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Mac OS X Yosemite broke my iMac
I recently tried to update my iMac OS to Yosemite as most people had already done it a while ago.
it downloaded the package when rebooted to install it. It was stuck with error message.
It looks as if there was an issue with hard drive preventing installation.
I was also unfortunate to revert the installation, hence end up loosing all my files as I decided to erase the disk and create new partition.
Even after formatting the disk and using 'Reinstall OS X' from recovery mode; I am unable to complete.
The screen doesn't seem to do anything stuck at 'Downloading additional components, it will automatically restart' I tried leaving it for few hours but no result.
Would someone please share your experience?

I hope your machine is in warranty, and if so, go to the nearest shop that has applecare support... I doubt anyone here will be able to help you and your question is very much out of scope for what is usually handled in serverfault.

Can you specify the age and hardware of your iMac?

Your question can not be answered! it is lacking information: What iMac, what was the previous OS X, what Error did Yosemite show...and so on. If you want help please provide relevant information, since we are unable to guess it.

I have read reports from people that Yosemite update might get stuck (mine was rather smooth), and in that case (stuck for a few hours) just force a reboot and the installation should finish just fine. However, it's a different story if you have a hardware issue. Do as Buscar웃 suggested: do an Apple Hardware test first. Also, my best advice is to go to your local Apple Store (schedule a Genius bar appointment before you go). You don't need a warranty to get help about software.

@Buscar웃 For this kind of problems, I'd say it's hard to troubleshoot remotely even if he/she posted relevant information.

Try using Internet Recovery Mode instead of the regular Recovery Mode, and make sure that you formatted the right hard drive (in other words if you have an external hard drive plugged in, make sure that you formatted your actual hard drive, not your external one).
Here is some more info about different recovery modes from Apple's support site.

Do not worry about this issue, seems your drive + recovery are corrupt. Here's a list of stuffs you'll need to fix this problem.

Find a mac nearby (ask a friend or go to apple store)
Download a fresh copy of Yosemite (Apple store people can give you)
Download Lion Disk maker - To make bootable USB of Yosemite - Link : http://liondiskmaker.com
Create a bootable USB Yosemite Installation.
Boot to installation and create NEW PARTITION ( Delete previous partition* Note I'm talking about partition and not logic drives)
Creating new partition will delete your previous mac recovery, but don't worry about it.

Try installing Yosemite, I'm sure this time you won't be prompted by that error.

If this worked, come back to this post again and I'll let you know how to bring or create a new recovery.

If you need to recover your old data, you can do so using PhotoRec. It's a free program that only needs the Terminal to run (in other words, you don't need to restore you full operating system to be able to use it).
If you are able to boot into the Internet Recovery Mode as I mentioned in my previous reply (or even the regular Recovery Mode for that matter), then you should be able to recover your data using PhotoRec.
All you need to do is download PhotoRec onto a flash drive, and once you're in your preferred recovery mode, go to Utilities > Terminal. In the Terminal, you can navigate to your flash drive by typing:
cd /Volumes/NameOfYourFlashDrive

Now, you can just run PhotoRec just as you would normally run any executable from the Terminal.

Thank you all for the response.
I end up calling apple support and they confirmed many people were having same issues with yosemite installation. I had to perform internet recovery to go back to previous version. I have been asked to use this version until apple releases newer OS.

I thought I had this issue.  It was just stuck on the "Downloading Additional Components" Screen and the progress bar wasn't moving.  Then after maybe 10 or 15 minutes, it started moving along. After a blank screen now at the "Installing on 'Untitled'" screen.

Hi there, Shahryar. What you've posted isn't really an Answer at all. If you end up finding a solution to the problem, please post that as an Answer instead.

Huh? That is an answer. I went through the same thing where I thought the installation crashed but this is just how Yosemite installs.


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Locating Location Services
In System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General, Location Services lists a variety of items that you can opt to give permission to accessing your location. I have listed in this pane an application which I deleted and which I am unable to find any other trace of on my computer. EasyFind usually works for me to find any hidden file, but it's not happening this time. I want to remove this item from the list of things I can grant location access to since it's not even installed anymore. How do I do this? Where is this item hiding?
Rebooting does nothing to change the situation.
The computer is a MacBook Air 2014 running the latest build of Yosemite. The application is called FaceBar and is a menubar app that runs a small version of FaceBook and I found a different app that does the same thing but in a way I like better so I deleted FaceBar and what I thought were all of its associated files with AppCleaner. As I mentioned, even while searching hidden files nothing with the name FaceBar appears but there it sits in Location Services.

Please give more detail about your computer... model and OS version.  What application?  How did you delete it?  Was it installed with an installer?...?

Also, rebooting the OS is a good thing to give the location daemon and system services a clean start without that App requesting location data.

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In Finder, folder gets icon when given an extension .md, not with other extensions
By accident, I see a strange behaviour when creating a folder with an extension .md
It gets the the same icon as a file with extension .md (the MarkdownLife icon).
For other file extension, I do not see this behaviour.
Is this a bug in Finder? Or markDownLife? Can other confirm this issue?

Using:

OS X Version 10.9.5
MarkdownLife Version 1.4.0 (20141019)

It's not a bug: the Finder will try to associate file extensions with custom icon it may have in the cache for that extension.

Did not see it before: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/83910/finder-folder-icons-look-like-document-and-image-files?rq=1

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Twitter app for iPad to show new tweets in a badge without opening the app
I'm struggling with something simple so I'd appreciate your help.
I'm looking for a Twitter app for my iPad to do the following:

Let me tweet (obviously)
Show a badge with a number on the app icon if someone tweets to me (by using @mytwittername) or if someone direct-messages me, etc. In other words, the app should do it without me opening it. Pretty much what the Mail app does. This last condition is important as all the Twitter apps that I came across so far don't seen to do it (including Twitter's own app and Twitterific.)

Is there an app that can do this?

Isn't tweetbot what you're searching for than? Caution: tweetbot is a paid app

@Jules: I checked and the iPad version had such bad reviews. But if you say that it does what I need, I'm OK about paying $3 for it?

I'm not sure if it does what you need, i think it does. Trybsearching for some videos about it or so, maybe you ser badge icons in it. Or contact the developer

@Jules: OK. Good point. Just shot a message to Tweetbot people. Let's see if they get back to me.


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Macbook Air Battery life
Does updating the Macbook Air to an Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, and 512 GB Flash Storage negatively affect the 12 hour battery life?

Yes, the Macbook Air can be configured on the online Apple Store.

Yes, the i7 will extend battery life when doing processor intensive tasks compared to the i5, but eat up more battery when doing low exertion tasks. The more memory you have, the more battery life will be reduced as well — this is why Apple has kept the RAM relatively low in its mobile devices other than laptops. I do not believe that the size of the SSD should have a negative impact on battery life. The larger drives are faster and so should overall reduce battery usage, however, if the drive is crammed full this will reduce battery life simply because there is more information which needs to be available to be accessed.

The 13 inch MBA gets up to 12 hours with Intel i7 processor.
That is actualy more than the 11 inch MBA which gets up to 9 hours.
Main reason is battery capacity, 38 vs 54 watt hours.
The larger SSD and more RAM have negligible power consumption.
For example: 4 Gig RAM consumes 4 watt, while 8 Gig Ram consumes 8 watt, but on the other hand the i7 CPU consumes up to 100 watt under heavy load.
Apple specifies 12 hours with i7 on 13 inch MBA.
Since the CPU and the LCD screen are the 2 larges power consumers it is safe to say that the 13 inch MBA with i7, 8G RAM and 512 G SSD will yield up to 12 hours on single battery charge.

Your cofiguration of the macbook air 13" will not have any effect on your battery.
Some programs have a higher inpact on your battery, like iMovie, a virtual machine,... Lets say havier programs effect your battery time in a negative way.


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How to unload a disk in mac os x Mavericks so that you can partition? (failed to unload disk)
I want to expand my startup disk space from 25gb to 40gb using this guide:
http://blog.kyodium.net/2010/11/increase-disk-and-partition-size-in.html
But if I do umount /dev/disk0s2 as the article says then it says the disk is busy.
If I do diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s2 like the terminal advices then it says it failed to unmount.
I can't go to disk utility and do this either because then it gives this message:

That's why I'm using this article that says you need to use the terminal to expand the disk instead and here is what I've tried:

are you trying to do it from with in? while the disk is used to run os?

