Norton not completing setup, Allow Button in iMac not working even with Tips (tab, spacebar etc....)

the only way you can hit allow is from that computer's mouse, while in front of that computer.  if you try with teamviewer, ARD, vnc, etc, it will fail.  if you're clicking it "in person", perhaps it's confused by some periph or needs uninstall/reinstall.

as a support person, this is a big stumbling block with our users.


Enter digit instead of checkmark in box with Preview

From the Annotate toolbar (shown by clicking the pen icon), choose the Text tool. This inserts a text box into the document, which you can type characters in and reposition where you would like the characters to appear in the document.

The default tool, text selection (highlighted blue on the left of the above screenshot) will automatically enter a check mark in a box it determines to be a checkbox. You need to manually add text boxes where you wish text to appear if the assumption by Preview is incorrect.


How do I move my iPhoto library to an external drive available through Time Capsule?

Couple of things:

What format is the external?  iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.
Is that a wireless connection to the disk?  A strong warning: If you're trying to edit the Library (that is, make albums, move photos around, keyword, make books or slideshows etc.) or edit individual photos in it via Wireless be very careful. Dropouts are a common fact of wireless networking, and should one occur while the app is writing to the database then your Library will be damaged. Simply, I would not do this with my Libraries.


Lion Terminal selects/restores the working directory by setting it with chdir() before the shell starts. If you want to automatically perform some sort of additional work related to the working directory, you should customize the shell with a startup script that performs some command with $PWD.

Assuming you're using bash (the default), what you apparently would want to do is add something like this in ~/.bashrc:

cd "$PWD"

I'm not familiar with rvmc, but I assume it must use the shell startup script to customize the "cd" command, so be sure to issue this command after that. Also, if you don't already have shell startup scripts, you'll usually want to create ~/.bash_profile and have it run ~/.bashrc if it exists (look around on StackExchange or use Google to find this common idiom).


How do I get rid of errors for disconnected networked drives?

If it's every time you log in, it could be in your login items. Check System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items for links to those volumes.


OS X Security Update hangs during restart

Booting into Safe Boot and then installing the .dmg image of the update worked for me. If I tried to install it via the App Store my computer would get stuck even before displaying an estimated time remaining.


A WD hard drive can be detected by one Macbook but not another

The common cause of a bus powered drive not operating is the computer isn’t getting enough power through the cable you are using to power the unit.

USB external hard drive is mounted on one MacBook Pro but not another
External hard drive not recognised by MacBook Pro.
USB Hard drive has very small chance of being recognized by Macbook Pro each time it is connected, but works with other machines

Swapping cables or using a powered hub or getting a new enclosure can help triage and isolate why this happens in many cases. Also, looking for a long running fsckprocess I’m case the “good” mac is actually triggering an “unclean mount” type check. That often delays a device from mounting, but you should see it in diskutil immediately which doesn’t match your case here.


Mail Connection Doctor still attempting to access deleted Mail accounts

These accounts are stored in Keychain Access application and in servers list. To remove these accounts permanently, do following:

Open (Mail > Preferences > Accounts)
Select "Edit SMTP server list" from "Outgoing Mail Server" menu

Edit server list

Then remove accounts from Keychain Access:

Close Mail
Open Keychain Access
Select "login" in Keychains section
Select "Passwords" in Category section
Type deleted account name in Search field

There should appear several records, but you need only com.apple.account.SMTP.xxx and/or com.apple.account.IMAP.xxx entries with "application password" in Kind column.

Select and delete them. Open Mail and check Connection Doctor. There must remain only existing accounts.


iPad 2 wifi only FaceTime with iPhone 4s

Facetime only works over WiFi and can find people using either an e-mail address or phone number.


Switching to some apps in a different virtual display doesn't work

The setting System Preferences > Mission Control > "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" must be enabled for OS X to automatically switch your desktop/Space when changing to an open program.

Otherwise, it will stay in the current space and one of a couple of things will happen, depending on the way the application is programmed:

The menu bar will change to that program's, but nothing else on the screen will change, or
A new window for that program will be opened (think a text editor opening a new, blank document), along with the menu bar changing


Macbook Pro Retina suddenly stopped mounting Huawei USB modem

The issue is probably that by pulling out the modem without safely ejecting it first, the MicroSD card became corrupted and/or the modem itself was damaged.

The simplest and quickest fix may be, unfortunately, to get a new modem.


How do I get Windows to assign a drive letter to my iPhone?

I get a drive letter just fine under XP. Under XP a dialog pops up each time I plug it in, asking how it should be handled. By canceling it ends up being handled as a drive.
My guess is that there's a setting, probably related to cameras and photos, that will change how Windows 7 handles it by default. Unfortunately I've no Win 7 machine handy.

A couple of suggestions from Googling for answers:

Many people have solved the problem by deleting any photos on their iPhone that weren't actually taken with the iPhone. Anything received in email, saved to disk in Safari, etc. After clearing those out the device again appeared as a drive.

Reinstall the iPhone driver in Windows 7 by following instructions from Apple Support.

EDITED TO ADD WIN XP, AS REQUESTED

Getting Windows XP to Present Itself as a Drive-Like Camera
First, the way I have things set up, which may or may not affect how it works for you: I am running all of the XP service packs, updated regularly through Software Update, with no special drivers or applications. My account is an administrator on my PC. iTunes 10.1 is installed, though it is not involved with the camera stuff (it's possible that having iTunes installed does provide some kind of driver, I don't know). My iPhone is a stock iPhone 3GS, non-jailbroken, running iOS 4.2.1. Note that all of this worked identically with iTunes 9 and my phone running iOS 3.0.1.
Event Handling
The first time you attach your iPhone to your WinXP PC a dialog much like the following should appear:

Drive List
If you choose one of the Microsoft Office handlers, the Wizard, or another app like Photoshop, your phone  will not present itself as a camera (more on changing that behavior below). If you click Cancel then the dialog will disappear and the camera will become available.

Windows Explorer Media Directory
If you then double-click on the iPhone icon all of the images and movies are presented:

You can freely drag photos and videos out of the directory. You can drag stuff in, too.
Changing the Event Handler
If at some point you chose an event handler rather than clicking Cancel you can change how XP handles the iPhone. You'll need to get to the phone's Properties, which may require opening the Scanners and Cameras control panel. Click on the dialog's Events tab to see this:

If you change your current setting to Prompt then you'll get that first dialog I showed when you plug in your device. You can also choose Take no action if you want it to always behave like a drive.


How to change "Open With" option for folder in Mavericks

I'm by no means certain, but it sounds like you have managed to attach an Automator action to it somehow. A folder shouldn't have any kind of File Association/Open With attached to it.

Does the same happen if you manually drill down to the same folder HD/Users/[name]/Desktop ?


No. weather you're taking readings or not from the accelerometer or not, the components inside still move around the same way.

For more information on how accelerometers work, check out this insightful, easy to understand by the engineerguyvideos channel on youtube.


Audio Formats That Function With Multiple Streaming Devices/Software?

MP3 is the most common, so I'd assume it'll work on all non-Apple devices (I know it will work on Apple)


Is the battery in the new Macbook (the one with USB-C) replaceable?

The battery in the new MacBook is replaceable but Apple recommends that you bring it to them for servicing and replacement, if necessary.  Here's what Apple says about the battery:

  MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro computers with built-in batteries should only have their batteries replaced by an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store. Attempting to replace a built-in battery yourself could damage your equipment, and such damage is not covered by warranty.

  These Mac notebooks have built-in batteries:

  MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later
  All MacBook Air computers
  All MacBook Pro computers with Retina display
  MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and later; MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) and later


How to add user to a group on command line?

To add a user to a group:

dseditgroup -o edit -a vivek -t user developers

(Note: you can also do this with dscl as in @hobs' answer, but you really should both add the user's short name to the GroupMembership list, and also add the user's GeneratedUID to the GroupMembers list.  dseditgroup does both with a single operation.)

To check membership:

dseditgroup -o checkmember -m vivek developers

Or:

dsmemberutil checkmembership -U vivek -G developers

To remove a user from a group:

dseditgroup -o edit -d vivek -t user developers

(Again, you can do this with dscl, but need to remove the user from both GroupMembership and GroupMembers.  dseditgroup does both.)


2nd Generation Apple TV to get UI/1080p update?

Pretty sure that there are hardware differences allowing support for 1080p, not present in prior gen Apple TVs. So if that is the case, then a software update can't add in that support. We will not know for sure until we can see the spec and a complete teardown of the new Apple TV. We might be in luck for a UI update, though.
So according to ars techinca's Hands-on and questions answered: third-gen iPad, third-gen Apple TV

Apple TV
First let's start with the Apple TV. The device looks the same as the second-generation device and, in fact, the new interface that Apple touted during the event will also be coming to the second-generation version via software update. The only thing new about the third-gen Apple TV is 1080p capabilities plus a more direct link into iCloud for photo syncing. If all you want is the new and improved interface (which I do like, as an Apple TV fan), you'll be able to get it from Apple on your second-gen device without having to pay anything.

And as for hardware changes that's a yes to according to the same article as well.

We asked whether the third-gen Apple TV had the same A5X processor as that in the new iPad (as was previously rumored), but an Apple spokesperson told us that it has a "single-core version of the A5" and it's not the same as what's in the iPad. The CPU is capable of handling 1080p HD video.


Does the iPod Touch calendar support every other day scheduling?

You can set that up, but not on the device. There's no interface to more complex recursion rules in the iOS calendar app.

If you're synching with iCal on a mac, you add the event to iCal and go into the "custom" recurrence settings, and it's easy to have it repeat every two days.

Sync your device and bob's your uncle.


Headphone jack broken for music, yet works perfectly for telephone calls

It is likely music, etc is in stereo, while telephone voice audio is in mono. Mono goes to both channels, but in stereo, its separate channels. If this is the case, perhaps one of the channels is broken on your headphone plug (or jack). In other words, L or R is broken.

