Remote Login via Finder: Choose user account without entering password I'm using a Mac mini as an HTPC with two user accounts: one standard account and one admin account to manage the Mac. I'd like to have screensharing access to both, so I enabled it (and also File Sharing) for both accounts.

When I select the Mini in the Finder sidebar, it prompts me for the login credentials. I don't want to enter them each time though. I checked the box to save the credentials in the Key Chain and did the same for the other account. I can see both items in the Key Chain, but when I connect to the Mini again, it always logs me in with the credentials I saved first.

Is there a way to configure it to allow me to simply choose one of the accounts?

I accomplish this in Safari:

vnc://username:password@server

If I then create a bookmark, whenever I execute it, it will open up without prompting me for the password. For the sake of convenience, I save the bookmark to the desktop.

EDIT: Additionally, you can copy the bookmark to a location (such as the desktop), and change the file extension to .vncloc to open Screen Sharing directly.


Apple Sudden Motion Sensor and Hard Drive Upgrade I'm looking to upgrade a notebook hard drive and wanted to use the Hitachi Travelstar 5K750. Will it work with the Apple Sudden Motion Sensor? Do I have any way of identifying drives that will play nice with this technology? I've heard of problems in the past, should I be concerned?

I'm running a Macbook Pro 13" (2009). Thanks!

As long as the drive doesn't have a sensor itself, there will be no problem.

If the drive has an acelerometer for detecting movement, them you must disable Apple's Sudden Motion Sensor, as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1934


Would Upgrading to 16GB RAM be Beneficial? I'm running on an i3 processor, 2010 model, 3.06 GHz.

I'm currently have 4GB of RAM, but if I were to upgrade to 16GB, would:

Applications open quicker?
FPS increase in game?
Overall performance increase?

Thanks for your help.

Looking at your memory usage you don't need more RAM.

To answer your questions:

Apps may open faster if you are running lots of heavy duty apps, like Photoshop, Xcode, etc…
I doubt you'd see much of an increase in the FPS in games. That depends on the video card and how well the game is written.
Overall performance increase would probably be minimal. The biggest bottleneck is if you are running off a spinning disk, upgrading to an SSD would probably be the biggest performance gain, depending on what you use your computer for.


Is there a way to turn on indicator that a directory item is a shell script in Terminal? When I do an ls of a directory and a shell script is listed as a directory item, is there a way I can have a visual indication that it is a shell script ?

For example:

From /opt/local/bin
ls -l

Displays port from MacPorts as an ordinary item:

port

Can I have color coding, bold or some other way to see this ?  I know I can use file to check if it's a script, executable, etc., but that's an extra command I have to issue and is no better than trying to run port and then getting an error and typing ./port.

Thanks!

Scott

Try typing ls -G in terminal, you should see colored listings by file type.  If the scripts aren't being shown in a different color, this means that they are not marked as executable, so you will need to type sudo chmod +x <filename> to make them so.  Then they should appear in a different color as opposed to directorys etc.

If you prefer not to always type ls -G then you can put the following command in your .bashrc file in your home directory  alias "ls"="ls -G"  Then restart terminal and you should see colored output whenever you just type ls


Can I use the Lightning to Micro USB Adapter and connect a keyboard? Can I use Apple's Lightning to Micro USB Adapter with the iPod touch 5th generation to connect a Micro USB keyboard?

No, the Lightning to Micro USB adapter will only allow you to use micro USB cables to charge and synch your device.


Can OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard be installed on a 2007 MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Ok so i have a 2007 MacBook2,1 - 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - OS X 10.5.8 - Memory 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.

I can't currently sync my iphone 4s (IOS 7.1.1) or ipad (IOS 8.2) because i can't upgrade to itunes 11 which i need IOS 10.6.8.

with my macbook can i upgrade to snow leopard 10.6 then to 10.6.8 ??

thanks

I am running SNL 10.6.8 on a similar 2007 MBP, a little faster than yours (2.6 GHZ).  Original OS was Tiger.  I had initially upgraded to Lion but found it wouldn't run Final Cut Express 4.0 reliably.

