enabling virtual machine Guest Additions on a Mac host and Mac guest

I'll quote a previous answer of mine:

From Virtualbox Manual : Chapter 14:

14.2. Known Issues
Mac OS X guests:
VirtualBox does not provide Guest Additions for Mac OS X at this time

[snip]
From the content of this, I wouldn't hold out for such support in VirtualBox any time soon.

The situation really has not changed since then.
There is some discussion of a workaround involving the built in OS X sharing functionality and configuring your network setup to work, but nothing well defined.


How to capture mail.app message url that will remain persistent when message is moved?

Short answer

message: URLs are persistent, but Mail needs to be restarted so that its message ID database gets updated and the URLs are properly resolved.

You will have to restart Mail before using BusyCal. Alternatively, you could restart Mail in your script.

Long answer

After some tests I noticed that:

message IDs don't change when a message is moved:

The message ID of this test mail located in the Inbox:

doesn't change after moving it to the _People mailbox:

message IDs work after Mail is restarted:

After moving the message, the URL message:%3CCA+pHXZSgP12HvSg2sQ9J3ochK2K8xOTk_wEoTf+6WmMcYGYxnw@mail.gmail.com%3E shows an empty message because Mail looks for the message in the Inbox (press Command and click the envelope icon on the window bar to show the path to the empty message):

After restarting Mail, the message is found successfully:

(Tested on OS X Mavericks 10.10.4.)

To your questions:

Is there a way to access messages through a URL even when they've moved?

Yes, restart Mail so that it rebuilds its internal message ID database. You will be able to access any moved messages in their new mailboxes.

I understand this is annoying but it seems to be the only workaround.

If not, how do I move a message and then get its message ID?

That's not necessary as message IDs don't change.


Which is faster: Encrypt empty external disk or leave data on disk while encrypting

Leave the data on the disk being encrypted to achieve the fastest speed.

Full-disk encryption encrypts the entire disk, no matter what data is or isn’t there. Otherwise an adversary could easily determine which sections were blank, and attack only the ones that weren’t all 0s.

That’s one weakness of per-file encryption: allowing an attacker to determine what they want to target.

The way you chose to perform this operation, your empty disk will be fully encrypted once. Then once you move the 1 TB back onto it, encryption will be performed a second time on half of your drive.

This means it will have taken 50% longer to encrypt the drive vs. if you had left the files on the drive to begin with. Then add to that the amount of time required to shuffle the data back and forth, and you end up with a significant time loss.

Now since the process has already started, it’s more advantageous to let it complete before moving the files back over. Spinning hard drives really struggle with writing multiple areas of a drive at a time (which would occur if you encrypt one area while copying files to another).

If the external is an SSD, copying while the initial encryption takes place might not impact the process as much.


Visualizing Data on a Mac? (MySQL db is source)

OpenOffice and derivatives like LibreOffice and NeoOffice can connect to a MySQL DB using ODBC; and, once the connection is established, the spreadsheet component can use it as a data source.


Window manager freezes when triggering Exposé on macOS Sierra?

It's still happening with maOS Mojave 10.14.1.

When it happens to me, the OS isn't frozen, only Expose is. Music keeps playing, I can receive notifications, etc.

In this case, try adding to Dock an icon that will restart Dock:

Open Automator
File -> New -> Application
In the search field, pick Run Shell Script
In the text area, type: killall Dock (capital D on Dock)
File -> Export
Save it as "RestartDock" in somewhere convenient
In Finder, open the directory where you saved the app and drag it to Dock

When the bug happens, try clicking on the app from Dock.

Credits to https://www.addictivetips.com/mac-os/how-to-restart-the-os-x-dock/


iPhone detected but "could not be identified properly"

Troubleshooting steps I would recommend (in order).

If you have access to another IOS Device with the same IOS firmware or higher, see if the PC can connect to that. If it can't connect to another device try the following:

Ensure you have the latest version of iTunes.
Try a different USB port, a different cable.
Completely remove iTunes and try again with a fresh copy:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204275
If none of that works I would recommend backing up with another computer and then transferring your backup over if you wish to store the backup on the PC that isn't recognizing the iPhone.

If it does connect to another device on the same IOS version or higher.. Try the following:
1. Evaluate if the iPhone has a damaged cable. Most iPhones (all iPhone 5 & up) have the ribbon cable running from the lighting port around the bottom right corner. If you have a damaged screen in that area chances could be that [cable][1] is damaged. You may need a new charging port assembly.
2. Confirm that the lighting port is clean, blow it out with compressed air or carefully remove any debris that may be inside.

If you don't have another device to try, following the steps from the first part, then followed by the second.

Without knowing what type of damage specifically happened to the iPhone, I would hope that you would find a solution with the above steps. If you believe the cable could be damaged, that would be a logical issue. Reply if clarification is needed.

Good luck!


Easy way to remap non-modifier keys on Mac?

The two apps most commonly used to do this are

Ukelele

and

Karabiner

There’s a lot of other options, but these are the easiest in practice for most people to just manage their layouts easily.


Messages on Mac displaying "Not Delivered" but message is being delivered

What are the chances? I just helped someone with this an hour ago. This worked for her.

It appears that the messages database is corrupted. The only fix is to remove all messages.

From here with edits

Quit out of Messages for Mac
Go to Finder
Hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the “Go To Folder” window
Enter ~/Library/
Move the Messages folder to Trash
Restart the Computer
Open Messages (Nothing should be there) and Test

If it works, great! Otherwise comment back here.

Note: This will delete all messages from your Mac


Stopping certain data from ever leaving your Mac?

Practically, no

Practically speaking, it is not possible to ensure a particular string never leaves your computer via a network connection.

You can however monitor and manage who your Mac communicates with, see Is there a good tool for monitoring network activity on Mac OS X?

Why?

Applications and processes running on your computer could encode or encrypt the string in a manner that can not be easily detected, and that encoded form could then be sent over the network.

Network traffic is encrypted

On a recent installation of macOS, there are vanishingly small amounts of plain network data for you to filter and monitor.

Modern network protocols encrypt the data being sent. Protocols that send data in a plain unprotected form are being actively removed or relegated to exceptions rather than common use.

Even the widely deployed Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is rapidly being superseded by the encrypted replacement HTTPS, as browser makers raise awarness with their users.

Theoretically, yes

In theory, it feels possible. A solution would have to inspect every network connection and be able to decrypt every encrypted connection. This might even be attempted in some secrecy focused organisations.

For a home or professional user, such a task unlikely to be achievable while retaining a functioning useful computer.

Man-in-the-Middle Attack

I am assuming you do not want to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack your own computer's traffic; this itself is complex, error prone, and defeats the benefits of encryption.

I am also aware of an increasing number of services that pin their TLS certificates to thwart such attacks.


Use Candybar. It's free now as it's not as effective in Mountain Lion as it used to be.


Can't access localhost server after pf redirect

To make it work you'd have to add that rule:

pass quick on lo0

— I typically have it as the first line of filtering rulesets I manage.

To be precise, even this would be enough:

pass in quick on lo0

but why bothering with directions if you typically need it both ways on loopback anyways(?)…


This is genuinely because of multiple iCloud accounts used on one PC. Just for the sake of experiment, try installing iCloud on a PC where no other iCloud have ever been installed. I am sure, it will sync with it, and it is certainly a cache problem.

Secondly, regarding the My Photo Stream not showing up anything but you can still see 3 photos when you click open folder ... this is because Photo Stream shows photos when its a collection or multiple of 5 photos (e.g 5, 10, 15, 20), so if you have 5 photos in the folder, it will show up, then it won't show until it get 10 (in case of total photos <> multiple of 5, it will come up with all photos it has, as the last photo will tell that this is the end of the album). Make sure it is not a network drive, as iCloud doesn't re-download photos once it is interrupted.


You want to remove "write permission" from the file, so it cannot be written to. If you block MobileMe from writing to it, you will also be blocking the application from writing to it, which could cause problems.

Via the command line:

chmod u-w file.plist # u-w means "Remove Write from User"
chmod u+w file.plist # Undo: add user write permissions back again

From the Finder, do CMD+I (Get Info), and under "Sharing & Permissions" at the bottom, set it to read only.

If you need to write to the file (perhaps for the application to work properly), you can temporarily make it write-able, or approach this with a different solution. For example, you could use DropBox, link the file to DropBox from all your Snow Leopard computers, and just not link the file on the Lion computer.


How do I stop loading images in Junk mail folder in Mail.app 6.6 with Gmail

You have to "map" the Gmail folders to match what happens in Mail.app.

Open Preferences in Mail.app
Go to Accounts and select your Gmail account
Click the "Advanced" tab
Enter [Gmail] (yes, with the brackets) into the 'IMAP Path Prefix' field
Close the window and Save changes to the Account.


Which uses more battery when tethering - Wifi or BT on iPhone 4S?

Speed is primarily limited by your 3G network connection.

Battery wise, Bluetooth should use less power (especially in the 4S) but the difference may be quite small anyway.

If you tether it with a MBP you may be better of with using the cable between iPhone and computer.


Printing to HP DesignJet 4000, no official or open source drivers?

There is not a supported driver from HP, only for the PostScript model.

I have had the same issue in the past with a non-PS LaserJet 5, and I now use the 'Generic PCL driver' for mine.

The Gutenprint drivers currently do not have a version for your printer, although you may find some success using a similar model with a driver.


If the LOOKUP function can't find the search-for value, the function matches the largest value in search-where that is less than or equal to search-for.  This is why, when the formula cannot find the match, it returns the closest thing it can find.

From Apple's Documentation:

  LOOKUP(search-for, search-where, result-values) search-for: The value
  to find. search-value can contain any value.

  search-where: The collection containing the values to be searched.
  search-where can contain any values.

  result-values: An optional collection containing the value to be
  returned based on the search. result-values can contain any values.