Of course, your options are repair, or try a different set of headphones or since this is an SE, you have the option of using the Lightning port as a headphone jack. Simply purchase a Lightning to headphone adapter from Apple, and you should get the audio back.


Is there any way to re-enable the “old style” iTunes metadata editing window in version 12.1.0.50?


AppleScript: alias reference is not changing after renaming a folder

I'm not quite sure why you're not getting the correct information. Running your code on my system (macOS High Sierra) returns the correct alias to the renamed folder.

This code should return the proper value for the alias value you are looking for

set folder_name to "New_Folder"
tell application "Finder" to set my_folder to ¬
    (make new folder at desktop with properties {name:folder_name}) as alias
return my_folder


No.  See relevant Stackoverflow discussion.

In short, you need to virtualize the ARM cpu, not an x86 model. Additionally, you'd need to virtualize the swipes and taps and whatnot, which would be quite the tall order.

Here's one project that's attempting to virtualize iOS on the QEMU platform: IEMU.


How do you communicate to a Modbus device within an iPhone application?

The big question is how you intend to physically connect to the modbus interface. If you are bridging to it via wifi or ethernet then the bridge will almost certainly have a command set specific to that bridge, and you would use that. If you have a serial bridge you want to connect directly to the iPhone you need to sign up for the Made for iPhone and sign some extra NDAs at which point Apple will give you the details necessary to interface with the USB port, then you build an adapter that has a USB-serial bridge and pump serial commands over it.


Soundflower is not sending multi-output sound to all devices

While I don't fully understand what you're doing and what goes wrong I can't tell you how to configure Sound Flower the right way. But I know an alternative solution.

Using Audio MIDI Setup, to send Audio to multiple devices:

Your Mac has Audio MIDI setup installed by default. By selecting the + and choosing 'Create Multi-Output Device' you can send audio to both your headphones and to soundflower (which sends it to OBS if I understood you right).


German keyboard Alt-D gives '∂' - how can I disable it?

The Alt key on the Mac is used differently than on Windows. Its main use is exactly what you see: To enter special ("alternate") characters.

Menu shortcuts and such are always triggered by a Command-key ("⌘") combo (sometimes including other modifier keys, such as the Alt key). For example, closing all open windows in Finder is [Cmd]-[Alt]-[W].


Can't see Apple_HFS partition after using Minitool Partition Wizard

The results you posted from the readgpt command leads me the following conclusions about your drive's partitions. The six partitions are listed in the order found on the drive.

~200 MB EFI partition (Usually hidden from the user)
~100 GB Windows partition
~75 GB OS X partition
~50 GB Windows partition
~650 MB OS X recovery partition (This is exactly the correct size)
~900 MB Windows partition

This is anything like what one would expect to see.

How to Fix Your Problem

From our posts and comments, it would appear the GUIDs for partitions 2 and 3 have been reversed. (The GUIDs identify the partition types. See this site for specific types.) The third party tool that I use to fix these types of problems is gdisk. You can download the zip file gdisk-windows-1.0.1.zip from this site.

Below are a the entries to gdisk32.exe that I made on a simulation of your disk. You should copy these entries.

C:\Users\david\Desktop>gdisk32 \\.\PhysicalDrive0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): t
Partition number (1-6): 2
Current type is 'Microsoft basic data'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 700): af00
Changed type of partition to 'Apple HFS/HFS+'

Command (? for help): t
Partition number (1-6): 3
Current type is 'Apple HFS/HFS+'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 700): 0700
Changed type of partition to 'Microsoft basic data'

Command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to \\.\PhysicalDrive0.
Disk synchronization succeeded! The computer should now use the new
partition table.
The operation has completed successfully.

C:\Users\david\Desktop>

Your Apple_HFS partition should now appear in the Disk Utility.

  Note: For other readers, the commands used to dump the partition tables came from this site. The commands have to be executed in an "Administrator: Command Prompt" window.

To open the Command Prompt window as an Administrator using Windows 10, right click on the Start Menu icon and select "Command Prompt (Admin)". See the image below.


Try disabling System Integrity Projection.  From what I've seen rEFInd doesn't play as well with El Capitan as it has with older versions.

Follow the steps here: http://mattjanik.ca/blog/2015/10/01/refind-on-el-capitan/


OS X Lion behaving oddly after upgrading to 16GB RAM

I got the "System is low on disk space/memory" error as well as a number of other intermittent problems when I upgraded my original apple memory.  It turned out to be either bad memory, or marginal timing specs.

Startup disk has no more space available for application memory?

When I put the original memory back in, the problems went away - so try that if you've exhausted your other options.

I did eventually do a little more research and found a 16GB set that very closely matched Apple specs for my early 2011 macbook pro 17 memory, and it's had no problems for several months now.

I suggest trying out the original apple memory and seeing if the problem goes away.  If it does, return the memory you have, and see if you can get a different set that works better.


Developing with Eclipse, Visual Studio .NET and Xcode - 13“ or 15” Macbook Pro? (Or AIR?)

In case anyone is reading this now, the 13" Retina screens can be put into a higher-resolution scaled mode 1680 x 1050 mode which is still readable. It's the same as the Macbook Pro 17" I used to use, just in a smaller space.

This is ample width for using XCode or other IDEs


Making good use of HD + SSD combo on a new iMac

My first advice: don't fret too much over SSD lifespans or performance degradation. While it has been an issue (and still is), for almost everyone it's not likely to be an issue over the lifespan of your computer. Far more likely that you'll want to replace your iMac before the flash runs out of writes. Additionally, the Samsung and Toshiba drives Apple currently uses are are more in the reliability end of the spectrum, rather than sacrificing lifespan for huge speeds.

Secondly, to really get the most benefits out of the SSD, you'll want to put your OS and apps on the SSD, and big files like movies, music and photo libraries on the HD (if you keep the metadata files like iTunes Library.itl on the SSD, you get speed improvements opening big libraries, without having to store the big files there). The most noticeable improvements from SSDs aren't the huge sequential r/w speeds, but the smaller random access speeds, which you really notice for OS and app start times, and any memory paging to disk.


What's better? Truecrypt or Encrypted disk image?

I would guess that the weakest link isn't the choice of formats, but your picking a decent password and not letting it get observed or captured.

In the general case where there is a system tool and a third party one, I usually start with the tool that is built in until I have good, definite and enumerable reasons to not use the default tool.

Go with encrypted disk images in the case you have set out.


MacPorts gcc_select doesn't contain gcc_select

If you read the description with 'port info gcc_select', you'll see that it says, "gcc_select installs files that allow 'port select' to switch the default version of gcc."


How can I manually switch to the next Desktop wallpaper in Mojave?

If you are simply looking to change your desktop wallpaper quickly, this following AppleScript code should do the trick. As it is now, the code is set to only choose the pictures from your desktop pictures folder.  To be able to use a different folder for your desktop pictures, you can certainly play around with the code

This works for me using the latest version of macOS Mojave

tell application "System Events"
    set fileRef to a reference to files of desktop pictures folder
    set picPath to path of fileRef
    tell current desktop
        set currentPic to get picture as POSIX file as text
        set theIndex to my indexOfItemInList(currentPic, picPath)
        try
            set picture to item (theIndex + 1) of picPath
        on error errMsg number errNum
            set theIndex to 0
            set picture to item (theIndex + 1) of picPath
        end try
    end tell
end tell

(* THIS HANDLER DETERMINES THE INDEX OF THE CURRENT DESKTOP PICTURE
IN THE LIST OF AVAILABLE DESKTOP PICTURES, TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY SET
THE NEW DESKTOP PICTURE TO THE NEXT ONE IN THE LIST*)

on indexOfItemInList(theItem, theList)
    script fasterList
        property fastList : theList
    end script
    repeat with i from 1 to length of fasterList's fastList
        try
            if item i of fasterList's fastList = theItem then return i
        on error "Item not found." number -1728 from theItem
            tell application "System Events"
                tell current desktop
                    set picture to item 10 of picPath
                end tell
            end tell
        end try
    end repeat
end indexOfItemInList

You mentioned “The Change Picture Every XXX option needs to be checked in Desktop Preferences. “, in your comment.  I'm not quite sure why because the above AppleScript code works on my system without that being checked.  However if having that option to be enabled is necessary, this following AppleScript code will do that for you

if application "System Preferences" is running then do shell script "killall 'System Preferences'"
repeat until application "System Preferences" is not running
    delay 0.1
end repeat
tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "DesktopPref" of pane id "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
    activate
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "System Preferences"
    repeat while not (exists of static text 1 of row 2 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of tab group 1 of window "Desktop & Screen Saver")
        delay 0.1
    end repeat
    set focused of static text "Desktop Pictures" of row 2 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of tab group 1 of window "Desktop & Screen Saver" to true
    if (get value of checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window 1) is 0 then
        click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window 1
    end if
end tell
if application "System Preferences" is running then do shell script "killall 'System Preferences'"


Clearing cache and cookies freezes Firefox on Mac

Reinstall Firefox by deleting it from /Applications and copying it from a fresh download.

If that does not help (which is likely), you may have a corrupt Firefox profile. To fix it:

Use the Firefox Profile Manager, create a new profile and see if it works without crashing.
If it does, then transfer data to the new profile from the old one.


Apparently this is the functionality of Photo Stream on iCloud. Requires iOS5 and Lion (or a recent Windows version) though.


Display formatting symbols (invisible characters) on webpages and text forms

I don't know of any browsers that will show invisibles, but there are work-arounds. Since you are already "using various online tools for translation and proofreading," I assume you are also copy and pasting between the tools. The easiest solution would to just paste the text into a different text editor as an intermediate step. This should reveal tabs vs. spaces, and different types of line endings.

