I don't have an answer that is, "this is your problem and I know what is going on." It's more of an "it sounds like..." answer.

Honestly it sounds like there is an external mouse or other USB device which is (for lack of a better word) misbehaving. Which brings up the prime directive of troubleshooting, Isolate And Identify.

Unplug everything (drives, power, monitors, everything!). Do you still have the problem? If not blame something you just unplugged, if the problem still exists then finding the issue becomes more problematic.

Start in Safe Mode. Boot the Mac while holding the Shift Key. You can release the key when you see the Apple logo. Booting will take a longer time. Once you are logged in, does the issue still happen?

If not then there is software installed on your Mac that is causing the issue.
If so then it is likely/possible it is a hardware issue.

If it is number 2 (from above) Then you will need to take it into an Apple Store or other Apple hardware tech and see if they can find the issue. In a situation like this it is logical to suspect the trackpad and/or the keyboard. But it is impossible to tell from this side of your screen.

Feel free to edit your original question to the answers to these questions and we can help as best we can with more troubleshooting.


If you have moved your library to another folder, like in my case to an external hard drive to save space in my laptop, then you just need to create an alias of the photo library, move it to the Pictures folder, and rename it to "Photos Library"... iTunes will now be able to find it.


Send email from my ipad without receiving?

I don’t think there’s an officially endorsed routine for this, but I’m sure it’s possible; it just depends on what sort of email account it is.

What follows is guesswork based upon poking around the Settings panel of my iPhone. I haven’t tried these methods, but these are what I think might work.

iCloud

First you need to disable the default iCloud mail settings. On the iPhone, this is Settings > iCloud and toggle the switch next to Mail to Off.

Then we recreate the iCloud settings.

Navigate to Settings > Mail, Contacts and Calendars.
Select Add Account… in the Accounts list, and select the option at the bottom, Other.
Select Add Mail Account from the list of options.
Fill in all of your iCloud details, and tap Next.
On the next screen, under Outgoing Mail Server, fill in Host Name with smtp.me.com, and the User Name and Password as per your iCloud login. Under Incoming Mail Server, fill in gibberish in the fields.
Tap Next. You’ll get some warnings; just tap through them. For example, I have one that says

  This account may not be able to send or receive emails. Are you sure you want to save?

  But this is just what we want, so tap Save, and on the next screen, Save again.

In theory, your iCloud account should now be able to send mail, but not receive it. (However, it will probably fuss and grumble, and you’ll still have an inbox for the account, albeit empty.)

Gmail or third-party mail server

Navigate to Settings > Mail, Contacts and Calendars > Gmail > Account example@gmail.com. Then, in the Gmail Account Information list, delete the Password. (In a third-party mail server, you’re looking for the Incoming Mail Server settings).

Hopefully, if the Outgoing Mail Server still has a correct username and password, you’ll still be able to send mail, but the iPad will fuss and grumble about receiving it.

I hope this is useful and works; or if not, gives you some ideas as to how to make it work.


After i downloaded the new iOS 5 for my iPhone 4 safari isn't any different?

There are some under-the-hood improvements to performance, and also some changes to the settings (such as a private browsing option), but there aren't any major changes to the Mobile Safari interface on the iPhone. The iPad version now has tabbed browsing instead of the window-switcher, but the iPhone is too small for such a thing to work.

The two features you may notice are Reading List and Reader. Reading List is essentially a  bookmarks folder that can sync with desktop Safari. You can add items to it from the Share item (centre button on the bottom toolbar). Reader will reformat some webpages (long articles) to make them more readable, removing ads and menus so that you've just got the text. You can access it from the grey Reader button in the address bar once the site loads (note that it's not available on all sites, just those that Safari can competently reformat).


My Windows 7 Boot Camp partition is missing. Why doesn't Parallels recognize it?

Try the fdisk option that repairs the MBR? -u I think.


Is Mac Pro Airport Extreme simultaneous dual-band?

I’m 90% (I leave that 10% just in case) ;), that the Wi-Fi card that ships with a Mac Pro’s is not capable of sharing the ethernet connection (that connects to Internet) over the Wi-Fi in dual band mode. The reason for this is that the very same Airport Express is not able to do that (and it’s a dedicated piece of hardware). You can infer that from two things:

It’s not mentioned in Apple’s website that the Airport Express (or Mac Pro) have simultaneous dual band, which would be required for what you want.
It is mentioned that (and I quote): “Speed and range will be less if an 802.11a/b/g product joins the network”. That means, that although they can use either 2.4Ghz or 5.0Ghz, they cannot use both at the same time, and when a slower 2.4 device (using a/b/g) joins, the antenna must switch to that speed, because they only have one antenna.

The Airport Base Station (Airport Extreme), on the other hand, mentions that in the very front page: “AirPort Extreme operates in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously and offers even better performance and range.”. Seeing is believing ;)

So the answer to your question is: No, the Airport Extreme card on a Mac Pro (or any other Wi-Fi Mac Computer for the matter) as of November 2010, is not capable of using a Wi-Fi connection in simultaneous dual-band; not for sharing, not as a client either.


Screen Capture on Retina MacBook Pro at a Lower Resolution?

I just ran into this exact issue the other day. Try RetinaCapture: it's a free app that captures screenshots in both 1x and 2x simultaneously (or, alternatively, just one or the other). And it's a "true" 1x capture: it redraws at 1x rather than taking the 2x version and scaling it down.

It also supports the same types of captures as the built-in Grab.app – full screen, timed screen, selection, or window – and you can save either to the clipboard or a file.


No.  If you did not remove your AppleID from the phone before resetting it, then it is still bound to that ID for security reasons.

You can try and use this site from Apple to help figure out what your Apple ID was and reset the password...

https://iforgot.apple.com/appleid#!&section=appleid


Apple QuickTake™ 150 camera pictures in QuickDraw format…

I was in the same situation. Finding photos I had taken 20 years ago on my Quicktake 150, but was not able to open them. But I found a solution. There is a OS 9 emulator for OSX that i installed, then i installed the quicktake on the os 9 system abd was able to open and then resave the pics as tiff that OSX can open.


Ok here was the fix.

I had to create a new Profile from scratch and then Tag it to the iPads and the profile pushed out fine.

Beware

I originally tried to make a copy of my first profile and got the same error message above - it wasn't until I created a brand new profile from scratch it fixed the issue.

Just a bad profile I guess


The iPhone 4 came in two flavors: CDMA (Verizon, Virgin, etc.) and GSM (AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.).

The GSM phone will work, however it will incur international roaming charges. Your CDMA version on the other hand will not work in most countries outside of the US.

I would recommend upgrading to the 4S or 5 as changing carriers will not change the radio in your phone.


How to set up OS X Server Mail to auto-configure Mac Mail IMAP clients?

I did a little digging and found out a little of what OSX tries to do to auto-configure an email account.

In system preferences when adding a mail account, OSX makes a POST to https://mac-services.apple.com/iconfig/dconf the post parameters are:

domain: EMAIL_DOMAIN_THE_USER_ENTERED.com
version: 1
capabilities: MACOSX

For a service like gmail the following is returned:

<domain>
  <name>gmail.com</name>
  <description>Gmail</description>
  <service>
    <hostname>imap.gmail.com</hostname>
    <port>993</port>
    <protocol>IMAP</protocol>
    <ssl/>
    <requires>MACOSX</requires>
    <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
  </service>
  <service>
    <hostname>smtp.gmail.com</hostname>
    <port>587</port>
    <protocol>SMTP</protocol>
    <ssl/>
    <requires>MACOSX</requires>
    <authentication>PLAIN</authentication>
    <usernameIncludesDomain/>
  </service>
</domain>

Unfortunately, for my domain I receive the following response:

<domain>
  <name>EMAIL_DOMAIN_THE_USER_ENTERED.com</name>
  <unknown/>
</domain>

As far as I can tell after an unknown response OSX gives up and requires a user to enter the details manually. Capturing network packets I see no attempt by OSX to fallback to using SRV DNS records, or the Exchange Autodiscover.xml mechanism.

If I get a chance I will open a support ticket with apple to see how one gets added to their mac-services list.


control fan speed using Applescript (or terminal)

macOS does not support user control of the fan speed.

smcFanControl

The open source project smcFanControl claims to offer fan speed control. Be careful overriding Apple's fan behaviour; you risk damaging your computer.


I rename a app folder on the iPhone 3GS using iTunes 10.1 on Mac; then sync causes it to revert

You should just edit the folder name on the iPhone itself. Just tap and hold the folder until it wiggles then tap it again to open it, and tap the name to edit it. Unfortunately iTunes often has lots of unknown trouble syncing with iOS devices, much to my own dismay.


How to set a table of contents line numbering to not start at page 1, in Pages '09?

Page numbering and format can be defined per section so you can get to the required format by creating two sections in your document and setting the page numbering accordingly

Start with an empty document
"Insert - Auto Page Number", select the "Section" option for "Show In" and set the format to roman numbers. This is now your TOC section.
Use "Insert - Section break" to create a new section
"Insert - Auto Page Number" again, select the "Section" option for "Show In" and set the format to arabic numbers
With the cursor in the second section, open the inspector

and reset the page number to 1


I fixed this issue by restarting Mail. I have no idea why the drafts folder wasn't showing up before.


