No Response to iMac keyboard or trackpad (wired or usb)

Try resenting your SMC (system management controller)

Do this: Remove the iMac from the AC main power (shut it down first) by removing the plug from the outlet. Let it set that way for 15 minutes. Plug it back in and restart.


I was able to temporarily correct this problem by deleting:

/Users/xxx/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist

and restarting my computer.

This worked for a little bit, but stoped once I connected my iMac to my MBP as a Target Display.


Already asked at superuser (Credits to the OP). I post the answer here again - slightly modified:

There is no version of VMware Player for OS X. Instead, VMware sells a Mac version of their product called VMware Fusion. You may use it as trial version 30 days for free

If you don't want to purchase VMware Fusion, you can:

Use Boot Camp to some other OS. The OS itself should run fine.
Use Boot Camp and run vmplayer from the other OS. (Untested since I do not have a OS/X host)
Use  VirtualBox. VirtualBox can use virtual hard disks in VMware's VMDK format (like so).


This won't do exactly what you want, but you can make it harder to reinstall them using Restrictions.

First of all delete the apps
Go to Settings > General
Tap on Restrictions
Enter a restrictions passcode
Toggle the Installing Apps option to disable it
Exit Settings

This will remove the App Store from your Home Screen and means you won't be able to install anything else without having to go through the above steps again and toggling Installing Apps back on at step 5.

It's a major nuisance, but maybe you can use this restriction for long enough to break your habit and then remove the restriction later! I've read that in many cases 21 days is long enough, although everyone is different.


Looking to take a fixed screenshot at intervals while changing the page in safari for a book

You can do this with the new screenshot key command -  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   5  set to 'Capture Selected Portion'.

Once set, it will capture nominally to Desktop, each titled ScreenShot date/time [eg ScreenShot 2021-03-15 at 4.42.15 pm, so they will file alphabetically. You can capture using Return/Enter or by clicking the Capture button. The selection area is remembered between snaps.
You could potentially automate this, but it's a swift process, so I doubt you'd really need to.
If you need to change the file save location, see How do I change the location of macOS screen captures?


How can I bring back the "bounce" when scrolling in OS X?

I think you may be referring to the "Scroll with inertia" option, which is found in System Preferences > Trackpad. If it's set to scroll with inertia, but inertial scrolling isn't working, try toggling it to "without inertia" then back to "with inertia".

If that doesn't work, you can try deleting the preference file, "com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist" found in ~/Library/Preferences. Then log out, log back in and check the Trackpad preferences again.


You can start Disk Utility Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility and click Verify Disk and Repair Disk Permissions.

  However, it seems like a small bug. Just shut down your Mac and
  restart it, the problem should be gone.


How to set the amount of IMAP email stored locally in Apple Mail?

(Assumptions: Clients are using Mail.app, clients are on a reasonably current version of the MacOS)

The point of IMAP is to store email on the server, so that the user can access their email from multiple devices and see the same list of messages. Also, this isn't a Mac specific thing, any email client using IMAP would be expected to maintain synced stores of email messages on both the client and the server, unless the user deliberately moves messages to a client-side only mailbox (which most clients allow).

As an aside, 5GB doesn't seem like a lot of email to me.

I would not configure Mail.app to send all emails to a client-side mailbox, but instead encourage users to create "On My Mac" mailboxes and store older email messages there.

To create an "On My Mac" mailbox in Mail.app, in the "Mailbox" menu choose "New Mailbox..." in the window that appears allowing you to name the mailbox, make sure that the "Location" pop-up is set to "On My Mac". The user would then have to manually move over the messages they wanted to store locally to the new mailbox. Note that this means you lose the ability to see the same list of messages from another client (like a phone) and moves 100% of the burden of backups to the client (but presumably you are backing up the client already).

To see how much space is being used by the various IMAP email boxes, right-click on the main inbox and select "Get Account Info". This should bring up a window showing all the IMAP mailboxes (Sent, Draft, etc.) and the space used by each.


Why is the current provisioning process for iPhone development implemented the way it is?

The biggest issue is the key generation. The hardcore security of iOS is that only signed apps are allowed to run on your devices, unless you've jailbroken it and installed a package to bypass this, typically for non-licensed deploying or app pirating.

You need to generate a key based on Apple's certificate authority, or CA. Then you upload it to the portal and Apple approves it, provided you're a paid developer. Whenever you deploy an app, be it to the store or to your device for testing, you sign the app with your digital signature, which is backed by Apple. This tells your device, or your testers' or customer's devices, that the app is from a developer who is who he says he is. Since the main way to get an app on your device is through the store, you have the confidence that it is not tampered with (since the developer's signature is invalid with the flip of a single bit in the app) and that it's passed through Apple's checks by being hosted on the store. This is a two-fold assurance of the security.

Provisioning profiles are a whole other beast. Previously, Apple would let you "sideload" an app to any number of devices you wanted. This meant that you could bypass the App Store and sell apps yourself as a download, no different than desktop apps. Apple didn't approve of this and has since limited it to 100 devices per year being listed on a single developers account. You add your devices to the portal by it's UDID, it's unique fingerprint, and you would need to get this from any devices you wish to beta test your app or adhoc deploy to. Since it costs roughly $0.99 / year / device, it's prohibitively expensive to sell apps this way, but it allows you to have plenty of beta testing slots. Of course, a provisioning profile is the list of which devices can run which apps signed by who developer.

In recent Xcode's, once you've established your key (which would be difficult to automate from inside Xcode), you can plug in any iDevice, open the organizer and click "Use for Development". Xcode will prompt for your credentials and then automatically add the device to the portal and create a provisioning profile for you. Once you've done the initial setup, it's basically one-click to add an extra device. I don't think Apple is as worried about the initial setup being automated, since it's only a one-time process.

(Sorry, I'm trying to work on my long-windedness.)


Try using KeyRemap4MacBook instead. Save a file like this as ~/Library/Application Support/KeyRemap4MacBook/private.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>test</name>
    <identifier>test</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::BACKQUOTE, KeyCode::DELETE</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

Then open the KeyRemap4MacBook application, press the ReloadXML button, and tick the checkbox for the setting.


running XQuartz: display background is black after screen is unlocked or awakened

Get your XQuartz showing in the menu bar. Click on XQuartz menu item and select Preferences. When the preference pane appears, click on the Output tab. One of the options is the Full-screen mode.  Make sure the box is NOT checked. See the images below.


I can't find a menu, preference option, or any mention on the support page or change logs for a looping option, so I think it might be safe to say no, there isn't a way to do that with that piece of software.


Why does my Messages app keep crashing before it even starts on my Mac Computer?

The problem is that the pList is corrupted or there's something wrong with it.
We have to access the Library directory to fix it.

hit Command + shift + g to pull up the directory search, and enter ~/Library

1a. If you still cannot get to the ~/Library directory, we need to show hidden files.
open your Terminal, Enter: ⌘ + ⇧ + . (Command + Shift + .)
That's a period if it's not clear.

From there you want to go to ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iChat.plist

Move that file to your desktop

restart your computer

open messages, verify it's operating correctly.

If it works okay and all your contacts and messages are still there,
delete the plist from the desktop.

If that doesn’t work, repeat the above steps with com.apple.imagent.plist

To re-hide your files Enter: ⌘ + ⇧ + . (Command + Shift + .)

Alternatively, if you use zsh, to hide/show files I have aliases in my .zshrc:

alias showFiles="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app"
alias hideFiles="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app"

Not sure if that's helpful, but that's what I use to hide/show files since before it was available in a shortcut.
That should fix the issue with Message app on a Mac computer! Enjoy!


Is palmrest harmful for macbook pro 15 retina?

Any palmrest has a chance that it will be in contact with the screen, when the laptop's lid is closed.

Having anything in contact with the screen raises the risk that the screen may become damaged - at least on the surface of the screen.


Need advice on connecting Macbook Air to HP all-in-one box (Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 4, I think)

First: Your Macs Thunderbolt 2 (TB2) port can act like a mini-DP port, so any cable that is mini-DP to something that can be connected to your monitor will work. However, connecting your TB2 MacBook to that docking station will most likely not work and may be expensive.
You mentioned there is a free VGA port on your monitor, so I would get a miniDP to VGA cable. Inexpensive and should serve your needs. However, as Gilby has pointed out in the comments this will usually limit your resolution to 1920x1200.


Search all hidden .htaccess files inside a folder and run a terminal command?

Change to the initial directory (public_html in the question) and run

find . -name '.htaccess' -print | while read f; do
    ln -s "$PWD/$f" "$PWD/${f//.htaccess}htaccess"
done

PS: I did some rudimentary testing but please make a backup before you run it anyway.


Kindly uninstall your current copy of Flash and then reinstall new >  Troubleshoot Flash Player | Mac OS

Then quit and relaunch Safari.

From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Empty Cache

Restart your Mac, try a video.

If you continue to have problems, go to ~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.flashplayer.installmanager

Move the Cache.db file from the com.adobe.flashplayer.installmanager folder to the Trash.

Quit then relaunch Safari, try a video.

Safari extensions can prevent some video from streaming. Go to Safari > Preferences then select select the Extensions tab.

If you have any installed, switch to OFF, quit then relaunch Safari, try again.

If you have ClickToFlash installed in ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins, move that plug in to the Desktop. Quit then relaunch Safari to test


After update OS X 10.9.3 MacBook Pro 2010, Restart suddenly

There are reports of Dropbox causing kernel panics on 10.9.3. If you have Dropbox installed, try quitting the dropbox agent. If the kernel panics cease, then wait for Dropbox to update their software.

First, click the dropbox icon in the menu bar, then click the gear icon in the bottom-right.

Then quit Dropbox from the popup menu.


