Using Applescript to fool key logger with keystrokes

Well, it might kind of work, but idk if it would do what you want to achieve.

This script

tell application "TextEdit"
    activate
    make new document
    delay 1
    repeat 100 times
        tell application "System Events"
            keystroke "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
            keystroke return
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell

will start typing into whichever document is frontmost when it starts after the 1s delay time for TextEdit to come to the front.
Once it's typing, you can switch to another app & continue what you were doing - but you can't use TextEdit as it won't let any other document come to the front until it's finished.

If you switch to another app before it starts typing, it will type into that instead.

Whether that would fool a key logger, I have no clue - but that begs the question…
what makes you think you have a key logger & why not get rid of it instead?

If it's some kind of 'corporate' checkup on employees, consider how long it might take before they noticed it & wondered why you felt it necessary to try to bypass - something presumably covered in a contract of employment.


You should get someone to open up your iPhone, disconnect the battery, and reconnect it. That's where I would start with it, it may be something more serious, but there's a pretty good chance just that the disconnection and reconnection of the battery on the logic board could work. You could try to do it yourself, but it requires taking off the touchscreen (digitizer) assembly, about a dozen small screws, and a few other parts like EMI shields. It's not too difficult, but if you decide to do it, you'll need to buy tools online and repair guides at iFixit.


I copied MP3 file to Iphone but Music app does not see it

Unfortunately, you can only use iTunes to transfer media into the iOS Music app.

In your case you can either run iTunes in a Windows VM or use another app to play music with (VLC comes to mind, there might be others).


What's the name of my sound card driver's file?

If you have an idea of which process is making the sound, you might be able to try them until you find it.  For example, QuickTime Player, when playing a movie, does not use any subprocesses.  Similarly iTunes when it is playing a song.

On OS X 10.7 Lion, I did the following:

open Activity Monitor,
switch to "All Processes, Hierarchically"
found the application process I wanted and clicked it,
clicked Inspect
clicked Open Files and Ports


Detect if Apple Certificate File is Development versus Distribution

You can test the certificate for specific OID entries, or more easily but less robustly, view the contents and pattern match.

To extract the contents of a .cer/DER encoded certificate:

openssl x509 -in [PATH TO CERTIFICATE.cer] -noout -inform der -text


exec("php -v”) vs phpinfo() -- different php version

This happens because you've still got the older PHP binary installed (probably in /usr/bin).
When you change your PATH environment variable on the command to include /usr/local/bin - this means that the shell also searches that folder (and in that order) to find the program you want to run. In this case when you run php, it finds the new version in /usr/local/bin and runs that for you.
However that PATH environment variable change is local to that shell session only. It is not saved anywhere, and not used in other contexts.
Thus when you run the phpinfo.php script through the web server, it runs with a standard PATH that doesn't include /usr/local/bin. Thus the older PHP binary is run - showing the old version number.
It really doesn't matter at all - why would you want to run a PHP binary from a PHP script run by the webserver anyways?
In case you really wanted to do that and wanted it "fixed", you could do that by either changing your exec() call to include the full path:
exec("/usr/local/bin/php -v" , $out);

or by changing the PATH environment variable for in your PHP script context.


What is the location of this Application's file?

There's two problems with the above plist.

You've put the program in the ProgramArguments key.

Replace the ProgramArguments key with the Program key and the array with a string.
You can't use ~ in a Launch Agent plist.

Replace the ~ with the absolute path.


iPhone 4 is locked after using Find My iPhone

From HT1430:

  Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.


Using the space bar as a shortcut in finder to preview audio files

Looks like Quick View is only available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later.

Bottom line, download 10.5 and the spacebar Quick Look will work.

As a side note, if you're looking for other shortcuts that might be missing from OS 10.4, there's a shortcut creator (on steroids) that's free, and it's called BetterTouchTool. Go here to download it (http://www.bettertouchtool.net). Just remember you have to have 10.8 or later for it work.

You won't regret it.


How to undo a software installation process in Mac Mini with OSX 10.11

The instructions on the mentioned website led you to install Homebrew and Homebrew Cask, and use it to install qBittorrent. Homebrew is a community developed package manager for macOS.

To completely undo everything that this command did, first uninstall all packages that could have been possibly installed by Homebrew. To do so, follow these steps:

Run brew list to list all the installed packages.
For every listed package p, run brew uninstall p.
Make sure that all Homebrew packages are removed by running brew list and verifying that the command doesn't give any output. Repeat step 2 until all the packages are uninstalled.
Now run brew cask list. This should list all the packages installed via Homebrew Cask. The qBittorrent package should be listed as it was installed by following the instructions in the linked web-site.
To completely remove a Homebrew Cask package, run brew cask zap p where p is the name of the package. For e.g., run brew cask zap qBittorrent to completely remove qBittorrent.
Make sure that all Homebrew Cask packages are removed by running brew cask list and verifying that the command doesn't give any output. Repeat step 5 until all the packages are uninstalled.
Finally, after removing all the packages, you can uninstall Homebrew itself by running the following command-line:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)".

Refer official Homebrew FAQ's for more details.


Safari 7.0.4 doesn't remember my login status. "Remember me" not working (OS X 10.9.3)

I can't believe I've finally fixed the bug.

Follow these steps:

go to Disk utility
select your disk on the left list
press "Repair Disk Permissions" on the right view

here is the screenshot
http://monosnap.com/image/5aVsTd4te6SD6Tp1UuxjyIi3ov1xHs.png

Hope this helps somebody!


Why do certain command key combinations not make it to remote screen sharing server?

I believe your issue was addressed in this thread. I am not familiar with all key bindings in emacs and their binding on older OSes.


the application google chrome is not open anymore

After restarting I can no longer reproduce the issue and chrome operates as normal.


Using the same audio input on multiple devices, recording iOS video

There were no devices which were designed to filter matching audio into two iOS devices at the same time. The solution I went with in my comment is likely the best.

That is, Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro X both have a feature which will use audio to automatically sync up video tracks. I recorded high quality audio with an external microphone, and using that in conjunction with the audio built into each device, FCP:X was able to create a multi-camera clip with the three audio tracks and two video tracks synced up. I could then select each audio track and each video track independently.


Safari SSH Tunneling Troubleshooting Diagnostics

The reason your attempt fails is because the remote host (i.e. the router at mydomain.fqdn.com) doesn't allow you to forward the traffic through the SOCKS proxy. This is the meaning of the "open failed: administratively prohibited" message.

In order to fix this, you'll need to change the SSH configuration on the remote router at mydomain.fqdn.com. In case that system uses OpenSSH, you need to check that your sshd_config adheres to the following:

AllowTCPForwarding must not be set to "no" (i.e. don't set it or set it to "yes")
PermitOpen must either not be set, set to "any" or set to allow the IP address of the "www.whatismyip.com" web site you're testing with.

If you're using SSH keys to authenticate, check that your authorized_keys file on the router does not have a "no-port-forwarding" limitation on your key, or that you have "permitopen" limitations that doesn't explicitly allow the IP address of the "www.whatismyip.com" web site.

If the remote router uses something else than OpenSSH to offer its SSH service, it might not support the TCP forwarding / SOCKS proxy feature at all. You'll want to check the documentation for the device to see if it does support the feature, and if so, how to enable it.

UPDATE: You have updated your question to include information that indicates that you're using a "homespun" router using a variant of OpenWrt. In addition you specify that you have just the openssh-sftp-server package installed.

The solution is then to install the full OpenSSH, namely from the openssh-server package. You can do that with the following command on the router command line:

ipkg install openssh-server


New MacBook Air - update installation failed

I had to disable System Integrity Protection (SIP). Just follow this answer:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/361046/333653

Then I had to open a terminal and delete all folders in /Library/Updates with sudo rm -Rf e.g. sudo rm -Rf 041-57076. These are the update files, I need to delete them because they are corrupted because of poor internet connection.

Now I triggered the update again, it began to download the update again and now it works :)

If it does still fail, then try this procedure again, but connect via cable not via Wifi.


What happens if a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina is restarted with open applications?

Most applications from Apple, and some others, will save state and restart properly.  Some will cause a pop-up saying "Application XYZ has canceled logout; quit and try again."  (Not exact words.)  Then if you're on "autopilot." you close the lid and when you next open it, it's still there.

To clarify that last confusing statement: Several times, I order "shutdown but re-open apps" and came back later to find it had not shut down because some application had asked me to do something and that canceled shutdown.

LibreOffice will come back up saying documents need to be recovered (and any edits immediately before shutdown will be lost).  GraphicConverter 10 comes up OK but sometimes fails to find the images it had open before.  You'd have to experiment with others.

I've gotten to the point where I close everything but Finder windows, Safari, and TextEdit before I shut down.


Is there an application like OneNote for Mac/iOS?

Microsoft has released a version of OneNote for Mac. It is available in the App Store for users with OS X 10.9 or later.


