Dual-Monitor Output from a new Macbook Pro

You've pretty much got two options for two external monitors on a MacBook Pro:

A) Two Apple Thunderbolt Displays

This is the least flexible, but highest performing solution. Obvious drawbacks are the cost, and not being able to use your existing displays. This only works on Thunderbolt equipped Macs with a discrete graphics card (i.e. not the 13" MacBook Pro or any MacBook Air, nor the base Mini).

B) DisplayLink adapter

You can use one display directly connected to the Thunderbolt/Mini Displayport with an mDP-HDMI adapter, and run the second one with a DisplayLink adapter. DisplayLink is essentially basic graphics card connected to your computer via USB. Because of the limitations of USB, it's not a high performance solution - don't expect to do any gaming on it. This does allow you to use your existing monitors, and at relatively modest expense. You may also want to check the current status of Lion support, as I remember seeing some posts about bugs relating to DisplayLink adapters - they may have been fixed by now however.


It is part of the the digital audio out built into that port. You can plug in a toslink cable instead of a 1/8th inch analog cable to get digital audio from your Mac Book. (via)

might not work in Ubuntu


Unplug/disconnect your headphones, and mute the system volume. For added security, turn the volume all the way down. Plug in your headphones, and your volume should remain the same. The system will automatically switch between mute/no volume and the volume you have set for your headphones.

This is something that works on at least OSX 10.8 (I can't speak for sure on older versions of OSX), and a late 2008 or later Macbook. I tested it on both bluetooth and corded headphones.


How do I require password prompt EVERY time I close my MacBook's lid?

If you want to make sure the external display goes to sleep when you close your macbook, make sure you don't have a power adapter, external keyboard, or mouse connected, then close the lid.

Reference:  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3131

If you want the machine to require password after you sleep it:


...reattaching the cables in the electronics of the computer.

I am assuming by this statement, you have opened up your Macbook for whatever reason.  Did you do any sort of service?

Try reseating the Airport adapter - remove it completely and reinstall it.

There are 4 cables that go to this adapter.  Three are the antenna cables (J0, J1, and J2) and the interface to the logic board (right)

In addition to that, you have the interface cable that connects it to the logic board (below).  Notice the two connectors at each end.

You have 4 things to check:

The Airport card connector
The cable connectors
the cable itself
The logic board connector

You will have to look closely.  If you did any service to the MBP where removing these components was necessary, you may have damaged them either during removal or installation.

The other scenario is that your Airport card simply failed; it happens.

If you damaged either the Airport card and/or the cable, you will have to replace them.  The good news is that they are available on the open market for less than $50

Airport Bluetooth Card 661-5867
Airport Bluetooth Flex Cable 821-1311-01

If you damaged the connector on the logic board, you will need to have it fixed, the logic board replaced, or get a USB Wifi Adapter like these Netgears (I have personally used them with Macbooks quite successfully).


What could fix Calendar.app when one calendar does not show all events that should be synced with iCloud?

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then Sync and all events that should get all your events to show.


Copy an app's localized title and text of menu items

String resource files are just plist files. In the terminal, use plutil -p to dump the contents of the file, which consists of maps of English keys to localized translations:

$ plutil -p /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/InfoPlist.strings

gives the output

{
  "Microsoft Word 2003 XML document" => "Word 2003 (.xml) 文稿"
  "Apple HTML document" => "网页 (.html)"
  "Unknown document" => "文稿"
  "Microsoft Word 97 document" => "Word 97 (.doc) 文稿"
  "CFBundleDisplayName" => "文本编辑"
  "NSRTFPboardType" => "多信息文本文稿"
  "Apple Web archive" => "网页归档文稿"
  "Microsoft Word 2007 document" => "Word 2007 (.docx) 文稿"
  "Apple SimpleText document" => "SimpleText 文稿"
  "NSRTFDPboardType" => "带附件的多信息文本文稿"
  "NSStringPboardType" => "纯文本文稿"
  "OpenDocument Text document" => "OpenDocument 文本 (.odt) 文稿"
  "NSHumanReadableCopyright" => "Copyright © 1995-2016 Apple Inc.
保留一切权利。"
  "CFBundleName" => "文本编辑"
}

(BTW, the title of the app is contained in CFBundleDisplayName and CFBundleName).


Apple's tech spec page for the Late 2011 iMac and the new thin iMac say that they both support both the built in monitor and an external monitor at up to 2560X1600. It seems like the Mini display port to Dual Link DVI adapter should work. This conversation on Apple's support site concurs.

Double check all of your connections, try rebooting with the monitor plugged in and if you still can't get it to work try taking to to a genius bar if you have an Apple retail story nearby.


How to run .exe files on Mac without virtual machine?

There is a wine port for OS X: http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX

From the project page:

  Current Status (x86)

  Wine works well on OSX for Intel based Macs minus a proper
  distribution package (Mac Application Bundle) to fully integrate with
  "drag and drop" and "open" or "open with" functionality. Wine also has
  shortcomings with desktop icon integration and execution of certain
  types of DOS or blended Windows/DOS programs.

(Notice that Darwine, the original effort to port Wine to OS X, was primarily written for PowerPC Macs. Some work was done to support Intel Macs, but it is no longer actively developed, so you are better off avoiding it.)

There are no official Wine packages available for Intel Macs as of this writing, so you'll have to use a third-party application like WineBottler (http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/), PlayOnMac (http://www.playonmac.com/en/download.html, for Snow Leopard and Lion). or Wineskin (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php, for Lion and Mountain Lion).

daviewales has mentioned in a comment below a package manager I didn't know of called Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). You may want to give it a try.

Otherwise you can try the commercial product CrossOver, which is basically Wine with, as Wikipedia puts it, various compatibility patches added, more user-friendly configuration tools, and commercial support.

You can download a free trial here: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/


Photo captions not showing up on photos when viewed slideshow mode in Photos.app

There are no settings for this, and it does not appear to be possible.

This is further confirmed by MacWorld's article on "4 things iPhoto can do that Photos can't (yet)".


When you upgrade OS X the installer preserves the things that you've installed to /usr/local (through Homebrew) and /opt (through MacPorts). Always a good idea to have backups though, just in case.

It has been suggested that you might want to temporarily move the contents of /usr/local to speed up the install though. Faster Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Upgrades for Developers


Inheriting Duplicate Time Machine Backup Sparsebundle on macOS Server Time Machine Server

Yes, that it possible. I did this two or three times.

You will have to switch off the Time Machine service, then copy the backup just as if you were moving it to a new drive. The same applies to sparsebundles. Note that the copied sparsebundle will have the same maximum size as the old one, but Time Machine will increase it automatically to the size of the volume during the next backup. Finally, switch Time Machine back on, and select the new location as a backup volume.

Time Machine will check the backup thoroughly (which will take quite a long time), then accept it as base and attach further backups to it.


What part of Apple's review process might lead to them reject apps with not-complete features?

Yes.  This has happened to me.  Apple sends your submission through a light testing regime by a human.  If they pick up an egregious bug or substantially incomplete feature, they may reject your submission.

You could change the verbiage on the button to make it clear the feature is not yet implemented, which would probably pass.

One suggestion is to have a live blog and link to discussions, using a redirect from your web server to track which button was pressed in the app.  This way, reviewers arrive at a logical page while you could track which version of the app was used. Why risk rejection for submitting something with an incomplete feature when you can have a simple "coming soon" link before you submit your app for review?


Reposition/Resize QuickLook window with AppleScript

Here's a little AppleScript I wrote to resize and reposition the Quick Look window so that it occupies the right one-third of the screen:

    tell application "System Events"
        if not (exists window "Quick Look") of process "Finder" then
            activate application "Finder"
            keystroke "y" using command down
        end if
    end tell

    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder"
        if not (exists window "Quick Look") then ¬
            with timeout of 5 seconds
                repeat until (exists window "Quick Look")
                end repeat
            end timeout

        set [W, H] to size of scroll area 1 --(desktop)

        tell window "Quick Look"
            set [_w, _h] to size
            set [_x, _y] to position

            set position of it to [W * 2 / 3, 0]
            set size of it to [W * 1 / 3, H]
        end tell
    end tell

This requires that the appropriate application from within which this script is run (e.g. Script Editor, Keyboard Maestro, Better Touch Tool, etc.) is given assistive accessibility permissions, which (in High Sierra) you can grant in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.


iPhone Lightning Dock Model A1717 not supported by iPhone XS Max

Not to sound flippant, but we (or I) can’t provide you support beyond what Apple’s going to provide so if they consider it “closed” we can’t go beyond that.  However, I can advise you what to do next:

Return it from where you purchased it (it may be defective)
Ask someone at Apple (on-line sales via phone or chat, or in person at the Apple store) what models the Lightning Dock is compatible with.

Ask them if there is a compatibility list.
Ask them if it works with your specific phone

If you get satisfactory answers, purchase it.

If it fails again, open a customer service inquiry and escalate. (If you do the pre-sales question via chat, you’ll have a record).  It may be completely incompatible with your phone and its a perfectly valid, albeit horrible, response/answer.

If you happen to be in store, open the box, hook it up, and make sure it works in font of the sales associate.. Tell him/her exactly what you’re doing and why.  At the very least Apple will be made aware of the deficiency, but most importantly, you’d have saved your money rather than fork over $40USD to a company worth a trillion dollars.


Does it make sense to turn a closed Mac upside down when it's hot?

There is no need to do anything special with regards to your Mac feeling hot. Your Mac's fans are managed by the System Management Controller (SMC) which will ensure that your CPU etc are protected in the event your Mac overheats to the point that it could cause damage.

Your question doesn't actually specify what temperature your Mac is at, so it's impossible to comment on whether it's too high. However, MBP models usually range from about 40ºC (104ºF) to 100ºC (212ºF) depending on whether the CPU is idle or under load. CPU temps (just like ambient temperatures) typically have a bearing on GPU temps too, especially within the extremely confined spaces of a MacBook.

