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Disk Utility Constantly Crashes on Mac 10.7.1 Lion
I'm running 10.7.1 server and recently have been experiencing app crashes related to hard disks.  I can't mount DMG's, can't backup with Time Machine and every single time I open Disk Utility to try and find out what's wrong, it crashes.
I've restarted, uninstalled Xcode, uninstalled VMWare Fusion, repaired disk (nothing was wrong), repaired permissions (nothing was wrong) and now I'm at a loss.  I could reinstall everything, but I can't backup what I have currently so I'm not reinstalling.
This problem seemingly came out of the blue today.  I was playing around in server this morning and was changing permissions for a share, then it crashed.  Everything after that seemed to go downhill.  Until I looked and found out that my last successful backup was like 6 days ago.  Probably coinciding with the install of VMWare fusion.  But now that it's uninstalled, I still have the problems.
Here is the log, but I'm stumped.  Any ideas?  Here's the log dump.
Process:         Disk Utility [721]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
Identifier:      com.apple.DiskUtility
Version:         12 (346)
Build Info:      DiskUtility-346000000000000~145
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [263]

Date/Time:       2011-08-30 02:35:12.447 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X Server 10.7.1 (11B26)
Report Version:  9

Interval Since Last Report:          513946 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           107
Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  15 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   13
Anonymous UUID:                      9B1FD0C2-0DC5-4EEE-B956-55B0D125DC5A

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000068

VM Regions Near 0x68:
-->
    __TEXT                 0000000109454000-00000001094bb000 [  412K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility

Application Specific Information:
objc[721]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff8fa16fa0 CFBundleCopyLocalizedString + 208
1   com.apple.DiskImagesFramework   0x00007fff97184db9 CBSDBackingStore::copyPropertiesDict() + 89
2   com.apple.DiskImagesFramework   0x00007fff9718473b DIInitialize + 291
3   com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000109456592 0x109454000 + 9618
4   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff9019485c -[NSCustomObject nibInstantiate] + 418
5   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff90194647 -[NSIBObjectData instantiateObject:] + 303
6   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff901938a5 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 347
7   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff9018a1b9 loadNib + 322
8   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff901896b6 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
9   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff901895d1 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 141
10  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff90189514 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 364
11  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff903fc355 NSApplicationMain + 398
12  com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000109456499 0x109454000 + 9369
13  com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000109456294 0x109454000 + 8852

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff8eec47e6 kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff967cf60e _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 923
2   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff967ce19e _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54

Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff8eec4192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff984dd594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff984deb85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff8eec4192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff984dd594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff984deb85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x0000000000000068  rbx: 0x00007ffd1ba1d460  rcx: 0x0000000000000001  rdx: 0x00000000ffffffff
  rdi: 0x0000000000000000  rsi: 0x00007fff7d59d8a0  rbp: 0x00007fff69053770  rsp: 0x00007fff69053700
   r8: 0x00007fff7d5bd008   r9: 0x00007fff7d59d8b0  r10: 0x0000000000000040  r11: 0x0000000000000000
  r12: 0x00007fff99324000  r13: 0x00007ffd1ba10ef0  r14: 0x00007fff7e7f16f8  r15: 0x0000000000000010
  rip: 0x00007fff8fa16fa0  rfl: 0x0000000000010246  cr2: 0x0000000000000068
Logical CPU: 4

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If you're familiar with terminal you can take a backup; take a look at this article it might help http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/How_To_Backup_your_Mac

Did you by chance make any changes to your language settings recently? If so, try reverting them, or check to see if it still happens if you set them to plain old english. Just a hunch, based on the crash occurring in CFBundleCopyLocalizedString (a method to get a localized string from an application bundle).

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 View that support article. Hopefully it helps.

I see nothing in your Report that gives me a clue to the cause.
Whenever I have unusual behavior like this, I reboot in Safe mode, then restart normally.
Safe mode startup is a very useful fix-almost-all-OS-problems tool.  It does a Repair disk during the boot process, and is faster than booting from an external drive to run DU-Repair Disk on the internal drive.
Disk Utility is an app native to the OS.  When it or any other native app misbehaves, you should concentrate your repair efforts on the OS.  When booting in Safe mode, all 3rd party additions are "disconnected", and only the base functions of the OS are activated.
My second effort at fixing this problem would be to re-install the latest Combo update. This will do a similar thing - revert any intentional or inadvertent changes to the OS back to the default state, without affecting your data and most settings.
Third, if you have a relatively current external backup clone, you might try booting in that drive to see if the DU problem persists.  If the problem is not there, you can clone that drive to the internal drive and restore current data from Time Machine.
Those folks that are Terminal-savvy may offer better solutions.
Hope this helps.

FWIW, I've noticed that the reason the Disk Utility appears to "hang" is because there are a large number of images/dmg's listed in the left panel (the Most Recently Used listing).
I'm not sure why having a large number of these files causes a problem, but I have certainly seen that time machine sparse bundles (in particular) make the load time very slow.
I (unfortunately) dont know a way clear the MRU other than open DIsk Utility, right-click the item and select "Remove".
Little comfort I know, but maybe this will help someone else :)

The sidebars of many OS X programs allow dragging items out (what I like to call drag and destroy) which turns them into a puff of smoke and removes them.  You can of course select multiple items and both right click -> Remove, or drag and destroy

Short version, could be bad RAM.
Longer version: it started in a way that made it look like a disk problem. The computer would not boot up off of the HD, and when you went into recovery mode it said the drive was not fixable. We booted off of another Lion drive and at first it seemed ok but then we started to get similar SIGSEGV crashes, first in Disk Utilities but then in other apps as well. When other apps were affected I became suspicious of the RAM so I ran the Apple Hardware test, and it said everything was ok. I was still suspicious of the RAM so I swapped it out. Since then his computer has been rock solid.

I have the same problem, only in my scenario, I don't use VMWare. I first noticed the problem with FCP 7.0.3 and Motion 4.0.3. Both FCP and Motion, have similar symptom as Disk Utility, i.e. they start up, crash immediately during start up, and then show a crash report with a re-open option.
However, in my situation, Disk Utility wasn't originally affected, only FCP and Motion. I was able to mount a utility (DMG) to uninstall FCP Studio and then re-install it, but it didn't fix FCP and Motion. Then on a subsequent try, Disk Utility wouldn't mount the DMG and started producing the same behavior as FCP and Motion ever since.
Below is a shortened version of the output from the Disk Utility crash (shortened due to comment post length size):
Process:         Disk Utility [20086]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
Identifier:      com.apple.DiskUtility
Version:         12 (346)
Build Info:      DiskUtility-346000000000000~145
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [146]

Date/Time:       2011-09-03 15:54:46.729 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.1 (11B26)
Report Version:  9

Interval Since Last Report:          459866 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           35
Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  16 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   8
Anonymous UUID:                      51785C25-8CEF-455A-8229-F11220231605

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000068

VM Regions Near 0x68:
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    __TEXT                 0000000103f6e000-0000000103fd5000 [  412K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility

Application Specific Information:
objc[20086]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x0000000104cb8fa0 CFBundleCopyLocalizedString + 208
1   com.apple.DiskImagesFramework   0x00000001040b7db9 CBSDBackingStore::copyPropertiesDict() + 89
2   com.apple.DiskImagesFramework   0x00000001040b773b DIInitialize + 291
3   com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000103f70592 0x103f6e000 + 9618
4   com.apple.AppKit                0x00000001054aa85c -[NSCustomObject nibInstantiate] + 418
5   com.apple.AppKit                0x00000001054aa647 -[NSIBObjectData instantiateObject:] + 303
6   com.apple.AppKit                0x00000001054a98a5 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 347
7   com.apple.AppKit                0x00000001054a01b9 loadNib + 322
8   com.apple.AppKit                0x000000010549f6b6 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
9   com.apple.AppKit                0x000000010549f5d1 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 141
10  com.apple.AppKit                0x000000010549f514 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 364
11  com.apple.AppKit                0x0000000105712355 NSApplicationMain + 398
12  com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000103f70499 0x103f6e000 + 9369
13  com.apple.DiskUtility           0x0000000103f70294 0x103f6e000 + 8852

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00000001083177e6 kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib               0x00000001080d160e _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 923
2   libdispatch.dylib               0x00000001080d019e _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54

Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x0000000108317192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001081c6594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001081c7b85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x0000000108317192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001081c6594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00000001081c7b85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x0000000000000068  rbx: 0x00007fd27e86f290  rcx: 0x0000000000000001  rdx: 0x00000000ffffffff
  rdi: 0x0000000000000000  rsi: 0x0000000104e6d8a0  rbp: 0x00007fff63b6d7b0  rsp: 0x00007fff63b6d740
   r8: 0x0000000104e8d008   r9: 0x0000000104e6d8b0  r10: 0x0000000000000040  r11: 0x0000000000000000
  r12: 0x0000000104b7d000  r13: 0x00007fd27cd0c840  r14: 0x00000001041b36f8  r15: 0x0000000000000010
  rip: 0x0000000104cb8fa0  rfl: 0x0000000000010246  cr2: 0x0000000000000068


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32 bit calculator
I'm on an intel 64bit 10.6 osx - and the default calculator application also functions in the same mode. I'd like a 32 bit scientific calculator(with provisions for decimal,bit,hex calculations). Any app suggestions?

