USB-C dock with HDMI graphics on Late 2013 MacBook Pro

USB-C is a connector, not an interface.  So, on your 2017 MBP, the "USB-C" ports are actually Thunderbolt 3, which includes displayport over USB-C.  It is this video signal which is able to drive the monitor connected directly to the dock.

One option would be to get a TB2 dock (e.g. https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Laptop-docking-stations/thunderbolt-2-laptop-dock~TB2DOCK4K2DP).  They are pretty rare now that TB3 has taken over, and hence expensive.  You could potentially connect that dock either directly to the 2013 MBP, or to the 2017 MBP via a TB3->TB2 adaptor (I've not tested this, and I know the Apple adaptor is pretty fussy about what it will connect to, but it should be fine as the dock is true TB2 and not mini-DP).  The dock has two display outputs - these are DP, but can be converted to HDMI with further adaptors.  It's gonna be pricey, but would allow you to swap the setup between laptops pretty easily.

If it were me though, I would just keep the dock for the 2017.  Your 2013 has an HDMI port built in, and you can readily convert one of the TB2 ports to HDMI with an adaptor.  Your monitors can each handle 2 HDMI cables.  So you could connect both laptops at the same time, and just switch between them using the monitor input settings.  It's not as elegant, but it will be a lot cheaper.


Can you suggest a good way to slim ~/Library down?

This is tough to answer because it's a very simple answer, but a very complex and/or tedious process to achieve what you want to do.
Simple Answer
Just delete the files you're not using.  If you don't need it, get rid of it.
More Complex

After years of moving the same home directory from one version of macOS to the next...

This where the problem stems from - simply copying the home folder from one Mac to the next or even between upgrades means that all of the support files, including from programs you no longer use or even have, are taking up space.
This is why I don't suggest copying over the entire home folder, but rather only the user data like your documents, pictures, etc. from the home folder when migrating to a new computer (or even when upgrading).  I personally always like to start with a clean slate so-to-speak and I spend some time migrating only what is necessary.
Some Tips...
Technically speaking, you could delete all of it and most will get recreated with only the latest data as you use the Apps.  That, however, will cause you to lose preferences.   This is why I like to backup all of my preference files before embarking on an upgrade or migration.

Backup Your Preferences for Your Important Apps. Using Firefox as an example, find out where the preference files are located and back those up individually.  Then, when you move to your new system, simply copy them back to the default location.

Selectively Migrate. Also, don't migrate everything all at once.  Instead, keep your original Time Machine backup for about 1 month or so after you've created your new account on you new machine and as you install or use programs for the first time, copy the settings from the Time Machine backup as you need them.  This way, you're only migrating what you actually use, not migrating files from the App you stopped using years ago.

Make use of the cloud for data.  I prefer OneDrive over iCloud for syncing my data (mostly because it's cross platform compatibility), but more importantly, it has it's own folder within my $HOME directory, not a folder buried deep within $HOME/Library/Application Support.  I symlink Documents, Pictures, etc. to the OneDrive directory so from a Finder perspective everything looks standard, but everything I have is actually synced to the cloud.  If I move to a new machine, once I sync OneDrive, everything (current) is pulled down from the cloud; no migration necessary.

Keep separate copies of shell customization, scripts, ssh keys, etc. on a different volume.  Over the years, I'm sure you have made a number of tweaks to your shell profile including environment variables, your prompt or even custom functions. Keep these seperate so that when you migrate/move you can easily copy them over.   You can use a (removable) flash disk or a network share, or even a folder in the cloud.  (backed up, of course).  Doing it this way also makes it very easy to share with others or use it on another platform (I do this a lot with my FreeBSD boxes).

Pictures, Music, etc. These files will take up tons of space.  What I do here is get a USB disk (I'm using flash now because it's so inexpensive) to individually back up those files.  Instead of including it on my regular Time Machine backup, I have a separate job for backing up Pictures and Music onto physical media.  Technically, I personally backup to a NAS that backs up to the flash disks, but a NAS isn't required.  A simple USB hub (USB3 and powered is ideal) with some flash sticks that you don't remove makes an excellent backup location.

These strategies have worked well for me over the years.  However, in your pradicament, I would suggest to just "bite the bullet" and start with a clean user profile and manually migrate as you need it. It will take some time, but you don't need to do it all at once - do it as needed.  Then. when you get ready for your next upgrade/migration, it will be much easier and much faster.


You can't set file because it's reserved by AppleScript.

Rename file to something else, such as myfile.


It is against the terms of the EULA:

  2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
  A. Single Use License . Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license
  for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive
  license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on
  a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install,
  use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to
  enable others to do so.

However, Apple has historically not prosecuted individuals who violate this for hobby purposes, and have only gone after people who sell preinstalled systems (such as Psystar) or published how-to guides that involve downloading pirated/pre-modified versions.  And, of course you get absolutely no customer support or guarantee that it will continue to work.


I’m guessing your MacBook isn’t on High Sierra and you’re viewing the new photo formats.

Have you looked at the settings app, camera, formats and checked JPEG instead of high efficiency? If you want to maintain high efficiency formats, upgrading now or eventually would be the plan.


Why would adding a USB extension cord to my keyboard affect my Bluetooth connection to my magic mouse?

Are you plugging the keyboard into the USB 3.0 port? The signaling rate of USB 3.0 can cause RF emissions that can interfere with Bluetooth, WiFi, and other devices. Intel has a detailed paper on USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices

My suspicion is that the extension cable has better shielding than the keyboard's cable and moving the keyboard's cable just a little further from the chassis drops the RF interference enough for the pairing to work.

Try switching it to the USB 2.0 port. Does the problem go away?

Update: I struck out parts that don't apply to that model. I have the mid-2012 15" Retina which still had the USB 3 on the left and USB 2 on the right.


Reinstalling OS X Lion vs restoring from Time Machine backup

A Time Machine restore will restore to the last point in time in the backup. A fresh install of Lion will bring your machine to new status.

However, if you do a fresh install and tell it to use the Time Machine backup to restore your data, it will also bring it back to the same point in time.

Some people [citation needed] prefer to use this opportunity to do a fresh install and then selectively drag the data they want from Time Machine back again.

However, keep in mind that if you set up a new backup, it could overwrite the old one.


How to hibernate MacBook Pro without a battery

It turns out that my sleep image was somehow corrupted and system couldn’t boot from it correctly. After I’ve deleted it, all started working fine again: closing the lid and waiting for the light indicator to start pulsing, disconnected charger, connected it again and system restored from disk just fine.

Previously, I was been able to work around this issue by using DeepSleep utility, that was recommended as alternative approach on How to Hibernate a Mac.

When I want to unplug my MacBook from power I use DeepSleep to hibernate to disk. The resume then works the same like I remember it from when I had a battery in my machine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Do Ubuntu VMs run smoothly on the MacBook Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015?

VirtualBox works very well with OS X as a host.

Performance will depend on the specs of your specific MacBook, but if you are responsible with your resources (don't have every one of your apps open at the same time), you probably won't have a problem.

Certainly won't hurt to try.


Updated at May 2015, with current solutions.

Free solutions

FUSE for OS X - Successor to MacFUSE

NTFS-3G
Requires a build from source for anything newer than 2010. Last "pre built" version linked from http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-2010102.html You can build it from source using homebrew in the other answers.

Paid solutions

Paragon NTFS

Tuxera NTFS

MacFuse is abandonware, and hasn't been updated since 2009.


I have an encrypted disk. How do I customize the Guest shell that is offered when I boot?

You can't in a reasonable way. The OS X native guest account is wiped after each use. You may be better off using a separate user account and limiting that using parental-controls.
Keep in mind that this will require that user to be able to decrypt the hard drive with their password. So this can only be of benefit if your laptop is stolen while in sleep mode (where the decryption password is already in RAM).

Your best bet is enabling “Find my Mac” which will activate if the guest connects to the Internet (source).


Why are my sounds lagging on my 13" Macbook Pro?

I would RESET the Notification app:

Open the Library folder in your Home folder. Hold the "alt"key and use GO in Finder that will show you the Library folder

In the Library folder, open the Application Support folder.

Locate the folder named NotificationCenter. Drag this folder to the desktop.

Next, open the Terminal application.
Copy and paste each line of these commands into the Terminal window, in order. Press return after each line:
cd getconf DARWIN_USER_DIR
rm -rf com.apple.notificationcenter
killall usernoted; killall NotificationCenter

Close the Terminal app.

Restart your computer.

WARING: be very careful with the rm-rf part and make 101% sure you copied the correct text.


In an AppleScript, how do I call/reuse a subroutine from another AppleScript?

Save this as text.scpt in Script Libraries folder

on removeText(searchText, sourceText)
    set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, searchText}
    set sourceText to text items of sourceText
    set text item delimiters of AppleScript to ""
    set sourceText to sourceText as text
    set text item delimiters to TID
    return sourceText
end removeText

Call it like this in another script:

set theSentence to "I love Windows and I will always love Windows."
tell script "text" to set theSentence to removeText("Windows", theSentence)


How do I change the name of the hard drive

You can rename a file or a drive by selecting it by clicking on it, pressing "return", typing the new name, and pressing "return" again to set it. There are a few restricted characters, like :, but for the most part you can name it anything you want.


How do I find all files of a specific type that are outside of a folder?

Basically you take the list of applications found and filter out those who are in /Applications:

find / -type d -iname *.app | grep -v '^/Applications' > ~/applications.txt

The more elaborated way skips /Applications from the start and just lists .apps found in other directories:

find / -type d \( \( -depth 1 -name Applications -prune \) -o -name '*.app' -print \)

In both cases you might get warning messages if find tries to descend into a directory not accessible to the current user. You can prevent this by running the command with sudo.


