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grepping /Library and "Too many levels of symbolic links"
I'm trying to clean up remnants of an application that was removed:
$ sudo grep -R "iNet Network" /Library
...
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Libraries/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Libraries/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/3.2.1/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/3.2.1/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links

It's an unrelated issue to what I am trying to do, but I'd like to clean it up. I believe libmonoboehm is an Apple framework.
From Too many levels of symbolic links, its likely that soft links point to one another.
Question: How do I clear this error?

A quick ls -l on the first directory reveals the following. It almost appears the softlink refers to itself; or its parent directory, which appears to be named the same.
$ ls -l /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  29 Aug 14  2013 /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM -> libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM
$ ls -l /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  27 Aug 14  2013 /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM -> libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM

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OS X 10.8.5 fully patched (and still defective)
Xcode Version 5.1.1 (5B1008)

mono is an open source .net crossplatform dev framework. Already tried to un/reinstall it?

@klanomath - I did not install it, so I don't really feel comfortable removing it. I'm fairly certain it belongs to Apple. It may have been pre-installed or it may have been installed as part of Xcode. (And Disk Utility did not fix it).

Running ls -l on some of the listed files should give you an indication about there the symlinks are pointing to, maybe you have to follow the symlink chain for some steps. If you don't need Mono.framework any longer, it might be best to just delete it though.

"I'm fairly certain it belongs to Apple" - correction: according to @klanomath, its not an Apple framework. See his answer below. (And any reliable information on where it came from would be helpful since I might break something, and I'd like to know what that something is).

@jww I already mentioned Xamarin in my answer. Which other cross-platform environments do you use?

@klanomath - that's kind of the thing.... I work in mobile security, and I have a C/C++/Objective C developer's background. I think would know if I installed an IDE and framework to develop for it. I don't believe in Mono or Wine, so I don't use them. (For purely philosophical reasons - on Linux, I write Linux programs; and on Windows, I write Windows programs. And if possible, I have one set of sources that compiles on both).

The Mono.framework neither belongs to Apple nor is it installed as a part of Xcode. I've cross-checked that with a VM (10.8.5/Xcode 5.1.1)
Checking your profile i'd suspect it was installed with Xamarin (or another cross-platform dev environment).
IMHO your Mono installation is hosed/got corrupted. A proper install looks like this (/Library/Frameworks):

Your path to Mono looks like this: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/... (Please notice the double slash in the path).
So check your disk with Disk Utility first, then delete Mono.framework and the superior no name folder (or whatever it is), download the latest Mono.framework installer and reinstall Mono.

"Your path to Mono looks like this: /Library//..." - yeah, that's an artifact from grepping with /Library/ rather than /Library. You get the former with autocomplete (pressing tab).

BTW, thank you very much for going to the trouble of a VM install. That was above and beyond. This is one of those times I would like to reward someone for their extra effort. As you can see, the community wanted nothing to do with this: Provide a means to reward users and their answers (decoupled from bounties)

@jww No problem it took only 3 minutes. I have a VM for every major system (Client/Server) since 10.6 and using the snapshot feature it's a 5 second thing to revert to the vanilla system.


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Time Machine on a local drive, then make that drive a network drive (via Server.app) on a different computer
I have two macs running OS X 10.10.3. One has Server.app installed, is connected to the internet via ethernet, and also has a 2 TB disk attached via USB, with two partitions - "Backup" and "Storage". My other mac is a laptop used for schoolwork.
Using the Time Machine feature of Server.app, I was able to use the standard Time Machine interface to begin backing up my local mac onto the "Backup" volume on the server mac over the network.
However, I discovered that it takes 7 minutes to copy a 1 GB file over AFP, so backing up 300 GB on my local mac would take at least 35 hours.
So, I'm trying to figure out a way in which I could do the initial 300GB backup onto "Backup" over USB, and then connect that external hard drive to the server mac and continue doing backups over the network. That way, the incremental network backups would be much smaller than 300GB and could be done in a reasonable time period, e.g. overnight.
Any suggestions? I read the man page for tmutil but I'm not very comfortable with it just yet.

Sounds like curing symptoms. With a decent switch, at least cat5 ethernet cables and proper network settings you should get ~30 MByte/s or better (depends on the USB-interface, the disk to backup and the external disk). So better check your settings and cables.

I'm not the administrator of my network, so I can't modify the network infrastructure or settings, unfortunately.

This MacSales article covers how to do this very well:
http://blog.macsales.com/18406-speed-time-machine-past-88mph-over-your-local-network
Essentially, you start with a fresh Time Machine backup. Start it on Wifi, then stop it, as it begins to backup files. This basically establishes the Time Machine archive. Then you attach your hard drive (or laptop) to the wired network, and resume backup. Once you have the initial backup done over the much faster wired network, subsequent backups will be much faster, as the are much smaller.
You establish the initial Backup over wifi because Time Machine does things differently over wifi vs directly connected.
In any case, best of luck to you: I have never managed to get Time Machine to work reliably over wifi, and especially if you tend allow your Mac to go to sleep during a Time Machine backup (shut the lid for example)

This doesn't work in Mojave — when "Back up now" is selected with the USB drive directly attached, it looks for the network location and then complains it isn't available.

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Chrome keeps creating Application folder in Home folder
So has anyone noticed Chrome (around version 39?) keeps creating an Application folder in their Home folder?
The only way I've verified that it is Chrome is that after a fresh boot, it was the only app I ran and then the Application folder was created. I still may be wrong that it is indeed Chrome.
Haven't been able to find any documentation on this and how to disable it. Or I may just be searching with incorrect keywords.
So how does one disable this behaviour?

It appears that Chrome is the one that creates it, but no way to disable it as far as I know. As others have stated, there is no harm to it and other applications may also create it.

Even if I delete ~/Applications, Chrome recreates the folder upon every launch.

Google Chrome has a feature called App Launcher. If you install any apps from that part of the store the browser will put shims for the apps in ~/Applications (it also puts an identical copy in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Web Applications/LONG_RANDOM_IDENTIFIER/). If it is doing this then you should have a folder within ~/Applications called "Chrome Apps". You can see the Chrome developers making the decision to use the ~/Applications folder here. If you have installed any Chrome Apps, just uninstall them and delete the "Chrome Apps" folder and then Chrome shouldn't recreate the folder.
If you are using Chrome Canary, by default it installs shims for Gmail, Google Drive, Google Search and YouTube. But if you delete the "Chrome Canary Apps" folder it doesn't appear to recreate it.
There are other applications that install to that folder though. On my own machine Steam has installed shims for games and GitHub has chosen to install there app there instead of /Applications for some reason (I may have been prompted, I don't recall).
Like Tetsujin said though, having an Applications folder within your own user account isn't really anything to worry about.

Thanks for a more detailed info. Haven't installed any Chrome Apps at all and the folder is empty. I know it isn't an issue having it there but would rather not have it automatically created every time. I just find it an odd behaviour. Also understand it's how Steam installs app launchers there but I do not have Steam.

"Odd behavior" is clearly understated. Having my own "Apps" folder, that's a pleasure to fight against the other one in the Terminal completion.

I stumbled across this post while trying to get rid of what I see as annoying Chrome behavior. After fighting things for a while and trying different settings to prevent Chrome from adding its folder to my user folder, I decided to just hide it. It's a hack-y work-around, but doesn't offend my sensibilities. To do so, use the following command from the terminal:
chflags hidden ~/Applications/
Again, this just hides the folder so you don't see it. It's still there and still visible in the terminal.
Hope this helps a little :)

There's nothing wrong with having an Applications folder in your Home folder - that's where applications specific to that user live.
It may be empty if it was created but either unpopulated or the app later deleted.
The test to see if it will be recreated by the OS itself would be reboot, delete it, reboot.
Chrome is not the only App to do this. Any app with different license requirements per user will do it by default, so will any app that allows each user the choice of customised installs.
Examples include:-
Steam [per user license]
Stuffit
Parallels [per user options]
Related question - In OS X, is it better to put apps in /Applications or in ~/Applications?

There's everything wrong with an app that creates a folder in your Home folder without asking for permission, while at the same time there are specific system folders for doing the same damn thing.

Well, not really - it makes far more sense to put a single user's stuff in that user's ~/Applications than force all users to share the same structure. That's what the ~/Applications folder was intended for. By definition, you already gave it permission.

I have had the same issue and did not want to remove my Chrome apps. Even though I found this to be very annoying when trying to access my Applications folder in terminal.
I have a simple fix though which is to just use a forward slash before Applications in terminal (e.g. cd /Applications). This then takes you to the correct folder.

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OS X asking for local items keychain password
My mid-2010 macbook pro was running just fine on OS X 10.10, and then I decided to enable the guest account.
My account still works fine, but when I login into the guest account, I get an annoying dialogue box: OS X wants to use the "Local Items" keychain. Please enter the keychain password.
Because this is the guest account, there is no password. So I don't know what to do to get rid of the box.
I tried following the instructions here, by going to Keychain Access Preferences and resetting the default keychain in the guest account, but it just said "Keychain Not Found."
Any suggestions?

Might be trying to connect to Wi-Fi? Alternatively is there anything you have set to start in the guest account that might need something from Keychain?

