Something in your startup files is trying to call a command called Setting which isn't a command that exists. You can debug your start up files by running:

bash -x -l

and watching the output -- you'll see all the commands that are being run on startup and hopefully spot the line where Setting is trying to be used as a command. If you want to post your startup files more help might be possible.

  What do you mean by "startup files"?

When your bash shell starts, it reads and executes a bunch of standard startup files to setup your environment. It usually starts with /etc/profile and then everything in the /etc/profile.d/*.sh directory. Then it moves on to the user-level ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc files.

Based on the output you posted your problem is here:

++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ PROMPT_COMMAND='update_terminal_cwd; '
+ Setting PATH for Python 2.7
bash: Setting: command not found

You have the literal line:

Setting PATH for Python 2.7

in one of the startup files. It should either be prefixed with echo or commented out with a # character.

Try and find the file by running these commands in a Terminal:

grep -H Setting /etc/bashrc /etc/profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc

From the depth marker, the single + in that output, it's in a top-level file, not something being sourced from one of them.

If that grep command matches it'll print the file name. Find the line and add a # to the front of it to comment it out. For example, change:

Setting PATH for Python 2.7

to:

# Setting PATH for Python 2.7

in the file where grep reports the line.


In my experience there is no quickfix way to get windows and mac machines to always be visible in the others networks list.

The best thing you can do is enable Samba filesharing on your mac, then when you want to connect you just type smb://Jonathan's MacBook Pro into the address bar in Explorer (or into the run dialogue).

To Enable SMB sharing on your Mac:

Go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing
Select Options
Tick Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)

This has always worked for me with networking windows machines in Mac environments.


What units does Finder use when listing an image's dimensions?

Definitely image dimensions on a screen are measured in pixels.

Open your image in Preview application and press Cmd-I.


Apple terminal no home and end key - Use cmd left or cmd right

You can use Better Touch Tool for this (it's no longer free, 5$ minimum), just assign keyboard shortcuts  to work in Terminal app only. Remap ⌘ CMD+← to ⌃ CTRL+A and ⌘ CMD+→ to ⌃ CTRL+E. Here's the sample:


Failing to connect to WiFi network with MacAuthEvent error

It might be your WiFi hardware, but you can test it using following steps to manualy onnect:

Manually connect to WiFi

Turn On

networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

Find

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

Connect

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 WIFI_SSID_I_WANT_TO_JOIN WIFI_PASSWORD

If above does not work you have a deeper problem.

Before you go, try using the BSSID instead the network name.

  airport -A=ssid -BSSID=bssidname -password=password

If you do not know the BSSID (who does), use this to find it:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -s

This will give you all SSID and BSSID in your scan range.


Is the iTunes Match Limit for ALL Songs or just Matched Songs?

I think the difference is in the second paragraph that you posted. In your situation, if you have bought less then 7,000 songs from iTunes, then the rest counts against the storage.

In other words, it looks to me that only the songs that you bought from the iTunes store will not count against your 25,000 song limit. All other songs will (whether bought from somewhere such as Amazon, or ripped from a cd) likely count against that limit.

Keep in mind that you can have more than one Apple ID with purchased music in a library and according to the FAQ - only the Apple ID paying for iTunes Match/Apple Music is exempted from the 25k song limit.

It's not clear whether Family Sharing is all considered "one Apple ID" so you might want to be sure you re-download all family songs under your Apple ID if you are running up against a limit.


Safari is a integral part of the Operating sytem.

Your version 5.1.10 is the last version available in Snow leopard (your operating system)

Now you have 2 choices:

1- Upgrade to next version of Operating system with new version of Safari (big job)

2- Switch to Google Chrome or Firefox browsers (very easy to do)

I personally prefer Firefox and use it to access my gmail.

Just click on one of the links in my answer and follow the instructions to Install.


I had a similar issue, it seems as once the song is uploaded to iCloud via iTunes match it becomes the "Master" copy.  Install iTunes 10.5.1 or later on another PC and connect it to iTunes Match but DO NOT download anything!  Then you can delete songs from iCloud, don't worry this won't delete them from your main iTunes library. Once deleted go back to your main iTunes machine and change the metadata, then choose add to iCloud for the song. The new metadata will now be ULd to iCloud.


What good PowerPoint editing apps are there for iPad?

Try:

Keynote (not 100% compatible with powerpoint; some things are lost in the translation from Microsoft's to Apple's format)
Documents To Go
Office2 HD
QuickOffice

Personally, I prefer Keynote over what I've seen of some of the others, but they all have their limitations. Keynote's just the one I have the most familiarity with.


Is there a simple way to enable/disable groups of fonts?

You can create font collections in OS X's own Font Book. These collections are shown in the left column and can be activated and deactivated from the context menu (right click on a collection name).

Fonts can exist in multiple collections, so you could create one with all fonts to be deactivated after your Photoshop work, but also more differentiated and overlapping groups if needed.


Unable to erase Mac HD – “unable to delete the core storage logical volume”

Golden Rule:
you cannot trash the drive you're booted from. You need to be booted from another drive, even if it's a USB.


On OS X is it possible to override DHCP assigned DNS servers but still keeping them for fallback?

You can use ipconfig getpacket to find the DNS server that DHCP recommended:

$ ipconfig getpacket en0
...
domain_name_server (ip_mult): {192.168.3.2, 192.168.42.1}
...

So, assuming you are using the Wi-Fi adapter and its device is en0, you can:

#!/bin/bash

default_servers=$( ipconfig getpacket en0 | \
   perl -ne'/domain_name_server.*: \{(.*)}/ && print join " ", split /,\s*/, $1' )
networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi 127.0.0.1 $default_servers


Can sleep password and screensaver password timeout settings be different?

No this isn't possible.

Nonetheless, this would be a great general security improvment for MacOS X.
For example since I type it pretty regularly but in a safe context, I would like to have an independant password to unlock my screensaver.

I suggest you to make your question a good proposal of security improvment
on the Apple feedback web server, section about MacOS X, since they didn't yet put in place a section about security feedback.


Can I configure Swype to use two different languages for keyboard layout and spell checking?

Yes, that's possible in Swype. And in SwiftKey, too, by the way. Let me walk you through how I did it. But let me tell you why first.
For Stack Exchange, I use:

US English spelling, since we're on a US website. Though, as a European, I should advocate UK spelling. Then again, the UK doesn't seem to advocate being European.
A German keyboard layout, i.e. QWERTZ instead of QWERTY, because I've been using that layout for physical keyboards for the last couple of decades.

With the iPhone, it's easy to set those two differently. With third-party keyboards, not so much. But it is possible:
Swype
Preconditions: You have bought the app and performed basic configuration so that you can access Swype as a virtual keyboard in your apps.
Steps:

Open any app that can access the Swype keyboard.
Select Swype as input method.
Press and hold the space bar, then slide up to More Languages.
Do not click on any language! Instead, for the language you want to configure, e.g. "English" (the US variant is implied), click on the right arrow >. It took me a while to discover this.
Choose the layout that you want, e.g. "QWERTZ" in my case. Voilà.

SwiftKey
Preconditions: You have downloaded the app and performed basic configuration so that you can access SwiftKey as a virtual keyboard in your apps.
Steps:

Open the SwiftKey app.
Go to Languages. Under Downloaded Languages, you should see at least "English (US)" and "QWERTY"
Click on switch layout for a language.
Choose the layout that you want, e.g. "QWERTZ" in my case. Voilà.

PS: I haven't quite made up my mind as to which of the two apps I actually prefer. I see immediate differences, but no killer criterion yet. I'll keep testing both for a while longer.


Making a command key for an option that already exists

You were looking in the right direction… though you cannot actually do this easily for a right click item - so long as there is a menu item in the same app, it's simple.

I've only quickly tested this on Safari & TextEdit - whichever app you use must already have those 2 command options somewhere in their menu structure.

System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts

Select All Applications, then click the + button.

So long as you add the full, correct menu title [& that item exists in the app you are going to be using], the shortcut you ask it to use in the 3rd line will always find it. You don't need to enter any kind of menu hierarchy at all.


MacOS highlight individual words as they are spoken, as iOS

VoiceOver on macOS can do this.

Use VoiceOver Utility.app to activate move highlight cursor by word
Activate VoiceOver with Cmd+F5
Click on the text you want to read
Press Control+Alt+A to "read all"

How well it works will vary by application and how well they support VoiceOver.

  These animations were recorded on 10.13.6 High Sierra, but VoiceOver has been around since 10.4 Tiger - so you should be OK in 10.11 El Capitan.

Pages - works well

FSNotes - works well

Safari - depends on how the page is built


Find last location of iPad, not connected to Wi-Fi and off

The last location the device was online and connected to the internet may have been sent and recorded in Find My iPhone if that feature was enabled on the iPad.

Visit iCloud and log in with the Apple ID you use on your iPad. Then, go to find my iPhone. Here you will be able to see the last location the device was connected. If it does not have cellular this will only show the last place the device had a WiFi signal.


How to remove leading whitespace in a folder for OneDrive upload on mac os

Here is a script that’s dedicated to fix this issue for OneDrive on the Mac.

https://github.com/soundsnw/mac-sysadmin-resources/blob/master/scripts/fix-onedrive-filenames-apfs.sh

It is quite sophisticated and very well documented.

If you don’t have JAMF - remove those from the end - they fill fail harmlessly I believe if you don’t have the JAMF framework installed.
It checks for APFS and makes a full backup of the existing files.
It notifies you what it’s doing.
It fixes folders first, then files.
It trims white space from the front and end of files and folders and also corrects illegal characters like /
It tries to catch errors, clean up, prevent sleep, avoid spotlight going ballistic while the files are being renamed, etc..
There’s nothing about this script I don’t like, to be honest.

It has no warranty, but please ask if you think you need help modifying it. I did not write it, but the community of mac administrators that makes and shares these are some of the best resources I know for great tools.


Is there any significance to the dimmed text in Safari 6?