AppleScript to return condition depending on audio file length

Okay, I've downloaded Hazel and tested the following AppleScript code on a New Rule to validate it works. The following code when used in an embedded script will set theResult to true on theFile, an audio file that is longer than 30 minutes. Any file 30 minutes or less, or a non-audio file will set theResult to false:

set theResult to (do shell script "[[ $(afinfo -r '" & POSIX path of theFile & "' | awk '/estimated duration:/{print int($3/60)}') -gt 30 ]] && echo 'true' || echo 'false'") as boolean
return theResult

Note that from my first comment before posting this answer, I've changed theFileName to POSIX path of theFile, and as you can see in the image below, it validated the rule. It then also processed the rule, as I defined it, successfully.
To change the number of minutes, change the value on the right side of the operator, e.g. -gt 30 to the desired time, e.g. -gt 20. The operator can also be changed to any one of the following: -eq, -ne, -lt, -le, -gt or -ge

Understanding, a little bit, the content of the do shell script command:

afinfo doesn't have much in the way of an manual page, so just type afinfo in Terminal and press enter for its options.
afinfo -r - {-r --real} get the estimated duration after obtaining the real packet count
Example output of afinfo -r:

 $ afinfo -r '09 Karn Evil 9.mp3'
 File:           09 Karn Evil 9.mp3
 File type ID:   MPG3
 Num Tracks:     1
----
 Data format:     2 ch,  44100 Hz, '.mp3' (0x00000000) 0 bits/channel, 0 bytes/packet, 1152 frames/packet, 0 bytes/frame
                    no channel layout.
 audio bytes: 85117515
 audio packets: 81460
 estimated duration: 2127.935 sec
 bit rate: 320000 bits per second
 packet size upper bound: 1052
 maximum packet size: 1045
 audio data file offset: 275530
 optimized
----
 $

The above output gets piped (|) to awk.

awk '/estimated duration:/{print int($3/60)}'

awk finds the record (line) containing estimated duration: in the output of afinfo piped to it and prints the third field, $3, 2127.935 as an integer, having been divided by 60 to get the number of minutes, as the time value is in seconds. In the example output, awk returned: 35

$(...) The command substitution portion passed 35 to the test [[ $(...) -gt 30 ]], so it equated to [[ 35 -gt 30 ]] and as a result, using logical operators, echoed true. Had the value been equal to or less than 30, or a non-audio file, it would have echoed false.

If you want the content of do shell script command to run faster, then use the following:

set theResult to (do shell script "[[ $(afinfo -b '" & POSIX path of theFile & "' | awk 'FNR == 3 {print int($1/60)}') -gt 30 ]] && echo 'true' || echo 'false'") as boolean
return theResult

afinfo -b - {-b --brief} print a brief (one line) description of the audio file

This runs faster then using -r as it's not counting the packets, but getting the info from embedded data. Note that while the help says "(one line)", the output is actually three lines, but still faster then the long form, especially if not using -r.

Example output of afinfo -b:

$ afinfo -b '09 Karn Evil 9.mp3'
09 Karn Evil 9.mp3, MPG3, Num Tracks:     1
----
2127.938 sec, format:   2 ch,  44100 Hz, '.mp3' (0x00000000) 0 bits/channel, 0 bytes/packet, 1152 frames/packet, 0 bytes/frame
$

The above output gets piped (|) to awk.

awk 'FNR == 3 {print int($1/60)}'

awk prints the first field ($1) of the third record (line) of output piped from afinfo -b, 2127.935 as an integer, having been divided by 60 to get the number of minutes, as the time value is in seconds. In the example output, awk returned: 35


First thing to check is : Do your modem support Mac OS X  ?

If the documentation said so, you should try to connect the modem directly on your Mac and see  what happens.

In case nothing works, I'd say that this modem is for PC only and you'll not find any driver for Mac OS X.
The only way to make it works is to boot on your BootCamp partition and install the driver on it, but you'll can use only Windows and not Mac OS X.

Edit : I'm not sure that virtualization solve the problem too. Most of the time, the Internet connection is shared on the VM from host to guest. I think you can't share connection from guest to host.


Export files in alphabetical sequence from Mac Photos app

You could do it your self using Automator

or using any of the Renaming apps from App Sore.


Remove number from iMessage to use on non iPhone

If you are using the same number that you had on your iPhone and registered with iMessage, you need to remove it from the service to be able to receive normal SMS messages from iMessage users on your new, non-Apple phone.

Please go to Deregister iMessage and follow the steps described on the page.


Cannot arrange finder files and folder by name

Finder offers two sorting methods: Arrange By and Sort By.

In column view:

Click View > Arrange By > None
Hold down the Option key and click View > Sort By > Name

Each folder has a hidden file .DS_Store that controls these settings, so when things don’t redraw correctly after you change a preference, consider trashing that file or making a new clean folder and moving things into a new store.


Hazy lines around dock and windows in Mojave

Honestly that looks like a hardware issue. The fact that it happened after you upgraded to Mojave is merely a coincidence. You can try a few things to see if it persists.

Boot into safe mode by holding down the Shift key while booting up your Mac.
Boot into Recovery Mode by holding down Command and R while booting up your Mac.

Safe Mode will turn off any software that has been added to your Mac and leave only what is necessary and from Apple. On the off chance that some software is corrupting the display.

Recovery Mode will boot you from the recovery partition, completely eliminating macOS as installed on your Mac as the culprit. So if it still looks the same it will need to visit a repair shop.

Likely issues are a bad video card (motherboard), bad screen, or bad cables connecting the two. Take it to an Apple store or a trusted Apple Authorized service center if it is out of warranty or you are not near an Apple store.


How can I upgrade OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.0 to 10.6.6

You can download the 10.6.6 combo update from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349


What would happen if I plug in two USB-C power supplies into the same Mac? Would it charge faster?

No.

Your MacBook will charge from the one which provides higher power. Quoting from the Apple support document, Connect with Thunderbolt 3 on your new MacBook Pro:

  Notes on charging your MacBook Pro:

  Your MacBook Pro draws power from only one power supply, even if more than one is attached—so using multiple power supplies won't speed up charging.
  If you connect multiple power supplies to your MacBook Pro, the one that provides the most power will be used, regardless of the order in which you connected them.
  You shouldn't connect any power supply that exceeds 100W, as it might damage your MacBook Pro. Also, using a power supply that doesn't provide sufficient power can result in slow or delayed charging. It's best to use the power supply that came with your Mac.


macos x terminal cursor is 1 posisiton righter then it should be

"1 position righter then it should be" is a matter of opinion :-) I believe the cursor is right where it should be. But either way, this is determined by the PS1 environment variable (assuming you're using the default bash shell)

You'll want to set PS1 to not have a training space on the end of it. The exact command will depend on what your PS1 is currently. The following should get you there:

echo $PS1

Will show you what PS1 currently is. Copy that value, then execute:

export PS1="<paste value>"

Pasting the value you copied in place of <paste value>. Be sure to not have a training space. So in my case, I did:

export PS1="\h:\W \u\$"

To make this stick, add the export PS1 line to your .bashrc file with a text editor.


If you had python 2.x and then installed python3, your pip will be pointing to pip3. you can verify that by typing pip --version which would be the same as pip3 --version.

On your system, you have now pip, pip2 and pip3.

If you want you can change pip to point to pip2 instead of pip3.

you can either add the alias to your ~/.bashrc

 alias pip=pip3

or add to your $PATH symlink named pip pointing to pip3 binary


MacOS Sierra: I forgot my password but have the SSD's Filevault recovery key. Can I reset my password?

Please refer to this Support document by Apple:

Reset using your Recovery Key (FileVault must be on)
If FileVault is turned on and you have a FileVault Recovery Key, you can use that key to reset your password.

At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using your Recovery Key. If you don't see the message after three attempts, FileVault isn't on.

Click >  next to the message. The password field changes to a Recovery Key field.

Enter your Recovery Key. Use uppercase characters, and include the hyphens.

Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password, then click Reset Password when done.

Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

If you can't log in with your new password after restarting your Mac, take these additional steps:

Restart again, then immediately hold down Command-R or one of the other macOS Recovery key combinations until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.
When you see the macOS Utilities window, choose Utilities > Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, type `resetpassword, then press Return to open the Reset Password assistant pictured above.
Select ”My password doesn't work when logging in,” then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions for your user account.


Copy pathname from Finder with tilde (~/) instead of absolute home directory

No.  The ~ substitution is a shell construct.


How to tell if my iPad is connected to WiFi using WPA3, WPA2, or no security at all?

If a Wi-Fi network has a lock next to its name, it's a password-protected network.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204070
This is the only information given by iOS by the Settings app.
iOS APIs don’t provide this information to third party apps. NEHotspotNetwork provides various network information as described in that Apple documentation page (accessible if the app has the entitlement) but not the network security.
If your iOS device is jailbroken, you can install GoodWifi. This shows the network security in the list of networks in the Settings app.


Screeching, distorting and oversensitive AirPods Pro

I've had what sounds like this problem before, on a previous firmware, and I resolved it by placing them in the case (on charge, I don't know if that made a difference) for at least 5 minutes.
You can't reinstall or downgrade the firmware, but you can try resetting your AirPods Pro.

Place AirPods Pro in the case and close the lid.
Wait a couple of seconds, then open the lid.
Hold the button on the case. The light on the front will start flashing white.
Keep holding the button on the case. The light will go orange. Let go of the button.
Move iPhone near AirPods and tap to Connect.


Finder generic icons for music/movies on second drive

Unfortunately the icons now appear to be hardcoded, it used to be the case that you could just name a folder Movies in your home folder and it would gain the icon but not anymore.

According to this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8380562/adding-buttons-to-finder-toolbar

DropBox are going to pretty extreme lengths to get their icon in the sidebar, using code injection.

In other words, I don't think it is possible I'm afraid.


Can one create an iTerm / Terminal (MacOSX) Secure session?

Ahhh, it seems that Terminal (MacOSX Default app) doesn't save such data anywhere (at least under ~/Library/Application\ Support/)?  So my answer is how to have secure sessions (generally).  But it doesn't answer if iTerm2 does this anywhere else nor how to create 'secure sessions' (one where the commands aren't saved) using it.

This is my answer though I welcome anything better.


I have the exact same problem. I don't see any way of adjusting or fixing this unfortunately. We just have to wait for Apple to fix this in a future release.


Is it safe to swap the "duckhead" connector from an old power supply to a new MagSafe 2?

The duckhead is very simple and it's safe to swap.

When you buy Apple World Travel Adapter Kit, you get various connectors that work with their whole range of AC Adapters.  There are not different models.

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD837AM/A/apple-world-travel-adapter-kit


Use Bluetooth access point and Wi-Fi at the same time

If I understand your question correctly, the example you're using about your Samsung phone having a setting that allows it to use 4g + Wi-Fi to increase speed in certain circumstance is the same option iPhone users have (Settings > Mobile > Wi-Fi Assist). It's primarily to allow the use of mobile data when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor.

