I did

find /usr/local -iname lynx.cfg -print

(because brew installs stuff to /usr/local)

and it showed me

/usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg
/usr/local/Cellar/lynx/2.8.9rel.1/etc/lynx.cfg

Then I did

ls -l /usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg

which showed me this:

lrwxr-xr-x 1 luomat admin 38 Sep  4 00:05 /usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg -> ../Cellar/lynx/2.8.9rel.1/etc/lynx.cfg

So I would say the answer is /usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg


If you go to Keyboard in System Preferences, there is a check box titled "Adjust keyboard brightness in low light".  If that is turned off, does your problem still present itself?


I want to change the country on my app store account and I am having some problems?

First you create an account for country B (the easiest way to do this is to create the account in the iTunes Store on your computer). Then when you log in to the account for country B, you will be redirected to the App Store of country B. While you're logged in to the account for country B you will still be able to use apps, music, books, etc. you purchased with the account for country A. When you want to go back to the App Store or iTunes Store of country A, you just need to log out en log in again with your account for country A.

So the short answers to you questions are:

Yes.
Yes.


The full size of the Fusion Drive is not available for repartitioning

Run the following command in Terminal: diskutil cs resizeStack ACA4133B-5F31-4D66-B502-4EABED4E2958 5E6D00FD-4BAD-424C-92CF-F8080CCC2C95 3.128t

The first UUID is your LV UUID, the second is the PV UUID that you want to grow (incase I mistyped one of them).

This will grow your disk back to fill up your 3TB disk. You may have to reduce that number to 3.1279t or something though. 3.128t should work. Unfortunately, you can't specify 100% like you can with many commands.


You can use Pacifist to view the contents of the JDK installer package. You can use it to extract the files to your user library folder ~/Library instead of the system wide /Library.

The relevant subfolders in Library are Internet Plug-Ins, Java, and an alias in PreferencePanes.

See this screenshot for the path structure.

Moving the files can be done manually or by modifying the installer package.


Cloning isn’t easy in my experience since you need to first learn a bit about specifics and how to select a proper clone tool tool and understand any filesystem differences between your exact versions of OS.
Why not install a fresh OS on the SSD and then when it first starts migrate everything from the old OS?
Apple tools handle this for you including all the version difference if you choose a different OS on the new disk. And with two disks, you can thoroughly test the new drive before you install it or wipe the internal drive.


Gpx Navigator

  Getting Started. GPX Navigator gives you a powerful, great way to navigate yourself through your own custum routes routes. GPX Navigater includes useful features like follow yourself on map or use the special navigation board to see where is the next GPS point of your journey.
  Create your own GPX file. Use free, online solutions to create your own files and plan your trips. Bike Hike Cruise Creator The Hug
  Import your files to GPX Navigator. You can easily add your GPX files to GPX Navigator, using iTunes File Sharing (in Apps tab). iTunes File Sharing

GPX-Viewer

  Import and view GPS eXchange format (GPX) files. GPX-Viewer views GPX files exported from many GPS devices and other apps that create GPX files.

  Import the files using iTunes file sharing, your Dropbox account, eMail, an URL, or for iOS8 and above, from iCloud.

  Download files to your device for offline viewing.
  Chart elevation vs. track points or distance.
  Send the waypoints to Apple Maps.
  Email the file.
  Create folders to better organize your GPX files.
  Set different location tracking modes.
  Selected routes show as a different color to easily visualize.
  Hide or show the waypoints on the map.
  View track points on map.
  Track points show distances and other values.


How to change selection color in appearance?

selection color as in the highlight text color or the selection box color?

If it's the appearance, you cannot help it, unless you're willing to pay some money to change it; (Flavours $19.90) Flavours looks really good and you can get the trial for free to give it a go.

If it is the Highlight color you are talking about, completely customizeable in colors!


From doing my own testing, it does appear to be the case. I edited a photo on my iPhone 7+ to soften some highlights. When viewed on my iMac, the highlights were still blown out. I further lowered the highlights on my iMac. Now the photo viewed on my iPhone had blown out highlights once again. Trying to edit it on my iPhone showed all the color controls at 0, even though it was clear it had been edited.


Conditioning launchd scheduled job on file existence?

Short answer: Nope.
launchd can start jobs at scheduled times (with the StartCalendarInterval key), when particular files are modified (WatchPaths), or when files appear in a particular directory (QueueDirectories), but it doesn't have a way to test existence of a specific file, nor to combine conditions the way you want to.
So... something like a bash wrapper is what you're looking at. You can either write a bash script and run that with a StartCalendarInterval trigger, or use the ProgramArguments array to embed a miniature script directly in the plist:
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/bin/bash</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>[[ -e /etc/this_file_must_exist ]] && [[ ! -e /etc/skip_if_this_exists ]] && exec /path/to/my_job</string>
</array>

Note: I'd recommend running your job from bash with exec; that makes the job replace the shell (rather than running as a subprocess), so launchd can monitor and manage it more directly.


Having had a look at the StarTech SV215MICUSBA manual (PDF), on page 7 it says:

  To initialize Mac keyboard mapping, please execute the following
  hotkey  sequence:

  [scroll],[scroll], [F2], [Enter]
  or
  [ctrl] [ctrl] [F2] [Enter]

  Once this has been done, the following keyboard mapping will apply:

Then in the table below, it indicates that the Scroll Lock Lock key on a PC keyboard is mapped to F14 on a Mac keyboard.

Assuming you have a full Apple keyboard, its probably worth trying this out.


What's the best way to play music from my iPhone in my car wirelessly?

You need a Bluetooth stereo if you want NO wires or adapters, but it constantly cuts out (check other forums). You'd be better off with a direct connection, or an adapter/cable to send it over tr FM waves


Without Type to Siri enabled, you may close the Siri window at any time by pressing the ESC key. However, I am unaware of a way to automatically close Siri after some time has passed or by using the keyboard with Type to Siri.


Make Facetime ignore incoming calls in macOS

Have you tried disabling notifications? Or at least turning them down?

Under  → System Preferences → Notifications → FaceTime, uncheck Play sound for notifications, then change the Alert Style to Banners. Banners shouldn’t steal focus.

You could also enable Do Not Disturb while in fullscreen by ⌥ opt-clicking the Notification Center icon at the far right of your system menu bar. Some apps do this automatically, while others observe the When mirroring to TVs and projectors setting under the Turn on Do Not Disturb header.

This is accessed by going into  → System Preferences → Notifications → Do Not Disturb.


How to fix locate.updatedb not respecting directory excluded from /etc/locate.rc?

Have you tried the terminal command:

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb --prune-path="<path>"


I turned off iCloud... How do I get my files back

When you turn icloud off you were asked if you wanted to keep a local copy of your data. You said no, by canceling the sync.

iCloud is a syncing service.

When you turn it back on after it was off it needs to re-sync all your data again. That could take 24 hours if your computer and network aren't doing anything else.  If you're using the computer, it will put your iCloud download on a lower priority than the other work you're doing.

Make sure your computer remains awake, plugged in, and maintains a network connection. Avoid doing anything else for a faster re-sync.

In the meantime, if you need a specific file/folder you can go to icloud.com and get it from there.


You can find the location of your downloaded content by running the following command:

sudo find /private/var/folders -name "com.apple.MusicApps"

You can safely delete this entire folder and attempt to re-download.

If your Logic Pro X is not sandboxed, the content will be located in /Library/Application Support/Logic.


Excel 14.1.0 (110310) on OSX 10.7.5 doesn't have Full Screen function

Updated to 14.3.4 and got the Full Screen feature.


It will drive the full 3840 x 2160 without problem. However, it will only be carrying video signal, not data or power. As such, it will not make the USB ports on the monitor work.


Missing disk space after failed bootcamp partition

Sorted with:

diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk0

In recovery mode


how to get ls to list files in case-insensitive order?

Emacs mode hooks to the rescue! Taken from EmacsWiki:

(defun mydired-sort ()
  "Sort dired listings with directories first."
  (save-excursion
    (let (buffer-read-only)
      (forward-line 2) ;; beyond dir. header
      (sort-regexp-fields t "^.*$" "[ ]*." (point) (point-max)))
    (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))

(defadvice dired-readin
  (after dired-after-updating-hook first () activate)
  "Sort dired listings with directories first before adding marks."
  (mydired-sort))


Move Purchased App from Windows Phone to iPhone

I assume you know that the application on the Windows phone can't, itself, be installed on your new iPhone.

As to whether or not the manufacturer will allow you to "sidegrade" or not is a question only they can answer


Apps can't override a single finger force click, since that always produces a left click action.
Using two fingers, you may as well use the standard two finger tap/click for secondary click.


Every time an application access a files on the HD, it will start itself. Sometimes it can be a background process who does this, that's why it may happen although you don't access a file directly.

You can watch this with this command : lsof | grep "/Volumes/HDName"

lsof lists the files accessed by the all process. The grep selects only the files located on the HD.

If you want to stop the hard-drive, just unmount-it.


What does "@" signify in unix file permissions?

If the file or directory has extended attributes, you'll see an @ in the permissions field. For extended security information (ACLs), you'll see a +.

From man ls on OS X:

-@      Display extended attribute keys and sizes in long (-l) output.

The xattr program can be used to display and manipulate extended attributes. Take a look at what's there before deciding to go while deleting those attributes, though. Definitely take a quick look at the man page for xattr too.

A quick example from some example PHP compromise code I keep around for reference:

$ ls -@l php-compromise.php
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user  group  502620 Jul  5  2011 php-compromise.php
    com.apple.FinderInfo        32
    com.apple.TextEncoding      15


You can create an application doing exactly this using ScriptEditor.app and then add it to Finder Toolbar.

First place this line inside your ~/.bash_profile file:

alias cdf="eval \"cd \\\"\\\`osascript -e 'tell app \\\\\\\"Finder\\\\\\\" to return the POSIX path of (target of window 1 as alias)'\\\`\\\"\""

This will change the active directory to the one of the topmost Finder window.