If you'd like, you can refer to the Intel Mac Temperature Database to see the various temperature ranges reported by users. You can also filter the list by model etc.

If you're still concerned, you can also Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac to see if this has any noticeable impact on what you're experiencing.


You could jailbreak your Apple TV and install Plex or XBMC and point them at your files. As new files are added, they should find them and let you play them. The nice thing with these two applications is that they will play a lot more than what Apple has decided the Apple TV will play on its own.

If you don't jailbreak your Apple TV, the only way to accomplish anything close to what you are after is to use iTunes Home Sharing. Unfortunately this requires another computer with iTunes running in order to connect and serve content. (It does, however, work quite well, as I can attest, having done this with most of my media content.) Since you want to get at TV content, it would have to be stored in a form that iTunes would import (and you would have to figure out a way to import it automatically). At that point, you are probably going to find the jailbreak route the easier and better of the two.

If you are looking for a direct interface from the Apple TV to manage the recording process (e.g., as in a Tivo-like recording interface), I know of nothing that does this, yet. The jailbreaking scene for the Apple TV (2nd generation) is still pretty new, but they are doing new things every day.


You could use Karabiner (previously KeyRemap4MacBook)
This app can remap every key on your keyboard.


Click on the top right icon to get the previous keyboard


From Apple's documentation:

  racoon speaks the IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management protocol, to establish security associations with
  other hosts.  The SPD (Security Policy Database) in the kernel usually triggers racoon.  racoon usually
  sends all informational messages, warnings and error messages to syslogd(8) with the facility
  LOG_DAEMON and the priority LOG_INFO.  Debugging messages are sent with the priority LOG_DEBUG.  You
  should configure syslog.conf(5) appropriately to see these messages.


What is the proper order to boot Macbook with Thunderbolt display?

The best guide to reference here is : http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1594/en_US/thunderbolt_display_getting_started.pdf

To use your Apple Thunderbolt Display with your MacBook Pro lid closed:

Connect an external USB keyboard and mouse to a USB port on your display, or use the
Bluetooth® Setup Assistant to set up a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Make sure your MacBook Pro is turned on.
Close the lid on your MacBook Pro to put it to sleep.
Wait a few seconds, and then press any key on your external keyboard or click the mouse to wake up your MacBook Pro


Are there any good iPhone camera apps that properly rotate photos?

If any I think ProCam might do this by default. There's no specific settings for where to do the rotation, but if I don't remember wrong it actually rotates the image. I'm not sure if the app is free or costs anything since I got it thru appoftheday for free.

Have a try. If you want I can check it out further so you don't need to purchase the app?

Edit:

Sorry to dissapoint you. Neither of the apps: ProCam, Awesomemize or Awesome Camera does this. I tested all of them by taking a photo upside down and mailing it to myself. The image arriving on my computer was also upside down.

If youre into code you should have a look at whats going wrong and how to fix it:
http://pleaselistencarefully.com/Why-photo-rotation-is-broken-on-the-iphone-4-and-how-to-fix-it-using-paperclip-on-heroku


Install software from an unverified source

Yes, the tool can access your files after you install and run it.

It is correct that sandboxing is a technique to limit an application's access to files and other resources in order to contain the effects of virusses, etc. However, only App Store apps are sandboxes by default. Apps downloaded from thirdparties are normally not sandboxed.

You can however create your own sandbox for a thirdparty application using the exact same sandbox, called SeatBelt, that is used for App Store apps. It is however not that easy to define a "good" sandbox profile that allows only what you want the app to access, and disallows the rest.

In general you can run your application sandboxed like this from Terminal.app:

sandbox-exec -f definition.sb /Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp

here definition.sb should be replaced with the name of a sandbox definition file, you have created for the app. Obviously MyApp.app should be replaced with the name of the app you're trying to sandbox.

You can inspect the system default sandbox definitions at /usr/share/sandbox to get inspiration. You can also find community-made definitions for popular apps such as Skype and Firefox, for example download from here:

https://github.com/pansen/macos-sandbox-profiles
https://github.com/s7ephen/OSX-Sandbox--Seatbelt--Profiles

You can also take a look at the developer oriented documentation that Apple provides for their SeatBelt sandbox:

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AboutAppSandbox/AboutAppSandbox.html

Also here's a link to a blog post / tutorial on how to create simple, but powerful definitions:

https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/how-to-run-your-applications-in-a-mac-os-x-sandbox-to-enhance-security/

Their example shows how to allow the reading or certain folders, but not other - and similar denying an application the right to write to specific files and folders.

A simple sandbox definition file could look like this:

(version 1)
(allow default)
(deny network*)

When you run your app with sandbox-exec using that .sb file, your app will run without access to the network.


Why does free + active + inactive + speculative + wired not equal total RAM?

After spending some time looking into this and a SO question coming out of it, I think I've nailed this down.

Before I get started, I want to point out the philosophical debate that Apple must have had when they tried to answer the question What is used memory? If you look at the activity monitor on in OSX Pre-Yosemite (you can see this in my question I link and below) you'll see that Used Memory is made up of four parts; App Memory, File Cache, Wired Memory, and Compressed Memory. Now, if you look at the activity monitor below, from OSX Yosemite, you'll see that File Cache is missing. Not sure why there was a change between OS's, but there is one none-the-less. Since you're using a pre-Yosemite OS in the question, I'll defer to the former definition.

Let's get back to business, calculating the total memory, more specifically Used Memory since Free memory is given to us using vm_stat.

In order to calculate this, we need to map the four parts of Used Memory to the different stats given to us from vm_stat. A few of these are pretty easy.

Activity Monitor to vm_stat Mappings

File Cache:   -> File-backed pages
Wired Memory: -> Pages wired down
Compressed:   -> Pages occupied by compressor
App Memory:   -> Pages Active + Pages Speculative

Figuring out App Memory is the tricky one, and to be honest, I don't quite understand why speculative memory is apart of it, but the math is inarguable.

Inarguable Math (goes with OSX Pre-Yosemtie Activity Monitor)

                  vm_stat       Activity Monitor
------------------------------------------------
Free Mem.         9.97 GB       9.85 GB
Pages Active      2.38 GB       xxx
Pages Speculative 0.57 GB       xxx
App Mem.          xxx           2.95
Cached Files      1.24 GB       1.22 GB
Wired Mem.        1.43 GB       1.41 GB
Compressed        0.57 GB       0.58 GB
------------------------------------------------
Total Mem.       16.16 GB       16.01 GB
                 (keep in mind rounding error)

Activity Monitor OSX Pre-Yosemite

Activity Monitor OSX Yosemite


Iphone 4 drain wifi 1 percent per minute

Seems not ok to me. Does it still do that when it isn't jailbroken? If it does you should go to the Genius Bar and maybe get a replacement.

Maybe you could restore then put all your extra software on one by one to see which app is the likely cause.


Apple software: moving Mail to an older computer

I moved mail from Sierra to El-Capitan and it worked fine. There are no reported problems with the scenario you're describing. I'd suggest following this Apple Doc before sending your mac for repair and check that everything is working, though.

Mail for Mac: Import or export mailboxes


Yes. You can do this by heading to Settings > iCloud then turn off the Photos option. This will disable photo sharing between devices, allowing you to delete your photos off of one device but keep them on the others, or vice versa. Hope this helps!


"Verification failed" when trying to update to iOS 8.1.1 because of a network issue


If you are using the latest version of IOS, or if you can connect to external wifi to upgrade to the latest version of IOS you can transfer the photos via airdrop.

Airdrop utilizes, both wifi and bluetooth.


Hide page numbers of table of contents in Pages?

Found the option under the "Text" tab, when the TOC section is selected:


How to restore a Time Machine backup from a 2 HDD setup to a single HDD

After a lot of searching and messing around I found the answer.... thanks to this post

/System/Library/Extensions/TMSafetyNet.kext/Contents/Helpers/bypass will allow you to make changes.

BUT....  I could not perform a mv so I resorted to using rsync right on the TM backup and ignored most of all my files.  This in turn allowed me to restore to a slimmed down backup.

After this I tried using Time Machine to copy the rest of my files back to my home folder, it kept failing.

In the end, enabling guest login and using rsync got me what I wanted.

If I had to do this again I would do it this way;

Do the restore as per normal, the login WILL FAIL! this is because
your home folder is a broken symlink.
Boot back into the recovery/install disc and use terminal to rm the symlink and mkdir your home folder of the same name. (you may need to chown this to your user) ** if you can also use rsync from this terminal, skip the Guest step and use rsync now.  I could not**
Do a regular boot, once logged in, turn on Guest login, logout and back in as Guest
Open terminal and su to your user.
Use rsync directly to the TM volume and restore all your home folder.
Check and make sure permissions are correct, reboot!
Everything should look just as it did before you removed your first/second HDD.  Turn off Guest login.

Never symlink your home folder!  While this worked fine, it made recovery a PIA! rather, symlink your individual folders like Documents, Music, Photos, Movies, etc.  It doesn't look as clean, but in the end, it is safer.

If my "data" drive had gone down, I would have had the same issues as I did with this. A system I can not login to.


Mini DVI port male to thunderbolt female

No.
The Thunderbolt Display works only on Thunderbolt ports. Not even on mini-display-port (even if the connector is the same)


I synced my iPhone to my laptop. Can I safely wipe it clean now?

Yes, you can.

As long as you backup everything to iTunes, you are safe to wipe it clean.

When you connect your new iPhone to iTunes it will ask, "Do you want to load data from the currently saved backup?" or, "Do you want to set up as a new iPhone".

You can also synchronize your iPhone with iCloud, directly from your iPhone. On your new iPhone, during first setup, you can choose to restore from iCloud.

Make sure you have the latest iTunes installed nonetheless.


Trouble with Applescript/Xcode setting up VPN Auto Connect with Btguard's Tunnelblick Open VPN

"System Events" is an Apple-supplied function. It can only be used to start a VPN that is the type of VPN built into OS X -- an "L2TP over IPSec" or "PPTP", or "Cisco IPSec" VPN.