A software update is required to connect to your iOS device / iPhone

The problem can be fixed by installing XCode beta.

This error occurs when the version of macOS (and iTunes) running on the computer is not compatible with the version of iOS on the device you're trying to connect.

Normally, updating the macOS to its current version will solve the problem. However, this won't work if the iOS device is running a newer beta version, and the Mac is not.

If you don't want to run the beta version of macOS (or downgrade the iOS device to a non-beta version), a solution is to install the beta version of Xcode.

Even though you may have no use for Xcode itself, its beta version includes the necessary software patches which will allow your existing macOS (and iTunes) to support devices running the iOS beta.

Download the Xcode beta from:
  https://developer.apple.com/download

The xip file will (eventually) unarchive into the full Xcode app. Drag it into your Applications folder, and then be sure to start Xcode. At that point it will install the necessary software components for the latest iOS beta. When it asks to open or create a project, you can quit Xcode.

iTunes should now recognize the iOS device.

Reference: https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/fix-software-update-is-required-connect-your-iphone-warning-your-mac-0185898/


Is it allowed to link to a site that contains a link to Facebook?

Not unless you sell items on the page or make money from someone clicking on it. Pages that link to Facebook and Twitter are fine.


iPhone or Apple Watch as an external keyboard for an iPad

In order to make an iPhone appear as a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse/HID you need to jailbreak it. It is not possible to an iPhone as a keyboard as of today running iOS 11.0.x.


How to solve Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Overscan problem? (Part of the screen is missing)

There should be an "Underscan" adjustment in display preferences. Open up the Displays in System Preferences. Have a look at your available resolutions. There should be a 720p, 1080i and 1080p, choose whichever is appropriate for your TV, and a slider labelled Underscan should appear. Adjust as necessary to get the picture right on your TV.


Set timeout when falling asleep before network disconnects

Yes, you'll use an app like Caffeine and use it's timer or script a watcher to remove Caffeine's power assertion after the time you specify.

You can use the command line peset -g assertionslog to watch the progress of the machine into and away from sleep. You might even be able to use pmset to hard code the behavior you wish after reading the manual page a few times and experimenting with the debug logs it provides.


How to get dark menu bar and dock in Mojave light mode?

Try this:

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes

Then logout or restart. Then go to the system preferences and select dark mode. It will make top bar and dock dark while everything else in light mode.

To revert it back:

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No

EDIT: Please also have a look on the answers bellow, they are needed in order to make other parts working, like notification center & spotlight. Run all of the commands, and then logout. Still missing the trash can color :)


How do I get rid of the mirroring option icon when I don't have an apple TV (but continue seeing other mirroring options when available)?

If you don't want to connect to AppleTVs at all, you can disable the service that is constantly looking for AppleTVs:

Disable macOS' System Integrity Protection (SIP):

Reboot your Mac and hold Command-R as soon as possible. Let go when you see the Apple logo. In the menu bar at the top go to Utilities > Terminal

Now we will disable macOS' SIP, disable AirPlay and re-enable SIP again so your Mac stays safe. Enter these commands

csrutil disable

sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPlayUIAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPlayUIAgent

csrutil disable

Click the Apple logo in the upper left and select "Restart"

Your Mac won't display the AirPlay Mirroring icon if an AppleTV is near you.

Let me know how this worked out for you.

edit:
To undo the changes use this command

sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPlayUIAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPlayUIAgent


Does the MacBook show FaceTime missed calls?

It will show up in your missed calls list in FaceTime.app (even if your computer is turned off at the time):

So yeah, FaceTime stores missed call information on Apple’s servers. It will show up in FaceTime.app, but you need to open FaceTime.app for it to show.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/9to5mac.com/2017/06/07/how-to-switch-between-list-view-and-honeycomb-app-grid-on-apple-watch-with-watchos-4/amp/

I hope this help!................................


How to turn on "sudo" in OSX 10.12 Sierra

Open up Terminal and enable root with:

dsenableroot -u <your_admin_username> -p <your_password> -r <root_password> #choose some root password here

If the sudoer's is damaged, you still won't be able to sudo - but you will be able to su and repair the permissions accordingly:

su #when asked afterwards enter the above <root_password>
chown root:wheel /etc/sudoers
chmod 440 /etc/sudoers
chmod -a "admin allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity" /etc/sudoers
exit

Back in your admin account disable root:

dsenableroot -d -u <your_admin_username> -p <your_password>

In case the above won't help, re-enable root account doing the same as above, logut of your account, login as root (yup, really):

Open terminal and type chmod g+x /, close the term, logout and tada, sudo is working again :) This problem happens mostly when you mount your / through linux in rw mode (for hfsplus in r/w mode use fuse and bindfs)

BTW the group admin ACL doesn't seem to harm the sudoers file!


How can I automate repeat mouse clicks, with delay, from fixed coordinates within a browser window?

The following steps are a solution for automating the repeat clicking of a mouse, back and forth, at two different fixed positions within a web page -- i.e. clicking two buttons or links within in a web-page, with a user-defined delay between each click.

All this is, is a slight modification of what was described over in this thread -- this one being for two website "buttons" rather than one.

IMPORTANT -- this automation does NOT work in the background.  In other words, you can't be doing something else on your computer at the same time this automation is running.  In addition, your browser can't move its physical position on your screen after the automation begins, because you're literally telling the computer to press two buttons at fixed X,Y pixel coordinates.  The "buttons" on the web-page, therefore need to stay at the same spots on your screen for this to work.

Steps as follow:

Click the Apple icon (upper left), select "System Preferences."  Type "security" in the upper-right search window.  This should highlight Security & Privacy.  Open that.
Click lock icon, enter your password, click Unlock.
Click Accessibility from the scrollable list (blue icon).  Now click the plus sign below the box on the right.  Then navigate to Applications and scroll down to Utilities.  From within there, put check marks on Terminal AND Script Editor. Then finally select whichever web browser you use under the Applications list.  You can then close out of this window.
Launch Terminal.  (I do this by typing "Terminal" as a Spotlight search (the magnifying glass icon, upper right of screen)).
Remember (generally speaking) what that bottom-most line appears like when Terminal opens up.  You'll want Terminal to revert back to whatever that is after each of two short downloads occur within terminal -- both are idiot-proof. `
First Download -- Home Brew.  As strange as this sounds, all you do to download this "program" is copy the single line of text you see below "Install Home Brew" on its website.  Paste that text into Terminal, hit Enter and wait for the process to complete.  When the bottom line in Terminal appears as it was when you first launched it, you're done.
Second Download -- CliClick (second download).  Simply type these three words in Terminal, then hit by Enter: brew install cliclick
(note: CliClick took about 90 seconds to install as I recall)
When the download is complete, you can minimize Terminal -- as you're done with it now.  Close it entirely if you're certain cliclick has been downloaded.
Next, simply determine the X,Y pixel coordinates for both website "buttons" you want the robot to click on.  Before doing this, I recommend placing the browser window on your screen in such a way that its upper-left corner abuts the upper-left corner of your display. To determine the coordinates, simply press COMMAND+SHIFT+4 and jot down both sets of numbers atop each "button" you over over.  The top digits are X coordinates and the bottom are therefore Y.  You'll end up with two pairs of numbers for each button, obviously.  Write these down somewhere, then press Escape to turn off the crosshairs.
Launch Script Editor.  Like Terminal, I did this by typing "script editor" as a Spotlight search
Now, copy and paste ALL of the following text into Script Editor.  It must show up there exactly ias it does below, including indents etc:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    repeat 208 times
        do shell script "/usr/local/bin/cliclick c:" & "132,286"
        delay 3.5
        do shell script "/usr/local/bin/cliclick c:" & "1100,230"
        delay 4.5
    end repeat
end tell

Now you're pretty much home free! All you do is replace the first set of comma-separated digits with the coordinates you of your first website button in X,Y format.  Leave the quote marks as they are.  Repeat this for your second button and change the delays as you wish, which are in seconds.

Finally, set repeat value to the amount of loops you want to run and save the script.  Voila!  Pressing "play" in Script Editor will roll the press.  You can stop it by simply stealing your pointer back and clicking on the "stop" button, which I did multiple times to change the delays based on internet speed and server speed.


In iTunes 12 on macOS, how can I reset the skip count of a song?

This following AppleScript code works for me using the latest version of macOS Mojave.

tell application "iTunes"
    tell its track "Insert Your Song Title"
        set its skipped count to 0 -- Enter Your Desired Number
    end tell
end tell

The following code addresses the issue of multiple songs with the same name.

tell application "iTunes"
    set theTrack to "Insert Your Song Title"
    set tracksRef to a reference to (tracks whose name is theTrack)

    set trackCount to count of tracksRef

    if trackCount is greater than 1 then
        set theArtists to artist of tracksRef
        set chooseArtist to (choose from list theArtists with title "Choose The Artist" with prompt ¬
            "Choose The Artist" OK button name "OK" cancel button name "Cancel") as text
        tell (every track whose name is theTrack and artist is chooseArtist)
            set skipped count to 0 -- Enter Your Desired Number
        end tell
    else
        tell its track theTrack
            set its skipped count to 0 -- Enter Your Desired Number
        end tell
    end if
end tell

This following code should work if you want to reset skipped count of every track.

tell application "iTunes"
    set allTracks to every track
    repeat with i from 1 to count of allTracks
        set thisItem to item i of allTracks
        tell thisItem
            try
                set its skipped count to 0 -- Enter Your Desired Number
            end try
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell


Why is the software under the Public Beta Program considered confidential?

One reason beta software is restricted and considered confidential is that by exposing features could result in revenue recognition issues for the company, which could result in the company refunding money or needing to restate their corporate financials.