Good luck!


Why can't I update iMovie? I tried to update iMovie and got the following error.

Update Unavailable with This Apple ID
This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

It is true that I have not purchased it, indeed I don't think I have ever used it. It came with my MacBook Pro when I bought it in 2011. I mainly decided to install to stop the App Store from nagging me about it.
EDIT
After a number of calls to Apple Support, and a solution which didn't work I was given a redemption code to install the new version.

If you're running a system prior to OS X 10.9, you might consider updating it. Upgrading Apple's iApps from the 2011 versions to the 2013 versions requires either Mavericks (for version 10.0.5) or Yosemite (v10.0.6). The boilerplate message from the App Store has misled a good number of people.

If, on the other hand, you are using 10.9 or 10.10, first check the "Purchases" page of the App Store (Fourth icon across on the top of the toolbar) to see if the iApps are available for download. These versions replace--not upgrade--pre-installed iApps with bundles which tie them to a combination of your Apple ID and your computer's hardware ID.

If such isn't the case, contact Apple Support for Mac Apps, and explain your situation. You are entitled to an upgrade.


Temporary jailbreak of iPhone 4 for purposes of deleting a dictionary I need to temporarily jailbreak my iPhone 4 to fix Apple's iOS 6 bug making it impossible to access Japanese-to-English dictionary.

All I need and want to do is delete Japanese-to-Japanese dictionary.

Is it possible to tethered jailbreak iPhone 4 temporarily, delete the relevant folder, and merrily continue using the device in a non-jailbroken fashion?

Unjailbreaking a device without restoring it is currently impossible.

If you don't mind using a jailbroken device until it's fixed, you could jailbreak normally, then when Apple releases the fix, just backup with iTunes, restore to the latest iOS, and then restore the backup.


Why does my iPhone 4S think I'm in Chicago? I live in East TN but when I change my time settings to automatic, it says I'm in Chicago.  I have to manually set it to Atlanta so that I don't get the Central time zone.

Before, it used to use Houston. So all I my google business searches would default to Houston.

Is there any way I can convince this phone I live in Hixson, TN?

The iPhone (like pretty much all cell phones that support this feature) gets its timezone information from the carrier. Unfortunately many carriers send out the wrong timezone information and there's very little you can do about it other than switch off the Set Automatically option in the Date & Time settings.


Update from iOS 6 to 7, but not to iOS 8? So...I'm still on iOS 6.1. I know, I know, pretty much nobody has iOS 6 now if they can help it.
Well, I've recently freed up enough space on my iphone 5 to update to iOS 7, but I don't want the iOS 8, and I can't seem to get past that on the software update. Is there anyway I can get the 7 without having to get the 8 at all? Someone once suggested force update by computer, but I'm not sure how that works. Does anyone know, or am I stuck with iOS 6?

As I had mentioned in my comment, Apple is no longer signing iOS 7 which means you can either update to iOS 8 or stay on iOS 6. Usually after an iOS update release, the previous iOS version is supported for a little while and then the signing stops. Right now, Apple signs iOS 8.1.

If you want to know what firmwares are being signed by Apple, there is a neat little website which is updated with the information - http://api.ineal.me/tss/status


Macbook Air 1,1 power consumption I have the original MBA, and I have extremely high power consumption - see the screenshot (screenshot got while TextEdit only was running)

Is is normal for original MBA?

That is on the high site with 1400.

My MBA-13 consumes 1100 without TextEdit and 1200 with.

I do have Chrome and Friefox ect. running.

You might have some background stuff running, so check your Activity monitor and see who is using CPU.

Disable your network or wifi.


Delete book from iBooks Mac when I delete it from iOS I sync "All books" from my iOS device (an iPod Touch) and my Mac, in iBooks.

When I delete a book in iOS, it is NOT deleted on my Mac. Instead, in iTunes, the setting changes from sync "All books" to sync "Selected books", with the deleted books unselected.

