Upgrading to 10.10 ether via USB drive or app store, in September 2016

App Store

You can easily check whether upgrading via the Mac App Store is an option by going into the App Store app and seeing if it's available for you.

Generally, what should happen is the App Store will give you the option of upgrading to the most recent OS that'll run on your Mac Mini. Your question doesn't specify which model of Mac Mini you're running, but any Mac Mini from early 2009 onwards can run macOS Sierra, so you're likely to get the option of upgrading to that, which you don't want.

You may be able to still use the App Store by going to the Purchased tab and seeing if Yosemite is listed (it will be if you've previously downloaded it using the same Apple ID).

USB Drive

Regarding your USB option, this may work depending on what version of the installer you have or how you put the installer onto the USB drive (e.g. Is it bootable from the USB)?

Assuming everything has been done right, then Yosemite supports the usual installation options, including "upgrade install".

Remember:

The best approach (as always) is to do a full backup prior to attempting the upgrade, regardless of how you plan to do it.


With Grapher open select the Object menu. The bottom selection is "Insert Text". This lets you type a string and move it to wherever you want. Use the arrow cursor to move the text field to where you want it.

An image showing Grapher window with "Insert Text" selected.


How to completely disable Siri on Sierra?

Ok, I found out the whole procedure by myself, thanks to @blueberryfields and @bret7600.

First of all you need to disable System Integrity Check to be able to edit the com.apple.Siri.plist file.

Reboot in Recovery mode by restarting your Mac and holding Command+R. It can take more time to boot as usual, that's OK, just be patient.
In the top menu go to Utilities and open Terminal.
Type csrutil disable and press Enter.
Type reboot and press Enter to reboot again.

Now you should edit the com.apple.Siri.plist file.

Open Terminal.app
Type sudo plutil -replace Disabled -bool true /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Siri.plist

Now you should re-enable System Integrity Check. It is there for a reason.

Reboot in Recovery mode by restarting your Mac and holding Command+R.
In the top menu go to Utilities > Terminal.
Type csrutil enable and press Enter.
Type reboot and press Enter to reboot again.

Now if you check Activity Monitor - you should see no traces of Siri there.
You can repeat this procedure with /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistantd.plist to fully disable it.


Many schools and corporations point Macs at internal software update servers to control which updates arrive and when they get enabled.

Contact the IT department or support if you have an institutional Mac. They might fix the server or point your Mac to another source for updates.
You can sever that connection from the following post.

Using Software Update Server

You can revert your settings by running the following Terminal command:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL

Alternatively, you can delete any profiles listed in the system preferences app. Be sure you have a backup before deleting or changing these settings. You might need to revert things if in fact the settings were needed to prevent some updates.


How do i upgrade my Ipad to a specific software without a computer?

It is only possible to upgrade to a specific version if your device doesn’t support the latest version or if Apple signs the update, so you can update using iTunes.

All devices that support iOS 11 support iOS 12 so that is not an option.

Apple is no longer signing iOS 11 and hence it isn’t possible to update to it. If you really need iOS 11 you can buy a used/new device online that is running iOS 11, but that is your only option.


iPhone USB disabled because another network is connected due to touchbar

One thing that stops working if you take down the en8 interface is the Touch ID, which fails to unlock the laptop or otherwise authorize the user unless the interface is active.


It may need more than the space of the update to move things around while updating, but if that is the case, it will refuse to update until you free the space needed.
In that situation, according to this Apple Support document, you could:

Plug your device into your computer and update using iTunes.
Manually remove content from your device and try to update again.


Other Apple ID is shown when attempting to update apps

When you attempt to update an app, you need to log in with the Apple ID that was used to install the app in the first place. If you're being asked to enter a different Apple ID, then this app was installed with this different Apple ID.

You need to uninstall these apps and reinstall them with the intended Apple ID.


How to have arrows for moving the cursor right and left when writing text on iPad?

At this point, there is no default functionality on the iPad for arrow keys. (I suppose the idea is to tap the text to position the arrow). There is a chance that there is a 3rd-party keyboard for iPad that would include arrow keys.

Those arrow keys, from what I have seen, are unique to the iPhone 6 (and Plus) while in landscape mode.

Because of the way that the iPad can be typed on (two-handed vs. two-thumbed on the iPhone), there is a chance that arrow keys will never be brought to the iPad's default keyboard.


Is there a way to log all incoming Push Notifications in OS X El Capitan (v 10.11.4)?

You can install Growl. It can be configured to logs all the events including Push Notifications.


I do use BBEdit successfully for my .bat files. As you say, you need to keep in mind that the newlines are set correctly. The concepts of line feed (LF) and carriage return (CR) are closely associated but used differently on Windows and *nix.

For the visitors, TextWrangler is the free (stripped down) version of BBEdit. Both are text editors for OS X, and they do not suck.

The screenshot below is the bottom of my .bat file created in BBEdit. I have build this file from scratch and it works just as you would expect. Make sure you have:

Text-encoding set to 'Unicode (UTF-8)'
Line breaks to 'Windows(CRLF)'

That should be enough.

If you keep having problems with these akward settings, copy a working .bat from windows to your mac and save it as a template for your new scripts. BBEdit will recognise the current settings in a .bat/text file.


Connect both Cinema Display and Thunderbolt Display to a 15" Macbook Pro?

From what I've read, the inability to connect a mini DisplayPort device to an Apple Thunderbolt Display is because of a bug in the Apple Thunderbolt Display. If you connect another device in between the Thunderbolt Display and the Cinema Display, they both should work along with your MacBook Pro's internal screen.


Try using dscacheutil -flushcache in the terminal on the Mac.


How can I create a bootable windows 10 usb installer on Mojave?

The easiest (and best way) is use mediacreationtool.exe, but that requires having access to a computer running windows.

You can use dd to make a bootable Windows 10 installer disk (I've done it, and it worked), so just make one using an .iso from https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

As for Boot Camp Assistant, it creates a drive with an apple bootcamp tool, so you'll still want to create a drive after successfully installing Windows.

There is another option for installing Windows, which is this except instead of an external disk use the desired partition (and if it is another computer use firewire targetdisk mode I guess?)


How can I copy a working Mac Os X Tiger 10.4 install to my new HDD without destroying the Mac Os 9 installed?

Oh goody a classic MacOS question...

The nice thing about the classic MacOS is that once it is installed you need little else besides the files in the system folder. Yes there is the "blessing" of the system folder but if it is your intention to use it in a "Classic Environment" inside macOS then you should not need to worry about that.

Connect the drive with the macOS Tiger installation and boot from that. I think that will work. Some older Macs cant boot from USB. Failing that can you put it in an old firewire enclosure?

The goal here is that once booted into macOS Tiger just drag the folders from the classic install on the SSD to your Tiger drive. Put them at the root of your (Tiger) Mac HD and take the whole system folder, applications folder and anything else you need.

I did this a while ago and while I was at it I made a zip archive of the whole thing, "just in case." Just in case happened and I unzipped the files and it worked a treat.

Once you have done that you can use an old (shareware) copy of Carbon Copy Cloner to "back up" the Tiger drive with MacOS 9 on it to the internal SSD.


Karabiner Elements: Why is a series (or sequence/batch) of keys called in {…"to": …} only executed every second time?

I think your workaround perfectly demonstrates the reason: you are selecting "Element information" via the GUI, and the context menu may take a few milliseconds to be brought up. This isn't an issue with Karabiner specifically — if the E and return keycodes are sent instantaneously after right-clicking, the context menu may not be in focus yet, and they won't be directed appropriately.

In short, if you're making a GUI macro, you may need to wait for the GUI to respond.

As I see it, there are three possible solutions:

simply add a brief delay, as you've done,
use an alternate tool (e.g. Keyboard Maestro) which allows you to pause until a certain condition is filled, or
use an alternate method of activating the desired outcome, i.e. something which doesn't rely on the graphical user interface at the user level, such as AppleScript (though I don't know if such an option exists for this specific goal).


changing forward slash key to return key

You can use Karabiner with a private.xml such as the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Changing forward slash key with return key</name>
    <identifier>private.slashreturn</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::SLASH,
      KeyCode::RETURN
    </autogen>
  </item>
  <item>
    <name>Changing tilde key with left shift</name>
    <identifier>private.tildeleftshift</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::BACKQUOTE,
      KeyCode::SHIFT_L
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>


Migration Assistant from Carbon Copy backup?

You can select a drive in Migration Assistant.  That is how I transferred my old system to my new one.  I simply mounted the drive of my old system on my new system, and then was able to select it as my migration source.


How to configure the calendar not to sync a specific Google calendar?

This is odd. I'd presume that your Sports calendar events somehow got to one of your other calendars without you knowing. What I'd do is:

first tap on "Hide all" when in Calendars
Next ensure that you do not see Any of your "Sports" calendar events (any events at all from other calendars shouldn't be visible either)
Next start selecting to show the rest of your calendars one by one without ever selecting the "Sports" calendar
The first time you see the culprit events appear - this is the malignant calendar which contains events from "Sports"


As far as I know, normal OS X text views don't support anything like that.

In TextMate 1 you can use ⌥⌘O (Edit > Mode > Overwrite Mode).

In Word 2011 for Mac you can go to View > Toolbars > Customize Toolbars & Menus and drag Commands > All Commands > Overtype to a menu.


Do I lose data when canceling iCloud plan

No. Your data won't be deleted automatically when you downgrade your plan. You'd be given a grace period to download your data. Also, the storage decrease takes effect after your current monthly or annual subscription ends.

If you have more data than the space available in your iCloud storage, the excess data won't sync to the iCloud servers and you'd be alerted that you are out of space.


I discovered that using command tab to switch to another running app, then using command ↑ (up arrow) displayed the window for the newly active app. To my surprise, I could then get an open window when I changed apps without having to repeat the command-up. I have no idea why this worked or how I got into the situation in the first place.


How do I get OS X 10.11.6 to return my free space?