The point of this is to make the domain of the site you're visiting blatantly obvious. Many phishing scams will use URLs that look very similar, but not exactly identical to the site they're trying to mimic (using things like, for example, paypal.com.mysupersketchydomain.ru), and this technique (now used in most modern browsers) helps to mitigate that risk even for non-tech-savvy users.


Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out

Presumably you're using Time Machine?  mtmfs is Mobile Time Machine file system daemon.  Have you tried disabling Time Machine?


Connecting a Dell U2412M to a 2013 Retina MacBook Pro using DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort

I had the exact same problem with a Dell monitor.  After months of support calls and monitor replacements, it ended up being the cable.

The problem was using a Mini-DP to DP cable.  For some reason, the DP chips in the cable is not sending a signal that Dell monitors are expecting or the length of the cable causes the signal to degrade.

The fix? Buy a Mini-DP to DP adapter then use a 1.2 DP to DP cable to connect to the monitor.  I know it sounds lame and the MiniDP to DP cable should work but after I switched out the cable for this setup, I didn't experience the issue again.

Hope this helps.


How I was able to play Apple Music in the car with disabled cellular data?

You were likely able to play music that had been cached locally on your device. Apple Music caches songs as you play them so that, if you play them again, they play locally from your device.

In the future, if you're inclined to test out this theory, you can clear your Apple Music cache prior to a trip and then observe whether you're able to play any music.


Why can my Macbook plays sound in Windows but not OS X?

So with a lot of time and hard work on behalf of a much more patient friend of mine, I was able to get the stuck piece of headphone out of my Macbook. I can now use my speakers, however the headphone port itself is not working. (There may have been some super glue in it from when I previously tried to remove the piece, and it required a lot of digging and scraping to get it out)

Unfortunately this does not answer the original question I asked, but it would appear that there is absolutely no way to make OS X play sound, even though Windows has no issue playing sound. This is very unfortunate. Good luck to everyone who was in my situation, and thank you to everyone who posted their advice in the comments. I appreciate it! :)


It might be a bit slow. I am using an early 2009 MacBook with 4GB of RAM, and the performance of Lion wasn't as smooth as Snow Leopard.

For the record, I am also running Xcode. It runs OK, not exactly smooth. So I think your experience on 2GB RAM might not be too pleasant.


Isn't the Reminders app on iPad allowing you to trigger an alarm when you leave a location?

This appears to be currently available for the iPhone 4 and 4s only. Give this page a look. Several frustrated commenters.
Macworld Review


How can I get iCal to sync with iCloud while running Snow Leopard?

I have found a suitable work around that I have been testing for a couple of days.

While using iCal on a Mac running Snow Leopard, I needed to add an account to iCal. This account would point to iCloud and sync with it.

So, open Preferences and select accounts, enter the add account window by hitting +.

this takes you to:

You need to choose CalDav and enter your Apple ID email address (not your .me.com email address)

enter in your password and the server name which in most cases is p06-caldav.icloud.com

Once this has been added you will need to uncheck some of the calendars in the 'on my mac' menu.


How can I install macOS to an internal HD on a different Mac?

You don't mention which versions of the Macbook Pro and Macbook Air you have, but, with more recent (last 5 years or so), you can do an over-the-air restore.

Steps:

Shutdown her Macbook Air.
Power up the Macbook Air and immediately press the following key combinations: Command + Option + R. Keep on holding the key combination until you see a spinning globe. You will be asked to connect to your WiFi network so please do so when prompted.
Once you boot into recovery, simply use the Disk Utility to wipe off your main HDD or SSD, go back to the main screen and click on Reinstall macOS on the drive you just wiped. It’s that simple.

This can be a slow process, as it's downloading the OS installer over wifi.

The official Apple support doc.


This seems to work:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --agreetolicense --nointeraction --forcequitapps


How do I disable the media keys (play, pause, skip, etc.) on the macOS login window?

Two solutions:

Solution 1: the aforementioned one to toggle the Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys and then lock the screen via an AppleScript invoked by a system-wide hotkey:

display notification "Toggling fn keys and locking"
-- toggl fn keys
tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

-- lock screen
activate application "SystemUIServer"
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SystemUIServer" to keystroke "q" using {command down, control down}
end tell

Then, the next steps are saving this as an Application, and creating a service in Automator to launch this, and setting a keyboard shortcut for that service.

However, this was too slow and also had the irritating side effect of me having to write another script to un-toggle the Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys setting after logging back in.

Solution 2: I ended up using KeyboardCleanTool, which solves the problem more directly by locking all the keys on application startup until one clicks the relevant UI button:

  KeyboardCleanTool is a super simple little tool which blocks all
  Keyboard and TouchBar input.


How to delete search suggestion on mac safari(iCloud)?

You should probably try clearing the browsing data on all of your devices connected to that iCloud account. iCloud now syncs your bookmarks and history across all devices. It's possible that particular site suggestion is from a separate device.


hack or something similar on my iPad Air

Go to Settings > General > Profiles and Device Management. Delete any profiles you don't remember installing, then restart your iPad.

Next, update it to the latest version of iOS (9.3.2), this should remove the Jailbreak, if there is one, as that version cannot be Jailbroken.

As for what caused it to send spam to your contacts:
If the iPad had malware, well, obviously that was it.
If not, did you sign into it on any other devices?

Also, does your daughter use an iPhone, iPad, or Mac? If so, you can use FaceTime instead of Skype.


Catalina not allowing me to read-write from remote host? How to fix?

I had to move out of my root directory and scp somewhere else (Applications folder in my case).


mac terminal displaying other name than host name

Somewhere, whether it be in a virtual network created in AWS or your company's own network, you are being assigned a hostname through a DHCP server (and possibly in conjunction with a RADIUS server).

Looking at the format of the assigned name, it's too specific (us-west-2.compute.internal), and the IP address and domain both point to internal networks.

You can manually set your hostname with the command:

sudo scutil --set HostName "YourHostName"

However, when you reboot, it will revert back to whatever has been assigned to you.  Your best bet is to check with your network manager.


How to open link in a new tab via shortcut in Chrome on Mac?

It will still take 30 clicks, one for each link, but…
Remember that  Cmd ⌘  on Mac is usually equivalent to  Ctrl ⌃  on Windows.
 Cmd ⌘  Click will open a link in a new a tab behind the current one, if you click a link.
 Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧  Click will open the new tab & bring it to the front.
These are the default settings [iirc] but they can be changed in Prefs…

Edit:
Sorry, I only just realised you said Chrome.
It does follow the same behaviour, though I can't find anywhere to actually change it.


How does Office 2008 for Mac store its Recent items?

At least on my machine, this is what I'm seeing:

PPT3 does appear to be the PowerPoint value
I have lots of items. MSWD0, MSWD1, but then also MSWD99, MSWD109, etc.
Interestingly enough, it looks like PowerPoint adds items to Apple -> Recent Items, but Word and Excel do not. Which seems crazy, but that's what's happening on my machine.


how do I access iTunes Visualizer options?

Have you upgraded to Lion?

As per this support thread it seems the extra visualizers require 32-bit mode:

  Right click on iTunes.app in your Applications folder and click "Get Info". In the window that appears, click "Open in 32-bit mode" at the bottom of the "General" pane.

  This is a work-around, not a fix, and I have filed a bug report with Apple.


Can I get iPhone charge status from my Mac?

You are able to see the charge status on the iPhone page on the new iTunes 11.


MacBook Air 2015 Shuts Down in Boot Camp Randomly

The quick answer is that when a battery starts to fail (due to age or just failure), the voltage can fluctuate to the point where the system cannot log an error or go to sleep. Since you have some evidence that this happens on battery alone, you'll need to collect enough data to prove that hypothesis or replace the battery and see if it helps.

You might also ask a pointed/specific question on out partner site superuser.com to ask if your specific version of windows can log low voltage errors or how to diagnose a sudden shutdown cause from the windows side of things.

I have diagnosed these things and ruled out other causes on the OS X side, but I cannot begin to advise you on how to read the windows logs and nothing that I know of is saved to Apple's NVRAM if windows crashes while it's running - but I could be proven wrong on that point by someone with that knowledge if they decide to weigh in :-)


Add this to your registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PolicyAgent]
"AssumeUDPEncapsulationContextOnSendRule"=dword:00000002
Open secpol.msc (click start > search for secpol.msc)

Local Policies > Security Options
Network Security : LAN Manager Auth Level…
Set to: Send LM & NTLMv2 - UseNTLMv2…

And

Network Security : Minimum session security… clients
uncheck "Require 128-bit encryption"

Restart PC
Create VPN Connection on Windows 7

Host Name: (server IP or yourhost.name.com)
PPP Settings : Enable LCP (only)
Type: L2TP/IPSec
Pre-shared key : yoursharedsecret
Data encryption : Optional encryption
Allow CHAO and CHAPv2

Router on server-side must allow VPN Passthrough and forward ports: 50, 51, 500, 548, 1701, 1723, 4500 to the server box. Also, do not filter anonymous internet requests, multicast or NAT Redirection but enable SPI Firewall.


How to install Windows 10 partition on macOS X Server 10.6.8 without bootcamp?

Installing Windows without using the Bootcamp app is risky. However, I will guide you through the correct steps to accomplish this.

Please Note: This method is not encouraged by Apple and may lead to your Windows OS to fail, resulting in a major loss of data. Please perform these actions at your own risk. Only do the following if you are the administrator and owner of your Mac. Be sure to back up your Mac to prevent any major damage.

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Let's start off by opening disk utility. Select the Hard Disk of your choice, and select the "Partition" Tab. Once on the tab, select the "+" button, a pop-up screen will appear. If you are using a more recent version of macOS, you will have an option to choose the size of your partition. Please be sure to choose a minimum of 30GB for your partition size, as this will be the boot of your new Windows Partition. If you are using an old version of MacOS X, you might not have the ability to choose the size of your partition.