I don't think it is trying to connect to wifi, since my wifi is broken and I don't have any saved wifi passwords anywhere on my Mac. I don't have any login items set, either on my account or on the guest account


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How can I explain to my friend that running a "hackintosh" is a violation of the law?
I have a friend who has never owned a Mac. He has just built a "hackintosh" by installing VMWare on his PC running Windows, and downloading a pirated, hacked copy of Mac OS X Yosemite in a portable VMWare virtual machine volume from somewhere online.
He claims to be astonished and unbelieving when I tell him that what he's doing is illegal. He's stealing. He's committing piracy.
He tells me that he installed some hacked "distro" of Mac OS X called "Niresh". He tells me that he assumed that it was legitimate because it appeared to be supported by a large community of computer enthusiasts. He actually said to me "It wouldn't be on the Internet if it was illegal".
Now he's hitting me up for help doing further hacks to make his "hackintosh" behave exactly like a real Mac. He's asked me to run a Terminal script on my Macintosh to output my UUID, MLB (Main Logic Board serial number) and ROM values from my real Macintosh so he can clone these identifying numbers to his "hackintosh" volume.
He says, "No way. I've payed plenty of money to Apple. I bought four iPhones for my family, and an iPad too. So what's wrong with running a Hackintosh?"
He's a research scientist, and I believe he might pay attention to an authoritative published source that explains why what he is doing is illegal.
Can anybody help me find information that I can use to prove to him that what he's doing is illegal?
Update
I sent my friend @cmason's information about the Apple OS X License Agreement, and I believe I have convinced my friend that what he is doing is not legal or ethical.
I also warned him that because he'd installed a version of Mac OS X that had been completely and thoroughly hacked, cracked, and had all its Apple-built-in security disabled, this means that it would be likely that what he downloaded and installed is pre-infected with any manner of root kits, rats, malware and viruses, and that he might now be part of some criminal enterprise's botnet. That helped to get his attention as well.

Did you make him read the OSX EULA ?

Whether it is "illegal" depends on the laws of the jurisdiction in which your friend lives, but it's certainly against the terms of use in the license agreement. Whether that is a binding contract that will stand up in court is a separate question.

+1 to @Daniel's comment. Whether it's illegal is not for you to decide or to try to convince your friend. Instead you should simply be asking how to tell your friend that participation in what he's doing is unacceptable to you as some combination of a legal risk (probably very low), a practical usability risk (having the perceived authenticity of your own system compromised by sharing its uuids, etc.), and moral objection. I would try to play down the latter since it's really annoying to have a "friend" preaching "morality" about this kind of stuff.

I'm tempted to edit this to remove the "illegal" part. For something to be "illegal" it needs a specific venue and specific facts. Since Wheat's friend a university professor doing research it's hardly clear to me that case law is settled in the USA on the legality of EULA. Also, I'm glad for the civil disagreement where ideas are being challenged and not individual people.

Apple does have more money than Exxon...you'd think they could cut somebody a break, but I guess it's still illegal.

@MatthieuRiegler So to make it legal all you have to do is brand the computer with an Apple assets/logo. Also, their EULA is ridiculous...."only one user may use the Apple Software at a time". Tell your kids to stop sharing the apple software! Only 1 person allowed to use a device at a time! Buy them all devices so they no longer violate EULA by sitting together and playing a game! Oh and i forgot, to all those who are enabling this guys friend to use OSX (by agreeing that its not a legal issue and/or "who cares")...i expect to see you in court for not taking more tattle-tale style actions.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it seems to be about how to persuade someone of something, and not about any issues you actually face with Apple hardware or software. The question isn't about what you can do with Apple hardware or software, but rather how to best convince someone else about it.

I cannot believe this nonsense still shows up on page 1 of Google results for "hackintosh"

@rw-nandemo If we were on Reddit this would be the perfect example of a "shitpost"

"Here; I've pulled up the number for the Software Publisher's Association. Would you like to call and inform them whether what you're doing is legal?"

How about the Apple OSX License Agreement:
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX10103.pdf
in particular, Part 2, section I:

I. Other Use Restrictions. The grants set forth in this License do not permit you to, and you agree not to,
  install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.
  Except as otherwise permitted by the terms of this License or otherwise licensed by Apple: (i) only one
  user may use the Apple Software at a time, and (ii) you may not make the Apple Software available over
  a network where it could be run or used by multiple computers at the same time. You may not rent,
  lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the Apple Software.

The License earlier says how you may obtain a license to the software, which is basically: buy a Mac, buy OSX in App Store, or get a volume license. In any case, none of these grant running OSX on anything other than Apple Hardware. You can run it in a VM, but only on a VM hosted on Apple Hardware.

If you have legally obtained a copy, nothing on a worthless piece of paper (or click-through) can prevent you from reading/using it in any way you like, including on an emulator or other hardware. Of course IANAL and you may not have obtained the copy legally if you falsely claimed that you intend to use it on Apple hardware (that you don't have) as a way of obtaining it, but this answer is flimsy at best.

@R.. Tell that to Psystar http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1954259/psystar-crushed-in-court

@MobyDisk: Presumably they were actually engaged in selling copies of Apple's software, not just using a copy they had legally obtained on their own hardware.

The mere fact that Apple claims that creating a hackintosh violates the DMCA, and that their EULA is an enfoceable contract, does not make either so. There are rulings in their favor from the Psystar case, but it is not clear whether those rulings apply to end-users or only to companies like Psystar who were reselling hackintoshes.
The chance of an individual being sued is essentially zero, because Apple doesn't want the bad PR of exposing their morally repugnant, monopolistic, anti-consumer tactics to the public any more than necessary.
It is my (totally non-authoritative paralegal-school dropout) opinion that even if Apple's EULA were ruled enforceable, the clause forbidding use on non-Apple hardware is clearly a tying agreement in violation of the Clayton anti-trust act of 1914, and so would be thrown out.

Amen! I was astonished that other answers confirmed OP's worries.

Well, his worries aren't totally irrational--those Psystar rulings are there. But I'm not worried. In fact, I was just inspired to go to Amazon and buy a copy of Snow Leopard to play with. I signed no contract, clicked no agreement with Apple of any kind--just gave Amazon my credit card. I will run it on an Intel NUC box. Maybe I'll even post a Youtube video of me doing it. Come and get me, Apple!

You click the agreement to install it. you accept it or it doesn't install. After that it's just you & your conscience... or lack thereof.

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, but my conscience is just fine. I paid full price for their product: I didn't license it, I bought it, from a retail outlet, as an ordinary sale. I own it, and I will do what I want with it. If Apple thinks they have the right to tell me otherwise, that's on their conscience.

Software licenses don't really work that way, you might want to read the fine print. Just opening the shrinkwrap binds you to the agreement.

Just because you don't get caught doesn't make it right - conscience or no.

@TombMedia USA might be the only jurisdiction in the world where this is true, and only for a limited range of products (software) and relatively recently. Generally, common copyright and contract law does NOT mean implicit acceptance of any contract by 'opening the shrinkwrap', pretty much everywhere else and at least in my home any shrinkwrap agreements and EULAs are completely meaningless; and using a legally obtained copy of software (as opposed to redistributing it to others) does not require accepting a licence, so using it without  accepting a licence is not a breach of copyright.

Unless I'm misunderstanding something you can have contracts that do not require signatory acceptance either. "By entering the premises you do hereby agree to the terms of the establishment", "By accepting payment you agree to the terms...."

Yes, that's true. But you can't have contracts in violation of public policy. A contract for sale of illegal drugs, for example, or a "tying" arrangement that says you can only put Gilette razor blades in your Gilette razor. These have been illegal since 1914.

Hmm, I can't see a difference between "you can only run my OS on my hardware" and "I can only use my blades on my razor" Does any of that change if there is no physical object like software?

Apple's argument is the DMCA. That law makes it illegal to circumvent a technological means of controlling access to a copyrighted work. But we're not trying to circumvent copy protection--we're trying to circumvent competition-protection.

Google gives the following definition of "illegal":

contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law

However, your friend appears to have only committed copyright infringement, and possibly breach of contract if you believe that end user license agreements are enforceable contracts and that he formed a contract with Apple by using its operating system.
I am not a lawyer, but I think that in most countries breach of contract and small-scale non-commercial copyright infringement are civil wrongs rather than crimes, so perhaps "illegal" is not the right word to describe your friend's use of a hackintosh.

"It wouldn't be on the Internet if it was illegal".

LOL! I guess he hasn't used the Internet much. Anyway, moving along...
Pirated software is certainly illegal, but for the sake of discussion we'll assume that your friend owns a legal license for OS X that isn't currently being used on another computer.
As mentioned in other answers, making a hackintosh is definitely against Apple's EULA.
Do companies expect users to comply with their EULA?
I would say that companies hope that people read and follow the EULA, but have the common sense to realize that they won't.
From anecdotal experience (having contributed to a EULA for work once), EULAs are written with the full understanding that the user:

Won't read them, and
Certainly won't follow them.

They're written because they provide some protection for the company in the event something bad happens. However, if there's something you really want the user to know, good companies know they need to make it show up somewhere the user will actually look, like a popup window in their software or in the user manual in bold, brightly-coloured print.
I don't know if Apple has done this, but their company persona makes it abundantly clear that they wouldn't approve of people doing this kind of thing.
Are EULAs legally binding?
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
As to how legally-binding EULAs are, it's a bit of a coin-toss. I'll address the US here, since Apple is an American company, but all of this may not apply to non-US citizens.
Some court cases have upheld EULAs as legally-binding contracts (ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg is the big one that often gets referred to). There are also court cases that ruled against EULAs being legally binding: (Step-Saver Data Systems, Inc. v. Wyse Technology)
Then is it legal to build a hackintosh?
Probably the most relevant case to answer that question is not a EULA case, but Apple vs. Psystar. Apple has successfully shut down the hackintosh company Psystar by claiming not only that they violated Apple's EULA (which is kind of a gray zone as demonstrated above), but also violated Apple's copyright by installing OS X on non-Apple computers. Copyright law is a veritable jungle in the United States, but I would think that this case sets the precedent that hackintoshes are a violation of copyright.
I would think it's very unlikely that Apple would come down on your friend since he's not selling them or hurting Apple's business, but it probably is legally dubious if not explicitly illegal. Apple likely will come after Hackintosh Zone or Niresh or whoever's behind the cracked software build of OS X that he's using at some point.
Is it ethical to build a hackintosh?
The objective answer is that this is something your friend will have to decide for himself. There's a lot going into this question, that basically boils down to:

Is it ethical for Apple to have such restraints in their EULA? (I personally think not, but as I said that's up to your friend to make that call.)
Is your friend hurting anyone by building a hackintosh? (He is keeping Apple from one potential mac sale, but would he buy one anyway?)
Why does your friend feel like he needs to build a hackintosh? (The answer to this one is truly subjective.)