There is an option to disable these notifications both on iOS and Android.

What we don't have now is an option to disable new chat creation for every new contact joined Telegram :(

iOS:

Android:


Does Find My iPhone send a notification when being reset?

When you send a remote erase, it's as if the device is new out of the box. The welcome screen is presented to the user.

If the device is activation locked, it will still be locked. If it's not locked, the person in possession of the device can set it up as they choose.

No record of the event is stored - so they may be able to assume you wiped it. If there was a passcode lock and they were guessing, it's not possible for them to know if they caused the erase or you did in all likelihood. If they didn't touch it, they could conclude it was buggy (unlikely) or wiped (likely).


Can I restore only selected files from Time Machine Backup after a fresh OS X re-install?

You can do a fresh OSX re-install.

After that go into Time Machine and restore what you need.


The default views (Moments, Collections, Years), as well as all automatic albums (All Photos, Selfies, Videos…) are always sorted with the most recent at the bottom. This ordering cannot be changed.

However you can create Albums, throw your pictures in there, then rearrange them to your heart’s content.

To view your albums, press ⌘ cmd 4. You can also show the sidebar by pressing ⌘ cmd ⌥ opt s (it will be shown by default in macOS 10.13 High Sierra). Either option will give you access to your albums. Once you open an album, simply drag-and-drop it wherever you like with the mouse.

This will not affect the default views and automatic albums.


10.9 server keeps losing correct permissions on /private/tmp

Maybe resetting the permissions on a user's home directory helps:
This is easily accomplished by resetting ACLs on the desired home directly by using the Reset Password Utility in the Recovery Partition:
    1   Restart your computer from the recovery partition (restart while holding CMD+R).
    2   Open Disk Utility and run a permissions repair on your startup volume. After this is complete, close Disk Utility (doing this just for good measure).
    3   Open Terminal from the Utilities menu. Type in resetpassword and select your user account (NOT System Administrator/root) from the drop down menu.
    4   Click the Reset Button at the bottom of the window in the Reset home folder permissions and ACLs section.
    5   Quit the Password Utility and go back to the main recovery screen.
    6   On your keyboard, hit CMD+Q and restart your computer. It's very important that you don't hold down the power button to exit the recovery session, or the ACL reset won't occur.


You don't want to access localhost on your iPad because you're not running a webserver on your iPad. I'm not sure if I understand the question, but it sounds like you are running the webserver on you Windows machine and you can access it on that machine at http://windows-pc-name.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "the app server requires a VPN connection," but it sounds like you need to connect to the remote network in order to run the webapp. Generally all traffic is sent over VPN so that is probably why you can't visit http://windows-pc-name on your iPad's browser. I would see if you can configure your webserver to use VPN, and not have your Windows network connection go through VPN. That way the server can communicate with the remote network, but it won't interfere with anything else.

Just in case you are using the wrong name, try http://192.168.1.101 or whatever you Windows Machine's local IP address is.


It doesn't appear possible to do something like VLC folder/ folder2/ from the command line. Instead I've successfully created an Automator service that generates a playlist and launches the application passing the list to it.
Here is the service...

To include subfolders enable the option Repeat for each subfolder found in the first action shown above.
To save you the typing, the shell script code is as follows,
# Create playlist
PLSFILE=/tmp/VLC_`date +%s`_$$.m3u
cat > $PLSFILE

# If file empty just exit
[ -s $PLSFILE ] || exit 0

# Remove following if you want to add to list instead of replacing it
killall VLC && sleep 1

# Launch VLC with our new playlist
open -a /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC $PLSFILE --args --playlist-autostart

The shell script will do nothing if Finder doesn't find any media files. If VLC is already playing, it will add the files to is existing list. Check the VLC documentation for more information on available options.
Finally you can launch it by right clicking on a folder and then select Services...

Hope that helped.


Disabling creation of unnecessary files on my external hard-drive?

Those files are created on other external drives as well.

The files that start with ._ are AppleDouble files that are used to store metadata like extended attributes and ACLs on unsupported filesystems. If the volume doesn't support the native formats, the AppleDouble files might get recreated even if you delete them. If the volume supports the native formats, the AppleDouble files are ignored, and you can either delete or merge them:

rm /Volumes/Volume/._*
dot_clean -f /Volumes/Volume # flat merge (default is recursive)

It's usually safe to delete the ._ files in any case. The .Trashes folder on my USB drive only had a com.apple.FinderInfo extended attribute:

$ sudo xattr -l /Volumes/WD/.Trashes
com.apple.FinderInfo:
00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent* files are not created if you enable this setting:

defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool true

Spotlight can be disabled with mdutil -i off:

mdutil -i off /Volumes/Volume
rm -rf /Volumes/Volume/.Spotlight-V100

Deleting .DS_Store files:

find /Volumes/Volume -name .DS_Store -delete

This makes deleting files on the volume in Finder delete them immediately:

sudo rm -r /Volumes/Volume/.Trashes; touch /Volumes/Volume/.Trashes

BlueHarvest can remove most of those files automatically:


Deleting icloud.com mail account from single user on multiple user computer

When you delete an iCloud account from OS X system preferences, nothing changes on Apple's server side. No data is lost, just your local copy is removed and the syncing stops.

Sign out in one or all accounts
Sign back in on the Mac account where you want to use iCloud

No matter what I say, a Time Machine backup before starting any change is always a good thing, just in I wasn't clear to you or something goes wrong or I'm wrong.


Screen sharing not working on OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Sounds like one computer isn't able to reach the other.

Try using vnc://myhomemini.local

Adding the .local tells your Mac that it should use bonjour (multicast DNS) to resolve the address.  If everything is on the same network and multicast is allowed (usually the case) this should allow your computers to find each other.

Another possibility is that your network is configured not to allow hosts to talk to each other.  So even though they are on the same network, the router doesn't allow them to talk.  Look at the settings on your router to determine if that is the case or not.


FWIW, Apple has always allowed some of their own apps or services to persist in the background, i.e. the Phone, Mail, push notifications, Find My iPhone, and so on, based on the need and functionality.

One thing to consider is that multitasking today on iOS is still limited, especially when compared to desktop operating systems (and perhaps some Android environments).

Beginning with iOS 4, Apple gives you the illusion that all your apps are running by having created the app switcher. While some of the apps may still be running, most are in hibernation, depending on what background tasks they've registered to run and what RAM is available.

The app life cycle has generally behaved like this since day one:

User taps app icon
Launch screen is shown
First screen (view) is loaded
User does stuff with app
User pushes home button (or, with later versions, tapped screen of another app)
Previously opened app gets signal that it is no longer in foreground
App gets signal that it's about to be suspended
App is suspended (state saved in RAM)
App's state is moved from RAM to disk (flash) when RAM fills up
User returns to app
If state is recent enough, state is reloaded from RAM or disk
If state is stale, app starts over fresh

Nuances in how state is dealt with have changed over the years, and developers have been increasingly given more control over what they can do in between states.

When people go through and "force close" all their apps, they essentially are throwing away any state saved by the app, and killing any background tasks that app may have started.  Many think they are helping to reduce battery consumption and keep RAM clean, but Craig Federighi pointed out that by doing so they may actually cause more battery drain, since the CPU is doing more to reopen those apps every time instead of merely bringing them out of stasis.

Also since iOS 4, developers are now allowed to create tasks that can persist even if an app has been suspended, such as audio playback, monitoring network traffic (VoIP), background data refreshes, and location updates.  This is effective because only a portion of the app is running and using resources.

As devices get more powerful (more CPU, more RAM, more storage, bigger battery) and as code gets more efficient, these additional tasks prove to be less of a drain on resources.  Newer things like widgets and the forthcoming Siri, iMessage, and CallKit extensions can make it appear like popular apps are always doing something in the background.


Why upgrading iPhone from iOS 3 to iOS 5 displays USB and iTunes icons?

Start iTunes on your computer (ideally on the one you used to sync your iPhone with) and connect the iPhone via USB.

You will get an error message or number if there is something else amiss, but usually getting iTunes to do the download and then the restore will fix things up for you.


From Keywurl's ReadMe:

Installation
Copy Keywurl.bundle into Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins
under your home folder, or in /Library/Application
Support/SIMBL/Plugins in the hard drive root if you want Keywurl to be
enabled for all users on the computer.
Uninstalling
To uninstall, just delete the file you copied.

You said you mentioned that it was only installed locally, not globally, but I've had issues with other SIMBL plugins where I thought they were installed locally only to find another copy lurking at the system level.
So I'd check /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins as well, just to be sure. Note that this is a different hierarchy than the one mention in Gio's answer.
Make sure that you quit/relaunch Safari after you do this. A logout/restart might also help.


How to disable macbook's mic, but not speakers?

Disabling Input

To disable the input, I'm not entirely sure.  Here's what I thought of:

You can use a internal audio input device like SoundFlower, which basically routes the audio output into the audio input.
You can mute the volume (although you said you don't want to do only that)
You could take a look around the /System/Library/Extensions/ folder and in the IOAudioFamily.ktexts file for anything useful, however that can muck up OS X.

Preventing Changes

Disabling underprivileged users from changing the settings isn't actually too hard:

$ sudo chmod 700 /System.Library/PreferencePanes/Sound.prefPane

Will do the trick.  Loading the preference pane from any user (other than root) will display an error.


Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS?

My advice would be to use NFS. You should also try to manually mount the partition from the terminal, so you can add some options too, like

  -nolock,locallocks,rdirplus

This made my browsing much faster, even over wifi.

