Why is iPhoto changing the titles of my photos after uploading the files to Flickr?

I don't think this can be turned off. Another effect this has is that if you delete a photo in iPhoto, it also gets removed from Flickr.

To avoid this, i use Flickr's free Uploadr rather than the built in tool. This lets you select the photos, give custom names, etc. It's easy to use, and if you make changes to the photos in iPhoto, there will be no effect on the images on Flickr.


3.5 mm ports on Macbook Airs don't support regular 3.5mm audio in plugs. Their 3.5 mm ports only support "three ring" plugs. How to use an external microphone with a MacBook Air

The 3.5 mm audio port on Macbook Pros can do regular audio in and audio out. But they default to out and needs to be changed to audio in using the "Use audio port for:" option from the Input tab of the Audio preference pane in System Preferences.

More information here: MacBook and MacBook Pro (13-inch): How to use the combination audio port for an audio input device


How do I exclude a song from iTunes Match

I don't think you can do this with a single library, iTunes match will check everything in your library, under the 25,000 track limit, to try and match.

One possible alternative would be a separate iTunes library for the files you don't want to match.

This separate library could also contain the actual files that have been matched by the other library as well but not be enabled for iTunes match itself.

You could then use this 'super' library as the main one running the iTunes match library occasionally just to keep iTunes match up to date.

How to run multiple libraries


Should I enable TRIM in Crucial M500 SSD over Mavericks?

I'm not sure you are going to find a definitive answer. I have a MBP 2012 with with a Samsung 840 500GB that I keep pretty full. Testing with Black Magic, drive performance had cratered (around 150/50MB/sec R/W). I installed Trim Enabler, filled the drive by creating an encrypted disk volume, deleted the volume, and waited a couple of minutes. Black Magic was back to normal. That was a couple of months ago. However, I just ran BM and the numbers are back to ugly (150/50 R/W). I'm running Filevault. So clearly TRIM and GC isn't enough to maintain performance over time in some configurations.

I also have 2009 MBP with an OWC 512GB w/o Trim enabled that is run with even less free space and the numbers today are as good as they were after initial install. So clearly GC is sufficient with some drives.

On the other hand, I didn't even notice that my notebook performance had regressed so unless you have an odd workload, maybe the answer doesn't make any practical difference in most cases.


To install something by building from the source, you can use -s.
For your case:

brew install wine -s

Without -s, brew attempts to download binary package ("bottle") and install it.


Every time my three-year-old bashes the keyboard randomly my hot corners stop working. What key combo is she pressing?

You can search through the keyboard shortcuts with System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.

For me, "Turn Dock Hiding On/Off" is Option ⌥ Command ⌘ D

I don't see a keyboard shortcut for enabling/disabling Hot Corners (in High Sierra), though maybe your list is different?


I stopped Time Machine and I lost my files

Here is what might have happened:

You had a drive that was formatted as a PC drive and the Mac OS, thinking it was helpful, offered to back itself up to that drive. If someone clicked yes several times, that would prompt you to erase the drive (and since you didn't list the OS running on the Mac, the exact terms might be different if you have Lion versus Mountain Lion vs another OS version).

At that point, the drive would get reformatted, but the vast majority (perhaps all) of the files on the drive would be still intact, but no longer linked to a directory.

If the drive was ejected before it could write the first backup, you would have great luck using a commercial file recovery program. On Mac, you would get Data Rescue 3 or similar to undelete the files.

If the Mac couldn't erase the drive, that might be the best case for you since it wouldn't start backing up (which will begin to write new files on all the "free space" that it thinks contains no old files). If you see a empty disk with a directory Backups.backupdb - that implies that the format was successful and the Mac is ready to write files which will over-write free space and in time ensure that none of the old pictures are recoverable.

I'd say - get a hold of someone that has done drive recovery before and/or get a quote from a company like Kroll Ontrack so that you know what your options are.

The more data that gets written to the drive and the more uncertain you are about exactly what happened will increase the work needed to recover the files, but I would guess you only have to pay for software and time to get some if not most of the pictures back. If you performed the recovery yourself, you'll need a third hard drive to store the recovered files (or store them on the Mac if there is space) and the $99 software which you might be able to download and try for free.

If these files were PC formatted, you might have better luck with a PC recovery software, but I've used Data Rescue on many PC drives in the past and had good luck and not needed to send the drive out for professional recovery - so you may not need anything other than what I have listed above.


How to archive mail in Outlook 2016 with a shortcut?

One could also do the following:

In the Outlook Menu Messages, look for the Move > option.  See if there is a Archive (provider) menu option.

Much like this:

That being the case, mapping a key to it can be done in the  Keyboard preferences.

Go to System Preferences
Select Keyboard
Select the Shortcuts tab
Click the Plus sign button and create an Application Specific shortcut.  (Preventing system wide use)
Type in the Menu option from Outlook exactly as it appears in the menu.
Type your preferred shortcut

Now, go back to Outlook and test it.


How to view any folder as if it was desktop

From this SO answer:

  Backup your old default Desktop folder

  If you have files in your existing Desktop folder, don’t worry. We’re
  going to back up your existing folder so you can copy your old Desktop
  files to your new DropBox Desktop folder afterwards.

  Simply open a terminal and enter the following command.

sudo mv desktop desktop.bak

  Create a symbolic link to your new DropBox Desktop folder

  The long and short is that we’re telling OSX to create a link to the
  Desktop folder in your DropBox, but to treat the link as if it were
  the default Desktop folder itself. In this way, when you save things
  to your Mac Desktop, they’ll appear on your Desktop as before, but
  actually be stored in your new DropBox folder. Here’s how to do it…

ln -s /Users/your-user-name/Dropbox/Desktop/ ./Desktop

  This worked perfectly for me.

  Credit goes to
  https://ifyouwillit.com/life/auto-sync-your-mac-desktop-folder-with-dropbox/

Please upvote both question and answer on linked Q&A


On iPadOS 14, what does this box on the today view do?

Widgets placed in the ‘favourites’ section remain on the home screen when other widgets below are hidden.
To see the difference between the widget sections, place a widget in the favourite section, tap Done, then scroll the list of widgets beyond the top to push the bottom widgets off screen. Let go and the bottom widgets will remain hidden while favourite widgets will remain. Scroll the list down to show the other widgets again.


Does Apple maintain a public list of known serious bugs?

Apple does not have a list of publicly known issues/defects/etc. About the only option is to open a bug report with Apple through their Bug Tracking Tool. If the issue already exists in some manner, your opened issue will be closed and marked as duplicate, with the issue number for which yours is a duplicate.

Sadly and unfortunately, you will not be able to access the information of the "original" issue for which yours counts as a duplicate. Also, it has been said but has not been confirmed officially, that your reported issue will raise the internal priority of said "original."

Note that, this only helps if you know about the issue, to begin with, and report it. If you want to find out about any known/reported issues, the best option available at this time is to use OpenRadar. This site is publicly managed and populated voluntarily, by people who have opened issues with the bug reporting tool mentioned above, and added their information (issue tracking number, details, specifics, status, etc.) to the OpenRadar database.


How to diagnose why plugins don't show in Photoshop?

One thing to try is to find the Photoshop application, and Get Info on it. You can do this by selecting it in your Applications solder and pressing Command I or right clicking and choose Get Info. If you see a check box marked Open in 32 bit mode try selecting it, and then launch photoshop again.

Plugins for all programs generally need to be 32 bit if the host app is running in this mode, or 64 bit if the app is.

This is from experience with Logic plugins, which would refuse to acknowledge some older 32bit plugins when running in 64 bit mode.

Having typed this, I've since found this relevant page: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82824.html#main_32%2064%20bit%20launch


Photos.app not downloading image contents


Magic Mouse Middle Click in Windows 7 64-bit Bootcamp?

I have found a partial solution:

Using AutoIt, an automation software for Windows, the middle-click can be simulated by pressing ctrl-left click using the following script:

#include <Misc.au3>

Global $iFlag = 0

While Not _IsPressed("1B") ;Esc to quit
    If _IsPressed("01") And _IsPressed("11") And Not $iFlag Then
        $iFlag = MouseDown("Middle")
    ElseIf Not _IsPressed("01") And Not _IsPressed("11") And $iFlag Then
        $iFlag = (MouseUp("Middle") <> 1)
    EndIf
    Sleep(20)
WEnd

The script is taken and modified from here: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/132174-simulate-middle-mouse-click/, which is exactly the same scenario that I am facing. The script can be compiled to an .exe, which I have already done. If anyone's interested, I can share it.

This solution has a drawback, however. It can only simulate middle-clicks, you can not middle-click-drags.


I'm not able to remotely connect with other Macs using Screen Sharing by default VNC feature

Did the other side have the 5900 port open? Every machine you want to connect using screen sharing must be in a network with this port open.

Did you tried Messages app feature to do it? You just need to select a contact, click on Details and Ask to Share Screen.

Once approved in the other side, you can see the other screen. And you can talk with the other side if you want.

To control the other screen, from the other side must select the connection icon and allow you to control it.

I used to have installed Team Viewer until I discover this functionality.


High processor/CPU load on iPhone, draining battery, how to fix?

Do you use Exchange on your iPhone? At our company we have some trouble with contact sync every once in a while. Various iPhones will run at 80% CPU and their batteries empty in about 2 hours.

One temporary fix is to turn off contacts in Exchange Settings and turn it on again. Then contacts will be sync again and after this CPU runs at a normal 5-15%.


Navigating back after following link in iBooks

If you touch the middle of the screen to show the buttons and controls, there should be a text link at the bottom left saying "Back to p. ###". It is beneath the dots and the slider to scroll quickly through the book. Touch it and you'll be back where you came from.


After home button replacement my screen colour went negative

That definitely looks like a hardware problem as the invert colours feature doesn't really look like that. The flickering also reinforces this as this would not happen normally. I would reopen the device and make sure that all connections are connected properly and intact.


I forgot security questions and rescue email

Call Apple support, there is no way to do this yourself.


How can I access a specific part of my volumes directory?