On what hardware are you running your VM here?

Windows, merry christmas btw :P It sure would be a great christmas present if someone could solve this for me :)

Try booting form external disk:
Create it first with your OS X version.
Attach the USB **boot** drive to the Mac and reboot
Hold down the OPTION key during boot, then select the attached boot drive (typically has an orange icon at the boot menu)
At the boot menu, choose “Disk Utility” (if using an Installer disk, pull down the “Utilities” menu to access Disk Utility)
Go to “First Aid” and verify the disk, then repair if needed
--> Now perform the original task that threw the “Couldn’t Unmount” error

I don't understand, I don't have any USB with mac os x on it. I'm running mac os x Mavericks from VirtualBox.

& how would we guess that? Anyway, you can't resize a disk your booted from, it's like trying to saw off a tree branch while you're sitting on it.

So I need to create a new disk and install mavericks on that as well on the same machine that I have installed mavericks already on? Not sure if it's possible but I will look into it.

In order to partition you current disk, you can not have it at the same time running the OS X. Thus you need to use USB to run OSX from it, and then partition your disk. While your current OS X is running from a disk, it wont let you partition the same disk, thus you get the "disk is busy", or unmount the disk errors.

I can do what you suggest even when I have mavericks on an virtual machine (virtual box)? I'm starting to feel like it might just be easier to remove this virtual machine and create a new one and install mavericks from scratch again but this time allocate 40gb or maybe even 60gb from the beginning.

you are probably right :)

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How to text, as a blind carbon copy, multiple phone numbers at once?
http://ipod.about.com/od/phonefeatures/ht/multi_sms_iph.htm explains as it claims in its title: 'How To Send Text Messages to Multiple Recipients Using iPhone'. However, what do I do if I want to prevent each recipients from seeing all the other recipients in the address field (ie I want this to be a Blind Carbon Copy)?
For my iPhone 5s, I already tried https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/75554, which claims:

The option you're looking for is located at Settings > Messages > Group Messaging. Turning this off will send all messages individually to their recipients.

I do see and can access (iPhone  Home Screen) > Settings > Messages, but just like the commenters below that answer, I can't find Group Messaging?

I don't see it either, iOS 8. That previous post was back in iOS 5 & 6 days, maybe it disappeared since, or maybe it is carrier/network dependent.

What is your carrier? On AT&T it shows up for me.

on AT&T and iOS 8.1.2 I do see the option for "Group messages" although I've never played with it and don't know what it actually controls.  I also not that if you Turn off the "MMS Messaging" option right above it, the "group messaging" switch is removed or disappears.

I updated my answer on the question you linked to. http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/75554/18387


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Why does updating Garageband 6.0.5 to 10 cost money?
I have Garageband 6.0.5. Why does updating to Garageband 10 (next version, don't get fooled by numbers) cost money? I thought updates were free!

When you bought garageband 6, you cannot update to the new version because it was released as a new program, not an update.

Oh... I never knew that.


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Install OS X Applications and Library directories on external drive
Wondering how could I set some sort of partial OS X installation on an external drive, I searched Google only to find that I may be the only one looking for this.
The goal is to get both the Applications and Library directories (those from OS X installation's root, not user's) to run them on any Mac, always keeping the applications' preferences in the Library directory, on the drive.
You may see that as some sort of partial OS X installation.
Is this possible and, if so, how ?

I assume you want to make some portable setup where you plugin the external drive in different macs and want your settings transferred like this? Only moving the Library folder to an external drive is not possible (as far as I know), but you can move the whole home folder

Not exactly. I try to get just the opposite of this Macworld article except that I would just keep the Applications and Library directories. I think I could launch the install and try to force the Install OS X application to recognise the external drive as the main drive and put the Home folder on the Mac's internal drive but I don't own any spare Mac to try this out and won't risk my current setting for this manoeuvre.


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Adding POP3/SMTP to iPod 8.1
My daughter was using my old iPod Version 6.1.3/Model MC54LL/A, and Santa just brought her her own iPod Version 8.1/ModelPD717LL/A.
I had her email going to my old iPod.  It is going through my own server which is a POP3 server type with POP3 incoming on port 110 and SMTP outgoing on port 25 or port 2525 (with SMTP-AUTH outgoing server authentication).
I added the email account settings to the new iPod, but it shows up as an IMAP account.
How do I change the settings to old school POP instead of IMAP?

When adding the account and you select the 'Other' option for the account type, at the top is a switch for IMAP and POP3. By default it is IMAP - you just need to change it to POP3.

Yes, I did select "Other", but there was no option to change from IMAP to POP3.  Don't know whether this is a credible source, but http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596522124/Touch_Mail.pdf states "Apple’s software attempts to figure out which kind of account you have (POP
or IMAP) by the email address. If it can’t make that determination, you arrive
at a second screen now, where you’re asked for such juicy details as the Host
Name for Incoming and Outgoing Mail servers. (This is also where you tap
either
IMAP
or
POP
, to tell the iPod what sort of account it’s dealing with.)

Now I see.  If you already created an account, you can't change it.  I deleted the old one, and now see what I missed.  I originally had a typo in the email, and it never showed the option to change server type.  Thank you


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Closing 128 new Preview documents without saving
I opened 128 .png files in Preview, hoping to use it to create a PDF out of them, as I believe was possible in earlier versions using the New from clipboard trick, but apparently, on Yosemite, not any more.
Now I want to close the newly created documents, but it'll require me to click Don't Save 128 times.
Is there any way around this?

Well, quitting the application via Activity Monitor or Terminal (killall Preview) should do it, but it might be that all the windows reopen when it's next started. Maybe there's a hidden option to influence that behaviour but I'm not sure. Also you don't need to click it, with luck, the "Don't Save" option is highlighted and pressing Space will suffice (I think you need to enable that in System Preferences), so holding Cmd-W and Space for some time might close them all.

force quit preview.

I'd Force-Quit it using the Apple Menu dialog, and then clear the saved state files from the storage so that Preview doesn't try to reopen those documents next time it starts.
From Finder:

 Cmd ⌘   N
 Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   G
Copy/paste ~/Library/Saved Application State

Delete the folder com.apple.Preview.savedState and you're set for the next start of Preview to be clean.

thank you!! this was driving me crazy

As of Yosemite, at least, there's a much easier way. Just choose Quit from the File menu.
Preview will ask you if you want to review changes. If you say no, you're done!

That's very much dependent on having 'ask to keep changes when closing documents' set in system prefs > general

Similar to what Chris and Tetsujin collectively said:

Open System Preferences (Apple Menu, System Preferences...)
Click "General"
Make sure "Ask to keep changes when closing documents" and "Close windows when quitting an app" are both checked
Go back to Preview, click the "Preview" menu, and click "Quit Preview"

This is the answer for the newest macOS (2023)


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How do I fix the admin login dialog box?
Ever since upgrading to Yosemite, I've had an issue with the admin login screen. It looks like this:

It's not a huge problem because I know what it is and I just enter my password and move on. But does anyone have ideas on how to get this fixed other than reinstall Yosemite?

Try using Safe mode log in.

Did you recently install a font to replace system font?


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Can't log in or access recovery!
I have a 2011 MacBookPro running OS X Yosemite. I was browsing online when suddenly my entire screen went grey (no cursor, completely unresponsive). I restarted the laptop & got the usual "Update Needed" user (I have FileVault on). As soon as it reaches halfway thru the progress bar, it reboots on its own! I tried resetting the SMC, as well as holding down Cmd + R to access recovery. In the latter case, the Apple logo appears with a progress bar underneath. As soon as it reaches halfway thru, the screen turns grey & it just sits there. The same thing happens when I try to boot into safe mode.
Tried many times unsuccessfully. I have a feeling this has to do with FileVault.
Help!

Yosemite is known for the halfway error. A clean install will suffice. However, usually when you can't even boot to internet recovery it's usually a hardware issue. Try resetting the PRAM and then try rebooting again into recovery mode.

@soulshined Tried that. Didn't work.

Turns out my 2011 MacBook Pro is one of several units suffering from a defective GPU.
I realized this issue happens only when I'm doing something GPU-related like using iPhoto or viewing certain webpages. My Mac is now completely unusable & I'm going to have to get a new one.
Here's more info on this.