Connected to Time capsule from iOS devices

There is currently no native way to view files on a network share from iOS devices.

You will need a third party program such as FileBrowser or Files Connect to browse and view files stored on the Time Capsule.

Files Connect seems to be the most feature complete of the two examples having both Google integration and Dropbox support; they even show a Time Capsule connection in their promotional image as below:

I would also think it very unlikely that any program available on an iOS device will be able to view files stored in Time Machine backups if that is one of your requirements.

Please note the links above are to the apps in UK App Store.


Why is my MacBook Pro constantly losing the wifi connection with my WRT150N router?

If you are certain that your Wi-Fi connection works fine when you are somewhere else, there might be signal or compatibility problems between your router and your Macbook Pro. Contrary to popular belief, wi-fi connections are not a voodoo thing, and they just involve radio waves, just like a cellphone and any other wireless device.

Reasons for a Wi-Fi connection being lost could be quite a lot, but usually interference and signal noise are the two primary factors. Where some devices are able to “maintain” the connection (despite the possible errors), others simply fail and drop it more often.

Wi-Fi is designed to continue working despite “small interruptions” (albeit with a decrease in performance due to ‘retries’), but sometimes this is not possible and connections get dropped.

Sometimes the problem relies in the encryption. When the network is not open and it’s traffic is encrypted, this “overhead” causes more drops than the usual.

Possible solutions are resetting the router to factory settings and reconfiguring it, changing the channel from Auto to something allowed in your country, making sure your Operating system / Computer has the latest drivers/patches/etc. and there isn’t really much else you can do.

You can try moving your router to another physical position.

I’ve read a few posts about that specific router model and Macbooks having problems, so also assume there might be a problem with that model (or some revision of the router) and OS X.

You can always try to see if the Console has some relevant error messages (/Applications/Utilities/Console.app).


Is it legal to install a personal copy of Final Cut Pro X on my work computer?

You need a lawyer to decode the legality of a license coupled with the local and state and national laws where you live.

As far as decoding the licensing terms - focus on who purchased the app in Apple's eyes. If you as a consumer (non-commercial use) bought the app, then I would say you are totally in the clear installing it on computers you control especially if others are not using the computers you control and that software at the same moment as you are and if you don't lease out that app or sell/rent it. If you have 15 macs at home and one at work, there is nothing I see in the EULA that says you can't install Final Cut Pro on all of them for your sole use.


The nodump file flag can still be used by macOS. Apparently, the opaque file flag has never been used by macOS or OS X since at least Snow Leopard.

Here is an example of the use of the nodump file flag.
Below is the output from the command ls -lO hi.txt bye.txt. Note bye.txt has the nodump flag.
-rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  nodump 8 Mar 20 12:13 bye.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 davidanderson  staff  -      9 Mar 20 12:13 hi.txt

Next, the command tar --nodump -cf mytarball hi.txt bye.txt is executed to create the archive file mytarball. Afterwards, if the command tar -tvf mytarball is entered, the contents of the archive will be printed. Below is the output.
-rw-r--r--  0 davidanderson staff       9 Mar 20 12:13 hi.txt

Note that the file bye.txt was omitted from the archive because of the nodump flag.

Here is an example of the use of the opaque file flag.

While I can provide an example, the example will not work with macOS. Instead the example will use the current version of FreeBSD.

The macOS operating system is derived from parts of BSD Unix. BSD implements two forms of unioning: the -o union option to the mount command and the mount_unionfs command. When testing various versions of OS X and macOS, I found Snow Leopard does implement the -o union option, while High Sierra and Big Sur ignore this option. All three versions do not include the mount_unionfs command. AFAIK, the opaque file flag is only used by this latter form of unioning. So to provide an example, I will turn to FreeBSD, which does include the mount_unionfs command.

The basic idea here is to allow modifications to be made to a read-only mount. In the following example, I will remove a directory containing a file, then create a new empty directory with the same name.

In this example, I have a DVD with two directories named dog and cat. The directory dog contains the file poodle and the directory cat contains the file siamese. After putting the DVD in the optical drive, I entered the following commands as root user to mount the DVD and view the contents. The current directory is the root user's home directory /root.
mkdir pets
mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 pets
ls -lRFo pets

Below is the sample output.

To allow modifications, I created and mounted the empty directory changes using the -t unionfs option. Also, I printed out the mounts to pets. The mount command actually uses the mount_unionfs command to perform the mount.
mkdir changes
mount -t unionfs changes pets
mount | grep pets

Below is sample output.

Next, I used the commands below remove the directory named dog and confirm the change.
rm -fr pets/dog
ls -lRFo pets
ls -lRFo changes

Below is a sample output. Note that the directory dog no longer appears in directory pets. Also, the directory changes appears to have only gained the empty directory cat.

However, a whiteout named dog was added to the directory changes and thus the directory pets. To see the whiteout, the -W option needs to be added to the ls command, as shown below.
ls -lRFoW pets
ls -lRFoW changes

Below is a sample output.

The whiteout dog masks the directory dog on the DVD. Next, I used the commands below to create a new empty directory named dog and show the changes.
mkdir pets/dog
ls -lRFoW pets
ls -lRFoW changes

Below is a sample output.

Here, the whiteout dog was replaced by the directory dog with the opaque file flag set. This directory masks the directory dog on the DVD. To demonstrate the need for the opaque file flag, I used the commands shown below to remove the opaque file flag and show the results.
chflags noopaque changes/dog
ls -lRFoW pets
ls -lRFoW changes

Below is a sample output.

Without the opaque file flag, the file poodle incorrectly appears in the pets/dog directory.
The final commands below just undo all the mounts and changes made in this example.
umount pets
umount pets
ls -lRFoW pets
ls -lRFoW changes
rmdir pets
rm -fr changes

Below is a sample output.

References
Unioning file systems: Architecture, features, and design choices
Union file systems: Implementations, part I
Wikipedia: macOS
Unionfs: document reasons for opaque directories
FreeBSD ls command
FreeBSD mount command
FreeBSD mount_unionfs command
Note: FreeBSD was executed by first downloading the virtual machine ready file named FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64.vmdk.xz. This file was used to create a VirtualBox virtual machine with a 2013 iMac as host. This file should also be compatible with VMware Fusion Player.


Pages 5.5.2: How do I remove the light gray line between two columns in a table?

OK, I figured out how to toggle gridlines. I am still unsure why the text appears differently in the table versus outside the table, despite sharing the same font and size.


Bought an unlocked 5c how to activate without SIM card

You need a SIM to activate. You can remove the SIM once this is complete. If you are really interested in WHY you will find similar questions.


MacBook Pro Boots only with a pressed key

I just found out it seems the power button is "stuck" and pressing option seems to prevent the laptop going into shutdown, as when I booted into El Capitan, a few seconds after I let the option key go, I saw the shutdown dialog for a couple of seconds... I'm going to take it to the repair warranty to recheck the keyboard topcase.

Update: The problem was with a faulty logic board power button circuit. In my case the whole board was replaced as it was still in the warranty period.


How many emails can be associated with one Apple ID FaceTime account?

As long as those email addresses are not tied up with other Apple IDs, I don't think there is a particular limit.

My FaceTime has 4 emails associated with it - none of them are linked to other Apple IDs -  but when I tried associating a 5th email that was linked to another Apple ID, it would;t let me of course.


Is there a way to remove songs in a playlist from an iOS device?

From your question it seems you are trying to remove one file from the device.

I do not believe this is possible to remove individual songs that have been cached over iTunes Match on your iOS device (at this stage). Your alternative is to turn off Match from Settings -> Music -> iTunes Match to clear off all cached items and free up space


Can I move Mobile Sync folder to another HD

You can move the folder to another drive, then use a symbolic link back to the original location, so iTunes can still find it.

A symbolic link is a bit like a shortcut or alias, that the system can use to target a file or folder in another location.
Because of the rather arcane method you'd need to employ in Terminal to generate them, I've always used a little freeware app that sets itself up as a Service in OS X, meaning you can access it through the right-click menu - SymbolicLinker

After Installing this [reboot may be required if it doesn't immediately show in the right-click menu], the procedure would be

Move your MobileSync folder to your new drive, Cmd/drag will move rather than copy.
Right-click the folder in its new location, go to Services at the bottom of the menu, then Make Symbolic Link
Cmd/drag the created link back to the original location in ~Library/Application Support/
Change its name to remove the 'symlink' at the end, so it has the original name MobilSync
Done.


Remove applications in virtual machine (via VMWare Fusion) from Open With options on Mac OS X

VMWare 3.1.2

Go to Virtual Machine > Settings > Applications > Default Applications
Uncheck the box: "Open your Mac files and web links using XX applications

Parallels 6.0

Go to Virtual Machine > Configure > Applications
Uncheck the box: "Share windows applications with Mac"


Default terminal icon accidentally deleted!