When you open the 'Finder' application - in the sidebar there is probably an install disk that you can eject (has an eject icon next to the name).

You can also open the 'Terminal' program and type in cd /Volumes/ and then ls -la. This gives you a listing of what is in that directory. If it's not in there, you have probably already ejected the install disk.

Also - I've looked at the 'Bundalore' program you describe and found a adware removal guide. This goes through every step of finding and removing it. The Safe Mac: Bundlore

Hope this helps!


Print really long webpages to PDF Safari or Chrome -- any quick solution?

I use a free program called paparazzi https://derailer.org/paparazzi/
It will make log web pages in to a single pdf or Jpg of the appropriate size.


Why is my Mac "falling asleep" when it's told not to?

Is your computer actually sleeping, or is it a display sleep that looks like a real sleep?

What about the other options in Energy Saver, like "Put hard disk to sleep when possible" (unchecking this may help with being logged out of some chat programs) and "Wake for network access" (checking this helps with other chat programs)?

Also check the schedule button to make sure no sleep schedule got accidentally set.

In my experience, all of the sleep options are controlled from the Energy Saver panel, so I'd check your system preferences first.  If that doesn't do it, check the settings in any third-party system extensions you have that might deal with power or computer performance.


Logitech mouse scrolling weird after Sierra update; soggy inertia effect in native apps, choppy in third-party apps

The 3.9.5 version, published on Sep 22, 2016 by Logitech solves most of the issues. The scroll is smooth again in Chrome. Unfortunately the inertia is still a bit high in native apps like XCode, but not as bad as before I guess.


Access to sudo but not security and privacy or users and groups

Try running the below command in terminal. It will add your user to the admin group which should have access to all of system preferences. You might have to restart to make the changes take affect. Be sure and replace yourUserName with the username you want to have admin rights.

sudo dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership yourUserName


Lost file when moving it to a "All My Files" Finder window

The file most assuredly ended up in your home directory somewhere.  I was able to replicate your problem and the file I dropped there ended up in my Documents directory.

If you don't see it in Documents, try searching for the file by name with Spotlight. Lastly, if that doesn't work, try issuing the following command in Terminal.app:

find $HOME -name "filename"


How can I rename desktops in Mission Control?

No, there is no way to do that in the current build. Well, sort of. An example is if you have iTunes open in fullscreen in a separate desktop, and go to mission control, the desktop will be called iTunes.


I don't know the specifics of that particular App, but allocated space for 3rd party applications in the iPhone is restricted to themselves. That means that Application 1 cannot read Application 2 data. This security measure greatly limits the ways we have to share data among applications (and has made Dropbox very popular).

Given the above, it's very likely that the app Flash Drive uses its own space for storing the file(s) you upload (because it doesn't really have any other place to put it unless you jailbreak your device).

With that said, deleting the application from the phone and (just in case) fully restarting it, should recover the space. You can later re-copy the application to your phone by connecting it to iTunes again.

In order to delete it, make sure it's closed (i.e. not running), touch and hold the App's icon until it wiggles and touch the (X) on the corner of its icon. It will ask you if you want to delete the App and the Data (or warn you about it). Go ahead. Then shutdown your phone and restart it again.


Time Machine Full, But Only One Backup (or, what are .RecoverySets and why do they take up so much space?)

Okay, so I can't fully answer this issue but I'll share what I've found out:

Yes. Unfortunately Time Machine has deleted these, so anything unique that was in the past backups is gone for good.
The contents of .RecoverySets are copies of your Recovery HD. Ordinarily Time Machine shouldn't have more than one of these but, like you, I found the folder contained nearly a thousand identical sets. My best guess is that there is something wrong with my recovery partition that is causing Time Machine to think it has been changed, but that doesn't explain why Time Machine is creating so many copies without discarding any. I've filed a bug report with Apple, and I suggest anyone who encounters the same error does the same.
You can workaround this issue with a bit of light Terminal work:

First type cd /Volumes/{Time Machine Backup}/Backups.backupdb, replacing the part in brackets with the name of your backup volume before hitting return.
Next type sudo rm -fr .RecoverySets and hit return, you'll be asked for your password so that the command can delete your existing recovery sets.
Now run a Time Machine backup as normal using the menubar menu or by entering tmutil startbackup in Terminal and hitting return again. Wait till the backup is finished, as this will recreate your .RecoverySets folder.
Now type sudo chflags simmutable .RecoverySets and hit return, entering your password again if prompted. This will lock the folder (though it may not show this in the Finder), preventing Time Machine from creating any duplicate recovery sets in future.

The above workaround has a few caveats; firstly you won't gain any new recovery sets, but that's unlikely to be an issue, but if you're worried your set may be outdated you can unlock the folder using sudo chflags nosimmutable .RecoverySets (after cd'ing to your backup volume), delete your recovery sets, run a Time Machine backup, then re-lock it again.
You may also notice errors in your console to the effect of "Could not backup OS X Recovery to…", but that's to be expected as you locked the target folder, it just means this workaround is doing the trick, so you can safely ignore these.

One further note; after deleting your .RecoverySets folder, you may not immediately see any extra free space in the Finder. The easiest way to do so is to open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app, unmount your backup volume and then mount it again, and you should see the correct free-space value, or you can just ignore it, as the free space should be there. In my case I freed up a massive 750gb by deleting my recovery sets folder, as I had over a thousand completely identical copies of my recovery partition in there (no wonder I only had 483kb of free space left!).

You may also want to investigate methods of repairing your recovery partition, but I'm not certain of the best way to do this; it couldn't hurt to at least try Disk Utility's first aid repair command.


Blank Mail screen which then crashes but reminas open in background

Try to restart your Mac and see if that fixes it.


Apple Watch indoor running error in calculating distance

There is no such thing as calibrating WATCH Series 2 for outdoor use, since it has an onboard GPS receiver that is always active during outdoor run/walk/swim activities.

When you run outdoors, you are calibrating your WATCH Series 2 for indoor use. This requires using the default Workout app, with a good GPS signal (clear line of sight to the satellites), for at least 20 minutes.

For best results, Apple recommends running for at least 20 minutes, away from tall trees and buildings, preferably on flat terrain.

Repeat this process for various running paces. If you run a 12-minute mile during calibration, running a 9-minute mile indoors will yield inaccurate distance estimates.


Can I control the music player on my iPhone from a PC?

Bowtie should solve your problem. It's a free desktop app that talks to a .99 cent app that you download on the iPhone:

Bowtie


This tutorial should be able to help you:

http://www.reasonablyopinionated.com/2011/11/time-machine-backups-to-drive-on.html

I just tried it and it worked for me.  Not sure how reconnects will go after a reboot or something, but it shouldn't be that difficult to get working again.


Can you scan a document directly, instead of an overview scan first?

You may be able to configure the scanner so that pressing the button on the console automatically sends the image data to a folder on your computer, without going through Image Capture.

Another option, since you asked about third-party apps, is Vue Scan which is well-supported, and can scan without first doing a preview.

(edit to add) yet another third-party app would be Paperless, which while technically is more of an archiving solution, it also will scan directly to its library without a preview.


If you see some movies in the Apple TV website, does that mean you can watch it if you join some program?

Does that mean if you join some program, such as Apple TV+, then you can watch it as included in the program?

Nope.

  Apple TV+ is said to be included one year free if you buy some new Apple devices, so does that include the movies as listed on Apple TV?

Apple TV+ is Apple's original programming service. The Apple TV+ subscription only lets you watch the original Apple programming for free, which is made available under the service, and not any other media available on the Apple TV app. They have to be purchased/rented separately.

Apple TV app on macOS and iOS/iPadOS now consolidates the iTunes store movies selection, along with Apple TV+, Apple's original programming service.

Starting with macOS Catalina and iOS/iPadOS 13, the iTunes app on macOS which used to let users purchased or rent movies has now been discontinued, and replaced with independent Music, TV and Podcasts apps. Read this Apple Support article to learn more:

What happened to iTunes?

Apple's TV app for macOS is now one stop place to cater to all the visual media consumption available for sale/rent from Apple (which used to be previously made available via iTunes macOS app).

Apple TV+ is a subscription based, original programming service from Apple. A user's enrolment into the service doesn't mean they'll be able to watch any movie made available by Apple for sale/rent for free. So for your case, although the said movie is available on Apple TV, you'd need to pay for it to purchase/rent.

(P.S.: It could be argued that Apple marketing may not have done a good job with making user aware with all the changes that have happened here. The new changes have the potential of leaving a lot of users confused. Here's an interesting take on the same by Daring Fireball, one of the most widely regarded Apple blogger).


How to launch the onscreen Accessibility Keyboard with a keyboard shortcut too?

There is no built-in way to use a keyboard shortcut to display or hide the accessibility keyboard.

I'm understanding your question to only be about showing & hiding the accessibility keyboard with a keyboard shortcut and not about how to use that keyboard or any other accessibility feature.  If that's not correct, please edit your question or add a comment to clarify.

One-sentence answers are usually not very good but in this case there's not much more to add that would improve the answer.


How do I change iTunes to new email address

If you cannot gain access using the security questions, the only option you have is to contact Apple Support.


Replace an iMac superdrive with one pulled from a Macbook Pro?

This issue is likely form factor more than anything else, though Apple is famous for custom connectors...

I would look through the take-a-parts on fixit.com on those two units and see if they look the same.

Also a bit of googling for a replacement drive for both and seeing if the part numbers are the same.


It is because rules are followed from top to bottom. As soon as the first matching rules is found, further rule processing stops.

In this case there is first the allow rule (12304 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 80) and later the deny rule (12407 deny tcp from 94.23.148.61 to 192.168.1.3 dst-port 80,443).

To fix this: either place the deny rule above the allow rule for port 80 and 442 (number < 12304) or place the allow rules for port 80 and 443 below the deny rules (f.e. at 65533 and 65534).


MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep

It's working properly again.  Got  up this morning and computer remained awake for the entire night.

The only thing I did since last failure:  I deleted the following file in the root Library, and re-entered my Energy Savings preferences.