Name your to partition whatever you want, I named mine Win10. Make sure to choose the "MS-Dos (Fat)" or "ExFat" option for your format. Once the partition has been created, you now want to boot into Windows 10. This part may be more complicated. To boot into Windows 10, you need a Bootable Media Device. This device could be a USB or DVD. Please follow the steps below to find out how to create a bootable media device for Windows 10.

USB Device: (Use another device to do this) (Recommended for newer Macs)

Before you begin: Make sure you have a USB Drive with at least 8GB of storage. When following the steps below, your device will be formatted. Please be sure to back up any files on the USB. Make sure you have a reliable Network Connection before downloading the ISO.

Download the Windows 10 Installation Media Tool from the link provided.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Download, Install and Run the tool. Agree to the Terms and Conditions. You will be taken to a page where the tool will ask you what you want to do. Select "Create installation media for another PC". Select "Next". On the next page, choose your language. For the remaining boxes, be sure to select "Windows 10" for Edition and "64-bit (x64)" for Architecture. Select "Next". On the next page, select "USB flash drive". Select your drive and begin the installation. This download may take a few hours depending on your bandwidth and internet speed.

Once the download is complete, follow the remaining steps to finish off creating your bootable USB.

DVD: (You may use the same device to complete this) (Recommended for older Macs) (Must have internal or external DVD reader)

Before you begin: Make sure your DVD has at least 4.5GB of storage. When following the steps below, your device will be formatted. Please be sure to back up any files on the DVD. Make sure you have a reliable Network Connection before downloading the ISO.

Download the Windows 10 Installation Media Tool from the link provided.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Download, Install and Run the tool. Agree to the Terms and Conditions. You will be taken to a page where the tool will ask you what you want to do. Select "Create installation media for another PC". Select "Next". On the next page, choose your language. For the remaining box, be sure to select "Windows 10" for Edition and "64-bit (x64)" for Architectue. Select "Next". On the next page, select "ISO file". Select your file location of choice where to download the ISO file. Keep in mind, the ISO file is very large. (About 4.5GB) Please make sure to choose a file with enough storage. Begin installation. This download may take a few hours depending on your bandwidth and internet speed.

Once the ISO file has been downloaded, burn it to a DVD. Please make sure your DVD is in the tray at all times during burning the ISO file. For more information on how to burn a file to a DVD, please see the link provided.

https://www.seagate.com/us/en/support/kb/how-to-burn-an-iso-image-onto-a-cddvd-rom-201431en/

Using the bootable media:

Once you have successfully made your bootable device, follow the steps to add the Windows 10 partition to your Mac Pro Server.

For USB: When starting up the Mac, hold down the "Option" key down while on the white screen. When several options appear on the screen, let go of the option key. Use the arrows to navigate to your USB name and select the Return key. You should soon appear on the screen to install Windows 10.

For DVD: (Make sure your DVD is in the DVD tray for your Mac!) When starting up the Mac, hold down the "C" key while on the white screen. This will automatically boot your Mac from the DVD. After a while, you will be taken to a screen to install Windows 10.

I hope this helped you! :)

Cheers, John Williams


Error while setting up windows in my late 2014 iMac

The difference is you are trying to install to the second HDD or SSD. The link you gave is for installing to a Mac with a single internal HDD or SSD. The Windows installer GUI is not equipped to handle your situation. One possible alternative would be to use the CLI to install Windows.

Note: I am using the Windows 10 20H2 English 64 bit version. In other words. the Windows 10 October 2020 update.

Starting from the window posted as an image in your question, proceed as follows.

Click on the red X to close the window. In the popup window, click on the Yes button.

Enter the following commands to start diskpart and get a list of volumes.
diskpart
list volume

Assign a drive letter P to the flash drive. In the first command given below, replace the # symbol with the volume number for the flash drive given in the previous step.
select volume #
assign letter=p

Assign drive letters to the EFI and Windows partitions.
select disk 1
setect partition 1
assign letter=s
select partition 3
assign letter=w

Enter the following command to quit diskpart.
exit

This command applies the Windows image to the desired partition.
dism /apply-image /imagefile:p:\sources\install.wim /name:"Windows 10 Pro" /applydir:w:\ /checkintegrity

Note: If you do not what Windows 10 Pro and do not know the desired name, then you can get a list of available names by entering the following command.
dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:p:\sources\install.wim

This command copies the drivers provided by Apple to the drivers store.
dism /image:w:\ /add-driver /driver:p:\$WinPEDriver$ /recurse /forceunsigned

Note: This step searches for .inf files. If a found .inf file does not result in a driver being properly copied to the driver store, then an error message may be generated. You can ignore such messages. For example, some drivers can only be installed after Windows has finished installing.

Create the boot files. The command below installs for US English.
bcdboot w:\windows /l en-us /s s: /f uefi

Close the command prompt window and select to Turn off your PC. In other words, shutdown the Mac.
exit

Start the Mac and continue with the installation of Windows. If you boot to macOS, then select Windows from the Startup Disk pane of the System Preferences application.

When finished installing Windows, install the Windows Support Software provided by Apple. Look for the Setup application in the BootCamp folder on the flash drive.

From Windows, run the Apple Software Update application to get any Boot Camp and other software updates from Apple.

Updating AMD graphics drivers for Windows in Boot Camp
Apple has a website Update AMD graphics drivers for Windows in Boot Camp which provides a link to the AMD website homepage. Clicking on Drivers and Support takes you to a webpage where there is a Download Now button which will download software to "Auto-Detect and Install Radeon™ Graphics Drivers for Windows®". You can also select your product from the list. According to everymac your late 2014 iMac has a Radeon R9 M290X dedicated video processor. Going though the list took me to the AMD Radeon™ R9 M290X Drivers & Support webpage. For the "Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition", there is a download under the title "Auto-Detect and Install". This download is the same as the one found on the Drivers and Support webpage. There are also various versions of the drivers you could download and try.


Upgraded to Mavericks, mini-displayport vga no longer works

If you reset the NVRAM and then boot to the recovery HD you should be able to tell if the problem is hardware or software without needing to boot from the older OS.


Can you use the command line on a Mac to get to a networked Mac?

Use the mount command to show the various mounted shares. You'll see something like this:

$ mount

//GUEST:@betafat/tmp on /Volumes/tmp (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, ...
afp_0h2ueA0008BK0000oM0000VU-2.2e000005 on /Volumes/admin (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, ...

The first line is a Windows SMB share from an XP computer, the second line is an AFP share from another Mac.

Note the mount points after the word 'on' above.
You can access the mounted shares using mount point just like you would any other directory, i.e. ls /Volumes/admin


Refreshing files without killall Finder?

This particular use hadn't occurred to me.  I have finder set to always show all my files.  However sometimes when a new file is created it doesn't show up. Switching to another directory and switching back seems to work.  E.g. Switch to the parent, or a sibling directory, then back to your starting one.  Two clicks.  Much faster than relaunching Finder.


Gifting in iTunes to people in other countries

According to Apple support, from the U.S., you can gift physical goods to:

  Mexico, 15 countries in Europe, and four countries in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand).

Those 15 European countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Anywhere else and it seems you need a credit card with a billing address in the target country to send gifts.

However, this does NOT apply to gifting apps:

  [iTunes] Gift Cards and Certificates are valid for use only in the country in which they were purchased. Only residents of the U.S may redeem gift certificates purchased in the U.S.


You may need to URL Encode some characters and spaces, however, here is some example AppleScript code  that you may find helpful, although it only encodes spaces:
tell application "Finder" to ¬
    set theItem to the first item of ¬
        the (selection as alias list)

set posixForm to POSIX path of theItem

set {TID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to ¬
    {AppleScript's text item delimiters, " "}
set foo to text items of posixForm
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "%20"
set foo to foo as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "/"
set foo to text items 3 thru -1 of foo
set foo to foo as string
set smbForm to "smb://server/" & foo as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to TID

set the clipboard to smbForm

Notes:
Have a look at Encoding and Decoding Text in the Mac Automation Scripting Guide.

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


Copying files over file sharing on Mavericks extremely slow

Solved it myself.

The MBA was on a different WIFI connection (2.4GHz). The problem is gone after I switched the MBA to the 5GHz WIFI, which the other machines are connected to.


Has anyone figured out a keyboard shortcut to globally strikethrough selected text in any OS X app?

Hey I just came across this question because today I just started to use Stickies as a To-Do list for things I need to finish over the day and I also wanted to have that feature that you strikethrough items or text you are done with…

I think an easy workaround for this is that you have lets say 3 items, then you go to mark your first item with the strikethrough from the Fonts panel and then select that all the item and go to Font > Copy Style (Opt+Cmd+C) and then because it is copied in the Stickies app, after, anytime you use the shortcut Opt+Cmd+V (Paste Style) over a selected item it will paste the strikethrough style anytime later on the app, even if you have any other copied item in your clipboard.


Running the command will define it for the current shell, but that's it. There's nothing specific about macOS here — this is a bash thing. You have to run the command on every shell. To do this automatically, add the line to a sourced file such as ~/.bash_profile.


The simple solution for me is to avoid ever switching my identity, so I don't have to automate the changing of the environment variables and files that provide the identity to the shell:

Set up GitHub SSH for your work GitHub account e.g. ericcompanyabc.
Next, on my personal GitHub repos, I simply add ericcompanyabc as a collaborator. Voila, I can now push to my personal projects (as ericcompanyabc on the company's computer) without having to switch GitHub account back and forth.

(granting ericpersonal access to work repos is impossible here of course)


Apple Official iOS Development Certificate

There are no iOS certifications currently listed on the Apple Developer web site.

The de-facto industry standard base-level certification is getting at least one non-trivial native Objective C (or Swift) app that you've developed approved by Apple into the iOS App store.


How can I image my Macbook Pro's hard drive prior to sending to Apple for repair?

I would choose either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Make a clone of your hard drive that is a bit-perfect bootable copy. You can either use an external drive or one of those docks that you pop bare drive into.