This will not show the difference between non-breaking spaces and spaces, though. You could view the source and search for "&nbsp;" but that will be hit or miss, because people aren't consistent.


Is there any keyboard short cut to input mac key symbols like shift, cmd, ctrl

EDIT: I found another way to do this, and is much easier and less complicated.
Go to the Language and Text preference pane and select the Text section.

From there, you can substitute typed-in text with the symbols that you want. For example, I set commandkey to be replaced with ⌘. This makes it much easier to type in the symbols.

No, you do not need to.

Go to System Preferences, and open the Language and Text Preference Pane. Select Input Sources, and select Unicode Hex Input:

After doing this, select Unicode Hex Input as your language input (as shown below), and you can enter the characters using the unicode hex of the character, by holding ⌥+ABCD, where ABCD is the unicode hex.

The unicode hexes are (the ones you requested and a few others):

Shift Key (⇧) - 21E7
Command Key (⌘) - 2318
Control Key (⌃) - 2303
Option Key (⌥) - 2325
Backward Delete (⌫) - 232B
Caps Lock (⇪) - 21EA


On macOS, go to System Preferences → iCloud and check Safari.

On iOS, go to Settings → Apple ID → iCloud and turn on Safari.


How can I download e-mails w/ Mozilla Thunderbird onto my hard drive & upload to new server?

The two best tools for shifting email from one server to another would have to be imapsync and offlineimap. Of these offlineimap probably has the best instructions and assistance.

You could either transfer the emails directly or, with a little setup, download them to your Mac and then back up to the new server.


If you go into the dropbox settings there is an option to enable finder integration(the third checkbox from the top). Just uncheck it, no restart needed. I haven't checked it by myself, but you could give it a try.


Target Display Mode using 2019 MBP and 2012 iMAC

Did you use a 'Thunderbolt' or 'Thunderbolt 2' cable to connect the two macs?
Also judging by your description the iMac has Mojave installed whereas TDM would work only on an iMac with High Sierra or below.
For reference please follow this official Apple article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592


In my experience, using Speakable Items for the rather, shall we say, complicated applications can get a bit tricky - but there's no reason it's not possible. Usually, if you use the "Make This Speakable" command whilst an application is in focus (i.e is your foreground app), a folder will be created for it in Application Speakable Items if it does not already exist.

As OS X is UNIX-based, my initial idea was to call the folder eclipse, as the executable that the system sees (not the .app bundle itself) is actually called eclipse as opposed to Eclipse.

However, should that not work, Apple's official advice is to simply drag the folder to your desktop and then attempt to use the "Make This Speakable" command whilst using (in this case) Eclipse so that the computer will (or at least should) create the folder for you - at which point you can simply drag all the AppleScripts you have made into the newly-created folder.

From a programming / behind-the-scenes point of view, though, the answer may well hinge on what version of Java you are using! Should you be using Apple's own Java implementation, you will likely run into more problems than using the latest Java 7 release.

Eclipse uses the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT), which wraps native controls (or more accurately, makes Java communicate with OS X like it would with, say, other *nix) so by those standards alone ought to already be accessible. I know that NetBeans is mostly, if not entirely accessible at least from a VoiceOver standpoint.

Browsing Eclipse's documentation and bug history reveals discussion of this back in 2007, and seems to suggest they were working on it in 2008, but there's no mention of having Eclipse controlled with AppleScript voice commands. It ought to be straightforward and simple, so if it seems like Eclipse and/or OS X is resisting every attempt to communicate with Java or the IDE itself via AppleScript(s), I'd be inclined to believe it's some quirk with Eclipse or its communication with the SpeechWorker and the rest of OS X.


From Support Apple's page:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4223

Mac mini (Early 2009), Mac mini (Late 2009), and Mac mini (Mid 2010) computers have two internal memory slots. These slots accept a standard PC3-8500 DDR3 204-pin SO-DIMMs (Small Outline DIMM) with the following specifications:

PC3-8500 DDR3
unbuffered
non-parity
204-pin module
1066 MHz

DIMMs with the following features will not work with these Mac mini models:

registers or buffers
PLLs
ECC
parity
EDO RAM


Is Aperture compatible with High Sierra upgrade process?

IF you bought Aperture from the Mac App Store, you should be able to re-download it from there from the Purchases tab, even though it’s no
  longer available for sale. (However, I never did, so I can’t confirm
  this.)

I can confirm this is possible to download on High Sierra still and that it is in the Purchases tab.

If you can't find it you may have downloaded it on a different account or it may be hidden, you can unhide purchases from the My Account link.


If the folder is shared from Windows and is accessible from other Windows machines then it should be accessible from your Mac as well. There are two possible causes to the problem you are describing:

You are using OS X 10.8.0 and you are trying to connect to smb://<machine> instead of smb://<machine>/<share>. If this is the case then the solution is to connect to smb://<machine>/<share>.
You are using any version of OS X and you are trying to connect to smb://<machine>/<share>. If this is the case then you probably aren't entering the username correctly. On your Mac when connecting to a Windows file share you should try entering the username as WORKGROUP\<username>. (Case may matter)

NOTE: I got into the habit of always entering the username in that format way back in OS X 10.3 (maybe even earlier.) It could be that it is no longer required, but it has never failed me, so I just stick with what works.


Sounds like your SMC is broken.

As last resort I would remove the battery.


iTunes does not keep track of where imported files were originally found. In other words, it knows where the copied files are (within the iTunes folders) but it has no record of where the original files are scattered around your hard drive.

That said, you could use Spotlight to find the files. Note that for this method you will need to know where your iTunes folder is. (Unless you have moved it, it is located at /Users/your-username/Music/iTunes.)

Open Finder.
Click on your computer's name in the sidebar under Devices.
In the search box at the upper-left, type kind:music. (A drop-down menu will appear asking if you meant "name: music". Click outside of the menu to make it disappear.)
To the far left, right under the search box, you will see two buttons, "Save" and a plus sign. Click the plus sign.
On the new row that appears, it should say "Kind is Any". Across from this there is a minus button and a plus button. Press and hold Option and click the "..." button (which replaced the plus sign button because you are pressing Option).
Now click the minus button on the "Kind is Any" row.
You should now see a row that says "Any of the following are true". Change "Any" to "None".
On the line below that, click the first drop-down menu and choose "Other..." at the bottom.
In the window that pops up, type "folder". You should see two results, one of which is "Document Container". Click on that line and click OK.
Next to where it now says Document Container, change "matches" to "contains".
In the box, type iTunes.

This will search for all files on your machine that are music, and that do not live in the iTunes folder. All of the resulting files should safely be able to be removed.


To improve browsing performance, is it worth upgrading to iOS 5, on the original iPad 16GB Wifi?

The version of Safari that ships with IOS 5 has much better performance than the versions that ship with iOS 4, as reported in this blog post and this article. This increased performance may address the checkerboard rendering issue that you've mentioned. HTML pipelining was introduced in iOS5, and may help with the latency that results in slow rendering. Anecdotally, viewing web pages in Safari does seem a lot faster after I upgraded to iOS 5.

Regarding a rollback to iOS 4 if you don't like iOS 5 - cksum's provides some detailed info in this Apple.SE answer.


Yes, you can create the table and then click on the Format button in the top right-hand corner of the keynote page. In the right sidebar, you have 4 tabs one of which says Cells. Click on the Cells tab and you can define the colors or styles of the lines in the table or select no lines between cells or rows of cells. See the table I created in Keynote below.


Usually when the WiFi connection is still active but no data is flowing indicates Chanel crowding (to many devices/users on same channel).

If the WiFi is disconnecting that could be number of other reasons. But since you are talking about the speed going down...

When the MCS index is zero (0) then the channel crowding is a issue. The MCS needs to be at least 3 or more.

To see yours hold the "alt" key and click on the WiFi icon. (this is what I have)

Easiest test (fix) is to change the Chanel on the router.

You could also do a WiFi channel analysis to find out and then choose a less crowded Channel.

To change the Wifi channel on Pirelli DRG A125G router:


For each press of spacebar, pass keystroke to app and increment input counter

Not with AppleScript, but with Whatpulse. You can see exactly how many times you hit spacebar. When you denote what the amount before you play the game, and check what it is afterward, you have the amount of spacebar hits. And its fun to keep track of your statistics!


Pillars of Eternity: Better to buy from Mac App Store or from Steam?

Steam. With steam, you'll be able to play it on Windows too, should you ever have the need. The same can't be said for the MAS, which only offers the Mac version. It's a nice bit of future-proofing, incase you ever get a Windows PC in the future. To put it simply, you get more for your money.


You can drag the title bar of the browser window over to the other display. If you open the System Preferences > Displays, then Arrangement tab, you can see where the projector's display is in relation to the laptop display. The main display (typically the laptop's) has a tiny white menu bar depicted in this Arrangement window.

Just click-drag the window in the direction of the second display and it will pop over to the projector.

You can also change the arrangement if it helps. Put the projector above, below, left/right of your laptop display.


Can Apple TV stream video from an external server using SMB or FTP protocol with external subtitles?

Yes, this is possible using third party apps such as for example the VLC media player for Apple TV.

Note that you need a fourth generation Apple TV or newer.


You can print source code with line numbers and without truncation in TextWrangler, the key is Soft wrap text.

Turn on "Soft Wrap Text" under Text Options.
Open TextWrangler > Preferences
Select "Text Printing" then check the "Print line numbers" checkbox.
Print again, long lines should wrap and line numbers should be present.

Note: you may want to set up "Editor Defaults" in TextWrangler's Preferences, and have it Soft wrap text for you for each file you edit, and to a specified width too.


Facetime is a 1:1 system. So, you can only be connected to 1 person. It's more likely the app had gotten run as bassplayer7 suggested and the green light just indicated that your camera was in use by an application. The 9 may have referred to the number of people in your address book you can Facetime with or that there are 9 recents in the recents list.


