up (including text from adjacent pages).
Page Layout mode:  This mode works like a publishing system and is easier to use if you are creating newspapers, newsletters, or magazine style documents... where you have multiple articles and an article might start on one page, but finish on a later page -- even with other articles interspersed between them.  In this mode, you don't type directly onto a page.  Instead you create a text frame and place it on the page and type only within the frame.  If you run out of space, the frame will not automatically grow nor will new pages automatically get created.  You manually added pages as needed and add more text frames as needed... but you link text frames together if they all belong to the same article in the publication.  When a text frame is full, text automatically flows into and continues in the next text frame (provided you linked it to the same article).

You do a little more setup to use Page Layout mode because you have to manually create and size your text frames where you want them ... but the advantage is that things go exactly where you want them.
Also, in Page Layout mode, each page is a discrete thing.  If you move a page, the whole page and everything on it moves along with it and everything is exactly as you placed.  This is true wether you are moving it to a new location within the same document, or copying it to a completely different document (assuming the destination document is also using Page Layout mode.)
Convert to Page Layout Mode
Before you do this, beware the danger... in Page Layout mode, you cannot apply text directly onto a page.  E.g. if you create a new blank document, switch it to Page Layout mode, and then try to type... you'll notice it won't let you.  You must drop a text box onto the page and then you can type inside the text box.  It's probably worth doing some experiments with this to understand how it works before attempting to convert a document you care about (make a backup before you make any changes).
When you ultimately do perform a conversion from Word Processing mode to Page Layout mode, any text you had typed directly onto a page will disappear.  It will not automatically create text boxes for you and move your text into those boxes.  This is something you have to do manually.
There are two ways to perform the conversion (but I'm using Pages 10.1 and cannot promise this looked the same in Pages 8.1):
Using the 'File' Menu to Convert
Navigate to the 'File' menu and you should notice a menu choice that will either say "Convert to Page Layout" or "Convert to Word Processing".  If you see "Convert to Page Layout" it means you are currently in Word Processing mode.  If you see "Convert to Word Processing" it means you are in Page Layout mode.
Using the Document Inspector Panel
The other method is to use the Document inspector.  I've added an image for clarity.

To use this method,

Select the 'Document' inspector panel icon on the tool-bar.
Select the 'Document' tab within the Document inspector panel.
Check to see if 'Document Body' is enabled.

If Document Body is enabled, you are in Word Processing mode (and can type directly on the page).  If Document Body is not enabled, you are in Page Layout mode and can only type text within a text-frame.
If you attempt to change the mode you will be asked to confirm that you really want to change.  Remember... any text that was directly on a page (not within a text frame) will be lost.  Make sure you manually copy this text, create text boxes, and then paste your text into the text box(es).
Linking Text Boxes
When you create a new text box, if you select the box you'll notice the control points located not the sides and corners, and a round empty circle in the top-center of the box.  Click that circle and it will turn into a number '1' and get a color assignment.  This means it is the 1st text box associated with your thread (a thread represents an article).
Create a new text box and repeat by clicking the circle.  It will automatically fill in with a '2' (indicating it is the 2nd text frame in the thread.)  But notice if you hover-over the '2', a tiny arrow appears.   This means this text box is now "linked" to the first text box.  As you type and fill the box, text will autoflow into the next box that is linked to the same thread.  If you click on the colored number in the top-center of any text box you get a sub-menu and can choose to link that box to a different thread/article or create a new thread, or just unlink the box (remove from thread).
Copy & Paste
In Page Layout mode (and only in Page Layout mode) you can move entire pages "as is" -- the page will look exactly the same in the new destination.  You cannot do this in Word Processing mode.

Select "View" -> "Page Thumbnails"
Select the individual page or pages that you want to copy (it is only possible to select individual pages if you are in Page Layout mode).
Select "Edit" -> "Copy"
In the destination document, select "Edit" -> "Paste"

The pages will come across as they were.  This is because in this mode, pages simply hold "objects" -- objects are things like text boxes, images, charts or graphs, etc. etc.  Each page knows which objects are located on that page and the relative positioning or layout of each object.  Hence the name "Page Layout" mode.
Nuances of Either Mode
You can insert objects inline within text in either mode.  E.g. insert a picture in the middle of an article in Word Processing mode or in Page Layout mode and that image placement is relative to the point in your article ... not to a spot on the page.  In other words, add or delete some text in the article located above the image and you'll see the image moves up or down.
But you can also create an object on a page (such as an image) where it's location is pinned to the page itself and not tied to a location within an article (it wont move as you edit the article... the article will move and flow around the other object -- depending on the rules you set.
If you copy a range of an text in an article and that range includes an "inline" image, the image will get copied along with the text.  If you copy a range of text where the image is it's own object (not inline), then you'll only get the text and the other objects are left behind.  You have to manually copy those separate objects in a separate operation.


How to adjust the color of the folders in Finder in Yosemite?

Panic (panic.com) had a utility called CandyBar that let you change most of the default icons on MacOS.

Actually this was taken over by the Icon Factory (iconfactory.com)

It may still work but look at their site first. They admit it won't change dock idons, so don't even try that. If it does work on Yosemite you can change the default icons for a variety of things. Meaning if you change the default icon any newly created icons inherit the custom appearance.

Barring that you can copy an icon file that you like:

--get info on the folder
--click on the icon
--copy (CMD-C)

Then repeat that, replacing step three with "Paste (CMD-V)" on any icon you want to change. Only problem here is that it only changes one folder icon. So you gotta do that for every folder icon you don't like. On the up side it is fully supported by Apple and works a treat.


High Sierra performance problems - efilogin-helper taking a lot of CPU

So I turned off iCloud and it stopped. It's a pity iCloud can't really handle lots of file changes in a performant way so I don't have a final solution for this yet (semi real-time backups of my working folder).


How do I delete events in my iPhone calendar posted by Apple

You can disable unwanted calendars in Calendar.app on iPhone with these steps:

open Calendar.app in your iPhone
Hold your iPhone vertical
On the bottom are three buttons visible: Today, Calendars, Inbox if you don't see them, go back to the monthly overview)
Tap "Calendars" > Hide All Calendars
Now select only the calendars you want to see.
Tap "Done" when you're done.

Let me know if this works for you.


Is it possible to make a folder look and behave like a file?

Apple Developer info says yes, you can definitely make your own package or bundle. Seems as if you want a package.

Package vs. bundle is discussed here.

Basically - register your package with the system, so that folders with the extension are displayed as a package rather than as a folder (application info.plist must appropriately set key LSTypeIsPackage for each of the package filetypes you need to create). Then set your app to automatically (using NSFileWrapper) or manually create the package itself on save.


iPhone 3GS shuts down and cannot power on again

I used to see this occasionally when I worked at the Apple Store. If it gets really hot while it's charging but there's nothing on the screen, it's most likely still alive. It could be hard locked up by a runaway process from the app you were using that can't quit .

For phones with a removable battery, you might just pull the battery for a few seconds and replace it and then restart the phone. You can't pull the battery on the iPhone, but sometimes attempting to restart it while it's on power will break it out of the black screen. Try plugging it into your computer and holding down both the sleep/wake button and home button (same as how you tried to reset it before) for at least 15-30 seconds and see if you get the Apple logo.

The other thing you might want to try is putting it in DFU mode and then rebooting it normally again. You can find the steps here. Don't try anything crazy, just boot it into DFU (screen should be black) and then restart it how the instructions say.

If it's still not restarting, take it off the charger and let it sit overnight to try and allow whatever charge is left on the battery to run down. Then, plug it in to a power source and attempt to restart it by holding the sleep/wake and home button. This is really tedious to wait on, but I had people bring me phones that could magically be rebooted after sitting all night until the battery ran out.

One last method, as a last resort: If you have a backup, you might want to attempt to put it in recovery mode and restore it. Sometimes it will go into recovery even if there's nothing happening on the screen. To do this, plug your cable into the computer, and then hold down the home button on the phone. Keep holding home and plug the other side of the cable into the phone. Continue holding down the home button until you see the message in iTunes that the phone is in recovery mode. RESTORING YOUR PHONE WILL ERASE ALL YOUR DATA so don't do this right off the bat if you don't have your stuff backed up. Try less the less destructive methods of troubleshooting first. You can also do a restore from DFU mode if iTunes will recognize the phone.

I'm pretty sure your phone isn't going to explode, but if you just can't get it going again, it might be a good idea to take it to an Apple store if you can get to one. There's never a charge to look at your phone and you're not under any obligation to have service done on the phone if there will be a fee. But if you want to, you can check the status of your warranty (a very few of the 3GS phones are under warranty still, especially if there's been AppleCare on the phone) at selfsolve.apple.com.

