I'm not sure if there is a hard limit in Mail for the number of recipients in any of the particular fields. The larger obstacle may be your mail service blocking the message because of the number of recipients: their spam filters tend to flag messages as spam when the number of recipients goes over a certain number.

What you can try - and I have had this work - is to use an Address Group. Put the contacts you are sending to in a Group in your Address Book, then enter then name of the Group in the To: field. It masquerades the email addresses to the recipients and may get it past the spam filters.


Why are “Messages in iCloud” still taking up storage on my Mac if they’re supposed to be in the Cloud?

iCloud Messages is a synchronization tool, not a storage tool.  On either platform, it will download messages to the local device, and eject them again, when necessary.


You can use a feature called optimise storage to store old and unused files on iCloud.

Click the Apple Logo in the top-left
Select About This Mac
Click on Storage in the System Information window
Click details

Then turn on Store in iCloud.

This uploads unused files to iCloud and deletes them from your Mac.

Alternatively, if you have a specific file you want to store on iCloud, go to iCloud.com and upload the file/check if it is there then delete it off your Mac.


Dual 4k monitor setup at 60hz with 2015(?) 15" MacBook Pro

You should be able to run two 4K monitors at 60hz. However, you'll probably be stuck at 30hz if you are using HDMi. If it is in fact a 2015 MBP, there should be a few thunderbolt 2 ports. I'd suggest using a mini display port -> display port cable that supports Display Port 1.2 and thunderbolt 2. Something like this should do the job. Also, since I don't know the exact model you have, I'd hold off on buying the second monitor until you know what your MBP is fully capable of.


Do apps running on iOS 10 take up more storage space than on iOS 12?

Okay, so there might be a couple of reasons for this:

If your iPhone is below iOS 10.3, this difference may stem from the different file system format (Apple moved to APFS starting in iOS 10.3). This optimizes your app code size since APFS optimizes storage out of the box. See Here, Apple's Filesystem Documentation
Otherwise, it might simply because of the difference in handing the iPad and iPhone cases by the developer. There might be a multitude of reasons ranging from internal app data caching, internal testing to A/B testing of features.


As you can see from one of iFixit's repair guides, in portrait orientation with the home button at the bottom, the logic board is on the left side of the iPad, with the battery on the right.


Why would my iPhone 6 be stuck in a dead battery boot loop?

In such cases I, myself, do a boot into DFU mode which actually uses way less energy mainly because the display stays off.
Then I wait for about a half an hour and then I reboot the iDevice in order to have it properly booted.

P.S. Follow this procedure in order to enter an iDevice into DFU mode:

Make sure your iDevice is plugged into a power source via it's USB cable;
Hold down both Home and Power buttons on the iDevice for about 10 seconds until the screen goes off;
Keep holding the Home button and release the Power button;
Open  iTunes to check if the iDevice is connected. A message saying that an iDevice in a Recovery mode is connected should show up.


Macbook Pro Really slow after time machine recovery

It may be a bad drive. Having this exact same problem, system extremely slow after Time Machine restore, all vitals check out fine, but I'm using a late 2015 iMac. Seems to be a pretty specific problem. It's important to note this is an APFS volume, as this seems to be somewhat common. I upgraded to Mojave about 3 months ago.

Opened console, and saw invalid btree errors constantly happening as files were trying to be accessed, I'm assuming that's the cause of the slowness. Disk Utility found errors but couldn't repair, booting in single user mode using fsck couldn't repair.

Decided to wipe the volume, and re-install the OS. 2 minutes before finishing the first step of the install, an error appeared saying there was a problem with the install, and to "try again." This was enough evidence to tell me this physical disk is bad.

One more thing to note about this, my Time Machine drive (external 3TB WD drive) went bad at the same time, cannot be repaired, doesn't show up when doing a recovery from a backup. Not sure what to make of that, as that's obviously too coincidental.


A shortcut for Merge all Windows on macOS Sierra

Open  → System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts.
Click the + to add a new shortcut.
Choose All Applications from the Application dropdown.
As the Menu Title, enter Merge All Windows (*see note at the bottom).
Input a key combination of your choice as the Keyboard Shortcut. I use Ctrl ^W.

Now all applications with a menu item called Merge All Windows will respond to that key combination, and collapse all your windows into one.

Starting with Sierra, it is also possible to open documents in new tabs rather than in new windows. This is enabled by going into  → System Preferences → Dock and setting Prefer tabs when opening documents to Always.

If you would like new Terminal sessions to open as new tabs as well, you can achieve this by placing a file named .bashrc in ~ (your Home folder), with the following line in it:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to click menu item "Merge All Windows" of menu "Window" of menu bar 1 of process "Terminal"' >/dev/null 2>&1

Note: Merge All Windows may differ based on your operating system's language. If you are not using the English (US) locale, open Finder, and click the Window menu to determine the name of that command in your locale.


So I just ended up installing the latest Beta version of Safari. I really just need the browser to test web development anyway. Not an ideal solution but whatever works.


dpkg.pm @INC dpkg-scanpackages / > Packages

This will help you out, I had the same issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TOaHp-Gio


How to Save all photos together from e-mail when using Inbox app?

Don't know about Inbox, but in Mail app there's a button within the share options that allows you to do just what you want.


Watching personal 4K videos on Apple TV 4K

Apple limits the resolution of airplay.
You need to install a player and transfer the video to the player documents folder.
Use itunes or imazing, wired  or wireless transmission.Then you can open the video in the player.

Another method is to install a player that supports network sharing, turn on file sharing(SMB NFS DLNA) on the device where the video is located(PC MAC NAS). Mount the network sharing folder, you can stream it at 4K.


Open iTunes when iPhone is connected on a Mac

Go to System Preferences → Accounts, and view your Login Items. One of them should be
iTunesHelper.

If iTunesHelper is missing from Login Items, here's how to add it:

iTunesHelper is located inside the iTunes.app bundle, at

/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper.app/

Navigate into the iTunes.app package; in Finder, Right-click iTunes.app and select Show Packaged Content to get inside it. (Or use Terminal to navigate and then open Finder with open .)
Locate iTunesHelper.app, and drag it to the Login Items pane.
Logout or even restart may be required for changes to take effect.

Whew, that was weird. I'm glad I got it added back too. :-)

(Alternatively you could reinstall iTunes, but the above is much quicker and easier.)

These forum threads were helpful:

How to prevent iTunes from opening when iPhone connected
iTunesHelper is gone in login items...


How to disable com.apple.quarantine on Catalina

As a workaround, I'd create a Automator Folder Action, attached to the Downloads folder, with a Run AppleScript action, setting Shell: /bin/bash and  Pass input: as arguments, using the example bash code below,  until a more permanent answer comes about.

for f in "$@"
do
    [ ! -d "${f}.download" ] || continue
    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$f"
done

Note: The example bash code contains limited error handling. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted.


The 100/24 Mbps are actually good numbers.

The question is are those actually arriving at your computer.

One suggestion I would make is for you to switch to 5GHz router/Network.

That should eliminate lots of neighborhood interference.

5GHz also has much higher data transfer rate between your router and your computer.

On Mac the Transfer Rate is shown in the WiFi profile and it is the one key measure how fast is your connection to the router.

My Transmit Rates are 70 on a 2.4 GHz network and 250 on my 5 GHz network.

PS, try turning off the dual frequency on your Router.


How to configure Apache for XAMPP on Mac OS X Lion to use mod_rewrite?

I haven't tested this exact string but in your htaccess file you can try:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*&)category=([^&]+)(&.*)?$ [NC]

 RewriteRule ^category\.php$ /%2? [R=301,L]

How familiar are you with regular expressions?  That's probably the biggest hurdle to get over with mod_rewrite.

This particular version is intended to work for multiple parameters (optionally) and category can be first or not first.   The other parameters if present are just discarded -- they still sent to your php code, just don't appear in URL.


Finder in Sierra: How to get "Up" to "Macintosh HD" or "Volumes"

I don't know why, but toggling AppleShowAllFiles on and then off again fixed this.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
killall Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
killall Finder


One possibility to re-arrange accounts and folders in the sidebar of Thunderbird is provided by a Thunderbird extension: Manually sort folders 1.1

Screenshot (sorry for the German interface here, it also has an English interface):


Try this way of syncing. You can also manually update songs if you don't want to lose songs.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/6403/iphone-transfer-voice-memos-from-iphone-to-computer/

Another option would be to email them to yourself.


How can I unpack .7z files via MacOS terminal?

You can install p7zip with Homebrew. So

% brew install p7zip
% 7za x myfiles.7z

Installing Homebrew as @EraserPencil suggested makes sense as the OP might need more programs in the future, which would be at his fingertips then. You can install Homebrew with

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

It should be noted there is 7z e as well but as commented by @Qback, this does almost never do what you want if you have subdirectories in the archive.


How to allow someone to turn off my device

Easier, but sacrifices security

Create an admin account for him on the system.

Have him type

sudo -u his_short_user_name shutdown -h now

He then answers a password challenge with his password, and the system does a "somewhat hard" shutdown.  This means apps will not be asked about saving application data, so your half finished Illustrator drawing is gone.

Better security

At Terminal, you write a bit of perl to wait for his shutdown request.  You launch it after every reboot with sudo perl program_name.  When you do, it'll challenge you for your password, and then run as superuser.  When it comes time to shutdown, it's already authenticated so it just does it.

  my $signal_file = "/Users/(you)/Public/Drop Box/shutdown";
  unlink ($signal_file);

  while (1) {
    sleep(10);
    next if not -f $signal_file;
    system ”shutdown -h now";
  }

And your guest needs to simply touch '/Users/(you)/Public/Drop Box/shutdown' to trigger a shutdown.  He doesn't need any special rights to do this.  For instance you could publish your Public directory as a network share point, a perfectly reasonable thing to do from a security POV.