  Notes
  VLOOKUP compares a search value to the values in the leftmost
  column of a specified collection. Unless an exact match is required,
  the row containing the largest left-column value that is less than or
  equal to the search value is selected. Then, the value from the
  specified column in that row is returned by the function. If an exact
  match is required and none of the leftmost-column values match the
  search value, the function returns an error.

When opting for the exact match, you could wrap the formula in a IFERROR() function to catch the "no match" error and return whatever you specify.  i.e.: "" empty string or other message. "No Match" as a example.

You may need to use the more powerful function VLOOKUP().

Example:

A more powerful combination of functions to perform lookups is INDEX(MATCH()). [This function gives much more power for looking up references without having to know the exact column number.]  For more information and an example, see Using INDEX MATCH for Advanced Lookups | Deskbright.  Even though this reference is for Excel, Numbers supports these functions just as well.


Record long webcam video / avoid re-encoding / save video-capture instantly

Quicktime can't encode and capture at the same time that's why the files produced are so big.

Adobe provide Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder free.
You should try with it.

Be aware that encoding live 1080p take a lot of ressources.


Only show active windows in the current space in Mac OSX when pressing CMD-Tab

I'm afraid you cannot do that, since the Dock (where this menu belongs) cannot be distinctly used on each space.

But, what it might be handy is to disable the option:

"When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application" from System Preferences > Expose & Spaces > Spaces.

That way, even if you select an application which is not present in the current space, you wont be moved to that space.

After all its just a matter to get used of it. After a while, even you'll be ok with it or you'll just deactivate spaces at all (the latter happened to me).


Why does Finder give several different sizes in Get Info?

The size of a file is amount of data (in bytes) that it contains. The size of a folder is the total size of all its files.  But the space consumed on disk is nearly always a bit different and can be considerably different.
Some reasons for disk space being larger than file size:

Small files consume 4K (most obvious in programming project files);
file extended attributes.

Some reasons for disk space being smaller than file size:

File compression;
Sparse files which don't use disk for empty blocks.

Some reasons for disk space being smaller than folder size:

Duplicates of files within a folder, share the same space on disk;
Clones where parts of a file may share space with other files in the folder.

Most of the time we should not worry about the difference.
But clones and duplicates become an issue when copying files and folders between file systems as each file will now consume its full disk space on the destination.


Keyboard shortcuts for switching desktops between multiple displays not working

'Displays have separate Spaces' would appear to be the method you do require, but in order for it to work, you must have more Spaces than screens.

Then your key commands will switch the screen the cursor is currently in to your requested Space.

Don't rely on the numbers being accurate until you have set up your full set of Spaces & then, in order to then keep the numbering as you intended, make sure 'Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use' is off.

You can drag Spaces into the desired order by invoking Mission Control; take the cursor to the top of a screen & the desktop numbers will expand to show a thumbnail of contents. You can then drag them to your required order & they will re-number automatically.

One more thing, which often catches people out - Spaces only work as intended if any given app only occupies any one Space. If you try to spread an app to 2 or more Spaces simultaneously, it breaks behaviour.

The alternative working method [the one I actually prefer] is to disable 'Displays have separate Spaces', then each 'desktop' becomes a pair of screens, which move together. So you have 2 screens simultaneously showing Desktop 1, then both switch to Desktop 2, etc in tandem - in effect making each Space double-sized. Apps then stay on the screen & the Space they are assigned, so long as you don't disconnect one screen.


Replacement battery for Macbook Air 2011: equal to or better than original

(this answer was written for the previous edition of the question)

I didn't find any "most robust and lasting" choice yet, but I contacted iFixit re their replacement battery, and this is what I found out.

They claim that they sell the battery:

manufactured by the same company that manufactures Apple's battery
its initial power-on time on a single charge is better compared to the original battery: "buying a brand new battery will get you back to where your computer was [in same time between charges] when you first bought it"
there's 6-month warranty for a case if it performs poorly at customer's computer

However:

I failed to get any comment on how it can be possible that Apple allows its manufacturer to sell parts that Apple itself doesn't normally sell (which is the case for MBA-2011 batteries)
the sales rep couldn't provide any tests proving the "with better life" statement, nor even confirm that such tests were ever performed: "Unfortunately I do not have any tests to show [better life / better time between charges] as we have found those to not be needed"
could not confirm that any part of these statements are true:

the replacement will last comparable number of recharge cycles as the battery installed by an official Apple service
the replacement's poweron time on a single charge will be the same (or ideally better) than how could original battery installed by Apple service perform, at (most) every point in the battery life

The above data doesn't exclude what I experienced with low-quality third-party batteries for non-Apple products: initially they start with unprecedented time on a single charge, but after few months time on a charge deteriorates to less than an hour.

But let's see what answers a question on performance of iFixit batteries will bring.


Not able to resolve my domain name on browser

If you are modifying /etc/hosts in the Docker container itself, then only processes within the Docker container are going to be able to resolve that domain locally.

Thus, if you are using a browser on your Mac to access a port exposed by Docker, it knows nothing about the DNS override and will try to hit the real site -- which likely explains the message you're getting.

You need to append to your Mac's /etc/hosts. (You'll need sudo, a text editor, and to ensure you left the file owner, group, and permissions unchanged when you're done.)


Ok I figured it out, sort of. It has to do with the SSL certificate on the server. I ended up purchasing an SSL from GoDaddy because I could never get a self signed to work. I would recommend using some of the other methods, like storing your plist in DropBox if you don't want to pay for an SSL and can't get the self signed to work.

This was after reaching out to apple and reading a post in the developer forums. Apple hopefully will fix this in the future.


Does Macbook Pro charging profile depends on electricity grid?

There's no "magic" involved in charging.

The standard Apple charger delivers the same voltage and amps to the laptop when used on a 120V grid as when used on a 230V grid. So the type of grid should not matter.

20A fuses are definitely not common in all of the EU, it is much more common to have 10A fuses for lights and other outlets in normal homes, and 16A or more for kitchen appliances, etc. However, this doesn't really make any difference for charging a laptop. Even 10 amps at 120 volts is 1200 watts - which is way more than what is needed to charge any Apple laptop, as Apple's largest laptop charger is a 87 watt charger.

There's also no geographical components to charging. It is not so that the Apple charger knows that it is in Hungary and charges quickly, and knows that it is in the US and charges slowly. There's no such provision in any of Apple's chargers.

The most likely cause of your problem is that you're simply not using Apple chargers or not using the correct Apple charger. When you're in the US, you might be using a less-than-recommmended watts charger - or a knock-off charger. This would explain why it charges slowly.


Download Mountain Lion on unsupported Mac?

You should be able to use file linked here to download mavericks, just use "Disk Utility" to restore the ".dmg" to a usb thumb drive then boot your mac off it, then select your hard drive and then let it finish booting.

I used this to download Mavericks on a late 2006 model Mac mini with 2GB of RAM. Mavericks won't install or run on it, but I was able to use the downloaded app along with tools from the "tonymacx86.com" website to make a USB installer to install on a PC to make a customac (aka a hackintosh)

I wish they still had Mountain Lion available to download, If they still did I think this method would have also worked to download it too.


MacBook Pro works fine but does not make the startup sound

You can try resetting the chime back it it's defualt settings; this is done in NVRAM.

Using Terminal issue the command sudo nvram -d SystemAudioVolume

You will be asked for your password; enter it.   Reboot.  You should hear the chime.


Do you run any AntiVirus on your Mac?

Intego NetBarrier seems to be the culprit for a lot of people with the same issue.

There are similar reports of error -100000 on Windows as well and many of them were resolved by disabling Firewall and AntiVirus.


Did you copy the installer of a drive? If you did, it's no good, as it will only work on the Mac that installed it. You will have to download the installer from the Mac App Store on the specific iMac you wish to install it on.


Why can't I quit Finder with the shortcut (cmd+q)

Finder isn’t like a regular application. It has to be running to manage certain things. I forget exactly what all the things are but I think it includes the desktop icons. Because of this Apple made it so you can’t use CMD + Q to quit the application.

To close a Finder Window

The shortcut to close a finder window(so like when you open a folder) is CMD + W

To relaunch Finder

If finder stops responding you can relaunch it by going into Force Quit and relaunching it. The force quit menu is accessed by clicking on the Apple in the top left and then clicking force quit, then you select finder and click relaunch.

Quit Finder by using terminal

If you do actually need to quit finder you can do so by running a terminal command.
Run the command:

killall Finder

Adding the Quit option to Finder

As it says at this answer,
Running the command defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES && killall Finder will give the Quit option and will allow the shortcut CMD+Q


How to undo Terminal tweaks to the computer's factory settings?

The delete command will remove that setting. However, you would need to know if it existed and was true. What you did was write a false value to a true false setting. If your mac was already false, the command did nothing and there’s nothing to undo.

If the default state is false, deleting it won’t matter either. Here’s how to delete a variable:

defaults delete -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled

All settings would be hard to accomplish. You could erase everything and restore from backup. Or just reinstall the OS. I would focus on just looking at things you have and want to change unless you really have written tons and tons of things and an erase install would be good. Just copy back your documents from backup and reinstall apps if you are worried settings you changed come back from Time Machine or your backup.


Metadata rejected- replied but no response 2 days after?

What is normal? I am a developer and although Apple is extremely helpful, they don't have standards when it comes to deadlines. You are at the mercy of their prioritizing. It can take anywhere form 1-7 business days for metadata rejected apps. Fix the metadata they are referencing and submit back to them like you have done. There is no set time they guarantee to respond to you, but they will definetly respond. They won't leave you hanging.