If the phone can be powered on eventually, they have a diagnostic tool called Behavior Scan that they can run at no charge that will tell you if your phone is overheating or what particular apps are hanging the phone up. However, keep in mind that if you've recently restored your phone it won't return much useful information.

It could be a poorly written app that's hanging your phone, or it might need a software update or a restore. If you can get it going again, it would be a good idea to check if you're running the latest software and that your apps don't need updates either. These things tend to be more software related than hardware, but if it keeps shutting off and a factory restore won't fix it, you might be looking at some bad memory in the phone or a logic board issue so keep that in mind.

I am assuming that the phone has not been wet or been subjected to physical damage. If it has been, that might be a factor as well. I'm also assuming the phone is not jailbroken. If it is, be careful with restoring it because you can end up bricking your phone if you're not paying attention.


Volume control digital or analog to headphone jack?

The volume control on a computer (specifically, your MacBook) is usually handled by your audio API, which on Mac OS X is CoreAudio. All computers these days will act like this, but I seem to recall one Toshiba laptop of my parents’ running Windows 98 with a physical dial on the side for audio. Obviously this is not practical today due to modern laptops getting thinner and digital audio outputs such as SPDIF and HDMI audio. I might be rambling a bit, but I hope this answers your question.


Creating screenshots of iOS devices from OSX without Xcode

You could use airplay mirroring to an Apple TV or your Mac and take screenshots from those output displays

Edit: Also, just enable photo stream on iPhoto and your phone and it'll automatically upload any screenshots you take with the power and home buttons. I can't think of a faster method than that


AppleScript "Copy Link" function for Safari

There is a right click command on AppleScript.

Might also be worth looking into a combination of CliClick and cURL using Brew / Bash for this purpose.


You should do so:
Settings -> safaris -> open links -> in the background


Two persons independently using one MacBook Pro

no, in fact you cannot SIMULTANEOUSLY use a system with two separate users logged in simultaneously on two different monitors.

several other options may allow something similar:
1 user logged in on the display.
2nd user logged in via SSH to terminal as any available user..

However this won't allow the computer to drive 2 displays - the 2nd user would be able to do terminal commands only, and could in fact overide any actions done by the first user (depending on permissions, user account, etc)...


Perhaps you should try resetting the SMC, as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964


It seems like there is something wrong with your Safari preferences file, try trashing it. (It is located in your ~/Library/Preferences, press Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+G in Finder and paste ~/Library/Preferences in the text box to open that folder, search for 'safari' and trash the .plist file)


Ok so I finally figured out the issue (at least for me).  It turns out that some games when you have multiple monitors do not use true full screen and so right clicking can create accidental new folders to appear on the desktop.

In particular the game League of Legends was culprit in this.  I found out after doing some more research and noticing this only seemed to occur after the game.  There does not appear to be a remedy for this yet.


In Mountain Lion and greater, you can create multiple separate backup disks with Time Machine. Get an USB external HD for traveling, and use that to backup your Mac whilst on the road. When at home, you can do a backup to another HD, (USB or otherwise,) which stays there permanently. I take this external HD when I travel. It is wicked fast, and demonstrably rugged, as I have dropped it several times with no ill effects. You can also use this disk to make a CCC clone, if that is your preferred backup method.

Note: It is not a wise idea to have a backup partition, (CCC, TM or otherwise,) on the same drive you're backing up. If the HD itself goes poof, you've lost the backups you need to restore your system.


Angle Bracket Characters in Apple TV2 On Screen Keyboard

There never was a solution I found; but by using an iOS device (ipod Touch, iphone, ipad) and the Remote app, a full ability to type into boxes was enabled and allowed me to work around this problem.


Magic Mouse: disable lower half of the touch area

Magicprefs (http://magicprefs.com/) worked for me. I've disabled two-finger scrolling and reduced the area that actually activates the scrolling.


Does Xcode Has Keyboard ShortCut for going back and forth in programming?

Yes. The keys in Visual Studio 2010 that you refer to (for others that are unaware) are known as "Navigate Backward" and "Navigate Forward" and work as described in the the following Microsoft Blog allowing you to quickly move back and forward between places you’ve already been in your code, via a "Jump to Definiton" in Xcode, for example.

The equivalent keyboard shortcuts in Xcode 4 are:

Navigate Backward:

Ctrl + ⌘ + Left Cursor

Navigate Forward:

Ctrl + ⌘ + Right Cursor


Why my memory usage is so high? (2.8GB out of 4GB immediately after wiping clean)

It looks pretty normal to me.

Web pages each use memory & it soon adds up. Right now your Activity Monitor is showing some compressed, but no swap used; which means everything is still happy.
Having only 4GB of RAM these days means you've just always got to keep an eye on it, but so long as memory pressure stays out of the red, everything is nominally OK.

The modern paradigm is that empty memory is wasted memory, so the machine will fill the memory as it needs, to enable a faster response if any of that used memory is needed again. It is far faster to re-use memory than it is to empty it & refill it with the same data over & over, so it hangs onto used memory it thinks it is likely to need again.


You can change the label names in Finder preferences so they'll be sorted how you'd like:

With label names changed, they now sort like this:


Select File < Export < Export Unmodified Original. This will avoid having Photos try to transcode your video.


WiFi no longer connects (specific network only)

Manually installing the certificate fixed my issue.


MP3 player not able to play music (and not showing up in Finder or iTunes)

I believe that a voice recorder would be seen by Mac OS X as either an MP3 player or a flash drive. In that case, one of the last articles published by Apple on support for non-Apple music players in iTunes is here. It is not a recent list, but I have very little reason to believe that any other players are being added to it. In fact, it would seem reasonable that Apple has stopped support for most MP3 players other than iPods at this time.

The best bet for any non-Apple MP3 player drivers for Mac OS X would be to go directly to the website of PoGo. After running a few searches, I could not even find their website (pogo.com actually takes you to an Electronic Arts gaming site).

I am sorry to say that there may not be a way to access your device. I would think that Mac OS X would at least try and mount it as a USB flash drive, but since it didn't I am not sure what other options are out there for you.

Have you tried using that same USB cable and PoGo device on a Windows machine? At the very least, if Windows can mount it that would tell you that both the device and cable are okay. Windows does reasonably well with its generic drivers for things like cameras and flash drives.

For illustration's sake, let's say that Windows is the only way to have access to your device. If so, then a way to get to use your Mac with it would be with something like Parallels, VMware or Boot Camp. You could have Windows load the files and those files would be accessible to you from the Mac's Finder. You could then drag the files into iTunes. But it just feels like too much effort installing all of that. But then again, the PoGo might be a great voice recorder. Hope this helps and good luck.


Apple have no special conditions for .edu.pk, so it should work. Try the usual suspects:

Check your spam folder
Check your email rules
Check your mail server isn't rejecting the email

If all else fails, try resetting your password at iforgot.apple.com.


How to delete Health data in iCloud only?

Health Syncing in iCloud will not appear in iCloud Backups or in iCloud Drive. It is stored directly in iCloud rather than in iCloud Drive or other sub-service.
If you turn off the Health switch on your phone, then you have disconnected the local Health repository from the cloud. You can safely delete your Cloud health data after doing this.
Health data is stored End-to-End encrypted, unlike backups. The article you linked to refers to iCloud Backups, a different system. When you turn off the Health switch, it will start backing Health up to the non-end-to-end encrypted iCloud Backup. You must also turn off the Health feature in iCloud Backup to avoid this.
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The phrasing on the Mac is different and likely flawed. The same delete button you've shown on the phone makes it clear that you're only deleting it in iCloud, not per-device.


I don't know if this answers your question but here:

Single-Chip Bluetooth® 4.0 HCI Solution with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Support

The Broadcom BCM20702 is a single-chip Bluetooth processor with a high performance integrated 2.4-GHz RF transceiver. It is fully compliant with Bluetooth 4.0 and all prior standard features. The BCM20702 offers unmatched integration, including on-board memory for a very small footprint and low cost of implementing a Bluetooth system.

Which i got from http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM20702.
I got this from ifixit's Mac Mini Late 2012 teardown.


How do I change the default gmail calendar on my iphone 4?

Go to Settings->Mail, Contact, Calendars. Scroll to the CALENDARS section. There you will find the option: Default Calendar. Change that to the one you want to be default.


Twitterrific doesn't save my last read tweet

Two possible things happening here.

1) You have "Always scroll to top" turned on in Twitterrific's prefs. Head to the settings app to check and make sure it's turned off.

2) You're receiving more tweets than the timeline can hold and so your previous reading position is "off the timeline". When this happens, Twitterrific defaults to the top of the timeline (the most recent tweet).

This is changing in the 4.1.1 update however so that even if you receive more tweets than the timeline holds, it will take you to the bottom instead of the top.

Hope this helps.


