Why does software update re check after updates are installed when you show updates

It appears that some updates have others as prerequisites, and will not show up as available until the others are installed. Thus, Software Update makes a list of all eligible updates, then runs. If a subsequent update was also pending that was not eligible to be downloaded because its prerequisite has not not yet been installed, that update would not make the list. The subsequent check, however, would see if any new updates had been unlocked by the updates installed.


Date/time in terminal correct but one hour off in apps

OK I found the solution by using instructions found here
http://brickybox.com/2009/10/18/os-x-fix-argentina-dst-october-2009

Except the thing I already did with "zic" you also need to update the timezone files for "ICU". The article I refer to is for an older version of OS X. For mountain lion. Download ICU from here:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-1082/
and the latest timezone data from
http://www.iana.org/time-zones


iPhone 5s aware of location even with no cellular service?

an iPhone has GPS - see Understanding privacy and Location Services on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 8

About location precision or accuracy
Depending on your device and available services, Location Services uses a combination of cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to determine your location. If you're not within a clear line of sight to GPS satellites, your device can determine your location using crowd-sourced Wi-Fi5 and cell tower locations or iBeacons.

Apps that can show your location on the screen, including Maps, show your current (approximate) location using a blue marker. If your location can't be determined precisely, you'll see a blue circle around the marker. The size of the circle shows how precisely your location can be determined—the smaller the circle, the greater the precision.

When Location Services is active, a black or white arrow icon appears in the status bar.

Maps, directions, and location-based apps depend on data services. These data services are subject to change and might not be available in all geographic areas, resulting in maps, directions, or location-based information that might be unavailable, inaccurate, or incomplete. Compare the information provided on the device to your surroundings and defer to posted signs to resolve any discrepancies.


OK, what follows is an adapted version of a shell script that I have running on my local Macs to auto mount certain AFP volumes when I'm at home. You'll need to adjust the mount_nfs line, enter the MAC address for your home router, and adjust the volume name for the mount (if you want).

I have this script triggered to run every 5 minutes via a launchd file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents

Code on Pastebin


Powerline Theme in OSX terminal have a strange color

There's not much you can do about it (except trying a different font).

I had the same "issue" but I don't consider this as something bad.
Get use to it but first try a font that will match as much as possible and will reduce the difference between "rectangle" section and "triangle" section.

Check my OMZ shell script where I use bullet-train theme.

  Bullet Train theme for OMZ requires Powerline Compatible Fonts

Take a look especially at:

mkdir $TEMP_FONT_DEST
cd $TEMP_FONT_DEST
git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git .
./install.sh
rm -rf $TEMP_FONT_DEST

I will upvote your question because you're new here and to wake up your creativity. Good luck with customising your shell.


Resizing without DESTROYING the second partition of a disk

iPartition

For all my partitioning, I use and recommend iPartition. It will allow you to resize partitions without deleting any data. It also works for Boot Camp volumes and other PC disks. It will automatically move partitions if necessary to allow resizing into free space that is located before the partition.

  With iPartition, resizing a partition is as simple as selecting it, grabbing the resize handle and dragging. Not only that, but if you have several operations to perform, iPartition lets you queue them up and run them one after another, so you can have a cup of coffee while iPartition works. This feature, coupled with iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when necessary, makes iPartition the easiest partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.


New password after restoring iPod Touch from backup

The passcode would be whatever the passcode was at the time of the backup you restored to. When you restore an iOS device from a backup, it puts all the software configuration back on the device, including the passcode that was set at the time.

If you want to get past this passcode, I suggest trying all your most recent passcodes. Be careful though, after a certain number of attempts your iPod may lock you out and prevent you from entering any more passcodes.

You can remove the passcode, but you will have to restore your iPod and you will not be able to restore from a backup.

You can do this by:

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


How to make Dia (which uses X11 / XQuartz) work?

This Q & A helped: Dia command line not working
In short:

Copy the script to avoid MacOS preventing running it because of signature mismatch.

Add these 2 lines just before the exec line:
export DISPLAY=:0           # Fixes the "cannot open display".
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"   # Fixes the annoying Xterm window opening.

exec "$CWD/dia-bin" --integrated

Run it from a command-line (or make a shortcut to taskbar, if you know how)
/Applications/Dia.app/Contents/Resources/bin/dia2


App submission response: "Post-dated Code Signature"

Seems straightforward enough, the app you uploaded has a timestamp that indicates your machines time is incorrect (namely according to the stamps it was built after you submitted it), so either you have a time machine, or just the wrong time set.  They are just letting you know, and allowing you the chance to correct the issue and resubmit if you like.  It doesn't read as a rejection to me.


If you are you on a carrier that is officially supported by Apple, your need a mobile contract that allows Personal Hotspot, otherwise it will not work. If your carrier allows it, update your Carrier Settings:

Make sure internet works
Settings > General > About
You will see a popup to inform you of the update.

If you are on an unofficial carrier, you should configure Personal Hotspot manually:

Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Network
Scroll to the bottom, under Personal Hotspot, enter the APN, Username and Password you received from your carrier.

If any of the above options are missing, it means that your carrier has disabled them.


Is there any antivirus software that DOESN'T slow down Time Machine?

I'm not really sure if this fits the ask different format, however, according to AV-TEST (the closest thing to an authority on the subject) BitDefender comes out very high on their scores, especially on the 'slowdown' tests.
I do use it on Windows & it's a lot less irritating than some I could mention.

Avast on the Mac is a known resource hog, btw. I could even feel it on a dual 6-core Mac Pro.
oops, Avast/Avira... they're both near the bottom of the speed tables, so I'll leave it as is


Troubleshooting spontaneous logout (window server crash?)

In the case of GoTo Meeting, it turns out there is a driver issue on MBP Retinas that have upgraded to Mavericks.

  Machines and Cards Affected:

  MacBook Pro Retina 2012 (NVIDIA GeForce 650M) running Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks)
  MacBook Pro Retina 2013 (NVIDIA GeForce 750M) running Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks)

  Symptoms

  Mac totally frozen, webcam light on. Hard reboot required to recover.
  Mac goes to login screen; logging back will show you the starting panel, but no control panel.
  When a new session is started, you will be asked to terminate the session you were previously running.

  Workaround #1: Upgrade to GoToMeeting 6.0, build 1259.

  Prevents GoToMeeting from dynamically switching between integrated and discrete video cards on session start.
  Hides webcam viewer for Presenters who are screen sharing with affected machines and cards.

  Workaround #2: Prevent OSX from dynamically switching between discrete and integrated GPUs.

  Download gfxCardStatus, available here.
  Unzip and run the application.
  Click the 'd' icon in the menu bar.
  Select Integrated Only from the menu.
  When finished with a GoToMeeting session,  select Dynamic Switching to restore normal use.

  Note: Using multi-monitor configurations will force discrete GPU usage and neither workaround will avoid this. [Source]


One shouldn't include the .plist extension when starting a launchtl process directly. Your command should read, instead, launchctl start local.SkeletonBow.EjectAllDrivesAt8

Also, the launchctl man pages indicate one shouldn't use leading zeroes when setting Calendar start time. The content should be <integer>8</integer> and <integer>0</integer> for the Hour and Minute keys.

Keep in mind, too, that when using CalendarInterval (as opposed to an elapsed-time Interval) to set a launch time for a process, that if the machine should unexpectedly be asleep at 8:00AM and therefore be unable to initiate the process, it will initiate the process upon awakening. That does not happen when the time setting is interval based.


How to purchase Windows for my planned VMWare Fusion setup -- via online download, etc

You can buy Windows 7 online from Microsoft, and they will give you a license key and a download link. You should be able to use that installer directly in Fusion, no need to burn it to a disk.

I would recommend Windows 7 over XP - it will be supported by Microsoft and 3rd party software much longer, and has many technological advantages. You should be made aware  that Windows comes in several flavours—in addition to Home Premium, Pro, Ultimate, each of those can be purchased as an Upgrade, Full, or OEM version.

OEM is typically the cheapest, but is intended to be installed once on a computer you build, and can't be reused. Technically it's not meant for VMs, but in practice you shouldn't run into issues with it. However it can only be purchased as a physical copy, not downloaded. You want to stay away from Upgrade versions, which are cheaper than Full versions, but check for an existing Windows install. Finally, Full versions are the most expensive, but if you want to live by the purest letter of the license agreement, this is what you need.

Windows 8 is also an option, and will have cheaper licensing, but won't be available until October.


Cisco AnyConnect fails on El Capitan - Unable to locate host scan library

Mac OS 10.11 requires Cisco AnyConnect 3.1.100 or later.


I love my iLugger!!!!  You get exactly what you pay for. The only con I can say is the weight upon your shoulder, when using the shoulder strap.. Looks like they added wheels now, so this definitely is a good buy.


It is not possible to forward text messages to your mac while
  your iPhone is turned off or in airplane mode.

  While iMessages are "just being moved" within Apple servers, text
  messages must be first received from your carrier, then synchronized with
  iCloud so that your mac can receive it too.

  With your iPhone being turned off, the chain of delivery is broken.

The following steps show the iMessage way.

Make sure you sync your messages with iCloud on iPhone and Mac.

iPhone - Sync Messages with iCloud

1. Go to settings
2. Click on your Account at the top
3. Choose iCloud
4. Activate iMessage

Deactivate iMessage on macOS

1. Open iMessage
2. Go to settings with CMD + ;
3. Unselect «Enable this account»

Reactivate your account by selecting «Enable this account».

When you reactivate iMessage on macOS, you'll be notified on your iPhone:

  Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iMessage on a new Mac. If you recently signed in to "«MAC_OS_NAME»" you can ignore this notification.


Encryption on USB - Mac & Windows partitions

If you don't actually require case-sensitivity, Truecrypt is a free and open-source encryption system that will allow you to do either encrypt an entire volume using the Mac OS Extended filesystem or make a encrypted file container (basically an encrypted folder) that can be used to save files as if it were a separate volume.