Then create an application in ScriptEditor.app like:

tell application "Terminal"
    do script "cdf"
    activate
end tell

Save this as an application and add it to the Toolbar with ⌘ CMD + Drag.


It's now possible to install composer running

brew install composer

Previous answer (for older versions):

It seems the solution was running:

brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php

and then

brew install composer

After that composer seems to be installed:

composer --version
Composer version 1.5.5 2017-12-01 14:42:57


How can I globally disable 'Text Replacement'?

Very late, but

defaults write -g WebAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled -bool false

Will disable text replacement not just in Safari but in all other apps that use that input method (e.g. Evernote).

Reboot is required (at least as of macOS 10.13.6), and the menubar checkmark UI won't visually change within each app. The change also only affects applications, and not Spotlight.


While Apple stated that Leopard was required to install Snow Leopard, there was no technical limitation put in place.

From the day it came out Snow Leopard could be installed over top of Tiger or as a clean install. I don't believe Apple has ever released an 'upgrade' OS. The full installs have always been available, at least since OS X.


New thunderbolt MacBook Air and external monitors

They're the same as for other computers with Thunderbolt:

DVI/VGA/HDMI with cheap passive Mini DisplayPort adapters (audio is included over HDMI, assuming your adapter supports it)
dual-link DVI with a more-expensive active Mini DisplayPort adapter
any native DisplayPort monitor (many mid-to-high-end monitors already have them)
any Thunderbolt monitor (all one of them currently announced)

You can use any Mini DisplayPort adapter that you might already have, or any that are available for purchase. I have my brand-new 2011 MBA hooked up with a Monoprice MDP->DVI adapter right now.


How to recover files from an iPhone backup without restoring to an iPhone?

iExplorer, which runs on macOS and Windows, can open iPhone backups. You need to know the password if the backup has been encrypted.

Disclaimer: I’m a satisfied customer of MacroPlant LLC, and have no financial or other ties.


Disable command-enter keyboard shortcut in iTerm2

In iTerm, go to Preferences > Keys, and click the + button at the bottom of the list. There, you can add a new keyboard shortcut for ⌘+↩, which will by default be ignored.


Meaning of "Last Modified" date on files (installed from outside the AppStore)?

If you copy a file from one folder to another, that does not update the creation or modification dates. Nor does making a copy in the same folder. Try it!
The same is true for 'copying' a file from a remote location, such as a network drive or downloading from the internet.
The modification date is only changed if the contents of the file are modified.
It is arguably more useful to know that 'this is a copy of the file that was created on Tuesday, and modified on Wednesday', rather than 'this is a brand new file that was made on Thursday', just because you moved it or duplicated it.
This way, you know that the file's contents are the same as other copies in other locations.


Downloading entire website - freeware software

Sitesucker isn't freeware, but it's exactly what you're looking for. I use it all the time. It costs $4.99 through the App Store.

  "SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads Web
  sites from the Internet. It does this by asynchronously copying the
  site's Web pages, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your
  local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure. Just
  enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), press return, and SiteSucker
  can download an entire Web site."

Best of luck.


Can a Mac use AirPlay to stream to stereo HomePods?

There is an application that make possible to stream any source of sounds from mac to paired stereo HomePods. It also let you use others types of wifi or bluetooth speakers at the same time. I uses using it from some time ago and it works well, but is not free.
https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/


Selling a Macbook Pro - removing personal information from it

If you are really concerned with the next owner recovering your files, which can be done even if you emptied the Trash, then you should format the drive:
Open Disk utility, select the drive, select the erase tab and click on security options, then choose one othe following:

I don't know why the sale doesn't include a wipe and reinstall, but I don't see why it shouldn't as a mac always comes with a licensed OS, you just format the drive and reinstall MacOS and you're done.

You can't erase the drive you are currently booted to. You have to boot from an external drive with Mac OS X installed, or boot from the Install DVD.


Choosing the default application does not stay as default after reboot

I was doing it the wrong way like you try to for a long time and also have retreated to using RCDefaultApp in the past... but there's actually a way to do that natively which works.

Do the following:

1) right click your file
2) choose "Get Info"
3) in the popup find the "Open with" strip (this is by default closed) and open it
4) from the drop down choose the program you want to open that type of file
5) click "Change all..."

And that's the correct way to do it


Yes, this is possible. See Apple's RoundTransparentWindow code example:

  This sample demonstrates how to create windows with custom shapes, no title bar, and transparent content. It also shows how to change the shape of the window and recalculate the drop shadow around the window border.


Trouble transferring pictures from an iPhone 3GS to PC

So it sounds like the computer is making a connection to the Phone.  Try these different things and you may get some results, and hopefully get your daughters pictures off.

Try using another USB port on the computer.
Try using another cable if you have.
If you have another computer lying around connect it to that and see if it works.
Try downloading Dropbox to the phone. now you may be asking "how can I type?" if you can find a bluetooth keyboard you can connect it to your phone and use it as a keyboard.  Download dropbox and create an account if you don't already have one and ask Dropbox to upload all your photos to your account.
If all else fails take it to the Apple store with a usb thumb drive, they might be able to help you pull the photos off.

Hope these can help you get your pictures back!


Terminal has been unstable since last upgrade (OSX 10.12.2)

To answer your other question: "Is this a known issue?", I have been having problems with Terminal.app crashing too, and this post seems to suggest that the issue is known to Apple.


List apps that are downloaded to my phone

Depending on which version of iOS you are using there is different ways to check that.
If you are using a new version of iOS like 7 or 8 then you can do the following or something similar.

Open the "Settings" app.
Go to General -> Usage -> Manage Storage (under Storage).
Now you should soon see a list of apps installed on your iPhone.

Remember that this is only applicable for newer versions of iOS. Also, between the versions the steps can differ a bit but it is similar. Check under "General" in Settings and look carefully for something like "Usage" or "Storage".


How to change width of last column in Finder

The last column isn't actually a column, strictly speaking, it's a preview.

The only way to resize it is to enlarge the overall window, which can be a bit irritating if you are a lot of levels deep…

You can try Alt/dragging one of the columns smaller, which will change all of them. Then, allowing for a bit of a screen bug which means you need to change the window size slightly, you can gain as much room as possible for the final column/preview

Graphics glitch/screen bug …


How to run tests showing code coverage in Visual Studio for Mac Community 8.3.4

I don't follow VS release cycles, but

  A fix for this issue has been released! Install the most recent release from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/. Thank you for providing valuable feedback which has helped improve the product.

from
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/623728/vs-2019-test-explorer-menu-disappeared-from-the-pr.html

And

  Edit: Found the culprit, it was Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection that was installed on my pc. It basically scanned everything and when visual studio got updated and files were written to the disk, something went wrong and corrupted my install. I turned it off by excluding C:* from being scanned and ran VS2013.5 update and clicked repair. Everything is fine now.

From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31604119/visual-studio-test-missing-from-the-main-menu


Inconspicuous microSD card adapter for MacBook Pro

I know this is an old question but I just found it via a Google search. Check out the Nifty MiniDrive which is exactly what you are describing.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342319572/the-nifty-minidrive


How to get defined lines from OS X Terminal result?

The command you want is head

so for a command x and the first 20 lines you enter

x | head -n 20

This runs x and pipes the input into the head command.


How to change the frame color in Keynote

As far as I can see, the answer would have to be no.

The options for changing the colours of picture frames are greyed out, and in all the many keynotes I have seen, green frames have never been included.

That is not to say it is impossible.

It may be possible to make one, like this.

Create a rectangle of a shade of colour 50% brighter than the desired shade.
Create two identically sized photos the first with a frame.
Set the framed photo to 50% opacity, and position it over the rectangle.
Finally, place the good photo over the frame, and hope it was worth the effort.

I hope this helps, somehow.


Way to Copy Text From OS X to Evernote and Keep Formatting?

For me, this only appears to happen when copying from a plaintext document to a rich text document (or vice versa.)

Make sure your source and destination text programs are the same format. If your setup is like mine, Evernote is rich text, so make sure you haven't set TextEdit to plaintext. With TextEdit open, go to 'Format > Make Rich Text' (shortcut: Shift + Command + T).

If your setup is different then mine, then maybe Evernote is plaintext. Which would mean, if this error is still occurring, that your TextEdit is set to rich text. Use the same menu shortcut to switch it (or go to 'Format > Make Rich Text'.)

In either case, switching your TextEdit document will result in the table zigzagging like you mentioned. But if, going forward, you format your tables in the text mode that matches your destination's text mode, the problem should abate.


Why does Intel Power Gadget fully freeze the system?

I would uninstall Power Gadget fully then reinstall from a fresh download of 3.5.2.

I have it running successfully on an 2012 13" MBP i7 w/ 10.11 w/ no problems, as well as a 2015 15" MBP i7 w/ 10.13

Is everything else ok, e.g. Apple Diagnostics/Apple Hardware Test, SMC, etc.?


Data Backup/Storage Using an NAS with Mac OS X and Windows

In order to use the drive for both purposes, you would need to partition it into two. In my breakdown below, partition 1 is for moving data and partition 2 is for Time Machine, but this can be swapped around if you prefer.

I would recommend formatting the partition on which you access data on in ExFAT. It is newer than FAT and does not have the 4GB file size limit. It can be read and written to on both Mac (Snow Leopard and later) and Windows (Vista and later, XP with a supplementary download). This allows for easy transfer between both platforms.

I would read up on the formats that the router supports, as I cannot access an ExFAT drive connected to it. If that does not work, the best option for connecting from both platforms is FAT, but keep in mind that there is a 4GB file limit.

The other partition can then be formatted in the HFS+J format as Ethan mentioned in his comment.

