SSD lost size after erasing NTFS to HFS+

In my opinion you didn't buy a 1 TB SSD but a 1 TB + 24 GB SSHD (a hybrid drive similar to Apple's Fusion Drives). At least 46949230 blocks à 512 Bytes amount to ~24 GB.

I haven't been able to find a model though (except for an SSHD option with the same sizes in some Dell laptops).

If the HDD part isn't visible at all, it's probably incompatible with macOS' disk framework.


Perhaps not exactly what you want, but you could try any of the browsers which offer parental controls, such as mobicip.

Here is a little how-to for setting up mobicip.


You can not do this when the display is asleep. Unless an app is actively utilizing it, the WiFi radio is put into it's sleep routines relatively quickly. (I don't know how the 3G radio in the iPad works, so I can't answer that half of the coin.)
Outside of that, what is the actual problem at hand? Are you using some app that provides a webserver/other connection mechanism that you cannot connect to? Surely you're not concerned that you can't ping your iPad, only because you cannot ping your iPad.

Besides all that, I do want to confirm that it's possible.

$ ping ItsNew.local
PING itsnew.local (10.0.3.127): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.3.127: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=9.638 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.127: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=398.883 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.127: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=211.562 ms
$ ping Its-An-iPad.local
PING its-an-ipad.local (10.0.3.168): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.3.168: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=210.275 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.168: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=130.986 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.3.168: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=154.825 ms

No, neither my iPhone nor my iPad are jailbroken. Stock iOS 4.3.1.


Adding songs without duplicate in iTunes?

You should have a look at the utility "Dupin", it allows to check for bunches of duplicates and resolve the conflicts.

I would test it for a few duplicates so you see how it works, and then I would just import everything and clean afterwards.


AppleScript: "tell me to quit" - conditional on the environment?

Current Application

You can get the name of the current application. If the name is Script Editor, then your AppleScript is being run within the editor:

display dialog (name of current application as text)

Detecting the Environment

Alternatively, your AppleScript can access environment variables through the system attribute command. You should be able to determine your process through this information. To see the HOME path environment, use:

display dialog (system attribute "HOME")

Stopping an AppleScript

To stop the script use the return command. In the AppleScript snippet below, the dialog is never displayed:

return
display dialog "Hello World"

return exits the current routine within AppleScript; much like return in other languages such as c. Called within the context of the main AppleScript routine, there is nothing to return to, so the script finishes.

Compare this to tell me to quit, where the snippet causes a quit AppleEvent to be issued to the current process.


How to restore messages when Messages in iCloud is enabled?

Messages are not included in your iCloud backup as they automatically upload to iCloud. After you restore to a backup you need to stay  connected to iCloud and your messages will download.

From this Apple Discussion:

  When you use Messages in iCloud, your text messages automatically upload to iCloud. They aren’t included in your backup. After you restore your device from iCloud Backup, stay connected to Wi-Fi so that your text messages can begin to download.

From this Apple Discussion:

  When you delete a message, photo, or conversation on one device, it’s removed from all of your devices. And since all of your attachments are stored in iCloud, you can save space on your device.

If the messages are deleted it is not possible to recover them:

  Correct, my assumption (incorrect it seems) was that because the message history is now stored in iCloud, a message could be deleted from my device, but the message history could be accessed/reloaded again later. It seems that's not the case.


Cancel Grab screenshot while taking screenshot with »selection« option«

Grab is only actually the 'face' of the Mac screen capture experience.

You never need to launch it unless you want a delayed shot, with a 10 second wait before the shot is taken. That's the only thing [afaik] it can do that the regular built-in screen capture hot-keys can't.

To do a regular capture, without launching Grab, just hit  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  & a crosshair cursor will appear. Just drag a rectangle, same as in Grab & a screenshot will appear on your desktop.

 this is a screen capture, put into a quote block so you can see it's not just regular text

You can do this from anywhere in the Mac - any app, any time [except in some games].

To cancel - at any time, even in the middle of a grab, just hit  Esc

Another very cool thing it can do...

After hitting  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  then tap the Spacebar & you can screen-grab any entire window, App or folder, complete with fancy drop-shadow, by just clicking the window...

Just for the sake of completeness, if you hit  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   3  instead, you will capture the entire content of your screen[s].


How to deactivate ALL transitions/fades/motions in iOS 9?

Jailbreak Solution

1. Speed Intensifier - has tons of options to change

Add Philip Wong’s  repo at: https://pw5a29.github.io/ and add it as a Cydia source.

2. NoSlowAnimations - has only few options to change

NoSlowAnimations is available in the BigBoss repo on the Cydia store. BigBoss is already available in Cydia as one of the default repos.


Late 2013 Macbook Pro turns off at random times

try booting into safe mode and test out the machine and see if it powers off. To boot into safe mode, hold down the Shift key when you power it on. Test it and see if it happens again. If not, it could be a third-party application or extension.


Within System Preferences -> Sharing, the Remote Login option should have a spot for "Only these users".

If you've properly joined the machine to the domain (good luck), you should be able to select the group from the "+" sign.


Method of searching any application installed or any file related to that on Macbook?

First off, if you just google the words uninstall logmein mac, you will find the vendor's Help entry on where to find and delete the relevant files...

In general, it's rather difficult to track every file installed by one application installer (that is if the application files are not consequently self-contained within the .app file).

A) The Finder's Spotlight search has an option to search files by their date of addition, but the Spotlight search doesn't include Library and System folders. A better search application I would recommend instead would be Easy Find (freeware by Devon Technologies). It has extensive search options and will walk through the whole system, and includes hidden files/folders.

B) If the application installer came as a standard installer package, a '.pkg file', you can often use the package tool Pacifist (shareware by CharlesSoft) to open it and list the contained files with their target folder locations (in Unix: directories) on the machine. Then you go to these folders in Finder (or the Terminal) and delete files/folders 'manually'.

(Hey I'm not affiliated with any of the companies and don't get money for mentioning them or something. These apps are just tried-and-true classics on the Mac.)


Could my app store password stop working due to iCloud confusion?

The iPhone maintains two separate Apple IDs: one for iCloud, and one for the iTunes Store. These may or may not be the same, and they are set in two separate places.

To view and set the Store account, open Settings and scroll down to Store. Beneath the settings for Automatic Downloads, it should show the Apple ID you're currently using on the phone for the Store, e.g.:

Apple ID: pito@mac.com

Tap that, and a dialog will pop up offering three options: View Apple ID, Sign Out, and iForgot (the last is for retrieving a forgotten password).

If the Apple ID displayed there is not what you expect, select Sign Out, and you will be able to sign into the Store with a different Apple ID. Note that this will not affect your iCloud settings, which are managed separately through Settings > iCloud.

Give this a try, and if you are still having troubles, feel free to update your question.

Further note: it sounds like you have inadvertently set up a new Apple ID instead of using an existing one. To identify which Apple IDs are associated with your account, check out My Apple ID. The Manage Your Account and "Not sure if you have an ID? Find out" links should help you get a handle on the situation.

Update: Regarding your comment about the App Stores, there's definitely confusion to be had here: The "App Store" on iOS is part of the iTunes Store - it's the same content that you see when you open iTunes, go to the Store, and browse to Apps, and it uses the same iTunes Account. The Mac App Store, accessed by clicking the App Store icon in your Dock (or under the Apple menu) in OS X is a separate content store containing only OS X apps. That said, it also authenticates using an iTunes Store account, typically the same one you'll use in iTunes.

As of today, the easiest way I've found to think about this - and the way I've configured my own accounts - is:

An Apple ID for buying things, which you'll use to authenticate in:

The iTunes Store
The App Store on iOS
The Mac App Store on OS X

And one for syncing things, which you'll use to authenticate in:

The iCloud settings on iOS
The iCloud preference pane on OS X
The iCloud website

The thing to note about the above is that you can use the same Apple ID for both sets of tasks, but, depending on what you want to accomplish, knowing where to enter each ID is important.


how to prepare two SSDs after upgrade (merge to fusion drive or not, terminal commands)

I would recommend to go for the Fusion drive. I am using a Fusion drive with a SSD (128 GB) and a HDD (3 TB) in my iMac for six years now, not a single problem and definitely much faster that a plain HDD. With that experience, I recently bought a new iMac with a 1 TB SSD and added an internal 4 TB Samsung 860 EVO. I combined them to a single Fusion drive (APFS on Mojave) and speed tests show the speed of the NVMExpress bus, which is about four times faster than SATA (with these drives). So far there haven't been any problems.

24 GB is not that much nowadays, and as a separate startup dive, for example, you will run out of space soon. But if you use it as a fast cache for the SDD on SATA, you have 24 GB more space and you can let the OS decide what to put on the faster drive. This will give you some speed advantage.

I would opt for APFS as file system if you use Mojave (10.14) or higher.

Apple has a support document on how to combine two drives to a Fusion drive. According to that document, the simple Terminal command diskutil resetFusion (after booting in recovery mode, of course) should do the trick on Mojave. Unfortunately, this only works if one drive is a HDD. If you want to combine two SSDs, you have to use the following commands (which destroy all the data on your disks!), and it is important to state which drive shall be the main (faster) drive.

Boot into recovery mode (cmd-R) and open Terminal. Look for the names of your drive partitions:

diskutil list

Let's assume the biggest partition on your blade disk is disk0s2, the biggest partition on the SATA SSD is disk1s2:

diskutil apfs createContainer -main disk0s2 -secondary disk1s2

Find out the name of the Fusion container:

diskutil apfs list

Let's assume the name is disk3. So finally create a volume named 'MacSSD' (or whatever) in that container:

diskutil apfs addVolume disk3 APFS MacSSD

Afterwards, you can install macOS again or restore your drive from the backup to the Fusion drive.


El capitan upgrade takes forever (>48 hours)

The chance that something useful is happening is low. If you are comfortable with terminal or have a second Mac I would power off the Mac and then examine the /var/log/install.log and /var/log/system.log to see what has transpired to get stuck.