You will need to download the program from the link above and install it. The Truecrypt program itself will allow you to create encrypted volumes/file containers and mount the encrypted volumes or file containers to your system to use them.


Cracked iPad display - What are my options?

The normal AppleCare plan does not cover accidental damage as it follows the general warranty conditions that cover normal use generally wear is only covered if it's both impeding a normal function and not something that would be expected to be consumed.

AppleCare+ does cover this - you would have had to buy the AppleCare plus insurance and there would be a fee ($49) in the US to pay for the accidental part of the repair. Also, the insturance plus AppleCare is not available worldwide (or nearly as widely) as the normal AppleCare plans.

Apple fixes all iPads at the factory so you would see aflat priced exchange part, so call or visit Apple or an authorized repair agent for pricing on that exchange where you live. Basically, they are getting a new iPad into your hands that might be new or might be refurbished - but it will have a new battery and a new serial number and come directly from the factory to you.

I had this exact same thing happen - my iPad slipped out of my bag and landed after a two foot fall onto a corner. I had the + coverage and was very glad to see the several hundred dollar cost end up hitting my wallet for $49 on top of the $99 I spent originally.


Finder shows the wrong file size compared to Terminal or e.g. Gmail (not the base-10 vs base-2 problem)

Actually, the answer is in your "Get Info" window:

You've got compression enabled on that drive. The file does have 6MB data in it, and when you copy it elsewhere, that's what it takes up.

However, with compression enabled on that drive, the file only takes up 2.9MB on the disk because it has been compressed.


Your spotlight database (or worse - filesystem) is corrupted.

I'll link to some other situations that cover this.

About This Mac -> Storage is wrong?
How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
Mac OS is reporting bad free space
Noticebly larger amount of free space reported compared to the graph in Storage view

The simplest way to resolve this would be to make a backup (if you don't have one), boot to Recovery HD and use Disk Utility to check / repair your disk. Then you can restart the Mac and let it rebuild the spotlight database overnight. Worst case, you can purge the spotlight database if the situation isn't a transient problem with the calculations.


Add keyboard shortcut to print custom characters

There's the default long press functionality, where you long press a letter (~2sec) and it gives you a tooltip with alternatives that are... I guess similar to that letter. You can then press the associated numbers to replace the original letter.

You can also navigate the list with:

TAB and Shift + TAB
and
← and →
Pressing Enter will replace the original letter.
Pressing Esc will cancel

Example where I long pressed s

Example where I long pressed o:

I think it doesn't give me the ö, because that already exists in my keyboard layout as its own key.

You can adjust the delay for when the tooltip shows up here:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard (first tab) > Delay Until Repeat

When Delay Until Repeat is set to Short, the delay is maybe half a second, if I had to guess.


Does a Mac installation have an identifier

As far as I can see it there are several ways to track a mac system:

Hardware-UUID
serialnumber
Mac addresses of network interfaces (and I think bluetooth as well)

The hardware-uuid seems to depend on the used hardware of the mac. It seems to change if one exchange e.g. a graphics card:

  It is possible for a system to lose its serial number so that it
  will no longer appear either in System Profiler or the I/O Registry.
  Repairing a system by swapping hardware components is one reason this
  can happen. Apple does not document the specific details of how a
  machine can lose its serial number. Once the serial number has been
  lost there is no means to restore it to the machine.

  Apple does not guarantee that all future systems will have a software-readable serial number.

  Both of these cases illustrate why asset tracking software should always provide a way for a serial number to be entered manually.

Source

As far as I can tell they mean the UUID when they say „serial number“.

The serial number of the system seems to be fix. I have no prove for this other than that it is used for registering your mac with Apple.

Conclusion

In theory Apple as well as developers are able to identify your installation based on your hardware. If you clone your system to new hardware there will be new UUIDs and serial numbers for the new installation.


Privacy issues: is someone watching me on my laptop?

A possibly malicious user with physical access to your machine and practically unlimited time could have indeed done much damage and covered tracks very effectively; the only way to be sure your machine is "safe" is to erase the drive and reinstall the operating system. Should you choose to go this route, back up your data first, then wipe your computer, reinstall OS and software from their install discs, then restore your user files  from the backup as needed.

That said, there are indeed ways you can reassure yourself about your computer's safety.

I suppose you could physically look for fingerprints on the keyboard, but that falls outside anything I know how to do. Were you to attempt that, you probably would want to do it before any of these other methods so as not to disturb the evidence.

The program Little Snitch can monitor to see what programs on your computer are sending data to the internet. If someone wanted to spy on you somehow, it would not be enough for your computer to collect data for them; somehow, that data would have to leave your computer and get to them, which means some program would need to communicate with the internet. Little Snitch can find unexpected outbound traffic.

While it's fairly easy to alter this one, if you do find files whose "Last Modified" date was while you were away, that is a sure sign that someone was doing something on your machine during that time period.

If your iSight or FaceTime camera is in use, a green light will appear next to it. If that light unexpectedly appears, this is a sign that something is amiss.

If your machine was off, rather than merely sleeping, when you were away, you can see if it was booted when you were gone. Go to Terminal, and type last |grep console to see a list of the most recent user logins.


The following example AppleScript code is just to show changes made to your code to make it flow without the obvious errors that your code has. It does not include proper error handling as would be appropriate to handle all results of the logic flow. Keep learning!

display dialog "How long do you want the timer to go for in seconds?" default answer ""

set thisLong to text returned of result

display dialog "Click start to begin." buttons {"Cancel", "Start"} default button 2

if button returned of result is "Start" then
    delay thisLong
    repeat 10 times
        beep
    end repeat
end if


Since Apple doesn't have any official, public-facing support documents for cleaning Lightning ports, you may be straying into opinion territory.

Users have reportedly successfully and safely used paperclips, plastic or wooden toothpicks, compressed air, vacuum cleaners with a hose, and even tightly rolled sticky tape. Paperclips and other metal objects reportedly have the ability to damage your iPhone's Lightning port pins and some methods are allegedly better than others.

Whatever you use is up to you, provided you can maneuver the object in a way that you don't damage the port's pins.

(Sources include Reddit and Stack Exchange, but answers are anecdotal.)


I recently got my iPhone 4 unlocked from att I have some issues and want to erase and rest all setings, can this effect my unlocked status?

If the phone was unlocked 'legally' (as is true in your case) then factory resetting will not affect the unlock status.


As stated in the other answers there are numerous reasons to this. I have experienced 2.

Problems with the bluetooth antenna/signal

One of my Mac minis would drop the magic mouse, the keyboard and bluetooth headset regularly. I solved the problem by removing the antenna and putting it back (a few tries were necessary to get a stable connection).

On My macbook it seems the magic mouse and another bluetooth mouse seem to disconnect when the mouse is held in hand (hand covering the mouse) very close to the right side of the screen. It looks like there is a dark spot on the bluetooth antenna which prevents it from picking signal from devices positioned in particular places next to the computer.

My bluetooth headset loses the connection (drops some sound) when I stand next to the computer with my head and body between the computer and the right ear cup.

So you should check if you don't have a similar dark spot next to your computer. Or if the disconnections are not happening (more often) in particular situations which could impact the signal.

Batteries

Some batteries will start having problems with the contact, when oxidation occurs all you have to do is turn quickly the batteries in the mouse to remove the oxidation... If it's not enough you can try scratching the parts which are touching the mouse's contacts and the mouse's contacts with something metallic to remove any traces of oxidation.

Also tapping the mouse on the desk will increase the chances of batteries moving and shifting position just so slightly that they might be touching the connectors with a dirtier part.

Mismatched rechargeable batteries seem to create problems. Using two batteries both from the same brand but with different recharge cycles seems to trigger disconnections of my Razer mouse.

This answer also has a good explanation about how the battery level is calculated. It also states that some "cheap" batteries will discharge differently and will not be able to properly power the mouse after a short period of time:

  ...they can't supply the sudden bursts of power the radio in the mouse requires, so some transmissions are lost...

Other

One other major problem you might experience is interferences. You will want to have a look at this list of sources.


No, that is not possible - there's no mouse support on the AppleTV.
There are remote desktop apps for AppleTV, such as the "Remote Desktop for TV" app. However it does not support a Bluetooth mouse, and requires you to use the Apple Remote as a pointing device. That can be done in a pinch, but not for ongoing software development work.
Note that the "Remote Desktop for TV" app requires an RDP server, which you will typicak find on Windows. If you run macOS on your MacBook Pro, you'll typically want a VNC client instead.


Does Mountain Lion (10.8.4) come with SharePoint plug-ins, or did I just install these?

Those two files are not part of Apple's installed software on 10.8.4.

I would chalk it up to Microsoft's installer.

You can research this in depth with a tool like Pacifist by http://www.charlessoft.com


JasperSoft iReport Designer does not open when using only Java from Oracle, not Apple

I think this Running iReport on OS/X with Oracle JDK7  may be telling you that it isn't compatible with Oracle's Java.

You can download the last OS X Java release (see Java for OS X 2014-001) which is usable on OS X 10.7/.8/.9.

It appears you could then use jdkhome to point to the Apple Java release.


MacBook Air - unable to access websites without http/https

This might be because of your DNS. Simply try changing the DNS and it should work.
Open Network settings and try changing your present DNS to Google Public DNS and it should get fixed.

Google Public DNS :

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4


MacOS automatic external drive encryption/decryption

Yes, it is possible for macOS to automatically handle encryption of external drives in the sense that when you plug the disk in, you're asked for an unlock passphrase - and when you unmount the drive, it is encrypted and safe for transport.

An easy way to do this is to open Disk Utility and then plug in an empty external drive. Choose to Partition the drive (make sure the external drive is selected in the left side bar) - and choose to format the drive as "APFS (Encrypted)". You will automatically be asked for a passphrase, and the system will automatically ask you to unlock the drive when plugging it in.