Can I update Mac OS 10.11 to 10.11.6 using a dmg of the update?

You can get the dmg file from here: https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos

While downloading the dmg please check the system requirement. Because you will need a combo dmg file if you are upgrading from say 10.11 to 10.11.6

On detail page of the dmg there is a System Requirements button at the bottom, please check the system requirement from there.

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Source: Ask Different


Adding a second iCloud email account to Mail.app in macOS Sierra

Go to the mail app and open mail preferences. Then, under accounts, hit the + button. Select "iCloud" and input the log-in information. Select ONLY the mail icon. Then hit "Add Account".

By going through the mail app preferences instead of System Preferences you can avoid dealing with all of the iCloud options. Here is a picture of what it looked like when I added a second iCloud mail account. On the left side in the list of accounts you can see two iCloud icons (boxed in red):


Can I transfer a call to another number mid-call (on my iPhone)?

What you can do is add another number to the call once you’ve started it, then you can talk using the other phone number that you added.

The only thing is you cannot hang up on he original number once you add the second number or else both numbers will be disconnected.


Can I obtain the Source Code for an app from its .ipa file?

No - the IPA format does not make source code inclusion mandatory, so there’s no general way to do what you ask. As alluring as the idea is, just because something is possible on Android (What you’re talking about is not in the sense you want it), doesn’t mean it will be possible on iOS.

Now, if the developer decides to embed the source code into the IPA - you will be able to read it depending on the method of packaging it since the IPA contents are well documented by Apple on the developer site and many utilities exist to decode the application bundles.


Why use iPhoto instead of manually saving images?

Most things you can do in iPhoto you can do in Preview and Finder, except a lot slower. Organization in iPhoto is more powerful than simply using a file system.

You can sort:

by Event
by Location
by Person via facial recognition

Arrange into albums (Unlike folders, photos can reside within multiple albums.)
Shows extra metadata, such as:

Stars
Camera and settings used
Map position

Allows basic image touch ups:

Color-grading
Auto touchup (really hand, fast and convenient)
Built in "straighten" function (also very useful)
Auto-enhance
Automatically retains "originals" in case you want to revert an edit

Manages Facebook and Flickr albums


In AppleScript, you do not need System Events to clear the clipboard, just use:
set the clipboard to ""

To use the above AppleScript command from Terminal, use the following command:
osascript -e 'set the clipboard to ""'

To clear the general clipboard from Terminal, not using AppleScript, use the following command:
pbcopy < /dev/null

To clear the find clipboard from Terminal, not using AppleScript, use the following command:
pbcopy -pboard find < /dev/null

That all said, there is a discrepancy between the title of your question and the AppleScript code you're wanting to run in Terminal.
If you are wanting to clear the Recent Items on the Apple menu, then the following AppleScript command will do that:
tell application "System Events" to ¬
    click menu item "Clear Menu" of ¬
        menu 1 of ¬
        menu item "Recent Items" of ¬
        menu 1 of ¬
        menu bar item "Apple" of ¬
        menu bar 1 of ¬
        application process "Finder"

To use that in Terminal:
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to click menu item "Clear Menu" of menu 1 of menu item "Recent Items" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Apple" of menu bar 1 of process "Finder"'


Can using Little Snitch make my mac Less Secure than its "out of the box" settings?

Little Snitch can work alongside macOS firewall. If a connection is permitted by Little Snitch, but is still blocked in the macOS firewall, it'll still be blocked. Little Snitch doesn't bypass the macOS firewall, so Little Snitch can't lower the security when the macOS firewall is still enabled.


How to revoke permission given in System Prefs > Security & Privacy > 'Allow'

You can access the list of permissions granted by using terminal.

Type: spctl --list to view all applications.

Finding the app that is causing issues that you want to revoke the permission can be done with:
spctl --remove --label "UnwantedApp"

spctl help can give more context options


Can I create a new contact from an unknown MMS number?

You can add contacts from text messages by scrolling to the top of the conversation and tapping "Add to Contacts."


Option for Second Alert on Calendar Events Disappeared After Mojave 10.14.6 Update

Depends what is your default calendar settings. If you select iCloud Calendar then you will have plus sign option next to the alert.


Can Third-Button Paste be emulated on the Mac?

Possibly a duplicate of this question: Can I copy by highlighting and paste by middle click on Mac OS X?

On this question, the highest voted answer suggests that you use BetterTouchTool (download from here: http://www.boastr.de/BetterTouchTool.zip)


I would sync one album or one playlist. That lets you know everything is fine on the overall OS and hardware connection  level.

From there, add or subtract tracks to sync until you locate the problematic ones that cause the sync to fail.


Junos Pulse Crashing on El Capitan (10.11), Causing Keychain Issues?

I had the exact same issue. Basically, this happens only if you enable the checkbox "Save Settings" at the username/password prompt in Junos Pulse. If you do not enable this checkbox, it should not freeze at the next connection attempt.
Pulsesecure have released the software version 5.1R5.1 build 61437, where this issue has been fixed (I tested it today and it is working fine). I hope this helps.


Why the weird lag in Screen Sharing app when using the LG Ultrafine 5K monitor?

Apple's implementation of VNC ScreenSharing often falls short, with significant lag regardless of whether Adaptive Quality is selected or not. A more robust 3rd-party solution like (the free) VNCViewer will provide you with fine-grained compression control, allowing workable VNC sessions over the tightest of bandwidth (e.g. through a shell tunnel to a remote server with really low upload speeds).


How to block an iPhone 4 from calling certain prefixes?

There is no way to block outgoing calls on iOS itself, so your only choices would be to find a voip app on the app store that would allow that level of configuration or perhaps jailbreak the phone and see if that community has such a modification to the phone app.


Can ContainerToInvert file be safely deleted?

This often happens after cloning APFS drives using Disk Utility. The size of the file usually relates to the cloned partition size.

You can use the following steps to mount the ContainerToInvert file as an APFS container and access all the partitions.

Download and install FUSE
Download and install xmount1
Open Terminal (usually located within Applications/Utilities)
Type sudo mkdir /Volumes/apfs_image/ into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type sudo mkdir /Volumes/apfs_mounted/ into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type sudo xmount --in raw <path to ContainerToInvert file> --out dmg /Volumes/apfs_image/ into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type hdiutil attach -nomount /Volumes/apfs_image/ContainerToInvert.dmg into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type diskutil ap list into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type diskutil ap unlockVolume <Disk GUID> -nomount into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Type sudo mount_apfs -o rdonly,noexec,noowners /dev/disk# /Volumes/apfs_mounted/ into Terminal and press Enter (when prompted, enter your password)
Now you'll have the original partition mounted
Browse the disk image to inspect the contents and once satisfied there's nothing there you need to transfer across you can unmount and delete the entire .dmg file

The above steps are based on the Mount All the Things! – Mounting APFS and 4k Disk Images on macOS 10.13 blog entry.

1. If you have trouble installing xmount, then run the following command in Terminal and try again:

 `mkdir -p /Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs/Support/osxfusefs.kext`


MacBook Air 2020 does not support 100hz display?

According to MacTracker (fan, not affiliated) the Macbook Air (retina, 13inch, 2018) supports:

  One external display with 5120 by 2880 resolution at up to 60 Hz, Up to two external displays with 4096 by 2304 resolution at up to 60 Hz

The 2020 air is as follows:

  One external 6K display with 6016 by 3384 resolution at 60 Hz, one external 5K display with 5120 by 2880 resolution at 60 Hz, up to two external 4K displays with 4096 by 2304 resolution at up to 60 Hz

So not 100Hz.


Restoring a Snow Leopard time capsule using Leopard DVD boot? possible?

Yes - I'm afraid this is the case. You will need to find a Snow Leopard DVD or Lion recovery HD/USB to restore your files.

Since this DVD used to come with all Macs, you should be able to find a friend who has one. Otherwise, try the Apple store or AppleCare to order a replacement Snow Leopard DVD.


Automatically Delete Files From Downloads Folder Daily Unless Tagged With "Keep"?

Automatically Delete Files From Downloads Folder Daily Unless Tagged With “Keep”?

The following example AppleScript code can be used in a shell script with an /usr/bin/osascript shebang, or an AppleScript script/application, or a Run AppleScript action in an Automator workflow to delete any file in the targetFolder that does not have a custom "Keep" Tag set in Finder:
-- # targetFolder can be either an HFS path or a POSIX path,
-- # "path:to:target:folder:" or "/path/to/target/folder"
-- #
-- # Change the value of targetFolder from "/path/to/target/folder"
-- # to the appropriate fully qualified pathname in either form.

set targetFolder to "/path/to/target/folder"

-- # The remaining code should not need to be modified,
-- # unless the mdfind query needs to be changed.

set targetFolderPOSIXpath to ¬
    the quoted form of ¬
        the POSIX path of targetFolder

set shellCMD to {¬
    "mdfind -onlyin", space, targetFolderPOSIXpath, space, ¬
    "'! kMDItemKind == Folder && ! kMDItemUserTags == Keep'"} ¬
    as string

set posixFilesToDelete to ¬
    paragraphs of ¬
    (do shell script shellCMD)

set filesToDelete to {}
repeat with thisFile in posixFilesToDelete
    set thisFile to POSIX file thisFile as alias
    set the end of filesToDelete to thisFile
end repeat

if filesToDelete is not {} then ¬
    tell application "Finder" to ¬
        delete filesToDelete

Note: Scroll as necessary to see remaining code.

Notes:

As I do not have the target folder mentioned in the OP, I could not test for any permissions issues that may need addressing in: System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy
The example AppleScript code was tested and work for me without issue in macOS Catalina using a temporary folder created within my Home folder while adding files and folders to it and tagging only some files with a custom "Keep" Tag in Finder.
As to "Automatically Delete Files" there are a number of different ways to accomplish this depending on how the example AppleScript code is used. Used as an AppleScript shell script or application it can be scheduled to run at whatever time you'd like, using any of several different methods.