Restarting the upgrade or reinstalling the OS from Recovery HD should be harmless and would very likely succeed.

You could also power off the Mac and connect it to another in Target Disk Mode and get a backup if you have none / don't trust the backup / it's not current. That way you can erase and install and migrate your user, settings and apps back using Migration Assistant or do it by hand.

Unless you can ssh in or use remote desktop to get the files mentioned above, you have few options but to pull the plug and pick up the pieces.


Any application can network directly or use the system settings. As @geekosaur states, Opera has its own setting, as does Firefox (along with the option to use the system settings). Chrome and Safar use the system settings.

It's really up to the application developer how they implement their proxy controls (if they even have proxying!).


Laptop Rarely Detects Wireless Network Login/Redirect Pages

System Prefs > Network... set to automatic, using DHCP. If that's what you already have set, then go to Advanced > DNS, select each custom DNS server & hit the - key.

There is usually little point to using anything other than the DNS servers allocated by your ISP or any hotspot. Custom DNS is usually a short-term fix for local server issues, not a long-term alternative.


How to make a message appear on the screen?

Yes, this would be fairly trivial with ssh to gain access to the Mac and then run whatever command you prefer.

Is there a way to add items to notification center through terminal or other means? - which covers SeNotifier and the more general purpose terminal notifier which both leverage OS X's notification center app for the GUI.
How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script? - which covers both AppleScript and Terminal scripts - either of which will work when called from ssh from Linux, Mac or Windows remotely. It also adds in Growl2 as a GUI for messaging on OS X.


You can't anymore. Apple stopped signing iOS/tvOS 10 back in October, making it impossible to downgrade.


This is expected behaviour.

The purpose of su is to switch user. It's called the substitute user identity tool. su takes the other user's password since you are switching to that user.

  The su utility requests appropriate user credentials via PAM and switches to that user ID (the default user is the superuser). A shell is then executed.

Source: Man page
The purpose of sudo is to execute a command as another user. The -u or --user option for sudo specifies that user. You're not logging in as that user, just running a command. sudo takes your password to verify your identity for performing such a task.


Is there any way to change the visual style of the interface buttons in OS X?

There isn't a general one place to change these and when you do, it's typically with software additions that make the system less stable.

You would have better luck changing them on a per-application basis since that is less disruptive of injecting custom code across all applications. Even then, you'll find that some applications hard code their buttons and they only look like the system ones.


How do I reduce the delay when unlocking my Mac?

This sounds like normal behavior to me, especially if the machine is a bit older.
As far as I know, there is no setting you can change to speed this up.

I can confirm that on a solid 2017 15" MBP there is a ~0.5 seconds "wait" time after hitting enter and the screen unlocking. But this not only varies from machine to machine, but especially from the programs that are running and if you have multiple monitors connected.

What you could try, but IMO is not worth it, make a clean install (preferably on an external SSD) with just one sample user with no other programs installed and check if you still have the delay.

If the answer is yes, then it's definitely normal behavior
If the answer is no, you might want to look into programs that are continuously running in the background, which could impact general performance.

In general though, I suspect investigating this (IMO) non-issue will take you more time than "waiting" one second every unlock.


How do I mirror my iPhone screen to my MacBook Pro for free?

QuickTime Player can only mirror iOS devices with Lightning connectors.  If you want to mirror an iPhone 4s, you'll need to purchase one of the AirPlay Mirroring apps like AirServer.

According to this support article (emphasis added):

  Movie recording works with your built-in camera and many external cameras. If you're using OS X Yosemite or later, you can also record the screen of any iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) with a Lightning port and iOS 8 or later.


macOS Catalina does not allow incoming connections from local network. Firewall is down

I've finally found the solution to this issue. First of all I listed the macos extensions:
$ kextstat | grep -v com.apple

Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
  115    0 0xffffff7f83ef2000 0x29000    0x29000    com.intel.kext.intelhaxm (7.5.1) D0CC7B8F-1F62-33B1-BE6B-B5573D2A607B <8 6 5 3 1>
  176    0 0xffffff7f846db000 0x31000    0x31000    com.checkpoint.cpfw (1.0) A38506C9-F70F-356C-9AF5-67B70391CF36 <6 5 3 1>

The checkpoint extensions was my first candidate to remove. So I run the uninstaller:
$ cd /Library/Application\ Support/Checkpoint/Endpoint\ Security
$ sudo ./uninstall

Everything is working fine now.


How can I configure my computer to run an AppleScript at a specific time? Caveat: without using iCal

You can run a cronjob using crontab.
So basically, to run a cronjob, you will need to type nano ~/crontab in Terminal. This will create a new file called "crontab" in your home folder, and open up a simple text editor in Terminal. Type:

* * * * * osascript ~/Desktop/theScriptToBeExecuted.applescript

This will run an AppleScript named "theScriptToBeExecuted.applescript" located on your desktop, every minute. The five "*" before the osascript command specify the time. Here's a table to show you what each field stands for:

*     *     *   *    *        command to be executed
-     -     -   -    -
|     |     |   |    |
|     |     |   |    +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
|     |     |   +------- month (1 - 12)
|     |     +--------- day of        month (1 - 31)
|     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)

So to run the same command at one minute past midnight (00:01) of every day of the month, of every day of the week, type this in the file:

1 0 * * * osascript ~/Desktop/theScriptToBeExecuted.applescript

If you need more info, check out this article on cron.

To save the file that you're working on, type Control+X (exits), then Y (tells Terminal that you do want to save the file), then Enter Now type at the prompt cron ~/crontab This tells cron that it should be looking at the crontab file, if your file is named "crontab" in your home folder.

Another alternative is Cronnix It's a GUI for crontab.

Script Timer is similar, but it runs specified AppleScripts at specified times. It's a little easier to use, but it costs $12. I would recommend just going with Cronnix (free) or crontab (also free!)


Backup and Sync has encountered a fatal error, and will now terminate. Mid 2011 iMac - High Sierra

Had the same problem, now solved. ~/Library/Application Support/Google belongs to root. Either change privileges:

sudo chmod a+wx ~/Library/"Application Support"/Google

Or change owner:

sudo chown NameOfMyAccount ~/Library/"Application Support"/Google


How can I associate URL files with a specific browser in Snow Leopard?

As far as I know, there is no way to associate .webloc files with a specific application. Your best bet would probably be to use some AppleScript.
I made a little script that lets you generate tiny little AppleScript applications that open in the browser that you select upon creation (OmniWeb, Safari, or Chrome).

You can download the script here, or compile it yourself from the code below.

set theURL to text returned of (display dialog "What URL would you like to bookmark?" with title "Enter URL" default answer "http://")
set theApp to (choose from list {"OmniWeb", "Safari", "Chrome"} with prompt "Which application would you like to associate with the bookmark?" with title "Select Application") as string
set theName to text returned of (display dialog "What would you like to name the bookmark?" with title "Enter Name" default answer "")
set theFolder to choose folder with prompt "Where would you like to save the bookmark?"

if theApp is "OmniWeb" then
    set theScript to "tell application \"OmniWeb\"
    activate
    try
        set theTab to make new tab at end of front browser with properties {address:\"" & theURL & "\"}
        set active tab of front browser to theTab
    on error
        make new browser with properties {address:\"" & theURL & "\"}
    end try
end tell"
else if theApp is "Safari" then
    set theScript to "tell application \"Safari\"
    activate
    try
        set theTab to make new tab at end of tabs of front window
        set the URL of theTab to \"" & theURL & "\"
    on error
        make new document
        set theTab to tab 1 of front window
        set the URL of theTab to \"" & theURL & "\"
    end try
    set current tab of front window to theTab
end tell"
else if theApp is "Chrome" then
    set theScript to "tell application \"Google Chrome\"
    activate
    if (count of windows) = 0 then
        make new window
        set URL of tab 0 of front window to \"" & theURL & "\"
    else
        set URL of (make new tab at end of tabs of front window) to \"" & theURL & "\"
    end if
end tell"
end if

tell application "AppleScript Editor"
    set theDoc to make new document with data theScript
    save theDoc as "application" in ((theFolder as string) & theName & ".app")
end tell

Running that will prompt you for the URL, the browser you want it to open with, and the location to save the 'bookmark'.

You can put this in your Applications or Scripts folder for easy access and invoke it whenever you want to save a URL.


Are there sites that support editing and ordering photo prints, cards, and books on an iPad?

I don't really have a direct answer for you, but I would like to help by sharing what I know.

I have a Mobile Me account, and there are no tools for editing your photos online. It's an image gallery. A gallery is meant just for viewing and not for editing.

Mobile Me was designed to work in conjunction with the iLife software on a desktop mac. You edit the photos, order the prints, make the cards, and the books in the iPhoto app on the Mac.

Photo editing on the iPad is the easy part, but I think you are approaching it from the wrong angle. There are tons of free (and cheap) apps that allow you to edit photos. (Photoshop Mobile for instance. Just check the Photography category in the App Store). Once you edit them in an app, then I would upload them to a service that supports printing services. The hard part is going to be the ordering of prints, cards and books from the iPad.

We can only hope that sometime in the near future, Apple creates a mobile version of iPhoto just as they did with iMovie. That would be ideal.

EDIT

You can order prints from this app as well:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=323705153&mt=8%3FpartnerId%3D30&siteID=KEmRFwU0WKY-yY5rDqaKJMaSUWCfbLPC3w
You can also order prints from the Walgreens app:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/walgreens/id335364882?mt=8
This might solve your issue as well!
http://www.ritzpix.com/net/OrderPrints/
You might want to check out this app and service:
http://www.ecce-terram.com/order-solutions/mobile-client.html

  ECCE TERRAM announced a new service this week that will allow people to order prints of photos stored on their iPhones from the phones themselves. With their Photo2lab Client, users may select a photo (both those taken with the iPhone and those transfered from iPhoto), add text and create prints, post cards and even mini photo books. You'll even be able to add an address to a post card from the iPhone's built-in contacts list.


