The Artist and Album Artist fields display whatever is recorded in the metadata. In this case, both of these fields contain eason and the duo band.

The only way to change what is displayed is to actually change what is recorded. Your screenshot shows that you already know how to access the metadata (i.e. using the Get Info/Song Info option or pressing commandI) to bring up the details.

You would need to do that and actually change the information stored there. To do this, make sure you're on the Details tab and edit the info in Artist and/or Album Artist. Once you've clicked OK to save the data, you'll find what is displayed for these songs/albums will also change.

As for the Sort As field, this dictates which field iTunes will use to sort the information, not what is actually displayed in the fields.


~/.m2/ has a dot as the first character of the directory name. This is a hidden folder, so isn't indexed by Spotlight. Finder won't find this because it's not in Spotlight's index. Rename the folder without the dot for the folder to be indexed.

Searching with Finder uses Spotlight so should be near-instantaneous. You can show the status bar with View → Show Status Bar (⌘/) and a pinwheel will appear at the right of the bar when Finder is still searching, disappearing after the search is complete.


My bet is on TotalFinder.

Firstly because I have both Sparrow and Alfred installed, and don't have any issue with them, and mostly because the way TotalFinder integrates into the OS.

Try to completely uninstall TotalFinder, reboot your computer and see if the issue is still there.


As mentioned in the Apple Discussion Forums, like this post for example, the iPhone does not have (and never has had) support for file transfers over Bluetooth.

Here are the Bluetooth profiles supported by iOS listing the types of operations possible.


Failing to send Wake-On-LAN UDP packet with netcat

I've likely answered my own question:

The BSD version of netcat included with macOS lacks the -b (broadcast) flag.

And even though 255.255.255.255 is a special global address for broadcasting to the entire subnet, simply sending to it apparently isn't enough to imply/accomplish a broadcast without that missing -b flag.

So, my impression is that the macOS version of netcat simply won't do what I'm trying to do.

If I were to install an alternate netcat implementation using homebrew or some other source, it might accomplish it--but at that point, I'd rather just depend on having wakeonlan installed.

I'll leave this answer here, but unaccepted, hoping that someone with more low-level networking know-how provides a better answer at some point.

Edit: Also, if one were going to install other software due to netcat limitations, it looks like socat (described as "netcat on steroids") would likely be something to seriously consider, instead of just an alternate version of netcat.


Is it possible to connect automatically to a server on login without an opened window?

Instead of whatever method you are doing now to mount the server, I would recommend a script which is launched at login for all users.

Your best options are either a LoginHook or a launchd process installed to /Library/LaunchAgents/

You will then need to figure out the syntax for the mounting the drive.

UPDATE:

I decided I wanted to check this out further myself, and created this launchd script:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>luoma.mount.blackbook</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/luomat/Dropbox/bin/mount_blackbook.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

which I placed at /Library/LaunchAgents/luoma.mount.blackbook.plist (owned by root)

The script  can be found at http://f.luo.ma/mount_blackbook.sh (note: script will display in browser window, to download, use click-click/save-as)


Need to connect mac-mini and thunderbolt display to a Dell U2713HM for dual monitor 2560x1440

HDMI is out because the Mac Mini's HDMI port maxes out at 1920x1200. You're going to need to grab an adapter to go from Mini-Displayport to either dual-link DVI or Displayport, which are both supported by the Dell.

Now, the Thunderbolt display can't directly output Mini-Displayport for boring technical reasons (see question 20). There must be a non-display Thunderbolt device between the display and the adapter I mentioned above. The cheapest example I've found is the Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE122), which has two Thunderbolt ports for daisychaining and retails for about $180.

The full chain:
Mac Mini -> Thunderbolt Display -> STAE122 -> MiniDP to DP or DL-DVI adapter -> Dell monitor


Numbers appear with country code in message app

It might be how the previous phone she had save the data on the sim card and the iPhone couldn't import it properly and misplaces the data in the import processes.

I suggest you try once again with the same phone with different sim card [or even the same sim card and see]

This will make sure that the phone doesn't have a problem.

Because to me the importing data from sim card most likely a software issues which easy to solve.


I have those now, too. I assumed the sidebar icon had just been changed to those circles in a recent update.

As far as I know, the default sidebar icons are still located here:

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/

You should be able to swap any or all of them out for any icons you want. Just give your new icon the same name as the one you are replacing and make sure it is a .icns file. You will probably need to disable SIP in order to do this.

EDIT: On closer look, I don't see any dots amongst the default sidebar icons in CoreTypes. I wonder if it may have something to do with disk permissions....


What are only necessary processes (minimal set) for OS X work?

Try something like launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist and see what stops working. launchctl unload doesn't make any permanent changes, so the plist is loaded again when you log out and back in.

Some processes that might be disabled if you are trying to simplify the UI:

Dock: Also disables Mission Control, Launchpad, Dashboard, full screen windows, the application switcher, and the Notification Center sidebar, and makes desktop backgrounds gray.
Finder: Also removes the window of the desktop. Doesn't affect Quick Look or file dialogs.
mds and mdworker: Disables Spotlight indexing and makes the Spotlight menu, mdfind, mdls, and for example searching in Finder and Mail stop working.
NotificationCenter: Disables notifications and removes the Notification Center icon and sidebar.
pbs: Removes services from the Apple menu, context menus, and the keyboard preference pane.
SystemUIServer: Removes menu extras and the Spotlight menu but not status menus or the Notification Center icon.

This concatenates the man pages of processes that have man pages:

MANPAGER='col -bx' man -a $(ps -eco comm= | grep -v -e ^- -e ' ' | sort -u) > /tmp/man.txt


Where did my "Default Group" preference go?

In iOS 5.1, you can define a "Default Account" for Contacts in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.  Scroll down until you see a Contacts heading; Default Account is at the bottom of that section. This setting will affect where new Contacts created on the iPhone are placed.


Dock icons not showing correct application icon

My most recent attempt seems to have worked, or at least several weeks have passed without the issue repeating, which it previously did within hours, or days at best.

Try these steps:

Reset PRAM and VRAM
Reset SMC
Restart in Safe Mode
Restart normally
Issue fixed? If not, go back to Step #3.

The restarting in Safe Mode is the key here. Resetting PRAM and VRAM is not enough; I had tried that previously multiple times, along with deleting various preference files and caches from ~/Library/ApplicationSupport etc. It didn't work. You may even need to repeat the Safe Mode boot more than once, but ultimately Safe Mode will hopefully sort you out if you are facing the same issue.


On iPhone, can I tell if group text messages were delivered?

You are correct, there are no delivery or read receipts for group messages (regardless of the size). Even when all participants are using iMessage, it will not display either receipt.

Note: Whatsapp does provide for this. Tap and hold a message. Tap "info". At the bottom, it will show who read the message.


If I delete a photo on ICloud from both my photos and the 'recently deleted' folder, can it still be recovered?

No. Apple only holds photos for limited time in deleted items. That is your chance to reconsider. You could open a case with support to confirm, but the place to get these is from local backups. iCloud isn’t a backup just like files on your devices aren’t a backup.

So sorry if this wasn’t your expected answer. It’s never good to lose data or learn you didn’t have backups.


Import HEVC video from iPhone 7 to Final Cut Pro

The only solution until Apple release the next version of Final Cut Pro X is to not shoot in HEVC, or convert before moving to FCP.

  If you haven’t yet shot video you need to edit with FCP, there’s an
  easy fix.

  Go into the phone’s Settings and choose Camera. Then choose Formats.
  There you’ll find two options. By default, High Efficiency will be
  checked. You want to check Most Compatible.

  If you have existing HEVC footage you need to edit in FCP, there’s a
  slightly less easy workaround.

  Import the clip into the Photos app on your Mac. Then, once it’s fully
  imported (which could take a little while depending on how much video
  we’re talking about here), then just select the clip(s) you need and
  Export them from Photos. Photos will export them with a codec that
  Final Cut Pro X can read. So once the clip(s) is/are exported from
  Photos to whatever location you chose, then open Final Cut Pro and
  import the clip(s) you just exported from Photos.

Source: You can’t yet edit iOS 11 iPhone video in FCP X, fix likely coming soon


I had the same issue since the beta and the official release did not solve this issue.
In the terminal I had the following output:

  diskutil list

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            210.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                40.1 GB    disk0s4

a recovery partition was available (but not working)

The following did fix my issue:

downloaded the yosemite installer (again)
created a bootable installation (8GB USB) drive with yosemite (USB drive volume name is Untitled).

  sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction

Removing the not working recovery partition

  diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ ErasedDisk /dev/disk0s3

merging the free space with the Macintosh HD partition

  diskutil mergePartitions HFS+ MacHD disk0s2 disk0s3

Install (like you upgrade) Yosemite over your existing (Yosemite) installation and complete the installation procedure (I used the installer from the fresh created USB).

After the installation was completed I rebooted the machine and I was able to use the find my Mac option again (error related to the recovery partition was gone).

This worked for me, a small (typing) error might result in loosing your installation  + data. Please be sure you have a good working backup before you start!

Used resource: removing-and-rebuilding-a-malfunctioning-recover-hd-partition/


How to restore my disappeared addresses/contacts after upgrading to El Capitan?

The contacts in your email may be different from the Contacts app, since Mail can check your past emails for addresses. Real quick though, is there a list of address books (local, iCloud, Facebook, etc) on the left side of the Contacts app, and maybe you are "in" the wrong one?

The first thing you should do to make sure you still have your addresses on iCloud, provided you used to sync them to iCloud, is to log on to icloud.com with your Apple ID and password. If you see your contacts on there, you're good.

Then you should be able to go to the iCloud account settings in System Preferences (you can use the Spotlight option in System Preferences to find it if you need help) and make sure you're signed in to iCloud and that you have Contacts selected to sync.

If they are not on iCloud, and you have a Time Machine backup, open Contacts and go in to Time Machine to restore them.


Torrent clients for Mac other than uTorrent

I highly recommend the open source client Transmission.