As an AppleScript application using: Calendar
As an AppleScript shell script using: launchd or cron

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


Your systemstatsd

  The systemstats process is used to retrieve information about system
  statistics and power usage, and though it usually runs unnoticed in
  the background, the systemstatsd and systemstats processes have been
  known to randomly go haywire.

One method is to just kill that process for now.

In Terminal copy this and paste following

sudo killall systemstats

Enter your usual log in password.

You can do the same as above using your activity monitor, find the systemstatsd and kill it from there. (Force Quit)

After stopping it with one of above, do a SMC reset and normally it should not appear again.


Why is Lion’s “Keep Both” option missing from the file copy dialog?

The Keep Both button seems to turn to Skip when there are five or more items with duplicate names. It should change back to Keep Both when you hold option in the dialog though.


Recurrent error during sync: "The certificate for this server is invalid"

Most likely is that you need to tell your iPhone to clear this "safe-browsing" data, and then recreate it.

https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/google-safe-browsing-data-syncs-to-ios-devices-via-itunes/

On your iPhone device, go to Settings > Safari, then look for the Fraud Warning slider and turn it off. Then resync the iPhone. Turn the Fraud Warning back on and synce your iPhone again and hopefully that will clear up the warning.

Less likely: you might be able to clear this up by resetting the iTunes Store cache under Edit > Preferences > Advanced.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7843167?start=0&tstart=0


Automatically reboot OS X 10.7 after kernel panic?

Open the Energy Saver pane in System Preferences. There's an option to Restart automatically if the computer freezes, if you check that you should get the behaviour you desire.

Note that there are two tabs in Energy Saver—one for when you're on battery and one for when you're running from the power adapter; make sure you set it for each state you want.


OSX Mavericks not downloading from Mac App Store (Lion)

I recommend to just be patient. I had the same issue, I repeatedly clicked "Download" in the App Store, and in the Launchpad I couldn't see much progress at first, but eventually it was downloading (without me having to do anything and insanely clicking probably didn't help). It might take a couple of hours, as heaps of people are downloading at the moment.


It isn't.  Apple does not sell replacement parts and does not license the Magsafe to anyone.


How to stop the iPhone from vibrating for just the alarm?

I know it`s been a while.

@SomewhereThere's answer is good for any version before IOS9.

Since IOS 9

You may disable vibration from the alarm menu per alarm independently.

  In the alarm settings. When you add a new alarm time, you can select sounds > vibration and set it to ”none”. You can also edit existing alarm schedules to disable vibration individually.

Credits


Keyboard shortcut to switch between Activity Monitor tabs?

You don't need that actually. It's better to see both things at the same time - that's why you can add new columns to the current view. Just click View -> Columns and choose the one you need. You can also drag them around.


reduce trackpad sensitivity when typing (MacBook Pro w/ Retina)

In the System Preferences/Trackpad, you should be able to adjust the settings for your trackpad.


How can a Mac split a single backup to two independent, external drives

Time Machine can't partially backup to one drive, then when space runs out, continue to the next drive.

But you can concatenate several drives to look as one and then use Time Machine.
As you have said, you can create a RAID drive. This should work with Time Machine. Recovery would look normal. (See here). You can restore from Recovery, Migration Assistant, etc.)  Time Machine would detect it as a RAID drive and will mount it as one drive instead of two.

When restoring the entire of the drive I would always suggest booting to Recovery instead of migration assistant.

Just remember, using RAID always significantly increases chances of corruption or failure. RAID 0 is the worst because there are no failsafes: If one drive fails, corrupts, or dies they are both useless.

Your best bet would to purchase a single big enough drive to do the job.

Remember it always better to do it right, especially when it comes to peoples data.

If you are looking to purchase a drive, I would go with LaCie, and definitely not Seagate. 4/5 Seagate drives have failed without being moved within 6 months.  None of my LaCie drives have failed.

Note: I am not affiliated with Seagate or LaCie and will not gain in anyway (financially or otherwise) from the purchasing of their products.  Additionally, the suggestions above are form personal experience and do not in any way reflect proven published statistics.


Quickly access any app on an iPhone iOS5 using home or volume buttons?

Double tap the home button → It works great.


Is there a way to show the date (in addition to time) in the OS X lock screen?

Another option, which worked for me, was the following crontab entry, in root's crontab:

0 0 * * * defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "The date is `date '+%B %d, %Y'`"

This sets a message on the lock screen, including the date.  It isn't as slick as including the date with the time in the corner, but it has the advantage of working at all (I couldn't get @konqui's answer to work for me), and it doesn't require installing any 3rd-party software.

If anyone is interested, I detailed the procedure in more depth on my blog, but the essence of the solution is posted here.


No it's not possible to hide it on an unjailbroken iPhone.


How to configure Ctrl+backspace Linux behavior in macOS terminal?

To get this to work the way you want, you have to set the option key to be used as a Meta key. To do this:

Launch Terminal
Go to Terminal > Preferences...
Select the Profiles icon at top
Select the profile you're using from the lefthand side
Click on the Keyboard tab on the righthand side
Now tick the Use Option as Meta key checkbox at bottom of the screen
Exit preferences

Now to achieve what you want, do as follows:

Press option + delete to delete back one word


VNC

You can use VNC on your Mac Mini to show the screen on your Windows or Linux laptop:

  VNC is an abbreviation of Virtual Network Computing. VNC is a common protocol that allows computers to both share and to offer control over the network. Using VNC you can connect to and see your computer remotely; great for remote working or helping a relative perform tricky tasks without needing to be in the same location.

  Mac OS X includes a built-in free VNC server. You can set up and use VNC on your Mac without needing additional or third party software.

There are numerous Windows and Linux VNC clients you can use on your Lenovo laptop.

Also see answers to these related questions:

Is it possible to use a Mac Mini with a laptop monitor?
Use Dell Inspiron laptop monitor as only monitor for mac mini


Automatically resume Transmission torrents

It does that already.

If you have not downloaded the complete file it will automatically try to reconnect to peers to continue to download.  It may not start back up if...

No peers can be found
Other downloads have been listed (by you) as a higher priority and there is a download limit set.

Another situation may be if you've deleted the torrent file.  I'm actually not sure if the absence of the original torrent file will prevent the download from starting again or not.  But keeping it around until you're done doesn't hurt.

Transmission will also automatically seed the file when the app starts.  It may not restart if you have a max ratio set per file in the preferences -- if you've hit that ratio the file will not reseed.


I'm not here to answer if you can run it without the battery... as I have no idea.

I'd perhaps look no further than iFixit if I wanted to replace the battery myself. I'm not sure if this is your exact model, I just picked one that was close enough: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2015+Battery+Replacement/89284

You can typically buy the parts needed for the guide straight from them.

Before you start ordering new batteries or disassembling it further... Are you super sure it's not possible for you to let Apple handle it? Many countries (as far as I know) don't have apple stores but instead, they have "Apple authorized service providers" (or whatever they are called). It would be easy to not realize that these types of places exist in some cases. Sometimes the local store that sells Apple devices can handle the repairs as well. Not always.

Unfortunately, I can't give you a direct URL to a website where you can find your nearest service location(s) (it differs from country to country), you just have to find it through this website: https://locate.apple.com/

Make sure to click the country selection button on the top right.

The path to the right place differs from country to country, but as I think this is the longest possible path I decided to write it down:

  Each step is a new page

Click the box that says something like: "Service and Support"

It may at this point already ask you to enter a city or area code to locate the nearest service location(s).

In a grid of boxes with Apple devices choose Mac

You may then have to further select Macbook in a similar grid

In a grid of boxes with text and icons click the box that is something like "Repairs and physical damage",
You may then get 2 options. To call the local apple call center or enter city or area code to locate the nearest service location(s).

You may also have to enter the device serial key or login with your apple id at some point.


Can new iMac output video to current generation Thunderbolt display as secondary monitor?

Your dual monitor setup will still work fine, and they will both stay at their native resolution.

The only issue is that you might have the borders will not match up, since 5k is (probably) a lot more than what you had before, so it will be a lot larger. When mousing from your old monitor to your new monitor, you will have no problems, but when mousing back you might hit a boundary on the top or bottom. You can configure where the boundary is, so it shouldn't be a huge problem.


Can't view contents of a certain existing folder

If you still can access the content of the drive via Terminal:

Use rsync, ditto, or cp to copy the content of the whole flash drive onto another drive
Reformat the flash drive
Copy your data back

I'm not sure whether it's wise to trust a drive which doesn't seem to fully work anymore. Maybe replacing it with a new one is the safer approach.


/usr/include missing on macOS Catalina (with Xcode 11)

Set the CPATH environment variable in your shell (e.g., put this in your .zshrc assuming you're using zsh):

export CPATH=`xcrun --show-sdk-path`/usr/include

And then try to build your project again.

UPDATE

The OP related to how to install the headers in /usr/include, not how to point clang to the headers wherever they may be.

MacOS System Integrity Protection prevents the creation of /usr/include, even by root. See this related answer.

If you disabled SIP (not recommended) then I imagine something like

sudo ln -s `xcrun --show-sdk-path`/usr/include /usr/include

will do the trick.


Explore contents of a ZIP/Archive from Finder?

Previewing contents of zip files in the GUI is not available within macOS as it ships out.

You may however install a QuickLook generator to do that
One would be available within
https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/

The full app is 30-day trialware, but the QuickLook part will still be available after that period has elapsed.

To use it, slect a zip-file and hit Space.

Manipulating files within an archive is limited.

Specialised for this would be

  The Archive Browser (non-free)

  Quickly view archive contents

Of course, if you are serious about file management, you'd have to ditch the overly limited Finder.app and use professional software to that end.