This can be done with the standard unix command script(1) though requires running a subshell under the current shell. That is, start a terminal, and run script, issue whatever commands need to be logged, then exit from that shell:

$ script
Script started, output file is typescript
$ uptime
11:30  up 22 days, 16:15, 1 user, load averages: 1.43 1.37 1.38
$ exit

Script done, output file is typescript
$

Then in the output typescript file there should be a record of the shell session run under script(1).

But wait, there's more! With expect one can also save a session and possibly replay it. This requires installing expect from a ports system (Fink, Homebrew, or here MacPorts) which should install autoexpect:

$ port installed | grep expect
  expect @5.45.3_0 (active)
$ which autoexpect
/opt/local/bin/autoexpect
$ autoexpect $SHELL
autoexpect started, file is script.exp
$ uptime
 6:47  up 23 days, 11:32, 1 user, load averages: 1.37 1.39 1.33
$ exit
autoexpect done, file is script.exp
$

Doing something useful with script.exp in turn probably requires knowledge of expect and TCL, so this is a more advanced option. (expect in particular has a log_file option that can be toggled to save everything, but then you'd be writing everything in TCL and not bash...)

Otherwise the terminal itself must save the session; iTerm.app probably has more options for this (Session -> Log -> Start) than Terminal.app.


My experience is that if you are doing pro level design where color matching is critical you won't be happy with a LCD panel that isn't of equivalent quality and also covered with glass. Look for a IPS LCD panel that has similar wide viewing angles since you won't want to move your head 15 inches sideways to get the same angle when comparing a critical design.

That being said, for casual use the iMac will drive pretty much any old or inexpensive you care to place next to the iMac. Many developers are happy to have a second window for email, chat, tailing server logs, twitter, messaging and don't really care if the second display actually matches the iMac since different content is being displayed on each display.

Sorry to offer a mushy - wiggly answer, but after seeing many years of people that were happy with even an old CRT next to a new iMac and others that go batty with even a really nice perfect LCD match (say by doing the work and finding that Dell sources the same IPS display as Apple for a near perfect match of hardware) and still being irritated that the appearance is different due to a piece of glass used on the iMac.

It comes down to your personal preference. Trust your gut - if you will look at an inexpensive monitor and get to work, glad you have more screen space - save as much money as you can stand. Even if you think you will notice the difference. Imagine a pile of 20 dollar bills (or in your case a pile of Euro notes) sitting there on your desk six months later down the road. Money you don't spend is still yours to spend later.


Elderly Father Wishes to have YouTUBE GUI from AppleTV 2

If he's willing to spend that amount of money then he might as well consider getting the Chromecast. The Chromecast doesn't necessarily work on it's own in the sense that it could work off nothing but a remote but it has an amazingly solid playlist queue that anyone in the house can just sort of throw videos into.

If it's just a YouTube experience alone, I can say from experience that the Chromecast to this day is the best YouTube has to offer in terms of user experience.


Is scrolling considered a "keyboard input"?

Scrolling can be a keyboard input. For example, using the arrow keys on a keyboard will often scroll the window.

While I have no experience with the Scroll Reverser app, a quick check shows the source code is available. And, according to its Read Me file:

  Scroll Reverser installs an event tap, which gives access to event stream, including scrolling events and gesture events. The main documentation is Quartz Event Services Reference.

  To distinguish between trackpad and mouse, Scroll Reverser essentially
  looks at the gesture events to determine whether there are 2 or more
  fingers on the trackpad. If so, it assumes it is the trackpad.

Since the app uses Quartz Event Services then it's basically monitoring low level inputs from users. More technical information is available on the Quartz Event Services page on Apple's Developer site.

But essentially, monitoring low level inputs also means monitoring keyboard inputs.


How can I use the /home directory on Mac OS X : revisited

Personally I'm convinced that any software requiring hard coded paths to home directories is broken and needs to be fixed, but I understand that this isn't possible sometimes. So in your situation I would just disable the auto mounter for /home (see How to remove '/home' directory?) and then symlink /home to /Users. This also solves the backup issue.
PS: Biggest risk probably is that a future update will rewrite auto_master but that you can easily fix again.


How to turn on modal window auto-appearing when program needs your attention

Modal dialogs aren't something you can guarantee will show. The OS allows users to use multiple displays, multiple virtual desktops, pin apps to all displays, no displays or a specific display.

Notification center is the correct tool to send a notice to a user so I would redesign your script/tool/app to make use of notification center.

Also, without seeing some bare stub of what you have already, it's really hard to suggest you how to implement a change. Just as on Stack Overflow - if you have a problem with a tool or a script here, please show your work and ask a follow on question to explain exactly what you desire to happen and what you have so far.

Here's a tiny python script you could try: a little python "script" I've adapted from a brief search of SO:

import Foundation
import objc
import AppKit
import sys

note = objc.lookUpClass('NSUserNotification')
center = objc.lookUpClass('NSUserNotificationCenter')

def notify(title, subtitle, info_text, delay=0, sound=False, userInfo={}):
    notification = note.alloc().init()
    notification.setTitle_(title)
    notification.setSubtitle_(subtitle)
    notification.setInformativeText_(info_text)
    notification.setUserInfo_(userInfo)
    if sound:
        notification.setSoundName_("NSUserNotificationDefaultSoundName")
    notification.setDeliveryDate_(Foundation.NSDate.dateWithTimeInterval_sinceDate_(delay, Foundation.NSDate.date()))
    center.defaultUserNotificationCenter().scheduleNotification_(notification)

notify("AskDifferent", "you can program now", "Here we go... ", sound=True)
sys.stdout.write("Notification sent...\n")

It works on El Capitan without needing any extra files or downloads afaik. Again, there are dozens of options and languages, so it's more about what you want to do long term and if you're comfortable with modifying scripts.


Is there a way to only enable automatic graphics switching when on battery power?

You can try an application called "gfxCardStatus" :)


Finder shows different file size compared to terminal

You have to enter the command du -sh * instead of ls to get the actual size of the folders in your current directory (the sum of the files size they contain).

The command ls shows file size, but it has a different meaning for folders. It actually shows the size allocated for the directory to store metadata (mainly the index) of the files it contains.


Remove widget name ("Widgetsmith") under iOS 14 home screen widgets?

In response to the question:

Is there any possible way to remove the “Widgetsmith” title under the widget on the home screen? It ruins the vibe sometimes (twitter)

David Smith, the creator of Widgetsmith, replied:

Unfortunately not.  Apple requires that the app name be below every widget. (twitter)

So it appears that it is not currently possible to remove the name label text underneath an iOS home screen widget.
This is an iOS restriction, similar to all app icons (used to) have their app name under them. The widget app developers have no control over the matter, and cannot choose to hide their name.
You're gonna see the word "Widgetsmith" a lot:

You can send Product Feedback to Apple so that this is hopefully addressed in a future version of iOS.


Does Bootcamp support 64 bit version of Windows 7?

Version 4.0 of Bootcamp for Lion, released July 20, 2011, drops support for all versions of Windows XP and Vista.

It supports 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate.

Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ from Apple Support.


Adding playlists to iPod Nano 6th generation

You can! When your iPod is connected to iTunes, it should appear in the sidebar. Select it, and make sure  is checked.

Now, create a playlist with the + button at the bottom right of the window, and name it what you will. Simply drag the songs you want the playlist to contain over to the sidebar, and drop them in!

When you've finished, be sure to press the ⏏ button to the right of the iPod's name before you disconnect the cable.


Missing scaled resolution for external 4K display on MacBook 2016

Select the highest resolution and then alt-click the Scaled radio-button. You can then select scaling of the UI:


Ref : XAMPP on Mac OSX: Why running as 'daemon'?

In /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf change

User daemon
Group daemon

to

User YourName
Group YourGroup

Fixed!


How to limit the volume of sound effects in Finder?

In System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects ... set Alert volume to the level you want.

This will also control the volume of the event sounds played in Finder.

You can also uncheck [] Play user interface sound effects to not have them play at all.


Is there a way to update a Mac to High Sierra or Mojave if OEM SSD is unavailable?

The firmware updates are now included in macOS installs. Upgrading by installing High Sierra or Mojave to a USB external drive should cause the firmware to be updated. I have a external HDD with a APFS container partition. I installed High Sierra to this container using a 2011 iMac. I also installed Mojave in the same container (to a different volume) using a 2013 iMac. The firmware on both Mac was updated or I would not be able to boot from the external drive. (Although I can not boot Mojave on the 2011 iMac, which was expected.)


I use Picasa from Google for that.

It is not intrusive (will leave your photos in place), and it will not make duplicates (saves space on your disk).

It also comes with Google web space (so you can upload/download) and easy share with others.

Here is what they say about them self:

  Picasa does not store the photos on your computer.

  When you open Picasa, it simply looks at the folders on your computer
  and displays the photos it finds. It displays the file types that you
  tell it to find, in the folders that you tell it to search.

  Your original photos are always preserved.