You couldn't do better than trying PCalc out. It is paid software, but if you look over the reviews and detailed features, you might find it exactly what you want for your programming needs.

You can make the default Calculator app run in 32-bit mode by getting info on it in the Finder, and selecting the "Open in 32-bit mode" option.  But... why do you care what mode it runs in?

Oh, no, you seem to have misunderstood my question. Rather than the app running in 32/64 bit more(which i dont really care about) id like 32 bit calculations to occur. its a pain when you wish to find the 2's complement of a number represented in 32 bits but get the answer with 64 and end up manually toggling the leftmost 32 bits. :)

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Can I upgrade to the Lion Mail app alone, without upgrading to Lion in general?
I'm currently on 10.6 and I really like it so I'm not really thinking about an upgrade right now. Two things I really like about 10.7 are the full screen apps and the Mail client.
Is it possible to somehow upgrade/purchase the Mail client of 10.7 alone? It would be really nice if I could do that.

These apps (and the full screen mode) require APIs that are not available on versions prior to Lion. Even if one could purchase Mail separately, it wouldn't run.

It's not possible, unfortunately, and copying and pasting it won't work either. (FaceTime cannot be copied from 10.7 to 10.6 also.)

Consider Postoffice mail app; it's got a lot to offer if you can't upgrade to lion.

Please add an url and information what is thedifference between Mail.app for example to make the answer more complete.

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Command-Control-Arrow beeps (plays alert sound) in Lion
I've noticed since upgrading to Lion that if I press Command-Control-Left/Right (and sometimes Down as well; see below), my computer beeps at me (plays alert sound).
It doesn't occur in all applications:

In Console, I can press any of the above key combinations, and there's no beep.
In Mail, it beeps if I press Command-Control-Left/Right, but not Up/Down.
In most every other application, every combination except Command-Control-Up causes a beep.

I can't seem to find any menu commands that it might be trying to invoke, although even if that were the case, applications such as NetBeans and PhpStorm are the proverbial monkey wrench here:  I have Command-Control-Left mapped to "go to last edit".  When I press that key combination, my Mac still beeps at me, but it it also does move the cursor to the last edit location.
What does Command-Control-Left/Right/Up/Down map to that my Mac is complaining about?

I ended up working around this issue in NetBeans/PhpStorm by changing the shortcut to Command-Option-Left.

You can also mute like http://superuser.com/questions/98868/how-do-i-disable-the-beep-in-osx-leopard-when-i-perform-an-invalid-action#answer-287085

The beeping you are hearing in this context is not because those key commands are mapped to something but quite the contrary because they are not.
Typing an unmapped key command will result in an audible bell.
As you note Command-Control-Right in results in an audible bell in Mail.app. You will also note that Command-N results in a new message.
So here's a proof to confirm my assertion:

Open System Preferences > Keyboard
Select Keyboard Shortcuts from the pillbox at the top
From the menu at the right choose Application Shortcuts
Click the small + sign at the bottom left of the right panel
From the Application pull down select Mail
In the Menu Title field type "New Message" (no quotes)
Place your cursor in the Keyboard Shortcut field and type Command-Control-Right
Click Add

Now return to Mail and type Command-Control-Right. A new message will be created but if you type Command-N you will hear the audible bell. This is because Command-N is no longer mapped to anything. We replaced it.
So when you hear the audible bell it often means that you are trying to do something that is not possible (i.e. typing a key command that has no meaning for the current application).

Interesting.  That seems to make sense.  Apps like NetBeans and PhpStorm seem to be an exception to this rule, but they do implement their own shortcut handling, so it's possible that they are simply not doing it properly.

I see the same thing with all the JetBrains apps.  It's driving me nuts :(

IntelliJ is precisely why I'm here...

Kind of weird that just because something isn't bound in the System Prefs that MacOS assumes the key combo isn't used, when it could easily be mapped to something important in a 3rd party application, like in an IDE or text editor for example.

roNn23's answer fixes the problem in JetBrains tools like IntelliJ, PyCharm, CLion, AppCode, Ryder, etc.

this ... is not an answer, it's really a comment

Visual Studio Code has the same bug, which the team chalked up to a Chromium bug marked as Won't Fix.

Depending on the version of your macOS, you have to do the following:
10.11 El Capitan through 13.0 Ventura (from Adobe/Brackets)
You'll need to create the ~/Library/KeyBindings directory first. Then create the file ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict with the following content. Restart the app or the Mac after saving this file.
{
    "@^\UF701" = "noop:";
    "@^\UF702" = "noop:";
    "@^\UF703" = "noop:";
}

<= 10.10 Yosemite (Found on GitHub/Atom)
Create the file ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict with the following content. Restart the app or the Mac after saving this file.
{
    "^@\UF701" = "noop:";
    "^@\UF702" = "noop:";
    "^@\UF703" = "noop:";
}

i had to switch @ and ^ on ElCapitan "@^\UF701"

This answer fixed the problem for me (in CLion and other JetBrains tools) on macOS 10.15 Catalina with no changes.

Still works in Catalina! But maybe you have to restart the app or the Mac if it doesn't work right away.

For Catalina and VSCode the first worked for me, while the second did not!

@philmcole Thanks! I've corrected the answer :)

The 10.11+ version works on Monterey as well.

Sigh.  Yet again, Apple makes folks cope with a useless change—no aesthetic improvement and no effect on functionality.  (At least they're not as bad as Microsoft in that trait.)

Since I always update my macOS only every 5 years (it just gets uglier and uglier :D), I can hereby announce: The workaround still works in Ventura 13.1!

You're a genius !!

If you want Command+Alt+Control+arrow to also suppress the chime, use this:
"@~^\UF701" = "noop:";
"@~^\UF702" = "noop:";
"@~^\UF703" = "noop:";

(only tested in Monterey)

If you have issues with control+option+command+arrow as well, then also add these: (tested with Monterey)
    "@~^\UF701" = "noop:";
    "@~^\UF702" = "noop:";
    "@~^\UF703" = "noop:";

Don't forget to close and re-open the app that you are using to see the effects!

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How do I make symbolic links invisible in the Finder?
I use SetFile via the terminal to render files and folders invisible inside Finder windows. This does not appear to work on symbolic links: the symlink destination is made invisible, rather than the symlink itself.
I see a number of symlinks in / which are invisible in the Finder (e.g. /etc -> private/etc), so it seems to be possible. Can I duplicate this behavior?

To hide:
chflags -h hidden <symlink>

To show again:
chflags -h nohidden <symlink>

Note that the -h option was only added in Lion. I prefer using chflags, since SetFile only comes with Developer Tools.

-h      If the file is a symbolic link, change the mode of the link
itself rather than the file to which it points.

Reading fail.
-P                                # perform action on symlink instead of following it

This flag has strange indenting in SetFile -h, and I must have just ignored it assuming it was related to the -m date flag.
So,
SetFile -P -a V my_symlink

I got your flag, but it is okay to answer your own question if you find the answer yourself. Just be sure to check the other answers to make sure there isn't one better than your own. No worries.

If you use ln -s source_file target_file from a terminal you'll get e.g. /etc -> private/etc shown in the ls -la - but only shown the target_file in the folder.