One alternative worth looking into would be PathFinder:  unlike Finder the workflow "Get Info">"Preview" in PathFinder offers not just a big icon, but also a preview of what's inside.

Most closely resembling your previous experience in use, but not in setting it up, would of course be to combine https://osxfuse.github.io with https://bitbucket.org/agalanin/fuse-zip/downloads/

  use-zip is a FUSE file system to navigate, extract, create and modify ZIP and ZIP64 archives based on libzip implemented in C++.
  With fuse-zip you really can work with ZIP archives as real directories. Unlike KIO or Gnome VFS, it can be used in any application without modifications.

If a seamless usage is the goal but the manual setup sounds too complicated for that, then it's worth to take a look at ivoronin/ArchiveMounter:

  Mounts archives like disk images (macOS)

If you 'install' that application and drag its icon also to the Finder toolbar, (in macOS this was made slightly more complicated: hold Cmd and then drag the app to the toolbar until you see a plus sign) you have a convenient, low-cost solution, that allows you to look inside the archives, extract single files as needed and even manipulate the contents without a full decompression (and/or re-compression). Although that last feature seems to be judged as not that stable by the developer, as it's turned off by default: without setting any preferences it defaults to 'mount' archives read-only.

To solve the issue with double-click resulting in an undesired action (full decompression), you then have to choose from one of the options listed here your favourite method. Then right-click on a zip-file and choose "Get Info". Set your desired action accordingly under the heading "Open With".


Is it possible to power a 4K display at 60 Hz with a DisplayPort/HDMI adapter connected to a USB-C hub?

The 2018 MacBook Air actually has 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports. I.e. they not just USB-C ports.

This mean that you can definitely connect all sorts of multiport adapters, docks, etc. to enable you to charge the Mac while connected to a DisplayPort monitor - and then even more.

Just as an example you can use the OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock and connect that to one of the two Thunderbolt 3 ports on your MacBook Air. It comes with a power brick that will charge your MacBook Air through that single cable. In addition it has a 4k at 60Hz DisplayPort output (you'll need a mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable).

This leaves you with one of the two ports on your MacBook Air unused - as well as providing lots of extra ports on the dock itself (5 x USB 3, 1 x USB-C, 1 x daisy-chained Thunderbolt 3, ethernet, S/PDIF, audio-jack, SD-card and micro-SD).

In fact you could also use the daisy-chained Thunderbolt 3 port to hook up the monitor - then you would require a USB-C to DisplayPort cable instead.


How to use Applescript to open a printer app and select items within?

I believe I've roughly translated your steps into a working AppleScript:
tell application "Canon iX6800 series" to activate -- Run "Canon iX6800 series"
delay 0.25
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Canon iX6800 series"
    click menu item "Canon iX6800 series" of menu "Window" of menu bar 1
    click menu item "Settings" of menu "Printer" of menu bar 1 -- Select "Settings"
    click radio button "Utility" of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 -- Select "Utility"
    click button "Print Test Page" of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 -- Select "Print Test Page"
    key code 53 -- escape key (selects Cancel)
end tell
tell application "Canon iX6800 series" to quit -- Quit the app

Note that the part at the beginning (with the delay and window selection) is necessary to ensure that an active window is open in the printer app; otherwise, the Settings panel won't be able to open if a window isn't already open.

Although the following isn't what the OP is asking for, in case anybody else is looking to do this with a printer that doesn't supply a "Print Test Page" option in the Settings panel, here's an alternate solution:

Open the "Canon iX6800 series" app
Click the "Print Test Page" menu item in the "Printer" menu
Quit the app

To accomplish this, replace lines 5–7 of the above with click menu item "Print Test Page" of menu "Printer" of menu bar 1.


My internal hard disk is 0 byte and a flashing question mark

I installed a new hard disk. Problem was my old harddisk died because of shakes.


How to get Gmail Categories in macOS Mail app?

Unfortunately, Gmail doesn’t expose its “Categories” to IMAP. I'm using Mail.app as my email client, and I had the same desire to have my mail categorized with Gmail’s bayesian-or-whatever classifiers, so I found a fix.

This workaround uses filters to automatically apply labels to categories. Once labeled the old fashioned way, they can then be exposed to IMAP.

Go to Gmail/Settings/Filters
Using a search operator enter category:[chosen category] in the “Has the words” field and click “Create filter with this search.“
Check “Apply the label:” and select or create new label
(optional) Check “Also apply filter to matching conversations.“
Create filter
Go to Gmail/Settings/Labels and show the label in IMAP
(optional) Hide the label from label and message lists

This will link up your Gmail categories to your Mail.app.


How to view an image full screen on an Apple Watch with no UI showing

The native way to do this is to use Xcode 12 and a free AppleID to make a custom app using AVKit and SwiftUI.

https://developer.apple.com/watchos/

Xcode can take your video content and display it as a custom app. QuickTime Player and Xcode can record the screen so you could fake pre-roll Home Screen content and add that to your “actual” video content so you don’t have to tap the screen. You can make a custom icon for your app to mimic whatever you desire. You don’t have to pay for a dev certificate or publish it to the App Store, it will just side load and run on the one watch you use to record your project.
Even though we’re not really a programming site, here’s two links if you want to research this to either hire someone or start down your development path to realize this:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/building_a_watchos_app
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avkit/videoplayer


This question has a comment that FAT32 is not best for Mac. Can you format disc as ExFAT? That would be best if you want this to be cross-platform or HFS+ for Mac only. Reformatting a drive will delete all data on the drive.


iPhone Photos app adds random people to the people album

In the People album (where all the faces are shown), choose the Select button at the top-right, then select the people to remove and choose Remove in the bottom-left.


Can't install an app in macOS High Sierra because of incorrect password

Apparently your system doesn't have an Admin account. You can create one anew. An easy way to do this is to re-run the Setup Assistant. Follow the below mentioned steps:

Start by shutting down your Mac. If you are not able to shut down normally, simply press and hold the power button to turn it off.
Now, you need to start your Mac in a special mode called Single User mode. To start your Mac in Single User mode, simply press the power button to start, and press and hold the Command + S keys.
Let your Mac complete whatever it is doing (for e.g. displaying scrolling lines of text). Once done, you'll be shown a command prompt of the form

:/ root#
Now, you'll need to manually mount the startup drive. To do so, type the following command line and press Enter:

/sbin/mount -uw /
Now, we'll delete a system file. This will make the Mac re-run the Setup Assistant. Type the following at the command line and press Enter:

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
Now you need to reboot your computer normally. To do so, type the following and press Enter:

reboot
Now, let the Mac start normally. It will now start the Setup Assistant. Use it to create a new Admin account.

Once you have a new Admin account, you'll be able to perform administrative tasks and move files from the Standard account to the new admin account. You can also convert the Standard account to admin, and get rid of the freshly created admin account.


"on my mac" calendar option missing from New Calendar menu

Apparently you'll have to:

Disable iCloud by going to Calendar > Preferences > Accounts. It seems important just to disable iCloud from Calendar's preferences, not completely sign out of it from within System Preferences.
Create a new calendar which name does not conflicts with any calendars you've already got in your iCloud.
Enable your iCloud account.

This will make the new calendar, under On My Mac to remain.


No, your Windows license for Office will not work with the Mac version of Office. According to this post on a Microsoft support forum:

  Mac Office (2011) is licensed as a completely separate product & is produced specifically for the Mac OS. If you choose to use it you will have to purchase it outright - there is no 'transfer' of a license from one OS to another.


Clear AppStore cookies and locally stored data

You can enable the Debug menu by typing the following into Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true

You can then clear the cookies using the Clear Cookies option in the Debug menu.

In addition, you can reset the application using the Reset Application option.

You can disable the Debug menu using the following:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool false


Share Itunes Library with all users on same machine

The trick to doing this is to have your iTunes library stored in a location that is accessible to both accounts (i.e. both users have read/write access), and to then configure iTunes in both accounts to use the same library.

My recommended approach for doing this is to use an external drive connected to your Mac and then configure iTunes within each of your Mac accounts to use that library.

Follow these steps:

Ensure iTunes is not running
Within Finder, move your iTunes library folder (by default this folder is located within ~/Music/iTunes/) to a location accessible by all user accounts. As mentioned above, my personal preference is to store it on an external drive connected to your Mac.
Hold down the option key and launch iTunes
You should now see the Choose iTunes Library prompt (see below)

Click on the Choose Library... button
Now navigate to the location you moved the library to at Step 2
iTunes should now open up and work as it's always done previously
Quit iTunes
Now log into your wife's account
Hold down the option key and launch iTunes
Repeat Steps 3, 4, 5 and 6

After doing the above you'll be able to access the same iTunes library from either user account.

IMPORTANT NOTES

If you don't already, ensure you have a backup regime in place (e.g. using Time Machine)
If using an external drive (as per my recommended approach) ensure you include this new location with whatever backup software you use (so that it's getting backed up)
There are a number of reasons why I prefer using an external drive for my iTunes library. Some include:

It frees up space on your main boot volume
It results in faster transfer rates (in the event your internal drive is not an SSD)
I like to keep all my digital media on the same drive (i.e. I also use the same drive for my Photos library)
It makes your iTunes library (and others if they're on the same drive) easy to physically transfer (in the event you need to)


Bought iPhone 3GS with iOS 5.1, can downgrade to 4.1, any hope of going to 4.2 or 4.3?

I'm surprised that you found an SHSH blob for a firmware that low. Consider that a treasure. Unfortunately, though, you can only install the version of iOS that corresponds to the SHSH blob. The blob contains a signature that is unique to the device and unique to the iOS version. It is like the key to your device for that version. It can't be faked, but it can be saved. So in short, you're stuck with iOS 4.1 or 5.1.1, and there isn't anything that can be done now to change that (besides, the change from iOS 4.1 to 4.3 only added AirPlay/Print, Safari's Nitro JavaScript engine, iTunes Sharing, and Ping; which shouldn't be big enough features to worry about unless your app integrates AirPlay).