It's a similar error as in your last question:

You can either reuse button_returned and the_results (like you already did in line 6 and 7 <-> 1 and 2):

...
    if button_returned is "More" then set the_results to (display dialog "Second Page" buttons {"FaceTime", "Thank You!"})
    set button_returned to button returned of the_results
end if
if button_returned is "FaceTime" then tell application "FaceTime"
    activate
end tell

or introduce two new variables: button_returned2 and the_nextresults:

...
    if button_returned is "More" then set the_nextresults to (display dialog "Second Page" buttons {"FaceTime", "Thank You!"})
    set button_returned2 to button returned of the_nextresults
end if
if button_returned2 is "FaceTime" then tell application "FaceTime"
    activate
end tell


On an iPod Classic there is no way to delete them from the device. It needs to be connected to iTunes to do it the official way. The problem will be that it has been so long since your last sync that it may make too many changes to your iPod. You could connect it to iTunes and cancel the sync, then go to the iPod's main page and select to sync manually. At that point you should be able to update the media on your iPod in a more controlled way.


I have Yosemite 10.10.1, after the upgrade my Cal has a 1 in a red dot on it, like there is message or something. What is this?

Go to help topics and the answer is there. It happens when someone invites you to an event and you have not accepted yet. In the top left corner of the calendar screen there is a symbol that looks like a u with an arrow pointing downward, Click on this and the events appear asking if you want to accept or decline. one you complete the number disappears.


How to find local trends on Twitter for iPhone?

From my experience, the Twitter App uses location services for Trends. Is that enabled on your phone? Like you, I don't use the #Discover page often because it is just not relevant to me.


How can I extract multipart iso files in Mac OS X?

If they are in fact multipart ISO images (instead of two independent ISO files), you can concatenate them at a Terminal prompt:

cat part1.iso part2.iso >part.iso

I have no idea how to do this from a GUI elegantly.  Perhaps wrap that shell command with Applescript?


Macbook pro stuck on 'About a second remaining' for an hour

The problem with the upgrade script is the timing only estimates how long it takes for Apple's software to install.

You can (and should) open the log file while upgrading/installing and press Command-3 to show all logs, not just the errors.

⌘+L
⌘+3

You can see that during this "about a second" it's really migrating user files and handling all the things you've brought to the Mac that isn't part of the base system.

Basically, let it run as long as you can stand - especially if the log file shows progress being made. If progress isn’t being made, consider connecting to the internet via a wired connection if possible or making sure the wireless network is operational before interrupting what looks to be a paused or stopped installation.


Securely allow SSH from Parallels to Host MacOS w/o risking Network threats?

You can edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set the parameter "ListenAddresss" to only the IP-address your host Mac has on the dedicated VNet you have create between the host and the virtual machine (host-only networking).

Remember to remove:

  ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
  ListenAddress ::

and replace it with just:

  ListenAddress 176.16.236.111

(where 176.16.236.111 should be replaced with whatever your IP-address is on that private network)


How do I reset iPhone if hard reset (power + home) won't work

I finally got it restarted.

I pressed the home button first, for about 3 seconds by itself, then I came in afterward with a press of the power button, and it restarted within 15 seconds.


Bonjour driver that is used to handle Wi-Fi sync between OS and iOS device requires WLAN connection.

If your Mac doesn't have Wi-Fi enabled, you may need some additional configuration. Check this article: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5092691

Also, Bonjour requires multicasting, so you will need to configure it if you have a mesh network. Check this article if the previous one won't help:
https://superuser.com/questions/328205/how-can-i-get-bonjour-to-work-over-my-wireless-network

Not sure about this one, but could be also useful:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/routing-multicast-apple-bonjour-specifically-in-routed-vlan-d/td-p/1504513


How to make the Open... dialog default to another folder?

The Open... Dialog defaults to the current folder for MOST applications. You chan change this by changing directory in Terminal (note that in my experience, some applications, especially Java ones do not follow this default behavior and in stead open the same directory every time, I assume this is hard-coded in the application).

Now to the meat of your question: can we change this behavior on a per-application basis, using the tools OS X has pre-installed?  My guess is yes!, though I don't have time to do the research right now. What we'd be looking for is:

# wait for application to be switched

# see if we have defined a default directory for that app

# if we have change, if not go to default

# go back to top and wait to app switching

Others should definitely feel free to flesh out my skeleton code, please don't accept this answer until it is complete. I'll look again tonight and see if I can't finish that out. Potentially helpful link


Can't Delete Video Files from my Macbook Pro hard drive

Open Finder and go to your Home folder (named after your User Account).
Find the Movies folder.

You can drag it into Finder's Sidebar for convenience.
In the Movies folder, you can delete anything.
Make sure to quit all programs before deleting something, so that the files are not in use. In other words, don't be listening to iTunes or whatever while you're deleting media files.

In some cases, a file may be in use, even if you've quit the relevant app. If this happens, log out and back in, or reboot the computer, then attempt to delete the files.
Be sure to empty the Trash after you delete the files, otherwise the space will not be regained.


Hotkey Toggling between Private & Non-Private browser window?

You'll find that shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > (left side of window:) Keyboard > Focus on next window.

With my (German) keyboard default is Cmd-<, but that may be different with other system languages. Just look there!

BTW: I changed this shortcut to a more convenient Ctrl-< which (on my keyboard) is easier to reach.


Help me getting my system preferences to work again

Yes. I like to make a new user account and the log out of all the old users. No data is lost, but you can time the new user to open preferences.
Then you know if the problem is the system needs to be fixed / reinstalled or just your user has corrupt preferences.
Assuming it’s not your user account, this might be faster to sort by a Time Machine backup and erasing the mac to reinstall a clean OS. Once you’re sure it’s not a bug in a clean OS, you can run Migration Assistant and bring back your apps / documents and not your settings in the hopes that it cures the issue.
Sorry I don’t have a more surgical method to isolate this reliably. It’s hitting what might be an isolated issue with a big hammer, but you probably need a backup anyhow since the system is degrading and you’ll likely spend more time troubleshooting this than testing a clean install.


Windows 10 Bootcamp throws exception on first boot with igdkmd64.sys driver

I spent a long time trying to figure this out, and ended up taking it to an Apple store. It was determined that my drive partition tables had become screwed up and the entire drive needed to be wiped. Doing it from within the recovery partition did not work, the macOS installer had to be ran from a network share or USB drive.

From the external drive, macOS installer was used to completely wipe the entire drive. It was formatted using MBR to clean it up and then formatted using GPT (which is what Windows 10 needs the drive to be) to prep the drive for Bootcamp.

After macOS was finished reinstalling, I ran the Bootcamp installer and Windows 10 installed without any further issues. I've been running Bootcamp as my daily OS for nearly 4 months without a problem.


What hardware fix would resolve no usb connection from an iPhone that won’t boot?

You should try to replace the battery possibly. Otherwise take it to the official Apple Store & ask them what to do. If you want to do every possible solution non-money wise. Clean out the power port, Use an official iPhone charger to charge it & try a hard reset/restart. If none of those work yeah take it to an Apple store and they can take a look at it and tell you what to do and whats wrong.


"File is Locked" message for a folder with thousands of subfolders/files

I found a perfect terminal set of commands buried in a forum post here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-batch-unlock-numerous-files-within-subfolders-folders-directory.453818/

Here's the commands I used (my project was located at /APPS/MYAPP):

export UNLOCK=/APPS/MYAPP
find $UNLOCK -type f -exec setfile -a l {} \;
find $UNLOCK -type d -exec setfile -a l {} \;

The type argument is f for files, d for directories.

The exec argument passes setfile, from the xcode developer tools (may need to be installed first), and uses lower-case L to "unlock" (bizarre command line syntax, I know)


The Macintosh Symbol font dates from.. well.. the Macintosh. I used Font Book to do a "Get Info" on the Symbols .ttf font file on my otherwise up-to-date iMac, and the most recent copyright date it bore was 1999. Whatever charming memories may appertain thereto, I remember Symbol mostly as the one-time proprietary Adobe --> Apple PostScript font which Microsoft Explorer would reproduce on its web pages, but which Outlook would not reproduce in formatted email and MS Word would choke on in .rtf files. Before .pdf files made it possible to embed fonts and exchange WYSIWYG documents in a trivial manner, and before Microsoft eventually licensed Symbol from Adobe, we used to suffer along with (I think) Wingdings / Webdings substitutions for situations where the Windows folks had to have the material show up on their screens.

Thing is, PowerPoint is a world into itself--and only a limited set of fonts are reliable among Windows OS variations, much less when Macs are included. A web search for "safe powerpoint fonts" will show you that Symbol isn't among them--nor, as tubedogg pointed out, is it any longer part of a standard Mac system install.


How do I get rid of browser redirect malware?

Sounds like your DNS might be hijacked, which could be your router or your Mac.

I'd suggest using OpenDNS for a while to see if the behaviour stops.  If it does, then you will need to look at getting your DNS reconfigured.

If the behaviour continues then it may be malware but honestly I can't think of a single one that would do this.


Reattach magsafe connector on logic board

You may be able to salvage the component; it is possible that you can continue to use it because it's not damaged.

If you can hold it down with tape (just for testing) and it powers up properly, chances are good you can resolder it back on to the logic board.  However, you can't do it with a typical soldering iron.  You will need a reflow gun that blows hot air so you can solder all contacts simultaneously.

If you don't have the skills to do this or have (or want to invest in) the proper equipment, your best bet is to send it in for repairs.


Why does the Note I shared via AirDrop to my Mac from my iPhone not show up in Notes.app?

The note will not show up in the Exchange account, but it will show up if you enable "On My Mac".

Open "Preferences" in Notes.app
Check the box next to "Enable the On My Mac account"

Now notes shared with your Mac via AirDrop will show up under "On My Mac". You can always copy these over to your Exchange account.


How do you disable an application specific hotkey, for example, "Command-P"?

This can be achieved by remapping the Print shortcut to a different shortcut that is out of the way, unused and unlikely to be pressed.