Rebuilt the spotlight, then rebooted and reran disk utility.
It showed a problem with the free space index.
Rebooted into recovery, ran the disk util, and it repaired the disk. Unfortunately, df -h (the lower free space amount) seems to have been correct all along, and disk utility and selecting info for the drive from finder were incorrect.
All are in sync now.


Bundle ID does not appear in iTunes Connect

This is happening since around 14 hours so far, it's a server issue and it's not the first time to occur.


You can create APFS snapshots of your disk using tmutil.

tmutil localsnapshot

I am not aware of how long these snapshots are kept for. They are marked as purgeable space so macOS can remove them at will. There may be a way to mark snapshots to be kept without being automatically removed.

You can list existing snapshots with

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

These snapshots can be restored from Recovery:

Screenshot from https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/apple-software-updates-creating-apfs-snapshots-on-macos-high-sierra/ which has more details about how macOS creates snapshots automatically on macOS updates.


Can I safely uninstall Adobe Bridge CS5/CS6? If so, how?

Just head to the application and drag the application icon to the trash.

That will uninstall it, there is no harm to the rest of Creative Suite. (I have done this with every install of CS)


How to list all /dev/disks, not partitions ending in s1, s2, ...?

Using ksh's extended glob:

ls /dev/+(disk?|disk??)

for bash you have to turn on extended glob

shopt -s extglob
ls /dev/+(disk?|disk??)


Are there other VNC servers for macOS other than the built in one?

As far as I know there are no other freely available, generic VNC servers for macOS besides the built-in one and the OSXvnc program.

There exist a commercial VNC server from TightVNC, but it is not generic in the sense that it allows VNC access to your macOS desktop - rather it is to be built in to a specific application to allow remote access to that only.

One thing you could try is a newer "fork" of OSXvnc (or rather just seem to be some guys providing updates on the seemingly otherwise abandoned OSXvnc project) here:

https://github.com/stweil/OSXvnc

There are even some pull-requests with bugfixes for a few bugs, so you might be lucky that one of those fixes your crash.


Preference Panes no longer open after Big Sur update. Library/PreferencePanes is now completely empty

Make sure you look at the right preference panes folder. There are three of them:

/System/Library/PreferencePanes This folder includes all the panes which are shipped with macOS. It definitely should not be empty.
/Library/PreferencePanes Here you can install third-party panes which should be available for all users of your Mac.
/Users/yourusername/Library/PreferencePanes Here you can install third-party panes which should be available just for "your" user.

Use Finder and select "Go to" – "Go to folder..." and enter one of the path names. Finder will then show you wether it is empty. The last two can be empty, but the first one not.
If the first one isn't empty, try to add another admin user using the steps in this answer and see if this user can open the preference panes.
If it is empty, you should try to install the system again, checking the disk first by booting into recovery mode. Press Command-R during startup to do this.


What are the most modern browsers available on Mac OS 10.4

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but the answer has changed since last year. I'm posting this mainly for the benefit of people who will find this thread by googling "modern web browser for tiger". If you still use this computer, I would have to recommend you upgrade from Camino to Omniweb.

Camino stopped updating their browser a few months ago and has no plans to continue support. Omniweb on the other hand is still being updated and supported and still runs on Tiger. Here is Omniweb running Trello.


Starting with iOS 11, screen recording is a built-in feature. It also includes an option to turn the microphone on during the session, by long-pressing or hard-pressing the screen recording button.

iOS 11 is still in beta but it's now in public beta which means you don't need to be a developer to enroll and test it.


Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 occasional flickers

The "hiccups" could be due to poor cables. Previously I have seen that result in these "flickers" that come randomly once in a while.

Replace the monitor cables with properly shielded, quality cables!


How do I get LibreOffice 4.0 running on an iBook G4?

Sorry folks, the problem turns out that I wasn't using the PowerPC package - I was using the Intel package.


The best answer is provided by https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6021.  This explains the maximum version of OS X which is supported by your particular system (10.5.8), as well as the maximum version of iOS which your phone can be in order to be recognised by the computer (iOS 5.x and earlier).  If you are able to meet both these conditions, you should be able to connect the phone to your computer and have it recognised (which should be the condition needed to start network sharing via USB).

It will also depend as to whether you have the optional Airport card installed in the mac, or the optional Bluetooth capability, as this will help you with your network sharing options from your iPhone.

If you've got a version of iOS on your phone that is 6.x or later, then you're probably out of luck for being able to get the phone and computer to talk to each other effectively as there's no real downgrade path available.


How can my company get our custom Java software to run on the iPad?

You won't be able to take your existing Java binaries and run them on the iPad, since there is no Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on the iPad, nor can you install one.  Apple doesn't permit third-party language runtimes or plugins to be installed on iOS.

Jailbreaking your device may provide you with more freedom in that regard, but I'll assume you're not interested in that.  (If you are, see questions here tagged jailbreak.)

The only remaining potential solution not involving jailbreak is to adapt and compile your software into a native iOS application.  This will take some work.

Since you mentioned your software is custom software, you should have the source code.  With original source code and some not-so-trivial effort & expertise, it is possible to port your custom software to a native iOS application. A natively-compiled, self-contained iOS application doesn't require a runtime to be present on the device.

There are a couple of ways to go about doing this:

The orthodox way to develop iOS applications is to use Apple's own Xcode & Objective-C.  Your Java code can be translated, by a competent developer, into an Objective-C implementation for iOS.  This is a considerable amount of work, yet is likely to yield the best end product.
There also exists third-party development tools to enable apps to be created with other languages/frameworks, such as Java, C#, ActionScript, JavaScript – to name a few. One such framework for Java in particular is Particle Code.  I have no experience with this – I suggest more research if you want to follow this path.

While the second approach allows more code re-use, there is still likely a considerable amount of development involved to adapt the application to a mobile form-factor.

For follow-up questions about developing for iOS, please refer to Stack Overflow.


macOS + Windows 10 + shared data partition

Disclaimer: Macbook Air + Lion + Windows 7 Boot Camp + shared partition answers a similar question, however with macOS 10.12 Sierra (or later) the therein mentioned step with removing the macOS Recovery partition does not work any more.

Note: Everything mentioned here worked fine for me for several months. But then I got several data losses on the exFat data partition. Since some weeks, on my MacBook Pro 2016 with Touch Bar, the Touch Bar stopped working properly on macOS, and now it also stopped working on Windows 10, with Bootcamp asking for a restart on every single boot. It was not a hardware failure, as everything is working fine with a clean install with only macOS + Windows 10 (without a shared data partition); I guess it might be related to the unusual partition setup. Thus, in summary, I would no more recommend the method mentioned below.

So, I succeeded to have this setup, by having Windows 10 Home (version 1607 Anniversary Update) first on the drive, followed by the data partition and then by macOS 10.12 Sierra. This circumvents Windows' limit of 4 partitions (including Recovery and EFI system partitions).

Steps for doing this:

Backup everything.
In Windows, download MediaCreationTool and set up a USB stick with the Windows 10 installation files. (Note: My Antivirus software blocked the MediaCreationTool from making the USB stick bootable, so I had to temporarily disable my Antivirus software during the setup.)
In macOS, start Boot Camp, and download Windows support software (via the "Action" menu). This will create a folder "WindowsSupport". Copy it's content to the Windows USB stick (otherwise you might not be able to use the keyboard and touchpad during the Windows installation). The top folders on the USB should look like this then:

<DIR> boot
<DIR> efi
<DIR> sources
<DIR> support
<DIR> $WinPEDriver$
<DIR> BootCamp
 autorun.inf
bootmgr
bootmgr.efi
MediaMeta.xml
setup.exe
AutoUnattend.xml

Edit the file "AutoUnattend.xml" and remove the sections "ImageInstall" and "DiskConfiguration" (this is required so that you'll be able to set up your hard drive during Windows installation).
In macOS, create a bootable installer on an USB stick for macOS.
Boot your computer from the Windows 10 installation USB stick. During setup, remove all existing partitions and setup your hard drive like this (we need to setup all partitions now, as macOS won't be able to change the partition table later; also note that Windows will also add 2 partitions at the beginning of the hard drive, one for Recovery and one for EFI system):

First partition with NTFS (for Windows).
Second partition with exFat (for shared data).
Third partition with exFat (for macOS).

When Windows is installed, run "Apple Software Update" to install updates for Boot Camp.
Boot your computer from the macOS installation USB stick. During setup, open Disk Utility from the utilities window, then use Disk Utility to erase the last partition using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Then install macOS into this partition.

You will no more be able to change the startup volume in macOS' preferences. But within Windows, you can use the Boot Camp manager to set your preferred startup volume, and of course you can hold ALT during startup to choose the system.


Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard?

Yes. As long as you're running the most up-to-date Snow Leopard version (10.6.8), you can directly upgrade to Mountain Lion, as detailed on Apple's 10.8 Upgrade Page. Just download from the App Store and you should be good to go.


How do I stop my computer from crashing?

This is a setting that Apple has for some reason decided to hide completely, and can easily be fixed with a few simple steps.

First, go to /System/Library/CoreServices/ and right-click on Finder. Select Show Package Contents, navigate to …/Contents/Info.plist and open it in TextEdit.
Near the bottom, below the last </array> but before the last </dict>, add the following two lines of code:
<key>ShowCrashPrefs</key>
<true/>
Save and quit TextEdit. Hold ctrl+opt while clicking on the Finder icon and select Relaunch. Once Finder fully loads again, advance to step 4.
Open Finder preferences with Finder > Preferences… or ⌘+, and navigate to the Advanced tab. Tick the "Show crash prefpane in System Preferences" option.

Launch System preferences and select the new Crash icon, under System. When it loads, drag the crash frequency slider to Min.


How to change the contact photo in mountain lion?

As they removed the option to load a picture from disk in the Contacts.app, you can instead drag it from iPhoto or your harddrive into the contact you edit.


How to download a webpage's all images at once?

Automator
Use OS X's Automator.app to find, extract, and save the images from your current web page. The combination of Actions needed are:

Get Current Webpage from Safari
Get Contents of Webpages
Save Images From Web Content

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

Terminal
An alternative approach is to use curl through the command line, What's the fastest and easiest way to download all the images from a website.