In order to get the drive working remotely, I first set mine up on my Mac and started a backup. I then cancelled this and deleted it. I then attached it to my Airport Extreme and then browsed to it through Finder. I needed to access the drive before Time Machine would pick it up (on both my iMac and Air). I cannot say whether the router you link to will work in the same way or not. Please be aware that the way I am doing it is not recommended or supported by Apple and if you do a similar approach, you do so at your own risk.


Airport Time Capsule Third Generation Roaming connection with a Google wifi router

Roaming doesn't work perfectly between multiple brands of products, and wireless roaming (which you may have been reading about) definitely doesn't work between the Apple Airport units (Time Capsule included) and any other non-Apple products.

However here is what you would want to do in your situation to make things a little easier.

1) Make sure the ethernet cable comes from your Google WiFi Router and plugs into the WAN plug of the Time Capsule (that's the one at the very bottom, or on the one side with the little circular icons above the port.

2) Go into the Airport Utility and configure your Time Capsule settings as such:

Wireless tab -- Network Mode: Create a wireless network
Use the same exact Wireless Network Name as your Google WiFi
Use the same exact Wireless security settings as your Google WiFi -- typically WPA2 Personal and the exact wifi password.
Network tab -- Router Mode: Off (Bridge Mode)

Note: You may need to occasionally turn off and on your WiFi on your device to get it to join the closest wifi connection. As long as your WiFi settings are the same you should not need to re-enter any name or password info when the device tries to reconnect. The only way around this issue is to get another Google WiFi product to extend your network. Mixing brands tends to give finicky behavior for things like roaming between WiFi access points.


This message indicates that cairo, a prerequisite for librsvg, cannot find the configuration options for package xcb-shm. They should be stored in /opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-shm.pc. All you have to do is add this path to the environment variable $PKG_CONFIG_PATH:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig

configure should now be able to find what it is looking for.


Change OSX Folder Icons (Working on OSX Lion)

Any image can be used to create an icon for a folder. The problem is that you're trying to copy the image from the Finder's preview. Not all images are saved with a preview like that, so you can't always use that as a source.

Fortunately, there's a good way around that. When you copy that icon, all you're copying is the image data. You can also do that by opening any image in Preview, selecting all (cmd+a), and copying. Go to your folder's Get Info window, select that icon at the top right, and paste.

I tested, and this works on Lion.


File and folder not showing in HTDOCS folder

Try going into the Terminal and using the following command to unhide the folder:

chflags nohidden PATH_TO_FOLDERNAME

For example:

chflags nohidden /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/testfolder


It's not; there is only one "Desktop" folder in your home directory, and the contents of that folder determine what appears on all of your desktops.

One problem with allowing varying sets of files for various desktops wouldn't that it's not clear what should happen if you delete a secondary desktop. Where would the files on that desktop go? Lion has made it relatively painless to add and remove desktops, so it's a user experience question that would have to be addressed.

That said, in theory someone could probably write an app that would let you do this. I believe the system sends out notifications when the active desktop changes, so you could probably write an app that watched for those changes and then swapped out the contents of the ~/Desktop/ folder for you. But as far as I'm aware, nobody has written that app yet.


Is there an LDAP Server running on OS X Snow Leopard?

Homebrew has an OpenLDAP formula.  Deploying slapd this way uses much less RAM than installing a virtual machine with Linux running slapd.


You can't use your Mac's system volume control to manipulate the volume on an HDMI/DisplayPort interface.

Basically, the HDMI signal includes digital audio that was encoded in PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format.  There are two main components to PCM and those are bit depth (how much of the audio signal is sampled) and the sampling rate (how many times per second the data is sampled).  There's nothing in there that handles volume.

To put it another way, does your HDMI source like an XBox, Playstation or Blu-Ray DVD player have a volume button or does your TV handle the volume for you?

In order for you to control the volume from your Mac, you would need to do one of two things:

Obtain or develop software specific to your television/display that would embed control signals onto the HDMI signal (similar to Sony's Bravia Theatre Sync
Use a [USB Infrared Transmitter][3] to send volume controls from your Mac to the TV/Display.  Note:  The only software I was able to find that works with USB IR transmitters is IR Control

However, based on the price alone, I would probably just stick to my universal remote and be done with it.


How to move window to different desktop via keyboard in Lion?

Pressing the shortcuts for changing desktops while dragging a window should still work, but the shortcuts have to be enabled in System Preferences.

SizeUp supports for example assigning ⌃⇧→ to moving a window to the next desktop.


Display Performance with two external 4K screens

So now I have the 2017 MacBook Pro 15" with AMD Radeon RP560. It works with 2 External 4K Displays. It is really slow with the internal Intel Graphics Chipset. But you can deactivate automatic Graphics switching in System Settings -> Energy Saving. Then it is really usable.

I tried first with two Belkin Adapters (http://www.belkin.com/de/p/P-F2CU038/) for USB-C to HDMI. There I had some flickering problems on the Screens. Even with High-Speed-HDMI Cables (which are said to support 4k@60Hertz by the vendor).I can use these Adapters without any Problems with 2 DELL UltraSharp U2717D Displays at WQHD Resolution.

I also have two Wesimi USB-C to MiniDisplayport adapters (https://www.amazon.de/wesimi-DisplayPort-Adapterkabel-Aluminium-ChromeBook/dp/B06W54YF2P). I did not find any Manufacturer-Website for this product. That's why only the amazon link is provided. They work really great with the supplied cables from Dell (shipped with the Displays) at 4K resolution.

So now Youtube 4K Streams run smooth. And I use this Setup for my daily Work as Web-Developer. I haven't tried to use this setup for Gaming.


How do I sync my Google calendar with my iPhone?

A quick search led me to this step-by-step guide to sync Google Calendar with iPhone.

http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740


Assuming - and that's a big if - that your speech profile is user specific you could still try migrating but only migrating your home folder (e.g. via Time Machine or from Mac to Mac) instead of the full system.


iOS 7 Change Carrier name/logo without Jailbreak

You can use Carrier Editor

  CarrierEditor allows you to customise your iOS device’s carrier logo
  Works on Mac OS X 10.6 or greater on any iOS without a jailbreak, but limited to devices that support a carrier.

  CarrierEditor generates a modified version of a carrier update onto your desktop and you simply use iTunes to install it.


Mountain Lion - Does it allow different users to share database files using iCloud?

iOS and OS X only support a single account to access iCloud. It can't be done on a per-app basis.

Furthermore, the iCloud syncing stuff isn't really designed for concurrent multi-user access, it's built for the sort of syncing that needs to happen for personal devices - i.e. that you're using only one device at a time. It's also worth noting that from a developer's standpoint, iCloud is far from perfect, particularly with regards to the Core Data (database schema) syncing and storage.

You don't say exactly what your needs are, but I strongly suspect you'd be better served looking somewhere else for a business-critical app.


Where does Quicktime store its screen recordings?

As of OSX Sierra, it's here:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information

In there, there is a container/package/directory called Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition that contains a Screen Recording.mov file with the actual video. You can copy-paste that mov file wherever to save it permanently.

You can also double-click the Unsaved QuickTime Player Document file directly. That file opens in QuickTime, and allows you to save in a proper place. Note that sometimes QuickTime will fail to save a Screen Recording with the error "The operation could not be completed" (using File > Export As might work, though), so copy-pasting is probably less prone to error.

My battery ran out when I was recording and found my file there.


How to delete another machine's time machine backup?

You can use the tmutil tool to delete backups one by one.

sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name/YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss

If you are sure you have selected the correct name, you can delete all backups from that one Mac by not passing in the time and letting it delete the entire folder:

sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name

The sudo command needs your password (and it won't echo to the screen, so just type it and pause to be sure you're dating the correct files before pressing enter).


I have not found a way to disable video zoom.

Puffin browser does not have video zoom and can be used as an alternative.

Link to app.

Example:

Notice how the video is not in full screen.


Add a link to Reading List from Terminal

Actually it seems that somebody thought about that already. Here is an Alfred workflow that does exactly that:

https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/4524-safari-reading-list/


Easy way to permanently delete all photos and videos from iPad/iPhone

If you wish to "keep" the videos or pictures and also clear your iDevice, make sure you sync or backup your pictures in any way you choose before deleting.
The EASIEST way to delete All pictures and/videos is to attach your device to a MAC with an USB cord. Start the app "Image Capture" and select all content you wish to delete. Once selected, there is a delete function inside of image capture, choose this and all selected content on your iDevice will be deleted.


Where is a good place to share automator files

Gists on github are a great way to do that. Or just share the repo that contains the file on github.


How can I keep my fan from staying at full speed after replacing the hard drive?

Macs Fan Control can set the fan of an iMac (or MacBook, or other hardware) to any speed. The coolest thing that it can also set a fan to sensor-based control depending on your new HDD by reading its S.M.A.R.T. temperature.

This free app is much better and powerful than HDD Fan Control, which is currently deprecated but still costs $35. Macs Fan Control also works under Windows in Boot Camp.


Add permanant pronunciation to text to speech dictionary

I couldn't find a solution so I wrote an automator script that does the job: Custom Text To Speech


You can save it. After you send the drawing, underneath the word "keep" should appear. Click on it to save the drawing.


Firstly, bear in mind that Folder Actions can be configured through AppleScript to perform a huge variety of actions, and that there are some default scripts among which you'll find the adding / removing action you mention.

Since 10.6 the Folder Actions Setup panel is accessible through any folder's contextual menu:

Do Control+click (or right click) on any folder for the contextual menu to show.
Choose Folder Actions Setup. ( If you've got any eligible services already, it would be slightly different as you'll have to go to choose Services and then Folder Actions Setup.)
Choose the add - new item alert script from the prompt window.
Select the Enable Folder Actions option in the upper-left side of
the setup's window.

You'll have, though, to edit the script for it to do something useful as, right not, it only displays an alert saying that an new item has been added to the folder.