Is it safe to use a hackintosh?
Most likely no. OS X has had a couple of serious security issues recently (example 1, example 2), and I'm sure they aren't planning on providing patches for cracked versions of their OS.

No way. I've payed plenty of money to Apple. I bought four iPhones for my family, and an iPad too. So what's wrong with running a Hackintosh?

It sounds like your friend is either already aware or doesn't care that what he is doing is in violation of copyright law.

I thought those people had ethics

Something being illegal and something being unethical are two different things. Based on his rationalization above, it seems your friend was trying to convince you that he thought what he was doing was ethical because he felt he had already compensated Apple sufficiently.
There are some people who view copyright law as a whole as itself unethical and thus view any form of copyright 'piracy' as perfectly ethical.
But if the problem is that your friend really doesn't know that what he's doing is actually illegal, see cmason's answer.

Psystar used exactly the same argument - they lost.

Psystar was reselling the product, not just buying it for personal use. That's a big difference under the law. Consumers have lots of rights that commercial enterprises don't.

First off who cares, it is what it is, if hes truly blissfully unaware that it is indeed infact illegal that's his problem not yours. Second the reality of the matter is that it doesnt matter cause apple doesnt care enough to go after individuals for this. Lastly if he wants something free and better than Apple OS point him to distrowatch where he can choose from many different free open source linux distrobutions


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iOS file chooser for iCloud drive can't find tags
Any iOS app can let its users pick a file on iCloud Drive with the proper chooser dialogue. This dialogue allows to search files based on tags. Here is a screenshot to make crystal clear what I am discussing here:

So some files on my iCloud drive have tags, which I added using the Finder on my mac running Yosemite. Typing the tag in the search box above results in an empty list: no file is found.
This is in direct contrast with the Finder on MacOS where search tags does work as exemplified by the following two screenshots:

and then

I would appreciate if somebody else could either confirm the problem, or on the contrary find that searching by tags works fine. I tested on an iPad Air running iOS 8.3 which is the most recent version at the time of writing.
Note that Keynote and Pages use this file chooser, to pick images e.g.

Finder tags are specific to OS X.
I'm almost certain the "tags" tab in the iCloud Drive picker does nothing right now. Tapping on it in Pages on iPhone 6 simply rearranged the folders, and I don't have any tags assigned to any files in Drive (either on OS X or elsewhere - all I have in Drive is the example iWork documents).
Even if it did do anything, I don't think it would do what you're thinking - that's a tab bar, meaning you select one of the choices. It's for sorting the presented list of files/folders, given that it contains Name and Date as well.
I also can't find anything on tags in relation to iCloud Drive, even for developers.

Thanks. That still leaves the question about what is searched. At the moment, clearly only the file name in my setup.

Im running iOS 9 and having the exact same issue. Not only does it as far as I can tell not reliably sort my files by their tags but when I try to search specific tags and filter the results that way it also doesn't work the way it does on the Mac as you've shown. They seem to have missed this feature and I can only hope they will improve the likeness of iCloud Drive for iOS to the Mac OS Finder, in iOS 10.
Hope this confirmation of the issue helps.


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How to order and re-order video clips added to iDVD?
I don't think I can find a valid answer for this: how do I actually order or re-order the video clips I added to iDVD?
I actually have video clips named
01 some title
02 some other title
03 the third title
04 ...

total 11 of them, and I selected all 11 files in Finder, and then dragged them into iDVD.  So the DVD Map showed the correct order of those clips, and Project -> About also showed the assets in the correct order.
However, after the DVD is made, when I was watching program 01, and pressed Next on the DVD set top box remote, then I would see the very beginning of program 04...  Is it out of order?  If so, can it be fixed or changed at all?

need some more info like what is the date order or size order ?

I can check... but if I drag the files in with them highlighted in a range, or even if drag them in one by one, and the program would go ahead and sort them by file modification date or file size, I think it would be somewhat unnatural to do

I do not know what are your settings, so it might be it does that. my questions was what is the file information on #4 as compared to others?

Ok, I double checked and also used the Magic DVD option to create a disc.  I dragged in the file one by one, and created the disc.  And the clips are still not in the correct order if I press Next on the remote for the set top box DVD player.  Then I checked, the order was not according to the sort order of filesize, not by file modification time (by checking in Bash using  ls -lt), not by file creation time (using  ls -ltU), not by filename.  So I really wonder what the order is...

Please clarify, are the files in correct order on the DVD (as burned) using Finder to look. But when you use the DVD play they are not PLAYING in correct order. What DVD player are you using?


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Disable 'hide toolbar' in Finder
Is it possible to permanently overwrite the 'Hide Toolbar' and 'Hide Sidebar' setting in the Finder, particularly in DMG images with downloaded Applications, so that the toolbar and sidebar are always visible?
That way it would be possible to drop applications directly into the Applications folder.

That's one reason I keep Applications on the right side of my dock.

Sure, same thing here.

I do not believe there is a way to override custom window settings on DMGs.


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How do I get image "FILES" off my iPhone with Photos?
Until recently (2/2015) when I plugged in my iphone to my mac the Image Capture app would auto launch. I could then select all the images and drag them to a folder in the finder.
In 3/2015 apple replaced Image Capture with Photos. How do I get my files out of Photos? I have ZERO interest in using Photos to organize my images. I just want the raw .jpg, .mp4 files from my camera.
The first thing I tried was selecting them in Photos and picking Export but that DOES NOT GIVE ME THE ORIGINAL IMAGE FILES. Instead if writes new files. They all have the time stamp of the moment they were exported out of Photos, not the original time stamp of when they were taken like I used to get out of Image Capture.
How do I get my raw image files out of my iPhone now?

I found that Image Capture is still available and I can set it to be the default to launch when I plugin in my iphone as well.
To do that run Image Capture (click the search icon in the top right of the menu bar and type Image Capture.
Then in the bottom left there is the option for what should happen when your phone is connected.

A description on how to do that would be great, thanks!

is that enough?


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Icon is not disappearing after removing the app
I've jailbroken iPhone4s (iOS 7.1) with pangu. Through cydia I've installed Terminal app. Then I've uninstalled the app. But the icon on the screen is not going. Does that mean uninstallation was not successful? If so how can I remove that completely?
Steps taken to uninstall

cydia -> installed(option) -> chose terminal -> modify (top right corner) -> chose remove

What steps precisely did you take to "uninstall the app"? Did you power cycle the device? Is a total wipe an option? (Just use the edit button to clarify things if the existing answer isn't what you seek)

please refer the edited question :)

Run uicache as mobile, then respring (killall SpringBoard).

I did uicache.. then how about respring?

@Venu killall SpringBoard

yep! But it is showing 'No matching process belonging to you were found'

@Venu SpringBoard is case sensitive.


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iCloud Photo Library - merge two Apple IDs together to one library stream?
Is there a way to use iCloud Photo Library and merge the photos on my wife's iPhone with mine? I'm willing to subscribe to the iCloud Photo Library service, but I rather one of us pay for the cloud service and not both. I've looked at Family Sharing option, but that seems to only be for iTunes Store items such as apps.

AFIK It is not possible to merge 2 AppleID

I don't want to actually merge two AppleIDs together. I just want to put the Camera Roll on two different phones (mine and my wife) into one iCloud Photo Library. This way, it doesn't matter who takes a picture on a specific day, she can create collages and albums from the iCloud Photo Library.


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-bash: command not found appears every time
I just recently discovered what terminal was. I started using it today and every time I try a command (like shh) it says that the command was not found. I was instructed to type in echo $PATH and this is what I got
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

How can I fix this? I know mostly nothing about terminal or how to use it.

You have an error in your .bash_profile or .bashrc file. Check out those files to solve it.

Where can I find those files? (Im sorry, I know nothing about this kind of stuff)

Must exists in your home directory (ej. /home/username/.bash_profile).

Your $PATH looks good. There's no such command as 'shh,' however, so entering it on the command line would be expected to return an error message. What other commands have given you trouble?

It occurs to me that I would be better able to help you if, in addition to  a list of the other commands that can't be found, you could also provide a description of any other steps you have taken to fix the problem. The advice to check your $PATH was a good first step--did you receive any other suggestions from the same source?

I wonder if the command you want is ssh , not shh.  Are you trying to connect to another computer? As Doc G points out, your PATH looks fine.

You're probably right, Adrian. I had the same thought about 'shh' being a typo for 'ssh.' Myranda's stated complaint, though, is not "every time I try the command shh it says that the command was not found," but that "every time I try a command (like shh) it says that the command was not found." As her successful invocation of /bin/echo indicates, it clearly is not the case that every command fails. A listing of the other failed commands should provide a more pertinent starting point from which to proceed, as opposed to tackling them one at a time.