NOTE: Partioning and formatting the drive will erase your existing files on the drive. Please take a backup before doing so!

Regarding your second question - no, FileVault does not as such benefit from hardware encryption feature on external SSDs. This is really a good thing, as recently it was unveiled that these hardware encryption features on many popular SSDs are really very insecure. For example by having built-in backdoor password that are extremely simple (such as a blank password).

On Windows the BitLocker feature in some cases rely on the external hardware's encryption features, and for those users that meant that their security had been compromised all along. Therefore, even though it sounds counter-intuitive, it was really an advantage that File Vault 2 does not rely on the encryption in the SSD controller of the external drive.


Change Default Location for All User Home Directories in Mac OS X 10.10.5

Copy the existing user folder to a new location

ditto /Users /newpath

Setup a symlink to redirect to the new path

ln -s /newpath /Users

Or you can do it all in one line

ln -s -F /newpath /Users


Do you know if there is anyway to turn off the iPod Touch pinging NTP server?

Easy. Go to Settings > General > Time & Date > Turn off Set Automatically.

This will allow you to set the time on the iPod manually AND stop it from pinging Apple's NTP server (time.apple.com).

More on that here.


Macbook Air does not automatically connect to known networks after wake up

I had similar issues with earlier versions of 10.7 as well as 10.6.  I can't guarantee that my problem is a match to yours, but I'll share what worked.

In both cases my network had somehow been lowered in priority in the list of "Known Networks" and the list had become a bit bloated in one instance. Ever since, I've made it a point to somewhat regularly visit and clean up my list of known networks.

Note: What follows may not resolve your problem, but it's a good step to take.  If it doesn't, I suspect that it's related to a more touchy Wifi issue for Macs running Lion. I recall that there have been at least 2 updates to 10.7 that addressed issues with reconnecting to Wifi when waking from sleep.  I've seen it, but it's rare for the Macs that I manage.

Here are the steps that worked for me:

Visit System Preferences -> Network,  select "Wifi" and click the lock (if needed) to authenticate.
Assure that "Remember networks this computer has joined" is checked
Note the order of the "preferred networks" (see blue box in the figure).  Re-order these appropriately.  If you'd like to start fresh, just clear the list.
Click "Ok" to accept the changes


AirPort Express extending AirPort Extreme wireless network: can I use WEP and WPA2 Personal?

First you can save you current configuration in Airport Utility.

Then you have two options:
1. If your Extreme support guest network then just set it up as WEP and extend it with Express.
2. Or connect Express with ethernet to Extreme(i.e. just use it as gateway to internet) and setup WEP network on Express.


Adding templates to mail software in OSX Lion

These stationery files must follow strict Apple rules, meaning they have to be created in certain ways. If you bought them from Apple they will be fine, however, they should have told you where to place those files.

Having tried unsuccessfully to create my own, I at least learned where to  keep them. Here is the path where the files should be placed:

(your) Hard Drive:Library:Application Support:Apple:Mail:Stationery:Apple:Contents:Resources:Photos:Contents:Resources:Air Mail.mailstationery

Air Mail is just one of the Apple stationery packages. Yours might be called Thai Forest.mailstationery.

Hope this helps.


Gmail doesn't work with default Mail app on iPhone 6 with data only

This was resolved in a comment which has since been removed. The solution was to enable data for the mail app, because I had previously turned it off.


How can I check if a new hard disk is detected by Mac EFI at boot?

There is no specific way to get into BIOS/EFI easily on the Mac. It is possible to get into NVRAM from boot and from a shell (type man nvram) but I am unsure you will be able to do anything there that will have an effect on the new drive.

PC manufacturers give access to this because they don't make the operating system. Apple does not because it's software and hardware are better integrated. So if Disk Utility does not see the drive then there is a problem. Possibly with the cabling, my thought being that adding a drive to a mini is a bit finicky.

You could try zapping the PRAM (COMMAND OPTION P R at boot, wait for a second bong then release those keys). I would be tempted to check the connections and cables and even try the new drive in an external (known good) case to verify the drive is OK


How can I monitor usage of an iPad that is probably stolen?

If the isp has no data, you aren’t likely to get any better alternate than Apple lost mode / find my iPhone and pings from the cellular network.

If you truly think it’s stolen, consider filing a police report and send that to the carrier and ask for any pings.

Your reasoning is sound about the battery dead situation. In a few days, you’ll likely never hear again until someone powers it up or charges it near WiFi or cellular coverage.


How can I retrieve files from a Time Machine backup done with Snow Leopard when my current OS is Mavericks?

The Time Machine backup format is OS-version agnostic. It doesn't care which version of the OS created the backup or which version is trying to access it.

It does care which machine is accessing the data. As far as TM is concerned, erasing your internal drive turned it into a "new" disk volume. The stuff it backed up before the erasure and the stuff it backed up after the erasure are backups of different disks and have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. That's why when you're browsing the backup of your current disk you can't see further back than when it was created.

This can be fixed, but only if you are mistaken when you say I tried accessing the external drive via Finder but nothing appears in the Time Machine backup folder. This can't be right. Your Mavericks backups, which you say exist, should show up in Finder.

If you look on your backup volume, you should see a folder named Backups.backupdb. Inside that is a folder for every computer you are backing up there. I'll assume there's only one. Inside that folder are a bunch of folders, almost all of them snapshots named according to when they were taken, in the format YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS. There will also be an alias name "Later" and maybe a few other folders. If that isn't what you see, I don't know how to help you.

Open TM and see how far back in time you can go. Make a note of that date and time. Exit Time Machine.

In Finder, browse through the list of snapshots to find the latest one from before that oldest Mavericks backup. That was the last snapshot taken from before you erased the disk. If there isn't one, if the oldest snapshot is one you can reach with Time Machine, you're out of luck. You must have erased your TM backup when you set up TM to start backing up the new disk, and your old data is gone.

But if you can find such a pre-erasure snapshot, we can re-associate it with the new disk. That is, we can make TM treat it as a backup of your current boot disk.

To do that, log into your admin account and open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities). Enter the command

sudo tmutil associatedisk -a /

but don't press return yet. Be sure you left a space after the slash. Open up that pre-erasure snapshot, and you will see a folder for each disk you were backing up at that time. (There's probably only one: your boot volume. That's the one we want.) Drag that folder (the one for the snapshot of your boot volume) to the Terminal window. Drop it anywhere; Terminal will put it in the right place.

Press return. If you've never used sudo before, you'll get a scary warning message, which you should read but ignore. You'll be prompted for your admin password, which you need to type blind. Nothing will be echoed to the screen. Press return at the end of the password.

Time Machine should now be able to browse backwards across the erasure.


Is Windows 8 fully compatible with latest Macbook Air 13"?

Yes it is fully compatible. But since Windows 8 is heavily dependent on multi touch gestures, and the trackpad driver of a mac isn't the best... well its not recommended. I use bootcamp with Windows 8, but since Apple are the one who need to upgrade and update both the drivers and the bootcamp for almost every major Windows realise the experince might not be as good as a "native" pc, by this I mean you can get third party drivers, as I did, and it does work, but if you buy a Mac for the hardware I suggest you look at other alternatives as it doesn't function as well with Windows as it does with Mac!

You can get look alikes that perform better on Windows! I can say personally I buy Macs because of MAC OS X the hardware is only a plus, if I wasnt going to use Mac software i would probably look in to the Samsung Series 9. However the options are many, but if your main use is to buy a Mac in order to use Windows, I personally recommend you to look elsewhere, and if you are planning on partitioning your drive and only install Windows, well honestly you can get better hardware for less money. although probably uglier! (some exceptions)

-this is from an avid mac and pc user-

If you have any questions, concerns, or need any assistance in future, please don't hesitate to reply to me. I'll be happy to assist you further.

Update 1:

Well except for the core i7 which can probably be configured in store, you can get most ultrabooks cheaper and update the ram and ssd yourself, I think my favorite pc-ultrabook (samsung series 9) is easy to upgrade yourself!
here are some links however

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407200,00.asp

http://www.theverge.com/products/aspire-s7-13-3-inch/5713

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/5/3135319/asus-zenbook-prime-ux31a-review

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/13/lenovo-ideapad-u300s-review/

still, go in to a store and try and feel them out, focus on the trackpad! Especially in windows 8


iOS Mail does sometimes delete instead of archive with Google Inbox account — why?

Looks like iOS v10.3 fixed this issue. Since the update it now works reliable for me. Therefor it might be a known bug. Any other reports?


iPad Air 2 microphone not working since iOS 11 update

Backup the iPhone and then restore to factory. Then as you set up the iPhone restore the backup.

If the issue persists. Restore again and then dont restore the backup, set up the phone as is. If it works then your files have corrupted the audio. If it doesnt work, then it needs to be repaired. Take it to the Apple Store for repairs.


How can I reduce the heat produced when running resource heavy applications for a long time?

Firstly, probably worth checking that kind of temperature isn't going to damage your machine. This might be helpful at working that out: http://www.buildcomputers.net/cpu-temperature.html

As you'd likely know, processors and GPUs have an optimal temperature they run at which is regularly around 50 degrees C. Yours is well over that.

It'd be easier to suggest things if we had an idea of the spec and model but these a few general things

Few things to try:

Ventilate - ensure that the air vents are clear - this includes dust and things on your desk - it goes without saying that while a laptop has the word lap in it, it doesn't mean use it on your lap. Lots of laptops I've seen with heat damage are from doing things in bed with the sheets blocking the vents.
Ensure your fans are operating currently - if they don't sound like they are running at full speed when the CPU is at 80, then your fans or sensors aren't working. To that end, if you are good with physical tools, take the machine apart and clean the fans out with compressed air

If the issue persists take it to an authorised repairer. There could an issue with the thermal paste, and that kind of thing should be fixed by a professional.