How do I sync iPad to iTunes without losing iCloud stuff

Setting up the iPad as new on iTunes will not wipe your data.  Just make sure if you have an older version of iTunes to uncheck "automatically sync apps".  Once you go through that step, click on the photos tab and select the albums you would like to sync from your computer.


iOS 9 just came out and since many are trying to update to it, it seems like a server overload on Apple's part, this article from 9to5Mac also confirms this. Unfortunately, all you can do is be patient. I still only see the iOS 8.4.1 update available on my iPhone 5S.


How to make Alt+delete delete word in Mac Powerpoint?

Using KeyRemap4MacBook, you could add this to private.xml:

<item>
<name>Powerpoint</name>
<identifier>private.powerpoint</identifier>
<only>POWERPOINT</only>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::DELETE, VK_OPTION, KeyCode::CURSOR_LEFT, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::DELETE</autogen>
</item>

Further details:

Open KeyRemap4MacBook - Mis & Uninstall - Open private.xml
Edit private.xml and Add the above snippet between <root> and </root>
Go to the change key tab in the KeyRemap4MacBook and press ReloadXML
Then select the "Powerpoint" box under remapping


File sharing broken after installing Security Update 2017-001

Apple has already issued a quick fix to this. Follow these steps:

Launch the Terminal app (usually found in the Utilities folder within your Applications folder)
Copy the following command and paste it into Terminal:

sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC

Press enter
Enter your Admin password (Note: You won’t actually see the cursor move as you enter your password)
Press enter

For more info: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208317


Installing Windows 7 Updates on Boot Camp partition through VMWare Fusion?

It's been a while since I've used Windows, but I seem to recall that Microsoft does provide driver updates with the Windows Update, and whether or not you get the update may depend on the hardware that Windows detects you're running. To be on the safe side, I'd suggest running Windows Update both virtually and natively.


After sleep, my iMac is very slow to respond for a 45seconds+

Leave the Activity Monitor open and visible so that when you wake, you'll be able to see the memory/cpu hogs.


How do I change the format of the name in Terminal?

That's called your "prompt". You can define the PS1 variable to control it.

Add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:

PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '

See the bash manual for more details.


Does plugging in headphones to iphone Deactivate the internal mic of iphone?

The Internal mic will only disable if headphones with a supported mic are attached to the phone. I would attach an apple link explaining this...but one only exists for Mac!


how to get google search history back in safari 6

Within a new window or tab, clicking on the magnifying glass will drop down the recent searches menu.

This menu will drop dow, too, if you just type a space or empty the search bar by deleting.


MacOS Mojave - can't use Camera with imutils in Python

I have found the solution here:

  I found the solution! I tried running the script using the default terminal that comes with mac and it worked :) So it seems there was some weird issue with the third party terminal (iTerm) I was using

I used  the macOS Terminal and it  seems to be ok. So the new Security features are preventing iTerm.


You should try and follow the instructions in this answer, How to create Automator Service to change font of selected text?, I checked it and it works. Follow the assign a shortcut to a script link, https://superuser.com/questions/153890/assign-a-shortcut-to-running-a-script-in-os-x/264943#264943, then change Menlo to Helvetica Bold and 18 to 16 in the script provided there. Hope this helped. You can comment here if you run into issues and maybe I can help.


3 months later, I can confirm my comment.

I solved my problem by rebuilding Launch Services with Onyx.

Maintenance > Rebuilding > Launch Services


How do you get iPhone to share contacts with Mac Messages app?

I have been having this same problem and as I go through this thread I found that I could answer yes to everything, but the problem persisted.

I ended up opening the Contacts page on my Mac and while the contacts I needed were in "All Contacts" they were not in the "On My Mac" so I highlighted them all under "All Contacts" and did a drag and drop into "On My Mac" it fixed almost all my problems.

The ones that it didn't fix I found out that the formatting on the phone number themselves were not correct. For example the one on Mac messenger was 1(234)567-8900 while the contact card did not have a 1... so, (234)567-8900. Changing those two things fixed everything.


How to check originality of parts in a second hand Mac mini?

There is only four components that can be interchanged in the 2014 Mac mini:

AirPort card
PCIe SSD
5400 RPM Hard Disk Drive
CPU Fan

Other than those four items (maybe the modular power supply, but it’s proprietary to Apple) everything is physically integrated into the logic board.

Of the four items I listed, none are “genuine” Apple to begin with

AirPort card is a PCIe, Broadcom network adapter made for Apple.  Technically, you could use a different PCIe adapter, but why?  Apple always put the latest 802.1x product available at the time.  They are “too inexpensive” to swap with another.
The SSD is a Samsung with a proprietary PCIe Interface.  There are adapters out there to interface standard PCIe SSDs with Apple’s interface, but again why?  This is a Fusion Drive setup and it’s much easier to upgrade the spinning drive which....
The Hard Disk is an OEM from Seagate.  It’s very common to change this out, even for another SSD.  So, if it's not the original, there's really no harm/no foul here.
The fan is a standard fan that you would find in any off the shelf laptop, albeit, it’s one of the higher quality ones.  However, it makes no sense to to not use Apple OEM, because these are so inexpensive.  It would cost more (much, much, more) in time and labor to change out with a lessor model than the profit you'd make doing so.

Modifying System Report.

Can you modify the System Report?  Technically yes, you can.

For instance, by editing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist with a utility like TextWrangler, I can change the "About This Mac" model info.

But again why? Of the components I listed, none are genuine Apple and the fan doesn’t even report.  If the memory was user serviceable like previous models, you could add any compatible 3rd party memory.  The memory today, like back then isn’t made by Apple so System Report info here would be moot.

As for the Model or even the CPU info, that info can be easily cross checked:

CPU Info can be obtained using sysctl.  See this answer for more details.
Cross reference your model with a SN# lookup:

via Apple Check Coverage Site
via EveryMac.com

Keep in mind that the SN# is printed on the back or bottom of Mac products.  Even if "About this Mac" information were to be spoofed, it's very easy to use another avenue to verify what you have.


Local-only Automator service (not on iCloud)

Deselect Automator In iCloud System Preferences


How user's name can be displayed before disk is decrypted, when FileVault is turned on?

In older pre T2 macs the disk is not fully encrypted and the users name is stored in an unencrypted volume called Preboot.  This volume is readable by the firmware which calls boot.efi within it.  This displays the unlock screen and once the password is entered unlocks the OS volume and the OS loads.

The term Full disk encryption is generally used to describe something other than File level encryption rather than implying that there is nothing unencrypted on the disk. Probably Full volume encryption would be clearer.

This is much the same as Windows Bitlocker or Linux LUKS encryption except they tend to simply demand a valid password/key/fingerprint etc to unlock etc without storing the username outside the encrypted volume.

In T2 macs the structure is the same but the whole disk is encrypted so Preboot is not accessible until the disk is unlocked by the T2 chip.

  Mac computers that have the Apple T2 Security Chip integrate security into both software and hardware to provide encrypted-storage capabilities. Data on the built-in, solid-state drive (SSD) is encrypted using a hardware-accelerated AES engine built into the T2 chip. This encryption is performed with 256-bit keys tied to a unique identifier within the T2 chip

There are various unencrypted locations on the pre T2 startup disk. First of all the EFI partition is not encrypted.  This partition may contain nothing or may contain firmware updates in a directory EFI/APPLE.  This is not private or unique data.  It may also contain bootloaders for Windows or other OSs, if you have installed them, as they also need an unencrypted partition to boot from.

Next not all the volumes in the partition which holds the APFS container containing macOS are encrypted. In Mojave it looks like this (Catalina has an extra encrypted volume Macintosh HD - Data).

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +21.5 GB    disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s8
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            17.0 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 27.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      20.5 KB    disk1s4

Recovery is not encrypted (you can get into recovery without unlocking) but doesn't appear to contain unique data.
Preboot is not encrypted (so the system can find the bootloader boot.efi, display users, wallpapers etc) before unlocking the OS volume. It has at least some data that is not generic.

You can mount Preboot and have a look what it contains.  Taking the Mojave example from above...

sudo mkdir /Volumes/Preboot
sudo mount -t APFS /dev/disk1s2 /Volumes/Preboot

Inside you'll find one directory named with the GUID returned from diskutil info disk1s1|grep 'Volume UUID'.

You can then drill down into this directory - there is the bootloader boot.efi which the firmware calls to start macOS and lots of (to judge by their names) efi resource files which  contain fonts, graphics resources, etc.  For example:

[admin@macOS] / $ls /Volumes/Preboot/DD3856E8-5866-4F7E-8DDC-692FB7EB1C9F/usr/standalone/i386/EfiLoginUI
Lucida13.efires         battery.efires          guest_userUI.efires     recovery_user.efires
Lucida13White.efires    disk_passwordUI.efires  loginui.efires          sound.efires
appleLogo.efires        flag_picker.efires      recoveryUI.efires       unknown_userUI.efires

What all the things in this volume are isn't particularly clear but you'll find your username in plaintext at least in these files.

.../System/Library/Caches/com.apple.corestorage/EncryptedRoot.plist.wipekey

</data>
            <key>UserFullName</key>
            <string>hali</string>

.../var/db/AdminUserRecoveryInfo.plist

        <key>RealName</key>
        <string>admin</string>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

.../var/db/CryptoUserInfo.plist - also appears to contain users icon data

        FABQAUAFABQAUAFABQAUAFAH/9k=
        </data>
        <key>PictureFormat</key>
        <string>JPEG</string>
        <key>ShortName</key>
        <string>hali</string>


Are you using the same login (system user account on the mac) as your sister?  The easiest thing would be for you to create a 2nd Mac (user) login, and then associate the iTunes account under that login with your Apple ID (not your sisters).