Cheers


https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

This will allow you to de register the old number from iMessage.


How to transfer video files from ipad air to macbook air

If you prefer not to sync the whole library with iTunes there are plenty of other things you can do, but most require network connection:

Apple's Photos app
Image Capture
Airdrop (as mentioned above)
Since you mention file system access, and non-wireless transfer that would only be possible with 3rd party utilities (iMazing, iExplorer, PhoneView and more...) I won’t post links here, sure you’ll be able to find yourself.

Disclosure: I work with the iMazing team.


Screen artifacts that show up in screenshot

This is usually due to a GPU issue on the Mac. I have seen things online which say that this is due to graphic switching, which only occurs if you have two graphic cards which switch due to software (e.g say if you are using Photoshop which uses a much more powerful card and then you quit it and it returns to a normal card).

A MacBook Pro 2012 only has internal graphics and not a AMD Radeon R9 M370X, which only the MacBook Pro 15-inch has, meaning it is not software, but it is due to a hardware issue, in this case, the GPU.

If it is in warranty, take it in to Apple and see what happens there.

I hope you get something sorted out soon.

Cheers!


I also wanted this effect , and am getting close to what I want by setting the first slide transition to 'Magic Move' with zero delay and Start Transition on 'Automatically', and then duplicating the first slide about 25 times, and incrementing each segment data value on each slide to get close to 'smooth clock winding' action on 'Play'


How do I delete data for one game in the iPad Game Center?

The simplest way is to delete the game from your iPad, which will destroy any local stored game data, and will prompt you to remove the app from Game Centre (which I assume you want to do if it's corrupt on the Server). Then redownload the app (or re-add it in iTunes in your computer). This should allow you to start with a clean slate.


Confused about USB-C transfer speeds of latest MacBook Pros

The USB-C ports on your MacBook support USB 3.1 (gen 2) AND Thunderbolt 3.

USB 3.1 gives you a transfer speed of 10 Gbit/s and Thunderbolt 3 is capable of up to 40 Gbit/s.

Note however that just because a device has an USB-C connector that doesn't imply that it supports USB 3.1 gen 2 and thus 10 Gbit/s. It can also be USB 3.1 gen 1, which is basically USB 3.0, which is 5 Gbit/s.


Share iTunes playlist with another computer (Different account)

Drag the individual tracks to a USB key etc - this will initially lose the playlist data & only copy the tracks themselves.

To add an importable playlist to that, go to File > Library > Export Playlist, then save as M3U format & add to the USB key. Your friend can then add the entire playlist by dragging just the M3U file to his iTunes - the tracks will be copied in automatically.

Alternatively, you can export a playlist by burning to CD/DVD
Right click the playlist title & click Burn Playlist to Disk.
I'm not certain whether this will carry playlist information or just the tracks - it's been too long since I did it.

BTW - passing around AppleID information is really not recommended.
It's the way to lose control of your own devices, if ever used maliciously.


I can enter Time Machine even though the backup disk is unplugged!

No - local backups were introduced with Lion. You can enable and disable them manually and they are turned on when MacOS detects a hard drive and portable Mac are separated or likely to run separately. The backups clear when you run low on space so most people never need to manage them.

How to wipe huge .MobileBackups folder?


How to open Mono GUI applications on OS X?

This might seem like a silly suggestion but are you giving the applications enough time to launch?

I tried installing and launching both applications. The first launch took a surprising amount of time; as you describe the icon appears in the Dock almost immediately but then no UI seems to appear. However if you leave it long enough the UI then does appear (about 4-5 minutes on a 2011 Macbook Pro).

Subsequent launches are a lot faster.

If you are curious to see what it is doing you can run this sudo opensnoop -v | grep mono-sgen in a Terminal when you launch the applications. On my system the delay on initial launch just seems to be Mono reading all the fonts on my system and caching them in ~/.cache/fontconfig. Luckily it just seems wants to do that once.


Can auto glass chip repair kits fix cracked iOS device screens?

Yes, glass chip kits can be used to fix a cracked screen, but only in the following conditions:

The crack does not cover any of the touch surface (only the bezel area is cracked). Anywhere resin is left on the surface of the device or seeps under the glass can block the electrical signal from your finger and prevent the device from reading a touch in that area.
The "suction cup" (really, a gasket) included with the kit will likely only be partially attached to the device during the repair. It must completely cover the crack, but may only extend off one edge of the device (it will not work well on a corner) and the hole in the center of the gasket must not cover the touch surface.

These conditions mean a repair is not likely to work with an iPhone or iPod Touch, but may work with the larger bezel on an iPad, especially as most cracks begin near the edge of a screen.

There is one modification to the instructions included with the kits. At the point where you press the gasket sticker to the glass to make a seal, you should also fold it down so that it seals the edge of the glass as well. This is because the metal backing on the iOS device does not completely cover the sides of the glass. You need to seal the resin within the glass and prevent it from escaping. This is why a corner repair is unlikely to work well: it is difficult or impossible to get a good seal over a corner.

The last step of the process requires you to leave the device in direct sunlight, preferably outdoors, to allow UV light to cure the resin. Make sure not to do this on a hot day, or the heat can damage your device. I did my own repair on the day in the low sixties and still had a temperature warning by the time the resin had cured.

Even following these tips, you may end up with an imperfect repair. However, this should be enough to prevent or at least significantly delay the crack from spreading, and thus likely save a much more costly or extensive repair. In my case, the crack is still visible, but only if I remove the protective cover (which I never do.)

It's also important to note that this will void your warranty, but as the warranty doesn't cover accidental damage anyway it's a case of pick your poison.


Is it possible to turn down the frequency on a LG 5K Ultrafine and will it help reduce GPU heat?

It's not possible to change the frequency and the physical resolution of this display.

IMHO changing that will not lower the thermal load of your MBP, because once you connect an external display the "external" GPU will be used and it has at least 10W of consumption. This is very apparent in the newer 16" MBP, where I measured ~20W of base load with no matter how many or what kind of monitors are connected.

edit: You can change the resolution (by option-clicking the Scaled label) or control-clicking Display preferences to show additional resolutions), but (at least on my setup) it barely makes any difference.


Why is fsck_hfs slow on *journaled* HFS+

Great question.

Apple only journals filesystem changes and not the data, so when a full filesystem check is initiated, the catalog file, extents file, superblocks, and allocation counts are manually checked / cross checked / and optionally rebuilt or refreshed. The journal saves no time to check a volume - it only saves time if you lose power or connection when a filesystem metadata modification is being made. So, you might run fsck less often, but it doesn’t shorten the run time of fsck

Every single hard link is referenced / evaluated on the sending and receiving side.

This process is highly IO intensive, so if you have spinning disks, you could have weeks to check a 20 TB volume on a RAID if multiple disks are involved.

One nice benchmark is to check how many files are present on the volume in the information tab and watch Activity Monitor to see what the read and write IOPS and data rate are. Then you can compare that to the protocol (USB C and 3.0 and Thunderbolt are faster than any realistic storage you might have) so you know the progress is limited by the drive and not CPU or connection.

In your case, the sparsebundle adds negligible overhead, but Time Machine is the real crippler. It uses hard links so every single file may be referenced dozens or even hundreds of times. I have some Time Machine volumes that will never finish a fsck in that I won’t let then run for the weeks needed.

Instead, I let them be read only - set them on a shelf and only ever would get files off them or wipe them when I know I don’t need any files back from them.

Repair Time Machine sparsebundle that will no longer mount

Some people perform heroic surgery on Time Machine data to revive it. I prefer to buy another $100 drive and start over every 6 to 18 months, adding new fresh destinations and aging out my older destinations when they get close to filling.


Is there a window tiling app that snaps to other windows' edges rather than predefined screen areas?

Take a look at this Wiki question, and see if any of the answers meet your needs.

In particular, this one looks interesting:

Zooom/2 - "Magnetism. If you like snapping windows the the edges of the screen or other windows (as in many X window managers), you will love this."


When it comes to alternatives of Finder, there are two major alternatives.

First, you have TotalFinder. It looks a lot like the normal Finder, but it can do so much more. You can copy/paste across windows, you can work with tabs or dual screen,... It's my personal favorite. I've been using it for many months now.

The second alternative is PathFinder. I don't have any personal experience with this software, but when I take a look at their website, it has some cool features too.

So, my advice is to check those two options and I can suggest you TotalFinder!


Compatibility between Dell UltraSharp U2715H monitor and 2011 non-retina 13" Macbook Pro

Your model MacBook Pro shipped with an onboard Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics card. This graphics card uses a minimum of 384 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with your main memory (i.e. your computer's RAM). The amount of memory it actually uses will vary depending on your graphics needs.

In terms of connecting an external display, your computer has a Thunderbolt digital video output port and supports the following display modes:

Dual display extended
Video mirroring
AirPlay Mirroring (not relevant in your scenario)

Your MacBook Pro supports an external resolution up to 2560 x 1600 pixels.

As for the Dell UltraSharp U2715H this has an optimal resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels at 60Hz.

In terms of your concern relating to black rectangles and aspect ratios, this will depend on how you use it? Do you intend to extend your display or mirror it?

Regardless, this monitor uses a 16:9 aspect ratio and your MacBook Pro supports the following resolutions at the 16:10 aspect ratio (that you can mirror):

1280 x 800 (native)
1152 x 720
1024 x 640
800 x 500

Whether the difference between 16:10 and 16:9 will annoy you, only you can answer.

However, if you want to use it in dual display extended mode (I'm guessing you do), then you would just take advantage of the best resolution your MBP can output to the monitor.

