Terminal won't ask for passphrase and not stored in keychain

Your passphrase isn't being stored anywhere, but your decrypted private key is stored (in memory) by a process called ssh-agent (man page). This process, which OS X starts when it boots up, stores and manages private keys so they never have to be exposed to other processes that use SSH connections.

When you enter in your password, your computer decrypts your private key and ssh-agent gets a copy to hold on to until it is killed (e.g. on shutdown) or the key is manually removed using ssh-add (man page):

ssh-add -l lists all currently held keys
ssh-add -D forces ssh-agent to forget all currently held keys
ssh-add ~/.ssh/newkey_rsa adds the private key ~/.ssh/newkey_rsa to ssh-agent.
ssh-add -t 3600 ~/.ssh/newkey_rsa adds a new private key with an expiry time, so ssh-agent will only remember newkey_rsa for (say) 3600 seconds.

It may satisfy your concerns to know that your passphrase isn't stored anywhere. But if you really want your computer to prompt you for your passphrase every time, you could use ssh-add to make ssh-agent forget your key and then re-add it with a short expiry time.

Keep in mind that other solutions — like requiring a password to unlock your workstation when you're away from your desk — may also address your underlying security needs.


Open your terminal an paste de following command:

echo "export PATH=/usr/local/gnupg-2.1/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile

This will create the file .bash_profile if does not exists and append your command at the end if the file exists.

To create a hidden file you just need to prepend a dot (.) in the file name when you save it (profile -> .profile). That's all you need.


Application Exposé with fullscreen window?

It isn't available in full screen because a full screen app has its own space therefore there can't be any app "behind" it i.e. no need for Application Expose'


Deleting files from Mobile Documents will delete them from iCloud if you are currently signed in to iCloud and the Documents & Data service is active.

If you are not currently signed in, you can delete the files to reclaim local space but this will not delete the files from iCloud.


How can I open a Finder window in Desktop without switching to another one?

You have several different options:

Create Finder Window with a Shortcut

  While this doesn't solve your problem with the dock, using a keyboard shortcut can be much faster and can help in your workflow.

Activate Finder by clicking the desktop background
(If the desktop is cluttered with windows, pinch out to clean it up and then click)
Use the New Finder Window shortcut: ⌘ + N

Disable Spaces Auto-Switching

Uncheck the Missions Control preferences checkbox to switch to a space with open windows for an application:

On a side note, this does not effect the Finder if you have the Assign to all Desktops option selected. Link Here


Today panel is white/disabled and unusable since upgrading to Sierra

The problem has resolved itself. Apparently the solution is to wait.


Can't browse internet from browser after connecting to VPN. Skype still works

I would recommend you to change your DNS of the connected network to the internet for the following Google's IP.

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

If this didn't help, then I guess it is also due to your office IT policy.


How to repair damaged hybrid partition table from Windows?

The usual request is for the OP to post the output from the commands gpt -r show /dev/disk0 and fdisk /dev/disk0. You can enter these commands while booted to macOS Recovery. Normally, you boot to macOS Recovery by turning on your Mac and immediately pressing and holding Command (⌘)-R key combination. Continue holding until you see the Apple logo. Startup is complete when you see an utilities window similar to what is shown below.

Once boot to macOS Recovery, you can select to open a Terminal window from the menu bar.

If you can not boot to macOS Recovery and can boot Windows, then you can download and use GPT fdisk to print the contents of the GPT and MBR partition tables. After downloading and extracting, you will need to enter the command gdisk64 \\.\PhysicalDrive0 from an "Administrator: Command Prompt" window. To print the tables, enter the following when prompted by gdisk64.

r
p
o
q

After posting the content of these tables to your question, I would hopefully be able to advise on the next step.

Update:

Here are instructions for using gdisk under Windows to fix the MBR partition table.

Start by entering the command gdisk64 \\.\PhysicalDrive0 in an "Administrator: Command Prompt" window. Here, I assume the current directory in the window contains the gdisk64.exe file downloaded from gptfdisk at SourceForge.

Below are the commands to enter in to gdisk.

R
H
2 7
Y
AF
N
07
Y
N
W
Y

Below is sample output. Note: Your output might vary slightly from what is shown below.

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.4

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

Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): R

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): H

WARNING! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide not to use one,
just hit the Enter key at the below prompt and your MBR partition table will
be untouched.

Type from one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be
added to the hybrid MBR, in sequence: 2 7
Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): Y

Creating entry for GPT partition #2 (MBR partition #2)
Enter an MBR hex code (default AF): AF
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N

Creating entry for GPT partition #7 (MBR partition #3)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): 07
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): Y

Unused partition space(s) found. Use one to protect more partitions? (Y/N): N

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): W

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

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

  Note: If you get macOS to boot, but Windows fails to boot, then you will need to rebuild your Windows BCD file.


How to get my external and internal drives to show up on the desktop

In Terminal, run the following compound command:
defaults delete com.apple.finder; killall -HUP Finder

Then go to Finder > Preferences… > General and under Show these items on the desktop, check Hard disks and check External disks.


Is Windows 10 32 bit good for iMac 4,1 running Bootcamp?

The latest supported Windows version for that machine is Windows 7, 32-bit.

There will be no drivers available for Windows 10.

Ref: Everymac


If by dock, you mean a 30 pin dock connector, Yes Sure why not. It can be used with any other iPod , iPhone or iPads


Here is the Wikipedia article on the EFI system partition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_System_partition

It says, in part,

  The EFI System partition is a partition on a data storage device that is used by machines that adhere to the Extensible Firmware Interface. It contains the boot loader programs for all operating systems installed (in other partitions) on the device, device driver files (used by the firmware at boot time) for other devices, and system utility programs that are intended to be run before an operating system is booted.

  On Apple–Intel architecture Macintosh computers, the EFI partition is initially blank and not used for booting. However, the EFI partition is used as a staging area for firmware updates;


Recording iPhone screen (iOS 11.4) using QuickTime on macOS 10.13.4

The option you are looking for is New Movie Recording.

To record iPhone screen:

Select New Movie Recording.
Click on the dropdown besides the red circular record button.
Select iPhone under Camera (and Microphone if required).
Hit the record button.
Voila! you are recording your iPhone's screen now!
Once done, hit stop and save the recording at the desired location on your Mac. Note that the recording is saved on disk on Mac and not in the iPhone.


Mac needs to repair library after changing location of home directory

NOTE: I got this same error after upgrading from El Capitan (10.11) to Sierra (10.12), so hopefully this will work for your issue.

Steps I took to resolve this:

Open Terminal and copy the following: "defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES" (do not sudo) and hit return. Then type "killall Finder" and hit return.
Using Finder, select Go > Computer > Macintosh HD > Users > User Folder > User Library. Right click and select Get Info > Permissions
In info Library window, unlock to make changes and ensure there are no other users except User and Everyone. Toggle “Read & Write” to “Read” and back to “Read & Write”. Select the gear icon to apply to enclosed items.
Close all credential prompt dialogs by hitting Cancel until the prompts stop. Reboot your system and the issue should be resolved.


I figured out what was missing. Running kr codesign in terminal gives instructions to add a GPG to GitHub for code signing.
Solution for the SAM prompt: https://github.com/kryptco/kr/issues/307

I believe you might be missing the IdentityAgent setting?
  IdentityAgent ~/.kr/krd-agent.sock


Deleting all but the most recent Time Machine backup

Assuming OSX 10.8 or later, you could use a combination of find and tmutil

tmutil delete <path> will remove the snapshot at <path>

while

find /path/to/backups/ -maxdepth 1
will list all of your backup snapshots.  The last one ( Latest ) is a link to the latest one.  You can be a little creative and use find /path/to/backups -name 2\* -maxdepth 1 to list only the "real" directories (all the dates which start with 2014, etc).  And, finally, (thanks to this link) you can get a list of all but the last snapshot:

find /path/to/backups -name 2\* -maxdepth 1 | sed \$d


Can I capture photos in Raw mode on iPhone 6 without have to pay for a 3rd party app?

The built-in camera app in iOS doesn't support capturing RAW photos. You'll have to rely on a 3rd party app.

Since you are not looking for a paid app, you can download VSCO a free app that supports capturing photos in RAW mode.

OTOH, on the paid front, Halide Camera is a highly regarded app by photography enthusiasts and power users alike.

Note: No affiliation whatsoever. The answer is based on personal experience and ratings on the App Store.


Is it possible to block a specific IP from attempting to connect to screen sharing?

If it really is just that one address and no (or few) others and you really don't know a Davide Farci of Verona (that IP address is part of a small subnet assigned to him, small enough to be a personal network or very small office and we'll get back to that shortly) then you can jump through the hoops of setting up a real firewall (e.g. IPTables), either on that system or on your router (the latter is better as it can then take care of other threats).  If that's too much trouble or you really want to do it on that workstation, then I suggest Little Snitch, which can filter both inbound and outbound connections, report on them and, of course, block them (Double Click hasn't managed any traffic to or from this system since I first installed it).  A lot of people use it to stop annoying programs that like to "phone home" and report on them.

Anyway, it's very configurable, very effective and very intuitive.  Recommended for users of all skill levels.

Now, back to Davide Farci.  It may be that he is launching an attack on your system.  That is certainly possible.  However, it is more likely, without knowing any particulars of your situation, that he is just an ordinary gentleman of Verona whose own system has been compromised.  Either way, you should collect those logs and forward them to the security and/or support department of his upstream network provider (send them to abuse@fastweb.it) and they will educate their customer (either by getting him to fix it or booting him off the network, whichever is most appropriate and probably the former).