Features:

  The Mac OS X interface is written in Objective-C
  Shows transfer rates in the dock icon
  Uses Growl notifications and dock badging to keep you informed.
  Download/Upload Prioritization

Other:

  Doesn't bundle toolbars, pop-up/flash ads, social tools, or any other useless crap.
  It doesn't hold some feaures back for a payware version.
  Its source code is available for anyone to review.
  Doesn't track users, and their website/forums have no third-party ads or analytics.

I've been using Transmission for many years and can't imagine using anything else.


Various sources on the Web affirm that iPhone X and iPhone XS are near identical in dimensions and cases for iPhone X should fit iPhone XS.

However, there are also various reports pointing out specific cutouts applicable to certain cases.

Like, if the camera opening on the iPhone XS is noticeably larger, so if you have a case with a very tight fighting camera opening, your iPhone XS may not fit. One point outs that the placement of microphone vent is slightly different between the two phones.

The various reviews are shared below for reference:

From the Q&A on Apple Online store:

  Yes! They have same dimensions and buttons location. So all your cases from iPhone X will perfectly fit iPhone XS.

Reddit thread, from /r/iphone, PSA: iPhone X Cases Will NOT Fit XS

  Just noticed this in MKBHD's review: https://youtu.be/YAF9BWpzwvI?t=2m7s
  The camera opening is noticeably larger. If you're upgrading from an X to XS, you'll need new cases.

iMore, Will your old case fit the new iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max?

  The iPhone XS is a refresh of last year's iPhone X, and appears to have the exact same design and dimensions. This means that you should be able to use your old iPhone X case with your iPhone XS. So all those great cases already available for the iPhone X are ripe for the picking!

  That being said, the microphone layout on the bottom of the iPhone XS is slightly different than the iPhone X, which means cases that have precise cutouts for those microphone holes in the iPhone X, may be slightly misaligned on an iPhone XS.

iPhone Hacks, Will iPhone X Cases Fit the iPhone XS?

  The answer is a resounding yes! The iPhone XS shares the same dimensions as the iPhone X and since all port locations are also the same, iPhone X cases will fit the iPhone XS just fine. The latter is 3gms heavier than the iPhone X but this difference is unlikely to create any issues for cases with a kickstand or a slim profile.

CNET, Will my iPhone XS fit in a iPhone X case? Yes!

  The two iPhones have the exact same height, width and depth.

MacRumors, iPhone X Cases May Have Slightly Imperfect Fit on iPhone XS Due to New Camera Bump Dimensions

  While the iPhone X and iPhone XS have identical overall dimensions, a new report suggests that iPhone X cases may have a slightly imperfect fit on the iPhone XS due to very slight changes to the camera bump dimensions.

Note: The official case design guidelines for devices from Apple are made available here. The linked Accessory Design Guidelines containing precise measurements should soon get updated to include iPhone XS. If interested, you can go through the measurements to get a better idea of what aspects have changed between iPhone X and iPhone XS, and case analyze case compatibility.


I do not recommend doing this, as it increases security risk, but to answer the question, see below.

I do not have the same macOS version so was not able to test, but you can try creating an AppleScript to do this for you.

Create AppleScript to Disable automatic logic and save to ~/bin/disable-automatic-login.osa

#!/usr/bin/osascript
-- AppleScript to set Security settings "Disable automatic login" unchecked

tell application "System Events"
    tell security preferences
        set properties to { automatic login: true }
    end tell
end tell

Make sure to enable execution chmod +x ~/bin/disable-automatic-login.osa

Add ~/bin to path and run $ disable-automatic-login.osa to disable the automatic login.

Troubleshooting

The documentation is out of date, so the properties may be incorrect, but the idea is the same. You can discover the properties in the Script Editor.app by running the following in the app:

tell application "System Events"
    tell security preferences
        get properties
    end tell
end tell

and change the script with the correct properties.

Extra: Automatic Launch at login with launchd

See http://developernotes.com/archive/2011/04/06/169.aspx


Yep, pretty easy too.  You may need to 'sudo' the command depending on your system's configuration.

networksetup -switchtolocation "location name"

There are some other options, too:

networksetup -getcurrentlocation
networksetup -listlocations
networksetup -createlocation <location name> [populate]
networksetup -deletelocation <location name>
networksetup -switchtolocation <location name>


How to mirror secondary display to a TV?

Hold down your option key and drag the TV onto the secondary display.


Apple Cinema Display Brightness no longer works in Mavericks or Yosemite

There are various threads on discussions.apple.com, but the solution I found on MacRumors I will not repost the solution there, since it's likely to be deleted since it's definitely a bit of a hack.

But one that will extend the useful life of your Cinema Display for at least a few more months (if not a year or two):

  I got the following .kext files from a computer running mountain lion.

  AppleBackligt.kext AppleBacklightExpert.kext AppleUSBDisplays.kext

  The files are placed in /System/Extensions

  Then i placed the kextfiles on the desktop, and ran a tool called
  "KextBeast". This app installs every kext file on the desktop. Then i
  rebooted and voilá..

  Get kext files
  Run KextBeast
  Reboot

"Running KextBeast" requires registering (i.e. potential spam) to download the KextBeast app.

Here is how to do the same thing in the Terminal:

 # make certain you have the ability to run as root or admin (so you can "sudo")
 cd /System/Library/Extensions/

 # move the old kernel extensions out of the way
 sudo mv AppleBacklight.kext AppleBacklightOLD.kext
 sudo mv AppleBacklightExpert.kext AppleBacklightExpertOLD.kext
 sudo mv AppleUSBDisplays.kext AppleUSBDisplaysOLD.kext

 # move the Mountain Lion kexts into position
 sudo mv ~/Desktop/AppleBacklight.kext .
 sudo mv ~/Desktop/AppleBacklightExpert.kext .
 sudo mv ~/Desktop/AppleUSBDisplays.kext .

 # set proper permissions and ownership
 sudo chown -R root:wheel AppleBacklight.kext
 sudo chmod -R 755 AppleBacklight.kext
 sudo chown -R root:wheel AppleBacklightExpert.kext
 sudo chmod -R 755 AppleBacklightExpert.kext
 sudo chown -R root:wheel AppleUSBDisplays.kext
 sudo chmod -R 755 AppleUSBDisplays.kext

 # mv the OLD kernel extensions out of the way
 # (or put them in the trash via the Finder)
 sudo mv *OLD* ~/Desktop

Reboot and voila!  You will have brightness controls with your "Vintage" Cinema Display.

I hope this helps somebody else out.


MacBook Air 10.15.2 Shuts Down on Startup, falsely indicating 0% battery

I believe the battery in your laptop is shot. It might say it's fully charged, but the internals are no longer sufficiently capable of holding a charge or delivering enough of a consistent supply of electricity to safely run the laptop (to be clear, by "safely", I mean "without it losing power and shutting down", not "without causing harm to you and your loved ones").

I suspect it won't be long before the battery stops saying it's fully charged, and starts displaying an X through the charge level icon.

What you describe is exactly what happened to my old MacBook a few years ago.


According to Apple, the 3rd gen iPod Touch can be upgraded to iOS 5. However, you may want to confirm that your iPod is not a 2nd gen version - those can only be upgraded to 4.2.1.

Apple Support has the following information to confirm your version (full page):

  iPod touch (3rd generation) features a 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen
  multi-touch display and 32 GB or 64 GB flash drive. You can browse the
  web with Safari and watch YouTube videos with Wi-Fi. You can also
  search, preview, and buy songs from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on
  iPod touch.

  The iPod touch (3rd generation) can be distinguished from iPod touch
  (2nd generation) by looking at the back of the device. In the text
  below the engraving, look for the model number. iPod touch (2nd
  generation) is model A1288, and iPod touch (3rd generation) is model
  A1318.

Also, per Apple Support - make sure that you've upgraded to iTunes 10.5 before you begin the upgrade.


Preventing a specific application from relaunching at startup?

The best option would be to quit those specific applications before logging out.

Make sure you are quitting the program completely, and not just closing the windows.

Edit: As an alternative, you can disable Reopen Windows When Logging Back In and add the programs you would like to open to the Login Items.


It appears that stunnel backgrounds itself, i.e. it forks a subprocess to do the actual work in the background, then exits. When a launchd-managed process exits, launchd defaults to automatically killing off any leftover subprocesses... like the background stunnel process. I haven't tested these, but there are two simple ways to avoid this.

First, you can tell launchd not to kill leftover subprocesses by adding <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key><true/> to the .plist.

Second, you can tell stunnel to not background itself by adding foreground = yes to its config file. If you do the second option, you can probably also remove <key>KeepAlive</key><false/> from your .plist, and let launchd manage the stunnel daemon properly.

[Update] If that and Mark's suggestions don't get it working, I'd recommend adding some debugging output in the script, and sending that and stunnel's output to a log file. Something like this:

#!/bin/bash
#stunnel startup
exec >/tmp/stunnel.log 2>&1 # Send all output to a debug log
sleep 30 #Delay added for the system to boot properly
echo "$(date) - Starting stunnel"
sudo /path/to/stunnel
echo "$(date) - stunnel exited with status $?"
echo

You can do similar things by adding StandardOutPath and StandardErrorPath keys, but in this case it's easier to edit the script.


After enabling TRIM should I delete free space?

If this is not your system disk, you should kick off a disk repair which will trim unused blocks. Otherwise, boot in single user mode (hold ⌘+S during startup) and issue the command:
fsck -fy. Be aware this will not work from rescue systems, as they do not have trimforce enabled, while booting to the single user mode acknowledges trimforce.


Prevent iPhone from charging when plugged into a battery powered MacBook Air

I don't know if there is a software way to do that, but there is an hardware way:

Use an unpowered USB cable (some company makes it, targeting audiophiles), might need an adapter to male lightning.
Tape/Remove the power plugs on your USB cable.

Also, not exactly an answer to your question, but maybe to your use-case:
Build a binary, then export it to iTunes, then upload via wifi.
No debbuger and much less convenient tho.


Using an Apple Display Connector monitor with a MacBook Pro

Either get one from ebay as (Mike Scott suggested) or Google for a DVI to ADC adaptor. The looking I did suggests that the UK one may actually be the cheapest.