The only hesitation I would have (and this would apply to any external display) is that you haven't specified how much RAM you have, so if you intend to do anything that is graphics heavy on the external display, you may find the Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics card struggling.

Otherwise you should be happy with this display (if you really need the 27").

[EDIT]

(Additional info re screens with DVI ports)

If you go ahead with a different external display requiring a DVI connection and find that the highest available resolution is 1280 x 800 instead of 2560 x 1600, this is likely due to you using a single-link DVI connection on a display that requires a dual-link DVI connection. (Note: This is not a factor for the U2715H you're looking at, but may be for others).

If this happens you would need to connect the display to a dual-link DVI port to access the higher resolutions available. However, your model MacBook Pro does not provide a dual-link DVI connection without an appropriate adaptor!

For best results you will need to use a Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter.

You should refer to this info on Apple's website (as the general info is still applicable to many external displays). Also of interest may be this Mini DisplayPort adapter FAQs page.


Excel API data query - populates into a single column

It appears you are attempting to import data in JSON format which is not supported by Excel.

Doing a cursory search, I was able to find an Excel plug-in that converts JSON to XLS (Free).

I have not used this myself, so YMMV.


Do I need to reformat the hard drive when updating a Mac?

You do not need to reformat your drive unless you want to do a fresh install.  You can upgrade in place without having to format.  If you find you are having problems after the upgrade, you can then reformat and start from scratch.

However, if you do reformat, ensure all of your documents and programs are backed up so you can restore them as it will wipe all data.


Insanely high kernel RAM usage (over 9GB) in Mavericks

A reboot seems to clear my system that experiences similar RAM allocation for the kernel, but it will climb up again over time. I have chatted with Apple support and they suggested an SMC reset, which I did along with a PRAM reset and so far, it seems to be under control. It's hovered just under 1GB as I've been working, and watched it dip down a couple of times when some apps were idle.

Long term, resetting SMC & PRAM didn't affect the memory allocation and I've tracked the insane memory usage to the "installd" process.

Open Activity Monitor and FORCE QUIT that process and watch the kernel usage drop down to normal levels. Unfortunately, you have to do this after every startup as it appears to be leaking memory on builds lower than 10.9.1 and 13B42.


OS X prevents you from copying files and folders to the root directory or your "Macintosh HD". It prefers you write files only in your user directory to prevent accidental file deletions, overwrites, etc.

However, if you have a file or folder on your Desktop, and you are an administrator on the computer, you can copy the file using your super user privileges.

Simply open up the Terminal application. You can use Spotlight to search for it or go to your Applications folder, then Utilities folder.

Once in Terminal, you'll be faced with a prompt.

Run the command below to put the file or folder in your root directory. Put the name of the file or folder in place of "FILE".

sudo cp -p Desktop/FILE /

Press the return key. You'll be prompted for your password.

sudo is a command to provide super user privileges. cp is copy. -p means to preserve the file owner and permissions.

If you are required to change the owner or permissions of the file, you can run a command like chown change owner or chgrp change group or chmod change file permissions.


Print an individual email that is part of a conversation

Mail does only print the selected email in a conversation rather than the entire conversation.

The problem is that the selected email at the end of an email chain includes a quoted copy of the previous emails. This can't be removed as it is part of the email that you selected. If you only want the text that the author of the email wrote, you will need to copy the content out into a text document and print that instead.


Why might I get a "Service cannot initialize" error in my console when a plist file is run?

python3 is not in the path used by launchd which will be less that that in the terminal.

Try using the full path in the plist

e.g.

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/python3</string>
    <string>/Users/me/workspace/Learning/src/kjuvbot.py</string>
</array>


Mac OS X Lion Installation Issues With Bootcamped Windows 8 Installation

Superuser has answer to this.

Basically Bootcamp assistant converted the disk from a legal GPT disk into a hybrid MBR disk, which OS X sees as GPT and Windows sees as MBR. The solution in this case is to clear the hybrid MBR data. Check the link to look how to do it.


Windows (Boot Camp) won't boot from HDD in optical drive bay

You have not begun to given enough information to correctly diagnose your problem. This answer this therefore is based on many assumptions.

I know Windows 10 can be installed using the EFI boot method on the newer Mac computers. I do not know if this includes your model. Although, if your Mac does support booting Windows via EFI, then, I believe you should not of had any problems booting.

I have read from some Apple web sites where Windows can be installed on a second hard disk by temporally replacing the first disk with the second disk. If such instances, Apple referred to the computer as a Mac Pro. Your computer is a MacBook Pro. Mac Pro computers are designed to support a second internal HDD or SSD. Your computer probably was not.

For the rest of this answer, I will assume you tried to install Windows to boot using the BIOS method. It would seem that if you are intent on keeping OS X and Windows on separate internal drives, then the answer would be to install Windows on the first drive and OS X on the second drive.

Another option, if the BIOS boot method is to be employed, would be to boot Windows from the first drive while keeping most of the Window on the second drive. To do this, you would have to create a small NTFS formatted "System Reserved" partition on the first drive. This partition can be as small as 100 MB, but 500 MB is the recommended size. This partition would also have to be marked as the active. This would also mean the first drive would be using a hybrid EFI/MBR partitioning scheme. The second drive would use the legacy MBR partition scheme. Once the "System Reserved" partition is in place on the first drive, you can simply boot the Windows installer from the USB flash drive and install Windows 10 to the second drive. The installer will automatically know which files need to be placed in the "System Reserved" partition.

If you answer questions about setting up a "System Reserved" partition, let me know.


I just want to echo what @Gik said. I was having the same problem but didn't notice the answer because it was a comment. PlexConnect was causing the issue. To resolve, Run the PlexConnect script in Applications/PlexConnect-master/support/OSX uninstall.bash


Multiple iPhones and iPads with same Apple id

Sure I can help, but this will take time to cover all of the bases. I'll keep updating this answer as I update it. I'll even comment when I update it.

1st thing 1st you want to make sure that all of his devices have a backup. While this may seem tedious it's a crucial step in migrating and changing accounts and devices. We want to do this 1st so that nothing is accidentally lost, locked or disappeared. You can either do an iTunes backup over the computer, although I personally recommend an iCloud backup since its 1 less device that you have to open and use, and you can do it right on the iPhone/iPad as long as it has WiFi access and is charging/has a decent amount of battery life.

To backup to iCloud, 1st make sure that he has iCloud on in settings (Settings -> Click his name -> Click on iCloud -> Scroll down to iCloud Backup (if he's logged in he should see it) - Click on iCloud backup and then make sure its on (green) and then Backup now (unless he has a backup and its recent with no changes made on the device's information - aka: contacts, messages, photos, etc). The other way (for older devices) is to go to Settings -> iCloud and then iCloud Backup.

If thats done with all of his devices then the next step is to copy all photos on these devices to a PC. It's easier that way rather than to deal with iCloud. If his iCloud photo library is on (Settings -> Click his name -> Click on iCloud -> Click on Photos -> Make sure iCloud Photo Library is on aka green) then he may not have direct physical access to his photos since the cloud has already begun uploading them. If there are photos that he can't access from his device but they are on the iCloud, there is a way to also download them from a computer. He will need to know his Apple ID email (usually in settings -> click his name -> email thats under his name) and password.

If you aren't familiar with extracting photos from these iPhones/iPads leave a comment and then we can discuss those matters.

iCloud Backup - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977

Once the iCloud backups and the photo extraction is done, then you are ready to check his accounts and see if he has a Gmail, Yahoo, AOL email (basically 3rd party client that hosts their own web-based email). If he does then usually that email has his contacts saved to it. He can always check by signing into the email address on the web and then checking contacts. If all of them are there great, then we can move on to the next steps. If not then we need to make sure contacts is on in iCloud so that they are all backed up. There is a way to download your contacts list from iCloud on the web. If you need that pointer, let me know. Once those contacts are confirmed/backed up then we can move forward.


XQuartz is not starting from within tmux

Try moving [[ $TERM != "screen" ]] && exec tmux to your .zshrc file. That way the command will only be run in interactive shells.

An interactive shell is simply any shell process that you use to type commands, and get back output from those commands. That is, a shell with which you interact.


Can I choose the name of a folder in Launchpad?

Posted as an answer so I can have all the formatting benefits, instead of directly responding to your comment on @mwidmann's answer;

TUAW recently posted a writeup on how to "fix" your Launchpad database when problems begin to occur;

  Removing the database files from the user's Dock application support
  folder and restarting the Dock allows Mission Control and the
  Launchpad to re-build the database from scratch, updating the
  presentation with all the new applications.

  Here are HaiTeq's steps, with a few modifications on my part for
  safety. Admittedly, if you are not comfortable at the command line,
  this is not the hack for you.

  Launch Terminal: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
  Navigate to the Application Support folder in question: cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock
  Open the folder (open .) and drag all the .db files to the trash.
  Restart Dock: sudo killall Dock, and authenticate when the dialog prompts you for your username/password.

Source


This appears to be a bug on Apple's end. Try waiting for a fix or creating a new provisioning profile. This has been raised in both of Apple's forums by the same person:

https://devforums.apple.com/message/1065069
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6628827


Keep WiFi alive when on battery and lid closed?

You could try this, no need to install extra sofyware

Open Terminal and use

$ caffeinate -s

or

$ caffeinate -w PID

When used with the -w argument, sleep will be inhibited as long as the process ID PID is active. Once the the process exits, the assertion is released, and the configured sleep behavior will resume when appropriate.

Note also that Process ID's are available from Activity Monitor, or can be listed in the terminal by entering ps -Al


Copy/paste OmniFocus actions for iOS on iPhone?