  When using editing tools in Picasa, your original files are never
  touched. The photo edits you make are only viewable in Picasa until
  you decide to save your changes. Even then, Picasa creates a new
  version of the photo with your edits applied, leaving the original
  file totally preserved.


There are several ways to use the currently selected thing (files/folders in finder, selected text in other applications, ...) in Quicksilver.

There is the ⌘⎋ (command-escape) shortcut. It opens the Quicksilver interface with the selected thing in the first pane

Or you can open the Quicksilver interface and use the "Current Selection" proxy object. That does the same thing as above, but when the interface is already active. For that, you need to activate "Enable advanced features" in Preferences -> Application.

Using the "Current Selection" proxy object, you can also make your own triggers that use the thing that's selected at the time you use the trigger. Check out the Quicksilver Manual somewhere around page 38 for more information on that.


"Get" Button On App Store Is Blurred Out For Almost EVERY App

Most probably the download apps restriction has been enabled. Ask whoever enabled this to disable this restriction either temporarily or permanently. I would also check that you are signed into the correct region in App store settings and that your account is verified and has no outstanding payment issues.

To check go to;
Settings > General > Restrictions

Hope this helps.


Error while Compressing the Mail DB: file is encrypted or is not a database

You should just move that file to trash and re-start Mail.

There is a 'PRAGMA integrity_check' option, but why risk a bad index, the file will be rebuilt when Mail senses it's missing.


How to combine two live video feeds with picture in picture

You can use Livestream app for OS X and iOS.

There are maybe standalone apps, but I figured out fairly simple way to do this.

The setup:

Your Mac will be handling the image processing using Livestream's Producer app
Your iPad will be just sending video to your Mac throught Livestream's App for iOS.
Start the stream on your iPad
Open your iPad's stream in browser on your Mac (and make it fullscreen and mute audio)
Start stream on your Mac.

You will have nice ability to choose source of video - Webcam or ScreenShare (in this case your iPad stream) or both using 2D or 3D effect as show on the image bellow.

P.S. You can probably do the same using Google Hangouts call, but you will not have control over the image.


Looks like it's available in MacPorts, so you could install MacPorts and then install Nautilus using that:

sudo port install nautilus

You should then be able to run it using the nautilus terminal command.

You may see the following during installation:

############################################################################
# Startup items have been generated that will aid in
# starting dbus with launchd. They are disabled
# by default. Execute the following command to start them,
# and to cause them to launch at startup:
#
# sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist
# launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
############################################################################

Running the commands manually should be enough to run nautilus directly after installation (without rebooting).


Here is a manually solution: open Finder -> preferences -> Tags. Look at the 'Favorite Tags' part, then you can drag/delete/add tags to your current right click menu (in your current mac)


RPN Mode

The problem most probably stems from the calculator being in the Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) mode. Things should go back to normal if you simply turn the RPN mode off by pressing ⌘+R.


How do you formulate Microsoft Excel "if" statement equivalent in Numbers?

The syntax is the same as it is in Excel:

=IF(A1="a", B1,"")

For example:

And the results:


I solved it, the file in question had extended metadata on it and that is what caused the problem. I attempted using the --norsrc and --noextattr flags, but this didn't work. I removed the extended metadata and it is now working without any errors. I don't know if there is a better approach, but to get rid of the metadata I did

cat backup_copies.cmd > tmp
rm backup_copies.cmd
mv tmp backup_copies.cmd


Can not copy and paste within Chrome from time to time

Only thing I found is to quit and restart Chrome.


Twitter Revoke 3rd-Party Permissions from iPhone & iPad iOS9

You are on the right track with the desktop mode as it seems you cant do this from within the app.

As long as you can bypass that and go directly to www.twitter.com you should be fine.

To do that...
On Android, you hit the 3 dots near the address bar, scroll down, select "Request Desktop Site"

On an iPhone (currently at least!), Go to Twitter and scroll a little so you get the add new tab icon etc appear. Then, scroll across until you see the "Request Desktop Site" icon. Select it.

Now if you go to www.twitter.com and login you should be able to see the "apps" option in your settings and be able to revoke access.

I hope that helps!


Slow High Sierra after restore from Time Capsule

It turned out that my system restored in the old "MacOS Extended" file system. You can check yours by right-clicking your hard drive in Finder sidebar pane and choosing "Get Info". The correct entry for High Sierra should be APFS, like on the picture below:

So in case your restore left you with an older file system, you need to reinstall MacOS from the App Store. Unluckily I don't remember the exact details how I made the installer go through the installation again, but I managed to do this by finding the installer in Applications folder - without starting from the recovery partition (which would probably try to clean install my OS).
I hope that helps someone!


Creating Rsync script to copy files for multiple users and the shared directory

Well after some more searching I found the answer here: https://superuser.com/questions/270911/run-rsync-with-root-permission-on-remote-machine. So what I have to do is create a script and then have it executed as root. The script can either be run from the NAS pulling data from the Mac or the other way around. Which I will probably do, because then I can run the script at shutdown.


Yes, there is no column for that. And most files are in the iTunes library itself - as it copies them by default.


All Safari Tabs lost after installation of Mojave

Unfortunately I can only guess here, but it might be worthwhile to look at ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState/ (that's a symlink to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState/). It seems the information is saved as raw data (except one general plist file, maybe that can at least give you some hints), but perhaps you can simply replace that from a TimeMachine backup. Be careful with that however, perhaps the reason why the tabs are gone in the first place was a change in the data format.

If that does not work you can try to look through your history (⌘-Y in Safari), though that's gonna be tedious.


How to get two symbols “\ $“ in Swedish Apid Pro Keyboard?

If you have the Swedish Pro keyboard layout active in the input menu at the top right of the screen, $ is at option 4 and \ is at opton shift 7.


Mac Outlook 15.11 2015 "connection to the server failed or was dropped" (Error # -3253)

I had this problem, too, and about the same time Safari started acting up by not loading pages. I found that the problem was the Avast Anti-Virus Software that I had installed on my machine. Once it was removed, the problem was solved: no more Safari issues and no more Outlook issues, specifically Error -3253.


Is there any way to make apps with fixed vertical orientation rotate?

An iOS app can be programmed to support any one, more or all of the following orientation modes:

Portrait
Upside Down
Landscape Left
Landscape Right

If talking about the portrait mode(s), while the apps targeting iPhone are generally configured to only support Portrait mode (front camera at the top), the ones for iPad support both Portrait and Upside Down (front camera at the bottom) mode.

If the app is question is programmed to only support Portrait mode, there is no way for the user to also make it work in Upside Down mode.


How can I turn my iPhone into a tv remote control?

You'll need an IR dongle (the iPhone doesn't natively have any IR capabilities). Google for iPhone IR remote and you'll see several options.


You might want to start with the Apple Hardware Test:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


Can't copy files from one hard drive to another (same sizes)

Time machine uses Unix hard links. This is confusing the copy software which results in the same file having multiple copies.

Here is how to make the copy according to Apple.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202380

So, give your father the other drive.  I read somewhere where it's not best to mix in non-time machine files on a time machine partition. Seems reasonable to me.


Choosing battery replacement for non-retina MacBook Pro

I would ensure that you purchase a battery from a reputable online store dealing with Apple products.

For example, the following are some well-regarded sites:

Mac Sales
Simply Mac
RAM City
Macfixit

By buying from a reputable store you'll be sure to get a battery fit for purpose, regardless of manufacturer. Being reputable means they're only going to sell something that works and they'll stand behind the product they sell, regardless of the brand.


You need an international travel adaptor, from the European plug type, specifically plug types E & F, to an Indian plug, type D.

See WorldStandards - Plug & socket types for further information.

If you are a competent electrician, you could snip off the existing 'foreign' plug & change it for a domestic… I would weigh that against not recognising the plug type & solution & say "Don't do that yourself!"

You can get travel adaptors in any airport & usually at stores that cater to travellers, e.g. luggage stores, or generally in tourist areas.

Note: Apple power supplies are multi-voltage, so you don't need to make any allowances for a potential supply difference between the two. [India & the EU are both 240v anyway, but just for sake of completeness.]


You can use an external command called brew rmdeps or brew rmtree.

To install and use, issue the following commands:

$ brew tap beeftornado/rmtree && brew install brew-rmtree
$ brew rmtree <package>

You can view the full discussion on this thread.


YouTube prevents you from listening to music in the background unless you pay for YouTube Red.

You can circumvent this issue by using YouTube in Safari at youtube.com instead of in the YouTube app.


Unable to close apps from mission control, Mavericks OS X

As far as I'm aware, you don't close apps from Mission Control.

You use it to bring an app to the front, change Spaces, add or remove Spaces - it doesn't act directly on the apps themselves.