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Does Behavior of non-ASCII filenames change?
I have some similar music libraries which I would like to remove duplicates on (which are contained in a Disc Volume I'm loading wirelessly from a QNAP server). I know there are applications which can achieve this (iTunes may even be able to handle the job) and may end up going that route.
At the moment experimenting with a Python script. Many of the files are named with non-ASCII characters and I'm noticing some odd behavior, illustrated below:
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ ls -l Babel7/ | grep Šaban
ls: Šaban Bajramović: No such file or directory
-rwxrwxrwx  1 mikekilmer  staff     0 May  7 00:48 Šaban Bvić
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ ls Babel7/ | grep Šaban
Šaban Bajramović
Šaban Bvić

I know there's a CD by an artist named Šaban Bajramovic. Sometimes it's visible in the finder and sometimes not, and it comes up in ls, but not ls -l!
It's not just the filename because I can make a text file with the same name and it seems to behave normally:
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ touch Šaban\ Btwo
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ vim Šaban\ Btwo
mikes-mbp-2:Babel7 mikekilmer$ ls -l | grep Šaban
ls: Šaban Bajramović: No such file or directory
-rwxrwxrwx  1 mikekilmer  staff     0 May  7 00:48 Šaban Btwo

Then I thought, maybe it's just one of the non-ASCII characters and tried creating a new file including BOTH non-ASCII characters and got THIS:
mikes-mbp-2:Babel7 mikekilmer$ mv Šaban\ Btwo Šaban\ Bvić
mikes-mbp-2:Babel7 mikekilmer$ ls -l | grep Šaban
drwxrwxrwx  1 mikekilmer  staff   264 Apr 22 23:40 Šaban Bajramović
-rwxrwxrwx  1 mikekilmer  staff     0 May  7 00:48 Šaban Bvić

There's also a file with a non-ascii character behaving similarly:
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ ls -l Babel7/Switzerland_/Morrow\ 78\ Collection_/ | grep Strömpf
ls: Drei Lederne Strömpf_.mp3: No such file or directory
mikes-mbp-2:Multimedia mikekilmer$ ls Babel7/Switzerland_/Morrow\ 78\ Collection_/ | grep Strömpf
Drei Lederne Strömpf_.mp3

In he case of Drei Lederne Strömpf_.mp3, it is visible in the finder.
Based on python code, I'm fairly certain the OS is using utf-8 encoding.
I'm currently downloading the Šaban Bajramović directory to a local drive to see if it behaves any differently.
Insights hoped for.

Well - I've ssh'd into the QNAP - which is a unix-based Network Attached Storage system - and am getting the same behavior with the non-ASCII names following ls and ls -l commands. The python script I'm using is actually working when run ON the server, where it was giving (intermittent?) file not found errors when run via the local terminal via the Volumes directory. Hmmm.

After downloading the Šaban Bajramović directory to local drive, it behaves as expected.


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Hotkey to show hidden files and folders in File Open dialog?
This question is very similar to Is it possible to always show hidden/dotfiles in Open/Save dialogs?. How to show hidden files and folders in finder? is also related. However, I don't want to always show them, and that's what defaults write ... AppleShowAllFiles ... does.
Rather, I want to switch it on when needed. I'm trying to open .bash_profile, so I need it now:

Linux and Gnome allow us to CTRL+H to toggle between showing and hiding hidden files. But Gnome hotkeys don't work on OS X (which is expected).
For completeness, .bash_profile does exist in the home directory:
$ ls ~/.bash_profile
/Users/jww/.bash_profile

A related question... As can be seen above, typing the filename in Finder (or is it Spotlight) search did not work. I tried to right click to get a context menu in the File Open dialog in hopes of checking a box like "show all files". And I tried the View menu looking for a "show all files" with the File Open dialog open.
Why is this hidden away somewhere? What purpose does it serve to not allow a user to easily open a file?

⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+. reveals hidden files in Finder and Open/Save dialogs.
If you are using an AZERTY keyboard, you'll need to press fn too, so ⇧ SHIFT is taken into consideration as you already need it to make the ..

You can also press ⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+G and type the path to the hidden folder, just like in Terminal (⇥ TAB autocompletion also works).
Editing hidden files can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

Works for me in Column view if I change path - go to another drive & back again, etc. - or change view, to icon & back.

The keyboard shortcut "cmd+shift+." seems to work on a broader scale in Finder in Sierra (not just the Open/Save dialogs), in several views as well.

Wow, can't believe there is a shortcut for this, how oddly specific. Thanks!

@Mateusz, Does cmdshiftG even works without a first cmdshiftdot?

@Pacerier sure, why not?

@MateuszSzlosek, Doesn't seem to work for me. cmdshiftG cannot select the hidden file, not unless I first do a cmdshiftdot. It works for you?

Ah I get what you mean. So Yes CMD+SHIFT+G won't select hidden file unless you reveal them using CMD+SHIFT+. But You can still navigate to hidden folders using CMD+SHIFT+G without revealing them. Good point!

Alas, it doesn't work in El Capitan.

I used to use defaults command to do it for years, and I didn't know about the shortcut. This is indeed the best answer for this question

Doesn't work in Mojave. It just shows/hides the status bar.

@redbeam_ It is still working for me in Mojave [10.14.3 Beta (18D32a)] in Open/Save and in Finder. Hiding/Showing Status Bar is done with ⌘+/.

I found out that it works in open/save dialogs, but not in Finder. The 'command' + 'slash' combination doesn't do anything. Could it be because of my keyboard layout being Slovak? My MacOS is the latest version by the way.

Doesnt work for me, I need to upload publish ssh key to AWS and cant select it in my .ssh directory

Mateusz Szlosek covered the first part. Below is how I have handled the second part for my own use.
In my haste to post my answer, I did not realize the second part has already has been answered. See How to set ⌘ + H to enable show hidden files. What I offer below differs by a dialog informing you of the current status.
I created a service using the Automator application. When I want to toggle the viewing of hidden files, I select "Toggle Hidden Files" from the Finder services submenu as shown below. (Hint: Click image for a better view.)

This will cause either pop shown below to appear.

The steps to create the service are give below.

Open the Automator, select a new document of type Service.
Drag the action "Run Shell Script" to the workflow pane.
Edit the contains to appear as shown below. (Hint: Click image for a better view.)

The text for the script is repeated below.
STATUS=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 2>/dev/null`
if [ "$STATUS" == TRUE ]; then
    STATUS=`osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display alert "Finder is showing hidden files." buttons {"Cancel", "Hide"}'`
else
    STATUS=`osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display alert "Finder is not showing hidden files." buttons {"Cancel", "Show"}'`
fi
if [ "$STATUS" == "button returned:Show" ]; then
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
    killall Finder
elif [ "$STATUS" == "button returned:Hide" ]; then
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
    killall Finder
fi

Save (or move) the Toggle Hidden Files.workflow file to the
~/Library/Services folder.
You may need to relaunch the Finder application in order for the
service to appear on a menu.

Update 1
Building off of Mateusz Szlosek's answer, I see the keyboard shortcut ⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+. could be added for my service. Go to System Preferences and click on the Keyboard icon. Select "Services" then "Toggle Hidden Files" under the "General" heading. Replace "none" with the ⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+. keyboard short cut.

I did exactly as you've told (there is said file in my ~/Library/Services folder), but to no avail even after restarting the computer.

@Walter: I have added the Toggle Hidden Files.workflow to Sourceforge.net. See the site: Toggle Hidden Files. You can download the workflow from there. The instructions for installation are also show at this site.

Why change the built-in key shortcut, which works in File dialogs, to a Service, which doesn't, and which quits the Finder? (Quitting the Finder can cause the foreground Finder window to close.)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING
Hidden files are hidden for a reason usually. Use the script below only if you're reasonably sure you know what you're doing. In other words: If you break your system by randomly deleting hidden files, it's your own fault.

Here's the script I use to toggle show/don't show hidden files inside Finder.
(The OSX native shortcut to toggle hidden files in Open/Save dialogues was mentioned by Mateusz Szlosek above already)
The difference between my script and others I've seen so far:
Most scripts don't do anything else after killing Finder. Usually, this means you have to navigate back to the folder you were in originally, since the automatic Finder relaunch doesn't reliably open your last active folder.
The script below instead reopens, and focuses on, your last active folder, i.e. the folder you were in when using the toggle, but now showing (or not showing) hidden files.
I assigned a shortcut to it (cmd+shift+.) and find working with hidden files in Finder a lot more convenient now.
Credit to Tetsujin who posted a script on this site a while ago that I adapted to add the 'reopen last folder' functionality.
on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Finder"
        set var1 to POSIX path of (target of window 1 as alias)
    end tell
    set newHiddenVisiblesState to "YES"
    set oldHiddenVisiblesState to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles"
    if oldHiddenVisiblesState is in {"1", "YES"} then
        set newHiddenVisiblesState to "NO"
    end if
    do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles " & newHiddenVisiblesState
    ---- Sleep hack mentioned below. 0.5s minimum, 1-2s safer. Ugly, but (probably) unavoidable.
    do shell script "killall Finder; sleep 0.5s"
    tell application "Finder"
        ---- Close other windows if Finder managed to relaunch already
        if application "Finder" is running then
            close every window
        end if
        open (var1 as POSIX file)
        activate
    end tell
end run

To use the script: Open a new workflow in Automator, drag in "Run AppleScript", copy&paste the code above, and save inside your services folder (usually, ~/Library/Services/, afaik).
Attaching a shortcut to execute a script should be covered somewhere else on this site. I limited the scope of my shortcut to Finder alone.