The key thing about this option is that in both cases (Samsung / iPhone) we're talking about a data connection to the internet (i.e. 4g and WiFi). What I mean is that both 4g and Wi-Fi can connect independently to the internet.

With regard to your question though, you're talking about Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The thing is that Bluetooth in and of itself does not have a data connection to the internet - so it's not like it can assist to increase speed because it isn't connected in the first place.

Devices (Macs and iPhones included) can share their already connected internet connection via Bluetooth to other devices, but no you can't use both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to increase an existing internet connection.

If I've misunderstood your question, please let me know.


rpcbind tries to contact scan-06d.shadowserver.org - is my laptop compromised?

So the answer is - no, my laptop wasn't compromised. Little Snitch blocked a scan attempt from Open Portmapper Scanning Project - it appeared that that rpcbind (a.k.a portmapper service) on my laptop is openly accessible from the Internet. I solved this issue by blocking all incoming connections for /usr/sbin/rpcbind (System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall > Firewall Options, press +, find /usr/sbin/rpcbind, select "Block incoming connections").

Thanks @Tetsujin for pointing me into the right direction.


Getting the space key to act like the return key

Press ctrl+F7 to enable Full Keyboard Access. This setting is also available in the System Preferences under the Keyboard preference pane:

By selecting 'All controls', you can tab around keyboard focus between the various widgets in dialog boxes, including buttons like OK or Cancel. It's slightly different from Windows, in that return is like pressing the fully highlighted button, while space is like pressing the selected / outlined button.

This image shows the difference between the two:

In this example, the Cancel button has focus (from tabbing) while OK is the default. So pressing space would select Cancel, while return would select OK.

And for completeness, this one can be accepted by either space or return:

It's worth noting that some OS X dialog boxes (I've noticed this especially with dialogs asking whether it's OK to overwrite a file) will come up with, for example, Don't Overwrite as the default for return, and Do Overwrite as the focused item for space. This makes it a single key either way to do what you want, but you need to be sure you've got the right one!


Have you tried using telnet to diagnose the connection?  Issue the command:

telnet <hostname or ipaddress> 13

Insert either the hostname or ip address of the time server you wish to connect to.  Be sure to include the "13" that follows. This is the port number that NTP communicates on.

I tried it with the time server you specified above and here are the results:

    telnet 128.138.141.172 13

    Trying 128.138.141.172...
    Connected to utcnist2.colorado.edu.
    Escape character is '^]'.

    57126 15-04-14 11:48:04 50 0 0 907.8 UTC(NIST) *
    Connection closed by foreign host.

The server will report that the connection was closed by the remote host; this is perfectly normal.  However, you can confirm that everything is working by noticing that the server sent the time string (it's the line that starts with 57126 in the example above.

If this test works, then you know it isn't your firewall, router, or ISP.  That means we have to look at the NTP service running on your Mac.

If it dosen't work, chances are, something is being blocked.  Try turning off the firewall on both your mac and router (just temporarily for diagnostics).  Does it work now?

Re-enable the router firewall and re-check.  Still working?   If not, your router is blocking the traffic.  If it is, re-enable the firewall on your mac.  If that breaks it, then you know that your mac was blocking it.


Where is a list of "Boot flags" available for Parallels Desktop for Mac?

That list is very helpful! Some more options, but without comments or context, can be found like this:
pcregrep --buffer-size 512000 -e "\\x00((?:[a-z0-9-_]+\\.)+[a-z0-9-_]+)\\x00" -o --text /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels\ VM.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_vm_app


There's no limitation on Apple Pay itself. The limitation comes from the terminal that the store uses.

If you have a terminal that supports contactless cards and nothing else the limit is £30 per purchase, £100 per day, just as for a contactless card. The limit is low to avoid someone stealing your card and going on a shopping spree. And the stupid terminal doesn't realise that you have an iPhone that is much better protected than your card.

If you have a terminal that recognises Apple Pay, that terminal would know that you are really there with your phone in your hand, with the user of the phone pressing a button, so the transaction is much safer and the limit is much higher. What the actual limit is will depend on your bank.

Note: The difference isn't that one is unsafe and one is safe, the difference is that in the first case the terminal doesn't know it's safe, and in the second case it knows.


stuck with name and new and enter password prompt

This is completely normal. This is a macOS setting that some users prefer because it might provide more security. Do you remember the Username of your user when you were on Mojave (Or High Sierra)? If so, that is your username in the "Name" field. Password is the password to that user.

If you don't remember your creds:
If you don't remember your login information, you can try using macOS Recovery to find out. First, boot macOS Recovery by restarting and pressing Command + R. Next, access the Terminal. If you had your disk encrypted, then first, you would need to type diskutil unlockVolume diskID and type the password of the disk. Then, type diskutil mount diskID. Then, you can do cd /Volumes/VolName/Users and ls. This will show you all users on the Mac.

Good Luck!


Perl RegEx in Mac terminal: grep -p "^([^\t]*\t){2}mypattern\t" textfile.txt doesn't work

RegExPlanet offer a Regular Expression Test Page for Perl. This page works with Safari on macOS 10.12.

You may find that grep included with macOS does not include all the functionality you want. If so, try installing grep from Homebrew or MacPorts.


Ethernet network connection lost after locking or after Screen Saver activation

It seems that you can stop this behavior by preventing your machine from sleeping after screen lock:

Open System Preferences / Energy Saver
Under Power Adapter, check Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off

Now my Ethernet connection stays connected!


Does Parallel still allow booting from a Bootcamp partition with HIgh Sierra?

Yes, but there are a few issues. See Known issues with macOS 10.13 High Sierra and Parallels Desktop for Mac:

  Known issues

  Cannot create a new Boot Camp VM.   Fixed in version 13.1.0
  Cannot start an existing Boot Camp VM. Fixed in version 13.1.0
  Cannot install macOS High Sierra to a virtual machine with Apple File System type.  Fixed in version 13.1.0
  Cannot install Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac on macOS 10.13 High Sierra.  No workaround.
  Video artefacts when switching desktop spaces in Full Screen mode.  No workaround.
  A VM installed from Mac Recovery partition cannot upgrade to macOS High Sierra. No workaround.
  Parallels Tools system extensions are blocked in macOS High Sierra VM.  In macOS High Sierra VM open System Preferences > Security &
  Privacy > General > click 'Allow'. See KB 124244
  Cannot deploy Parallels Desktop to Macs with macOS High Sierra (host OS).   See KB 124289


Cannot Uninstall Application for Desktop Wallpapers

You can close the Kuvva App via the menu icon.

After that you can drag the application to the trash - enter you user password. Your done!


How to enable Mac OS X server email alerts

I've come up with my own answers for this in case anyone comes across this question.

1) No, you do not have to enable Apple Push notifications.

2 & 3) You can configure them to go through your ISP's SMTP gateway with the following steps (for 10.7.x and 10.8.x).

Go to Server.app
Go Mail
Check "Relay outgound mail through ISP"
Click edit to the right of that checkbox
Specify your ISP's SMTP gateway in the "Outgoing Mail Relay" field.
Specify SMTP relay authentication if required. Click OK.

4) Use the command line shell to issue this command:

echo hello | mail -s TESTSUBJECT youremail@yourdomain.com


Reinstall OS X (Yosemite) without Internet Connection

You can use a third-party utility like Carbon Copy Cloner or you can even use Disk Utility in OS X to create and restore OS X Images.  There is also hdiutil and asr if you want to work from the command line.  In a Terminal type man hdiutil and man asr to bring up their man pages.


can you post a screen shot? Ideally it should appear in the dropdown menu of the Gmail text on the top left about 1.2 inches from the top, next to it a small downward arrow, click on the arrow, contact should be the 2nd choice


This is really two separate questions, but as both are very much Mac Basics, let me have a go at both in one...

The green dot is not Maximise, it is Full-Screen. Full-screen moves an app into its own Space & removes the menu bar, unless you hover the cursor near the top of the screen. You can escape from this by hovering at the top & clicking the green button, or often the  Esc   key will perform the same task.

Maximise will preserve the Menu Bar & share the screen with any other app also open.
To specifically Maximise, rather than Full-Screen you need to hold  Opt ⌥  [sometimes labelled  Alt ⌥  the same as Windows] as you click the green button [you will see the twin arrows in the dot change to a + sign instead, see below]. Opt/clicking again will then Restore, same as Windows & you will also still have the yellow button available to Minimise.

Full Screen

Maximise

Your other issue, with applications remaining in the Dock is that Mac, unlike Windows, does not quit an app when the last window is closed. (There are some exceptions to that, System Prefs, for example, will quit if you close the window.)

This is an essential difference between the two platforms.

If you want to quit an app, use  Cmd ⌘   Q  or Quit from the File menu.
This allows your current workspace in that app to be remembered & restored the next time you launch the app. Windows cannot do that.
If you close all windows first, then Quit, that workspace will be forgotten.

It would be well worth spending an hour or two going through the Apple knowledge base on Mac Basics to familiarise yourself with how it works.
I would especially have a look at Spaces & Mission Control [multiple desktops] because that may be your ideal way to work without having to maximise/minimise all the time


Mac Mini will not restart, cannot install updates (OS X El Cap 10.11.6)

Upgrading the OS to High Sierra resolved this issue.


Adobe CS5 compatibilty with new OS on iMac

If you are running 10.6.8, you have at least an Early 2006 iMac (but not earlier because that would make it a G5 which renders this whole thing moot).  It also can't be any later than a Late-2009 since that was the last model that could support 10.6.x

If it's a 2006, you are pretty much dead in the water so to speak and it's time to buy a new iMac because the most you are going to upgrade to is 10.7.5

So, I am going on the assumption that you have a 2007 or later iMac....

You are right on the cusp of being able to upgrade to macOS Sierra if you have a 2009 (macOS Sierra How to Upgrade).  However, I don't recommend you going that far.  In my personal experience, the problems associated with Sierra have far outweighed any potential benefits I never needed in the first place so I advise skipping or waiting out this version.