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist

The Terminal now reports this for pmset -g.  Note the difference on the first two lines.  I guess the original settings were somehow corrupted.

MacBook:~ myusername$ pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power   -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 lidwake    1
 autorestart    0
 halfdim    1
 sms        1
 hibernatefile  /var/vm/sleepimage
 disksleep  0
 sleep      0
 hibernatemode  3
 ttyskeepawake  1
 displaysleep   15
 acwake     0
 womp       0


What are the wireless display options for MacBook Air?

You could use a Nyrius Wireless AV Sender. If you're looking for a small, slick unit to get your presentations displayed while visiting clients it probably isn't for you. If you want to get content from your Macbook Air onto your wall-mounted display at home without stringing a long HDMI cable across the room it might be just what you want.

An alternative - look at this youtube video showing how to do it with an intermediate iPad, maybe not so practical. It uses an app called iDisplay for $4.99. In that it seems to be doing the same kind of function as Air Display which I use and would recommend over anything else.

Second alternative - AirFlick from Erica Sadun - allows you to make your Mac an AirPlay source so you can mirror its display to an AppleTV, just as if it was an iPad. This won't be as easy as we might expect of Mac software, Erica is an awesome hacker but doesn't employ a team of graphic and web designers to make beautiful lick able software.


Sort Numbers spreadsheet by how many times a value appears in a column

To isolate the rows that only have one instance of a value in the G column, use this method to simulate a pivot table. The columns of the table must have one row of headings.

Add a new column to the table.
Enter IF(COUNTIF(G$1:G1,G2)=0,COUNTIF(G,G2),"")
in the second row of the new column and autocopy down to fill the column.
Select the new column and filter for values equal to 1.

Here's an example. The new column is Count.

Select the Count column and filter for values equal to 1.


OS X Blu-ray support to read / write BD-R discs for data storage

Reading the original post carefully, I can confirm that nothing special is needed to mount a blank Blu Ray Disk in the Finder, and then burn data to it with Mac OS X's built-in disk burning tool. I just did this yesterday with a 25GB BD-R. This worked perfectly with an external LG Bluray burner I just bought from OWC. Hope that helps.


Map volume controls to Function Keys on Sierra

Karabiner-Elements is the successor of Karabiner and available for macOS Sierra.


Punchlist is the app to get. It's been around a while, the development is constant, rapid and ongiong. The price is very reasonable.


In a nutshell - you are seeing the difference between a local physical network and the IP infrastructure needed to route packets out of that local network.
Probably the iPhone obtained the IP address and the network via BOOTP instead of DHCP.

The best resource for troubleshooting is this article by Apple. Since it is more general than your question - I'll go on a bit in case to cover background and some concepts.

The three bars means your hardware can talk to the base station hardware. It will pass packets and discover all devices connected to that network. Since some networks are not ever connected to the internet - you only need an address and a netmask but not the other information.

Once the basic link is up, From a network perspective - the iPhone allows for three methods for configuring the IP4 WiFi network stack. Do note that IPv6 and other automatic route finding protocols like Bonjour may allow some things to work when DHCP fails - but you don't see them in the preferences and not everything will work in this case.

DHCP
BootP
Static

With Static - you are on your own and have to know and enter all the fields by hand. BootP is an older method for a device to ask for network information from a router and DHCP servers typically answer either flavor of request transparently. (i.e. most DHCP implementations react and supply information if asked via BootP protocol too - DHCP has more bells and whistles, so it's more common these days)

It is a valid DHCP response from the server to send back any, all or none of the information so you really need to know how the router is set up to know if information is being lost or corrupted when it's sent or if the router simply isn't sending that information. In practice if the router is not received in the DHCP response the router sends in response to your phone's request for DHCP information, the iPhone sends all information out to the physical device that answered the DHCP request and hopes for the best.

In practice - I almost always see the routers field (DHCP option 3) filled - so the most likely problem when this happens is a software malfunction in the router or simple bad networking due to range, interference, overload or incompatibility.

Many DHCP servers have BOOTP disabled and don't answer BOOTP requests,
as the client would end with insufficient information to connect and use the internet.
Some client may use BOOTP at first and if it doesn't work they will request the information with DHCP.
With BOOTP only some predefined fields like IP address and network (subnet mask) can be sent to the client, but not a geatway needed to reach beyond the local network (Internet).
DHCP has many options defined for the client, like routers (DHCP option 3) as default gateway to the Internet, domain-name-servers (DHCP Option 6) for DNS name resolution and many other.

If you have access to the router or can experiment over time and with other WiFi clients (phones, laptops, pads) you might be able to tell if the router is overloaded/broken/interfered or if that's just how it is answering DHCP requests - just with the basic information. In all likelihood - if your phone works on other networks, you didn't somehow break it just for this one network and you can wait it out or try again (which helps if the root cause is temporary interference or overload), or stay off that WiFi until it's fixed by the owner.

Apple devices seem to use the last method used to configure the interface (BOOTP or DHCP). Furthermore they seem to stick to that setting for a long time, not trying the other method after a few failures.

The best order for client devices to use would be DHCP first and BOOTP as a last resort. BOOTP nowadays is only useful for devices which boot (the OS/installation) from the network and even here DHCP should be used to get the full configuration of the client.


iPad 4th not recognised when connected via USB-C Apple Digital AV Multiport Adapter on Catalia

The Apple Multi-port adapter only provides power via the usb-c out connection.
You could use the older USB-A port to get USB 3 speeds if needed THOUGH early iPads top out at USB 2 on the Lightning adapter.
Full details of the connector are on the Apple site here


Replace cracked iOS app with purchased app without losing data

If you don't want to wait for an update, there's an easy fix. First install and open up iFile from Cydia. Navigate to /var/mobile/Applications/, tap the gear in the bottom-left corner and make sure "Application Names" is set to On, and then find the app you want to update and/or buy inside that folder. In the app's folder, there will be a file called iTunesMetadata.plist; delete it. Now go to the App Store. Search for the app, and you'll notice that the App Store thinks it's not installed on your device. Click the "Buy App" button and purchase the app. It won't overwrite any of your saved data from the app, and you'll have legally purchased it. This will also work for any apps that you want to reinstall without losing their saved data.


Is there a way to unlock to Home screen without swiping up?

It's not possible without any touch, but you can make it just a touch instead of a swipe by creating an Assistive Touch gesture for swiping up, then triggering this gesture instead of swiping.


"Darwin is an open-source Unix-like operating system first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code developed by Apple, as well as code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, Mach, and other free software projects.

Darwin forms the core set of components upon which macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and iPadOS are based. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)


Here's how to find the way to contact Apple:

Go to apple.com and click Support.
On the Browse Support section on the left, click iTunes.
Click Music Purchases in the Get Customer Service list that appears in the middle.
Click Music Purchases in the sublist that appears.
Click the Email Us button that appears.

Here's a direct link to the form to fill out to contact them for a iTunes Store music purchase issue.


You can try entering in Single User Mode and do an fsck on the hard drive.

To enter single user mode, turn on your computer and immediately after press the Command s. This will load you to a terminal looking screen. Let it run its pre-checks.

After it is done there should be two commands to run:

a command to mount the drive
a command to run fsck on the drive.

Do the fsck first. This will make sure that at least the hierarchy of the OS file system is ok. Use the mount command just to see if you can mount the Drive.

If it fails, there could be a hardware issue, a cable or failing hard drive. If it does not fail and passes everything, reboot. See if it works normally.

I believe the following command is for the fsck

/sbin/fsck -fy

and the following for mounting

/sbin/mount -uw /

Single user mode will display the correct commands.

Once you are done with Single User mode type reboot and hit Return

And this will boot you up normally.


iMovie advanced tools option not present in preferences

I don't recall from which version, but at some point iMovie changed its interface so that all of the advanced tools were already built into the interface, so there's no need to enable it in iMovie's preferences.

To see the various tools, just click on your clip and select the Adjust option to reveal the Advanced tools.


Is using both wireless/wired charging simultaneously for an iPhone faster?

Your iPhone won't charge wirelessly when connected to USB. If your
  iPhone is connected to your computer with USB, or if it's connected to
  a USB power adapter, your iPhone will charge using the USB connection.

Source: How to wirelessly charge your iPhone 8 or later.


macos: change default "zoom in" for any application?

I don't know about the others, but Safari has a prefs page dedicated to Zoom levels, per site, with a global default…


LCD model number or disabling discrete GPU for MacBook Pro 15 Retina 2012-2013

Unfortunately, you cannot get the LCD panel model number from the command line as it's not stored in firmware as part of the monitor's EDID.
For example, I had to replace the the LCD of my 27" iMac due to an unfortunate incident involving a disobedient child and a fidget spinner.  The model number for the panel was "LM270WQ1" where as the Apple PN# was "661-7169." Those numbers aren't present in any of the EDID data.  See below
Using the system_profiler command:
$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
Displays:
    iMac:
      Display Type: LCD
      Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
      UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440
      Framebuffer Depth: 24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
      Main Display: Yes
      Mirror: Off
      Online: Yes
      Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
      Connection Type: Internal
    DELL U2312HM:
      Resolution: 1080 x 1920
      UI Looks like: 1080 x 1920 @ 60 Hz
      Framebuffer Depth: 24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
      Display Serial Number: T9MJ318O630L
      Mirror: Off
      Online: Yes
      Rotation: 90
      Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
      Connection Type: Thunderbolt/DisplayPort

Using the ioreg command to get EDID
$ ioreg -lw0 -r -c "IODisplayConnect" -n "display0" -d 2 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

s@L036"
q8-@X,E
T9MJ318O630L
DELL U2312HM

Neither have the actual panel info model because that's typically not put in by the display manufacturer.  For this, you need to (unfortunately) disassemble the display and get the LCD panel model off the back.  I recently replaced the LCD in a Mid-2007 MacBook (white) and it was imperative that I replace it with a compatible panel.  I was inadvertently sent a panel for a later MacBook (2008) and while it physically fit and the LVDS connectors were compatible, the panel simply didn't work.