By the way, all this information is sourced from a whois check on the IP address in your question.  Leaving out most of the RIPE related stuff (RIPE is the European equivalent of ARIN in America and APNIC in Asia and Oceania), there is still this information:

% Information related to '89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135'

% Abuse contact for '89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135' is 'abuse@fastweb.it'

inetnum:        89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135
netname:        FASTWEB-EGLOBALSERVICE_SPA
descr:          EGLOBALSERVICE SPA public subnet
country:        IT
admin-c:        DF3120-RIPE
tech-c:         IRSN1-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
remarks:        In case of improper use originating from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         DAVIDE FARCI
address:        CORSO MILANO, 55
address:        VERONA
address:        IT
phone:          +39 0458104705
fax-no:         +39 045577012
nic-hdl:        DF3120-RIPE
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         IP Registration Service NIS
address:        Via Caracciolo, 51
address:        20155 Milano MI
address:        Italy
phone:          +39 02 45451
fax-no:         +39 02 45451
nic-hdl:        IRSN1-RIPE
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
remarks:
remarks:        In case of improper use originating
remarks:        from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
remarks:
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '89.96.0.0/16AS12874'

route:          89.96.0.0/16
descr:          Fastweb Networks block
origin:         AS12874
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered
remarks:
remarks:        In case of improper use originating from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
remarks:

% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.75 (DB-4)

Since there is no email address for Davide Farci, the abuse@fastweb.it address is the one to contact.  Try to resist the temptation that I succumbed to, though, and don't make any obvious references to Shakespeare in your report.  ;)


How can I take a screenshot from all monitors with screencapture or other tools?

It's poorly documented, but it is indeed possible with the screencapture command.

screencapture ~/Desktop/screen1.png ~/Desktop/screen2.png [...]

Here's the relevant section from man screencapture:

 files   where to save the screen capture, 1 file per screen

Of course, if you're calling it programmatically, you might not know how many monitors there are, so you'll have to parse the output of system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist to determine how many filename arguments to pass to screencapture. For example:

$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep "Online: Yes" | wc -l
       2

References

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=695603


How do I fully relocate my user's home directory to another disk?

You could also go System Preferences > Users & Group, right click on your username, click Advanced Options, and set the path of your Home directory. I also feel it's a more "robust" solution, because it's "endorsed" by Apple.


uBar is a Windows-style taskbar for OS X that I developed. Be sure to set Window Grouping to Never in the preferences, and it will exactly replicate the behaviour you are looking for.


Change Ctrl+Arrow and Ctrl+Shift+Arrow to jump/jump+select a single word rather than the whole line?

Create ~/Library/KeyBindings/ and save a property list like this as DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

{
  "^\UF702" = moveWordLeft:;
  "^\UF703" = moveWordRight:;
  "^$\UF702" = moveWordLeftAndModifySelection:;
  "^$\UF703" = moveWordRightAndModifySelection:;
}

Then quit and reopen applications to apply the changes.

See http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/site/cocoa-text.html or http://lri.me/keybindings.html for more information.


Attaching external display to MacBook Pro through VGA → DVI → Thunderbolt

It's not possible because the Mini-Displayport ("Thunderbolt") to DVI adapter outputs a DVI-D (digital-only) signal, while DVI to VGA adapters work by taking the analog signal out of DVI-I (digital+analog).

You'll need a Mini-Displayport to VGA adapter.


How do I prevent other wifi networks from showing up on my computer?

You can’t really prevent other networks from announcing themselves so until and unless Apple adds a filter, you can just join the networks you care about and save them in the keychain and try to avoid looking at the list.

The filter would be a check mark or other item to only show “trusted” networks so you can choose amongst them and not all of the networks.

To learn more why these are showing - go grab the lite version of WiFi Explorer - https://www.adriangranados.com/ - I use the paid versions for work, but most of what you need to understand how far from these devices you’d need to move to not see their advertisements is in the free version (or using the airport command line interface)

What OS X signal strength test apps exist to measure Wi-Fi networking?


detaching a chrome tab on catalina causes a jump to a different workspace

Actually, I do get "teleported" with my tab, but that is also super annoying. Ordinarily I want the tab on the same desktop, that's why it was in that browser window in the first place.


How can I back up a complete IMAP account?

You can do it with offlineimap. I'm using it for my GMail and Fastmail accounts.

Install Homebrew (you must also install Xcode). With Homebrew, brew install offline-imap.

Create ~/.offlineimaprc config file:

[general]
ui = ttyui
accounts = fastmail
maxsyncaccounts = 4
socktimeout = 60

[Account fastmail]
localrepository = fastmail-local
remoterepository = fastmail-remote

[Repository fastmail-local]
type = Maildir
localfolders = ~/Mail/Fastmail

[Repository fastmail-remote]
type = IMAP
remotehost = mail.messagingengine.com
remoteuser = username
remotepass = password

expunge = no
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['INBOX.Trash']

A big advantage of offlineimap is that it creates the folders you have on your IMAP server.

I'm reading my backup with mutt.


Why is Automator not working with Spotlight Search?

What happens if you try in terminal.app (change /Search/Directory/ to yours):

mdfind -onlyin /Search/Directory/ kMDItemFSName == "\"NUCLEUS SOUNDLAB Pantheon III.rfl\""

Or in applescript editor.

    set searchPath to "/Search/Directory/"

    set this_item to "/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/NUCLEUS SOUNDLAB Pantheon III.rfl"

    set theFileName to "\\\"" & (do shell script "basename " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (this_item))) & "\\\"" as string

--set theFileName to quoted form of (do shell script "basename " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (this_item))) as string

  set theOrigFilePath to paragraphs of (do shell script "mdfind -onlyin " & searchPath & " kMDItemFSName == \"" & theFileName & "\"")


Why "which" command does not give you the correct path?

which is an external program, which tries to determine how your shell will resolve a command from the existing $PATH, but it is possible for it to get it wrong.

If you're using bash as your shell, use the bash built-in command "type" to have the shell itself tell you how it will resolve that command:

$ which mvn
/usr/bin/mvn
$ type mvn
mvn is /usr/bin/mvn
$ type type
type is a shell builtin
$ type which
which is hashed (/usr/bin/which)

You can see here that in my environment that /usr/bin/which and the shell built-in type agree. In yours it seems they don't, though I am curious why they don't. Perhaps you have PATH changes that were not exported? Try "export PATH" and then "which mvn" again.


10.11: Good Samaritan message not showing on Filevault2 unlock screen

I fixed it myself by updating my user picture under System Preferences => Users & Groups after setting the Lock Message. Now it appears again on FileVault2 Screen


How to decrease .pdf size without losing quality

The problem is - the default filter used during conversion has very low conversion settings.

Thankfully, a custom filter can be added.

Adding custom filter step by step

Create new directory (if you don't have it) - /Library/Filters
Add there new filter file with unique filter - f.e. Reduce Size with good quality.qfilter
The file should contain XML with new filter - you can base on the /System/Library/Filters/Reduce File Size.qfilter file or use my below example. Change compression setting, image size and add unique display name for your filter.

Filter file structure/example

I marked key settings by comments.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Domains</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Applications</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Printing</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
    <key>FilterData</key>
    <dict>
        <key>ColorSettings</key>
        <dict>
            <key>DocumentColorSettings</key>
            <dict>
                <key>CustomLHSCorrection</key>
                <array>
                    <integer>8</integer>
                    <integer>8</integer>
                    <integer>8</integer>
                </array>
            </dict>
            <key>ImageSettings</key>
            <dict>
                <key>Compression Quality</key>
    <!-- ====== Set your custom quality <0,1> ======= -->
                <real>0.75</real>
                <key>ImageCompression</key>
                <string>ImageJPEGCompress</string>
                <key>ImageScaleSettings</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>ImageScaleFactor</key>
    <!-- ====== Set your scale factor <0,1> ======= -->
                    <real>0.75</real>
                    <key>ImageScaleInterpolate</key>
                    <true/>
    <!-- ====== Set what sizes your images can reach ======= -->
                    <key>ImageSizeMax</key>
                    <integer>1684</integer>
                    <key>ImageSizeMin</key>
                    <integer>1200</integer>
                </dict>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>FilterType</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>Name</key>
<!-- ====== Set unique display name for your filter ======= -->
    <string>Reduce Size Good Quality</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Result

Select your new filter when exporting file.

Helpful articles:

https://www.macworld.com/article/1168311/software/shrink-preview-files-without-ruining-image-quality.html


Can applications purchased through the App Store be used after deauthorization?

The Mac App Store does not currently have the concept of an "authorized" or "deauthorized" computer. If you download an app legitimately from the Mac App Store, it is DRM free (at least with regard to execution), and completely functional on your computer.

The immediate answer to your question is actually that you cannot deauthorize your computer in the Mac App Store :).


Replacing Yosemite RED/ORANGE/GREEN window buttons with standard Mac OS X icons?

There are some applications that allow you to change the theme in OS X.

However they might need a little time to be updated for the new UI in Yosemite.

For example Flavours which is being updated but isn't quite ready yet.


How can I free up space to reinstall macOS (Catalina)?

Ok, so I found this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201573

Single-user mode

Turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery.
Select Disk Utility from the Utilities window, then click Continue.
From the Disk Utility sidebar, select the volume that you're using, then choose File > Mount from the menu bar. (If the volume is already mounted, this option is dimmed.) Then enter your administrator password when prompted.
Quit Disk Utility.
Choose Terminal from the Utilities menu in the menu bar.
You can now enter UNIX commands. When done, choose Apple () menu > Restart.

The key is step number 4 & 5, which allowed me to launch a terminal window while the correct volumes were mounted. I am currently re-installing macOS.


Is there a way to force a remote refresh via the iOS Remote Web Inspector?

OK, figured it out, it's a bit kludgy, but works.

In the javascript console (the single line at the bottom of the web inspector) - type this:

document.location.reload();

This forces a page reload on the remote device.


How to fix broken partition process - lost space

Get a disk utility like drive genius or disk warrior.  Don't use that drive AT ALL until you do, any screwups where the OS will write to the drive could destroy your data.  Unless I am misreading something here.
If no data is present just use disk utility to repartition one large volume, if it fails your drive is probably fubar'd.


Moving photos from MacBook download folder to desktop and Photos

Select all photos you want to move (in downloads folder in Finder), go to Edit menu-> cut. Go to desktop and in Finder, Edit menu-> paste.