If you want to temporarily prevent a user from doing this, either kill the process (ctrl-C) or create a directory there called shutdown.   Note that perl is testing for -f (presence of file).


Does a Diagnostics & Usage entry imply an app was installed?

The entries you're seeing in Diagnostics and Usage are crash logs for applications on your device.

If a crash log exists for an app, then yes it means it was installed on your device at the time of the crash.


Is there any way to access the console logs on an iOS 8 device without installing Xcode?

Yes. Apple Configurator 2 has a command line tool that can tail and/or dump the console logs and do some other nice operations like pair, enumerate connected devices, etc...

cfgutil syslog

That's the official Apple way and it's much smaller a download than Xcode. Both are free but cfgutil is much more powerful and can do things like remove apps, erase, pair, and even run scripts when you attach and detach iOS devices to your Mac.

To make cfgutil available at the command line, open Configurator 2, and choose Configurator 2 -> Install Automation Tools ... from the menu.

You could also look at homebrew and install libimobiledevice - that is open source and free as well and seems to be kept updated fairly well over time.

brew install libimobiledevice


How would I force Mac App Store to save my password indefinitely, rather than for 15 minutes?

This is by design. It is meant to ensure that you indeed are verifying the purchase, especially since it involves money.

If you find entering password painful, consider setting up Touch ID (only applicable on MacBooks equipped with Touch ID) to authorize App Store purchases.

To configure, go to System Preferences → Touch ID and enable for iTunes & App Store. Also, go through this Apple Support document:

Use Touch ID on your Mac

In case your Mac doesn't have Touch ID hardware, consider using a password manager. A password manager lets you create, save and manage strong passwords for app and websites, and enter it for you automatically. This way you get both convenience without compromising on security.

There are many good third party password manager apps for Mac to securely store your password, so you can copy and paste it if for some reason you don't trust the keychain from Apple.

Search the Web for password manager for Mac.


The tag here is pretty authoritative to explain how unibody came about on the MacBook line where a united piece of aluminum was machined to house all the internal parts. This differs from the previous construction where discrete parts were assembled / welded / screwed and placed together.

This process is also used on non portable computers, but the difference in stiffness and reduction of size was most dramatic on the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines which then enabled the entire iPhone / iPad / Watch lines to evolve and refine what the unibody manufacturing changed on portables.

Apple doesn’t flat out define the term in the February 2019 Apple Style Guide, but the transition was when the original black keyboards arrived on the scene for the intel line MacBook Pro (initially) and later to the Air and MacBook lines. Currently all MacBook are considered unibody.


I would use the shell in such a case.
Open Terminal and enter cd path/to/Audiobooks/Books, then run
find . -type f -name '* - *' -maxdepth 1 \
    -exec bash -c 'mkdir -p "${1%% - *}"; mv "$1" "${1%% - *}/${1#* - }"' _ {} \;

PS: This assumes that you want to move all files in that folder and that Author and Title are always separated by - .

This uses find to find all matching (-name '* - *') files (-type f) in the current directory (-maxdepth 1) and then executes the bash ... \; part on each of them. The executed part is basically a bash script which gets the filename in $1 and then uses text substitution to extract author and title (${1%% - *} cuts off the part starting with -, ${1#* - } cuts of the part ending with it).


Mac mini won't start in any mode. Looks to be some kind of disk failure

Right after the root# prompt, enter the following:

/sbin/fsck -fy

Press the Return key.

Background: You can repair a drive by using the fsck command. Fsck stands for File System Check (the name is sometimes referred to as File System Consistency ChecK); it can be used with various optional parameters.

It will take a few minutes.

In the end, if your drive was OK, the screen will say “The volume (name of your hard drive) appears to be OK”. If any repair was made, you’ll see the prompt, “FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED”. Then, you’ll see the root# prompt again.

Right after the root# prompt, enter the following:

reboot

Press the Return key. Your Mac should restart normally. Let me know how it goes.


Check Network requests happening from iPad without any proxy setting changes

It is not possible to do so directly on the iPad without using a proxying or VPN app such as Charles.

Instead you'll need to use tools on the network itself to inspect and check the network request from your app. You can use standard tools such as a PC/Mac with Wireshark connected to the same ethernet segment to inspect the packages. Note that most apps today use encrypted communication. As it is your own app, you might have the option to disable encryption or you have the encryption keys from the server, so that you can decrypt traffic within Wireshark.


The program Ukelele can be used to create custom keyboard layouts, including remapping control keys. It's not he simplest program to use, but it does give you more flexibility that what you have tried.


message: drag dmg file to applications folder keeps repeating

Double-click the dmg file. A new window should open or it is already open. Access it with the Finder (either by the sidebar or the desktop) if it is already open but somehow hidden:

Now use the mouse pointer and drag the item named StellarPhoenixMacDataRecovery to the Applications folder link like indicated by the big grey arrow/the explanation above.

Open the file StellarPhoenixMacDataRecovery in your Applications folder. If you have been successful starting the application, unmount the image and delete the dmg file.


Seemingly Irreversible Custom Keyboard Shortcut

A similar question entitled "Fn key shows the desktop on my Mac" was posted in July 2012 on Superuser, and maybe of help.

https://superuser.com/questions/455603/fn-key-shows-the-desktop-on-my-mac

(If my answer is more appropriate as a comment, please convert it to one)


Does anyone know how to sync/open an already shared calendar on outlook for Mac onto my iCal?

Open Apple Calendar. Select Calendar > Preferences.
Go to Accounts, and click the + icon on the bottom left.
Select Exchange, and enter your credentials.
That's it! Calendar will take care of the rest!


How to prevent MacOs from switching keyboard input method

I really wanted to make this a comment, but what happens if you remove the ABC layout from the options there? (click on "ABC" and then click on the minus button)


Use the OSX Lion Lock feature on a Macbook Air

You're not the first person to have this problem. The best workaround so far seems to involve Automator.
See:
Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys?


Why my Battery status color in the menubar is Red while it is charged more than 20%?

This malfunction is most likely the case due to the fact that the battery is no longer functioning properly, it can no longer hold a full charge nor charge properly. This means that its possible shows in red because it is at half of whatever the reduced battery life is (that could be anywhere from 50%, or even 70% cut down from the original battery life).

I highly recommend you go to an Apple tech support employee at one of Apple's stores. You will have to wait a bit for help, but I have a strong feeling that they will tell you the computer needs a new battery.


PDF form is missing information entered on a Windows PC

Adobe recommends:

  Mac users: don't use Preview

  For Macintosh system users: DO NOT use the Preview program to fill in
  the PDF form. Adobe Reader is the only program that will allow you to
  work with the form properly, and allow us to read the results once
  back on a Windows machine.

The fillable PDF forms are created with Adobe app. If opened with Preview it will completely mess-up that capability, so newer open it with Preview. Happy filling.


Outlook quick-steps functionality on Mac

Not in Outlook, the 2011 outlook is a lousy rewrite of Entourage and 2015 Outlook X is just a new UI looking like 2013.

If you want similar functionality you need to use Apple Mail and plug-ins like MailHub. Please know that Mailhub is a for pay plug-in, but you can test drive it. Personally I have completely given up on Microsoft at this point in time as there are so many missing functions in their Outlook, from accepting a proposed time change in calendar, no ability for Quick-Step, even worse no rule (they track the reply and link it, so you might figure I can pick that up and write rule that moves e-mails after reply as an example) NO not Microsoft.

As I said Mailhub and a couple of plug-ins make life better.


How long should my MacBook Pro battery last?

It's likely that you are running something in the background (such as Skype) which is triggering your dedicated graphics card, despite it not actually doing anything graphically intensive. This is a known issue in Apple's graphics card switching technology.

Download and run gfxCardStatus and see if I'm right. If so, close the problematic program or use gfxCardStatus to manually switch to the much lower-powered integrated chip. You should get longer battery life after that; I haven't directly measured it but I know I get at least 30 minutes to an hour of extra life.

And of course it also depends on what you're doing with your computer, what background programs are running, the brightness of your screen, etc.


Is anyone successful with Apple TV in enterprise network?

We have a similar setup at our school, approx. 1300 students and an Apple TV in every room, most of which are connected to Dell projectors and Promethean interactive whiteboards. Like your setup, our ATVs connect via Ethernet.

And yes, we've had our fair share of teething troubles since adopting Apple equipment in 2012, particularly with dropped connections. Apart from poor IT practise and usage from staff we've had a few network issues that, once identified, have made things much more reliable.

Before last summer all our access points were set to dual-band operation, allowing the Macs to select network settings automatically. This worked reasonably well until a Cisco firmware update in the summer when things went downhill. Airport diagnostics indicated the 2.4GHz band was pretty busy so we made the Mac VLAN 5GHz-only. Having all clients connecting on 5GHz has massively reduced the number of dropped connections and reliability overall has significantly improved. Incidentally this have the knock-on effect of killing AirPrint on our Epson Workforce printers so they've had to be wired in.

Our biggest problem though has come from teaching staff using MS PowerPoint. Prior to 2012 all our staff used Windows and Office for all their needs, and it was deemed necessary to ease the transition to the Apple environment by giving Staff access to Office Mac 2011. I'm no fan of Office but it's what the staff are used to. Our PowerPoint problems come from staff thinking they are saving time by loading up a day's worth of teaching material into PowerPoint, which then frequently crashes and takes AirPlay down with it. Occasionally we can sort AirPlay issues out by cycling the Wi-fi off and on again, but frequently it's more of a case of logging the teacher off and back in again, or restarting OS X in the worst cases. Teachers using Keynote are almost never affected.

A couple of other things...

Occasionally (and generally while using PowerPoint) a teacher will try to connect to the ATV in their room but it will randomly connect to a completely different ATV elsewhere in the building. We nailed that by passwording each ATV using the room number as the password.