There is no way to force de registration on server side (as of 2021 at least) but you can disable notifications in the client - which is your Safari settings on your device.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/receive-pause-or-stop-notifications-mh40609/mac

That tells Apple Push Notification Servers immediately not to pass on any more notifications. The next time whichever service has your device / account hash and sends a notification, Apple will bounce that back to the sender and not bother your client device at all. That completes the de registration since that sender either gets blocked by Apple or processes the halt message properly when it gets a bounce.


Is it normal to have a MBP's temp at ~50?

As you have indicated that your ambient room temperature is easily 35 degrees C, possibly up to 42 degrees C - then I do not find it abnormal that the temperature of your MacBook Pro is 50 degrees C.
The CPU in your MacBook Pro is not hurt by the fact that the temperature is 50 degrees C.


Difference between dig @www.google.com ns . and dig www.google.com ns

The two commands means something very different, which is why you get differering results.

This command:

dig www.google.com ns

means that you want to query your locally defined DNS server about NS records for the host www.google.com.

The locally defined DNS server could be your ISP's DNS server for example.
NS records are records describing which DNS servers hold authoritative records for the host.

The other command:

dig @www.google.com ns .

means that you want to query www.google.com about the ns records for the name ".". As www.google.com is a web server and not a DNS server, you'll not get any reply to your query.

Then your final command:

dig @a.root-servers.net ns .

This means to query a.root-servers.net about ns records for the name "." (i.e. the most toplevel name, the root). "a.root-servers.net" is a DNS server, so it will reply to your query. It also happens to be a special DNS server in that it is one of the root servers that is in place specifically to give you DNS records for the root.


Best OS X TODO app that can be synced with Android?

I recommend Wunderlist. It has apps for Mac OSX, Windows, iPhone, iPad and yes Android. It can sync all between these different platforms. By the way it's free.


Over here the iPhone USB interface in the Network pane also keeps displaying 'not connected' when the USB cable is connected to the iPhone.

Mac OS X: 10.6.8
iPhone: 4
iOS: 5.1
iTunes: 10.6.3
iPhone Configuration Utility: 3.5

The cause is a faulty /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext, though the version 2.3.0 is correct, its size of 78 KB, 60.892 bytes is not.

A known to be working AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext for iPhone USB tethering is version 2.3.0, but 225 KB, 189.646 bytes.

The fix is:

In Terminal: $ sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext # to remove
Restart (not sure whether this is necessary)
Reinstall iTunes (in our case 10.6.3), this also installs the good AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext: download iTunes from https://www.apple.com/itunes/ and run the installer, this will install the correct AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext.

When tethering still doesn't work:

Apple menu > System Preferences > Networking > remove iPhone
add the iPhone again
hit the [Apply] button

PS According to our backup software somewhere around May 7th, 2010 a newer version of AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext was installed.


How to get (logical) screen size from a shell script?

You can get the screen size with this command

fullscreen_size=$( osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to get bounds of window of desktop' )

in the same units as tell application "System Events" ....


Data Recovery for Accidentally Erased Hard Drive

There is a product called DiskDrill that I have used with good success.  You can use the product for free to see what it can find.  To actually recover your files, you will need to purchase a license.

The key to a successful recovery is to immediately stop modifying the drive.  You either need to get a new drive and connect your original drive via USB, or boot from external (USB) drive and run the recovery utility.  The more you modify your drive, the less chance of recovery.

My suggestion is now is a good time to get a new SSD and convert that older drive into an external USB so you can create an image (through DiskDrill) of the drive for recovery and then when you are done, set it up as a time machine back up.  A USB to SATA adapter can be had for less than $15 so this is a very cheap option.


How to change the language used on Mac App Store?

After I fought with the issue for a few hours, I found the solution.

Open Mac App Store and log out of the account.
Restart your Mac.
Log in to the account again.

You might have to log out of the account first before restarting, for your information.

UPDATE

However, while the solution here worked in my OS X, it's not the case in iOS. In my iPhone, which is set to Italian, the iOS App Store displays English, while my iPad that uses Spanish displays Japanese. This is so frustrating bug in Apple; I don't get to how this can be resolved...


Failing to Connect Remote App to AppleTV (4th Gen), While Screen Sharing Works

Screen sharing and AirPlay can work over Bluetooth -- WiFi is not necessary. On the other hand the Remote app requires that the AppleTV is connected to WiFi.

This explained my problem.  My AppleTV was connected to a 2.4 GHz WiFi network, which stopped working. For some reason the 5 GHz network continued to work and my iPhone switched over, so I didn't notice.

Since I didn't have an original remote, I was able to follow these steps to switch the AppleTV over to the 5 GHz network:

Find a regular TV remote (with directional pad buttons).
Plug the ethernet cable to the Apple TV.
With the iOS Remote App go to Settings -> General -> Remotes
Select Learn Remote and follow the steps to teach AppleTV your TV
remote.
Once done, unplug the ethernet cable and set the WiFi under
General -> Network -> WiFi.


Gluing chronologically rtf files via bash script

Following mod's suggestion, I post here my solution to the problem.

I created the following script for bash:

for f in *.rtf; do
   olddate=$(stat -f %SB -t %Y%m%d%H%M "$f")
   touch -mt $olddate "$f""_info_file.txt"
  echo "File name:" "$f" >> "$f""_info_file.txt";
  printf "Date: " >> "$f""_info_file.txt";
  stat -f "%SB" "$f" >>"$f""_info_file.txt";
done

I ran it into the bash and for each RTF file I had in folder a new .txt file associated to it was created. This txt file contained useful metadata (to me) of the file itself. Notice that, thanks to the script above, the new txt files were created in such a way that their creation date coincided with the files they are referring to.

Example: I had file01.rtf in the folder. After the script ran, in the folder I could find a file named file01_info_file.txt whose content was

Name file: file01.rtf
Date: 20.12.2018 18.53

The creation date of the file file01_info_file.txt is identical to the creation date of file01.rtf.

Now the conclusion easily follows: open Finder, sort by creation date the files in the folder, select them all and drag them in a new ... ... Microsoft Word document (:-D). The formatting of rtf was kept and the chronological order as well.


Yes there is! The Unofficial Apple Weblog has dedicated a whole topic about moving your copies of Parallels.
Basically it's just a matter of copying your Parallels folder to the new Mac. The only thing you need to do, besides moving the folder, is reinstalling the Parallels Tools.


It sounds like the iPad is having difficulty associating numbers with the Apple IDs associated with the people you're contacting. Back up everything via iCloud or by connecting to iTunes and then restore your iPad https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201252

Restore information from your iCloud and iTunes backup and make sure that iMessage is activated in the settings of your iPad and try to send your messages again.

If it's still not working then restore the iPad again but set it up brand new.


Wi-Fi indicator error after bad chown command

Not sure what the issue was, but it was blown away by an upgrade to High Sierra and the wifi indicator is working again.


I would download SwitchResX and try the various settings to see if you can find one you like:
https://www.madrau.com/srx_download/download.html
The optimal use for that kind of monitor is the native 2560x1440, however you write that it's too tiny for you. It would probably have been better to get a larger monitor at the same resolution (i.e. a 27" or similar for example).
With the current monitor I would try setting it a resolution that is an integer fraction of the native resolution. I.e. for example try setting it to 1280x720. You can also try 1280x720 HiDPI mode, which should look alright.


Is Windows 8.1 compatible with Apple MacBook Air MD711HN/A?

Yes. Boot Camp works with Windows 7 and above, including Windows 8.1. You can remove OS X and have a single partition for Windows, although you will not be able to do firmware updates.


Open list of URLs in your clipboard as new tabs in Safari

In what format is the Copy all URLs extensions in Google Chrome placing the URLs on the clipboard?
If it is just lines of text with one URL on each line, then the following example AppleScript code will open a new window in Safari and open each URL in a new tab:
set theURLs to paragraphs of (the clipboard)

tell application "Safari"
    make new document with properties {URL:first item of theURLs}
    activate
    tell front window
        repeat with i from 2 to the length of theURLs
            set current tab to (make new tab with properties {URL:item i of theURLs})
        end repeat
        set current tab to first tab
    end tell
end tell

If you want to not have the target Safari window remain frontmost while opening each URL in a new tab, then here is a way to have that happen:
Example AppleScript code:
set theURLs to paragraphs of (the clipboard)

set windowName to random number from 1000000 to 9999999
set tmpFileName to "/private/tmp/" & windowName & ".html"
set tmpFileContent to "<title>" & windowName & "</title>"

if not my writeToFile(tmpFileContent, tmpFileName, true) then return

tell application "Safari"

    make new document with properties {URL:"file://" & tmpFileName}
    set i to 0
    repeat while not (exists (windows whose name is windowName))
        delay 0.1
        set i to i + 1
        if i = 30 then return
    end repeat
    set winID to (id of windows whose name is windowName) as number

    make new tab at end of tabs of window id winID with properties {URL:item 1 of myURLs}
    delete first tab of window id winID
    repeat with i from 2 to (length of myURLs)
        make new tab at end of tabs of window id winID with properties {URL:item i of myURLs}
        delay 1
    end repeat

end tell

tell application "System Events" to delete file tmpFileName

--  # Handler #

on writeToFile(theData, theFile, overwriteExistingContent)
    try
        set theFile to theFile as string
        if theFile contains "/" then
            set theOpenedFile to open for access theFile with write permission
        else
            set theOpenedFile to open for access file theFile with write permission
        end if
        if overwriteExistingContent is true then set eof of theOpenedFile to 0
        write theData to theOpenedFile starting at eof
        close access theOpenedFile
        return true
    on error
        try
            close access file theFile
        end try
        return false
    end try
end writeToFile

The example AppleScript code can be used in an Automator Service/Quick Action with a Run AppleScript action using the example AppleScript code in place of the default code.
Open: Automator -- File > New     ⌘N
Choose a type for your document: Quick Action
Set Workflow receives [no input] in [Safari]
Add a Run AppleScript action from: Actions > Library > Utilities
Replace the default code with the example AppleScript code.
Save the Automator Service/Quick Action.
Assign the new Service/Quick Action a keyboard shortcut in: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services.
It is then available from the Services menu in Safari and as a keyboard shortcut.
The example AppleScript code can also be used in any third-party application that has the ability to trigger AppleScript code and or assign it a keyboard shortcut. I personally use FastScripts and I am not associated with its developer, just a satisfied user of the product.