For photos, Go to File -> import -> navigate to downloads and select using command-click or shift- click and hit review for import. Then finalise.


Can a MacBook Air support 2560x1600 output via HDMI using a Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt to HMDI adaptor?

I own a 2013 MacBook Air.  This is equipped with a Thunderbolt 1 port :

Mini-DisplayPort -> HDMI adapter (1920x1200 max.)

Mini-DisplayPort -> DisplayPort adapter (upto 2560x1600 max.)

I've used both and am now driving daily on my MBA 13" with a monitor running at 2560x1440.


Gray Bar in fullscreen mode multidisplay

There's a solution that I've found which should solve this issue with any application that you encounter this with.

Download the free application Nocturne
Install, launch, and click the icon in the menubar
Select Preferences > then check Dim when inactive
Adjust the slider all the way down when desired
Enjoy! :)

  I've been using this application for ages, and without a doubt it's
  one of my favorites.


Why do iTunes and iPhone not show the same space used?

I had significantly more free memory displayed on the iPhone, while iTunes considered the phone to be full.

Logging out of iCloud and back in again on the phone helped. It is some hassle (at least, I had to reconfigure iCloud and there was some waiting time), but less than the complete reset & restore from backup suggested by others.


Remove desktop folder which is on the desktop and contains everything on the desktop

Open the folder. Select All. Copy. Click on the Desktop. Paste. Delete the folder.


iPhone case material for best heat dissipation?

You can simply take a physics data book and lookup various materials to see how conductive they are.

Of the ones you list, metal is going to be the most efficient. For example in computers, heat sinks are often made of aluminium.

Note that there usually other properties to take into account when buying a phone case. For example it's hard to find transparent and very flexible metal (i.e. something that will allow you to bend the case slightly to allow you to put in the phone, but won't permanently deform the case).

In some cases those properties can mean that the phone won't be usable for you. For example, I know that you can buy cases with backs made of brushed steel. They are good at heat dissipation, they're flexible for you to put the phone into them easily - but the problem is they also block cell reception and WiFi signals.


This is a hardware limitation.

I tested Dell WD 15 with my 2016 Macbook Pro 15. I used VGA and HDMI to connect my 2 monitors with Dell WD15 but Mac recognized both monitors as one.

Later, I connected one monitor with Dell WD15 and another monitor directly with my mac through USB-C to VGA and it worked fine.


For me, a temporary fix for this is restarting the Dock. Open Activity Monitor, search for "Dock" and force quit the process. Some users in a thread in the Apple discussion forum also suggested hiding and un-hiding the Dock (press  Cmd ⌘   Opt ⌥   D twice) might fix it, but I haven't tested that.


How to upload pictures from Photos app to dropbox

iOS native photos app doesn't support dropbox sharing although you can open dropbox app in you device and add files manually. Make sure you have given dropbox permission to access photos.

Details:
Manual Upload

Step 1

Launch the Dropbox app on your iPad, and sign in to your Dropbox account if prompted.
Manual Upload

Step 2

Navigate to the folder on your Dropbox account to which you'd like to upload a file. If you'd like to create a new folder for your files, tap the plus sign at the top of the left column and then tap "Create Folder." Enter the name of the folder, and tap the "Create" button to create your new folder.

Step 3

Tap the plus sign at the top of the left column, and then tap the "Upload Here" button.

Step 4

Tap all of the files you'd like to upload to your Dropbox, as you can upload multiple files at once. A blue check appears in the upper right corner of the files you've selected.

Step 5

Tap the "Upload" button to upload the files to your Dropbox folder.

Automatic Upload with Camera Upload

Step 1

Launch Dropbox on your iPad, and log in to your Dropbox account if prompted.

Step 2

Tap the gear in the lower right corner of the left column to visit your Dropbox settings.

Step 3

Tap the "Camera Upload" tab, and then switch the button from "Off" to "On." Your photos and videos automatically upload to Dropbox from your iPad's storage.

source


How to switch to the day calendar with iOS 7

To toggle from month to week view, turn the phone sideways.

Day view is dependant on whether or not you have the list view on or off [highlighted in blue] If that's on, the day's events appear underneath the month. If it's off, tapping a day will take you to that day's view.

Once in Day view, the same button will then toggle between single day & list of upcoming events view.

Month view

Week view

Day view

Event list


Hide Mail from showing in Spotlight but keep Messages

Using the "Privacy" tab in the Spotlight item of "System Preferences" may allow you to add the folder ~/Library/Mail which should remove all email messages from the Spotlight index, at least for email from the Mail.app program. Other email programs like Thunderbird store their data elsewhere and would likely still be indexed by Spotlight.

Generally however the folder ~/Library is not visible, so cannot be navigated through to select ~/Library/Mail unless you something to make it visible as detailed in various places, including http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html and How do I tell Finder to always show my Library folder on Mavericks?


The simplest solution is to press Command+W to close the pop-up tab and return to previous tab. I use uBlock Origin as ad-blocker for my browser, I would suggest to you to use it too. Other more complex solution is to learn how to use uMatrix for blocking these annoyances.


How to fix FDISK_partition scheme after repartitioning a larger space for bootcamp

First off, having Mojave and a BIOS booting Windows is an uncommon, but possible combination. So I have to ask: Are you sure your Mac is setup this way?

The first partition should be type EE. When the gdisk command asks something like "good for grub?" The answer should be Yes. This will set the first partition to type EE. The second partition usually is where macOS resides. If you have Mojave installed, then this will be an APFS container. There is no hex code for a APFS type of partition. Feel free to make one up. How about FF? If the Mac is using a APFS container, then the third partition will be for Windows. This should be type 07 and should be marked as bootable. You can use the P command in gdisk to see what is in the GPT. This should confirm what I have posted so far. The 4th partition can be left empty.

  Of course, if Windows is UEFI booting, then all of the above can be ignored. In this case, you want a fully protected MBR table.

You do not include much information on how exactly you managed to repartition a larger space for Boot Camp. I doubt this can be accomplished by using gdisk alone.

I see from your post, that you can boot to macOS Recovery. Try to capture the output from the following commands and post to your question. Note: With the current state of the partition tables, the gpt command may produce an error message..

fdisk /dev/disk0
gpt -r show /dev/disk0

Next, type typing the following commands.

fdisk -e /dev/disk0
set 4
07
quit

If asked about writing out, confirm you want to.

Hopefully, you will be able to boot macOS.


Sounds like it might be a dying hard drive. Can you boot the Mac off another system, either an external hard drive or another Mac via Target Disk mode, and see how that runs speed-wise? Then run SMART Utility and see what it says about the internal hard drive


twitter client for iPhone 3G and iOS 4.2.1

I can't help much with which app will work the way you want but I can direct you to list large list of compatible apps you can check out.
Support site for an app to find early apps, https://www.facebook.com/VintApps313
And VintApps421 is also coming soon.
Here is a more manual but free method,
https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/finding-apps-for-older-devices


What happens to a MacBook's battery once it reaches the maximum cycle count?

As it says on the page you've linked to (emphasis mine):

Batteries have a limited amount of charge cycles before they're considered to be consumed. Once consumed, a replacement battery is recommended. You can use your battery after it reaches its maximum cycle count, but you might notice a reduction in your battery life.
Knowing how many charge cycles your battery has and how many are left can help you determine when a battery replacement is required. For best performance, replace your battery when you reach its maximum cycle count.


iTunes on Mac or Windows currently doesn't offer a way to download older versions of an app. If you have an incremental backup and downloaded the app before you might be able to pull the old .ipa file from your backup.

Otherwise you need to download the app directly from your iPhone/iPad running iOS6 (or any other older version). The Store app will try to download the most recent version first and then get back to you with a prompt asking whether you want to download the most recent compatible version instead.

There doesn't appear to be a way to expose this previous version information other than attempting a download on an app by app basis.


This is the easiest, non-technical, method:

(I'm on Snow Leopard, I've edited these to match Mavericks - the exact buttons to click may be wrong)

Make an Applescript and type this: tell application "iTunes" to activate
Open Calendar.app
Make a new event today for 00:00
Set it to repeat every day
Alert should be Open file. Select Other > find the applescript you just made
Make an Applescript and type this: tell application "iTunes" to quit. Save it somewhere
Make another event tomorrow for 05:00
Set it to repeat every day
Alert should be Open file. Select Other > find the applescript you just made

Done!

The calendar app does not have to be running to allow the events to take place.


How to automatically make Mac shutdown after Time Machine Backup

I wanted to be able to leave an existing backup to complete, so my approach is a little different.

The backupd process seems only to be running whilst a backup is underway (and for a minute or two afterwards, from what I've observed) so I logged in as root (so that I can (a) see all users' process and (b) trigger a shutdown) and then polled for the process to finish before shutting down.  So:

sudo -s

and enter your password to become root, then:

while ( ps -ef | grep 'backupd$' ); do echo "Still backing up..."; sleep 60; done; shutdown -h +1

to wait for backupd to finish and then shut down.  (I used shutdown -h +1 instead of shutdown -h now just to be over-cautious and give it an extra minute to tidy up or whatever before shutting down.)


Use 00 22 * * * rsync -av /Volumes/HDD1/* /Volumes/HDDbackup/ (instead of 20 - which is 8 pm!) and it will run - set up with the proper user and proper disk permissions.


CloudClip

  Automatically or manually sync to the cloud whenever you copy text to the clipboard, in any app.
  Automatically syncs through iCloud.


How to change company iOS Developer account name?

in any type of enrollment you cant change the sellers name, its permanent.

I would recommend you to contact Apple Developer Support and ask them if theres a way to change it, if its not you`ll have to buy a new enrollment and transfer your app.

Hope it helps!!


How can you email an address book group to another Mac user?

Without some sort of mailing list software, I'm not sure you'll really get the functionality you want.

As a workaround I would try setting up a custom tag, using an existing unused field, or something in Notes, and then creating a Smart Ground around that.