Tunnelblick is used to start/stop/manage an "OpenVPN" VPN, which is different. (That is why you need Tunnelblick to use the VPN -- OS X does not include software to handle an OpenVPN-based VPN.)

Tunnelblick itself has an option to start when the computer starts -- on the "Settings" tab of the "Configurations" panel of the "VPN Details..." window, there is a setting named "Connect". The default setting is "Manually", but you can set it to connect "When Tunnelblick launches" or "When computer starts".

The "When computer starts" setting will only be available if the configuration is what Tunnelblick calls a "Shared" configuration, or if the version of Tunnelblick you have is what is called a "Deployed" version (with the configurations built into the application).

If you have a "Private" configuration, you can change it to "Shared" (and thus enable the "When computer starts" setting) by selecting the configuration in the list on the left, then clicking the little "gear" icon at the bottom of the list, then clicking "Make Configuration Shared..."

Even with "When computer starts" selected, there is a time during the computer startup when the VPN has not been established but network operations take place (among other things, to start the VPN!), so there is network traffic that is not sent through the VPN. If you are trying to make sure nobody can "eavesdrop" on your network connection, this brief time period is a time when they can.

For that reason, few people use the "When computer starts" option -- and it could be buggy (I speak as the developer/maintainer of Tunnelblick). It is likely that selecting "When Tunnelblick launches" and have Tunnelblick launch when you log in will be sufficient for your needs. Tunnelblick will launch when you log in if it is running when you log out (or shut down or restart). And when it launches, it will start the VPN if it is set to "When Tunnelblick launches".

If you have further questions about using Tunnelblick, please use Tunnelblick's Discussion Group for questions -- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tunnelblick-discuss.


Can I listen to music from my iPhone with a Plantronics Discovery 665 Headset?

No.  In order to do music, your Bluetooth headset must support A2DP Streaming Audio (it must support the A2DP profile).


iOS 10 icloud calendars not showing up (gone after upgrade)

The following finally fixed the issue for me:

Sign out of iCloud (Settings -> iCloud -> Sign Out)
choosing "delete all iCloud data from iPhone"
sign in again
wait a couple of minutes


The only way to get those books on your iPhone is to open them on the phone. My recommendation is to upload all of those books to a cloud drive, then download them from the drive and then open them via iBooks.


Mac Location Services: Frequent Polling?

Most probably it is significant locations, which might need maps to name the coordinates.

  Significant Locations allows your Mac to identify places significant to you in order to provide useful location-related information in Maps, Calendar, Reminders and more. Significant Locations are encrypted and can’t be read by Apple. Click Details to view a list of locations that have been identified. You can select and remove locations from the list or click Clear History to remove all the locations.

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh35873/mac
https://osxdaily.com/2019/09/05/disable-clear-significant-locations-mac/


How to Recover a gone OSX (mavericks) on MacBookPro?

Problem has been solved, Just thought it may be useful for others.

1. Is there anyway to get my previous OS to work (I need my passwords and Data in Desktop,documents and download folders)?

  Maybe, But I don't know yet. But anyway, it is better to clean install
  the OS again to make your computer faster.

2. Even if 1 is not possible, how can I backup the Data of that partition i.e,Macintosh HD?

  Yes, basically I installed mavericks on a USB thumb drive. Next I log
  in my new OS and copied everything I needed to a external Hard drive.
  Then I formatted the whole MAC HDD and then clean installed the OS
  there. Now it is working well.

3. Is it possible to extract my saved passwords on Firefox as well?

  Yes, Once I installed the Mavericks on a thumb drive, I went to user
  folder, library/application support and then found Firefox folder and
  copied my profile . After I inistalled the OS on MAC HDD, I installed
  firefox and then pasted that profile in the same place. All of my
  passwords and bookmarks are there.


MySQL - installation from source failed on ./configure

Why don't you install MySQL from the DMG image - it works.

BUT - I'm not able to start v5.5.11 after the install, so I'm back on v5.1.56. It should only be a problem when installed on Snow Leopard.


The primary concern would be if you were running Web Sharing with mod_cgi enabled. The other issue is if you have remote login enabled. If the latter is enabled, your system is at risk.

It's unlikely that your system is all that vulnerable. If you have got Xcode's developer tools (including gcc) installed, you might want to give compiling your own binaries a try. The page linked below is chock full of different approaches to solving the particular problem:

How do I recompile Bash to avoid Shellshock (the remote exploit CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169)?

For ease, you'd want to retain the same bash base version as you have now, which is likely v2.05b. There are newer versions available, but some differences in behaviour may cause things to break. As such, it's best to take your existing 2.x version and apply the patches available to it. Currently, there are 10 patches released for that version of bash.

Patches can be downloaded here:

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-2.05b-patches/

The download of the main 2.05b source is available in the parent directory:

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

In summary: Are you vulnerable? Yes. Is it likely to be serious? No. If you have the skills to fix it yourself, then I recommend doing so. Apple last released a security update for Tiger in Nov 2010. As such, it's unlikely that Apple will ever release an update for that OS version again.


If you want to just open a list of PDFs all at once, you just need to separate the file names (enclosed with quotes) by a space as follows:

open "file1.pdf" "file2.pdf" ... "fileN.pdf"

This will open every PDF specified on one line.

If you want to open every PDF in a particular directory, use the command (simple for/do loop):

for file in /Path_to_Directory/*.pdf; do open "${file}"; done

Both of the examples above use the default app associated with the file (Preview).  If you want to specify a particular app (maybe you have a different PDF viewer but want to use Preview) use the -a flag and specify the app:

for file in /Path_to_Directory/*.pdf; do open -a Preview.app "${file}";  done

Note:  Be sure to enclose the variable name in quotes (") to account for spaces and non-printing characters.  For example, if you have a file named "My PDF File.pdf", not including the quotes will cause the command to try and open each string ("My", "PDF", and "File") as separate files.


Wifi dongle stopped working as soon a I upgraded to MacOS Big Sur 11 version

While Apple hasn't realeased an official date for when third party kexts, they have been phasing them out for over a year now and over time the list of depreciated kexts is growing.
For now I believe that you can boot into recovery mode using Command and R, and then running csrutil disable in the terminal.
This is more like a temporary hotfix than a solution and I would advise getting a new dongle if your manufacturer does not keep up.


Is there an easy switch to jailbreak iPhone 5 that’s documented here - not yet.

May you find a crack or Apple key to sign whatever code you want. Of course, any hardware system could have cracks.

Can you do it? Depends on your skill and research ability and time you devote to the exercise.


RTF files created using the 'touch' command will not open

As you've likely discovered, touching a nonexistent file will create a zero-byte file with the name you specify.  (touch is also used to update the modification time on an existing file.  See man touch for further details.)

The problem you're running into is that though a completely empty file is valid HTML, text, or Markdown, it is not valid RTF—this is true of many file formats, actually, which are structured in a particular way and require some data to be present be valid.

Based on my experimentation, the bare minimum RTF file appears to be

{\rtf1}

If you'd like to create a blank RTF file from the shell, try this:

echo '{\rtf1}' >Foo.rtf

Note the above will overwrite Foo.rtf if it exists.


I think, but I am not sure that .PEG files on iPhone is the container for Google Snapseed when you save a modified image and want to preserve original to make modifications (non deterioring editing).


Are there any iPhone push apps that sound on silent?

Yes - Apple's find my iPhone app / service will sound the device despite mute, volume and do-not-disturb settings.


Google Drive on 3rd Partition with Windows 7 and Bootcamp

It can be done.  I have two Macbooks setup like this.  Partition 1 is Mac, 2 is Google Drive, 3 is Windows.  All can be seen, written and read from both OSX and Windows.

To do this, run bootcamp assistant and partition the drive so that the Mac OS partition is the size you want the OSX + Google Drive to be.

Do not install Windows yet.  Reboot into OSX, then go to disk utility, and partition the OSX partition again, this time call the second partition as Google Drive. You will now have 2 OS partitions, and one NTFS.

Now reboot, and hold down alt to choose to boot from your windows installation media.

Choose advanced installation, and select the partition that you want to install Windows on to. You may need to choose to format the partition too.

Windows will install.

Now reboot into OSX, setup Google Drive and choose advanced.  It will ask you to choose where Drive is located.  Here's the tricky part..... if you choose the new partition, it will say it's not empty.  So you need to show hidden files (there's many tutorials and methods on line to show how to do this).  Now you need to delete these 4 files.  Each time I've done this has been trial and error.  Programs like BlueHarvest may help, but you will need to use Terminal and various delete commands to get them to go and do in the correct order. It took me about 45 minuets last time.  I lost track of the correct order.  When they all do delete, have the Google Drive setup assistant ready to choose the now empty partition. Select the drive and  it will start to sync and you're done.

I use Paragon and Mac Drive 9 to allow full read / write from both OS.

Mac and Google partitions are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Windows is NTFS.


How to change system "Hide All" keyboard shortcut?

You have to add it manually in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts


How to remove supervision from my iPad imposed by my school that I’m not attending anymore

You'll need to contact the school to have them remove the supervision from the iPad. They can do that remotely, but any apps, etc. that you got from the school will end up being deleted, as an erase of all contents and settings is required.

You cannot remove the supervision yourself.


I FIXED IT!
The HDMI out of the mac mini is very poor. I connected the via mini displayport and all went fine.

(mini displayport -> dvi -> hdmi, crazy but works better then HDMI <> HDMI).


Connection to server fails after waking from sleep

Sometimes a network device may stay "connected" even though the connection isn't working properly. Try manually ejecting it from the Finder sidebar, if it appears there:

Then try connecting again with ⇧⌘K.

If that doesn't work, this question on Super User suggests some more possible solutions.


iTunes downloading movie faster over WiFi

I know what your trying to ask here. When you do you speed test are you downloading the movie at the same time? If yes then the mbps will consistently change so when your over wifi and when your switching back to ethernet. If your were not downloading a movie when doing the speed test there is the difference already, when toe downloading something it using more data that means if more people are using the Internet as well then it will consistently change again.