SuperDuper costs just under $30. Carbon Copy Cloner is donationware. Either one is great. But I like CCC because it can schedule cloning sessions on a regular basis.


How do I increase rendering speed on Final Cut Express?

I imagine the USB disk is probably a source of the bottleneck.  Try using a Firewire 800 disk.


How to fix Windows Boot Camp after Linux install/

You basically need to implement the same solution as the answer to Bootcamp High Sierra upgrade now not working. Substitute the commands given below.

r
h
2 3 7
y
af
n
ab
n
07
y
n
w
y

This solution is probably not the best one. Basically, you should have not moved BOOTCAMP to disk0s7. You should have either used a third part tool to move BOOTCAMP or manually reinstalled Windows.


Automator's "Extract to PDF" does not remember output folder

Seems to be a known bug that hasn't been resolved since 2012:

How to extract the text of a PDF document with Automator, and save it in a directory


Is it possible to use an AT&T gsm iPhone 4 with any other carrier or pay-per-use

Once the AT&T iPhone 4 is unlocked, you can get a no-contract SIM from Straight Talk (which is sold at Walmart) or from T-Mobile.

With Straight Talk, you're pretty much forced to buy a voice/texting/data plan for a minimum of about $50/month -- they won't let you use a voice/texting-only plan into a smartphone chip. Data is capped after 2GB.


MacBook Pro with Retina display to Apple TV using Airplay is glitchy

Try this: open "Wireless Diagnostics" via Spotlight → Search/open Wireless Diagnostics → Window → Utilities and perform a wi-fi scan. Make sure that your router use a wireless channel with no/minimal other networks (you can change the channel via airport utility). If problem persists, try using the other wireless frequency (2.4ghz vs. 5ghz) via airport utility.

Next try streaming with Beamer app - much better video quality than airplay mirroring. Its a lovely app, and free to try. Solved all my airplay problems (have almost same setup; macbook retina + apple tv + airport extreme ac).

If problem persist, I guess I would try extending with an Airport Express (you can check the signal quality in wireless diagnostics).


MacOS does not isolate the apps in the secondary monitor through each Desktop

Fixed in comments.. but to provide an answer for future searchers…

Two things to check…
System Prefs > Mission Control > Displays have separate Spaces [should be off]
Then right click any one of your aberrant apps in the Dock > Options > make sure it's not set to All Desktops.

Either or both of those settings could be responsible.


There are a lot of possible things here that could cause your problem.

1)The Wi-Fi receiver on your iPhone could be faulty. You will have to take it to an Apple Store to get that fixed.

2)Your modem might have connection problems. Try pulling out the power cord and wait 5 minutes. While you're waiting, make sure all the cables are fit into the modem and not loose and hanging out.


I cannot connect to (specifically) google.com with any app using cellular data

This sounds like it may be an issue with your mobile service provider's DNS. I would try to Reset Network Settings to see if that clears out the cached DNS results.

To reset network settings:
Tap SettingsGeneral > Reset > Reset Network Settings


How to set external display as the main one with MacBook Pro?

If you use you MacBook Pro in clam shell mode, your external monitor will automatically be the primary (and only) display.

See Apple's instructions on clam shell mode for more details.


Put windows on a *partitioned* external hard drive?

The link you have provided outlines a method which requires a third party tool to install Windows 10 on an external HDD or SSD. The use of third party tools is unnecessary since Apple and Microsoft together provide all the necessary software required to install Windows 10 on an external HDD or SSD of any intel based Mac that can boot Windows 10 from an external HDD or SSD.
You can either add partitions for additional volumes on the external drive while installing Windows or you can add the partitions after you have installed Windows.
Most users install Windows 10 to EFI boot from the external drive. Many answers have been posted here at Ask Different regarding the installation of Windows 10 to EFI boot from external drives. An example of how to install Windows 10 on a external drive can be found here. You can add additional partitions to the external drive by either of the methods given below.

By modifying the steps given in the link to add additional partitions through the use of the diskpart command.
By using the Windows Disk Management tool to add the additional partitions after installing Windows 10

Note: If you need an ExFAT volume, you may need to first created a FAT formatted partition using Windows, then use macOS to reformat to ExFAT.


How do I restore a Deja Dup backup (done in Ubuntu) in Mountain Lion?

Deja dup uses duplicity for storage. You may want to use duplicity in the command line, which is available for macOS.

Install it with Homebrew like this (install Homebrew first if you don't have it yet):

brew install duplicity

Then restore with something like:

duplicity --file-to-restore the/file/you/want/to/restore file:///backup/location /where/you/want/to/restore

Not sure if this will help OP, but could help other people.


Disable the conversion from "" to “” when typing Chinese

In most Cocoa-based applications, you can disable this by unchecking Edit > Substitutions > Smart Quotes.


Except for your requirement of setting quiet-times, one possible option would be Google Notifier.  Perhaps you could have a cron process that starts and stops Google Notifier at specific times?


How to prevent an iPad from grabbing Apple ID for "Itunes and App Store" when plugged into a Mac?

I used to get this issue as well and what I did was to prevent iTunes from auto syncing when I connect a device, this option is found in the iTunes Preferences/Devices and tick the checkbox as shown in the screenshot

It's also worth going into the user preferences then login items and remove "iTunes helper" which should stop it from launching iTunes anytime you connect a device.


How to make a Mac mini and MacBook Pro work together (one keyboard for two Macs)?

Synergy is amazing! You can check it out at http://synergy-foss.org/ it's pretty great software! I use it in my office to use one Keyboard and Mouse for a bunch of machines I have. Even works between OSX, Linux and PCs.

Check out the site... http://synergy-foss.org/ It is a free download! It's pretty awesome stuff. Hope this helps!


In Script Editor, if you run the following AppleScript command:

do shell script "echo $PATH"

You'll see how the PATH is defined to the do shell script command:

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

You need to include the fully qualified pathname to any executable that's not in the PATH, shown above, in order for it to work in an AppleScript do shell script command.

Another option is to add an export PATH command to the do shell script command, e.g.:

set exportPath to "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:"

And in your case, use it as, e.g.:

RunShell("estc R505")

on RunShell(oscript)
    set exportPath to "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:; "
    do shell script exportPath & oscript
end RunShell

Obviously adjust the ... portion of export PATH=$PATH:... to reflect your actual PATH that's not included in the default PATH passed to the do shell script command as shown further above.


The first generation iPad Pro definitely supports iPadOS 14.
Ensure that you have a working internet connection, and try Settings > General > Software Update again.
If that doesn't work, try shutting down the iPad and power it on again - and try Software Update again.
If that still doesn't work, check if you have a beta software profile installed on the iPad (if you have previously been testing beta versions of iPadOS).
If everything fails, you could restore the iPadOS software to the iPad from a computer.


Accused of using company phone whereas a personal iPad was used

Facetime will ring on any device you have registered your email address for the Facetime.app on that device.
There is an explanation here on imore.com which goes into some  details on how it works and how to register, enable and disable an email address on a device.

How to enable or disable phone numbers and email address for FaceTime
If you don't want your iPad or iPod touch to receive FaceTime calls
sent to your iPhone phone number, or don't want your work iPhone or
Mac to receive FaceTime calls sent to your personal email address, you
can easily disable -- or enable -- them on a per-device, and
per-address/number basis.
1, Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone, iPad, or
iPod touch.
2,Tap FaceTime.
3,Tap on the checkmark to the left of any
number or address you want to turn off (prevent from calling FaceTime
on that device).
To enable or re-enable numbers or addresses, simply
reverse the process and tap the empty space to the left to number or
address to add a checkmark.

If you always carry both devices then there is no need to set up personal accounts on company equipment.
If the boss's entire case is based on a mobile call during a driving period (rather weak, you could have been parked / stopped etc.) then the whole situation is probably for another reason and this is just an excuse that will pass the labour board.


How to keep Messages chats sorted manually

I don't know if I was so blind or It was added in some patch, but it's in menu View -> Sort Conversations -> Manually.. obviously :)


How to fix this disk has 2 partions popup on external HD

It certainly looks like that disk was at some point partitioned. Open Disk Utility, click on the disk and look under the Partition panel. Disk Utility will show the current partition scheme, and whether you can repartition the disk without losing data. But back up your data onto another disk or your computer before trying that!

In the unlikely event this is just a glitch, you should certainly run Disk Utility Repair!


How to convert my music to ringtones for the Iphone 5

GarageBand can do it. Import a song, select a 30-second range, export it as a ringtone.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1358

Edit:just saw the PC bit.

Haven't tried it, but there's an app:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ringtone-maker-make-free-ringtones/id390929278?mt=8

And a website: www.iringer.net/


From I don't have administrator account on my mac

  Boot into Single User Mode: Start/restart your Mac. As soon as you hear the startup tone, press and hold ⌘ + S
  until you see a black screen with white lettering. (If you end up back
  on the login screen after a flash of the black screen with white
  lettering, enter your password and it will return to the black
  screen.)
  Mount the drive by typing /sbin/mount -uw / then ↩ enter.
  Remove the Apple Setup Done file by typing  rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone then ↩ enter.
  Reboot by typing reboot then ↩ enter.
  Complete the setup process, creating a new admin account.

This should allow you to create a new admin user.

I will edit this answer to include a fix for your old user soon.


Administrator user can't visit pages in Safari as they are not approved in Parental Controls

The problem was related to the fact that Parental Controls were enabled for my account (A) under Users & Groups but I was unable to disable it since the checkbox was grey. Also, the Parental Controls in System preferences didn't shown that anything is set.
Since the only user that can disable the checkbox is another admin I did the following:

Created a new admin account, lets call it B,
Logged in with the account B,
Disabled the option for the account A,
Logged out from the account B,
Deleted the account B.

Once I did that, everything that did not work started to work without any issues.

The affected stuff were:

Web pages I could not visit,
Siri deactivated w/o possibility to be activated
Dictation deactivated w/o possibility to be activated
Captive unable to load the login page on WiFi hotspots


Have you tried restoring it? There could be something app or service running that you are not aware of, thats causing it.