The reason they are so expensive is that ADC carries the DVI connection, USB, and the monitor's power. (That's right: no separate power cord.) Any DVI to ADC adapter you get will, at a minimum, have to plug into your mini DisplayPort adapter and into the wall. Here's Apple's compatibility matrix, but their store links no longer work.

Good luck!


How can I setup my mac (OS X Yosemite) as an internet gateway

OS X Yosemite doesn’t have support for natd binary or ipfw anymore. Instead pfctl is used.

I assume the following IP-adresses/netmasks:

Router: 192.168.0.1/24
Mac mini gateway: en0: 192.168.0.2/24 gateway 192.168.0.1 en1: 192.168.1.2/24
Internal network: 192.168.1.0/24

First you have to enable forwarding on your Mac computer with following commands:

sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

In order to do NAT you have to create a pfctl rule. Create a file called "nat-rules" with the following content:

nat on en0 from en1 to any -> (en0)

Save the file and now start pfctl using the rule from the file we have created earlier:

sudo pfctl -d #disables pfctl
sudo pfctl -F all #flushes all pfctl rules
sudo pfctl -f /Path/to/file/nat-rules -e #starts pfctl and loads the rules from the nat-rules file

Now configure a static route on your router:

192.168.1.0/24 (the internal network) -> 192.168.0.2 (Mac mini IP-address of the external interface connected to the router)
Enable the DHCP-service on your Mac mini gateway:

Name: choose a name
Network Interface: en1
Starting IP address: 192.168.1.10
Ending IP address: 192.168.1.100
Subnet Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.2
DNS: some DNS-server (e.g. 8.8.8.8)

Now use pfctl to add rules or get a pfctl-GUI like IceFloor or Murus to configure your firewall. Both apps should also allow you to enable NAT (step 2/3)


How can I switch option (alt) and command (windows) keys for Windows 7 in Boot Camp?

I had this issue.  Resolved it using Sharp Keys (free).

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/map-any-key-to-any-key-on-windows-xp-vista/


Problem with move tool in Photoshop CS 5.5

I had the same problem on my Mac. The problem was iCopy app in the taskbar. I unchecked Capture Mouse Drags in the Preferences and problem was solved.


parallel with copy command is very slow to clone 2 directories

The command should likely be adjusted like this:
parallel -j32 cp -rpf {} /Users/henry/ ::: /Volumes/henry/*
Note the asterisk, this will allow parallel to parallelize across the folders/files present to be copied within the top level of /Volumes/henry/.
With the above command, there will be as many concurrent copies as /Volumes/henry/* expands to, which is why the original command (without the asterisk) was slow (it was performing one parallel copy).
However, since you are copying so much information, I'd recommend an alternate approach, and use rsync rather than cp. rsync might be slightly slower, but it verifies that copies complete properly, so would help guarantee that the destination matches the source, and it is resumable in case the process prematurely ends.
Something like this should work:
parallel -j32 rsync -av {} /Users/henry/ ::: /Volumes/henry/*
Finally, you may need to play around with the number of maximum threads, 32 might be too high depending on the I/O of your disks on the source and destination, and depending on how many folders/files there are in the folder /Volumes/henry/. Since this copy is network bound, 32 threads may not speed the copy up as much as is hoped.


Constrain connecting lines to be only horizontal or vertical (only 90º increments) in OmniGraffle?

With the Line Tool selected you can begin drawing your line and then press the SHIFT key. At this point, with both the mouse button and SHIFT key down, the line will restrict to 45-degree increments.

When dealing with a connection line, where the line's start and end point are linked to an object, it become more difficult. The line's orientation is based on the location of the object's line anchors. You will need to make sure that the anchors your line is attached to are aligned appropriately. This can normally be done through the standard object alignment tools.


How to show split view spotlight results without clicking

Spotlight has changed quite disruptively for many workflows and I am not sure that in right direction. There is a choice: adapt or resist the change. Following is from adaption perspective:
How to display calculation results largely in a panel on the right half of the results > press ⇥ (TAB) at the end of calculation.
For dictionary > use ⌘ ↓ to navigate to Definition block and press enter (or alternatively enter term, then ⇥ (TAB) which displays preview and then navigate to Definition block; during navigation preview stays open)
If you are looking for "word's pronunciation, etymology, alternative definitions, etc" then one option it to search directly within Dictionary app (or use dict:// at the beginning in Spotlight and then press Enter which takes to Dictionary term)


The term "AppleID" is being used here to refer to two different accounts and that's where it gets confusing.  Your actual Apple ID is what logs you in to the App Store, has your credit card linked and keeps track of your purchases.  The details are in the Settings App under "iTunes & App Store".  As @Gabkano said you can now use Family Sharing to put your kids' Apple IDs under yours so that if you buy an app, song, movie, etc they get it too without having to pay for it again.

But that's not why you and your kids are seeing each others' photos, contacts, iMessages, etc.  Those are all part of your iCloud account which also includes calendars, reminders, Safari bookmarks, and, if you've enabled it, password saving through Keychain.  The login details for that are in the "iCloud" tab of the Settings app just above the AppleID tab.

Most people use the same e-mail address for both the AppleID and the iCloud ID but you don't have to.  For example, my wife, kids and I all share a single AppleID but we each have our own iCloud accounts.  That way we only have to buy apps once but my contacts and such stay separate from hers and from the kids'. I also log my iPhone, iPad and Mac into my iCloud account so that all of my data is synced between them automatically.

To make matters even more confusing there's a third account that often gets lumped in with the AppleID: your Game Center ID, which tracks scores and achievements in games.  Your kids will almost certainly want their own GameCenter IDs so I suggest using the same email address there as your iCloud ID.

Maybe this will help:
  Me:   AppleID=us@me.com, iCloud=dad@me.com,   GameCtr=dad@me.com
  Wife: AppleID=us@me.com, iCloud=mom@me.com, GameCtr=mom@me.com

With Family sharing you can set up individual AppleIDs for everyone and link them together but for years I've been doing it the way I explained above and it's worked out very well.

I hope this helps.


Installing and Upgrading Ram on a mid 2011 iMac (different size RAM)

My understanding is that you want to pair your memory sticks in order to avail of dual-channelling, and are uncertain if this configuration is compliant.

It is. Firstly, apple recommends keeping the factory memory in the same position as it always has been. Failing that, it's only important to keep the same-sized memory in the same DIMM slot.

As you have above, both 4GB sticks are in the zeroth position, and both 2GB sticks are in the first position. This (or the opposite 2GB in zeroth, and 4GB in first) is the optimal configuration.


In the PDF directory or folder you have your files, touch the "select" option on the top right. Then touch the name of the file you want to rename and the cursor will appear.  Simply delete the garbled-up iBooks name and type the new file name. Finally, touch the aforementioned "select" option to save it.


Go to Control Panel / System and Security / System.
In the System window check the System type for wether your operating system is 32-bit or 64 bit type.
Make sure your iTunes is 32 or 64 bit as per your operating system.

If this is ok then -

Type services.msc and click Ok.
Make sure Apple Mobile Device Services is set to Automatic.

If this is ok then -
I would suggest you search - "Apple Mobile Device Driver" and install them.


What processes run while my Mac is asleep?

Nothing will run while the computer is asleep. Unlike humans, where sleep is different than death, when a computer sleeps it is essentially equal to being powered off.

There are a few subtle differences, the primary being that it wakes up faster than from a cold boot. This is because there is enough power supplied to the RAM (memory) to keep it active, but this does not mean there is power supplied to the CPU (heart), or that any processes are active.

Any processes that are active are below the operating system, in the BIOS of the computer. This is where the "Wake On Lan" feature resides, for example.


Homebrew - Somehow it happened there is no executable openssl

I've absolutely no idea why this issue happened, but making sure I had the latest OpenSSL worked for me.

$ brew upgrade


Set default image for a person in Photos

Go to people tab and open the person you're wanting to change the key photo of. Find two tabs "Photos" and "Faces".

In Faces, find the face you want, right click and in the end, choose "Make Key photo".


WhatsApp calls on an iPhone and "data" and "minutes"

Usually carriers distinguish

minutes: for voice calls using the standard phone app, to either other phones or landlines (which can be confusing since FaceTime calls and audio use data and not voice minutes)
sms (which can be confusing since the the message app uses data for iMessage and SMS for MMS and SMS)
data: for all other internet traffic generated by any app that doesn’t hand off to SMS or the phone app.

WhatsApp uses data for both messages and calls. If you are in a mobile network, any activity you do in that app counts towards your data usage. If you are logged in to a WiFi network, data will be send/received over WiFi.

Contact your carrier for details how you ar set up so you can reconcile your bill and plan with how data usage on iOS records usage.


iOS 9.2

Option 1:
Try going to Settings -> iTunes & App Store -> and under Automatic Downloads, toggling the Updates switch next to the App Store logo. Now keep the Settings app open, ensure the App Store is closed, and reopen it. If this works, switch back to the Settings app, and toggle Automatic Downloads for Updates back on; if this doesn't work, still switch back to the Settings app, tap your Apple ID, and sign out of the App Store. Restart your iOS device (for safe measure), then sign back into the App Store with your Apple ID.

Option 2:
Backup your iOS device. Delete the apps pending updates, and reinstall them. This will force the apps to be flushed from the App Store as they no longer exist on your iOS device, but you'll also remove any data contained within the apps. You can easily reinstall the apps by opening the App Store, going to Updates -> Purchased, and downloading the apps from there.


Ok, the problem is one of:

The Photos UI is very poorly designed.
I am a dummy

Or a combination of the above

The Use RAW as Original option is only available when you are in Edit mode and only affects one photo at a time ♂

Related:

  If I create a Smart Album with Photo is RAW as the only criterion, it only shows me a fraction of all my RAW files (170 images).

This is because the is RAW criterion isn't if a RAW file is available, rather, if a photo has previously been switched to Use RAW as Original


Mac Air OS X Mountain Lion - mounting NFS "dscl" freezes system permanently

When you ask to mount an NFS volume this way, "hard"(the default), the computer will try to mount the volume and keep trying (to the exclusion of all else) because it thinks that this volume is critical for system operation.  You need to tell the computer that this volume is not needed to run the system.  The way you do this is to tell it to mount "soft".  While you at it, it helps to include the "intr" option (Allow signals to interrupt an NFS call. Useful for aborting when the server doesn't respond).