To do so would be copyright infringement; however, you could use Pacifist to extract the files from the Sierra install app.

(disclaimer: I'm the developer of Pacifist)


Content blockers are part of the Mobile Safari framework, so any third party app that uses Apple's SDK will inherit those extensions.

The current Chrome app (version 45.0.2454.89) doesn't appear to take advantage of Apple's offering. You might wait a long time for Google to cut into emir revenue stream by blocking trackers and advertising, but stranger things have happened.


How to get data from apps when upgrading to iOS 5 on an iPad 2

Do you still have your backup?

Connect your iPad, right click it in iTunes' sidebar and select restore from backup (Sometimes it helps to restore from backup twice).


Excluding /Library (sic, not ~/Library) from Time Machine

Apple and third-party applications may have a variety of subsidiary files stored in /Library.
Much of it will be in /Library/Application Support.

Third-party fonts may be in the Fonts subfolder.

But there may also be Dictionaries, Color Profiles, LaunchAgents, Privileged Helper Tools, system-wide Preferences (including network settings), printer drivers, QuickLook and Spotlight plug-ins, AppleScript Scripting Additions, Frameworks, and so much more, depending on what you've installed. Anything for which there's a named folder!

My advice is that you probably won't save much space on a backup disk by excluding /Library, and if something goes wrong, it's easier to restore one file or one folder than have to re-install a whole load of applications and the OS just to be sure.


iPad as Home Hub: Option not available under iPad settings

I know this is an old question but just saw it. You don't need a home hub to share your "home" with other users. Home hub is for automation.

I don't have a home hub and my wife and kid have access to my Apple home. In the Home app go to the top left house icon and add whomever you want to the people section.

Thanks


irritating window locations after a closed clam

I use an AppleScript tied to a keyboard shortcut that runs as an Automator service.
Something like this:

tell application "System Events"
tell application process "iTunes" -- non running procs fail silently
    try
        set position of front window to {22, 26} -- or you can call windows by name
    end try
end tell
end tell

You'll need two scripts, one for each configuration. Obviously, you'll have to enter all your windows and Apps into the code, so this is only a worthwhile effort for the stuff you commonly use.


Handbrake is a great free utility for ripping DVDs. It does require the free libdvdcss but the first time you try and rip an encrypted DVD Handbrake will prompt you to download and install it. It's pretty easy.

That will get you a movie file of your choice but not an .iso. There are apps that will do that. iMovie, iDVD, Toast, etc. will all take a movie file and burn it to a DVD or .iso


Customise Touch Bar in Microsoft Office 2016

There is not an option at this point in time.
As an office insider, I recently sent a feature  request to them. If you'd like to send a feature request, just click the :) in the top right corner and go from there.


How can I determine which paths are required?

When you login to your computer the loginwindow.app creates environment with the PATH variable set to:

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

This PATH is available to all applications that you start. When you start the Terminal.app this PATH is inherited by your shell which is started as a login shell. The PATH is then processed by the path_helper application to produce the PATH:

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

The system is designed for an application package or an administrator to add paths by creating text files with adsolute paths in the directory /private/etc/paths.d. You may find other executables located in

/private/etc
/usr/lib
/usr/libexec
/usr/local # should have the same hierarchy as /usr
/opt
/opt/local # macports package manager
/sw # fink package manager
/System
/Library

Tools may also be found in bundles and frameworks.

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS # the path to run open office headless
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources # the path to the commandline airport utility

There are no set rules and an administrator could design his/her own prefix to install software.

The goal of an administrator is to set the global path as small as possible then expand the path as needed according to a user's privileges, in their own startup files.


Automator can be used to create an application "wrapper" around a script, so that you can launch your script like any other application (and it won't spawn a superfluous Terminal window in the process).

Open Automator, and create a new application type workflow.
Add a Run Shell Script action, and enter your script into the text field.
If your script takes input (such as files), make sure the Pass input setting on the action is set appropriately (either arguments, if you use $1, $2, etc. or stdin). Otherwise you can ignore this setting.
Save the workflow to your location of choice, then drop the resulting file in the Dock.


How to arrange two windows easily to left and right side?

Original Answer (Update below):
Apple has provided this functionality as part of its OS X El Capitan. Here are the steps:

Click and hold on the green maximize button of an active window (for example, a Safari window);
When the window shrinks slightly and the background becomes highlighted, you’re about to enter Split View, while continuing to hold the green button drag the active window into either the left or right panel to place it full screen there;
As soon as you place the first window into the Split View panel, the other side of the screen turns into a mini-Expose much like Mission Control, simply click the window tile you want to open into Split View for the other side here to immediately send it side by side into Split Full Screen Mode.

The answer has been taken from osxdaily.com website's page.

Update:
Many people commented that they wish there was a shortcut for it. I figured a way to create a shortcut for that from another answer on AskDifferent which I cannot find the link to. This is how:

Open System Preferences;
Go to 'Keyboard' settings;
Go to 'Shortcuts' tab;
In the left pane, select 'App Shortcuts';

In this section you can add app specific shortcuts, as well as shortcuts that you want available for all apps.

Click on the '+' sign below right pane to add a new shortcut;
A new drop down will open. In this drop-down:

In the 'Application:' keep it for 'All Applications';
In the 'Menu Title:' type 'Tile Window to Right of Screen'. Better that you copy-paste it because it has to match letter by letter;
In the 'Keyboard Shortcut:' press the keys you want to use as shortcut for tiling an application window to the right. On my machine, I've set† it to ⎇⌘→.
Repeat the same for tiling to left by putting 'Tile Window to Left of Screen' in the 'Menu Title:' and adding your desired keys for left-tiling shortcut.

You should now have the shortcuts available for any application window that supports tiling. Now, you can press your shortcut keys to tile the first window to left or right. Then the other side will turn into a mini-Expose from which you can select the second window using your mouse.

†I have a dual monitor setup. So other than the one listed above, I have also set the shortcut to move a window to another monitor. The 'Menu Title's are:
1. "Move to Built-in Retina Display", with shortcut ⌃⎇⌘→;
2. "Move to LG UltraFine", with shortcut ⌃⎇⌘←;
To remember the shortcuts, notice that all they keys, are next to each other. All you do is use arrow keys differently. Further, moving to another monitor has an extra key in the shortcut, while putting the windows in split view is on the same monitor, therefore it has one less key.


Stop iMac from sleeping when used as an external display

Theres a very popular app called caffeine that sits an icon in your menu bar, and when you click it the app prevents your computer from sleeping either indefinitely or for a predetermined period of time.


OS X X11 applications that could be accessed from linux

Basically every X11 application installed on the target Mac can be run that way, but the default X11/XQuartz installation only includes a few of them.

pse@Mithos:~$ ls /opt/X11/bin
X@               fc-pattern*      makedepend*      xbacklight*      xfsinfo*         xmessage*
Xephyr*          fc-query*        mkfontdir*       xcalc*           xgamma*          xmh*
Xfake*           fc-scan*         mkfontscale*     xclipboard*      xgc*             xmodmap*
Xnest*           fc-validate*     oclock*          xclock*          xhost*           xmore*
Xorg*            font_cache*      quartz-wm*       xcmsdb*          xinit*           xpr*
Xquartz*         fonttosfnt*      resize*          xcompmgr*        xinput*          xprop*
Xvfb*            freetype-config* sessreg*         xconsole*        xkbbell*         xrandr*
appres*          fslsfonts*       setxkbmap*       xcursorgen*      xkbcomp*         xrdb*
atobm*           fstobdf*         showfont*        xcutsel*         xkbevd*          xrefresh*
bdftopcf*        gccmakedep*      showrgb*         xditview*        xkbprint*        xscope*
bdftruncate*     glxgears*        smproxy*         xdm*             xkbvleds*        xset*
bitmap*          glxinfo*         startx*          xdmshell*        xkbwatch*        xsetmode*
bmtoa*           gtf*             sxpm*            xdpr*            xkeystone*       xsetpointer*
cairo-sphinx*    iceauth*         test_xauth*      xdpyinfo*        xkill*           xsetroot*
cvt*             ico*             twm*             xedit*           xload*           xsm*
cxpm*            koi8rxterm*      ucs2any*         xev*             xlogo*           xstdcmap*
editres*         libpng-config@   uxterm*          xeyes*           xlsatoms*        xterm*
fc-cache*        libpng15-config* viewres*         xfd*             xlsclients*      xvinfo*
fc-cat*          listres*         x11perf*         xfindproxy*      xlsfonts*        xwd*
fc-list*         lndir*           x11perfcomp*     xfontsel*        xmag*            xwininfo*
fc-match*        luit*            xauth*           xfs*             xman*            xwud*

If you want more, you install additional packages either by compiling them yourself or by using a package manager like Homebrew.


How to save data from broken GPT, GUID and unmountable, no type volumes?

I deleted from the MAC-Disk utility window. No, I am not trying to boot into OS X or trying to mount the disk from another system. I am just trying to save my files from that partition.