If this still doesn't resolve the issue it's likely that you have a machine that is under powered to your needs and you are working it too hard. In other words, it might be time to upgrade to an iMac Pro later this year


What is "useful location-related information" that "Frequent Locations" setting provides?

According to the 8th part in this list on mashable.com, the frequent locations setting can help your iphone collect information on where you have been most often, and then provide you with a map of those locations.

The information can be used to offer better predictive ideas of how long it will take to get from your current location to calendar events' locations.

The information could be used for anything else, however.

UPDATE:

I recently discovered that the iphone uses the location, time and day information to enable it to "guess" how long it will take for you to go from your current location to a location you normally go to at this time on this day.

Caution the next part is speculation
I would wager that this is Apple's answer to Google Now, and the functionality is roughly the same. E.g. It's monday morning, I'm at Location A, I go to work in Location B, my iPhone can now tell me that because it's X o'Clock, and I'm at Location A, it will take 30 minutes to commute to Location B.

I still can't see any benefit of using the frequent location data for any other reason, other than to link with maps and calendar events.


Installing Aperture from the App Store when a previous version is installed

You will want to drag the following to trash and then quit and re-launch the Mac App Store:

/Library/Application Support/ProApps/Aperture System ID
/Applications/Aperture.app

If restarting the app store does not work, a reboot should clear any remnants of the older licensed Aperture product and let you install. Apple support is also very helpful if you need assistance removing an old serial number from a Mac. You don't have to necessarily tell them how you got the old serial number if you feel it may make them or you uncomfortable. I can't imagine a scenario where they wouldn't be delighted to assist you in procuring a legitimate license of the latest version of Aperture.

You can also use the mdfind command to search the entire hard drive for files with Aperture in them. Be prepared for a lot of files. I've never heard of people needing to delete all the Aperture directories, but you might also look to move these to trash as well:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist
~/Library/Caches/Aperture
~/Library/Application\ Support/Aperture


Just press on "send to voicemail" (the middle option) and the call will be rejected.


If you ever synced your iPhone or an iPod to the iMac before the fire, your music ripped from CDs could still be contained on these devices. You can then retrieve these songs from your device to your new computer using a program such as TouchCopy as detailed here
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

iTunes will only download your purchases to your new device, so if you haven’t synced it before, you may need to rip your CDs again.


Sounds like you've shorted or actually damaged the battery.

Take it to an Apple Store to be checked out immediately. Li-ion batteries can catch fire or explode if damaged.

Yes, this one's a Samsung... they're just far easier to find pictures of ;-)


What is the safest way to triple boot Macbook Pro?

Lifehacker's guide to triple booting has worked well for me in the past. You will also definitely need refit. I've seen varying reports of how well refit works on Lion - it seems to be that if you don't have FileVault enabled, you should be fine. Obviously make sure to back everything up before starting - any sort of partitioning/boot loader editing/etc is always slightly risky.

The basic steps are:

Install refit
Partition all the necessary partitions (OS X, Windows, Linux). Be careful at this step, it can be very difficult to resize partitions that aren't HFS+. You'll need three additional partitions: Windows, Linux, and Linux swap.
Install Windows, then install uBuntu.

(Lastly, this does not invalidate the MBP's warrantee.)


Opening any of the iWork suite brings up over 80 dialogs in a row

I managed to fix this, I hope this helps anyone else facing a similar problem.

1. Installing the fonts.

Font Book v9.0

Greyed out fonts that need to be installed have a "Download" button but if you look at the information there's a download link in there. I found that by copying and pasting it somewhere else the URL had a double slash "//" which was probably interfering with the ability to download it. It's actually a link to fonts in the /System directory.

I found most of the fonts I needed here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Support/FontSubsets

By right clicking the font name and using the "Add Fonts…" dialog I could browse to the font and install them.

2. Permissions

The apps still didn't work. One of the Numbers crash reports said that /Applications/Numbers.app/Contents/SharedSupport/DocumentResources/Metadata.plist couldn't be accessed. When I checked all the permissions were screwed up - some folders were owned by root, others had permissions that locked out anyone but the owner. So:

sudo chmod -R g+rwx "/Applications/Pages.app/Contents/"
sudo chmod -R g+rwx "/Applications/Numbers.app/Contents/"
sudo chmod -R g+rwx "/Applications/Keynote.app/Contents/"

and chown commands across the right dirs seems to have fixed that.

Can't say I'm impressed with this turn of events, the standards at Apple really have been slipping badly of late.


Can I maximize windows on a second monitor?

For some reason I am now able to maximize windows on my second display.

The only change I made was to try it with Finder per @drivec's comment about stock apps vs. other apps.

The direct answer to my question is: Yes you can maximize windows on a second display.

I have no idea why it did not work earlier.


Under the Listen with your AirPods section of this Apple support document:

Follow these steps to use your AirPods to play audio from a different
device or to switch the audio to different headphones or speakers.
On your iOS device
Open Control Center. Press deeply or touch and hold
the audio card in the upper-right corner of Control Center to control
audio. Tap the airplay icon, then choose the device you want from the list.*
On your Mac
Click the sound icon in the menu bar and choose your AirPods* or other speakers
under Output Device.
*AirPods appear only when they're nearby and ready to use.


How can I make Safari or Chrome remember my messages in contact forms?

For Chrome, there is Lazarus: Form Recovery
(haven't tried it)

For Firefox (although you didn't mention Firefox, I'll put it in any case), there's the TextArea Cache addon.

For Safari, I don't know of anything.
At the moment I either copy/paste text areas I want to save, or long-click selected text in the textarea, and drag it to a folder in the Finder to create a text clipping. You could also look for a keystroke recorder/keylogger, which would record every key you type in case you need to get back to it later (but those also record spelling mistakes in some cases).

Another option for Safari is to use Jumpcut. Jumpcut can save up to 99 text clipboards in its internal memory. I use it all the time for temporary saving purposes. For example, you are typing text inside a text box, quickly select all (cmd + a) then copy all (cmd + c) and you've just "saved" the text inside Jumpcut. If your computer crashes or your app crashes, restart it and within Jumpcut your text is accessible, ready to be pasted again.

And since Jumpcut remembers up to 99 clippings, you can easily copy all the fields in a form to paste them again later in the exact same way.

Creating a clipping from a text field in Safari:


Where May I (legally) get a Mac OS X .iso File to Virtualize OS X?

These steps assume that you already have purchased OS X 10.9 through the Mac App Store.

Open the Mac App Store
Press the Alt Key and hold it during the following steps
Click at the purchased tab
Scroll to OS X Mavericks
Click at the Download button
If you already have OS X Mavericks installed, you will be asked if you want to continue
Click continue
Now, you can release the Alt Key

To get the dmg file:
1. Go to the downloaded install application in the applications folder
2. Control+click on the installer, and choose Show Package Contents, and choose Show Package Contents.
3. Navigate to Contents > Shared Support
4. The file you are looking for is called InstallESD.dmg

If you need a .iso file, you have to convert it using Disk Utility


Horizontal lines on screen and burned image rendering on macbook air 2015

Looks like your lcd panel is dead/damaged. You might want to get it replaced or replace it yourself.


How many different images are there in a dynamic wallpaper?

The number of images can vary depending on which dynamic wallpaper is chosen.  You can see how many images there are, for yourself.  In Finder, go to the “/System/Library/Desktop Pictures/“ folder, select whichever file you are interested in, and open it in Preview.  The dynamic wallpapers all have a file extension of ‘.heic’.


External monitor moves windows when coming out of sleep (2012 rMBP)

It may be actually worth resetting the NVRAM and SMC (in that order) to see if this resolves your issues. Before doing so, unplug all external devices (including monitors, keyboard, etc).

Resetting NVRAM on your model MacBook Pro

Your Mac use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM) to store a whole range of settings. Here’s how to reset this:

Shut down your Mac. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionPR keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime for the second time.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, time zone information, etc).

Now proceed to reset the SMC.

Resetting the SMC on your model MacBook Pro

The System Management Controller (SMC) impacts a whole range of power management functions. Here's how to reset this:

Shut down your computer
Disconnect the MagSafe plug (power cable) from the computer
Remove the battery
Press the power button for 5 seconds and release
Put the battery back in
Reconnect the MagSafe cord (or power cable)
Turn your computer back on with the power button


iOS: Tapping Update in App Store just launches the app

Tap on the app icon to launch the full product page, and click the "+Update" button there, rather than the "Update" button on the list of updates.

The former works for me, the latter behaved for me as you described.


How can I mount partition disk0s4 that became inaccessible after a clean installation of Mountain Lion?

Mounting the volume

Disk Utility verification and possible repair of the partition map

If you have not already done so, use Disk Utility 13 (426) in OS X 10.8 to select then verify:

not the greyed-out partition
instead, the physical disk that contains the partition.

If verification reveals a problem with the partition map, then consider allowing Disk Utility to attempt a repair.

Proceeding without Disk Utility

Credit to Caesium's answer for finding the asr suggestion.

Here with a disposable JHFS+ volume, an example of adjustments working as expected. Note the file system checks:

macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil unmount /dev/disk12s1
Volume sandpit on disk12s1 unmounted
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ sudo asr adjust --target /dev/disk12s1 --settype "Apple_UFS"
Fsck /dev/disk12s1 ....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100
Adjust completed successfully
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil list disk12
/dev/disk12
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.9 MB   disk12
   1:                  Apple_UFS sandpit                 256.9 MB   disk12s1
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk12s1
Volume on disk12s1 failed to mount
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ sudo asr adjust --target /dev/disk12s1 --settype "Apple_HFS"
Fsck /dev/disk12s1 ....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100
Adjust completed successfully
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk12s1
Volume sandpit on /dev/disk12s1 mounted
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$

If the type of your own /dev/disk0s4 can not be safely adjusted or (re)set to Apple_HFS then:

the operating system may no longer work with the HFS Plus file system (or remnants thereof) that occupies, or occupied, the affected area of the physical disk; and
you might doubt the integrity of the partition (start and end blocks, and so on).