To put it into a perspective, image your router has 20 (whatever of 20). Your wife logs on 20 goes to her then you log on splits 10 & 10 then you have let's say your friend over now it's uneven so your each getting 6.6 from the router. You see how it keeps getting smaller so there are so many factors that play in to make it better with Ethernet or better wirelessly.


It appears that you've added a video to an iCloud Shared Photo Stream. Since you are the one that added it to the stream, you can delete it.

  Can I delete photos, videos and comments from a shared stream?

  Yes. If you are the owner of a shared stream, you can delete any photos, videos or comments that you or your contributors have added.

Source: Apple KB article: iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ

To delete a video from a shared stream:

Go to Photos → Shared.

Select the stream that you added the video to, then select the video.
Tap the Trash  icon to delete it.

To delete the entire shared stream:

Go to Photos → Shared.
Select the stream that you wish to delete.
Go to People → Delete Photo Stream.

With regard to your statement about using up iCloud storage…

  Do Shared Photo Streams use my iCloud storage?

  No. Photos uploaded to Shared Photo Streams do not count against your iCloud storage.

Source: Apple KB article: iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ


Mojave 10.14 Mouse Hover Suddenly Not Working

Hover is something that comes out of the gesture recognition engine on macOS so it's more complicated than simply the cursor is now over a link. It matters if more than one finger (multitouch) is detected and it also needs a stable input.

One rare cause of this is flakey USB that causes a (possibly invisible) shake to the input - this is filtered out, so you might not see it.

The leading cause of this is when there are more than one device connected. For Macs with a trackpad, if there is motion detected on the build in trackpad, the external device may be demoted to "secondary device"

I learned this when the same issue plagued me for a few days. The cause and solution was similar as well - little did I know, the USB-C dock I had my Mac plugged into at work also had a USB mouse plugged into it, hidden behind the monitors. As soon as I unplugged that mouse, the issue immediately went away.
If anyone is having this issue, try seeing if there is a mouse or wireless mouse dongle plugged in that you might have forgotten about. Also, the act of disconnecting a USB device or Bluetooth device and re-connecting it (which is a different / quicker step than unpairing and pairing) that also seems to cure when a hover motion doesn't get detected.


How do I install certain applications on a server

It is likely that the file system in use on your Ubuntu server does not support all of the things that HFS+ does meaning that somethings just can't live on a different file system, applications and other types of package files spring to mind.

However a disk image file is designed to be a self contained archive that can transit all sorts of file systems. You could put a (read/write) .DMG file on your Linux server and then mount it across the network to your Mac and run your applications from there. Just remember that some (many?) apps are not designed to run in such a container and that many will want to write their preference files and the like to your local home directory.


How hot can an iPhone get before displaying a temperature warning?

TL:DR - Don't leave it in the sun. Especially face up with the black display (and pobssibly bezel) exposed to direct sunlight.

From Apple KB:

  Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures

  Learn about the operating temperatures and temperature management of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (4th generation and later).

  Use iOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C
  (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause the
  device to change its behavior to regulate its temperature. Using an
  iOS device in very cold conditions outside of its operating range
  might temporarily shorten battery life and could cause the device to
  turn off. Battery life will return to normal when you bring the device
  back to higher ambient temperatures. Store the device where the
  temperature is between -20º and 45º C (-4º to 113º F). Don’t leave the
  device in your car, because temperatures in parked cars can exceed
  this range.

  Your device might get warm

  When you use the device or charge the battery, the device might get
  warm. You might notice that your device feels warmer in these
  situations:

  When you set up your device the first time
  When you restore from a backup
  When apps reindex or reanalyze data, like Photos tagging for faces, places, or keywords after a software update

  These conditions are normal, and your device will return to a regular
  temperature when complete.

  Here are some of the higher ambient-temperature conditions and
  activities that might cause the device to change performance and
  behaviour:

  Leaving the device in a car on a hot day.
  Leaving the device in direct sunlight for an extended period of time.
  Using certain features in hot conditions or direct sunlight for an extended period of time, such as GPS tracking or navigation in a car,
  or playing a graphics-intensive game.

  If your device gets too warm

  If the interior temperature of the device exceeds the normal operating
  range, the device will protect its internal components by attempting
  to regulate its temperature. If this happens, you might notice these
  changes:

  The device stops charging.
  The display dims or goes black.
  Cellular radios enter a low-power state. The signal might weaken during this time.
  The camera flash is temporarily disabled.

  Additionally, if you're navigating, the device might show this alert
  and turn off the display: "Temperature: iPhone needs to cool down."
  Navigation still provides audible turn-by-turn directions. When
  approaching a turn, the display will illuminate to guide you through
  the turn.

  If you see a temperature warning screen

  If the device exceeds a certain temperature threshold, it will present
  a temperature warning screen similar to this:

  An iPhone showing this message might still be able to make emergency
  calls.

  To resume use of your device as quickly as possible, turn it off, move
  it to a cooler environment, and allow it to cool down.


OSX Dock's Equivalent of Ubuntu Launcher's Super + (1, 2, 3)

I think you're looking for Snap

  Snap automatically assigns keyboard shortcuts to apps pinned in your dock using a modifier key (command, option, control, or shift) and the number keys. For example, command+1 opens the 1st app in your dock, command+2 the 2nd, etc.

You don't really need to configure anything in the app. All you need to do is change the order of apps in your dock, but you always have the option of setting manual shortcuts for apps that are not on the dock.

The only problem is that it ignores Finder, so if you have Finder first, Cmd+1 for example, will open the second item in your dock.

You can choose to open with only or a combination of command, option, control and shift with number keys as the triggers for the actual app.

A screenshot I took:


Convert Mac Pro internal boot drive into an external harddrive without wiping

You don't even need to move it to another slot. Install your SSD, set it up the way you want, then go to System Preferences -> Startup Disk and choose the SSD.

This isn't Windows, and it isn't 1993. You can have as many bootable volumes online as you have disk space for, Macs boot the one you want booted.


If you are using TextEdit, go to Preferences > New Document > Options and uncheck the box for smart quotes:

You may then require a system restart.


SMART disabled on new MacBook Pro 13 Retina (ForceTouch)

You can reenable SMART for a volume by typing the command:

sudo smartctl -s on /dev/disk0


Can I separate app download stats to see one app vs. another?

If Apple's recent improvements don't let you break out sales per app, you might want to look at a service like AppViz that has programmed that feature in and assists in synthesizing the data most accountants and developers need to understand their sales patterns and account for sales accounting-wise.

https://appviz.com


Solved, If you go into Applications there should be an App called "Install OS X El Capitan". Launch from there.


What does (10 hours)² mean? (specifications)

There is an explanation in the footnotes:

  2 Testing conducted by Apple in February 2015 using pre-production 2.9GHz dual-      core Intel Core i5–based 13-inch MacBook Pro units. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The HD film playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/uk/batteries for more information.


Hardware requirements for HomeKit compatibility?

Manufacturers can add HomeKit support through post-purchase updates but not many have as there are licensing and customer support costs associated with integrating with another smart home ecosystem.
You should look into HomeBridge. It’s a service that runs on a home server (iMac or Mac mini work great) and “bridges” the gap between non-HomeKit devices and HomeKit. For example, I have it setup and am able to control my Nest thermostat (temp and fan) from the Home app.


Garbage when printing pdf exported from Pages

Printing out loads of blank pages (along with some random chars) usually means that the printer is taking in the incoming print job as raw data, rather than as a PostScript file to be interpreted.
Check the printer's manual for the name of the print queue to which the job should be sent (usually one of AUTO, PS, PCL or RAW -- so choose PS), or make sure it's configured to use PostScript as a higher priority than raw data.


iTunes Library - Help with transition to new computer - Backup Catch 22

There is a third party solution to this and it's freeware. But what it does is backup your entire user profile and then restore it on another PC.

I have been using the ForensIT TransWiz to migrate people from one computer to another. I did a whole bunch of Windows 7 to Window 10 migrations and as long as all you need is located in your user profile folder (iTunes library is) this works a treat.

Basically you log onto your PC as an admin user but not as the person you want to copy. Run the program and save the created file to an external drive. When you have the new PC log on as an Admin user (don't create the user you intend to copy to) and run TransWiz again, point it to your previously backed up file and it will restore to the new PC.

Once you have done all of that install a new copy of iTunes and it should find your old iTunes files and update them for the new version.


How to reinstall php70-xdebug with the debug symbols?

If the debugging option is not available for php70-xdebug (they aren't at the time of writing), you can add it by using one of the methods suggested below.

Manual steps

The debug options can be added manually by the following steps:

Edit formula by this shell command:

brew edit php70-xdebug

Add the following lines:

option "enable-debug", "Compile with debugging symbols"
option "disable-debug", "Compile without debugging symbols (default)"

Verify the existence of option by:

brew options php70-xdebug

Reinstall package by:

brew reinstall php70-xdebug --build-from-source --enable-debug

Pulling the changes from fork

Pull the changes from pull request #4341 from GitHub by:

cd "$(brew --prefix)/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-php"
git pull https://github.com/kenorb-contrib/homebrew-php.git task/php70-xdebug-debug-options
brew reinstall php70-xdebug --build-from-source --enable-debug

Related: Cannot load Xdebug, as PHP was built with API NTS debug.


Cell carriers don't deliver two SMS to one phone as far as I've heard.

You could sign your husband into iMessage on your phone and presumably it would receive both your SMS and his iMessage, but it is likely you can't accomplish the mix you seek with iOS.