Open System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts.
Click + to add a new shortcut.
Application: All Applications

Menu Title: Print… (that's a 'proper' ellipses by the way, use copy-paste if necessary)

Keyboard Shortcut: Set it to something out of the way.

Click Add.

Now, the Print command is set to a random keyboard shortcut, freeing up ⌘P.


Can I disable video iCloud backups in Camera Roll?

No - there is no easy way to just tell iCloud to omit part of the camera roll. I suppose a jailbreak could theoretically work in this functionality but I'm not up on what is possible in that realm.

Two workarounds seem practical today:

Manage those videos in another app (Vimeo/iMovie seem clunky and undesirable for this but perhaps something like DropBox would work if you didn't mind the extra steps of migrating and then deleting video assets from the roll).
Give up iCloud backup of the camera roll contents and depend on iCloud Photo Stream for eventual backup to a computer.

I've seen the second option work for people once they were acquainted with how the archival process works on a computer pulling from Photo Stream. Since iCloud backup is usually a half day behind in backing up, the stream is generally faster at getting a still photo off your device than the backup mechanism.

If you are OK with a computer regularly importing the photos from the stream before the 1000 image / 30 day limit starts deleting them from the stream, you could turn off the Camera Roll from your iPhone's backup options:

Selecting Turn Off & Delete will reclaim your space in a minute or so. Just be sure your current camera roll has been totally imported before selecting the red delete option.

Since videos do not go to the photo stream, you will need to transfer them off your device to make a backup copy of them going forward when needed.


Thunderbolt ethernet adapter ist not appearing in netwoks tab

For strange issues affecting peripherals, your can always try resetting the NVRAM. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063


How to stop OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) from using keychain

You can remove all passwords stored in Keychain via menu File -> Delete Keychain "login". This will create a 'fresh' keychain; you only have to remember not to store any new passwords in it when the system asks for it.

For Safari, open its Preferences and go to the Passwords tab. Uncheck the 'AutoFill user names and passwords' option:


Boot Camp install of Windows 10 gets stuck on first logo and spinner

So turns out the problem for me is booting up with an external gpu attached. In the photo you can see the little thunderbolt cable on the left. Even though it works fine booting into macOS, it doesn't work when booting up into windows for some reason.

This freeze happens even after the Windows OS is installed. The workaround is to unplug the egpu and re-attach post bootup.

For anyone else coming across this, my egpu is a mantiz venus w/ rx 570.


What is a free alternative to something like Daisy Disk, for finding out what is hogging your MacBook hard drive?

For years I have used OmniDiskSweeper.

It is free, and shows your files in a column view, sorted by size. It’s very easy to use and fast (well, as fast as your HD or SSD allows :-)


Mail conversation view broken on OS X 10.9.4

I fixed the problem downloading the OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 Update (Combo) from the Apple website and installing it again. Either the App Store version was broken or something went wrong during the installation.


Try using Google DNS - it will solve the problem, but doesn't go very far as to explaining why it's only your computer experiencing it. It might be worth checking in your hosts file to see if there are any unexpected entries.

Open Terminal
Type "Sudo nano /etc/hosts"
Enter your admin password

Your ouput should be something similar to the following:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##

127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

Push ctrl + x to close when finished, and then you can close terminal. You may also have two more localhost entries - you're looking for anything with a * or any of the websites you use normally. I know SelfControl.app modifies this file and sometimes doesn't change it back.


black screen with white spinning wheel after High sierra login

You could try creating a new user account by tricking the computer to going through the initial setup process.

Instructions on re-running Apple Setup Assistant

By creating a new user this way you can check that the issue is specific to your user account, and not your installation of macOS. If this account can login you could copy the files from the other user and the issue is resolved.

If not then you need to find a better internet connection and reinstall, someone could download the files onto a USB stick for you perhaps?


Downloading old macOS from a newer Mac to install on an external hard drive

What model (and year) is the older mac?

Hold down cmd-opt-r on restart on your new Mac. This will boot into MacOS Internet Recovery where you will be able to install the OS that shipped on the new Mac (if its compatible - thats why I need the model and year). From there you may be able to install or upgrade your MacOS version.


Is there a list somewhere of all the special characters I can type using the option key?

There is indeed some software which will help you remind shortcuts.
You will find a list of official shorcuts here at apple.com.

To learn shortcuts, I find Eve the most appealing. Everytime you are using your mouse to execute a command or action, Eve will remind you of the shortcut which you can use for the next time.
Eve supports Mavericks, Lion and Mountain Lion.

Their are two more apps which are approaching an another attempt: CheatSheet and KeyCue.
They are giving you an instant overview of all shortcuts. Hold the cmd key for a couple of seconds, and a window will pop up with a cheat sheet. While CheatSheet is free, KeyCue costs $19.99


The short answer - you can either call a phone number (iPhone + FaceTime) or an AppleID (iPod/Mac/iPad + FaceTime) and you can't call another device with the same number.

To call back to your mac (or any other AppleID device) - you'll have to make a second account with a different Apple ID. Similarly - there's no easy way to get the phone number into another device since that gets authenticated over SMS in the background and not user/password for AppleID.

If you are calling from an iPhone - you can call your AppleID devices (they all ring and any one can pick up), but for AppleID based calls - you need to call a different AppleID unless Apple ever changes the current software.

Last clarification - AppleID is just a string but most people use an email address since that is more likely to be unique to one person.


Can I get the CPU temperature and fan speed from the command line in OS X?

The iStats ruby gem lets you see the CPU temperature via the command-line.
Installation
$ gem install iStats
Usage
$ istats all


With a machine that old, I'd probably use a different Mac to download a clean OS installer and then try installing to a totally new drive (USB or FireWire) to ensure you have working hardware that can run an install.

Installs exercise a lot of functionality that only runs at install time. A marginal machine can keep running for a long time past when it can actually pull off an install let alone an install/upgrade in one pass.

The benefit of this is you keep your data safe (assuming you don't have a backup) and don't have to wait hours/days for migration of settings and data to know if the simple OS install worked or not.


Hearing an echo of my voice using the Apple headset

I am having the same exact issue. I have called Apple Care and all they could tell me was to do a soft reset, and a full restore and that the cause would be hardware related. I don't believe it's hardware related since this occurred after the upgrade to iOS 6 so this is clearly a software related problem. They made no other suggestions on how to resolve this issue at this time.

I did however google this and found this post.

This seems to have been an issue even with iOS 5 on the 4S. This only happens when plugging the headset in during a call. If you initiate the call with the headset already plugged in the echo is not there. If you plug the headset in during a call however, in order to get rid of the echo, turn the speaker on and off (with the headset still plugged in) and the echo will go away.


Black bar at the bottom of my screen on new MacBook 2016

Finaly after seeing this questionI understand what it is you are seeing.
It appears to be the touchbar zoom functionality.
You can find this and deactivate it by rightclicking the system preferences item.
Then select accessibility>zoom and deselect touchbar zoom.

Be sure to use the rightclick method to go to accessibility, otherwise the touchbar zoom option wont show up.


Does the iphone podcasts app sync my subscriptions with my itunes subscriptions?

I don't believe the subscriptions are synced, just the files. I imagine the reason for this is that if subscriptions synced, your Mac and iOS device would both download all new episodes, rather than having one copy that gets synced between them.


iPhone 5 and iPad Air calendar Time Zones

Check the following "Settings".  Make sure under "General > Date & Time", that your iPhone is showing the correct "Time Zone"  You can either have the iPhone determine this automatically (by turning on the "Set Automatically" switch) or you can set it for a specific location.  Do note that in order for this to set itself automatically you need to have location services enables as well.

The next thing I would check is "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar" and make sure in the "Calendar" section that you've enabled "Time Zone Support".

All of this is covered in this Appple knowledge base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4576

Hope this helps. Good luck!


One suggestion is to grab this recovery CD. If you like you can use a USB stick instead but I find the CD to be easiest.

Of course, you'll need a functioning computer and CD burner to make this happen so perhaps this isn't possible for you.

If it is possible, burn the .iso, insert the CD, and when booting up, press 'C' immediately after the startup tone plays.

You'll be presented with some options. Just click Enter for these until you find yourself in a live Linux environment that looks like this. You'll be able to use the graphical tool GParted to see what's going on with your partitions. GParted is a very powerful utility. In an (almost) worst case scenario you'll at least be able to recover your data from the HDD.


How to ignore particular USB device given a vid and pid?

modprobe does not exist in macOS / OS X as it is a Linux-specific program.

The macOS equivalent is kextload.

Have you tried to use pystlink to flash your chip?


How can I remove an unwanted Just Join app from Mac.?

Open Activity Monitor and force the app to quit. If you still can’t remove it you might need to use a safe boot or safe log in holding shift when you boot or shift when you enter your password to log in again to prevent the app from starting.


Are tags retained on Time Machine backups and in Trash?

Spotlight doesn't index Time Machine backups or the Trash.  It does do external disks but certain conditions have to be met for it to do them.


Lost iPhone pictures after uploaded to iPhoto

OK, I had a look around and this discussion might help you. Read all the posts for context but the important one is the last post by Old Toad, he is something of an iPhoto expert on the Apple forums. He says this:

I don't use IC for my imports but have one possible idea: While in the Finder use the Go->Go to Folder menu and enter "/volumes". See if there is anything in that folder other than alias to the various volumes you work with on a regular basis.
If you know the name of any of the files that are missing download and use Find Any File to search for it. FAF will search areas that Spotlight can't."


Key re-mapping or how get HEX for button

DefaultKeyBinding.dict wouldn't work in a lot of applications, and "<" = (insertText:, ";"); wouldn't change ⌘< to ⌘;.

You could try using KeyRemap4MacBook and saving this as private.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>private.test</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::BACKQUOTE, KeyCode::COMMA, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
</item>
</root>

KeyCode::BACKQUOTE is the same key code as < on ISO keyboards.

The test folder has an XML file with all the predefined remappings.