Lets say you play with the beta, and are extremely excited to discover that this beta has support for left-handed keyboards. As a big user of left-handed keyboards, you begin tweeting about the support, write blog posts, etc.  Many users decide to purchase new Macs because they too are anticipating left-handed keyboards. However, Apple decides that supporting left-handed keyboards doesn't work well enough, and decide to not ship the support in the golden master release. Customers sue Apple, demanding not only refunds but reparations for lost time because of the "missing" support. The SEC investigates Apple, because they feel Apple may have mislead investors, who anticipated that there would be lots of sales of Macs, partly due to left hand keyboard support....

You get the idea.


Fullscreen app location in Mission Control

Yes, go into System Preferences>Mission Control. Check the box next to "Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use"


How can I backup an Application in the applications folder?

Generally, yes, since most applications are installed through copying the application from a DMG file into your Applications folder. However, this is not always the case, since applications can also be installed through the use of OS X Installer or a 3rd party installer.

As a rule of thumb, if an application was installed through an installer, copying the .app from the Applications folder won't be enough.

If you wish to backup an application that came from an installer, you will usually require that installer. If you have a valid license for the software (e.g. Photoshop) you can redownload the installer from Adobe's website and use that to install it.

When you entered your key into the application, it will have created a hardware-linked key that ensures the software cannot be copied to a new computer without re-entering the software key. The easiest way is just to use the installer itself to reinstall the software.

In addition, don't forget about the additional files that may be created when you run the application. For example, files in the Application Support folder. You can use an complete app remover such as AppCleaner to list the files that may be related to the app.

In this case, there was a .plist preference file in ~/Library/Preferences that holds DaisyDisk's user preferences. Copying this file to a different computer in the same place should keep the preferences.

On the other hand, cache files such as those in ~/Caches are not usually necessary to be backed-up/copied.


How do I change the default font size for reading in Mail 6.0?

This is a setting that can be changed in Mail Preferences. Open the dialog box by clicking:

Mail > Preferences (or Cmd + ,) > Fonts & Colors > Message Font > Select...

A dialog box should display with text options for you to customize.


How to port this *nix-shell script to OS X?

Have a look at this SO thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11246070/cp-parents-option-on-mac

cp is available on OS X, but it does not support the --parents option, as I guessed. Instead of using cp --parents, replace it with ditto as mentioned in the SO answer.


iPhone 11 and iPad stopped inserting a period after double tapping space bar

You can edit this setting in „General“ -> „Keyboards“ -> “.“ Shortcut.


This is easily done using the normal Keyboard system preference.

Go into the Keyboard Shortcuts section, then Applications, then Safari

Add the last two and you should be good to go...


Alfred keeps asking for Contacts permission

Just like @nobody-in-particular said, your Alfred code was probably changed, therefore the signature that was in place for Alfred is no longer valid. What you have to do is sign the application after the changes to the code.

This worked for me:

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/Alfred 2.app/Contents/Frameworks/Alfred Framework.framework/Versions/A/Alfred Framework"


Why does my mac keep showing the message “Your computer restarted because of a problem”?

If you get that on a clean install, it’s likely you have hardware or a connected device that has failed and needs to be repaired or replaced.
Here is the official guide on when to look at software and when to get hardware support.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200553

In your case - repair the SSD - not the volume in it called Programmer. And if you erase the drive - erase the SSD - not the volume under it named Programmer or Macintosh HD or whatever - the name doesn’t matter - it’s the placement as an object contained inside the drive that’s the difference.


Use Microsoft Remote Desktop

Whether you are using it on a private VM environment or on a public cloud, you can use Microsoft's native Remote Desktop (RDP) app to access the Windows VM.

You just need to make sure that port 3389 (default) is open, available, and forwarded to the VM in question.


Can you disable power from LG Ultrafine monitor to Mac?

Please disregard. the issue that led to this odd question has been resolved with an recent LG firmware update.

I have two UltraFine 4K monitors connected to a 2016 MBPro. When the Mac went to sleep both displays went to sleep, but only one would wake.

This has been resolved by the latest firmware.

1.) InstaLL LG Screen Manager. LG site still showing old version.
2.) It will push the most recent version. v2.06.
3.) Upgrade your monitor to the latest firmware. (3.11, 3.4, 5226, 3.04, 0.2f)


Can I upload songs to Itunes from second HD?

Open iTunes. Choose Edit > Preferences. Click the Advanced tab in the Preferences window. Select the "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" checkbox. Open iTunes. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences. Click the Advanced tab in the Preferences window. Click the Change button in the iTunes Media folder location pane. In the Change Media Folder Location window that appears, navigate to the location where you would like your new Media folder to be created. Then click&drag or copy and paste music files to the folder "Automatically add to iTunes" and it will automatically populate iTunes.


Fusion Guest OS Opening Files In Host OS

It should work automatically.  Try upgrading to Fusion 4.1.2.  Be sure to update the VMware Tools, too.


Do MacBooks have a true "Hibernate" option?

When newer laptops are put to sleep, they should save the contents of the RAM to /var/vm/sleepimage but keep the RAM powered as well. Desktop Macs should just use normal sleep mode by default.

man pmset:

hibernatemode = 0 (binary 0000) by default on supported desktops. The
system will not back memory up to persistent storage. The system must
wake from the contents of memory; the system will lose context on power
loss. This is, historically, plain old sleep.

hibernatemode = 3 (binary 0011) by default on supported portables. The
system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and
will power memory during sleep. The system will wake from memory, unless
a power loss forces it to restore from disk image.

hibernatemode = 25 (binary 0001 1001) is only settable via pmset. The
system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and
will remove power to memory. The system will restore from disk image. If
you want "hibernation" - slower sleeps, slower wakes, and better battery
life, you should use this setting.

0 (traditional sleep mode): fast wake up and sleep, saves disk space
3 (default safe sleep mode): fast wake up and sleep, state is kept when losing power
25 (hibernation): saves energy, state is kept when losing power

You can see which mode your Mac uses with pmset -g | grep hibernatemode and change it with sudo pmset -a hibernatemode $mode.

Some newer Macs support a standby mode on 10.8 and later. Even if hibernatemode was set to 3, they power off memory after a bit over an hour of sleep.


Automatic export to .csv when saving .numbers

I think you can just bypass using myfile.numbers all together. Instead of saving myfile.numbers (step 3), just export myfile.numbers as a csv, and quit Numbers without saving.

This way, your workflow is:

1) Open myfile.csv with Numbers

2) Edit myfile.csv in Numbers

3) Export the current file as myfile.csv, which overwrites myfile.csv with a new version.


In a Service, how to get a URL from rich text?

You can do it using the app TextSoap. The cleaners "Extract URLs by Replacing" and "Extract URLs by Appending" work with rich text format.

You can also use the following AppleScript:

tell application "textsoap7"
    cleanClipboard with "Extract URLs by Replacing"
end tell


How to log system activity the whole day

The average energy impact column in Activity Monitor shows the average energy (or CPU) use for the last 8 hours:

If you have downloaded Xcode, you might use the Activity Monitor template in Instruments:

With top, you can use -a for accumulative display. -o cpu orders processes by CPU use:

top -a -o cpu

To track the average CPU use of processes, run EDITOR=nano crontab -e and add a line like this:

* * * * * ps -eco '\%cpu= comm='|sed $'s/^ *//;s/ /\t/'>>~/Documents/cpu

Then run awk -F$'\t' '{a[$2]+=$1}END{for(i in a)print a[i],i}' ~/Documents/cpu|sort -rn later.


Will heavy duty testing and development cause my MB Air's SSD to crash soon? How to prevent it?

No. SSD that Apple ships are so much more reliable than the hard drives Apple ships (used to ship) that this is basically a non-issue. You still need a backup, failures still happen, but SSD have spare capacity and degrade gracefully, losing a little storage incrementally as they start to “fail”.

I've not heard of any early failures attributed to over use on 2010 and later SSD. I've also not even heard of documented cases of severe slow downs as explained here:

What happens at the user/OS level when an SSD finally wears out?

The controllers are apparently good enough and TRIM is recycling blocks in real-world situations to make SSD last as long as the computers. You might look at AppleCare to have Apple amortize the risk that you will wear your drive out in a 3 year period, but even with database writes, I'm not seeing developer machines fail prematurely. I also have no bad experience with SSD on servers and was surprised how well the Apple SSD are aging in general.


Living / Linked Copy of File without Alias

Use a hard link with ln in Terminal. A hard link points to the file inode rather than the file location as with a symlink.

$ touch foo.txt
$ echo "this is foo" > foo.txt
$ ln foo.txt hardlink
$ cat hardlink
this is foo
$ mkdir bar
$ mv foo.txt bar
$ cat hardlink
this is foo

More on symbolic links vs hard links: https://askubuntu.com/q/108771/562767


"Backups" are taking up over 60 G on my MacBook Pro

NB: For the purpose of this answer, I will assume you are using Time Machine.

No, these are Time Machine's "Mobile Backups". You can disable them by running, from Terminal.app: (you may be prompted for your password)

sudo tmutil disablelocal    # disables local backups

and if the above command didn't remove the backups after a while, from Terminal.app: (you may be prompted for your password)

sudo rm -rf /Volumes/MobileBackups/Computer/*    # removes the large backup directory

Time Machine keeps local backups on your computer as indicated in its preference pane:

  Local snapshots as space permits

Although these local snapshots are deleted automatically, they can be responsible (and they are) for consuming a lot of disk space.


502 Proxy error when trying to use Homebrew php72 with Server.app websites

Trying to get to the bottom of that... most likely the issues are related with the specific configuration of the bundled Apache server on MacOS.

I think the only solution would be re-installing Apache with eg. Homebrew, which is effectively migrating away from the outdated Server.app.