So in your command above you need to add soft and intr, like this:

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSOpts resvport intr soft ro nosuid

You may want to explore these options too, depending on your application they may be useful:

nolocks locallocks wsize=32768 rsize=32768 timeo=900 retrans=3 proto=tcp nfc

Finally, you may be missing a RecordType declaration.  I'm not sure if this is created automatically for you, if it is not already there add it by:

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo RecordType dsRecTypeStandard:Mounts

Good luck.


Cancel A Specific Reminder for App Store Update

Mavericks is free and doesn't cost anything to update to.  If you are satisfied with staying at Mountain Lion you can ignore any update for server.app version 3 by opening terminal.app and running..

softwareupdate --list

to get the full name of the update and then run..

softwareupdate --ignore <label>

If you due end up running the free upgrade to Mavericks you can clear any updates you ignored by running..

softwareupdate --reset-ignored


Skype is a VOIP app so it is in the class of apps that actually do run in the background. However you need to start it manually. There's no facility in iOS to start a non-Apple app every time the device starts.


Will OS upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mavericks erase other partitions?

Updating will not affect any partitions you do not choose in the set-up process. If you're not asked, then it will install on the partition the OS X install originated on.


Applescript - Close all windows except frontmost window

If you're running it as an Automator quick action, then you can close all windows except the frontmost window of the frontmost application by using the code below inside a Run AppleScript action (you can delete any sample code that appears, including on run {input, parameters}...end run:

tell application id "com.apple.SystemEvents" to tell the first process ¬
    whose frontmost = true to tell a reference to windows 2 thru -1 to ¬
    if exists then tell the value of attribute "AXCloseButton" to click


How to remove photos without masters from library in OS X Photos app?

Photos should detect when changes have been made to the library and prepare it for you. See Photos has attempted to repair the library.

You can force Photos to repair the library if it doesn't do it automatically:

  You can force Photos to try to repair the library by holding option and command (⌥⌘) whilst launching Photos. Photos.app will try to repair the library and it may ask you for administrator privileges.


Colour profile not set when switching monitor

The color profiles (drivers) are managed by the ColorSync Utility located in your utility folder.

Open it and look what profile is been used for your monitor, then select optional one to see the changes.

There should be the factory settings and currently used profiles.


How to install AMD Crimson video drivers on iMac 5K (Late 2014) in Bootcamp?

http://www.remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2015/09/21/update-amd-display-driver-under-bootcamp/

it worked out for me I have the same config as you and I had the same problems with Rainbow Six Siege
good luck trying


Where is the Safari's History.plist file in iOS 7

Safari history file from iOS backup can be found as ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/[DEVICE GUID]/ed50eadf14505ef0b433e0c4a380526ad6656d3a .
Copy it, rename it as [something].plist and open it with plist viewer.

Also Bookmarks.db is d1f062e2da26192a6625d968274bfda8d07821e4 in the backup folder, RecentSearches.plist is 37d957bda6d8be85555e7c0a7d30c5a8bc1b5cce.


Whats the 35mm focal length equivalent of an iPhone 5s?

There is a great study of iPhone camera in this article.

How does the iPhone hold up against a serious camera?


Open Preferences => Accessibility.

Select Mouse & Trackpad

Click on Trackpad Options...

and under the Enable dragging option, which should be checked you should be showing with drag lock.

Select a different mode:

Perhaps you'll be comfortable with one of the other two modes.


Paste path from clipboard in file dialog

In any "file open" dialogue, if you have a file path name in the clipboard, click ... Command + Shift + G.  This will open the search for folder dialogue. Paste File path name from the clipboard into the pathname field then simply paste the path name from your clipboard

Alternately, you can drag files directly from finder into your open dialogue…

As defined in the "GO" menu using Finder.app, using any of the shortcuts shown in this image, in any file open dialogue, will bring you to that folder.


Migrating macports from a backup location

It seems that the location can only be set when compiling macports from source (using the --prefix option).

Rather than going down that route, I copied my old macports directory from the backup location to /opt, I then re-ran the current macports installer, which overwrites the "darwin 13" binaries and updates the database file. Following this I was able to follow the steps in the migration instructions to reinstall all ports.


Why does OS X warn me before running an app downloaded from the Internet?

There is a credible threat. You have to understand that virus means different things to different people, but the entire reason of it is to let a user know that there's a possible attack vector there.

For example, I don't think it counts as a virus when you've entered your admin password and installed a piece of software that trashes your system, it's just malicious software. I do however think something that propagates without user knowledge is, Apple seems to take a tighter view of security in general so the warning is for the casual user, just so they know to be careful.


There is a file named index.dat, and subfolders named serially from 00 to 0f, a0 to af ... f0 to ff in my `~/Applications` folder, can I delete them?

Like all things, backup your Mac and then delete the files you suspect are bad / need to know when they re-appear. Backups exist so you are free to clear things knowing you can get them back if you find out later some specific program actually needs them where they are.
Examining the files like this you have some clues that often will let you refine what caused them to be there:

What permissions / ownership is on the files?
What are the created dates, last modified dates?
Can you catch it with lsof or fs_usage (both of which are covered here on site pretty well on how to check for what process has a file open and which process reads / modifies / writes to a file)
Open terminal and use the file command to actually inspect the contents. Open them in an editor or a great free program like BBEdit to look at them safely. (Type file and a space and then drag one or two of the curious file icons into the terminal window and press return)

What’s clear, is it’s not a program that behaves at all like a mac program and puts application files where they belong in user or system libraries. I would focus on things that are cross-platform or open-source as that’s a typical pattern to shard data to directories that are named algorithmically (Apple does this in /private/var/folders) as well - but hides that away from where people expect properly curated files to exist.


iTunes - How to actually synchronize libraries between 2 Mac with Google Drive

I find Hazel to be a very useful app for this and many other tasks. It works similarly to Folder Actions, only it has more flexibility and actions, uses less resource, and it actually works. On Mac1, I assigned the Sync action to each of the iTunes folders I want to keep in sync. (I advise against syncing the Applications folder. It requires user interaction.) It only syncs one direction, so it won't start deleting or duplicating items on Mac1.
On Mac2, I assigned the Import into iTunes action to the parent iTunes folder, naming a generic playlist. It detects any new files added to any of the subfolders and adds them to the library.
The only thing is that it will also delete files if you delete them from Mac1, and it doesn't delete them from the library in Mac2. I have a scheduled job for Track Sift to run routinely, anyway, and it cleans up dead tracks, amongst other housekeeping chores.


My Seagate 4TB HDD doesn't mount in OSX El Capitan

When there is not something wrong with the format, it is an hardware issue.
Do you have any Seagate software installed?
If yes, completely uninstall it, then restart the mac, it is counterproductive.
If no: when there is not something wrong with the format, it is an hardware issue.


Why does my iPod shuffle occasionally fail to sync play counts with iTunes?

I didn't think of posting this question until today but after a few weeks of experimentation, I've determined that, for some strange reason, iPod shuffle will only update play metadata when, before my next sync, I either

finish listening to a playlist, or
switch from one playlist to another.

If I don't finish listening to a playlist (which can be the case with very large playlists), the metadata will not be updated on iTunes.

Powering iPod shuffle off and on between listens does not appear to make a difference, but I'll report back with any new findings. For what it's worth, in normal use, these are the steps I take when preparing to sync:

Power off iPod shuffle by sliding the three-way switch to OFF.
Disconnect the earphones.
Connect iPod shuffle to the USB cable.
Sync.

And of course I always eject it from iTunes before disconnecting it.


There isn't an "official" way but a common and easy method is to rip the DVD with a utility like HandBrake and then drop it in iTunes to sync with your iPhone. The US Supreme Court ruled that

  nothing in the agreement prevents you
  from making copies of DVDs. Nothing
  requires that a DVD be present during
  playback.

So yes, it is legal. source


Google authenticator blank after backup restore

You can't restore the Google authenticator, you must reinstall it.

If Google Authenticator is anything like Microsoft's authenticator, it is tied to the device, not just the account.  This is how Google knows it's actually you because you are using a device that you have in your posssession (it wouldn't be secure if you could use it on any device anywhere).

When you restored, you restored the Authenticator tied to your old device and since the devices are technically different, nothing comes up.  This is expected behavior as the app intentionally doesn’t include data in an encrypted backup to allow your tokens to transfer with the rest of the device backup like Apple keychains and health data and other iOS saved passwords and settings.


How can I fix "MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15"?

I had the same problem and was due to errors in the localhost's IPv4 address in /etc/hosts. The daemon of mtmfs listening on localhost.

Check that this is the first line in /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost

Also you can test: (depends on the firewall options)

$ ping localhost

Then turn off local Time Machine snapshots and trigger automatic cleanup of accumulated local snapshot data :

$ sudo tmutil disablelocal

Reboot the mac, and turn on local Time Machine snapshots:

$ sudo tmutil enablelocal

And it works without errors.

[system.log] mtmfs[40]: mount succeeded for /Volumes/MobileBackups


After the initial link from fsb to How to create a smart folder for files created in the last 5 minutes I've went ahead and created a custom expression. For reference, this is the custom query that I've used:

kMDItemFSName == *.xcodeproj ||kMDItemFSName == *.xcworkspace


I see this happen somewhat often in our office environment where Outlook 2011 is connected to our Exchange server. Typically a spotlight re-index will do the trick, either using the method you tried or by adding the HD to Spotlight's privacy pane, then removing it a few minutes later. Sometimes I have to go a step further & remove preference files. spotlight.plist, outlook.plist, etc... Beyond that I will sometimes be forced to rebuild the Outlook identity using the Microsoft Database Utility (hold opt while opening Outlook). Hope that helps! (Oddly it's always 2 weeks here as well)


Mac OS X app for measuring time spent in apps

Take a look at Timesink by ManyTricks. I've used it for years and it's perfect for tracking where you spend your time on your mac.