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iCal and Mac Office 2011
I have a MacBook Pro user who uses Mac Office 2011 and he has been getting iCal invites from another user. When he gets them, he can't seem to respond to them (accept or decline).. the generated response seems to just sit in his outbox and never get sent.
Anyone seen this before?

do you mean the user is using Outlook 2011 for mail and not Mail.app?

Unfortunately, it is my experience that iCal and Outlook STILL do not play very nice together, although inviting from Outlook and accepting in Mail/iCal still seems to work much better than going the reverse direction.
There are some third party programs that tweak how ical sends invitations to make them more compatible
http://www.zamain.com/
But, yes this has been a known issue for years as any quick search for "ical outlook" will let you know! I thought this was supposed to be fixed once and for all with Office 2011, but I guess it has not been.

Yeah, it's too bad that they don't work well together...


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OSX update cache: does it accumulate over time?
I bought my MBP 2.5 years ago, it came with a 240 GB drive. I don't remember how much free space it hat to start with, but let's just say 200 GB.
I mostly use it for personal use (different machine at work). I don't have movies/music stored on it (all on external drive) and have some applications installed (total app folder size: 20 GB). My ~ dir is also approx 20 GB.
My drive now says 140 GB free. I can't explain the 20 GB difference. I think apple isn't removing downloaded updates after installing. Where should I look?
Another idea was mail cache folder. Where is this folder?

I suggest you download a utility that shows the size and arrangement of your files. Personally, I use DaisyDisk. It is shareware, so for your purposes, it would suffice to trial the software.
Mail attachments are stored in ~/Library/Mail Downloads/
It is unlikely that OS X is keeping packages after installation through Software Update. You should first look to your cache ~/Library/Caches/ and perhaps your sleepimage, which is located under /var/vm/sleepimage (note that the sleepimage is recreated every time the system goes to sleep. Read more about disabling it here if you are concerned with HD space).
DaisyDisk (or equivalent) will do a much better job at identifying where the "growth" has occured on your filesystem so that you may excise it than we ever could. I suggest you give it a try.

nice!! Could it be the sleep image accumulating? I never reboot/shutdown. Always use sleep mode

No. The sleep image does not steadily grow in size. The OS X sleepimage is the same size as the physical amount of RAM you have in your system. So if you have 2 GB, that's the size of the sleepimage. I suppose if you've upgraded to 8 GB, then you'd see a dramatic size increase but only in that scenario. You can read more about it here: http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/ I mentioned it because it is often not looked at when people start tabulating HD space

Grand Perspective gives you a visual overview of what is taking space on your disk.
Try it:  it's free and open-source.


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How can I prevent accidentally quitting an application?
I use Adium, but if I set a "Quit Confirmation" in the advanced preferences, it cancels log out. If I don't, it is way too easy to quit it, since it gets focused between apps sometimes.
Is there any way I can have a "Quit Confirmation" show up when I try to quit Adium, except when I am logging out or shutting down the OS?

Would it be enough to remove the command-Q shortcut for Quit?

@GEdgar If it is only for the App in question, sure.

To disable quit for all apps see here.

You can do the following to make it a little bit harder to quit Adium by accident. I think this should solve your problem.
Start by opening System Preferences > Keyboard.

Click Keyboard Shortcuts in the pillbox above.
Make sure you have Application Shortcuts selected in the left bar.
Click the + button to add a new shortcut.

Select Adium from the Application dropdown.
Type "Quit" in the menu title field.
Put your cursor in the Keyboard Shortcut field and type Command-Option-Q
Click Add

And you're done. You can close your System Preferences because the Quit command in Adium has been remapped to a less-likely-to-be-accidentally-typed shortcut.


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Internet browsing problems when the Mac is bound to a Microsoft server with Active Directory
I have set up Active Directory on my Mac and I can log in and authenticate fine to the server. When I try to browse the Internet, there is an error which says "The user could not be determined by the Single Sign-on agent". I believe the Internet is filtered through Bluecoat, so I was wondering how to browse the Internet as it's trying to request my Active Directory username but the browser is not picking it up.
I've had a look at the settings in Safari, but I just can't see anything about this.

I tried using Authoxy but I still can't browse or go to the app store. I have no problems with Active Directory as I can log in and can see all the other computers and servers.

This is something you need to ask your IT department about.

I cannot access the App store either because of this. I'm not sure how to configure the account to be able to access Internet once I log in via Active Directory.

Sounds like your proxy server requires NTLM authentication (this is a way in Windows where the logged in Windows session is used to transparently authenticate to the proxy). Authoxy supports this on OS X.


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Is it possible to run lion, ubuntu, and backtrack on my imac?
Would it be possible to do this? To run lion, ubuntu, and backtrack all on the same machine?
Or even just lion and backtrack would do the trick. If so, how would I go about doing this?

Sounds like a Question for SuperUser.com.

Possibly, but how exactly is that a programming question? :-)

of course. you need a grub bootloader and separate partitions. this isn't the forum for these types of questions though. you want to try a different forum, maybe super users xchange.

It will be easiest to run Ubuntu and Backtrack in virtual machines rather than setting up a multiple boot configuration, and you'll be able to run everything simultaneously (assuming enough RAM). You'll need a copy of Parallels or VMware Fusion (which cost money) or VirtualBox (which doesn't).

The Ubuntu MacTel Community documentation should be able to get you started. It admittedly fails to cover a "Mac OS X with multi Linux" install, but once your HD is partitioned and rEFIt is up and running, I think it should be fairly straightforward to get both distros installed (well, at least "straightforward" by Linux standards).


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Use Apple TV and iPad 2 in a car
How can I use an Apple TV with the iPad 2 where there is no internet WiFi? e.g. in a car?

It can't be done. If you want to watch media on the iPad in a car, copy the media (music, movie, TV show, photo) to the iPad via iTunes before you leave.

@Negrino is right, you cannot do this. What's stopping you from copying your movies etc onto the iPad and just using that? That's one of the main advantages of having such a beautiful portable device!

Using an AC converter, you could run a Wi-Fi router in your car and set up a network with a lightweight media host.

Neither device is capable of starting a wireless network, adhoc or otherwise.
However, you likely have a laptop with you.  You should be able to start an ad-hoc wireless network, attach both devices, then stream between the two.  You can also use a wireless router to set up a real network and attach to that.
Depending on what you're actually trying to accomplish (watching digital movies on the go, watching streaming movies on the go, playing iOS games on the car TV, etc) there is likely a better solution to the problem than an apple tv, router, and ipad.  However it can be done if that is your only option.

Yes it can be done if you Jailbreak.

Install Mywi on it and create a network.
Use a power inverter in your car to power your Appletv 2
Configure the AppleTv onto the new network you created

You now have full airplay in your car audio and video.

Welcome to Ask Different! Thanks for your answer! Can you please add a link to the software you mention in your answer? It is always helpful to add a link to help the OP to find the right software. Thank you


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How can you add your own custom video to your iPhone/iPod on start up?
I would like to be able to have an iPad2 have custom functionality. It would have a custom desktop (company logo and other icons). When the iPad2 is turned on, it would automatically start playing a pre-installed video. When the video is done play, it would go back to the custom desktop allowing the user to replay the video (via an icon) and/or click other icons to view pdf files.
I would like to be able to turn the custom functionality on and off (but this would be something only I would be able to do via a password or something similar) so that the iPad2 can be used for only this custom functionality or it can be used as a normal iPad2.
Although I know that Jail breaking is must for this but still confused that even aftaer jail breaking will it work like I want????

Very interesting question. Never thought of it... +1

This should solve your video portion:
iStartupMovie is a new jailbreak tweak, which allow to play any video of your choice before the iOS home screen is displayed.This jailbreak tweak only add a “iStartupMovie Manager” to your iDevice and doesn’t effect on your other settings.
Once you have installed iStartupMovie, a new app will be appear on your Home screen. With this app, you can enable or disable the movies (MP4/M4V). Add videos of your choice to /var/mobile/Library/Startup Movies directory using either iFile (which can be obtained from Cydia).You can move as many videos into that directory as you want, in order to select which one you actually want to be played at bootup, launch the iStartupMovie Manager app and just pick your favorite video. The change should take effect immediately. There’s no apparent length limit for the boot up video but be reasonable.
You can Download iStartupMovie from Cydia’s BigBoss repository for free. You must jailbreak your iPhone before installing this tweak. You can follow our step by step Tutorial jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on iOS 4.3.5 using (PwnageTool), or on iOS 4.3.4 or on iOS 4.3.3
Reference:
http://techflipper.com/add-custom-startup-video-to-iphone-or-ipad-jailbreak-tweak/


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Where does OSX 10.6 store user specific location data
For some reason, whenever websites try to identify my location, my MacBook Pro always gets confused and spits out a location that is not based on my current coordinates, but rather is my hometown, Cleaning browser data didn't help to solve this problem, thus I am thinking it has something to do with OS settings.
Do you know if and where OS could store my incorrect gps coordinates?

out of curiosity, do you have your address set in address book?