Another option would be to create a keylayout file with Ukelele.


Remove unwanted email address associated with Apple ID

Method #1: Normal Email Address

If you log into your Apple ID you can access your associated emails by clicking on the "Edit" button next to your account info.

screenshot of account info

From there you'll see all the email addresses associated with your Apple ID. You can delete them or add new ones here.

screenshot of account details - email address

Delete additional emails by clicking on the 'X' next to it

NOTE: Any new email addresses will require that you MFA (Multi-factor authenticate) then through your associated phone number that you setup with your Apple ID.

Method #2: An alias email address (XXX@icloud.com)

If you have an alias email address of the form XXXXX@icloud.com that's a different matter. This is an alias that Apple can add to your account. To remove these you can follow the directions in this Apple discussion titled: How do I delete an alias from my Apple ID.

Steps:

  Change, turn off, turn on, or delete an alias

  Click the Action pop-up menu  in the sidebar, then choose Preferences.
  Click Accounts.
  Select the alias in the Addresses list, then do any of the following:

  Turn off an alias: Select “Disable alias.”
  Delete an alias: Click Delete.

  Click Done.

NOTE: The Action pop-up menu is under the Mail application after you open it in icloud (www.icloud.com).

Method #3: Revised directions from Apple

I found these steps outlined in the official documentation from apple in this KB titled: iCloud: Use email aliases in iCloud Mail.

These steps were recently updated (April 9th, 2019) as follows:

  Change, turn off, turn on, or delete an alias

  Click the Action pop-up menu  in the sidebar, then choose Preferences.
  Click Accounts.
  Select the alias in the Addresses list, then do any of the following:

  Change the name or label: Enter a new alias name and label in the fields provided. Alias names must contain between 3 and 20 characters.
  Choose a new color for incoming messages: Click a Label Color option.
  Alias labels appear only in Mail on iCloud.com.
  Turn off an alias: Select “Disable alias.”
  Turn on an alias: Deselect “Disable alias.”
  Delete an alias: Click Delete.

  Click Done.


An US iPad Air 2 warranty work in Brazil?

Apple has fantastic warranty service. Now I can't actually speak for Brazil but I do know that they do have a very fast mail in warranty system. That should do the trick or if you have a local apple store you can bring your iPad into their. Apple warranty is worldwide.


Is there way to quickly call the active contact on the Message app?

Tap on the status bar will bring you to the top of the message. A quick way to get to the call button.


Changes to image are permanent without hitting save

Changes to files are saved automatically when you close, or automatically in the background.
If you don't want to alter the original image, duplicate it first with ⇧⌘S (File → Duplicate), or use ⌥⇧⌘S Save as… (File → ⌥Save as…).

To revert to the original version, open the file and choose File → Revert To and select a revision.


MBP 13" 2015 + high sierra with external monitor : wifi being spotty and dropping service irregularly

External monitors can emit signals that interfere with WiFi signals. This is commonly due to insufficient shielding within the monitor. I would complain to ViewSonic - they might know about a design deficiency for this particular monitor, and have a solution or rebate at hand.

In order to try and fix this yourself, the most common way to solve this is simply to move your WiFi to a different set of frequencies, and hope that the monitor is not producing interference with that set of frequencies. It is usually hard for home users to shield the monitor properly without it being an ugly hack.

In essence you would need to access the settings on your WiFi access point and move it to a different channel. For example if you're using channel 11 now, try using channel 6 instead. You might need a few tries to find a sweet spot.

You can also switch from 2.4 Ghz WiFi to 5 Ghz WiFi if you have that available.


Where can I find iTunes 9 for Tiger (possibly in my language)?

Apple maintains lists of download links of the older versions of their software from the Support section of their website. Sometimes they come up in Google searches, but they are hard to find no matter what. I've grabbed versions of iTunes for Mac OS 10.4 from their site recently, so start digging around their Support section.

UPDATE: Here is the page I was thinking of: http://support.apple.com/downloads/ Just search for the software you're looking for, it shouldn't be too hard to find there


Why won't Windows 8.1 64 bit (MacBook Air) recognize all 1GB video memory?

Your MacBook Air has integrated graphics so the system memory (total RAM) is shared between the OS (traditional RAM) and integrated graphics (stuff that handles drawing pictures on the CPU, that needs some RAM to itself as well).

OS X dynamically partitions that amount of VRAM versus system RAM at any given time (per Apple). Windows likely doesn't have this function built-in, but it looks like there are a few ways to control it.


Swift is not available for OS X Application?

Swift for OS X comes in Xcode 6.1. It has not been released outside the developer program yet, as the 6.1 build comes with the 8.1 SDK. I expect that it will come with the iOS 8.1 release on Monday.


Use a Mac mini as a remote build server for an iOS game

I haven't had a chance to test this well designed and documented system that Microsoft just announced, but you might be able to run the free tier or arrange an educational discount if they're looking for some partners as they launch.

Microsoft Visual Studio App Center for iOS: https://appcenter.ms/iOS

If that doesn't work, my recommendation is you’ll need to run Xcode 9 on your mini and then get one used Mac for every other contributor. They can connect to the build server on iOS 9 and either use Xcode themselves or Screen Share as the second account each Mac allows fully supported.

You will waste far more effort, suffer low quality code and delay working around tooling issues than you’ll gain by not funding your development team with tools that work. Buy broken Mac at scrap prices and fix them up or cook dinner and trade labor with someone that can repair Macs. Do anything you can think of to get your team Xcode running on macOS.

It’s like training dentists remotely with no tools but books and then hoping they perform as part of a team still without tools. Your customers will not be fooled when they see the results. Worse, if your iOS app is going to the App Store, you’re competing against every team that had funding for 4 years college, the best training and tools.

Now, I hope to be proven wrong soon. I think we’re a year or so away from the Xcode server to be good enough to really run as the build server João hopes to find, but in October 2017 they aren’t ready. The iPad should be a $250 solo, design, test, build machine as swift playgrounds mature. Once that is hooked into Xcode in the cloud or running remotely, it should be game on for windows, Linux, iOS and Mac to be on somewhat more equal footing to program for iOS since someone might invest the effort to reverse engineer the remote Xcode programming functions.  Today, Mac is privileged to develop for iOS and to operate otherwise puts your team at a huge disadvantage.

For low cost programming options, you might need to scope to python or swift alone without the iOS framworks to keep the budget low for 1:1 hardware deployments that you could fund with a grant or course fees.

$30 Raspberry Pi - http://blog.andrewmadsen.com/post/136137396480/swift-on-raspberry-pi
$9 Adafruit Trinket M0 - https://www.adafruit.com/product/3500


Can I script actions while screensaver is engaged and a USB device is attached?

Finder actions / folder actions are blocked while the screensaver is engaged, so you will need another solution for automation if you need it running while locked.

https://superuser.com/questions/1516438/folder-actions-and-screensaver-issue

Your stub code seems well designed to start to learn, but perhaps a different automation tech is needed for your end goals?


Slide down with one of your fingers inside the area representing the touch surface in the Remote app on your iPhone and a menu including Info, Subtitles, etc. should appear at the top of the video playing on the Apple TV.
Move to Subtitles using the touch surface in the app again and move onto and tap on any of the subtitle options that would appear. If the menu at the top of the video does not disappear after choosing a subtitle, tap on the MENU button in the app so that the menu at the top of the video disappears.


Spotlight not working with Netgear ReadyNAS

Try looking into this Netgear KB article https://kb.netgear.com/000045492/ReadyNAS-OS-6-8-File-Search

  Enabling File Search

  To enable File Search on your ReadyNAS,

  Click System > Settings.
  Under Services, click File Search.
  Check the Enabled box, then click Apply.

  File Search can also be enabled from the System > Overview screen.

  File Search via Finder on macOS

  If you use macOS, File Search integrates with Spotlight on SMB and AFP connections to ReadyNAS shares. If your share is set to be indexed and is mounted on your macOS, Spotlight will not have to use additional resources to scan the share. NETGEAR recommends using SMB instead of AFP and enabling .


Is it possible to remove the $ from an environment variable?

The $ (dollar sign) is there to reference variables in bash.  You cannot remove it.  Technically, it's called variable/parameter expansion.  Basically the value of the variable is "expanded out".

Using variables in bash is pretty straight forward:

Don't use a "$" when setting a variable
Use the "$" when referencing/calling a variable

Example:

#!/bin/bash
var1=Hello
read var2
echo $var1 $var2
exit

In the above script, we set var1 to "Hello" and var2 to user input (assume "World").  The next command prints out the contents of both variables on a single line:

Hello World

For more details, it's best to start with a good tutorial:  BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO.  Also have a look at the Bash Reference Manual

Tip:

You can enclose the variable in braces - ${variable}.  This serves to "protect" the variable from characters immediately following the variable name which would (incorrectly) become part of the variable

Example:

var1=foo
echo $var1bar
echo ${var1}bar

The first echo would produce nothing since the variable var1bar doesn't exist where as the second echo would produce the word foobar as expected.  Personally, I use braces for all my variables as a matter of style.


Refurbished Mac: Can you keep old software after time machine restore?

I assume the 'new' Mac isn't brand new, since new Macs don't come with MS Office pre-installed? Time Machine won't let you do such a selective restore anyway, but in that case the only way to legally keep the copy of 2016 you've acquired is to have its license transferred to you. That will likely involve contacting both the original owner and Microsoft, after which you can install 2016 whenever you like.

See also: https://superuser.com/a/1150086


iOS Wi-Fi is turned off for some application and cannot turn on?