Terminal.app stores your preference options on iCloud (basically things like the font and background colours)

Specifically its a copy of
preference file "com.Apple.Terminal.plist" in Users/<yourusername>/Library/Preferences


Putting MacBook Pro SSD into an external cradle

You don't need to do anything in particular. AFAIK, the fact that it was the boot drive should not affect it in any way. Just be careful to not boot accidentally from it when you startup your computer.


If you don't specify <Minute> in the <StartCalendarInterval>, then (just like cron's *) it will run the job every minute.


Homebrew precompiled binaries for macOS 10.15 Catalina. When they will be available?

Homebrew waits until Catalina’s official public release.

  as all bottled builds are generated only for supported macOS versions

https://docs.brew.sh/FAQ#why-do-you-compile-everything


Try:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles false

or with a lowercase f in finder, depending on the version of Mac OS X. And then:

killall Finder


Does AppleCare cover physical wear on MacBook Pros?

Is it worth taking it in? Absolutely! Apple have legendary customer service and will likely fix things they have absolutely no legal obligation to fix.

The power cord is absolutely covered. Apple will replace it free of charge under your warranty. As for the weathered keyboard key, they may likely do the same as that shouldn't be happening and a replacement key (which they will likely have a plentiful supply of in the back) costs next to nothing and is trivial to swap.

As for the scuffing on the case, they may shy away from that as that is a) a considerable amount of work to do and b) not cheap. But press them and you'll find that they may just acquiesce. The unit should after all retain its coating and they may tell you it's a "one time cosmetic replacement," but will still do the servicing.

I have personally had them replace my iPhone even though I couldn't reproduce the problem I had reported. My friend had his replaced, free of charge, after he dropped it and admitted to such when bringing it in (he is not alone here, as I have had other friends receive the same treatment). They also overnighted a new battery when my MacBook Pro was 6 months out of warranty!

I always encourage people to make use of their warranty. Apple's customer service is bar none the best in the world. Truly. They will make you feel like you own part of the company. I cannot express here how good it really is.

While you may not find precedent for them to fix any of those issues, you'll soon find that you won't need to. Apple works to make you happy, and not just to meet some legal requirement.


How do I completely uninstall an app in OS X without the use of a dedicated app eg AppZapper?

In general most programs place files within the App icon, which is really a special folder for the Applications files. Many also add files within the Application Support folder within your library.

Simply drag the Application icon to the trash, and empty it. Then open your Library folder (you might have to click on the "Go" menu item in Finder, while also holding down he Option key to expose the Library). Look under the Application Support folder, and see if your Application has a folder, which you may also trash. You can also do a general search in this folder for the App name or Software company name.

Of course some apps also put other files in other places, such as LaunchAgents, PreferencePanes and other folders, but that is where such apps as AppZapper and AppCleaner are very nice to have. Also, check the Application website, as often software vendors publish the details of where they install data within OSX, usually in an item called 'manual uninstall'.


Not able to connect an external acer display to MacBook Pro 2015

If the external screen is flickering and blacking out after 3-5 sec, try going into System Preferences > Displays and change the settings for your external monitor. I solved mine by setting the Resolution to 1080p and Refresh rate to 60 Hertz.

P.S. You can bring the display settings window of the monitor to your main display on the Mac by hitting 'Gather Windows'.


As for the first paragraph: Yes, the OS version can be changed (at your own risk) by opening said file (/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist) with a plist editor of your choice and then changing the version from 5.1 to 6.0.1 or whatever you intend.

The device type can’t – and even if it could, shouldn’t – be changed, though, as there are versions for each and every device and while the OS version might change over time, the device itself obviously won’t automagically transform into another device. There is a file called after the device you’re using in many of the subfolders of /CoreServices/, though. In case of an iPod touch 4th gen, the name would be N81ap.plist. In there, you find the capabilities of the device.

EDIT:

I just spoke with a friend of mine. He told me that yes, you could modify the version. But you would also have to change the ProductBuildVersion – for example from 9B208 (iOS 5.1.1) to 10A523 (iOS 6.0.1). But this, of course, might lead to failure because the app might try to use methods not available in the OS version you pretend to be using.
By copying the values of (for example) N81ap.plist to #yourDevice.plist, your device (theoratically) gets the features of n81.ap. This could also lead to failure, because Springboard (or others) might need functions not available to the device you are actually using.

For some apps, it is quite easy to set the required phone/device, though. In that case you would have to search for a value like “requires telephony” or alike.


I need to restore my data from a non time machine manual backup

You can get your data back.  It might be fairly easy with migration assistant.

There is probably some way of coping the data back & getting your mac to boot.

What OS X are you running?

What you did was drag the Macintosh harddrive Icon on the desktop to the external folder?

You may want to post your question here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_technologies

Or the discussion for your OS X version.

Whatever the case, you will be able to recover your data.  You may have to copy over it folder by folder.

I believe that you can use migration assistant to move everything back.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Migration Assistant

In that case, re-install the OS. Then run Migration Assistant

What is the state of your machine?  Is it working?  How did it crash?


You can hit cmd+R while viewing Top Sites to manually refresh.

((I'm still trying to figure out how to restore automatic refresh.))


Can an iPad be child locked so they cannot escape from one app?

This is now a feature in iOS 6 by using Accessibility. You can enable this feature by opening Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access. Here you can set a Passcode, enable Guided Access, and choose whether to allow the device to sleep or not (in this case you would want that enabled). After that, triple click the home button after opening the app, and configure the remainder of the settings.

One Caveat:
The only way to get out of Guided Access (without entering the passcode after triple clicking the home button) is to reboot the iDevice. This could be a good or bad thing, depending on the scenario. Obviously one could put a passcode on the device itself which would prevent the user from accessing everything else.


Can I use OS X Notes app from 10.9+ on 10.8

No, it is not possible to use versions of applications designed for (or included with) a later version of OS X on a prior version.


How to free up Message's "dead space" while preserving some conversations?

There may be a "bug" in IOS that hangs onto old messages or attachments even after a message or thread is deleted. The discussions you link to on macrumors.com seems to indicate that.

That said, if I have a lot of space being taken up for no apparent reason I find the best way to fix it is as follows.

Back up your phone, Apps and all to your computer (encrypt the backup, it makes restoring easier)
On your iPhone fo to Settings > general > reset and tap on erase all contents and settings
Once the phone has been wiped, restore it using the backup you just made.

No guarantees that this will do the trick but it has successfully worked for other apps for me in the past. It would be interesting to know if it fixed the issue for you as well.


Dual monitor for 2.2GHz MacBook Pro (MD318LL/A) Late 2011 MBP

Never tried with Thunderbolt splitting, but regularly run with multiple monitors. Using other methods.

Assume you meant to ad this link to question?

How to connect two non-Thunderbolt displays to the Macbook Pro 2011 via Thunderbolt?

From Documentation looks like your Mac only has one Thunderbolt port that also doubles as the display out.   Officially it supports 2 Displays per Thunderbolt port

Nothing that I can see in Apple Store but Found something that should work.   Note I do not have personal experience with this product.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zotac-ZT-MDP2HD-Mini-Dual-Cable/dp/B005FSHHHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1349690750&sr=1-1


The root CAs are stored in:

/System/Library/Keychains/SystemCACertificates.keychain
/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain

Yes, these are OS X keychain files which are opaque, though not necessarily proprietary. You could theoretically use OS X's Keychain Services APIs to get at the certificate data inside the keychain file, but that might be overkill.

If you want a tangible copy of any of the root CA certificates, just select it in Keychain Access, and drag them to the Desktop to make a copy of them in .cer format.

(You can also use Quick Look in the Finder to preview the certificate info).


How secure is File Vault 2 on Mac, given the fact that resetting/finding out someone's login password is not impossible?

File Vault won't protect you from someone with the means to grab your laptop when you have it unlocked and image it. Neither will it prevent someone from coercing your password from you or just snooping it from reuse / yellow post it notes, etc... https://xkcd.com/538/

FileVault is designed to prevent trivial surreptitious attacks:

booting to single user mode to add a new admin account
looking at your data (or copying unencrypted files) by booting to another OS that someone brings to your Mac

Filevault is good protection from people that can't or won't steal your password to unlock your drive. In a nutshell, it enforces authorization to decrypt your data, apps and OS with a password of your choosing.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837


If you look at System Prefs > Displays  > Arrangement, does it look like this?

or more like this?

If it looks more like the latter, then you will only be able to drag the cursor from one screen to another at the point they intersect on that picture. Trying to cross the border anywhere else will not work.

Also make sure that the arrangement in the picture is an actual representation of your physical layout & not, for instance that your secondary screen is represented at the wrong side of the primary. If so you can just drag it to a better position.
Clicking one of the monitors on the control panel will edge it in red, on the picture & also your actual screen itself, so you know for certain which you are moving. Try to line them up to the best physical representation you can.


Can I use a Mac os x 10.6.6 that came with a newer iMac to install it on another one?

If you have the gray installation CD you probably won't be able to do it because they are machine specific, but its worth a try. If you boot from the CD & it is not compatible with the machine it will just tell you to press the power button to turn off your machine. Then just boot normally & eject the CD, no harm done.


How do you clone an internal drive to an external one, and why?

Why do I have to clone the internal drive to an external drive and then reboot from the external drive? What does this accomplish?

Technically, it allows you to re-partition and format your internal drive as APFS because you can't be mounted to the drive/partition you want to modify.  Booting from the external drive allows you to modify the internal drive.

Realistically speaking this is not necessary because...

The install of Mojave/Catalina will auto convert your SSD from JHFS+ to APFS "on the fly" during the install process
You can accomplish the exact same thing by simply booting from Recovery ⌘ CommandR or the USB installer of Mojave/Catalina (I prefer this method).

In terms of backing up your drive, having a clone of your drive isn't a bad thing, but Time Machine will get the job done better.

As a side note... you don't need SuperDuper or CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner). You can use the built in command dd

$ dd if=diskX of=diskY bs=1M

Where diskX = your source (internal) disk and diskY = the target (external) disk. This command will do the exact same thing as those programs.


How do I prevent incoming call notifications on a non-primary iPhone?