Your MacBook Pro does not have a GPS adapter. Geo location usually works on either looking up your IP address and nearby WiFi networks in an online database, while the latter usually gives better results. Location providers keep large databases of all WiFi networks and their location. For example, Google collects them while shooting photos for StreetView and also mobile phones collect them all the time. Looking up your location transfers a list of all networks in range to such a provider who guesses a location based on this list.
If you recently moved to another town, chances are high your own WiFi network moved with you but is still in these databases at the old location. Maybe there aren't more many more networks in range or they are unknown to the location provider. Thus, any geo location lookup returns your hometown as that is the only known spot where this WiFi network existed.
You could try to disable Airport and connect to the internet using a cable. This way the location provider only has your IP address as a fallback. At least this should give you a different result.


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Installing Python on Mac 10.5.8 64-bit
I'm working on getting Python installed on my Mac 10.5.8 and I have been having a heck of a lot of trouble.
The standard downloads at Python.org do not show a compatible version.

They have 10.3 - 10.6 for 32 bit
They have 10.6 - 10.7 for 64 bit

I tried downloading and installing the 32 bit version for 10.5, yet when launching the IDLE, it "Unexpectedly" quits.
I've been told that Python comes pre-installed on Mac OSX computers, but when running "python" in the terminal I receive this error:
william-johnsons-macbook:~ Will$ python
dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
Trace/BPT trap
william-johnsons-macbook:~ Will$

If anyone has any advice or other references not on the python.org site, I would really appreciate it.

The binaries on python.org aren't really the best way to install python on OS X. You should really be using homebrew anyway: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

@AaronGallagher can you give any reason for that? the Apple python maillist suggests the python one over packages + homebrew should end up the same as the python.org one

@user950280 - if you get that at the prompt you have a broken install - what does which python show or /usr/bin/python

It's been a long time since I had to do this for 10.5.8, but I followed these instructions:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090508090926/http://blog.captnswing.net/2009/04/19/python-mod_wsgi-64bit-mac-os-x-105/
(note that the original website is gone, hence the WayBack link)
Here's a post I made on the topic back when I was trying:
http://buffalothedestroyer.blogspot.com/2009/04/python-64-bit.html
But, do you need 64 bit python on 10.5.8?  Frankly, I don't think it's worth the pain - I'd pay a few bucks and upgrade to 10.6 or 10.7.
If it's just a problem with 32-bit python, which python are you using? (i.e., what does which python return?)

What's about python from MacPorts? it is the same as from Python.org, but for your architecture and you can manage libs more easily.


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Can I upgrade the carrier settings without the original SIM?
I have an iPhone 4 that I got from my uncle (it's a little used), but I don't have the original SIM that came with that iPhone, and I want to unlock it, can I ask the old carrier to unlock it with only the IMEI and others information that do not depend on the SIM card? Will it be able to receive a carrier settings update on iTunes?

Since you said you had to take it to the carrier, please post that as an answer. The question can still stand. Thanks.

I had to take it to the carrier, they didn't tell me if I could do this without them. That's all I know :(

Yes. Carrier settings are sent when you connect to their respective cellular service. So if you purchased an unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple, and inserted a SIM from AT&T, you would be pushed the latest carrier update. If the next day, you removed the AT&T SIM and inserted one from Bell Mobility, then you would be pushed a carrier update for that respective carrier.
The updates are based on your iOS version number and the wireless network you are connected to (of course you need the respective SIM as well). You won't receive updates should you remove the SIM (or fail to insert one), but then it becomes a moot point because you need the card to connect to a network, making a carrier update rather pointless to begin with.
When the original carrier unlocks the device, it will be able to handle any wireless network. And the new carrier you sign with, will issue you a SIM.

My situation is the following: I asked my old carrier to unlock my iPhone, I couldn't give them a phone number, I'm not sure if they can do that with only the IMEI number, instead of the original SIM, can I connect one from the same carrier and get the unlock via iTunes?

The unlock is provided by the carrier. iTunes has nothing to do with it. You'll have to call the carrier the phone was originally locked to a speak with a customer service representative. State your situation and hopefully they can unlock the device based on the UDID (Unique Device Identifier).

But as far as I know the unlock is delivered via iTunes, well, I'll talk to them, thanks anyway.

Where did you hear the unlock was sent through iTunes?

I live in Brazil, at least here it's delivered using iTunes, my dad's unlock was sent through it. Also, I found this on Google: http://gigaom.com/apple/apples-official-iphone-3g-unlock/

Been having the same problem for 4 months. I backed up and restored and it still didn't worked. I was pretty bummed out..and I really didn't want to go to a repair shop for phones cause they cost a tonnnn! So I just randomly thought that maybe something sticky got inside the button and used a pair of eyebrow tweezers (the pointy ones like this one: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31xBWTSHbiL.jpg)
and I basically just stuck it around the button maybe 3 or 4 times really well and TADA! I DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE ANYMORE!!! I'm so happy I saved money by not getting it repaired :'D


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How to clean ._AppleDouble files from unix packages?
Introduction
Here's my problem. On occasion, I create the odd deb package using dpkg-deb (e.g., dpkg-deb --build "folder" file.deb). The problem is that any file with an extended attribute, carries along an ._AppleDouble file to the package. So when the user installs the bit of software, their system is littered with ._AppleDouble files.
For example,
-rw-r--r--@  1 cksum  staff      18305  9 Sep 22:42 ScreenShot.png

would carry with it a ._ScreenShot.png file.
Current Method of Coping
Currently, I'm using the incredibly agonizing xattr command to list the extended attribute and then strip them. For example, the above would be carrying the following as shown by xattr,
com.apple.FinderInfo
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType

In this case, I would have to strip the resources one at a time, again using xattr,
xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo ScreenShot.png
xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture ScreenShot.png
xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType ScreenShot.png

This is quite arduous when you sometimes have dozens of files and has become far too much of a pain.
I'm aware of the utility BlueHarvest, but I'm not keen on paying for something I won't use all that much. Additionally, I've trialed the software and have noticed that unfortunately, it sometimes fails to remove them all. Lastly, it is more suited for the management of disks used by different operating systems than it is for local folders.
Ideal Solution
An ideal solution would be to continue using xattr (as it is the most reliable) but having the process automated. It is important that I remove the ._AppleDouble files before I package them. This, however, is not the only solution and I am certainly open to all manner of ideas. But I am hoping that I can accomplish my goal without the need to install additional programs or rely on daemons.

Use makefiles? Perhaps putting find . -type f -name ._.\* -delete in some target could help.
IIRC OS X's find has -delete. if it doesn't you can do the good 'ole fashioned -exec rm -fv {} \;.

@VxJasonxV That would work but only on the target system. I'd like to remove the AppleDouble files before I package them (I'll make that clearer in my question). Thanks for the suggestion.

@VxJasonxV - FYI find on OS X supports -delete (at least with 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, not certain about earlier versions.)

My point was to run the cleanup before you package the files.

@VxJasonxV I tried that, didn't work. I suspect the extended attributed work differently. I've read about removing resource forks with some suggesting the same procedure, but I don't think AppleDouble files are the same thing. But thank you :)

Hmm. I could swear I've done that before, but perhaps that was on a non-HFS filesystem, where the files appeared as normal files instead of resource forks.