Notes:

This second example AppleScript code includes some error handling, in that if the tmp file (value of the tmpFileName variable) is not created the script aborts without any message. This can be changed by converting the if not my writeToFile ... statement to a full if block and include an appropriate display alert, display dialog or display notification command, as wanted, followed by the return command.

The repeat loop as coded is written to wait up to 3 seconds for the HTML file to load and should be more than enough time. Adjust if necessary.

As coded, it assumes the clipboard contains just lines of text with one URL on each line.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans any included error handling does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.


OSX Mountain Lion: Automatically restarts after showing screen saver a certain amount of time

Ok well. After getting more and more annoyed, I finally figured it out.
Apparently I enabled the automatic logout after 60mins of inactivity in the security settings. I really don't know why/when I enabled this and wouldn't consider myself a noob ;)
For anyone else looking for a howto on this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4014 (I found this page and thought: that must be it!).. It was.


Mac Dictation - How to select backspace?

Solution 1: You can say "Press backspace key" (at least with 10.10).

Solution 2: You can define the voice command "backspace" that triggers an automator workflow that sends a delete keystroke:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke (ASCII character 127)
end tell

return input
 end run

Solution 3: You can use BetterTouchTool (free):


Game Center in Mountain Lion won't let me log in

I had a similar problem. For me, there was a verification screen that popped up behind the login screen. I could not see it at all! Not sure why I thought of it, but dragging the frontmost window out of the way showed me the verification screen, I did what needed to be done there, and on I went to Game Center to be underwhelmed.


applescript: commands to maximize (green button) an iTerm window

The perform action command is going to go the the frontmost window that meets the criteria of the the given command. As such, you need to use the activate command after tell application "iTerm" so win1 will be frontmost when the perform action command is triggered.

tell application "iTerm"
        activate
        set win1 to (create window with default profile)
    repeat until exists win1
        delay 0.01
    end repeat
    tell application "System Events"
        perform action "AXZoomWindow" of (first button whose subrole is "AXFullScreenButton") of (first window whose subrole is "AXStandardWindow") of (first process whose frontmost is true)
    end tell
...


Can I remove battery while my iPhone 4s is still on?

It should be possible to perform a reset of the phone by holding the 'home' and 'power' buttons for ten seconds. That should cause the phone to reboot.

If you can't do this (e.g. broken power button), then I don't see why removing the battery would not cause the phone to be shut down.

I don't see why it would cause any lasting damage, at any rate.


Use iPod Touch bluetooth to connect mobile phone and use dial-up for internet

I found the app iBluever which seems to be able to do this job.
Thanks anyway.


Excel iOS app: Keyboard shortcut for Edit cell

After trying systematically I found out that on my Apple Smart Keyboard Folio Command + 2 does the trick.


Why does High Sierra complain about IDLE?

That specific error message means that the app (or a library, or launcher or component of some sort) is a 32 bit app and not a 64 bit app. Something in the Python installation is triggering that message even if python itself is 64bit.

And in an upcoming release of macOS 32bit apps will no longer work. Check python.org for FAQs/Discussions/Support/etc. for when it will be compiled as a 64bit app.


You can use a directory hard link, but only on HFS+ file system. You'll need GNU ln to use the -d option. This can be installed using Homebrew: brew install coreutils, then run:

sudo gln -d "/path/to/original" "/path/to/drive/folder"

You will be asked for your password. This command creates a hard link to the file/folder itself rather than how a symlink links to a pointer to a file/dir. As the link folder is essentially the same as the original folder, Google Drive syncs it correctly.

To unlink a hard link, use unlink "/path/to/drive/folder".

WARNING: APFS (Apple File System) does not support hard links. If you plan on installing macOS High Sierra or later and want to continue using directory hard links, you will need to maintain your HFS+ file system. By default macOS High Sierra intaller on a mac with SSD (e.g. without HDD or Fusion Drive) automatically converts HFS+ filesystem to APFS. To skip conversion during upgrade you will need to run the macOS installer as follows:

/Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/*/R*/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO

If you avoid the last option you will end up with mess of hard linked dirs in /.HFS+ Private Directory Data after the the upgrade.


Keynote '09 supports chart builds, where individual segments/series of a chart can be separated in a build and animated individually. You can select the chart builds along with the other builds in the Build selector.

You can find more information about creating a chart build in Keynote '09 in the Apple KB article:

Keynote '09: Creating a Chart Build


How to upgrade to iOS 5.1.1 on first generation iPad

You can check the current version of iOS that is installed on the device by going to Settings → General → About and check the version number.

To update your device, connect it to iTunes over USB and click Update.


What i need to do to backup and secure my mobile data before sending it to repair

Apple gives instructions on what to do before a repair, bit it should really just be this article.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351

I prefer that checklist since it talks about Apple Watch and health data backup. You can not get that data back, so by following that before you sanitize your device, it’s protected. Ship the device insured since you can’t have Activation Lock enabled and follow the process.


How do I make a certain keyboard command system wide?

Keyboard Maestro is a very powerful and easy to use keyboard macro app. If you want a multi-step process available everywhere on your Mac you can't do much better.

By "multi-step process" I mean, to use your example, no matter what app I'm using right now, pressing a certain key combination performs these steps.

Quickly switch to the Wire Tap app.
Press CmdShiftT in the Wire Tap app.
Quickly switch back to whatever app you were previously in.

This all happens so quickly that you can barely tell any app switching occurred.

I use it to start and stop my time tracking app at the press of a keystroke, for instance, as well as ensuring that Cmd+ zooms in no matter what graphics app I'm using and Cmd- zooms out.


What's ls option in OS X does what ls -w 1 in Linux does, showing output in one column?

The equivalent of the ls -w 1 command from Linux in OS X is: ls -1

From the man page for ls:

  -1 (The numeric digit “one”.) Force output to be one entry per line. This is  the default when output is not to a terminal.


How do I turn off Activation Lock on Apple Watch?

It seems that simply unpairing it turns off Activation Lock.

Before you send your Apple Watch in for service, sell it, or give it away, you should turn off Activation Lock on your Apple Watch. Just unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone:

  Keep your Apple Watch and iPhone close together.
  Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap the My Watch tab.
  Tap Apple Watch, then tap Unpair Apple Watch.
  Enter your Apple ID password. If you forgot your Apple ID password, you can reset it.
  Tap again to confirm.

  If you can't access your iPhone or Apple Watch, or if your Apple Watch
  isn't paired with your iPhone and you need to turn off Activation
  Lock:

  On a computer, go to iCloud.com.
  Sign in with your Apple ID, and open Settings.
  Under My Devices, click your Apple Watch.
  Click X next to your device.
  Click Remove to confirm.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205009


Is there a lower level log of USB activity than Console.app or system.log?

You need to install the usbutils commands via macport (sorry, I don't use brew)

sudo port install usbutils

then, for a first check, try the following command:

lsusb

You should see a list of your USB devices. It might be hard for you to identify your device. A good way to filter all your devices is to remove every of them except your USB/serial adapter.

If lsusb returns nothing. Your device is dead.

If my memory is good, the name of an USB-serial adapter printed ends by:

 USB-Serial (UART) IC


Restore new iPhone from jailbreak backup

Yes, but a backup of a jailbroken device will restore all jailbreak data such as preference files and other data which will take up storage space on the device.


Am I missing out by not running in 64-bit mode?

Lion is not meant to be used in 32bit mode. Also addressing more than 4GB ram with 32bit kernel is slower (it uses PAE).

If the only reason of using Lion in 32bit mode is the Cisco VPN client (yuck!) there is a way. Here is an article explaining how to use the native VPN client instead - it's for 10.6, but should work. It's a matter of configuration, not of software. And here is a forum post that pointed to thad solution.

About the Cisco VPN 3000 hardware - yes, it works with iOS and native OSX VPN client in IPSec mode, and it's a matter of software update and configuration. You should be running at least 4.7.2P according to the CISCO field notice. It's stated that it's not supported, but it works. Here is another success story. Make sure that you're using at least OSX 10.7.2.

ps. being tight on money is not always bad, It usually makes people more creative and makes them think and learn new things. Direct your network admin to serverfault, a place I'm sure he will get decent help.


iPad app to convert multiple photos to a single pdf

Even simpler than Pages, you can use iBooks

Step 1: Select all photos you want to combine into one pdf within
your Camera Roll, they should be in the order you want them combined
in
Step 2: Press the share button (the up arrow in the box at the
top left hand corner of the screen)
Step 3: Tap iBooks icon prompting to "Save the PDF file in iBooks"

That's it!


You don’t specify your OS but if you have OS/X, then you probably have iLife, then you have iMovie. Merging all that with iMovie is extremely trivial. Just import the videos to iMovie and compose the final movie using all the parts you want to use.

Effects, Transitions and Captions are a bonus ;)


app store wont let me download free apps

Do you participate in a family share?
maybe the admin credit card is out of date?

I had the same problem because his credit card was not valid anymore.

if not maybe apple just trying to make people put a credit card on individual accounts.


Well, how about that.

A few minutes after posting this question, it started making progress again. It zipped straight from 87% to 99% in a few minutes, and now it's done.

Apparently the answer is just "wait more hours."


iPhone Apps section not showing up in iTunes

iTunes 12.7 removes the App Store and iOS apps sync functionality.

  If you previously used iTunes to sync apps, books, or ringtones to your iOS device, use the new App Store, iBooks, or Sounds Settings on iOS to redownload them without your computer.

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1814


Opening Randomized Images From Multiple Folders With Preview Application

Fixing and rewriting the code, particularly in the repeat with aFolder in theFolders loop, and using a handler from the accepted answer by Lri in Is there a simple way to shuffle a List in AppleScript? to randomize the list over your method, this now works.