Style remark:
I have to resort to a bit of an ugly hack, using 'sleep' after killing Finder, before manually opening the original folder.
If I don't force this delay, there's a chance OSX relaunched Finder already and opened a folder (not necessarily the last active one, in my experience). Together with my own 'open' command, this can lead to the nasty effect of two (unkillable, even) Finder processes running, and Finder not working anymore at all. If this happens, logging out and back in again fixes it, but it's a waste of time obviously, so I use 'sleep'.
A sleep value of 0.5s works for me, but to be on the safe side, you can slightly increase it (adding a more noticeable delay to the process then).
If someone knows of a way to either suppress the Finder relaunch and unreliable opening of some window after sending the killall signal -- or some other way to get rid of the 'sleep' hack -- I'd be happy to hear it!

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Specifying which processes can be terminated if hardware resources become scarce
I typically tax the limits of my computer systems' system resources, and "obtain the appropriate hardware to perform the kind of computing you require" is not the solution I am interested in for the purposes of this question (though it is the best solution). I am seeking to understand what happens inside the computer system when its performance begins to slow and, for all intents and purposes, hang and halt.
I would also like to become familiar with the available tools we may utilize to develop plans before the system essentially becomes output-only because of resource overload. These instructions could be organized by "operating mode" to instruct the OS how to handle otherwise identical situations differently based on what is important for me at the time.

Examples:
  (assume I am both listening to music and also browsing the Internet using increasingly many Safari tabs)

DJ mode: I am using the computer to DJ an event, and browsing the Internet between mixes. This mode would make sure Safari would force quit before the music hiccuped for even an instant.
Download mode: I am listening to music while browsing the Internet and downloading large files. This mode would force quit iTunes before Safari runs out of memory to increase the likelihood the download will succeed.

Note: Please excuse the current somewhat-disjointed appearance of this question for a few days. I intend to actively revise the question while still allowing those who understand what I am talking about to help.

Before you can specify which process to terminate you need to know which one is running and how much of resources is it using.

@Buscar웃SD, we do not need to know how much resource an application is using to terminate it.

So you do not care how much resources are been used, you just want to terminate a app? So what criteria would you use to terminate the app? As an example, did you look in the Activity monitor  as an example, it will tell you who is using CPU and Memory and how much of it.

@Buscar웃SD exactly. If I am rendering an animation, transferring something large via scp, have Mail and Preview open, and wanting to watch a video on Quicktime, I would like to tell OS X before loading Quicktime to kill Mail and Preview first, and then Quicktime, and if necessary the rendering, keeping the file transfer running at all costs. Currently when taxed everything suffers, so I have to "resort" to common sense like "render and transfer and don't touch the computer until they're done."

AFIK that can not be done on a generic scale, but you could specify which ones can be terminated at resources overload. Or maybe it is simpler to specify which ones are NOT to be terminated (ie. rendering)


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Is there an emulator for the Apple Watch?
I was wondering if there were any simulators that I could download that would emulate the functionality of an Apple Watch?
I know the watch was just released, but is there something that simulates its functionality?

Afaik there isn't. You can simulate the Watch in XCode for Development http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25756413/how-can-i-simulate-the-apple-watch-for-development-purposes# but it's not a full kind of simulation of the whole device

You can simulate the Apple Watch using the latest version of Xcode on the Mac AppStore.
To run a watch app, you run the app on the iPhone Simulator with an Apple Watch target (the target is added in the Xcode project). The Watch Simulator then starts automatically.
You will need the source code for both the iPhone and watch apps.


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Is there a way for the iPad wireless keyboard to make typing sounds similar to what the on-screen keyboard makes?
Is there a way to have a wireless keyboard produce the soft tapping sound effects that the on-screen iPad keyboard makes?
The point is that I want to be able to type and not look at the screen at all for a long period of time. Can’t do that with the touch screen, I just want to be audibly certain that that what I am typing on the physical keyboard is actually going into the document.
I can’t think when I’m staring into the screen, and it hurts my eyes after a while. It’s purely for creative writing purposes. My Googling suggests that not many people are looking for this kind of thing and apps/software for the blind overshoot the point. I just want the tapping noises.


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Replace an iMac superdrive with one pulled from a Macbook Pro?
I have an old Mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro (unibody) that I'm not using anymore. I've already pulled the superdrive out of it.
I also have a 2009 27" iMac that I am using. The superdrive on it is no longer working for various reasons, and needs to be replaced. I'm comfortable opening the iMac and replacing it, I've done it before.
Can I use the drive from my '09 Pro in my iMac?

This issue is likely form factor more than anything else, though Apple is famous for custom connectors...
I would look through the take-a-parts on fixit.com on those two units and see if they look the same.
Also a bit of googling for a replacement drive for both and seeing if the part numbers are the same.

Simply; if it fits & has the same connectors [or you can find alternatives in the machine] you can use it.
Apple transitioned from PATA to SATA for Superdrives later than for HDs, though I'm not sure when that transition was completed.
My 08 Mac Pro uses PATA for the Superdrive, SATA for the HDs - so I found a spare SATA port inside & wired it across to a brand new SATA Superdrive. I used a simple PATA>SATA power cable converter & added it to the existing power.
New drive is ⅓ the thickness of the old one, but still matches to the slot - so all is fine.
However, you can't go the other way; you can't patch a PATA drive into an SATA machine.
If it comes to buying a new one… PATA Superdrives are about $100 - ouch!
SATA equivalents you can get for about $15.


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How to open multiple Kindle books at the same time?
How can I open several instances of the kindle reader at the same time, so that I can have a different book open in each one?
I found this:
Multiple Kindle Windows on PC, Mac
Which suggests using multiple cloud readers, but I want to use the desktop version.

I haven't tested this specifically with Kindle, but it works for most apps that don't normally open a second instance...
In Terminal
open -n
(note the space after -n)
then drop the Kindle app onto the Terminal window to auto-fill the path to it & hit  Return⏎
back in Terminal,  Opt ⌥   ↑  then  Return⏎  will repeat that command & should open a second instance.

the kindle app starts but then it closes, it seems to detect that there is another instance running and then decides to close down to make sure that only one instance is running


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iPhone 4s can deleted text in spotlight be retrieved
How do I retrieve erased text messages on iPhone 4s?
When I do a spotlight search part of the message is displayed so I asume the whole message is There, I just don't know how to extract the file.

When you delete a message from, for example the messages app, they will be deleted from you iDevice. A way to retrieve the message is restoring from a backup.
Normally the message shouldn't be shown in spotlight when it is deleted, so I unfortunately do not have an answer for that.


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How to delete Google apps from my launchpad?
After I have downloaded Google Chrome because my Safari wasn't finding servers, multiple google apps appeared on my launchpad that I can't delete. I uploaded a picture so you understand what I'm talking about: http://i.imgur.com/KWy1yFV.png
When I click on them, they open and instantly close.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

Those seem like they're shortcuts to Chrome Web Apps, but I don't know why they would appear in Launchpad.

Type following in Chrome address bar
chrome://apps/
Now when you right click you will have the option to remove the app.


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Pillars of Eternity: Better to buy from Mac App Store or from Steam?
I haven't played a video game on my computer in over a decade and I'm unfamiliar with modern technologies. If I want to buy Pillars of Eternity, am I better off getting it through the mac app store or through Steam?

Steam. With steam, you'll be able to play it on Windows too, should you ever have the need. The same can't be said for the MAS, which only offers the Mac version. It's a nice bit of future-proofing, incase you ever get a Windows PC in the future. To put it simply, you get more for your money.

Go with Steam.

Play on Windows if you want to.
Faster update.


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Xcode.app gets scanned by socketfilterfw (OS X Firewall) at every launch
Situation:
When I launch Xcode, socketfilterfw, OS X's application based firewall,  starts using a lot of CPU.
After some research I narrowed it down to this: socketfilterfw reads all the files in Xcode.app's bundle and does this every time Xcode launches. Gigabytes of data, every time.
It doesn't matter what settings the firewall has, I tried them all. The only thing that stops this is to deactivate the firewall (before launching Xcode).
Has anyone else this effect or an idea what this is about?

Update
I just tried Xcode on a clean install (OS X and Xcode from ADC) and it did not solve it. But it started the scan not when Xcode launches but when a project gets executed (CMD-R). So it starts scanning either when Xcode launches or when executing a project.

What are you doing to measure this file activity? Is it a performance issue or an energy usage issue or just something that bugs you enough to ask?

The final clue was given by using "fs_usage" in Terminal which showed me what socketfilterfw does, reading all those files in Xcode.app's bundle. I also noticed (but removed that from my question) that 'amfid' activates (high CPU Usage for a short moment, long enough to see it in Activity Monitor) when I launch Xcode and after that, Xcode finishes launching and soon, socketfilterfw starts it's scan-orgy. And yes, it is a performance and energy issue, I noticed it because of that, but it also bugs me :)  and I want to know why this is happening.

From amfid's man page:  amfid is a daemon that checks the integrity of files running on the  system.  It is not intended to be invoked directly.

Command to see the file system usage: sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys socketfilterfw

Cool. I'll try to check on things this weekend - both Developer download version as well as app store version. I've not noticed anything like this, but also don't poke at fs_usage generally that often.

Thank You! Ah yes, one can download it from the ADC site, I totally forgot about that, thanks for reminding me. I already downloaded it from there to check for differences and will try out the beta.