Regardless, you must upgrade to El Capitan first; just stay here for now.

As for CS5, there's not too many known issues, but generally it appears that it works.  Though CS5 is 7 years old, so, it's highly unlikely you will find very much way in the development of "fixes" for any outstanding issues.

  Happy to update to not the latest OS, but just enough to make sure I can access the web (already can't do Linkedin). What should I do? Thanks!

Since your particular iMac (assumed) is capable of running El Capitan, I would suggest only a couple of hardware upgrades:

Max out memory (depending on your model, this can go from 6GB to 32GB)
Add an SSD (I personally use and recommend the Samsung 850 EVO; I use it in my iMac)
Do a full Time Machine backup and do a fresh clean install (preferably on the new SSD) to ensure you are starting from "factory."

ifixit.com has an excellent guide for opening your machine (the 2007 - 2011 iMac's used magnets to hold the display in so removal is actually fairly easy)

Bottom Line:  As long as your iMac is at least from 2007 onward, you have a bit more life that can be extracted from your machine as it supports at least El Capitan.  A few dollars spent on upgrading your hardware will speed things up and breathe new life into it.


Upload photos synced from iTunes to iCloud

First upload the old photos using https://www.icloud.com/#photos

Once they are securely uploaded, you can then check that the old photos can safely be deleted since the phone will then re-download them from the cloud.


How to export Calibre books into Apple's Books.app?

I just drop the files, pdf or epub,  onto the open iBooks window on a mac. The "Add to Library..." menu item in the Files menu also should work. This is on 10.13.4, but earlier systems behaved the same. So if you can export your books as pdf or epub documents, they should easily transfer.


What devices can receive an AirTunes signal?

As far as I've been able to find, you've covered it:

Apple TV
AirPort Express
Airfoil

I'm not positive, but I thought that you can use AirTunes from one Mac to another if they were on the same Airport Express network. I don't have my Airport Express hooked up right now. I'll have to test it out later.


How macOS detects apps that stopped responding?

GUI programs on macOS (and most other graphical operating systems) work by having a main loop that empties a so called "message queue". Some times this is called a "message pump".

Messages are put in the message queue by the operating system's windowing subsystem to tell the application about things that happened - for example "the mouse was clicked at (x,y)" or "the window was resized to size (width,height)".

The application then pulls these messages from the queue, processes them, and then waits for new messsages.

If the application for some reason isn't pulling these messages from the queue for a period of time, macOS will say that the application is not responding. This is all it is.

Many GUI application split their execution in multiple "threads" - which can be thought of as a program streams executing at the same time. The main thread is responsible for the main message loop, whilst other threads can be responsible for network communication, disk I/O, background calculations, etc. However any changes to the graphical user interfaces that is managed by the operating system must go through the main thread.

If for some reason the main thread is busy doing something else than GUI work, then it could be marked as non-responding. This could be because the program is stuck in an infinite loop, or is in a deadlock waiting for some resource or similar. The program will never recover from this state, but the operating system can't know this.

Another reason for the main thread to be busy could be that it is saving a large file, waiting for communication on the network, or doing a large calculation. After that is done, the program will start pulling messages from the queue again, and will be responding again. Usually programmers do a lot of work to ensure that nothing like that happens on the main thread to ensure that the program is responsive at all times.


Accept login policy banner without mouse

This appears to have been fixed in OS X 10.11 El Capitan, as the banner can be accepted using ↩.  Furthermore, the window appears fully on-screen in my scenario, rendering the need for a keyboard-only approach unnecessary for my use case.

So as far as I can tell, it is impossible to accept the policy banner without using the mouse in OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but they've fixed it in OS X 10.11 El Capitan.


iPhone says there is not enough space/room to download an app, but there is

The size listed on the App Store is for the actual IPA, which is nothing but a zip file, the contents of which are compressed. The install size can be double or even more, depending on the app and its contents.


What happens to deleted texts on iCloud?

I want to tell you that the text is deleted from iCloud.
First, if your iPhone is charging, using wifi and iCloud has enough space for your iPhone to back up the text, the text would had been backed up. And then you set the manual backup, so the text data has been overwritten by new data.


How to retrieve a PDF file from an iOS device?

Try emailing it to yourself from the iPad.


FYI I am not aware that Apple has anything at diagnostics.apple.com or diagnosis.apple.com.

For troubleshooting help with iPhones you can go to

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/

...or fill us in on exactly what your problem is, step by step. Please be as specific as possible: "my iPhone won't turn on" or "my iphone will naot make a phone call" etc...


After removing bootcamp partition, booting the mac it says insert bootable media and press any key?

Before selecting Macintosh HD in the Mac Startup Manager, hold down the control key. The straight arrow will become a circular arrow. This will make Sierra the default.

You can also make the Sierra the default, by selecting Macintosh HD from the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.


Replicate my Mouse config in command line

Something like that should do it:

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist MouseOneFingerDoubleTapGesture -int 0
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist MouseTwoFingerDoubleTapGesture -int 3
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist MouseTwoFingerHorizSwipeGesture -int 2
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist MouseButtonMode -string TwoButton
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 3
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist com.apple.swipescrolldirection -boolean NO

com.apple.swipescrolldirection -boolean NO disables Scroll direction: natural
MouseButtonMode -string TwoButton enables Secondary click right
MouseOneFingerDoubleTapGesture -int 0 disables Smart zoom
com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 3 enables fastest tracking
MouseTwoFingerHorizSwipeGesture -int 2 enables Swipe between pages with one finger and Swipe between full-screen apps with two fingers
MouseTwoFingerDoubleTapGesture -int 3 enables Mission Control


Outlook 2011 Reading pane: wrap the subject text instead of truncating with ellipsis

Outlook 2011 does not provide a way to change the behavior from ellipsis to line wrapping however you can try the following options to achieve a similar result.

Outlook 2011 contains 3 main window panes.  The navigation pane (furthest to the left), the email list pane (the middle pain that shows the list of emails -- I think this is the pane you wish to change) and lastly, the reading pane (furthest to the right).  This is the pane where you read the contents of a particular email.

Change the location of the Reading Pane.  I think by default the reading pane shows on the right hand side of the application.  From the main menu in Outlook choose 'View > Reading Pane > Below'.  This moves the entire reading pane below the list of emails pane.  Moving the reading pane below the email list pane allows the email list pane to span more horizontal real estate thereby allowing more of the subject line to show.
Hide the Reading Pane.  This will turn off the reading pane all together.  This option will afford you more horizontal AND more vertical space.  To read an individual email you have to double click to open it.  Note that for both option 1 and 2, in the email list pane you may have to also adjust the columns that are displayed or the width of those columns in order to see more of the subject column.  Move the mouse over those column boundaries until you see the slider.  Click and hold the slider to make a column more or less wide.
Make the Reading Pane Smaller.  If moving the reading pane to below the email list pane or hiding it out right is not an option you could click and drag the left hand slider of the reading pane to the right.  By making the reading pane smaller (less wide) you are effectively increasing the width of the email list pane.  A wider width will show you more of the subject line.

Happy Computing!


Poor battery performance after SSD install

Modern Macintosh computers store very little information in PRAM so resetting it is seldom a useful troubleshooting step.

Have you checked the condition of the battery using System Information? (It's in the Utilities folder and also accessible from the menu: [Apple] > About this Mac > More Info… > System Report —assuming you're running Lion)

If you're seeing Service Battery under the Hardware > Power:Battery Information/Health Information section that's probably your issue.

You might improve the battery life with a System Mangement Controller reset. Assuming your MacBook Pro doesn't have a removable battery, the SMC reset procedure is:

  Shut down the computer. Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power
  source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected. On the
  built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and
  the power button at the same time. Release all the keys and the power
  button at the same time. Press the power button to turn on the
  computer.   Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change
  states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.


Do non-Thunderbolt monitors work with a DVI-D adapter on a Thunderbolt MacBook Pro?

I have the same MBP.  It only has a single displayport/thunderbolt output, which can drive a single monitor.  The only way for it to drive multiple external displays is to use a daisy chained Thunderbolt display, or an adapter that drives multiple displays from a single input (Matrox makes one) or possibly a usb driven adapter.


MacBook Pro USB ports not working properly

Usually (depending on MBP model) - there is only one fully powered / full speed bus.

You could try resetting the PRAM / NVRAM which also causes a restart to be sure it’s not a temporary situation.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

Here is a good support article on USB ports and their corresponding power.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204377

From my experience iPads can request a lot of power from a standard USB port. Since power management could be involved, the SMC - System Management Controller decides when to apply or deny charging current. You might want to try one time resetting that for your Mac.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

If you still have USB issues once that’s done - see about hardware service either in or out of the standard warranty process.


IPad Battery replacement criteria under warranty, no applecare

Yes, the warranty covers battery failure.

The batteries capacity can be measured in mAh.
If Apple sells it with 1000mAh, then 500 would mean 50% (example numbers). I'm not sure at what percentage Apple considers a battery failure but I'm strongly assuming 50% within a year is considered a warranty case.

Call AppleCare or take it to a store. They will give you a URL to enter in Safari (something like diag://12345)
That will send the test results to Apple (including battery capacity) and they'll tell you your options to get your battery swapped.

There is no official way to check your battery capacity yourself (there are possibilities with jailbroken devices AFAIK).


Why won't scanner show up for Scanner Sharing?

I also have a HP ScanJet 4890 and it has never worked natively with neither Snow Leopard nor Lion. The fixed communication to the HP software seems to be by design. As @kremalicious says, that also makes it not work with built-in tools as Image Capture or Scanner Sharing.

While I can live with that, it's quite annoying to wait more than a few months for new working HP drivers and software after a new OS X version is released.


Notes keeps prompting me for POP passwords

Does codesign -vv /Applications/Notes.app/ print something like a sealed resource is missing or invalid? If it does, the code signature is invalid, so the application isn't allowed to access the keychain automatically. Copying Notes.app from another Mac or a backup or upgrading to 10.9 would probably fix it.