For example, all the contacts you want in your group, put 'mailing list' into their notes. Then create a SmartGroup to show those contacts.

Send the contacts to your friend, and they can import and merge the data. If they setup the same smart group, you should have the same contacts, with the same info, in that group.

The other option would be to stop her importing anything, and just use a Shared Addressbook, and maintain everything there. Google, Exchange, LDAP etc will let you use a remote address book, that isn't automatically synced to your local address book, but all contacts are accessibly, so you can both use that. In the groups page of the address book you'll see your local contacts, and remote contacts as distinct lists. Then, you'll just know to send to everyone in that shared address book.


Cannot get postfix to listen on wifi interface (en1)

OK, long-story-short, there was an additional inet_interfaces line right at the bottom of the file, which has the setting loopback_only.  I can only assume it was written there by some automated tool incapable of properly parsing and recreating the config file.


How to throttle usage of individual computer with Apple Airport?

Apple's hardware doesn't perform Quality of Service  - so you'd want to install a router that has QOS between the AirPort and the internet connection.

http://www.howtogeek.com/75660/the-beginners-guide-to-qos-on-your-router/

If all the children are on Mac or iOS - you could install a network link conditioner, but that is generally harder to administer and less effective at letting faster access when there isn't contention on the connection out of the house.

How to simulate slow internet connections on the mac

Before you select a new router, you'll want to determine what the total network speed is for the house. Optimizing for 10 users on 6/1 ADSL service is going to be harder than 4 users of 100 MB or fiber. The tools are the same, but the decisions you make and the end results will vary.


Hard drive unmounted and missing then back?

I think the safest way to fix it is to copy your data off the drive to save it to somewhere like another external hard drive and then format it!


No SIM Card installed error in iPhone 3g

This is actually a pretty complicated problem with not enough detail to know which one of many things is causing the failure so I'll go over some basics:

Your phone needs to be activated
through iTunes after a restore - so
something in that restore process
didn't work.
The sim and phone have three components - any of which can fail.
The activation process is complicated and has a lot of checks to be sure the image you are installing is not modified so that the phone will work as designed. This activation needs to connect to the internet so even when everything under your control is correct, it still fails from time to time. Problems on your computer with iTunes or the system itself can cause this to happen on an otherwise working phone.

I'm also going to assume the phone is locked to AT&T to keep things simple. If the phone is unlocked legitimately through the carrier and officially recognized by iTunes' activation process this is much more complicated. If it's otherwise modified, the complication is really much more involved so I'll leave those out of the discussion.

Looking at #1 above - the best advice is to reseat the SIM card and then try again to make sure it wasn't a timing or contact alignment issue. Considering #3 above - it's simplest to take your device to a totally different computer and try the restore there - you can always take it back to your computer to put the backup on it once it's working.

Let's look at #2 in more depth - sim and phone. A bad sim will cause this - you'll need to get another SIM to test this and replace the SIM with one active from your carrier if it's the cause.

Have you tried another SIM from your carrier - it doesn't have to be attached to an active contract or active line - it just has to be working. Try to rule out that the sim itself is bad or has failed. A good SIM will get you to "waiting for activation" and a full restore so you can copy apps to the phone and otherwise use it on WiFi. Putting your SIM in another phone can help know that your SIM is not bad, but it has to work in your phone, so you may need to get another SIM even if yours works in another device.

Once you rule out the SIM - you'll need to rule out software. Do another restore of the phone following this knowledge base article. If that doesn't work, force the device into restore mode to get the software loaded properly. Be sure there's not a failure in the restore process or you'll be wasting time on SIM olympics or getting your phone swapped.

That's the third part of #2 - if your phone has a failure (dust or dirt, contact problems, moisture or corrosion on the inside that is causing the circuitry to break, or just a random electrical failure) you will need to get it in for service. There a technician will have the tools (otoscope, test rig, test SIM, good software to restore your device) and the training to know what worn contacts look like to know if it's a cleaning/reseat issue or a hardware repair is needed.


Will it be safe to jailbreak my iPhone 3Gs?

'Safe' is a broad term. If you keep a backup though, there's not much that can go wrong as you can always restore that backup. In addition, as there are no updates available for the 3Gs, you can safely restore to a jailbreakable version of iOS if anything goes wrong.

As the last version of iOS that can be installed on the iPhone 3Gs is iOS 6.1.6, this can be jailbroken using p0sixspwn. Download it, then follow the instructions.


Where did the free space for my deleted ExFAT partition go?

The command diskutil  resizevolume  /dev/disk2s3  R requires the free space to reside after disk2s3. The command diskutil  erasevolume  "Free Space"  ""  /dev/disk2s2 created free space before disk2s3. There is no or very little free space between disk2s3 and disk2s4. This is why you received the error message.


You probably have a Comcast profile in your iPhone if you use Comcast/Xfinity to access the internet.  You can remove the profile by following these steps:

Go to Settings --> General --> Profiles.
If you see a Configuration Profile named Comcast or Xfinity or something similar, tap it.
At the bottom you'll see a button named Delete Profile.  Tap, and confirm, to delete.
Restart the iPhone

Next time you try to access Comcast again, you'll be prompted to reinstall the profile.  There's nothing wrong with installing and deleting the profile, although it is annoying.  If you use the iPhone thru your company, like with Good Email, your company might've installed this profile.


Sync between an iPhone and iPad without Internet connection

No you cannot sync an iPhone with an iPad or vice versa without using some cloud service like iCloud or a computer in between.


From AppleMasters wikipedia page:

  The AppleMasters program was launched in 1996.[3] Based on findings at archive.org's WayBackMachine, Apple removed the program from their web site on or before August 7, 2002.[4]

So it seems the feature has been long gone, which can be confirmed from the linked Internet Archive crawl index.

As for the "fan sites": I found one self-proclaimed fan site: kdunn.org. It currently hosts two videos—presumably related to AppleMasters.

You would probably have much better results searching the YouTube for AppleMasters than searching for fan sites per se.


I've been doing computer support professionally for a number of years (Macs and PCs) and have found one thing to be true: It matters less what the error is than if you can fix it. Hence reinstalling OS, Apps and the like are often the solution rather than hunting down the subtle error.

With that in mind what Disk Utility is telling you is, "I can't fix that." And in situations like that it is time to turn to third party disk utilities. I've been using Disk Warrior since the OS9 days (possibly earlier...) and have found few issues it will not fix. That is how I would proceed. If you have other third party disk utilities (Drive Genius, TechTool pro, etc.) by all means use one of those. But if you have none I would start with DiskWarrior (I have no interest in the company just a happy customer).

Once you have fixed the issue you'll have plenty of time to research the cause of those specific error codes.


Can't download El Capitan from Appstore. Constant Spinning Wheel

This is not really a true answer. But eventually after attempting to download El Capitan several times, it all of a sudden began to download. Once it downloaded I put the OS on a flash drive, booted off of it, wiped the drive, and performed a clean install. After that the system has been operating flawlessly. I guess when they gave it to me, something must have gone wrong during the install that got overlooked? not sure.

To be honest I do not know what software I was trying to install first when this all began. But it was something simple. This happened to me on every installation of any product that involved using an installation package. i.e. Adobe flash, Teamviewer, my logitech mouse drivers. It was happening on everything I tried to install. I just don't remember the first thing it was I tried to install.

Anyways now it's all up and running after the clean install, and performs flawlessly. Hopefully this doesn't occur to me again.

Thanks,
Sicariuxs


Check in the  "User & Groups" System Preferences, it looks like OS X may have somehow forgotten the path to where your "Home directory:" is at.

If you can still login, verify that your Path is still what you set in System Preferences for your "Home directory:" path.

If you can't log in, then try logging in as another Admin user to fix your home directory location.

Try to login as that user and then edit, verify where the OS thinks your home directory is for your primary user account.

Create a new Mac OS X adminstrator account without an existing administrator password might be helpful in your situation, so that you can have another admin account to help you trouble shoot.

Restart the computer in Mac OS X single user mode by holding Command-S at startup.
Mount the computer's drive for read/write access. To do so, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press Enter:

% mount -uw /
Remove the file that identifies that the initial run of the "Mac OS X Setup Assistant" has been completed, with this command at the command prompt, followed by Enter:

% rm /var/db/.applesetupdone  #Update on Lion it looks like its .AppleSetupDone
Restart the computer by entering this command, followed by Enter.

% reboot
The Mac OS X Setup Assistant screen should appear after the reboot, just as it does when you start up a brand new computer or upgrade to a new version of Mac OS X.
Create a new user account with the Setup Assistant. Be sure to name this user something different than the admin user that already exists on the system, and use a strong password (see "Mac OS X password tips"). At the end of the Setup Assistant process, the system will automatically log into this new user account. The account will have a unique ID (UID) that is one higher than the last user that was on the system, and will have all administration privileges.
Log in as the new user, and then edit the "Home directory:" Advanced Options path for your primary user.


Prevent turning off the display when MacBook is physically dropped

I think you are referring to

Disable the Sudden Motion Sensor to avoid the harddrive heads parking them due to loud noise in a club.
To check if Sudden Motion Sensor is activated, use the following
command and look for the sms setting (1 = enabled) :
# sudo pmset -g
To disable Sudden Motion Sensor, use the following command :
# sudo pmset -a sms 0
To enable Sudden Motion Sensor, use the following command :
# sudo pmset -a sms 1
From http://rc.vc/files/traktor/optimizing_macbook_for_traktor.txt

https://superuser.com/questions/547298/macbook-screen-switch-off-when-moved
or possibly
Screen turns off when I move my MacBook when it is on the sleeve


Permanently allow apps downloaded from "anywhere"

It took me some time to figure this out but you can disable it through a global preference using the terminal:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security GKAutoRearm -bool NO

This will disable the auto rearming of the Gatekeeper in OS X. Tested on both Yosemite and Mavericks


No, the Noise app requires Apple Watch Series 4 or later:

https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/noise-apd00a43a9cb/6.0/watchos/6.0


The TV app is not new, Apple just renamed the Videos app.