Relevant lines from /private/var/log/install.log should reveal what, if anything, happened to disk0s4 before, during or after installation of the OS to disk0s2. This logged information may become critical to regaining easy access to the data.

Getting the data without mounting the volume

Good luck with your use of Data Rescue 3 – I have the app, but have never attempted to recover from any area of a disk where the partition type has been affected in this way.

Observations

Device/media name

This is sometimes, not always, a match for the volume name. Here for example:

macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil info disk0s2 | grep Name:
   Device / Media Name:      swap
   Volume Name:              swap
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ diskutil info disk0s4 | grep Name:
   Device / Media Name:      Untitled
   Volume Name:              spare

For Todd K., presence of the device/media name –

  MacBook Data

– raises hope that start and end blocks etc. are good, that only the type of the partition is wrong.

No Recovery System 10.8 for OS X 10.8

Recovery HD implies Recovery OS 10.7.x.

In any case such as this, an installation that is incomplete (that is without the expected upgrade to the Apple_Boot slice) signals that a nonstandard method of installation – with only part of Apple's installer app – may have been used.

Side note

GUID Partition Table, as it's described in Disk Utility, is the norm for this type of modern installation of OS X – not Master Boot Record.


Can't find any solution or product that'll add one more USB-C port to MacBook Pro13

Your question will likely elicit opinion-based answers, but what you are looking for is a Thunderbolt 3 dock. These can include USB-C, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt 2 and 3 ports, gigabit ethernet, FireWire 800, SD card slots, HDMI, DisplayPort, audio jacks, and so on.

Prices range from a little over $100 to more than $400, depending on what connectors and how many are included. See this page here to get some ideas, but you are looking for a Thunderbolt 3 dock.


Is there any free iOS video player that allows you to transfer and keep a folder hierarchy intact?

I'm using PlayerXtreme on my iPhone and it's keeping all level folder, you should try it !

I've only be using the free version so far, but it does the job (and you can get more feature by giving them an availiation on the Appstore)

  On their website, they claim that :

  Files and Folders: Dont need to learn the app. It is almost like using Windows or Mac OSX.
  Library Organization: Organize all of your media-videos, photos, and music


How do I add/adjust words in/to the keyboard dictionary on iOS?

Go to Setttings > General > Keyboard.
Tap Edit in the top right corner.
Tap Add New Shortcut. Type the word you wanted to add to the dictionary in the Phrase field. You can also optionally add a shortcut.
Add a shortcut with the Phrase TE and the shortcut te. This will auto-capitalise te to TE. It will also prevent it from auto-correcting to the.


Making Command, Option and Control work with microsoft sculpt keyboard?

In system preferences hit restore to default then ok. Download Karabiner

and then in Karabiner do this:


Yes, photos imported into an iPad do get shared through Photo Stream. This feature is mentioned in this Apple KB article.

The 1000 picture limit is a per hour limit. Apple says (in the same KB article) that…

  If you exceed one of these limits, your uploads to Photo Stream will be paused temporarily and you may see a notification message on your device. Your uploads will resume automatically once you no longer exceed one of the limits (such as the following hour or day).

In addition to the 1000 picture limit, there are further limits…

  Uploads to My Photo Stream per day: 10,000 photos
  Uploads to My Photo Stream per month: 25,000 photos

These limits can not be circumvented (as far as I know) by having your computer constantly sync to Photo Stream.

This Apple KB article explains Photo Stream resolutions:

  On your Mac or PC, your photos are downloaded and stored in full resolution. On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV, your Photo Stream photos are delivered in a device-optimized resolution that speeds downloads and saves storage space. While actual dimensions will vary, an optimized version of a photo taken by a standard point-and-shoot camera will have a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution when pushed to your devices. Panoramic photos can be up to 5400 pixels wide.

According to the same Apple KB article as the previous, yes, Wi-Fi is required for Photo Stream to work (emphasis not mine).

  On an iOS device, new photos you take will be automatically uploaded to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and are connected to Wi-Fi. Note: My Photo Stream does not push photos over cellular connections.


Generate a host key

First, make a home for the new SSL files. I use /etc/apache2/ssl.  Open up a terminal window, cd to the new directory and issue the following command to create a host key file.

sudo ssh-keygen -f host.key

Generate a certificate request file

This command create a certificate request file. A certificate request file contains information about your organization that will be used in the SSL certificate.

sudo openssl req -new -key host.key -out request.csr

Create the SSL certificate

Create a self signed SSL certificate using the request file.

sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in request.csr -signkey host.key -out server.crt

Configure Apache

Create a backup of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf.

Append the contents of /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf.

In /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, make sure the loading of SSL is enabled (remove the #)

LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so

Also, edit SSL section to use the new certificate.

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/host.key

Check the config and restart Apache to try the new certificate.

sudo apachectl configtest
sudo apachectl restart

Thanks to the House of Ding and Matt Langtree for providing much of this solution.


Decent sweat-resistant headphones with mic (ie, iPhone compatible)

I use the default Blackberry wired headset which I get on Amazon.

I wear them only when I ride my bike to talk on the phone (call family on the 2 hour bike ride to work, its a good time to chat on the way home) or listen to podcasts.

While they may not be sweat resistant, they are cheap.  I buy them on Amazon for $2.85 a pair and the noise cancelling seems to be pretty good, considering I often talk while riding a bike in traffic and wind.

I have had one mike die due to sweat, but otherwise, they seem to last reasonably well.  And I sweat copiously, alas.

I love the single click to mute, hold to drop the call, and hold to activate voice dialing on my Blackberry.   Now to figure out how to get the BB voice dialer to call via Google Voice so I can call my parents in Canada without long distance charges from the US.


Is there a way for Snow Leopard to remember previously unidentified USB keyboards?

I used to have this problem with my keyboard. I did some Googling and learned that in order for my Mac to "remember" my keyboard the file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist needed to be changed. The problem was that I couldn't change that file because I was logged in as a non-administrator user. The solution was to login with the administrator account, connect and configure the keyboard, logout and never have that problem again. :-)


Location of Message Attachments in iOS 6 Backup?

Given your file:

/var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/5D58C5EE-8F51-445C-A3FC-D6X94B6B6932/IMG_1230.png

Replace the var/mobile/ with MediaDomain- so that you end up with this:

MediaDomain-Library/SMS/Attachments/5D58C5EE-8F51-445C-A3FC-D6X94B6B6932/IMG_1230.png

Take the SHA1 hash of the above filename and that should be the name of the file in your backup: e6f11db0844899e5f8a04a796c74c234a3dcc5bc

To get the hash for testing, try the following link: http://www.fileformat.info/tool/hash.htm


You can try unchecking "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" on System Preferences > Energy Saver (source).

There's also an app that says it will give more detailed control called (appropriately) "Keep Drive Spinning".
Here is a link to the developer site, the app sends you to macupdate for the download –be careful with bundled software on the "install now" link. I have not tried it myself.


Processing videos through iMovie increases file size by 70x

You have inadvertently wandered into the murky realm of video codecs.

The screen recording you made with Quicktime was initially saved using the extremely efficient H.264 compression algorithm.

H.264 is a codec optimised for distribution of video. It is designed to store video using the least possible amount of data at the cost of using a lot of CPU time to encode or decode.

If you have ~5hrs of video in 4.73GB of data, that must be encoded at ~2.1Mbit per second. This is extremely efficient compression! (for comparison, standard definition DVDs rarely pack more than 4hrs of video onto 7GB of space).
This efficiency is due to h.264 and that, unlike regular video footage, in screen recordings not much is typically changing between frames.

iMovie is optimised for working with video, not screen recordings, so the output options are tuned with that in mind.

ProRes, is a close-to-uncompressed algorithm that is optimised for editing video (computationally light to decompress and scrub through at the cost of lots of disk space).
High, will be a H.264 compression at approx 20Mbit/sec, this is a reasonable data rate for compressing HD video with good quality.

The audio option. AIFF is an uncompressed audio format. Thus it will use the same amount of data regardless of the content; even if your screen recording has no sound, it's still going to save 5hrs * 44.1 thousand zeros.


Does "Group Message" mean that all recipients would "see" each other?

In my experience I always see all recipients in a group iMessage - so depending on if the author of the message chose email or phone numbers I see each recipient's information.

If I have that address/phone in my address book, then I get my address book's name for the contact, but even then, I can tap on the name and determine if an email or phone number was used to address the group.

On the iPhone, there is a group message toggle - but at iOS 5.1.1, it doesn't seem to matter whether this is on or off on the sender or the receiver - I still see everyone in the group iMessage. As far as I can tell, that switch doesn't do anything on an iPhone and isn't there to even help on an iPad / iPod touch.


It appears to be battery related. It may be related to -103, however both indicate that you should check the battery. Try running the laptop from the charger and see if the laptop still unexpectedly shuts down. Also check to see if there are any spurious sensor readings for the battery using iStat Menus or equivalent which may indicate the laptop trying to protect itself by shutting down.

  -103
  Battery cell under voltage detected.
  Check battery.

  -104
  unknown
  Check battery.

Source: Shutdown Causes


iPhone 5s: benefits of 64 bit processors if no more than 4 GB of RAM?

My understanding is that the (main) reason of having a 64 bit processor, is to be able to use more than 4 GB of RAM.

Well, everything is 64 bits wide in a 64 bit CPU.  For one, computation involving large numbers is more efficient.

ARM introduced a few changes and improvements in the move to 64-bit.

All 64-bit ARM CPUs have built in floating point.
Quite a few things were simplified, making it easier for compliers to create more optimized code.
The SIMD/floating point unit has more registers.  This means more data can be processed in operations that use SIMD (like media decoding) or floating point (anything with 3d graphics).
It also has a few built-in instructions for cryptography.