You can lookup connected FireWire devices in the Apple system profiler under Hardware > FireWire

Open the System Information or System Profiler app from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Or just hold down the Option key while choosing System Information or System Profiler from the Apple menu.

Most FireWire devices will show up out of the box. FireWire audio devices usually require additional third party driver software.


There is a reason for Applications not to have uninstaller in most cases. This is because they don't need one. OS X apps are generally containing all necessary libraries in the *.app package. If that's not the case, then an app should have an unistaller.
So generally speaking just deleting a shortcut from dock and removing *.app package is enough if there is no uninstaller.

On the other hand apps also need to store data like preferences, etc. These are located in Library folders (/Library and/or ~/Library). If you want to get rid of these too, your best choice is to use a 3rd party unistaller. A great example would be AppCleaner, which is free or commercial AppZapper. If you use ForkLift, it has a built-in tool for this as well. All these basically go through Library area to find all files and folders created by the app you want to delete and allow you to choose whether to delete them or not.

You may want to have a look at this thread too:
Any recommendations for a before&after software installation scanner/uninstaller?


I was able to move my iCloud notes to a new iCloud account using the following method.

Signout (if required) and Signin to the old iCloud account (via Settings / iCloud)
Go into Notes app on Mac
Go into Preferences
Select "Enable the On My Mac account"
Select all notes you want to move, right click and select "Move to/On My Mac/Notes"
Signout of the old iCloud account and Signin to the new iCloud account (via Settings / iCloud)
Select all notes you want to move, right click and select "Move to/iCloud/Notes"


Tried to install gromacs 5.1.1 via homebrew, all commands are not found

I figured it out myself, so I'm posting the answer in case anyone else has this problem.

The answer was that gromacs has changed since the version I used most recently, and the commands I was used to no longer exist.  For example, the g_energy command now runs as gmx energy.

If you are also having this problem, gmx help commands should give you a list of what the commands are now.

Thanks for reading this!


How do I enable a USB SuperDrive in Mac OS X El Capitan on a MacBook Pro?

I discovered this is a fast and simple way to enable a USB SuperDrive on El Capitan:

Click on the "" (Apple) menu, select "Restart...", and then hold "⌘" (Command) and "R" at the same time until the progress bar appears. [This will boot El Capitan in recovery mode, which may take a little longer than usual.]
Once booted into the GUI, click on the "Options" menu, and select "Terminal".
Type csrutil disable, and then press return. [This will temporarily disable System Integrity Protection, which is only possible in recovery mode. This will allow us to modify the restricted *.plist file.]
Type plutil -convert xml1 /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist, and then press return.
Type vi /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist, and then press return.
Add the mbasd=1 flag to the "Kernel Flags" string, and save the file. It should look like the file below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Kernel Flags</key>
    <string>mbasd=1</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Type csrutil enable, and then press return.
Type shutdown -r now, and then press return.

Once the system has restarted, you should now be able to use your USB SuperDrive.


How can I remove mounted volumes from the list that are no longer attached?

So, I had to revise the title/question as the solution to my problem was not an answer to the question posted originally.

As far as I know, there is no way to manually edit the list of attached volumes manually. However, I managed to prevent mounted volumes to become "permanently attached" by borrowing parts of a solution to a similar problem.

The problem seems to be "Time Machine" related, I cannot say for sure though it seems like the problems I described was observed after mounting an old backup drive to access other files. I read a description of a similar problem and thought I'd give it a try and so far it seems to have solved my issue.

Remove the disk from Time Machine's list of backup destination
drives
Move/Rename or Remove the file "tmbootpicker.efi" from the drive's root
directory
Move/Rename or Remove the file /var/db/volinfo.database
Restart
Mount you backup drive and re-add to Time Machine for future backups

After a slower than usual restart (sweating bullets) I was able to mount drives again, tested a backup, mounted and unmounted drives and so far, they are ejected properly and removed from the output of diskutil list. I have not observed any other unwanted effects so far.

This solved my problem (even if this was not the initial question) and I thought I'd post it here if someone else experience similar issues.


software to create timeline from excel data for mac

BEEDOCS Easy Timeline or Timeline 3D

Both of BEEDOCS timeline creation software for Mac will let you import a tab-delimited file (which you could export your Excel file as) into a 2D or 3D timeline.

You can also include photos, audio, or movies in your events, as well as web links and 3D motion graphics.

Aeon Timeline

You can also create timelines from data using Aeon Timeline:


Why is a 2.7 GHz iMac slower than a 1.8 GHz MacBook Air?

The examples you've used in your question can be explained by the use of the SSD in the MacBook Air.

In March 2014 I installed a hybrid drive (what Apple calls a 'Fusion' drive) into a late 2008 MacBook Pro. The results of doing this compared to the standard HDD that was installed previously were significant!

Now, remember this was just a hybrid drive NOT an SSD. My tests showed that:

bootup time was 16 seconds faster
login time was 6 seconds faster
launching MS Word was 17 seconds faster

I then tested this against a mid-2011 iMac with a traditional 7200rpm drive and the MacBook Pro was faster! Remember again this was just a hybrid drive NOT an SSD in the MacBook Pro.

One thing you should notice on the iMac though is that the first time you launch an application after booting up it will take longer than subsequent launches (unless you've rebooted again).

So yes, the SSD will explain the difference in the examples you gave, but there will be other tasks that your iMac will perform faster because they rely more on processing power rather than disk read/write times.

Whether you should install an SSD is a matter for you. It'll improve speed generally, but how much will depend on what you use your iMac for.

[EDIT]

I found the full results of my testing for the hybrid drive in my late 2008 MacBook Pro. See the table below:

As you can see, the response times also improved by doing a reformat and clean install on the original HDD. However, since you've got a late 2015 iMac I don't imagine you've had enough time to weigh the system down with unnecessary software etc.

The point I guess I'm trying to make is that the answer to your question Is the HDD/SSD the main cause of this? is yes for the examples you gave, but if you have other real life examples that would be good for some context.


How to move "section"/change "section" margin in Pages

I found it!

This "section" is no section, but rather the document-proper!  The other elements are in fixed positions and that margin is set on the document.

Not entirely unexpected, I suppose.


Magic Mouse battery level broken in Lion?

You are not the only one. Mine says the same - 100%. This is a bug. The terminal command for querying the battery percentage (probably what iStat Pro uses) reports: "BatteryPercent" = 82

For bluetooth mouse:

ioreg -n "BNBMouseDevice" | grep -i "batterypercent"

For Apple bluetooth keyboard:

ioreg -n "AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard" | grep -i "batterypercent"

I've posted this in the Apple Bug reporter. Hopefully it will be fixed in an future Lion update.

Here is another thread discussing the same issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3211868


Will my MacBook Air 6,1 support MST (Multi-Stream Transport)?

Your MacBook Air's hardware: Yes.
MacOS (as tested with macOS Sierra 10.12.6): No.

I've tested it myself with an older MST capable Dell monitor and found various forum entries about this topic. No chance with macOS.
The Intel HD5000 graphics chip on your Macbook is capable to do MST with DP 1.2.

MacOS does not have any MST support built in. There is a 1% chance it will work with High Sierra 10.13 (if somebody can test this?!) but I really doubt it because Apple does not care about daisy chaining with MST when they have their Thunderbolt ports (which require a Thunderbolt monitor).

Only way to get MST working may be using a native Windows installation with Bootcamp on your Macbook.


Can a MacBook 12 inch (2017) run OSX Mavericks?

You can not install Mavericks. The 2017 MacBooks came preinstalled with macOS 10.12.5 (Sierra), so you should be able to run 32 bit software. I have used 32 bit Adobe CS5 and CS6 (basically Photoshop and other stuff) on macOS 10.13 and 10.14 (High Sierra and Mojave), but I get error messages when quitting the applications. This was not a problem with Sierra and older versions of OS X. As Mathew pointed out, if you install Catalina or a newer version of macOS, you will not be able to run 32 bit software, unless you use a virtual machine (see below).
You can install Legacy Java (Java for OS X 2017-001), if you need Java 6 runtime support. I currently have this installed on a machine with High Sierra and another machine with Mojave.
You could try installing Maverick in a virtual machine. Both VirtualBox and Fusion Player are free products. I am not sure you can still download Mavericks. Yosemite and El Capitan are both available for download from Apple. However, most users dislike the feel of a virtual machine.


How to get access to an iPod Touch 3rd gen wich currently is in recovery mode?

There are many tools that might help. However, the following tool was recommended by my colleague, so I thought to share it. I haven't tested or owned any rights for this tool.

You need one third party tool and a reference computer to resolve this issue.

1) Link to Download Recboot > RecBoot for Mac and RecBoot for Windows

2) Run Recboot, then connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to your computer.

3) Once your iOS device is recognized, you’ll find two buttons on the Recboot window.

4) The Button on the left is to “Enter Recovery Mode” and the right one is to “Exit Recovery Mode”.

5) After you make sure your device is connected properly, click the desired button to enter a command to your iPhone from your computer.

Note: I don't own or advertising this tool. You can use it at your own risk.


Upgrading for free Apple trialware from third party distributors?

As MacTrast discovered, it's not a bug, Apple is intentionally upgrading older Aperture, iWork and iLife versions (paid, trial, pirated or otherwise).

  [However,] it’s no coincidence that Apple’s support site doesn’t have downloads for the new Aperture, iWork, and iLife updates. They aren’t in our Software Update system either – and there’s a good reason for that. With Mavericks, we have changed the way we distribute updates for legacy versions of our apps

So "legally", downloading the trials from another site just to get the free upgrade is still pirating software you're not entitled to. Apple is just taking the stance that:

  We like to believe that our users are honest, even if that belief is in vain.

Also, the Aperture trail page does specifically state that you need to uninstall the trial before purchasing it from the Mac App Store.


Can I suppress update notices for apps that require a greater iOS version than my iPad supports?