If you click on an action or a project in the latest version of OmniFocus Universal for iOS, it provides a system share sheet that has a copy extension, which allows you to copy it as Taskpaper. That can then be pasted back into the application or you can use an application such as workflow to make a new project or action based on your copied data, which may be slightly more convenient.


used iphone 8 plus charged battery drain

I love the new graphs that show you what happens in the battery for this over time.

Here’s what an iPad Pro that’s cranky after updating to iOS 14 and not recognizing the Magic Keyboard looks like sitting on a desk overnight, power to the keyboard hinge port and clearly not taking a charge. The gap before the brief charge was caused by a forced reset requested by Apple Support to triage and isolate what’s going on.
Here’s an iPhone getting much better charge results than the human did last night.

You can track things each day and get an excellent picture of what your device is doing before needing support to run a battery diagnostic in my experience.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201264

Once you have some details and have read about the terms, maybe get Apple to see if you want a battery service?

iPad Pro 10.5" down to 92% battery health after 6 months of use (update: 84% after 1.5 years)

I generally wait till it’s 45% to pay as I’m ok managing it and want to get the most life out of a safe but aging battery. You’ll want to be sure it’s not software or a busy app, though before any repair since a stuck app can drain a perfect battery rapidly.


Is there a command on Mac can show the disk IO input and output stats?

The closest thing to getting IO r/w info is iotop command, which comes with all Mac OS (see disk_r and disk_w).

$ sudo iotop
2019 Jul 15 22:39:17,  load: 1.19,  disk_r:      0 KB,  disk_w:    628 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES
    0      1      0 launchd          ??        1   2 W           643072
    0      0      0                  ??        1   2             649216

If you are running on Mac OSX 10.10 (El Capitan) or later, then you need to first disable the SIP (System Integration Protection) for dtrace in order to run iotop because iotop uses dtrace.  For older OSX, you can ignore the following steps.

To disable SIP for dtrace (and iotop) for Mac OSX 10.10 and above:

Turn on or Restart your Mac
As the Mac is turning on, hold down Command-R to boot into Recovery Mode
Open terminal and type csrutil disable (this is a temporary step)
type csrutil enable --without dtrace. (It re-enables SIP except for dtrace)
Reboot your Mac

Now you can run iotop and dtrace.

If you want to restore SIP to its original state, and to prevent dtrace from running, reboot into Recovery Mode and in terminal, type csrutil enable and reboot.


iTunes on Windows 7 loses connection to other iTunes or Apple TV 2

Your iTunes Library file might have been corrupted, a more frequent problem with the last iTunes update, especially if your computer turns off, on or restarts frequently (more then once a day).

Your exact problem happened to me 1, maybe 2 weeks back and after a bit of research on similar problems, I found that my iTunes Library file had been corrupted during a boot. All you have to do is rebuild the iTunes Library file as per Apple's instructions and it should be working perfectly again.


To rebuild your Fusion Drive almost non-destructively you have to convert your main volume (the HDD) to a Core Storage Volume Group first, then add the SSD as a physical volume and expand the Logical Volume to the full size of the now expanded Volume Group. All data on the SSD (volume: Untitled) will be erased, so back it up.

Backup your main volume and if necessary the volume "Untitled" on your SSD to an external backup drive.
Detach the backup drive and all other external drives
Boot to Recovery Mode by entering cmdR immediately after the boot chime.
Open Disk Utility and check all volumes and disks for errors and repair them.
But don't repair/rebuild the Fusion Drive without a backup, if you are asked to. You will loose all your data.
If you have a (Time Machine) backup, you may now repair the Fusion Drive, check it for errors, quit Disk Utility, open Restore From Time Machine Backup, restore your backup data and finally reboot to the restored system.
Quit Disk Utility
Open Terminal in the menubar

Enter diskutil list
Example list

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD                121.0 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD            3.0 TB     disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                         *1.3 GB    disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS OS X Base System        *1.3 GB    disk2s2
/dev/disk3-disk13 ...belong to the OS X Base System (your recovery system you booted to previously)

Disk0 is your SSD, disk1 is your HDD and disk2 is the OS X Base System of your Recovery HD
Now convert your main volume (the HDD) to a Core Storage Volume Group:

diskutil cs convert disk1s2

If you get a message stating that "the disk can't be unmounted, converted volume won't appear until it's unmounted", exit Terminal and reboot to Recovery Mode
Open Disk Utility and check the newly build Core Storage volume.
Quit Disk Utility and open Terminal
Now you have to convert the SSD to a Physical Volume. Enter:

diskutil list

to get the disk identifier of the HFS volume on the SSD and

diskutil cs list

to get the Logical Volume Group UUID (LVGUUID) and the Logical Volume UUID (LVUUID). It's the first and the last one listed.

To add the SSD volume to the Volume Group enter: diskutil cs addDisk LVGUUID DiskIdentifier

Example:

diskutil cs addDisk DA484337-F888-474B-90B5-232D14FD9B30 disk0s2

Now expand the Logical Volume with diskutil cs resizeVolume LVUUID size with size a little bit smaller than the size of the Logical Volume Group

Example:

diskutil cs resizeVolume 999ACBDC-045E-44FF-BBFD-54F56D069722 3106g

I also have a 3,1 TB Fusion Drive (the output of diskuil cs list is listed below) and the size of the LVG is 3,120,722,075,648 Byte and the size of the Logical Volume is 3,106,191,572,992 Byte:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group DA484337-F888-474B-90B5-232D14FD9B30
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         3120722075648 B (3.1 TB)
    Free Space:   114688 B (114.7 KB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume A3326508-CF3D-4ABC-8157-839074724063
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 24BB36F1-B9E5-418E-BD8C-3F2C6DBF4B44
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     2999733223424 B (3.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family AA514A06-08D2-4F56-A0C5-E82A94E60A82
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 999ACBDC-045E-44FF-BBFD-54F56D069722
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk3
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          3106191572992 B (3.1 TB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

After successfully expanding the Logical Volume enter exit and quit Terminal
Open Disk Utility and check the Fusion Drive volume for errors.
Quit Disk Utility and reboot to your Fusion Drive

If everything fails check the second part ('Rebuild Fusion Drive' (recommended if you have a Time Machine backup)) of my answer here.


Is it possible to switch between spaces with Command+Number in Lion?

Yes you can. Just changes the shortcut setting in the System Preferences>Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcut. You will find Mission Control section for shortcut, and there is entry called Switch to Desktop.

You could define your own shortcut here.


Screen Color temperature flickers when watching a video on Safari

Solved it? Looks like this might help: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8170327


Why does my command line prompt now beging with "vpn"?

SuperUser has a similar question/answer.  I thought this was covered here already, but couldn't find it.

Found it!


Why is Homebrew finding phantom directories?

Try brew prune --verbose to see which directories are removed.


Add the .command extension

To have a bash script open and execute in macOS's Terminal.app, add the suffix .command to the filename.

If you have a bash script called myscript.sh, rename it to myscript.command. Once renamed, when the file is double-clicked or opened from macOS's Finder the Terminal.app will open and execute the file.

Code Signing

The Unidentified Developer warning appears because the script is not code signed. It is a reasonable warning from macOS, as a script could do harm.

If you are distributing the script through a web site, you need to code sign the payload or contents. How to best achieve this depends on your users' environment.

See making an executable bash file run when clicked for reasonable approaches such as an AppleScript wrapper or platypus.

AppleScript Wrapper

You can embed a shell script within an AppleScript. Exported AppleScripts can be made executable and code signed:

 Applications > Utilities > Script Editor.app

Use the do shell script command and File > Export with code signing enabled.


What is the difference between AirPrint, Bonjour and Rendezvous?

First Rendezvous = Bonjour = unicast DNS
I forget why the name changed from Rendezvous, something about what Apple (used to) call it and what everyone else called it. It’s a server less DNS solution so devices can query locally, self-assemble, and discover services without needing a pre-configured DNS server / database.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS
http://www.multicastdns.org/

AirPrint is a standard Wireless Printing protocol so that diverse printers all look like a standard printer, eliminating the need for specific drivers for specific printers. In the same way that LPR (Line Printer Protocol)is a printing protocol as well as IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Here’s some Apple support / marketing information:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201311 (AirPrint specifics)
https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment-reference-ios/intro-to-bonjour-apd0401947ff/web (Bonjour DNS)

Per wikipedia: "AirPrint is based on mDNS (Bonjour, more specifically) and Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)."(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_printing_protocols#Wireless_protocols)


Open a terminal tab at a specified directory from command line

In MacOS 10.13.2 (but possibly/probably in earlier versions too):

    directory=~/Downloads; osascript -e "tell app \"terminal\" to do script \"cd $directory\""


On an iPad Air 2, to access the screen rotation controls:

Turn on/unlock iPad
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen
Tap icon which shows padlock with rotating arrow around it - White is on, Grey is off.

Source: Apple

There has also been a noted issue on iOS 8 (pre-8.1) with the rotation lock. You may, if you haven't already, try updating to iOS v8.1+ should the above steps not work.


Trackpad works for Diagnostic Test. Can I rule out it has a hardware problem?

If a MacBook Pro track pad is able click and scroll, swipe, move
  cursor, etc during a during Diagnostic Test (when I startup holding
  down the D key) then am I able to rule out that it has a hardware
  problem?

For the most part, yes.  It's extremely rare/unlikely that hardware will work fine in one environment, then completely fail in another.  In cases like this, it tends to be a software issue (i.e. conflicts with other software, bad drivers/kexts, mis-configurations, etc.)