Instead, I want to keep it to "All books", and delete books I delete on my iOS device to also delete on my Mac.

Is this possible, and if so, how can I do it?

Unfortunately that's not possible. iCloud will auto-download books to Mac-any book you buy on your iPod will pop up on your Mac, and vice-versa. But no, you can't auto-delete books on Mac every time you do so on iPod.

However, you can hide your iCloud-stored titles from appearing on the iBooks shelf.

Select the "All Books" drop-down.

Swipe the "Hide iCloud Books" thing.

You'll end up with this. The shelf's empty because I haven't downloaded any book yet. Redo steps 1 and 2 to make it reappear.

On the Mac, go to iBooks' settings to do the same.


Stolen Macbook Has a New Name My macbook was stolen a few weeks ago. When I go to icloud it now has a new name for the device. It alerted me that a sound was played, but there's no address.

Any ideas on what happened? Why did the cloud register the changed name without getting me a location?

Thanks!

The Find My Mac does not provide a location when used with Ethernet. I tried using Ethernet, it said that my current location is not available, but when I used Wi-Fi, it has a location. So, the MacBook is connected to Ethernet, I guess.


How to selectively route traffic for one specified IP adddress through the VPN tunnel (not all traffic)? Goal: To selectively route traffic over a VPN, so that general browsing/downloads goes via the normal primary connection, with my business VPN traffic going over the VPN.

I have tried a similar method mentioned here, but no matter how I changed the details it didn't work.

The VPN works, I can connect and route all traffic over it, so that is not the issue.

Home IP: 192.168.34.X

IP from VPN: 192.168.1.X

IP's (via VPN) trying to access in the internal network: 10.4.X.X, 196.220.X.X

How to selectively route traffic for one specified IP adddress through the VPN tunnel (not all traffic)?

Step 1, create two plain text files named ip-up and ip-down in /etc/ppp and make the two files executable:

$ sudo touch /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}

Step 2, modify the file ip-up, add the following:

#!/bin/sh
export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"

OLDGW=`netstat -nr | grep '^default' | grep -v 'ppp' | sed 's/default *\([0-9\.]*\) .*/\1/'`

if [ ! -e /tmp/pptp_oldgw ]; then
    echo "${OLDGW}" > /tmp/pptp_oldgw
fi

dscacheutil -flushcache
route add 10.4.0.0/24 "${OLDGW}"

Step 3, modify the ip-down, add the following:

#!/bin/sh
export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"

if [ ! -e /tmp/pptp_oldgw ]; then
        exit 0
fi

ODLGW=`cat /tmp/pptp_oldgw`

route delete 10.4.0.0/24 "${OLDGW}"
rm /tmp/pptp_oldgw


Is there a way to show the calendar on iPhone lock screen? I used to be a Windows Phone user and I loved the way the calendar (a today's agenda) is shown on the lock screen. So I was wondering if there's a way to see a days's events on the iPhone lock screen. It happens that I feel I am out of sync with day's events without having it on my lock screen.

Swipe down the screen from the top, it will show events you have set to show at the lock-screen.

You can decide what to show in Settings > Notifications
& whether to allow it at all in Settings > TouchID & Passcode


unable to cancel the notification of wireless network I'm using I-phone 6s, today i suddenly found a notification box showing "select a wireless network" when i reached my office. I can't see any networks and at the bottom there is CANCEL option but its not cancelling. please help me out in cancelling it as iam not able to do anything(including switch off or attending calls) thanks.

Force restart the device by pressing and holding the home button  and the sleep/wake button until the screen is black, then let go. When the phone restarts, open settings and go to the Wi-Fi one and disable "Ask to Join Networks".


Why iPad Music app says "No Content" and I cannot download music to it Firstly, I have been using iPad for a few days and this things may be very nooby for you. But funny, I cannot find similar info on Apple forum.

Namely, look at this image. This is how my Music app looks like when I open it.