Fast or automatic way to organize iphone/ipod apps

Connect your phone to iTunes, go to your phone in the sidebar, and select the Apps tab. There you should find some slightly less tedious app management where you can rearrange icons and/or screens. Perform a sync when you're finished reorganizing.

There's also a Jailbreak app called MultiIconMover, but the Jailbreak apps for messing with icons is a whole other kettle of fish...


How do I set the default card for Apple Pay on macOS?

This can happen when you have Apple Pay enabled on your Watch with a different payment option as the default there. There appears to be no way to configure the order in which devices are offered when more than one (Watch and iPhone, for example) are present, so that if Watch is present (unless Watch is disabled for Apple Pay entirely) it will "jump the queue" and offer whatever is the default there, independently of what you have set as your default on the iPhone.

To prevent this from happening and see your iOS-configured default card on macOS, disable Apple Pay on your watch (Watch > Wallet & Apple Pay, and remove all cards there, including Cash; turning off "Allow Payments on Mac" surprisingly doesn't do the trick).


Keep dual screen active with MBP and iMac, after hibernation/sleep

You are probably best served by this app here:

https://github.com/duanefields/VirtualKVM

Download here: https://github.com/duanefields/VirtualKVM/releases

Basically "Automatically toggles Bluetooth and Target Display Mode when you connect a Macbook to your iMac via Thunderbolt."


No.

I would suggest heading to http://bugreport.apple.com and filing a bug there. Apple does base, in part, what they do on the number of similar bug reports they get. If enough people want this same enhancement and file bug reports, there is a good chance Apple will get it done.


How to sync PDF bookmarks from MacOS Preview to iOS Apple Books?

There is a setting in Books.app Preferences to sync Bookmarks across devices, or not. Make sure that's on.


There are two ways to do this...
Modify the Password in Keychain
You can do this under Keychain Access.  You will find all your saved Wi-Fi networks under the "System" keychain in the "Passwords" category.
Double clicking on the SSID (mine are redacted for security) will bring up a dialog box with the details for that particular Wi-Fi network.  From here, you can enter in a new password.

Delete the Network & Rejoin
You can also solve the issue by deleteing the network and rejoining it.  Simply go into your System Preferences > Network and select your Wi-Fi Adapter.  Click on the Advanced... button and you will be able to delete your Wi-Fi Network.  Just rejoin and enter in the good password.


keyboard shortcut to rename the title of terminal?

You are almost there.

You can open the inspector to set the title name with CMD + Shift+I

In order to close it you can press ESC
 OR use the inspector toggle shortcut - CMD + I


Endless stream of "Suspicious packet count xxx when bytes xxx for flow xxxx" followed by "Flow details for excess packet count " in Console

In my experience, the symptomsd "Suspicious packet count" is caused by a problem with the Apple Wallet. Go to System Preferences -> Wallet & Apple Pay (on Catalina, might be different on other versions of macOS) and verify that all your cards are still good.
You might also see errors like "SEID Changed" or "Hardware has changed" or complaints from nfcd if you have restored a wallet backup to a different computer (or a repaired computer that had its T2 chip replaced).


How to ignore specific MacOS software updates?

Just go up to the menu bar and hit Update>Ignore Update (or the keyboard shortcut is apparently just the delete key).


I found a method that works for me. In this thread (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7253885) I discovered that you can create a print plugin in Automator that will do close to what you want.

Go to Automator and first create a new print plugin.

Next search for Rename PDF Documents and add-drag that into the workflow. You will not actually need to change anything or use the rename tool. It was what fixed the problem in the other thread.

Last search for Create Booklet and add-drag that below the rename section.

Finally save the print plugin.

It should allow you to go through the PDF menu on the print dialog and allow you to create a booklet on the Desktop. You'll just have to go through the extra step to open it and and print it out.

Hope it helps.

The whole print plugin should look like this:


Charging an iPhone, difference between USB port and power outlet

Here is a page where you have the result of the comparison of charging an iPhone4 from USB or power outlet.
Here is their conclusion:

  Stating the obvious, the iPhone 4 takes longer to get a full charge on USB than an outlet. What you may not have realized is how big the difference was, an extra 30 minutes! That’s 23% longer to get a full charge on the USB.


To see where an item in Spotlight is located, press ⌘↩ (cmd-return) to reveal the item in Finder. That error isn't something I'd expect if the item had actually been removed.

You can reindex your disk by adding the disk to System Preferences → Spotlight → Privacy (which will delete the index), then removing it from the list.

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201716


How to stop being logged out of SSH sessions when locking the screen in OS X 10.9.1?

Two methods…

Add the following to /etc/ssh_config:

TCPKeepAlive yes

Use screen:

Create a new screen with screen, then use the terminal normally.
When the connection breaks, reconnect normally.
Run screen -dr to reattach.


How can I guarantee that audio only from my media player hits the speakers?

I don't know of an explicit way (I doubt there is one), but ClickToFlash and Do Not Disturb mode (Option click the notification center icon to toggle) will cover most of those things.

To disable the volume "popping" sound effect: open System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects tab, and uncheck play feedback when sound is changed


Using other glyphs in Arabic on the iPad

If you search the app store for "persian" you should find a few keyboard apps which will make the characters you are missing and which may be useful for email and some other purposes.


If you are using emacs keybindings (default for bash, zsh, pry (ruby interpreter), python and many more), ^u (control + u) might be what you want - it erases everything prior to your cursor. If you want to stop writing the command and forget what you did, use ^c (control + c), which is, by the way, a SIGKILL(9) signal (see man signal).

By the way, the keybindings not only work on OS X 10.11, but also on all Unix-like systems I've ever seen.


How to set default scroll option for full-screen mode in Mac Preview?

Preview Preferences → Opening for the first time:


How to export multiple images from Photos on my disk?

On El Capitan,

Choose the photos and videos you want to export, by clicking on them while holding down ⌘ Command, then do Photos > File > Export


With regard to that specific example, it's "New from Clipboard", as shown in the Preview.app File menu.

A cursory glance through some first-party menus shows that every word begins with a capital except articles, conjunctions and prepositions. There's nothing in the Menu Bar Menus section of the Human Interface Guidelines talking about the capitalisation.


Send iPhone slow-mo video to non-iPhone user

Share with an iOS/macOS user

To share a slow-motion video with another Apple device, just use the Messages app and ensure you're sending the message as an iMessage (that means blue bubbles, not green ones). If the video sends as a text message, the slow-mo effect might be lost, so ensure both users have iMessage turned on.

Share with an Android/Windows/Chrome OS user

To share a slow-mo video to an Android/Windows user via MMS or another service, you'll need to export it to iMovie like Brad mentioned.  Here's how to do that:

Take your slow-mo video in the camera app.
Open up the iMovie app, which should be preinstalled. Just ask Siri for help.
Go to the Projects tab hit Create Project.
Choose Movie, select your slow-mo video at the top of the photo picker, and hit Create Movie at the bottom. Your slow-mo video will be converted to a standard video (while maintaining the slow-motion effect).
Hit Done in the top-left corner to finish your movie.
Tap the export button (it's the center button of the bottom toolbar) and send your video with the Messages app (or Whatsapp, FB Messenger, whatever).

Using this method, users of non-Apple devices will see your video actually in slow motion.


Going backwards from one OS to a previous will break most databases like Music, Photos, Contacts, Mail since the documents are stored in a database and the structure of those databased are changed in a migration. That migration is one way and unless someone (Apple or otherwise) writes a reverse migration script and tests it and releases / sells it, you have to do all that engineering work for every single type of data you care about.
What's easy is the following:

Erase your Mac and restore a backup from a time when the backup was on the older OS.
Erase your Mac and migrate only the apps from the new backup to the old backup. Uninstall / clean any that don't work - then migrate by hand the documents you care about.
Erase intall your Mac and hand migrate back your data, then install the apps you care about - referring to your backups as a guide if you can't just wait till you need an app, and install it. (seriously - you don't really need things you don't use daily - so don't migrate back a raft of cruft - just start using the new old OS is my best advice - human to human)
Use iCloud or another service to sync the data - data sync generally works across versions (say you have one Mac on Mojave and another on Catalina - Apple will happily sync photos / music / mail / contacts / reminders across both). Here, instead of having two computers - you have one sync complete - leave the data in the cloud, erase and then sync down the content to the same computer, older OS.

I'm going to stop here since the specifics of what you choose isn't a one-size-fits-all case. If you don't care about anything except files - you could move back pretty easily. If you care about database backed apps - then the list of the apps you care about dictates which operation is best for you.
I would make a good backup you trust now on Catalina - you will need it to try these above steps - and they may fail - you need to at least be able to get back to now to be free to experiment.
I use Time Machine - but the people that wrote and support Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are beyond great. Read their support forums, pay them a tip if you can, many people will have asked about going back and their main answer will likely mirror mine - they are not designed to reverse a one way upgrade, but let's have them answer for their product capabilities.


No.

You have to manually remove each one.


How to have certain *windows* start in different spaces during start up?

Put the app on the space you want it on.

Right click on the app in the Dock and select "Options -> Assign To... This Desktop"

Then the apps should keep their assignments, even through log out and reboot.


Root Device UUID Error while installing Mountain Lion on VirtualBox 4.3

I ran into this problem recently while attempting to install a Mountain Lion VM on my Mac Pro (10.10) using VirtualBox 4.3.2.  I was trying to follow the instructions here, but I got stuck in the EFI boot sequence.  I attached a screenshot, but I think its where you got stuck too.

I tried the same process on my macbook pro laptop (with the same iso), and it worked fine.

I fiddled with it for a while and found a solution.  If you follow those same instructions, but before you start the VM remove everything except CD/DVD from the boot order, it properly boots to the installer and you can continue with the process.

Forgive VM name typo

Make sure you restore the boot order before it restarts.