See Mac Basics: Use Mission Control to switch between apps or spaces


Mountain Lion takes long time to shutdown

Take a look at the following threads:

https://discussions.apple.com///thread/4424200?start=0&tstart=0

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4339540?start=0&tstart=0

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1414639.html

In short, it was recommended to: "removing items from Login Items for the user account and adding them back one at a time while testing restart/shutdown. Also, clearing out the ~/Library/Saved Application State folder and the System/Library/Caches folder and making sure your ML volume is selected as the volume to boot from in System Preferences / Startup Disk."

Also, maybe you have Dropbox/Google Drive/Software Update that runs in the background?

Another thing that mentioned was to uncheck "Reopen windows when logging" when shutting down for quick shutdown times.

Can you tell us which applications you think might cause problems?


E-Mail notifications only work for first e-mail account (GMail)?

I know push works for iCloud email accounts (@me.com), but as for the other ones, I'm not positive.

You can configure your email notifications by tapping Settings > Notifications > Mail. After you are there, you will notice a list of email accounts. It appears that you have to customize each individual mail account separately. Tap on a email account, and you can configure it to alert you exactly the way you desire to be notified.

You can also use VIPs (under the list of email accounts mentioned above, or accessed by by tapping the arrow to the right of the VIP mailbox just under All Inboxes in the Mail app) to customize notifications depending on if particular senders are consistently urgent.


Here is how to proceed. The receipe isn't as simple as I thought.

From Pages export files to plain text:

File > Export > Plain Text...

so as to get 2 files: file.1.txt, file.2.txt.
Open both files with vi and apply the following command:

:%s,⌃+V⌃+M,⌃+V⌃+M,g

this command contains twice the sequence control+V, control+M which is the way to enter the raw return character. The strange effect of this command is to replace any return character (0x0d) with a standard newline character (0x0a) everywhere (g = global). Then the 2 files are now splitted in different lines and it becomes useful to compare them with any Unix text tool.
Change the 2 files encoding:

:set fileencoding=utf-8

so as to encode them as text files (and not binary files as they were exported from Pages).
Save the two files and quit vi:

:wq
Run the standard diff command to compare the 2 text files:

diff file.1.txt file.2.txt


Bought a new iMac to replace the old, have two questions regarding file migration

You want to use the same AppleID as before as both all your purchases and your iCloud Drive is linked to it. So once you've set the Mac up and added your AppleID credentials the content of your iCloud Drive should sync to your Mac (patience may be required, depending on your connection and the load on Apple's servers).


Navigate to your iTunes library location using Finder (by default it is in ~/Music/iTunes), then open the iTunes Media/Mobile Applications folder and delete the apps you wish.


Boot Camp partition broken and can't be repaired in OS X 10.10.4

To recover the Boot Camp partition (Source):

Enter:

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

to get some partition informations.

Download and install GPT Fdisk (aka gdisk).

Download and install TestDisk.

Open TestDisk and make a deep search for your Windows partition.

Leave your Testdisk display and start a new Terminal Window. You need to use the following steps. If you see any error messages during the following steps, please stop and post back here with the error message. The following steps have values from your Testdisk output (and you can verify) in Steps 7 and 8. They should be the same as in the gpt output. Please notice the '+' sign in step 8 (this is called offset notation). The text in parentheses is for informational purpose to describe the action being taken. Gdisk has one-character commands except when entering numbers.

Rebuild GPT4 using start/end offsets

sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
P  (print the full list of parts)
D  (delete)
4  (part 4)
N  (new part)
4  (part 4)
1564180480 ( - Start offset in blocks or the start point for Bootcamp part)
+389343232 ( - Size offset, as opposed to End offset)
0700 (Windows part type)
P  (print list of all parts just to see what changes will be made)
W  (Write the new GPT)
Y  (Yes! really write the new GPT)

This will delete and re-write the GPT partition info for /dev/disk0s4.

Rebuild MBR to match the new GPT information thus resetting the Hybrid MBR. Use defaults for other questions (like partition codes). The only values that need modifications are the Boot flags and step 10. Accept all other defaults that Gdisk offers. These steps can be repeated if you make a mistake before you get to Step 12, otherwise start from Step 1 for these steps. Step 6 has numbers which are typed with a space between the numbers.

sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
P  (Print list of parts)
R  (Recover)
O  (print current Hybrid MBR)
H  (chooses Hybrid)
Partitions numbers to be hybridized: 2 3 4
Y  (Good for GRUB question)
N  (part 2 boot flag)
N  (part 3 boot flag)
Y  (part 4 boot flag make NTFS bootable partition)
O  (print current Hybrid MBR)
W  (Write the new MBR)
Y  (Yes! write the new MBR)
Reboot

To make Windows bootable again try the following:

Boot from your Windows DVD/USB-Stick

Open command prompt from Windows recovery option menu. Type “diskpart” at the command prompt.
At the DiskPart prompt, type in “list disk”. You will see the list of disk currently attached to your computer.
Now type in “select disk n”, where n is the disk number. In this example, disk 0 is selected.
Now that correct disk is selected, type in “list partition” to get a list of all the partitions on that disk.
To select the partition you want to set as active, type in “select partition n”, where n is the partition number (probably 3).
Now that you have selected the disk and partition, mark it as active by just typing the word “active” and pressing Enter. Now the partition is set active.
Exit from the command prompt and run startup repair.


How to make your email signature work well with iOS 8 data detectors in mail?

Apple don't seem to have documented which signature formats iOS data detection will recognise as far as I can tell. All I can tell you is that the following signature format seems to work.

John Smith

T: +44 (0) 141 123 4567
E: john.smith@example.com


How do I create a static permanent ifconfig alias?

Generally speaking, you can create the persistent alias in Network in System Preferences.

However, the lo0 loopback device doesn't show up here.  For this special case, we need to utilize launchd to kick off a short script with the ifconfig command you used above.

Here is a sample .plist file, saved as com.user.lo0-loopback.plist (can be saved anywhere as it will be copied to the appropriate directory later).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.user.lo0-loopback</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/sbin/ifconfig</string>
    <string>lo0</string>
    <string>alias</string>
    <string>172.16.222.111</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/>
  <key>Nice</key>
  <integer>10</integer>
  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <false/>
  <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
  <true/>
  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
  <string>/var/log/loopback-alias.log</string>
  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
  <string>/var/log/loopback-alias.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Next, move it to the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ directory so it's kicked off at boot (will be run as root) and set the correct permissions

$ cp com.user.lo0-loopback.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/

$ chmod 0644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.user.lo0-loopback.plist
$ chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.user.lo0-loopback.plist

Then load it with launchctl

$ launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.user.lo0-loopback.plist

Reboot and your lo0 loopback should have an alias IP assigned to it that will be persistent across reboots.


Internal drive on MacBook won't appear on desktop

Since Snow Leopard the hard drives aren't shown on the Desktop by default. However if you upgraded from Leopard or earlier it does honor the original settings. However, some updates will disable this setting during the upgrade.

Have a look under Finder preferences and make sure the Hard Disk box is ticked.


How best to view the current time while gaming on iPad?

Most fullscreen apps, (majority of games and video player/streaming apps), are programmed to hide the Status Bar. So, it is not possible by any means to have the clock continuously displayed while playing the game/video.

Since you are concerned about losing the grip of the device and do not want to move your hand much (to perform the swipe down gesture), there's an alternate approach you can take. Without moving your hands and pausing the game, simply press the power button of the device to put it in sleep mode. The game/video will be paused automatically.

Now, quickly press the Home button (without unlocking the device) to show the lock screen which will also display the time. Now, use Touch ID to unlock the iPad and un-pause to resume playing the game/video. (This approach is assuming that you have enabled Touch ID to unlock your iPad. The goal here is to wake the device without unlocking it. Act accordingly if you do not use Touch ID to unlock your iPad.)

The aforementioned can be performed (in most cases) without losing the grip of the device. Works best in landscape orientation (and with large hands ). I too take this approach when playing games on iPad.


Can I upgrade RAM to 16GB on MacBook Pro 17" i7 2.66 GHz?

Some Mac's can utilize more then the official amount stated however according to EveryMac.com, the actual maximum amount of RAM a MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.66 GHz 17" Mid-2010 can utilize is 8 GB.

I've found that information presented by EveryMac.com to be very accurate in this area and wouldn't waste my time or money trying to put 16 GB in this model MacBook Pro unless it can be corroborated by an authoritative source.

As mentioned in the comments by RedEagle2000, "Mactracker says the same" and they too are known for being very accurate in this area as well.

Also at crucial.com, from Micron Technology and one of the top Semiconductor producing companies in the world, the model you have can only take 8 GB.


Since version 39 Chrome is now 64 bit only but there is only a 32 bit version of the QuickTime plug in. I do not think a workaround currently exists other than using another browser, Safari being your best bet for compatibility.