Here are the screens:

diskutil list

diskutil cs list

Thanks!


In mail.app can one set the default account that is used to send mails to a specific person

You actually can set a rule to move the received message to different folders according to the sender, either your friends or your university's teach.

In terms of the automatically sending message to different receipt with different account, I can't figure it out, but there is a manual way. In the mail.app Accounts setting, leave the "User only this server" un-selected.  So that, when you compose a message, there will be a SMTP server selection drop down list allow you to manually select which SMTP server you are going to use.


Find out which app is using Bluetooth device

Sometimes your iCloud account will share Bluetooth authentications across iOS and macOS devices for easier pairing. Take for instance AirPods will automatically show up in your Mac after you've paired them with your iPhone. You used to be able to turn this off in the iCloud settings -> Documents and Data option.


Why does Disk Utility show one "Macintosh HD" as a logical drive and another that says core storage physical volume

[Edited to reflect screen shots]

Technically that is 1 Hard Drive and 4 partitions (see how they are all indented from the drive they are in).

It looks like someone enabled showing all volume types in your Disk utility so it's showing you things not normally shown in the GUI.

OS X has something like LVM so you are seeing the Logical Volume (LV) and the CoreStorage (PV) both shown as partitions in Disk Utility. LVM provides many advantages over using a regular partition none of which are assessable in the OS X GUI, but you can read more about it on that link if you are interested. In Linux disks, logical volums, etc are labeled different from eachother but on OS X a disk can be /dev/disk0 and a LV can be /dev/disk1 which can be confusing because they are different in many ways.

Normaly you can only see the partitions that don't directly contain data by  opening Terminal.app running diskutil list.

So you may want to disable that setting to put the GUI back to it's simple defaults.


Is there a simple script to duplicate files into a new folder based on a csv file?

Using Bash:

#!/bin/bash

cat /path/to/file.csv | while IFS=, read col1 col2 col3
do
    find . -path "$col1" -exec cp {} /DESIRED/DIRECTORY \;
done

IFS is the input field separator. Declare as , for .csv.
find . -path searches through your home directory recursively for names
read from col1, returning the full path.
exec executes the cp command on {}, which represents all the results find returns
the files are copied to /DESIRED/DIRECTORY and \; is required for terminating the exec command


Disk Utility for macOS Sierra: Partition a physical disk using Disk Utility

Please make sure to preform a backup prior to partitioning. Although a standard process, there's always an increased risk of corruption or failure when modifying partitions. But this shouldn't be an issue as you have been backing up regularly........right?

  Disk Utility for macOS Sierra: Partition a physical disk using Disk

  Utility

  Partitioning a storage device divides it into individual partitions,
  which are listed as separate volumes under the Devices section in the
  Finder sidebar. You may need to partition a disk if you want to
  install multiple operating systems or if you need to change the
  device’s format.

  If you’re partitioning your internal physical disk because you want to
  install Windows, use Boot Camp Assistant.

  WARNING: To prevent the loss of data on your Fusion Drive, don’t
  connect it to a Mac that’s using a version of OS X earlier than
  v10.8.5. For more information, see the Apple Support article Only
  connect OS X Mavericks Fusion drives to OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 or
  later.

  You can easily create new partitions on a device with at least one
  volume that contains data, if it has space available.

  Important: As a precaution, it’s best to back up your data before
  creating new partitions on your device.

  Add a volume to a device without erasing existing data

  Select the device in the sidebar, then click the Partition button .

  Internal storage devices appear under the Internal section in the
  sidebar. External devices appear under the External section in the
  sidebar.

  When you select a volume that already has data on it, the pie chart
  shows a shaded area representing the amount of data on the volume and
  an unshaded area representing the amount of free space available for
  another volume. Disk Utility also reports whether the volume can be
  removed or resized.

  If you see a small volume with an asterisk, the partition is smaller
  than can be represented at the correct scale in the chart.

  Click the Add button .

  Disk Utility splits the volume into two, leaving the data in one
  volume, and creating a new, empty volume. If the existing volume is
  less than half-full, Disk Utility creates two volume of equal size.
  Otherwise, it creates one volume large enough for the existing data,
  and another volume with the remaining space. Depending on the space
  available, you can create multiple volumes by selecting the new
  partition, then clicking the Add button ![enter image description
  here]3.

  Click each volume in the pie chart on the left, then enter a name for it.

  For MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT volumes, the name must be eleven characters
  or less.

  Enter the size or drag the divider to increase or decrease the size of each volume.
  For each volume, click the Format pop-up menu, then choose a format.

  Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Uses the Mac format (Journaled HFS Plus) to protect the integrity of the hierarchical file system.
  Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, requires a password, and encrypts the partition.
  Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled): Uses the Mac format and is case sensitive to file and folder names. For example, folders named
  “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders.
  Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, is case sensitive to folder names, requires a password, and
  encrypts the volume.
  MS-DOS (FAT): Use for Windows volumes that are 32 GB or less.
  ExFAT: Use for Windows volumes that are over 32 GB.

  Click Apply.

  Click Show Details to view the step-by-step process of creating a new
  volume.

  When Disk Utility is finished creating the volumes, click Done.

  After you partition a storage device, an icon for each volume appears
  in both the Disk Utility sidebar and the Finder sidebar.

  Enlarge a volume If you have multiple volumes on a device and one of
  them is running out of space, you may be able to enlarge it without
  losing any of the files on it.

  To enlarge a volume, you must delete the volume that comes after it on
  the device, then move the end point of the volume you want to enlarge
  into the freed space. You can’t enlarge the last volume on a device.

  WARNING: When you delete a volume, all data on it is erased. Be sure
  to back up your data before you begin.

  In the sidebar, select the device that contains the volume you want to enlarge, then click the Partition button ![enter image description
  here]3.
  In the pie chart on the left, select the volume you want to remove, then click the Remove button .
  Click Apply.

  The volume is removed, reformatted, and all free space is assigned to
  the previous volume.
  Click Done.

  Erase and repartition a device You can erase all volumes on a device
  and create new ones. For example, if you want to change the partition
  map of a USB, Thunderbolt, or other storage device from Master Boot
  Record to GUID Partition Map. If you simply want to erase a volume,
  see Erase a
  volume.

  WARNING: Erasing and partitioning a device destroys all data on all
  volumes of the device.

  Select the device in the sidebar you want to erase and repartition, then click the Erase
  button.

  Note: You can’t erase the device that contains your startup volume.

  Enter a name for the initial volume.
  Click the Map pop-up menu, then choose a format for the initial partition.

  For MS-DOS and ExFAT partitions, the name must be eleven characters or
  less.

  GUID Partition Map: Used for all Intel-based Mac computers.
  Master Boot Record: Used for Windows partitions that will be formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT.
  Apple Partition Map: Used for compatibility with older PowerPC-based Mac computers.

  Click Erase, then click Done.


Weather information on the notification pull-down is useless

The built-in weather information is pretty lame and has no settings associated with it. That said, you should look into other weather widgets that you can install and display instead of the iOS-supplied info:

http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/26/ios-8-weather-widgets-best/


Safari does not change focus to the web page after address bar search

I was searching for the same answer that you are looking for, and I know that this answer is not the exact solution you were looking for, but it may ease the frustration a bit until a better solution is found.
I remapped my Caps Lock key to function as the Esc key, so after I do a search from the address bar, hitting Esc is a quick and ergonomic keypress away that lets me keep my fingers on the home row.
If you're extra fancy and like to remap Caps Lock to Control, there's a solution to that as well. Using the free app called Karabiner Elements, you can remap the Caps Lock key to both Control, if held and another key is pressed, and also Esc, if pressed by itself.
If using Karabiner Elements, and you need Caps Lock functionality, you can either assign it to the Control key or, what I do, is assign it to toggle when I press both left and right shift at the same time.
I hope someone else finds a true solution or that Apple updates Safari with at least an option to change this behavior.


error "The variable var is not defined." number -2753 from "var" in a method

figured it out, a misplaced ) and concatenating the javascript to make it a variable, silly question.

on waitForId(idText)
set wait to false
set idText to "\"" & idText & "\""
repeat until wait is true
    tell application "Safari"
        set wait to (do JavaScript "document.contains(document.getElementById(" & idText & "));" in current tab of first window)
    end tell
    delay 0.2
end repeat
return true
end waitForId

tell application "Safari"
set var to false
if not (exists document 1) then reopen
tell current tab of window 1 to set URL to "https://www.google.com/?client=safari#channel=mac_bm"
tell current tab to activate
log "starting wait"
my waitForId("hplogo")

log "done waiting"
end tell


How to preview a folder of white SVG files?

Found this:

  You might want to try pressing option-space for Quicklook in full
  screen. This seems to have a black, rather than white, background. The
  drawback is that you cannot easily navigate through the files with the
  arrow keys.


There isn't a stand-alone Mac App Store updater. Your best bet is to reinstall Mac OS X 10.6.6, using the combo update. It's a 1.06 GB download, but it contains all the parts of prior updates (the 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4 and 10.6.5 updates) and should repair your current install.