We've also had issues recently with a number of ATVs refusing to wake up automatically when attempting to connect to them. This has come as a result of a software update which failed on those units. They would otherwise work ok but would have to be turned on manually. Restoring the units via Apple Configurator brought them back to full functionality. - Note, this can also be done via iTunes but iTunes doesn't cache the downloaded firmware and so does a fresh download for each unit to be restored. Restoring via Configurator is much quicker as it checks to see if it has already downloaded the firmware.

Hope this gives you some ideas...


Can I use Kingston RAM in a MacBook Pro?

I upgraded the memory in my Early 2011 MacBook Pro from 4 GB (2x2) to 8 Gb (2x4) using the Crucial site, and haven't had any problems at all.

For the record, I also did the same with a brand new iMac, swapping out both memory modules with 2x4 GB from Crucial.

It worked out to be about 1/3 of the price that Apple charges for the same memory.


Install windows (bootcamp) without CD or USB Flash Drive

This might seem like a long shot, but it was also the only option for me to install Windows into my Bootcamp partition a little while back.
It's also the only option for a Mac that used to have an optical drive but no longer does, since for some reason these devices are no longer able to boot from USB.

Use Disk Utility to create a FAT partition a little larger than your wanted Windows partition.
Install rEFIt.
Reboot twice for rEFIt to install properly. As soon as you see the rEFIt boot menu when starting, it's good. Here you choose the 'Partition Tool', with which you'll change the MBR (Master Boot Record). (On a side note: You can easily uninstall rEFIt by renaming the directory at the root of your harddrive)
Install VirtualBox, Parallels or VMware. I did this with VMware back at the time, but all of these should work as long as you're able to mount the virtual harddrive like any removable disk.
Use the virtualization software to install Windows into a virtual machine at the size of your wanted partition (not what you made it above, but a little smaller than that). You can of course install from an ISO here, making the state of your disc drive irrelevant. Kill the virtual machine as soon as it reboots the first time after finishing the installation, stopping Windows before being able to configure itself.
Use the virtualization software's features to mount the virtual harddrive.
Install a tool called WinClone.
If your virtual drive is mounted, WinClone should be able to see this in the tab 'Image'. Pull this into an image onto your harddrive.
Now choose the 'Restore' tab in WinClone and restore this image to your Bootcamp partition.
Now you can reboot and boot into your Bootcamp partition with rEFIt, which is no longer of any use from this point on, but you can keep it around as well. Windows should now continue configuring itself and finish the installation.

I stumbled across this solution here in the Apple Support Community and posted about it here a while ago on a German Apple User Forum, if that turns out to be of any use to anybody.


Why can't I open FaceTime on my 4g iPod?

Try rebooting your iPod Touch by holding down the power and home buttons until you see the Apple logo. (Keep holding them through the part where it says "slide to power off".)


I was thinking about using Automator for this, but it doesn't seem that easy...

I really want to help you tho so I am ready to make an application for you to do this! Tell me if you need it :)


Cannot see why this cannot be done.

Select grid :-

then choose:

And you should get something like this:

I you want to get rid of the grouping right click in the finder window

and show View Options

Set arrange to: By name

Set Sort by to : Date Modified

What you get is this:


How can a malicious video get into my FaceTime call?

In cases like these, my presumption is always that the majority of the risk comes when someone is able to connect to you and send malicious data (in this case in the form of video) to you.

So, for example in this case, I would assume that the danger comes from someone who attempts to connect “via FaceTime” (meaning the FaceTime port and/or protocol) but not with the official FaceTime app. Instead they would use some nefarious tool which will attempt to overflow some buffer or otherwise send data that the FaceTime app on your device will not be able to handle.

Personally, I never use FaceTime on my Mac or iPad, so I log out of the FaceTime app on the Mac and iPad, which limits the “attack vector” to my iPhone. I do not do this primarily for increased security (although it is a nice side benefit). I do it because I don’t want all of my devices to “ring” for a FaceTime call, only my iPhone.


how do i make iphone sync all contacts from Google Contacts into IPhone?

I don't know how to get the phone to sync with a different group than My Contacts, or to sync all the contacts, but as long as you aren't using My Contacts for filing now, then you can have every contact in two groups - "My Contacts" for syncing and your chosen group for filing and organization.

You can do this without destroying the rest of your sorting scheme by selecting all contacts in each group in Google Contacts, opening the Groups menu, clicking the checkbox next to My Contacts until it shows up as a solid check mark (not a slash), and then clicking "apply" in the same menu. By selecting the checkbox instead of the name and using Apply, you are telling the UI to add them to My Contacts without moving them; this is a standard bit of Google UI style.


Close mission control by repeating gesture

Apple officially responded this is no longer supported.


Documents show have 4GB but there is no file in it

The amount of data being shown is the total amount of storage the documents take up on your local disk. You are not seeing any files since it is only displaying large files, as seen by the tab bar below the "Documents" header where "Large Files" is selected. This means there are no large documents on your Mac, but there may be many small files that are taking up the 4.11 GB.

To see all the files that may be taking up storage on your Mac, click "File Browser" in the tab bar under the "Documents" header. This will show all the files in the root directory of your Mac, so you can clear them out. However, I would not recommend removing files from the "Library" folder unless you know what you are doing. This folder can contain system files that are essential to running certain apps.


How do I change the login screen background in Lion?

The easiest solution is to use "Deeper". You can download the beta version which works with Lion 10.7.4 (assuming your using Lion of course).

You can download it here. (Initiates download)

Authors website:

  Deeper is a personalization utility for Mac OS X which allows you to
  enable and disable the hidden functions of the Finder, Dock,
  QuickTime, Safari, iTunes, Login window, Spotlight, and many of
  Apple’s applications...

Example of option to modify login screen:

You can also revert your login screen back to it's default settings if you so choose.


How do I remove a username from the username drop down list on Chrome on Mac OS X?

Was actually having the same trouble and decided to try a combination of fn + shift + delete


Thunderbolt Port + External Display + Other Devices

Thunderbolt is different than other connectors in that there are two 10 Gbps signals multiplexed on one physical connector/cable assembly. The DisplayPort signal will go down the chain of devices uninterrupted so the full DP bandwidth will get to the monitor that will ultimately end up at the end of the device chain. Of course new display hardware could be released to add a hub / further Thunderbolt connections - but existing DP monitors should work as described.

All the rest of the devices will share in the PCIe bandwidth - sort of like how existing system boards have multiple PCI slots operating at full speed. Until vendors start shipping real devices with hubs and connectors - we are limited to speculation and browsing the engineering/marketing materials released by Intel and Apple.

From what I've read, the initial devices will be like FireWire devices - two Thunderbolt ports per device - one to the computer and one for the next device to connect down the chain. The bi-directional, hot-pluggable, dual-channel cables with substantial bus power means the best aspects of FireWire could be commonplace as a much more powerful standard for years to come.


Where to (legally) download Windows iso directly instead of using their .exe utility?

Gah.  After searching for an hour, I finally found the link just minutes after I posted this question.  Go figure.  You can get the Windows 10 .iso here after answering a few questions:  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO


Why is my external disk being backed up again by Time Machine?

I also use a 256gb external SD card in the MacBook Pro 15” to store music and videos unencrypted. I Have done so for the last 2 years With no issues, while backing up using time machine. @n1000 Interesting that my SD card was never included in the esclude list. So basically I never had to do anything other connect my external hard drive to backup everything on my Mac. I can add the SD to the esclude list manually.


How can I install all brew packages listed in a text file?

xargs brew install < brew.txt

No need to cat the file (see Useless Use of Cat Award) and xargs instead of a for loop to avoid IFS.


Where does OSX 10.6 store user specific location data

Your MacBook Pro does not have a GPS adapter. Geo location usually works on either looking up your IP address and nearby WiFi networks in an online database, while the latter usually gives better results. Location providers keep large databases of all WiFi networks and their location. For example, Google collects them while shooting photos for StreetView and also mobile phones collect them all the time. Looking up your location transfers a list of all networks in range to such a provider who guesses a location based on this list.

If you recently moved to another town, chances are high your own WiFi network moved with you but is still in these databases at the old location. Maybe there aren't more many more networks in range or they are unknown to the location provider. Thus, any geo location lookup returns your hometown as that is the only known spot where this WiFi network existed.

You could try to disable Airport and connect to the internet using a cable. This way the location provider only has your IP address as a fallback. At least this should give you a different result.


Select the folder in Finder and open Get Info (⌘I).
Click the padlock in the bottom-right corner of the Get Info window and authenticate.
Set up the permissions, then click the gear and select Apply to enclosed items….


The simple answer is that you have installed server users and databases on your Mac so you might want to restore from a backup if you have lots of other apps you don't want to reinstall over a clean OS Install.

The clean install is also viable - be sure to only restore your files and settings - not other users or applications from your backup since the Postgres database could be installed in many locations.

The most surgical option would be to find the specific uninstaller script for the specific version / flavor / edition of the software. Lightspeed POS has Lightspeed Retail / Lightspeed Restaurant / Lightspeed Onsite /Lightspeed eCom - each of which has a couple of variants, each of which has dozens of versions.

The vendor made a script to make all the changes to your system, so with a product like this, the chances they have a specific uninstaller for your specific situation is highly likely.


It sounds like somehow the database that stores all the icon positions got in a jam and needs to be flushed.

You will lose all organization (but no actual data) if you choose to reset the home screen layout. This allows the springboard process to re-establish one icon for each app installed.

Settings > General > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout

Check out this answer - its for another app icon, but the scenario is really the same.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/46108/9495


How to delete books from iBooks on iOS 10?

To delete books in the iOS 10 iBooks app:

Tap "Select" in the top right.
Tap on the books you wish to delete (in the list view, you can also tap the checkboxes).
Tap the "Delete" button in the top left.

You can re-download deleted books from the "Purchased" tab.


The next solution to try might be to backup/restore your iPhone.

The Apple Store can help you with this, but probably not free of charge unless your iPhone is under warranty.