Mail applescript stopped working on Yosemite

Thanks to  Buscar comment I solved it:

tell application "Mail"
set accountlist to the name of every account
try
    repeat with n from 1 to (the number of items in accountlist)
        set _msgs_to_move to (a reference to (every message of mailbox "INBOX" of the account (item n of accountlist) whose flagged status is false and was replied to is true))
        set _msg_list to contents of _msgs_to_move
        if (_msg_list's length > 0) then
            move _msgs_to_move to mailbox "messaggi letti"
        end if
    end repeat
end try
end tell


How can I remotely send an SMS message through my Mac from my iPhone?

You can use myPhoneDesktop.

This solution has an iPhone and Mac (or Windows) client and sends a push notification from the Mac app to the iPhone with the information for a call, text, URL, text or an image. The iPhone app then opens the data sent to it by the Mac app.

The iPhone app costs $4.99 in the App Store and the Mac app is free. myPhoneDesktop requires an account to be set up, but it is free.


How do I configure Time Machine to backup my Macs to iCloud?

You cannot officially back up a Mac to iCloud at this time.

If you want to write a program that does this, you could utilize CloudKit. This would be beyond the scope of a single Stack Overflow question, so I'll just link to the CloudKit documentation here:

https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/


How do I know what to put in DefaultKeyBinding.dict?

There is a wonderful resource on DefaultKeyBinding.dict including an example file as well as all the shortcut strings and methods you need, available at:

https://github.com/ttscoff/KeyBindings

There are also numerous other resources listed at the bottom of the page, including the official Apple Developer documentation:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/eventoverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html


Is it possible to edit the web pages in the Profile Manager user portal?

I was able to locate the source for these pages.  The comments on this question by ioi's were leading in the right direction.  The root directory for the app is /usr/share/devicemgr/.  The portal is actually a Ruby on Rails app, so there is no direct HTML to edit.  However, there are CSS files that can be edited to fit your needs.  The CSS files relating to the page I posted are located in /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/public/start_ota/.


Is there a keyboard shortcut to move cursor one word at a time in Terminal?

ESC and then B moves back one word
ESC and then F moves forward one word

You can change the terminal settings to more sane shortcuts like ALT +  B and such: here's a link on how to do that http://blog.macromates.com/2006/word-movement-in-terminal/


iPad: Why missing photos when sync photos and video using iTunes with my Mac

This worked for me using iTunes sync.

From iTunes menu bar, click View, References, Advanced, Reset warnings, Reset cache
Restart iTunes
Sync


How do I get a backslash when in Japanese input mode in MacOS?

Turns out there's a setting in Keyboard Settings. Change "¥" key generates to \ (Backslash)

No idea why Yosemite changed that setting from whatever it used to be or if it didn't exist before why they felt the need to change the behavior.

Google's Japanese IME has a similar option


As far as I'm aware, all Macs are multi-voltage...
All you'd need to change is the plug at the wall end [or swap for another IEC cable]

From Apple - Mac Pro Specs

Line voltage: 100-240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase

It takes a standard IEC to a local mains plug. ['kettle plug' they're sometimes called, though technically inaccurately as a kettle plug has a notch out of it]


Are there any GameBoy Advance emulators for OS X Lion?

Here are some references. I don't have any personal experience with them.

Attack of the Mac Emulators: Retro Games on OS X, April 22, 2010

Richard Bannister's BSNES for Mac OS X. A note there indicates that it is not yet compiled for Lion.

Links to Emulators at Pure-Mac.com


How do I track and view total stand time using the Apple Watch?

As you stated the apple watch counts the stand goal as 1 minute of standing every hour for 12 hours.

from Apple

  "The Stand ring shows hours in which you've stood and moved for at least a minute. Complete your daily Stand goal by standing up and moving around for at least 1 minute during 12 different hours in the day. Even if you stand all day, you still need to move around."

As far as I am aware there is no other metrics that are viewable to the user.


Where's the macOS log "Mac Analytic Data" file located in the macOS startup drive?

If you right-click (or control-click) on the log in question in the console.app the one thing in the pop-up menu will be "Reveal in Finder."

That will point you to a whole folder full of log files.


Automator application needs to ignore all files that aren't EPS

The solution for your problem is the Filter Finder Items action.

Just add it to your workflow before your AppleScript Action.


Will upcoming Skylake based MacBooks support 5k displays?

A lot depends on the manufacturer of monitors. Clearly, Intel is backing this as the display technology going forward and Apple is also clearly on board.

Using 4K displays and Ultra HD TVs with your Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202856

I think it's early to talk about what a 5k display means - so forgive me if you have a specific resolution and monitor in mind. Apple pulled punches to make their 5K iMac work since the GPU/controller/cables are all internal and they don't have to interoperate. The industry will have to standardize a bit for us to all be comfortable saying 5K display in general.
Currently, you need two cables for the Dell 5K display:

Some displays with resolutions higher than 4K require two DisplayPort cables to connect the display at full resolution. With OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 or later, the Dell UP2715K 27-inch 5K display is supported on the following Mac computers:

Mac Pro (Late 2013)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 and later)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with AMD Radeon R9 M370X

That being said, the Late 2013 Mac Pro can drive three 4K displays and doesn't have any of the Thunderbolt 3 advances, so it's inconceivable to me that you won't get two displays over TB3 at 5k and 60 Hz which is currently the gold standard for video workflows that demand high-k displays.
Since nothing is released from Apple saying they Support 5K, you're going to have to read the tea leaves and wait for shipping displays and shipping chipsets with Thunderbolt 3 to know for sure, but I see no reason to be pessimistic about what you want happening on any Mac that ships this fall assuming Thunderbolt 3 over physical USB-C port is part of that Mac.
Intel states that you get 2 4K displays per TB3 connection - so I would presume one TB3 per 5K display would suffice. The single TB3 is listed as DisplayPort 1.2 but has 8 lanes of DisplayPort 1.2 (HBR2 and MST) so I think it's really in the monitor maker's court to get as much of their 5K from one Thunderbolt 3 channel.


Can I use the prepared USB from a failed partition Boot Camp

Generally, the following applies.

The 2011 and earlier Macs use both a DVD and flash drive to install
Windows. The DVD contains Windows and the flash drive contains the
Boot Camp Support Software. Apple does not officially support Windows
10 on these models, but Windows 10 can be installed on most of these models using the legacy BIOS boot method. You should then install the
latest Boot Camp Support Software available for your model Mac.
The 2012 through 2014 Macs use a flash drive to install Windows. The
the flash drive contains both Windows and the Boot Camp Support
Software. The Boot Camp Assistant should be used to create the flash
drive. Windows 10 is installed on these models using the EFI boot
method.
For the 2015 and later Mac models, the Boot Camp Assistant installs
Windows 10 directly from the Windows 10 iso file. So there is not
need for either a DVD or flash drive. Windows 10 is installed on
these models using the EFI boot method.

When installing Windows, there is no need to partition the drive. This is done by the Boot Camp Assistant before the Windows installer starts. However, you do need to format the partition where Windows is to be installed. You need to tell the Windows installer to preform this task. So when you see the window shown below, you should select "Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)". Next, select the Boot Camp partition, then click on the "Format" button.


Writing current date to plist file using the command line

In defaults, date is just an option, not the actual date command. You need to actually pass the date.

defaults write test.plist LatestDate "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S +0000')"


There are no cli tools for this (not in homebrew, fink or MacPorts). Even the Apple documentation on configuring NFS exports talks about using a text editor to manipulate /etc/exports directly.

There is an older user created shell script for exportfs for Mac OS X. The download link on that page is broken, but the script is available on the archive.org page at mac exportfs. One issue that I noticed is that this script uses the outdated (and unavailable) niutil command for the NetInfo database. You could try using this script as a starting point and modify it to use dscl instead of niutil.


How to play audio files from command line

You can use afplay to play audio files from the command line. Just run afplay in Terminal without any argument to display the internal help file.

$ afplay
Usage:
afplay [option...] audio_file

Options: (may appear before or after arguments)
  {-v | --volume} VOLUME
    set the volume for playback of the file
  {-h | --help}
    print help
  { --leaks}
    run leaks analysis
  {-t | --time} TIME
    play for TIME seconds
  {-r | --rate} RATE
    play at playback rate
  {-q | --rQuality} QUALITY
    set the quality used for rate-scaled playback (default is 0 - low quality, 1 - high quality)
  {-d | --debug}
    debug print output
$


How can I mount a drive with Truecrypt through a script based on its UUID?

Here's a quick and dirty guide to specify the mount point based on the UUID. It works in Linux and since OS X respects fstab, it should work there too: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-finding-using-uuids-to-update-fstab/

Note: You might have to modify it a bit as some of the entries specified are not used in OS X. Give it a shot.

Additionally, I'm wondering if you could just change up your script to pull the device name instead of the mount point, that is, use the device name (e.g., /Volumes/YourDrive instead of /dev/rdisk1s2) as that never changes (unless you rename the drive).


Devs, can 3rd party apps access Safari's Reading List?

Well, I don't think there is official support for third-party access to the reading list from Apple, but I know they are stored in this file on the Mac, and I would assume it is the same on iOS, or close to:

  ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

Just look for a key that has an entry named "Title" and a key value of "com.apple.ReadingList". It's the last one in my own file, but I don't expect it to be like this all the way.

And I suggest looking at it with a property list editor, like Xcode 4, it's a binary property list, doesn't look right when opened in TextEdit or other similar app.


Following the discussion suggested in the comments I was able to find a partial solution:

In the Internet Accounts preferences (system-wide) uncheck the Calendars option from the Exchange account
In the preferences of the Calendars application choose the Accounts tab and disable the only visible account
In the system-wide Internet Accounts preferences re-enable the exchange account

The only drawback is that you will still see a disable Exchange account in your Calendars preferences.


Can I restart my Mac remotely via screen sharing if the screen shows only linen?