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What applications should I avoid charging my iPhone with?
I always charge my iPhone with the charger that comes with it but I was wondering could I use different kind of USB devices to charge my phone? Will it damage my phone?

You can charge an iPhone with any reputable USB charger, but unless it is designed for Apple will charge very slowly (~100mA the USB default).
In some cases (this is based on earlier iPod dock) the device will refuse to charge if it incapable of negotiating a charge rate.
You would have more luck plugging into a computer. This will still be slow, but should be capable of negotiating a 500mA rate).


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I was wondering how do you use find my iPhone?
I was wondering how to use find my iPhone? I mean like the tracking thing where you can track your device how do you do that?

Your device is reporting its location to Apple server.

Log into https://www.icloud.com using the same appleid used for iCloud on the phone. Click the Find my iPhone Button.
You can also use the Find iPhone app on someone else phone.  Just log into that app (it opens to the login screen) using your appleid and password as above.
You can also "play sound" (even if the device is on vibrate only), set lost mode, and remote wipe the device.   FWIW, you don't really want to remote wipe a lost/stolen, just set lost mode so the phone remains trackable, once it's wiped it's no longer trackable.


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Command Backspace keep going past the line
I'm running OS X Yosemite. ⌘-Delete deletes a whole line in every app. In some apps, it deletes a whole line and keeps deleting lines after that. In some, it deletes a whole line and stops, so I have to hit delete to move up to the previous line and then Command-Delete to delete a whole line again.
Is there a way to make it keep deleting lines in every app. The one I'm specifically talking about is Xcode.

I think Control + Option/Alt + Delete may be what you are looking for.
Edit: mistyped the shortcut :P

Option Delete is close, but it deletes just one word. It's quick and spans multi-line which is nice, but I'm specifically looking for Command Delete multiline.


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iTunes update keeps reappearing even after several updates
iTunes software update keeps appearing in the app store even after several updates of the same. Has anyone faced a similar issue? When I try to update it, the download begins and installs and again reappears on the App store. Moreover this is happening in my new mac. I'm unable to find the root cause for this issue.

What happens if you download itunes from the web site (not app store) install the download and then reboot?

when i try to download it from the web, it gets redirected to Mac app store directly!

What about if you click the download link on the left here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/


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Equivalent to CMD-clicking on a webpage title in Safari 8 on Yosemite
In previous versions of Safari one could CMD-click on the webpage title at the top of Safari's window and get a menu with the website's folder hierarchy.
For example if you're at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask, clicking on the title would give you a menu with the following items:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/
https://apple.stackexchange.com/

allowing you to quickly navigate the website in question. Finder still has that feature if you want to see it in action. Just go to a folder, then CMD-click on that folder's name or icon in the title bar.
I liked that feature, however, it seems to have been removed in Safari 8. What I want to ask is, is there a way to restore it? A keyboard shortcut I've missed perhaps?

Update the download: The popover now  close when the url clicked is not the current one. This also allows it to refresh when you go to a new page using it.

The extension can now use the update/auto update feature in Safari. This starts from version 1.0.2  so if you have version 1.  Please re download it from the link and then you do not need to keep checking back here for changes.

I could not find any thing to re enable this.
So I built a quick Safari Extension to give me something that would give me a list.
I am posting the link here Hierarchy List
And may repost with a how to make one when I get a little time.

update*
Update the download: The popover will now  close when the url clicked in the list is not the current one. This also allows it to refresh when you go to a new page using it.

update 2*
The extension can now use the update/auto update feature in Safari. This starts from version 1.0.2  so if you have version 1.  Please re download it from the link and then you do not need to keep checking back here for changes.

Update 3. Version 1.0.6

The Extension ui now has a Dark mode And Light Mode. You can change them in the Extensions preferences. ( images above have been changed to show this)

Note Although Safari extension can be set to Auto Update. I find that they only do when I actually click on the updates button in the Extensions preferences.

So if you have a version 1.0.2 upwards you can make sure the updates happen by doing this.
I also suggest you relaunch Safari. After any Extensions are updated.

Very nice! Is this on GitHub/etc?

I have never really put anything up there. But it's an idea..

Did a slight update just correct a misspelling for the product link in the Extension preferences that should go to my site.

Thank you for the extension and the updates, it's very much appreciated. One minor quibble I have is that the version number displayed in Safari's extension list remains 1.0.0b even for the latest version.

@Mr.Landsman Can you quit safari and see if it shows the right version. Safari and it's extensions seem to have this oddity.

I did and it shows the right version now (1.0.2). Thanks.

@Mr.Landsman Great.

@Mr.Landsman check out the update3 in my Answer

@markhunte I learned to do that while waiting for AgileBits to update their 1Password extension with retina display support a while back :)

@Mr.Landsman , Yer a bit annoying.. let me know what you think of the dark mode :-)

@markhunte I like the colors better but the dark grey is more common on web pages which can lead to contrast problems. Also, the white text under light grey highlight is difficult to read. Here's an example.

@Mr.Landsman ,thanks for the feed back it's is supposed to go to black as you hover but does not until you are right over the text.. I am still working on it :-)


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How do I type a Greek delta with a circumflex?
I need to create a capital Greek delta with a circumflex on top of it:

How do I do that in Word or any other text editor (on a Mac)?
The file will be mailed to a publisher, so the letter should appear the same on his computer (so the method should use some standard font).
Note: I do not want to create an image!

You can use Character Viewer to add a combining circumflex (U+0302) to your delta.  You may need to experiment with fonts to see what looks best among the ones which are common to most computers.  My TextEdit version with Helvetica below:

Thank you. Can you explain what you typed and in which order? I cannot get this to work. All I get are a circumflex and delta side by side: ^∆.

Oh, works with Unicod Hex input: ̂∆. Edit: Ah, well, not here, obviously.

∆̂  <= Well, actually it does work here (at least with whatever font my browser uses to render this site). I just had the wrong order in my previous comment. Do ALT-k first, then switch to Unicode Hex Input, then hold down ALT and while you hold it down type 0302. It looks dispaced in the comment textarea, but once you save, it displays fine.

While using the "ABC - Extended" keyboard, pressing Shift-Option-6 places a circumflex (ˆ) over the preceding character, if that character can combine with that mark.  It's easy to remember because ^ appears above the 6 on its key (on my US keyboard).  Once I have the "∆" character by typing or pasting it, pressing Shift-Option-6 immediately after it produces "∆̂".  For fun, try these: ∆̀ ∆́ ∆̈ ∆̃

Delta with circumflex has not been coded as a single character (precomposed character), so at the character level the only option is to use the letter delta followed by U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT, as @TomGewecke suggests.
The font issue is tricky. First, there are literally no standard fonts in the sense that some fonts would be available on all platforms. To begin with, Android devices have their own limited repertoire of fonts, which do not exist on other platforms (unless installed separately). Second, in most fonts this combination is rendered in an awful way. This may partly depend on rendering software, partly on font design.
Although Tom’s image shows a nice delta with circumflex, the Helvetica font is not installed in most computers of the world. Its Windows counterpart, has the circumflex badly misplaced. The following screenshot is from Win 7 version of Word 2007:

(Equation Tools have a construct for adding a circumflex, but as the image shows, it’s odd-looking. Besides, Equation Tools work only when creating a .docx file, and such files cannot be read by old versions of Word.)
In most fonts, the rendering is closer to the Arial problem than the Cambria rendering. So if I had to compose a Word document to be readable across platforms, I would use the Cambria font and save the document with font embedding enabled (Word settings, section Save; check the checkbox for including only the characters actually used, since otherwise you get a few extra megabytes in the file).
Your mileage may vary. Using Helvetica for this specific character, with font embedding, may be a feasible option. However, since the notation is essentially mathematical and since math texts are generally better rendered in serif fonts, I would look for a suitable serif font in the system.

On my Mac, I cannot get the circumflex to properly align in any font (including Cambria) in Word. In TextEdit I can align it in any font that I tried (except Cambria, where it is slightly off to the left). I guess my best option is to include a note, a high resolution image of the intended look, and an in-text placeholder, when I submit my manuscript, and leave the typesetting to the typesetter of the publisher.

@what Cambria works fine on my Mac with Word 2011.  Can you not submit PDF to your publisher?  Fonts are embedded and it will look right.

@jukka Where in Word for Mac can you enable font embedding?  I think that is only possible in Windows.