I tested it on several different folders individually as well as multiple folders together, with as many as 500 JPG files in a test run.

tell application "Finder"
    if not selection is {} then
        set theFolders to selection as alias list
    else
        return
    end if
end tell

set theImages to {}
repeat with aFolder in theFolders
    set getImages to "find " & aFolder's POSIX path's quoted form & " -iname '*.jpg'"
    set tempList to paragraphs of (do shell script getImages)
    repeat with aItem in tempList
        copy aItem to end of theImages
    end repeat
end repeat

set randomImages to shuffle(theImages)

set filePaths to {}
repeat with thisFile in randomImages
    copy (thisFile as POSIX file as alias) to the end of filePaths
end repeat

tell application "Finder" to ¬
    open filePaths using application file id "com.apple.Preview"

### Handlers ###

on shuffle(input)
    script s
        property L : input
    end script
    set i to count of L of s
    repeat while i ≥ 2
        set j to random number from 1 to i
        set {item i of L of s, item j of L of s} to {item j of L of s, item i of L of s}
        set i to i - 1
    end repeat
    L of s
end shuffle


DIY repaired iPhone won't boot fully - flashes Apple logo when powered via USB

Get into DFU mode and do a restore in iTunes.

For DFU mode:

Turn the iPhone off (not needed in this case :)
Push the sleep button for 3 seconds (Apple logo should appear)
Push both buttons for 10 seconds (Apple logo should disappear)
Release the sleep/wake button and hold the home button for at least 15 seconds.

Nothing will show up on the screen, but if you connect it to iTunes it should recognise it. Then do a full restore.

If that doesn't work, you screwed something up inside, you might want to open it up again and re-check all connections.


Recording with Audacity using Soundflower causes echo/reverb

I had same problem just fixed it, so assuming you are trying to record audio from Sound Card. The echo reverb is cause by the microphone in your comp, go SoundFlowerBed-->Audio Setup--> Then right click SoundflowerChannel(The one you've setup)---> Set as "Use device for sound input". And that way the microphone its trying to listen to doesnt exist in that channel.


The first thing to try is to test the problem in a new user account. If the DVDs show up in the Finder in a new user account, then you know the problem is somewhere in the original user account's Library: a corrupt or misconfigured preference, most likely.
If the problem still persists in a new user account, then you know it is at a System level: so either a bug in the OS itself, or some weird interaction with third-party software installed in /Library, or possibly a global preference that is similarly corrupt or misconfigured.
Going back to the user-level problem: if that is the case, then you need to 'hunt the thimble': find the file that's causing the problem. You can remove large swathes of files and folder from the User Library, test, and then restore them if nothing changes, or restore half of them if it does, and so on.
Likely candidates are user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist, and com.apple.sidebarlists.plist in the same folder. You may need to look for other potentially relevant filenames.


Finder Cover Flow Icon Preview not working

hm. Removing my answer, because not helped.

So - you got a message into Console.log. So, come step-by-step. :)

What return this command?

lipo -detailed_info /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd

Should this:

Fat header in: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd
fat_magic 0xcafebabe
nfat_arch 2
architecture x86_64
    cputype CPU_TYPE_X86_64
    cpusubtype CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_64_ALL
    offset 4096
    size 504912
    align 2^12 (4096)
architecture i386
    cputype CPU_TYPE_I386
    cpusubtype CPU_SUBTYPE_I386_ALL
    offset 512000
    size 399280
    align 2^12 (4096)


There is no terminal application for System 6, at least not out of the box.  There is Macintosh Programmers Workshop and a couple of other oddities around, as well as things like telnet clients for connecting to other computers.

While I don't know all possible programming languages, MPW will give you a command line, C, C++, and Pascal.  Other languages I've seen were Chipmunk BASIC, Perl, and other development environments that were common were Think C and Metrowerks CodeWarrior.  Here is a random webpage about it.


How to transfer iMessage texts from Mac to iPhone?

Yes, you can still sync them through iCloud. Try the following:

If possible, make a Time Machine backup (no troubles expected, it's just good idea to make a backup of important info that you have only in one place);
Enable iCloud sync for messages on Mac;
Leave it charging and on Wi-Fi for several hours so messages could sync.
Enable iCloud sync for messages on the phone;
Tap "Merge" when prompted;
Leave the phone on Wi-Fi and charging so messages could sync.


How can I force Apple Mail to COMPLETELY refresh an IMAP account?

I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but I was able to resolve the issue in two parts. To get messages to display properly for all folders on the account, I needed disable/remove the account from iCloud so that it was no longer being synced. Then I removed the mailbox folder described in the question, and added it locally to the MacBook.

After the folders were displaying properly, the index was still a little messed up in that the inbox was displaying an unread count that didn't exist.

To get rid of this, I had to rebuild the full index -- this appears to be different from the Rebuild function that exists in the Mailbox menu, and is more similar to what happens when you open an upgraded version of mail for the first time.

Quit Mail
Navigate to ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData
Delete any file that starts with "Envelope Index"
Start Mail
Follow prompts to allow Mail to rebuild the index -- this may take a few restarts of the app.


2009 4,1–5,1 Mac Pro Upgrade Only Shows 1066 on RAM. NVRAM Reset Didn't Work

I can't find out what actually decides it, however I just noticed this note on the Apple KB - Mac Pro (Mid 2012 and earlier): How to remove or install memory

  Note:   Although the memory speed of the UDIMMS is 1333 MHz, they will
  operate at 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz depending on the processor in the
  computer.

Typically, MacPro5,1 models with one of the Nehalem processors only support a memory speed of 1066 MHz, while those with one of the Westmere processors support a memory speed of 1333 MHz. In your case, the X5675 processors are one of the Westmere variety, so I can't explain the discrepancy in speed.

I have a pair of X5690 in mine & RAM runs at 1333MHz.

It's probably worth making sure you have the pair in the correct places, just in case...

BTW, the Pros run fastest in triple channel - so if you can afford one more RAM stick...


How can I display the date on actual photos taken with iPhone?

DateCam S is a free app that will add the date to photos that you take automatically.

  This app simply adds date on your photos.

  So now, you can see when the photos were taken!

There are also apps that let you manually add any text (e.g. a date) to your photos. I have used and recommend Camera+ due to its stylistic formatting of the text.


Sparrow mail app seems to make my imac act funny

When first launched, Sparrow can be pretty intense on your harddrive and internet connection, since it's downloading every email.

About the column thing, it was probably still syncing your labels and everything, and that's probably why it was misbehaving.

About your WiFi issue, it could be the same thing, since Sparrow is downloading every email, you WiFi router or connection is probably too weak to handle the load and crash.

My advice would be to delete your account from the app, connect to a wired connection, re-add your account and wait 20-30 minutes (depending on the number of email you have and the size of your inbox).


When preferences are set in iOS through Settings.app, they apply to the current user, which is mobile. These preferences are written to ~/Library/Preferences.

Apps such as iFile which run as root obtain their preferences from the root user, which by factory is set the same on all devices. Changing settings in mobile doesn't affect root, as it should. This is useful in case you make a change that means the mobile user cannot log in.

This is also reflected in that Cydia Substrate which runs as mobile is not in effect in root apps such as iFile. That Cydia runs as mobile now has lead to a number of Substrate tweaks which were not possible before.

I'm not certain how to change root preferences, but I wouldn't want to either as changes to root could break its ability to log in which may cause iOS to not be able to log in. I recommend you copy text from another app which runs as mobile and allows you to use your preferences in keyboard.


Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?)

No. Logging out dismounts the drives.

USB changes will wake most macs from sleep assuring an uncontrolled unmount should users be logged in. The file systems should be clean and synced when entering sleep, but there is no guarantee of it.

Firewire drives also could be corrupted in a similar fashion.

With journaled filesystems you'll likely only lose a few files, but it's not the best practice. Plugging things in as fast as possible is the best option in case you can get things back before the system wakes.


Wifi network selection window won't close

You can use UIElementInspector (more info here) to find out a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff for individual windows or other elements of the macOS user interface.

This shows that the dialog you are referring to is part of SystemUIServer. You can simply Quit (no need to Force Quit) the SystemUIServer process using Activity Monitor.app and it will automatically restart thanks to launchd.

SystemUIServer is responsible for the right side of the menu bar (menu extras/menulings) and a few other things. See this archived page for more info.


Remove last login message but keep motd in terminal?

You are halfway there. Use .hushlogin and add cat /private/etc/motd to the first line of your shell's login rc file.


Is there any way to lock the Lock/Unlock settings?

No, unfortunately there is no way to lock this particular setting.

This is similar to how it isn't possible to lock the auto lock setting on iPhones – if someone has access to the device in an unlocked state, that person can change the auto lock duration freely from the settings app.

However, you can use a device management profile from something like SimpleMDM. There are many other apps which allow you to hide or restrict system apps, like the settings app. In order to access the settings app, you will need to disable this profile which will require your passcode or your fingerprint. In this way, someone will be unable to modify this setting without your passcode or Touch ID authentication.


Under Lion, unable to log in with DisplayLink drivers installed

I have this problem as well.  However, I discovered that I WAS able to log in - the issue is the login prompt (and later some window content) was not displaying.

Once I plugged in the displayLink display, I was able to uninstall the driver.  However, the displayLink forum says this is due to a Lion issue with video drivers covered in this thread:  http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1059

So this needs to be address; I am out a display until this is fixed.


Change iTunes/iCloud Apple ID Primary email address

You can go to http://appleid.apple.com and click "Manage Your Apple ID" and after you login you can edit your primary email address. No need to create a new account. :)


Change Click Firmness of Apple Magic Trackpad 2

Not an answer yet, but I came across the same issue earlier this week. I tested it on a variety of Macs (two MBPs and one iMac Pro) running El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra respectively.

In all cases the Trackpad settings provided no click pressure options, or Force Click/haptic feedback option.

I've got a case open with Apple Engineering and will update this answer when I hear back.

Update

I've spent the last week troubleshooting this with Apple and we've confirmed this is an issue with how macOS High Sierra interacts with the Magic Trackpad 2.