Fortunately, you can do it yourself, but you'll need to be able to log into iTunes with the same Apple ID that is used to identity you on the iPhone on a computer, and you'll need to be able to connect to that computer using a USB adapter cable.

If you can do that, then here's a pretty good description of the process:

http://www.uberphones.com/2011/05/restore-your-iphone-and-keep-homescreen-organized/.


You can with Yosemite & iOS 8

Launch Quicktime player & select File > New Movie Recording [Cmd/opt/N]
Click on the small downward-facing triangle next to the record button. This lets you select an alternate recording source, which now includes your iPhone or iPad.


Refurbished phone prompts me for previous owner's password

You might have some oddball combination of a serial number that's still enrolled in either Apple's DEP or Apple's Activation lock.

I don't know how to check DEP other than by calling Apple support and explaining your situation and asking them to explicitly check to inform you whether that device is or is not enrolled in DEP. https://www.apple.com/business/dep/ If the device was enrolled, presumably it could be pushing that user's account credentials to your device, but that's a really a remote possibility in my experience.

Some advice:

It's really your insurer's responsibility to deliver you a working phone. Even if they tell you to go to Apple - do that and then go back to the insurance company and ask for a proof of purchase. Apple requires written documentation of the original purchaser to bypass activation lock. If this device is somehow still locked - you might get locked out.
Keep in mind that Apple won't divulge private information about others - so be clear you are not asking them to tell you who purchased or locked or enrolled that device - just that you are uncomfortable using the device with someone else's account in it and you need their help establishing whether it's locked in Apple's records correctly or erroneously.
Get everything in writing and consider writing a letter to the insurance company so you have it documented that you had this issue and tried to resolve it.
Apple refurbished products come with warranty service - so you should be able to also see when that device was purchased by contacting Apple or using this web form - https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do Then ask the insurance people when they purchased it from Apple - the dates should match.

If you wanted to power off the device, you could try wiping it from iTunes or erasing all content one last time, but it seems you already did that and clearly the device is retrieving the account information from Apple's servers during the activation phase. Good Luck and please make an answer here when you figure out what happened or if this was just a bug in Apple's records that got fixed without you needing to do anything.


How to remove open documents from the dock in Mac OS Catalina

The behavior shown in the image in your OP is the normal default for macOS when application windows are minimized.

If you do not want to see minimized windows in the Dock, then do the following:

Go to System Preferences > Dock and check the       [√] Minimize windows into application icon checkbox.
In Terminal run the following command: killall Dock

This will restore all the application windows so they are not minimized to the Dock.

Now you can minimize the application windows you do not want to currently see and they will minimize into the application's icon on the Dock, not the the normal default position as shown in the image in your OP.

To then access a minimized window, when in the application, you can go to the Window menu on the menu bar, or either click-hold or right-click on the Application's Dock Tile and select the target window.


Why does opening Mac Mail show a preview pane not the whole email?

Quickest way to get the old view back is enable Classic Layout, prefs > viewing...


I found my answer!

Here is my code if somebody wants it:

set quitting to 0
delay 1
repeat until quitting is 1
    set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    repeat until PowerSource does not contain "AC Power" or quitting is 1
        set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    end repeat
    --START
    tell application "System Events"
        set ProcessList to name of every process
        if "System Prefrences" is in ProcessList then
            set ThePID to unix id of process "System Prefrences"
            do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID
        end if
    end tell

    tell application "System Preferences"
        activate
        set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        --Part 1:
        tell process "System Preferences"
            --Part 2:
            delay 1
            --Part 3:
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Dictation" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Off" of radio group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    display notification "Hey siri is now off."
    --END
    repeat until PowerSource contains "AC Power" or quitting is 1
        set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    end repeat
    --START
    tell application "System Events"
        set ProcessList to name of every process
        if "System Prefrences" is in ProcessList then
            set ThePID to unix id of process "System Prefrences"
            do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID
        end if
    end tell

    tell application "System Preferences"
        activate
        set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        --Part 1:
        tell process "System Preferences"
            --Part 2:
            delay 1
            --Part 3:
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Dictation" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "On" of radio group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    display notification "Hey siri is now on."
    --END
end repeat
on quit
    set quitting to 1
    continue quit
end quit

Just open it in script editor and compile it into an application. Then launch the application. Hope this helps!


Sources for "ping" bundled with Mojave 10.14.6?

Apple puts all opensource content on https://opensource.apple.com.

I didn't find the 10.14.6-related sources there but ping version included in 10.14.5 is available here. At first glance Apple seems to have added some stuff, but you may need to run a diff to see all the changes.


Disabled then enabled kext signing; some keys no longer work properly

This is an issue with accessibility settings. The function is called "Enable Mouse keys". It is configured in Settings - Accessibility - Mouse & Trackpad (left pane option), "Enable Mouse Keys" AND ALSO via the "Options..." button.

There is a checkbox setting "Press the Option key five times to toggle Mouse Keys". If this is active then simply pressing the option key 5 times will activate or deactivate this feature thus changing the functional mode of your keyboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxSo1xnxL_k


How do I zip a .app file using terminal?

From the man page for ditto:

ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent src_directory archive.zip


The Em Dash keyboard shortcut is now: Shift Option -


Where's the Edit Toolbar Button in Preview Application

It seems that was just an outdated version of preview.  In the new version the button is called Markup and is in the same location.


How to record human voice and display as text on command line?

Apple's terminal does this.

Press the function key twice to start dictation. If that doesn't work, open Speech and Dictation system preferences and enable it/select the sound input you prefer to dictate to.


How can I change the preferred application for opening "fmp7://" URLs from FileMaker Pro Advanced to FileMaker Pro?

Download and install the excellent RCDefaultApp Preference Pane, which — amongst other things —  lets you declare the default handler for fmp7:// URLs.


This ability has been removed from Snow Leopard.  It is possible with a 3rd party tool.

What you need is FuseHFS.


How can you install new versions of Ruby, Rails, and Git without running into the old versions?

This would be the case where you may want to use a packange manager like MacPorts or Fink. They generally install in a seperate directory like /opt/local/bin so as not to collide with the already installed software. (Note that these download the source codes and dependancies and compile them instead of fetching a compiled binary, so it can take some time for larger packages.)

Another think to do is open up the .pkg file in Installer and Get Info (⌘I) to list all the files, and often where they go. You can also show the log (⌘L) to see where things have been written and what has been done.


Merging partitions separated by Bootcamp

Select Untitled 3 partition and delete it (click the minus button). Now you can extend the size of the Macintosh HD by dragging the resize bar at the bottom right it can extend to take up the space formerly occupied by Untitled 3 and it won't affect your bootcamp partition.


Your iMac : 2007 (mid) doesn't support Internet Recovery. You can wait 1 month or use the faster way = Head to a Apple Store near you.

Well if there's no apple store near you, I think you should use a friend's computer to create a bootable OS X Install USB flash drive.

The steps to install OS X using a USB are here : http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-to-install-os-x/


My initial reaction from how you staged your question: building a NAS from the ground up is a complex set of interrelated dependencies in both hardware, software and connectivity. You might be better off purchasing a ready-made or self-contained NAS unit.

You need to ask what you expect from a NAS: lots of storage or redundancy. The two-drive RAID you mention could be configured a couple of ways, and you may not be able to read the volume without the original RAID controller from the NAS.

Your inquiry into starting with one drive then adding additional drives sounds like some JBOD (just a bunch of disks) setups. JBOD only offers los of storage, but no redundancy.

RAID and NAS can both be elements of a storage solution, but in and of themselves, the two acronyms can also spell HEADACHE.


On iTunes 11.4 where do you change the default settings for Podcasts?

There's a Default Settings link at the bottom of your list of Podcast subscriptions on the Podcasts page - you might have to scroll down the list to see it.


iMac only works in safe mode and cursor showing weird black lines (pic attached)

Yeah, your video card is bad.  The good news is that your iMac can run pretty well without a video card; it'll be fine for everything but the most demanding video games.

So what you need to do is move the video driver out of the way, so the kernel doesn't try to load it.  Do an "ls" in /System/Library/Extensions ("sudo ls /System/Library/Extensions") and look for something that looks like the name of a video card: on my system it's called ATIRadeonX2000.kext.  Now move that file somewhere else (like, to your home directory).  Reboot (into normal, not safe mode) and you should be good to go.


What does the cloud icon with lines underneath mean?

It means fog, a list of the icons can be found at About the Weather app and icons on your iPhone and iPod touch.

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207492


If meaning of 'tab indent' is 'tab stop' in TextEdit User Guide jargon then you can follow instructions in Set tab stops (short: while ruler visible manually drag tabs stop width)


How can I find all the modifications and installations done by a spam dmg?

In general it is not possible to figure out after the fact what was done - unless you have backups.

If you have a recent backup from just before the installation, you can do a comparison with your current system to locate the differences. This is the “safest” method (I.e. least likely to miss something).

It is also possible to analyze the installer file itself - but modern malware tend to receive instructions from a server on what to do on the target system. Such instructions might have changed since you installed.


Is there a keyboard shortcut to close the edit window in Calendar (and retain changes)?

As far as I'm aware, there is no single keyboard shortcut to do this.  What you can do is this; after completing your edit, hit "Command E" followed by the space bar.  Command E will collapse the edit window and the space bar will dismiss the info box while preserving your edits.


Intro to OSX System directory conventions

Unix knowledge will help a lot as long as it is not following Linux or other conventions exactly (Linux is Unix like whilst OSX is a Unix based on BSD)

Some description is given by Apple in this developer documentation (The link does not seem to be exact but look for the OSX part not IOS) There are several sections which are too long to list here.