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How to restore default system files?
Does anyone have the default SArtFile.bin (path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin) for Mavericks 10.9.5?
I was tinkering around with the file listed above but forgot to  back it up.
Does anyone know how I can restore the file to its original form so I can undo my changes, or how to restore default system files?

reinstall the combo update of the OS - also which ones there are several - i.e. you should give the app they are ion

I don't want to reinstall OS X. I only want the actual files. Thanks.

reinstall is the easiest way

how do you reinstall the combo update without losing files?

The update will only change the OSs files which you should not have changed - if you have then you need to know how to get them back before you do - i.e. you should be proficient in Unix first - that will include knowing how to restore you backups

I reinstalled the combo update. It didn't fix the problem :(

What are the full paths of those files?

The paths to these files are: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ArtFile.bin

This is a specific case of the general restore process:

How can I get back a system file after deleting it from my Mac?

Basically you have three places where you can get the original system files (except backups):

Recovery HD
Combo update installer
the (Mac) OS X installer

The Recovery HD is a basic OS X system only and just contains a subset of the files of the full system. Some files may even be outdated or different compared to the files of the full system. To mount the Recovery HD enter diskutil mount Recovery\ HD in Terminal. To get access to the system files mount BaseSystem.dmg:
hdiutil mount /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg

To copy a file enter:
sudo cp /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/path/to/file /path/to/file

in your example:
sudo cp /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin

The Combo update installer may contain the file in question. Like the Recovery HD it only contains a subset of files of the full OS X system. To extract and install the original file, download Pacifist and open the installer package. Search for the file in question and install it. You need admin privileges to do that.

If the file isn't available in the Recovery HD or the Combo installer you have to download the newest OS X installer (in your case Install OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)). The approach is similar to the Combo updater method. Right-click Install OS X Mavericks -> Show Contents, navigate to /Contents/SharedSupport and mount the InstallESD.dmg. Open the folder Packages in the mounted image and then the file OSInstall.mpkg with Pacifist. Search for the file in question and install it. You need admin privileges to do that.

In your case you are lucky because the file SArtFile.bin can be found in the Recovery HD. So use the method outlined above to recover the file.

updating & re-installation OS X without formating is keep your files. It's not a windows where all your file puts in to Windows.old and later you need go for folders take them from there.


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Change 'Open in iBooks' to something useful?
Older versions of Safari/iOS remembered the last used PDF viewer, or at least displayed my preferred one automatically e.g. at the top in the PDF preview of safari, 'Open in PDFExpert or so.
With the introduction of iBooks -- which is lacking annotation, dropbox, and other crucial features for working with scientific articles etc. -- the default has become the annoying self-promotional 'Open in iBooks' with apparently no way to change it to something useful.
I've reported this as a bug to Apple, but while waiting for the unlikely fix, has anyone figured out a way to change the default 'Open in' to something useful or at least move iBooks to the end of the icon list in the Open In menu? It seems to come back to the front all the time.

and you have to use Safari to access those files online?

its Apple, who coded for themselves, of course they will have luxuries other developers don't have, and of course they will prioritize their own software compared to 3rd parties, you can't change this function


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How to display icons in finder in newest to oldest order in a grid?
Is there a way to make the finder show icons in newest to oldest order in a grid?
As it is when I pick "View->As Icons" and then "View->Arrange By->Date Modified" the finder displays them in long rows. The first row is "yesterday", the second row is items in the previous 7 days, then a row for 30 days, then a row for the previous year. There's 286 files in that row. Navigating by scrolling across the row is nearly useless. There's a "Show All" but that' also useless as it shows all the files a year old but in alphabetical order so for example if I want to find files from November last year I'm S.O.L.
Is there way to just display them in one long grid in newest to oldest order?

cruel to be kind, but.. if you want pretty pictures, view by icon; if you want data, view by list.

I want to find my file. I can't tell by name, only by image. This is trivial in Windows. Maybe I should run Fusion/Parallels just to use Windows Explorer on my files :P

Another way to do it: (Mavericks 10.8 if it makes a difference):
Use Command-J or right-click (Control-Click on my fairly stock system) or select "View Options" from the gear icon pulldown menu on the window to pull up the options dialog.  Select Arrange by None and Sort by Date Modified (or one of the other 3 date options).

Credit to @grgarside who answered my very similar question a few minutes ago: Disable cover flow in 10.8 Mavericks

Let me add, clicking "Use as Defaults" at the bottom after making those settings finally makes the macOS finder useful for me for finding images in the way I need most. So happy to no longer be so frustrated.

To sort by modified in icon view:
Go to the settings for your finder window by clicking on the gear icon at it's top and choosing View Options. You've already set it to arrange by date modified, but you also need to set it to sort by date modified.
Then you'll have groupings to minimize until you reach the date range you are looking through AND a list of items to scroll through that's sorted by date.
*as an aside, in figuring this out, I noticed that the sections aren't entirely accurate for me in 10.9.5 (items from 2014 are in the 2013 section), but the files are in the correct order - so don't necessarily trust the section headers. Interesting glitch.
As a tip - You could change to list view to see where the modification dates are about where you want to be, select an item to mark your place and then switch back to icon view. Another note - to find where you'd clicked after clicking show all, just arrow key to the left or right and your view will scroll to the selected file.
Hope that helps!


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System Preferences hangs when trying to open Display settings with an external monitor connected
I've searched all over for this, with no luck. So here goes:
My 2012 MacBook Pro has always played nice with my old Samsung monitor, connected with a Mini DisplayPort > VGA adapter plugged in to the Thunderbolt port. The Samsung monitor is rotated 270 degrees, and OS X has never had a problem with it.
For the last few months, System Preferences has hung every time I try to open Display preferences. The monitor still functions normally, and this hasn't been a problem.
Now I want to rearrange my monitor setup. The vertical monitor is now to the left of my laptop, but it behaves like it's to the right - because I can't change it, because Display settings hang.
I can open the settings perfectly fine when the display isn't connected - but that's fairly useless, as the arrangement tab doesn't show up.
I've tried clearing the settings with this command:
~ » defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.windowserver
2015-01-17 11:41:12.766 defaults[946:7994]
Domain (com.apple.windowserver) not found.
Defaults have not been changed.

Upon a reboot, the problem remains.
Any ideas?

is there a problem with your Disk preferences or your user (ACL) preferences?

@Buscar웃 Haven't had any problem with acl prefs, no idea what "Disk preferences" are. Care to explain?

sorry, just a typo, Permissions, not preferences.

So I figured this out, kind of.
I cloned and built https://github.com/CdLbB/fb-rotate, and flipped the external monitor around a couple times with it. Suddenly everything works, even after a reboot.
The only thing I can think of is that a config file somewhere got corrupted, and this utility rewrote it and fixed it.
Either way, it works now!


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Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk
I own a MacBook Pro 13 Retina, OSX reports disk usage as 450Gb, but utilities such as DiskInventoryX tells a different story reporting 226Gb as used disk space:

How can I convince OSX to give me back my disk space?
Given that DiskInventoryX (and other I tested) cannot find where these 411Gb marked as "Other" are what can I do to identify the issue?
Output of df -h
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes

/dev/disk1 465Gi 421Gi 43Gi 91%  110450433 11387165 91%
devfs      184Ki 184Ki 0Bi  100% 638       0        100%

possible duplicate of Large difference in reported free disk space

the differences I see are much bigger than the size of the backup, that is correctly reported up there. Running "sudo tmutil disablelocal" has no effects at all, even after a cold boot.
Finder reports the same wrong size as "About this Mac"

You might be interested in this recent post on OS X daily.

Did you do a disk repair?

yes, no effects

Administrators, please note this is not a duplicate of Large difference in reported free disk space. The root cause is not Time Machine related. Instead it appears to be MobileBackups.trash related.

You may be seeing the difference between used bytes versus used blocks on the disk.
If a tool iterates over the files on your disk and totals the file sizes in bytes, the total value will not match the used disk space.
Try using other disk tools to determine the remaining disk space. The df tool should provide some insight df -h.
Consider using a tool like GrandPerspective to view the contents of your drive; it appears better maintained than Disk Inventory X. Be aware that these tools show file size and not blocks used.

do you think is it possible that the difference causes such a huge difference in disk space report? (200Gb)

In extreme cases it is possible. What does df say? How big is your drive's block size?