Your next step in diagnosing the problem will be to...

boot into Safe Mode
boot into Recovery mode
boot a clean and/or older version of macOS from a different volume (a 16 or 32GB Flash drive is more than sufficient)

The idea with any/all of the above is to get the OS as close to "factory" as possible for testing/diagnostics.  Safe mode isn't always "factory fresh", but Recovery and a clean install on a different volume is.  If you happen to have an older version of macOS you can install on an external volume, then you can evaluate whether it's your newest update that's causing the issue.


The "Add" button is the one you want.

Your phone likely has multiple calendars. It seems like you are currently adding new events to a calendar that is not visible.

First open the calendars app and note the word "calendars" on the bottom center (directly above the home button).  Tap the word to configure which calendars are "visible".  The calendar that you are currently adding events to is not visible.  You can make all calendars visible simultaneously and you should find the events that "disappeared" as you created them.

The second setting to be aware of is "Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > default calendar"  (currently the last entry on that screen).  This determines which calendar new events are added.


Will reinstalling macOS delete my data and installed apps?

Reinstalling macOS from the recovery menu does not erase your data. However, if there is a corruption issue, your data may be corrupted as well, its really hard to tell.

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

I will take this time to remind you that the time for backup is BEFORE you have an issue, so hopefully you have a Time Machine backup or Carbon Copy Cloner disk around.

To gain access to the disk depends on what model Mac you have. An older Macbook or Macbook Pro likely has a hard drive that is removable, allowing you to connect it externally using an enclosure or cable. Newer Macbook/Macbook Pros and iMacs make it much more difficult, as their SSDs are not removable or very difficult to remove. I recommend you review the step by step guides at ifixit.com to see if you are brave enough.

Otherwise, find a friend's Mac, and follow these Apple instructions to set your Mac in 'target disk mode' and allow the other Mac to access your files to copy them off. Again, the corruption might make this impossible.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462

Oh, and backup your computer!


Where can I download Safari for Windows?

Safari on Windows is no longer supported by Apple.

Safari 5 (from 2010) is available via Apple's KB. The original page no longer exists, but the EXE is still hosted.

According to 9to5mac, it seems that have Apple decided to stop producing Safari for Windows, so Safari 5 is all that's likely to be available moving forward.

Update: As mentioned at Geek Dashboard, better use a cross-browser testing tool if you just want to test your project UI. With this, you will have the latest version of Safari running right in your favorite browser.


Why my logitech blue-tooth keyboard and mouse don't work well with Mac

The Logitec site does not specifically indicate these devices are compatible
with Apple macOS.

These are the only compatible operating systems listed:

  Windows® 10 or later, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP,
  Chrome OS™


Writing bash scripts for changing Mac OS / OSX settings?

For scripting that interacts directly with macOS, you're much better off writing AppleScript over shell. AppleScript is Apple's proprietary scripting language that contains many ways to interact with the operating system. In addition, AppleScript was designed to be a very human readable language.

Plenty of documentation and tutorials for AppleScript can be found through a quick google search. Here are some Apple webpages to get you started:

Introduction to AppleScript
AppleScript fundamentals

To write AppleScripts, open up Script Editor, located in Applications > Utilities.

An example script to toggle macOS Sierra's dark mode, would be:

tell application "System Events"
tell appearance preferences
    if dark mode is false then
        set dark mode to true
    else
        set dark mode to false
    end if
end tell
end tell


My terminal background keep changing after each restart

I suspect that you are using the profile named Solid Colors in Terminal.  Each time the terminal opens, it cycles to a random background within /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/Solid\ Colors/ folder.  If you press Command-i, the inspector will open and you can change the settings of your current window.

Try clicking to "Pro" and then back to "Solid Colors" a few times.  You should get different a effect from Solid Colors nearly every time you come back to it.

I believe that you will have to make a new settings profile with the background color you want and then set that profile as the default.


Which runs hotter, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

It all depends on your usage (the load).

For normal uses (the CPU newer runs at 100% for long times) the MacBook Air would be the colder solution.

The MacBook Pro is the more power hungry machine (retina display) and could run hotter.

One way to see this is in the Battery life. MacBook Air can go up to 10 hours on a single load.

Your MBA might need a SMC reset to make sure the Fan control is working correctly.


Is there a way to simulate shake on iPhone?

Open System Preferences
Go to General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch
Turn assistive touch on
Then, an icon that looks like:

Will pop up somewhere on you screen. Tap it. Then:

Tap device
Tap more
and finally tap shake

Hope that helps!


What happens when answering an incoming FaceTime call from an Apple Watch?

It’s an audio call only.

You can make audio cellular calls, so it stands to reason FaceTime would follow suit.

This article expands on using FaceTime audio on the Apple Watch


AppleTV 2 HDMI no sound at start sometimes?

First time this happened to me, sleeping and waking worked.


If you have another Mac, you should make a bootable Yosemite drive. To do that, you need an 8GB USB drive and the Yosemite installer downloaded. Here are the instructions, copied from the linked article:

  Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive, and rename the drive Untitled. (The Terminal command used here assumes
  the drive is named Untitled.) Also, make sure the Yosemite installer,
  called Install OS X Yosemite.app, is in its default location in your
  main Applications folder (/Applications). This means that if you moved
  it before installing Yosemite, you need to move it back before making
  your installer disk.
  Select the text of this Terminal command and copy it: sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
  Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
  /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
  Yosemite.app --nointeraction
  Launch Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities).
  Warning: This step will erase the destination drive or partition, so make sure that it doesn’t contain any valuable data.

  Paste the copied command into Terminal and press Return.

  Type your admin-level account password when prompted, and then press Return.

When that's done, plug that USB drive into the El Capitan Mac, hold down Option and turn the Mac on, and select Install OS X Yosemite from the list of startup drives. That should bring you into something that's identical to the Recovery HD for all intents and purposes (the only difference being that you don't need to redownload the OS X installer; it's stored locally). From there you should be able to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Yosemite. Good luck!


What is the best way to move lots of photos between two iPads?

I'm a fan of PhotoSync for this. $1.99 (on the US/Canada App Stores), and can transfer between any number of devices. From their site:

  Direct transfer of photos & videos between your iOS devices (iPhone,
  iPad, iPod Touch) over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - no computer needed! Read more.

Alternatively, DropBox or even the built-in Photo Stream may help, but the latter doesn't give you much control and you're syncing photos through the Internet  in either case: PhotoSync transfers directly over Wi-fi.


Monitor a folder for changes, and run a command when a change is detected

entr(1) is a utility for running commands when files change. It reads a list of file on STDIN and uses kqueue(2) to avoid polling.

Example:

ls my_project/*.html | entr echo "file changed"


how to convert all mp3 to m4a and save tags and covers?

The conversion & the discard of the old mp3 will have to be done in 2 steps, so you need to make sure you've enough disk space to temporarily store double the amount of space the mp3s currently take up. If not, you'll have to do the conversion/discard in small batches, one album at a time.

Start in iTunes Prefs > General > Import Settings...
Set to AAC Encoder.

Then, back in iTunes main window, switch to My Music & sort by Songs, which makes things easier to find.
If it doesn't show already even if you scroll the window to the right, then right-click the top of the columns in the main window & add a column for Kind.

Click this column to sort by Kind

The sort is simply alphabetical, so at the top will be AAC files, Apple Lossless etc., further down MPEG [mp3s] Below that may be other file types so make sure you don't accidentally select any of those.
Click the top MPEG file, scroll down & shift/click the last one.

Right click one & Select Create AAC version.

Wait until the process is finished - minute or hours depending on how many tunes...

You then need to find all the original mp3s that will still be in their original locations, now with an AAC file next to each one.

Navigate to your iTunes Music folder ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music hit  Cmd ⌘   F  & type mp3. The search will offer name matches: mp3 or kind is mp3 audio, pick kind.
Assuming you converted all your mp3s, anything showing in that search result can now be deleted. Simply select all & Trash.

To be certain, relaunch iTunes & scroll down the song list, making sure nothing has an exclamation mark ! at the left, which would indicate a missing file.

One you're sure, you can empty the trash.


Where and how I find the songs in iphone 5 which were downloaded into itunes

The iTunes app on the iPhone is for browsing the iTunes store. The Downloads tab there only shows you songs that are currently being downloaded from the store. If I understand correctly, you're tapping this:

Check the Music app on the phone instead - synced music should show up there:


How I label scatter plot points in Numbers?

As of Numbers 3.6 on OS X 10.11, this is not currently possible.

A few alternatives:

Manually add text above each individual point, though obviously a huge hassle.
Use Excel (if you have access), as this functionality appears to be supported.
Use Google Sheets (free), which supports this feature.

Using a Google Sheet is definitely the most cost effective method of the three listed above, and you should be able to easily migrate your Numbers sheet by copying and pasting cells, or by exporting as an .xls file, and then uploading to Google.


How do I get Siri to make an event on a Gmail or Exchange calendar?

Change your default calendar under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. It's near the bottom.


Improve file transfer performance over VPN

AFP (like SMB) is a protocol that was designed for use in local networks. It suffers a lot from the high latencies over WAN.

If possible, use a protocol that was designed to tolerate high latencies, like (S)FTP. Even scp or rsync should do significantly better.


How can I get my iPad to automatically connect to my iPhone's hotspot?

To get that feature, you need to "Set up Instant Hotspot" which is part of Apple's Continuity feature.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204681#hotspot

  Use Instant Hotspot with any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that
  meets the Continuity system requirements. It works when your
  devices are near each other and set up as follows:

  Your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) has an activated carrier plan    providing Personal Hotspot service.
  Each device is signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID.
  Each device has Bluetooth turned on.
  Each device has Wi-Fi turned on.