Reference.

  But for a smartphone, which (afaik) doesn't have more than 4GB of ram, what's the point? what is the benefit?

This is true now.  I'd bet in 3-5 years it won't.


How fast can my Mac read or write to an SD card in the SD card slot?

  Mac notebooks use the USB bus to communicate with the SD card slot. They have a maximum speed of up to 480Mbit/s. Mac desktops use the PCIe bus to communicate with the SD card slot. Desktops can transfer data at a faster rate.

  Check the packaging that came with your SD media to determine the maximum transfer rate that your specific card uses.

  To determine the maximum transfer speed of your Mac, you can use the System Profiler. Go to the Apple () menu > About This Mac and then click System Report.

  If you use a Mac notebook:

  Select Hardware, then select USB.
  Select Internal Memory Card Reader and look for the Speed entry.

  If you use a Mac desktop computer:

  Select Hardware, then select Card Reader.
  Look for the Link Speed entry. Computers that use the PCIe bus express their speed as GT/s.

About the SD and SDXC card slot on your Mac


how many emails does my mac book air archive hold?

I doubt you'll reach a limit.

HFS+ which stores the file limits you to 2.1 billion files in a folder so you could have a lot of emails stored to archive. When you go to archive them, that one file holding billions of messages could grow to a size of 8 EB (and one exabyte is one million terabytes) so there's really little chance Mail app will prevent you from archiving an absurdly silly number of messages.


You can't format a Drobo with Disk Utility. You need to use the Drobo tools -
see this tech note

Key part:

  Although some utilities (such as Apple's Disk Utility in OS X 10.5 and
  later) allow you to repartition or dynamically repartition a volume
  without losing data, Drobo device volumes do not support these
  utilities. Drobo storage device volumes should not be repartitioned
  using any application other than Drobo Dashboard. If you repartition a
  Drobo device drive using a third-party utility (including OS
  utilities), you risk losing the data on the drive.


Transfer calls, two iPhone 4, both phones ringing

The First point is,your carier is providing you the facility  your asking,
if yes then you will get it in the call diversion option.


Unable to install Microsoft Office 2001 on Mac OS X

Office 2001 isn't designed to run natively on OS X. It needs either OS 9 or some form of translation software.

Apple used to provide this in the form of Rosetta, which was part of the OS X operating system until OS X 10.6 in 2009.
It used to be available as an additional download by launching the App Store, or by installing it from the 'Extras' folder on the original 10.6 installer disks.

I'm not certain if Office 2001 is even actually too old to run under Rosetta, or whether it must be run specifically under the Classic Environment, i.e. OS9.
Office X was released to specifically address that.

The simplest workarounds might be

Get a newer version of Office, that supports OS X [possibly costly]
Get OpenOffice, which ought to be able to work with most Office documents, regardless of age [free]


Can the text message field in iOS 10 Messages be moved to be more friendly to left-handed users?

No, there's no documentation from Apple that indicates whether or not the buttons in Messages can be moved to the opposite site.  This is actually a good opportunity for the app development or jailbreak tweaking community.

I would recommend contacting Apple and giving them your feedback.


Restoring mail from backup after hard disk died

The email index probably needs to be rebuilt.  Last option on the Mailbox Menu.

(And just in case, you do still have your backup, right?)  :)


Is it possible to use screen sharing without the remote screen being visible?

There are three solutions that I know of that allow you to "black out" the remote screen so that uses cannot see what you are doing:

Apple Remote Desktop (ARD).  Cost:  $79
TightVNC.  Cost:  Free for personal use.
TeamViewer.  Cost:  Free for personal use ($810 for Business License)

As for ARD and VNC, they will do they job, but as far as performance, they are quite frankly, horrible.  ARD is definitely better than VNC, but if you are comparing it to Microsoft Remote Desktop, then ARD looks and feels prehistoric.  The VNC protocol is quite "heavy" and the lag on a LAN is unbearable at times.  But, for the price...

I wholeheartedly recommend TeamViewer

TeamViewer, is one of the best remote access / remote control utilities out there.  It's free for personal use but to buy a license it's expensive.  If you have many clients to manage, TeamViewer is the one.  There is zero setup involved. unlike VNC which you have to open ports on your router.

TeamViewer does have the capability to black out your screen and you get this feature with the free version - you don't need the paid version.  I tested this today and it works.  To do this, you have to first disable remote input, then click on show black screen.

Below are the screen captures of my TeamViewer session from my iMac to a Dell Laptop running Win10 with the black out option enabled:

If you notice the black screen on the laptop below.  All you can see is the pointer arrow and that moves with the TeamViewer session and not the remote mouse/keyboard.


There's no such way to do that, actually. So, you have two possibilities:

Adjust the tempo before add the podcast on your phone (using Audacity or something similar), you can have a look on this Super User post to understand how to do it.
Convert the podcast into an audiobook format. You can adjust the actual velocity of your audiobook going into "Settings > Audiobooks"

Besides that, I can't see no other way to do that, sorry.


Can I recover pictures from waterlogged phone?

First consider ofcourse if you have any backups on your computer, in iCloud or other cloud services.

If not, and you're not able to fix the defective port by yourself, you can use a data recovery service. They might be able to retrieve the photos.

In the past I have successfully used IBAS / Kroll Ontrack data recovery services to recover data from an iPhone with a similar problem. However, note that it is guaranteed that it will work - and there might be complications if your data is encrypted, etc. However, they are able to provide an analysis for a limited fee, so that you know before paying the full fee, how likely it is for you to get all your data back.

Their homepage is here:

http://www.krollontrack.co.uk

I cannot see from your profile where you are located, but they operate in many different countries.


On Pages, inserting a graph from Numbers gives a black line at the bottom

Whoops! I figured it out. Its really an underline because the inline text was bold and underline. Select the text, and deselect underline and bold.


Macbook pro mid 2014 15" turns screen off when unplugged and starts fans at max power

If the screen is semi-black, it should change the brightness of the logo as well. Not sure how one is happening and the other is not.

Before you proceed, you might wanna take a backup of your data.

Do the below:

Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Install Onyx and try to fix system issues - https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html It's a powerful and reliable system maintenance app
If you are an advanced used, try live usb booting with Linux and see if the same problem happens. If it doesn't, then the problem is with macOS. You might need to format your mac. If it does, then you might have a hardware problem and should be handled in a different way.

Glad to be of help. Let me know how this goes.


Bluetooth lagging when Magic Mouse and a bluetooth speaker connected

I don't know that there's anything you can do about this—speakers just use up a lot of Bluetooth's available bandwidth. While I've never had trouble with JUST a speaker and mouse, I've found that if I connect a Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, and speaker at once, the speaker becomes horribly stuttery until either the mouse or keyboard is disconnected.

You say you've already tried different speakers; I might try different mice as well. You could try a USB Bluetooth adapter, but there's no guarantee that it will be any better. Also, if you have any additional Bluetooth devices you didn't tell us about, definitely disconnect those as well.

(At one point, I set up Eventscripts to automatically disconnect my keyboard whenever a Bluetooth speaker was connected. It worked, but was somewhat fragile, and I don't recommend it.)

You could also try lowering macOS's Bluetooth audio quality in the terminal so it uses less bandwidth. I have never been able to get acceptable results this way, but it could be worth a try. https://lifehacker.com/fix-your-bluetooth-audio-in-yosemite-with-this-terminal-1670380974

You're not going to like this solution, but I would recommend replacing either the mouse or speaker with a non-Bluetooth alternative, such as a wireless mouse with a USB dongle or a wifi speaker that works over airplay.

Sorry this isn't the answer you wanted.


View your rated music, apps and etc. on the iTunes?

Follow these simple steps to remove a review that you have written:

Sign in to the iTunes Store.
From the Store menu, choose “View My Account” (or click “Account” in the “Quick Links” menu on the right).
In the Settings section, click “Manage” next to “Reviews and Ratings”.

You’ll end up on this page:

Click “Remove” next to the review or rating you would like to remove.

Note: The review that you remove will not immediately disappear. Once removed, the text from the review will no longer be visible but may be retained in Apple’s systems indefinitely.

Source: Apple’s Knowledge Base


Can i create a bootable clone for my mac using diskwarrior?

No - that's not a function of Disk Warrior. It just works on a drive to fix up the partition / volume / directory if needed.

Check out SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner for bootable images if you don't like Disk Utility which is free and Apple included.


How do I open the javascript console in Safari 6?

Open Safari and choose Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Then select the checkbox 'Show Develop menu' in menu bar.

Choose Develop > Show Error Console.


Using A Windows PC To Recover User Data From HFS Drive (dead Macbook)

If you're seeing 50GB worth of sparse bundle bands, this suggests that the user has implemented FileVault encryption on the volume. To the very best of my knowledge, it is not possible to mount sparse bundles from Windows systems. You'll need a Mac system of equivalent OS version or newer to mount the drive and the user will need to supply the password used to encrypt the data.

This should help with mounting sparse bundles externally:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1974


Reinstalling OS X on a MacBook with dead hard drive and no recovery disc

Since you say it's a Core Duo and not a Core 2 Duo, I think that you've got one of the original white (or black) MacBooks.  If I'm correct, you're not going to be able to install Mavericks (10.9) on it.  The latest OS that your MacBook will support is Snow Leopard.  If I'm correct that this is your MacBook, you will be able to get a Snow Leopard DVD from somewhere (you can order it from Apple for $20) and install it via the DVD.  If I haven't guessed your Mac correctly, you can use this checker to figure out which one you do have.

If you are close to an Apple Store, it's quite possible that they will reinstall its original OS onto it for you.  Set up an appointment at the Genius Bar, explain your predicament, and ask for their assistance.


How to start a terminal from a recovery USB flash drive

A bash shell is available in Maverick's Recovery Mode from the menubar under Utilities:

If you suspect that the internal recovery disk is compromised and cannot boot into it with Command+r, you could try booting into the "internet recovery mode" with Command+Option+r. It might take a minute or two to load the Terminal option.


iMac as external display for new MacBook Pro?