So apparently you can use the Back To My Mac infrastructure to get to SSH even if there's no port open on the router in front of the relevant Mac:

Find your iCloud account number by executing this command in terminal:

dns-sd -E

Example output

Looking for recommended registration domains:
Timestamp     Recommended Registration domain
23:45:15.660  Added     (More)               local
23:45:15.660  Added                          icloud.com
                                             - > btmm
                                             - - > members
                                             - - - > 123456789

(Make a note of the number on the last line, in this case 123456789 (this is just an example).

The hostname you need to use for ssh is <computer's local hostname>.<number above>.members.btmm.icloud.com.  Replace spaces with hyphens, and omit apostrophes (the default name is "Name's <type of Mac>")

The command I used therefore was:

ssh -2 -6 Jons-mac-mini.123456789.members.btmm.icloud.com

To complete the solution to my problem (rebooting), once logged in via SSH, I used the following command to restart:

sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now

(Sourced from here)


Suggestions for a safe-n-fast charger for a bunch of 6th gen iPod Touch Devices?

Excess amperage cannot "force" its way into a device (that's the danger of excess voltage).  A device will only receive what it draws.
That is an interesting question with a more nuanced answer:

'Smart' USB chargers, like those found on Amazon, determine the amperage they provide based on the draw trends of the plugged-in device; as long as the device is drawing, they will provide.  However, some can detect and identify the sharp drop-off of draw that accompanies the end of the charging cycle and cut power from the port.

You can find more info about this kind of thing from this answer:  https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/121366/how-do-usb-charging-and-smart-charging-ports-e-g-ankers-poweriq-work


Enable/Disable TextExpander using Script

If it helps, you don't need to press all those keys, just one of them. So ctrl-F19 or Shift-F19 would work. It's not the same as just using the one key, but it's slightly better that you don't have to press four keys, just two. And if you use the Control key there's a good chance you won't bump into many other keyboard shortcuts.


MacBook Pro Hardware & Software Issues under warranty

Just visit Apple's support page:

Apple Support

There you'll be able to check if your product is still under warranty, and contact Apple to ask for a replacement.

It doesn't seem clear to me whether you actually purchased the computer from Apple, or from a local retailer, so they might not be able to help you with repair progress information from a local shop.


iPad mini Smart Case problem - Sleep when folding over the back

As good as industrial manufacturing is these days, there are always variances. Chances are the magnet in your Smart Case is a bit stronger than Apple intended. You can either wait for the magnet to lose some of its magnetism, go to an Apple Store and have them replace it for you, or try holding your Smart Case a little differently as illustrated below.


The `resetpassword` utility is failing to find users on the selected drive

I've solved this by re-running the Apple Setup Assistant by booting into single-user mode,  mount -uw /, removing the .AppleSetupDone file from /var/db directory and rebooting which re-runs the Apple Setup Assistant to create users.


How do I sync apps that I have bought on the iPhone?

I had this same issue after I recreated my iTunes library.  This may be totally off because it was about a month ago, but I think I did this:

canceled the sync
clicked on the iPod under devices or whatever (maybe I secondary clicked)
I think after I clicked (or secondary clicked) on it, there was an option to copy purchased items

Sorry this is so vague, it's been awhile :)

on edit:

I just tested this out by alt clicking iTunes, creating a new library, and connecting my iPod.  It's pretty much exactly how I described.

cancel the sync
secondary click the iPod on the left
click "transfer purchases"

Afterwards, you can sync, and everything will be erased and rewritten to the iPod.

I'm not sure why Apple makes this so confusing.  The only reason I can come up with is that they want people to have to repurchase stuff but that seems a little over the top even from Apple.


iOS 8 iPhone Cellular Calls on iPad/Mac with 2 iPhones sharing same iCloud account

Ok, figured it out myself. My first problem was that for some reason my phone hadn't activated properly with iMessage / FaceTime (my phone number was unchecked in the You can be reached by FaceTime At section in FaceTime settings). That required switching off FaceTime and iMessage and switching them back on again after a short wait so that they could activate properly, which they did.

Once that was done, my FaceTime settings (on my iPhone) had a new option: iPhone Mobile Calls:

My wife's phone also has that setting. Choosing which phone is used is just a question of only having this setting enabled on one phone at a time. I assume (all though I haven't tried it) that if both phones are enabled in this way, FaceTime on iPad or Mac gives you the choice of which phone/number to use. It wasn't giving me a choice earlier because there was only one phone enabled.


The MacPort documentation advises to use your Terminal and type:
sudo port -fp uninstall installed

and with this command, all remaining items will be deleted:

sudo rm -rf /opt/local
sudo rm -rf /Applications/DarwinPorts
sudo rm -rf /Applications/MacPorts
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup
sudo rm -rf /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0
sudo rm -rf /Library/Tcl/macports1.0
sudo rm -rf ~/.macports

Warning: Don't run a sudo command, especially a rm -rf one, unless you know what it's doing.


Smart App Banner install attribution in App Store Connect App Analytics

I've just finished the below the config. The expected behavior is to see metrics for our Smart App Banner in in App Analytics > Sources > Campaigns. I suppose this is more of a workaround to your original question, but hopefully is works for you to see some data about the interactions with your banner.

add a campaign token (testing now)
add a campaign token and a provider token (have not tested)

<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=myAppStoreID, affiliate-data=ct=myCampaignToken">

<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=myAppStoreID, affiliate-data=ct&pt=myCampaignToken&myProviderToken">


The RAM you are pointing are DIMM. Your iMac is only compatible with the SODIMM form-factor.


I found the original on my Mac.

There seemed to be no means of selecting in iTunes, so I tried (shudder) dragging the file to iTunes which worked.


HP has its drivers readily available on its website. Just google the name of the printer.

That led me to this link. Which seems to have the driver you need.

Apple Software Update does not always have the driver you need. It has gotten so that any time I install an HP printer I just google the name for the latest driver as the CD that comes with most printers is Windows only or out of date. Also they often install a bunch of crap advertising HP supplies.


Terminal command that is the same as copy paste in Finder?

If you want to preserve file attributes, symbolic links, and recursive structure, rsync should suffice:

rsync -a ~/somefolder /Volumes/SomeUSB/

The -a (archive) flag is a shortcut for the following rsync options:

  --recursive recurse into directories
  --links copy symlinks as symlinks
  --perms preserve permissions
  --times preserve times
  --group sets the group of the destination file to be the same as the source file
  --owner sets the owner of the destination file to be the same as the source file (if you're copying to a remote system, the remote SSH user will need to have superuser status for this)
  --devices rsync will transfer character and block device files to the remote system.


Stopping "wants to make changes" password prompts on secondary account when performing admin tasks

You need one admin account for  his operation. If You don’t have one:

I don't have administrator account on my mac

Stopping the prompt is going to be hard, so eithe you’ll want to make your current account an admin and use that password for this or use another admin user/password when prompted. You  do not have to log out of your current standard user, just that you have to use an admin with it’s admin password


Press Command ⌘+Control ⌃+Space.
Type lamda into the search bar. Pay attention to type lamda instead of lambda.
Your lamda should be there:

You might ask why it is spelt lamda not lambda.

According to the link provided by MJeffryes:

  The use of the spelling lamda derives from ISO 10646. This does not
  mean that it is more correct than lambda, merely that the spelling
  without the 'b' is the one used in the formal character names.

Here are two more links provided by Itai Ferber:

Proof that lamda is in the standard
Proof that lamda is in the standard since at least 1993

Here is a website about Mac keyboard shortcuts: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236.


How do I gain access to wireless network logs in iOS (iPad Pro)?

I found this post: How to capture iOS Console Logs on Windows PC - iOS 11 Compatible
You can also google it: "ios log on windows"
And perhaps Charles for iOS can help you to get through https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/ios/


macOS Catalina doesn't allow MAMP permission to certain folders (Documents, Downloads, Desktop)

Catalina has more restrictions on system folders which we can apply an exception:

Open System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> Privacy tab -> Full Disk Access -> Press 'Unlock to make changes' padlock
Open Finder Window -> "Go" menu -> "Go to folder" -> type "/usr/sbin/"
Drag the file "httpd" to the list inside the Full Disk Access settings.
Restart Mamp servers


Bootcamp install on external, partitioned HDD reboots to Boot Recovery Assistant

When Boot Camp installs Windows 10 on a Mac, any Apple supplied drivers required to boot Windows 10 are automatically included in the driver store during the installation process.  There is no outward indication that this takes place. After Windows 10 finishing installing, software including additional drivers are installed. This process is very evident due to output shown on the display.

When watching the video, I did not see any step where the Apple supplied drivers, required to boot Windows 10, were installed to the drivers store. This means the instructions supplied in this video are incomplete.

So you may ask: Why did the example shown the video work? My best guess would be that Windows 10 was installed on an older Mac. Microsoft makes an  effort to include in the ISO all the drivers needed to boot an installation of Windows 10 for any Windows 10 compatible computer. For an older Mac, there would be no needed to copy the Apple supplied drivers to drive store, because the required files would already be in the store.

Since your Mac is a 2018 model, the drivers needed to boot may not have been included yet in any Windows 10 ISO file. If this is the case, Windows 10 will not be able to boot.

My best advice would be to not try to use third party software in an effort to trick Windows 10 into booting from an external drive. All the software needed to install to an external drive is already included in the Window 10 ISO file.

If you want to proceed based on the video, then eliminate the use of the VMWare Fusion software. In other words, use Boot Camp to install Windows 10 to your internal drive, then use WinToUSB to transfer to the external drive. You then can remove Windows 10 from the internal drive.


How can I force HomeKit to send me a SMS/Notification alert (or email) if the basement floods?

It depends on the manufacturer of the sensor you're using. If it supports HomeKit notifications, you can set them by pressing on the device's icon in the Home app.


Is my iMac crashing because of a faulty HD that I'm not using anymore?

I finally build up the courage to try and disconnect the faulty HD. I was sorta successful.
The screen cracked a bit and my iMac is now assembled again with duct tape. But it seems to work. There was no error when starting the iMac, and it has been running now for 30 mins without issues. I will update this if that changes, but I'm having my hopes up.