What syncs when you don't have enough iCloud storage?

There isn't exactly a list, but if you look at their suggests as to what to do when it is full (https://support.apple.com/HT204247), you can see the things that are affected. Other types of data are not, such as those listed in https://support.apple.com/HT202158


Modifier keys when working remotely are broken / lazy

I've been using MBP for quite a while and researched such problems often, as I come from the Windows world, so generally I need to do some modifications to get used to it.

Recently I was curious if any alternative exist for Karabiner, but this similar thread refers also to Karabiner: https://superuser.com/a/263719/594221

Indeed, I haven't found any stable tool like this to workaround such problems.


I think what Rob is getting at and what I think might be happening is that you have some malware (virus, etc) on your Mac (yes they do exist) that could be adding things to web pages.

It could be as simple as a browser extension or plug-in with some hijacking code in it, or something more system wide.

you could try resetting Safari (from the Safari menu select Reset Safari), turning off extensions (Safari menu -> preferences -> extensions. then turn them all off) or going into private browsing mode (Safari menu -> private Browsing).

Optionally you could try another browser, Chrome or Firefox would be my choices. If they do the same thing then it may be system-wide and time for a virus checker or a visit with your favorite Mac repair shop (Apple store or local reseller) to determine what is going on.

Also some routers and some ISPs inject ads and other stuff into web pages. Try it on a different WiFi (Starbucks, etc...) and see if the issue goes away


Numbers is free from the app store, so reinstalling should not be a problem.


Yes, theoretically that's correct and there are thousands of chargers out there that will work with Apple products.  However, Apple includes specific components in their chargers to ensure their charging and communication protocols are followed.  They also have a licensing program for 3rd-party companies to manufacture and sell Apple-certified products, the MFI program.

If you are looking for charging devices not manufactured by Apple but still follow the Apple-certification process, make sure the products display the MFI certication logo (not the 'Compatible with iPhone' logo which actually means nothing).


Accidentally formatted High Sierra operating system, how to reinstall?

Try using the build in Restore.

As the computer restarts, hold down the Command (⌘) – Option (⌥) – R combination immediately upon hearing the startup chime.

Follow the instructions on the screen.


Worth saying that if iPhoto is open when Time Machine is trying to do a backup it won't back up the iPhoto Library properly as iPhoto keeps a hold on some of the library. We discovered this the hard way when one of our Mac's that was used primarily for pictures developed two hard drive faults within a couple of weeks and we lost a whole load of pictures because Time Machine had not done a complete backup.

In order to ensure that you get a complete backup from Time Machine you need to make sure all your apps are closed at least from time to time.


Why do Chromium and Chrome delete all cookies after closing the browser?

Session Cookies vs. Persistent Cookies
When creating a cookie, the code has the option of setting an expiration date & time.  If this is done, then that cookie is persisted to storage on the client's web browser (e.g. it writes it to a cookie file ... the specific name for that file will vary based on which web browser is being used.)
If a cookie is created without setting an expiration time, then that cookie is a "session" cookie.  It will not be stored in any file.  It will only be stored in the web browser's process memory and will be dropped when that process ends.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
Note there's some loose language in that Wikipedia article.  A single browser process (any browser... Chrome, Chromium, Safari, Firefox, etc.) can have multiple windows and multiple tabs per window.  Session cookies are only dropped when the browser process terminates ... not when the tab is closed.  Most browser don't lock cookies to a specific window or tab (though there have been exceptions.)  This means usually you can close a window or tab ... then re-open a new window or tab (as long as you didn't completely exit the browser) and return to a page without having to create a new session cookie.
Caveats
Cookies dealing with user sessions usually wont have an expiration time (making them "session" cookies) but the server session itself may have other attributes which track the maximum length of the session.
It is somewhat common for hosted applications to save the session creation time as well as the session idle time ... and set maximum elapsed times for those.  This varies depending on the application -- it is not based on any standard.  But the net effect is that just because your browser still has a cookie, doesn't mean a server will honor the cookie.


Catalina: Time Machine claims there is not enough space for a backup

I had a similar issue where TimeMachine was complaining about not being able to backup to a USB attached external disk. (Even though there was plenty of space for the backup).

Apparently the connection was in an unexpected error state, so I did the following and all was working afterwards:

Shutdown the Mac
Unplugged the External HD
Unplugged the USB cable
Waited 60 seconds

Then plugged them back in and restarted the Mac.

All was good again.  (Hope this works for you too.)


My iCal isn't picking up invitations from iCloud. What can I do?

How are the settings in iCal? Meaning have you added the Cloud calendar to your accounts? In iCal, under preferences, under accounts you have to make sure that your iCloud account is added on there. If it's not, try it. Go to add, select iCloud as the account type, sign in and so on and so forth. If this is already done. I'm at a lost and will need to look into it more.


Set Safari 7 dv tools console to clear on reload?

Either inline in your HTML, or in an external Javascript file.
Call the function console.clear();

Now, every time you go to reload your page, the console will be cleared.


Install Facebook Messenger on iPhone 3Gs running iOS 6.1.6

It will let you download the last compatible version if you already have the app in your purchase history. You can add the app to your purchase history using iTunes on your computer, since iTunes is version-agnostic.

Once you've downloaded the app on iTunes, it will be in your purchase history and attempting to download it again on your device should prompt you to accept an older version of the app.


Connect to my mac from my Ubuntu failed!

Looking at the output there seems to be some problem with your RSA keys. I did look up this and read a comment over at Superuser: https://superuser.com/questions/408565/i-am-getting-this-error-ssh-exchange-identification where they talk about, that you have to allow your user to log-in, inside the sshd_config file on the computer you are connecting to (in your case your OSX computer):

sudo nano /etc/sshd_config
AllowUsers yourname@*

I've never encountered this problem myself but it's worth a shot in my opinion.


Updating to macOS High Sierra Download doesn't finish

Given the context of your question, it's unclear if you re-downloaded the installer from the App Store after the first failure or if you ran the upgrade application again. Yes, your computer is supported for the High Sierra update. I have a few suggestions:

Delete the upgrade application (go to the Finder and delete it).
Re-download the upgrade application from the App Store.
Run the application again.

If the problem persists, the solution will probably involve something more drastic. If you have an available flash drive, try making a bootable flash drive installer. Restart and hold (Option) and select the bootable USB disk and hit enter. Proceed through the install process. Notify us of the result and we'll proceed from there :)

Good luck ;)


What are these ports on a 20th anniversary Mac?

Wow, that's a find!

Actually, there are more than six ports on the rear, there's also a cover you can open to reveal a whole heap of other ports (e.g. Serial ports, ADB port, etc).

However, to explain the ports in your question:

Port 3 is a SCSI port
Port 4 is a TV Tuner port
Port 5 is a FM radio port
the port on the left side you refer to is a PCI slot (Note there's actually a comm slot above this as well).

Below are some images I've taken from the Twentieth Anniversary Mac Service Source:

IMPORTANT NOTE

This model actually has a switch to select the appropriate voltage for your country (see below), so make sure you have the correct voltage selected for your location.

If your location is not listed, then select whichever is appropriate (e.g. if you're in Australia then select 230v).

[EDIT]

Finally, as per IconDaemon's comment below, you can access the service documentation directly for yourself.


New MacBook Pro 13" Red spot on the screen

Looks like the anti-glare coating on your MacBook's screen is damaged. You should take it back to the store and ask for service or the anti-glare coating replacement.


Why does my Time Machine external drive unmount overnight after upgrade to Mojave?

I did eventually find out why my drive unmounted. It was nothing to do with Mojave. The drive was breaking. I had to replace the drive, and the new one has had no problems.


What is the MD5 or SHA1 checksum of the OS X 10.8.2 update?

They never post hashes because they make silent update of their combo updates!!!

the 10.8.2 has been modified between the first release date and december : they included the 10.8.2 Supplemental Update, and of course did not notify about it on their websites...
Build number has also been updated.

Thank you Apple to make updates even more transparent compared to Microsoft!


How can I prevent Excel from opening recovered files?

You are probably dealing with an AutoRecover issue. The Office programs will try to reopen documents that are open when the programs crash (a Force Quit is essentially a crash to the programs).
This link explains what's going on and how to recover from the problem. To quote the relevant part:

AutoRecover saves files in the ~:Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office 2008 AutoRecovery folder. These files are hidden, and their file names starts with ~ar.
You can see hidden files if you navigate to the folder above in Finder, type ⌘F, and choose FIle Invisible from the Kind dropdown - if that's not an option, choose Other..., and check the  File Invisible checkbox - and set it to Invisible.

Try making the hidden files visible, then moving them to the Desktop, then start Excel. Of course, if you're using Office 2004 or Office 2011, they will have their own AutoRecovery folders.