How can I make a .command file that I can share without giving permissions on each computer?

The execute permission does also transfer to other computers. If the permissions of the file are lost when you transfer the file, you might create a zip or tar archive for the .command file:

$ echo telnet 169.254.216.127 54326 > test.command
$ chmod +x test.command
$ tar -cf test.tar test.command
$

You might also save a script like this as an application in AppleScript Editor:

tell application "Terminal"
    do script "telnet 169.254.216.127 54326"
    activate
end tell


Is it possible to pair two separate sets of AirPods to a single iOS device?

Yes - I have AirPods Pro and AirPods and use them when I need the features of one or the other. They both pair to my devices so I can use whichever one I choose to open and use with the same device that’s playing.

What’s new in iOS 13 is one source can go to two devices - not that two different pods can pair simultaneously and connect sequentially like in the past.


Note that if you use iCloud on a Mac and your iPad (or other iOS devices) (the same account), open tabs will appear on the iPad and vice versa in the iCloud Tabs section (next to bookmarks on iPad). This could be where such a suggestion is coming from. I would suggest clearing history and cookies/data on all devices using iCloud (yes you will lose logged in state for many sites and will need to re-sign in).

On your iOS devices, make sure you are clearing your history and data using the Settings app, and not by manually deleting entries in Safari's bookmark menu. You can also disable Safari with iCloud using the Settings app under the iCloud section.

After you have reset everything, when you want to visit sites and not keep history, you can use Safari's privacy mode. To do this in Safari (iOS 7), when you tap the address bar, tap Private above the keyboard on the left side to toggle privacy mode. If you are using a physical keyboard, this option will still show at the bottom of the screen.

I use Chrome as my main browser on iOS. There you tap the button on the top right (next to the address bar most of the time) and then tap New Incognito* Tab to enter incognito mode.


The best thing to do is to check your purchase history.

There are some other things that can identify the email:

Genuine emails will contain your billing address:

  Genuine purchase receipts—from purchases in the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store, or Apple Music—include your current billing address, which scammers are unlikely to have.

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201679

You should report the email to reportphishing@apple.com

  If you receive what you believe to be a phishing email that's designed to look like it’s from Apple, please send it to reportphishing@apple.com.

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204759

Importantly don’t open any attachments just in case, change your Apple ID password like you’ve already done and report the email immediately. You can also block the email.


Possible to connect multiple Macs via Thunderbolt Networking (IP over Thunderbolt)?

Theoretically, yes you can do this. You would need a Mac with multiple Thunderbolt ports like a 2013 MacPro with its 6 Thunderbolt ports. Not sure if daisy chaining multiple Macs together will give you the desired effect.

This link seems to think that it will work but says nothing about daisy chaining only plugging a bunch of Macs into one Mac with a lot of ports.

So it seems that it is safe to plug a bunch of Macs together VIA thunderbolt which opens the door to you experimenting with various topologies to find one that does what you want.


How to set the style in text string of MS Word via AppleScript?

If you open the Microsoft Word dictionary in Script Editor you will see that a range does not have an attribute format, only an attribute style so the correct line is set style of theRange to style heading1.

After that your code complains that StringVar is not defined so I assume you are setting it before the code you have given us.


I want to copy data from a text box under Settings, but drag and drop doesn't work. Is there a quick way to do it which is not OCR-ing the screen?

Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to do it through the UI.

Good news, though, is that this is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist. Here is a way to extract the information into a CSV file that you can open into a spreadsheet:

Open Terminal
Copy and paste the following line:

defaults read -g NSUserDictionaryReplacementItems | gawk '/replace|with/ {s = substr($0, index($0, "= ")+2 ); gsub(";", "", s); printf "%s, ", s }; /^ *with/ {printf "\n"};' > text.csv

Open text.csv with Numbers, LibreOffice, or Excel.


Can’t log into Mac due to symbols appearing instead of letters

You can fix the keyboard without logging in using these methods:

If you have a guest account, you can log in there and change the keyboard there.
Boot into recovery mode (cmd + R) and you should be able to change the keyboard from there.
Safe boot by holding shift as your computer restarts, and it should reset the keyboard (probably? I'm not sure about this).


Getting only two email accounts to push to iPhone

I went to Apple Genius. They tested the phone quickly and no faults were found. They tried unsuccessfully to properly configure the phone. They replaced the phone under warrantee, configured the new phone, downloaded my backup from iCloud and it works like it did before this issue. The email accounts that are supposed to push do, and the others do not. Luckily the phone was under warrantee. The Apple Geniuses were very helpful, and made sure that all was in order on the new phone before I left. It took over an hour altogether.


How to fix incorrectly sorted albums whose titles contain numbers

Verify that the "Sort Album" is set correctly in iTunes. It may be set to have the numbers at the beginning of the title for some reason, and iTunes sorts album names that start with numbers after "z".


You might have better luck with using a third party tool, like MouseScape

I spent 2 hours just now trying to use Hopper to troubleshoot the System Preferences > Accessibility > Display Preference Pane while looking over the System files of the Mac to see if there is a config file that can be edited. It seems to me that the mouse is initialized with some API's like Appkit and CoreGraphics so doing more research with how to use these API's to edit your mouse is probably your way to go if you really want to do that.

Otherwise, Mousescape could be your solution. Is there a reason you are trying to make it larger?


iOS: How to fix “Software Update Failed”?

This error can occur due to a variety of temporary issues. Make sure you have an active Internet connection. To install the software update, try the following approaches one by one:

Approach I: Wait for some time and try again

Software update download could fail due to Internet connectivity issues or an issue at the Apple's software update server end. Such issues are often temporary and get resolved automatically in a short while. Tap on Close button in the alert shown and try again after some time. You may also toggle Wi-Fi off and on before re-trying.

Approach II: Update via iTunes

If you have a Mac or a PC handy with iTunes installed and an active Internet connection, you can download the software update on the computer and install in on device. Connect your iPhone to the USB port via the Lightning cable and launch iTunes.

If this is the first time you are connecting the iPhone to this computer, the computer will ask for your permission to access the iPhone. You'll need to unlock the iPhone and will see and alert asking you to trust the computer. Trust the computer to process.

Select the device in iTunes, click on Summary and click on Check for Update button. iTunes will check with the software update server, download the update and install it onto the iPhone.

Approach III: Install the update manually with iTunes

If the above two approach fail to download the software update file, you can manually download the IPSW (iPhone Software) file and use it to install the software update.

Do note that this approach erases the device contents and sets it up as a brand new device. Only proceed with it after creating proper backups.

Head to ipsw.me website, choose your device, and download the signed IPSW. You should get a file with .ipsw extension. Once the file is handy, with the device connected, go to iTunes, select the device and click summary. Now press and hold the Option (Alt) key on the keyboard and click on Restore iPhone... button (shown in previous illustration). A file open window is shown. Browse to the location where .ipsw file was downloaded. Select the file and you are good to go. iTunes will start installing the firmware on the device.

Caution: Use this method only as a last resort, when the first two approaches fail and you absolutely need to update the software. Even after downloading the .ipsw file, you'll need an active Internet connection as iTunes will need to verify the .ipsw file signature with Apple servers.

Also, please note that this approach erases the contents of device. You may wish to backup your device prior to installing software via this approach and restore the backup later.


How can I delete photos from camera roll and leave in an album?

You can't. iOS uses a simple photo database, very similar to iPhoto. Primary storage for all photo image data and metadata (time, place, exposure, etc) is the camera roll. This system lets you create the illusion of multiple albums, and storing photos in the albums.

But from a database perspective, your album is just a table with the image ID of every photo you place in it, creating a link back to the image data in the camera roll.

You can delete photos from albums, thereby removing them from the table.

When you delete a photo from the camera roll, you delete the photo from the system.


You have not written what your MAC, ie, it is unclear whether the installation it is possible Mavericks.

Minimum Supported Operating System for your computer can be viewed using
Mactracker or MachineProfile

Additionally:

  Back in February, Apple's Worldwide Developer Certificate, designed to
  verify third-party apps and services, expired, requiring Apple to
  issue a new certificate for developers to use. OS X installation files
  downloaded from the Mac App Store before February 14, 2016 and stored
  on a computer or USB drive are no longer functional. This includes
  installation files for OS X El Capitan and older versions of OS X like
  Mavericks and Mountain Lion. Users who keep OS X installers on hand or
  have created USB install disks in case of emergencies should replace
  their files with new versions by re-downloading them through the Mac
  App Store using purchased history.

  Users who can't replace an expired certificate can still use older
  installers by changing the dates on their machines.

  In the OS X Installer, choose Utilities > Terminal.
  Enter date 0201010116 and press Return.
  Quit Terminal and continue the install.

OS X Installers Downloaded Prior to February 14 No Longer Work After Certificate Update


Computers, phones, and devices that are not currently logged in with a given Apple ID and specifically with the service Find My Mac / Find My iPhone enabled will show up as "Offline" in someone's iCloud account etc.

So, basically, if both of you have the same computer in your iCloud accounts with Find My Mac, only the person who is currently logged in can track it. If neither of you are logged in no one can track it. The only way he could track it at this point is if you knew his Apple ID and password and went into System Preferences > iCloud and set-up Find My Mac for him. It is up to him if he wants to keep a line in his iCloud.com menu under Find My Mac that has the "name" of the computer that was retrieved the last time he tracked it that will perpetually search and always fail to find your computer, and just say "Offline". You can't change that for him.

You're safe. With the computer wiped, his user account isn't present, and that's where the iCloud account data is stored. You do not need to track your computer to "block" him from doing. It's just up to you if you want to track it at all for yourself. He will never know where it is again.


Create multiple bookmarks on iPad/iPhone home screen at once

I would nope and nope, at least without jailbreaking.