You probably had the Videos app in the same location and when it was updated it just appeared to be placed alphabetically. In reality, since 'T' is close 'V' you might have just thought it automatically sorted itself.


iPod Classic - Disc 1 and 2 of a double album are not consecutive in the cover flow

Whenever I import a two disc set into iTunes, I edit the metadata so that the album names match across the two discs, rather than having disc numbers as part of each album name. It is still easy to see which disc is which because the metadata includes disc numbers (separate from the track numbers) which are independent of the album name.

As I recall an iPod sorts first by disc number and then by track number (or maybe iTunes does that and the iPod inherits the result), so the tracks play in what seems like the correct order.


Sync Ipads with Itunes on Computer : it backs up then when I look at Summary it tells me this ipad has never been backed up to this computer?

iTunes does not automatically back up every time you sync, so maybe it didn't do a backup just then? If you press the button to make a backup, does it backup successfully and change the last backup date?

An article I wrote awhile ago about syncing vs backing up, for reference:
https://deciphertools.com/blog/2015_01_27_itunes_sync_vs_backup_ensure_data/


brand new iPhone XS seems to run out of juice quite quickly - when should I charge it?

Apple has a guide on how to maximize the performance of your battery.

Here are some of the key points:

Avoid extreme temperatures
Remove certain cases during charging(may cause excessive heat)
Store the device half-charged when storing long-term without usage
You may also want to check battery settings for what apps are using your battery and maybe disable background app refresh/location services for those apps
Make sure your display brightness isn't too high and enable auto-brightness if you want

Additional tip(not included in article): Keeping your device between 20%-80% helps your battery last longer. The website says keeping your device up to date also helps, but in many cases updating older devices reduces battery life.(the one exception to this is iOS 12 which actually improved performance and battery life)


String and Variable concatenation not working in Applescript

If you run

set user to "johndoe"
set source to POSIX file "/Users/" & user & "/Documents"

the result is

{file "Macintosh HD:Users:", "johndoe", "/Documents"}

Just put parentheses around the path:

set user to "johndoe"
set source to POSIX file ("/Users/" & user & "/Documents")


Principle of resolution scaling via External monitor (GPU performance)

It is not clear to me how your ranking is supposed to function.
You need to make a distinction between whether or not you're using HiDPI-mode ("Retina-mode"). This is very important.
You can run a 4k monitor at 4k resolution (as seen by the monitor) in two modes - either HiDPI Retina or native 4k. The HiDPI mode is the default chosen by macOS. In this case it will be labelled as "Looks as 1080p".
When running in "native 4k" everything is rendered 1:1. This means that user interface elements would typically look very small on a normal sized monitor.
When running in "HiDPI" mode, you'll see that it will be labelled "Looks like 1080p". I.e. text and user interface elements are the same physical size on the monitor as had you chosen a native 1080p resolution. However, text, video, pictures, etc. are actually rendered at 4k (3840x2160) resolution, giving you crisper text and full resolution video.
Whether or not "native 4k" mode or "HiDPI mode" is more taxing on the GPU depends on what applications you're running. If you're looking at a blank desktop, the "native 4k" mode should use the fewest resources on the system as a whole.
If you choose a different resolution, like for example 1440p in HiDPI mode, the system will actually render at double the size - i.e. 5120x2880 - and then scale it down to the 4k output for the monitor. In this case the system has to perform more work than it did for the "Looks as 1080p" HiDPI mode.
However, if you run 1440p in native mode, i.e. the output signal for the monitor is 1440p - then that is usually less taxing for the system than 4k native.


How to change icon of an app through Terminal

If you want to easily change the icon of the applications its best to use an application like liteicon You can just drag and drop the icon you want to use.


What happens if I update an app using its built-in ability that I built/installed through MacPorts?

Probably not as Macports keeps information about what versions are installed etc in a database /opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db So when a new version comes out from Macports it will compare with this db.

However if you have done an update otherwise then why do you want macports to update it as the versions won't be as expected.


Copying music from iPod to OneDrive for accessing via iTunes

There is really no reason why this would not work. Directing the iTunes music library to another location.

On macOS in iTunes Preferences under advanced there is a button to select the iTunes library (music and related files) location, which can be, pretty much, anywhere. I believe that it works the same way in Windows.

You'll want to copy the iTunes folder that held your music to your OneDrive folder and place the music from the iPod in the appropriate folder within. Depending on how careful you are and/or how lost iTunes is you may have to find a number of the missing songs manually. But iTunes should recognize at least some of the missing music and ask you if you want to re-add it to the library automatically.


How to change the background of an DMG Software License Agreement dialog?

One easy way to create DMGs and play with every option is to use the popular DropDMG from Michael Tsai. It's not free, but he has great support and it's very communicative and there's a trial version.

Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Michael Tsai, but I've known him (and his products) for a long time now, when I started using SpamSieve (another of his great products).


How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal?

This can also be achieved with the following two commands :

sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP

You can alias the two together in your bash profile:

alias renew="sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP && sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP"

So then you just have one command called renew that will release and renew your DHCP.


Keyboard shortcuts for switching Spaces?

You can enable this feature in the "Keyboard" preference pane.

Open System Preferences (e.g., from the Apple menu)
Click on the "Keyboard" preference pane
Go to the "Shortcuts" tab
Choose "Mission Control" from the menu on the left
Look in the box on the right for "Switch to Desktop 1"
Enable the feature by "checking" the check box
Be sure that the keyboard shortcut is "^1" ("^" means Control)

If you only have one desktop right now, then you will only see "Switch to Desktop 1", but by placing a checkmark in the box, the feature will be enabled as you add new desktops.


If you use multiple keyboard layouts on your Mac - or if you ever did - it's possible that the layout you think you're using at login or while logged in is not what you think it is. Try turning on Accessibility and using an onscreen keyboard at login. See if the letters for your password are what you think they are.

I live in France/Switzerland, so a common occurrence is people not aware that their keyboard layout is US, UK, French (France) or French (Swiss). So inevitably, there are lots of "y" and "z" inversions. Sometimes "a"/"q" and "z"/"w" as well.

Additionally, if there are any other Admin users on the system, use one of them to unlock the Users & Groups System Preference.

The last option is to reset the password using System Recovery.


Reinstalling software on a brand new (non-formatted) drive - MacBook

If you live near an Apple Store - they will often assist you in re-loading the OS that came with that machine since the license for that software transfers with the ownership of the mac. They won't care about a non-Apple drive so long as it works.

If not, you will need to locate the appropriate media. Some ideas are buying it from something like amazon or craigs list, ordering replacement media from AppleCare. Lastly, you might find a local tech that would help you, but you will probably end up paying for all of these in one way or another.

You might have to do some research to see what the correct OS for your mac is so you can determine which media will work.


Transfer Lion with my MacBook Pro sold to 3rd party

The licenses you bought on the Mac App Store are non-transferable, as you already found out. The license for the preinstalled copy CAN be transfered, but only as part of a transfer with the original hardware it was installed on.

Therefor the only thing you can do when selling your old computer is delivering it with the original software it came with. Anything else would be a violation of the license agreement, and can be considered as software piracy.


I have an iPad 2, it is not charging at all. What can I do? I have tried a different charger,

Could be a simple issue, your charge port maybe full of dust / dirt.
Get a wooden cocktail stick and gently remove the dirt from the charge point, this will allow your charger to hit your iPad's charge connection points.


What is "Sign on via TV Provider" (Apple TV)?

It's just a place where Apple lets you enter one account and then many apps can use that single sign on to validate you're paying for paid content. This feature is implemented on iOS and tvOS currently.

It's up to each third party app to use the service / API - but in the US this works amazingly well. Many people use it to cut the cord and pay nothing for cable or television packages. You simply pay one of many providers and choose the one you wish to use most and enter it in the OS.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209233

I expect we'll have more news about this within a week (Apple Special Event
Live from the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino.
March 25, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.)  and you'll need to read up on your internet provider to see to what degree they implement network neutrality. Some network providers filter / block / charge extra for streaming data - others don't care what bits you download or from where those bits originate. Most providers are somewhere in the middle - throttles and caps, but for most cases you can use this without any added costs or hassle.


Cover flow doesn't update after I delete a file

This is a bug, at least in Mavericks. I've filed a bug report with Apple. You can refresh the coverflow view by changing the sort order, e.g. change from ascending name to descending and back again.


How to view previous inputted MAC Address for WiFi network

I think by restarting your machine its MAC address will restore to its original value. If not you can get your hardcoded MAC address by executing this command in the terminal:

networksetup -getmacaddress [your network interface, e.g. en1]


Connecting 2 monitors and peripherals to a 2017 MacBook Pro

I was wondering if this would be too much of a workload for the Mac  or if this is a normal thing to do with such a device.

What is "normal" is very subjective. What you actually intend to do with your Mac is what determines if it's capable of handling the processing load.
This model is capable of handling two external displays up to 4K each but that doesn't mean you're going to be driving high intensity graphics apps like gaming or video production with this configuration.

There's no discrete GPU meaning it utilizes your CPU display chipset and up to 1.5GB of system RAM for video memory
There's only one Thunderbolt chip so, your video bandwidth is limited.

Also, just because a computer can do something (it has the capability) doesn't mean it's sized appropriately for doing that thing long term.  Example:  just because you have the ability to plug in two display's to your MacBook Pro without a discrete GPU doesn't mean you that you've sized it right - you probably should have purchased the 15" with 4 Thunderbolt port model with Radeon GPU.  It's even possible you should have gone with a desktop.

External Monitor Blurry text and Sluggy Mouse on MBP 2020
A1398 2015 - inadequate fan behaviour/noise
Adjusting graphics cards settings in Mojoave to reduce overheating with external monitor (MacBookPro2018)

I was looking at either buying a Henge dock or a cheaper option [USB Hub] .... Does the adapter make a difference for this too?