Automator or AppleScript to Remove Multiple Strings from File Names?

You could use a script like this:

--Select some files in the Finder first. Then run this script.

set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set the_strings_to_strip to {"ee", "shot", "Z", "at"}

tell application "Finder"
    set the_files to the selection
    --
    repeat with a_file in the_files
        set the_name to name of a_file
        repeat with I from 1 to count of the_strings_to_strip
            set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item I of the_strings_to_strip
            set the_text_items to text items of the_name
            set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
            set the_name to the_text_items as string
        end repeat
        set the name of a_file to the_name
    end repeat
    --
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims
end tell

The idea is, you have your set of characters or phrases that you want to strip. Then, you use them as "text item delimiters." Normally text item delimiters are "". So, when you have a word like "cat" the text items are "c", "a", and "t". But, if you SET AppleScript's text item delimiters to "a" instead of "" you will only have TWO text items in the word "cat": "c", and "t".  Then, when you set the text item delimiters back to "", and then you concatenate the text items, you've essentially done a search and replace: replacing your string with "".

I tried this on a bunch of screen shot files and it worked fine.

Notice that at the end, I set AppleScript's text item delimiters back to whatever they were when the script started. It would be a good bet that they were "" but just in case, I record what they were, and restore them at the end, in case they are/were something other than "". No point guessing when you can know for sure.


how can i extend my 8gb memory space on iphone 5c

You can't expand the memory, and there is little in the way of dealing with external USB storage other than importing photos from camera cards.

There are several products such as the mophie space pack that have a battery and external storage that is accessible via an app. These are typically cumbersome and fairly limited in how they can be used. Check out reviews of any such products and you will see lots of disappointment.

For what these external storage devices do, you are typically better off using iCloud, Dropbox, getsync.com or the like. But this will not solve the problem of not have enough local storage.


Why do the keyboard brightness keys sometimes stop working?

This is actually quite a clever little battery saver Apple have built into the MacBook.  There is an ambient light sensor next to the iSight camera on the unibody models or on both sides of the keyboard, under the speaker holes, on older models.  If the MacBook determines that the light in the room/outside is too bright for the keyboard backlight to be of any use, it will turn the backlighting off.  Then you can see that overlay to indicate that you don't have control of the brightness because the macbook has disabled it.

You can test this by putting the keyboard brightness up to full brightness and then shining a light/torch at the area around the iSight camera (or speaker holes) and you'll see that you cannot control the keyboard brightness while the light is shining.

Once you turn the light off, the keyboard brightness controls will function again.


Macbook pro doesn't want to start, "no RAM installed" beeps (1 every 5 seconds)

Sounds like your Logic (mother) board is done.

You should see your RAM in the About this Mac.

Try resenting the SMC and the EFI.


Why the same MacMini provides different MAC addresses for different OS?

MAC addresses are assigned to network interfaces, not to computers. The F0:98:18 address is for the wireless card, and the 38:F9:D3 address is for the wired Ethernet interface.


How does disk utility work while the system is live? (e.g. partitioning/resizing the OSes partition)

Although I don't know what specific property of HFS+ allows a user to modify the current system partition while in use; my expectation would be that operations to blocks of storage that the filesystem is not currently utilizing are allowed.

Now if you tried to shrink the system partition below the current size of your system installation (the blue shaded area) disk utility would present an error.

EDIT

Just wanted to add some additional information that I came across. If you refer to the diskutil(8) man page under resizeVolume it states:

  Non-destructively resize a volume. You may increase or decrease its
  size.

  A size of limits will print the range of valid values for the target
  partition, taking into account current file system and partition map
  conditions such as files in use and other (immovable) partitions
  following the target.

This seems to confirm my thinking above.


What does installing a "device enrollment challenge" do on an iPad?

Any requests to install a profile containing Device Enrollment will have come from your corporate MDM (mobile device management) server and so can be trusted if it's a corporate device. If it's a personal device you should ask the head tech about any restrictions which may be put in place on your device by the profile. Chances are there won't be any problems if the profiles have been well implemented but it's worth double checking anyway.


Your question has two parts: whether an rMBP can drive a 4K display, and whether any exist within your price range.

Apple's support site lists compatibility between their laptops and 4K displays.

If your Retina Macbook Pro is one of the 15" models, it can drive 60Hz MST displays at 60Hz through the thunderbolt port.

If it is a 13" model, it cannot - you are limited to 30hz regardless of output.

If your laptop does support it, the Asus PQ321Q is a 32" monitor that accepts a 60Hz image via MST. It is $2000.

There are also numerous 28" models that support 60Hz over DisplayPort 1.2. One example would be the $500 Samsung U28D590D.


Can Steam games be available to the Guest account?

It's highly doubtful that it would work with a guest account, since everything is deleted upon logout.

If you created a "friends" user account with no password and gave them "standard" user access, it might be possible (though it certainly won't be pretty).

First, because Valve apparently has no idea how easy it is to use NSDistributedNotificationCenter to broadcast messages between user accounts, they've set the Steam app up to prohibit multiple instances from running. In other words, for a guest to be able to launch Steam.app in the friends user account, it cannot be running in any other user account. If it is, you'd have to go into that user account first to quit it, then go back to the friends user account. (It honestly takes about 10 lines of code to have Steam broadcast a message to all other user accounts that the Steam that you're launching now is in control, and all other instances could quit themselves, but Valve is fairly challenged with such things).

So, provided it isn't running in another user account, it would work. However, given the ridiculous amount of files and data Steam wants to be able to write to inside its own application bundle (inside the Steam.app bundle), you might be better off creating a separate copy of the application altogether, specifically for that user. Reason being, the Steam application will take on the ownership of whoever first installed it, and when another user tries to use it, they won't have write permissions to the application bundle. You could also try modifying the bundle to give it less restrictive permissions. (This whole thing could be handled by using a simple, privileged helper tool).

So, provided you have a copy of Steam which the friends' user account has write access to, then we move on to the real fun, which is the several GB worth of .gcf files that make up the content of the game. By default, the game files are stored in:

/Users/< username >/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/

Since one user doesn't have access to another user's files (for obvious reasons), you would need to re-download all of the needed files, or copy them over from the other user account. You could also try re-locating the SteamApps folder to a common location that all users have access to, such as the /Applications/ folder. (I've written an application that helps with creating the symbolic link after the relocation process: http://www.markdouma.com/sourcefinagler/). You'll then run into the same issues with permissions as with the app itself, so you'd need to change them to make sure they're writable to the users in question.

For a guest account, it might work if you had everything in a central location, and then had a global login item or a launchd job in the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder that would perform a couple of operations in the guest user account upon login. It would need to copy the files inside the /Users/< username >/Library/Application Support/Steam/ that are responsible for saving the Steam user account and password to the guest user's Application Support folder, so that the user would be able to login automatically without having to enter your Steam ID and password each time. It would also need to make sure there was a "SteamApps" symbolic link inside the /Users/< guest >/Library/Application Support/Steam/ to point to the location of the game content files.

In short, what you would like to do, i.e. be able to play Steam games from another user account on the same Mac, is a perfectly reasonable desire. As far as I know, it's something that is already possible in the Windows version of Steam, without having to jump through 100 hoops first. It's also something that's entirely possible for them to have done in the Mac OS X version by using a central data location along with a privileged helper tool (I've been using such an approach in my own application for the last 7 years and it works well). In its current implementation, however, it's not possible to do this in the Mac version without some pretty ugly workarounds.


You probably need to upgrade to a new version of MacFuse. Unfortunately there isn't one available. See this blog post. So there is a new project called OSXFuse which is going to support this. Here is the link to the Github project. https://github.com/osxfuse

I hope this helps a little.


Should time machine backups be encrypted

To answer your first question about the keychain and whether you should encrypt backups: the passwords in your keychain are already encrypted, that's why you always have to type a password (by default your login password) to show stored passwords. So there's no immediate need to encrypt.
Of course, you could add Time Machine encryption to provide a further layer of security. This is possible starting with OS X Lion and Mountain Lion (from http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427):

OS X Lion and Mountain Lion let you encrypt the Time Machine backup
external drive using FileVault 2.

FileVault2 also uses your login password, though. So if the bad guys are able to guess or crack that password, they will have also access to your keychain information. Choosing different passwords for login and for accessing your keychain would protect the keychain passwords in such an event.
Either way, use strong passwords, password quality is of foremost importance to protect your data.
EDIT:
The OP asked in a comment how to set different passwords for login and keychain. Here is how:

Open Utilities>Keychain Access.

Right click each keychain and select 'Change Password for Keychain XYZ':

If you prefer to use your current password as keychain password and change your login password, log in using another account and change your account's password from System Preferences>Users & Groups. That will only change your login password, not your keychain password.


I conclude that this is not possible in iOS.


Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?

You can boost the volume of videos playing in Chrome using free extensions. I found the Ears chrome plugin works quite well. Steps:

install the plugin
click the Ears extension icon in chrome
drag the baseline from 0 up to +5
click EQ this tab


How to create single-click/-keystroke shortcut to start recording on Mac OS?

I wrote two scripts for you to do this in QuickTime Player:

Script to start recording:

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate
    start (new audio recording)
end tell

Script to end recording:

Edit (21/12/2018): this script uses UI scripting, which is not recommended, but seems the best option for now. If you have a better solution, that addresses the issues that are stated in the comments, please edit this answer.

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "QuickTime Player"
        tell window 1
            click (first button where its accessibility description = "stop recording")
        end tell
        click menu item "Save…" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
    end tell
end tell

After the second script a dialog will open, which asks you to enter a file name and save location.

To make this work, you have to copy both scripts and paste them into two separate files in Script Editor (default installed on your Mac). Save the files and follow this guide to assign shortcuts to them.