Application migration and apple id association

You have to uninstall (delete) the current iPhoto and re-download it from Mac App Store. You cannot update an app which does not belong to your Apple id. The re-downloaded iPhoto will recognize your previous iPhoto Library.


remindd sometimes spikes over 100-200% CPU usage

What worked for me is to turn off Reminders syncing, reboot, then turn it back on. Assuming you are running Catalina, you would go to:
System Preferences -> Internet Accounts -> iCloud -> Uncheck Reminders
It took a bit for my reminders to sync again, but after that, there were no more issues with Reminders app lockup and the remindd run away CPU usage.
However, as of recent (Catalina 10.15.7), remindd has run away CPU usage regardless if I turn off/on syncing or I just leave it off the all the time.
Since I posted this answer, I will add that even with Big Sur (including 11.3 update), so long as I have Reminders enabled, I get high CPU usage with remindd. In addition, reminders are not properly syncing between my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It appears there is some corruption in my Reminder data and it is not getting fixed with macOS updates.


Meta X works great for me for movies, not sure if you're looking for that though since you just mention music and books.


Can I reinstall macOS on my Mac after it's been turned into a Linux box?

Of course you can, there's no Mac (or any computer for that matter) that has been irreparably limited to never running it's native operating system ever again.

Yes, you can "brick" things but that's usually a firmware issue or in Apple's case, a security "thing" that you couldn't either unlock the firmware or the FileVault encryption.

  I have tried holding down the C-key on startup. I have tried resetting NVRAM.

Holding the C key tells the Mac to boot from the CD/DVD drive.  Did you have an install disk loaded?  If not, it's not going to do anything
The NVRAM is your pre-boot environment that sets things like which partition is your startup volume or what the screen resolution at boot should be.  Resetting your SMC/NVRAM is Internet folklore that it somehow fixes things when in reality, in 99.99% of the cases, it's not related to the problem at all.

The 2008 Mac Pro originally came with Leopard (10.5.x) but can run El Capitan (10.11.x).   The best way to get this installed would be to get ahold of an El Capitan USB Installer and install it that way...

have a friend with a Mac download and create the installer for you
take it to an Apple store and they will assist with the installation

When you get the installer created, simply put it into a USB slot, and hold the ⌥ Option key while booting.  This will take you into the boot manager where you can select the USB drive as the boot volume.


Is Apple's Core Image framework open source?

Nope it is not.

Only a few components in OSX are open source (Kernel, BSD inherited components, Grand Central Dispatch). Non of the Core Frameworks (Image, Storage, Animation, Graphics) are open source.


Should I use MaxiVista or Air Display for a Windows 7 monitor extender?

I use Maxivista and have no problems. I use it on my Windows boxes for a very long time and it just works as promised.


Dual identical monitors swap settings after displays turn off

This is the combination of:

macOS not caring about serial numbers
a race condition.

See my detailed answer in Primary display randomly changes


Install iOS device drivers on Windows without installing iTunes

I found this tip from DiskAid website:

You need to manually install the required driver, the "Apple Mobile Device Support" or AMDS.

Download the iTunes installation package from the official Apple Website.
You need a program that can open a CAB file and extract contents from it. 7-zip or WinRar can do it.
Inspect the content of the iTunes installer iTunes64Setup.exe (that you downloaded in step 1) with 7-zip (right click, 7-zip, Open archive). 7-zip will show the files inside that installer file.
Extract AppleApplicationSupport.msi and AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi from the installer file to harddisk.
Run AppleApplicationSupport.msi and then AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi.

After AppleMobileDeviceSupport64 is installed, windows should be able to detect the iDevice.


can i find usb path and save to variable for quick backups?

Try B=/Volumes/backup1 and then cp -p /Documents/dir/* $B.


In Mountain Lion and Mavericks, Mac's own Quick Look has GIF support, so clicking     space     or ⌘+Y while the GIF is selected will play it. It might take a second or two to load though, depending on the size of the GIF.


Does Mail log errors into a console or text file?

Start with:

/var/log/mail.log

most easily viewed with /Applications/Utilities/Console.app


How could I turn my Mac OS back on, if it doesn't turn on with the power button?

Apple has a guide to triage when a Mac wont start, so I typically am methodical to read each step, perform them all in order - one by one.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204267

When it says unplug all accessories, you do have to do all of them, even Apple accessories or things you know work since a good keyboard can still cause a failing USB controller in the Mac to malfunction. If you can get Your Mac to start after isolating it and still it panics before you can log in or get work done, follow the steps for a blank screen.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210905


Why does Cards insist on charging an international price when both addressees are in the US?

The problem was this: under Settings > General > International > Region Format, I had selected France because that's where I currently am. Why this influences the price when the combination of addresses should be the sole determining factor is beyond me. Once I had set the region format back to "United States," I was able to purchase a card for $2.99.


Adjust the opacity/transparency of an image on Mac OS Big Sur

Yes, you're going to need a graphic image editor, be it GIMP, or Pixelmator, or Affinity Photo, or Adobe Photoshop, or other.
Having some sort of program of this type is bound to come in useful again. Preview has its uses, but it's not a general-purpose image editor.


What programs actually use the memory on a Graphics card?

3D games do. In fact, they often use lots of it, which is why you see cards with many gigabytes of memory these days.


Binding DualShock 4 button to AppleScript?

Whilst I don't have a PS4 controller to test this on, you should be able to use Keyboard Maestro's Device Key action to run AppleScript or any other action.


My iPhone 6 screen is not showing all my apps, they are half way down the screen

That’s Reachability. Double-tap the home button to move the screen down (on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus size displays) so you can reach the top of the display one-handed. You can tap the area above or double-tap the home button again to return to normal.


How to list the Mail directory from the Terminal?

You need to give Terminal Full Disk Access in System Preferences > Security.


Understanding the point of iTunes Match: Is it only a storage overflow concept?

To simplify when using iTunes Match, your phone or other device, connected to the internet, can play "your" music from Apple's Servers. Apple scans your physical music Library and then "Matches" the songs to songs they already have.
This means that if Apple has a song on their server that "Matches" a song in your physical Hard Drive music library then it can stream if from the Apple server to your other devices instead of streaming it from your actual computer cuz that would be rot with issues unless setup properly.
The caveat is... that if you have songs not on Apple's servers i.e., mixtapes, live recordings, rare CD's etc. Then Apple will upload those songs to it's Servers to stream to your other devices but there is a limitation. (read the fine print)

Now, iTunes Match offers three main features:
Matching my local collection with Apple's, thus giving me (potentially) better encoding quality.

No. (or yes) The quality of streaming from Apple Server is 256kb. That's not good quality and has nothing to do with your physical song library. (or yes) if you have really bad quality rips that are below 256kb (yuck)

Making music available through the cloud, making it shareable with my family (which would otherwise be trivially replicated by putting music files into other peoples' iTunes collection).

Correct! (kinda) Your family will have to use your Account either in iTunes or "iTunes & App Stores" (read the update at end of post) If you have a song in your library and it "Matches" a song Apple has on it's server or Apple Music library then your family can listen to that song streamed from Apple's Servers. Be careful though because music on the other devices is not actually "yours" it's Apple's and when you cancel your subscription that music will be deleted from any device that was not the original database (your mac with the real physical files)

Making storage management on iOS devices easier by pulling songs from the cloud only when needed.

Correct (in a sense) You are streaming the song not downloading it unless you choose to download the song.
With an iTunes Match subscription, iTunes matches your library, uploads any unmatched tracks (limited upload) and makes your music available on multiple devices through the iCloud Music Library. If you have low-quality tracks, iTunes Match “upgrades” them, allowing you to download 256 kbps AAC files without DRM. You can also download your files to any computer linked to your iTunes Match account, and listen to your music on any linked iOS device. iTunes Match has a limit of 25,000 tracks, not including iTunes Store purchases.
However, there is one essential difference between iTunes Match and Apple Music. While iTunes Match lets you download your music files and then play them anywhere, Apple Music adds DRM to your files. This means that if you rip a CD, and it’s matched or uploaded to iCloud Music Library via Apple Music, and you download the files, say, on another Mac, you will only be able to play those files as long as your Apple Music subscription is active. If you delete your originals, or lose them, then you won’t be able to access files without DRM. As such, it is essential that you keep backups of your original files if you use Apple Music.
If you have both an iTunes Match subscription ($25 per year) and an Apple Music membership ($10 per month), then you get files without DRM.
The problem is that Apple is not making a distinction between Apple Music files that you download for offline listening—this is a key feature of Apple Music—and files that belong to you, which are matched or uploaded. In addition, there seem to be bugs right now, causing many previous matched files to show as Apple Music files, and to contain DRM when downloaded, even for users with iTunes Match subscriptions.
UPDATE: As mentioned in the comments below I wanted to add that iTunes Match cannot be shared to other Apple/iTunes/iCloud ID's.  Unlike a "Family" Apple music subscription iTunes Match can only be associated with one Account. This does not mean that your "family" or other devices you and your family own cannot take advantage of your iTunes Match.  Those devices would just need to put in your Account info into iTunes or in "iTunes and App Store" (iOS).  On a computer this is not so bad as you can have iCloud syncing/backup/App Store separate from iTunes (not sure about the new iTunes in Catilina though)
On a mobile device your App Store would be linked to the iTunes Match account unfortunately.  So purchases on those mobile devices done by your family would be on just one account. Maybe not so bad but it kinda negates the family sharing aspect of iCloud only in the sense that you won't have separate App store accounts so everything everyone purchases will show up on the other devices unless you deselect "Apps" in "iTunes & App Stores" which would turn off syncing across all devices.  That's not so bad but if you have multiple iOS devices (iPhone,iPad,iPad mini) then you'd need to go into the App store on the device that did not literally download the App and then go into purchases or search for the App to manually download it to that device.  How you set this up is up to your and your family.
The draw back being that if your "wife" made a playlist on her iPhone then you would see that on your device and visa versa. If you wanted to get tricky you could create separate itunes libraries (Computer only) by holding down the shift key when opening iTunes. Then if you wanted, your family members could have their own iTunes minus your iTunes Match songs and just need to hold down the "shift key" when opening iTunes to select the Library they want to use.  Not a perfect solution but I just wanted to give you some real world examples that I hope you can use. ;)


Which charger to get fast charging of iPhone XR?