You can only create bookmark one by one and name them as you want.

Once they are created, the only way to rename them is to create a new one and delete the old one.

Jailbreaking allows to rename any apps, so I think web apps, too. I'm not sure about editing home screen web apps.


How do I create a custom resolution for my display in Lion, running in a virtual machine?

I'm running OSX under VMWare, and as long as you don't run the VM in full screen, Display Preferences shows the screen size as the current window size, minus any host window borders.

With this you can resize the window manually to get close to the resolution you require.

The caveat to this is that you can't "set" the screen size to an exact amount, but with a bit of playing about you can get the resolution within a few pixels.

You will need a monitor with a larger resolution as the VM window does take away some pixels, so if your monitor is only 1280 wide, you will never get a full 1280 width with this method.


What hardware do I need if I need to frequently adjust the height and rotation of 2 Thunderbolt monitors?

Two 27" displays will (obviously) take up quite a bit of room. You'll probably want to look for a desk that has built-in mounting points for your VESA arms (or built-in VESA arms) so you don't have to hang the displays off the wall. (If you want to rotate the monitor, Apple's Thunderbolt displays don't have any built-in rotation ability, so you'll need an arm that does that, too. OS X's Displays preferences are where you'll go to set the rotation on the display.)

There are several different caddies for your MacBook (such as the Henge Docks) that will keep it out of the way of your displays.


How to disable or delay "Time Machine hasn't backed up your computer in x days" message?

Perhaps TimeMachineScheduler or TimeMachineEditor can help.


Have a look at this post - the app is included on one of the DVDs that came with your Mac. Alternatively, I'm quite positive you can copy the Terminal .app file from another Mac that's on the same OS, as well.


brew couldn't upgrade after upgrade xcode 7.3.1 to 8.1

I had similar issue:

brew is not up-to-date even though running brew update returns:

Already up-to-date

Running brew upgrade returns:

Warning: You are using a pre-release version of Xcode.
You may encounter build failures or other breakages.
Please create pull-requests instead of filing issues.

I solved running the following command:
cd "$(brew --repo)" && git fetch && git reset --hard origin/master && brew update --force


It does not work when using the "Select next source ..." shortcut, when changing it to use the "Select the previous ..." shortcut it does appear!


Under Preferred Networks, drag and drop the listed access points in the order of priority you want your Mac to connect to them. Drag the most preferred one to top. Your Mac will connect to it when it is available instead of connecting to other available Wi-Fi networks further down the list.


My google calendar doesnt show on Macbook while is being shown on ios

You probably haven't activated the calendar service for Gmail.

On your Mac go to settings->accounts
If your Gmail account is present then do step 1.
If not do step 2

Click on the account-> tick the box next to calendar
Click the plus button -> select Gmail-> login -> make sure calendar is activated for that account


It's not possible and it's an oversight that makes hands free impossible.

What about 'Hey Siri, set volume at 50%', and while they're at it 'Hey Siri, turn speaker on'.

The excuse of volume being too hard are weak.


You are looking for the dscl command.  You can do it through ARD unix command to multiple machines at once, or send via ssh per machine. There's lots of discussion and great information here - What steps are needed to create a new user from the command line?

To summarize those answers, here's a quick admin user addition.

dscl . create /Users/corybohon

dscl . create /Users/corybohon UserShell /bin/bash

dscl . create /Users/corybohon RealName "Cory Bohon"

dscl . create /Users/corybohon UniqueID 503

dscl . create /Users/corybohon PrimaryGroupID 1000

dscl . create /Users/corybohon NFSHomeDirectory /Local/Users/corybohon

dscl . passwd /Users/corybohon PASSWORD

dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership corybohon

A logout or restart will be needed for the user to show as admin in the System Preferences.

On a side note, I am not sure if this still works with Yosemite, but MagerVelp has a app called "CreateUserPkg" that can be used to deploy users.  CreateUserPkg, I use it with our MDM solution to push users as a pkg.

Terminal 101 full guide from above.


Can I install 64 bit software on a 32 bit macbook pro

No, you can't.  That Macbook has a 32-bit processor (http://ark.intel.com/products/27237/Intel-Core-Duo-Processor-T2600-2M-Cache-2_16-GHz-667-MHz-FSB), so there's no way to have it use 64-bit software.


Is there a way to enter Emoji just by typing?

As you already found out that is possible but sometime hard to remember.

For many letters when you place in brackets will give you different emoticons.

Simple one and often used are easy to remember (y) ect..

I find it easier to do with pop up for emoticons located on the right side of your input window.

I actually prefer to make customized emojis for one I use more frequently.

For that I just type the word (of your choosing) in brackets and it gets replaced with emoji.

That is how it is done and now you just type for example (looking) and get


The Storage pane will show you information about files matching those categories inclusive of the entire drive, not necessarily only the files stored in those respective locations.

For example, if you downloaded a 5GB movie file, that would be +5gb in the "Videos" category, even though it might reside in ~/Downloads instead of ~/Movies

Source

That being said, your overall usage does not come anywhere close to what the storage is reporting, in terms of the entire drive having less used than you say for the Apps category alone (unless your question was not clear). To reset those values, perform a reindex of Spotlight:

Run the following command from Terminal: sudo mdutil -E /

OR follow instructions below:

Instructions


Ubuntu has instructions for most macbook pro's.  Depending on which version of the macbook pro you have you may not need rEFInd:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro


Clean Install, or in-place upgrade from Mountain Lion to Yosemite?

To put it simply: yes, using the installer provided by the App Store is sufficient. Keep in mind that Apple develops and designs these installers specifically so that users, like you, can update to the newest system.

All you need to do is click the download button and follow the onscreen instructions to update.

There is always a risk factor of something going wrong; an obscure file missing, a .plist value out of whack, etc. The unfortunate truth is that there is always going to be potential human error.

Something to remember is that the error in question could come from something the new system added, rather than something the installer forgot to remove.

Using the installer is just a quick and easy way to update with a small chance of error. It adds new files and replaces outdated ones. If you wipe the system clean and freshly install a new one, there is still a small chance of error.


How to fix DNS resolving issues on Mountain Lion after waking from sleep?

I've had this exact same experience, though not every time. Sometimes it means sites that I have visited recently are unavailable but other sites I haven't visited in ages load just fine.

Usually flushing the DNS cache resolves it.

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder


Replacement iPhone is missing web history

Restoring from a backup of your device will restore the browser history.

If you've set up the device as new, you'll need to ensure iCloud was logged in on your old device and Safari turned on, and iCloud logged in to the same account on your new phone and Safari turned on there too.


I assume you're looking at the About This Mac Storage tab; dealing with that "Other" category is tough (illustrated by the wealth of search results for "mac storage other"), as it is comprised of a combination of files in many locations.
A recommendation would be to click the Manage button (Apple Menu -> About This Mac -> Storage) and start with the "Reduce Clutter" option, which may identify unused files that are taking up the most space.

If that option doesn't provide enough items to clear out, a second recommendation would be to try an app like MacPaw's CleanMyMac X, which can identify the files taking up that space to give you a better idea of what can be safely removed.
A more manual (but free and open source) option is something like Grand Perspective, which allows you to visualize the areas that are taking up the most space, but leaves the process of removing them (and knowing how to do so safely) up to you.


Since it's easy to do, the first things I'd try are to reset both the NVRAM and SMC in that order. Before following the steps below, ensure you have no external hardware connected (so, unplug any external displays, storage devices, etc) and make sure you use the built-in keyboard.

Reset the NVRAM

Here’s how to reset the NVRAM on your particular MBP:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionpr keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, time zone information, etc).

Reset the SMC

To reset the SMC on your particular MBP, follow these steps:

Shut down your computer
Keep the power cable plugged in.
Press at the same time shiftoptioncontrol (on the left side of the keyboard) and the power button
Let go
Turn your computer back on with the power button.

After resetting both the NVRAM and SMC, use your computer to determine if the issue still persists.


How can I write a script that opens a notification?

Testing under macOS High Sierra, the following line of example AppleScript code, when run, had the following general effects on a notification:

tell application "System Events" to ¬
    click every window of application process "Notification Center"

Open the app for which the notification was from, if it wasn't already opened.
If the app was already open, it would set focus to the app.
If notification from multiple apps, the app on the top notification in the list gets opened/focus, additions apps get opened, if not already open.

Note that with some notifications, they will be dismissed; however, with others, the app will still be opened/focused as applicable but the notification will not be dismissed. These will need to be replied to appropriately.


At the end of the day (ho-ho!) it probably just comes down to which effect you prefer, as the science is somewhat inconclusive anyway. Night Shift's effect is more subtle even when turned all the way up, but it's rather less configurable than Flux.

The article you linked to basically already covers all this, and the relative merits of each:

Flux:

Bigger variety of colour-shifting effects available
More control over start/end time
Can be permanently turned off for specific apps, e.g. video players or photo editors where you don't necessarily want colour-shifting to occur
Can be temporarily turned off for all apps
It's nice to support a 3rd-party developer

Night Shift:

Better system integration; potentially easier on battery as a result (just a guess: I've not measured this, nor heard any anecdotal evidence either way)


Is there a way to make QuickLook display a hex dump preview of files for which no other preview is defined?

I think you would need two things in order to make this work.
 1.  You would need a hex editor that was tied into whatever black magic Apple is using to provide QuickLook.
 2.  You would probably need to set hex editor as the default application for handling the specific file type...

In short... no, I don't think you can do it out of the box.


How to add readable subtitles in iMovie?

And it is solved! I just installed version 10.1.14 and it looks very sharp: 15 subtitles in a sequence! Strangely enough the release notes did not mention this behaviour.


I found an active github project that has fixed some bugs related to Yosemite.  Here is the repo:

https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim


I hope I understand correctly, you are trying to edit a song, perhaps for a ringtone or something ?