I was offered to download iTunes U app, which I did, but I cannot seem to find music in it, only video lectures. Next I tried going to AppStore app to Music section, but there I found only apps.

Is this app maybe limited to some countries so I cannot use it? If not, what noobish mistake I have been doing?

EDIT

There is iTunes Store app on my iPad but it looks weird. all I have is a link to use iTunes U. Check it

I searched for the term "music" but it lists podcasts from iTunes U app only.

The iTunes Store is separate from the App Store - it should have its own icon

this is from an iPhone but they should look similar…

As you discovered, iTunesU is for education - see https://www.apple.com/education/ipad/itunes-u/


Printing from a remote windows computer on a printer connected to a MacBook Air We have a consultant who has a MacBook Air. He connects that to one of our printers via USB. The Mac recognizes the printer and we can print from his documents etc. He then remotes to his office computer which is a Windows PC. He needs to print stuff from his office computer on the printer that is connected to his Mac. The documents will not print. We can't get the remote computer to recognize the printer that is connected to the Mac. (It actually did work for a while, I have no idea how we got it working, but now that it has stopped again, he is getting mad at us for not being able to get it to work.) I have spent hours on his Mac, trying to get the printing working and can't.

Go to System Preferences on the mac, click on the sharing icon under Internet and Wireless. Highlight Printer Sharing and select the printer from the Printers: check box. Make sure Users "Everyone" is set to "Can Print"

You should be able to see the share from the other computer.


MacBook Pro running slow, freezing? The Background:

I am a web developer & graphic designer, both professionally and as a student. This means that in a typical day, I have at least 2 Adobe Creative Suite apps open (Illustrator and Photoshop, usually also with XD and/or InDesign), Brackets, Terminal with my SASS Compiler and LocalHost running, and Chrome in a couple windows, one window running whatever website I'm working on and the corresponding Stack Overflow questions, and one window with my school work (and more Stack Overflow). This is, undeniably, a heavy load.

I have a Late 2013 MacBook Pro. Here are my specs:

I also have CleanMyMac3, aka my Best Friend™.

The Problem:

This thing is constantly freezing. I mean, it's bad. The other night, I was trying to clean/organize my files, and every. time. I'd try to change the Finder window to a new folder, I'd be waiting with the spinning circle of death for a minute or two. This particular time, I also wasn't on a heavy workload. I had Chrome, Brackets, and the usual Outlook and Messages open. Checked CleanMyMac: once it loaded (a few minutes later), I had a little under 300MB of RAM. Looked on Activity Monitor, my CPU was running at 90% capacity (idle between 10% and 15%). Remember, I had a moderate to light workload on it.
To fix it, usually I can just restart. This has been happening for months now: randomly, my computer would freeze and go into this mega-slow state, but restarting and cleaning up my startup disk fixed it for a month or two. Within the past month, however, it's been getting so much worse: freezing more and more often, and living for shorter and shorter amounts of time after the restart and clean. Today, I've restarted twice because of it freezing. I'm ready to throw this laptop out of the window.

What I've tried so far:

I've looked everywhere, and here's what I've found:

Restart the laptop: this fixes it for a little while, not permanent
Clean the hard drive: also a temporary fix
Check Activity Monitor:
nothing threw a red flag at me -- Brackets Helper and Chrome were
both up there on the list, but other than that Finder and Kernal
were the only two others (and expected ones) -- I was only set off
by the low amounts of CPU and RAM I have
Reset NVRAM (command + option + p + r on boot): did nothing
Reset SMC (command + option + shift on boot): did nothing
Check hard drive with SMART Utility:
passed, but everything was listed as either "old-age" or "pre-fail"

Please keep in mind that I have to put this heavy of a workload on my laptop. It's what I do. I cannot just stop running these "heavy applications" (as many other websites have suggested). I'm of course having some other troubles, that come with age (I bought this back in mid-2014): Bluetooth barely works (a problem many MacBook users have, as I've found), the hard drive is too small, it's running a little hot, there aren't any USB-C ports, and it's overall taken quite the beating and is falling behind. Is there anything I can do to try and save my poor MacBook, or is it time to retire and find something new? I'm looking to upgrade, anyways, as I know my workload is growing too much for my poor baby. I just want to try and milk this guy out as long as he'll last.