Update 21/12/2018: I updated the start script with user3439894's suggestion. I kept the stop script the same, because his stop script suggestion doesn't seem to work. (A window with 'Finishing Recording' appears, but keeps loading)


What does "SE" stand for in font name "Chalkboard SE"

Looking at the two Font in Font Book and seeing nothing other then Chalkboard SE has a Light version of the Font, where Chalkboard only has Regular and Bold versions, I decided to look at the two fonts in a Hex Editor. I noticed they were copyrighted six months apart:

Chalkboard, was copyrighted in 2003-04, by Apple Computer, Inc.
Chalkboard SE, was copyrighted in 2003-10, by Apple Computer, Inc.

I'd imagine that Chalkboard SE was created after Chalkboard as a second edition.

So, I'd say SE stands for Second Edition.

Update Note: Looking at the Get Info sheet, it shows the Copyright. I guess I should have looked there first.


Is it possible for two users to remotely log in to a Mac simultaneously?

Yes - Lion makes the distinction between sharing the current screen and letting a different user log in. This brings multiple login to Mac OS X in an official way.

When you connect from another Lion mac - this window shows how you can select either access method.

A few VNC client apps (Like Screens for iOS and Screens for Mac supported this when Lion was released. Several popular VNC clients didn't work initially due to this change (and may need updates to work with Lion's new screen sharing method).


Is it possible to load non-default launchd plist files from the /etc configuration file?

To load a launchd job at start up, you need to store your job description plist file in one of two folders:

/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Do not edit or store launchd job description files in the /System folder. This folder is reserved for exclusive use by Apple.

You do not need to edit any configuration files.


JavaScript working when disabled (factory settings) in iOS is a bug?

"My question is, why was it turned off by default and still working?"

Obviously it was not turned off. The better question is: why was it displaying as disabled when it clearly was not? The only answer is that it is a mistake (regardless as to whether it was intended or not, which let's hope for everyone's sake it was not).

"Is this a bug or is there a reason for this?"

It's a bug whether there's a reason or not.

I've sent this information along as a 'Bug report' to Apple via both...
https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
...and also...
https://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

If this bothers you, I suggest you do the same.


Is there a way to access and view/modify APN settings on IOS 9.0.2

Bad news... good news.

Bad news... cellular APN settings are disabled on by carrier and/or iOS 9.

Good news... you can create the appropriate APN settings profile via your mobile browser of choice at unlockit.co.nz

Just select your country/carrier and tap Create APN, follow the prompts and that's it.


software problem: retrieve contacts data from Time Machine

Update: I have updated the script as per @user3439894’s feedback. The script should now work for most users, no matter what flavor their address book raw data is in.

You might want to look at a temporary command-line solution. It gives you a contact <search_term> command that you can run in Terminal.app to look up contacts.

I assume your Yosemite MBP is only a temporary solution while your Sierra MBP is at the repair shop. While the Terminal command has limited functionality, it might work well enough for you to be useful while you wait for your Sierra MacBook Pro to return.

Setting up the temporary command should require not more than 10–15 minutes.

Setting up the contact command

Open the Time Machine backup that contains your (Sierra-based) address book data.
In your backup, look for the folder "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/AddressBook", which is the root folder for all your contact data.
Restore that entire AddressBook folder to a temporary location, e. g.: ${HOME}/SierraAddressBook.
Double check that the whole ${HOME}/SierraAddressBook tree has the correct permissions so you can read it without an administrator password.
For good measure, make a backup copy of your ${HOME}/.bash_profile file.
Open the file ${HOME}/.bash_profile in a text editor of your choice.
Temporarily append to .bash_profile the following lines:

(Note that for some of these lines, indentation matters; try not to change indentation in any of those lines, even if it looks a bit off.)

contact() {
  # We assume "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/AddressBook"
  # has been restored to this directory from a TM backup.
  local contacts_base_dir="${HOME}/SierraAddressBook"

  local search_term="$1"
  local sql_code="$(cat << EOF
.mode column
      SELECT
        TRIM(       IFNULL(R.ZFIRSTNAME, '')
          || ' ' || IFNULL(R.ZLASTNAME, '')
          || ' ' || IFNULL(R.ZORGANIZATION, '')) NAME,
        'created ' || date('2001-01-01', ZCREATIONDATE
          || ' seconds', 'localtime') CREATED,
        'modified ' || date('2001-01-01', ZMODIFICATIONDATE
          || ' seconds', 'localtime') MODIFIED,
        GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT TRIM(IFNULL(E.ZLABEL, ''),
          '! _$<>') || ' ' || IFNULL(E.ZADDRESSNORMALIZED, ''))
          EMAIL,
        GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT TRIM(IFNULL(P.ZLABEL, ''),
          '! _$<>') || ' ' || IFNULL(P.ZFULLNUMBER, ''))
          PHONE
      FROM
        ZABCDRECORD R
      LEFT JOIN
        ZABCDEMAILADDRESS E ON E.ZOWNER = R.Z_PK,
        ZABCDPHONENUMBER P ON P.ZOWNER = R.Z_PK
      WHERE
        NAME LIKE '%${search_term}%'
      GROUP BY
        R.Z_PK
      ORDER BY
        NAME;
EOF
    )"

  export sql_code
  find "${contacts_base_dir}" -regex '.*/AddressBook-[^/]*\.abcddb$' \
    -exec bash -c "/usr/bin/sqlite3 '{}' <<< \"\${sql_code}\"" \;
}

export -f contact

Save your changes in .bash_profile.
Open Terminal.app.
Open a new terminal window.

Usage

Run the command contact followed by your search term in the Terminal. For example:

$ contact "Bella Napoli"

Bella Napoli  created 2013-10-12  modified 2015-05-29              Home +49 931 51706

$ contact IKEA

IKEA Frankfurt  created 2013-10-12  modified 2013-10-12              Work 0180 5 353435

$ contact Neptun

Hotel Neptun  created 2013-10-12  modified 2013-10-12  Work concierge@hotel-neptun.de
Work +49 381 777-0,WorkFAX +49 381 54023

$ contact

<lists all your contacts>

Caveats

The search term only applies to first name, last name, and organization name.
The search term is case sensitive.
The search term cannot contain spaces or certain punctuation, unless it is enclosed in the proper single or double quotes.
To search by full name, use the correct order: <first_name> <last_name> <organization_name>
Search terms can also be substrings of names.
I do not endorse any of the companies and their products and services I gave in the example. I used those because I cannot disclose personal data for obvious reasons. Besides, I was too lazy to add bogus data to my own address book.
I’ve tested the script on El Capitan only but it should work on Yosemite, even when combined with Sierra-based address book data.
If you run into issues, feel free to leave a comment below.


How do I view my cookies in Safari 7 Web Inspector?

Open the inspector with either
* right clic > Inspect element
* Menu > Develop > Show Page Ressources

Then select the cookie line in the left menu that appeared on the bottom of your Safari Page.


How can I watching TV shows and movies from Hulu or Netflix while being offline on my iPad or Nexus?

Netflix just released an iOS app that allows downloading of some content. Not all content is licensed for any country and some countries have no licensed content. As the licensing gets unified - expect more of this in the future.

Before the recent change, for a long time, both the netflix and hulu terms of service state that these are streaming services and not download services.

Netflix is at https://signup.netflix.com/TermsOfUse

Scroll down to Limitations on Use

  You may not download (other than through page caching necessary for
  personal use, or as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms of
  Use), modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce,
  duplicate, publish, license, create derivative works from, or offer
  for sale any information contained on, or obtained from or through,
  the Netflix service, without our express written consent.

Hulu is at http://www.hulu.com/terms and it has a list of things that are not allowed. Including in the prohibition of:

  removing, disabling, bypassing, or circumventing any content
  protection or access control mechanisms intended to prevent the
  unauthorized download, stream capture, linking, framing, reproduction,
  access to, or distribution of the Hulu Services.

Whether these agreements are legal or violating them is illegal is something for the local courts, but it's clear you should not expect to use these services to download or time-shift the content. At the moment, your iPad can rent or buy content for offline viewing and Amazon also has a decent selection of downloadable content.

Additionally, you can usually rip CD/DVD you own with software like RipIt for offline viewing. Most Mac these days ship without optical drives, so you can still rip using either Remote Disc or using external USB drives.


The solution is to remove the quarantine attribute from the file(s) in question:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file


Can I use my enterprise developer account to sign Passbooks that will be used externally?

Yes - if the enterprise entity is the one distributing the pass to end users, then you should be fine using that certificate to sign Passbook items. Any Apple generated code signing certificate should be sufficient to fulfill the requirements. If you are concerned after reading this, a quick call to developer support might help alleviate any concerns you have.

Apple documents this at https://developer.apple.com/passbook/Getting_Started_with_Passbook.pdf and the version 1.1 of this document states:

Use of Apple-issued Certificates

All passes need to be signed with an Apple-issued certificate to be recognized by Passbook. Passes should only be signed by the entity that will be distributing the pass under its own name, trademark, or brand, and that entity’s information should match the information on the back of the pass.


MacBook Pro (13inch, mid 2012) iPhoto photos

If you've been using Time Machine to backup your MacBook Pro to an external hard drive then yes, your photos will be backed up as long as you haven't specifically excluded them from being backed up.

To check:

Go to System Preferences > Time Machine
Click on the Options button at bottom right
In the window that appears, make sure that your iPhoto Library is not listed and therefore excluded from your backups

As long as it's not listed, you'll be fine.

Another thing you can do is to also manually backup your iPhoto Library. The iPhoto Library is located within your Pictures folder.


The theory behind it is that it gets a lot more battery life when in deep sleep/hibernation than otherwise. Apple says after about an hour the computer should go into deep sleep.

See this question for further information and how to disable it. (The actual disabling instructions are in the question itself.)


Apparently, DHCP is not enabled on your laptop, but it has the right configuration, so I figure either DHCP must have been disabled on your router recently, or your phone was configured with static addresses which got cleared recently.