You could try Garageband that ships with your Mac,

Or you could try this Program, Audacity, I find it very useful.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Hope it helps

Karl


AppleScript without showing what program it opened and edited

Not directly. You would have to figure out what underlying preferences the UI is changing, and whether there was a way to edit them directly using AppleScript or terminal commands (such as defaults write -- see man defaults for details.)

Unfortunately there is no canonical list of preferences that can be edited in this way, although you can find some here. There is also a website dedicated to hidden preference tweaks for OS X and Mac applications: defaults-write.com.

However, for your particular case, I'm pretty sure there is no built-in way to change resolutions from the command line. There is a screenresolution command that somebody wrote a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to work well with retina resolutions.


Do I need to do something special to get toslink input to work?

Just to be sure:

You mentioned checking the Sound control panel on the Macbook input side (I assume you selected Line In as well), but what about the output device on the Mac Mini?  Plugging in the cable usually switches system output to Line Out, but not necessarily the output of whatever application you are using.  So check both the Sound control panel output and the settings of your playback application (if it has any).

Also make sure the TOS connecter seats all the way (usually with a click).  The Line In defaults to analog and, IIRC, it only switches to TOS if it senses a non-conductive plug clicking on some little switch.


In Excel, how do you delete line breaks?

A more Excel way:
As line-break is CHAR(13), you could try something like this (assuming your text is in A1 and you'll put edited text in B1)

B1: =SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(13),"")

or
B1: =SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(13)," ")

Source: answers.microsoft.com


How to deal with Carbon Copy Cloner backing up various OS versions of a given machine

Based on the info in your question you should be able to restore an appropriate backup image to another external drive.

Once you've done this, boot your Mac into the Startup Disk Manager (i.e. press and hold the option key as you boot up) until you see the drive options appear. Select the disk you've just restored the Snow Leopard backup to and press enter to see if you can boot from it.

If it boots okay, then you can try to convert the files you want to use in macOS Sierra.

NOTES:

1 If your drive doesn't appear in the Startup Disk Manager, there are a number of possible reasons for this. If this happens to you, then while you're in the Startup Disk Manager you can try pressing the option+shift+command+. keys to see if your external drive has optional ROM firmware available.

2 If you can't boot up from the drive, refer to the Help! My clone won't boot! page for a detailed list of possible causes/solutions.


How do I get F11 and F12 to behave like normal function keys?

Well I actually just figured this out.  In Preferences under Mission Control there were two options set to use the F11 and F12 keys.  I set these to '-' and that fixed the issue.  The options that were set to use these function keys are highlighted in the screenshot below.


Accessing iCloud passwords without a Mac

How to manually view saved passwords and credit card numbers with iCloud Keychain

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on Safari.
Tap on Passwords & AutoFill under the General section.
Tap on either Saved Passwords or Saved Credit Cards.
Enter your 4-digit passcode if you are prompted to do so.
In this list, find the login you'd like to view the password for and tap on it.
Here you can see the login credentials for that specific account.

Source: How to view your saved passwords and credit card numbers with iCloud Keychain


How do I open multiple links in new tabs in Google Chrome?

Try one of the extensions Snaplinks or Linky


The best step to isolating your issue would be to collect some data about the bluetooth environment where you are using your mac. Radio waves come and go with other devices, new phones, degrading antennas and changes in bluetooth firmware.

The Bluetooth Explorer is the best tool I have found to troubleshoot bluetooth hardware and data. It's free as part of Xcode from the Mac App Store.

You can debug data issues, see the protocols that connected devices are using, and get to all manner of engineering data relating to bluetooth such as errors, relative signal strength indication (RSSI). It's hard to tell if this will help you, but it lets me know when a microwave or home phone was causing noise issues on several occasions when my hardware was otherwise working properly.


iPhone 6: How to interrupt software updates that continue to use mobile data?

Fischer, there are two different types of software updates that occur on iOS; updates to the apps you have installed and updates to the operating system itself.

    To disable app updates over your friend’s cellular connection, navigate to Settings → iTunes & App Store and scroll to the very bottom. Tap the toggle next to “Use Cellular Data,” but keep in mind that this will also disable the use of iTunes Match and iTunes Radio over the phone’s cellular connection.

   If you are concerned about updates to iOS itself being installed over your friend’s cellular connection, don’t be — having contacted a friend of mine who is an Apple Genius, she tells me that your iPhone won’t install updates to your operating system without a connection to WiFi or the user’s specific permission.

   If your friend continues to have an issue, she may want to contact Apple about a potential bug.


iMac doesn't wake from sleep via USB devices

I'm using Mac Mini with Apple Thunderbolt display. I'm currently in OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. My parameters are the following:

Active Profiles:
AC Power               -1*

Currently in use:
standby                 0
Sleep On Power Button   1
womp                    0
autorestart             0
hibernatefile           /var/vm/sleepimage
powernap                0
networkoversleep        0
disksleep               0
sleep                   0 (sleep prevented by iTunes, coreaudiod)
autopoweroffdelay       14400
hibernatemode           0
autopoweroff            1
ttyskeepawake           1
displaysleep            0
standbydelay            4200

I recommend you to set up all you Energy Saver parameters like this:

And you can put your display to sleep via Mission Control–Hot Corners:


I don't believe that you can set a rate filter, but this is something that could be suggested to the developers! :)

You can also just turn off/configure notifications for that app differently so it stops bugging you.


Try creating the USB Installer via Terminal.app

Download Sierra from the Mac App Store and leave it in your Applications Folder
Reformat your USB stick to HFS+ Journaled and name it Untitled
From Terminal copy and paste this

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

That's it!


Hi Gator it's pretty straight forward. Start by opening terminal the default application for CLI. You can find it in Applications>Terminal or Applications>Utilities>Terminal depending on your version of Mac OS (X). Once that's open, type:

  ssh -D 8080 -C -N username@IpAddress

note to understand all options for ssh simply type man ssh in a new terminal window. The options used above -D binds the port to the IP, -C compresses the data, -N will not execute commands in the tunnel which is very useful for forwarding other application data through the tunnel.

Next open safari and click on "safari" in the top left menu bar to open the drop down menu and then click on preferences. You can do the same thing by pressing CMD+,. Click on the advanced tab and find "Proxies", click "Change Settings". System Preferences should open and you can now select "SOCKS Proxy". You should be setup and if you check google for your IP it should be masked by the address that you're SSH'd into. Note this is system wide and will cover all network communications. You can turn this off by unselecting the SOCKS Proxy.


Prevent "upgrades" (like Catalina) from appearing in software update window

As of Sep 2020, the steps to do this on High Sierra or Mojave are:

Make sure you have Security Update 2020-005 installed
Enrol your device in Mobile Device Management. For those that have a workplace or school that already use MDM, this is simple - just follow their instructions for 'bring your own device' setup. For those that don't, you can setup your own MDM by signing up for a JAMF Now account - see my guide at bottom.
Double check your device is now managed, by executing profiles status -type enrollment in a terminal and checking that at least one of Enrolled via DEP or MDM enrolment is Yes.
Run sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina" in a terminal to ignore the Catalina update. If it worked, you should see Ignored updates:( "macOS Catalina" )
Run defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0;killall Dock in a terminal to turn off the red notifications tag for the Software Updates dock icon and refresh the dock.

Changes to software update --ignore ability
As you mentioned, the fix for this used to be the command:
sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"

However, this command was deprecated in May 2020 with security update 2020-003. Mr Macintosh did a great job of documenting this at the time. As of that update, softwareupdate --ignore returns the below message, without actually adding anything to the ignore list.
Ignoring software updates is deprecated.
The ability to ignore individual updates will be removed in a future release of macOS.

Apple must have got a lot of heat for this, as they backflipped, a bit: with security updates 2020-004 & 2020-005 they re-enabled ignoring updates, but only for managed devices, ie those managed with Apple Business/School Manager or user-approved MDM. (2020-004 was meant to re-enable it for both but actually it was still broken for UAMDM. 2020-005 finally fixed this)
So if you've installed those updates, provided your device is enrolled in any UA MDM, running the above ignore command will work. Signing into your work email using Mail might be enough to achieve this, depending on the setup.
Setting up your own MDM to enrol in
If you don't have a work or school management provider to use, you can always set up you own using one of the many free trials offered by MDM providers. This is going to somewhat extreme ends to remove the upgrade prompt, but it only took me about 15 mins to do, so may be worth it if it annoys you sufficiently.
Steps:

From https://www.jamf.com/solutions/industries/business/, look for JAMF Now and click Create Free Account
Fill in the form, then check your email to finish activating the account and login
Follow the steps to create a new Push Certificate and upload it to your JAMF account
Setup Open Enrolment in your account, and share the enrolment link to the device you want to disable the Catalina update on
Click the link on that device, and enrol it in the UA MDM you've setup

You should now be enrolled. You can check by running profiles status -type enrollment in terminal - you should see a line saying MDM enrollment: Yes (User Approved). If you do, the sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina" command should now work!


In iPhone Configuration Utility error while exporting Configuration Profile

I got the solution of this problem by myself.
What i was doing wrong is select sign the profile but i don't have any certificate installed to sign it. So i just select None from drop down menu and the problem has gone.


Internet from personal iphone hotspot not working on macbook air multiple user accounts

I actually was able to solve this issue by rebooting a couple of times.

Is not the first and will not be the last time an OS issue is resolved by a couple of reboots!


Finder slow or frozen while connecting HD (10.8.4 on SSD)

Disable the Spotlight for the folders and or drive in question.
That should speed things up.

Or you can try to completely disable spotlight to see if that was the problem

Go to your Terminal and paste this

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

Once satisfied you can enable the spotlight

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist


How to display the current mapping for keyboard shortcuts in realtime?