However, seems that the provided 5 W charger is not able to do that
  [charge the battery to 50% in 30 minutes]. I've been in the Apple
  Store and they said I need an iPad charger, but which one?

You need a charger that outputs at least 18 watts or is rated for 5V at 3.6A (W = V * A)

However, (IMO) you should get a charger that's capable of powering/charging all (not simultaneously, obviously) your devices.  The way chargers work is that the rating 12W, 18W, 80W is the maximum amount of power that it will deliver not the amount of power it will "push" to the device.

So, if a device says it's rated at 18W, it will draw no more than that.  If your power supply is greater than or equal to 18W, it will work.  If it's less, it will either charge slowly or you could damage the power adapter.  See this answer for more details

This is why you get a power adapter greater than what you need.  Getting an 80W, for example, will charge your MacBook Pro, your iPad, and you iPhone, whereas the 5W charger will only reliably charge your iPhone.


I was able the get the search setting for all apps turned on by turning off all Siri search features and then turning them back on again.


Change the name of your main hard drive to something with only letters and optionally spaces.

That usually solves this issue with Microsoft's assumptions about characters in path names.


OS X: Specifying custom command line invocation of program as application for opening files on double click

To my knowledge, there is nothing to automatically run any script on double-script (I am most likely wrong). The best solution I've found is Automator. It's preinstalled. You want  to create a service, which will place scripts into a context menu (right-clicking on file). For your actions, you want to find the action "Run Shell Script". From there, you can have it receive input from Finder, such as file paths and directory paths. If you pass input to stdin, the variable you will use in the shell script is $@.

if [[ ! -d "$@" ]]
then
    emacsclient -c -a "" $@;
    exit
fi

I do not know if that script is entirely correct, but it should put on you the right track.


Jaikoz and Music Man can do it for you.

you can also use some free apps too:

MusicBrainz
ID3 Editor


Spotify on Mac: Songs constantly won't play and get skipped over

I fixed this by completely nuking the app and all support folders and re-installing.


You have a couple of ways to configure this. First off, make sure both the computer and iPhone have been set up to use the same Apple ID.

You can disable Messages.app's ability to receive text messages on your Mac:

Open the Messages application. Access your preferences by going to the menubar and clicking Messages -> Preferences...
Under the "Accounts" tab, you will see all the accounts you've set up to use with Messages, including iCloud. Selecting "iCloud" from the options on the left side of that screen will show the email addresses you specified and your phone number.
Unchecking these will disable the ability of Messages.app to receive those messages you wish to send only between mobile devices.

On your iPhone:

Tap "Settings", then scroll down to "Messages" and tap it.
Scroll down to "Send and Receive" and tap it. Look for the menu option heading that says "You can be reached by iMessage at:", which has your phone number (checked by default) and the email account you configured when you initially set up your iPhone. This is probably your apple ID, but can be any other email address you've specified.
Simply tap the email addresses that are checked to disable them. This should force messages to communicate with only your phone number.

It should work by disabling all but your phone number on iMessage, but you may need to disable everything on your Mac as well. A little experimentation and tweaking should get you set in just a couple of minutes.

Good luck!


How to view per-app cellular data usage in iOS 10?

Hmm, should still work as before (screenshot from iOS10):


Log keeps displaying the same error message at a rate of ~5 per second

Exclude from Spotlight

Others reporting this problem suggest external storage may be the cause; a USB stick, network drive, or NAS.

If you have any external storage connected to your Mac, try adding it to the Spotlight Privacy list:

System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy > + Button

mdworker is a helper process for Spotlight on OS X.

Sources

Mdworker : (Warning) Import : Bad path: wrote:

  The problem is MacOS/Spotlight indexing cannot handle partition in NTFS/FAT32 format, which is windows stuff.

mdworker: (warning) import bad path continuously.  What does it mean? wrote:

  This happened to me too with a fat partition that I have mounted which I share with my other OSs.

Stephen Foskett shared his experience with this bug in Mac OS X Bug: ExFAT Hangs Spotlight and Time Machine:

  I’ve had terrible issues with Mac OS X never completing Spotlight indexing and Time Machine backups. I was pulling out my hair until I decided to check the console log. That’s when I saw this: Thousands of mdworker errors, with a dozen appearing every second.


Reminders no longer move to the top when you uncheck them?

I had the same issue going to iOS 14, but there's actually a good reason: Reminders now has a few different sorting options to choose from, and the default seems to be ‘manual’ which won't do what you (or I) want.
To always keep unchecked items above completed items:

Open the list of items
Choose the ellipsis menu from the top-right
Tap Sort By
Choose Priority
Choose the ellipsis menu again
Tap Sort By
Choose Highest First


How can I burn an OS X Lion install DVD once the installer has been auto-deleted?

You can re-download Lion even though it has already been installed by holding down the option key before clicking Purchased.

Do not release the key until after the option to Install appears alongside OS X Lion.

The workaround may be more reliable if something other than Purchased is in foreground before alt/option-clicking Purchased.

Burn the installer to disc, then delete it when you're done with it.


Is it worth upgrading to SSD or just to buy new?

I have a Late 2011 MacBook Pro too. After upgrading to Yosemite last year, I was thinking on buying a new Mac, since performance was very bad.
Every kind of application was incredibly slow to open, even working with more than one app at time was impossible. Also just opening a simple PDF took a lot of time.

At the end, I decided to install a SSD on my Mac. A new world. Now everything works properly and my laptop seems to be reborn. I also updated to El Capitan and performance is even better.

So I advise you to buy a SSD, before giving up with your Mac. I have a Samsung SSD SATA 250 GB and I am very satisfied. You can spend less that 120-130 $ and you will have a completely new experience.


Why  does my MacBook Pro's keyboard freeze when it wakes up so I have to hard reboot?

I'd suggest taking the laptop into your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized repair location. This definitely seems like a hardware fault: I would hope they'd replace or repair the laptop. Make sure you make a complete backup before you go to the store.


Can you disable toolbar by default in Finder?

This should work:

Close all open Finder windows
Open a New Finder window and arrange it to your liking.
From the Menu select View then Show View Options ⌘+J
Click the Use as Defaults button at the bottom.

Toolbar
Also, the View Menu shows many shortcuts to toggle view options.


Ah. It's a little archaic but if you can get a hold of a burnable DVD just download a copy of Windows 10 from here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench and burn it to disc http://www.osxdaily.com/2015/11/22/burn-disc-images-os-x-finder . Once complete Make sure it's in your DVD drive then power off the Mac. Power on again and immediately hold the Option Key. Choose the Windows option and hit enter. Should boot now from DVD. I have had the same issue trying USB Windows 10 installer boot on a 2011 MBP and could only install from DVD. Good luck.


MacBook Air 2020 multiport not working properly

If both multiports behave the same way — that is, show the same flaw —  then it's likely the flaw is with the multiports' design or construction, or both, and not the fault of the Mac.


There are a few possible things that could have happened. I've ordered them (and their solutions) below from most to least likely.

Explanations:

You have a faulty cord.

It has become frayed on the inside.
One of the metallic connectors is dirty.

Dust or dirt has collected in your charging port.
Your wall outlet is not functioning correctly.
You have a hardware problem.

Your charging port has become disconnected internally.
Your battery is defective.

Many of these cause your device not to charge. Thus, powering on your device does nothing.

Solutions:

Get a new cord.

Manually repair the wire by soldering the frayed ends together and using a heat-shrink to put everything back together. (You probably just want to buy a new cord.)
Clean the dirty connectors.

Clean out your charging port with a folded index card, toothpick, plastic card, etc.
Call an electrician.
Take your device in to get fixed. (Hopefully, you have a warranty.)


All seems to be resolved by toggling off and then back on the iCloud sync for Notes (In Catalina, this is found in the Apple ID section of System Preferences):

Turn off Notes iCloud sync
Turn it back on
Open Notes.app
Be momentarily terrified because all your notes have vanished
Watch as they trickle in from iCloud

Running Activity Monitor now lists Notes as barely having any energy impact whatsoever. Hooray!

BONUS: Back Up Your Notes

I was reluctant to try this method because I was terrified that I would introduce some sync problem and wipe out my notes. As Apple provides no easy way to make a local backup/export of your notes, I felt that this was a reasonable worry.

Eventually, I found this little utility that makes .txt files (with HTML inside) of all of your notes (WARNING: it omits any images or attached files). It ain't great, but it worked and helped to put me at ease.

Apple also provides a way of downloading your iCloud data on their Data and Privacy site… which I initiated, but have yet to receive the download link. According to Apple, this could take up to 7 days.


Why does "what's my IP" show a strange / random IP and not my home fibre IP?

Usually in a typical home setup, you'll have "internal" IP-addresses on your home network. Technically known as RFC1918-addresses, they look like this:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
  172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
  192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

These addresses are only used on your local network in your house, or possible also in a smaller part of your provider's network.

Your internet provider uses various forms for address translation to convert these to globally routable (i.e. useable on the Internet) addresses. Therefore the address others on the Internet perceive as yours is not the same as you see configured on your local computer.

Regarding the country information there's two major sources of errors there:

Firstly, the actual determination of which country an IP address "represents" is not accurate, but based on various information published by providers for other reasons. Therefore it might be you're in for example France, but your IP-address is listed as Belgian, because the internet provider you have has their headquarters in Belgium and uses that postal address for their IP-registration.

Secondly, your traffic might leave your provider's network at different locations depending on destination, time of day, how much capacity is currently used by others, etc. Therefore if you look at traceroutes, it might look as if your traffic "appears" to originate in the US or in Japan, or other places even when you're nowhere near those places.


Can I safely uncheck the Optimise Mac Storage check box on the Apple ID - iCloud page?

Yes, it is perfectly safe to uncheck that box.

When you uncheck it, the computer will start downloading your files from your iCloud Drive (if you have any files there, that are not already stored on your computer).

Unchecking usually means that more space will be taken up on your computers disk drive, but that is fully safe and does not make your computer slower or anything like that.