Yes! That device you linked to is a USB Hub.  Meaning, all the benefits of Thunderbolt will go unused.  If you want to get the best possible performance out of your machine, you need to use the components that will make the best possible use out of the resources you have.  Get a proper Thunderbolt Dock instead.
The Henge dock, does nothing more than take your TB ports and move them so you can have the Mac "in an upright and closed position."  Other than being slick, it gives you no audio, video, Ethernet, USB...nothing. IMO, it's a waste of money.


Change keyboard whenever iTerm is selected

You could for example save this plist as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/itermchangeinput.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>itermchangeinput</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>osascript</string>
    <string>-e</string>
    <string>set prev to missing value
repeat
    set cur to name of application (path to frontmost application as text)
    if cur is "iTerm" and prev is not "iTerm" then do shell script "changeInput U.S."
    delay 1
    set prev to cur
end repeat</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Then run launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/itermchangeinput.plist.

You could also use a shell script like this:

while sleep 1;do cur=$(lsappinfo find ASN=$(lsappinfo front)|cut -d\" -f2);[[ $cur = iTerm && $prev != iTerm ]]&&changeInput U.S.;prev=$cur;done

It might be less efficient though because it executes two new processes every second.

The original blog post about changeInput was deleted by the author, but I uploaded the binary to http://19a5b0.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/changeInput.tgz.

If you always switch to iTerm with a keyboard shortcut (like F7), you could use a private.xml like this with KeyRemap4MacBook:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <vkopenurldef>
    <name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_ITERM</name>
    <url>file:///Applications/iTerm.app</url>
  </vkopenurldef>
  <inputsourcedef>
    <name>US</name>
    <inputsourceid_prefix>com.apple.keylayout.US</inputsourceid_prefix>
  </inputsourcedef>
  <item>
    <name>test</name>
    <identifier>test</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F7, ModifierFlag::NONE, VK_OPEN_URL_ITERM, VK_CHANGE_INPUTMODE_US</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

You can see the IDs of input sources with EventViewer (/Applications/KeyRemap4MacBook.app/Contents/Applications/EventViewer.app/).


Time Machine is Determined to Delete Old Backups to Make Space it Doesn't Need

It turns out my particular problem wasn't covered by other, similar cases, so I'm going to post my own answer describing the actual issue I had, and the solution I found to it.

In my case it appears that somehow my last "complete" Time Machine backup was in fact corrupted somehow; when I looked inside it I found that the contents of my user folder were missing, so Time Machine was in fact correct in thinking that it needed to backup everything from my user folder again.

To solve this I needed to delete the last "complete" backup on my Time Machine drive. To do this I opened my Time Machine volume in the Finder, and navigated inside the Backups.backupdb folder, my computer name and then found the folder with the most recent time and date. After taking a quick look at some of the largest folders I saw that my user folder (the biggest on my system) was empty.

To fix this problem I then ran the following command in Terminal:

sudo tmutil delete "/Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/MyComputer/2014-10-01-175432"

Of course you will need to replace the part in quotes with the correct path to the corrupted backup. You can also do this easily by instead typing sudo tmutil delete (with trailing space at the end) and then dragging the folder onto the Terminal window to have it add the path for you (it may include backslashes, this is normal). You'll need to run this command using an administrator account and enter its password, since only an administrator can alter Time Machine's backups.

For anyone experiencing a similar issue to what I was seeing, I would now highly recommend giving your latest backup a quick check to make sure that you aren't experiencing the same problem I was; although the chances of this corruption occurring seems extremely low (Time Machine would have to be forcibly interrupted or crash for it to occur, though having your Time Machine volume disconnect may do it), it doesn't take long to give your latest backup a quick check, but it can save you a lot of time before you go ahead and try other possible solutions.

If you aren't experiencing the same problem I did then I recommend trying the following links:

Time machine wants to backup too much
TM is doing a full backup for no good reason
My backups seem too large


Most recent 15" MacBook Pros have dual graphics cards — one integrated into the CPU (the Intel 3000), and one discrete card (the Radeon). It switches dynamically based on what programs are running and how they use the GPU.

Some more info from Apple:

MacBook Pro: How to determine which graphics card is in use
MacBook Pro: How to set graphics performance
MacBook Pro: About automatic graphics switching and OpenGL applications


get name of file from file path using AppleScript

Using the file pathname from your question, here is the AppleScript code that should work.

tell application "Finder"
    set fileName to name of (POSIX file "/Users/mainuser/Desktop/Test/shot.png" as alias)
    display dialog fileName
end tell

A more direct way of the above scenario is:

Syntax:

set fileName to name of (info for "/path/to/file")
display dialog fileName

Example (using the pathname in your question):

set fileName to name of (info for "/Users/mainuser/Desktop/Test/shot.png")
display dialog fileName

The shortest way to display the name of a file from its pathname in a dialog box is:

Syntax:

display dialog name of (info for "/path/to/file")

Example (using the pathname in your question):

display dialog name of (info for "/Users/mainuser/Desktop/Test/shot.png")


vm_compressor_mode (vm.compressor_mode) values for enabled compressed memory in OS X

I'm not completely certain of the FREEZER options, other than one FREEZER_COMPRESSOR option uses swap (utilizes free space on a disk) when RAM is low or expended, while the other does not.

What I think is that the FREEZER options are for managing memory for frozen processes. Maybe this is something experimental, to be used in combination with App Nap? I think this was something they were testing with iOS a few years back.

What I know is that option 1 uses no compression, and is the old fashioned OS X memory management we're all more familiar with. If you're having issues you suspect are related to memory compression, you might try this setting.

Option 2 uses compressed memory with no swap (no writing to disk when RAM is low or expended).

Option 4 uses both compression and swap.

Option 8 uses whatever the FREEZER is, backed by the option 1 implementation.


How do I stop emails 'pushing' to Apple Mail (macOS Sierra)

According to this topic:
Disable the Push IMAP (IDLE) email in macOS Sierra, Apple has removed that option.


Compose an Email with a Selected Email address in Apple Mail App

What is shown in the top part of the Mail app can be customised

Click on the box I highlighted and choose Customise. You will get a list of fields to show.

One of them is the From fields which is the one you want. Strictly with well behaved mail clients and users the Reply-To is really more relevant as that is the one a reply will be sent to However I find that some correspondants don't use it - I don't know why.


How to scan a folder for subfolders, and copy a file to every output

Well, here's something that you can work with. It isn't tested in a real world environment and is offered AS IS- without any warranty.

# This script must run as root
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]
then
    echo "This script must be run as root"
    exit 1
fi

source=/path/to/file
destination=Library/path/to/destination/directory

for u in /Users/*
do
    on=${u##*/}

    # If not a directory- do not process
    [ ! -d "$u" ] && continue

    # Check that the directory has a valid user name or do not process
    id "$on" >/dev/null 2>&1 || continue

    # Get the user's primary group id
    gn=$(id -gn "$on")

    # bug fix found by Alex Pilon
    # make destination directory if it doesn't exist
    install -o "$on" -g "$gn" -d "${u}/${destination}"

    install -b -o "$on" -g "$gn" -m 644 "$source" "${u}/${destination}"
done

Another solution based on bmike's suggestion

# This script must run as root
if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]
then
    : running as root
else
    echo "This script must be run as root"
    exit 1
fi

source=/path/to/file
destination=Library/path/to/destination/directory

dscl . -list /Users NFSHomeDirectory |
awk 'BEGIN { OFS=":" } / \/Users/ { print $1, $2 }' |
while IFS=: read u hdir
do
    # Get the user's primary group id
    gn=$(id -gn "$u")

    install -o "$u" -g "$gn" -d "${hdir}/${destination}"

    install -b -o "$u" -g "$gn" -m 644 "$source" "${hdir}/${destination}"
done


Problem is related with 3rd party app called Better Touch Tool. As OP showed on the screenshot - commands Previous and Next assigned to gestures, refer to Track change in iTunes not going back/forth in browser history.


Target Display Mode troubles, can't disconnect anymore

I have the same issue and here’s why it’s a software bug.

On my 2013 21.5" iMac (base model with the only upgrade being a factory installed 256GB SSD). I've never had any work done on it.

I attached an external drive running 10.11 El Capitan and booted from it. Activated target display mode, then deactivated it. NO ISSUE, IT WORKED! So I thought maybe there's something corrupted in my install and I have to erase and start from scratch. Before I did that, I clean installed Mac OS High Sierra on my external drive. ISSUE REOCCURED on a fresh install! Then I installed the Mojave Beta to see if Apple fixed it. NOPE it still cannot deactivated Target Display mode without screwing up the internal monitor!

I've discovered though that plugging in an external DisplayPort display to the iMac "re-wakes" the internal display as it activates the external one. It's only slightly better than having to restart, as you still need to reach behind and plug in and out cables. Frustrating. I have an open ticket with Apple Support.

Basically, the problem isn't our computers or our installs. It's Mac OS High Sierra and Mojave (and maybe regular Sierra, I can't tell). El Capitan doesn't have this problem.


Yosemite freeze at boot - no safe boot + I/O error

I/O problems are a good indicator that your drive is past its best. Replace the drive or do the following...

Back up everything of value via Target Disk Mode (if possible) then boot your MacBook from a USB or DVD installer. Run Disk Utility, selecting the secure erase/zero fill option and wipe your drive.

This will issue an ATA secure erase command that will fill every allocation block with a zero, automatically mapping out any bad blocks/sectors that will be causing your I/O problem. This is the modern equivalent of the old low-level format, and while there is some debate on the subject I use this method regularly and it works well - assuming the drive isn't riddled with bad blocks.

All FSCK does is check the file structure, it doesn't scan the drive surface to determine if the drive has any damaged sectors. Even the drive's internal SMART diagnostics may indicate all is well when in actual fact the drive is on its way out.


Some contact names missing from Messages, but initials still visible?

I had this problem for weeks and tried numerous solutions like toggling on and off the short names, adding a country prefix to the number, etc. What finally worked for me was toggling OFF icloud contacts under Settings.