You can disable email syncing in System Preferences:


Since iOS 8 the system generates a randomized MAC address. I thought it was every time you connect to a different network and on every restart.

So you have technically 2 separate networks which means you have also 2 different MAC addresses.


Application similar to MS Paint to do graphical work on Mac

Probably the most similar to MS Paint that I've seen is Paintbrush.


Which books should I read to use and understand Mac OS well?

I was in the same position ¾ years ago and went ahead and loaned Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual (Pogue, David. O'Reilly).

It introduced all basic things what an imaginary OS X Snow Leopard manual could had included, albeit it isn't written in a conventional manual style. It is good for OS X newbies, as I was, because it explains even some rather elementary features/operations.

The Missing Manual doesn't cover Windows vs. OS X in a too great detail, which is, in my opinion, good thing as it makes you learn OS X from the ground up and makes you work with your operating system more intuitively (ie. you don't think Windows operations first and then translate them to Mac OS operations, but rather think of how things are done in the Mac OS straight away).

The downside was that the basic aspects of OS X were rather easy to learn with 10+ years of experience of other operating systems. It also introduced the majority of bundle apps, of which some were uninteresting to me (like iChat). The book was relatively fast to skim through.

The best part was the 6-page keyboard shortcut appendix to which I returned more times than any other chapter.

I can recommend the book — perhaps not to be bought, but to be read. If your local library has it in its collection, it's worth a visit.

Note that OS X Lion is due to be released later in this month. I strongly recommend to hold back buying the book now: either wait for a massive price drop or buy the book used; or wait for Lion books to land, if you're about to upgrade.


How can I force an index of all the Apple notes?

For what it's worth, I copied all my notes from iCloud to "on my Mac" by selecting all the iCloud notes, holding down the option key and dragging them all to "On my Mac".  Immediately they were all indexed and searchable.  hmm.  Oh my, so are the iCloud notes now searchable too.  So that copy function must have triggered an indexing command.

Cheers,

Ron


How to remove a container disk and reclaim the space onto my main partition?

Choose Partition from the toolbar and confirm you wish to partition if prompted.
Select the container you wish to remove from the pie chart, then click the minus button at the bottom to remove it.
Adjust the handles on the pie chart segments to expand the previous container into the space left by removing the other container (if this doesn't occur automatically).


Weird behaviour of cmd + tab on OS X after upgrade to El Capitan

Problem solved, actually it wasn't an OS version problem but keyboard settings which i've been changing via console, i've set defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int -1 and that was the reason of weird behaviour of cmd+tab.


Where can I purchase Female Thunderbolt to HDMI cable?

There's no such thing as a female Thunderbolt to male HDMI cable.  Consequently, you cannot connect an HDMI Source to a Thunderbolt Display

DisplayPort (DP) and mini DisplayPort (mDP) can drive HDMI devices, but not the other way around.

  I also want to connect it to my Windows laptop via HDMI. I bought this
  converter, which converts the HDMI signal to DisplayPort. Everything
  plugs in just fine, but the display just does not turn on.

Source:  how do I connect an Apple Thunderbolt display to a PC?

In short, HDMI simply cannot create the "signaling" required for a DP or mDP signal.  The Thunderbolt display is more than a display; it's a Thunderbolt hub/dock with a display attached to it.

From this picture, you can see all the ports that the display comes with:

3 USB ports
1 Firewire Port
1 Ethernet Port
1 Thunderbolt Port

As such, this is not a mDP or DP monitor.  You need a Thunderbolt signal to drive this monitor and HDMI simply can't do it.

What will drive this monitor?

Per Apple's Support Page on the Thunderbolt Display....


Is there a way to "swipe" between lists in Reminders in iOS 6?

Now that the iOS 6 version has swipe-to-delete enabled, you must swipe the list’s title to move between lists. Swiping in the body won’t work.


Avoiding maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar

You can use BetterTouchTool (free):

When maximizing a window with BetterTouchTool, the maximized windows doesn't overlap with the uBar's taskbar.


What happened to the star ratings in the Music app in iOS 9.3?

So I accidentally figured this issue out. Where before you could click on  the name of a track to view/edit the star rating, now the UX for that is to click on the album artwork. The artwork blurs and the star ratings show up dead center in that area; see picture below.

Still doesn’t explain the weird UX of tapping the current track name bringing you to the same current track name again and again. But at least star ratings are still a part of the Music app in iOS 9.3!


This looks like a backlight uniformity issue.

This is where the screen isn't being evenly lit by the CCFL bulbs behind it. Some of them are outputting differing amounts of light and cause this perceived 'discolouration'. The lighter colours really do show it.

Unfortunately, this is one of the disadvantages of a CCFL backlight system as opposed to something like LED backlighting - backlight uniformity can become an issue, especially with time.

You'd be looking at a screen replacement - outside of warranty, that's gonna cost you.


How to add a Service to Accessibility permissions

Here's the roundabout way I achieved it.

In Automator write your application, and save it as an Application (foo.app)
In Automator, create a separate Quick Action. Get that Quick Action to launch the previous Application you created (launchfoo.workflow)
System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility: Add foo.app to the permissions
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services: Give launchfoo a shortcut


The reason for this issue was the fact that I had set up the account as a POP account in apple mail.

When IMAP is selected the following screen appears:

and as can be seen the first item is the one I was looking for.

Drafts : Store draft messages on the server.

When the option above is not ticked the issue stops.


How to recover accidentally deleted data?

The only sure way is to restore from your latest backup, which is why Apple added Time Machine for easy use.

If you do not have that then the first thing to do is turn the machine off so that no more data is written to the disk. Then boot the machine off a recovery disk like Diskwarrior. If you are lucky then you can restore data if not the next step would be to send the disk to a specialist and pay them to see what they can get back. If you have a solid state disk then I think you are unlucky and even a specialist will have problems getting data back.


I would use this for that purpose http://highlightsapp.net/


If you want to search in Finder for the same, and then do the equivalent in Mail, you should go to /Users/you/Library/Mail/V* * varies for MacOS. Do either of these 2:

In the question, you mentioned that you can search for specific messages inside mail app. So just pick a rare keyword from one of them and search for the same string in the directory. Press CMD + up to reach its parent folders and then open Mail app and navigate to that folder and fix it.
Since you know the folder name of the misplaced, search for name.mbox and it will give you that folder itself.

Another possibly easy method can be to select a mail, right click, "Move To"-> you should see a lot of folders. I just hope that they're expanded. If you move something by mistake, CMD + Z brings it back.


You could add the birthdays to your Contacts, then you'll see each birthday every year automatically.


Finder freezes after updating to OS X 10.10.4

In my case it helped to remove the application state of the Finder. This command will move the state file to your desktop:

mv -r ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.finder.savedState ~/Desktop/com.apple.finder.savedState

Then restart the Finder process with killall Finder. If that was successful and you don't need anything from the old state file on your desktop (like a list of the opened windows from the last session), you can move it to the trash.


Unable to collaborate on a Numbers spreadsheet

The easiest way to fix this is to use the web app. (To triage and also buy time to sort out the failure)
Both you and your collaborator should sign in to https://www.icloud.com/numbers
This way, there can’t be any issues with local passwords, local version issues, account problems. Once you’re signed in to the servers at Apple data centers, you can open up your document and be sure the sharing is saved and live online.
Then track back one by one to isolate an issue on a specific device or specific local version of numbers.
Once you confirm the issue is the local user account you may need to remove your account and start over to test things further. It’s less likely a system issue, but erase install everything can sometimes work without needing to remove the iCloud keys from the keychain and re-establish identity on that Mac user account.
AppleCare might have insight if they can read the precise error message on server side and compare with your account error.


Move iTunes data from C drive to D drive

(1)In my system Itunes music folder can't be moved "from Windows", but I can move the Music folder containing it (Right-Click, Properties, Location).  (It can save some space on C, but is not the itunes folder with the backups).  The first step to free up space on C should be to move the folders that can be moved this way, like Videos, Photos, Documents.

(2)On another Windows machine I have used junction points to have the directory for backups physically on another drive.  (While still the same path from the point of view of Itunes).

If it is the same physical drive, I would reparation before doing (2).  You can also move swap, temp, hibernate files etc.


Apple released an iSight Updater software package, which is still available online:

iSight Updater 1.0.3
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL502

The problem is that the software download requires Mac OS X v10.3 Panther to run.
iSight can also be updated on OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. The updater on those systems is located at:
\System\Library\CoreServices\iSight Updaters\iSight Updater
So, find an OS X 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5 machine or VM to run the iSight Updater software.


Works for me, but I had to set volume 6 to make it audible.

"Big mistake" should be "Big mistake " -- that space matters.


Is there a way to make Finder always expand to "Show All" by default in "Icon View"?

I have a two-part answer for you. The short answer is no, you cannot "Show All" by default in the Icon view you are using.

The good news, and second part of the answer, is that you can change the folder View settings to eliminate this completely.

Open one of the folders with which you are having an issue.
Select Show View Options from the View menu.
Change the Arranged By setting to Name or None.
Then Select Sort By to whatever way you prefer. Kind will be the secondary arrangement.
You may also wish to check the box, Always open in Icon view.

Once this is set the way you wish, you can also click the Use as Default button at the bottom of the View options window.


Xcrun missing, installing Xcode Command Line Tools not fixing issue

Okay, After a full day of attempts, re-installing homebrew and all... found a solution which I should have tried a lot earlier in all honesty. Leaving it here if anyone else has the same problem in the future:

Doing xcode-select --install showed everything as being installed correctly but I just couldn't confirm that anywhere. I downloaded the CLT as a pkg from the apple developer website (https://developer.apple.com/download/more/) and installed it the old fashioned way. CLT is now installed and homebrew is detecting it just fine.