Mails from Apple are shown malformed in Outlook 2010 (Windows)

The Mac users need to make sure that their outgoing email format is HTML or Rich Text even if the incoming format was plain text or use a plain text signature.

I'd prefer the latter: I use plain text email whenever possible as it's more-widely compatible and usually is easier to read. This, by necessity, would entail using plain text signatures.


Apple insisting my ID info is not correct, but it is, what to do?

I second that you should contact Apple support about this. There could be a few reasons why this is happening, but it's likely because the actual account name has been changed since you set up the account.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HE34

If you follow the steps in the article above it will tell you if there still is an Apple ID named after your old email address.


How to hide specific icon in menu bar? Mojave OS

To remove an icon from the status bar:

  Hold down cmd
  Click the icon you want to remove and drag it to the desktop (A cross icon should appear)
  Let go of the left mouse button

Source


Oracle's Java 1.8 appears to not actually install itself

Run the installer again, but open the Installer Log window by choosing "Installer Log" from the Window menu or hitting cmd ⌘+L. This might help you discover if the installer is having a problem when it is trying to install Java 1.8 on your system. By default it is set to "Show Errors Only" but you can see more detail by changing it to "Show All Logs" from the drop-down in the top-left corner of the Log window.

Another way to see exactly what is happening when you are installing Java 1.8 is to use the following command in a Terminal window, replacing PATHTOINSTALLPACKAGE with the location of the "JDK 8 Update 45.pkg" file. The easy way to do this is to type (or copy and paste) the first part of the command up to "-pkg " and then drag and drop the PKG file (the one with the yellow cube emerging form the brown box icon) onto the Terminal window.

 sudo installer -verboseR -target / -pkg PATHTOINSTALLPACKAGE

So you should end up with something like this.

 sudo installer -verboseR -target / -pkg /Volumes/JDK\ 8\ Update\ 45/JDK\ 8\ Update\ 45.pkg

Then hit ENTER and enter your password.

You should get output that tells you exactly what is happening.

installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation…
installer:PHASE:Preparing the disk…
installer:PHASE:Preparing JDK 8 Update 45…
installer:PHASE:Waiting for other installations to complete…
installer:PHASE:Configuring the installation…
installer:STATUS:
installer:%5.810995
installer:PHASE:Writing files…
installer:%7.044070
installer:PHASE:Writing files…
...
...
...
installer:%79.565404
installer:PHASE:Moving items into place…
installer:%80.175556
installer:PHASE:Moving items into place…
...
...
...
installer:PHASE:Running package scripts…
installer:PHASE:Running package scripts…
...
...
...
installer:PHASE:Validating packages…
installer:%97.750000
installer:STATUS:Running installer actions…
installer:STATUS:
installer:PHASE:Finishing the Installation…
installer:STATUS:
installer:%100.000000
installer:PHASE:The software was successfully installed.
installer: The upgrade was successful.

If it is failing at some point it should tell you. Let us know how you get on.


Changing the dictionary used by OS X Dictation

OS X Dictation will let you dictate people in your Contacts. Make sure any words you wish to say are included in Contacts (you can place multiple words in the first name or last name fields) and providing you have enabled Enhanced Dictation the words should be available immediately. When dictating, if an alternative word is available, the word will be underlined in blue and selecting an alternate word will, over time, allow it to learn the word as a preferred dictation result. I have not tested deleting a contact and seeing whether the word would remain in the dictation repertoire.


How to define a (ideally: global) keyboard shortcut for a particular letter plus diacritic?

The Karabiner and Ukelele apps should be able to bind keys the way you are requesting:

https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/

http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele


How can I open port 443 in Mac OS X 10.6?

make sure 443 accessible from local and configured.

$ netstat -an|grep 443

allow 443 in ipfw

$ sudo ipfw add allow tcp from any to any 443


Diary App which supports Tags with values

A great diary app is Momento. Supports tags and has a great interface:
http://www.momentoapp.com/


Activity Monitor suddenly showing all cores in Dock icon

I saw this on a fresh install on 10.10.4. To fix it, close Activity Monitor and then:

defaults write com.apple.activitymonitor IconType -int 4


Get iPad/iPhone info using only its UDID?

The short answer is no because it is generated from a lot of variables. As per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDID) [on] devices introduced between 2007 and 2018 it was represented as a 40-digit lowercase hex code, and for device models introduced after 2018, as a 25-digit uppercase hex code.


You can use date to do the arithmetic for you. With BSD date:

$ /bin/date +%V
03
$ /bin/date -v-1w +%V
02

From man date:

-v   Adjust (i.e., take the current date and display the result of the
     adjustment; not actually set the date) the second, minute, hour,
     month day, week day, month or year according to val.  If val is
     preceded with a plus or minus sign, the date is adjusted forwards
     or backwards according to the remaining string, otherwise the
     relevant part of the date is set.  The date can be adjusted as
     many times as required using these flags.  Flags are processed in
     the order given.

In case you have installed and are using GNU date:

$ date -d '-1week' +%V
02
$ date -d '-1 week' +%V
02
$ date -d 'now - 1 week' +%V
02
$ date -d 'last week' +%V
02


Convert bash script to a compiled standalone binary executable, not text

I would take a look at a project named shc (Shell script compiler).
https://github.com/neurobin/shc
It takes a shell script and compiles it into C source code. The C source code can then be compiled with a standard C compiler into a binary executable.
This allows you to run the script you've made without the contents of the shell script being immediately revealed in clear text. It would be a binary executable like so many others.
It might take a bit of trial and error to get your specific script parsed by shc depending on how advanced features you're using in your bash script, but this should take you most of the way there.
Note that the program really just encrypts your shell script and integrates it within the binary. When the binary is executed, the script is decrypted and executed using ordinary shell again. For programmers it would be trivial to break this to reveal the contents of your script, but for hiding the script contents from the average home user it would perhaps be sufficient.
If you have HomeBrew installed, you can install shc by running the following command in the Terminal:
brew install shc

Then it's just a matter of running shc to convert your script into a binary:
shc -U -f myscript.sh -o mybinary

The mybinary command is then the finished product.


Is there a way to see or edit Reminder locations in iCal?

Is there a way to see or edit the locations associated with iCloud Reminders within iCal?

In a word, "no".

Even in Mountain Lion Developer Preview with access to a standalone Reminders app (Reminders, or "todos" were removed from iCal - hooray!) there is no ability to see these from OS X.  Note, all this could change, ML is Beta after all.  But certainly in Lion and iCal, it's a straight no, and always will be.


Where can I buy a replacement Mac pro 2013 SSD drive?

The MacPro uses a proprietary interface - at least when it was first designed - for their SSD's It is a PCIe 2.0 x4 spec.

It was called "proprietary" because no other "workstation class" computer used these types of drives.  They typically went with SATA or SAS (enterprise class of course)

The best price you are going to find for these drives is through Amazon. You may be able to win an auction on ebay, but for the time and hassle, I usually just went with Amazon.

These drive only work with the "grey" cylinder MacPro.  You can get more info from everymac.com

What you might want to consider at this point is sticking with the SSD that you have and adding a thunderbolt drive.  I personally use the WD Thunderbolt Duo 6GB with my iMac (iMac has 256GB SSD).  It is super fast and expandable.  It has user serviceable drives so you can upgrade anytime you want.  There are other options out there, but after all my research, I picked this one and I have been extremely happy with it.

Update (3.31.16)

A year later and this hasn't changed much.  OWC is apparently the only aftermarket manufacturer of these SSD with the PCIe 2.0 x4 interface.

As far as SSD options, they seem to stop at 2013 for the MBA. I know, I have a relative that spilled milk on an MBA and have been looking for a USB to 2014 MBA SSD enclosure to transfer data and I can find none under $100.

It seems that the 2015 MBA SSD will work in the Mac Pro as they use the same SSD model (see below).  Source:  EveryMac.com

The 2014 MBA uses the PCIe 2.0 x2 so I cannot say if it will work or not (and I would be unwilling to test out this theory given the high cost of the components).  Source:  EveryMac.com


How can I record video of the iPhone screen without jailbreaking the phone?

Don't overlook the power of running things in the iOS simulator. Xcode is free for Lion users. This is a very limited solution since you aren't really on the iPhone and you can't run app store apps, since its running computer versions of the apps, not the ones you download from iTunes.

Being a paid developer allows some extra flexibility in capturing the screen while tethered, but this might be an alternate.

Until this becomes a feature, you'll be stuck with this and the other options you have ruled out - a real camera or jail breaking to modify the code and get a dump of the screen.


There are settings for the clipboard? There is a way to copy control characters?

You can try using this method.

From the finder menu > special characters > latin.
Once there, select any characters you like and add to favorites.

Also, once copied,
From the edit menu > Paste and Match style.


How to install Mac OS X from Windows on MacBook Air?

You dont need accessing it from windows.

Boot the computer holding the [option] key and choose the OSX recovery. Inside it there you'll have a very basic osx with its own Disk Utility to restore your DMG image to another USB.


The Guest account is enabled in Lion and ML for the Find my Mac feature as it enables the location function for the Find My Mac feature to work. Without the guest account, the location feature will not turn on and therefore will not work.

Disabling the Guest account will effectively disable usage of the Find My Mac feature.


Understanding Intel iris graphic card spec for mac mini

The Intel Iris graphic chipset uses shared memory meaning it allocates up to 1.5GB (not 1.5Ghz which is frequency or more commonly known as speed) of RAM from the system to be used as VRAM.

So, If you have a Mac mini with 8GB of RAM, you really have a Mac mini with 6.5GB of usable RAM because 1.5GB was allocated to video.

From Apple's website:  Integrated Video on Intel-based Macs

  Apple computers using Intel Iris Graphics as the primary GPU dynamically allocate up to 1.5 GB of system memory.