I was curious to know if disabling named streams might work with this.
BTW — Congrats on answering your 100th question; I feel privileged to be the only person to have answered your only question ;-)

@ioi I think named streams are deprecated in Lion as they took out SMB. I could actually turn xattr and a find and delete of .DS_Store into an alias tho and just run that on anything in my "iOS app" folder. I just don't really make that many debs tho. And thanks btw :)

I need to learn proper xattr usage.
Apparently, xattr has a "clear" (-c) command that can be applied using a wildcard (*), as follows,
xattr -cr *

This results in a recursive removal of all ._AppleDouble files from the current folder on down (the -r flag does recursive, while the -c flag clears them), thus making the process a trivial one line command.
This does not however clear out the .DS_Store files. For that, you can employ the good old "find" command:
find . -type f -name .DS_Store -delete

This will find and delete any .DS_Store files from the current directory on down (recursively).
Lastly, we can bring it all together in the form of an alias that is called upon by simply typing "xat" (put the following in your .bash_profile):
alias xat='find . -type f -name .DS_Store -delete && xattr -cr *'

Now just run "xat" on any directory and it'll strip those pesky resource forks and remove those irritating .DS_Store files from anything inside of it.

Nice, I didn't know about that one. Thanks!

There is no -c flag in OSX 10.6.8, but dot_clean does work

There are many ways you can do this; Here are a couple that I've used:
dot_clean /path/folder

merges dot-underscore files with their parent files.
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/dot_clean.1.html
If you want to specifically target the .AppleDouble files you can use:
find / -name ".AppleDouble" -depth -exec rm -Rf {} \;

which will simply find them and delete them.
There are ways you can also setup the process ahead of time for SMB shares, etc. when creating dpkgs. This may or may not apply to you, so I just wanted to mention it also.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4017

Thanks ioi. I've tried dot_clean before and it never worked for me. I suspect extended attributes are different. In any case, I did find the solution :)


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Transfering iPhone4 pics to iPad2?
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I know there's many ways to transfer multiple pictures from an iPhone to an iPad,but i want to transfer them using only the iPhone and iPad, without a PC or Mac. I was wondering if there was an app that would allow me to do this on the go.
Hope you nice guys can help me,ths!

It is called iCloud and is released next Month.

The Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit allows you to transfer pictures from a camera (including an iPhone) to an iPad via USB.

If you are willing to spend the money ($30 I think) on the kit and it's convenient to carry the small adapter that comes in the "kit", then this is truly the best way to get pics/movies from iPhone to iPad. It's drop dead simple (really) and faster than any wireless solution.

you can use Dropbox to share files between your devices

This article suggests that LY MobileSoft  has developed an app that allows pictures to be shared between iOS devices.

Upload all of the pictures from the iPhone to a photo sharing service (ie. Flickr, Photobucket, Google, et al.), and then download them using the same app on the iPad.  It might be tedious, but it's possible now (instead of waiting for iCloud)

You may use PhotoSync to transfer pictures between iPhone/iPad/Mac/PC by Wi-Fi.


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Connecting camera to the iPad2
I want to connect a camera (web cam or just regular digital camera) to the iPad and download the pictures from the camera and showing it on the iPad. I need it to be live - take a picture with the camera and than download it from the camera into the iPad. any suggestions?
Is there a way to connect the camera to the iPad and connect the power supply of the iPad at the same time (the iPad should be connected to power supply all the time).
if it is not possible is there any other tablets which can make these requirements?
Thanks in advance,
Shahar.

Unfortunately, you won't get "live" because the camera needs to be put into transfer mode (or at least my Canons and Panasonic camera does, maybe not all).  The Camera Connection Kit will allow connection of a camera to the iPad.

Yes this is possible with the iPad2 see iPad Camera Connection Kit
and also with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Galaxy Tab™ Adapter (USB)

but as a developer do I have an sdk for using the camera download the picture myself and use it as a part of my app?

The Camera Connection Kit does not do "live" transfers.  They have to be initiated, after the camera is put into transfer mode.

How about buying an Eye-Fi memory card. It's memory cards with Wifi built in. With Direct Mode you should be able to transfer the pictures on the fly.
Make sure you check that the card you buy is Direct Mode compatible by studying their compare cards chart.


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How do I stop .dmgs from automatically mounting?
I'm trying to find the best means of stopping dmg files mounting in OS X 10.6.  I was shown a system where 'no mountable filesystem,' would pop up whenever a user tried to mount a dmg but I can't recall how it was achieved.  I'm currently using parental controls but it keeps getting circumvented.  Any help appreciated.

As Administrator user, remove read access from /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app (and /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app to be on the safe side) for "Everyone" (in the Get Info dialog in the Finder).

1) Rather than remove read access Disk Utility.app, use Parental Controls to prevent it from being accessed. (however it does not seem possible to restrict DiskImageMounter using Parental Controls).
2) You should to block access to:

/usr/sbin/diskutil
/usr/bin/hdid
/usr/bin/hdiutil
/usr/sbin/hdik
/sbin/mount


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VPN on OS X Lion Server
I'm trying to configure VPN on my Mac Mini Server running OS X Lion 10.7.1 with Server app.
I have a SKY D-Link ADSL router connected via ethernet is Apple AirPort Extreme and my other devices including my Mini connect to my AirPort Extreme via Wi-Fi.
I don't have a Static IP so I am using DynDNS. I have installed the DynDNS Mac application on my Mini.
I have set the hostname on my mini to the hostname provided by DynDNS and I have set my Mini a static LAN IP of 192.168.0.100.
I have turned the VPN service on the Mini's server app, set a secret key and set a range for VPN connections of 192.168.0.101 - 192.168.0.200
For testing purposes I have enabled and forwarded all ports for incoming services to 192.168.0.100 on my D-Link Sky router.
I have tried to connect my iPhone using my DynDNS host name authenticating with a network account I have created and my secret key. I get an error the L2TP-VPN server did not respond.
My internet connection is working correctly on both my network and my iPhones data plan I have checked with my ISP and they do not block VPN connections.

Once DynDNS has generated an IP, can you VPN directly to that IP? Just to rule out DynDNS as a symptom.

I'm having a similar issue as well. Only started happening after upgrading to Lion from SL. I can access the VPN from within my LAN (pointless), but it won't work with my port-forwarding setup anymore. I get the exact same error message.

I was getting the same error. In my case it turned out to be a conflict with "Back to My Mac"—specifically within my Airport Extreme. Once I removed my iCloud user account from the Airport Extreme, OS X Server's VPN started responding.
If there are any Airport Extreme/Express devices on your network, definitely remove any iCloud/MobileMe accounts using Airport Utility.
You may also have Back to My Mac turned on in System Preferences—and it's conceivable that could cause a problem as well...
I recommend (at least temporarily) checking that no user accounts have Back to My Mac enabled in the iCloud pane of System Preferences; I would verify this on every user account on every Mac on your network.
Good luck!

I suspect that the problem is that your router is not forwarding the traffic to the server.  You said you've forwarded all ports to the server, but that only applies to the TCP and UDP protocols; both VPN protocols Lion Server supports use TCP and UDP to negotiate the connection, but then switch to an alternate IP protocol (with no associated port number) for transferring the actual data.  If you use the L2TP/IPSec type of VPN connection, it needs the ESP/IP protocol forwarded at the router; if you use PPTP, it needs GRE/IP forwarded.
If the router cannot be made to forward these protocols, you will not be able to access the VPN server from the outside.  The D-Link router I have here (undoubtedly a different model, but still...) has options in Advanced -> Virtual Server to forward "IPSec" (which should include ESP, but I haven't tested it) and/or PPTP (which should include GRE).  It also has an option in Adcanced -> Firewall Settings to enable the server as a DMZ host, which should forward almost everything to it.  You may have to do a bit of experimentation to see what (if anything) works.
BTW, just to complicate things, both VPN protocols may be blocked by client-side routers that don't know how to cope with ESP and/or GRE. This makes testing difficult, since if you fail to connect you don't necessarily know if the problem is on the server or client side...  If you have a way to try connecting from just outside the router, so you know there's nothing in the way on the client's end, you'll have a much better idea what's going on.

I'm having a similar issue, but I suppose the problem is with my ISP, who filters arbitrarily undesired traffic.
The first thing I would suggest is using an IP range less common than 192.168.0.x in your LAN, because usually a VPN connects two networks having different IP classes. The IP class you are using is too common, and in many cases the remote LAN from which you're trying to connect to your VPN uses the same class (see TA25227 for private network classes).
In addition, upgrade to Lion v. 10.7.2 and explicitly assign access rights to VPN service to all the users that will be allowed to log in (using Server Admin).