I would try doing that.

Restore to new, and install a couple of app and test it for a day or two to see if it still crashes.

Before you do, take a full backup to your computer!

If that doesn't work, you probably need to have it looked at by a pro.


Close Xcode
Open Terminal
Type defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode
Re-open Xcode

Note: Xcode will be reset to its default settings. This might help if you would like to do so.


as far as I know, this is not an option.

I just tried on my 4S w/iOS9. There's nothing in settings for Mail or Photos which addresses the default parameters for this check before sending a message:

This picture is from a similar thread where the author claims the "Actual Size" option is the default for image files under 500KB.

Per this 2009 article there used to be different options between "sharing" and "copy/pasting" pictures to an email, but I found in iOS9 that both methods exhibited the same behavior.


I would look into the ExitTimeOut value for launchd.plist:

  TimeOut

  The recommended idle time out (in seconds) to pass to the job. If no value is specified, a default time out will be supplied by launchd for use by the job at check in time.

  ExitTimeOut

  The amount of time launchd waits before sending a SIGKILL signal. The default value is 20 seconds. The value zero is interpreted as infinity.


Returning to simple pop-up characters panel?

The button in the upper-right corner of Character Viewer was the culprit.  If I summon Character Viewer and click it, Character Viewer shrinks:

From then on, further presses of control+command+space summon the pop-up panel instead.

As to how I got to the full Character Viewer, opening Character Viewer from the menu bar Input menu (which can be turned on in System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources):

then clicking the button in the upper-right corner of Character Viewer twice—once to shrink the window, once to restore it—appears to set a preference that I'd like the key combination to pop up the full Character Viewer instead of the pop-up.


iCloud still full after deleting lots of messages

Wait for some time and check again. It may take a little while for the messages to be purged on the iCloud servers and for the updated storage space to be reported on the device.


there not cases on the market yet, I guess.
But you do can use your creativity and made the case yourself;)
For example like that:

http://carrypad.com/2010/04/15/how-to-make-an-ipad-booksafe-case/


How can I preserve indentation in Notes.app on OS X?

One solution is to write all your list items, one under the other, neglecting any indentation level. Then, you can select all the items you want to be on the same level, and press cmd+]. This will allow you to increase the indentation level.
As far as I know, auto-indentation applies just for bulled/dashed lists.


How can I manually replace the addressBook files on my iPhone?

The best way is to syncronize with your computer's address book.

Did you not do a backup before upgrading?  Either way, when you tell your phone to sync your address book, it will get the contacts out of your outlook or Apple address book.


How to do SMC reset when keyboard is not working?

Yes, but in these models you technically don't need to press the power button for 5 seconds, although there's no reason not to.

Assuming you have the correct tools you can remove the bottom case, disconnect the battery for a while, reconnect it and the SMC should be reset (assuming there's no other underlying problems such as a logic board fault).

Hope this helps.


Try resetting the PRAM and see what happens.


Are Boot Camp drivers for thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet available?

First of all, connect the adapter and reboot. In many cases, it will solve the problem. You need to reboot because the adapter is not hot-pluggable. For the same reason, if you remove and re-insert the adapter, it won't work until you reboot.

If you still have difficulties, I've found driver information while looking at the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter page at Apple Store.

  Google "broadcom driver windows netxtreme". Select the netxtreme I
  Desktop/Mobile driver.  Install via device manager (select location
  where you unzipped driver).  Note, the PCI ID for this device
  14e4:1682 is not listed in Broadcom's web page list of supported IDs.
  However the driver's .inf does include the requisite matching for the
  new device ID.

Hopefully, you can solve this with a reboot due to it not working as a hot-plug device, and each time you need to boot Windows with the adapter attached for the driver to load.


iOS: Is there a limit in the number of applications I can leave "running background" in the bar?

Fraser Spiers recently did an excellent article and follow-up video on this question on his blog.

In short, to paraphrase: you don't "leave apps open". By pressing the Home button, you signal them to enter the Background state, from where, depending on how they're written, they are either immediately moved to the Suspended (not-running) state, or are Suspended after completing a certain amount of background processing (such as completing a download).

As Fraser explains, there is no need to manage the number of apps in the 'multitasking tray' except in the case where a specific app stops working and needs to be forcibly restarted.

Indeed, that tray is merely a "recently running" list; there's no way to know at a glance which of those apps have been Suspended and which have not.


Change highlight color in Mavericks preview?

I'm afraid this is not possbile anymore as Apple removed the workaround via the Fonts-Menu.

Discussed in the Apple Support Forum here :
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145911?start=15&tstart=0
(same problem with underline colors)
and on MacRumors here :
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1658053
where they discussed what has changed since ML.


Web Pages acting weirdly in Safari. (All other Browsers tested, the web page acts weirdly only in Safari for macOS)

Reload from Origin

Try asking Safari to reload all the page resources from the origin server. Do this with the hidden menu item:

  In Safari, hold down the Option key and select View > Reload Page From Origin

This will ensure that all the files are downloaded from the original web site and not from various caches. Occasionally an out of date cached file can conflict with a partly reloaded page, causing the strange layout you are seeing.


Wifi problem in OSX 10.7.1 after wake from sleep

Seems these issues will be fixed in 10.7.2—maybe you'll just have to wait a few more days until things will get back to normal.


/usr/sbin/installer

The installer command is used to install Mac OS X installer packages to a specified domain or volume.  The
installer command installs a single package per invocation, which is specified with the -package parameter ( -pkg
is accepted as a synonym).  It may be either a single package or a metapackage.  In the case of the metapackage,
the packages which are part of the default install will be installed unless disqualified by a package's check
tool(s).

See man installer for the full functionality. Often
sudo installer -pkg /path/to/package.pkg -target /

is all that's needed. Here / is the mount point of Macintosh HD volume. -target accepts path like "/Volumes/Macintosh HD", or /dev/disk0 also.


Kindle iOS app - how to bulk delete personal documents

Amazon help desk confirmed that it is NOT possible to bulk delete personal documents from the iOS app.

(FWIW: I hadn't used the help function in the app before.  They responded very quickly.)


Receive Wi-Fi via dongle, redistribute via Airport

It sounds like you're trying to NAT behind your old Macbook. I assume you're using Internet Sharing (System Preferences -> Sharing) to do so, which will auto-configure a NAT for you.

If you are able to connect to the Macbook's shared connection at all you should check the routing table of the machine you are connecting to the Macbook NAT from. You might have a duplicate route, or traffic might be going the wrong way.

You can do this via Network Utility (GUI for netstat). In Network Utility on your client machine go to the Netstat tab, click the radio button "Display routing table information", and then press "Netstat".

If you run an ifconfig on your Macbook, the IP of a secondary interface (br0, tun0, etc OR your internal card - NOT your wifi dongle) should be a local IP - i.e. 192.168.x.x or 10.0.x.x. Ensure that the default gateway in your client machine's routing table is the same as the IP of the network interface that corresponds to your shared connection.

You can change the default gateway via the "Network" System Preferences pane, or using the route command, i.e.

route delete default
route add default <Macbook ip>


Can not reinstall Windows7 (using Boot camp) after i've removed Bootcamp partition via Disk Utility

OK, now i got my installation screen back

How could i solve this problem?

I just remove a blank NTFS partition (label as WINDOWS_HD) and leave it be a free space. That's all.


What you are looking for is TotalSpaces.

The new version has the ability to remove the delay completely. Working great so far.


You cannot add any email address that is in use for any other Apple ID.

You cannot transfer purchases from one account to another.

You could set up Family Sharing - but all that would do would be re-expose the purchase history to both accounts.


Turns out, the white Apple USB-C to HDMI (plus power and USB-C) adapter only supports 4k @ 30hz. The USB-C to DisplayPort cable I have can successfully deliver 4k60 so that's why movements are fluid.

The other high-end monitors that I've successfully used this laptop+dongle+hdmi with are actually a little less than 4k so they still get the 60hz performance.

To be clear - there are different versions of HDMI and DisplayPort technologies. This includes the devices and also the cables/dongles that carry the signals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Refresh_frequency_limits_for_standard_video
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Refresh_frequency_limits_for_standard_video


Without seeing the screencap, it really sounds like a filesystem error to me, yeah I could be full of little red ants but the first thing I would do is open disk utility and do two things, repair permissions and verify the disk (you cant repair it, repair will be greyed out).

If permissions repair works you are golden, if the disk does not pass verification, boot into recovery mode (reboot holding COMMAND-R) and run disk utility and repair the disk.

If that doesn't fix it (EG Disk Utility returns an error message) it may be time for a third party repair tool like Diskwarrior or Drive Genius. If THAT fails then it's time to backup, reformat and reinstall the O/S and restore your Apps and files... You do have a backup, don't you?


There Are Screen Glitches on Normal Desktop Usage But not in Safe Mode

Safe mode disables almost all GPU acceleration and fancy features, so you have a system where either the GPU itself has failed or the drivers / part of the system that run accelerated and fancy features is corrupt or broken or buggy. The one quick triage step is to see if making a new user account also shows the error.

Assuming that you can’t just live with the artifacts and hope that the software update will fix them and assuming that you have a full backup of all the data and programs you need to reinstall, I would triage this further:

Install a totally clean macOS to an extra hard drive as a quick test of the current updated system and the graphics hardware work all together. (Bonus points is you now have downloaded the installer and optionally run createinstallmedia for a bootable installer.)

Based on the results there, you might open a support ticket with the vendor or seek a repair if the issue persists on a totally new and updated install of the OS. Hopefully you can cure this in software, but the age of the GPU and the specifics of the failure could easily be what the beginning of what failing portions of the hardware looks like visually.


Can I have custom GarageBand track icons?

I found this eHow video. I couldn't get it to load on my computer (it's slow because I'm rendering video in FCE). I also found this article. I'm not sure if that'll help or not.