Xcode is likely trying to use the network. This is triggering a rule in your firewall that results in Xcode's code signature being checked – requiring a read of the complete application bundle.
Experiment with the following option in OS X's firewall settings:

System Preferences.app >
Security & Privacy >
Firewall >
Firewall Options… >
Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections

I have this option disabled. As a result, I am frequently prompted to allow Xcode incoming network access. I always deny access as doing so still allows local connections between Xcode and underlying development tools.
As a side note, I am unable to reproduce the behaviour you are seeing on OS X 10.10.3 and Xcode 6.3.2.
Alternative Firewalls
If you do decide to disable your Mac's built-in firewall, investigate using a third party alternative such as Little Snitch:  Reasons to prefer Little Snitch over the built-in firewall

Consider reporting this behaviour to Apple directly via feedback or a formal bug report. Every report helps justify engineering time.

Thanks again for your feedback and effort. Ok, I assume I can't solve this because of the security things involved.   As a "temporary solution" I installed LittleSnitch (thanks for the hint) but I'm not sure if I can set it up so it behaves like the OS X firewall (Stealth mode)) but I will see. Another option could be  Airport Express which has a built-in firewall.

BTW: I removed LS,  I don't think that it can be used for this ( see https://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6936#p22452 , last sentence ). Thanks for your help and happy bounty day to you, Sir ;)

Thank you. I hope Apple improve the situation for you with an update to OS X or Xcode.

I had the Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections "enabled", in quotes because it doesn't really seem to be "enabled". I disabled it then re-enabled it back and everything went back to normal.

Was able to stop this by removing Xcode from the list of Apps in the Firewall's Options. This process was reading 5+ GB every Xcode launch. Not high on CPU, but the HD activity completely halts an older machine.

@bauerMusic Great tip! I was struggling with this for weeks. Socketfilterfw was totally sucking the life out of my poor 2011 Macbook Air. The accepted answer didn't solve it for me, but removing Xcode from the firewall list did the trick. Thank you.

My CPU maxed in the same situation and I headed to the Firewall settings to disable "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections" and found out I had already done that. So not sure it is the only explanation.

I did both options (remove from list, uncheck Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections), and then had to restart Xcode for the fix to take effect.


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Personal hotspot hosts count incorrect on iPhone
Sometimes when I share my Internet network from my iPhone 6 Plus to other devices via Wi-Fi, the status bar shows '3 connections' when I really know that I only have 2 connections: sometimes I get one phantom connection to my iPhone (I guess) via Personal Hotspot.
Why does this occur and how can I prevent it?

When you have hotspot turned on, is your phone connected via USB to your computer?

No, It's not USB connected. Only wifi.

Right - but is the phone connected to a computer USB port regardless, such as to charge or sync? Or, is it not plugged in at all?

It's not plugged....

If I have my MacBook Pro using my iPhone as a hotspot, and plug that iPhone into that Mac, then the count goes up from 1 to 2, even though that Mac is already using that same hotspot.  It's as if the USB connection is a separate host utilizing the hotspot.

Yes indeed if your phone is connected to the computer not necessarily in order to sync, it counts it up.  You can easily check by looking at the blue bar with the count on it, unplugging the phone and waiting for the change. Then plug it back in.  It confused me as well because I plug my phone onto a desk stand for charging so I hadnt noticed.  One day the office internet was out and I shared my hotspot to my laptop and noticed the count of 2.
You might also have a device lying around that you might have forgotten about, like an iPad in your car near your window or an old phone in your desk drawer.  That happened to me once :-)

Even without ANY wires, cables, or bulky seams...if you're actually on the hotspot setup screen, iOS appears to bump up the count by one (i.e., showing 2 even though only a laptop is connected), then setting it back down to the "true" count once the iOS device is switched to a different screen (i.e., 1 in the example above).
FWIW.


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always Allow control clicking on yosemite?
I've recently started playing Minecraft that uses control and click as the main game controls. On Macintosh, I can't seem to use them both at the same time, it takes me to mission control. Is there a system preference to allow this?
P.S. I'm using a standard mouse, not magic.

What game are you playing? What are you trying to do in the game that isn't working? It's hard to help you without more details.

it's minecraft, you run using ctrl and you punch using click. if you hold down ctrl you can't click which makes you have to stop running to punch (something that's not a problem on windows)

Have you tried Cmd instead of Ctrl? Some multi-platform games swap them over for Mac.


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Installed rEFInd Boot Manager, it seems HD re-ogranized
Before I installed rEFInd, I believe there were three partitions to my Mac, disk0, disk1, disk2.
Now, when I run in the Command line
 diskutil list

This is what remains:
 /dev/disk0
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
    1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
    2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
    3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

I'm not sure what to think of this. Previously /dev/disk0s2 was Apple_CoreStorage of a size around 499 GB. Then there was a /dev/disk1, which was "Apple_HFS Macintosh HD". Notice that's now disk0s2 above.
Should I worry? Thankfully I have everything saved on an external hard drive.
EDIT: If it helps, my HD used to look like the second screenshot on this web tutorial, after diskutil list. http://www.theinstructional.com/guides/disk-management-from-the-command-line-part-1

That's a pretty standard GPT partition layout. Looks fine to me.

@FakeName My only concern really is that "Apple_CoreStorage" seems to have disappeared. That's strange.


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Backup app to use with Amazon Cloud Drive?
I am backing up my iMac locally using Time Machine, and now I am looking for a cloud backup to provide offsite redundancy. I have signed up for Amazon's unlimited storage option for their Cloud Drive, and I have been testing Arq as a local backup app. Arq works okay, but it's lacking some features, such as the ability to restrict uploads to certain hours, such as 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM.
Can you recommend a backup app that works with Amazon Cloud Drive, and provides good configuration options? Thanks for your help.

I use Syncovery at work on some windows server to back up to our Amazon S3 account. It works well and reliably and has a number of scheduling features. Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to use it on the Mac, but you might want to look into it.

Don't know whether this is a new option, but Arq actually allows you to restrict operations to a specific time window:

The application ExpanDrive allows you to mount your Amazon Cloud Drive as a network drive -- this could be useful for you.  ExpanDrive works with many other cloud services as well, including Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox (for use with selective syncing), OneDrive, Box, any WebDAV or SFTP account, etc.  It doesn't do scheduling or automations, however; it just gives you access to your cloud storage account as a network drive -- one would have to write one's own scripts to automate tasks.


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My keyboard can only produce 95 characters?
I have heard from multiple sources that a standard QWERTY keyboard can produce 96 different characters, not counting the option key characters. Here is a picture of my keyboard:

I highlighted in red the alphabet keys, which can produce 52 characters–26 lowercase and 26 uppercase letters. In blue is the symbolic keys, which can produce 22 characters–11 buttons, two for each. In green are the numbers, which can produce 20 characters–10 numbers with 10 symbols. Orange keys can't produce any letters. And there's also the space bar, delete, and return. Only the space bar can produce a character, a space.
In total, that is 52+22+20+1=95 characters? What is the missing character? The best guess to me is enter/return, although that doesn't really make a character to me.
I have a Macbook Air.

Do you feel short-changed by this revelation? I'm just trying to figure out the actual purpose behind the need for the full, owed-to-me count of 96...

Consider helping us help you. Take a pass at editing this after you've read the help guide on how to be specific and show how your research didn't help you solve this dilemma. Specifically, can you document the 96 key standard or requirement so we don't end up like snopes.com

Tab is a character. The new line character inserted by return/enter is either one or two characters. These two characters are called carriage-return (CR) and line-feed (LF). Classic MacOS used only CR. Unix and all Unix-like OSes (including OS X) use LF, and Windows uses both (CR/LF).

"the alphabet keys, which can produce 52 characters" They can produce twice that via option and option+shift. Same for the number keys and symbolic keys.

There are two different kinds of "standard" keyboards, ANSI (like in your picture) and ISO.  The former is sold in the US, the latter in Europe.
References you have seen to 96 characters are presumably for the ISO version. It has one key more than ANSI version, which is located to the left of the z. Your keyboard is ANSI and has 95.
To see the different kinds of keyboards made by Apple, go to
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201794

I see, this answered my question. All the websites I've been to say it has 96 and never mentioned they were talking about only ISO keyboards. Thanks!

My UK keyboard's 2 key looks like this:
+---+
| @€|
| 2 |
+---+

That € is the extra character, for a total of 96.
You can still type the extra character on a US keyboard I believe, it's just not printed.

The question says "not counting option key characters".  € is just one of dozens of option key characters which happens to be printed on your keyboard.  It is NOT the 96th character.  That is found next to the z on an ISO qwerty keyboard.

@Tom There aren't any other option keys printed on my keyboard? I know the question said that, but € is the only other one printed on my keyboard…?

They print just that one on the keys because so many users want to know how to type the euro, but they don't care about all the other characters which can be typed by holding down the option key.  Is your keyboard also the ANSI type with no letter key to the left of the z?

I would argue that enter/return is a character, it’s just like space.
If you look at ASCII tables (since they are simple, but feel free to look up unicode), you'll see that enter/return is there with all of the other characters.

I think there is a big difference between space, required to separate words, and return, which is just a formatting control for line length, and would not count return as a character in the same sense as the others.

Go back a few hundred years and space was simply a formatting control for separating words, and wasn't the norm!

I think spaces have been the norm for European scripts for about a thousand years.  On the other hand, Chinese, Japanese, Thai and some other asian scripts still don't use any word separator.

The missing character is Tab.


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Apple Bug Report (Apple's Response Time?)
I did a bug report because of this Xcode Situation ( Xcode.app gets scanned by socketfilterfw (OS X Firewall) at every launch ).
I wonder about the time Apple usually needs to respond.
Weeks, Months? I really have no clue.
If you know more (from your experience) please tell me.