How can I speed up dismissal animation of OS X notification dialog boxes?

You can dismiss all visible notifications by opening Notification Center and clearing notifications using the X at the top-right of the notification list.

Obviously this will remove all notifications for that particular date, so if you have others you want to save, this won't work. This is, however, the only way I am aware of to dismiss notifications en masse.

I'm also not aware of any way to remove the animations you mentioned.


How do I get text key binding "yankAndSelect" to work?

Update: It seems that on some versions of macOS, setting the configuration globally doesn't work; instead, use defaults write com.apple.TextEdit NSTextKillRingSize -string 6 (replacing com.apple.TextEdit with the desired application and 6 with the desired kill ring size) to set it on a per-app basis. Additionally, it appears that NSTextKillRingSize must be no greater than 16 or it will not work.

Original answer:
The issue appears to lie in how the defaults CLI handles the global defaults domain. Specifically, you want to write to the correct host's global defaults (i.e., yours), which it seems doesn't occur by default. (I still don't fully understand the intricacies of how all this works.) To accomplish this, replace your current defaults write command with the following:
defaults -currentHost write -g NSTextKillRingSize -string 6

This worked for me on Big Sur 11.1.


If you store a document locally on one device and also has that app use iCloud, will it be available on other devices?

The document would not be available on other devices unless you save it in iCloud (or on Desktop or Documents folder and you have Desktop & Documents folder syncing for iCloud enabled).


Locked iPhone 4 — What specifically can I access?

The seller is most likely referring to Activation Lock, which will prevent you from using the iPhones entirely unless you know the Apple ID and password of the legitimate owners.

You will not be able to copy data onto those phones, or view anything on the screen other than the Activation Lock screen:

Pretty much the only use you could have for those iPhones would be for spare parts. However as @bjbk mentions, they were most likely stolen. I would advise you stay away from this merchandise.


How to change the color profile of the OS X login screen?

I just solved it!

SOLUTION:

1.
Activate the OS X Root User in the System Preferences.

How to activate the root user: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528

2.
After the root user is activated, log out from your account and log in as the user "root".

Go to System Preferences -> Displays -> Color and pick the color profile (that you want on your OS X Login Screen).

Log out of the Root Account and you'll see the selected color profile will be used on the Login Screen.

3.
Log back in to your normal account.

Now you can deactivate the root user via System Preferences, the same way it was activated.

The color profile selected via root user earlier will stay.

Result:
The color doesn't change anymore between Login Screen and account and I don't have a yellow/dark login screen anymore, finally!

Could Apple make that easier? YES!
But that's a pretty fast way to do it, without any "hacking" tricks.


Cannot get any macOS or Linux OS to install on iMac

Firstly: check the disk.

A ten-year-old Mac is a likely candidate for a failed hard drive. Use Disk Utility to check the drive.

Secondly: check the rest of the hardware.

If you have a bootable system on an external USB drive, which you know boots on another Mac, see if that will work. If it doesn't, then the problem is likely a hardware fault.


MacBook Pro doesn’t turn on without charger

Looks like your new battery, from the screenshot above, is only supplying 7.3V, which is presumably too low to power the motherboard sufficiently on its own, it should be closer to 12V.

So your battery might be rated 11.1V but it appears to be faulty, although it is not self-reporting as such, maybe because the mAh rating and cycle count is still ok.


Unable to tap on Apple ID in app store iphone 5s

Trying to reset all settings works.

I don't know why it worked.


It shows up as BootCamp because it assumes you are in a Windows environment on a Mac (for installing the drivers for your hardware after a BootCamp install); the OSX DVD's OSX Install portion/partition isn't meant to be read on Windows.

If you want to check the installer stuff, please run it on a Mac with OSX.


This solution requires Numbers but the date changes on opening.

In Numbers create a single cell table
Then enter the following formula: "Last edited: "& DAY(TODAY()) & " : " & MONTH(TODAY())
select the table and copy
in Pages, paste the table in the desired location setting wrap etc.
format as desired

The day and month will update each time the document is opened.  To see the last time it was opened will not be possible unless you use Quicklook or get info on macOS.

Be sure to format the data as you wish it to be displayed.

Formulas pasted from Numbers are preserved when pasted into Pages or Keynote. This work-around may be what you need until Apple re-introduces this missing feature.

The example below was made in iOS, but the same applies to macOS.


Use Of Thunderbolt Between Mac Mini and Macbook Pro

You can do that, but you'll have to use Target Disk Mode in order to get the Mac to recognize the other one as a hard drive.


How to install OS X Yosemite on MacBook (with empty hard drive) from Ubuntu or Windows?

You can possibly do an Internet Recovery with a new drive. Press Command + R on start up:

From Apple's website:

  Newer Macs include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version OS X Recovery. Your Mac automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the startup drive isn't available. For example, if your startup drive encounters an issue, or if your startup drive has been replaced or erased. Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers. Starting up from this system performs a quick test of your memory and hard drive to check for hardware issues.

If this doesn't work, taking it to the Apple store will be your best bet.


MacBook Pro boots to mostly white screen with random pixel pattern

The A1286 is the model number used for many of the 15" MacBook Pros from late-2008 to mid-2012.

Troubleshooting is a process of elimination and often requires patience. In this case you should definitely run Apple Hardware Test, although you could try resetting the NVRAM first to see if that resolves the issue. Below are steps on how to do both.

Resetting the PRAM/NVRAM on your MacBook Pro model

Older Macs had what's called Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). It may be worth resetting this on the off chance it resolves your issue. Here’s how to do this:

Power off your MacBook Pro.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionpr keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again (i.e. a 2nd time) and you've heard the startup chime twice.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

If this doesn't work, then proceed to testing your hardware with Apple Hardware Test.

Run Apple Hardware Test

Your model MBP uses Apple Hardware Test. To use this, follow these steps:

Power off your MacBook Pro
Power on your MacBook Pro
Press and hold the D key before the gray startup screen appears.
After a while, Apple Hardware Test (AHT) will start.
When prompted, select your language and click the right arrow.
When the AHT console appears, you can choose to run Basic tests by clicking the Test button. However, I suggest you select the "Perform extended testing" checkbox before you click the Test button.
Your test results will appear in the window in the bottom-right of the console.

Note 1: that the extended test will take some time. Take a note of the results and report back.

Note 2: If pressing and holding the D key at Step 3 doesn't work, start again at Step 1 and, at Step 3 press and hold both the OptionD keys instead. This will try and run diagnostics from the internet instead, so you will need to allow more time for it to complete.


Some User Accounts Won't Remember Screen Resolution

So your question was asked ages ago, but before I was able to get my setup to work, I was searching for possible answers myself and happened across this page.

The key in my case was that an admin user was able to get resolution changes to stick, but non-admin "standard" users were not. Once I changed it with the admin user, all of the standard users would keep the resolution.

If that doesn't solve things for you, you mentioned trying a PRAM reset unsuccessfully. Have you tried resetting NVRAM, which newer Macs use rather than PRAM to store some display resolution info?


Skala Color is another solution, that works very well in the latest versions of Mac OSX.

You can select HEX to appear in place of the RGB code, which appears in the above picture.

I used Hex Color Picker for a long time but finally got tired of it trying to be smarter than me. Frequently I would type a single character and it filled in all 6 values for that same number; other times I would get through 2 characters and Hex Color Picker would repeat that. For whatever reason, I had to constantly copy/paste values into the picker, because it kept thinking it knew what I wanted (it didn't).


Will a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card plug n play with Mac Pro 2009?

While your Mac Pro does have a PCI-e slot, it is only type 2.0, x16 width meaning that the GTX750 will not run at its maximum capability.

Additionally, recent Nvidia CUDA drivers for OS X do not support 10.6.8, meaning you would likely need to upgrade your OS to at least Mountain Lion (10.8) or greater.

So, no, it seems unlikely that your proposed card would work as "plug and play."  This site may be of use:

http://www.macvidcards.com/drivers.html


macOS partition startup Volume type FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF

The proper GUID of APFS partitions is 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC.

The default pMBR was replaced with an old-style MBR, probably by the Linux installation!

Your boot system (in Internet Recovery Mode) seems pretty old. Any disk or partition verification executed with diskutil may yield some bogus result. In no case try to repair anything with diskutil!

To get your APFS partition back remove partition disk0s2 and restore it with the proper type:

Open in the menubar > Utilities > Terminal
get some details:

diskutil list #below I assume the disk identifier of the internal disk is disk0
gpt -r show disk0

Unmount disk0:

diskutil umountDisk disk0

remove and restore the 2nd partition:

gpt remove -i 2 disk0
diskutil umountDisk disk0
gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 372637568 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0

verify disk and partition:

diskutil list
diskutil verifyDisk disk0
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2

Your Mac should be able to boot despite the MBR.

If you want (or have) to restore the pMBR because the MBR is stubborn/blocks the modification of the partition table do the following:

get all disk details:

diskutil list #below I assume the disk identifier of the internal disk is disk0
gpt -r show disk0

replace the GUID partition table:

diskutil umountDisk disk0
gpt destroy disk0
gpt create -f disk0

re-add all previous partitions visible in the last gpt -r show disk0 output:

gpt add -i 1 -b 40 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B disk0
gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 372637568 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0
gpt add -i 3 -b 373047208 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0
gpt add -i 4 ...
gpt add -i 5 ...