Messages gives message not delivered warning, but recipient says they received it

I have noticed this only when there are multiple addressees.  I have assumed that the message was not delivered to one of the addresses.


sudo asking for password even though user doesn't have a password set

I found an answer that works perfectly (although it requires temporarily adding a password to your user first):

Open the Terminal

Type: sudo visudo

Enter your user's password (create one if necessary).
Change this line FROM:

%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

TO:

%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

(press 'i' to enter insert mode if you can't edit the text)
Write and Quit

:wq

(press 'esc' first to enter command mode)


Is there a way to power up a Mac Mini remotely?

Depending on how your Mac Mini is connected to the internet (wifi, ethernet, firewall, age of the machine, NAT, …) it should be possible to do it using Wake On LAN.

You could, for example, use a GUI software like WakeOnLan.


How to omit file extension from zsh autocomplete?

It appears you are still using Zsh's legacy completion system. You can upgrade to "new" completion system (released back in the year 2000) by adding this to your .zshrc file:
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

Then you'll see that Zsh's java completion will no longer add .class.


When the app name is the same as the CFBundleName, the CFBundleDisplayName is used.

Therefore it would seem the CFBundleName is ‘Rayman Origins’, and when the app has this name, the CFBundleDisplayName is used, which appears to have a ® in it.

To remove the ®, open the package contents (right-click on the app from Finder and choose Show Package Contents), then navigate to Contents/Resources and open InfoPlist.strings with Xcode and change the CFBundleDisplayName to your desired name.

Background: This is meant for localisation but also allows for fancy things like naming the macOS ‘Wi-Fi’ instead of WiFiAgent.


Best is to use Apple tools already on your Mac to check your battery.

Open Activity in utility folder- and look under the the Energy tab.

Next, open About this Mac- More- sys report:

Look for battery information there.

It should show something like:

Fully charged capacity (>6500 mah), --that is a good indicator how "old" is the battery, the older they get the lower is the Fully Charged capacity number.
Look at the charge cycles (<5)- a good indicator how many times the battery was charged, with normal life been 1000 Cycles (or 3-5 years)


A Mac OS X VPN client that can import a .VPN file

I know that this is an old post, but I have been trying to read a .vpn file as well and none of the posted solutions worked for me. The recommended software were not able to read the file.

In case other people have the same issue, I got it by installing the shrewsoft-vpn-client. Since it is not that straightforward, I am putting the steps I did.

Install home-brew and run

brew cask install tuntap

Note: To install and/or use tuntap you may need to enable its kernel extension in System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General

Download the file shrewsoft-vpn-client.rb from Github
run

brew install --build-from-source /path_to/shrewsoft-vpn-client.rb --without-gui
sudo /usr/local/sbin/iked

Copy the file file.vpn into .ike/sites without extensions

cp /path_to/file.vpn ~/.ike/sites/file

Then, start the VPN by running

ikec -r file
c

Hope it helps


Safari keyboard shortcut for iCloud tabs?

In Safari 6 or newer, ShiftCmd\ or a two finger pinch invokes the "Tab View" which includes iCloud tabs.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202525


iTunes always reset the "Automatically Back Up" option to "This Computer"

Solved - it seems that this error happens when you restore your idevice from icloud backup.

Go to idevice's settings>iCloud>Backup and disable and reenable iCloud Backup, and iTunes will now remember this settings.

tl;dr: it didn't have something to do with iTunes, the idevice was the problem.


They're in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/CoreData/ExternalRecords/.

You can probably just copy the whole ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/ folder from the old installation.


Apple App Store submission for an app that requires its users to be registered

An app I made for my company also uses an external program to register users.
To avoid possible problems with apple I did the following:

Created a demo database that apple can use
In the "notes for reviewing" I explained the authorisation process
I said that if they want full access they should email us the authorisation code generated by the app and we will grant them access.

In the end the app was approved and I never got a request from apple for db access.
As long as you explain in detail how the app works, apple won't give you any trouble I expect


How do I migrate/transfer/copy an iCloud Photos Shared Album to Google Photos?

Workflow on macOS Catalina:

Ensure you have enough disk space and bandwidth available for downloading the Shared Album to your Mac.
For migrating a shared album with 4800 photos and videos, I needed approximately 20 GB free disk space.

Create a dedicated account for the migration on your Mac.
This is an optional step. It is useful if you want to back up only the photos and videos from the iCloud Shared Album to Google, and not the other photos from your System Photo Library.
In the System Preferences, under Systems & Groups, unlock to make changes and click the + button to add a user account. Log in with this account. When macOS prompts you to log in to your iCloud account, use an iCloud account that has access to the shared album.

Open Photos, select Shared Albums, and wait for the Shared Album to be synced.
In the meantime, deactivate iCloud Photos in the Photos Preferences, so that your photos and videos won't be uploaded and stored to iCloud another time.
You can monitor the download activity in the Network tab of the Activity Monitor.

Copy the photos from the Shared Album on your Mac (only the photos, videos will be tackled in the next step.)
See Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud:
a. Open Photos and select Shared Albums.
b. Double-click the shared album.
c. In the top right corner, next to Showing Only, choose Show only Photos.
d. Select all photos (Command-A).
e. Control click (or right-click) a photo and choose Import.

Copy the videos from the Shared Album to your Photos library.
a. Create a folder on your Mac, e.g. on the Desktop.
b. Open Photos and select Shared Albums.
c. Double-click the shared album.
d. In the top right corner, next to Showing Only, choose Show only Videos.
e. Select all videos (Command-A).
f. Drag-and-drop the videos to a folder on your Mac.
g. With all videos still selected in Photos, open the File menu and, under Export, click Export Unmodified Original for all Videos. Ensure that Export IPTC as XMP is selected in the dialog, and confirm the Export in the same folder.
This creates XMP files containing the date for your videos. The Photos app currently needs this workaround with external XMP files so that the date information does not get lost when you import videos.
h. Import the videos back from the folder to Photos: In the folder, Sort by type or Group by type in the View menu, and select all the video files: Only the video files, not the XMP files. Drag-and-drop the videos to Photos.
i. Delete the folder you used to transfer the videos from the Shared Album to Photos.

Use Google Backup and Sync to automatically backup photos from your Mac.
Select Upload newly added photos and videos to Google Photos in the preferences.
In the Network Settings, it is possible to limit the Upload Rate.

This procedure won't copy comments, though.


Remove custom dns server setting via command line

Here's a one liner and the thread where I learned this a while back:

sudo networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi "Empty"

After using `networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi "8.8.8.8" "8.8.4.4"` how do I clear them?


How can I specify the Sent folder for Gmail on iPad?

If you're talking about viewing emails in Sent folder, that is turned on in the Gmail settings in a regular browser, preferably not on a mobile device, then "Labels" tab (remember folders are "labels" in Gmail). You turn on/off what imap folders you see on your devices in there.

Another way to view the imap folders is to not use Apple's Mail app, and use "mail.google.com" in Safari.  This has way more options, and one of them, clicking on the 3 bars icon above the first mail, will show you all your folder/labels.


In System 6.0.8 with MacWrite 1.0 how do I open a plain text file?

The relevant metadata isn't actually stored in the resource fork (per Gordon Davisson). The type and creator codes need to be "TEXT" and "MACA" respectively. When importing into Mini vMac with its file importer tool, these will be set to "BINA" and "SITx" which aren't going to let you do anything with it (unless it's an actual Stuffit archive).
Try the Finder Info tool made for this purpose. It opens with a simple window that has text fields for these two pieces of metadata. Change them. There's no need to click a save button, as soon as you have changed them, they take effect (as with most modern Mac app preferences).
The icon for the file should change as well, and it will be openable with MacWrite.


My Mac Pro 1,1 won't boot from any type of usb stick

I think whichever way you force the newer firmware, you're going to have to have the installer on HD or DVD. I've never been able to boot a pre-09 Mac from USB & I've tried pretty much everything the interwebz has to offer in that regard - though my oldest Mac Pro was an Early 08 so I've never needed to force it quite so hard, as I don't need to push the firmware upgrade too.

Here is a guide on how to get Yosemite onto a 1,1 They reckon it can be done from USB, but I'd say YMMV & be prepared to have to run it from a spare hard drive instead.
I'm not certain if the investment in a newer Graphics card is compulsory for functionality, or whether it's just to get the machine to be as fast as possible after the upgrade, same as the CPU swap at the end.
I've an old GT 120 I have knocking around that I occasionally use for troubleshooting & it has no problems on 3,1 4,1 or 5,1 machines.

The longevity of this particular method will depend on how long mega.nz has the patched files, I guess - & also whether you have any particular reason to trust or distrust a non-Apple source. On the latter I really cannot comment, though I can see no reason anyone would go to all this effort in order to be able to botnet the few remaining Mac Pro 1,1s out there ;-)

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2015/3/2/how-to-resurrect-a-2006-mac-pro-11-so-it-can-run-osx-yosemit.html

Precis:-

  Things that you will need:

  A Mac Pro 1,1 or 2,1 Cheese grater desktop with OSX Lion 10.7.5 system drive
  8GB USB drive
  A graphics card better than a GT120, I used a Radeon HD 5770, original mac version with its appropriate power cable. There are flashed PC cards out there, but they won’t display a boot screen. I like a boot screen, so I purchased a proper Apple card (2nd hand)
  A download of a pre patched version of OSX Yosemite 10.10 https://mega.co.nz/#!SoAgnKqI!GUinePUGF3jAAu3oUym-GHBC9doWRTU1p6nnkXkJFdQ
  Either boot.efi file downloadable here. Black is a white Apple on a black background and Grey is the traditional Apple boot screen:
  Black:      https://mega.co.nz/#!G9oimYaK!38dBEPUwPb2y8Inh0w-REL6MH-9K90vZjpMSzazNy-E
  Grey:       https://mega.co.nz/#!j1hWFSIS!4zFpN9f3L6zV_D5wXJ1KMT40KkLlXKQ901-eQaRaLTA
  I chose the black screen as I dual boot into OSX Lion 10.8.5 or Yosemite 10.10.2. The black screen tells me instantly that I’m booting into Yosemite.
  A spare hard drive, mechanical or SSD for the new system drive. You could partition your old Lion drive, but I prefer to build on drive that’s minty fresh. If I stuff anything up, I can always boot back to my untouched Lion system drive. Contingency plan…
  A download of Yosemite 10.10.1 or 10.10.2 Combo updaters http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1786?locale=en_US
  [That would now be 10.10.5 - see http://www.apple.com/us/search/combo-update?src=globalnav_support]
  A download of Diskmaker X http://liondiskmaker.com/

  Open up Lion Diskmaker X and follow the instructions to create a bootable USB “special” Yosemite installer from the big Yosemite image you download before. This is the patched version of Yosemite.