Problem logging into Gmail from Thunderbird

To simply reset the account, go to Tools > Account Settings. Choose the account, go to the bottom left of the screen (Account Actions) and click "Remove Account."

Then re-add the account from scratch.

If you are using the IMAP protocol, you will not have lost any emails.

Though to be safe, you can navigate to where the data is stored and back this up first (usually in /Users/[username]/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/)

If pop3, do the same as above but you will have to put the backed up pop3 emails back when you are done.


Issues when playing through bluetooth speaker (youtube mutes)

Play both through iTunes and YouTube so you can hear both and then press the play/pause button on your keypad. this should pause the iTunes music but still play the YouTube video sound. Then you can exit the iTunes app.

Hope it Helps!


Uninstalling macOS App Extensions from System Preferences

I found my extensions in:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns

Delete FinderSyncTest.appex, restart Finder, and it should be gone.


How to search text in files of all types (including binary)?

You should use the strings application in the Terminal.

strings filename(s) | grep text_to_search_for

From Wikipedia:

  In computer software, strings is a program in Unix-like operating systems that finds and prints text strings embedded in binary files such as executables.

I'm not aware of any way to use Finder to search for text in binary files.


The "recording" label usually appears when you press 'q' key to record a macro. It is not recording what you are typing, it is recording a command sequence to be re-used for later use.

See: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros


Why can't I reply emails but send new one on my iPad 2?

I believe that what is happening is that you have multiple email accounts setup, and when you go to compose you are using the outgoing of account A, and when you reply/forward you are attempting to use the outgoing of account B.

So to fix, check your outgoing account settings for the account that you cannot reply emails for.


Use terminal to get Mac battery manufacture date/age

According to the Smart Battery Data spec, the ManufactureDate is as follows:

The date is packed in the following fashion: (year-1980) * 512 + month * 32 + day

More specifically, when the integer is converted to binary:
bits 0-4  -- day
bits 5-8 -- month
bits 9-15 -- years since 1980

Verifying this using my own machine, the integer derives to something like 2018-x-x, which makes sense given the age of my laptop.
( On Big Sur with my work laptop, however, the value is no longer a small integer, so I'm not sure how the latest OS is encoding the date information )


The reason why some apps played sound and other didn't is because individual iOS applications can decide whether their audio should play regardless of the mute switch state.

Apple recommend that if audio is critical to the usage of the app, for example a "teach me German" speech app then should probably ignore the state of the mute switch. However if the audio is superfluous to the main function of the application then it usually should not play when the mute setting is on.

Additionally an application can decide to blend its sound with existing iPod music playback, or to pause iPod playback when the application launches and manage sound exclusively by itself.

The mute switch does not affect sound through headphones.


If you set a firmware password (which isn't set by default) and you used FileVault to encrypt the disk (also not the default), then the thief probably can't do anything with it. Without the firmware password, they can boot from USB, repartition the drive and do a new clean OS X install. Without FileVault they can remove the drive and mount it elsewhere, and then access your data. I'm afraid that just locking the screen is not enough.


Does Do Not Disturb mode turn off automatically?

No, just flipping it on in Control Center won't get it to automatically turn off.

To get Do Not Disturb to automatically turn off, you need to schedule it to do so in Settings > Do Not Disturb > Scheduled.


How to recover photos from iPhone 7 deleted via Windows Explorer?

In short, no.

Recovering files deleted from an encrypted hardware device is generally considered not possible, especially as they didn't go through iOS Photos' own deletion system, which would have kept them for 30 days.


This may or may not be what you are after.

This Assumes you know which cells you will be referencing. And remember this is only an example..

IF(A2<TODAY(),D2,INDEX(D,COUNTA(D) + 1))

Using the IF function.

IF(if-expression,if-true,if-false)

First Compare date value in A2 with Todays date TODAY() as the if-expression

A2<TODAY()

We use the less than symbol < to return a true or false for the expression.

If the expression  returns True, then we  fill the cell with The cell data in D2

If the expression  returns False, then we fill the cell with the last with data in column D

  The INDEX function returns the value in the cell located at the
  intersection of the specified row and column within a collection of
  cells or from an array returned by an array function.

.

  The COUNTA function returns the number of its arguments that are not
  empty.

It is bets you look up in the Functions panel for a fuller explanation on all the functions.

Once you have set up the first row use the drag handle to drag the formula cell down to the other rows you want it on.

They will auto adjust to the correct cell references.

Notes:

At time of this posting the date was 6 September 2014
You will need to find a way of dealing with Blank cells in the data column. If a blank cell is found it will throw the results. You should find a resolve with a google search. It will be the  COUNTA  function that you need to look at.


How can I stop my iPhone from auto deleting app data left and right?

In iOS 11 you can have the system 'offload' rarely-used apps and their associated data.  In prior iOS versions, once an app is deleted all its data is deleted, too.  Now you can change that.

By default, this selection is turned on.  It's very simple to turn it off (and back on, if you want).  You can do this by individual app for the the entire device.

Source:

Individual App

Go to Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage
Tap the app you want to offload

Tap Offload App and then confirm

Its documents and data will be stored on your device. And, when you reinstall the app, all of the data is automatically restored.

Automatically for the device

Go to Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage
Tap on Enable next to Offload Unused Apps

That's all you need to do.  If you don't want this to be done automatically any more, simple disable the selection.


How to earth a MagSafe2 adaptor for 15" MacBook Pro with retina display?

The ground / earth is comprised of the outer-most two pins in the MagSafe connector (both original and the thinner + wider MagSafe 2) and requires that the ground be connected to the other end of your AC to DC adapter.

Rather than using a two prong plug, you could use a longer two prong cord and then ground the metal disc that serves to hold the "duck head" on the transformer/rectrifier/filter that makes up the bulk of the MagSafe adapter.


How to Uninstall non-drag-and-drop Program?

When you install application software on any operating system it doesn't store anything permanently in processor (also known as CPU) registers. On Windows operating systems, application software does typically store information permanently in the Registry. OS X does not have a Registry, however applications may store similar information in PLIST files in the /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences folder.

Typically if you want to remove every trace of an application, you need to check the following folders as well as removing the application bundle itself.

 /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences
 /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Application Support/APPLICATION OR COMPANY NAME
 /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Caches/APPLICATION OR COMPANY NAME
 /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Documents/APPLICATION OR COMPANY NAME

Rarely software may also store files in the following extra folders. Be VERY CAREFUL making any changes within these folders. Make a bad decision and your Mac might not boot anymore.

 /Library/Application Support/APPLICATION OR COMPANY NAME
 /Library/Caches/APPLICATION OR COMPANY NAME
 /Library/Extensions
 /Library/LaunchAgents
 /Library/LaunchDaemons

As you can see it can be quite a lot of effort, which is why unless you are confident in what you are doing it is probably a good idea to use something like AppCleaner as recommended by Kevin in the previous answer.


Why would an internal DVD reader eject a burned DVD?

I noticed on some MacBooks and MacBook Pro(s), that the internal "media/super-drives" are very picky, especially when it comes to DVDs and other problems, which in this case are not much relevant. (Individual user experience maybe?)

You can always try to use a different DVD brand/producer. That might do the trick, at least in my experience.
It sometimes is a good idea to use "low burn speed rates", depending on the contents you are going to burn and also to use buffer settings within the application itself, to prevent faulty sectors/errors.
Though it shouldn't be a problem at all, it is a good idea to use common applications, like "Disk Utility.app" or "Toast.app", which are common on the other users system too.


.mov file in external HD, greyed out and won't open: "this item is used by Mac OS X"

This is a common issue which happens when the file's type and creator attributes are modified by Finder when its writing files, if these attributes aren't restored back to the original values by Finder at the end of its write action, those files won't be accessible to the user.

Running this command will remove the creator and type attributes set by Finder,

SetFile -c "" -t "" path/to/file.mov

Note: If the above command is not found, try installing Xcode command line tool and try the above command again,

xcode-select --install


How can Apple Script open a shell script with options in a Terminal window?

The following AppleScript works for me:

tell application "Terminal"
    do script "~/testscript" & " -arg1" & " -arg2"
end tell


Yosemite Can't start Xcode 6.1.1 with error -10699

Try running the Xcode binary directly instead of using LSS.

From the CLI:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode

If something is wrong it will give you way more useful output.


How do I create a Mac OS install thumb drive from InstallESD.dmg file using Windows 7?

Assuming that the InstallESD.dmg is on the windows 7 computer:

Copy the InstallESD.dmg file onto the USB drive (just copy, not burning etc)
Boot into the MacBook's Recovery Partition.
Plug in the USB drive and open disk utility.
Restore the USB drive using the InstallESD.dmg on the USB drive *
Restart and boot from the USB Drive.

*You might not be able to restore from an image that on the drive being restored. In which case use 2 USB drives (one to copy the InstallESD.dmg from the PC and one to restore it to and boot from) or:

open terminal from the Utilities menu in the recovery partition (on the homescreen).
Use ls /Volumes to find the location of your hard drive and USB drive
Use cp to copy the InstallESD.dmg to you hard drive. (e.g. cp /Volumes/USBDrive/InstallESD.dmg /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/, where you replace the paths with the ones found in step 2)
Open Disk Utility and restore the USB drive using the InstallESD.dmg on your hard drive, if you can't find your hard drive in the Open dialog, press cmd+shift+g and you can enter the path manually.

Or if your USB CD drive can burn DVDs and you have a DVD, you could use the USB drive to copy from windows and then use the Macbook's Disk Utility to burn the image to the DVD. (or use the DVD to copy from the PC and use the USB drive to boot)


How can I work in other applications while using PowerPoint presenter view on mac?

I am assuming multiple display setup in extended mode (not mirrored).  I had this problem as well.

I found that in PowerPoint Mac 2011:

go to "Slide Show" tab in the ribbon.
Click "Set Up Show" button.
Change radio button for "Show type" to "Browsed by an individual (window)".