No - iOS 6 and lower have no provision to hide updates for apps that are live on the store and a higher version than what you have installed.


What is the best way to export iphoto library to a certain folder structure?

Yes. Couple of possibilities

If you have the latest version of iPhoto 11 there's a limited option in the Export dialogue. (File -> Export. Note the 'Subfolder Format' option in the Export dialogue. Remember you actually have to have an Event selected for the option to appear)
For earlier versions, or more granularity, Apps like iPhoto2Disk or PhoShare will help you export to a Folder tree matching your Events.


Linking homebrew, php, mcrypt, and localhost:8000

I'm not familiar with OpenCart but you should check you path and make sure the homebrew php is the default.

In the terminal:

$ which php
/usr/bin/php
$ php -v
PHP 5.5.14 (cli) (built: Sep  9 2014 19:09:25)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

$ which mongod
/usr/local/bin/mongod
$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/mongod
lrwxr-xr-x  1  ----  admin  34 Dec  8 17:25 /usr/local/bin/mongod -> ../Cellar/mongodb/2.6.5/bin/mongod

In this example I've installed mongod from homebrew.  I've never installed php but it looks like it exists on my system by default.  I'm guessing your system is using the standard php and not the brew one.

Try running your server like this:

/usr/local/bin/php -S localhost:8000


Which connection interface should I use with my next external HDD?

If you simply want speed, then FW800 is faster than USB2 (you do not have USB3).

USB has drawbacks which result in a lower then promised sustained speed (FW800>FW400>USB2).

Edit: I've done some research to get real world numbers. While the theoretical speeds are (100MB/s vs 50 MB/s vs 60MB/s) the real world results result are (90MB/s vs 30MB/s vs 30MB/s) due to limits cause by bridge-chips (german source). Since hard drives allow transfer speeds above 30MB/s, you should take FW800.

If you want to be upgrade safe for a future Mac, I'd take USB2/3. Firewire support is probably going to be dropped in the near future (see Macbook Air).

Thunderbolt is overkill - as you said.


how to transfer everything from one icloud to another icloud in same iphone

You cannot transfer everything from one Apple ID to another.

Documents, photos, yes... apps, books, music etc, no.
The ID that purchased those [even free apps, even the iDevice itself] is locked to the Apple ID that purchased them & can never be transferred. The only alternative would be to wipe all the old data & set up as a new device, then repurchase the things belonging to the old ID. [This would also require the permission [password etc] of the ID giving up the device.

If all you really require is to change the email address associated with your ID, then you can do that - the ID itself is not dependant on any given email address [in fact it doesn't even have to be an email address, it's just easier to think that way]

See Apple KB : Change your Apple ID for full details.


Is there a program that will let me move an item from my Dock to my Menu Bar?

Removing the Dock Icon

There is a way to remove the icon from the dock; the only problem is that you also lose the menu for the application, which is a slight drawback depending on the purpose of the application itself.

I, personally have never tried StatusDuck, perhaps when combined with the removal of the dock icon, it could be exactly what you're looking for.

As far as removing the dock icon itself, here's the process.

Find the application in the Applications folder (⌘ + click Dock Icon)
Right-click application
Click Show Package Contents
Edit the Info.plist inside the Contents folder
Modify/Add the LSUIElement key so that the value says YES

Note: LSUIElement may change to Application is agent (UIElement)

If you would like the application to show the dock icon again, modify the value to NO and save the .plist file.

It is worthy to mention that using an application like StatusDuck could help you access the application as a status item. You will just have to test it out.

StatusDuck:
http://www.statusduck.com


Just remove the Gmail account from the iPad by going to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Select your Gmail account -> Tap the Delete Account button.

The account will no longer be available on that iPad, but no contacts or email will be deleted from the account at Google, just from the iPad. DO NOT delete the emails and contacts themselves manually, they will be removed from the iPad when you remove the account from it.

Depending on the age of your kid and how much you want to keep him/her from getting access to your emails and contacts, it might also be enough to just disable Mail, Contacts, Calendars and/or Notes from the Gmail account screen instead of removing the entire account. If you do this, just enabling them again will put the email and contacts back on the device.


SureveyorPro lets you do exactly that. It uses the iPhone gyro to calibrate itself. Note that it only lets you measure distances on the surface and support for measuring heights is partial. Also, don't expect any support if you run into problems as it was last updated 2 years ago.

PS: If  you're looking for something accurate, don't expect it out of an iPhone.


How can I change the title of a Safari shortcut or app on iOS?

Names of apps cannot be changed on iOS unless you jailbreak and use some tweak. Although shortcuts made from Safari using "Add to homescreen" option can have custom titles. The title cannot be changed once it's been  added to the homescreen.


Your Pages templates are located in the following folder:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iWork.Pages/Data/Library/Application Support/User Templates

You can rename and delete templates without accessing the folder directly, by right-clicking on a template in the template chooser.


Change the quota size for an APFS volume

Unfortunately, there is no way to change an APFS reserveSize nor QuotaSize without destroying the APFS volume and recreating it.  You can only set these values when adding the APFS volume.


How to auto paste above return value on command line

I'm sure this isn't exactly the most elegant way to do this but the following will work:

MAC="$( openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//' )" && sudo ifconfig en0 ether $MAC

The above is how you could do that in a single command. It makes use of bash's variables. The first part assigns the vairable MAC to the output of your randomisation command then the second part inserts this output where you desire by referencing $MAC. If you're looking to integrate it into a bash script, you can modify it slightly like below; which does exactly the same thing just on multiple lines:

#! /bin/bash

MAC="$( openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//' )"

sudo ifconfig en0 ether $MAC

Hope that helps!

Kind regards, Tom


On HIS iPhone go to Settings > Messages > Send and Receive > Start New Conversations From and change the default to the entry for his phone number.

Also you didn't ask, but for what it's worth, get your own appleID now.  It's free.  Don't share, you will run into many issues going forward.  appleID's are meant to be shared by more than one device, but with all being used by the same primary user.  That is... use the same one on YOUR iPhone and iPad or HIS iPhone and iPad, but don't mix devices for 2 people.  Go here to create an appleID.

You can still use "family Sharing" to share iTunes purchases.


Is there a BOOTP query tool that exists for macOS?

If you just want to see if a BOOTP machine responds to a particular MAC address, just use a virtuall machine with a manually configured MAC address

In VirtualBox:


Safari does not load any site but there is Internet connection

I solved by making sure the network settings not picking any proxy options under Network > Advanced > Proxies.


Not officially.  Syncing is intended to go in one direction:  from iTunes to iPod.

That said, there are some third-party apps that will permit this.

https://tunesgo.wondershare.com/music-transfer/transfer-music-from-ipod-touch-to-computer.html

Good discussion on Apple Support:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991


How to change the default gateway of a Mac OSX machine

$ route delete default
$ route add default 192.168.0.1

or

$ route change default -interface $INTF
$ route change 192.168.0.0/16 -interface $INTF


What media formats are playable/streamable on Apple TV?

The original Apple TV (out of box) preferred to treat your Apple TV like an iPod. It wanted you to sync your video from iTunes and had the following limitation:

H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels, 640 by 480 pixels, 720 by 480 pixels (anamorphic), or high-definition 720p
MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

The new Apple TV has identical requirements as that of the new iPod touch and iPhone 4:

H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

As for how it works, while nothing hard has been released from the UI screenshots released items from the internet (iTunes store, YouTube, Netflix, etc.) will stream from their respective sources while your photos, music and video streams directly from iTunes or from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch (via AirPlay coming in iOS 4.2)


Is there a way to view history in the iOS twitter app?

No. There isn't a way to view the history.


Can I update an early Airport Time Capsule?

It seems to be possible: Here is an ifixit.com article.

In the comments there the following successful upgrades are mentioned:

WD Red 3TB
WD20EARS 2TB
Seagate ST4000VN000 4TB

At youtube you'll find several movies demonstrating how to replace the HDD (e.g. Apple Time Capsule Hard Drive Upgrade)

Check the power consumption specs of your new HDD as well as the comments about reliability issues of the power supply unit of the Gen 1 Time Capsules all over the net.


You can create two accounts. One with administrator rights, and the other one without.

There's no other way around as an User can only have one password (like... everywhere).

You just have to be aware that the standard-user cannot access the administrator files. But you can set it up so you can read the standard folders as administrator. So you don't have to switch between users if you like a file which has been placed on the other account.


What are all these large files and can I get rid of any of them?

Obviously you have or had an Android SDK installed. These images in the SDK are used to test different android versions on the emulator. Simply right-click one of the file and choose "Show Enclosing Folder" and you will see to where they belong or what they exactly are.

If the Android SDK is still installed, you should be able to deal with them using the SDK Manager.


Quick answer: NO. Yosemite isn't faster than Mavericks.
I don't say that the performance is worse. The oldest is the computer most noticeable is the difference. But, on a 2013 computer, it should be the same, or nearly the same, on both machines. Anyway, there are things you can do to improve it (How to Improve OS X Yosemite Performance).
What I noticed, is that is quite more efficiently on batteries.


Can tables from Pages be reused in Numbers to create graphs?

I have had the best luck keeping the data in Numbers and only pasting tables and graphs into Pages. But that is because I like the added tools in Numbers and not that I've had any issues pasting back or forth.

I've done a few tests and can't replicate your issue on '09 versions of both iWork programs. Have you experimented pasting the data from pages to numbers as values (or paste and match style)? It is a long shot, but the two things that come to mind is pasting into a new spreadsheet (in case the one you are using has some sort of issue) or pasting data that is somehow formatted to cause an obscure problem.


Is there a way to detect caching servers?

Not directly before Sierra on macOS.
On Sierra and later, run the AssetCacheLocatorUtil from any unix shell (in terminal or other app)
We have even found a way to tell after the fact whether an update came from the cache or from Apple on the client side by looking at the logs instead of sniffing network connections and traffic.