Brew Config now:

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.5.14
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 7fd6210127f088b6ee8708a1d7f4ec2df3fc5bb4
Last commit: 6 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 1f9ba958e21dce9673b932cfc1f55dd155f0df69
Core tap last commit: 31 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
CPU: octa-core 64-bit haswell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.1 build 902
Git: 2.8.1 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 1.8.0_77
macOS: 10.13.3-x86_64
CLT: 9.3.0.0.1.1521514116
Xcode: N/A
XQuartz: N/A

Thanks Nimesh for helping me!


Correctly removing the default Python installation

What you're doing is destructive. Each apple update can and will either break or re-introduce parts or all of the python files to are about to delete.

Why don't you simply change your path so that the homebrew version of the tool is used?

The danger of hacking the core OS is that it's tightly bound into receipts and software update by Apple and you risk compromising the stability of the system when you're modifying it. Generally the skill level needed to augment the path is far, far less than that needed to continually manage and troubleshoot a custom OS where you've removed components from outside /Applications .

You can delete the pip files from /usr/local/bin since they are not Apple or system installed and you can re-download them or re-install them with brew once you pick your version of choice there.


How to I list applications sorted by modified time in Finder on OS X 10.8?

The view your screenshot displays can be produced if you go to the View menu and select Arrange by ▸ Name (or press ^⌘1). When "Arrange by Name" is selected, indeed changing the sort order is not possible. If, however, you select View then Arrange by ▸ None or press ^⌘0, your problem is solved.


iTunesConnect stats are not real-time.  It usually takes 24 hours, sometimes longer depending on where the sale took place, time of day, etc., for app sales to be displayed.  If it's been more than 48 hours since the sale and you still don't see it in iTC, contact Apple's developer support.

For analytics, the user has to explicitly tell Apple that they want to share analytic data and logs with both Apple and the developer.  That question is usually only asked once during the initial iOS setup on that device.  Did both those users indicate they're willing to share this data?  If not, you won't see it.  The user can change their selection in Settings but it's a global setting and not for each different app/developer.


safari inspector how to add complex rules?

One option is to first focus on an element that would satisfy the rule (this is because the rule list only shows rules that apply to the current element and the second you would input a rule that does not it would "disappear")

Then you simply go to Elements Tab -> Styles -> Rules and click on New rule. Input your new rule (you can edit both the selector and the rule).

Alternatively you can create a new rule (+ New Rule) which is automatically created on the current element. Fill the CSS and then change the selector.


Running Growl without a user logged into a graphical session?

You could try sending growl notifications via the network protocol instead of routing them through the Growl app.  e.g. send the notifications to your laptop using a python script

http://pythonhosted.org/gntp/


Adobe Illustrator.

You probably didn't want to hear this, because it's outrageously expensive, but it's the standard for a reason.  Inkscape is free and has a good number of features, but the user experience is pretty terrible.  Every other (cheaper) commercial offering I've used lacked even basic features that Illustrator had a decade ago.

I've tried using cheaper programs, but when they cost 1/10th what Illustrator does (or less), they invariably end up being 1/10th the program that Illustrator is, too.  I've not actually been able to complete a full image without exporting to SVG, and loading it into Inkscape to finish the job.

Maybe there's something out there I've missed (and I'd love to hear about it), but in my mind, there's two options: suck up having to deal with a lousy UI and use Inkscape, or suck up having to pay $600 and buy Illustrator.


If I install more RAM should I boot into 64bit Kernel? Does it matter?

According to this article at macperformanceguide.com, you will see performance gains (5-30%) by running graphics applications in 64-bit mode.

Note that you don't necessarily need to switch to a 64-bit Kernel, you just need to ensure that Lightroom runs in 64-bit mode.


I upgraded my 4,1 Mac Pro to a pair of X5690s and am seeing exactly the same Tdiode temperatures as you - CPU A around 61°C and CPU B around 46°C at idle.

It seems to be normal owing to the inline airflow and discrepancies in heatsink size. As others have said, as long as the Tcase max temp is not exceeded on either CPU, I think we're fine and can rest safe in the knowledge that it's not due to bad/inconsistent thermal paste application.


Upgrading a jailbroken iPhone from 3.1.3 without data loss

I don't particularly see why you would lose your data when upgrading… but then I also don't particularly see why you'd prefer to have your 3GS on 3.2x when you could have it on 4.2x just as easily…

Do you sync your iPhone with iTunes and use it to back up? If so, you're unlikely to have a problem. Just go to http://iclarified.com/tutorials/iphone/ and pick the tutorial that's right for your phone's situation.


My iPhone is no longer appearing in Wi-Fi menu above the line after changing mobile phone provider

The Instant Hotspot is part of Apple's Continuity and Handoff features.
Try each of these troubleshooting steps:

Confirm both devices are logged into iCloud.
Toggle WiFi and Bluetooth off and on for both devices (for iOS, use the Settings app and not Control Center to toggle these settings).
Reboot both devices.
Log out of iCloud on both devices and log back in.

Logging out of iCloud and back in on both devices can be a pain and take some time, so make sure to try the previous steps first. It may or may not be helpful to reboot your devices after both logging out and logging back in.
For this particular situation, the asker indicated that they did the following to solve their problem:

Logged out of iCloud both on Mac and iPhone.

Rebooted both devices.

Logged into iCloud on both devices.

Rebooted both devices.


How can I prevent Siri from announcing who it's calling when I ask it to make a call?

You can't disable all Siri feedback but you should be able to cut-off most of the chatting.

Source:

Go to ‘Settings -> Siri & Search’.
Tap on ‘Voice Feedback’

You'll see 3 options to choose from:

  Always On: This is the default option. Siri will vocally respond to
  you after each query, no matter if you use the home button shortcut,
  "Hey Siri," or have your ring switch set to silent. If you're here to
  silent Siri, do not choose this option.
  Control with Ring Switch: When you set your ring switch to silent,
  Siri will not vocally respond to you, but there are caveats. Siri will
  still beep and respond vocally if you initiate a discussion using "Hey
  Siri" or if you're connected to a Bluetooth device, headphones, or
  CarPlay. So, the only time Siri will remain quiet is if you use the
  home button shortcut to activate her/him. If you unmute your device,
  Siri will again vocally respond in every situation.
  Hands-Free Only: Just like the previous option, Siri will only beep
  and respond vocally if you initiate a discussion using "Hey Siri" or
  you're connected to a Bluetooth device, headphones, or CarPlay. The
  only difference here is that you don't have to remember to set your
  ring switch to silent.

The author of that piece sums it up nicely:

  As you've probably noticed, there aren't really any great options for
  keeping Siri silent on your iPhone. The two not-always-on options
  listed above are virtually identical, only one requires you to set it
  manually each time using the ring switch while the other is automatic.

  So what's the answer to total silence, like when you're using "Hey
  Siri" but don't want voice feedback? Turn your volume down.


How can I upgrade Mac OS X for free on a recently bought rMBP?

Apple typically calls their upgrade program up to date.

In this case, you would go to this page below and follow the instructions based on the purchase date of your Mac.

http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

Your seller can assist as well - but most people can find things themselves once they know where to look. You can then use one Apple ID on the Mac App store to redeem the Mountain Lion upgrade just like you may have to redeem the iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand).


Check the battery level of connected bluetooth headphones from the command line

On my iMac(macOS 10.12.6), none of solutions mentioned above works. After reading the man page of ioreg. The solution that works on my computer is:

// the -r option is used to reduce output
// the -l option is used to display properties for all object
// by default some object properties are not shown
// the -c specify device class, the class could be specific or general
ioreg -c AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService -r -l
ioreg -c AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService -r -l | grep -i battery

// instead of using device io class, you could also use a property key to query
// you need to know one of target device's property key(-k), for example it is BatteryPercent for Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
// any device with this property will be listed
ioreg -r -l -k "BatteryPercent"
ioreg -r -l -k "BatteryPercent" | grep -i battery

There are some other device classes to try for the -c argument: AppleHSBluetoothDevice  AppleHSBluetoothHIDDriver AppleMultitouchMouseHIDEventDriver AppleHIDKeyboardEventDriverV2, they give different output.


Okay, I did it in terminal and it worked fine. I went to the correct directory and used:

sudo chown -R user.name *

That changed the permission recursively like it should.


MacBook Pro: water damage improved screen's brightness!

The reason it's brighter is because water has a refraction index that is closer to 'glass' (as in the specific material used in the screen--I know it's not really glass per se) than air does. This means that less light is lost in the area between the LCD and the front glass (or between the LCD and the backlight--but not very likely) and thus the screen appears brighter.

You'd probably get a better explanation on Physics in terms of specifics, but this is the answer in a nutshell.


In Pages, trying to bold everything that is inside {curly brackets}

I would recommend simply editing the file in .rtf, as it contains support for bold and italic but isn't anywhere near as complex as Pages files.

RTF uses a tag based system denotes certain properties with the backslash "\" as the control word, which is somewhat human readable.. Take a look at these two pieces: one the formatted .rtf and the other the plaintext (or code.)

  This is a test.

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1404\cocoasubrtf470
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10600\viewh10400\viewkind0
\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0

\f0\fs24 \cf0 This
\b is
\b0
\i a
\i0  test.}

Stripping out the metadata, we still have a valid .rtf file, just with less formatting (which we don't need anyways.)

{This
\b is
\b0
\i a
\i0  test.}

We don't even need those newlines.

{This \b is \b0 \i a \i0 test.}

With this, it becomes pretty trivial to convert your text: all we need is find and replace. First, create a .txt with all the data and open it in your favorite text editor–even TextEdit will do. Simply find and replace:

{ with \b
} with \b0
< with \i
> with \i0

Note the whitespace (you may have to open the markdown code to see it.)

All we need to do now is add a curly brace at the start and the end, and we're done!