For a quick fix, try filling in the Router, IP address, and subnet mask fields on your phone after choosing Manual for "Configure IP". Something like:

Configure IP: Manual
IP address: 192.168.1.123
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1

But you probably want to fix the settings on your router so you don't have to configure every device that connects to your network in the future.

Look for a setting that enables DHCP in your router's administrative interface, possibly on http://192.168.1.1


Dropbox syncing RTF-editor for iPad with color markup possibilities

I think you're looking for something like Textastic, which can sync with Dropbox, FTP, SFTP, etc and does code highlighting for code & markup and has a customizable keyboard area.


I want know how to get the new photo filters in the camera on my iPhone 4

I think the filters you are talking about were added with iOS 8, the recent iPhone operating system update. Unfortunately that update won't install on your iPhone 4.

There are a number of applications available in the App Store that provide similar photo filters though.


Did you try the steps on http://appleid.apple.com ? (+ answering the secure questions) (eg: Reset password)


Default photo filters (Chrome) for Videos in camera app

Video Filters
This app is available to any iPhone or iPad running iOS 7 or higher.  It's a free app (as of the time of writing), and it comes with 8 filters, with another 7 available for purchase.  It is a standalone video-editing app.
Free filters:

Mono
Tonal
Noir
Fade
Chrome
Process
Transfer
Instant

Export format:

File Type : MPEG-4(Default), QuickTime
Retain Metadata
Optimize For Network Use


My Macbook Pro crashes every time I change my desktop

If your Mac still works, I would connect a USB drive (or other) and make sure Time Machine gets a full backup before anything else goes wrong.

At that point with your files safe, you can use OS X Recovery to run Disk Utility. The first link has some very general items in case this is the first time you've heard of Recovery or Disk Utility.

As you troubleshoot this, you can either ask a follow on question or edit the question if you can rule out some things you have tried or need more specific help using / deciding which step of these tools and guides to take next.


Well, feel free to laugh at me. The above problem is caused by accidentally blocking my own Apple ID in imassages. Checked the block list of this app and removed my own Apple ID, and everything was back to normal.
For those having similar problems, I hope this question may help you out.
PS: My LAN-related functions are still not working. I am still trying to figure things out.


Recover Deleted Files on Mac OSX [External NTFS]

You'll want to decide to use a Mac based program like Data Rescue which offers a free preview to see if your data is retrievable:

What should I do after I lost my MacBook data?
Recovering files from Time Machine backup disk after wrong dd
Accidently formated my external 1TB hard drive!

Alternatively, you could take the external drive and connect it to Windows based software and use that OS and tool to try to effect a recovery:

I may have used Disk Utility to erase my drive - is there hope?

Worst case, you can seek professional help from various services, but since you asked for free that will limit severely the quality of the software as well as potentially the experience of the assistance available to you.

If you know the exact dd command, that will inform you as to how much of the NTFS data was overwritten and whether or not some tools will be better suited to help recover files from the unwritten portion of the drive. I would say you might have better luck with tools designed for NTFS as opposed to the Mac software as the erasing OS has less to do with recovery than the OS that created the files and filesystem in the first place.


Family Sharing iPhone - Unique Question about purchases

Yes. Sign up for a free MDM solution and enroll your child's iOS device under management.

add the app(s) in question to management

You then get telemetry and reporting if that app is installed.

I prefer JAMF now, but there are several options. I’d start with this and then research others once this one has some specific drawbacks for you.

https://support.jamfnow.com/

You won’t need DEP or VPP to run family devices under management.


I don't know the Phillips Sonicare product, but there's at least one thing that could potentially explain the lacking (i) indicator: If you have installed a specific Phillips app for use with the product, it could have offered to pair with the device directly from within the app. In that case you can use that specific app to unpair the device again - or you might have to resort to deleting the app if that is possible for you.


Resetting PRAM without a(n) (Apple) keyboard?

You can recreate the NVRAM reset's ⌘-⌥-P-R with a PC keyboard by pressing:

 Windows Key + Alt + P + R


How to boot and install Linux or BSD on a 2007 MacBook White via USB?

I personally installed FreeBSD on a G4 machine via USB, so I don't see why you can't do that with a 2007 MacBook.

But going back to the original question

  is there a reliable way to boot and install Linux, BSD, Windows (anything not OS X)?

Yes.  There is a site called Linux on Laptops (I linked the Apple section) that outlines what laptops are compatible with Linux.    Specifically for Debian, they have a Wiki that describes exactly how to install it on a Mac.

As mentioned before, I am partial to BSD.  FreeBSD has USB images specific to UEFI machines available for download.

There is also excellent HOWTOs available to assist you in this process.

As for your "Bonus Question"...

  Bonus points for running the OS live from the USB -- since after 10
  years HD may fail some time soon.

Why would you do this and not replace the hard drive?

A SATA1 interface is 1.5Gb/s

A USB2.0 port is 480Mb/s

Rough math tells us USB is 1/3 the speed of a drive.  A brand new SanDisk SSD is less than $50 online.  It doesn't make sense to sacrifice that much performance for that small price.


How do I delete files when I can only boot into Safe (single-user) mode

To make the filesystem writable, you would use mount with the u and w options.

/sbin/mount -uw /


Is it possible to manage the iCloud keychain?

As described in Apples iCloud FAQ: To delete the Keychain completely, you have to deselect Allow approving using security code in the iCloud Account details under system preferences. After that, turn off the Keychain usage on every device that is using it. This will delete the complete keychain. Turning on the Allow approving using security code will result in a clean keychain.

If you want to edit items stored in the iCloud keychain you can do so via the Mac OS X keychain app or from your iDevice in the Safari preferences.

Mac OS X example: On the left, select iCloud and delete / edit items on the right.


When you open the podcasts app, you should see all the podcasts you have downloaded. See the image below.


The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged - OSX 10.13.1 - High Sierra

My solution which has not been mentioned in the locked thread, is to hold the option key upon startup to use the Startup Manager to select out of the OSInstall route. Hope this helps anyone else running into this issue, as I've spend too many hours trying to fix this.


Can Photos app on macOS sync faces (or People)?

The key part is where it says: "These items are available only on the Mac where you created them: Faces tiles and Faces data".

Essentially, Apple Photos is the next version of iPhoto, but with much better syncing added. However, they haven't yet added sync for everything. I would like to be able to start a book project at home and finish it at my work computer, but because, like faces, books are not yet synced, this isn't possible.

Hopefully, they will start syncing the rest of the data in the next release or two.


What does it mean when iMessage suddenly stops saying "Delivered"?

iMessage will not return a "delivered" message if the message was not delivered to the user.

Here are some situations of iMessage returning different statuses:

Not delivered (usually accompanied with a red exclamation): the message could not be sent from your phone due to your network connection

(no message): the message was successfully sent from your phone, but not delivered to the recipient due to the recipient's network connection

delivered: the message was successfully sent from your phone and delivered to the recipient.


Specific Wifi network connection history in OSX

No, Apple doesn’t log or present this in a quick and easy way to retrieve - especially over months of time.

However all is not lost, there is an amazing app that logs WiFi quite well.

https://www.adriangranados.com/apps/wifisignal

I’m sure someone could script up a solution as well, but I’ve been very satisfied with this author’s various WiFi tools and blogs and it logs the data you need in a super clean and useful manner.


You can use the "Save as PDF" option in the Print dialog (drop down is in lower left corner of the dialog window).


How can I change the hotspot name without changing the iPhone name?

Apple confirmed in their own forums the only way to do this is by changing the phone name.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7828399


Possible to preload apps in supervisor mode and prevent them from being uninstalled?

You can stop the user from deleting any app, or from deleting any Apple-system app.

You cannot with the current iOS stop the user from removing specific individual apps on a supervised device.


Where is the iWork shape library stored?

The shapes are stored in the property list at

~/Library/Group Containers/74J34U3R6X.com.apple.iWork/Library/Preferences/74J34U3R6X.com.apple.iWork.plist

in the array TSDUserDefinedShapeLibraryPathSourcesKey.


change all .sh files to executable by terminal

Using a find command would be simple enough:

find . -iname "*.sh" -exec bash -c 'chmod +x "$0"' {} \;

The command breaks down as
find [obvious!]
. = from this folder. You can put a path instead
-iname = case insensitive name
"*.sh" = wildcard filename
-exec = utility to execute commands
bash = what tool you want to use (you can use sh instead)
-c flag means execute the following command as interpreted by this program.
chmod +x = command to change the file to executable
"$0" = The value that was passed to the utility
{} = If the string {} appears anywhere in the utility name or the arguments it is replaced by the pathname of the current file.
; = Terminates the command


Dual booting, and lost rEFInd: how to recover OSX?

You can try going into recovery mode like this and then follow these instructions..


"Import from Scanner" greyed out in Preview app

You can try below steps:

In System Preference > Printers & Scanners, press Control and click the printer and click Reset Printing System.  This will remove all your printers.
Go to Utilities and open Disk Utility.  Click Macintosh HD in the left panel and then click Repair Disc Permissions in the right panel.
Restart your computer.
Re-install your printer.


How can I troubleshoot sharing problems from outside the LAN?

You may need to set up port forwarding so that you can connect to your server even though it's behind NAT from your router.


Set Finder arranging order by kind via Terminal

To set a default view style use:

defaults write com.apple.Finder FXPreferredViewStyle icnv|Nlsv|clmv|Flwv

with:

icnv: Icon View
Nlsv: List View
clmv: Column View
Flwv: Cover Flow View

To enable this immediately (which probably is not relevant for your shell script) you have to kill the Finder with killall Finder. Some folders might have a different view style set already (via .DS_Store files) while installation. You have to remove those invisible files to adapt your preferred style.

To deal with the group/arrange/sort settings you have to use PlistBuddy and defaults. The relevant key/sub-keys are FXPreferredGroupBy and StandardViewSettings and therein IconViewSettings, ExtendedListViewSettings and ListViewSettings.

Examples:

Arrange by application:

defaults write com.apple.Finder FXPreferredGroupBy Application

Possible values for defaults are none, date, name, kind, Date Added, Date Created, Application etc.