Here are the Sierra and later details.
Query Apple's update infrastructure and check if any local caching points for updates, app downloads, and/or iCloud data are present and it also checks for connectivity and service
AssetCacheLocatorUtil

The manual page is quite well written and covers a lot of the details. Below are some observations from before this tool was around to help.
The servers listen on somewhat randomized ports - my two caching servers are currently listening on ports 49558 and 51858
I suppose you could port scan all the servers and try to deduce which ones are using OS X server in general and then exhaustively probe all the higher ports on the presumption that a single higher port open might be a caching server.
You can request a server to tell you the port it's running:
sudo serveradmin fullstatus caching | grep Port

The clients check in with Apple directly, Apple notices the public IP address from which the requites came. It then makes two checks:

what servers have checked in and are running from that same public IP address
are there PRS records in public DNS for the public IP address the client has used and if another caching server could serve that IP address.

It then responds to the client to request the asset from the server(s) that are local to the IP. If that caching server doesn't have the asset, it requests it and passes it on to the client. If the client doesn't get it's assets, there is a retry mechanism to get the asset directly from Apple's CDN so you don't always get things from the caching servers in my experience.
You also might be able to make a list of servers that have remote access enabled - listening on port 311/asip-webadmin or by collecting the status of each server periodically:
sudo serveradmin settings info | grep enableRemoteAdministration


The most supported option would be to get a pair of Thunderbolt displays and use those. Note that will black out the screen on your MacBook (source).

I don't think there are good cheap options out there.


There is a small print at the bottom of the download info page for the GarageBand ver 10.1.

- Requires Apple Music Connect Account

Do you have one ?

But here is the good news. I do not have the Apple Music Connect and was able to get the GarageBand 10.1 update.

I have a MBA 2012 with Mavericks (10.9.5) and here is the process I had to do.

need to accept this then continue with download

You will be asked to log in again to complete the download/installation.

And it is ready to go:


Is there a way to automatically adjust EQ settings when the audio output changes?

Reading the current audio output gives "Built-in Output" for both headphones and internal speakers, however we need to be able to tell between headphones and speakers.  In order to do this, you can use code from this answer to create a program that checks whether headphones are plugged in or another audio output is in use:

#include <CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h>
#include <iostream>

void updateEQ() {
    AudioDeviceID defaultDevice = 0;
    UInt32 defaultSize = sizeof(AudioDeviceID);

    const AudioObjectPropertyAddress defaultAddr = {
        kAudioHardwarePropertyDefaultOutputDevice,
        kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal,
        kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster
    };

    AudioObjectGetPropertyData(kAudioObjectSystemObject, &defaultAddr, 0, NULL, &defaultSize, &defaultDevice);

    AudioObjectPropertyAddress property;
    property.mSelector = kAudioDevicePropertyDataSource;
    property.mScope = kAudioDevicePropertyScopeOutput;
    property.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;

    UInt32 dataSourceId = 0;
    UInt32 dataSourceIdSize = sizeof(UInt32);

    AudioObjectGetPropertyData(defaultDevice, &property, 0, NULL, &dataSourceIdSize, &dataSourceId);

    if (dataSourceId == 'hdpn') {
        std::cout << "Changed to headphones" << std::endl;
        system("osascript <<path to speaker EQ script>>");
    } else {
        std::cout << "Changed to not headphones" << std::endl;
        system("osascript <<path to other EQ script>>");
    }
}

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    updateEQ();
    return 0;
}

Each EQ script is then a simple AppleScript script that updates iTunes's EQ, for example the speaker EQ script is:

tell application "iTunes"
    set current EQ preset to (get first EQ preset whose name is "Speakers")
    set EQ enabled to true
end tell


UUID means universally unique identifier. It sounds like the identifiers for the three accounts are unique. In other words, the system works.


Applescript/Javascript to click submenu item of Jupiter Notebook in Safari

An easy way to do this is to use the Automator "Watch Me Do" feature, then convert it to Applescript.

Open the Automator app and create a new document.
Select "Workflow" as the document type.
Now make sure you have Safari open to the page you want it to.
Go back to Automator and click on "Record." There should be a small black window that pops up showing Automator is recording.
Go to Safari and do whatever action(s) you want to automate.
Stop the recording.
Go back to Automator and there should be a new action that looks somewhat like this:

You may need to adjust the playback speed using the slider to make it work properly
Now you can just leave it like this and convert it to an application so you can double-click it to run, or:
See here to convert it to AppleScript so you can use it in Script Editor


How can I keep track of twitter usernames in Address Book?

Thanks to the comments on Ipacheco's answer, I ended using a new url labeled "twitter" with a format of "tweetie:@someone" instead of the http:// link to the twitter homepage. This opens up tweetie for Mac and iPhone (now named twitter) whenever you click the link.


A keychain cannot be found to store "NETWORK."

A restart after applying system updates fixed this issue.


"DefaultKeyBinding" Hex code for ML's "⌘ ⌘" Start Dictation command?

Changing the actions of double-presses of modifier keys is probably impossible. There isn't even a code point for the fn key in CORPCHAR.TXT.

But if you're looking to add a different shortcut for toggling speech, you should be looking for method names instead of shortcut strings.

I tried using strings to find method names for starting dictation. startDictation: and startSpeechCaptureForDictation: seemed promising, but neither worked in DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

Even if you were able to change the shortcut in DefaultKeyBinding.dict, it wouldn't work in applications that don't support the customizable keybindings.

What's wrong with just changing it in System Preferences?

If you want to use a shortcut that isn't allowed, you might be able to change CustomizedDictationHotKey in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.prefs.plist.


How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App?

In Script Editor, select File > Save As and set File Format to Application. (In Mojave and later, the Save As choice in the File menu is not visible unless you hold down the Option key.)
Open Bundle Contents drawer and see the applet.icns file, copy your icon to that.
See "Saving a script as an application" in Script Editor help.


Windows 10 not recognized mac high sierra (APFS system) partition

Currently there is no way to read APFS partitions with the tools provided by Apple's Boot Camp drivers or any other tool for Windows.

See also Paragon's answer regarding this topic.


MacBook on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 not returning disk space after deletion

couldn't fix this so I reformatted the drive and reinstalled and now I am in the middle of a Time Machine recovery.


The easiest tool to set these settings programatically is the kickstart script that Apple ships:

  sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -help

Do read the help since, it warns This script can be used to grant very permissive incoming access permissions.  Do not use the -activate and -configure features unless
you know exactly what you're doing.

That being said, you will want to set a variable $ObserveUser for each user that should be shown a menu indication that screen observation is in progress:

  sudo kickstart -configure -access -on -privs -ShowObserve -users $ObserveUser


Can I jailbreak a 3G iPad 2 running iOS 4.3.5?

They point to 4.3.3 because that's the last version that supported an untethered jailbreak. Any version after 4.3.3 cannot be jailbroken: http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Jailbreak


How to disable the scrolling on OS X Safari?

Using the post that grgarside linked to, I've written a Safari/Chrome extension that adds a button to the context menu (right click) on every page, which allows you to "pause" scrolling, essentially locking the page in place. To unlock it, you just right click and choose "Resume Scrolling."

You can download it here.


What can you and can't you do with an apple watch that has activation lock

To answer your first question: There are no limitations to having Activation Lock enabled on your Apple Watch, except for:

With Activation Lock, your Apple ID and password will be required before anyone can:

unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone,

or pair and use your Apple Watch with a new iPhone.

– the above taken from Apple's support site –
But I don't know if those are considered disadvantages.
As for your second question, you can unpair the Watch from the iPhone by:

Launching the Settings app on your Watch
Select General
Tap Reset
Tap Erase All Content and Settings
Enter your password, if needed
Hit Continue


Can I use electrical tape instead of the plastic tab when replacing my hard-drive?

I definitely would not use electrical tape. Honestly, if for some reason you do not have the plastic tab that came on the HDD, then you can go without it when you replace it with the SSD. The opening is large enough you can get a finger between the SSD and the side rails, should you ever need to replace it. You can see this article for another opinion on the matter.


What is the exact equivalent of this netsh wlan add filter Windows command for Mac?

Selecting the option to "Block all incoming connections" prevents all sharing services, such as File Sharing and Screen Sharing from receiving incoming connections.

Start with the firewall general help is my advice.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201642

Once you know how those controls work, a follow-on question might work on how to lock this down, whether you use MDM or configuration profile or make a user not an administrator so they can’t change a setting you as the administrator set.
P.S. there is no exact equivalent as the systems are architected differently.


Meaningful differences between these models are keyboard and power plug.
RS/A is for Russian/former USSR market, Z/A is designated as international(do not know what it means practically) and LL/A is for US/Canadian market.


Cyrillic letter "ч." appears after clock on iOS 12

I had the same problem and I did so :
settings/language & region/iPhone Language/English(UK)
My phone was already with this option but I chose it anyway and luckily the symbol get disappeared. I hope I helped. Good luck.


Will an iPhone work and still have regular warranty if it's bought outside your country?

If your country has an official Apple store, then yes (warranty covers) but it will not be valid if your country has only the official Apple Reseller store.

You must have a proper purchase bill and verify that you own that hardware, then Apple Store will take care of it. In my case, I had purchased my iPhone in Finland and I was able to get a warranty here in Spain too.

Offical statement from Apple:

No Apple reseller, agent, or employee is authorized to make any modification, extension, or addition to this Warranty. If any term is held to be illegal or unenforceable, the legality or enforceability of the remaining terms shall not be affected or impaired. This Warranty is governed by and construed under the laws of the country in which the Apple Product purchase took place. Apple or its successor in title is the warrantor under this Warranty.

Detail on it: https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ios-warranty-document-us.html


Can't use ⌃⌘Space for Evernote Helper as shortcut is already in use

Go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Spotlight and disable the Show Spotlight window option.