In our testing we found the following:

A Magic Trackpad 2 connected to any model MacBook running El Capitan or Sierra will display the Click pressure slider and the two checkboxes relating to Force Click/haptic feedback and Silent clicking
A Magic Trackpad 2 connected to any desktop Mac running El Capitan or Sierra will display the Click pressure slider and the two checkboxes relating to Force Click/haptic feedback and Silent clicking
Any model MacBook running on El Capitan, Sierra or High Sierra will display the Click pressure slider and the two checkboxes relating to Force Click/haptic feedback and Silent clicking when there is no external Magic Trackpad 2 connected
Any model Mac running on High Sierra will not display the Click pressure slider and the two checkboxes relating to Force Click/haptic feedback and Silent clicking when there is an external Magic Trackpad 2 connected

The above results are repeatable regardless of the connection type (i.e. the results are the same via Bluetooth or USB).

Below is a screenshot showing how the preference pane looks with a Magic Trackpad 2 connected to a Mac running El Capitan or Sierra:

END RESULT

This has been marked as a known issue with macOS High Sierra and is unlikely to get resolved in High Sierra's software cycle. Look for a fix during macOS Mojave's lifespan.

In the meantime, I would go to the How to use the Force Touch trackpad page, scroll to the bottom and select the No box so you can provide feedback about how the content doesn't apply to macOS High Sierra when using a Magic Trackpad 2.

UPDATE - December 2018

I've just tested the same Mac with the same Magic Trackpad 2 connected. First booted from macOS High Sierra, and then within minutes booted from macOS Mojave.

Below is a side-by-side comparison:

As you can see, the Trackpad System Preferences in macOS Mojave show the Click pressure slider and the two checkboxes relating to Force Click/haptic feedback and Silent clicking. Same computer, same trackpad, different OS.

This confirms that Apple has fixed the bug that was present in macOS High Sierra so that the Trackpad preferences work properly in macOS Mojave, but that no fix is likely to ever come to High Sierra itself.

Interestingly, for some reason macOS Mojave reads the trackpad as having 74% battery level remaining, while macOS High Sierra displays this as 72%.


By default, you should put custom colorschemes/themes into: ~/.vim/colors

Note that you may need to create the .vim directory in your home directory if it does not already exist.

After doing so, your :colorscheme command should automatically pick up the theme.


Thunderbolt-ethernet cable heats up MacBook Air

The USB-C gigabit adapters and thunderbolt adapters do run hot. I haven’t found any that do not. Older USB A ones run slower and cooler. Best is to use WiFi as that is the most power efficient adapter for the Air and MacBook line.


Perform two keystrokes successively in AppleScript

Try using a script like this:

activate application "Google Chrome"
tell application "System Events"

    keystroke "j" using {shift down, command down}
    delay 1
    keystroke "w" using command down
    delay 1

end tell


What are the major differences between Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6)?

I remember watching the keynote when Snow Leopard was introduced: Steve Jobs pointed out how fast Mac OS X was being improved and new features were added. Several major upgrades have been shipped, while Microsoft took years to ship Vista.
From the beginning, Snow Leopard had the focus on improving the overall system performance and optimizing already implemented features. Also, cleanup was required as PowerPC support was dropped.
Because no major end user related features have been added, it's been widely assumed that this is why the price dropped from $129 to $29.
Changes:

support for 64-bit applications (you can also boot the kernel in 64-bit mode if supported)
Grand Central Dispatch helps to get more out of your multi core processor.
OpenCL offers GPU hardware acceleration for any application.
PowerPC support was dropped.
Microsoft Exchange Support for Mail, iCal, Address Book.
QuickTime X (full screen view, http live streaming...)
Safari introduced Top Sites, Cover Flow and sandboxing for plug-ins.
Anti-malware alerts.
Finder rewritten in Cocoa.


You could set a new apple ID just for the game center for him (or you) and keep other apple-id logins the same for everything else.  It seems there are some games where the gamecenter only manages leaderboard stats, etc, and others where your actual game progress seems to be tied to the id.

But on the other hand, problems will likely occur when using some games where your progress is going to sync to his device and vice-versa.  This seems like a worse option to me -- imagine this for a words with friends type of game.  And not sure what happens if you try to play each other.

Sort of an opinion-based question, but I guess what I would do is look into it on a game-by-game basis and find out what exactly sync through the gamecenter account for the important ones, and if there's any way to simply temporarily move off gamecenter on one device for those apps (and then eventually tie it to another account?

Or if it turns out there's only one or two apps that would be affected, one of you just bites the bullet.


How can I update MacBook Air Lion when I can't review Apple ID with El Capitan?

You cannot 'inherit' anything on a new [used] Mac you bought.

You must 'nuke & pave' - wipe it & start over.
The seller ought to have done this before parting with it - because everything on there belongs to the seller, including the OS itself.

Full instructions at Apple KB - What to do before you sell or give away your Mac
If you have no contact with the original owner, you have to start from Step 6 [& hope they had the sense to do the first 5].


What applications should I avoid charging my iPhone with?

You can charge an iPhone with any reputable USB charger, but unless it is designed for Apple will charge very slowly (~100mA the USB default).

In some cases (this is based on earlier iPod dock) the device will refuse to charge if it incapable of negotiating a charge rate.

You would have more luck plugging into a computer. This will still be slow, but should be capable of negotiating a 500mA rate).


How to have different colors in each Terminal window

I may not be understanding the question fully, since you change the color settings per-tab/window contrary to your question, but here is how to do what I think you want.

Go to Terminal menu > Preferences.
Click on the Settings tab.
Click on the gear icon at the bottom left and choose Duplicate Settings.
Enter a name for your settings.

Make any changes you want to font colors.
Repeat steps 3 through 6 until you have as many sets of colors as you want.
Close the Preferences window.
Open as many tabs as you want (3, it sounds like).
Right-click on the first and choose Inspect Tab.

Select your desired Settings pre-set from the list. (The ones you created will be down towards the bottom.)
Close the Inspector window.
Repeat steps 9 through 11 until you have customized each tab.

That should be it. If you want Terminal to always open like this, with these three tabs and their associated color settings:

Go to Window menu > Save Windows as Group.
Enter a name.
Click Save.
Go to Terminal menu > Preferences.
Click on the Startup tab.
Next to "On startup, open:" choose the radio button for "Window group:" and select the name of the group you created in step 2.


free way to stream to ipod touch without jailbreaking

There are a lot of options for this. The easiest ones use a native iPhone application that will cost you a small amount (usually around $2.99 on the app store). But you asked for a free solution so I'll start with that:
Free Option
Jackson Chung over at Makeuseof.com has written a detailed explanation of how to stream your iTunes music library to your iPhone/iPod/iPad for free. It wont be the greatest experience so I'm going to include a couple of the paid options below as well.
Paid Options
These two options use a iOS application to enable the streaming:
StreamToMe — $2.99 on the App Store

Use StreamToMe on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to play video,
music and photo files streamed over WiFi or 3G from your Mac or
Windows PC. No prior conversion or syncing required (huge number of
formats supported without conversion) just tap the file and it plays.

AirPhones — $2.99 on the App Store

AirPhones sends the audio from your computer to your iPhone or iPad
with virtually No Latency. Perfect for wireless, synched audio.

Finally, this option does not require an application installed on your machine as it runs a small server that is accessible via an iOS-friendly web interface on your device.
Remote Buddy — €19.99 on their website

The most powerful remote control solution for the Mac®. Control more
than 100 applications, virtual keyboard and mouse, presentations,
media center software and important system settings right from your
iPhone™, iPod® Touch, your Apple® Remote or one of the many other
remote controls supported by Remote Buddy!


Change the behaviour of Enter key in iMessage

I think its not possible to change behavior of Cmd-Enter Key you can use ALT + Enter/Return keys to create a New Line/paragraph in a text chat.


Use a backup

If you have a Time Machine backup (or other backup of the system), you can restore the file from there. Browse to the folder in Finder and enter Time Machine, go back in time until the file is found then restore it.

Copy the file from another system or a trusted person's machine

If you have a second machine with a comparable build of OS X installed on it, you can copy the file from it. Feel free to ask for the checksum of a file in chat to compare it to if you wish to make sure that the file is correct (not modified accidentally/purposefully).

Pacifist with OS X install media

If you've got an OS X install media and Pacifist, you can browse the install media and grab the file.

If you have Pacifist but no install media, it will prompt you to download the installer.

Reinstall OS X

If you've got the ability to reinstall OS X through the Recovery HD, Internet Recovery or an OS X install media then reinstalling OS X will 'repair' your install and copy any missing/broken system files back to your system.


If you use Yamamoto Mitsuharu's emacs-mac-port then true full-screen "Just Works" (and much else too).  No need for any patches or workarounds.  At least, this is true for me on Mountain Lion.  YMMV on earlier OS versions.


Advice on “leanest” package manager for OS X?

The size of your package manager will be trivial (20 MB) compared to the data it needs for your packages (golang clocks in at 250 MB, node at 37 MB). I'd say stick with Homebrew and work with it if you find some libraries are causing large space usages.

My thoughts are what specifically are your HDD space concerns? You could install brew and the files it needs on an external volume, but my guess is you have other files that could be co-located elsewhere - even on an SD card if you can't accommodate these files on the boot volume.

Here are some target numbers for a clean install of OS X 10.11 with the store Xcode and homebrew installed.

5.4 GB for /System
5.1 GB for /private _( most of that is the RAM sleep image on a 16 GB Mac)
2.4 GB for /Library
1.1 GB for /Applications (and you could need an additional 5 GB for the full Xcode if you wish to carry that around - most of it isn't needed for command line and open source compilation)
0.3 GB for /Users

So between 14.5 GB of minimal filesystem usage to 20 GB if you carry all of Xcode simulators and SDK for iOS, tvOS, Mac OS that are easily thinned if you only want command line tools.

Basically, even if you have a high cost/low storage capacity 64 GB SSD drive to boot your Mac, it's likely not full of system or tools, but what you've brought to run.