If you decide against it later, you can always check the box again to let the system automatically manage disk space.


I would suggest doing what @Lauri Ranta proposes : doing this with xattr

Using xattr -wx com.apple.FinderInfo "$(xattr -px com.apple.FinderInfo 'file1')" "file2"
you can copy the tag from file 1 to file 2.
Since /System/ is not writable for users, you just going to need to use sudo.

Edit:  To see the tagged files, you'll need a Finder with root access.
You can get it as using :

killall Finder &&udo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

/!\ But Warning. A Finder with Root access is very dangerous and you could easily destroy your system.

Edit2: With the Root Finder you can directly change the tag without using the command line. But Again, root Finder is baaaad.


Best way to stream videos and music from my iPhone to my TV?

Well, this is one of those things where there's 101 ways to do it and it's just trial and error to see which works best for you. You could try wired connections using an HDMI cable  or composite AV from your iphone to your TV, or there's a variety of aftermarket apps that may work better for you. I've detailed some ideas below:

Connect With HDMI

You'll need to purchase an adaptor for this option.

Plug the adapter into your device’s 30-pin iPod connector.
Plug one end of an HDMI cable into the HDMI port of the adapter, and
the other end into an available HDMI port on your TV.
Switch your TV to the appropriate HDMI input. For earlier models
such as the iPhone 4, the original iPad, or the fourth-generation
iPod Touch, the display won’t be mirrored, but it will show photos
and videos in supported apps once you start playing them on the
device.

Connect With Composite AV

If your TV doesn’t support HDMI, or if it doesn’t have an available connection, you can link your device to the set through an analog connection, using an Apple Composite AV cable.

Plug the adapter into your device’s 30-pin iPod connector.
Plug the yellow video cable at the end of the adapter into an
available analog video port on your TV.
Plug the red and white audio cables at the end of the adapter into
the red and white audio ports corresponding to the yellow video
input on your TV.
Tune your TV to the appropriate composite video input. The display
won’t be mirrored, but it will show photos and videos in supported
apps once you start playing them on the device.

Connect Wirelessly via Airplay

Apple developed a wireless technology called AirPlay specifically for streaming content from iOS devices to other devices that support it.

Make sure that your iPhone is on the same wireless network as your
other AirPlay devices.
On your iPhone, double-tap the Home button.
Swipe the list that appears to the right, until you get to the
volume and AirPlay settings.
Tap the AirPlay button to bring up a list of supported AirPlay
devices on your network.
Tap the device to which you would like to stream. A TV icon next to
the device indicates that you can stream images, video, and/or
audio, while a speaker icon indicates that you can stream only
audio.

Connect Wirelessly via DLNA

If you don't want to shell out for an AirPlay-capable device, you may be able to use DLNA instead. These days, many modern TVs support streaming from a local network (wired or wireless) via the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standard. If your TV supports DLNA (or sometimes just "UPnP") streaming, you can use your iPhone as a DLNA server. Just download and install a DLNA-server app--Media:connect, for example--and you're good to go.

Connect Wirelessly with Aftermarket Apps

You could try iMediaShare or AirVideoEnabler as alternatives to the standard airplay functionality.


Complete system hang, graphics-card related ("IntelAccelerator: bad busy count (255,1)")

This is related to graphics card switching. As @nneonneo said, disabling "Automatic graphics switching" is one option but the better option is to use "gfxCardStatus" application and make Yosemite stick to integrated (Intel) card which will prevent auto graphics switching and won't drain your battery and run hot as it would if you did the "Automatic graphics switching" way (because it sticks to discrete card).

BTW: I can reproduce the problem on my MBPR Jun 2012. Go to this website in Safari, which triggers the automatic graphic switching. Refresh the page a few times and you will crash Yosemite. It seems to happen when it switches to discrete and back to integrated in quick succession.

Edit:
Using that website, it won't crash as often as before. Because it was a WebGL component causing the switch and one of the updates did something related to
WebGL.


Prevent notifications on Mailbox app for Gmail's Social/Promotions/Updates emails

As these emails are really in your inbox, you will receive notifications for them. My only suggestion is to use the gmail app in place of the ios mail app. The google gmail app allows you to specify for which folders you receive notifications for all new mail or 'primary only'.


FilePathCM. FilePathCM is a contextual menu and menu bar item for copying the:

POSIX path
Server afp URL
Abbreviated (Tilde) POSIX path
POSIX path for Terminal.app
HFS path
Full name
Display name
Extension
Windows style path

of Finder items (files, folders, volumes) to the clipboard.

To create a new file, see this link: http://www.webmonkey.com/2007/03/how_to_create_new_files_in_apple_s_finder/

To launch a terminal, I like answer from neoneye but I also use DTerm.


How to export Epubs from iPad to my Mac?

I copied this section from: http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-export-ibooks-from-iphone-ipad-to-computer/ I am not sure how much of it is useful to you.

1). Get a file explorer. Usually, iExplorer should do just fine.
2). Connect your iPhone or iPad to the computer and fire up iExplorer
3). Open your iPhone/iPad as a mounted device and navigate to:
Media → Books → Purchases

The funniest thing is that you won’t be able to decipher what file corresponds to what book from your library because, like music, the file names are encrypted. Nevertheless, you can copy stuff now.
This folder method gives you access to all files including .epub, .pdf and all types you have purchased. You might want to check out epub to pdf converters to make a readable copy of the epub iBooks you’ve got.


As a workaround, you can download it directly from Downloads for Apple Developers if you have a (free or paid) account.

Update:  At one time the included link above would take one directly to Downloads for Apple Developers after signing in, however as time goes by things change. So once logged into your Developer account add downloads to the address in the address bar so it shows as https://developer.apple.com/downloads and then press enter.

You should then be at the Downloads for Apple Developers section as shown in the cropped clip below.


After the Update System is still showing the Old OS

This happens to me occasionally—after installing the latest update my iMac reboots and it’s still running its previous version. I just run the update again, then everything updates correctly.

Just download and install the latest macOS Sierra Update image from Apple. As of June 6th, 2017, that would be 10.12.5.


Can I Airplay from one mac to another? (or from iOS to Mac)

You can AirPlay from your iOS device to your Mac using Reflector 2. This works on macOS Sierra.


I made a tiny screensaver that can play GIF's and can run in background. It is free and I upload the source code to Github so that every one can look how it is done and participate in further development.

Here is the Github project page:
https://github.com/Waitsnake/AnimatedGif

And here a ZIP of the compiled screensaver can be found:
https://github.com/Waitsnake/AnimatedGif/releases/latest/


Keyboard and Touchpad stopped working - MacBook Pro 15" - Mid 2009

First off, you are running macOS Sierra on on an unsupported Mac.  Per Apple's official supported hardware list, it supports MacBook Pros from 2010 and newer.

macOS Sierra was installed either by:

using some sort of "hack" to trick the installer into thinking it was supported hardware
installing it on a different MacBook Pro then moving drive with the new macOs installation into your MacBook Pro.

It's quite conceivable that this installation initially worked, but after an update, things would break because Apple is not anticipating that macOS Sierra is working on unsupported hardware.

The fact that it's working in a pre-boot environment, is a good sign that your hardware is good, though it's not conclusive.  What you need to do is to revert back to El Capitan (10.11.x).

Run Internet Recovery CommandOptionR instead of booting from the Recovery partition.  This will load the last supported OS.  If your keyboard and trackpad works, then you have your answer.

What you will need to do next is to erase your drive and start with a fresh install of El Capitan.


Activity monitor stops updating or intermittently updates

I know of 2 options to help you. The first is to open Activity Monitor and click on View menu. The 3rd option on the menu is "Update Frequency". Clicking on "Update Frequency" gives you several options for how fast the screen is updating. Change that to a smaller number and see if that helps.

The second option is to use top or htop from the command. See how it looks. Activity Monitor is just a user interface for UNIX command top. By typing top on the command line, you are bypassing the user interface part.


Since you did not specify what  have you tried this is going to be a guess game:

1***Take the battery out and put it back in.

That usually solves the problem of "oxidized" connectors.

You can try to clean the connectors but normally just in and out does it.

2*** try the power button, by pressing in rapid sequence or holding it for 10 seconds.

Since you just disclosed that when plugged in the battery shows to be charging, and before you said it is fully charged, so give it time and see if the charging light goes off.


Gmail Draft emails do not sync properly between Apple Mail.app (on Mac) and iPad

First - you'll want to set up two draft messages. One on the iPad and check using a gmail web interface if it's really storing the drafts properly to gmail. The iOS uses exchange active sync, but that shouldn't matter to you - either the iPad is storing it to the server (as viewed through mobile safari or any other web interface to gmail) or it isn't.

Repeat for Mail.app on the OS X. Here, you have more control (and more opportunity to set it up improperly).

The main item that would cause issues is if mail thinks it's not supposed to store drafts on the server. See the Accounts preference for your gmail account.

From there, you'll have to use the help menu to look into how to manually synchronize or run the connection doctor to see if/why mail isn't able to store drafts as directed. The last resort would be to hit up the google support link provided at the bottom of the mail account pane. Hopefully, you can suss it out with these tips.


System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts tabs → App Shortcuts. Use + button to add new shortcut and enter exactly what "Quit Atom" menu item says in atom app. I use cmd + escape for Safari, VSCode and Xcode where I accidentally press Q instead of tab, w, 1, 2, 3 etc. and it's been great so far.  I've been using it for ~3 months now.

Both global and application defined shortcuts work.  Unique menu item is the key.

I am on Mojave.


How can I add ".mp4" to the end of multiple files in a folder?

If you're comfortable with the command line you can try this in the terminal.app:

for i in *; do mv "$i" "$i.mp4"; done;

Navigate to the directory with all of your files and run the above command.


How can I place .dmg files away from the desktop?