  Don’t install the Apple App store version as this does not have ze patch…

  http://www.cultofmac.com/313198/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-yosemite-drive/

  Install Yosemite from USB drive to your new “Yosemite HD” system drive. Bay 4, remember?? Hold down the Mac option key to choose your boot drive after start up chime.
  Install the boot.efi patch, I used the black version. Restart the mac, hold down the mac option key to choose your boot drive after start up chime You should now be able to boot into either OSX Lion or Yosemite 10.10 flat. Woo Hoo!
  Install the Combo updater

Edit
All the mega links are already gone, I'm hunting for replacements & will post as I find them.
I've asked a dev friend of mine who has a post-Lion 1,1 if she has a source. Will add to info if we can findone]

New bootloader here - https://github.com/Piker-Alpha/macosxbootloader


Yes, you can create a fusion drive on older Macs, described in full length here:

You obviously need both an SSD and a HD. Let's assume they are known to the OS as disk1 and disk7. You can check disk id by diskutil list.
diskutil cs create bla disk1 disk7 to create it, where bla is the name you give to the fusion drive.
diskutil cs list and take note of the Logical Volume Group ID
diskutil cs createVolume <ID from above> jhfs+ blub 100%, where blub is the name you give to the volume.

Link to Apple instructions: Click Here

Note: These are instructions to fix a split fusion drive, but work also for making one.


What is the difference between 'Recommended Applications' and 'All Applications'?

With "Recommended Applications", you can only select applications which have declared to be able to open that type of file.

With "All Applications", you can select any application, e.g. open an image in TextEdit (which then will show a lot of strange characters) or a video file in the built-in Chess app (no idea what will happen). This could be necessary if the file format's extension is wrong, or the app is somehow able to open more file types than it declares.


If you power off and reset the NVRAM that would be the only software thing you could do to cause the system to rescan all the ports and rebuild the IO tree of connected devices.

Barring that working, you would need to go in and reseat all the cables and start replacing things one by one.

drive
cable between the board and the drive
connection / logic board

OWC has good support in my experience, so checking with them to confirm you’ve got the correct part - no firmware update needed on Mac or on the drive.

You could boot to an external USB drive in the mean time or boot to Recovery and reinstall High Sierra on an external drive so that you’re sure the Mac firmware is up to date 100%. Some imaging workflows might keep the EFI / firmware down level. A clean install from Apple’s installer while connected to the internet should solve any firmware update issues.


Deleted everything from MacBook but storage space is still half full

There are two issues here. The first is that the Storage indicator is not particularly reliable. You may want to try re-indexing Spotlight, which is used to identify the categories.

Secondly, the visible folders are not everything on your disk. MacOS can store 'local backups' on the system disk - normally these would be listed as "Backups", but if the identification process fails, then they might be listed as "Other". Normally, you don't need to worry about these filling up the disk, as the OS will manange it.

There are special utilities such as DaisyDisk and OmniDiskSweeper, which list all file hierarchies by size, allowing you to drill down and discover which files are taking the most space, and then delete them.


How do I view all my weight data in apple health on iOS?

On the weight screen it will show a graph with D, W, M, Y across the top to change the graph time scale for days, weeks, months and years. While you are on this same screen, scroll all the way down to the bottom and there will be a button that says Show All Data. Click on this button and you can view all the records you have entered and also edit them. This applies to iOS 13.6.1.
Posting this answer because my version of Apple Health did not have a health data tab that @anki mentioned in their answer.


Can't get Alt (Option) key to work while remote controlling a Mac from Windows with VNC

Problem 1) Use RealVNC client. In my experience, alt (Option) is in the Windows Key and Command is in the alt. Check out the documentation here https://www.realvnc.com/docs/mac-keyboard-mapping.html
There is no fix for the alt (Option) key on TightVNC.

I tried to use software on the Mac to remap / change the keys functionality such as Karabiner (previously called KeyboardRemap4Macbook), Seil and even the native system Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys to change ctrl for alt or capslock for alt , but it seems that when on VNC, those configurations are ignored. It's like a different keyboard is being used and it doesn't show up in the Select keyboard menu, only the local one.

Problem 2) VNC for some reason treats your keyboard as it were an US keyboard. You'll have to change in windows, the layout of your keyboard to US international, and by doing this, almost all your keys are going to be mapped correctly in the Mac. You can set different keyboard layout for different applications.

I registered a issue on TightVNC sourceforge account about this, but the project seems to be dead, so no hope. Same problem happens on RealVNC.

For those keys that are still missing / dead a workaround is to use the Character map (while editing a text press Ctrl + alt + space-bar or at the menu select Edit > Emoji & Symbols )

Alternative is to use a different remote desktop solution. If it's for personal use, go for TeamViewer. I tried and it's a lot better, with full support for the keyboard, better connection, imagem, etc,
But if it's for business / comercial use, Teamviewer's price is just ridiculous IMO. The cheapest license called 'Business' cost U$ 749.


Mac does not sleep automatically in Lion!

Another safe boot revealed that the auto sleep mode actually is working. I believe that it would probably have worked the last time I've tried it as well  - but, since the sleep occurs several minutes later than the time defined in the Energy Saver settings, I did not notice this.

What about the 'normal' boot?

I've basically tested the auto sleep with all my menu extras enabled one by one, because the iotop command mentioned by @StuWilson didn't show anything helpful to me. As it turns out the menu extra Stack Exchange Notifier caused insomnia.


Why does my Startup Security Utility window look different?

The linked support page only addresses Macs with a T2 security chip.
Your MacMini from 2011 does not have this chip.
Keep in mind that BootCamp will not able to install Windows 10 on your Mac.


On Mac OS X the VPN connections are handled by a daemon vpnd, which should be started at boot by altering /etc/hostconfig so that the line VPNSERVER is set to "-YES-".

Don't do that until you have read and understood the man page for the vpnd configuration plist file and written the file. You can get a good explanation of the file and a template with man vpnd -s 5 at the command line. While testing you can run vpnd from the command line with the "-d" option which stops it going to the background and prints the log info to your terminal session - just the thing for watching it all go wrong.

Have fun! Frankly I pay the $20 or so for the Server app and get the GUI for stuff that fraught with peril - you don't want to get the security on a VPN wrong.

BTW - If you're going to be playing at the command line then here's a tip - you could have learnt most of that by starting with apropos vpn at the prompt.


No. In your case of the leather cover - I can't imagine any circumstance where someone would call leather flammable. (or inflammable or combustible or any other word which means "easily set on fire")

Leather is what blacksmiths, welders and others working in hot or hazardous environments use for flexible protection when asbestos or other fireproof materials are overkill.

I haven't seen a good chemical analysis of the makeup of the polyurethane cover, but in general urethanes begin to break down chemically at the same temperature that paper burns, so even if it doesn't ignite, you might not want to expose your smart cover to burning temperatures.

Neither is going to ignite easily or need handling typical of a "flammable" substance.


iPhone sending a lot of packets addressed to weird destinations, draining battery quickly

You jailbroke (is that a word? jailbreaked?) it, thereby opening the door to any application doing anything with your hardware. And now it appears that some application is doing something with your hardware. Your phone is compromised and is now trying to compromise other devices on its netblock. You're carrying a virus infection vector in your pocket.

I recommend a full restore absolutely ASAP, and I recommend really thinking about whether jailbreaking is for you.

I'm not anti-jailbreak. I just think people aren't aware of the full repercussions when they do it. Apple's not just being arbitrary in only allowing vetted software onto the devices. It's not JUST a business move on their part. It also protects users from exactly what has happened to you.


Script to change System Preference function key settings no longer working in Big Sur OS11

This AppleScript code works for me on Big Sur.
tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        repeat until checkbox "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys on external keyboards" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" exists
            delay 0.1
        end repeat
        click checkbox "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys on external keyboards" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard"
    end tell
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

If that version throws errors… here is an alternate version that also works for me.
tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    repeat until checkbox 3 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" exists
        delay 0.1
    end repeat
    click checkbox 3 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard"
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"


Nothing in a very convenient form factor like that or that include an SD Card Reader. There are some good USB-C Docks that provide connectivity and charging Kensington SD4600P USB-C Docking Station or CalDigit USB-C Docking Station but they may not be quite what you're looking for.


Google Calendar will not WorK or sync with Calendar.app after Yosemite or IOS 8.1.2

I was having the problem where a couple of events on Google Calendar simply did not show up on Mac Calendar.  I went into the event on Google Calendar and edited it - say, I changed the title slightly.  This somehow "flushed" the event through and it showed up in Mac Calendar.

I noticed this problem arose after I decided to re-link my Google account to my Mac since I was having issues with certain contacts not showing up when I wanted to compose a message in Mac Mail.  Per Google's instructions I re-introduced the Google account as a CardDAV account instead of simply as a Google account.  Not sure this has fixed the contacts problem but it did create the problem above with Calendar sync.

So for me editing the event in question fixed the problem.  But for the bigger problem described by @Michelle Wedd I do not necessarily have an answer.  Maybe she can provide an answer if she has been able to fix the problem.


The "natural" scrolling is reverse of normal scrolling on a laptop. Switch off natural scrolling and let us know if that works.