Source - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6510828


The system will delete old backups if it has an estimate that it will need the space for the impending backup. Normally the system over estimates a backup by 2 to 4 GB in routine use, but I have seen some cases where it had estimates of 250 GB or more due to some folder changes. Even without an error in estimation, you could have attached an external drive that increased this estimate drastically.

Only you have the logs and data to know how plausible this is. Check out BackupLoupe if you like to have better measurements on how each backup differs in size from the others.

For this reason, I periodically duplicate my Time Machine drives (or choose to rotate them monthly) so that if there is a bug, I can look when I swap in the new drive to make sure I don't lose some of my older history.


How to insert pages document to another pages document?

Create a folder paste the two files into it. Now hyperlink the two files by opening the document (whichever you are trying to add a link in) then click inspector after you have the text you want to hyperlink, for the hyperlink URL, try the following.

    Insert other pages document name here.pages

Now close the document and save all changes.
Right click the folder and compress it, then email the compressed folder to the person you are trying to send this to.


How to make a portable, cross-platform, TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt USB stick?

Format the stick in FAT format, then create truecrypt image on it.


It's impossible to say what's happening with your phone since we don't know what your boyfriend did or didn't do with the messages. Without knowing if he actually receives the messages, we can't say what the exact problem is. He could very well be lying to you about the messages. I would send him a text while looking at his phone and see what happens.


Can I erase and reinstall MacOS and not lose my windows partition and my Dual boot option

If Mojava is installed to a APfS volume, proceed as follows:

Boot to the USB High Sierra installer
Open the Disk Utility
Remove the APFS volume containing Mojava
Add a new APFS volume
Quit the Disk Utility
Install High Sierra to the new APFS volume.

If Mojava is installed to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume, proceed as follows:

Boot to the USB High Sierra installer
Open the Disk Utility
Erase the  Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume containing Mojava
Quit the Disk Utility
Install High Sierra to the erased Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume.

In either case, Windows will not be erased. High Sierra should be able to automatically detect the Windows installation.


How to create a symbolic link with Quicksilver?

Best is to use an automator (service) you can call with QuickSilver…

The service receives "files or folder" in "Finder.app"
You then add a "Run AppleScript" action with the following code (that you might want to tweak a little) :

    on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Finder"
        repeat with i in input
            if class of i is not folder then
                set p to POSIX path of ((container of i) as text)
            else
                set p to POSIX path of (i as text)
            end if
            if p is equal to "/" OR p is equal to "/Volumes/" then
                set p to POSIX path of (path to desktop folder) & (name of i as text)
            else
                set p to (p & (name of i as text) & "_SymLink")
            end if
            set i to POSIX path of (i as text)
-- to debug :
--          display dialog "ln -s '" & i & "' '" & p & "'"
            do shell script "ln -s '" & i & "' '" & p & "'"
        end repeat
    end tell

    return true
end run


Disk Utility in High Sierra 10.13.1 partitioning fail

You have to remove the recovery partition - it's probably broken; at least it's consuming 80% of your disk. Then you have to resize your main partition disk0s2. Finally restore/rebuild the recovery partition.

Open Terminal.app and enter diskutil list to get the details
Check the disk: diskutil verifyDisk disk0.
diskutil eraseVolume Free n disk0s3
diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 R to resize the main volume to the max.

If the R size option fails try to use a real size like 120g or the percentage 100% (on some external disks this may fail because of some 2 TiB limit).

diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 1000g

or a little less if this also fails

diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 999800m

Recreate the recovery partition by downloading and reinstalling the latest High Sierra version (10.3.2 as of time of writing). Reinstalling won't delete your data. A Time Machine backup is recommended though.


What's the tool that can do some actions when a file is copied?

In addition to Applescript, Automator allows you to create Folder Actions as well, at least in 10.6. (This should have been a comment on Philip's post, but I don't quite have enough rep for that yet.)


After restoring FTP server in High Sierra, how to log in to localhost?

I finally solved my problem.

#set file ownership so we can update WP
#https://www.fetchdesigns.com/blog/failed-to-connect-to-ftp-server-localhost21-wordpress-on-mac/
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a <your username> -t user _www
sudo chown -R _www:_www <path_to_wordpress>
sudo chmod -R g+w <path_to_wordpress>

sudo chmod 777 .htaccess
sudo chmod 755 <path_to_wordpress>/wp-content/uploads

Hope this helps someone else.


Homebrew and Git - Wrong language on the command line

Recently, I've started to observe the same behavior, particularly with git (and after updating to MacOS Mojave). At first, I thought it's an issue with git itself. So, I've reinstalled git with homebrew to no avail.

However, going to "Language & Region" tab in the MacOS "Settings", and removing other languages from the list that you don't need (note: these are different from the keyboard input sources) resulted in git displaying the command output messages in terminal in the desired language (in my case, English).

Notably, this problem occurred to me only in the macOS terminal (and not, e.g., VSCode's terminal).


Unable to install Windows via Boot Camp - Unable to Partition

I guess you've solved it by now, but I had exactly the same problem with fresh new Macbook pro 2017 and I had to reinstall the system (MacOS). Then the installation of Windows 10 through bootcamp went fine.


Numbers version 5.3(5989). How to Calculate Duration by comparing two cells formatted as datetime?

You just need to subtract the later from the former.

ie: B2-B1


On the iPad, is there a way to email a link to a mapped set of directions?

As far as I know there is no way to email a link to something you have got to inside a native iOS app, in your case, a set of instructions. I believe however that you can email a set of instructions as a link from the google maps website, which you can access in safari. Hope this helps in some form.


Server Admin: How to set up multiple mail domains?

Assuming you want the domains to be synonymous (e.g. richard@domain.com and richard@domain.co.uk both correspond to the same mailbox), it's pretty easy.  The trick is that the relevant configuration option is available in Server Admin.app but not Server.app.  To get Server Admin, install the server admin tools (v10.7.4 is here, be sure to get the version matching what you're installing on), then open /Applications/Server/Server Admin.

In Server Admin, connect to the server (if it doesn't autoconnect), then select the server name in the sidebar -> Settings in the toolbar -> Services tab -> enable the Mail service and click Save in the bottom right (note: the Save button doesn't highlight very clearly when there are settings that need saving; just get in the habit of clicking it after doing anything).

Once the Mail service is enabled, it should appear in the sidebar (although you may need to click the disclose triangle next to the server name).  Select Mail in the sidebar -> Settings in the toolbar -> Advanced tab -> Hosting subtab -> add the additional domain(s) to the "Local Host Aliases" list.

Note: this configures the server to accept mail for additional domain(s).  In order for this to do anything useful, you also need to add MX records to DNS for the additional domain(s), so other servers know to deliver the mail to your server.

EDIT: to handle non-synonymous ("virtual") domains, go to Server Admin -> Mail -> Settings -> Advanced -> Hosting, enable virtual hosting, and add the domain(s) to the "Locally Hosted Virtual Domains" list.  Then, add aliases to your user accounts for their virtual email addresses.  You can add aliases either in Server.app (right-click on a user account and choose Advanced Options), or in Workgroup Manager by adding aliases to the Short Names list.

For example, if you had domain.com as your primary domain, domain.co.uk as a host alias, and otherdomain.co.uk as a virtual domain, and your account was "richard", you would be reachable as richard@domain.com and richard@domain.co.uk, but would have no address at otherdomain.co.uk.  If you added "rich@otherdomain.co.uk" as an alias for your account, you'd then also be reachable at that address (but not at rich@domain.com or rich@domain.co.uk).

Note: you can also add aliases in the file /etc/aliases (e.g. add the line "rich@otherdomain.co.uk: richard" to get the effect I described above).  If you do this, run sudo newaliases and then sudo postfix reload to get the change to take effect.


How do other Macs in the network see my Freenas 9.3 backup drive attached to iMac via Ethernet?

Solution found:

On the iMac, we must first enable port forwarding by entering the following command in Terminal:

echo "rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 12345 -> 192.168.2.x port 548" | sudo pfctl -ef -

replace 192.168.2.x with whatever your FreeNAS is reporting as its IP address. You will also have to enter your account password when prompted. Now, in the Finder on your laptop, connect to your iMac's IP address (192.168.1.x) by typing command + k and entering afp://192.168.1.x:12345/. replace 192.168.1.x with whatever your iMac's IP address is, but keep :12345 as it's needed to connect to your FreeNAS. You may have to select the correct disk from a list. You should now be able to add it as a Time Machine disk on your laptop.


When syncing photos to iPhone or iPad through iTunes from Aperture, it syncs the wrong (original) versions. Why?

If all your edited photos are new versions of the original, then I'm guessing you've got Aperture set to create new versions when you make adjustments (that's an option in Preferences).  In that case, then each photo is probably in a stack with all of its versions.  Generally, only the "pick" (or top) of each stack is synced with your iOS device.  So you need to go through your album and move all the edited versions to the top of their stacks.