One is for UNIX-specific directories but I am surprised to see "/usr—Contains non-essential command-line binaries, libraries, header files, and other data." They might be non-essential but removing this will break a lot - you should only change things in /usr/local

Another is The Library Directory Stores App-Specific Files The main sections are

Application Support -  app data files except those associated with
the user’s documents
Caches - app-specific support files that your app can re-create easily.
Frameworks - frameworks that must be shared by multiple apps
Preferences - app-specific preference files used the NSUserDefaults class or CFPreferences API

Treat this as a guide as many (Most?) apps do not follow this 100%.

Mono has in the past put things in the wrong place e.g. in /usr/bin Other apps use Preferences not via the API. Other apps use directories in ~/Library itself e.g. Mail.app


How to unplug from thunderbolt display in a safe way?

Jettison from the App Store for $1.99 has helped me with this.

It's a menubar application that helps in 2 ways: You can click and eject all drives (the only problem is that you can't say something like "Only eject drives connected to the Thunderbolt Display"); you can also select an option to eject all drives when putting the computer to sleep (so if you are disconnecting your computer to go somewhere, you can put it to sleep, wait a moment, then unplug everything).

That being said, I now use Launchbar to accomplish this. I just activate Launchbar and select "Eject All Ejectable Volumes". I'm willing to bet other app launchers (Quicksilver, Alfred) can do this just as easily.


I need to preface this by saying having not worked with .ts files I do not know whether or not they can be simply concatenated using cat and as you saw because the are numerically named they get mixed up when using cat *.ts > masi.ts because it sorts lexicographically, so using a ordered list is in order.  With that in mind, here is what I did to create a list of 500 numerically named .ts files and then concatenate them using the list.

I first created 500 numerically named .ts files containing the number of the .ts filename as a control.  I used for i in {1..500}; do echo $i > $i.ts; done  These weren't actually valid .ts files however it allowed me to have 500 files to work with and then see that they were concatenated in proper order when opening the combined.ts file to see an ordered numerical list within the file.

Since you already have the 500 .ts files, in Terminal do the following:

cd ts_files_directory
echo {1..500}.ts | tr " " "\n" > tslist
while read line; do cat $line >> combined.ts; done < tslist

Updated to include actual filename per your comment to my answer and your updated question.

The following assumes that the only numbers in itemInList with a leading 0 (zero)  are e.g., 01...09 and that you change 500 in the {100..500} portion  of the command to the actual count.

Change directory to that of which contains the .ts files.

cd ts_files_directory

The following two commands create the tslist file which is a numerically ordered list of the target filenames to be used with cat in order to avoid the lexicographical sorting issue.

echo 'HRmasi453-27012016.mp4-'{01..99}.ts | tr " " "\n" > tslist
echo 'HRmasi453-27012016.mp4-'{100..500}.ts | tr " " "\n" >> tslist

With the numerically ordered list created, use the following command line to concatenate based on the contents of the tslist file.

while read line; do cat $line >> combined.ts; done < tslist


The screen on my iPhone 5s no longer turns off automatically while I am talking on a call

The most likely explanation for this behavior is that the Proximity sensor in your iPhone is not working as expected. It is a sensor located near the earpiece of your iPhone.

Proximity sensor is responsible for detecting if your iPhone is placed near your face, and in case it is, turn-off the screen automatically. This helps in preventing unintended taps on the screen as well as preserving battery life while on a call.

To resolve, you can try the following steps one by one:

Make sure nothing is obstructing the proximity sensor. A screen guard, dust accumulation, case etc.
Restart your iPhone. This can sometime help in re-setting any software bug/glitch which may be interfering with the working of Proximity sensor.
Update to the latest version of iOS software available for your iPhone. This can help by doing away with any software bug which may be interfering with the working of Proximity sensor.
If everything above fails, you can try by factory resetting your iPhone and see if that fixes the issue.
Your last resort would be to get your iPhone inspected by an Apple authorized service provider or technician and get the Proximity sensor replaced.

Image source: https://drfone.wondershare.com/iphone-problems/fix-your-iphone-proximity-sensor-by-yourself.html


iPhone video app that lets you switch from front to back (in) camera mid recording?

There is an app called MoviePro. It has lots of video options. It allows you to switch between front and back cameras.

Find the app here : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moviepro-video-recorder-limitless/id547101144?mt=8


You should explicitly put a slash "/" after the host name, ie

http://localhost/?e=VGhpcyBpcyBhIGJvcmluZyBleGFtcGxlIHRlc3Qu

Without the trailing / character after localhost, Mail treats the entire url as a hostname, which is case-insensitive.


What information does iPhone 4S Log-Aggregated 2012-12-12 contain?

It means that that program (the SMS application) was started 9 times on that day.

Whether that corresponds to someone checking the app in response to a message or simply entering the app isn't logged in that file. I don't know offhand if you can reconstruct that level of detail from any of the standard logs on iOS so you may need a forensic analysis of either the database the SMS app uses or the network / server side of things to track down delivery times or even something as detailed as a daily count of SMS messages.


How do I make a bash script so that I can drag its input on top of the icon?

You should be able to turn your script into an application with Automator - Applications -> Utilities -> Automator.app. Look for an option called "Run Shell Script" and once you're done, it should behave like other apps in that anything that is dragged and dropped on it will be run with it. Good luck!


How do I build and install gcc5 in OS X 10.11 without Xcode?

You can find several versions of gcc for different OS X flavors here: HPC Mac OS X.

Download my binaries, and cd to the download folder. Then gunzip gcc-5.3-bin.tar.gz (if your browser didn't do so already) and then sudo tar -xvf gcc-5.3-bin.tar -C /. It installs everything in /usr/local. You can invoke the Fortran 95 compiler by simply typing gfortran.
[To compile other sources...] you will also need to have Apple's XCode Tools installed from the Mac App Store. With XCode 4 or better you will need to download the command-line tools as an additional step. You will find the option to download the command-line tools in XCode's Preferences. On 10.9 Mavericks or higher, you can get the command-line tools by simply typing xcode-select --install.

Addition in square brackets by me...

Please also visit Information Security Stack Exchange and search for questions about the security risks associated with precompiled compilers from "unknown" sources.


Reusing iMac Fusion Drive as external drive

you can put the old fusion drive in a usb enclosure then you should be able to boot to it by pressing the Option key when the boot chime rings. you can also use the drive in the enclosure to setup a new Mac. Using Migration Assistant you can import your entire old file system just as if you were using a Time Machine backup. The question of what to do with the drive AFTER you successfully accomplished moving your old file/apps/etc to the new Mac. All of a sudden you've got a 1.12TB or bigger drive on your hands. On Disk Utility it will show up as Fusion Drive and having the Core system with 2 partitions. I'm not sure if you can actually format the Fustion Drive as one unit and use the entire thing for whatever you wanted, like storing all your media files to be streamed from anywhere in the house.


In Numbers, how can I get a cell value from another sheet with a formula?

ADDRESS has an optional parameter specifying the table name for the reference which can span across sheets by specifying the sheet name before the table name.

ADDRESS(row, column, addr-type, addr-style, table)
table: An optional value specifying the name of the table. table is a string value. If the table is on another sheet, you must also include the name of the sheet. If omitted, table is assumed to be the current table on the current sheet (that is, the table where the ADDRESS function resides).
=ADDRESS(3, 3,,,"Sheet 2::Table 1") creates the address Sheet 2::Table 1::$C$3.

ADDRESS returns a cell address string which can be used to look up the value located in the referenced cell using INDIRECT(addr-string, addr-style).


Remove macOS and Install Windows 10 Only

Download the Boot Camp drivers to a pen-drive, format the device using the Windows installer before installing. Run the bootcamp.exe once Windows is up and you'll have all the drivers you'll ever need. Make sure you get the right drivers for your device.


Watch iPhone videos without transfer to Mac

Actually, Shazam for Mac (opens Mac App Store) exists.

Features:

  Operates magically in the background, ready to name that tune at a moment’s notice.
  Instant, seamless access to all the music that makes up the world around you.
  One-click access to lyrics, music videos or to listen on Apple Music.
  Discover like never before, share like always.


"Sending request" popping up on iPhone repetitively

a scam.
hold the two buttons (on/off and finger at the bottom), keep holding, keep holding, after you see the white apple logo, keep holding another 2 seconds, then let go and let it startup.


What is the proper way to use the cut command on ps command output

ps does not use Tabs to separate column (run ps aux > foo; vi foo to verify). As an alternative you can cut on character level by running

kill $(ps aux | grep fire | cut -c 17-23)

Or you can also just run

pkill fire

(or pgrep fire to see which processes would match)


Photo Stream only saves the last 1000 photos and doesn't include videos. An iPad backup to iCloud doesn't include photos or videos. That tells me it is not safe for you to delete anything at the moment.

I think your best bet is to install one of the other cloud services that support syncing photos. Both Dropbox and SugarSync can do backups although Dropbox renames all your photos so SugarSync might be a better choice. There are other services as well but these are the two I happen to use the most.


How can I view a YouTube playlist's full name?

Hit the Share button that looks like a right-pointing arrow
Choose "Twitter" from the list


Switching to Russian keyboard from Japanese still types in English

There is a known bug with 10.13.2: Switching from Japanese (or Chinese or Korean) to Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, or Greek will not work, you must first switch to US (or some other Latin layout) in between.

Ask Apple to fix this via their feedback page.


Is there any keyboard shortcut to add bookmarks in Safari?

To add a bookmark:
⌘ + d

To add a shortcut to the Bookmark menu:
 ⌘ + shift + D


Is it possible to turn off external displays when I close the lid of my macbook?

As macOS doesn't provide a way to shutdown all screens by closing the laptop lead, which is a shame, you can put the laptop in sleep mode and also set security parameter to lock it immediately when it goes to sleep so you can leave once the screen is black.

If you have a MacBook with Touch Bar, you can also add the sleep icon to it :

I put it on the left to be sure not to touch it when i hit the fingerprint sensor or the delete key...

To modify the touch bar, go to system preferences/keyboard and you will find a "customise touchbar" on the bottom right corner.