It depends what you want.
If you simply want to block apps, websites, and have (a little) control over data use, iPhone restrictions may be all you need.
By going into Settings > General > Restrictions > Websites, you can choose which sites you’d like to block from the phone. This works over both WiFi and Cellular.
You can also disable the App Store to prevent downloading of apps, or set an age limit on the apps downloaded.
Another thing you can do is configure your Cellular Data settings then lock the pane by selecting Don’t Allow Changes in Restrictions > Cellular Data Use
The main thing that AT&T parental controls would be good for is controlling what happens on your mobile data. In iOS controls, you cannot restrict phone numbers called, though AT&T can. Also, the AT&T app allows you to restrict cellular use during certain times of the day.
In conclusion:
Choose iOS restrictions if you want control over their activities on WiFi AND Cellular. Also choose this if you want to restrict app downloads. (free)
Choose SmartLimits if you want to have more control over your children’s activities over cellular. This is not limited to data, but also includes calls and texts. ($4.99/mo one line, $9.99/mo up to ten lines)


my Apple ID is ...@mac.com -- can I use it with iCloud?

According to apple's FAQ (you can find it here:http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html)

  Can I keep my MobileMe email address once I move to iCloud? Yes. If
  you have an active MobileMe account when you sign up for iCloud, you
  can keep your me.com or mac.com email address and any email aliases
  you have created and move your MobileMe mail, contacts, and calendars,
  as well as your bookmarks, to the new service. When you're ready to
  make the move, go to www.me.com/move.

You can try to move your emails to iCloud by visiting me.com/move


Large external storage stops working after being connected for a long time

I searched around and found out that there's an option in Energy Saver: Put hard disks to sleep when possible and it's checked on my Mac. You can see the option in the screen shot below:


opening smb://user@server/share URLs no longer works

I have the same issue, it seems to be that you have to go to finder and "Command + K" to get a share to mount properly. It's driving me nuts as I have a stickie with all my server links and this new dialog shows...!


Can I mark a SD Card as permanent storage?

Yes! You can change the volume from a removable device to a fixed disk by flipping the removable bit. Lexar made an application for Windows called 'Lexar BootIt', a well known application for this task.

I found a solution involving DD, but I have not tested it and I'd severely recommend backing up your card before doing anything with DD/Terminal. I created these instructions quickly. If you aren't comfortable with Terminal, use Windows! I am not responsible if your SD card is permenantly damaged in this operation. dd is exceedingly dangerous!

Use diskutil list in a Terminal instance to list all volumes. I found my hard drive under /dev/disk1. Remember to substitute disk1 in the later commands with your own disk name.

Don't forget to unmount the disk:

hdiutil eject disk1

And now the command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk1 bs=1 count=1

Again, back up EVERYTHING before doing anything with dd!


MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) Freezes/Lags when connected to TV via HDMI

One thing you haven't tried is resetting the System Management Controller (SMC). This is something I would definitely do, especially because of the fan speeds and high heat. However, even though you've already reset the NVRAM, I would do that first again and then reset the SMC. Below are the steps I recommend for doing both resets on your model of MBP.

Reset the NVRAM

Older Macs had what's called Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs (such as yours)  use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). I would reset this again before resetting the SMC. Here’s how to:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Ensure you have nothing connected to your MBP (TV, external Keyboard, etc) - however you can keep the power cable plugged in.
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

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

After resetting both the NVRAM and SMC test to see if your MBP functions normally/better and let me know how you go.

Other factors to consider

Officially, your MBP is capable of an external resolution up to 2560 x 1600 pixels. So you will need to ensure that you're using the right settings to accommodate that.


How can I completely delete an iCloud account

From my brief searching through the Apple discussion sites, it looks as though you can't actually delete an iCloud account!

Here are some links to some posts I've read regarding this:

'How to Close an iCloud Account '
'closing my icloud account '
'How can you close an icloud account?'
'Upgraded to Yosemite, signed up for iCloud and an now want to close iCloud account. How do I do that? '

According to the answers from people with fairly high credentials for the above questions, it isn't possible.  The only option you have is to disconnect your device(s) from iCloud and just stop using it unfortunately.

The reason you provide for not using the iCloud account though is because of bombardment of emails from services you have subscribed to.  I suggest a 'block sender' use on your email client whatever that may be, or alternatively the option suggested by @patrix.  Also, most of these types of emails I have found have an 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom of their emails, so you should also probably look for that on some of these emails.

Hope this is of some help!


Issue with Hard Reset the iPAD (9.3.2) that is in Single App mode

The iPad should launch the app and stay in single-app mode when it restarts after a hard reset. That's the behavior that I get on my devices, although I can't state with certainty that the second scenario (app does not start) never happens.


Problems apps synching with iCloud and memory running out

The problem is the local storage on the phone. The middle picture showing device backups isn't a problem - you have plenty of space in the cloud.

If you can't figure out how to prune what's app - you can try their support and/or deleting the app and letting the storage stabilize over a day.

Once you know how much free space of the 16 GB is available without over half being taken by WhatsApp - you can then document that and re-download that one app.

Things won't work well until you free up a GB of space and it looks like WhatsApp is the only possible solution to your current jam.


If you have a current time machine backup, you could try restarting your MacBook in recovery mode. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314   Just a thought as I'm sure there are more experienced users who can help you. Good luck!


Keyboard shortcut for restoring applications from the Mac OS X Dock?

Command + Tab until you get the app's icon.
Before releasing the Command key, press and hold the Option key.

You must switch to another app and let it take focus first. In other words, you can't just Command + Tab to another app and before actually selecting that app (by releasing the Command and Tab keys), switch right back to your minimized app, which you might attempt to do if you minimized it by accident or just simply changed your mind shortly after minimizing.
Both the Command and left Option keys must be pressed on the same side (left or right) of the keyboard.


How to sync bookmarks across i-devices and the web?

It seems to me like you're looking for the exact kind of solution that I am... and I have yet to find anything that exactly fits the bill. Safari can sync bookmarks through iCloud, of course, but it's severely lacking in other functionality. Yojimbo is a great Mac app for managing bookmarks (among other types of data) but doesn't have any great iOS companion (they have a buggy, read-only iPad app, and also the ability to create a read-only web-based version of your library). I'm hopeful that Yojimbo 4.0 (which should be coming very soon) will improve this, but I'm certainly not holding my breath.

In the meantime, I've found some of the web-based bookmark managing solutions to be the best. Both Pinboard and Kippt work great (I've been using both for different sorts of bookmarks). Pinboard charges a sign-up fee but is fantastic & very actively being developed. The biggest difference between the two is that in Pinboard you manage bookmarks via tags (much like Delicious) whereas in Kippt you create groups/folders of bookmarks. The cool thing, though, is that both of these services are supported by a fantastic Safari extension called Cloudmarks that will let you easily search through your bookmarks or add a new bookmark to either of these services. While not exactly a native Mac app, it does make it really fast to find the bookmark you're looking for. Also, on iOS, there are several apps that sync with Pinboard and at least one that works with Kippt (hopefully more soon since they only very recently opened up their API).


You may have hardware that is on it's way to being really dead.  The temperature of a marginal chip can cause it to be functional sometimes and non-functional other times.  When you resume from sleep, try letting the computer get warm, then try to enable WiFi.  The chip may need to get warm and then work.  This is obviously not a good long term solution but, if it works, it indicates that the chip (or the connection to the board) is flakey.


Output device changed but not getting sound output

Are you sure KMPlayer is not overriding the default speaker setup? Have you tried going to Main Controls > Audio > Audio Renderer and setting your device as default?


Logitech Mouse: how can I use additional buttons?

Thanks to the previous answers, I have successfully used BetterTouchTool to map three different buttons:

Usign "Normal Mice" tab:

Button 3 (Wheel Left)
Button 4 (Wheel right)

Usign "Keyboard" tab:

cmd + D (Back), which I assigned to "Middle click".

Two buttons remain unmappable (Forward and Middle click), but it is better than nothing. Hope that it will fit to your needs.


I've lost a lot of my accessory windows from some random app install

So it turns out that these two links sent me on my way. Doing a self post in case other people can find my post by googling.

Unresponsive save dialogs in Preview

http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2012/Aug/msg00291.html

To fix this: Disable "Documents and Data" under System Preferences > iCloud and you're on your way.

This has to be the most aggravating bug I've found in a while. Ugh.


How can you assign a custom shortcut to stop a QuickTime screen recording?

You may use the default stop recording shortcut: ⌘ + Ctrl + Esc to stop recording when you finished.


Ability to see per-application sound output: Check out https://superuser.com/questions/150304/per-application-volume-settings-possible-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard

Within Chrome, you can use the Mutetab extension to see what tabs/windows are playing audio.


Does anyone know how to disable unicode text input in text fields?

Some applications and text views just don't support DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

If you create a new keylayout with Ukelele, you can for example make ⌥A insert nothing instead of å. Or you can reassign key combinations that enter dead key states (like ⌥U on the U.S. layout) so that they can be in used in DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

Keyboard layouts in ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ can't be selected in password dialogs or the login screen, but ones in /Library/Keyboard Layouts/ can.
XML keylayout files don't work with the popovers shown when holding keys, but keylayout bundles do.
To apply changes to a keylayout, you currently have to for example run sudo touch /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/ and log out and back in.
The default input sources can be removed by editing ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.*.plist.