This will put the presentation into a window, which you can maximize on the presenting screen (for me the 2nd display hooked up).  Yes you get the title bar, but otherwise it's effectively full screen.  On the primary display (which is still my laptop screen), I can move to different applications without affecting the windowed presentation screen.


Google Maps: mark road as Closed on iPhone/mobile (Directions)

Unfortunately you can’t report a road closure when using directions.
You can do it by going in Contribute tab > Edit map > Report a problem with map data > Selected the road > “Closed Road”.
Note that it won’t be closed on the map until an employee verifies it manually (it can take up to a month).
As @chenmunka suggested it you can also report it as closed on Waze, some of the closures are shared to Google Maps.


iPhone SE: USB sound input -> bluetooth speaker?

Audiobus v3 has been launched and this may be all you need.

The app already supports Garageband (along with hundreds of others) and they provide an SDK (software development kit) for other app developers. This too has been updated to support new functionality included in version 3.

What I do know

I know of someone who owns the Behringer UCA202 (not the Behringer UFO202) and has used that to route incoming audio from a guitar via a genuine Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter to an iPad 4 and then outputting that audio via GarageBand using the Audiobus app.
While it's not the same Behringer unit as you have, my understanding is that the only real difference is that the Behringer UFO202 you have foregoes the digital stereo out to provide a switchable PHONO input for old turntables such as yours.
Also, I remember them having issues at first until they used a genuine Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter. They couldn't get it to work with a cheaper 3rd party adapter.

What I don't know

Whether this person has ever used this process to route the audio from the iPad to an external Bluetooth speaker. This is something I will try to determine.
The only other thing I'm not 100% certain of is whether they used anything else to get this to work, but from memory it was just a combination of the Behringer UCA202, a genuine Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter, the Audiobus app and GarageBand.

If that's the case, then you should find that what you want to do is possible with Audiobus and GarageBand.

[Update]

Okay, this is what I've since learnt after originally posting this answer.

As I mentioned previously, I know of someone who owns a Behringer UCA202. Now, it seems they did try for a little while to route music to a Bluetooth speaker, but with mixed (mainly not good) results. They tried doing this via Audiobus directly and in conjunction with other apps.

This prompted direct contact with Audiobus support and below is a quote from the support email they got back:

  Sorry, Audiobus does not play well with Bluetooth speakers. I cannot
  recommend using Audiobus for this use case. Bluetooth audio is always
  terrible for live audio, because it adds latency. That’s why we’re not
  supporting it. Any wired speaker will do - they don’t have any issues.

As routing music wasn't their main use case (they were mainly interested in recording guitars), they didn't pursue it. However, if I was in your shoes, it may be worth trying Audiobus in conjunction with a 3.5mm to Bluetooth transmitter. I'd wait for Audiobus 3 to be released first, and then I'd look at transmitters such as this. (Note: This is just one I picked at random - I have no affiliation with the seller or product).

My thinking is that Audiobus will see something like this as a wired speaker and that this could result in you achieving what you want.

Obviously, only you can decide whether the costs of buying the app and transmitter are worth the expense, especially since it's purely to experiment with and with no guarantee of success.

Hopefully someone else will come up with a confirmed solution, but if not this may be it. All the best with it.


When I unplug my headphones, my speakers (and headphones) stop working

Its a bug Lion has.

This thread should provide you with more info of users suffering the same bug.

This app claims to fix it (I found it on that same thread).

I haven't had the bug for a while, but I did have it quite a bit before. I really hope Apple fixes it, by 10.7.2 perhaps.

Hope it helps!

Edit: Probably the most relevant information in the thread is that it seems to be a bug on Core Audio. $ sudo killall coreaudiod quits the process and the system automatically restarts it, effectively providing a quick fix to the bug. The rest are people posting about their personal experiences and thanking the developer of the app that automatically applies this fix.


Does "Erase All Data" feature on iPhone disable "Find my Phone"?

The 'Find My iPhone' app on the iPhone itself does nothing to affect the ability to locate/remote message/remote wipe the iPhone itself. The 'Find My iPhone' app is a client to simplify the functions of doing so for other devices.

In order to actually use those features on the iPhone itself MUST be configured via Settings: Location Services > (down at the bottom) Find My iPhone. Only by enabling that will you actually be able to locate your phone via another iOS device, or at icloud.com;


Apps won’t download or install on iPhone

Restart the iPhone 1st. Most of the time that encourages it to look for the network. How you know if it works is if 1 app is updating. If you have folders you'll need to look for that app and see if its in a pie like circle and is moving. If non of that occurs then delete the apps and then reinstall them (I'd do a backup 1st). If you cant reinstall them then sign out of iCloud and then sign back in. Reseting network settings is a good idea as well but you will need to know your password for wifi.

If none of that is beneficial then the last resort is to back up your iPhone with iCloud backup (Settings -> Your Name -> iCloud -> iCloud Backup -> Backup Now - Unless it has already recently backed up), then make sure you get your wifi password and Apple ID password.

***If your Apple account sends you verification codes all of the time you need to add another number to your account in Settings -> Your name (or iCloud) -> Password & Security -> Edit to add trusted phone number (you wont be able to get the code when you sign back in)>.

After you've backed up. Sign out of iCloud, erase the iPhone (Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all Content And Settings) and then set up the phone, but restore from the iCloud backup. You'll need wifi, Apple ID account login (and a verification code from another trusted number if your account sends you verification codes). Once thats done the phone will look the same, messages, apps, photos, notes, calendar events, etc.


How to allow a group to access a folder?

Apple hides anything it considers a "system" user or group from the GUI.  There's probably some way to disable that, but I generally use the command line for system-related stuff.

The command line version comes in two flavors:  there is a basic permissions structure with a single owner, a singe group, and everyone else, then there are POSIX ACLs.   Interestingly, Apple took the route of modifying chmod to support ACLs instead of shipping the standard getfacl and setfacl tools.

$ sudo chmod +a 'group:_www allow add_file,add_subdirectory,list,search,delete_child' /webroot

You may also want the file_inherit and directory_inherit permissions to apply the ACL to created files/directories.  See chmod(1) for more details.

The -a option to chmod removes ACL entries.


Turned out to be simple - my DSL router had DNS servers configured, and those were overriding the settings in the Network Control Panel due to DHCP being used. DHCP was grabbing the servers from the router and ISP.

So I changed DNS servers in the router, restarted the router and the Macbook, and then could see the 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 servers in the Advanced>TCP settings; they were grayed out since they were set in the router.


Remove macOS from current dual boot system

If you make a significant hardware or software change, then Windows may fail to boot. In these cases, you need to rebuild the bcd file. The software to do this is included in the Windows installation files. So you need to boot to a Windows installer to run these commands. The procedure depends on how your Mac is configured.

Some items to consider are given below.

Does Windows boot using a legacy BIOS or the newer EFI.
Can you boot Windows from a optical drive, flash drive or other method.

It would be best to have a way to boot to a windows installer, before removing macOS. Then again, you may not need the Windows installer at all.


Connecting a displayport monitor to my Mac Mini (late 2012) using the Thunderbolt port what is the max resolution?

I have a 27" ASUS PB278Q connected to a late 2012 mac mini using a mini displayport to displayport cable, and it is stunning!

I tried HDMI and DVI but neither of these solutions worked past 1080p.


How to make Pages default to the folder of the opened file when exporting a PDF version?

There is a fantastic app called Default Folder X – but it's not cheap – around US$35. It enables a plethora of features that you can use in the Open/Save dialog of any app.

On the free side, you could try this trick: when you are in the dialog window for Exporting, you can actually drag a file from the Finder into the Export window, and it will automatically change to that same folder. This at least saves you from having to navigate around in the dialog window, since you are likely to have the window for the folder of the original document already open in Finder.

Finally, just in case you didn't already know, the little pop-up at the top of most Open/Save/Export dialog windows lists your 5 most "Recent Places" at the bottom. So if you used "Open..." to open a file, that folder will likely appear in this list.

E.g.:


Will "Erase All Content and Settings" update my iOS to the latest version?

No, "Erase All Content and Settings" will not update your device. Your device will remain on iOS 8.4.


Realized all this mess has been created because mysql has been installed via brew and via package from mysql site.

Solution for me was to remove mysql completely & reinstalled it via brew.

The new database data i created are located in /usr/local/var/mysql/

Running where mysql returns /usr/local/bin/mysql

Running mysql.server start|stop|restart seems to function ok. Also accessing db via sequel pro works ok but when i tried to setup my rails projects i run rake db:create but i received

  rake aborted! LoadError:
  dlopen(/Users/myuser/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.4/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.2.0/mysql2-0.4.3/mysql2/mysql2.bundle,
  9): Library not loaded:
  /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.19/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib Referenced
  from:
  /Users/myuser/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.4/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.2.0/mysql2-0.4.3/mysql2/mysql2.bundle
  Reason: image not found -
  /Users/myuser/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.4/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.2.0/mysql2-0.4.3/mysql2/mysql2.bundle

libmysqlclient.18.dylib doesnt exist in my setup, nor the directory ..Cellar/mysql/5.5.19/..
There is usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.11/lib/
And there is libmysqlclient.dylib -> libmysqlclient.20.dylib but no ../libmysqlclient.18.dylib in my system.

In ~/.bash_profile there is export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

In ~/.bash_rc there

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin # Add RVM to PATH for scripting

and in ~/.zshrc there is

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

Seems like i have messed up with my systems paths?


Activity Monitor on Mac OS doesn't show port 8080

You can't do it easily in Activity Monitor but it is easy at the command line. lsof -i :8080 in the Terminal will display the command and process ID of the process listening on port 8080.


What's a triple boot method(macOS, Linux, Windows 10) that is safe and (relatively) easy to do?

You can install Windows via Bootcamp, Apple provides instructions for that. For Linux, follow these detailed instructions: https://www.lifewire.com/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-os-4125733.
You can basically install as many Linux distributions as you have space for.