Headings and numbering glitch(es) in MS Word for Mac 2015 Version 15.18

Finally I found an answer to this question. It appears to affect several versions of Word, because the fix at MS Answers appears to work on Mac Word as well.

Follow-up question: Anyone know if resetting the normal.dotm file on all PCs that need to access the affected docs would help avoid this in future? It's clearly something to do with invalid combinations of styles, formats etc. and maybe just using 1 common baseline would clarify the root causes?

Successor question [should I have asked this here?]

UPDATE: And... the problem returns upon saving (the corrected version) and reloading.


Where are my photos in this 60GB iPhoto Library folder?

if you go to ~/Users/'yourusername'/Pictures there should be a file(s) with Photo.Library in name. If you right click on this file and select 'Show Package Contents' you can find your photos. There may be several folders. Many of mine were in 'Master' folder.


How to fix screwed font display in password entry dialog?

So apparently it was solved by removing the fontd databases and deleting the files of conflicting fonts. (I guess the conflicting fonts were shown in Font Book?)

sudo atsutil databases -remove; atsutil server -shutdown

The password dialogs and force quit window are shown by processes owned by the root, so -removeUser might not work. launchd starts a new fontd process automatically, so atsutil server -ping is not needed.


Hidden ‘in use’ file preventing Office MAC 2011 uninstall

If sudo rm didn't delete it, then maybe it somehow got the schg flag set?

You could try this:

    sudo chflags noschg /Users/bob/.Trash/nasty.file.ext

    sudo /bin/rm -f /Users/bob/.Trash/nasty.file.ext

As I mentioned in the comments, you could also try moving the file to /tmp/ and rebooting, since that usually clears out the /tmp/ but I have a sneaking suspicion that isn't going to help in this case.


How can I create two separate, isolated wifi networks with one Internet connection/modem?

Apple networks do this well with the guest network. All the "suspect" devices only get to go to the internet and not infect / snoop / attack the trusted machines on the proper network. Many other network vendors have the same idea - either by making separate VLAN for the sequestered / DMZ devices as needed.

It doesn't make sense to address each of the separate questions since each would be a long several paragraphs. Perhaps narrow down on one item once you've chosen to set up your network and can document it and ask the subquestion with details needed for a more narrow answer.


how do I reconnect my mini mac to wireless keyboard and mouse after a reboot

You need to go to System Preferences and then go to the Mouse and Keyboard panes. It should be pretty straightforward from here, just disconnect the keyboard and mouse and then reconnect them in their respective panes. I can't go into anymore detail, because I only have a MacBook, which doesn't use Bluetooth keyboard and mice.


Define Archive Folder in different account

This is not possible. Mail won't move messages between entire accounts for these kinds of automated actions.

However, multiple accounts can choose the On My Mac location, which removes the messages from the account into a single location. This isn't synchronised though.

You can provide feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html


How do I get the path of app in its launch script?

You can use this code:

DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
echo $DIR >  /Users/me/temp/outLog.txt

It'll give you path to the MacOS folder of you app.

Here's great stackoverflow answer about this.


Russian-english / english-russian dictionary

I really like LangBook. Not sure though if it works with iOS 3.x. It says 'iOS 4.0 tested', but I don't think this means 'do not work with 3.x'.


Is there a way to fix the slow space switching animation in Yosemite?

I'm using TotalSpaces (http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/), a small tool a bit more flexible than spaces. There you can switch off transitions in the preferences.


Settings>General>Usage>
Wait for the storage amounts to load then click on Music and swipe left or right.  It will delete all the music on the iDevise in on fell swoop.


Reputable sources like Macworld indicate that the Finder draws non-generic Desktop icons the same way it draws open windows, and the more of them there are, the more memory and processor time it takes to refresh the Desktop. I have not found any sources that indicate this is a major factor in system speed, but yes, more custom icons on the Desktop take more resources when the computer redraws the Desktop.


EarPods are louder when put backwards into my ear

Referring to the iFixit's Apple EarPods Teardown, it appears that it would be pretty hard to open up the ear drums, put the speakers right way round and assemble them back correctly.

  With such a tight fit between the two halves of the EarPods, simply pulling them apart wasn't an option. We knew what we needed to do.

  This isn't something you'd want to try at home. Once these Pods are open, they're not closing back up unless you want to involve glue.

Additionally, they are not rated well on serviceability or reparability front.

  But unfortunately, these products are still of the throw-away kind. Sourcing parts is next to impossible, and it would be a tough sell to convince someone to take apart their earbuds instead of buying a new pair. They will never be the same once taken apart.

If you still have the original warranty for the iPhone with which the EarPods were bundled, you can try getting a replacement.


Video player on iPad that doesn't stretch to full screen

OPLayerHD allows you to select the stretching mode, so you can select between full screen and actual ration of the video.

There is also a lite version, maybe you can try that one before buying the complete OPlayerHD

Alternativelly there was AVPlayerHD, which seems to be not available now.


Why does my Xserve simply eject Linux install CDs instead of reading / booting from them?

Make sure the security lock on the front panel of the Xserve is not engaged. If the server is locked (using an allen key) it will simply refuse to accept any disk in the slot load and eject it, assuming you are trying to insert a 'malicious' disk when the sysadmin has protected it.


How do I change the playback speed in iTunes?

This is not natively possible in the Mac version of iTunes (nor Windows for the matter). You don’t mention if you have OS X or Windows. If you have the former, you have two choices:

1) If the podcast is an MP3 file, you can convert the file to an AAC file in iTunes (with an extension of m4a.) and then change the extension to m4b; the file becomes an audiobook which can be played faster if I am not mistaken.

2) Another alternative is to hear it in Quicktime, which has speed controls: Right click the file in iTunes and choose "Show In Finder”. Option-click the file (right click) and select “Open With…”, select QuickTime. Once in Quicktime option-click the "Accelerate" button to change the playback speed.


Can I feed spoofed video to sites like omegle.com that require a connected camera?

iGlasses is one way to do this. It shows up as a camera on websites, and you can play a video or show an image by dragging it into the effects tab.


Linked PDF and going back in OS X Preview

Preview can do this, once you have followed a link Cmd-[  will take you "Back" to the page where the link was clicked. Additionally if you wish to follow the link again using your keyboard, the obvious shortcut for "Forward" is then Cmd-].

Both of these may be found under the "Go" menu in Preview.


Can I do iOS like dictation on OS X Lion?

iOS like Dictation...
...currently isn't a native feature of OS X. However, Mountain Lion's new features willl include a system wide speech input.
Mountain Lion will come out this month (July '12). So you might wanna just wait a few more days.
Here's the description by Apple:

Now you can talk anywhere you can type. Dictation converts your words into text. It uses the built-in microphone on your Mac, so there’s no need to set anything up — just start speaking instead of typing. When you say “comma” or “exclamation point,” Dictation punctuates for you. The more you use Dictation, the smarter it gets. It learns voice characteristics. And it recognizes people from your contacts so it enters names accurately. Dictation supports English (U.S., UK, and Australia), French, German, and Japanese.

MacLife also states how to use Dictation:

To use Dictation, open any application that has a text input area and position your cursor in that text area. Press the Shortcut key twice (by default, it’s the Function key).


Blur Interfaces of TeXworks on MacBook Pro with Retina Display？

You can use Retinizer:

  Retinizer is a small app I wrote that allows apps that aren’t retina ready and are displayed pixelated at 1x to display their UI widgets at 2x. That way, only their custom images will look bad and not the whole app.

Tested, and works great:

Before:

After:


Shortcut to apply header style 4 (and 5, 6...)

Found it, although I did not expect the solution to be this simple. To do this, follow these steps:

Right-click the Heading 4 style in the ribbon and choose 'Modify' (Or through Layout > Styles > Heading 4 > Modify
In the left hand bottom corner, select 'Shortcut'
Assign shortcut ⌘⌥4
Repeat for Heading 5, 6...
Done!


How can I disable media playback in Finder document icons?

The Feature is controlled by QuickLook and therefore you need to either disable the corresponing movie-generator or replace it with a better one.

On 10.11 and higher: Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP)
Go To /System/Library/QuickLook
Compress Movie.qlgenerator

Move the created zip from your desktop to the folder
Confirm with password
Delete the Movie.qlgenerator
Confirm with password

Download qlMoviePreview
(Here is a Download Link for the Lazy)
Extract and Copy the qlMoviePreview.qlgenerator to /System/Library/QuickLook

Confirm with password

Open Terminal and type qlmanage -r; qlmanage -r cache
Maybe a reboot helps for Quicklook to change completely

Now the Finder Movie Thumbnails show an image but have no longer a playback button in it.


I am not able to change my root password on Mac

There is no root user on macOS. You can just use sudo and your admin account password for adb — no need to change any passwords. It’s also very non-typical to run apps as root, so you might need to check with the app maker if you’re considering trying that to verify you are installing the app properly in the first place or don’t have a different error to solve than permissions.

You could have a problem if your Mac account has no password, so set one in the users pane of system preferences.

You can install most command line tools without root, Android sdk tools, too: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2677431/where-to-install-android-sdk-on-mac-os-x


A lot of blog sites seem to have assumed that Windows Live's XMPP support would work with any existing Jabber client, but it isn't so.

To log into the Windows Live Messenger network with XMPP, a client program needs to use OAuth; i.e. it has to direct you to Microsoft's web site to log in to Windows Live, and then it has to connect to MS via XMPP and pass a token it got using OAuth.

So, to use iChat with it, either iChat would have to add support for all of that specifically, or there would need to be some kind of proxy in between iChat and the MS servers that would do the authentication part and then pass everything else through for iChat. Sadly, I haven't heard of anyone building anything like that yet.

If all you wanted to do is to connect to the Windows Live Messenger network from iChat, you might have more luck just going through a Jabber server that has the MSN Transport installed, which connects to the Windows Live Messenger network using the old fashioned MSNP protocol instead of XMPP.