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
/dev/disk1 465Gi  421Gi   43Gi    91% 110450433 11387165   91%
devfs      184Ki  184Ki    0Bi   100%       638        0  100%

Please could you add this output to your question and format it as a code block to retain the spacing.

Running GrandPerspective from the Terminal / sudo it seems that I have found the root cause of the issue there is a huge file (a Parallels VM) here: /.MobileBackups.trash/Computer/2013-12-11-194848/Volume/Users/mauro/Documents/Windows 8.1.pvm how can I remove it?

Good to hear you found the cause. Please can you start a new question for finding out how to empty MobileBackups.trash; you will attract better answers and help others suffering the same problem.

Done here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/168180/how-to-empty-mobilebackups-trash-content

After deleting a user account of about 800GB on a new Max OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite system with a 1TB SSD, I was left with only 400GB of free space instead of the expected 900GB.
A whole disk scan of the system by GrandPerspective reported that the scanned files (all of "/" ) were only about 35 GB in size, and that "Miscellaneous used space" was a few hundred GB, which should have been deleted/freed when I killed off the unwanted user account.
I ran Disk Utililty.app to "Erase Free Space" and it churned away creating temporary files to write to the "unused space". While that was running, GrandPerspective reported smaller "Miscellaneous used space" and the Finder reported around 700 GB of free space (up from just a few hundred). Then it jumped to larger "misc used" and smaller "free". Then it reported "running out of room on boot drive!" then it failed with a "cannot create temp file" error, but after I quit Disk Utility.app the finder reported 963GB free space, as did Disk Utility.app as did GrandPerspectives.
So the long and sort of it is that running "Erase Free Space" via Disk Utility.app freed up that free space.


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How to empty MobileBackups.trash content
I noticed that OSX reports a wrong disk space amount, reporting that "Other" space is near to 170Gb.
Digging into the issue here "Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk"
I discovered that the root cause of the issue is the MobileBackups.trash folder that contains some files, really old, and a backup of a VM created more than one year ago.
I tried some suggestions that says to disable local backup with no luck (running sudo tmutil disable local had no effects on disk space).
I can manually delete the above files using for example GrandPerspective, but I suspect that manually is not the way to go.
What is the correct way to purge that folder?
Update: seems to be somewhat related to CrashPlan, that I used to have installed at that time and that seems to not really like to coexist with Time Machine

You are not alone in experiencing this problem, @bruno-buccolo answering Gigabytes of disk space shown as hidden space in DaisyDisk encountered the same cause.

Fixed following @bruno-buccolo suggestion to run sudo rm -rf /.MobileBackups.trash

I discovered an alternative method of removing these folders.
Apparently, these are created by Time Machine backup when it does not have access to the backup drive.
Running the following command from a terminal will disable this feature and reclaim the disk space:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

I learned about this from this article:
https://classicyuppie.com/what-crap-is-this-os-xs-mobilebackups/
Hope this helps someone!


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Get audio files from onedrive onto iphone
I have a large number of audio files in a folder on my onedrive that I want to listen to on my iphone. I have the onedrive app installed, I can see a way to listen to individual files, but what I want to do, is get all of them onto the phone so that I can listen to them as a playlist. How can I do this?

Do you want to get them into iTunes (which resides on your Mac/PC only) or into the iOS Music app (which plays music on the iPhone)? The latter is, unfortunately, not possible.

I want them on itunes on the iphone. I'm able to see them in the onedrive app and play them one at a time from there, but there seems to be no way to get into itunes or make a playlist. what i really want is to make a playlist but i dont expect onedrive to allow that.

The only iTunes on the iPhone is the iTunes Store app which is used to prelisten and purchase music, not to play it.

oh... i must be thinking of amazon music app, because it lets me play music bought on itunes as well as stuff from amazon

Download Microsoft Groove from the iTunes Store.

Groove brings you all the music you love, every way you want it.
OneDrive
  • Add your MP3s to OneDrive and play them wherever you go
  • Download playlists, albums and songs from OneDrive to enjoy your favourites even when you're off the grid
  • See at a glance what's available where (online, offline, both)
Music Pass
  • Discover new songs, albums and artists right from your iPhone
  • Play ad-free music from one of the biggest music catalogues on the planet
  • Add songs, albums and playlists to your Groove music collection and access them from your phone, Xbox, PC, tablet and the web
  • Listen to radio stations based on your favourite artists

You can do this. You have to use One Drive on your PC and also install iTunes on your PC. Then you simply import the songs from One Drine into iTunes. Then sync your iTunes play list with your iOS device.

I know this is an old question, but have you tried the app CloudBeats? It will take a lot of memory if you have an extensive amount of music on the cloud as it creates a sub-list on the device. But this makes the music searchable, and making playlists is easy and a generalized shuffle is allowed for either the whole playlist of songs or by album/playlist. I use it myself and find it works well.
There is an ability to download and play offline but only through the dedicated player.


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Programs running in background mac
I suspect my Macbook Pro has been hacked by sophisticated hackers who may have even customized some special malware for my computer.  Is there anyway to tell from looking at the MacBook Pro Activity Monitor like spotting hidden files and other potential unknown processes.  What can I do above and beyond installing an anti-virus program to identify if someone is hacking the computer?  Energy usage and server traffic statistics..?
Thanks in advance everyone.

I see the down votes, but please realize that I am not able to add an image to my question so it is hard for me to describe.

you can host the image and provide a link in your question

You can use little snitch to control your internet access [output - input].


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Yosemite : change sound output between speaker and headphone
I want to switch between headphones (jack) and internal speakers without having to insert/remove the jack?
Is it possible ? And how ?

or actually more: http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/167531/24324

Thank you. Did not found this article before posting... So it seems it is not possible :-(


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IP address assignment issue
The problem is that I have a Macbook that keeps telling me another computer is using it's IP address. I normally don't have a problem with this as I'd either restart the computer, or router and it would obtain a new IP address.
However, every single IP address the computer is assigned is apparently taken by another computer. I can manually enter an IP and it is then immediately giving a warning about being taken by another computer. I have even left it on automatic DHCP, told the router to assign the computer an IP when DHCP is renewed. And when the computer renews, it says it's being used by another computer.
On the router there is Two other computers (labeled by names) and two android phones (also labeled by names). So I can tell which device is the only Mac on the network. None of the other devices's IPs match the Mac's. And the router states that the Mac's IP has been given the exact IP the Mac says is taken.
I'm not sure what is going on here. But I cannot figure out what the problem is.
So far I have restarted the router and Mac three times and tried to assign over 16 different unique IPs. The router still states the computer is connected and assigned a unique IP while the Mac says it's been assigned an IP that is used by another computer.
If there is anyone that can help with this issue, it would be very appreciative.

I've pointed this at a thread that covers duplicate IP pretty well. Please just edit this to make your situation clear/differentiated (different versions, specific router setup, explaining clearly why linked answers are not working for you) and we can easily remove the hold on this.

none of it helps. I was hoping this site would have been a helpful one. But even after stating I've done what that thread asked for one to do and saying it didn't help. I'm told to go back to that thread. I'm not in need of pointless loops, just answers.


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alias command stopped working
I have a few aliases set up on my mac. But for some reason they don't seem to work anymore. I'm not sure why either. Even when I type in alias to see my list of aliases nothing happens just this:
Jonnys-MacBook-Air:~ jonny$ alias
Jonnys-MacBook-Air:~ jonny$

If I go into my ~/.profile script with nano I can see the script exists and has values though.

To troubleshoot this a bit, what happens when you type alias foo=ls; foo; alias ? The shell should be working if you get a listing and one alias defined.

@bmike I got the directory listings, there is an alias.save file listed in there too


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Yosemite Time Machine not backing up (existing and new backups)
I am having an issue with Time Machine. Since upgrading to Yosemite Time Machine has not been working. I have seen this seems to be a common issue but have not seen reference to my specific case.
I noticed my backup drive (formatted on Yosemite for backups) was not backing up content (although it said it was). I tried formatting the drive and setting it up as a backup drive again but to no avail.
When I run the backup I get the following message for about 5 seconds, Backing up Zero KB of 1.85 TB, and then it disappears saying finishing backup. Obviously the data is not being backed up for some reason.
I have:

Verified the disk (OK)
Repaired the disk (OK)
Formatted the disk (OK)
Re setup time machine (OK)

I am running:

Yosemite
Server 4.0
SmbUp
External Drive with work content (to be backed up)
Backups are set for only the external (other drives are excluded)


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Apple OS X Yosemite Email Viewing Preferences
Previous versions of OS X had a dropdown menu under Viewing in Mail Preferences that allowed you to choose the type of heading or no heading at all when viewing an email.  The drop down menu is still there but now there is only one choice available: "headers".  I can find no mention of this issue on any Apple forums.  Maybe no one else uses it?  Or am I the only one with this issue?  Would appreciate any suggestions for a fix.  I often save emails as PDFs and prefer not to have header info showing.

so the use classic layout is no longer there?

no, use classic layout is still there and I am using it, but the Viewing Preferences are the same either way.