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, {consectetur adipiscing elit.} Donec placerat turpis in ligula ullamcorper, eget finibus ligula pretium. Etiam pellentesque {rutrum varius. Proin non} nunc quam. Pellentesque vestibulum quam enim, ac mollis metus venenatis eget. Vestibulum purus nulla, gravida quis erat ac, <luctus venenatis nunc. Pellentesque ac posuere dolor, sed tincidunt arcu.> Duis sodales magna justo, non porta turpis <aliquam eu. Etiam tempor, enim eget maximus tincidu{nt, orci justo} consequat erat, ac elementum justo enim ullamcorper ex. Nunc libero ex, efficitur eget neque commodo, tempus hendrerit ipsum. Ut id placerat> mauris, eu porta nulla. Donec ultrices lectus non elit condimentum sollicitudin. Mauris molestie felis eget hendrerit lobortis. Cras scelerisque et tellus nec ultricies. Nam nisi urna, vehicula eget posuere sed, interdum eu {sem.}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, \b consectetur adipiscing elit. \b0 Donec placerat turpis in ligula ullamcorper, eget finibus ligula pretium. Etiam pellentesque \b rutrum varius. Proin non \b0 nunc quam. Pellentesque vestibulum quam enim, ac mollis metus venenatis eget. Vestibulum purus nulla, gravida quis erat ac, \i luctus venenatis nunc. Pellentesque ac posuere dolor, sed tincidunt arcu. \i0 Duis sodales magna justo, non porta turpis \i aliquam eu. Etiam tempor, enim eget maximus tincidu\b nt, orci justo \b0 consequat erat, ac elementum justo enim ullamcorper ex. Nunc libero ex, efficitur eget neque commodo, tempus hendrerit ipsum. Ut id placerat \i0 mauris, eu porta nulla. Donec ultrices lectus non elit condimentum sollicitudin. Mauris molestie felis eget hendrerit lobortis. Cras scelerisque et tellus nec ultricies. Nam nisi urna, vehicula eget posuere sed, interdum eu \b sem. \b0

Things to note: RTF doesn't support non-ASCII characters by default. If you need/want to use them, you'll need to do enter them specially using the \u control.


Geb cannot see slider that's off the page using an interact block

This test is waiting for the usFlagButtonSpanish to be displayed. You can likely resolve your issue by changing

waitFor {usFlagButtonSpanish.displayed}

to

waitFor {usFlagButtonSpanish}


Your iMac has only a single disk in it, and that is the one you will be backing up. You cannot use the same disk to back up to. You need to get an external device to hold the backup data: either an external disk (that connects to your iMac via USB, FireWire, or Thunderbolt), or an Apple Time Capsule appliance (which also acts as a wireless network router). Once you have one of these, and it is connected to your iMac, you should be able to select System Preferences -> Time Machine pane, after you switch Time Machine on.


After installing wine with a .pkg, I get the error wine: command not found when running from the terminal but the app works fine

The wine related commands are not in the path so you have to add them:

(this is for if you installed it for all users, if it's for only your user put ~/Applications instead of /Applications)

sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wine /usr/local/bin/wine
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/winecfg /usr/local/bin/winecfg
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/msiexec /usr/local/bin/msiexec

If you installed 64-bit wine also: sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wine64 /usr/local/bin/wine64

Optional:

sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/notepad /usr/local/bin/notepad
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/regedit /usr/local/bin/regedit
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/regsvr32 /usr/local/bin/regsvr32
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wineboot /usr/local/bin/wineboot
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wineconsole /usr/local/bin/wineconsole
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/winedbg /usr/local/bin/winedbg
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/winefile /usr/local/bin/winefile
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/winepath /usr/local/bin/winepath
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wineserver /usr/local/bin/wineserver
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/start/bin/appdb /usr/local/bin/appdb
sudo ln -s /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/winehelp /usr/local/bin/winehelp


Assigned a password to my home wifi, cannot connect to it on my macbook

You have to do the Unlock first (click on the lock icon and type your password), on the Network screen before going to Advanced tab, once in advanced click on the network and hit (-) sign.


What's the difference between Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport?

In addition to the aluminium vs stainless steel case, The Apple Watch has a Sapphire crystal cover as opposed to the Apple Watch Sport's "Ion-X Glass" cover.

In addition, there are more options for bands that can be used with Apple Watch. Specifically, while the Apple Watch Sport is sold just with the Sport band, the Apple Watch is available with the Sport Band, the Classic Buckle, the Milanese Loop, the Leather Loop, the Link Bracelet, and the Modern Buckle.

However, you can purchase any band to go with your watch as every band will fit every watch. In effect, you can get the Apple Watch Sport model and then purchase the Milanese Loop to wear with it. Changing bands on all models is easy.


are you able to see the mac disk via the terminal when you are in recovery mode?

it should be in /Volumes/ directory.


iPhone Gmail App won't stop sending notifications

The Notification settings aren't laid out very well. To fully disable notifications, you need to change pretty much all the settings on an app's notifications page in Settings.
Make sure you have turned off every switch circled here, and change Alert Style to None:


How to mount an APFS formatted volume created on macOS 10.12.1 on macOS 10.12.2?

I guess you'll have to try find someone still on 10.12.1, or who has the installer.

Lessons learned:

Don't use betas for mission-critical tasks.
Keep installers.
Keep backups.


How to click a focused button via keyboard on mac?

Press the Space bar. This should "click" the button that currently has focus.

I find the combination Alt+Space act the same too, a "click".


Why don't older Macbooks support multi-touch?

Hardware limitations.  Note that Mountain Lion's supported models are for at least partially multitouch-capable trackpads; ML doesn't require you to use, say, a 4-finger swipe.

I haven't used any of my Magic Trackpads with 10.8 yet, but it should be fine.


search your computer with Grand Prespective and it will show you your entire mac, and what and where the data is


How to force Safari to warn before leaving a page when a form is filled in but not submitted

Try this in Terminal

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugConfirmTossingUnsubmittedFormText -integer -1

Which seems slightly odd, as the opposite is -bool false but that's what "Secrets" shows for the 2 alternatives.
http://secrets.blacktree.com/edit?id=2467 ought to be the page with the defaults data for that, but the entire site is coming up 404 today.


Where can I find the AirPrint firmware update for my HP 8500A printer?

As noted in my question the printer requires a firmware upgrade to become AirPrint compatible. What is not clear on HP's AirPrint website is how one goes about updating the firmware. Playing with the menus on the printer I finally found that attempting to access the web apps menu causes the printer to check if it has the latest firmware. The printer then determined that it did not and proceeded to download and install the firmware update. After the update the iPad lists the printer as an option for printing. My programmer brain was probably making this too hard looking for a non-consumer friendly way of doing the update. That said can't say opening up the web apps menu is the most obvious way to check for a firmware update.


What happens at a low level when a directory from Finder is dragged to an app icon, such as TextMate?

At a low level, everything on the disk is a file. So a folder is a special file that contains directory information pointing to more files.

The application is told that the file should be opened - and it's up to the program to determine what type of file was passed and decide whether to recursively handle that file by reading the files contained in that folder or take some other action.

Similarly, you can select many items in Finder and drop them on an icon and the same sort of file open event is posted to the application so that it can process the files and do what needs to be done.


Every time I boot up my iMac "... is an app downloaded from Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?"

First place I'd check is System Preferences:
Users & Groups - Login Items.
Scroll through the list of items there, these will open upon log in (which may be part of your boot process), and delete com.aescripts.ZXP-Installer.helper if it is there.
If not there, try looking in the the following directories:
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems


It's possible to this easily outside of a table cell. To do this,

insert a tab between the two text, and then
add a tab mark on the ruler above.
Move the tab mark to adjust the tab width.

Doing this inside a table cell is difficult because pressing the tab key automatically advance the cursor to the next table cell. What I suggest is

create the tab outside the table cell, then
paste it inside the table cell, then
adjust the tab width.

I've snapshot to illustrate what I mean. Hope it helps.


I have found the same problem. Despite using Apple charger and lead the iPad thinks it's a copy and delivers the prompt that my charger or lead is incompatible. I believe the problem is that the voltage in India can waiver because this only happens at peak power usage times.


Why does my desktop picture not change correctly?

Open Finder and press the keyboard combination: ShiftCommandG
From the "Go To Folder" popup window that appears, enter the following bolded path (just copy and paste it):

~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db

Move the file to your Trash.
Log out of the account and log back in.

Explanation:
There's no property list for Desktop settings in Mavericks, as there was in previous OSXs. Instead, the Desktop values are stored in the database file mentioned above, which I assumed (correctly, here) was corrupted. Deleting it is non-destructive, as it automatically regenerates once you log out and log back in.


Well that was quick, I found the answer. Apparently in Mavericks the OS caches the preferences so you have to read them out after you change them. In my case I opened Terminal and typed defaults read com.apple.Safari

Read this article for more info


Profile Manager: Enroll gives a error 500

Bit late to the party, but it seems to be resolved through opening Server, turning Off open directory, waiting a few seconds, then turning it back On. Repeat if necessary.

This has happened twice in the past month, both times were resolved by doing this. I'm now searching as to why this occurs, and if it happens again I'll test reinstalling the Server App.

Hopefully this helps someone.


Quickly browse through different available Wireless networks for the iPhone?

As fas as I know, there is only a concept video for Notification Center WiFi seleciton, and there is a Simple Wifi for Notification Center Cydia tweak that will show WiFi info in there, but I don't think there is actually something that gives you exactly what you want.

But really, it's just two taps. Settings icon > WiFi section. That shows you all available networks. If your current WiFi network goes off, a list of available networks will automatically pop up.


OSX: Affix window to not move on spaces switch

Open System Preferences > Exposé & Spaces, click the "+" under the listbox of Application Space assignments, select your application (which must be running), then click in the Space column for the newly-added application entry where it says "Space 1"; "Every Space" appears at the top of the dropdown list.


How to right-drag using trackpad only, for Windows on MacBook

You can do this on the Macbook Pro trackpad by pressing down with two fingers hard enough to engage the mechanical "mouse" button built in to the trackpad.  Drag your item(s) to the desired destination and then release the pressure off the button and... voila!  Windows will display the right drag menu at that point.