Target display mode is supported on your iMac and how to use it is described in this support document on the Apple site.

It states that for the Mid 2011 iMac, which you linked to, a Thunderbolt cable will work (Thunderbolt wraps the DisplayPort data stream)

  iMacs you can use | Cable       | Port you need
  as a display      | you need    | on your other Mac
  ----------------------------------------------------
  iMac (Mid 2011)   | Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt

  Use Target Display Mode

  Follow these steps to start using your iMac as a display:
   1. Make sure both computers are turned on.
   2. Connect the Mini DisplayPort or
  Thunderbolt cable between the two computers.
   3. Press Command-F2 on the keyboard of the iMac that you want to use as a display.

  After you press Command-F2, your iMac displays the desktop from
  the connected Mac.

So, you should be able to connect a new MacBook Pro via a Thunderbolt 3 -> Thunderbolt 2 adapter and a standard Thunderbolt 2 cable.


In Numbers 3

Select the cell (or group of cells), and from the format panel, choose Cell.
Click the conditional Highlighting and click Add a Rule...
Choose the date tab, then "after ..." from the popup. 0 as the value. This rule will appear in the popup as "date is after the date" once it is selected.
In the last box choose "Red Fill"

In Numbers '09

Select the cell (or group of cells), and from the inspector, choose Cell Format.
Under "Conditional Format" header, click the "Show Rules"
Select "With Dates", then choose "after", enter "0", choose "days", choose "from now"
Then click the edit button, click the fill square and choose the red colour.
Click "Done"


Unlocking new Mac not working with Apple Watch

It seems as if this setting is not honored for OS-level access until after a reboot.  It surprises me that Apple failed to note that in the UI.


Try rebuilding the library.

Quit iPhoto
Backup your iPhoto library
While holding Cmd ⌘+Option, relaunch iPhoto
Select the options to rebuild everything


iPhone 4 iTunes podcast list shows 3-4 words max?

I suggest searching for podcasts on the iTunes web interface from within mobile Safari. Both Bing and Google accept a site parameter that will allow you to filter for a specific site. In thie case, you could search for a podcast and add the site:itunes.apple.com parameter at the end. Like this:

  this week in tech site:itunes.apple.com

The search results in Safari should be easier to read. Each link should open in the iTunes app in your iPhone. Hope this helps.


Which Linux Distro installs on a MacBook (13-inch Early 2008)

How to Test Multiple Linux Distributions

I recommend making a multi-boot USB stick. I used YUMI to create it, and put a number of Linux distros for testing on new machines. You just pick the one to test at boot time, and then you can run it from the USB memory for a while until you decide if it works well on the target machine.

Been a while, but my recollection is that all of the live images were ready to do an install, too. Also can't remember the cost, but I think I paid less than $10 for a large enough memory to hold half a dozen distros, plus state storage.

Recommendation: Ubuntu

My own preference has been Ubuntu these years, though I don't like some of the design decisions they've been making and some versions have been too heavy for my taste. I used one of the Puppy Linux versions for a while, and it was cute and surprisingly robust. Haven't really used Lubuntu that much, but some people recommend it for older and weaker machines.

Probably not relevant to your Mac situation, but I did find one machine that had a weird problem in booting from the USB stick. It was an old ThinkPad, and even though it said it supported USB booting, it didn't work as expected. The trick was to edit the device list to add the USB stick with the hard disk and then move the USB entry to the top of the list before starting. (Unfortunately, that machine was so old and flaky that no Linux was able to cure its WiFi problems... I found a weird WiFi workaround, but too far out of scope here.)


The only positive evidence I can find is one can install  Mac OS X server on a software RAID set. The instructions state that a standard Mac OS X needs to be installed before the Server software installation. The only drawback is that, among other things, a Recovery volume cannot be created and FileVault cannot be used.

One could interpolate that you can indeed install Mac OS X on a RAID, but some very important technologies will not be available.


How to connect four monitors to a 15-inch MacBook Pro?

Yes, the 15” MacBook Pro supports “Up to four displays with 3840x2160 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colours” in addition to the built-in display. You don’t have to reserve a port for power, you can run off battery, or find a display that will deliver power to the MacBook Pro. Or you can daisy-chain the displays, and run one of them by connecting it to another display and not directly to the MacBook Pro.


The Apple TV doesn't support native VPN configuration - is there another way to use VPN?

There's no way to add a "real" native VPN to the AppleTV through software currently. The DNS-based solutions you describe are really not what you would normally expect from a full VPN solution.

The best alternative currently is a hardware solution where you add the VPN externally. I.e. instead of connecting the AppleTV directly to your internet connection, you connect it to a VPN box instead. Such a setup does not prevent your AppleTV from being used as a HomeKit hub.

The VPN box might be a dedicated box that does nothing but encapsulate network traffic from the device into the VPN (could be a specialized off-the-shelf VPN device, or a generic device with VPN software such as a small Linux computer or similar). It might also be just functionality within equipment you already have, such as your existing router or firewall, if they support such VPN functionality.


Upgrade os snow leopard to mountain lion without time machine

Rule: Always back up at least your own document, photos etc — or your whole User Directory, if you've got the space - before any big changes.

You don't necessarily need to backup the OS — though a disk clone onto an external USB, made with SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner, is an instant rescue, right at hand, in the event of a crash or data loss, as well as another Startup Disk from which to repair your hard disk.

If you've got access to an OS install image, download or disks, in the event the upgrade doesn't go well and you need to downgrade, you don't need a clone (though it's easier) but just a copy of whatever you don't want to lose.

Related Rule: Always routinely back up / copy to somewhere else anything you don't want to lose.

You don't need Time Machine. It's just one method, one kind of external drive.

I use Arc, for example, which backs up what I tell it to (to very cheap storage using A3) every night, silently, from the menubar. I also clone every few weeks to a small USB external.

Another inexpensive way is to copy / backup to a flash stick - mine holds 16GB, which is enough for my work. A photographer or video person would of course would need much larger backup and storage.

It's a broad subject — but just don't mess with big changes "unprotected." Data loss happens.

Save your data to DropBox, that's one easy step.


Running some processes and not others over VPN

This feature is available from Private Internet Access. They call it their Desktop Application Split Tunneling Feature. It is a complex enough feature that I would not expect it to be supported by free software.


iCloud Drive - Why am I running out of space, when my account shows 100_gb free?

This doesn't answer the question, but moving gigabytes of data to any cloud service (and back) is going to take a while. An external drive will be much faster, and you can re-use it for the backup you don't have.


Can't bind cmd+\ to "Move focus to next window", but I can bind it to other actions... why?

For what it is worth, I am able to bind ⌘+\ to Move Focus to Active or Next Window in Mavericks, and it works fine for switching between Finder windows.

(It doesn't help your situation except to indicate that this might be a bug...)

If you are trying to use it in another application besides the Finder, does the standard ⌘+` work?

I have the Full Keyboard Access option below that set to text boxes only:

EDIT: Reassigning ⌘+\ to "Move focus to next window" also works fine for me.

You are probably onto something with the backslash causing the problem, since defaults write -globalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Move focus to next window" '@\' gives an error Could not parse: "@\".  Try single-quoting it. and trying to escape it with a backslash results in a strange dictionary assignment:

$ defaults read -globalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents
{
    "Move focus to next window" = "@\\\\";
}


How to find if my Photoshop CS6 has Retina support

Photoshop CS6 supports retina since version 13.0.3.
There is a blog article from Adobe about this

How to update Photoshop:
1. In Photoshop, choose Help > Updates.
2. The Adobe Application Manager will launch. Select Adobe Photoshop CS6 and choose Update.

How to confirm that the Update worked
1. In Photoshop, choose Photoshop > About Photoshop (Mac)
2. For Mac perpetual customers, the version at the top should be Version: 13.0.3
3. For Win/Mac Creative Cloud members, the version at the top should be Version: 13.1.1


How do I copy global text substitution settings into iWork '09 (Keynote, Pages)?

The substitutions for Pages.app are stored in:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.Pages.plist

Specifically they are in Root/kSFWPAutoSubstitutionArrayProperty. The format is a an array containing dictionaries with the keys replace, with and on.

The Global Substitutions are located at ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist.
Specifically, they are in Root/NSUserReplacementItems. The format, conveniently, is identical.

It's probably possible just to open ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist as plain text and copy across what you want into ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.Pages.plist.


Disk Utility on Mavericks fails because "disk is too small"

I did fix this by resizing (making it a bit smaller) the Partition1.
After doing this I was able to delete/resize all the other partitions.

Well, I have no idea why this happened, so this is not a real solution but probably a bug of diskutil.


Finder sidebar flashing text and high CPU load since El Capitan

For your high CPU load, let's dig into the system.

What does the Memory Pressure graph look like when CPU idle is less than 50% (if your idle is higher than 50%, no system issue is likely - focus on App tuning when that's the case)
What is the ambient temperature and CPU temperature when the kernel_task is more than 100% CPU for one thread?
Open Terminal when you have high CPU load and run vm_stat 60 - collect 10 minutes of data and look at the columns below
Open terminal and run iostat 60 for about 10 minutes - Control+C to quit both the "stat" commands.