2ND UPDATE:
It got worse after iOS 14.2 update. \WLAN and Data for Camera and some critical apps are turned off so I had to do extensive search, or the phone would become somewhat unusable.
Cause: The cause seems to be the Watch app. There are some connections between apps on the Apple Watch and iOS, and there seem to be a bug regarding how the network setting are shared and sync'ed between Watch and iOS apps. So most likely the problematic apps had been installed both on iOS and Watch.
Solution: Reset all settings. Resetting network settings wouldn't work. You have to reset all settings (no data or media would be deleted).
Go to: General > Reset > Reset All Settings. After a reset you are done.
All settings will be deleted, so you will need to do some configurations. Wallpapers, dark mode, keyboard, region, date and time, Siri, etc. However you get to keep all your apps and data, which is okay to me.
Don't forget to turn on Siri as you lose CarPlay capability if Siri is off.
======
UPDATE:
Again this problem is gone with iOS 14.1 update that was applied two days ago! Apple please look after your regression test.
======
Sadly, this problem is still there even in latest iOS 14!
WLAN and Cellular Data will turn off for random apps and could never be turned on. Last time I saw this was on my iPhone SE 1st generation with iOS 12.
There was no way to fix the problem. I tried everything. Only after upgrading to iOS 13 did the problem go away and never came back. I thought that was the end of it. I guess there was a structural change made to the configuration table for app network access so the problem was gone.
Now I encounter the same problem with iOS 14! Nowhere to fix the problem, but can only wait for the next system update.


Where can I find release notes for Yosemite beta releases

No, it isn't available. Most likely you can find is the seed notes you could find out in the developers website → Member Center → Mac.


There are two questions here: can you netboot anything via WiFi, and can you netboot windows?

Historically netbooting over WiFi has been problematic. This may have been fixed in recent models (my newest computer isn't). If you can netboot via WiFi you can boot anything that is netbootable.

Now for netbooting windows. Pre-EFI windows probably won't work unless you use weird tricks like using bootcamp to load a linux boot loader off another partition and use it to load ipxe from disk to load older operating systems from the network, but this makes wifi even more difficult. Netbooting WindowsPE works well but reboots at around 70 hours, Other versions of windows may be possible to net boot with iscsi but I have not tried.


Macbook Pro SD card reader is not listed as USB hardware

As far as I know it's not supposed to be listed under the USB devices at least in Yosemite and El Capitan, not really sure about Mavericks.


My Finder is not responding and there are no documents on Desktop after downloading OS X Yosemite

When you say "none of my documents are on my desktop" do you mean that the desktop is completely blank? No Icons of any kind? So all you can see is your dock and the menu bar?

If that is the case Finder may not have loaded or might have just crashed and got stuck at login.

try this: Hold Command + Option and tap the esc key. That should bring up a dialog box with the option to kill any running tasks. Finder may be in there with"(Not responding)" after it. If so click on it and click on the Relaunch button.

If that box is empty then you have a more serious problem or if relaunching does nothing. Sometimes when you upgrade the O/S you have incompatible software installed. That could be the case here. Power off the Mac (hold the power button till it turns off) and then turn it on while holding the Shift key. This is called booting in Safe Mode.

Once you get the grey Apple logo release the Shift key and let the Mac boot. Safe mode turns off most, if not all, 3rd party additions to your system. It also does extensive disk checking so startup in Safe Mode can take substantially longer, depending on what is going on with the Mac. I've seen it take all night.

If you can boot up and log in under safe mode then there is something installed that is incompatible with Yosemite that will need to be uninstalled.

If safe mode does not work there could be a corrupt installation of Yosemite a disk error or something else that might take an experienced Mac technician to properly diagnose.


How do you add a table in OneNote 16.24 for iPhone?

Currently, Microsoft has not added the ability to create tables on the iPhone.

Tables can be created in iOS using an iPad only (which is why I posted my comment; since deleted).  This feature has been missing since OneNote was introduced.


How to access iCloud email to unlock because of a lost passcode

The support team should be able to help you in this case:

https://getsupport.apple.com/


Is my brand new iMac Pro display faulty? There's a dark band beneath the menu bar

No! Your iMac Pro is not faulty!

I also have an iMac Pro, and below is a screenshot of the same section of the screen.

My desktop background (i.e. wallpaper) is actually a photo taken by one of this community’s most respected members (so it’s not anything bundled with or generated by macOS) and as you can see the slightly darker shade is also there. This darker shade is actually the menu bar shadow and has been part of Mac OS X since the beginning.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about the shadow. However, if it worries you enough, you have the following built-in options within macOS:

Change your desktop background to an image that camouflages the menu bar shadow (e.g. the bundled Earth and Moon photo)
Go to Apple > System Preferences > General and tick the Use dark menu bar and Dock option
Go to Apple > System Preferences > General and tick the Automatically hide and show the menu bar option
Go to Apple > System Preferences > Accessibility and change your Display Contrast by dragging the slider far enough to hide the menu bar shadow

There are also Terminal commands you can use to disable the shadow effect, however I haven't tested these since probably the Mac OS X El Capitan days, so will test these first before adding them to this answer.

[UPDATE]

This update confirms I have now tested the Terminal commands that could be used in older versions of macOS to remove the shadow effect from the menu bar and windows. Unfortunately, after testing these in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, I can confirm they no longer work.

I have also checked the status of older 3rd party apps that used to be able to do this as well, and they do not work in macOS High Sierra either. As a result, the options I provided earlier in my answer appear to be the only workarounds available at this point.


Can I migrate all data from my MacBook to my iMac

Goto Application > Utilities > Migration Assistant on both the devices, they should be either on the same wifi network, or connected physically with a Cable like thunderbolt, Ethernet etc. It will guide you to transfer the data.


How to ignore iPad auto correct recommendation?

This is a bit of a workaround, but what I always do is just delete the last letter and type it again. iOS recognizes this as an assertion that that's how you wanted to type the word, and won't give the suggestion again.

Also, if you type a word and it gets corrected, the erase it and type it again, it won't correct you twice.

Finally, it seems that if you type a word that isn't in the dictionary and ignore or erase the correction, it won't offer that correction again in that text field. You can try this by just typing the same "wrong" word a few times and it will stop correcting you.

It's not exactly what you're asking for, but I find the autocorrect to be sufficiently intuitive for me. (As a matter if fact, I typed this on my iPhone with absolutely no regard for errors.)


How can I avoid accidental right-clicks now that the Macbook trackpad is so big?

I don't know if it has always existed, but in OS X Mojave there is a trackpad setting that solved this problem for me:

Changing Secondary Click to Bottom Right Corner means that clicking with two fingers no longer works.

It makes the trackpad function more like a traditional trackpad with a right button below it.


If I get a game from the Apple store, can I play it on other computers?

If you purchased the game from the Mac App Store or iOS App Store, you can download it on other computers signed into your Apple ID.

On the Mac App store, click on the "Purchased" tab. If you need to sign in, sign in with your Apple ID. Then if you purchase an app, it will be attached to your Apple ID.

Then you will be able to redownload apps or games you have purchased with your Apple ID.


Is there any official reason why OSX does not have a native package manager?

Apple's primary audience are not command line users.

Apple provide the Mac App Store for distribution and updating of both their own and third party software. The store can be reached through Applications > App Store.app.

With regard to the history of Homebrew and Max Howell's employment by Apple, Max has since left Apple.


Preview seems to have corrupted PDF and lost all text and arrow annotations

I have found a way to get back apparently lost annotations.
Following the most popular answer to this post,
if you are able to install the utility qpdf,
which I did simply with brew install qpdf, via homebrew,
then invocation qpdf  --qdf  original.pdf  unpacked.pdf has produced a file
"unpacked.pdf" which contains my lost notes.

These are a little visually corrupted, however this method may be a huge relief if you have lost all of your annotations! - in my case it got back enough so I can trasfer them to a better application. I'm going to try skim.

More info: I got a lot back (when opening unpacked.pdf in preview). However I later found a few annotations were not recovered (notes with empty bodies - perhaps any errors which qpdf gives may be suggestive of whether it did a fully recovery or not).

However, I've just managed to get back more which the first unpack missed, by restoring an earlier version from time machine and just doing the same unpack process on that earlier file, which I called unpacked-2 - resorting to that when some yellow notes have empty bodies in my case is giving me a high rate of recovery so far...


Apps in El Capitan won't close when clicking the red close button

There is a difference between closing a window and quitting an app. Many apps continue running even if they have no windows open, although newer versions OS X can close them if it needs the RAM (if the app is coded in the appropriate way).

If you want to be sure the app is removed from the Dock and ⌘ Command Tab switcher, use ⌘ Command Q or App Menu > Quit.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207828

AFP can’t share files on Apple File System (APFS). Apple File System (APFS) is the default file system in macOS High Sierra for Mac computers with all-flash storage. You can't opt out of the transition to APFS when you upgrade a Mac with all-flash storage to macOS High Sierra.
If you need to share files, switch to SMB. If you have network home directories shared via AFP on an APFS volume, update the mount records and user records to use SMB.


What does the "cdw" do exactly in the canned Search for "Recents"?

The cdw at the end of the query string means the comparison should ignore case, diacritics, and width (which is mostly relevant for text with Asian characters).

1st source: How can I find files by content in mac os x?

  Use this modifier... To specify a comparison that is...
  c                             Case insensitive.
  d                             Insensitive to diacritical marks.
  w                            Word-based. In addition, the comparison detects transitions from lower-case
                                 to upper-case.
  t                              Performed on the tokenized value. For example, values passed directly from
                                 a search field are tokenized.

2nd source: CSSearchQuery


Unable to exit full screen mode in Eclipse

Control-command-F toggles full screen in the version of Eclipse I have.

If it doesn't, try opening the preferences with command-, and setting a binding for a command like Toggle Full Screen in General > Keys.


Can I still get charged for data if I dont use my sim card?

If you have a contract, the fixed monthly fees will still apply (if you use it or not) with SIM installed or not.

If you do not use your mobile data (true your carrier) but use free WiFi, you will not be charged any fees for that by your carrier..