I have had this same problem, and fixed it by first turning off iCloud Drive. This fixes the shared call history between devices. Second, go to Settings -> Phone -> Calls on Other Devices -> Off This fixes calls ringing up between devices

In your case, you could also avoid the problem by turning on Do Not Disturb on the iPhone 4 — that will stop all notifications. It is found in Settings -> Do Not Disturb


Time Machine backup to different subnet fails after update to macOS 10.13

There is a Lacie Raid attached to the Mac Pro. The Raid runs on HFS+, which doesn't get changed to APFS when updating the system to macOS 10.13 High Sierra. However, it seems that backing up onto a volume with HFS+ file system is not supported anymore.

I created another share on the system disk, which is APFS by now, and was able to back up onto this disk. Conclusion: Time Machine targets have to reside on APFS.


Will Time Machine backup an iTunes library that's stored on an external HD?

Yes, Time Machine will backup external drives as well. Just make sure that the drive is not excluded in the settings:

System Preferences > Time Machine > Options…


Permanently Disable/Ignore Secondary Disk?

Yes!

First get the UUID of the partition you want to prevent from mounting...  You can get this in Disk Utility "Get Info".

Now open your /etc/fstab file for editing:

sudo pico /etc/fstab

In this file add the following line (use your own UUID naturally):

UUID=[your UUID] none hfs rw,noauto 0 0

And save the file.

Restart for the change to take affect.

You can always mount it manually in Disk Utility.


Wait depends on two factors: a) whether the Apple store or the service provider has the battery in stock; wait for delivery from Apple is probably a day or two; and b) the existence (or not) of sufficient techs at the store or shop to do the work that customers have ordered. If work is backed up, it'll take longer.

A battery change should take .5 - 1 hr, and if the customer is lucky (i.e., battery in stock and a tech available), might be able to be accomplished while the customer waits.


A big one, as iOS 6 support was added to iTunes 10.7 which is only supported on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later.

So, sadly, since iOS 6 requires this iTunes version to sync, and it requires Snow Leopard to run, your only option would be to upgrade your SO to 10.6.


Mac OS X Yosemite Java 1.6 Downgrade to 1.6u35

Apple provides developer packages at http://developer.apple.com/downloads and downloading Java For OS X 2012-005 is the version I need (update 35) through the developer site allows it to install even if a newer version of Java 1.6 is already installed. It installs to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines which looks like the same place that Java 7 and Java 8 are installed to as well. They have all the other update versions out there too.


Erased hard drive, trying to Reinstall Lion OS X... HOW?

When it's telling you to review your account I think it's just telling you to go into the Apple account settings and confirm some of your account details. Probably just wants you to enter the three digital code from the back of your card, or something like that to confirm the payment details.


On your iPhone, go into Settings->Messages->Text Message Forwarding and switch the switch by your Mac off. Once off, switch it back on and then authenticate it on your Mac.


Unable to visit websites after deleting SelfControl app

You shouldn't have done that… it won't end well :\

From the Self Control FAQ

  Q: How do I disable SelfControl once it has started?

  You can't. That's the idea. Just wait.

  "But, but but..." you say.

  Seriously, chill out. It's not the end of the world.

  The timer will run out and the internet will come back again. In the
  meantime, you may find comfort in curling up in a ball under your desk
  and rocking back and forth for a while.

  Q: I deleted the application, will that do anything?

  No. (Except maybe cause problems with the block disappearing at the
  proper time. Don't do it!)

  Q: I did some stuff with the terminal that I read on a cool tech site, but it didn't work, what do I do now?

  We don't know what you did or why you would follow instructions found
  on the internet before reading this FAQ. Lesson learned right? Good
  luck!

I would imagine your solution will be to reinstall it & hope the timer runs out correctly.


How to re-activate my Command Shift 4 (for screen captures)

Open System preferences App then go to Keyboard -> Abbreviations -> In the left panel click Snapshots  "scissor icon" -> Activate abbreviations.

and also...

Open System preferences App then go to Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> In the left panel click screen shots -> select options on right frame.


How to monitor logins to Screen Sharing and SSH?

Yes - it would be more efficient to tail -f the log file so that your script only has to parse each line in the file once rather an once per interval.

Of course, you then still need to write and test the code to monitor for times when the logfile gets rotated and perhaps double check at you didn't miss an event by scanning the entire new file once when you first attach to that file.

What is best is a trade off between your comfort level and your skills. It MIT also make sense to sniff the network traffic since screen sharing listens on known ports, or you could monitor for new processes listening on new ports or you could turn on process auditing and monitor those logs or you could parse the process table. There are many ways to skin this cat.


The solution was to go to Account on the top bar and then click Authorisations-> De-Authorise This Computer and Authorise again.
After this the Apple music will be shown in iTunes Preferences.


Catalina - find: .: Operation not permitted from launchAgent

Yes, you need to use

System Preferences ->
  Security and Privacy ->
    Privacy ->
      Files & Folders

Or maybe you can specify "Full Disk Access" for the last element there.

Grant /bin/bash access, and it should work.


There are access control lists in addition to the typical permissions that lock you out of the time machine destination and prevent this. You might succeed in disabling that when Time Machine isn't looking, but when it starts up, it will likely notice you messed with the files it wrote and mark that destination as read only and never back up again to that destination.

You'd then need to retire it to a shelf or erase the drive and let Time Machine exert total control over a blank folder and start over with backups.

That being said, you can do this by maintaining your folder where you create the links outside the /Backups.backupdb folder (my best suggestion) or changing ACL and removing the restrictions Apple puts there.

Here are a couple related articles on the chmod to mess with the ACL lists - you might need a general article as well if you've not listed / modified / added / removed ACL on macOS - that's quite an article in and of itself that I'll leave for another question to answer.

How to remove my local Backupdb.backupsdb?
How do I change the ownership of files backed up with Time Machine
Time Machine and the dreaded negative sign (this is what happens when Time Machine detects a modification of permissions or content - the prohibitory sign and the "you need to start over" message)
Can't chmod or chown a file in TimeMachine backup directory
Moving Time Machine backup between two local disks results in full backup instead of incremental (pain experienced even trying to move the whole folder "intact")


Mac becomes slow and unresponsive when opening complex pdf

I ran into some issues like this with a PDF which contained some embedded vector images… the images were plots generated by Mathematica which had been exported as PDF files. The images were composed of a few thousand data points. As Preview attempted to plot these (thousands of) vectors, it would lock up (just as you describe).

Exporting the images from Mathematica as a PNG (raster format) solved the problem instantly. I'm not very familiar with the behavior of PowerPoint with vector images (if I recall correctly, the two do not mix…). Could you try rasterizing some of the more complex images prior to placing them in the document?

Note: as in your case, the PDF file didn't seem particularly large (the file size of the PDF image compared to the PNG image was very comparable), but the amount of processing power required to render the PDF brought the system to a crawl every time I scrolled to the point in the document where the complex plot was located.


I know it's a bit confusing, but you didn't actually install Xcode 4. What you did was installing the Xcode 4 installer. So what you got to do is:

Open the Install Xcode-app located in your launchpad.
Make sure iTunes is closed, this is necessary, and the installer won't check for this.
Finalize the setup (well, Lion will do this for you, just press the buttons).
Optionally, restart your Mac.
Optionally, remove the Install Xcode-app.

It'll probably prompt you that it's moving your existing Developer-folder to Developer Old so it can install Xcode 4.1 to /Developer/.


Prevent disk image automount when clicking Finder sidebar

I would suggest trying two things. As a disclaimer, I have no idea what could be causing this because it makes no sense. These are just some basic Finder troubleshooting steps:

Suggestion 1:

Open Terminal from /Applications/Utilities
Run the command killall Finder
Log out of your user account and log back in
Try again

Suggestion 2:

Open Finder
Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the files com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.finder.plist.lockfile to the Desktop
Log out of your user account and log back in
Try again

If neither of these suggestions work, I don't know what else you could try. Other StackExchangers?


How to calculate max with condition in Numbers?

Numbers version 3 on Mac and the equivalent web app/ios app do not have that level of abstraction, but on a Mac, Numbers is fairly scriptable in powerful ways.

I would probably dump the data into a SQLite database if your comment means you are familiar with that. This is documented at the wonderful OS X Automation site.

https://iworkautomation.com/numbers/sqlite-make.html

You could also program the logic you wanted in Applescript or possible the new javascript bridge for AppleScript on later OS X versions. Here is an example of complicated logic used to format cells. You could likely adapt that to process the data and then write the results to a new table.

https://iworkautomation.com/numbers/examples-highlight-intersection.html

It's not the same, but it would let you use numbers and not Excel for Mac.


How is the passcode stored in the cloud?

As far as I'm aware, no passcodes you use to unlock your phone are sent anywhere. With 2FA, you sign into something with your passcode as normal, and then a challenge code is sent to authorized devices for you to also enter. The challenge code is generated on Apple's end of things and only sent to devices you've already confirmed. See Apple's documentation on how 2FA works.

Edit after your comment:
Ah, I see the disconnect. The section you are referring to is specifically regarding Keychain escrow. This is an optional feature when setting up iCloud keychain syncing that allows apple to keep a secondary copy of your keychain. By default, iCloud simply syncs the keychains across your devices. If you set up escrow with Apple, they will keep their own copy of your keychain to be synced as your devices sync separately and securely. This allows recovery of a keychain if your only (or all) iCloud authorized device is lost. So first it's important to realize that this only applies if you setup keychain escrow.

Second, while your device passcode will be used by default as your "secure key" for the escrow, that passcode is not sent to Apple. It is instead used to encrypt the escrowed copy of your keychain. Specifically this paragraph (all quotes taken from the January 2018 iOS Security Guide linked in the comments below):

  Next, the iOS device exports a copy of the user’s Keychain, encrypts it wrapped
  with keys in an asymmetric keybag, and places it in the user’s iCloud key value
  storage area. The keybag is wrapped with the user’s iCloud Security Code and
  the public key of the hardware security module (HSM) cluster that will store the
  escrow record. This becomes the user’s iCloud Escrow Record.