I do not have Yosemite to confirm but found this:
10.10.2 Update

The button to show or hide headers when composing mail messages has moved to the toolbar of the composition window.

This button just alternates between default headers (sender, recipient, reply-to, subject on the left and the date on the right) and detailed headers even tho the roll-over text for the button says "show (or hide) all headers"


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Get all resolutions of Apple devices?
I am building an app for in the App store.
For the app I need the resolution of the camera.
I am searching for the resolution of:
iphone 4 and up (front and back)
Ipad 2 and up (front and back)
ipod touch 5 gen. (front and rear)
ipad mini 1 and up (front and rear)
On the internet it is hard to found all this information. Is there some sort of site with this kind of information?

https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ here's iPhone5C and up. Here are iPads: https://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/

As an Apple developer, can't you use the Apple developer forums and technical documentation for getting this information?

there are so many sheets out there for display resolutions, I can't believe that it is "hard to find".

@YoshiBotX Please read next time. For display resolution there is even an site for that:http://iphoneresolution.com/ . I was asking for the resolution of the CAMERA that is a lot harder to find. Not the MP but the pixels (like 1920x1080). If that was the reason to give me -1 please correct that.

A lot of informations can be found on Wikipedia.
Here's list of iOS devices with all the specs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices
Here's simple MP calculator if You want to know pixel dimensions (it depends on aspect ratio): http://web.forret.com/tools/megapixel_aspect.asp?mp=3,15

Most of the resolution are listed in MP. If I convert the MP to resolution like 1920x1080 does I get the right resolution? Can I convert MP to pixels? And how do I get the aspect ratio?

See updated answer.

Thanks for that, but if I don't know what the aspect ratio of the camera is how do I know the resolution?

iPhone photos are 4:3 as far as I know. Additional question: why do you need to know all those infos? When You get an image You can check it's pixel size.


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Secondary or Separate Audio Output?
I usually listen to Mac output through headphones, which I keep plugged in almost all the time. I'm happy to have speakers squelched. But there are some alerts--e.g. message coming in from IM, or notifications from a web page, that I'd like to hear about if I'm across the room.
Is there any way to separate some audio signals from others? Certain notifications I wan to play over the speakers, even if the headphones are the primary output. If this is not feasible through the standard audio system, is there some sort of USB or wireless audio or visual notifier device I could purchase? I don't need full stereoscopic audio quality for this--just something to indicate "notification has come in" when the sound is not otherwise audible.
I'm using a MacBook Pro, 15", 2011 version if that matters.

possible duplicate of Use internal speakers with others plugged in

There is some overlap with that one. A USB-powered headphone port might help...but it's not quite the full fix. I hoped to get recommendations for other USB or Wireless notifiers, and perhaps suggestions about how to route notifications to different outputs.

Essentially you need to create a new hardware instance. USB would be the easiest solution, either headphones or external amp/speaker setup. You can then easily send alerts to one, independent of the other.


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Quick Time screencast slows down my gameplay also size too big
I recorded few of the videos in past with quicktime. Size of those videos is too big  (~5GB). I have a macbook pro 15-inch retina version. For cutting down the size I am using HandBrake. With that a 2 GB video would come up to 45MB but then video resolution goes really down. Is there any other recording software that can record videos at relatively smaller size?

Have you considered Camtasia?

No @bassplayer7 i didn't knew its for mac as well

You had two questions in here. This site works better when there is only one question per question. That way, it's easier for other people to find solutions if they have the same problem. I've edited out your second question, but feel free to ask it separately.

Did you try different HandBrake settings? Lower size means lower resolution, fewer frames per seconds, reduced image quality or a combination therefore.

@patrix yes but size doesn't go down significantly


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Why are my Mavericks Finder folders arranged by the wrong year?
I upgraded to Mavericks ages ago, but only just noticed this problem. Having arranged and sorted a folder by date modified, using icons, all items in the folder are listed as the wrong year. I have items grouped as being "Today", that's correct! But I then have "2013" items (which were all modified in 2014, I checked with Get Info) and "2012" items (which were all modified in 2013, again I checked them.
Why is this happening? How do I fix this?

see if anything in http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/167616/finder-does-not-sort-correctly-in-mavericks?rq=1 may help

Thanks, @Tetsujin! This is my first post in "AskDifferent" so I don't know what's been covered much yet...

Welcome - idk if there's a 'fix' in there, but there may be some explanation

Thanks - the other post had an answer that didn't seem to work for me...


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How many files are on my HFS drive?
Is there a quick and easy way to tell about how many files I have on a given HFS+ formatted hard drive?
On Unix, I use df -i, but HFS+ apparently doesn't use inodes and returns a silly answer based on the percentage of disk space I'm using:
# df -i /Volumes/BARRY

Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s2   4.0T   2.7T   1.3T    68% 660707979 315962685   68%   /Volumes/BARRY

Of course, I can find /Volumes/BARRY | wc or something, but does HFS+ keep track of how many files are on a given filesystem?

Are you only talking about command lines in Terminal? If not, use Disk Utility is easy.

Brilliant, I should've thought of that. Make it an answer and I'll accept it. Just out of curiosity, is there a command-line way to do it? HFS+ obviously stores this information somewhere.

"diskutil info" does not provide this information, oddly enough.


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Is it possible to highlight the current "active selection" area in the Mac App Store window when using keyboard navigation?
I find it easier to use the keyboard to navigate around my Mac.
Most of the apps I use work OK with keyboard shortcuts as they tend to highlight the currently active control.
However, I find the Mac App Store difficult to use with the keyboard as it does not highlight controls as I move around the app's window.
To give an example…

I launch the Mac App Store.
I hit CMD + F to enter the search box. (I know the search box is active as it's highlighted with a blue border.)
I type in 'Pages' and hit enter.
The search results appear.
I hit TAB to move out of the search box to the search results area, but as I move around using TAB, SHIFT + TAB, etc., the active control is not highlighted.

To be clear, I can "move around" using the keyboard without a problem, but as nothing is highlighted I don't know "where I am".
I've checked through the Accessibility Preference Pane in case there's something there that can help, but can't find anything that might enable highlighting.
I'd be grateful if anyone knows a way to enable highlighting of the currently selected control in the Mac App Store app, whether that's by changing a setting in the Terminal, by using a third party "tweaker" app, etc.
I'm currently running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 (14C109).
Many thanks.

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Do you have "All controls" selected in System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard ?
ahhh… I see what you mean. Enter will highlight 'Install App' but before that there is no indication of where you are.

Thanks for the answer. Yes, I do have all controls selected but, as you've spotted, it brings no joy. Oh, woe is me and there was much gnashing of the teeth and bother and such.


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Time machine one folder?
I want to back only one or some of my folder with time machine. Is it possible somehow to back them? And so I can maybe push down the datastore requirement down below 8GB, and so a flash drive will be enough to be always with me.

As far as I know, the only way to do this is to exclude everything else except that one folder...

It sounds like the idea is less about having a backup, and more about how to make an automatically synced USB drive that you can take with you?

You might have right, I want a copy about my workspace folder, about the source code of my apps with me always

You might want to check the answers to this question at SuperUser:  http://superuser.com/questions/144702/mac-os-x-application-to-sync-a-folder-to-another-disk-in-real-time    You could also google for "folder action" &  "sync"


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VMware ESXi compatible RAID card for the Mac Pro
I have a 2009 Mac Pro that I'd like to add a hardware RAID card to. I am running VMware ESXi with various OSes running as VMs. The Apple RAID card is not what I'm looking for.
I would also like to utilize the 4 hard drive bays and get 6G speeds. I have run into a few potential solutions, but have not been impressed. Anyone found a good solution?