Unfortunately this doesn't allow "locked drags" where you can continue dragging long distances by picking your fingers up off the trackpad surface and quickly repositioning them to continue the drag.


I have seen the exact same thing happening to my retina MacBook Pro. I carried in my MacBook Pro recently to an authorised service provider. As per the technician, this happens due to scratching of the Anti Glare coating. I was covered under Apple Care and got the screen replaced, which apparently is the only way to get rid of the marks.


Many resources out on the web seem to suggest that 0xE8000001 occurs because of iTunes/associated daemons, not your device itself. Most folks report success after quitting iTunes, and using Activity Monitor to force quit the iTunes Helper, and any other process referencing iTunes, iPod/iPhone, etc.

A blanket search for 0xE8000001 reveals most of these sources.


Can I use iPhoneBrowser to upload a directory structure to Office Connect?

My suggestion would be to get DataViz's Documents To Go. It provides the capability of editing Word documents on your iOS device and the 'premium' version interfaces with Dropbox (or similar services) to synchronize the changes to and from your PC. I haven't personally used their iOS version, but I did use their Palm version several years ago and it worked quite well.

  Microsoft Word Editing

  View, edit and create Microsoft Word documents on the go and experience the freedom of being able to review and update any of the Word documents you rely upon; anytime, anywhere. Advanced viewing and editing features include touch navigation, cut/copy/paste, bulleted and numbered lists, fonts, embedded pictures, tables, word count, password-protected files and the ability to edit in landscape view.

  Online/Cloud Documents Support

  ('Documents To Go Premium' only)
  Download, view and edit your files from your Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk or SugarSync account directly in Docs To Go. Any changes you make can be saved and synchronized back to the online account so that you'll always have the most up-to-date version. You can even create new files in Docs To Go and upload them immediately to your account.


Bought a new MacBook Pro, how do I transfer the OS X Lion license to my Apple account?

I think there is a part on booting up a new mac for the first time where it asks you to register with an apple id. If you haven't done that, check in your home folder for something that is a shortcut to register with an apple id. If you already deleted that, or it isn't there, try adding a apple id in the "Accounts" section of system preferences (under your picture and name). After you register, Lion should appear under "Purchased" in the Mac App Store, which you can redownload on other machines.


Apple does not allow Target Display Mode on anything but a few select iMac models. You can see the complete list on Apples's TDM Support Page.

There may be a third party solution but I am not aware of any.


Yosemite supplied curl stopped supporting https

I realised what had happened.  I am trying to run BAPS, which requires the Matlab Runtime Compiler, though it is provided with BAPS and an ancillary installation.  Once you install the whole lot you need to let BAPS know where the MRC dynamic libraries are, and the 'recommended' method is to set $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH='/Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Compiler_Runtime/v84/runtime/maci64:/Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Compiler_Runtime/v84/sys/os/maci64:/Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Compiler_Runtime/v84/bin/maci64'

That put the wrong libcurl in the way and hosed the system.  So, lesson learned:  figure out how to set the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in a smarter way.


How to install OS X Mountain Lion without an Internet connection

You can use Lion DiskMaker (which works for Mountain Lion as well) to make a bootable USB stick. This requires downloading the Mountain Lion installer, and a USB stick larger than 8GB. You can also burn a single layer DVD of the installer if you so desire (and, obviously, if you have an optical drive)


Something taking up 90GB of storage in MacOS Catalina 10.15 Beta

I cracked the code!

Preface

This seems to have worked fine for me, but there are no guarantees. DO NOT PROCEED WITHOUT A BACKUP OF YOUR DATA. Then again, you know that, you voluntarily installed a beta operating system.

The root of this issue seems to be a failure in deleting APFS snapshots made by Time Machine. Under healthy operation, old snapshots are deleted as necessary whenever new disk space is required. However, this process failed, as we'll see below.

Symptoms

Deleting files doesn't increase free space on the disk.
Daisy Disk reports a large "hidden space". Deleting a file of X bytes would increase the size of this "hidden space" by X bytes.

First try thinning

Firstly, I would try to manually thin out the Time Machine snapshots. This requests Time Machine to automatically clean out enough snapshots to free a desired amount of space, in this case, 100 GB.

$ tmutil thinlocalsnapshots 100g 1

If this succeeded, it should say something like

Thinned local snapshots:
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-141250.local

Listing some number of deleted snapshots. However, I doubt this will help. If the system could get this to work automatically, I don't see why manually invoking it would help. But YMMV, so it's worth a shot.

Manual snapshot deletion

After some number of snapshots were deleted, some space was freed up, but not much. the issue is that deleting any number of snapshots won't matter if even one snapshot exists holding onto the same data. In my case, there were two snapshots remaining that persisted even after thinning:

$ tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates
Snapshot dates for all disks:
2019-06-11-214224
2019-06-21-233121

I tried manually deleting these:

$ sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-06-21-233121
Deleted local snapshot '2019-06-21-233121'

$ sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-06-11-214224
Deleted local snapshot '2019-06-11-214224'

The response says they were deleted, but they actually weren't:

$ tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates
Snapshot dates for all disks:
2019-06-11-214224
2019-06-21-233121

At this point, I start going the nuclear route: directly using diskutil to delete the APFS snapshots, without Time Machine's blessing to do so. First, I listed the APFS snapshots to see their UUIDs:

$ sudo diskutil apfs listSnapshots /System/Volumes/Data
Snapshots for disk1s1 (2 found)
|
+-- BFD78F4F-99BB-4D5B-AE16-5367DC9C615E
|   Name:        com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local
|   XID:         10440723
|   Purgeable:   Yes
|
+-- 611E5357-8D10-4ABE-95F3-BE98C2DFCA3F
    Name:        com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local
    XID:         10492913
    Purgeable:   Yes
    NOTE:        This snapshot limits the minimum size of APFS Container disk1

Then I tried deleting them manually:

$ sudo diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk1s1 -uuid BFD78F4F-99BB-4D5B-AE16-5367DC9C615E
Deleting APFS Snapshot BFD78F4F-99BB-4D5B-AE16-5367DC9C615E "com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local" from APFS Volume disk1s1
Started APFS operation
Error: -69863: Insufficient privileges

Strangely, even though I'm using sudo to run the command as root, I'm told I have insufficient privileges. This might have something to do with the read-onliness of the system volume, or to do with it being the actively booted volume, but I don't know.

Going nuclear

I loaded up into recovery mode, and went to the command line. From there, I did a similar process to try to delete the snapshots. However, this required first unlocking and mounting the relevant volumes.

Running diskutil list, I found that my data and system volumes were assigned the labels disk1s1 and disk2s5, respectively.
I think (I don't remember precisely) unlocked the volumes with:

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk1s1
Password:
-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk1s5
Password:

Then I mounted them:

-bash-3.2# diskutil mount disk1s1
-bash-3.2# diskutil mount disk1s5

I listed their snapshots:

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs listSnapshots disk2s1
Snapshots for disk2s1 (2 found)
|
+-- Name: com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local
|   XID:  10440723
|
+-- Name: com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local
    XID:  10492913
    NOTE: This snapshot sets the minimal allowed size of APFS Container disk2
-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs listSnapshots disk2s5
Snapshot for disk2s5 (2 found)
|
+-- Name: com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local
|   XID:  187251
|
+-- Name: com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local
    XID:  10492911
    NOTE: This snapshot sets the minimal allowed size of APFS Container disk2

I tried deleting the snapshots by their "XID", but that didn't seem to work for all of them, so I instead deleted them by name:

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk2s1 -name com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local
Deleting APFS Snapshot XID 10440723 "com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local" from APFS Volume disk2s1
Started APFS operation
Finished APFS operation

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk2s1 -name com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local
Deleting APFS Snapshot XID 10492913 "com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local" from APFS Volume disk2s1
Started APFS operation
Finished APFS operation

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk2s5 -name com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local
Deleting APFS Snapshot XID 187251 "com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-11-214224.local" from APFS Volume disk2s5
Started APFS operation
Finished APFS operation

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk2s5 -name com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local
Deleting APFS Snapshot XID 10492911 "com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-06-21-233121.local" from APFS Volume disk2s5
Started APFS operation
Finished APFS operation

Once this was done, I confirmed that the snapshots were gone:

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs listSnapshots disk2s1
No snapshots for disk2s1

-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs listSnapshots disk2s5
No snapshots for disk2s5

And I confirmed that the space was in fact freed with diskutil apfs list.
I restarted, and my Mac was back to normal. The space of all of the files I previously deleted is now visible and available.

And they lived happily ever after...


iPod 3g 4.3.5 Updated Firmware Apps can't run

I had a similar problem. Try go to AppStore and update or download something free; the point is to authorize with apple store. Once you finish this, everything should be back to normal.


It's quite hard and you might need to delete the mail and measure the space freed since iOS isn't showing Mail usage like it does for other apps.

In theory, you should be able to Open the Settings app and presumably:

Select General.
Select Usage.

Wait for the Storage pane to calculate the current allocation and you will see sorted from most space to least, the combined application and application data usage for each app. If Mail isn't on the list, scroll the content up and tap the "show all" entry below the initial list of apps using the most storage space on iOS.

As things stand, you will not get Mail as an entry in this list (and might spend several minutes looking for a smallish blue icon among a list of hundreds of apps).

My theory is that Apple has implemented code to prune mail storage gradually as your available space becomes low. That would mean that all Mail on iOS is a temporary cache and just like Safari pages held in cache.

If all Mail storage is simply an offline cache and not something you can depend on being on the device if you download a large game or take video and otherwise use up your storage, one viewpoint might be that the correct action is to not show the size of this cache no matter how large or small since when push comes to shove, no mail will be retained on the device if space gets low.

At best, you might need to actually save a snapshot of your usage and then delete the accounts for Mail from your device and then calculate the difference by assuming all the space freed was due to Mail storage caches.


What format does Apple Mail store its emails in?

You can find a description of the format based on an reengineering effort here:

It has three parts:

The length of part 2, in bytes
The message itself
Message metadata (XML Property List)