Note that the iCloud Security Code refers here either to your device passcode or the code you set up if you don't have 2FA enabled. Now take a look at how the document explains recovering an escrowed keychain:

  To recover a Keychain, users must authenticate with their iCloud account and
  password and respond to an SMS sent to their registered phone number. Once
  this is done, users must enter their iCloud Security Code. The HSM cluster
  verifies that a user knows their iCloud Security Code using the Secure Remote
  Password (SRP) protocol; the code itself isn’t sent to Apple. Each member of
  the cluster independently verifies that the user hasn’t exceeded the maximum
  number of attempts allowed to retrieve their record, as discussed below. If
  a majority agree, the cluster unwraps the escrow record and sends it to the
  user’s device.

So there are multiple steps here:

1) You authenticate with your iCloud account information

2) You then respond to an SMS sent to your previously registered phone number

3) You enter your iCloud Security Code (or device passcode in the case of 2FA).

Note specifically it says that this code is NOT sent to Apple. Instead your code is verified using the Secure Remote Password protocol. I'm not an expert in crypto so I can't explain the details to you, but what's important to note is that SRP allows verification of passwords without sending the password itself or any equivalent data.

Once this is done, your device now gets the encrypted keychain, and must still decrypt it using your iCloud Security Code (or device passcode). But that is all done on the local device.

To sum it all up, if you have 2FA enabled, and you turn on key chain escrow when enabling your icloud keychain syncing, will use your device passcode as part of the Keychain escrow security, but that passcode never leaves your device.


In TimeMachine, what happens during the "clean up" phase?

When Time Machine goes through the "clean up phase" it's doing "house cleaning" which will consist of activities like:

delete old/expired backups (i.e. past X number of days)
removes old(er) backups if there is insufficient space
trimming incomplete backups


Is there an easy way to destroy the internal microphone hardware on iMac?

No guarantee [nor insurance] is ever going to cover intentional destruction & in fact a fraudulent claim may be an invitation for a nice police visit, dependant on jurisdiction.

Smacking things with hammers [at your own risk] usually prevents normal operation of delicate electronic devices, though.
Dismantling with a soldering iron might better preserve the surrounding structures.


Script of mysqldump didn't work correct invoked by launchctl in OS X

Your shell script is missing the full path to mysqldump (assuming you've installed MySQL Community Edition by Oracle):

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump -u $dbUsername --all-databases | gzip > ${dbBackup}/${date}.sql.gz 2>&1

If you need a password define it in the shell script:

dbPassword="my_dbuser_password"

and change the above line to:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump -u $dbUsername -p$dbPassword --all-databases | gzip > ${dbBackup}/${date}.sql.gz 2>&1

There is no space between -p and $dbP...!

I also advice to move the shell script to another path (e.g. /usr/local/bin/). You have to adjust your plist then and the line

    <string>/bin/mysqldump.sh</string>

becomes:

    <string>/usr/local/bin/mysqldump.sh</string>


Does HTML5 offline webapp still work in Safari / iPad / iPhone?

It is still supported. You better check your code again


You might need to isolate the problem further.

Syncing with iTunes will rebuild the iTunes database files and potentially correct artwork problems.
playing new content might show that the existing content is in some way corrupt.
backing up the device and erasing all content and settings might be a more drastic step to get a clean song or two.

If that crashes, restore your device. If not, you can restore the backup and continue isolating things that will cause the crash. There's no update for iTunes, but perhaps you just need to wait for iOS 8.2 to arrive if it's not anything you are causing. The fact that multiple songs cause a crash means it's more likely about the database file storing the playlists and not just a bad song or two. Your comment about it happening with music that once played fine also points to settings and metadata and not the songs themselves.


Rename various folders ignoring current name with Better Finder Rename

Maybe it's easier to open Terminal, go the the parent folder and run

i=0
for f in *; do
    if [[ -d "$f" ]]; then
        mv "$f" my-folders$i
        ((i=i+1))
    fi
done


Best USB hub to match the Thunderbolt display?

There's always the various Mac mini stackable USB hubs - those usually look pretty nice.

If you can't find a hub you like the looks of, you could always hide it:

A shelf that goes on the monitor stand to hide items behind the monitor
Or you could just tape (or velcro, thanks to @jaberg) the hub to the back of the monitor to keep it out of sight.


Have you tried doing some heavy graphics load on two different monitors? I've read in the past that the 2013 Mac Pro attempts to use only one GPU for the most part and leave the second one available for OpenCL / GPU compute functions. However, if you increase the load on the GPU enough it will switch one of the displays over to the unused GPU (e.g. run a demo like Unigine Heaven on one and Valley on the other screen).

Note that macOS does NOT support two GPUs driving one display (a.k.a. CrossFire or SLI), so you would only use the second GPU for graphics if you have two displays connected and the load is sufficient to switch on the second GPU.


Samsung SSD in older Imac (24" Alu)? Trim support?

I installed a (Samsung) SSD into a late 2008 Aluminum MacBook, which worked fine.

Apple does not automatically support TRIM for drives that aren't their own, but it can be enabled, for instance with this app: http://www.groths.org/trim-enabler/

Worked for me, just needs to be re-enabled after every system software update.

And yes, my MacBook is now a lot faster, so installing an SSD can definitely breathe new life into an old machine.


What's the shortcut for plus (adding) and minus (removing) by default

Alt 0177 ±
Hold ALT key and type 0177 on keypad

https://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/


iPod Nano wake screen sometimes shows music instead of Clock

Might as well answer this.

I've found out that it depends on what screen you had active before the iPod goes to sleep. If it goes to sleep with the Music screen, that apparently gets priority over the clock on waking (even if you have checked the 'time on wake' setting).

A workaround I've found is navigating to any Settings screen before putting the iPod to sleep. Upon waking up, he'll 'default' back to the Clock then... Apparently the Music screen has a higher 'priority' than the Settings screen, go figure.


How can I keep the same desktop arrangement on two different multi-monitor setups?

I have a similar setup and now that I'm thinking about this, using Spaces is the key.

Go to System Preferences > Mission Control
Enable "Displays have separate spaces"
In the Dock, right-click (or option-click) an app.
Under Options, assign that app to the appropriate space and display.

I'm currently at home where I only have a single external monitor but it is working.

Apps assigned to the monitor are on the monitor. I unplug it and the apps all go on the laptop. When I plug the monitor back in again, regardless of port, they appear on the external monitor.


How can I add a due date to OS X Reminders?

You can use AppleScript with this one-liner to create an item with the Due Date independent of the Remind Me Date:

tell application "Reminders" to show (make new reminder with properties {name:"New reminder", due date:(current date)})

Or you can use Automator to create a Service that does the same thing. That way, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it in System Preferences. See the Services list under System Preferences… Keyboard… Shortcuts… Services.

In Automator, add the New Reminders Item snippet and make sure Due Date is checked. Use menu item File… Save to save the workflow in the default location (~/Library/Services/). The Service should now be visible in the Reminders application, under menu item Reminders… Services….


I dont know if this will help you at all but I use DBPower Amp Converter and batch converter for all my sounds. It has a lot of codecs to choose from not sure if this is what you need but give it a shot maybe it;ll work.


Online backup strategy or software for computer and external drive

I'm not sure there is a way to do this exactly how you wish it, but perhaps some things to consider…

I'm not sure Backblaze or anything similar is capable of 'knowing' that files moved to a different drive are still the same files - however, the remote servers will hang onto the old copies for 30 days after they are last seen, which should be plenty of time for the new copies to make their way to the backup.

From personal experience, Backblaze shifts around 20 - 25GB of data every day from my machine, so a few GB of photos every month wouldn't be much overhead on that.

One thing I do, as belt & braces, is I have a local Time Machine backup too, to cover for most disaster recovery scenarios, short of the house burning down.

One other thing to consider is that the initial backup may take quite some time - mine took 3 months running 24/7 on a 12Mb UL line! (My total off-site storage at Backblaze is around 2TB.)
During that time you are not completely covered, which makes the Time Machine even more important.


I can't re-download a song with iTunes on my PC or iPhone

I had this exact same problem and I tried the same solution you did: deleted the file and could not redownload. It just said "Purchased" and there was no option to redownload. It turns out that I must have selected to "hide" the purchase. I fixed this by going to my account settings in itunes and clicking "view hidden purchases". Low and behold, my missing file was there. I clicked the "unhide" button and was able to download it again from the itunes store.


Why do I occasionally get the message "could not activate cellular data network" when opening the sms app?

This is annoying but you can't turn it off unfortunately.  If the iPhone detects a momentary loss of connection to the cell tower and it believes the user is interacting with the phone then it will pop this message up.  It's intention is to let you know that you don't have a signal and therefore won't be able to send your SMS, email etc. however more often than not it's a sub-second blip in the signal rather than a total loss.  If you watch closely you'll sometimes see the signal bars disappear and reappear as the signal is reacquired.

You could try going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings to see if somehow you've altered some network setting which is affecting your reception but you'll lose wifi passwords etc I think if you do that.


Only 3 FPS on Mac mini, boot camp, windows 7

Finally! - I worked out what the problem was.

I had followed the speedup-tip:

  Head to the Control Panel's Performance Information and Tools section, and choose Adjust  Visual Effects. Here you'll find a long list of effects, but simply choosing "Adjust for  best performance" will turn everything off. You'll feel like you stepped back into a decade ago.


How do I delete a single file from the Trash?

The Trash isn't intended for files you may want to delete later but rather as a safety net if you delete the wrong files. If you want to mark files for later deletion, either use a dedicated folder (as already mentioned in another comment) or mark them with a specific label/color.

To delete individual files from the Trash

Open the trash in the Finder
Open Terminal.app
Type rm -rf and then one space character at the end
Drag one or more files to be deleted into the Terminal window ('til you see the green + sign)
Press Enter in Terminal.app
Puff, files are gone!

If you need this very often, I would recommend writing a service using Automator or getting more familiar with Terminal.app/bash.


How do you prevent CodeRunner from prefixing its console output with [00m[00m[00m[00m[00m?

The culprit probably is line 88 in your prompt.sh:

trap 'echo -ne "\033[00m"' DEBUG

This will output an ANSI escape code to reset the colors and style before the output of every command.

From examining your bash script, this line seems to be unnecessary, because you are resetting the formatting at the end of your prompt here on line 76:

PS1="$status_style"'$fill \t\n'"$BY\$(__name_and_server)$Y\w$G\$(__git_prompt)$RESET$ "

I suggest you just remove line 88 and try it like that.