Thanks for the options! I have an inquiry out to the NewerTech card to see if they will work with ESXi.

Was it compatible @E3L_1? I'm considering buying one now for my 2008 Mac Pro.

Have you looked this RAID cared benchmark page from 2009? It seems that the HighPoint RocketRAID would be a decent choice but doesn't seem to be available as a new item from the manufacturer any more:

Not knowing there was a workaround, HighPoint removed the RocketRAID
  4320, 3520, 3510, and 2680 from the Mac Pro product list on their
  website. We're hoping to persuade HighPoint to put them back on the
  product list now that MaxUpgrades has a solution.

A quick check on eBay shows the 4320 RAID card, 3520 RAID card, 3510 RAID card and the 2680 RAID card are still available as a used/refurbished item.
But if buying used/refurbished equipment is not for you, one thing that seems promising and is currently available and in production is the MAXPower RAID mini-SAS 6G-1e1i from Other World Computing. The description seems to be exactly what you are looking for:

Eliminate the SATA drive bus speed limit! Adding the MAXPower RAID
  mini-SAS 6G-1e1i to your Mac or PC provides a SAS/SATA 6G (6.0Gb/s)
  drive bus with up to twice the data transfer speed, regardless  of
  your computer's built-in SATA 3G (3.0Gb/s) data bus. Utilizing the
  MAXPower's RAID processor, you can maximize your total performance up
  to 4800MB/s in RAID 0 mode or achieve the perfect balance of
  performance and protection in RAID 5 mode.
This feature-rich, high-value mass storage controller card is an ideal
  solution for those working with multiple high-speed HD video streams
  and/or anyone seeking high performance daily IT operation and back-up
  for an SMB. With mini-SAS, there's no loss of throughput as it
  provides full data transfer of four drives through one connection.

Thank you sir. my only hesitation right now is whether this will work with ESXi. It's not on VMware's list of supported devices and I haven't heard back from NewerTech yet. The other downside is it looks like you have to buy another rig to allow you to use the drivebays. One turns the drives around so they're not connecting to the backplane and another is just another card. Both of them $128. heh. I'm seriously reconsidering the mac pro as my esxi box given this and other limitations i've run into. Off topic, but video card pass throughs have been quite a problem with this box also.


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Transferring info from a new MacBook to an older one?
I need to move all my data from a newer Macbook OS X 10.9.5 to and older one, OS X 10.6.8. I have tried using a thunderbolt cable and tried wirelessly through migration assistant but the computers cannot find one another?  Any thoughts?

Migration assistant doesn't like migrating to older systems so here's a quick and dirty way of doing most of what you want...

On both machines create a temporary account with admin privileges.
Start up the older machine in target disk mode and connect your Thunderbolt cable.
Log into the new temp account on the newer Mac, in Finder navigate to the Users folder and find the Home folder you wish to migrate across to the older Mac.
Copy your Home folder to the Users folder on the older Mac. You will most likely receive an error that certain items weren't copied, don't worry about this.
When finished eject the older Mac and restart it normally.
Log into temp account on older Mac and go to System Preferences>Users & Groups.
Create a user account (with admin privileges), using exactly the same name and password as the account you just copied over. You will be warned that a user folder with that name already exists, just continue on.
You will probably run into disk permission issues with your home folder, an easy fix is to download and run Onyx which will allow you to reset your home folder permissions (Disk Utility just checks system files and Apple apps).

Hopefully at this point you will be able to log into your user account and access your data, but you will have to copy over any applications over manually.
Another way would be to clone the Users folder using Carbon Copy Cloner, then follow step 7 above. The end result should be the same. I wouldn't copy the whole Applications folder over as there will be many version mismatches with the Apple software - just copy over the software you've installed where possible.
As I said at the start it's a Q&D method but really there's no easy "official" way to migrate to an older system.

The older MacBook Pro has to have a thunderbolt port, I bet your issue there is the fact that you're transferring from a newer Mac (with a newer operating system) to an older one which has an older version of migration assistant, thats certainly not going to work.
Your best bet is to copy the files manually using an external hard drive, like copying Documents, Downloads etc. I would avoid copying the library from a newer OS to an older OS.


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Perform restore without update?
I want to restore my iPad to factory settings. Its an iPad 2,1 running iOS 8.1:

However, when I connect to iTunes and click Restore iPad..., I get the message:

I'm not interested in 8.1.3, which is what a Restore and Update would result. In fact, I need to keep the iPad at 8.1.2 or lower due to operational requirements. So iOS 8.1 is fine by me.
How do I perform a restore without updating?

If you still have the .ipsw file, press the Option key, then click Restore iPad. Navigate to the file and select it, and iTunes will use that for the restore.

No luck... I forgot to get the backup (or the IPSW signed). Its too bad Apple lied to me about the ability to revert/restore. I would not have allowed the upgrade if the information they provided was accurate.


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How to contact Apple Support?
I had a Apple developer program account. I was the company owner, and I had a user account. I lost control of it a couple of years back, when Apple got broken into and suffered one of their data breaches. I lost control because of all the password resets, new challenge questions, and tools like Xcode logging in with old credentials.
The company is out of business and I abandoned the account due to all the problems caused by Apple corporate. However, when I log in with my email address, its still attached to the non-existent company under the abandoned account. I'd like to contact Apple support and have my email address separated or disgorged from the company and the abandoned account.
Trying to find a support contact is a labyrinth of rabbit wholes that lead nowhere. I visit the website (both Apple and the Developer), go to Support, try a Contact Us link, follow it for a while, and then I realize I've been punk'd because there is no way to contact them following the path I went down. For example, I start at Apple's How To Contact Us traverse through Manage your Apple ID and it ends in a dead end.
Question: How do I contact Apple support to have the email address separated from the non-existent company and abandoned developer account?
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My apologies for asking this question. One would think this would be a relatively easy endeavor, but its not. I'm fairly certain Apple is actively trying to keep folks from contacting them.
I challenge anyone to start at Apple's How To Contact Us, and traverse through Manage your Apple ID, and actually end in a way to really contact Apple by email (preferred). The case of Heinekens is on me for the first winner. I will ship it anywhere in the world. You just have to agree that I can use your name so others know I was good to my word.

People have been asking in vain for Apple's email addresses for at least 15 years.  The only area I know where they have responded is for ebook publishers:  ibooks_applicationsupport@apple.com

@jww Silly question. I know it's quaint, but have you tried calling a support phone number or the developer support phone number?

You're clicking on the wrong link. "Manage" is for self-service. The fourth link in that same list is a contact form for sign-in issues. This would presumably include removing an email address from an account. https://developer.apple.com/contact/appleid.php

@ tubedogg - thanks. That got my initial contact in, and I now have an email address. If you contact me at noloader, gmail account, I'll get you some money for a case of Heinekens. Do you have a PayPal account?

How do I contact Apple support to have the email address
  separated from the non-existent company and abandoned
  developer account?

devprograms@apple.com


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Wikipedia in the builtin dictionary in hebrew...but only when searching for tech words?
It doesn't do it for all of them, ex. when I search TCP/IP it's in english but a search for BSD yields this

Berkeley Software Distribution, או בקיצור BSD, היא מערכת הפעלה נגזרת של מערכת ההפעלה UNIX, שנוצרה ותוחזקה באוניברסיטת קליפורניה בברקלי מאז שנות ה-70 עד לאמצע שנות התשעים של המאה העשרים. כיום, המושג 'BSD' מתייחס לאחד מצאצאי BSD המקורי, הווה אומר מערכות FreeBSD, NetBSD או OpenBSD, שגם הן מערכות דמויות UNIX.

אחד הרכיבים של מערכת Mac OS X הוא Darwin, שהיא ליבת מערכת שמבוססת על FreeBSD.
I have already checked in preferences and english is the only language selected. I'm running 10.10.2 on a late 2013 Macbook Pro 15. Does anyone know what is causing certain ones to be in hebrew when I want only english and how to fix it?

do you want it in Hebrew or not ?

No, I do not want it in Hebrew.

Which preferences did you check in? Under Dictionary Preferences, if you click on Wikipedia in the list of sources, you'll get a checklist of all of the languages you want. Make sure Hebrew's unchecked there. Also, assuming Hebrew was selected, the reason why it happened for BSD was because there's no article called "BSD" in English (the page is called Berkeley Software Distribution). I just did a search for BSD after making sure it was in English, and the result was a disambiguation page. It probably decided that the Hebrew BSD article is better than the English disambiguation page.