I have a dual boot setup with macOS High Sierra and Windows (via Bootcamp) and a Linux distribution on a USB stick (permanent installation, not a Live USB stick), effectively making it a triple boot setup. I am using rEFInd as boot manager. The only downside I experience is that I have to hold down the option key every time I reboot my MacBook and choose the OS to boot from, because otherwise it finds no OS to boot and displays some EFI error screen. Don‘t know why and if it will be an issue for you but not a big deal either.


Prevent window autoselect on application launch

As far as I'm aware, there is no ideal solution, unless you're willing to disable SIP (maybe).

I think your best bet may be the bash command open:

Bash:

open -ga "Google Chrome"

Applescript:

do shell script "open -ga 'Google Chrome' "

These will open the specificed appliction without stealing focus

  The application names are case sensitive

If I only needed this while using terminal, I'd perhaps use aText to expand open chrome to the above command and so on... Not that it's much shorter, but I'd prefer that.

You can use third party applications to launch apps and scripts:

Alfred, Launchbar, FastScripts, Apptivate etc... there are tons of apps that do this.

You could also make an Application using Automator.app, that just runs the terminal command and you can add that app to the dock. This has it's own problems though, because the actual application icon will show up in the Dock as soon as you click your custom Dock icon and now you got two icons for the same app in the dock... oh well.

As a side note, you can also open a specific website:

Bash:

open -ga "Google Chrome" "http://askdifferent.com"

Applescript:

do shell script "open -ga 'Google Chrome' 'http://askdifferent.com' "

  In other applications you can open a file by replacing the url with a path to a file.


connect Windows 8 client to Mac OS X Server Fileshare

It seems that your Windows 8 Client is using SMBv3 but your 10.9 Server is using SMBv2. There is a Tech-Note on the Microsoft-Support Site (see here) which suggests disabling the Security-Negotiation Settings, f.e. either manually set the required flag in the Registry:

"HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters"

RequireSecureNegotiate -Value 0 -Force

or running the following command in the PowerShell:

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $true


The problem you are having with Gitbox is because not all application are scriptable. Which means you cannot talk to it via applescript. What you can do for apps like that is use System Events to do some of it for you.

*Check if scriptable *

set theApp to "Gitbox"

tell application "System Events"

    set isScriptable to has scripting terminology of application process theApp

    if isScriptable then
        my scriptableApp(theApp)

    else
        my nonScriptableApp(theApp)

    end if
end tell
on scriptableApp(theApp)
    tell application theApp to get the bounds of the front window
end scriptableApp
on nonScriptableApp(theApp)
    tell application "System Events"
        set the props to get the properties of the front window of application process theApp
        set theSBounds to {size, position} of props
    end tell
end nonScriptableApp

Get the bounds via system events

#get the bounds via system events

tell application "System Events"
    set the props to get the properties of the front window of application process "Gitbox"
    set theSBounds to {size, position} of props
end tell

Set the bounds via system events

--set theSBounds to {{799, 490}, {513, 430}} #This is a test line that will set the bounds list so you can see the set bound code working un comment to use it

#set the bounds via system events
tell application "System Events"
    set size of front window of application process "Gitbox" to item 1 of theSBounds
    set position of front window of application process "Gitbox" to item 2 of theSBounds
end tell


I recently tried to "Create Alias" for a photo folder, and then put the Alias in Dropbox. Then I went to dropbox.com to see if I could view the folder's contents. The folder is there, but the photos inside could not be viewed. This is the error message I got.

When I clicked on "Open" it opened the Dropbox folder on my computer. This would not help me if I were away from my computer and using the web to access my files.

I did come across an app in the Mac App Store called, "Cloud Storage Helper." It bugs me that I don't understand how this app works (and maybe someone else on here does!), but I was able to create links from my computer into my cloud storage and access them online.


Finder does not sort correctly in mavericks

It doesn't update the folder opened date unless you open it in its own window. Just revealing it in a list view will not refresh the date.

Before…

During…

After…

Neither does adding a file to a folder refresh the opened date…


I would say there’s no consistency on when Apple revs major or minor and they often speed bump parts within the same X,Y family and have service bulletins to ensure compatible parts only get on compatible flavors of these.

You can count on larger numbers being released later and these are far easier to sort or compare in code, though, if you have to check you aren’t running on very old gear rather than check for specific functions / API to be available.

From my experience, these are monotonically increasing marketing numbers that let you guess the major CPU generation and sales period in a similar manner to the Marketing (Early / Mid / Late 2019) monikers that appear in all the Apple Documentation / technical specifications, etc..

Can a Mac's model year be determined with a Terminal Command?


Delete some remembered text from Browser TextBox

It's shift + delete on windows.  In Firefox on my MacBook, shift + fn + delete does the trick.

Don't ask me why I know this.  That comment below Josh K's answer was totally hypothetical.


For free, you can use the NTFS-3G driver. In order to use it, you have to install MacFUSE first.

In the end, you'll have a prefpane to mount and manage your NTFS drives


There is no browser app for Apple TV itself. The best I've found so far is Airweb which of course still requires an iOS device. But it's easier to use than a mirrored Safari.


iMac screen froze while in use, shutdown, restarted, got worse

Sounds like a dead graphics card. If it's really that old you'll be out of luck to get a replacement card from Apple. Ask a local service provider to be sure.

If you want to rule out software, try booting from an external drive. RAM would be a small possibility as well.


Inbox by Gmail - making a small application

You can try Fluid -- it can create one off, WebKit "applications" that look a bit like native applications though are actually single web pages running in a de-decorated WebKit browser window. I've used it successfully in the past for things like Fogbugz.

Fluid may not work though since Inbox requires Chrome and I'm not sure Fluid will identify the browser in a way that'll let Inbox work. It may complain it's not running in Chrome.

If that's the case, here is a shell script that will create a standalone Chrome "app" for you similar to how Fluid works, but with the underlying engine for the app being Chrome. I haven't it used it, but the idea and implementation look sound. You should fork that gist if you're going to use -- gists can disappear. The script, recreated here, for reference is:

#!/bin/sh

echo "What should the Application be called (no spaces allowed e.g. GCal)?"
read inputline
name="$inputline"

echo "What is the url (e.g. https://www.google.com/calendar/render)?"
read inputline
url="$inputline"

echo "What is the full path to the icon (e.g. /Users/username/Desktop/icon.png)?"
read inputline
icon="$inputline"

chromePath="/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
appRoot="/Applications"

# various paths used when creating the app
resourcePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Resources"
execPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/MacOS"
profilePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Profile"
plistPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Info.plist"

# make the directories
mkdir -p  "$resourcePath" "$execPath" "$profilePath"

# convert the icon and copy into Resources
if [ -f "$icon" ] ; then
    sips -s format tiff "$icon" --out "$resourcePath/icon.tiff" --resampleHeightWidth 128 128 >& /dev/null
    tiff2icns -noLarge "$resourcePath/icon.tiff" >& /dev/null
fi

# create the executable
cat >"$execPath/$name" <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec "$chromePath"  --app="$url" --user-data-dir="$profilePath" "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x "$execPath/$name"

# create the Info.plist
cat > "$plistPath" <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" â€œhttp://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtdâ€>
<plist version=â€1.0â€³>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>$name</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>icon</string>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF


Deleted Messages conversations inconsistent between devices

iPhone > Settings > Name > iCloud > Messages was not set to sync.

Setting it to Sync has resolved the issue.


Pausing downloads in iTunes on Windows platform

I got my own answer : this is a feature not a bug of Apple . There are some files that are non-resumable , and some are not .


How can I dump my bootable ssd to inspect the dump in HEX editor

Since you are booting into recovery, you will need to decrypt it first using diskutil

diskutil coreStorage decryptVolume /dev/disk1s1 -passphrase ThePassPhraseYouSet

It will then decrypt the volume.

Per the man page (man diskutil) :

  Begin a live background process of decrypting the on-disk backing
  bytes of an existing encrypted CoreStorage logical volume (LV).
  Bytes are read, decrypted, and written back to disk in plain form.  The LV must be unlocked before beginning this operation.

You will have to unlock first...

diskutil coreStorage unlockVolume

Once it's unencrpyted, you can then use dd to dump it to an image for later manipulation:

sudo dd if=/dev/disk1 of=/path/to/disk.img


Is it possible to change the order of the tabs shown in the Dictionary?

Yes, just go to the Preferences for the Dictionary app.  There's a list there of all the possible dictionaries, which you can then drag to be in any order you like.


Printing remotly from your iPhone or IPad using an app

FingerPrint (OS X & Windows) is a paid application that enables a printer connected to your Mac or PC to become an AirPrint printer. It is a paid application.

For Windows

There is also a free program for Windows. You can download the files here. One they are downloaded, unzip the zip file and run the AirPrint_Installer.exe Then run either AirPrint iOS 5 FIX - 32Bit.reg or AirPrint iOS 5 FIX - 64Bit.reg depending on if you are running a 32 or a 64 bit version of Windows. Go back to AirPrint_Installer.exe, make sure "Service Startup" is set to "Auto" and click "Start". Reboot your computer. All these instructions and troubleshooting instructions can be found in the links above.

For Mac

AirPrint Activator is a free application that allows you to turn any shared printer into an Airprint printer. I have used it quite a bit now, and I highly recommend it. It has a very simple and easy to use UI:


Why are marked E-Mails by iPhone's Mail.app not shown in GMail's marked folder?

I dont think this is possible using the iPhone mail app. Marking an item with the iPhone mail app doesnt 'star' it on Google.

I'd recommend trying the official Gmail App for iPhone and iPad.


How to prevent Mac sleep from command line?

In Mountain Lion you can use the caffeinate command.

caffeinate -u -t 1000

will prevent idle sleep for 1000 seconds.


What are Alias and com.apple.LSSharedFileList.Binding data in sidebsarlists.plist

See Apple's documentation on NSURL and bookmarks:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSURL_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000301-SW34


Can a Macbook Pro A1398 drive two Dell U2515H and at what resolution?