You were correct in your presumption - it's not a powerful graphics card built onto the CPU.

You should check with the vendor of your software to see if it has a requirement of 1GB of dedicated video memory (meaning it's built into the card and doesn't share with the system) or not.


How I can install GDB in NetBeans in Mavericks for debugging?

That's what I did to install GDB (under Yosemite):

Install brew: http://brew.sh
Update brew. If you already have installed brew, check for updates. In the terminal:

$ brew update

This step turned out to be decisive for me as, before updating, brew did not find any gdb package:

$ brew install gdb # Error: No available formula for gdb

And after that:

$ brew update
$ brew search | grep gdb # cgdb gdb gdbm pgdbf

Install gdb:

$ brew install gdb

Codesign the binary following these instructions: http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/BuildingOnDarwin I copy them here for the sake of completeness and to add some comments:

  Creating a certificate

  Start Keychain Access application (/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app)
  Open menu /Keychain Access/Certificate Assistant/Create a Certificate...
  Choose a name (gdb-cert in the example), set Identity Type to Self Signed Root, set Certificate Type to Code Signing and select the Let me override defaults. Click several times on Continue until you get to the Specify a Location For The Certificate screen, then set Keychain to System.
  If you can't store the certificate in the System keychain, create it in the login keychain, then exported it. You can then imported it into the System keychain.
  Finally, using the contextual menu for the certificate, select Get Info, open the Trust item, and set Code Signing to Always Trust.
  You must quit Keychain Access application in order to use the certificate and restart taskgated service by killing the current running taskgated process (comment: for example with sudo pkill taskgated or restarting).

And then

  Giving gdb permission to control other processes

  If the certificate is known as gdb-cert, just use:

$ codesign -s gdb-cert gdb

  Comment: if gdb is not found, then add the path where it was installed. In my case:

$ codesign -s gdb-cert /usr/local/Cellar/gdb/7.10/bin/gdb

Use either gdb or the path where gdb was installed (for example, /usr/local/Cellar/gdb/7.10/bin/gdb) in the menu /Netbeans/Preferences/C/C++/Build Tools field Debugger Command field.


No. The power consumption of WiFi doesn't vary if the SSID is broadcast and shown as hidden or broadcast and shown as not hidden.


My iPad camera roll says it is using 7.5 gb after all pics have been deleted for weeks

Plug your iPad into iTunes and verify that there are no folders of photos from your computer that are being synced onto your iPad, it is possible that although you have deleted all of your photos that you took on your phone (i.e. the ones in the camera roll) you could still be syncing a folder of photos from your computer.

This link from the Apple website should have all the information you need about how to check that if you are unaware.


macOS: Is there a way to keep the Emoji & Symbol viewer on top/without disappearing?

No, it opens on a per-app basis.

You can open it twice [or more], in different apps, & it will remember position & settings separately for each & swap between as you switch apps.

It used to be global, a long time ago, but hasn't been for quite some time.


If you use vim in iTerm 2, try to map control-1 to 0x1e (C-^).


What to do if OS X Facebook notifications are unreliable?

I've been using http://glowforfb.com for two weeks now and haven't missed one notification since then :)!

Cheers


The loginwindow process is responsible for logging you in and out - so if you don't get a chance to save your work, then that one process has crashed.

Look for crash logs in the console app to confirm this. While you are there, perhaps look over the console and system.log files in the console application. You will have to take note of the times when the crashes happen and dig into the messages a bit.

They are noisy, and some errors are not - some harmless messages are very important. It's best to compare a good log out with a bad log out to see what changed (and get a feeling what messages are normal)

You could also punt and take it to someone that knows how to diagnose software issues, but it's clear that the login window process has quit and the mac is forced to kill all the other user level processes to attempt to stay running. This is by design and intended to get you to have it looked at since it is a serious software problem.


Because you explain the problem perfectly, and in short:

The battery does not charge, and your Macbook does only work with MagSafe attached

There's only one option what could be the problem...

The battery is dead, let me explain you why:

Your battery is ignored somehow, and your Macbook uses power directly from the MagSafe adapter. If you couldn't even use the Macbook with the cable in it, the cable could be the problem. Since it works with cable-attached, it's not.
You can use the macbook with cable in it as explained above.


GUI Firefox, Safari and other apps freeze after 10.11.3 update

I'd start with the standard 'troubleshooting toolkit'..

Fix permissions, Verify & if necessary Repair disk, using Disk Utility.
Reset Home folder permissions & ACLs using OnyX  - Maintenance tab/permissions, tick the box at the top then Execute. (Make sure you get the right version for your OS.)
Reset the SMC (instructions depend on Mac model)
Reset the NVRAM

At the boot chimes, hold  Cmd ⌘   Opt ⌥   P   R
Keep holding all 4 keys until you hear the chimes again, then release

Start in Safe Mode

Start or restart your Mac.
Immediately after you hear the startup sound, press and hold the Shift key.
Release the Shift key when you see the Apple logo appear on the screen.
Leave a few minutes after login for caches to rebuild, then reboot normally.

Update to 10.9.5 using the 10.9.5 combo update, not the delta from App Store


I've had it where i can't back up my iPhone and it's to do with 'sharing' in the iCloud settings. Go to iCloud in System preferences and it should guide you from there.


Is it possible to use more than the allocated base amount of video memory?

It supports up to 512MB on 13" models.

I'm afraid if your model is 15" or 17" there's nothing you can do.

Oh wait, your last chance is to upgrade (coming this fall) to Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan which includes Metal, a new graphic framework. I have El Captain Beta installed and the allocated GPU memory went from 1024 MB (in Yosemite) to 1536 MB.


Bootcamp assistant errors, and disk utility can't fix it

Try to delete volumes disk0s1,s4 ans s5 with:

diskutil eraseVolume Free Space /dev/disk0s1

and respectively 0s4 and 5 then launch BCA.

Hope this solves the problem.


You have implied the reason in "the massively powerful primary processor". It takes electrical power to run the computer processing. Thus, if you need something to be on all the time, you want a smaller processor than the main one to save battery power.


Who sets the BROWSER environment variable in macOS?

BROWSER is not set by default on macOS. Where exactly it is set depends on the shell you are using and its specific configuration:

bash: /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc
zsh: /etc/zshenv, /etc/zprofile, /etc/zshrc, /etc/zlogin, ~/.zshenv, ~/.zprofile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.zlogin

Besides the configuration files itself the variable may also get set in a script sourced from one of them.


Run

defaults write -g NSOverlayScrollerHideDelay -float 3

where 3 is a value in seconds and quit and reopen applications to apply the changes.

I found the preference key by running mdfind kMDItemContentType=public.unix-executable -onlyin /System|xargs strings 2>/dev/null|grep -E '^[[:alnum:].-]{10,80}$'|grep -i scroll.


Why is "Hide Others" keyboard shortcut missing on macOS Chrome?

Ran into the same problem and followed the instructions in How to Create Custom Keyboard Shortcuts in Mac OS


Font book: duplicates are not actually duplicates

this is based on bitmap fonts (OTB) which in the past where optimised for a certain font size. This is not a font family. Therefore the Font ID - which is used by Fontbook to identify fonts - of each of them is the same.
You could use e.g. FontForge to change the ID, but for a variety of reasons I wouldn’t recommend that. Why not use a vectorbased, monospaced font? There are lots available for free including bitmap-like looking  ones e.g. here, here or here.


I've found that trying to keystroke with a large number of characters is highly unreliable. It doesn't seem to wait for every character to be typed before returning. I'd suggest trying this workaround I've been using:

on keystroke_string_(keystr)
    tell application "System Events"
        repeat with _character in keystr
            keystroke _character
        end repeat
    end tell
end keystroke_string_

That'll iterate through the characters, and press each one manually. I've found that this works nicely with any length of string.


After update to OS X Server 5.0.3 ports 80 and 443 closed

I haven't seen similar and I have server 5.0.3 running on both 10.11 and 10.10 and those ports are open with no changes needed by me.

I would start with checking your Access for defaults on the server level and perhaps making a change to see if it propagates.

Then check the particular service that is running. port 80/443 can be opened for Profile Manager, Xcode, Wiki or Web Server so you might want to check them all before going to the logs to look and see if there is an error message.


iMessages Compression for message history

I think that the best way is to extract your messages and back it up manually.

For example :
https://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/tutorials/how-to-transfer-and-backup-sms-and-imessages

After that, you can zip it :)


Add an iPhone number to other iOS devices to receive iMessages/Facetime calls via the phone number?

No,

iMessage and FaceTime are linked to your Apple ID so you will need to add your Apple ID to the device, not your phone number.

If you send a message from the iPad it will use the Apple ID, so someone can reply to your email address, if they send a message to your phone number it will only go to your phone.


Upgrading Windows 8 to 8.1 Pro via Windows Store

I would set Windows to be the default boot until the update is finished, to prevent it being interrupted by unexpectedly booting to Mac.
I don't think it would hurt anything if it did, as the Windows install would simply wait until next time it was booted.

I would definitely update Bootcamp before Windows, in case there is something about the existing drivers that may prevent you booting/finishing/accessing the Windows install if you did it the other way round.

I would, of course, also have a backup of everything before I started.


I understand you don't want to install Windows. However, thats what all Mac-users at our company do (with vmWare fusion).


Will messages delivered as SMS if I'm blocked in iMessage?

If she has blocked you, then the message will not be sent to her.

When you first send a message to another Apple device, it will look like an iMessage. It will then change to look like an SMS message, just like you experienced. To you, it will look like a regular message, and it will look like it sent, but she will not actually receive it.


Will the new iPad Mini update to iOS8 when activated the first time?

You will need to update it yourself. The iPad most likely has iOS 7 on it, and will only update itself once you have confirmed that you would like it to be updated.