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3737223?start=0&tstart=0

So basically you don't need an internet connection, but both your iPhone and Apple TV will have to be in the same network.

So to answer you're question, yes, you'll have to setup a WiFi (LAN) network. (or ethernet)


AppleScript Save As Dialog in Safari Reader Save As PDF

Here's how you'd do this:

Go into the finder, and drag whichever folder you want to use for this into the "Favorites" section in the sidebar (enable the sidebar in the view menu if it isn't showing).
Run this script, but replace menu item "Xcode" of click menu item "Xcode" of menu 1 of pop up button "Where:" with the name of the folder you added to your favorites.

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "Safari"
        set frontmost to true
        tell menu bar 1
            click menu item "Show Reader" of menu "View" of menu bar item "View"
            click menu item "Save As…" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File"
        end tell
        tell window 1
            repeat until sheet 1 exists
            end repeat
            tell sheet 1
                click pop up button "Where:"
                repeat until menu 1 of pop up button "Where:" exists
                end repeat
                click menu item "Xcode" of menu 1 of pop up button "Where:"
                click button "Save"
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


Dual boot: I cannot boot in OS-X, after installing Linux (Debian)

I installed debian on my computer. I probably did not choose the same configuration as you did. The output from diskutil list disk1 is shown below.

/dev/disk1 (external, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +109.3 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI NO NAME                 536.9 MB   disk1s1
   2:           Linux Filesystem                         30.0 GB    disk1s2
   3:                 Linux Swap                         1.1 GB     disk1s3
   4:           Linux Filesystem                         77.7 GB    disk1s4

The output above shows the label on my disk1s1 is NO NAME. What concerns me about your output from diskutil list is that there is no label given for disk1s1. Your comment states you can not mount this volume. My conclusion is the FAT32 volume was never created in this partition. One possible explanation is your installation of debian never completed correctly.

Another possibility is you have not included all the steps you preformed before posting your question. For example, it is fairly unlikely the debian installer added partition with the identifier of disk1s5.

If you had installed Debian correctly to your second internal disk, then you have to preform the following steps in macOS to finish the installation. Here, I assume 64 bit version of Debian was installed to use the EFI boot method.

The steps below copy the boot file for grub to the correct location in the EFI partition. This is not only a requirement for the Mac Startup Manager, but is also defined in the UEFI specification.

From a Terminal application window, enter the command diskutil mount disk1s1. A new device representing this partition should appear in the Finder application. If you view the contents of this volume a Finder application window, you should see the same as in the image below.

Using the Finder application, navigate to this device.
Create a folder labeled boot in the folder EFI.
Copy the file grubx64.efi found in the EFI/debian folder to the EFI/boot folder.
Rename the  grubx64.efi file in the EFI/boot folder to bootx64.efi.
From a Terminal application window, enter the command diskutil unmount disk1s1.

If you can boot to the correctly installed Debian operating system, then the above steps can be replaced by commands given below. These commands need to be entered in a Debian Terminal window.

  Note: To enter these commands, you will have to know the root users password.

su
mkdir  /boot/efi/efi/boot
cp  /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi  /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
exit

Once the changes are made, you can do the following to choose an operating system.

Start or restart your Mac and immediately hold down the option key until the Startup Manager appears.
Select the icon for the desired operating system. Debian will appear with label EFI Boot.
To boot the desired operating system, select the arrow below the chosen icon .

  Note: If you hold down the control key while selecting the arrow, the chosen operating system will be come the default.


Do you have a non admin user account? Then available system updates and updates for Apple software will not show in the Mac App Store when invoking Software Update. What you can do is the following: Open Mac App Store, click on „Updates“ and then press cmd-R. A dialogue will open asking for your admin name and password. Then all available updates for OS X and Apple software will be listed.


I did this.  I had several partitions on my external hd that I had the time machine partition.  I deleted the partition after my time machine partition. I expanded my time machine partition.  All is well.

I'm running 10.l0.5.

He may consider cloning his startup drive to the new hd before erasing the old partition.
R


Is there a way to have AppleScript output displayed in the menubar?

As a generality, without a third party program, such as Growl, there is no built in way to do this.

However, you could write a script or other program such as one I found here that provides the menulet service for you.  I'm sure that Growl integration would be much easier to accomplish.


How can I partition my Macbook Pro's hard disk?

Lion has a hidden partition which contains recovery information. Shrinking the partition, according to an Apple employee, is not supported. He hooked up my MBP to an external hard drive and wiped and reinstalled Lion in order to fix things.

In more detail, what happens is this: When you try and resize the main partition, it doesn't include the recovery partition. When you hit "Apply Changes," it does a checksum to make sure that nothing's accessing the drive. It then gets started, doing another checksum, and discovers that something's changed, breaking the previous checksum.


Kernel: I/O error on new OWC Mercury 6G SSD

First thing I would do is contact OWC support. They have an excellent support team. I suspect that you might need to update the SSD's firmware.

http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/


Is there a way of making iPhoto's Photo Stream one-way sharing?

Under iPhoto / Preferences / Photo Stream you can disable Automatic Upload. When turned off, you'll have to manually select which photos will be shared on the Photo Stream.

There are several ways of manually adding photos to the photo stream. After selecting the photos you want to share just:

Click the Share button in the toolbar, choose Photo Stream from the pop-up menu, and click My Photo Stream.
Click the Add To button in the toolbar, choose Photo Stream from the pop-up menu, and click My Photo Stream.
Choose Share / Photo Stream, and click My Photo Stream.


Did you click click Security Options, and use the slider to set how any times the data should be erased?

Writing over the disk is to stop old files from being accessible.

The time to encrypt a disk depends mostly on how many files need to be encrypted and it they old files should be overwritten.
As it is a new drive there won't be a lot of files to convert.


Wirelessly debug Safari web app running on iOS using Safari on macOS

Follow the instructions below one by one:

On your iOS device, go to Settings app → Safari → Advanced and enable the switch for Web Inspector.

On macOS, launch Safari and in the Menu bar, go to Preferences → Advanced and check Show Develop menu in menu bar.

You will need to physically connect your iOS device to Mac mini using the Lightning cable once.
Once the iOS device is connected, in Safari menu on macOS, enable Develop → Your device name → Connect via Network.
Unplug the cable and check whether Develop → Your device name shows up in Safari on macOS.
Safari app needs to be running and frontmost on your iOS device for it to appear under Develop menu in Safari on macOS.

The above configuration is demonstrated on devices running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and iOS 11.4.1 (latest version at the time of writing).


Trying to create a symbolic link in OS 10.14.6

It's a Unix thing: no news is good news. The symbolic link is likely there. Try ls -l /usr/local/bin/xop and see if its there. The -l flag runs ls so that it draws an arrow back to what it links to.


Cellular Data Number is "Unknown" on some iPads

This occurred when cellular data was turned Off.  I turned it on and the number appeared.


I know this is probably a bit late for your uses, but my understanding is that this is determined by the file /etc/auto_master. You should read auto_master's documentation here or running man auto_master in the Terminal.


MBP - have to re-enable Wi-Fi every 30 mins

You can run a Cron action who turn on/off your wifi connection every 30 minutes ;)

Turn Wifi Off

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

Turn Wifi On

networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

http://blog.mattcrampton.com/post/64144666914/managing-wifi-connections-using-the-mac-osx

Schedule a Cron task :

http://benr75.com/pages/using_crontab_mac_os_x_unix_linux

Edit : Ohh sorry I was thinking that you wanted to turn on/off your wifi every 30 minutes :/ However, if you don't find a solution...


Finder - search in specific subfolders across the whole drive

You can make a script that uses the find command and the dirname command to do this but as for doing it in spotlight somehow I don't think so. If you'd like to see a one-liner to do this on the command line I can do this, but it depends on what you want it to output- the containing directory or the full path to the file.


Homebrew - I cannot install from source. Command clang requires CLT

I had kept my Copy of Xcode 12 Beta 5 and did extract and dragged to Applications folder. Then I ran sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer and all is well.
Seems like Xcode 12 GM is not working well with macOS 11.0 Beta 7


How can I do a full text search of plaintext files in my DropBox folder?

I often do such search, but I do not use fancy GUIs for that. If you are interested, then read on.

Unix has a great tool called grep which will search for patterns within files. It even supports regular expressions if you use egrep.

Example searching the word "hello" with all case mixture in the Dropbox folder:

cd /Users/name/Dropbox
grep -Riw hello *

That is it. Oh, I forgot to mention you have to use the Terminal application before typing these commands.

If you look for two words "hello" or "bye", you can do:

egrep -Riw "hello|bye" *

If you are looking for every words that contains "ell" (such as hello), you can do:

grep -Ri ell *

And finally (but read the manual page if you want more), matching every file that have the word "iOS" with this particular case:

grep -Rw iOS *


The following script should do what you are needing.

TESTED ON:

10.6.x
10.7.4

Prevent suspend command if Screensaver's forced login time has already been reached.

NOTE: Change the USER_PATH variable to match that of the user you wanting to manage.

#!/bin/bash

USER_PATH="/Users/YOUR_USER"

ELAPSED_TIME=$(ps -eo etime,command | grep "ScreenSaverEngine.app" | grep -v "grep" | sed 's/:.*//' | awk '{print $1}')
CHOSEN_TIME=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print:askForPasswordDelay" ${USER_PATH}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist | sed 's/\..*//')

if [[ ${CHOSEN_TIME} != 0 ]]; then
    if [[ ${CHOSEN_TIME} -ge 60 ]]; then
        CONVERT_TIME=$(expr ${CHOSEN_TIME} / 60)
    elif [[ ${CHOSEN_TIME} -lt 60 ]]; then
        CONVERT_TIME="${CHOSEN_TIME}"
    fi
fi

if [[ ${ELAPSED_TIME} -lt ${CONVERT_TIME} ]]; then
    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend
fi