Looking over the 15 bugs I've reported since 2005, I've never received a response from bugreport.apple.com. If the bug you're reporting is a common one, and thus Apple has many reports already, you'll never get a response.

Thanks. Ah ok, I see. I thought they will somehow send me a mail lol silly me. But the status changed ?

There is no easy way to tell how/when/if Apple acts on your bug report. I have filed quite a few bug reports during the last years. Some still seem to be unchanged since I created them, some got closed silently and there is only one where I ever got notified that the fix would be in the next OS X release.
So basically you filed the report, now just ignore it :-)

Additionally, you should file your bug on Open Radar, that is a community maintain website who tries to keep as much reports public. A radar basically contains just the same information you report to Apple.
Note that, usually OSX/iOS developers ask for help regarding concrete radars, this is because "we suppose/believe" that if lots of people reports the same bug, it will be fixed soon. It's a common practice to report a bug on Apple bug tracker by just copying the radar report.

If you've developer account, you can try to report the bug at  Bug Reporter with specific details of reproducing the issue. The time depends how on its Rank and whether the bug was described accurately.
If it's major issue, I believe it'll get the response fairly quickly.


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WiFi unresponsive following sleep
After my MBP has been asleep (lid closed), when woken, it seems to reconnect to wifi for a few seconds (30 or so) and then becomes unresponsive. All indications are that everything is OK, but web browsing etc fails. By "switching wifi on and off" on the task bar, it then works fine until the next time it's woken from sleep.
I have changed wifi router, and this issue has been evident for a year or so (so was on Mavericks and is now on Yosemite).
It has the latest released version of Yosemite (10.10.3)

A Console log might tell us what is going on. So from wake time stamp copy some 50 lines (yes 50) and paste them here. In there one can see what is it doing with the WiFi connection.

Thanks, I'll do that but can you confirm what you mean by 'console log' ... Just let me know what "app" I need to use, and I'll sort it out.

What installed version of 10.10? Please edit question accordingly. I've personally noticed better wifi stability on MBAir mid-2011 | 10.10.3.

It's a MacBook Pro, and has the latest OS (10.10.3)

Sorry, not always sure of the OP (yours) skills :) Frist take note of the time you are opening the lid. Then in the utility folder open the app called Console. Then on the left select all messages. Now scroll to the time when you opened the lid and copy the 50 following lines.


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Add Keychain and computer crash
I'm trying to understand how Apple Keychain works. If I understand correctly, only passwords that are in the iCloud Keychain will be shared with my other devices and saved if I lose the computer. Is that correct?
(I mean the passwords in Keychain program top left Keychains > iCloud)
I can create other Keychains: File > Add Keychain. If the computer with that new keychain crashes or is stolen, everything in that new keychain will be lost. Is that correct? Is there anyway to solve that? Is there any way to put that new keychain in iCloud?

That's what backups are for.

@Tetsujin: how to backup a keychain, then

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7081 - or just use Time Machine


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Auto shutdown iPad
Is there a way to automatically shutdown an iPad after a certain time interval?
N.B. Not auto-sleep. Auto-shutdown.

No. iOS does not include this feature. Most iDevices are only fully shut down if the owner doesn't charge it, and only rebooted during updates.
If you jailbreak it you may find something within the Cydia packages.
Note that there is no need to shut it down, unless you are storing it for an extended period.

There is no way to do so with an unjailbroken iPad pr iPhone. The Auto Sleep feature is the only available feature of this kind at the moment.
If your device is jailbroken and you have Cydia installed on it, then you can enable auto shut down with a simple search in Cydia.
NOTE: The best way is always waiting for the new versions. WWDC 2015 takes place in San Francisco in June 8-12, and they will introduce the new versions of iOS and OS X which may allow you to do so without jailbreaking your iDevice.


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select all the text in a iPad Pages document
is it possible to select all the text in a Pages document with a simple action?
If so, how?
if not, is there any trick to change the font in all of the paragraphs in a document?

Touch your finger anywhere on the document and hold for a second. Then remove your finger and a pop-up menu should enable you to "Select all".

No holding needed if you touch on an empty spot of the page.


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iPad Mini can't open apps
I've had my iPad for a year now. When I tried to open Safari and my iPad froze and I came back to the home screen. This started after the new software update. Since then no apps will open, not even the App Store. I've tried restarting it and let it die (letting the battery run out) and recharging, but it didn't help.
How can I open apps on my iPad?

Which 'new' software update?

Have you tried an hard-reset? Press Home + Lock button simultaneously in 10 seconds and then release them. Your iPad will reboot and you won't lose any data.

Setting started open a while ago so it's now working well it started working a long time ago just for got to post on here

As 'Dempa' said in comments, you should do a hard-reset:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559 <- "Force Restart"
If this does not solve the problem, you should back up your info in iTunes (Assuming that you cant open Settings app):
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977 <- "iTunes Backup"
And if restoring doesnt solve the problem, you will have to go into an Apple Service Shop/Center, however they are called in your country, and ask for technical assistance.

**Im pretty sure the HARD RESET step is what you need.
Hope it helps.

I have tryed that

And I posting this from my laptop

Have you tried a restore?

It's working now


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Recovering data from factory-reset iPad
I updated my iPad to iOS 8.3 and something or other failed, leading to a factory reset. I'd like to recover my files.
I found a couple Windows tools that apparently can do that, but either they can't install on the only Windows computer I have available at work (no admin privileges) or they're free trials that don't actually recover the files, just show that it can but want you to pay.
I have not found anything promising so far, besides using PhotoRec per this link: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Recover_data_from_an_iPhone, which requires the iDevice to be jailbroken, which mine cannot be since it's 8.3 plus I want to keep overwriting to a minimum.
I'm running TahrPup, which is a Puppy "built from ubuntu 14.04 LTS trusty tahr packages" and can install from ubuntu's repositories/etc.

Is this (libimobiledevice-using tool) a possibility?  The program mentioned in the first link only seems to back up existing files, not plain non-overwritten data.

Number one, the more you use your iPad, the more chance that your missing data that might be recoverable will become overwritten so I have to mention that... it sounds like you already know.
Which generation of iPad is this? If it is an iPad 1, it should mostly be recoverable (either by a data recovery firm, or maybe some do-it-yourself recovery software such as Dr. Fone).
However, since you mention iOS 8.3, it must be a later generation iPad. Unfortunately for your situation, these are all hardware encrypted by default (whether or not you set a passcode), and once factory reset, to my knowledge it's impossible to decrypt the old data. Encryption like this is a security feature, but it also can kill the chances of data recovery like in your situation.
Your best bet would be to work from a backup of course (iTunes or iCloud), but I guess you don't have that option. I have heard that 3rd party app data (but not data from native apps) might be recoverable somehow but I'll have to check on that.
I know this isn't the answer you're looking for and I really hope you can scrounge up a backup from somewhere. We are seeing the always-on encryption of some devices now becoming a major problem for data recovery. It's better for security, but that necessarily also severely reduces chances for people to recover their lost data. We have seen some manufacturers backstep a little on this recently, but it seems like the overall trend is for more encryption.
You can still send this to a professional data recovery firm that can work on mobile devices as a last ditch effort, and if there is any chance, maybe if something slightly different from what we're discussing occurred, then they would have the best chance at recovering it. Most do not charge if they cannot recover the needed data.


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Don't have Time Machine back up a file again if a Tag is added to it
If I have a large file, let's say a 1 GB ISO file, and I add a tag to it through the Finder, so that there's a blue circle next to the filename now, then Time Machine will consider that the file has changed and back it up a second time.
So this one file takes up 2 GB of space on Time Machine now. Is there some way to prevent Time Machine from backing up the entire file if just a tag was added to it?

Have you seen evidence that Time Machine actually makes a second copy of a file if only its metadata has changed? I would expect it to just save a delta of the metadata.

Yes I recall this happening. I noticed that it didn't backup the entire file a second time if I put the file inside a folder, and just changed the tags on the folder.


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Import RSS into iCal
I have an online calendar in an RSS-format. Is is possible to import it into iCal and will it be kept synced automatically?
An example of such a calendar is: RSS-Calendar

Generally speaking Calendar supports CalDAV and Exchange calendars. I am not certain what an "rss-calendar" is but if it can be converted to or supports CalDAV or Exchange calendar formats you are golden.
I have not had to import a or subscribe to a calendar in quite a while so Calendar in the last couple of versions of Mac O/S may have some new supported formats. You may want to try just pointing Calendar to the URL of your "rss-calendar" and see what happens.
The other possibility is if you can export an ICAL compatible file that can then be imported into Calendar. It's not automatic syncing but it may be better than nothing.

Please see my updated question for an exampe.

Calendar in Yosemite does not support that format

As you can see from the example you provided, RSS feeds are not meant for calendars. Instead, they are meant for use with an RSS reader (like Safari) that will display, in your example, dates in text format and provide a "Read more..." link that will direct you to the website.
Unfortunately, there's not much you can do, because even converting the RSS feed for use with a calendar would mean you need to convert it every time the feed updates.


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How to Recover Lost Media Files (Photos, Music, etc) from iPhone 6 Device
Do you know how to recover media files from iPhone 6? I lost my photos and music by some accident.

For starters, what was the accident? How did you lose your photos and music?

From your last backup - iCloud or iTunes.


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iOS 8.3 Ignoring Inline CSS
I have an HTML email signature with Outlook.com where I can only use inline CSS. I'm styling the telephone number to lose the iOS blue underline link but want to retain the "tap to phone" functionality
This line is the troublesome part;

Tel: 01234 567 890

iOS will respect the colour declaration but will completely ignore the text decoration declaration and continue to underline.
Any ideas why would be appreciated.