Is there a way to know when a new iOS app is released by a specific company?

One quick way is on AppShopper.com.

Enter "Kairosoft" in the search box.
Click on any app title link.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the "Other Apps By This Developer" link. This will bring up a custom page for that developer listing all of their app titles and update info.
A custom RSS feed is also generated in the upper-right corner of the screen. This feed will update for any new app releases.


Managing "Hearts" when downloading pictures from iPhone to OSX Photos

I don't believe it's possible to plug your phone into your computer and keep your favorites, however you can use iCloud Photo Library to save your photos to the cloud and then sync them to your Mac. Here is a link to a site telling your how exactly to do that. FYI, syncing photos sucks a lot of cell data, so make sure both devices are connected to wifi or Ethernet!


Why on iPad or iPhone, the $0.99 click is so easy, but to download my purchased songs, it is so XYZ tough?

I believe if the song is present on your iPad/iPhone library it will be grayed out in iTunes (on iOS) probably the purchased playlist?

In regards to that downloading again without repurchasing, ONLY applications purchased can be re-downloaded for free without repurchasing. Songs and audiobooks require you to re-purchase. This is because the record companies have explicitly stated this in their agreement to Apple. Whoever told you that information was wrong.

However, if you email Apple, you can request to restore all downloads. This means everything you bought will be available for download again (except some that have changed name or have been removed from iTunes store) but do note that this can be used one time only. It's for people who had their laptop stolen and lost everything or a broken hard drive with loss of data.

Hope that clears things up.


Need to Change Alternate Apple ID on the apple id screen

Yes,

You can change the alternate id only. Simply SIGN IN or go to appleid.apple.com and sign-in.

Once you sign in the 1st Tab will autonomously be selected for you : 'Name, ID and Email Addresses', if not select that one.

You will see a list of all the info related to that tab.

On the bottom you will see the alternate email address, below that section you will see the same thing but it will be editable. You can, add, delete, or edit any current additional emails to your primary apple ID email.

Again you can NOT alter your primary email address.


Applescript app to shut down Mathematica at a specific time of day

Here's why it doesn't work.

HIDIdleTime is the number of seconds of inactivity, so unless the user do absolutely nothing during fifteen minutes, your script doesn't work.

Here's how to do this in AppleScript.

set timeToQuit to 50700 -- time in seconds =14h05
set currDate to current date

-- do nothing on Saturday and Sunday or this script is launched after 14h05
if weekday of currDate is in {Saturday, Sunday} or (time of currDate) > timeToQuit then return

delay (timeToQuit - (time of currDate)) -- wait
tell application "System Events" to exists process "Mathematica"
if the result then quit application "Mathematica"


It could be configured to make sudo skip password prompt for specific command with /etc/sudoers.

# modify /etc/sudoers with visudo
# never open it directly with an editor
sudo visudo

Append the following conf into the file,

Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN_NOW = /sbin/shutdown -h now
%admin ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN_NOW

Done.


How to map "Spacebar + 1" to "⌃1" on Karabiner Elements?

It was actually quite easy. From an example given on the page, I modified it so that Spcebar + 1 = terminal command. Works fairly well. Use Karabiner Event Viewer to know the name of the key you want to add, and place this as a .json file on .config > karabiner > assets > complex_modifications

{
    "title": "Spacebar + 1",
    "rules": [
        {
            "description": "Spacebar + 1",
            "manipulators": [
                {
                    "type": "basic",
                    "from": {
                        "simultaneous": [
                            {
                                "key_code": "spacebar"
                            },
                            {
                                "key_code": "1"
                            }
                        ],
                        "modifiers": {
                            "optional": [
                                "any"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "to": [
                        {
                            "shell_command": "open /Users/"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}


Can you boot a MacBook Air from a USB 3 external hard drive?

Yes, I just got a new Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13" and did this very thing over USB 3.0. I know of no reason why it would not work on a MacBook Air.

When booting from an external spinning hard drive over USB 3.0 on my new MacBook Pro, the external hard drive sends data back and forth to the Mac about as fast as it would if it were installed internally. I have not specifically measured drive speeds in this scenario; I'm just saying that it performs quite well.

As far as I know, all Macs with USB have been capable of booting from an external drive connected via USB--all the way back to the first iMac circa 1998, which only made use of USB 1.0. Booting from an external USB 2.0 drive, whether a flash/thumb drive or a spinning hard drive, is, however, quite slow.

When you boot your Mac, immediately after the startup chime, hold down the Option key. Your Mac will show you a row of icons of each volume or partition currently connected to the Mac (internally or externally) that holds a Mac OS X installation that you can successfully boot from. Use the arrow keys to select which one you want to boot from, and hit the Return key to boot from that volume.


'Cannot connect to App Store' on mobile network

Try logout and login into iTunes & App Store on you phone.


You could try using terminal.
I suppose that you can not remove the files from external drive trash (Mac use separated trashed for each drive).

In order to remove external drive files try this:

Open Terminal
Write: cd /Volumes/{Your External Drive Name}/.Trash
Check that your files are there with: ls -la
Remove them using: sudo rm -rf ./*
It will ask your password

With that you should be able to remove your files.
You can do the same for your local drive but the .Trash folder is on your user folder instead of the drive root.


How to open a specific pane in system preferences from dock?

In Finder, open /System/Library/PreferencePanes on Lion for the system preference panes or /Library/PreferencePanes or ~/Library/PreferencePanes/ for user-added ones.
Drag the icon of your choice from the folder to the Dock. It will probably only go on the right side (the documents/folders/minimized windows/Trash side) of the divider.

Clicking the new icon will open System Preferences directly to that preference pane.


Is there a way to prevent iTunes from asking me to update my iPhone's carrier settings?

Hmmmm the message about updating your carrier settings is not an IOS upgrade. It is a tiny little file that your carrier (EG AT&T, Verizon, etc.) places on your phone to keep it up to date with their network.

Let it check and apply it, it takes about 30 seconds.


Filevault stuck on pause, can't reinstall macOS, can't upgrade

So I figured I've tried all I can so let's just try erasing the disk. That worked.

Here's what I did:

Time Machine backup to a disk.
Time Machine backup to another disk because I'm not risking it.
Recovery mode.
Disk Utility -> Select Macintosh HD -> Erase.
In recovery mode, Recover from a TM backup.

Now the system's good!


Find My iPhone shows my Macbook as Online although it's in Sleep mode

Yes this is normal. Nothing to worry about.

It part of Power Nap, which was introduces in MacOSX Mountain Lion (10.8). When your Mac is asleep the following features will run as your Mac gently snoozes:

Contacts. Your Contacts update with any changes you may have made on another device.
Calendar. Receive new invitations and calendar updates.
Reminders. Reminders updates with any changes you may have made on another device.
Notes. Notes updates with any changes you may have made on another device.
Documents in your iCloud account. iCloud pushes any edits you made to a document to your Mac notebook.
Photo Stream. Your Photo Stream updates with new photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Mac App Store updates. Your Mac notebook can download updates from the Mac App Store.
Time Machine backup. Your Mac notebook can back up while it sleeps.
Find My Mac. Locate a lost Mac notebook even when it’s sleeping.
VPN on demand. Corporate email updates securely.
Configuration profile. Macs in managed environments can receive configuration profile updates.

These all run regardless of whether the notbook is plugged in or not, which is impressive as regards power use. Power Nap might look like a little bullet point on the Mountain Lion spec sheet, but it really is a big deal, especially for those non power users (aka. Normals) who never bother with updates and the like. And the sleepy Find My Mac feature is just plain magic.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204032


ffmpeg arguments used for converting to mp4

ffmpeg duplicates syntax. Except for the values used, and that the first command set the sampling rate instead of using the default, the commands are effectively the same:

 -loglevel panic  - merely makes ffmpeg less noisy in the shell
 -vcodec copy     = -c:v copy
 -acodec copy     = -c:a copy   # unlisted in the command, but listing here to show there is consistency
 -ab              = -b:a

Note: The other answer info is correct.

There is a guide online; it lists what every possible argument means.


Saving to a specific path with the save prompt

Use command ⌘+shift ⇧+G to navigate to the folder you want to save in (there's even tab complete!), press enter, then type the filename.


You can use host -a example.com to see a list of all DNS records of a domain.


make, gcc and other developer tools unavailable after installing XCode on Lion

Is /Developer/usr/bin in your PATH variable?

You could try ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make


How do I kill a daemon and not have it open up again if I can't find it in the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons?

The launch daemon of Avatron Airconnect is installed to /Library/LaunchDaemons. If you want to stop and remove it enter in Terminal:

Check if it is loaded:

sudo launchctl list | grep avatron

Unload it:

sudo launchctl stop /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.avatron.airconnect.daemon.plist
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.avatron.airconnect.daemon.plist

To remove it:

sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.avatron.airconnect.daemon.plist

After installing Avatron Airconnect you can uninstall the app from the Airconnect menulet! This should also remove the launch daemon.


From your question I'm assuming the iPhone battery worked well prior to being dropped in the toilet.

It looks like you need to have the battery replaced.  If you have AppleCare, you should go to and Apple Store or contact Apple support to have the battery properly assessed and, if needed, replaced.  See this Apple page for info on replacing the battery.  I would recommend going this route as it appears to be the lowest cost option.

If you don't have AppleCare, you can go to any 3rd party that you trust to replace the battery.  You can also go to Apple to pay to have them replace it.

If you're handy, you can also replace the battery yourself.


Why is removing hard-linked files so slow in Lion?

I think I figured it out. It seems to be Mobile Time Machine that's causing the slowdown. Apparently it's dutifully taking a backup of the files while they're being deleted. If the files are "original", it can simply move them to the Time Machine vault, but if they're links it has to copy them instead, which takes much longer.