You can always go into your Cellular settings to turn off data which will allow for you to receive phone calls and text without the use of data.


No green light on Mid 2011 13" MBA, continues to charge. Why is it not on? Could this be an issue with the SMC?

Please try the following to reset the charging options:

Shut down your Mac.
Unplug the MagSafe or USB-C power adapter from your computer.
Using the built-in keyboard, press Shift-Control-Option on the left side of the keyboard, then press the power button at the same time. Hold these keys and the power button for 10 seconds.
Release all keys.
Reconnect the power adapter.
Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.


Offline means that either:

Your iPhone is turned off
You have no WiFi
You have no cellular data connection

If you have iOS7 and iCloud enabled, there is no way they can restore your iPhone. This is because you have to enter your Apple Id when you try to disable iCloud.


Is an Archive Mailbox just a regular mailbox? Or is it special?

The computer can track thousands upon thousands of messages no matter what mailbox, so you are right - this is purely a human affordance.

Setting aside any other mail service (since this is about Apple) - the archive is there purely to be a quick parking place for a message you don’t want cluttering your inbox. Most people that have used mail for a while will decide that inbox zero is a good thing so you need a place to move messages you’re not ready to decide to reply / delete or file.

There’s nothing fancy about archive - it’s purgatory for messages and I wouldn’t use it unless you find it helps you out organizationally. I think the list of premises you have stated seem to line up and you’re not missing anything special or dramatic about this topic or the design of Apple mail app.


Do you have iCloud backup turned on the device? I've experienced this before when I had the service turned on (have since turned it off).


Permanently set audio output to headphones

There are a few things that could have happened to your headphone jack.

You may have a stuck headphone port switch, in which case you'll need to try to pop it out using one of these methods:

Insert and remove your headphone plug a few times to reset the switch
Blow compressed air into the headphone port to clean it out
Gently insert a stick, like a cotton swab stripped of cotton or a toothpick, into the port and gently move it around to dislodge the switch

Above: The official headphone port switch diagram for a Mac computer.

Your MacBook could also have trouble detecting the sound output device. Try option-clicking the Sound icon in the menu bar and slecting your headphones in the Output dropdown, or navigating to System Preferences > Sound > Output, and then selecting your headphones from the list.

If these tips don't work, it's a good idea to bring your MacBook into the Apple Store to have somebody look at it.
If you have AppleCare, this kind of thing should be covered by warranty. If not, you may have to fork over a bit of money. It's up to you to decide if that's worth it or not.

  In conclusion, there isn't any built-in way to force the audio to always go to the headphone jack besides selecting them in System Preferences or from the menu bar.


OS X Mavericks startup Apple logo location

This post explains how to change the logo on the login screen, using a tool like Deeper. Perhaps Deeper can be used for what you are asking about?


How do I get the 'Find My' map back in the Messages app 'details' popup on macOS?

The easy way to get a known good system and all Apple apps is to boot to recovery and reinstall the OS. Since you now know your system is corrupt in some way, I would make a full backup using Time Machine or equivalent tool if you don’t already have everything you care about on different storage.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Reinstalling doesn’t delete anything by intent, but if your disk is corrupt, you could lose data when the filesystem heals itself. Also, if the cause is a hardware issue, any use can cause data loss and an installation moves a lot of files.
An erase install or testing in a new user account take more time, but are also good options to diagnose / fix this.


Launchd running an Applescript every two hours

Isn't StartInterval the key for running periodically? In your case, set to 7200 (seconds)?

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW7-SW7


How can I stop Yosemite’s Mail app crashing when I click on my sent or drafts folder?

I had a couple of e-mail accounts still set up in Mail which no longer existed on my mail server. I disabled these in System Preferences > Internet Accounts, and since then (which is admittedly only three minutes), I haven’t been able to reproduce the bug.


I had this same issue come up today - there must be some definition added to these scanners that's picking up the SecurID app. On one laptop, I was able to resolve it with just step 2 and 3 below but on another, I had to do the first as well. Since you're getting the stauto32.framework error, you'll probably need both steps like I did.

Step 1 - Delete the existing stauto32.framework folder - found  at /Library/Frameworks/stauto32.framework

Step 2 - Download and run the 4.2.1 installer for the software token from RSA to upgrade or ensure the right things are all installed where they should be

Step 3 - open the info panel of the SecurID application in the Applications folder and check the 'Override Malware Protection' box

After that, when you run the app, it will ask for your password to access its various pieces stores in the Keychain and will also request access to a couple disk folders used in importing new tokens.

I hope that works for you as it did in our case!


How do I open the Xcode programming environment in Windows?

Xcode can not run on Windows

You will need to install macOS/OSX in a virtual environment, like VMWare or VirtualBox in order to use Xcode on Windows.  https://blog.udemy.com/xcode-on-windows/  Alternatively you could look into other IDEs that allow cross-compiling if you want to code on windows but deploy on mac.  See this previous question:  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/693952/how-to-compile-for-os-x-in-linux-or-windows


Building a Xcode project downloaded from GitHub

The help menu works great in Xcode. If you search for each term listed in Step 3, the menu items you need will be shown to you in Xcode.

Running a Mac app is trivial - click the play button in the toolbar - you don’t need any simulator or certificates or setup or choosing a scheme like the image above indicates.

Since you are new, I would also spend time in the Xcode documentation on getting started.

http://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/9.0/#/devc8c2a6be1

You will get alerts in the activity area if anything fails - the project you are starting with has made hundreds of decisions in the project file, dozens of which would take me several weeks to digest (spending an hour a day on this alone) and understand at a cursory level. I’m not a full time developer, but I have been compiling and making Mac apps since the late 80s and I still need to read the documents, watch wwdc videos and ask questions online. Good luck and don’t worry if you have lots of work ahead to find and fix any compile errors or if you have start a new project to learn how Xcode works step by step.


Deleted file on MacOS still occupying space

You need to empty your Trash. When you delete a file that just moves it to the trash. To free up space you must empty the trash.
Then you have to suspect that your spotlight process that feeds these displays is stuck. Log out of your account and then restart the mac.
See if you can reveal in finder the app below the one in question.
If the app in question is stuck, rebooting to recovery and then running disk utility to check / repair the filesystem would be prudent. Making a backup also would be prudent if this is a sign of directory damage. You can fix that easily with an erase / install - then load back the apps from backup.


Use iCloud files sync: only sync files on desktop

Yes and no. The no is Apple is all or none with iCloud sync of files - you get documents and desktop sync when you enable iCloud sync on macOS.

But you can make a new folder called local Documents or whatever and move all the files you want locally to the new folder, then enable cloud sync. Your Documents proper folder is in the cloud as is the desktop, but the Documents will be empty other than what you intentionally want to sync up.


I disabled SIP and removed System Python. Now Xcode won't let me export apps

The reason that version is protected by Sip is because it is essential for your system to work. Out of all the python you can remove, that one is not on the list.
Normally python is relatively local, as in, everything lives in a single directory, but just replacing a couple files from the brew install to the OS install are not very likely to give you a working version of Python.
The rest you must have installed yourself.

I'd say restore your MacOS and then use brew to install the additional versions you need. Even 2.7, as the OS one is not very good for anything but the OS itself.
Same as you shouldn't pip install stuff globally but always in a virtual environment so that you don't get dependency crap with OS required items, or worse, OS items that fail to function due to broken dependencies.

Sorry, not the answer your looking for I'm sure, but the best I can give.


I had a similar issue - VLC would only show empty folders once connected - this was happening from the first time I opened VLC on my Apple TV.
My shares are also on a Mac Mini (2012 model) running 10.13.4
I got it to work by turning off file sharing, then disabling AFP sharing and only using SMB.
Once I turned file sharing back on, VLC could see all my shared folders.
To change sharing options, go into System Preferences, Sharing.

Oh, and I use a password-protected account called 'media' for accessing the shares from networked devices. I don't use anonymous logins.
Hope this helps, or you got the issue sorted already.

I'm also trying out the app 'infuse' and it looks nice, but with some videos it wants me to buy a subscription to use the app to continue, so not sure yet if it's something I'll stick with.


I assume that was a typo.

It is not Control-r it is the command-r to get in to recovery mode.

In order to get back to Mavericks you will need the Mavericks Installer file on a USB stick.


Can you transfer your applications like photoshop from your old mac to your new macbook?

Generally speaking the Apple Migration Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities) will transfer documents, settings and Applications.

However some (most?) Applications transfer flawlessly and some do not. I would imagine, what with all the posts I see online, that Adobe applications may require more than just Migration Assistant. At the very least you will have to activate the applications again with Adobe. You may have to reinstall the apps or even call Adobe support to activate/authorize your Adobe applications on your new Mac.

But I would start with Migration assistant, unless someone here with specific experience with migrating Adobe apps says otherwise.


Spotlight won't find apps after AppStore updates them

I had the same problem with Outbank.app which was driving me nuts, as well.

After a wile I found this site where I was told that writing the attribute with xattr actually updates the spotlight metadata. So,

sudo xattr -w com.apple.metadata:kMDItemSupportFileType "" /Applications/Type2Phone.app

should do the trick.


My guesses would be either the hard drive or the DVD drive. Your best bet is to have Apple take a look at it. You should make a genius bar appointment at the apple store nearest to you. Unfortunately if they find something wrong your machine is probably out of warranty, but at least you can get it diagnosed for free.


Mac monitor is displaying screen but I cannot navigate my cursor to it

Check that the virtual display arrangement in System Prefs > Display > Arrangement is the same as their physical placement.
You can only move your mouse across between the two at the side where they join.

You can drag & drop either of the virtual screens until they match your physical layout. When dragging, both the virtual & real screen will display a bright red border, so you know which you are working with.
The white menu bar can be dragged separately & should be placed [if it isn't already] on your main monitor.