What you're seeing is the mounted disk image,  you need to eject them.
These are no different than a USB disk or flash drive that you attach or a CD/DVD media that you load into a drive.  It will show up on your Desktop so you have an easy way to access them.  Once you're done installing them, you can simply right click and then select Eject.
For example, I double clicked a (random) DMG file (Western Digital macOS Apps) that was in a different directory (from my Desktop) and the mounted file shows up on the Desktop.  If you double click, you will see the contents (usually install scripts or the App to be copied to the /Applications folder).  When you're done, right click and select Eject.  Note, many newer apps (VirtualBox I know does this) will, as part of it's script eject and move the DMG to Trash for you.

If using Terminal, you can see them by listing the contents of /Volumes:
% ls /Volumes

You cannot delete the item; if you  drag it to the Trash, the trash icon will turn into the Eject Symbol.


Will encrypting hard drive reduce disk size?

When I open Diskutility, I see a change for partitions that are encrypted. They each have two entries, a parent and child. The parent is the normal partition, and inside is the encrypted child partition. As the encryption is always done by the OS, it is software encryption.

The resulting encrypted child partition is smaller than the parent. As I had several encrypted partitions, I was able to compare them using the numbers in Diskutility. I can only give you the numbers from this one example, so I don't know if they are similar on other systems. For this computer, encryption takes 320MB data. One partition (root) uses 4KB less for encryption. Disk Utility reports for the parent root partition that 4096 Bytes are free. The other parent partitions have 0 bytes free. Why this is - I have no idea.

Below you see the data in bytes for all three partitions: 150GB, 300GB, 850GB.

(A)Partition   (B) Parent      (C) Child      (D) Difference  (E) MB
1 (root)       149484212224    149148663808   335548416       320.00390625
2 (external)   300060016640    299724464128   335552512       320.0078125
3              849726693376    849391140864   335552512       320.0078125

Difference D2 - D1

335552512 - 335548416 = 4096 = 4KB

As I use 256 bit encryption, these numbers may be different for 128 bit. If anyone can confirm this, that would be nice!


How can I find the serial number of my Mac mini?

Yes. They come with unique serial number. You can find the serial number as per Apple Support Document.

Mac mini: How to find the serial number

In Mac OS X

On most computers with Mac OS X, you can find the serial number in the About This Mac window.

On the surface of the computer

On Mac mini (Mid 2010 and later) computers, the serial number is printed on the metal frame without a bar code:


Contacted LG. Faulty monitor. Getting it serviced. If anyone is curious, they pay for shipping, but it takes 10 business days to fix. Will report back.


How do you put a variable in the middle of a pathway? (AppleScript)

You need to put parentheses around:
compName & ":Users:" & userName & ":Pictures:Camera"

Example:
(compName & ":Users:" & userName & ":Pictures:Camera")

This concatenates everything within the parentheses as the full path, otherwise Finder just sees:
delete (every item of folder compName & ":Users:" & userName & ":Pictures:Camera" whose name contains ".png")

As:
get every item of folder "Macintosh HD"

Not the entire path.
So, this works:
tell application "System Events"
    set userName to name of current user
    set compName to name of startup disk
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    delete (files of folder (compName & ":Users:" & userName & ":Pictures:Camera") whose name contains ".png")
end tell

Instead of relying on System Events to get that information, you can use the path to (folder) convention to ascertain its path, e.g.:
set targetFolder to (path to pictures folder from user domain) & "Camera" as string

tell application "Finder"
    delete (files of folder targetFolder whose name contains ".png")
end tell

Please take a moment to read the linked document as I believe you'll find it quite informative.
Also note that since you stated code that deletes files in the OP and your code had the potential to delete a folder having a .png extension that every item  has bee changes to files with the exception of the line after "otherwise Finder just sees:" in this answer as that line is part of explaining what the issue is that you are having.


Change volume of speakers before unplugging headphones

If you had already set your speaker to be mute before you plug in you device into your audio-jack port after you unplug your headphones it will still be mute.

Here's an example.

Before the headphone jack:

You can see that the speakers are set on mute.

When you plug the headphone it will be on the last set volume:

And again when you unplug them, you can see that they are still on mute:


Is there a Byte-By-Byte Duplicate File Removal app for Mac? (not SHA-1 or MD5 hash!)

You could do worse than to try dupeGuru, available from Hardcoded Software, I've had very good results with it. It presents numerous options for fine-tuning your search and will perform byte-checking comparisons.

In addition to the standard dupeGuru there is a music edition as well as a picture edition for more specific media searches. It's free so give it a go with some test files and see what mileage you get.


Missing app transfer link for new app in iTunes Connect

There are a number of criteria for app transfer to be available, but since you mention that you've created a new app and only filled in the details, it's likely the app hasn't met this restriction:

  The App must have had at least one version that has been released to the App Store.

App transfer criteria - iTunes Connect Developer Help


OSX Yosemite uses over 500mb daily, without me using it. And only the total data received shown in Activity Monitor - no detail in specific process

I don't think that the total displayed in Activity Monitor is the total you think it is. I think it is maybe just the last online action a process had. I noticed that while watching softwareupdate download data.

Just to be sure:
Is automatic software update disabled? See System Preferences, AppStore. Also, do you have anything set to sync itself? iCloud (Photos and Co.?), AppStore, iTunes, stuff like that?
For example, iTunes has its own "update settings" (see Preferences, last tab).

You can check in AppStore's "Updates" tab to see the recently installed updates.

Do you have control over the router? Maybe it has logs with timestamps so you could see if any other device used it or what else happened!
Because you said that the Internet is expensive, it could be that someone else is using it.

I assume you have the WiFi secured and it is not public? Use the strongest encryption your router offers and I would change the password, just to be sure.

May be it's the software that comes with the wifi router / 3G - have you installed anything for that?

Is this happening since beginning or started it later?

Also, you could ask your provider for logs or more information about this traffic.

Good Luck!


iTerm2 cursor doesn't return to line beginning

So our debugging session has determined it is your prompt customization, not iTerm2. You said your prompt customization is:

export PS1="$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 6)\t [\W]$(tput sgr0): "

The simple answer is don't use tput to customize your prompt. It's the sgr0 reset command that's likely doing more than you want it to do and screwing up buffered text movements.

Let's try doing this with ANSI codes directly. If you use an ANSI color scheme setup like this you can try:

export PS1="${normal}${bold_blue}\t [\W]${normal}: "

That works perfectly for me with Fn-arrow combinations for navigating the line.

tput is a neat idea, but it comes from the ncurses package which is a very advanced way of doing UIs in command prompt interfaces by exploiting all kinds of terminal stuff. Best to just stick to ANSI here.


Using single credit card to enroll more than one Apple ID into Apple Developer Program

Yes, you can use one card to pay for several Apple developer accounts. A credit card number isn't locked to a single Apple developer account.

The payments made by Apple to developers in-lieu of the sale on App Store/iTunes Store/iBooks Store is not made as credit into the credit card, but in the bank account that's provided when enrolling into Developer Program. From iTunes Connect FAQs:

  Payments are made within 45 days of the last day of the month in which app purchases were made. To receive payment, you must have provided all required banking and tax information and documentation, as well as meeting the minimum payment threshold.


How can I disable sound for incoming calls but NOT for notifications?

One way would be to get a silent ringtone and set it as the default, then set another ringtone with actual sound for the contacts you want to hear calling. There are plenty of silent ringtones available to buy in the iTunes Tones store, but it would also be a simple one to create yourself.


How can I get back the thin monospace font on EI Capitan with PhpStorm 10?

This is actually a new feature in PhpStorm 10. Open up PhpStorm's preferences and go to [Appearance & Behavior > Appearance]. Under the "Antialiasing" section, change "Editor" to "Greyscale". There are a few other options. Play with it and see what you like.


What spreadsheet apps for the iPad support checkboxes/toggle buttons?

I would really go with numbers, I can say from experience that It will allow you to use check boxes, radio buttons etc.

You would be able to export a Google doc to an excel file and then open in numbers.

If you do choose to export a Google Doc file into an excel file you could also use dropbox to open and edit it in another office based app, with that you may be able to use checks and radio buttons, as long as they already exist in the doc.

A very good solution is Quick office

You can also try a lot of other free office tools such as Docs Free Mobile Office


the credit you entered is invalid while changing app store country

The credit card used must be issued in the country of the app store, in your case Japan. It's not enough to have the card accepted in the country (most cards are accepted globally).


What determines whether a Bluetooth mouse can be paired with iOS?

iOS does not support ordinary Bluetooth mice.

Ordinary Bluetooth mice follow a standard by offering a HID (human-interface-device) detailing that it is a mouse (a specific type of pointer device). These would work with an ordinary Windows PC, Mac or other type of PC.

On iOS Apple have chosen not to support this. An argument could be that the iOS user interface is made for touch interaction, and not for use with a mouse.

Specific apps (primarily Remote Desktop apps) have added support for Bluetooth mice by implementing the whole thing themselves instead of relying on operating system for mice.

This means that the mice does not offer a standard HID mouse profile. To iOS these mice appear just as a "generic" Bluetooth accessory that the operating system does not support. Support is instead in each individual app.

The app (such as a remote desktop app) knows about this specific type of Bluetooth mice that are non-standard. They communicate with the mouse and receive data when the mouse is moved, buttons are pressed, etc. They have to on their own translate this data into actions on screen (i.e. determine which button was clicked, move the mouse pointer, etc.). None on this is done by iOS, but instead done by the app.


Is my battery in my iPhone faulty, or something more?

My experience is you can triage it with these steps:

Have you tried to do the force restart command while it is plugged into ACC even if your phone has no power?
Have you tried using a different charger or socket?
Have you noticed any pattern in what the charge remaining is when the shut downs happen? (If they are spread equally - less likely the battery, if they cluster around certain voltage levels - likely the battery)

Also, my tactics would be to wait about half an hour after plugging your phone in just to see if anything happens.  My old iPhone 5 was useless for half an hour after I plugged it in when it was completely flat since it took a very long time to get past the weak area with lower voltage but worked OK at the top end.

Your symptoms could be logic board, but are much more likely a battery causing it instead of a short or electrical failure.


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