Somewhat unrelated to this problem, but I also suggest editing line 73 to the following:

local RESET="\[\033[0m\]"

This way you are truly resetting the ANSI styling, whereas before you were setting it to white.


How can I get rid of this Symantec-related error message in console?

Symantec provides a utility for uninstall

Removing all Norton programs for Mac by using the RemoveSymantecMacFiles removal utility

Alternative Uninstall Methods

A bom file is a "B ill   O f   M aterials" receipt that includes a list of every file installed and the install locations. If your software was installed using an installer, chances are good that a bom receipt was also installed.

You should be able to find Symantec's bom file by opening /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app, and typing the command

  ls /private/var/db/receipts/ |more

and looking for a file with a name that includes "symantec," something like "com.norton.symantec.bom" or try this command instead

 ls /private/var/db/receipts/ |grep symantec

You can view the file, and get the list and locations of all files installed with the Symantec installer with the lsbom command like so (once you have the correct name of the bom file -- I am just guessing):

 lsbom /private/var/db/receipts/com.norton.symantec.bom

And you can then remove the files listed there by location manually one by one.

another way to uninstall

You are welcome to use my uninstaller script. The script will place all files installed into the user's Trash. Once you have installed the script's dependencies, xcode, macports, and rmtrash, you can use the script by copying it into a text file and saving it as "installer" somewhere in your $PATH, such as /usr/local/bin/ , and applying the command

 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/installer

Here is the uninstaller script:

 #!/bin/bash
 #uninstaller /private/var/db/receipts/com.url.name.of.app.bom
 #uninstall os x application installed with installer -pkg
 #using (user) provided bom receipt
 #place all installed files and directories in user's Trash

 lsbom="/usr/bin/lsbom"
 cd="/usr/bin/cd"
 sudo="/usr/bin/sudo"
 xargs="/usr/bin/xargs"
 rmtrash="/opt/local/bin/rmtrash"

 lsbom -fls "$1" | (cd /; sudo xargs rmtrash -u $USER)
 exit

Installing MacPorts and rmtrash is simple enough once xcode (for Mavericks 10.9 xcode_5.1.1.dmg) is installed. Install xcode, and then enter these commands in Terminal.app :

 curl -Ok https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.2.1.tar.bz2
 tar xf MacPorts-2.2.1.tar.bz2
 cd MacPorts-2.2.1
 ./configure
 make
 sudo make install #not war!
 cd ..
 rm -rf Macports-*
 sudo /opt/local/bin/port -v selfupdate
 export PATH=$HOME/macports/bin:$HOME/macports/sbin:$PATH
 export MANPATH=$HOME/macports/share/man:$MANPATH
 sudo port -vsc install rmtrash
 diskutil quiet repairPermissions /

MacPorts is worth getting to know as it is a mature package manager for OS X that maintains thousands of open source software commands, utilities, and applications, such as ClamAV for example, the finest antivirus software ever developed for *nix-based operating systems like Mac OS X. Apple even includes ClamAV with the Server versions of Mac OS X.

 port install -vsc clamav

Originally developed for scanning email for mail servers, it is unmatched antivirus. ClamAV has a pdf user manual.


Did you tried zsh-completions?

$ brew info zsh-completions
zsh-completions: stable 0.12.0, HEAD
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/zsh-completions.rb
==> Caveats
To activate these completions, add the following to your .zshrc:

  fpath=(/usr/local/share/zsh-completions $fpath)

You may also need to force rebuild `zcompdump`:

  rm -f ~/.zcompdump; compinit

Additionally, if you receive "zsh compinit: insecure directories" warnings when attempting
to load these completions, you may need to run this:

  chmod go-w /usr/local/share


Is it a way to publish latest and one before latest version of an app in App Store?

Your best option is call the Apple Developer Program Support number for your country and discuss the situation.

The direct link is: https://developer.apple.com/contact/phone/

However, I have seen other developer take one of the following two approaches:

You release the previous version of the app again for a limited time and make it very clear in the description that this is a limited release only for XYZ reasons and advise which users should and should not install this version. After the period is over, re-release the newer update.
You release the newer version of the App using a different name, bundle ID etc. For example, if your older app is version 1.4.2, you rerelease that with an updated version (e.g. 1.4.4) and also re-release your 1.4.3 version as a totally new one as version 2.0. This is effectively a different app.

I've seen some big name apps used both approaches in the past, but of course Apple regularly changes its guidelines and this may or may not be possible.


Time Machine restore fail... because of ONE file

When you restore with Migration Assistant or the recovery drive, it lets you choose which files you want to restore (usually "System", "Settings", "Accounts", etc). This isn't quite what you asked for, but you could uncheck whichever category contains that corrupted file as long as it's not part of the system. Just restore enough to get your system running. You could later boot into OS X and manually restore the rest of the files using the Time Machine application, which lets you exclude whichever files you want.


HTTPS POSTS sometimes not getting to apache

This article walks through a series of approaches for debugging Apache httpd, Debugging Apache Web Server Problems:

  Debugging requests and responses

  When supporting web applications, there are times when a problem can
  be caused by an application server, proxy server or the web server
  itself. To troubleshoot these types of issues, it is useful to dump
  the HTTP requests and responses to isolate the problem to the local
  system, or a remote system. The apache web server module mod_dumpio
  can be used for this purpose, since it allows HTTP requests and/or
  HTTP responses to be written to the error_log.

Alternatively, is your httpd instance occasionally saturated with requests and dropping new connections?

The techniques in the link above should help you isolate which part is encountering problems.

Failing that, try the Webmasters StackExchange; you may find more experienced people there.


With WebDAV provided by Microsoft SharePoint, how can users of OS X minimise risks of corruption and multiuser overwrites?

Use the web interface provided by SharePoint

Tested with the following apps:

LibreOffice
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
NeoOffice.

Pros

For multiple users of SharePoint, protection through the web interface seems good.

Cons

No file system integration.


How can I upload Photostream pictures to Flickr

You can use a plugin to upload photos of your choosing to Flickr (albeit not automatically).

FlickrExport
FFXporter


You most likely have collapsed all favorite items. Simply hover right next to favorites, until a small arrow appears. Click on it and all selected items in the settings should fold out.


Yes, you are correct. /Volumes/(name) is the mount point.
Mac OS Extended (Case-Sensitive, Journaled) is the best case-sensitive option. I'm assuming you know what you're doing with case-sensitive partitions.
The biggest disadvantage, maybe, of creating a separate partition is that you can't use Boot Camp if you have more than one partition on your startup disk before partitioning for Boot Camp, meaning that you can't use Boot Camp at all if you only have one hard drive on your Mac. You said that you want the separate partition for Linux; do you mean that you're going to run Linux in Boot Camp?


Installation of El Capitan on Intel Core Duo taking so far 2 days. What can I do?

Theres not much you can do if it still says installing after all that, i think the best and safest thing you can do now is book an appointment at the apple store. You could tamper with it and maybe fix it but at this point in my opinion just take in to the store.


Weird US keyboard input on Macbook Pro with French keyboard layout?

Update: after a few tests I came to the conclusion the system is proposing me the US International layout even if I explicitly select US. Is there any way to remap a the keyboard to act like a real US layout?


How to ignore S.M.A.R.T. error during El Capitan update?

I had that happen to me with a 2011 MacBook Pro. Apple told me that the only thing that could be done was to replace the hard drive.


What scriptable OCR Software exists on OSX for a paperless office

OCRKit has both AppleScript support and a CLI. From their help page:

  AppleScript

  You can also script OCRKit to integrate it into your specific workflow.
  For example process incoming files, via shared folder, from MFP copy
   machine, etc. and simply tell OCRKit to open and thus process is via
  AppleScript:

tell application "OCRKit"
   -- the wonders of AppleScript POSIX path handling, ...
   open "Users:admin:Desktop:orderform.pdf"
   open POSIX path of "/Users/Admin/Desktop/orderform.pdf"
end tell

  Command line

  Since OCRKit version 2.5 direct command line scripting is supported.
  This greatly simplifies the use of OCRKit in batch processing, allows
  to set more options and is also more robust and cross-platform than
  AppleSCript.

OCRKit.app/Contents/MacOS/OCRKit \
    --lang en | de | fr | es | ... \
    --format pdf | html | rtf | text \
    --no-progress \
    --output out-file in-file

  Since OCRKit version 16.9 additional command line options are supported:

  -r, --recursive directory

    Scan directory recursively for new files. Skips files from OCRKit, with text layer or vector graphics.

  --pattern "regex"

    Pattern used to match filenames during recursive scans. Defaults to %.pdf$, recommendation for TIFF is %.tiff?$

  --log file

    Write log file information and statistics during recursive scan to file.

  --password secret

    Use secret password to decrypt PDF files during batch processing.

  --test-run [ fast ]

    Only run test batch processing in test mode to test PDF files or to
    obtain page count to estimate total processing time. "fast" will only
    check the first page of each file, instead of going thru all pages for
    image and vector analyzation.

  --tag name

    Use extended attribute name to tag the processing state of files
    during batch processing. macos:OCRKit (%s) will use native macOS
    Finder tags instead, or simply macos:OCRKit not including the state
    attribute. The order of the state attribute are: started, analyzed,
    processed, and can also be encrypted.


Fresh Install of Mountain Lion on MacBook Pro Retina that upgraded via a voucher

It turns out Mountain Lion will be available under your Purchases list. Go to Store -> Purchases and you'll see it there with an option to download.


iPhone 4 locked by it's previous owner iCloud account

No.

You need to contact the person who sold you the phone and get them to either give you the iCloud details, or give you your money back.

The phone can not be activated by Apple until it has been unlocked using the iCloud details (login and password) that it was locked with. This is a security measure to stop stolen phones from being useful to people.

If the seller does not have the iCloud details, then it was probably not their phone to sell, and they should return your money.

Sorry.


The mail connection doctor window is the best way to diagnose any mail send failure, setup failure and other errors in configuration or connectivity for getting all the logs, red/orange/green status lights and other diagnostic and guided repair tips.

Mac Mail - Account already exists error when adding gmail