KeyRemap4MacBook can for example change ⌥B to ⌥← in all applications except iTerm and Emacs. See this question.


Cannot connect to iTunes Store in Mac OS X Lion without any error messages

Since you haven't posted any specific troubleshooting steps taken the best course of action would be to use the help menu in iTunes and search for "cannot connect to the iTunes store".

Alternatively, you can search http://apple.com/support under iTunes and see if you can find an article that might help you narrow down the causes of this problem.


How to create a link, for multiple users, to a network share, which itself is on a network share?

Found the answer.  You must create an .afploc file.  This is similar to an .inetloc file.

The easiest way to create a .afploc file:

open Finder
Go -> Connect to Server
type the address in the Connect to Server window (e.g. afp://server.domain.com/
highlight what you just typed (afp://server.domain.com)
grab what you just highlighted and drag it to the desktop (or any folder, presumably) and release
a file named server.domain.com.afploc should be created automatically on your desktop
you can then copy that file anywhere and it will function to automatically start the Go -> Connect to Server process on any mac computer
you can also rename the file if you want, and you can edit its contents to create other .afploc files that point to other servers or paths
you can also use this same process and substitute an smb:// path.  this creates an .inetloc file which works the same way


XQuartz cannot generate any windows (even the built in terminal or xlogo)

Reinstalling macOS from the online recovery option (Command-Option-R at startup) fixed the issue. All my files, programs and settings remained as before. I've tried many things but seems like this was the way to go from the start.


Wi-Fi Network only appears after I connect to another Wi-Fi network

The first part is for testing.

You need to use the terminal and manually connect to it.

Turn On

networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

Find (you can skip this if you already know the Name)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport scan

Connect

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 WIFI_SSID_I_WANT_TO_JOIN WIFI_PASSWORD

Enter/replace your WiFi name and password in the above.

This should have connected you to your Network.

In your Network settings your home network should be in the top of the list.
Open your router settings and change the network name to test if problem with naming. While in Router setting, change the channel to #5 (usually the least crowded one) to eliminate interferences.
Finally, run WiFi diagnostics, by holding the "alt" key and clicking on the WiFi icon, then selecting the WiFi Diagnostics.


Change stored remote host names in terminal application en mass

The host names are stored in the Terminal settings .plist  in the users /Library/Preferences folder:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist

Edit the .plist

The easiest way to edit a batch of these is by editing the plist with a tool like VSCode (free) with the Binary Plist Extension or your favorite text editor with plist support.1  You can also convert the plist to XML (and back to binary) using plutil.2 This will allow you to use any text editor like TextEdit that doesn't natively support plist formats.

Important:  I suggest making a backup copy of the plist before you start editing in case you want to revert back to the original.

You can find all of your servers in the array under the PermanentServers key as shown below.  Simply go in and fix the FDQN as needed.  If the domain suffixes are all the same, a simple Find/Replace should speed through the task.

Save the file and reload Terminal.  For this example, I added the FQDN .newFQDN to each entry and restarted Terminal.  Here's the result:

Alternate Method using defaults read/write

You can get the names of the server with the defaults read command:

$ defaults read -app Terminal PermanentServers

(
    "host1.FQDN",
    "host2.FQDN",
    "host3.FQDN",
    "host4.FQDN"
)

You can set your new servers by overwriting that array with a new one as follows:

$ defaults write -app Terminal PermanentServers -array '(host1.newFQDN, host2.newFQDN, host3.newFQDN, host4.newFQDN)'

You can then reissue the defaults read command to check the results.  The upside to this is that you don't need TextWrangler and you can script it.  However, it's difficult to do a large number on the command line so, you'll want to edit it first in a text editor to make sure you have no mistakes.

1 In the first version of this answer, I originally referred to TextWrangler as it was a tool I originally used to view/edit plist files.  However, I've been transitioning to VSCode as it's cross platform - macOS, Windows, and even FreeBSD, I discovered a plist plugin that allowed me to finally get rid of TextWrangler, not that it's "bad" in any way; I'm just trying to streamline my dev tools.

2 To convert a binary plist to XML for editing, issue the command plutil -convert xml1 foobar.plist.  Once you're finished editing, save it then convert it back to binary with the command plutil -convert binary1 foobar.plist


Is There A Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac OS X?

GIMP is widely recognised as a quality free alternative to Photoshop in many regards.

...but it's not considered to be particularly successful in it's approach to embracing Mac OS X application design ;)

If you want something that isn't necessarily free but is at least inexpensive, then there are a number of other programs including Acorn and Pixelmator available in the Mac App Store.  You could always try the cut down Photoshop Elements.

For a good roundup, see this wonderful blog post from the Ask Different Community Blog for more info:

GIMP vs Photoshop vs Pixelmator – Graphics Editor Shootout


Windows (10) on 3rd Partition of MacBook Pro

Here are the two issues you are facing:

Issue #1:

Disk utility shows you only two partitions, but in reality you have four; an EFI partition, and the OS X recovery partition are both hidden. Since Windows XP and Vista didn't support EFI in those days, Apple had to emulate a legacy BIOS to support Windows on that model. A legacy PC BIOS only supports MBR partitions, and MBR disks only have four entries in the partition table. Bootcamp can't create another partition that Windows would be able to see.

Issue #2:

Microsoft didn't officially support installing Windows from USB until Windows 8 came out in 2012. It was totally possible (and even easy) before that, but since Microsoft didn't support it, Apple didn't support it either. After Apple ditched the optical drives in their computers, USB was the only other way to get Windows on there, so finally Apple started supporting it. But they didn't backport the fix to earlier models so you're stuck with installing from DVD.

So here are your options:

You can sacrifice that 2nd partition you have and then Boot Camp will work normally.
You can delete the recovery partition. There are guides online on how to do this. It involves the command line. Also you have to flatten your CoreStorage volumes. Apple definitely doesn't support this but OS X works fine without it as long as you do it correctly.
You can find an older version of the Win10 ISO. The version you likely have is the Anniversary Update (build 1607). If you can find a 1507 or 1511 build, those will fit on a standard DVD. Once installed, you'll be upgraded to 1607 via Windows Update.

One more thing...

There are also guides out there on installing Windows in UEFI mode on a Mac. Don't do this. Your model doesn't support that and it's more trouble that it's worth. You'll run into video and audio issues (if you have dual GPUs).

Hope this helps!


How to load website from macOS as if using iOS for this particular website in safari?

I assume you have Google Chrome installed? Open the link in Google Chrome and click "enable flash." A "pop up blocked" message will appear at the right of the search box. Click on it and enable the website to use Shockwave Flash.

You do not need to have installed Adobe Flash using the Adobe Flash installer on your Mac for this to work.


Is it required to use XCode v5 to host an IOS Mobile App in itunesconnect.com?

Yes. On January, Apple, sent and email to the Developers stating that:

  Starting February 1, new apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 5 and iOS 7 SDK.

This can be found, too, in the iOS7 developer's page, were it's added:

  Use Xcode 5 with iOS 7 SDK to compile, validate, and submit release versions of your iOS 7 apps to iTunes Connect.


Unable to update or download apps on iPhone 6 - process hangs

It seems you're in a tight spot and have a pretty tight knot tied up with some really solid thinking.

Let's unravel things a bit. Get out a piece of paper and start writing times and limiting things you change to one at a time.

Put the phone in airplane mode and power it off. (note what you did and the time)
Power it on while disconnected and go delete all the apps that are stuck that you can afford to lose and re-download. (keep writing times and actions :-)
Check your storage usage and make sure each app gives you a number. If you can't get the usage numbers to paint while in AirPlane mode, start deleting things that take a lot of space. Movies, songs you can re-download until the device is working.
If you can't get it to a sane place in AirPlane mode, consider a call to AppleCare or just getting a backup to iTunes and wiping the device.

If you can resolve the transitory apps and get things working, go ahead and re-connect to the network and see if you can let the rest of the apps download. If so, proceed:

Turn off all background refresh in settings > general
Turn off Handoff (same place - higher up)
Set the time wrong - about 4 minutes in the past
Enable automatic time setting and verify that it returns to the correct time
Reset network settings (which will clear up several things and perform a minimal restart)
Pick one app that's small. Clicker is a good one Try downloading it.
If that fails, sign out of the App Store and power off the phone
Start the phone and try to download Clicker again.

If that fails, Apple support might be needed to assist. You could try changing your network (use LTE or cellular data if you're on WiFi now) or change WiFi to another location. The good thing about your notes is you will have some very specific times and steps and can start to notice patterns and perhaps ask a follow on question if needed.


How can I get Network drive shortcuts added to the Finder sidebar in Mountain Lion?

This is a bug in Mountain Lion for which there seems to be no fix as yet. If you eject the network folder then re-connect it will appear in the sidebar but next time you login it will be gone.