That was exactly the problem/solution! If you turn that into an answer, I will mark it check it off. I don't know why I didn't think to click on the actual word, I usually do that accidentally when trying to click the box.


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Turn down TX power on AirPort?
Our floor has a blind spot so we needed to place an AirPort to cover two rooms. The AirPort in this particular room is transmitting at a higher power than needed, and its bleeding onto some areas where its unwanted. (This was found with Wifi Stumbler).
I'm running the AirPort Utility on OS X Mavericks. The room in question has an AirPort Express. I've looked in the AirPort Utility, but I don't see where I can set TX power.
How do I turn down TX power on AirPort?
Is there some sort of secret knock to use with AirPort to get into advanced settings? Or should I be using something else to configure them?

In order to set the TX Power you need an older version of the Airport utility which is available here.

Navigate to your base station > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless > Wireless Network Options. Once there, choose a transmit power that’s lower than 100% (you can choose between 10%, 25%, 50%, and 100%).
Remember to Update your configuration when you’re done.


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Date and Time imprints on photos taken using iPhone 6
Is it possible to imprint date and time on the photos taken using iPhone ?


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How can I change the keyboard shortcuts in Terminal.app for the application commands normally invoked using the unmodified ⇡ and ⇣ keys?
That is, how can I change the keyboard shortcuts for the application commands (I say application commands in an attempt to avoid confusion with the use of the term "command" in the shell command sense, given that the application under discussion here is Terminal…), that, by default, are accessed using the cursor up and down arrow keys?
I would like to be able to move back and forth through my shell command history using some other pair of keyboard shortcuts than the arrow keys.
I just know somebody will (misguidedly) ask, so I'll state in advance that: the reason is that the unmodified cursor keys have been re-purposed (their new employ is no one's business but mine, and it certainly has no bearing on the answer to my question), and the shortcuts I'd like to use instead are ⌥-↑ and ⌥-↓.

This is something determined by the shell, not by Terminal. Which shell are you using?

Would set -o emacs and using Cmd-P/Cmd-N be an option?

I'm sorry for not specifying: this is for bash.

Patrix: Excellent! This solved it. Thank you so much!


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Macbook pro mid 2010 GPU panic
I have one of the faulty mid-2010 MacBooks with a GPU panic problem. I cannot work, while keeping a sane state of mind. My machine is restarting 4-5 times a day.
Here is a example of the log:
    Anonymous UUID:       D08A73B5-C99F-5CA4-C4BD-8EBFB414ECB8

Fri Feb 20 01:23:04 2015
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7fa038df7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff813aa1d000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.6.22/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff813a71b6b0 : 0xffffff801e022f79
0xffffff813a71b730 : 0xffffff7fa038df7c
0xffffff813a71b800 : 0xffffff7f9ebacf1b
0xffffff813a71b8c0 : 0xffffff7f9ec7650a
0xffffff813a71b900 : 0xffffff7f9ec7657a
0xffffff813a71b970 : 0xffffff7f9eef5056
0xffffff813a71baa0 : 0xffffff7f9ec99ba9
0xffffff813a71bac0 : 0xffffff7f9ebb396d
0xffffff813a71bb70 : 0xffffff7f9ebb1478
0xffffff813a71bd70 : 0xffffff7f9ebb2518
0xffffff813a71be50 : 0xffffff7f9eb5f2de
0xffffff813a71beb0 : 0xffffff7fa035f4e6
0xffffff813a71bf00 : 0xffffff7fa035e20e
0xffffff813a71bf20 : 0xffffff801e04a20a
0xffffff813a71bfb0 : 0xffffff801e0d7607
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.6.22)[32862231-50BC-3AF6-87A2-703321AE4F90]@0xffffff7fa037f000->0xffffff7fa0392fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.6.22)[AA46D551-BE0F-33DA-93A3-8F46197BB36F]@0xffffff7fa0377000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xffffff7f9eab2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff7f9e6bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0xffffff7f9eb0a000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[80899285-3952-30DA-A0F9-357C51E104CF]@0xffffff7fa037a000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B1FF32]@0xffffff7f9eb5d000->0xffffff7f9edc5fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff7f9e6bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xffffff7f9eb4d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0xffffff7f9eb0a000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f9edd0000->0xffffff7f9f079fff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B1FF32]@0xffffff7f9eb5d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff7f9e6bf000
         com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.14.34)[B40DF46A-AA80-39C2-BBC6-DA5DF93509AC]@0xffffff7fa035c000->0xffffff7fa036efff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff7f9e6bf000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.7.1d6)[67BEDCC9-E9AB-3F32-82CE-84729FB82C0A]@0xffffff7f9f463000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xffffff7f9eb4d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0xffffff7f9eb0a000
            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.6.22)[91D61DEC-2946-3790-8134-B808C016C4C9]@0xffffff7fa0356000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: iog=0x0

Mac OS version:
13F34

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x000000001de00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801e000000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 10800555353
last loaded kext at 6238074665: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor  1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7fa00c2000, size 36864)
loaded kexts:
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower    1.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor  1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AGPM   100.14.34
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver   1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver   2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver   2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA   2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC  1.60
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet  1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics   8.2.4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X   7.0.0
com.apple.GeForceTesla  8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.11
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess  1
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC   1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl   1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC   1.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup    8.2.6
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons  240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver  3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
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com.apple.driver.AppleIRController  325.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
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com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage  2.6.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    5.0.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331   700.20.22
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI   660.4.0
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   153
com.apple.security.quarantine   3
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com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334448302D4348392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334448302D4348392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Network Service: Svitla, PPP (PPTP), ppp0
Serial ATA Device: INTEL SSDSC2BW120A4, 120,03 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST9500420AS, 500,11 GB
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:

Any ideas on how to fix this?

what is making it fail ? do you have more lines of that log ?

It's a full log

Can you please tell us, how it was solved for you?

Sadly it wasn't, it's a faulty macbook that not under the warrant, not much i can do here. Saving money for a new machine :)


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Is using a key shortcut for restart (Cmd + Ctrl + Power) bad in any way?
I restart my Mac (for various reasons) often, about once a day. Recently I found about the key shortcut to do this: Cmd + Ctrl + Power. I really like this because it's fast and avoids that annoying prompt about "reopening windows when coming back".
My question: is using key shortcut Cmd + Ctrl + Power forceful, aggressive or potentially damaging in any way (like losing recent data)? Or, it is the same thing as doing it by clicking the menu options ( -> Restart... -> Restart).

Command + Control + Power button will force a restart without any intervention from the system. Applications will not be closed in a proper way and everything that is not yet written to disk will be lost.
It is definitely not safe.
You could use Command + Option + Control + Power button to shutdown and then Power button to start.

Quit all apps (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer

interestingly, http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 gives 2 versions of Command Control Power - one safe, the other not. I'm guessing typo.

@Tetsujin Not really the other one also have option in the combination

Confused me - it specifically says both… Command-Control-power button Force the Mac to restart
Command-Control-Power button
Quit all apps (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then restart the computer

If you want to be able to Restart without the dialog, by key-command…
an alternative, which is not truly intuitive, is to set up a key combo from
System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
For example, you add Restart… as a combo
…which irritatingly then puts another Restart into the  menu (it also does the same for Shutdown.)
So, the fix is then to add a second shortcut for Restart itself - which must be different to the first one, of course.
Giving you something like this
 the 'Force Quit System Prefs' in the  menu is generated by the key command to take the picture

A combo for a safe restart already exists: Command-Option-Control-Power button (Quit all apps (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer)

That's shutdown, not restart, though. I don't have a power button on my keyboard, so I've always had my own combos set up anyway.


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Transfer Health App Data to Computer
Is there a way to transfer the step data (ideally, total steps per day) from my iPhone to my computer?
Thanks!

There must be an app for that :)

The app is Q S Access https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/qs-access/id920297614?mt=8

In iOS 10 in the Health app
Hit the profile (head icon) in the top right corner.
At the bottom of your profile is Export Health Data. Touching that brings up a dialog and eventually the normal sharing choice e.g. Message, Mail etc

Take a look at this link, for Excel and R:
http://www.ryanpraski.com/apple-health-data-how-to-export-analyze-visualize-guide/

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