To do this:

Open your album in Aperture
In the Stacks menu, choose Open All Stacks
For each of the stacks in the album, choose the version you want and choose "Pick" under the Stacks menu.  This will make the chosen version jump to the far left of the group.

I might be wrong on the name of that command, but I believe the shortcut for it is Command-\.  That's what I usually use, instead of the menu option.

You can then re-sync your device, and the proper versions should show up.  You might want to try it with one or two of them to make sure it works before doing it for all of them.

Additionally, you might want to turn off the option to create new versions for each adjustment.  It'll mitigate this problem in the future.  Aperture uses non-destructive editing anyway, so you're not making irreversible changes to the original no matter what.  If you want to make multiple versions of a photo, you can do it manually with the Duplicate Version command (in the right-click menu on a photo, or somewhere in the menu options at the top).


Why are notifications on MacBook Pro slower than on an iPhone?

This seems to depend on how your Notifications are configured. If you have your notifications set to Banners, the order will be Watch first, Phone second, Mac last (if unopened on Watch and Phone). If you have your notifications set to Alerts the order will be whichever device is open currently and then the rest of the devices will not receive the alerts. Thus if your Mac is open you will receive an Alert and none of your other devices will receive it. However if you have Banners on then the notification will flow down the line of iOS devices until you open it.


I came across the same problem when we went to online teaching after SARS-CoV-2 hit. I found a free workaround, but there are subscription services that work. I can't say for sure that this is the best way to do it (just best for right now?):

Open a web-conferencing app like Zoom, WebEx, GoToMeeting, etc., and start a meeting without others.
Share your screen in the meeting, focussing on the video you want to record. Make sure you select to "Share computer audio" in this step.
Now open your preferred screen-recorder such as Screencast-O-Matic, Canvas Studio, Echo360, etc. (I don't know if the built-in recorder works), and record the shared web-conference video.

I hope this was helpful, but I look forward to better options if anyone has any! Good luck!


How to package and distribute a Keyboard Layout

Keyboard layouts can be installed in one of the following locations: /Library/Keyboard Layouts/ ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ /Network/Library/Keyboard Layouts/

Also, perhaps useful:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2056/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10003085

hope that helps


Change File Picker Dialog folder location (avoid latest visited folder)

As far as I'm aware, there's no way to do anything like this natively.
There is such as Default Folder X which can remember 'last folder per app' or just always return to a specific location per app, with navigation history & fast click-through to any folder already open. You can set up different default sets depending on workflow.
I've actually had it on every Mac I've ever had since before they added the 'X' to the name, before OS X. I can't even remember how limited the standard filepicker is; I'm reminded only when I use someone else's Mac.


That error means it failed to connect to the network. Is your network perchance WPA or WPA2/WPA mixed with a password? Apparently Internet Recovery doesn't play well with those (another link).

Did that new hard drive have OS X installed or not? If not, it wouldn't be able to boot for obvious reasons. Just to make sure.

Have you tried creating a bootable version of Apple Hardware Test?


How do I add loyalty cards to the iOS wallet?

I use PassSource, and it's very handy!

You don't need to download any apps or even create an account. You just use your iOS device to go to their website, input information about your loyalty card/coupon/ticket/etc., and tap "Add to Apple Wallet".


MBP 2017 making high pitched noise when in Target Disk Mode

There are many reasons for high pitched noises (commonly referred to as electrical squeal).  However, without hearing it and being able to put hands on, it's impossible to diagnose.

Try a higher quality Thunderbolt 3 cable.  An active cable which will handle higher bandwidth and more power is a good bet.
Determine if it's coming from the speakers by manipulating the volume.  If it is, some part of the audio circuitry is picking up noise and amplifying it.  This is a logic board issue.
It could be a shielding issue - as silly as it sounds, you might be able to solve this by wrapping the cable in aluminum foil.

The OS and TDM mode aren't going have any effect on electrical noises; these are created when electrons move through a conductor and they can sometimes produce a squeal or a whine. However, the bottom line is that your Mac is not supposed to be doing that.  If it is, there's likely a failed component and it must be taken in for service.


Are Mac OS images (eg. "OS X El Capitan.app") digitally signed? Safe to install from torrent?

The original macOS installer apps are not distributed as images (i.e. dmg files). So you won't find a digitally signed macOS Installer.dmg, dmg signing is possible though: How to add codesigning to dmg file in mac.

However, you can check the codesigning of the macOS/OS X Installer.app and the sha sum of the InstallESD.dmg (which contains the files which will be installed to your disk later):

codesign -dv --verbose=4 /Volumes/InstallMavericks/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app

and

shasum /Volumes/InstallMavericks/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

Compare the shasum result with the following list: Apple Installer Checksums. If the checksum is different the dmg is tampered.

The name of the mounted Mavericks.dmg (i.e. InstallMavericks) is just an example - so use the proper path to the macOS/OS X Installer.app.


networksetup -connectpppoeservice "VPN" does not work anymore on Yosemite

I had the some problem and a working solution like this:

Before Yosemite

networksetup -connectpppoeservice 'MY-VPN-SERVICE-NAME'

On Yosemite

scutil --nc start 'MY-VPN-SERVICE-NAME'

I found the hint on Robert's Blog http://roosbertl.blogspot.de/2014/10/auto-connect-osx-yosemite-ipsec-vpn-on.html

Works für IPSec and PPTP


How to keep all the data on my applications when I buy a new iPad

Run iTunes on your computer.
Connect old (16GB) iPad to computer with USB cable.
Back up iPad to iTunes/computer. Do not erase old iPad yet.
Disconnect old iPad.
Connect new iPad to iTunes/computer with USB cable.
Restore settings from old iPad onto new.
Disconnect new iPad.

Once you're sure the new iPad has everything you expect on it (all app data, etc.) then you can connect old iPad to iTunes and restore to factory settings wiping it out so you can sell it, give it away, or recycle it with Apple.


Option click the wifi icon in the menu bar and select Wireless Diagnostics.

Follow the instructions and post a second question if you get stuck with a specific step or can't narrow down the issue.

Also, carefully read the help guide on how to be specific and show how your research such as what version of OS X and what router is not working as expected.


Share iPad internet connection to PC over USB

This has been discussed on Super User:
How to connect iPhone's internet to Windows PC via USB cable?:

  Install latest iTunes on Windows PC
  iPhone Settings -> Mobile -> Personal Hotpsot -> ON
  Select "USB Cable" on window that pops up
  Connect iPhone to Windows PC

  The latest version of iTunes needs to be installed, because that will install the drivers required for Windows to see the iPhone as a modem and use it to bridge a connection to the internet.


Where is the Launchpad database stored and is there a way to edit it directly?

The Launchpad database is located at ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/*some-hex-name*.db

To edit it, you'll have to use SQLite. You can do this on the command line, or with a graphic interface.

See this Ask Different question for recommendations for a GUI app.

MacOS Sierra and newer

On macOS Sierra and newer the old launchpad database does not exists anymore. Instead every user has his personal launchpad database somewhere inside /private/var/folders (contains a lot of cryptic names).

How to find the database

The personal database is owned by you user, so you can use the following command to find out the path of the database:

 echo $(find /private/var/folders -user $(id -u) -name com.apple.dock.launchpad 2> /dev/null)/db/db

After you have the path to the new database, you can continue to edit it like before (e.g. using sqlite3 command).

Thanks to Chris Perry from Jamf Nation for sharing what he found! See his post here.


How do I download songs in a playlist in Music?

In playlists you can click on the three dots at top right and select "Download" from there.


The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Foo” can’t be found

Apparently this problem can occur for many different reasons.  In my case it was solved by re-launching the finder.  A description and solution for this was at http://www.cnet.com/news/fix-shared-computer-not-found-in-finder/ .

  To fix this problem, you simply need to relaunch the Finder, and it will re-populate the list of shared devices. To do this, you can do one of the following:

  Hold the Option key and right-click the Finder icon in the Dock, then select Relaunch.
  Press Option-Command-Escape or choose Force Quit from the Apple menu, then select the Finder and click Relaunch.
  Log out and log back in to your user account.


How do I make symbolic links invisible in the Finder?

To hide:

chflags -h hidden <symlink>

To show again:

chflags -h nohidden <symlink>


I fixed the problem with:

chgrp -R everyone /Applications/eclipse

A way to preempt the problem, for anyone doing a new installation, is to do the following before unzipping the tarball:

newgrp everyone


How can I tell if a Mac App Store app is a universal purchase?

I think I found the answer: you will have to find the app on both Mac and iOS App Stores, get the shareable link and compare the IDs. If those match, chances are it's a bundled app.


How to enable vim X11 feature on OSX10.10?