2016 MacBook Pro shutdowns when the lid is close with cause 0

Possible hardware issues aside, check what is your setting on what the computer wants to do when you close the lid and the behaviour afterwards. You can see the settings with the:

pmset -g

Look for the hibernatemode, autopoweroffdelay and standbydelay settings.

See a blog post describing the pmset settings here

On the hardware problems side I've read reports that a faulty charger might cause the MacBook to shutdown. As you report that the problem does not occur when on battery life, this may be the culprit and I'd suggest you try a different charger.

Is the time you mention "for a while" three hours or more? Then the problem occurs when your MacBook tries to enter the standby (see standbydelay setting above).


Change default alert sound from terminal in Mac OSX

It looks like for macOS Sierra you simply need to change the Alert Sound under the Sound System Preferences (System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects).


Will upgrading Mac Mini hard drive void AppleCare Warranty?

Apple's warranty (AppleCare) is specific about what components are user replaceable/serviceable. The hard drive on an older MacBook for instance is user replaceable, AppleCare used to have the option to send you a replacement hard drive along with a disposable ESD wriststrap for you to install it yourself.

The difference though is the hard drive in the MacBook was almost as easy to access as the RAM in the Mac mini. The Mac mini's hard drive is a different story. In order to access it you have to expose the logic board which increases the chance of damage from ESD if proper precautions aren't taken. Because of this the only user replaceable part in the new minis is the RAM, since the logic board is still pretty well protected when only removing the RAM.

The Magnusson Moss act essentially says they can't deny warranty unless they can prove damage. It wouldn't be hard for Apple to say "The upgrade situation you described to us implies that there was a high risk for ESD damage, which has likely caused such and such issue".

The flip side though is that if an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) installs a third party hard drive your AppleCare will remain intact because the AASP has proved to Apple that its technicians follow all safety rules and procedures when working on Macs, essentially the same reason Apple allows them to perform warranty work. Apple would then not be involved in the hard drive's warranty (though most HDDs have 3-5 year warranties of their own) but the remaining components would still be recognized as "in warranty" by Apple. The most you would need to do is provide a receipt for the service you had done at an AASP.

source: I was "that guy" at the Genius Bar for several years who had to turn people away from warranty coverage for unauthorized upgrades & repairs.  As soon as your Mac goes out of warranty I definitely encourage a DIY attitude, however I would try to heed the above advice while it's under AppleCare.


Can I decrypt a dm-crypt filesystem on OS X?

You may try OSXCrypt which is a kernel extension and a command line utility that allows the creation, manipulation and attaching of a TrueCrypt-compatible volumes.

See also ext4fuse or fuse4x (via brew).

Or try to install a tiny linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu) in a virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox) and then install/configure cryptsetup.

I don't know if hdiutil can handle it, but here is an example:

sudo hdiutil attach -stdinpass -encryption AES-256 /dev/disk1s1

To check how your hardrive is encrypted, try the following command:

sudo cat /dev/disk1s1 | strings -3 | head

See also:

Password Cracking AES-256 DMGs and Epic Self-Pwnage


Why Mac and iPhone sent message are separated?

You can send messages from different phone numbers and email addresses linked to your Apple ID. You can check those under:

(on iOS) Settings.app -> Messages -> Send & Receive
(on macOS) Messages.app -> "⌘," (Preferences) -> iMessage tab

If you are sending from different addresses and the receiver does not have both addresses saved in the same contact they will definitely show up as separate conversations.


The time on my Mac is 5 minutes ahead of the actual time

If neither the ntp pool nor time.apple.com are suitbable or reachable from the network you use, you may have to resort to setting your clock manually. Once you are within 15 seconds of time, do try the command line option again and setting it automatic.

Also, when you can try a different network or VPN to a server in a different geo that might help get around network issues local to you.

From this question on Ask Ubuntu, it's pretty likely your ISP is blocking port 123 which ntp needs to work.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/429306/ntpdate-no-server-suitable-for-synchronization-found

You can get a good server date from curl as well:

curl -I http://www.apple.com 2>/dev/null | grep ^Date:

If you wanted to parse that and set the date, that would be an easy fix for a one time correction or an alias you might run periodically at the command line. To debug things properly, here is the command I would use:

ntpdate -vd time.apple.com

It will show you the packets being sent and received and then a detailed explanation of how the time is changed like this:

$ ntpdate -vd time.apple.com
21 Feb 13:12:49 ntpdate[17139]: ntpdate 4.2.6@1.2089-o Fri May 28 01:20:57 UTC 2010 (1)
Looking for host time.apple.com and service ntp
host found : jptyo5-ntp-002.aaplimg.com
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stratum 1, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
refid [GPSs], delay 0.19341, dispersion 0.00044
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server 17.253.84.253, port 123
stratum 1, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
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server 17.253.14.253, port 123
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reference time:    da748aaa.d5225db1  Sun, Feb 21 2016 13:12:42.832
originate timestamp: da748ab2.af170bf9  Sun, Feb 21 2016 13:12:50.683
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offset 0.004527

server 17.253.54.251, port 123
stratum 1, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
refid [GPSs], delay 0.14940, dispersion 0.00041
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    da748aac.bdf434ff  Sun, Feb 21 2016 13:12:44.742
originate timestamp: da748ab3.2c5f6146  Sun, Feb 21 2016 13:12:51.173
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server 17.253.38.253, port 123
stratum 1, precision -22, leap 00, trust 000
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server 17.253.12.253, port 123
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server 17.253.4.253, port 123
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server 17.253.6.253, port 123
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server 17.253.2.253, port 123
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server 17.253.52.253, port 123
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server 17.253.26.253, port 123
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21 Feb 13:12:52 ntpdate[17139]: adjust time server 17.253.24.253 offset 0.004368 sec


Macbook Air 2017 unable to connect to wifi networks with different country codes

It is simply not true that the MacBook Air is unable to connect to WiFi networks of a different country code. So - no reason can be given.

Your observations have lead you to believe that the above mentioned is true, but something else is really at play. One of the things that "sounds odd" in your description is that you say that "GB" doesn't work, but "NL" works perfectly fine. The definition of what GB and NL allows in terms of WiFi is exactly the same - so there's no difference of having a GB or NL country code when connecting to a WiFi network.

I think you instead have some sort of configuration issue with your Mac. You can try fixing this by opening System Preferences, then click Network and click the "Location" drop-down and choose "Edit Locations". Now add a new location, and setup your WiFi from scratch with that location.

Try using that Location and see if that solves your WiFi issues.


Change keyboard shortcut for {} and [] in German keyboard layout

Try Ukulele. It's a keyboard layout editor for Mac OS X.


show or copy password instead of dots in application

Yes, of course. Try finding your "Keychain"-program,which is in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder.
After entering you admin pass, you can view all the passwords stored by your Mac. WiFi passwords, website-logins,...


Instead of selecting the Reinstall option select the Disk Utility option at the bottom.

This will run Disk Utility and allow you to perform all of its usual functions, such as repairing your disk and formatting it.

Reading between the lines it's most likely you'll need to format the drive to make it available for the macOS installer. Once you've done this you can quit Disk Utility and you'll be returned to the previous menu to select the Reinstall option again.


I found that with pdf’s similarly created in Word I can open one pdf in Preview and simply « drag and drop » a second pdf (using its icon directly from its folder or desktop) into the pdf already open then save. This works well with the thumbnail view or « page sorter » visible on the left hand side of preview...

This also has the advantage of not needing a third party download as Preview is natively supplied so if you are in a controlled environment (Work or Uni) and are not allowed to install other software...


Is it possible to uninstall Xcode, keep the CLI tools and have a working Homebrew installation running on macOS Mojave?

You don't need to have Xcode installed on your system to install Command Line Tools. Command Line Tools can be installed independently from Xcode.

For your scenario, to remove Xcode, take either one of the two approaches depending on how you installed it in first place:

If you have installed Xcode via Mac App Store, simply open Launchpad, press and hold the Alt key, and click on the cross button shown towards top left of the Xcode app icon.

This will uninstall Xcode completely.

If you have installed Xcode via copying from a DMG, simply trash the Xcode.app bundle.

Once you have uninstalled Xcode, you can independently install only the Command Line Tools by running the following in Terminal:

xcode-select --install

You don't need to have an Apple Developer account for doing so, neither will you need to download anything directly from Apple Developer website.


How to turn on spell checking in iOS 8.4

Try to turn on " Auto Correction " and close settings then go to settings you'll find the option now. Turn on the check spelling then turn off Auto Correction.


It's a normal part of OS X.

The name isn't very searchable, but you could copy the bundle identifier from the Info.plist. logger.c was the first result for com.apple.SystemConfiguration.Logger site:apple.com.


Apple Wallpaper gone in recent versions of iOS?

Yes. Nearly every iOS update phases out some of the wallpapers and introduces new ones. They typically phase out the oldest wallpapers while adding new ones into the mix. Many of the earlier iOS versions introduced and phased out fewer images, but the last few have introduced more, and subsequently removed more.

The dynamic wallpapers have stayed the same since they were introduced in iOS 7.