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User changed to 502 on OSX
I have a small problem with my permissions. I use rsync frequently on a certain target directory, but one day I by accident I used "sudo rsync", and now all my permissions for the files in the directory have been changed to user 502. Can anyone provide me with a clue as to why this happened, and why user 502? thanks.

When you create an account on a Mac, it is 501.
The 2nd account you create is 502. And so on.
When you use rsync, it copies the files as your User ID because that's all a non-root user can do.
When you ran rsync as 'sudo' it thought you wanted to copy the user as well as the file.
You should be able to fix it with
sudo chown -R $USER /path/to/rsync'd/files/
ps - you can see your user number using the id command in Terminal.

find /Applications -iname '*.app' -user 502 -or -user root -maxdepth 1 -exec sudo chown -vR $USER:admin {} ;

It's much easier to just delete and recreate your users.
You can see which user has 501 (if any) with the id 501 command. Delete that user and keep the home directory.
Then delete your 502 user (you'll need to make a third admin account to do all this deleting). Again keep the home folder.
Go into terminal and use sudo to mv /Users/short\ (Deleted) /Users/short and then take care to add that user back using the system preference. It will change all the 502 permissions back to 501. You can then recreate the offending 501 user (if it was still around) and it will become 502.
Much easier in the long run - as long as you don't delete the home folders, you won't loose any files and the UID will match again with your primary users on both machines being 501.


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Problems sending images from my iPhone from one GMail account to another
I recently came across a problem where I used to be able to send myself a photo from one Gmail account onto another Gmail account now I keep getting message undelivered. I deleted my Gmail account on my iPhone and set it up again still the same results. My iPhone is running on iOS 4.2.1.

How large is the photo?

quite small I use to email myself 2 to 3mb before not an issue with size I tried lowering the size under 1mb still the same thing :( it's the strangest thing can't figure it out.

I assume you tried restarting your iPhone as well? How are you adding your GMail account back? Are you on 3G or on Wifi?

I tried Both 3g and Wifi still doesn't work I can receieve regular mails with no problem so I know email works fine just sending myself stuff doesn't seem to like anymore..kinda weird


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How can I assign hotkeys for pasting from the clipboard?
I am looking for a way to have some text "permanently" copied to the clipboard and assigned to a hotkey?
Any software suggestions?

If I understand your request correctly, TextExpander might be right up your alley. It allows you to assign custom abbreviations to text snippets and graphics for insertion anywhere.


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Macbook Ram Speed Question (1033 or 1333 MHZ)
I have two 4GB modules of ram for a Macbook Pro (1033MHZ).
I have a new Macbook pro that came with two 2GB modules (1333MHZ)
Would it be best if I left the 4GB faster ram in? Or would it really be noticeable if I swapped it for the 8GB of slower ram?

Depends on what you plan on doing with the machine but 9.99 times out of 10 you're better off going with more ram (8gb in this case), especially for RAM-intensive applications such as databases, virtual machines, music/video/audio/photo editing.

You won't be able to notice the difference.  I would take 8GB of 1033 over 4GB of 1333 any day and twice on Sunday.


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How to clone an entire disk with Lion (+Rescue) & Bootcamp Partitions
I have a faulty (hardware-wise) drive in my 2011 macbook pro and will probably get a replacement drive from the vendor, but I was wondering whether there is (by now) a way (tool) to clone the disk completely, including the (main) lion-, its rescue- and finally the windows7 bootcamp partition without having to completely re-install both systems?

I know this is not a fully integrated solution, but you can use the tools available on Mac OS X and on the Mac OS install DVD/FlashDrive. You will have to restore both systems separately, but it will save you from having to reinstall everything in Windows and OS X.

Note: If your drive is phisically damaged you might end up with corrupted data or being unable to clone your partitions.

There is a thread here explaining how you can save and restore your Bootcamp partition using only Disk utility and BootCamp: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=997823
It goes along the lines of (parts are just copied):

Use Disk Utility to backup your bootcamp partition to an external drive.
You can also use Disk Utility to backup your Mac OS partition if you didn't use Time Machine.
Install/Restore Mac OS to a new Hard Drive
Use Bootcamp to setup your drive for windows and to allocate the new space.
Use Disk Utility to restore your .dmg image to the new Boot Camp partition you just created. Be sure to run IMAGES --> SCAN IMAGE FOR RESTORE in Disk Utility before restoring. You may need to unmount the Boot Camp partition in Disk Utility before it begins to restore.
Use fdisk in Terminal to mark the Boot Camp partition active. First, enter the fdisk MBR edit mode by running the following:
$sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0

Ignore the error "could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory". Then, determine which partition number to mark active by running the following (in bold):
fdisk: 1> show

Your windows partition should be #3 labeled "Win95 FAT-32". Now, mark the partition active:
fdisk: 1> flag 3
Partition 3 marked active.
fdisk:*1> write
Device could not be accessed exclusively.
A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n] y
Writing MBR at offset 0.
fdisk: 1> exit

Now, reboot and hold the OPTION key and Windows should be listed as a bootable option."

Thanks! However my Windows 7 installation is on a NTFS drive.. does this (making a .dm image) work for ntfs ones, too?

For me, it didn't work with NTFS. Sorry.


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How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar?
I have this icon (which I never use) in my menu bar:

What is this icon for and how can I get rid of it?

If you click on it, you probably get a menu that tells you what it belongs to.

Looking at the position, it seems to be an app from Apple.
Press Command and drag & drop it out of the menu bar.

I didn't knew about this, it's awesome!

This works only for Mac OS features. Icons by third party vendors don't support this.

True. Some might, but they would be using private API. All the others (and probably all from the Mac App Store) can't.

That's not true. Spotlight is an OS X feature and you cannot move it, while iStat Menu is third party and you can drag it. Additionally the position in the menubar does not have anything to do with the feature being stock.

@bot47 Like I said, apps that use private APIs can act as if they are stock apps (that can be drag & dropped and can be placed wherever they want). iStat is probably the most famous of those apps. There's a downside to it, Apple can change those APIs whenever they want, so you can't be sure it'll always work. Spotlight is not a menu icon like the wifi or sound one, so it's normal it's not behaving the same way.


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What would be the best way to use iCloud to upload photos to Facebook/Google+?
I'd like to use iCloud in a manner similar to what Android users get with Google+. I'd like to take a picture with my iPhone, and have it automatically uploaded to (and thus permanently stored on) either Facebook or Google+ without having to do anything about it.
At present, it seems to me that the way to do this would be to sync my iPhone and a server with iCloud, and have some service (one that I'll write if I have to or one that is hopefully available or planned) running on the server that monitors the photo directory for new photos, and then uploads them via a Facebook or Google API.
Does this sound like the simplest way to get the sort of snap and forget photo functionality that I desire?

iCloud does not have any features that connect it to Facebook and Google+. From the sounds of it, any answer to this question would be speculative at best. Will Apple decide to add such a feature to iCloud? I highly doubt it, but my point is that this type of question cannot be answered as a fact. You mention that perhaps you can write such a service? If so, then this question belongs in StackOverflow--assuming it is reworded as a question that says something along the lines of "How can I create a service that will sync an iCloud Photo Stream with Google+ or Facebook?".

That won't be possible. iCloud is not a sharing/hosting service (at least concerning photos). It is a syncing service. And photos aren't stored for more than 30 days.
And only Apple devices can connect to the iCloud service/servers. There is no general API.
To get what you want, you'd have to write an app that does this and miss out iCloud completely.

There's actually a free service specifically for this kind of thing, it's called If This Then That (ifttt.com). You can configure all different types of cloud and other services with it, and then use pre-configured "recipes" or create our own. You can create all kinds of cool automated actions with it that will save you lots of time. I personally have it back up all my iOS photos to Dropbox and also copy them to my Flickr page but you can easily set it up to post to a Facebook album instead (I use it the other way, I have it copy any photos I'm tagged in to my iCloud photos). I also have it copy a link to my FB posts to my Twitter feed, and use it with my Amazon Echo to turn on lights, etc.


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Will I lose my game saves when I upgrade to iOS 5?
I have heard that if I update my iPhone to iOS5 it will take all of the apps off of my phone and I will have to manually put them back on. Does that mean I will lose any savegames or game progress in the games I have on my iPhone?