"Smart" formatting (for lack of a better phrase) is added after the page is rendered and is not affected by CSS. Short of disabling the functionality completely, as shown in the other answer, you cannot affect it.
The reason the color works is because the colored text is part of the page being rendered - you are declaring during rendering that it should be black. The underline is not added until after the page is rendered, so you cannot affect it.

OK, that's unfortunate, thanks anyway for the info.

You have to add the following meta tag in the head of the mail :
<meta content="telephone=no" name="format-detection">

But beware : While this solves the branding/style issue, it also removes functionality that users may be accustomed to (and may prevent subscribers from being able to call you!).

Hi, as mentioned above I want to retain the functionality, The HTML editor in Outlook.com is also a pain and would strip the metadata out on save anyway.

Does something like a[href^="x-apple-data-detectors:"] {     color: inherit;     text-decoration: inherit; } work ?

Tried that and unfortunately not, anything the editor doesn't understand it strips out, as with most email HTML they have to be written as per 1990's websites. How I've phrased the code is the only way I've found which Outlook will tolerate. The solution is to establish why IOS will respect the first style but not the second.


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Resizing whole text containing different fonts in TextEdit
My text file uses two fonts, Helvetica for usual text and the ALPHABETUM-Unicode
specialized font for rare ancient characters.
  The system handles it nicely, as the sizes of the ALPHABETUM characters
are harmonious with those of the Helvetica characters, even though they’re
not of the same font.
After writing dozens of pages, I belatedly realized that the presentation would
be much better if I downsized all the characters.
So I tried « Select All (Command A)» and « Smaller (Command -) », but the result
was predictably ugly, as the system failed to handle both fonts at the same time.
In the resulting text, while the Helvetica characters are downsized correctly, the
ALPHABETUM characters have kept their initial size (20), and TextEdit mistakenly
sees them as « Helvetica characters with size 1 », so I cannot even resize them manually.
Is there a clean solution to my problem ? (I am open to solutions using other tools
than TextEdit).

When you select text in Alphabetum, do you not see that font name selected in Format > Font > Show Fonts?

@TomGewecke Both in Format > Font > Show Fonts, and in the ruler on top of the TextEdit window, I see "Helvetica". It seems that the "downsize all" operation somewhat merged the two fonts into one.

I would try copy/pasting the text to Pages or LibreOffice or Word and see if that helps.


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How to prevent AutoOpen feature for apps
Several vendors provide their drivers with AutoOpen feature: image file contains single application SomeApp usually installs drivers or connection manager.
I've discovered how it works: Mac OS X finds
SomeApp.app/Contents/MacOS/AutoOpen executable and runs it. I've tried to create such application from scratch and this method works fine. This is huge security hole like autorun feature on Windows.
How to disable this feature permanently?

I do not have a single auto open? give me a example of such app so I can try it

Huawei/ZTE connect manager, for example

I have Huawei but it is not Auto starting.

Image auto opening can be disabled with AT commands. I can share my connection manager if you want.

sure go ahead answer your question

Link to mega: http://bit.ly/1IsMxUm


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Cannot open Zenmap.app (LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error)
When I try to open it in the terminal: open Zenmap.app
I get this error:
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/Zenmap.app.
Before it asks me for my password and then I get this error.

Similar to http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/130587/lsopenurlswithrole-failed-with-error-10810-downloaded-app-does-not-start though Zenmap isn't java [I think it's python, but don't quote me], but it does rely on X11 - so if you don't have that installed, that may be the reason.

Voting to reopen, as the solution in the linked Q cannot be used for this app, it's physically not an option; there is no Open With, as the OS really thinks it's an app.

X11 is installed on my computer. I am able to run WireShark.


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Most apps hang, then crash. Including core apps
Just yesterday my iphone 5S started playing up. Some apps would hang when they were opened.
Today it's pretty much all of them, even text message (and other built in apps) hangs. If left for a while they eventually crash.
Have restarted the phone, and also done a hard reset (home+power) and issue remains. Also tried google but not come up with much just yet.
Also, I have not done any updates or restores or anything like that recently. phone is about 12mo old. running 8.3
Thanks

Have you tried backing up the phone to a computer and restoring the original software on the phone, then restoring the phone with the backup?

Not tried that as I run linux which makes it kinda difficult... will see what I can do.

understood. Perhaps spinning up a Windows VM or finding a friend with a Mac/PC would help? Anyways, keep us posted - this will let us know if it's a software issue or a hardware issue as the root cause :)

dusted off a win8 vm, busy installing itunes etc. will report back later


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Warnings when installing pip
I just installed pip and got a few warning messages. Should I be concerned? Is there a way to check that pip was installed properly?
Here's what I did:
[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:

Searching for pip
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Best match: pip 7.0.3
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-7.0.3.tar.gz#md5=54cbf5ae000fb3af3367345f5d299d1c
Processing pip-7.0.3.tar.gz
Writing /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/setup.cfg
Running pip-7.0.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/egg-dist-tmp-YX6Zk1
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.mailmap'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.travis.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'pip/_vendor/Makefile'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'tox.ini'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'dev-requirements.txt'
no previously-included directories found matching '.travis'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build'
no previously-included directories found matching 'contrib'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tasks'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tests'
Adding pip 7.0.3 to easy-install.pth file
Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-7.0.3-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip
Finished processing dependencies for pip

[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip

[mchenja@otori ~]$ which python
/usr/bin/python

Start installing stuff, see what happens.

You will almost certainly be fine. Try pip install pip and it should tell you "Requirements already satisfied". You could also try pip show pip and it will tell you it is installed and requires no other packages.


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Please restore the device to a version of the OS listed below
I'm getting the following message when tethering one of my iPads used for testing. Its telling me to "Please restore the device to a version of the OS listed below...", but it does not provide the list:

The image above was cropped to help with presentation, but not text was removed from the image.
What is the list of OSes that Apple recommends I downgrade to? They seems to have forgotten to provide the list.
Related, how does Apple recommend I do it? As far as I know, effectively downgrades can't be performed.

Oddly, iTunes can work with the everything just fine (my OS X version and iOS version). So it seems Apple is more than happy to accommodate the non-latest OS X and iOS when it comes to selling me stuff...

The latest version is iOS 8.3. It would seem it's time to upgrade.


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increase font for all apps/menus in mac
Is there an app to increase/change default fontsize for all applications in mac ?
It is really painful for me to read default fonts or to increase fontsize in every app I open, and even worse, the fontsize in many menus(as well as Finder match results) can not be modified!

Did you try the Accessibility options for Zoom ?

Yes, I did. As the word 'zoom' implies, it does not increase the fontsize. Even worse, 'Accessibility-Zoom' destroys all the layout.

So you do not want to zoom in, just increase the font and that system wide.

You are right, I simply want all texts to be larger.

It is not simple at all, otherwise there would be a user control for it. But look the answers in here http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/86864/46541


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OS X Yosemite freezes randomly, absolutely everything hangs (screen, trackpad, keyboard, sound, applications, rtc.)
I'm running OS X Yosemite on an Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, 512GB.
According to the title: "OS X Yosemite freezes randomly, absolutely everything hangs (screen, trackpad, keyboard, sound, applications, rtc.)" this started happening when I started to keep Skype in the background, and maybe play Minecraft (don't judge.) But this happens outside of Minecraft, and only happened 2 times by the time I wrote this.
Here's the log from the boot before this crash, to the boot after the crash: http://pastebin.com/wqUEArAS

As you can see in this snippet, it is stuck with the
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist, error = 2: No such file or directory

Try to repair it by running Java Update.
If that does not help you need to repair your installation using the Command R.

Well, does Skype use Java? That's just Minecraft.

I do not know if Skype uses Java, but someone on your system is.

Nope, only user.

Run the system profiler called EtreChek and publish it. http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

http://pastebin.com/pNPnMqTJ

OK got it, so what do we see there? Ignore the 2 files named com.apple.mtrecorder.plist and the  com.apple.spirecorder.plist they do nothing to your system. You can actually delete them if you want to. You have a trial version of /Applications/Textual 5 Trial.app auto starting, you might what to disable that. I would try to repair the Java install. And what is it with the "KeepingYouAwake"

what was this chat thing...

KeepingYouAwake is an updated version of Caffeine, I deleted it though. Textual is an IRC client, the trial version just disconnects you every 12 hours, and thats the only difference from the paid version. (I use Textual daily)


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Iphone 5s: Can not find apple id
I was wondering whether there is a way to find the appleid of an iphone that is stuck in the activation screen, when connecting it to itunes on a computer that was connected in the past.
Thanks a lot for your help.

possible duplicate of How can I bypass Activation Lock?

If you take it to the Apple Store or call AppleCare they'll be able to look this up for you, from your device's serial number.


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how does Time Machine restore?
I imagine Time Machine is an incremental backup tool.
So while restoring it probably:

Restores to latest full backup
applies incremental changes since than

is this correct assumption?

As time goes by, you make various edits to a given file, and Time Machine will make progressive backups of that file. Backups continue so long as there is available storage space upon the hard drive. When hard drive space runs out, older file backups are discarded.
To perform a restore, one can perform a full system restore, which returns the entirety of your Mac file system contents to the latest files and structure that had been backed up.
Alternatively, you can browse through the progressive backups using a Finder-like interface, and choose specific files or folders to restore.
For more in-depth descriptions, it is worthwhile to read Pondini's repository of Time Machine information.