According to this article:

There is some code somewhere in GarageBand that allows you to expand the number of icons you can use. But dog if I know where it is. There are two things you can do, either spring for a JamPack and let it automatically expand your icons, or replace ugly or stupid icons (there are plenty) with the ones you want.

As to the "How to", go to the link below and download my custom icons and directions to accomplish this.
http://garritan.com/GPO-GarageBandPage.html
Here is a direct link...
http://garritan.com/support/GB_Icon_Set.zip

To make your own icons, just open one of the triads in Photoshop and then save as a tif file.

As Wheat noted below, the links are dead, but you can download the icon set here (go Wayback Machine!)
The other link is here on Wayback Machine.


Make the iPhone "recents" album more recent

The Recents album is a generated view of all photos and videos by each’s date added to the library.
This is in contrast to the All Photos view which is always in date captured order.
For example, if someone uses AirDrop to send you a photo they took on their phone, the photo will appear at the bottom of Recents but in the right date position for when it was taken in All Photos.
This cannot be customised. Usually, use the All Photos view, unless you’re specifically looking for media by when it was transferred.


How can I “Open an app from an unidentified developer” without using the GUI?

You'll either have to change the settings under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Allow applications downloaded from: to Anywhere or in a Terminal, strip the xattr com.apple.quarantine attribute from the downloaded file(s).

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "unidentified_thirdparty.app"


A Mag Safe Adapter that gets warm is normal.  So hot that it burns your skin? Definitely not normal.

This could be a couple things:

Your Power Adapter is failing.  If this is the case, replace it with
a GENUINE Apple Power adapter.
Magsafe DC I/O Board is bad.  From your comments, you said you have a Mid 2015 15" rMBP.  If that is the case, then you will need something like this MagSafe DC Jack

You may want to look at this post Magsafe connector Scalding hot when charging

To replace the board, is fairly easy.  Just view the step by step instructions from the same site, ifixit.com


What gamma to use to calibrate MacBook Pro 2016 display?

Very briefly, as it's too long to be a comment, but not authoritative enough to be a full answer...

I've not worked in P3 at all - but for sRGB, Adobe98 or ProPhoto the general 'rule' is to set your monitor to default & let the i1Profiler handle it from there - I guess for a laptop monitor, that would be done automatically as the OS gives up control to the Profiler.
It will usually correctly self-detect your monitor's capabilities.

Use the Advanced settings for finer control, especially to use a larger colour Patch Set, which I've found can make quite a difference. [tbh, some of the settings in advanced you will just stare at blankly - for those, just go with default ;)

Your Photoshop etc workflow should always be set to keep your input profile, so you only ever go to sRGB at 'Export For Web' or the newer 'Export As...'.
So long as you allow Photoshop to handle your working space, as sRGB, Adobe98 or ProPhoto [& never set your monitor profile to it! ] then your workflow should be good from start to finish.

BTW, your monitor profile is always applied "live" to the screen by any colour-management-capable software & should never be in your actual workflow, only in your system Display Prefs, which the Profiler ought to set for you when you save the profile.

If you need to regularly output to specific ICC profiles, then make sure they are in ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Proofing/ & you can soft-proof with gamut warning much more easily.
If your output will be to sRGB, then no amount of profiling will actually make it faithfully transition to the rest of the world, because of the range of horribly approximate devices it will be reproduced on.

Profiling your camera would be a separate QA & would need a ColorChecker Passport etc.


Error when terminal opens; no available formula

When Terminal starts and Your default shell is bash, those files are executed at startup:

.bash_profile
.profile
.bashrc

(there are also other files whih can be executed, but those are the most common)

Locate anything related with php5 in those files and resolve Your issue.


How can I fix Firefox's jagged scrolling on Lion?

Go to configuration by type about:config in address bar and press enter key then enter scroll in filter box, now you can change all scroll options.


Can my Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro connect to a 30" Apple Cinema Display... or two?

Theoretically, yes.

From https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.4-15-early-2013-retina-display-specs.html:

This model supports a simultaneous maximum resolution up to 2560x1600 on two external displays via Thunderbolt. Alternately, it can support a single display up to 2560x1600 via Thunderbolt and a single display up to 1920x1200 via HDMI. Although it can theoretically power all three external displays, as confirmed by a helpful reader, it runs too hot with three displays connected.


I know you said fsed however I could not find it anywhere so assuming it's a typo and you actually meant sed you can install it with:

brew install gnu-sed

Or

brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names


You are not referencing the file correctly.

Try

tell application "Finder" to set myFile to file "Macintosh HD:Users:scott:Dropbox:Downloads:AppleScriptFinderGuide.pdf"


Try MacTracker. It's available in the App Store and Mac App Store. I hit enter before I finished thinking through my answer. What info do you need, Model Numbers or Model Names?


What should the "Show Recents" menu item do?

The official documentation is very thin for messages (it doesn't even have an entry in the Applications section of OS X support online)

It could be working correctly if it's just a stub to allow you to see some recent messages when the application is not running, but that functionality isn't present today. Once you start up the app, the Show Recents menu item in the dock is suppressed and you instead get to show the various windows that the app could have open.

So - it's useless and could get hidden if it's simply a bug or perhaps an update will add this functionality so that it actually shows something that has happened recently since it doesn't show any recent activity at 10.8 build 12A269.


Change font style for pdf's using Preview

On Yosemite (Preview 8.0), hit shift-command-A or select "Show Markup Toolbar" from the "View" menu:

Find font options by clicking on the italic A:


How do I remove or disable AdobeIPCBroker?

This is what I had to do:

Kill Core Sync.
Kill CCLibrary.
Kill CCXProcess.
Kill AdobeIPCBroker.

I don't know if they'll come back the next time I reboot, but in an attempt to prevent that I also disabled the "Launch Agents" in com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist and com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist.

(Who in Adobe thought it was a good idea to spend CPU and battery life constantly just to check for updates or things to 'sync'? That's like kids going around trick or treating all year just to be sure they don't miss Halloween. There are smarter ways to schedule things.)


How do I change the calendar dot color on iPhone iOS 4?

The only way I know how to do it is in iCal (providing you have a Mac). Ctrl+click on the Calendar along the left side of the screen >> Get Info >> Click the color selector on the right to change the color. Here's a screenshot


Apple's Profile Manager (MDM) is suddenly unable to updates settings on enrolled iPads

So I managed to fix this here, but the reason it's failing is really strange.

I removed the Security & Privacy payload from the settings, which mostly consists of OS X settings, but also has "Allow sending diagnostics and usage data to Apple" setting for both OSX and iOS. I had a sneaking suspicion that this was somehow messing up since it mostly consisted of OS X settings, and turns out I was right.

Now WHY this would mess it up is baffling to me, I'll file a radar with Apple here as it's clearly not intended to fail as this payload belong to the OS X & iOS section. (And either way you can have both iOS devices and Macs in the same group, so OS X specific settings shouldn't cause problems for the iOS devices).


These articles on https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/authorization/ should help with authorization needs. In my understanding, you must de-authorize all devices and not just one. The limit is 5, so you still have room.


Is it okay to run Apple's Thunderbolt Display in portrait mode?

No, that shouldn't be a problem.  As long as the vents are not blocked, it should be fine.  I would only worry if you notice it getting hotter than usual, in which case I would put it back in landscape mode.


I very much doubt this is editable anywhere - because it doesn't actually mean what people think it means…
Everybody thinks re means reply or regarding, but actually it is a word in & of itself.
Re is the ablative form of the latin word res, meaning 'thing' or 'affair', or 'in the manner of'.
It is not an abbreviation at all.
Refs:
 Which is an abbreviation, of 'references' ;-)
https://www.dailywritingtips.com/regarding-re/
https://thewritecorner.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/what-does-re-stand-for/
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/2520
Another reason to not ever change it is that it forms part of the email standard RFC 822 - Internet Message Format, which specifies it as an accepted method to start a title - no email app will ever be looking for anything other than re when it threads successive emails with the same title.

When used in a reply, the field body MAY start with the
string "Re: " (from the Latin "res", in the matter of) followed by
the contents of the "Subject:" field body of the original message.

BTW, I knew where to start researching this information because the first job I had fresh out of school involved legal writing, which frequently uses Re: to indicate subject matter & not to indicate it is a reply.


You should definitely look at Papers. The new version (Papers 2) was released a few weeks ago, and while not completely rock stable, I really can't live without it !

It has pretty much all the features you asked. You can manage books (and ebooks), each entry in the "database" is linked to one or more files (.pdf most of the time).

In addition in Papers 2 the citation process has been completely updated, you should have a look at their website about that.

There also a version for iOS and synchronization between your devices is apparently very easy.


iPhone 7 screen is frozen on the shutdown screen

For iPhone 7 and 8, you need to hold down Lock and Volume Down at the same time to reboot. Older iPhones use Lock and Home button.

If you cannot restart the phone this way, you may have to use DFU mode.

(Note: These links are hosted by Verizon, but will work with any iPhone 7 or 8 on any carrier.)


After installing High Sierra can't mount external USB drive (TimeMachine), why not?

Ok something is broken in High Sierra disk utils (as of 2018/04/02). It seems unable to mount discs correctly. And I think crashes. I suspect it's something to do with the EFI partition but I'm only guessing.

To fix my problem I had to format the drive and start the backup from scratch. This did fix the problem.

However you can not format the disc from disk tools, it crashes. You have to format it via the terminal.

I followed this short guide.

https://mycyberuniverse.com/web/how-fix-mediakit-reports-not-enough-space-on-device.html

I then ran Time Machine and selected the new disc.

Not quite sure how a bug like this manages to fly under the radar at Apple. Poor show.


How can I create a new group for items in the Sidebar in Finder?

No. You can rearrange the order of the three you mentioned though - just click and drag to move them.

A possible workaround would be to create a new folder, say "Cloud files", and put it in the sidebar. You could then place aliases of your other folders into that one. This would help trim down the folders in your Favorites section, as well as keep the same quick access to them.