According to Everymac…

  This model supports a simultaneous maximum resolution up to 3840x2160 on two external displays via Thunderbolt 2. Alternately, it can support a single display up to 3840x2160 via Thunderbolt 2 and a single 1080p display at up to 60 Hz, 3840x2160 at 30 Hz, or 4096x2160 at 24 Hz via HDMI.

According to Dell..

  For convenient connections to other devices in your workspace, the U2515H provides two HDMI (MHL) ports, a DisplayPort, a mini-DisplayPort and five USB 3.0 ports.

So, theoretically, both over Thunderbolt > Mini DP
or one over Thunderbolt & one over HDMI at 30Hz


Determining unknown filesystems from OSX

The simplest solution that would not require altering the software on the MacBook would be to create a USB live flash drive of a linux operating system such as Ubuntu. You could then boot from the flash drive and then access the multimedia drive through the SATA-to-USB bay.


Unable to manage mobile account settings

This is something you'll have to change in Workgroup Manager on your home server (assuming you're using Mac OS X Server).

What you'll need to do is:

Open Workgroup Manager from /Applications/Server
Authenticate as a server administrator
Find your user account and go to the Preferences tab
Go to Mobility
Change all the managed preferences from Once or Always to Never:

Log out and log back in on your client computer and you should be good to go!


How do I change $PATH and set it to the default directory?

First, check the contents of your ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile for any lines involving writing paths to $PATH.

If this doesn't help, check the contents of /etc/paths and /etc/paths.d/ for any path that you don't want to be included in your $PATH.

Furthermore, you can show what code is being run by bash by adding the following to the top of /etc/profile:

set -x

Save the file, then open a new Terminal window. This should show when and how the $PATH variable is being overwritten.


Connecting Time Capsule (or AEBS) to a AT&T U-verse Router/Modem - Proper Settings and Setup?

First, connect one of the Ethernet ports of the 2Wire Gateway to the WAN port of the Time Capsule and turn both devices on, and disable wireless on the 2Wire. Your Time Capsule settings should not be changed from what they were when you had things working with your cable modem. If you've changed them, change them back now.

Then, on the 2Wire Gateway, in the "LAN" section:

Enable DMZ for the Time Capsule connection
Turn off the firewall for the Time Capsule connection
Set the Address Assignment for the Time Capsule connection to "public"
Set the WAN IP Mapping for the Time Capsule connection to "Router WAN IP address"

Then cycle power on the Time Capsule. The Time Capsule will now control everything just like it did when it was connected directly to your cable modem. Any wired Ethernet connections you add should be connected to the Time Capsule, not the 2Wire Gateway.

FYI, this works for any router or access point, not just the Time Capsule.


The message is coming from EFI (the firmware boot loader) telling you that the kernel (/mach_kernel) cannot be booted. This message is usually output if the kernel file was not found, or if it prematurely exited and got back to EFI. It could be, for example, because you rm'ed the /mach_kernel file.

There actually is a way to fix this without reinstalling the system: If you can boot from a bootable disk with rEFIt and drop into an EFI shell, you might be able to copy over a good kernel (assuming you have one in the disk). Honestly, unless you prepare for these contingencies (i.e. have an alternate EFI boot), you are better off reinstalling/recovering (in Lion).

Another idea which springs to mind - if you can attach a hard drive which has OS X on it, press ALT when the system loads (before the nasty message) - this gets you the option to boot from the secondary drive. Then, you can copy over /mach_kernel.


Is this in the list of previously logged in users?

If you're selling your MacBook, you should consider re-installing the OS with a clean slate, rather than potentially leaving items behind.

You might find there's still a userid on the computer somewhere; you can remove it by running sudo dscl and then ls /Local/Default/Users to see if the username shows up there. delete /Local/Default/Users/name should get rid of it.


It is recommended that you store you iPhone at roughly 50% charge. If you store it for more then 6 months, then you should charge it back to 50%.

For more information:
https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/


How can I remove a program from "Open With"?

One solution is to install RCDefaultApp and change the file association for text files.

Another solution is to disable Windows application integration for that virtual machine. To do that open the virtual machine, go to the Virtual Machine menu and select Settings.... Change the settings for Default Applications. You likely want to uncheck Run Windows applications from you Mac's Applications folder


Can my admin manage my iPad without me knowing?

You can tell if the device is supervised (i.e. managed) by opening Settings. Right at the top it says "This iPad is supervised and managed by xxxxxxx". If you do not have this message, your device is not supervised.

Your iPad cannot be supervised/managed merely by signing in to a managed Google Account in the Chrome browser.


Separate multiple comma separated values in Numbers

Here is a suggestion from https://discussions.apple.com/message/26532955#26532955

  In order to import comma-separated CSV into Numbers.app properly, you need to set the decimal separator to period in System Preferences. If decimal separator is set to comma, Numbers.app can only import semicolon-separated CSV.

  Quit Numbers.app;
  Set the decimal separator to period, temporarily, in System Preferences; [/Language & Region/Advanced]
  Launch Numbers.app, import the CSV file and save the resultant Numbers file;
  Quit Numbers.app;
  Reset the decimal separator to the original (presumably, comma) in System Preferences;


When you have a Pages document, you can always go to File -> Save as Template

After you’ve saved it, whenever you chose New -> From Template Chooser, you have a small section that says “My Templates”:

Your “Custom” templates should appear there.

For the second part of your question, what you need is what Pages call a section. The steps for creating a new section are pretty straightforward and you can find a lot of information on google, see samples here and here (find the part where a new section is created).

In short: Insert a “Section Break”, edit it, change the styles, add what you want (see the links to see tips about different things you can do, like having a different ‘first page’ than the rest, etc.).

Once you’re happy with your “section”, make sure the ‘caret’ (cursor) is blinking in any part of the section and go to Format -> Advanced -> Capture Pages:

The result is a sheet dialog like this:

Give it a name, make sure it includes the pages you want (1, 2, 3 or all, depending upon the complexity of your idea, in your case it would be ‘First Page Only’) and finally save the document as a “Template”.

The page(s) you’ve used to create a Section can be safety deleted before you save the template (unless you want your template to always start with those pages by default), because you have captured them as a section, they will always be available under the new template.


Mac keeps on asking for password to delete files

You "changed" the root username?

Can you elaborate on the process you use? I suspect you created a new account and then copy and pasted the files from the previous directory, roots home directory, to your new user. If this is the case you will likely need to use Terminal (Applications/Utilities/Terminal) to restore the permissions on them as root is probably still the owner. Assuming your username is bob execute the following commands in terminal.

Change the owner of the files to your user:
sudo chown -R username:staff /Users/bob

Change the permissions of your home drive to 600. (Owner read/write, everybody else denied):sudo chmod -R 600 /Users/bob

Let us know how you go or if you need more detailed instruction.

If you have a copy of the OSX DVD I believe there is a utility on it to repair home drive permissions but I can't remember it offhand, sorry.


Open a terminal window and enter the following command:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool YES

That will prevent macOS X Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite from un-mounting drives at logout. Maybe that's the problem you're seeing as well.


Do Macs store a serial number on the disk?

Apparently the only ways to find out a Mac's serial number (if you don't have the Mac physically present) are:

When you had the Mac, you:

Registered it with Apple (check your support profile at apple.com)
Ran and saved a copy of System Profiler's output

Without the Mac:

Have a sales receipt from a retailer that puts the serial number on their receipts
Purchased it from a retailer that keeps track of serial numbers
Find the box the Mac came in

Thankfully, after I posted this question, the buyer was able to find the original box, which gave him the serial number.

But the actual answer to the question is: No, Macs do not normally store their serial number in a disk file.


You can use Disk Utility.

Personally, I would copy all data from each partition to another storage device; creating a parent folder for each partition (using Finder); or, create a disk image (.dmg, etc.) file using Disk Utility.  Then, you can recover if anything goes wrong.  Here is an article describing the different types of disk images, how to make them, and why one might choose one over another:
https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/create-a-disk-image-dskutl11888/mac

But, if you intend to merge two partitions, both containing data, relying on a software process which cannot be undone (sans great expense, difficulty, and uncertainty)... you are braver than I am.

Here is an article describing the different partitioning options:
https://www.lifewire.com/disk-utility-add-delete-resize-existing-volumes-2260078

If you want to run any Erase security options, you are better off running them on each partition BEFORE deleting each.  But, if the HDD is a SSD (or FLASH), I believe those options are irrelevant.  Wherever you see "APFS", that volume is on a SSD (using MacOS 10.13 or later).

If either partition is bootable, you will need to make it bootable again.  I noticed that "Install MacOS..." is one of your partitions.  Here is an article describing how to use Terminal (sudo... createinstallmedia command) to do that:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

But, I have never attempted to use a bootable installer partition for "additional storage"; may not work, or have unexpected results.


result returns just new line \n not whats printed after command is run

You could try replacing > tomytextfile.txt with > tomytextfile.txt 2>&1.

Similarly, you could use what is shown below.

echo "result=`/usr/bin/dscl . -change /Users/admin NFSHomeDirectory /Users/admin /var/admin 2>&1`" | curl --data-urlencode result@- http://172.16.26.251:8080/script

Basically, 2>&1 redirects error output to regular output.


How long before WWDC are old models usually put on sale?

I am not aware of public price cuts prior to WWDC. At least not with today's Apple.

The practice you mention may no longer be in place, it may be limited to some stores, or it could be country/region specific.

Apple's computer products tend to maintain the same price for their lifetime. iOS devices can attract discounts over time – their more predictable update cycle helps with this.


How can I use FaceTime Audio with MacBook in clamshell / lid closed?

Here's a solution which works for macOS >= 10.14. One can initiate a call in Messages by clicking on details in a chat history and then on the phone symbol.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/messages/icht1091/mac


Putting line-breaks in the (Mountain) Lion lock screen message

Press Ctrl+Enter for a new line (or Option+Enter, which seems to work as well).


Where is the sender name for iMessages set? I need to change it on an iPhone 4 (iOS 5)

I hope I understood your question correctly. Try this: go to settings>>messages>>caller id. Choose the email address that is associated with the name you want the recipients to see