If you get a resource busy error after one of the steps, just unmount disk0 again with

diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0

Finally verify disk and partitions:

diskutil list
diskutil verifyDisk disk0
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s1
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s3
#disk0s4 & disk0s5 can't be verified with the default macOS tools because the latter is a Linux swap and the former a Linux partition, probably with ext4


Open web page with macOS Safari in different language

I'm not sure it's possible to independently change Safari’s accept-language, but try this terminal command, replacing ’en-AU’ depending on what language you would like:

/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari -AppleLanguages '(en-AU)'

You should be able to do it with Firefox, via Preferences/General/Language


Out of the box it's definitively not possible. To share music you need an Airplay capable counterpart (speakers etc.).
Also you can share music with iTunes.


Where is the text expansion file located with OS X?

Before Mavericks, they're stored in NSUserReplacementItems in the global preferences. However, since Mavericks, the replacements are stored in…

~/Library/Dictionaries/CoreDataUbiquitySupport/$USER~*/UserDictionary/*/store/UserDictionary.db


Error 1600 would appear to be a USB connectivity error
From Get help with iOS update and restore errors

  Check your USB connections

  Errors: 13, 14, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1611, 1643-1650, 2000,
  2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 4005, 4013, 4014. You might also see a
  message that includes "invalid response."

  If the USB connection between your device and computer is interrupted,
  you might not be able to update or restore.

  To narrow down the issue, try different equipment:

  Use the USB cable that came with your device, or a different Apple USB cable.
  Plug your cable into a different USB port directly on your computer. Don't plug it into your keyboard.
  Try a different computer.
  Solve other issues with the USB connection, then with your security software.

  If you still see the error message, check for hardware issues.

Also, you might need to troubleshoot your hardware. Try different cable, a different port, a different computer....


How to I keep my Magic Trackpad safe in transit?

After a quick google, I found a few:

WaterField
Amazon I realize the manufacturer isn't amazon


Why do two Chrome windows launch when I click an external link?

You've set the homepage to open on startup. Go to settings cmd+, check the On startup option there. You can disable it from there too.


Pass a variable from bash shell into Applescript?

Instead of using Applescript to open Photoshop, why not just open it directly with the open command in bash?

FOOD_file=~/Desktop/FOOD/FRUIT/
FOOD_NUM=012345
open -a "Adobe Photoshop CC 2017" $FOOD_file/$FOOD_NUM/apples.psd

Now you don't need to worry about using Applescript at all.


In Mountain Lion, where is the exclude list for Time Machine stored?

The Mountain Lion settings are identical to the Lion settings as described here:

Where does Time Machine store its settings?

The answer is /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist


Is it okay to use an external flash drive to store a Photos Library?

There is Apple support document Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac where among other things are stated:

To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries
on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or
drives that are shared on a network.


There are no perfect solutions to the this. To maintain the full quality of the images in Aperture, your best bet is going to be exporting the Master files from Aperture, then re-importing them into iPhoto.

If you've done extensive edits to your images, you will also want to export versions of those files in the highest quality possible, and import those versions into your iPhoto library.

Another possibility—that I haven't fully explored—would be to export your Aperture library as a new library that uses referenced images (as opposed to managed) so that those images exist in an organized folder hierarchy on your hard drive. You can then import those images and keep some of your Aperture organizational structure. (This is unexplored by me because I've never used the referenced image option.)


Why doesn't Numbers remember my last cell position?

It appears that this was a known issue.

The latest version released today (2015-11-11) Version 2.6.1 has this note:

  Resolves and issue where spreadsheets would not open back to their last saved positions.

See if updating to this latest version solves your issue.


Does iTunes Backups Happen Automatically?

You need to set up iTunes to allow you to do the backup over WiFi and you need to sync the two devices at least once. After that you should be able to do it, provided;

Both devices must be on the same WiFi network
iTunes must be open on the Mac
The iOS device must be charging


Unable to install Internet Explorer on MAC OS X 10.7.4

There is no Internet Explorer for Mountain Lion.

If you must have IE you need to run Windows virtually (e.g., with Bootcamp).

I would try the Chrome or Firefox (or Safari) on Mac and see if they can work for you.

In Safari, you can try this:

Go to Safari > Preferences > Advanced > click on Show Develop Menu in Menu Bar.
In Develop menu > User Agent > Internet Explorer 9.0

This might trick the websites into thinking that Safari is Internet Explorer.


Should I install Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server?

It depends on how good you are at configuring the relevant services in Unix-land. All the services you mentioned can be run from the non-server version, but OS X Server has that sort of thing pre-configured and maybe even a nice GUI for management purposes.


Since you are using the DD-WRT on your router there is a set up you can use to limit the bandwidth for specific IP or MAC.

Here are the instructions how to set up the QoS (Quality of Services)

and more instructions here.


Floating semi-transparent image for comparison

Here's a few more:

Uberlayer
GluePrint
Overlay

More alternatives (also for Windows) on alternativeto.net


How can I connect two VGA monitors to a Mini using Thunderbolt and HDM adapters?

You cannot run VGA from the HDMI port the way you have it set up.  You need a direct HDMI->VGA converter.  The reason is that HDMI does not output analog signals.  The cable head actually has a digital-to-analog converter chip in it, but your HDMI<->DVI adapter does not.  So even though the DVI<->VGA adapter fits, the analog pins aren't actually connected.

Technically, the HDMI<->DVI converter you're using was manufactured incorrectly.  They should have used a DVI-D connector, but they used a DVI-I instead.  A VGA adapter will not fit onto a DVI-D connector, but a DVI-I connector will accommodate anything.


"New Tab with Settings - Basic" Mac Maybe a Dash?

I was able to verify your issue, initially I thought it might be there is a hidden character or an unusual type of hyphen, but it isn't I found the strings file and the original string for this menu is:

New Window with Profile - %@

Testing these options didn't work:

New Window with Profile - %@
New Window with Profile - Pro My theme is called Pro not Basic
New Window with Profile

None of these work, but as you said any other item in that menu works so this appears to be an artefact of the fact macOS generates that menu item by concatenating two strings.

There is a relatively old guide on almost exactly this issue which you could try to follow, but this appears to be a bug and should be reported to Apple: https://radar.apple.com

EDIT: Image of menu item


Terminal.app reverse text color under cursor

You can go into Preferences and change the color of your cursor so the text is visible behind it. The cursor color is changed by going to Preferences/Profiles where you get a panel like the one shown in the figure below.

I changed my cursor color to red and I could see letters behind it fine. Another option is to change your cursor to underline or a verticle bar. Those optional are selectable on the same pane to the left of my red box.


For what it is worth- (and others stumbling onto this problem like I did) in the latest XCode (4.6, 4.5 and friends) autoconf is not even available in the command line tools.

I have manually installed just autoconf and a few friends, but still have trouble with some of the automake-ish software out there.

See http://jsdelfino.blogspot.com/2012/08/autoconf-and-automake-on-mac-os-x.html for a how-to to manually install.


Does GPS tagging for camera images work without wifi connection with iphone 5?

Yes. It does extremely well with geo-tagging photos without an internet connection. The phone simply saves the lat/longitude in the photo file.

What one needs a data connection for is viewing the images on a map - one must download the map to display the pins.


I have the same issue.  I found this thread which basically states, it is a known bug with Bootcamp.  There has been no fix for like 4-5 years:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3369017?start=15&tstart=0

I downloaded the latest version of bootcamp (5.1) to no avail :(

If you check the version of Bootcamp you are running (right click on the icon in the taskbar and click About Bootcamp) to see if you are running the latest.

Turns out I was running 4.0 and the latest for my laptop is 5.1.5621 and found here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3369017?start=15&tstart=0


After upgrading Mac mini to Mountain Lion, the display is not working

Try logging into the machine with your display hooked up with HDMI (just so you can login), then switch over to VGA. Then try CMD + F2 (brightness up) to force detect displays and see if it switches over.


How can I view (offline) the full English Wikipedia on OS X?

It's not clear how you want to use the data once it's on your mac.

To narrow this down a bit, you can refer to the page that wikipedia has made to guide people like you that want to get a local copy of content and actually use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

Pay particular attention to the sections:

Help importing dumps into MySQL
Static HTML tree dumps
Dynamic HTML generation from a local XML database dump

The first option has you loading the dumps into your own database and is the most powerful, but means you will be running your own web server / database - your own little copy of wikipedia on your mac. The second two are guides to simply opening the dumped files in a web browser or other program that can render HTML and follow the links to files that rest on your mac's file system.


That clearly looks like the LCD screen is physically damaged, to me. The vertical stripes below that only serve to reinforce that opinion.


Problem seeing shared drive when connected via 802.11ac

The Bubba B3 only supports 802.11 b/g/n networks by design.

That is why you do not see it on the 802.11ac network.


Add PDFs to iBooks, without making a copy to com.apple.BKAgentService folder

I eventually solved the problem by hard-linking the files between my folder and the com.apple.BKAgentService folder, with the aid of some shell scripts to automate the process. Everything still seems to be working fine.


Setting 2FA with device logged in with different account

Yes, it is relatively straightforward if you follow Apple's guide here:

https://developer.apple.com/support/account/authentication/

Look under the heading "How can I use different Apple IDs for iCloud and my Apple Developer Account".

The basic idea is that you enable 2FA for you developer account. The easiest way to do that with the devices you've got, is to create an extra user on your Mac. Login to that user on the Mac and sign in with your developer account and enable 2FA at System Preferences > iCloud > Account Details > Security.

Then on your ordinary, main account and your iPhone, you just need to add the developer account as an extra iCloud account for 2FA. On the iPhone you go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account > iCloud. On the Mac you go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts > iCloud.

Now that everything is setup, you can delete the temporary user again.

So now even though your main iCloud account is B, you'll receive 2FA codes for both account A and B on your iPhone and Mac.