This is actually a bug that some people have experienced. Even if this thing happens, you can restore your iphone from a previous backup and have everything as before.

That would put the apps back on, I agree, but would it affect the saves? (I have no idea how they are stored, which is why I am concerned.)

The backup includes all apps along their data/saves/settings.

The short answer to your question is no. You will not lose your games. However, you must know how to save them and how to bring them back after upgrading to iOS 5. A friend of mine with an iPod Touch had the same concerns about his saved Angry Birds data. I walked him thru upgrading to iOS 5 and this is how we did it:

Using iTunes and an USB cable, we backed up the iPod Touch. Make sure you are running the latest version of iTunes (10.5 as of this writing).
We upgraded to iOS 5 from the Summary tab for his device.
Once iOS 5 starts, on the initial setup screens (in the iPod Touch itself), we told the iPod Touch to restore from a backup in iTunes.
We continued the rest of the set up as normal. We used his Apple ID to create an iCloud account. I highly recommend using iCloud.
Once you're done with the initial setup, you can go to your device in iTunes and check on "Use Wi-Fi syncing for this device". You can detach the USB cable for good--This is one of my favorite features of iOS 5.
In the iPod Touch, we went to Settings > iCloud > Backup and Storage to tell iCloud to backup this device. You can then manually trigger your first backup from that screen.
Once backup is completed, your device will show up on this same screen as backed up. You can tap on its name to go to another screen where you can individually set which apps you want to keep in and out of your iCloud backup. This is very handy when deciding how to use your iCloud storage space. Most apps take very little space on the server, but there may be some apps that not, so it is worth to take a peek. This screen tells you exactly how much each app is using. Make sure to add all of your games that have data that you wish to back up.

Next time you need to restore your device, iCloud will restore all of your saved games this way over the air, rather than having to restore from iTunes with a USB cable. Hope this helps.

This is way more than what she asked, and I think confuses the answer of "no". I understand that we want to be "over the top" with answers, but this answer is more about how to set up iCloud and WiFi syncing than it is actually answering the question itself.

Yes, you can upgrade your iPod and have your game data saved.  The caveat is (at least with the below solution), you must have an operating system current enough to backup via iCloud on both your old and new iPods.
Solution We Used
My son unfortunately bought an 8GB iPod that quickly became useless so we upgraded eventually to a 32GB.  Both iPods have a current operating system (OS) with iCloud backup ability.  The first step is to backup the "old" iPod to iCloud (Settings, iCloud, Storage & Backup, iCloud Backup to "on" and then backup).  Then take the new iPod and start walking through the intro menus until you eventually have the choice to restore from iCloud backup.  Choose that option.  As you should be using your same Apple ID as the "old" iPod it should find the last backup you did from that "old" iPod.  Use that to restore.  It will restore all of the general data first and then proceed to reload all of the games.  When the games load, they should have your game progress saved as well (did for us anyway).
NOTE: If you had made previous unsuccessful attempts to restore onto the new iPod, before using iCloud simply erase the new iPod and start over (Settings, General, Reset, "Erase All Content and Settings").
iTunes Limited in Success
We tried a number of methods before this using iTunes and only some game progress transferred to the new iPod (basically those that save data via the internet like Clash of the Clans).  But other games like Subway Surfer, etc. wouldn't save progress.  Using the iCloud backup method worked and was fairly simple to do.  As far as the other jail breaking efforts and finding specific game files, etc. (the Angry Birds post) we didn't have to do any of that (but may be necessary if "old" iPod does not have iCloud backup ability).  You would think an iTunes restore and backup should be at least as effective as an iCloud backup, but apparently not.
Good luck.  Hope this helps.

I just upgraded to iOS5 last night and all of my apps, with their data, along with all my music, photos, videos, and the like were all restored. I will say that the content restoration process is a choice automatically presented to you that can opt out of. The process takes a while—I have a very full 32GB iPhone—and the whole process took a few hours including the time backing up and restoring. Just pay careful attention to all of the dialog windows presented and you should be up and running in no time.
There is, however, a backend feature change for the OS that developers need to manage that might affect your data. The caches where apps can store temporary data will get cleaned automatically upon a lack of space on the iPhone. A lot of apps store their data in caches as opposed to Documents, but not all of them. If an app developer uses the cache folder and doesn't do something about this automatic cache cleaning on the part of the OS, then, yes, there is a possibility that you will lose your data like game saves. But, just to make very clear, it all depends on how the app was programmed by the developer. There is nothing about the cleaning the developer can do, but you can by making sure you don't completely fill up your device.
You can read about this cache-cleaning issue in detail here: http://www.marco.org/2011/10/13/ios5-caches-cleaning


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Is otool available in a stock OS X installation with no Xcode?
Is /usr/bin/otool available in a stock OS X installation where Xcode hasn’t been installed?

No, it's part of the CLI Developer Tools package in the XCode download:
andy:/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages$ pkgutil  --payload-files DeveloperToolsCLI.pkg |grep otool
./usr/bin/otool
./usr/share/man/man1/otool.1

It seems that /usr/bin/otool later became part of macOS, because when I invoke pkgutil --file-info /usr/bin/otool, it prints pkgid: com.apple.pkg.Essentials, among other information.


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iCloud and Document & Data Syncing
Does anyone know if iCloud backs up ALL of your files (including files outside of the Documents folder AND even the stuff outside of your user directory /Users/USERNAME) or only the ones inside of the Documents folder (So Downloads, Movies, Music , Desktop and Library are out of the question).
If it backs up everything then does anyone know how to configure it to only backup your Documents folder?

iCloud does not backup all of your data. It's more a replacement of iWork.com sharing in previous (or current?) versions of iWork. It only works with applications that specifically support iCloud:

If you have the same iCloud-enabled apps on more than one device, iCloud automatically keeps your documents up to date across all your devices. So you don’t have to.

If you visit http://icloud.com and click the ? link, you'll be sent to the help site, which states:

Documents in the Cloud overview
iCloud keeps your documents up to date across all your iOS devices and on icloud.com. Every time you edit a Keynote, Pages, or Numbers document on your iOS device, your changes are automatically available on your other iOS devices set up with iCloud and on the web at icloud.com.

This also explains why the iCloud site does not show a generic documents section in the overview, only iWork. Of course, developers are free to support iCloud in their own applications.

The supported file types are listed here:

You can also drag and drop a new iWork ‘09 (Keynote, Pages, and Numbers) or Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel) document from your computer to icloud.com, and then access the document from Keynote, Pages, or Numbers on your iOS device set up with iCloud. Supported file types include Keynote ‘09, Pages ‘09, Numbers ‘09, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, .txt, and .csv.

+1 Good answer. The most confusing thing about iCloud (and it took me a while to get it, myself, after the service was announced) seems to be that it is app-centric instead of document-centric. Perhaps alongside "RAID Is Not Backup" a useful slogan would be "iCloud Is Not Dropbox". :)

Another thought: when third-party apps do start to support iCloud, I wonder what kind of treatment they'll get in the web interface shown above...

@djacobson I wondered that too when I was researching my answer. Adding an item per application would be consistent with the current presentation, but would clutter it up somewhat. Let's just wait and see.

I highly suspect we will eventually get a Mac UI to manage iCloud documents. I'm insanely curious though to see what it will be.

Well, I suspect the Mac App Store "app" is basically a web view similar to the iTunes store, so... the Mac UI would probably look a lot like the above. :)


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How can I fix an iPhone 2G that is stuck on the connect to iTunes screen?
I have an old iPhone 2G (first generation) that I plan on using basically as an iPod touch (not using the phone portion).  I no longer have the AT&T service on that phone.  I installed an update to the firmware (stupidly) this morning because iTunes prompted me too... and now the phone seems to basically be bricked.  Upon completing the firmware update I was stuck at the "connect to iTunes/emergency" screen.
For the past 10 hours, I have tried to restore, I have booted into DFU mode. I have even resorted to attempted jailbreaks, all to no avail.  No matter what I do, I still get that "connect to iTunes/emergency" screen, and while the "iPhone" displays under Devices in iTunes, the iTunes page simply says "iPhone". There is no Summary Page, no iPhone section, no version section, no backup section, etc.
I installed iTunes 10.5 and I am pretty sure the firmware for the 2G phone is 1.1.3 (although I had attempted to roll it back).
Does anyone have any ideas on why this is happening and what can be done to get this iPhone back up and running?