Arrange by kind:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy kind" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Sort by date added:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:ExtendedListViewSettings:sortColumn dateAdded" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Possible values for PlistBuddy are  none, date, name, kind, dateAdded, dateCreated etc.

Some combinations of those settings (view style, arrange by, sort by) aren't possible or don't make much sense (depending on your OS).


Have Automator parse down folders and list all filenames without their extension

Automator and Scripting Approach

The Automator Actions you want are:

Ask for Finder Items, with Type set to Folders.
Run Shell Script, with Shell set to /usr/bin/perl.
New Text File

For the shell script, copy and paste in:

use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;
use File::Find;

find(sub {
    return if (-d $File::Find::name);
    my($filename,undef,undef) = fileparse($_,qr/\.[^.]*/);
    print $filename."\n";
}, shift);

You can use the New TextEdit Document action if you want the resulting file list to appear in TextEdit but not saved to disk.

To learn more about using Automator, see Apple's Mac Basics: Automator.


Does -tef in the extension stand for anything in documents saved to iCloud in ML?

This seems to be the iCloud version of the iWork file format. A good article about it (albeit still without explanation of the acronym) can be found on Mac Observer.


It will appear on all devices switched on & signed into iMessage, that have that email address set as a contactable destination for iMessages.
It is under their control rather than yours.

If, for instance, they have their phone with them but are outside a data reception area [middle of the countryside etc] yet also have their Mac at home running & signed in, it will arrive at the Mac & be shown to you as Delivered [& even as Read if they left Messages open with your view-pane frontmost] - yet they may not actually see it until they get home.


Some quick research says that the i7 processor starts to throttle itself if the temperature range gets too high (around 91C) so you shouldn't have to worry about it provided your CPU temp stays less than that.  Mostly the fan speed is trying to keep it comfortable on your lap as best it can - monitor your temperature during one of these "intense sessions" and see if it approaches that threshold - if it doesnt, and stays more on the order of 60C, you're fine as far as short term CPU viability

Research:
https://superuser.com/questions/239230/what-is-a-normal-safe-temperature-for-an-i7-2600k-cpu
http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=136130


iPhone 11: Subtle clicking sound and vibrational feedback on performing several actions

Haptic feedback was introduced in iOS10/iPhone7 and you probably have this enabled on your phone. To disable or change the configuration, go to

Settings > Sounds & Haptics > System Haptics

Some users have reported turned this feature off doesn't stop clicking and vibrating. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250781216. You could try re-enabling and disabling again. Also, try turning off sounds and vibrations to see what happens.

If it's still not working, you may need to contact Apple Genius or an Apple Authorized Service Provider take a look at your iPhone


Error when using `sudo shutdown` on remote machine

A proper solution for your remote shutdown script is the following:

Script (please adjust the MAX_UPSEC value, for testing purposes I used a low value):

#!/bin/bash
BOOT_TIME=$(sysctl -n kern.boottime | sed -e 's/.* sec = \([0-9]*\).*/\1/')
CURR_TIME=$(date +%s)
MAX_UPSEC=300 #Seconds

SECS_UP=$(($CURR_TIME - $BOOT_TIME))
    if [ $SECS_UP -ge ${MAX_UPSEC} ];then
        echo "Mac is going to shutdown because it is already $SECS_UP seconds running"
        shutdown -h now
    else
        echo "No shutdown needed because the Mac is only $SECS_UP seconds up"
fi

If you run the shutdown script (assuming the script is located at ~/bin/sh/) with the following command:

ssh admusr@host  'sudo bash -s' < /Users/admusr/bin/sh/ShutdownUPTIME.sh

the proper sudoers lines on the remote hosts are then

root        ALL = (ALL) ALL
%admin      ALL = (ALL) ALL
admusr      ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/bash


How to create an infrastructure Wi-Fi network from Yosemite with no Internet connection?

In System Preferences, go to networking and connect your Mac to a wired network. Firewire or thunderbolt or ethernet (with or without an adapter) is needed to have a physical connection in the green or orange state. You need a link up and not necessarily a viable connection to any network.

Then go into Sharing and enable Internet Sharing, there, share the connection of something you aren't using (say, for example, thunderbolt ethernet) then other computers can connect to it as if it was a WiFi hotspot and features that use LAN will work perfectly fine. If that LAN has a route to the internet it will work

This method allows OS X to act as a software router and avoids the wireless network being created in an ad-hoc mode with it's limitations.


How to switch select between buttons using only keyboard

Using the tab key between save and cancel buttons works for OS X too. You only have to enable it:

Go to System Preferences
Go To Keyboard
Go to the tab Keyboard Short
On the bottom of the window, set the radio button to "All controls":

From now on, when you see a OK/Cancel window the OK button is blue and can be pressed using the return key, and the cancel button has a outline which can be pressed using the space bar:

But the real trick is: You are now able to press the tab key to move the outline to another button and hit the space bar to press the highlighted button.


Were there changes to AppStore 'password caching' in iOS 7?

You can leave in-app purchases on if you wish.

Once you have enabled Restrictions then at the bottom of the second section, Allowed Content you will see Require Password and underneath they even have a little prompt Require password for purchases.

Change this from the default of 15 minutes to Immediately and your problem is fixed.


Replace spaces in this shell script with %20

You can pipe to sed 's/ /%20/g' to replace spaces with %20.

toTheClipboard="File Path: file://$(echo $1 | sed 's/ /%20/g') Parent Folder: file://$(dirname "$1" | sed 's/ /%20/g')" pbcopy<<<"$toTheClipboard"


There are two steps to stopping GitHub Conduit: telling GitHub.app to not re-install the job with launchd and telling launchd to not run it anymore.

Disable Conduit installation:

defaults write com.github.GitHub GHShouldDisableConduit -bool yes

Remove launchd job:

launchctl remove com.github.GitHub.Conduit


You could open a terminal window and change to the network path so that the file system is marked as in use. You could also open a file or application on the drive.

The users might still choose to force eject, so it's not a proper ban on ejecting the volume, but it adds another roadblock.


Finder doesn't show thumbnails for Alias in OS 10.14.2

From this Apple discussion:

How the Alias-icon will look, depends on what you see in the "Get
Info" panel of the original file,
see the above example:
If the "GetInfo" icon of the original file shows the custom icon, the
alias icon also will. If the "GetInfo" icon of the original file only
shows a generic icon, the alias icon also only will show the generic
icon.
To recreate the proper custom icon for an image, open the image in
Preview or any other image browser, select all of the image (or any
rectangular selection) with cmd-A, and copy the selection to the
clipboard. Then paste the clipboard contents into the icon well of the
image's "Get Info" panel. After that also the aliases should show your
proper custom icons.


At the apple store, will they change the color of the front display from white to black?

iPhone in Rose Gold only comes with a white front panel. There is no way to change it to a black front panel, at the Apple store or otherwise.

The only colors that come with a black front panel are Black and Jet Black.


Open Zoom meeting email link (URL) on iPad Air

Zoom steers iOS meeting very strongly to download the native app by default.
You will have significantly less friction and more features and control if you install the app.
That being said, zoom does not support Safari or Mobile Safari for their web client but you may be able to find several links to click and tap to see if you can coax a web meeting to happen.

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Quick-start-guide-for-the-Zoom-web-client

The person sending the meeting can force you to see the client install link first, be careful: look for fine print or links as you follow the “onboard links” and avoid clicking the super large install client link and button.

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005666383-Show-a-Join-from-your-browser-Link

If you don’t use one of the recommended browsers on your iPad, consider asking mobile safari to Request Desktop Website when you activate a zoom invite link / landing page.


External iSight microphone audio not working

The FireWire iSight audio driver has been omitted from recent macOS releases.
A Mac Rumors contributor has posted a download of the driver from his backup.
Download iSightAudio.driver there, or find the same driver from your own backup.
Place the file in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/
In case there were any other inconsistencies from the original I used a copy from a backup of OS X 10.13. A Finder copy and authentication worked without any permissions issues.
This worked for me on Catalina 10.15.6 on a 4,1->5,1 cMP.


Does Tiger have one install CD for both architectures?

According to Wikipedia, only Tiger Server included a universal DVD: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X#Version_10.4:_.22Tiger.22):

  Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" was released on April 29, 2005. (...) On January 10, 2006, Apple released the first Intel-based Macs along with the 10.4.4 update to Tiger. (...) Only PowerPC Macs can be booted from retail copies of the Tiger client DVD, but there is a Universal DVD of Tiger Server 10.4.7 (8K1079) that can boot both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

I happen to have a retail Mac OS X Tiger DVD (part# 2Z691-5305-A) and my MacBook Pro didn't boot from it, which seems to confirm the information above.

That said, Apple may have released other Tiger DVDs. The short URL provided by the OP's in the comment below points to an auction of a purported free upgrade for Intel-based iMac owners with P/N 1001123:

I found here a very similar, if not the same, product:

I'm pretty sure this DVD won't boot from a PowerPC computer, nor will include drivers for any hardware other than the Intel-based iMacs it was intended for. Also notice that the auction is an upgrade, that means, you need Panther installed on your Mac.


How do I temporarily relocate my Time Machine backup files

If your drive is corrupted in any way you probably don't want to use it for backup purposes any more, unless the data is not of great value to you.

Apple does not allow an easy transfer from drive to drive regarding backups. I think this is due to the way TimeMachine works (As stated in this apple discussion thread)

Now how to do it anyways ? I would simply use command line power. If you're the admin of the computer, you can simply open Terminal and do something along this:

sudo -s
rsync -avhW --progress < Drag and drop external Hard Drive here >< Drag and Drop DropBox folder here >

or

mv < Drag and Drop backup folder here >< Drag and Drop DropBox folder here, ending with a "/">

sudo -s puts you in the super-admin position, so you have full access to the system

rsync will sync the content and you can stop and continue at any time.
mv will move the whole thing at once.