To set up iCal calendars, open iCal > select iCal menu > Preferences > Accounts > "+" below account list, then add your email account used in MS Outlook. As long as it is a IMAP email account, this should enable the calendar in iCal. It also should sync automatically.


How to quit "Force Quit Applications" using AppleScript?

You can use this Apple Script to close this window:

tell application "System Events"
    key code 53 using {command down, option down} -- ESC + ALT + CMD
    keystroke "w" using command down
end tell

This window is owned by loginwindow process and it's not that easy to interact with it. Here's the code to press Force Quit button on this window:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "loginwindow"
    click button 1 of window 1
end tell

However this does not work:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "loginwindow"
    close window 1
end tell


Bash Return 'Command not found' for all command

The problem you are having is caused by a bad setting in your .bash_profile file.

One of the shell variables PS1 or PROMPT_COMMAND contains a call to prompt_git which is not (at that point) in your PATH. PS1 defines the prompt you see in the terminal and PROMPT_COMMAND is run every time the prompt is displayed.

Edit the file and remove the command and it will resolve your problem.

If you wish further help then please post the definitions of PS1 and PROMPT_COMMAND from your .bash_profile file.


Do terminal TTYs for iOS and macOS exist?

TTYs exist and operate in Mac OS X and macOS just as they do in any other UNIX or UNIX-like operating system. When macOS boots, the TTY that inits to subsequently load the GUI is always console. Subsequent TTYs opened from Terminal.app or other emulators are listed from ttys000 and the digits increment one at a time.

You can open Terminal and check your TTY as in the examples below:

$ tty
/dev/ttys000

Or

$ who
trane    console  Sep  1 05:18
trane    ttys000  Sep  1 05:19
trane    ttys001  Sep  1 05:19

Or

$ w
13:04  up 1 day,  7:46, 3 users, load averages: 1.85 2.02 3.87
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
trane    console  -                Sun05   31:45 -
trane    s000     -                Sun05       - w
trane    s001     -                Sun05       9 -bash

For more information on those commands, see the relevant man pages. For e.g., type man who and quit using q.

It's worth noting that macOS only runs one instance of the Aqua GUI for a particular display device.


iTunes: How to transfer a music purchase between two Apple IDs?

Short answer

No, purchases can not be transferred between Apple IDs.

Alternative 1: Return/buy again

If you intended to use your mother's account to buy the album you may try to return the item using iTunes on your computer (Store > My Account...).

In case that you get a refund you can buy the album using the other Apple ID.

Alternative 2: iCloud Family Sharing

If you set up Family Sharing you are able to download purchases made by other members of your family that are a part of Family Sharing.


How to get file path of user selected .icns file in applescript?

Use {"com.apple.icns"} as the file type.

set Icon to (POSIX path of (choose file of type {"com.apple.icns"} with prompt "Select a .icns file."))

(Found by running "mdls myiconfile.icns")

kMDItemContentType             = "com.apple.icns"


How to merge multiple image files into one pdf file with page and its original size for every image?

Solution:

I found a tool that will do exactly what you want (one PDF, pages the size of images). You can find it at https://smallpdf.com/jpg-to-pdf. Upload your files, choose 'auto' as the size, choose 'no margin' as the margin and you're good to go.


How do you turn on a send verification prompt for text messages on iPhone?

Unfortunately, there is no such feature as of now. I think one possible solution can be changing the keyboard layout i.e. using one-handed keyboard placed on the left side [Settings > General > Keyboards]. This would shift the keyboard away from the send button and thereby prevent accidentally hitting send.


Yes, that looks like a bug. Just use the menu (Message > Signal As... > Unread), the keyboard (⇧⌘U) or add the read/unread buttons to the toolbar


Deleted all certificates by mistake. How to recreate?

Restore the contents of these three directories from a recent backup:

~/Library/Keychains
/Library/Keychains
/System/Library/Keychains

On my system this comprises 18 files and a subdirectory in the user folder ~/Library/Keychains


Add music files from my computer to an iPhone

You can only sync media from one iTunes library with the iPhone at the same time.
This applies even if you have activated "Manually manage music and videos".

If you see a message that the device is synced with another library, iTunes can't sync the music without first erasing and replacing all iTunes content on the device.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201593


Copy Date Modified from Finder into Google Docs Spreadsheet

This will require (to the best of my knowledge) a trip to the Terminal.

Open Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities and CD to the directory you want to list. Once there type in

ls -al

And you will get a listing similar to this:

MAC:~ steve$ ls -al
total 56
drwxr-xr-x+ 23 steve  staff    782 Apr 27 18:20 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 root   admin    204 Nov  2  2014 ..
-r--------   1 steve  staff      7 Nov  2  2014 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 steve  staff  14340 May  6 17:51 .DS_Store
drwxrwxrwt@  3 steve  staff    102 Sep 12  2013 .TemporaryItems
drwx------   2 steve  staff     68 Jun  1 18:56 .Trash
-rw-r--r--@  1 steve  staff    291 Sep 12  2013 .apdisk
-rw-------   1 steve  staff   1858 May  4 11:14 .bash_history
drwx------  11 steve  staff    374 May 16 18:12 .dropbox
drwxr-xr-x   3 steve  staff    102 Aug 10  2013 .plex
drwxr-xr-x   3 steve  staff    102 Dec 29  2013 .plexht
drwxr-xr-x   3 steve  staff    102 Jun 26  2014 .python-eggs
drwxr-xr-x   3 steve  staff    102 Aug  9  2013 .xbmc
drwxr-xr-x   4 steve  staff    136 Mar 26 13:34 BitTorrent Sync
drwx------+ 10 steve  staff    340 May 26 10:55 Desktop
drwx------+  6 steve  staff    204 Dec 14  2013 Documents
drwx------+  5 steve  staff    170 Apr 30 12:44 Downloads
drwx------@ 20 steve  staff    680 May 28 08:29 Dropbox
drwx------@ 52 steve  staff   1768 Nov  8  2014 Library
drwx---r-x+  9 steve  staff    306 Jun  4 18:30 Movies
drwx------+  5 steve  staff    170 May  5 11:57 Music
drwx------+  3 steve  staff    102 May  5 19:00 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+  4 steve  staff    136 Aug  8  2013 Public
iMini2:~ steve$

(I've customized my shell a bit so your prompt will look a bit different)

And in there you will have file dates you need.

If you spend a little time with google and the man pages built into the O/S you will find ways to alter the output to suit your particular needs.


How can I disable overscrolling in OSX Lion?

This setting perhaps :

Found in System Preferences => Genral


Change the info iTunes displays for a song

I can't answer your question fully or strictly within the bounds of you asking it, but I have a workaround that can at least give you what you want in some fashion: smart playlists.

Create a smart playlist (File -> New -> Smart Playlist…) with these settings:

Tweak the time period and number of items to taste.

A smart playlist defaults to Playlist view…

Switch to Songs view: highlight the new playlist, View -> View As… -> Songs.

(note: I took this screenshot with 25 items, not 9999)

…and finally tweak your columns to your liking by right-clicking and choosing your info:

You'll need to sort by Date Added (click the Date Added column to toggle sorting by ascending and descending) after all this to ensure you mimic the Recently Added feature in Library.

It's close, but not an exact match for what you want. The View -> View As… approach is not currently available for the Recently Added option in Library.


I was using those commands for VirtualBox in rc.local, and I ran into the same problem.  I don't if this is the right way to do this, but it works for me.

I created /Library/LaunchDaemons/local.localhost.startup.plist containing the code below.  It runs the rc.local script once at start up.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>             <string>local.localhost.startup</string>
    <key>Disabled</key>          <false/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>         <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>         <false/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/etc/rc.local</string>
        </array>
</dict>
</plist>


Stop Calendar from alerting me of reoccurring task?

Deleting the task doesn't prompt you to delete all the other events?

Can't you just remove the mail reminder? Set it from Email to None.

iCal should then just prompt you if you want to update all the recurring tasks.


Moving off iCloud Music - How do I download all my music?

Open iTunes. Create a smart group that includes music that is not on your computer (location = iCloud). Make sure the group has live updating. Create a second group that includes music where iCloud status is "matched", file location is on your computer, and quality is under 256 Kbps. Again, ensure live updating.

In the second group, select all and delete the tracks - but do NOT delete from iCloud, only locally (you'll get a pop-up - it will ask if you also want to delete from iCloud - DO NOT choose yes!!). This should clear all low-quality local files for anything in Apple Music.

Go back to the first list. Select all and click the cloud icon to download the files locally. Keep doing this until this list is empty (that is, there are no tracks left that are only saved in iCloud).

Go to your Music folder. Everything you have in your iTunes library will be here (~/Music/iTunes, probably in a subdirectory such as "iTunes Media"). Copy everything here to an external drive. That should do it.

Note that you can ignore any files in the iTunes Media folder that are not music, such as iOS apps. Also note that some media will not transfer to another platform (iTunes album extras, some video content). You may also want to check for DRM on any older tracks - you can remove DRM by selecting the file and choosing "Create AAC Version" to make a copy with no rights management, or (for matched files) deleting the local copy and re-downloading it from iCloud.


Is there a plugin to block ads in Mobile Safari?

Currently there is no way to block ads in mobile safari without a jailbreak or the use of an alternative browser from the app store.


How do I completely uninstall Setapp and it's helpers manually?

The correct way to uninstall it is :

If you did not undo it in this way, you must use the "Remove Setapp" tool that is delivered to you in the support.


How to set the screen brighness keys to affect the external monitor?

Unless it's an external Apple monitor or built-in screen (i.e. on MacBook or iMac), the brightness of the monitor itself cannot be controlled from the keyboard. There is software available to control what the computer is outputting, therefore adjusting the brightness before it ever reaches the monitor, but there is no way to adjust settings on the monitor itself.


How will the OSX Lion upgrade affect my Win 7 bootcamp setup?

No, the Lion upgrade will only affect the partitioned part of your hard drive housing Mac OS.

Edit:

It will also install a small partition housing, basically, the installer of Mac OS. This is so that if your installation ever fails or something like that you can always reinstall.