To load my Mac, I downloaded 10 apps from the Mac App store - some large ones like iMovie and Garage Band and some small ones like iWork and such.

mac:~ me$ iostat 60
        disk0       cpu     load average
KB/t tps  MB/s  us sy id   1m   5m   15m
59.40   6  0.32  17 10 72  6.56 3.63 3.67
21.80 1171 24.92  38 52 10  6.96 4.25 3.89
40.43 879 34.71  35 37 28  7.45 5.18 4.29
15.55 1313 19.94  31 27 42  4.64 4.83 4.22
18.94 1434 26.52  35 29 36  3.98 4.64 4.19
41.36 611 24.67  27 21 52  3.72 4.38 4.12
21.38 913 19.07  27 21 52  2.75 4.00 3.99
20.91 638 13.03  10 12 78  2.78 3.80 3.91
21.68  36  0.77   3  2 95  2.93 3.64 3.84
20.44  29  0.59   5  2 93  1.99 3.28 3.70
22.15  22  0.47   8  2 91  2.08 3.08 3.59

You can see here the the load averages are CPU intensive, but the IO went down as my software updates all stopped writing to disk.

mac:~ me$ vm_stat 60
Mach Virtual Memory Statistics: (page size of 4096 bytes)
    free   active   specul inactive throttle    wired  prgable   faults     copy    0fill reactive   purged file-backed anonymous cmprssed cmprssor  dcomprs   comprs  pageins  pageout  swapins swapouts
  595910   279890    45280   279751        0   492724    37678  278656K  2546038  189649K  1824146  1002019      281435    323486  1818476   403174 19561912 35034707 16848168   287811 28125307 40507111
  504689   443792   201139   474742        0   436928    70152  2732782   189565   424938        0     2000      676091    443582   278992    35188    24217        0   135660        0    57626    32072
  288052   470450   348036   498497        0   431105    76523  2060375   294486   433689        4        0      849080    467903   264481    60629    11211        0    28139        0   115989    48218
  502987   516349    70119   515432        0   425924    89544  1099406    51694   219782        6        0      579472    522428   257944    66005     3466        0    44239        0     5781        0
  507406   531812   141516   425286        0   424196    94416   591951    17077   130465        6        0      562119    536495   256845    66504     1073        0    89051        0      630        0
  291194   490232   280286   553763        0   421515    64940   351719    53197   123817        0        0      832785    491496   238005    59444     3744        0   176346        0      300        0
    3514   453966   451770   744198        0   390220    28598   197808     7292   121072       66    45608     1195232    454702   232836    52649     5065       48   181145      511     2681      256
   93402   452291   348713   757438        0   391651    27230   341329     5557    48781       11       10     1104234    454208   232446    52981      382        0    87528        1      384        0
   68118   472252   352168   759063        0   392179    27230   134456     2001    68625        0        0     1110375    473108   231810    52997      636        0     4232        0       60        0
   74742   462223   354622   758990        0   393270    25344    52168      525    39814        0        0     1112806    463029   230636    52859      230        0      198        0        0        0

Similarly, not all the vm_stat numbers are meaningful. The most important is faults and that shows how busy the memory system is. Next is free, if it's too low (less than 100) for other than one interval, then you are constantly paging in and out pieces of data. That will show in the last 4 columns: ** pageins  pageout  swappins swapouts** The few out operations in my sample show this re-balance, but a constant flow of them indicates you can tune your system or software for better speed.


Sketch within note app is not available on my Macbook Air 2012

Here's a screenshot of the new Notes.app from the Apple website. It doesn't have a sketch function, which makes me think that sketch is probably only available in iOS.


Any way to make Cmd-D "delete next word" rather than "split-pane" in Terminal

Switch to iTerm2. It's free and sooo much nicer than plain old terminal. Also it has a lot more options for customization, like keyboard shortcuts.

Also I love that you can use cmd and 1-9 to switch between tabs. Try it and you will never go back to regular terminal :)

How to set up delete next word in iTerm 2

Install iTerm2
Launch and then go to preference pane.
Choose the "Keys" tab

Click on the plus button to add a new keyboard shortcut
In the first box type CMD+D
In the second box choose "Send Escape Sequence"
In the third box type the letter d

Voila! Now in iTerm2 cmd+d will delete the word in front of the cursor.

See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/81272/is-there-any-way-in-the-os-x-terminal-to-move-the-cursor-word-by-word/8250989#8250989


How to determine when an app was downloaded and installed

App information can be viewed using iExplorer:

Clicking on the disclosure triangle reveals different dates, and I assume the most recent date on a folder (excepting the tmp folder in this example) is the date of the last update, either when released or installed.

What's interesting from this screenshot is that Chrome was loaded in the background, but I was asleep and not using the iPhone when tmp was updated (2/24/15, 1:26 AM.)

You could also check the dates on the .ipa files in ~/Music/iTunes/MobileApplications, but I would assume the dates would be correct only if you updated your apps in iTunes and uploaded to the iPhone with USB/Wireless and not OTA on the phone.


Cannot connect to software update server

Check you're using the correct command - there were a few variants for different OS versions, but this will work for 10.10 onwards, including 10.12 Sierra:

sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog


Process assistantd keep writing login keychain

The problem is solved. I have searched in ~/Library for all the directories and files within  has siri or assistant in their names, and removed them all.
Then reboot, all are fine then!


How to debug an app that runs fine on iOS simulator, but crashes on iPhone X?

You can debug the app by running it on device via Xcode.

First lets get the pre-requisites right. You'll need access to a Mac with recent version of macOS and Xcode installed (preferably latest for each, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and Xcode 9.4.1).

After you have your Mac ready, get access to the source code for the app. Open the xcodepoject file for the project file with Xcode. The project file for a project named Sample looks like this in Finder:

Once you have the project open with Xcode, your next step will be to successfully build it. Do it by pressing Shift + Command + r or selecting Product → Build For → Running from the Xcode Menu bar. A successful build (no compilation errors) is indicated by this HUD shown on the desktop:

Next step would be to run on device. Connect your iPhone X to your Mac using the lightning cable. Verify that the device is connected and is recognized by Xcode as will be shown in the run destination selection dropdown in the Xcode toolbar:

Once the device and the app name is selected in the dropdown as shown above, to run the app, click on the play button in the toolbar, or select Product → Run from the Menu bar or use the keyboard shortcut Command + r.

Now the app should launch on your iPhone. Make sure your iPhone is unlocked and both the Mac and iPhone have trusted each other. You will need to add your registered Apple developer ID into Xcode to be able to debug app on device (if not done so already).

Assuming that everything mentioned above is setup correctly, you should be able to launch the app on your iPhone via Xcode and debug it.

Detecting Crash:

As you mentioned that your app is crashing on launch, I am assuming you are getting the build onto device and experiencing it. To pin-point the reason for crash in your apps code, you can take the following steps:

Navigate to the Breakpoint Navigator in Xcode by pressing Command + 8 or selecting View → Navigators → Show Breakpoint Navigator in the Menu bar.
Click on the Create a breakpoint button indicated by + shown in the bottom toolbar area.

Select Exception Breakpoint...

Click outside the popup to dismiss. Make sure that the breakpoint is enabled to be able to catch the reason for crash.

Good luck!


How to Unset iTunes Track Start And Stop Time For Multiple Tracks?

I just tried this script from dougs scripts on latest iTunes and it worked on the few tracks I selected.

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=resettracksstartstop


The first thing I would do is set my region to one of the supported ones for test and make sure I remove all payment from wallet and settings.

Then create a new sandbox account. The common item is mixing the production stream with sandbox stream and burning your account status in the sandbox.

  Important: If you mistakenly use a sandbox tester account to sign in to a production environment, like iTunes, on your test device instead of your test environment, the sandbox account becomes invalid and can’t be used again. If this happens, create a new sandbox tester account with a new email address.

It’s unlikely your developer account would be valid on device when testing payments in a sandbox with sandbox banking details.


Can I automatically mark/categorize photos as "uploaded" on iPhone?

If you enable iCloud Photos, your iPhone can manage this for you automatically.

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Photos and toggle on iCloud Photos to upload all your photos to your iCloud account (note, this process can take a long time, but it will run automatically in the background and only when you're on Wi-Fi).

Below that, you'll see two options: "Optimize iPhone Storage" and "Download and Keep Originals." If you select "Optimize iPhone Storage," iOS will automatically replace full-size photos in your local storage with thumbnails as space is needed, with the originals stored on iCloud. You can still browse your entire library locally, and if you tap on a thumbnail to view the full-size photo and it isn't already in your local storage, it will automatically download from iCloud in the background. The original will then remain in your local storage until iOS next decides to purge it, again based on available storage space.

You can see how much storage space you'll save before the full upload is complete (or even before you turn it on at all) by going to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and looking under "Recommendations." In my case, my full photo library is 48.53 GB, and turning on Optimize Photos would save 47.02 GB – a 97% reduction! (I leave it off only because I have a 128 GB phone and plenty of available storage space).

You will likely need to purchase iCloud storage to fit all your photos, as your iCloud account only comes with 5 GB for free (in 2019, ridiculous!). However, 50 GB of iCloud storage only costs 99¢/month, and 200 GB of storage is only $2.99/month (you can also share 200 GB and larger plans with family members). I find it well worth it for the peace of mind having an online copy of all my photos, and for the ability to keep them in sync with my other devices (Mac, Apple TV, iCloud.com in any web browser, etc.).


Add a user that only has access to computer via ssh

It’s not clear what you gain by preventing log in, but I’ll assume you’ve for a good reason to complicate things.
Removing “other” from the graphical login screen is easy to do and easy to reverse on Catalina and below. Same with ssh, it’s easy to change the log in method and show the username/password or put back “other“.
If you can’t prevent a person with those credentials from sitting in front of the Mac, the first thing that comes to mind is you make a log in item that is a script that logs them out. It will be difficult for them to fix that if you deny them any other credentials to that Mac.
To ssh, you need a home folder and the system to have credentials to validate the password and assign UID/GID etc..
You can set up LDAP or use a network server and have remote accounts, but the design isn’t likely to work for your case or make sense logistically.

https://support.apple.com/guide/server/intro-to-accounts-apdcb06a828/mac

The matrix covers the differences between where a home folder is stored and how local versus network server vs external account validation happens.
The other easy way to have ssh log in without any chance of GUI log in or compromising security is a container. Fire up Docker for Mac and your ssh container is well isolated from the local user accounts.