You are correct that Apple no longer provides X11 in OS X. They now recommend you download and install XQuartz instead. Recent versions of OS X will actually prompt you to install XQuartz when they detect you're trying to run an application that requires X11, but the detection isn't foolproof so sometimes you just have to install it manually.

Not sure about your vim question specifically, but I would guess if you run vim in an xterm after you've installed XQuartz, any X11 features should work as intended.


How to programmatically get available wifi networks without airport utility?

You could (mis)use awk to filter the result:

airport -s -x| awk '          { if (catch == 1) { print; catch=0 } }
                   /SSID_STR/ { catch=1 }'
<string>UPC Wi-Free</string>
<string>UPCE191589</string>
<string>The Cloud</string>
<string>UPCE191589</string>
<string>The Cloud</string>

Not very nice, but does the job :-)

OTOH, a SSID can be anything, it doesn't even need to be printable (see Is there a standard that defines what is a valid SSID and password?). So any attempt to handle SSID in text-based utilities will likely fail sooner or later.


Import selected items from one iTunes library to another, with metadata

What you're asking, technically, can be done however not automatically.  In other words you'd have to add back the songs to the Library and then manually edit the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file to restore the non-encapsulated meta data.

I'd first manually restore the hierarchal folder structure as needed, that's missing, into the existing "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music" folder for each artist/album from the backup and then from iTunes > File > Add to Library... select the restored folders to bring them back into the iTunes Library.

Okay, that's the easy part, the songs are back in the Library however the ancillary meta-data will now have to be updated manually by editing the working "iTunes Music Library.xml" file using the information in the backed up copy of that file while iTunes is closed and the working file is first backed up before editing. This is not an operation for the faint of heart and it's geek factor is hi.

Otherwise, after adding back the songs your other option is if you also have your music on a iDevice you can selectively import into iTunes some ancillary meta-data from the iDevice using iMazing.


As @Tetsujin said, iCloud.com, me.com and mac.com are all the same, the latter two are alias' of iCloud.

In Notes on the mac select View > Show Folders. You should now see where your notes are being saved and will have a heading for "iCloud" and "On my Mac". If you don't see "On my Mac". Select from the menubar Notes > Preferences and check the box "Enable the On My Mac Account".

You can now drag notes from the list in the middle to the groups on the left.


2560x1600 on Dell U3011 with new MacBook Pro

Try using the mini Display Port to the Dell's Display Port.
That's how I connect to 2 2560*1440 Dell screens.

I've found, in order of reliability

Display Port - works every time
DVI - works most of the time, can be fussy on some screens
HDMI - haven't used
anything  > VGA [barely works at all on anything over 1920*1200]


According to discussions.apple.com you could also have removed the Windows partition with Boot Camp Assistant (located in /Applications/Utilities).  It may be worth trying that just in case not everything was properly cleaned up during your attempts.

After that you can use go to your System Preferences, and select your OS X volume as the startup disk.


I've had this problem before, too.  I believe this is because of System Integrity Protection.  macOS protects some parts of the filesystem starting with El Capitan.

I think there are two ways to work around this.

Disable System Integrity Protection
Grant Full Disk Access to Terminal

For the first, restart your Mac, but hold down Command-R until you boot into Recovery Mode.  Then on the menu, select Utilities then type csrutil disable and press Enter.  Reboot your Mac and try your rm command again.  When you're done, I suggest you go back into Recovery Mode and re-enable it (csrutil enable).

For the second, open Security & Privacy in System Preferences.  Click the Privacy tab, select Full Disk Access and add Terminal to the list of applications.  You'll likely have to unlock that screen first by clicking the padlock at the lower left corner.

When I had this problem, I didn't know about the Full Disk Access trick and used the first option.  I know it works.  I just learned about the second option earlier today and I'm betting it does the trick, too.

Good luck!


Install and launch Karabiner. In the menubar open the menulet Karabiner -> Preferences. Then hit the tab "Misc & Uninstall" and "Open private.xml"

Paste the following lines into the opened xml file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
    <item>
      <name>Swap Minus and Alt+Shift+Minus</name>
      <identifier>remap.minus_and_optionlshiftlminus</identifier>
      <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::MINUS, ModifierFlag::NONE,
        KeyCode::MINUS, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::OPTION_L
      </autogen>
      <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::MINUS, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::OPTION_L,
        KeyCode::MINUS,
      </autogen>
    </item>
</root>

and save the file.

Return to the tab "Change Key", hit "ReloadXML"  and enable "Swap Minus and Alt+Shift+Minus". It should be the first entry listed.

If you are left-handed you may replace _L by _R in the xml file.


Will Early 2009 iMac accept faster-than-spec RAM?

There's no benefit in going with faster RAM because the speed is limited by what your motherboard supports (the early 2009 iMac has a 1066 Mhz frontside bus.) In theory the faster RAM should be able to work at the lower speeds and should be safe to install, however macs do tend to be fussy when it comes to RAM so I would recommend sticking to the RAM recommended in the system specs.

Edit:

More often than not your mac will accept higher speed RAM. However it can cause problems; one example from the Apple Support Forums. You can find similar stories all over Apple forums. This is why I advocate sticking as closely to the specs as possible.

As to the advantage of possibly installing the RAM in a future computer, in 2 years you'll probably be able to get twice the RAM for the price (and be wanting to install twice the amount too.)

Lastly, if you compare the 2 chips you linked you'll notice that the 1333 memory has a CAS latency of 9, while the 1066 has a lower (better) latency of 7. So you're trading an imaginary upside for a real downside.


Possible to link mouse buttons to macOS functions

It's no doubt possible to map your mouse buttons to Keyboards keys, but considering the generic nature of your mouse, I'm doubtful you'd be able to do it without 3rd party software.

While I haven’t used these to map buttons to a HyperX Pulsefire FPS gaming mouse, I have used these to map the buttons from a variety of other controllers:

USB Overdrive
ControllerMate

I’d start with USB Overdrive as it offers a much simpler interface. ControllerMate provides a lot more advanced functionality, but also takes quite some time to suss out.

Now, I haven't used SensibleSideButtons, but that may work in your scenario if the extra buttons are side buttons. Nor have I used Steer Mouse, but I know of people who swear by it.


Can I use a DC 60W 18v 3A solar pannel to power my macbook pro 15" retina mid-2012?

Ok ,the math goes like this

Volt x Amps = Watts

First important factor is the Voltage. It has to be the right one for the circuits otherwise they burn up. You would not connect 120 Volt to magsafe.

Next is the Current (Amps) it is the consumption. Usually they are controlled by the consumer (Battery in this case). You can not have to much of it since Battery only takes what it needs. The specification for Maximum Amps is for protection of the connector (plug), otherwise to much of it can burn the wires/connectors.

The 85 W charger (20x4.25) are used with 15" and 17" MacBook Pro, so you might be bit on low end with your 60w. It will charge but slower.

If you are in the wilderness with no plugs and on you Solar, keep an eye from time to time on the Charging.

About this mac > System report > Power.

There you will see if the battery is charging or been depleted.

Look at he Amperage (mA) number, if it is negative (-) then your battery is been depleted.


forwarding SMS messages to email on Iphone 4

This is something only your service provider could do.

If the phone gets no messages, there's very little it can do about forwarding them anywhere else ;)

Though it does make me wonder how you would get the email...


Safari incorrectly demands to select an SSL client certificate

We were having this problem on our site with Safari users on a mac/macbook (iOS was okay).

On our server (Apache) we commented out two optional parameters in the httpd 'conf' file: SSLVerifyClient and SSLVerifyDepth. Our SSLVerifyClient was set to 'optional' which seems to be the issue. The default is "none" and I believe not commenting out the SSLVerifyDepth creates problems as well.


The article Thermal Paste Thermal Tape Question Logic Board mentions a similar black substance used in a G4 PowerBook logic board:

  When installing the logic board, I know your're required to use the silver colored thermal paste on the main processor and it's heat sink. On the other chip however, ( I assume it's the video chip, it says Motorola on it), the original techs appear to have used something black, and it is thicker, and harder to remove and appears to be cut to size. My question is,...what is the black stuff used on the other processor with a copper heat sink? Is it black thermal tape, cut to size and if so, where do you buy it from? And do you apply a piece of tape on the video processor and on the copper heat sink? Or do you apply the thermal substance on only only one part either the video chip or the copper heat sink?

Unfortunately, as you mention, there appears to be no source for the black thermal substance1. However, silver (which has an extra 5% efficiency) thermal paste, rather than white , should do the trick.

1 Unless this Thermal paste for iPhone 5 Mainboard is the black stuff.


Connecting two DVI monitors to a MBA 2012

It is not officially possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a MacBook Air. Apple's support article states that you can only connect one non-Thunderbolt monitor per Thunderbolt port.

Additionally, you can look at hooking a second screen up via USB, using a product like those made by DisplayLink.