Also note that if the screens are not the same resolution [size actually doesn't matter, only resolution, as displayed in that control panel] then you may have a smaller 'gap' where you can pass from one to the other, as in this picture...


Why does my home directory location keep reverting to the previous setting?

I suspect the problem was me trying to change my home directory from my account. I was able to make it work by:

Creating a new user on the system
Giving that new user Administrator privileges
Logging out of my account
Logging in to the new user account
Editing my account's home directory from the new account

After that was done the changes stuck and my home directory is now on my HD instead of SSD. I kept the other account around for now, though I stripped it of Adminstrator privileges.


Photos not appearing under Media->Photos in file upload dialog box (Chrome)

The photos in the Photos app are stored in a library. You can drag them out on to the desktop, then open them in Chrome.


How to charge AirPods to keep battery healthy?

... do I have to keep AirPods with at least 20%+ charge while using?

No.  Use the AirPods for what you purchased them for - wireless headphone with Siri control.
Lithium ion batteries don't need to be micro-managed like previous generation batteries needed to. They don't develop a memory and will function (generally) for their usable life.
The key to this is to understand that age and cycle count is, by far, the largest factor in determining battery health.  You can mitigate factors that will diminish battery life like avoiding extreme temperatures and physical trauma but there's no procedure or practice you can do that will extend the life of the battery.

I can't keep them 20%-80% because of case will charge them even they are at 99% battery.

This is also not an issue and a misunderstanding of how charging works.   Batteries and chargers are "smart" in that they will automatically reduce/stop charging when it reaches a full charge.  Batteries naturally discharge without use, and the charger will kick back in recharging the battery.
The good news is Apple has official battery service options now and some third party companies are also competing in the battery repair service space.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/09/what-to-do-with-old-dying-airpods/


Source .profile and .bashrc on ssh login without tty

Here's a method to have bash source .bashrc on non-interactive sessions so that you don't have to hard code environment variables in multiple places:

Set PermitUserEnvironment to yes in /etc/sshd_config (man sshd)
Set BASH_ENV to ~/.bashrc in ~/.ssh/environment (man bash)
Add this line to the top of your ~/.bashrc, which sources /etc/profile for non-interactive sessions:

This essentially duplicates the interactive login environment for non-interactive logins, without having to hard code environment values (e.g., $PATH) in multiple places.

if [[ ! $- == *i* ]]; then
        . /etc/profile
fi

Step 3. is needed only if you have the Macports path(s) set in /etc/paths like I do. But if you're setting those paths (e.g., /opt/local/bin) in ~/.bashrc, then I suppose you wouldn't need Step 3.

For your situation, you should be able to change ~/.bashrc to ~/.profile.

I have ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bashrc, and I do not use ~/.profile. With this configuration (and the above changes), bash environment variables (e.g., $PATH) should look identical for interactive login, interactive non-login, and non-interactive sessions.


Possible to play HEVC(x265) files on ipad?

Don't forget that HEVC (H.265) has higher playback requirements than H.264, and you are attempting playback on a fairly old iPad.  It is not going to be able to keep up with what is playable on the latest iPad or iPhone.  Don't despair over your older hardware, every computer has its limits, if you encoded a 12-bits-per-pixel 4K 60fps video in HEVC, it wouldn't play smoothly on any iOS hardware Apple has out now.

So ...  Find the limits of your hardware.   Encode something small, get it playing, then encode larger and larger samples until you hit your iPad's limit.

First, HEVC on an iPad using VLC Player is possible - I am successfully encoding HEVC videos to play with VLC player on my iPhone and iPad.  I am using and recommend ffmpeg, which is downloadable as a binary (so you don't have to learn how to compile stuff) here:  https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

Encode a small 120-pixel-wide video in H.265 with this ffmpeg command:

ffmpeg -i Input.avi -c:v libx265 -preset medium -x265-params crf=24 -r 24 -vf scale=-2:'if(gt(ih,120),120,ih)' -c:a aac -strict -2 -b:a 64k -ss 00:02:00 -t 10 Output.mp4

This will create a small, ten-second video that is 120xsomething that would play easily on your iPad3.  If this doesn't work, then it's not a weak cpu issue, perhaps its your transfer mechanism.  Delete the h265 media from VLC player, and try copying the h265 media to the VLC player three different ways: copy to VLC app via iTunes, use VLC app itself to download the h265 media file, and use a third-party file manager, such as Documents by Readdle, to download the media and then send it to VLC via "Open in".  Hopefully you will find it playing with one method.

Once you find a way to get H265 to play in your VLC Player app, encode the video in larger sizes by replacing the "120" in the above command with larger sizes, I recommend going 120 -> 240 -> 360 -> 480.   Once you hit a limit that stutters, then go back down one size, and that's what your iPad 3 can handle.

Remove the 10-second limitation and encode your entire media with ffmpeg using this command:

ffmpeg -i Input.avi -c:v libx265 -preset medium -x265-params crf=24 -r 24 -vf scale=-2:'if(gt(ih,120),120,ih)' -c:a aac -strict -2 -b:a 64k Output.mp4

Finally, if you want slightly better compression, you can change the "-preset medium" to "-preset slow" or even "-preset slower" to have it spend more CPU and time squeezing out another 5%-10% out of the file size for the same video quality.

Good luck!!


Pins in headphone jack pushed inside, is it possible to remove the metal sheath and fix them

You can open it and have a look but the iFixit guide MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Mid 2012 Headphone Jack Replacement shows this as the ($30) replacement part and it looks to be made of molded plastic.  If yours is too you won't be able to get to the inside.

Alternatively you could get a USB to headphone jack adapter - they start from under $1 on ebay.


Try this sequentially:

Plug this iPad to the charger and leave it there for an hour or two. Should it be depleted of its battery this will recover it.
Plug the iPad to your computer and attempt to enter the DFU mode. If your device shows up in iTunes in recovery mode and if you are willing to lose all data on it, restore with latest version of iOS and you may put it back into service.
If none above worked, pay a visit to Genius Bar and have the Geniuses have a go at it.


The pmset terminal command should do what you want.  The following will put the computer to sleep at 23:45:00 on December 2, 2014.  The command must be run from an administrator account though:

sudo pmset schedule sleep "12/02/14 23:45:00"

The MM/DD/YY date format cannot be changed; so, if you are used to a different format, use caution.

If you do this on a regular basis, you can write a function and save it to your ~/.profile:

# Schedule sleep in X minutes, use like: sleep-in 60
function sleep-in() {
  local minutes=$1
  local datetime=`date -v+${minutes}M +"%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S"`
  sudo pmset schedule sleep "$datetime"
}


Find a specific word within a specific folder on a cloud drive?

In the Finder Preferences you can chose to search on your Mac or within the current folder (Finder Preferences > Advanced > When Performing a Search: drop down)
Spotlight searches filenames and file contents.


Making the active window more obvious in OSX

I just installed Honer and it rocks! It draws a border around the active window, defaulting to red, which makes it very obvious which is the active window!

Here's the before and after screenshots.

You can choose the colour, width and transparency of the border. It's exactly what I personally have been looking for!


listing files with extension in Terminal

Just place the -l flag before the other arguments, like this:

ls -l *.pdf


Macbook pro 2013 disable trackpad input completely

The track pad is a USB device so the only way to disconnect it is to physically disconnect it.  However, you may have to disconnect the entire top case rendering your keyboard disconnected as well.

If you're having issues with the track pad, your best option is to replace it.  Disabling it by deleting kexts only lasts until the subsequent update.  With Catalina, you'll need to disable security (SIP) to delete the kexts which is counterproductive.

MacBook Pro Trackpad Suddenly Stopped Working Completely
2015 13" MacBook Pro Trackpad and Keyboard stop working
Trackpad and keyboard of MacBook Pro unresponsive


No Text Notifications or Sounds from One Contact

My moms friend had this problem also and we ended up doing searches and found that my mom was listed 4 times in different apps and she deleted them all and put it in again in contacts and it worked. If you go to messages for example and pull down on screen you can search. So it might be entered into several apps. If you pull up more than one then this could help. Just can't hurt to try it.  Or if you go to iCloud.com Mail and Contact settings you can see if there is a rule.


Microsoft Word does not respond to keyboard shortcuts

Check in the edit menu and see what MS Word thinks its shortcut keys are for cut, copy, and paste.

If they're not the keys you’re expecting, maybe something was accidentally configured in Word’s preferences, e.g. some alternate key mapping.

Also, verify that there are not alternative key mappings specified in the Mac System Preferences, both system wide and application specific, that may be modifying your shortcut mappings to other keys.


OK, I'm running El Capitan OS X 10.11. The Apple app "Disk Utility" is useless to create encryption, as it typically returns

  Operation Failed with status 28

So the fix is to use a little terminal magic.  After adding your USB drive to the Mac, run terminal
At the command-line prompt, enter:

diskutil list

You will see your main (internal) disk listed, as well as your USB:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +499.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 B0B7A5AA-7D8D-41E3-8565-82E4E1D685D5
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *31.5 GB    disk2
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 KINGSTON                31.5 GB    disk2s1

You can spot your external drive by its size -- mine is 32 GB, which, after overhead is around 31.5.  In other words, its name is KINGSTON at drive identifier disk2s1.
Now, using your USB drive's device identifier in place of disk2s1, pick a suitable name for your new drive.  I like thing2:

diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ thing2 /dev/disk2

About 30 seconds of progress later, you should get:

Finished erase on disk2

Now, open a Finder window, and right click your newly named disk.  Pick the option encrypt .  In my case, the USB 3.0 encryption took about 12 minutes of effort for 32 GB (45MB/s write).  You will know you are done, when the drive activity light goes out.


2x TB from MBPr to display PBP on 4k monitor

Picture by picture does work, but window snapping to screen disables you from using the centre of the screen. Test the setup if you are thinking about it.

I went with dual QHD screens and it works great. Also, the internal screen can be driven along them without any problem/