Java applications (eg.Netbeans&Eclipse) constantly quit unexpectedly

I use Eclipse (64 Bits) latest Indigo version on Lion and I don't have those crashes.

Your Crashlog comes from a Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) which is usually:

A bug in the code (failure to release/retain/etc.) when coding in obj-c (very common).
A Memory problem (RAM) (hardware).

Given that Eclipse is written in Java (which has Garbage Collection and therefore doesn't suffer from EXC_BAD_ACCESS, as far as I know), I'd say you check your RAM, you might be having a hardware problem that manifests when "memory intensive" (to put it nicely) programs execute.


Secondary Click: Click but not tap with two fingers

If you choose for clicking to be the only option (meaning, deselect the "tap to click" option underneath the
secondary click" option), you should be allowed to only click with two fingers for the secondary click. That is one very simple, straight-forward way of solving your issue.


Side note, Intel's i3, i5, i7, and i9 naming schemes don't tell how many cores there are (they used to, I believe, but they weren't 3, 5, or 7). Cores are also almost always distributed in even numbers.

  3 GHz

This means the speed at which the processor runs at. GHz is Gigahertz, or billions of hertz. Hertz is basically the number of times per second something is run. A 60Hz monitor refreshes its screen 60 times per second. In the case of CPUs, GHz is in reference to the number of clock cycles, which can contain one or more instructions per cycle. This also means that comparing GHz is a bad idea, as with each new generation of CPUs, clock cycles are used more efficiently, and in different ways (between Intel and AMD and especially ARM-based processors)

  Intel Core i5

The CPU is made from Intel, it's part of the "Core" lineup, more specifically the i5 lineup. i[number] used to mean it had a certain number of cores, whether it had hyperthreading, and I think few other things. It no longer means that. An i5 can have 2 cores with hyperthreading or 6 cores without, and anywhere in between. Without more info, such as the model number (i5-2500, for example), not much else is known about the CPU. With the model number, you can look up various information about the CPU. This includes information such as the number of cores it has, which means how many individual threads can be run at once.

Even comparing two CPUs with the same GHz, core count, and generation doesn't mean they're identical. There are different processors for mobile, desktop, high end desktop, etc. A 3.0GHz 4 core laptop CPU runs with significantly less power and heat (and thus has less computing power) than it's desktop counterpart

To answer your final question, no, you cannot multiply GHz by cores. If we assume two CPUs are identical in every aspect except for core count, say a 3.0GHz 4-core and a 3.0GHz 8-core, we can't say that the 8-core is twice as powerful. Let's say you have a factory, which produces blankets. Each blanket takes 3 hours to sew. With 4 workers, you can produce 4 blankets every 3 hours. With 8 workers, you can produce 8 blankets every 3 hours. However, even if you have 100 workers, you still can't produce a blanket in less than 3 hours, since that's the time it takes to produce a blanket. This holds true for CPUs. Depending on what you're doing, you may not get any benefit from multiple cores. Some tasks can be heavily multithreaded. In our example, this would mean each part of the blanket could be made different people, then stitched together at the end. Other tasks cannot, such as growing a crop. You can have 10,000 crop fields, but you won't be able to harvest any faster than if you only had 1 crop.


How to install Windows 10 into a 2013 MacBook Air with or without using the Boot Camp Assistant?

Only three weeks?

I've been trying for over three months, lol.  I have the 11 inch MacBook Air Mid 2013.  I have tried the original apple 256g m.2 drive that it came with, and have also tried a 128gb and a 512gb one as well.  I too have a freshly installed Catalina from the internet recovery install.

I kept running into the same issues as you.  The current build WILL NOT install for me.  So I got my hands on a copy of the first few original builds of Windows 10 and found, to my surprise, that this worked seemingly flawlessly...  I think the first build was 1511, then 1609, then maybe 1709 (forgive me if I am misquoting the build numbers as its been a while)…  I found that if I updated them build by build from one build to the next, it continued to work until about the 3rd or 4th build...and then that's when it failed...  a few billion hours of trial and error later revealed that these same builds I could UPGRADE to would also allow me to do a fresh install using that same build...  (fwiw I always use BootCamp assistant in the hopes that it would be more compatible).

I even tried doing windows updates to see if they could update to the newer builds, and they did seem to install but upon the last reboot, the Windows logon screen would lockup about 5 seconds after I arrived...  mouse and keyboard would stop moving, the on-screen time would seem to stand still forever...the only sign of life I had was my capslock button light would come on and off if I toggle it, but that's it.

So then I restarted a few times from that screen until windows brings me to the AUTOMATIC REPAIR screen at which point I can choose to go into safe mode, or even safe mode with networking...both work fine...which leads me to believe this HAS to be some kind of driver issue, but I can't figure out what it is.  I can't install the windows bootcamp software from safe mode as it says the windows installer is not running in safe mode...

I even tried going into the device manager in safe mode and disabling anything I thought could help, such as display adapter, network adapter, sound adapters, etc...anything at all that I would imagine is using an apple driver from the bootcamp software...  but I guess I disabled too many things because now not only can I not get into normal mode, but I am having trouble getting into safe mode... so I got frustrated again and deleted my windows partition with bootcamp once again.

I was HOPING that the new build of windows (which was supposed to come out last month and was/is going to be called build 2004 from what I have heard) would solve this... but since the problem seems to only occur on the NEWER builds, I am afraid it will not help.  I am at a loss and really fed up...to the point where I would seriously consider trading in this model for a 2014 or something with 8g of ram like mine...  I am limited on my budget here too, of course...

I am curious though, are you using the 11 inch or 13 inch MacBook air?  And since you posted this earlier today, have you seen anything useful on the internet?

Sorry I wasn't too much help, but maybe we can work together to solve this stupid issue.  It's so frustrating.


Preview has 2 settings for opening files.

One is Open all files in same window

the Second one is Open all files in separate window.

The open all files in one window side bar will show all files, and will add a new open file toit.

But, check your settings for Sort by in the side bar, pending those setting the new file might not open at the bottom of the list, so with 15 files open you might miss it.


How do I effectively have multiple helpdeskers use ARD?

It sounds like you need a client management solution.  I prefer the Casper Suite, but in the interest of full disclosure, I work for the manufacturer.  However, I was a customer for some time before becoming an employee.  There are competing products and I advise you to evaluate more than one solution before making a purchase.

With all that said, a client management solution will give you a central inventory system, and centralized management tools.  The information regarding your inventory and management tasks are stored on a server that is accessible to your entire staff, and depending on the privileges you assign, all members of the team can perform management tasks.

I hope this is helpful.


Bootcamp/Parallels - how to use the the line-out on my MacPro

I don't have an answer for you for Boot Camp, but for Parallels you should be able to (if you're in Coherence mode):

Click on the Parallels menu (Just the Devices menu if you're not in Coherence)
Go to the Devices → Sound → Input Device menu
Choose Built-in Input device or Line in Input Device depending on what shows up.

Example:


How can I dismiss a frozen "Deleting Trash" dialog box?


You define your settings and then save them as a custom preset in the Presets drop-down (Save Current Settings as Preset…).
After selecting your preset and printing once, the preset is remembered in all applications that use the standard print dialog.
Just make sure the Reset Presets Menu to "Default Settings" After Printing checkbox is unchecked in the Presets window/dialog (Show Presets… in the drop-down), which it should be by default.


Wireless both way sync of photos on iPhone

Really, DropBox is the way to go.

Not only will you never lose a photo to Photostream's delete, but Camera Uploads silently uploads all your iDevice photos—and automatically syncs them to your desktop, if you wish. ("Selective Syncing.") Also of course makes them shareable as well.


Client SSL certificate failing in Safari (and what is SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle?)

I like to use the Keychain Access app to troubleshoot cryptographic trust issues and also find making a clean VM of OS X or at least a new user account helps to make sure I know I'm starting from a known trust chain.

Open Keychain Access
under the Keychain Access menu, select Certificate Assistant and then Evaluate a Certificate

From there you can use the SSL tool to evaluate things and start to pick apart what is failing or succeeding. Bouncing between that tool and Safari usually is worthwhile in sorting errors.


autocomplete in zsh after `npm run tdd` command

Add the following to your .zshrc:

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

that should get you going. Now, read

man zshcompsys


How to retrieve current wattage info on OS X?

system_profiler SPPowerDataType seems to provide the most relevant information. On laptops it reports voltage and amperage which can give you the power consumption (mVolts × mAmperes × 10^-6 = Watts). It also reports Wattage, but that's actually a piece of metadata reported by Apple's power adapter, third-party power adapters can show blanks here. Since desktops do not have rechargeable batteries, there's no way to calculate power consumption by measuring charging and discharging of battery.

But wait, there's still hope! Apple publishes a lot of source code, and googling for Wattage or Power+mV hints that certain kernel extensions can be queried about power consumption. Unfortunately, I cannot come up with a working script right now, but it seems possible.


Unable to resolve hostnames inside macOS chroot jail

I was able to get it to work by making sure the /etc/resolver.conf existed in the chroot and then symlinking /var/run/mDNSResponder into the chroot.

$ sudo chroot -u user "/Users/user/Source/macos-mkjail/test_jail" /bin/bash
bash-4.4$ ping www.google.com
PING www.google.com (216.58.194.164): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 216.58.194.164: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=10326.366 ms
64 bytes from 216.58.194.164: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=44.899 ms
64 bytes from 216.58.194.164: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=39.388 ms
^C--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 39.388/3470.218/10326.366/4848.030 ms
bash-4.4$exit
$


Where has the "define" ability gone when selecting a word in an SMS message or email?

It's now labeled as "Look Up" in the menu.


Where is the sound file of Installer success stored?

The file you are looking for (on El Capitan) is located in: /System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/SharedSupport/SystemSounds/system/

Specifically, the file is burn complete.aif (or burn failed.aif, they're identical).

Older versions of OS X (unknown when it changed) have it at (source):
/System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/Resources/SystemSounds/system/