This program shows all keyboard shortcuts that use the ⌘ (command) key, just by pressing and holding command.
http://www.cheatsheetapp.com/CheatSheet/

It does not show shortcuts that do not include command, but is quick and easy to use.


Though I regularly search for answers here, this is my first post. Please, forgive if I do not match this forum's etiquette.

I fully empathize with your problem. SpokesUpdateService is relentless. For me, it seemed to launch around the same time each day. I knew it was crashing my Late-2011 MBP with Sierra 10.12.6, but today's EtreCheck simple (free) "diagnosis" show this damn SpokesUpdateService caused 113 crashes on November 3rd for me alone. (No wonder my system died and refused to restart for hours!)

Realistically, Plantronics rarely updates the firmware or software for my headset. I can check for updates when I choose, not hundreds of times daily with SpokesUpdateService.

Here is my simple brute-force solution:

Trash the following three files:

com.PlantronicsUpdateService.plist
Headset Updater (Version 1.1.0 (2015), a Plantronics application
Plantronics Hub (Version 3.11.52215.23527 (2018) another Plantronics Application.

You might also get away with only trashing com.PlantronicsUpdateService.plist or editing it (see below).

I deleted these files because com.PlantronicsUpdateService.plist seems to call SpokesUpdateService:

For good measure, I also trashed the applications "Headset Updater" and "Plantronics Hub." I still have all three in the Trash in case I need them later. Simply putting these three files in the Trash has stopped SpokesUpdateService. I most likely can permanently delete all three and simply re-install the Headset Updater and/or Plantronics Hub if I need/want them.

I have not programmed in decades, but you might try editing com.PlantronicsUpdateService.plist by deleting "KeepAlive". I say that based on commands at "A launchd Tutorial", http://www.launchd.info (last visited Nov. 9, 2018).


What is this 'Autoupdate' app that keeps popping up in the dock?

That icon is from http://sparkle-project.org, which is an open-source auto-updating framework.  However, it could be embedded in almost any application, since Sparkle is one of the most popular auto-update frameworks in indie Mac software.

Did you recently install new software that has Automatically check for updates checked in the preferences?

Edit to include my comment.
If you're interested in locating which application it is from, you can hold ⌘ Command and click the icon in the dock (or right-click and select Options > Show In Finder), and it will open its location in the Finder.  You can then right click on the top of the Finder window that appears (on the icon), to show the path to the containing application.

With this method, you can see that this Autoupdate.app is from within iTerm.


What does this mean and how can I get it off my computer?

This is called Target Disk mode, it activates when you start your Mac while pressing and holding the T key. Try to shut down your Mac with the power button and turn it on, it should boot properly.

See this Apple Support Document for the screens you could potentially see on start up.


How can I fix iTunes to sync apps and musics?

As @patrix said, check the Apple ID under Settings > iTunes and App Store on your phone. Also, make sure you DELETED the app your friend bought with their Apple ID before you try syncing to your iTunes on your computer.

Goes without saying, make sure your same Apple ID is used on your iTunes on your computer.


any idea what the heck Microsoft is doing with this brew install?

That's the standard way of installing Homebrew. Microsoft seems to have written an installer which relies on Homebrew being installed, so it makes sense to install it first.


Is it possible to remove the Dock in Lion?

Yes. You can make it so you don't see the dock by adding a very long delay to the animation so that in practice, you never leave the mouse on the "expose the dock" target long enough to see it.

This is technically a "workaround" since the dock is still there, just slower to appear than we care about on our timescale.

Two steps are needed to set this up.

One, activate auto-hide in System Preferences → Dock → Autohide or type ⌘+⌥+D

Two, open the Terminal an type:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -int 100; killall Dock

You're set up now. In this example, it takes 100 seconds for the dock to appear. Make the timer even longer if you like, this long delay eventually helps you to forget that the dock is even there.

Reset to default behavior by typing:

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier; killall Dock


So I'm a bit late, and with new problems to solve anyway.
My issues was that my main folder which contained the binaries had a space in the name.
And ocl has issues with those.

I removed the space and it built smoothly.

I did NOT expect this.


What is the best way to update the name of a Service?

After renaming the .workflow file in Finder, open the file in Automator and then save the file (press ⌘ command + S). The file must be re-saved in Automator if you want the new name to appear in the menu bar and context menu.

Then, restart your computer.

By following these steps, I got my Service names to update.


See all my photos on my iphone without having the files on there

Apple's designated cloud photos solution is iCloud Photo Library using the Photos app on iOS and OS X. It stores and syncs your photos and videos in iCloud with one or multiple devices. It sounds like this should satisfy your requirements quite well (see the note below on iPhone storage).

Requirements:

iOS 8.3 or later on your iPhone
10.10.3 (Yosemite ) or later on your Mac
Sufficient iCloud storage to hold your entire photo library

Things to Note:

iCloud Photo Library is not the same as Photo Stream. (What Photo Stream does exactly, is indeed not very clear. I would recommend just ignoring it or turning it off completely after you setup iCloud Photo Library.)
iCloud Photo Library syncs both ways. Photos you take on your iPhone will also appear on your Mac (and all other devices that use it). Edits to photos are also synced.
For each device you can choose whether to download the entire library or whether to optimize the device storage. On the devices where you choose the latter (your iPhone in this case), iCloud Photo Library will still take up some space. The space is managed internally and optimized for your device. It might keep things like thumbnails, favorite photos, photos you frequently or most recently accessed etc. Other photos are downloaded on demand. But the space used should be significantly less than keeping the entire library on the phone. Depending on how hard your "no space" requirement is, this might be a deal-breaker for you. I suggest you just try it out.

Setup iCloud Photo Library:

(Just to be safe, you might want to backup your photo library before proceeding.)

Make sure you are signed in to the same iCloud account on both your iPhone and Mac.
On your iPhone: Go to Settings > iCloud > Photos, then turn on iCloud Photo Library.
In the same menu choose Optimize iPhone Storage.
On your Mac: Open Photos (not iPhoto).
Open the app's preferences (menu Photos > Preferences...) and under the iCloud tab select iCloud Photo Library.
In the same menu choose Download Originals to this Mac. This will keep your entire photo library on that Mac.

Import your photos into Photos:

This step depends on your current setup. If you currently use iPhoto on your Mac, the photo library should migrate automatically. In general though, you can just drag and drop all of your photos and videos into Photos on your Mac.

Finally, let iCloud Photo Library upload and sync the library. This might take a while.


How to set boot device when it doesn't show in boot screen

You may want to try a different boot loader than BootCamp. Personally I've used http://refit.sourceforge.net/screen.html and http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ (a fork of refit) to boot various linux flavors on my old Macbook Pro. They're relatively simple to setup (for a boot loader).


What is a good web browser for OS X 10.4 Tiger?

TenFourFox gives you the current version of Firefox in builds optimized for G3, G4 and G5 PowerPC processors that runs on Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5.


How to use Hungarian tax reporting application called ABEVJAVA on Mac?

I couldn't run by double clicking the JNPL file. Other way needs: right click + Open With + JAVA WEB START

I found it in the manual on NAV's website: http://nav.gov.hu/data/cms126069/sugo.pdf

You can look up the 'Mac' keyword.


I think Mingler is a process related to iCal or the Sync Utility.
see here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2178706?threadID=2178706 for more details as of how to make it go aways.


Unlocked iPhone 4S w/no SIM Card-how to start up without contract

Just a get a dummy SIM card off of eBay or maybe even from Verizon. Also look on the left side of the iPhone and you should see an oval indented with a hole in it. Stick a paperclip straight in and the tray holding the SIM card should pop out. If this isn't clear enough, I'm sure there is some YouTube videos on the subject.


How can I add a font to the Font Book Web Collection

This is not really an answer but these questions may help you narrow down the issue and ultimately resolve the issue.

After the Drag & Drop operation is complete, does the font show in Web collection ?
If it shows, does the font have any Yellow Exclamation mark on it ?
If yes, try repair it
If you do not see the font there, Right Click on Web Collection and Click Add fonts, then locate the font in Fonts folder from System Library or Local Library


Does Time Capsule require Internet to properly function as a backup server?

Time Capsule does not require an active internet connection to function correctly. I would, however, caution that these units are notorious for getting 'unhappy' when used in an area that does not have sufficient cooling. Putting one inside the drywall is a bad idea, IMO. Unless you're using a wired connection to connect to your TC, then you're either going to need to set the TC up to extend your existing wireless network or you'll need to have it on its own network. That latter makes no sense, as your Air will not simultaneously connect to multiple wireless networks. To make Time Machine work as intended (hourly, autonomous backups), you need your TC on the same network as you use for surfing and working.

A TC will quite happily operate without creating a wireless network (Wireless | Network Mode 'Off'). I'd suggest that your ideal configuration would be to have the TC connected with Ethernet to your existing wireless AP running in bridge mode. The TC would get an IP address from the DHCP server in your router. You can then configure the share in the TC and point Time Machine from your Mac to use the share.


How to cancel a text that hasn't sent, before it does send?

Failed delivery of a message while in Airplane mode is represented by a Not Delivered subtext below the message text. To safely delete it without sending, simply tap and hold on the message, tap More..., select the message by tapping on the checkbox shown towards left and tap on Delete Message button.

Alternatively, delete the entire message thread by navigating back to list of messages, swiping left on conversation thread to reveal the Delete button and tapping Delete button shown at the bottom.


Macbook Ram Speed Question (1033 or 1333 MHZ)

Depends on what you plan on doing with the machine but 9.99 times out of 10 you're better off going with more ram (8gb in this case), especially for RAM-intensive applications such as databases, virtual machines, music/video/audio/photo editing.