Why is twitter unreachable from Chrome but not Safari?

Egad. I run a network filter (which I thought I disabled when testing this problem) but it turns out I had a rule to deny outgoing connections to twitter.com, which maybe, just maybe, was causing the problem. Mark - thanks for the help and sorry for wasting the bandwidth.


Apache on localhost doesn't recognize a website unless I include the full path to index.html

As it appears you do not have any idea about what you broke earlier, you might run into other interesting problems later even if you figure out how to fix this.
I would strongly suggest you reinstall Apache to get back to its original configuration.  As this appears to be a part of the Big Sur installation (and not XCode) you probably need to boot to recovery mode and reinstall Big Sur from there to get the system back in a known state.
You may also be able to just restore the Apache folder from your time machine backup.
In the future I suggest you develop against something more controllable.  These days a good suggestion is using Docker with a suitable Apache container.  You are also strongly suggested to learn and use version control of your code, so you don't lose anything if you suffer from hardware failure.


iPad app recommendation for photo sharing

The easiest solution I can think of is Dropbox: You can just drop (as the name suggest) some photos in a folder on your PC or Mac (or another mobile device) and they'll automatically be synchronized with the folders and apps on your other devices.

https://www.dropbox.com


Macbook Pro 15inch mid 2010 won't detect internal hard drive

i've experienced the same issue last year. I was instructed to reinstall macOS. And it worked.
You can download the Yosemite & El Capitan bootable installer here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210717
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT206886
And create bootable USB: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
OR through Internet Recovery Mode: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314.
Apple have something called EFI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition
which in your case, i think it might have corrupted. Reinstall macOS would do the trick. You should open your mac and take the 'old SSD' out before reinstall with a new one.
Good luck :)


The DSA key is not used because of

Skipping ssh-dss key /Users/***/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes

you should really use RSA or some other key type. DSA is not recommended, because it has fixed size 1024 bits which is not enough nowadays.

If you really have to use it, you can add to your ~/.ssh/config

PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-dss

as described in the official documentation for legacy altorithms.


Fusion drive only shows the SSD partition

I had the very same issue encountered with a iMac that has 1Tb Fusion drive.  22Gb was reported as SSD and then the rest of 1Tb of the drive.  After digging deeper into this problem, I noticed that the iMac Fusion drive was improperly configured and that I had to reformat it and create a Logical Volume, then configure the Fusion Drive to Apple Spec.

I found this article that helped me a bit, but I had to do a little improvising to get this procedure to work.

https://www.lifewire.com/setting-up-fusion-drive-mac-2260165


Numbers: How to change cell text conditionally?

You can do this with the IF function. The syntax is…

┌── IF function returns one of two values when upon an expression's evaluation.
│
│                     ┌── string or calculation for cell to show upon TRUE/FALSE
│                     │   strings should be inside double quotes "like this"
│                ┌────┴─────────┐
IF(if-expression,if-true,if-false)
   └─────┬─────┘
         └── the expression to evaluate
             for example: to test if A1-A2 is negative, you can use (A1-A2)<0
             the result must be a boolean

This results in the following calculation:

IF(Data::A1<0,"Negative","Positive")

Result:

An example for comparing a calculation in the if-expression:

            ┌── from table "Data" do A1-B1
            │
            │          ┌── is the result less than zero (i.e. negative)?
    ┌───────┴───────┐  │
IF((Data::A1−Data::B1)<0,"Negative","Positive")
                         └───┬────┘ └───┬────┘
                             │          └── if false, return "Positive"
                             │
                             └── if true, return "Negative"

Result:

However, this will return Positive even if the number is 0, so instead…

            ┌── from table "Data" do A1-B1
            │
            │          ┌── is the result less than zero (i.e. negative)?
    ┌───────┴───────┐  │
IF((Data::A1−Data::B1)<0,"Negative",IF((Data::A1−Data::B1)=0,"Zero","Positive"))
                         └───┬────┘                        │ └─┬──┘ └────┬───┘
if true, return "Negative" ──┘           is equal to 0? ───┘   │  return "Positive"
                                                               └── return "Zero"


Share iPhone WIFI with computer over USB?

Sorry, but it's not possible to do this without jail breaking. The "Personal Hotspot" function on an iPhone only allows for sharing the 3G connection, not the wifi connection, so you can't use it as a wifi adapter. It's feasible that Apple could add this functionality, but it's a fairly niche case, so I wouldn't count on it.

More immediately, if you have a laptop with wifi available, you could use Internet Sharing (OS X)/Internet Connection Sharing (Windows) and an ethernet cable to get connectivity to your desktop. Or if you've got a Staples or something similar nearby, they usually have USB wifi adapters for $30 or less.


How to connect a flash drive to a VMware VM when the drive is 'not readable'?

Re-install VMWare. You may need to go to your Mac's System Preferences->Security & Privacy->General and allow VMWare permissions in the 'Allow apps downloaded from:' section.
For reference I updated to the following versions and I was able to get my flash drive to show up inside of my VM:

Catalina v10.15.5
VMWare Fusion v11.5.5


Archive Utility Preferences
  Use archive format:

Zip archive: A Zip file (.zip).
regular archive: ASCII cpio archive (.cpio).
compressed archive: An ASCII cpio archive, but gzip compressed (.cpgz).

Note that the Compress "folder" option in Finder always creates a zip file. To use the other options you have to open Archive Utility directly and drag-and-drop things onto the icon in the Dock.


Since I got different results from @Brandon, I started experimenting again. Esc, Done, and others behave as expected when I follow these steps:

Select Events from the Library group on the sidebar
Select your event
Edit a photo
Click done, press Esc, or any other quit-editing combination.
Voila, you're back at the event's thumbnail view.

If, however, you do as I've been doing while doing one-off imports of additional photos and merging them in to your existing event, you'll be in this situation:

Do work...
Select your event from the Recent group on the sidebar (first item under Recent, above "Last 12 months").
Edit a photo
Click done, press Esc, or any other quit-editing combination.
You're kicked back to the All events view, even though the sidebar shows your recent event is still selected.


Low Battery Performance - Activity Monitor Shows Faults in CPU statistics

In the context of the statistics shown here, the 'faults' represent 'page faults', which are actually benign and refer to an attempt to read something that was not present in memory. This is taken care of in the virtual memory system by 'paging' the requested memory into the memory map of the process. But the OS keeps track of how many of these there were. If the number is very high, it can mean that you don't have enough RAM, or that you have a large number of processes trying to use more RAM than is currently to hand.

Assertions represent something unexpected by the program, and would be indicative of some kind of problem. I would be surprised to see any of those in 'live' commercial software, though.

Things that can drain battery more than expected include:

The Flash plugin. This is a memory hog and should die already.
Google's Chrome browser. It has been shown that using Safari instead of Chrome can add up to an hour of usable battery life. (This is a known issue)


Did you turn off iTunes match on your iphone?Maybe you should try to turn that off and you might need to also toggle the music player setting to local files only: go to Settings > Music and set the option for "Show all music" to OFF.


How to download old version of Mac OS X that I own and App Store lists, but App Store refuses on newer Mac

If you go to developer.apple.com/downloads you will find all downloads that Apple has available.  Limit your search to the "OS X" category and you'll see downloads for all versions of OS X from version 10.3 to 10.6.

I'm guessing that 10.7 and up are missing because starting with 10.7, the OS was only available via the App store. Unfortunately, that means that you'll only be able to get the installer from the App store, and the only way I know of getting older version from the App store is if you have previously "purchased" that version and wish to download it again.


How can I remotely, outside my network, access files on my Windows computer from my iphone over the internet, using mobile data?

Actually what you are trying to do has nothing to do with Apple products, per-se. But is a fairly common task and something that I used to do when I hosted my own website off an old Mac attached to my home network.

This applies to any networked device that needs to access another networked device from outside one of the networks, like this.

iPhone --> Internet --> Your home network --> Your PC

The trick here is that you have to configure your home router to forward specific connection requests from outside to specified devices inside your network. This is commonly known as port forwarding and the linked article on Wikipedia will give you some info on the theory of how it works.

Most home routers that cable companies provide allow you to set up port forwarding. And every single one of them is different. So you will have to consult your ISP (they may have articles on how to do this available online) on how to do it with your specific make and model of router.

You will then need to set up your Windows PC with a static IP address and point the ports you are forwarding to that PC.

You will need to search out what ports the Apple Files.app uses and forward those ports on your router to the IP address of your PC.

Not to mention setting up a DNS name for your system as your router's internet accessible IP address will change from time to time. There are free services that can do this too.

I have never done what you are trying to do, this is just a basic overview of the process.

One thing you will have to take into consideration is that you are opening up your PC to the entire internet. So at a minimum you will need a good strong password on that file share. And you will also need to hope that some bored hacker doesn't find your system and try and break in and destroy your PC from somewhere in Romania.

Honestly, your best bet (and easiest route) is to do what Nimesh said in his first comment, use Dropbox, Google Drive, or any other similar service to do this. Introductory tiers of these services are often free and a LOT easier than setting up your own Internet accessible file share on your home PC.

Also I believe there are home NAS units that come with software that will do this. Also easier than what you are planning.


System Preferences locked After Username Change

Have a backup, then:

Create a new administrator account by re-running the setup assistant. You can do this by deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone from single-user mode.
See I don't have administrator account on my mac
Delete your existing user account from System Preferences, keeping the home folder.
Rename the home folder with the new username you want to use if you haven’t already done so.
Create a new user account with the correct username. You should be prompted to use the existing home folder you renamed:

  The Users folder already contains a folder with the same name as the home folder for this account.


Sync iPhone Associated with Library That No Longer Exists

Your photos and contacts can generally be transferred to the new library without any problems via the initial sync to/from the new library. You will need to configure your target photo sync location (probably either iPhoto or a directory).