You should be able to drag and drop any folder within the backup to any folder on you internal/other external drive. Only the "Machine.backup" folder is protected.


Multiple menubars with external monitors

You can only do it by separating the two monitors into separate Spaces - System Prefs > Mission Control.

Personally, I wouldn't, the change to your working method is too great. I'd live with one menu bar, but it's your call.


As per Intel's site, the maximum temperature for this CPU is 100 C.  I wouldn't be immediately concerned unless your machine is freezing / shutting down, or showing video artifacts.

Obviously 80 C is still pretty warm; you can try some things to bring it down.

Active cooling pad/base with fans built in
Cleaning out the CPU fan and exhaust vents.  This
requires taking off the bottom cover.
Using iStats or another program to run the fan at a higher speed.


OmniFocus adds note when capturing reminder

From Omnifocus Support

  In addition, as of OmniFocus 2.7 (our update for iOS 9) the app now leaves captured reminders in Reminders on a special list. This way, any reminders with extra information unavailable to OmniFocus are still accessible.

  A reminder captured under this scheme will have a special blurb of text appended to its note:
  "Original task available in the 'Captured by OmniFocus' list in Reminders."

From the OmniFocus forums

  Is there any way to turn off or rename "Captured by OmniFocus" to avoid this confusion?

  If you'd rather not deal with the Captured by OmniFocus list at all, and you're sure you won't use the deep links functionality in reminders to be captured, you can revert to the old behavior of deleting captured reminders with a preference URL:

  omnifocus:///change-preference?RemindersCaptureDeletesReminders=1

  Any reminders captured after opening this URL will be deleted out of Reminders entirely, instead of being moved to Captured by OmniFocus. Once you change that setting, you can delete the Captured by OmniFocus list. (If you ever want to use the new way again, reopen the above URL, replacing the 1 with a 0; OmniFocus will recreate the Captured list as necessary.)


How to get push notifications for a user tweets on Twitter for iPhone on iOS 7

The settings you're looking for were moved by Twitter to their site.

Next to that, if you open the Twitter.app on iOS 7 you can:

Click on the settings-wheel when viewing your own page.
Click on "settings"
Click your account name
Here you can manage the settings to get push notifications about each item (or not)


There could be several things here that are creating the lag time, but there is never a need to reinstall everything.

Plan A: I actually do these things on the first Monday of every month

Purge Caches: Macintosh HD/Library/Caches/ and Macintosh HD/Users/UserName/Library/Caches/. You lose some of your application preferences, but things are all but guarenteed to be snappy.

Repair Permissions with the Disk Utility: You can either view permissions or fix permissions. Just go straight for fixing permissions and get a cup of tea and read a magazine while you wait.

Reboot on a regular basis: I don't care what anybody says about uptime; the occasional reboot does wonders. My Macs are real workhorses, and I reboot Monday mornings when I get in. I rarely, if ever these days, have problems.

Plan B: The Not So Obvious

Let Spotlight index when it finds new stuff: Spotlight makes for good searches, but it's indexing processes are a real hassle. If things slow down, I first look for the little dot in the magnifying glass in the menu bar icon. If that's going, I go get a cup of coffee or find something else to do.

Look for background services you may have forgotten: Also, look for any background processes that may be dragging things down. Look at your login items in the System Preferences, because maybe you have some kind of a server daemon that loads in the background you forgot about. Or maybe you have your iTunes library shared and enough people are on listening to content to slow things down (this was also a problem at my company).

Check free hard drive space: I have also noticed in the past that things can slow down if I don't have enough hard drive space. Things really get wonky on my Macs when I have less than 10% free space, so I start cleaning things off when I am at the 20% free space threshold.

Plan C: System Level

Look for multiple, related processes: Check Activity Monitor for anything that might be hogging CPU time. Don't just look for a single process that has a high number, but also look multiple processes that might be related. I recently had a problem with McAfee AntiVirus (my company's IT department foisted it onto us) trying to almost continuously scan my iDisk. No process got above 2%, but there were over a half dozen of them. Once I disconnected my iDisk, McAfee was no longer a problem.

Let overnight processes run: Most days I leave my Macs on all day and all night because there a number of system processes that run at around 2:00a, Sunday mornings being especially important (that's when the weekly and monthly processes run). Do a quick reboot and all should be well.

Plan Z

Apple Certified Technicians are your friends: Third-party system maintenance software is not. I've been working with Macs for years and the one immutable fact that I have learned is that applications designed to help maintain the system are more trouble than they are worth. When all else fails, take it in because there may be a hardware problem at this point.


Solved by looking at the log.

I removed

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/NPLoaderOSX.plugin/Contents/MacOS/NPLoaderOSX


Use Apple monitor as second monitor for windows pc

You have to add thunderbolt to the PC for this to work. Sorry there’s not a better fix.

HDMI to Thunderbolt Display?


How can I use my existing Time Machine drive on the network?

You'll need to convert your current local-style Time Machine into a sparsebundle before it will be usable in TM over the network. You'll need some temporary storage somewhere to create your converted backup into during this conversion.

I don't know the exact conversion procedure but here are some Google'd links:
http://www.tidbits.com/Talk/1960
http://jason-townsend.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-transfer-local-time-machine.html

Something along the lines of hdiutil convert -format UDSB


They do different things.

Recovery USB allows you to boot your Mac and run recovery software and "investigate" Tue condition of the software, hardware, etc. To use that to reinstall OSX requires an active internet connection (Ethernet I think) to download an image to install again.

Install USB does a'll that, and can perform a full reinstall with no internet connection.


If you go into the screen that lets you re-download the OS and also gives you the ability to see disk utility command + r during bootup.

Run disk utility and select the Mac Harddriive [not the OS partition] and run the Repair Disk Permissions feature and then restart the computer and you should have a permanent solution to the black/gray screen.

RECAP [make sure computer is off]:

Turn on Mac
Hold command + R as system boots up
When in recovery mode select a Computer Harddriive [not the OS partition]
Run Repair Disk Permissions
Reboot


Weird character after pressing Esc in xcode

A quick google shows this

Take a look at your key binding setting and make sure that ESC is not binded


From your symptoms and the lack of any other any evidence within your
log files,
the origin of your problem is a keyboard mode switch.
This keyboard mode switch will only make your password wrongly typed through the login window and not through an ssh access.
This remapping of your keyboard might have been caused by command ⌘+space (select previous input source) or command ⌘+alt ⌥+space (select next input source).
The 1st one of these 2 key combinations may be easily entered by typing the spacebar on one of its left or right borders, thus pressing the command ⌘ at the same time.
This shortcut is defined in:

System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources

This keyboard remapping might also have been done by any other keyboard shortcut defined by Xcode or another application.

To avoid to be trapped by such an invisible keyboard remapping or misbehaviour, here are 2 personnal trick.

Within System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options,
for Display login windows as:
select Name and password.
Hence you will have a possibility to diagnose any wrong mapping or any other misbehaviour of your keyboard within the field Name:. You might try your password there and have a total feedback.
Within System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options,
activate the function Show Input menu in login window. This 2nd trick won't help you diagnose a dead key.


Can I use TouchID for a password in my browser?

You can save your usernames/passwords in Safari and have them be filled in automatically when accessing the site. On Mojave, this filling-in can be controlled with Touch ID via the Touch ID System Settings.


If you are running Mac OS X and find that some of your video files have metadata included, then it will have been set in Apple's iTunes. In iTunes you can add, edit or remove all metadata from video files. This is only applicable to certain video types, however, as they must be iTunes recognized filetypes. The file types supported by iTunes are the same as those supported by QuickTime, and so if you have QuickTime plugins installed, you will be able to utilize those as well.

Open iTunes on your Mac.

Click "Movies" or "TV Episodes" on the left.

Select the video you want to edit, right-click it and click "Get Info."

Click "Video." Highlight each field of data and press "Delete." Click "Info" and edit.

Or use free tool MetaZ ( http://griff.github.io/metaz/ )


The two keyboard shortcuts for sleep:
Display sleep: Shift+Control+Eject
Computer sleep: Command+Option+Eject

Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343

To change the default sleep mode to hibernate (in the terminal):

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25

I don't think there's any way to preserve the normal sleep behaviour and have a separate keyboard shortcut for hibernation without writing a script that changes to hibernate mode when called and changes it back after, somehow, but this command does work on my MBP. There's a number of options for sleep that you can see with:

man pmset


The default hibernatemode on Apple laptops is 3 which does the following:

hibernatemode = 3 (binary 0011) by default on supported portables. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will power memory during sleep. The system will wake from memory, unless a power loss forces it to restore from disk image.

So, to have instant wake from sleep change the hibernatemode to 0 which does the following:

hibernatemode = 0 (binary 0000) by default on supported desktops. The system will not back memory up to persistent storage. The system must wake from the contents of memory; the system will lose context on power loss. This is, historically, plain old sleep.

To see what your current hibernatemode is set to, run the following command:

pmset -g | grep hibernatemode

To change the hibernatemode for instant wake from sleep, run the following command:

pmset hibernatemode 0


MAMP still can't access Apache after creating local virtual hosts

I want to first apologize for returning so late. The craziness life throws at you all at once is unbelievable at times.

Nonetheless, I had obtained a copy of a httpd.conf file that I thought was for v2.2, but it was for v2.4.  That had messed me up even more.  Once I received the correct copy, I replaced the original and duplicated it for backup and put everything back to the way it was. Now my php, mysql, and site folders are working perfectly together. I still cannot get to the MySQL database page and apparently the reason why is because I downloaded Bootstrap (which I don't think that altered anything because I haven't used it yet) and Atom text editor and live server. Now that took over everything! I haven't utilized it yet. I have been using TextWrangler, because I have been time crunching on a project. I'll figure out Atom later.

So, in a nutshell, I believe Atom has taken over the MySQL access page. But everything else is working fine. Also, I will have to practice a bit more on setting up virtual hosts, because that is when everything went wrong and how I got to Atom.