You need to "activate" your phone. Try this guide: http://www.ilikemyiphone.com/2010/02/10/jailbreak-activate-and-unlock-original-iphone-2g-3-1-3-firmware-using-redsn0w-windowsmac/

Jailbreaking is the easiest way to kill the activation process, fortunately for you the 2G is cracked on such a low level is a one shot process there's a guide up on iClarified how to do it.
After that you should go have a look at which is a jailbroken firmware with a lot of the features that the iPhone 2G ended up missing out on.

Your phone is restored and updated to new firmware, to activate the phone you need to have AT&T service.
Plan B: Jailbreak it with Cydia. It will unlock your phone and you can use it with other service providers. There are many videos on youtube to guide you.

Unlocking your phone requires Utrasnow. Cydia is just an alternative installer and has nothing to do with it. Moreover unlocking a phone is a completely separate process to that of jail breaking.

Cydia doesn't work on iPhones below the 3GS.

Is that a recent change? I used it with my iPhone 3G years ago.


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MacBook detects a 4GB DIMM as a 1GB DIMM?
I upgraded the memory on my MacBook (unibody, Core 2 Duo 2GHz).
I followed the instructions here and bought a single 4GB DDR3-1066MHz SODIMM.
After installing it, the MacBook only detects 1GB:
BANK 0/DIMM1:

Size:   1 GB
Type:   DDR3
Speed:  1067 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer:   0x80AD
Part Number:    0x484D54313132533641465236432D47372020
Serial Number:  0x102E0000

Did I interpret the specs wrong? Should I have gone with 2+2 instead?
This points in that direction: "two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB".
Anyone got any experience?

You will want to check your exact model - mid 2010 for the exact RAM specifications. Do see if the seller can help you as you may need to get into the details of what exact flavor of DDR3-1066 RAM they sold you. Just like there are many grades of unleaded gas - RAM is more complicated than the bus speed and interface. You'll also want them to check the correct part was delivered.

Why are you trying to put in a 4GB module when the Late 08 MacBooks only supports 2GB x 2GB? Review this article  http://support.apple.com/kb/SP500

@Slick, if he indeed has a MacBook 5,1, he can safely install and use up to 8GB RAM. http://goo.gl/ILAP

You have a late 2008 MacBook Unibody (aluminum) aka MacBook5,1?
Your second link is pointing to an article about a different model.
According to Apple your computer supports up to 4GB ram (total), but people are running successfully up to 8GB.
Reputable RAM vendor such as OWC offers 8GB kit for your MacBook, however you should upgrade your EFI (quote from OWC):

How to you ensure your MacBook/MacBook Pro can address 8GB of RAM
Check the Boot ROM Version in your System Profiler at this link:
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237
MacBook Pros with a Model ID of MacBookPro5,1 should have a Boot ROM Version of MBP51.007E.B05.
MacBooks with a Model ID of MacBook5,1 should have a Boot ROM version of MB51.007D.B03
Machines with other Model IDs are not affected and don't need an update.
  If your Boot ROM version does not match the numbers above, download the appropriate
  For MacBook Pros (MacBookPro5,1)
  MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.8 (Apple.com Download)
  For MacBooks (MacBook5,1)
  MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 (Apple.com Download)
  Once you have ensured that the Boot ROM is the correct version,
  make sure your Operating System is updated to Mac OS X v10.6.6.
  You must be running Snow Leopard to address 8GB on these systems.

Once you upgrade your EFI, you should be fine.

You must identify your exact Model Identifier number to determine what RAM you need. The physical description and processor speed are not definitive identificaton.
Run the System Information application under "About This Mac" in the Apple menu.
The first thing you see is the Hardware Overview. Under that you see "Model Name" and "Model Identifier". In my example, I have a MacBookPro3,1.

Based on this information, look up the charts at Other World Computing and you can find the exact specifications of the RAM that you need.
And, as noted by another answer, you shoud check to see if there are any firmware updates for your Mac that you need to carefully install according to Apple's instructions before you upgrade the RAM. You must also be running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or higher.

The RAM you bought may have some problems...
First of all, I'll try to put it on the other slot (inverting if the slot if already taken).
This way, you'll know if the problem is with the slot or with the RAM itself.


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Does downgrading Lion to Snow Leopard also downgrade firmware?
Ever since I installed Lion I've had problems with wifi. Connections would drop, and once wifi was turned off it wouldn't turn back on. Now, I can't use it at all - it says "No hardware installed."
The same problem also exists in Windows on my Boot Camp partition, so I think it's a firmware or hardware issue. I'd like to fix it by downgrading to Snow Leopard, but would this also downgrade the wifi firmware?

Did you consider a hardware failure already?

No. Firmware is outside the scope of traditional OS updates (e.g., 10.7.2). On Macs, there is actually no way to revert a firmware update (even if you download a prior revision).


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What happens to application data when I update vs uninstall an iOS app?
When I update my apps on iOS the configuration for the apps are always maintained, including passwords. I am wondering someone knows if the data is kept when I (as end-user) uninstall apps as well.
The questions here are:

Is the Update on iOS actually is an uninstall and then install or really a different operation than uninstall?
Is there a real uninstall or is it simply a delete?

Given that the app provider is not capable to distinguish between end-user uninstall and update, how is the configuration data expected to be secured?

It's a delete and re-install. A new copy is downloaded from the AppStore, and the actual application file is deleted off the device, and then re-copied. It's the same operation as when you uninstall, just with an immediate install.
The data for the application is kept separately, and when you choose to delete an application via the springboard, it will prompt you to delete the data associated with the application.
When updating, it is assumed that you want to keep this data, and it is also part of the backup that is made when the device is backed up.

User data is kept in very specific areas on iOS apps, and there are further areas (cache and tmp) where data can be stored temporarily which can be recreated on the fly (or by redownload) if required.  Until iOS5 an update via the App Store would be a full reinstall, effectively, but preserving the user data area so that your updated Angry Birds would retain your high scores etc.  Delete the app, however, and you delete these user areas as well, as they are unable to exist outside of the app (they are sandboxed, and not available via a filesystem like mechanism etc.
To secure these areas, backup via iTunes.  The App (or the latest binary version of it) is stored as well as the user data.  It's possible to download an app, create some data, back it up, remove teh app & data, then update the app from within iTunes without installing it on your phone, and then add the app back into your sync list, at which point it will push over the new binary and repopulate teh user areas with your saved data.
I believe from iOS 5onwards a "delta" upgrade is possible, whereby rather than reinstall the whole app over the top (retaining user data) you only download the bits that have changed, but I cannot find the exact details right now.  Certainly future OS updates will happen in this way, and I am sure it was coming if it has not already come to app store downloads, both on the Mac and iOS app stores.

According to the Development docs Delta updates are only available for the OS, similar to OSX. I actually don't foresee them introducing this for Apps in the stores easily, since creating these patches for every version back is quite hard. Doing it for a single app is easy but Apple actually offers both options. The requirements for delta updates to work is quite high and can be hard to maintain long term. It will require some work from developers to offer this, and they will need to offer a full non delta update as well.

Cheers for the clarification.


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iPhone Medical app that retains information through an upgrade
Is there a medical application for the iphone where you do not lose all info entered when getting an upgraded iphone?  I did not realize I would lose all the information I entered.

Please add more detail.  What do you mean by "getting an upgraded phone"?  And what does the medical application need to achieve?

If you buy a newer model iPhone or upgrade to a newer operating system, you shouldn't lose this data.  Something's gone wrong during the upgrade.  If you restore from a backup from before the upgrade, you should get your data back.

Most iOS apps will transfer data to a new iOS device if the old device with the app data is Sync'd and backed-up to iTunes on a Mac or PC, and the new device is then restored from the backup of that old device on the same Mac or PC.
You might want to make a backup of your iTunes backups to be more safe.
If you don't want to restore from backup, but set up a device as new (blank), the you may need to find a medical web app where your info is stored online somewhere.
In the future, there may be some iCloud enabled apps (assuming they can somehow meet HIPPA requirements with your private medical info).

This answers your question, but the question is extremly unclear:
https://www.quentiq.com/content/