However, with music (and probably movies), transferring depends on the original source. If you purchased them through iTunes, authorize the computer/new library and transfer your purchases. However, if not all of the music was obtained via iTunes, you will need to transfer the music from the iPhone to the computer, or you'll lose them during the initial sync. This transfer can be accomplished by a number of different software programs. You can then manually add the music to the new library.

Finally, this wiki article contains a number of links that discuss methods to transfer data from iPhone to both PCs and Macs. Note: The software used in the wiki seem to be freeware, but I can't vouch for them, as I've never used those programs before.


Booted to Internet Recovery Mode you have to remove the swap partition and then resize your main volume.

Preparation:

Backup your main volume
Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing alt cmd R at startup.

The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot into a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an Apple/Akamai server.

I recommend ethernet because it's more reliable. If you are restricted to WIFI and the boot process fails, just restart your Mac until you succeed booting.

Alternatively you may start from a bootable installer thumb drive (preferably Yosemite or El Capitan) or a thumb drive containing a full system (preferably Yosemite or El Capitan). If you boot to a full system and login as admin you have to prepend sudo to execute some commands like gpt ... or newfs_hfs ...!

Remove the Linux Swap partition

Open in the menubar Utlities->Terminal
Enter diskutil list and gpt -r show /dev/disk0 to get an overview
Remove the Linux partition:

diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0
gpt remove -i 4 /dev/disk0

Restore the original size of your main volume

Resize your main volume:

diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk0s2 750g #or 100%

this should also move your Recovery HD to the end of the disk.
verify the volume with diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2
reboot to your main disk


OS X: fsck_hfs unable to fix volume directory count

The volume is probably locked, so you should retry what you are doing after booting into either the Recovery HD parition (Command-R while booting) or with a OS X install CD.


Will the Battery of my MacBook Pro 15" 2016 deteriorate if it is plugged in charging all day?

To my knowledge it is more or less a consensus that Li-Ion batteries require regular discharge to keep the electrons moving. This article is one of the most comprehensive I know on the issue. It states that one should avoid low and high temperatures, regular deep discharges, and permanent full charges. The author recommends to use the battery from time to time with shallow discharge cycles.


Transfer photos (in iPhoto) and maintain detail?

There is a (paid) utility, it's called iPhoto library manager.
From the description on the website:

  Makin' Copies
  Copy photos from one library to another while retaining titles, comments,
  keywords, ratings, and dates


How to add a reminder to a specific list and time via Siri

Found it!

  Add "list name" reminder "new item" on "date and time"

Example: "Add activities reminder basketball practice on friday at 2pm."

Odd and slightly backwards syntax but works!


What are the high level steps and limitations for unlocking & jailbreaking an original iPhone

Yes, you are correct on all points.  It's pretty straightforward following the points you listed above.


If you've put the file in your own Trash, you got the path wrong in step 2:

rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

or (because there might be something wrong with the file permissions)

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*


Macbook Pro boots successfully when using hard drive in USB enclosure but doesn't boot when connected internally

You have eliminated the possibility of a hardware issue on the hard drive by installing a new hard drive and also by installing the operating system on the previous hard drive via USB.
You have replaced the cable connecting the internal hard drive to the mother board, so it's not a cable problem.
The only thing left seems to be the hard drive controller on the motherboard. I expect the Genius bar will recommend replacing the motherboard.
For an older model Mac like yours, it might be worth searching for a replacement motherboard and having a local Mac repair shop swapping it in for you. It might cost less.


Why is this one playlist unable to be synced with iTunes Match?

Following up on the comment above by @patrix it seems the problem is that my playlist references another playlist, and it's simply that the error message that iTunes gives me is wrong.

This Question has more information on the issue.


Change label on USB drive in OSX Terminal

See diskutil

sudo diskutil rename USB\ DISK MYDISK


Why does Fluid open Google links instead of sending them to my default browser?

Developer of Fluid Here. Basically, this is a bug.

It stems from the fact that Google is the search provider supported in the toolbar search field. Therefore google.com URLs are currently always white-listed.

I would like to fix this eventually.


Looking up for the I-Tec T7001 Iphone 3G charger is safe to use, it is UL approved.

  COMPATIBLE WITH IPHONE & IPHONE 3G/3GS; CHARGES IPHONE FROM ANY WALL
  OUTLET; FEATURES A SNAP-IN POWER UNIT TO ALLOW USER TO CONTINUE USING
  PHONE WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS WHILE CHARGING; FOLD-AWAY PRONGS FOR EASY
  TRANSPORTATION; 6-FOOT LONG CABLE; UL APPROVED

UL is one of several companies approved to perform safety testing by the US federal agency Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)


You need to contact Apple Support so they can "refresh your family members iCloud account". Dont tell them that specifically, but what can happen is that iCloud may not be acknowledging the change, and its something they can do on their end.

Other questions for you to answer:
Do you see that family member in family sharing?
Is it only that family member? If not call Apple Support with the other parties present (physically or 3-way).
Do they belong to another family?


cannot create a user account on mac using command line

The instructions you're following are rather confused and incomplete; see this ServerFault question for better info. I think the main problem is that you haven't set all of the necessary attributes for the new user (although you've set more than your code fragment suggests!). You're missing:

sudo dscl . create /Users/jira UniqueID 499   # Use some unique user ID number here; numbers below 500 for hidden accounts
sudo dscl . create /Users/jira PrimaryGroupID 20   # This is the "staff" group; add to admins separately
sudo dscl . create /Users/jira NFSHomeDirectory /var/jira   # /var is a good place to hide things; regular users go under /Users
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -t user -a jira admin   # This is the RIGHT way to add a secondary group membership

The problems with your current setup are: the primary group membership of -2 (the "nobody" group), the confusion about whether the home directory is /Users/jira or /var/jira (make sure the NFSHomeDirectory points to the actual location! of the directory!), and that you aren't fully setting the membership in the admin group (appending the user's account name to GroupMembership is only part of it; you should also append their GeneratedUID to GroupMembers, or use dseditgroup and let it handle the details).

EDIT: Kent made a good point that /Users/jira is always the path to the users account in dscl, and might also be the path to the user's home folder in the file system (the NFSHomeDirectory attribute). They're confusingly similar, but don't necessarily have anything to do with each other. In the commands above, I show setting the home folder location to /var/jira instead to hide it. So, to make my example complete, here's how you'd create the home folder:

cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /var/jira
chown -R jira:staff /var/jira

These commands create the home folder; the NFSHomeDirectory attribute tells the user where to find it when they log in. It's important that they match.

Oh, and if English isn't the user's primary language, there are a bunch of other user templates to choose from.


Where does Mac OS X store the ssh passwords?

Mac OS X doesn't store passwords for the command-line ssh client. It can however remember the password to your private key in the Keychain if you are authenticating via keys.


This is a bug in the implementation of iOS/OS X in my eyes. What used to be a good thing is now a pain in the behind.

Computer name keeps changing OSX 10.10 (14A389)
Why does an iPhone rename itself with (2)
My Mac mini's computer name keeps changing when it resumes from sleep

This has been something that people of Apple products have been dealing with since 2012 on a widespread basis. It's easier to fix on OS X where you can call the scutil command:

scutil --get ComputerName
scutil --set ComputerName "Whatever You Wish"

The only positive thing is that in some cases, people depend on host names so making the change visible in the terminal has some benefit for them, but it sure causes a lot of worry and concern when people see names they have chosen being ignored and reassigned/modified without any reasonable explanation as to why being presented to the user. On the practical end, there is absolutely no good way to prevent this renaming - either setting things up on the network router side or on OS X side given that the OS manage IPv4 and IPv6 and AirDrop and bluetooth networks and shuffle the network settings to accommodate many clients.


I really like Flycut. Available here: https://github.com/TermiT/Flycut

Like all of the other answers here, it's a clipboard manager which stores every item you copy using ⌘+c in a list. Then you can press ⌘+shift+v to see a list of the items you have copied and choose one to paste.

Unlike the other answers here, it's free, open source, and doesn't come with a load of other functionality. Also it is actively maintained unlike clipmenu (last release ClipMenu 1.0.0a1 released  Nov 11, 2014).


How to check if internal HDD spindle is off after unmount

diskutil umount HD250 - doesn't turn off spindle

diskutil eject HD250 - turn off spindle

confirmd by sound and mA usage


MacBook Pro Function key + Command/Option hotkeys problem

Sharing a solution to this problem, although it's pretty uncommon case.
Root cause of the problem was Karabiner elements setup.
They have a ticket open corresponding to this case:
https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements/issues/1160

What you need to do to start registering this hotkeys is essentially enable unknown devices in Karabiner settings.


I'm using the f5 software connect to VPN, but errors out with TunnelServer already launched

ps alx | grep svpn | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9

Is the generic solution.  Here is the narrative on how I arrived at this solution.
From the BIG-IP f5 application log, you can only find this from the icon in the menu bar.  I saw this line:

2018-06-15, 23:30:54:000, 1274, 1274, edge, 1,    (0xfffffffe)
EXCEPTION - TunnelService, TunnelServer already launched, pid, 1514

I went into my terminal and found this.
ps alx | grep 1514
    0  1514     1   0  31  0  3552740   4212 -      S      ??    0:22.36 /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/F5 SSL VPN Plugin.plugin/Contents/Helpers/svpn svpn
    0  1515  1514   0  31  0  2473600    328 -      S      ??    0:01.54 /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/F5 SSL VPN Plugin.plugin/Contents/Helpers/svpn svpn

Then I issued a kill, but it didn't take.  Luckily a kill -9 worked just fine.
kill -9 1515 1514

So in the future I will be doing a
ps alx | grep svpn | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9

This is the generic solution posted at the top.


Transferring data to a new external hard drive without breaking links

This might be due to the file system’s allocation size.

To check, use Get Info to get the space on disk for a tiny file on both disks.

For a more definitive answer, try this command in Terminal on each disk:

stat -f %k .

If the large disk uses a larger size, your small files will take extra space. That can be resolved, but it might not be worth the work.