How to play all songs by genre in iOS 8.4 Music?

Found the answer! This feature is invisible and you have to know it's there.

  To shuffle songs within a genre in your library, do the following:

  Tap the "My Music" tab.
  Tap the selection in the divider at the top between "Recently Added" and the music list.  A drop down will appear where you can
  select a means to sort.  Select "Genre".  You can use this same method
  to shuffle within other sorting schemes (artists, albums, etc.)
  Scroll to your desired Genre.  Tap the IMAGE (or gray square) to the left of the Genre name, not the name itself.  A song within that
  genre should start to play.
  When you tap the currently playing song name at the bottom, the currently playing song will expand up.  Make sure the Shuffle icon is
  lit at the bottom.
  THAT'S IT!  Enjoy!    If you have the "repeat" icon de-selected, playback will stop once all the songs in the selected genre have been
  played.

Source (apple forum): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7106074?tstart=0


Move windows between displays without dragging

If you want a trick, you could briefly unplug the HDMI cable from the iMac. That should signal Mac OS that there is only one display and it will move all windows to the only remaining display.


Alternatives to, or benefits of, AppleCare for a MacBook Pro?

In general, extended warranty plans are a healthy-sized profit center for the company offering them.  This implies that unless a product turns out to be less reliable than predicted, on average (mean average) customers will be better off paying for their own repairs without the warranty.  However, if one can't afford to self-insure for abnormal or even normal deviations from the average, something like AppleCare will lessen the downside financial risks.

Thus, I suggest (and buy) AppleCare only if an Apple product seems to be getting numbers of reports of below average reliability (e.g. the Duo 2xx and PowerBook 5x00 product lines).  For other Apple products, maybe put the money in a savings account instead, and there is a good likelyhood that you'll end up ahead after a decade or two of Apple products.


Install Boot Camp gone bad -- installed windows on a wrong drive

As already stated by Mike, when you use Disk Utility from the install DVD, the "erase" and "delete" partition options should not going to be grayed out.

Look at the following image. Notice the important information, you have to select your DRIVE and not the partition. Then you have to select "Partition" in the tabs and finally click the little "minus" sign (which is Grayed out in the image).

Now when you boot with your Install DVD, you can open Disk Utility from the Menu during the initial stage of the install, when you're still being "welcomed" to OS X's install.

Try it from there and DiskUtility will launch (it will take a few seconds, since the DVD drive is not as fast as a Hard Drive) and try to remove the partition from there. Remember to "Apply" the changes.


Since El Capitan this is the behavior of Workgroupmanager for local accounts if you enable to manage internal harddrives to be only readable for some users. It doesn't matter which user logs in. If there is only one user managed, the EFI partition will show up on start for all useres. Disabling this in Workgroupmanager again hides the EFI partition, too.
Since Workgroupmanager was lastly updated on Mavericks it is still possible to manage e.g. USB shares to be only readable without having to install a OSX Server, as there is no on board solution for managing user accounts more differentiated than with System preferences.


How can I disable visual effects in Lion?

The place to go to disable animation is in the Secrets preference pane. You can disable a lot of the animations. Has a few Lion preferences and is updated in realtime from the community.


There are two options. The important part is to determine if you need to get a new @icloud or @me or @mac portion of the email. You can’t change that yourself.
You can change the AppleID (log in text) and everything else like name and address, just not the initial email Apple issued to your iCloud account. That portion isn’t editable any manner I’ve ever seen, and if you use a third party mail with your AppleID you can change that to a new value and leave the old email behind forever.
Assuming you can’t edit the fields you want, two options remain:

Make a new AppleID and have the other hang around for past purchases - you have to keep control of it, but not use it for primary. Make it part of the “family” if you want purchases to flow to the new account.
Make a new AppleID and just delete / leave it unused. Clean start.

I would call Apple Support or chat if any of this is unclear or confusing. Show them the exact parts you want to change before you do anything. They can advise you best since they manage the service and you don’t have to share personal details here publicly.


Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notifications. What works?

From this Apple-recommended answer on this discussion:

  When that message appears, it should not be ignored. The only way to stop it from appearing is to increase available storage space so that your Mac can continue to work normally.

Cache can take up a lot of space.

To remove cache folders:

  Open a Finder window and select Go in  the menu bar.

  Click on “Go to Folder…”

  Type in ~/Library/Caches

  Delete the files/folders that are taking up  the most space.

  Now click on “Go to Folder…”

  Type in /Library/Caches (simply lose  the ~ symbol)

  And, again, delete the folders that take up the most space.

When the message appears you can also click manage and see what options optimise storage offers. This moved unused files to iCloud.

Alternatively, you can check your Mac for unused files or download a file cleaning application.

To find out what is taking up your space go to manage storage.


Can I share my iMac's internet connection via ethernet

You sure can! Open System Preferences, then go to Sharing and select Internet Sharing. Change "Share your connection from:" to Wi-Fi, and then in the box below it select Ethernet.


Is AFP of any value to non-ancient devices?

I personally use SFTP on my home network rather than SMB or NFS, as that allows you to access POSIX file permissions, whereas the others do not. This is a feature offered by AFP, too.

macOS requires POSIX file permissions on users' home directories, so if you plan on having those accessed via the network, SMB is not an option.

Having said that, Apple appears to be phasing out AFP, with no support for APFS volumes (at least not yet). I'd personally stick to just using SMB unless your needs dictate otherwise, in which case, SFTP may be a better choice than AFP simply for its cross-platform support and not being proprietary (though Netatalk provides an AFP solution for Linux).


How to add e.g. Chrome permanently to Guest account's dock?

The easiest way would be the following:

Download, install and update the free Server Admin Tools from Apple.
If you´re currently logged into the Guest User Account, log out. Open /Applications/Server/Workgroup Manager and connect to Address: localhost with the username and password of your admin user
Ignore the warning message about working on a local configuration, then go into the menu "View" and select "Show System Records".
On the left hand side, select the Guest-User and in the window titlebar click on "Preferences"
Click Dock on the right side. Select "Manage Always" at the top of the window and then add and remove the Dock items you want in your customized Dock. Uncheck the checkbox  "Merge With User's Dock" at the bottom of the window. Click on "Apply Now" and log in as the Guest User to see it in effect.


To list all users and accounts, type the following in the Terminal.app:

dscl . list /Users

To list only the users, try the following:

dscl . list /Users | grep -v '_'


Can you supply a screenshot? Greyed-out files in file dialogs usually mean that those items can't be selected. For an Open dialog, greyed files are ones than can't be opened by the app.

For a Save dialog, it's normal for existing files to be greyed out, because you're not going to select them, you're creating a new file. (However, you can actually select them to inherit their filename.)

There should be no difference in Light Mode between Mojave and previous versions of MacOS.

There are settings in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display that increase the contrast and Reduce Transparency, which you may have previously used.


Little Snitch uninstalled properly but Little Snitch Helper still here

Little Snitch Helper is installed in /Library/Little Snitch/Little Snitch Helper.app. But I assume that it properly deinstalled, the only thing remaining is the entry you are looking at which was required to give the application access to location data.

I just tried with some other "old" entries, you should be able to remove it by just unticking the entry (if it already is unticked, tick it first and then untick it again).


This item is temporarily unavailable. Try again later

If your "try again later" is minutes or even a few hours, you might just have to wait for the web service to complete the transaction scheduled for that app.

You could use the developer's contact information / support site to see if they are in the middle of a release - the developer knows when the product is released for sale and/or a price change which can cause this error temporarily.

Lastly, you can contact Apple Store support to have them investigate whether it's a problem on their end with the app in question or whether it's a problem with your AppleID / store account. If so, they can tell you if it's on Apple's end to fix or if you have to fix it.

Basically, several things could be broken and you'll need to work through them one by one to reach a solution.


Is it possible to get the API details and protocol details from an MFI certified Accessory Manufacturer?

The Apple MFI NDA requires that accessory developers not divulge any information about the device protocols, security chip, interface, etc.

However, device manufacturers are allowed to create libraries and SDKs that others can use to release apps that use their device.

One example is Redpark, for instance I have a few of their serial cables:

http://www.redpark.com/c2db9.html

You have access to as much of the device as they permit through their SDK, and you can release apps using that SDK that works with their device.  You can search the app store for "redpark" and find many apps that use their various iOS cables.

So yes, it is possible - nothing in the Apple NDA prevents them from disclosing and providing their API to others.  They simply cannot disclose Apple's protocol/API/interface to others.

Do note that Apple requires a company to submit device samples and use cases for MFI approval, and it appears they don't allow many developers to develop devices for which they plan to release SDKs.  There have been efforts to create universal infrared remote accessories for instance that haven't been opened even though the developers originally intended to provide an SDK. One I discussed this with indicated that Apple wouldn't approve their device unless it was tied to one, and only one app - theirs.  I understand in cases such as redpark the developers made the cables for specific customers and specific apps first, then started making generic cables for generic apps after initial approval.

So there still may be some reluctance on the part of Apple to allow developers to design open API devices.

While your question is about MFi accesories, a number of third party accessories have come out which are not MFi.  Many use Wifi or the audio jack to communicate with their iOS apps, such as http://www.60beat.com/ .  Several credit card readers plug into the audio jack.  Not all of them give their SDK/API freely, but you can always ask.


Why does my iPad require me to tap 'OK' for a 6 digit PIN, but my iPhone does not?

On your iPhone, you have a 6 digit code, replacing the prior 4 digit code.

On your iPad, you have an alphanumeric password, which just happens to consist of just 6 digits. Alphanumeric passwords on iOS are just like other passwords in that you have to confirm when you have finished typing.


Download iOS app IPA file from App Store

Can I download the app IPA file from the iOS App Store or my developer account? If yes, how?

No.

  How can I decompile the IPA if I manage to download it?

No, you can't decompile an iOS app IPA to obtain the source code.


The activation process itself uses less than a Megabyte of data.

More data may be necessary once you sign in to an iCloud account with a lot of stored photos.