--UPDATE--
I've also downloaded some system monitoring software, and it's telling me that my CPU Proximity sensor is running around 140 degrees.

That's definitely a big load but it doesn't sound seem like it's too much for those specs.  It's tough to troubleshoot something like this with a single answer but my guess is that there's an issue with your SSD.

Here's my reasoning:

Temporarily fixed up on Restart.
Temporarily fixed when startup disk is cleaned.
You're running with only 10.7% free space.

Possible solutions:

Verify that TRIM is running for your SDD. It should be if it's a stock drive but if it was updated, it probably isn't running.

In a terminal:

system_profiler SPSerialATADataType | grep 'TRIM'

Looking for "TRIM Support: Yes" but if it's no, the free version of Trim Enabler can do this:  https://cindori.org/trimenabler/

Try running the built-in maintenance scripts.  These should be running on a schedule already but you can manually run them in a terminal.

sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

These do various tasks with a frequency indicated by their name.  You can learn more about what they do here.
 http://thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html#Anchor-The-11481

You might consider upgrading the SSD before investing in a new system.  macsales.com is great for matching up specific hardware id's to appropriate components.  I'm not endorsing that site.  It's just a starting point.

Hope that helps. Good luck.


Safari error in Intranet Http & Https If I access my company's intranet using the https URL on Safari, the multiple login request doesn't happen (One time login only).

But, the multiple login request happens when I use the http URL.

Why is there a difference between this both protocol for the same site? What would be the reason apart from different port number?

I'm not sure about what you are consider as multiple login.

Anyway, the difference between the two protocol is that: HTTPS is the standard HTTP with additional S a secure layer. This additional layer is used to perform an encrypted connection and so the link is more secure. The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

The difference in your intranet company is that with HTTPS you don't need to verified the login multiple time because you are already secure (the server already know you), while from the HTTP you have no encryption and so every time you must autenticate yourself.


Any Twitter clients for iPhone with larger font size? Are there any Twitter clients for iPhone that have larger font size than the one used in the official Twitter for iPhone app?

TweetBot allows you to choose a font size, and is generally considered a top drawer twitter client.


tracing stuck local to local mails in macOS I'm sending myself a mail like this:

AdministorsMBP2:~ administrator$ mail -s "subject here" me@mydomain.com <<< "message"
AdministorsMBP2:~ administrator$ echo $?
0

The command returns zero, meaning success.
mailq command says empty.
my gmail inbox is empty too.

so what happened? did the mail go through , if not how I trace this.

mail command borrowed from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13447901

I know you want to use the command line, but use the GUI to add one mail account in Apple mail so you can view the sending mail server status. This completes the setup and saves your sending credentials so mail can use them to log in and send the mail.

Send one mail using the official mail app, then try again from the command line.

If you still get errors from the command line, use the connection doctor to check the results of the sending mail server status. All green lights indicate success - show the logs if you have red or orange lights on the status.

Here are relevant threads if you want to do things the harder, longer way. The first has great test commands and the second sidesteps the native system and installs new versions of mail/sendmail.

How to send an email from command line?
How to send email from OS X command line

The second link installs a complete sendmail package and avoids using the one that comes with the system, thus avoiding it altogether.


Sporadically slow WiFi connection on MacBook Sporadically, but frequently, the WiFi connection on my MacBook gets exceedingly slow. I'll be browsing around with no problem one minute, and then the next, everything will slow to a crawl. I can't figure out any rhyme or reason to it. It seems to fix itself if I turn WiFi off and back on again, but that could just be my imagination...and even if so, it doesn't last.

Two things that make this weirder: one, my iPhone will continue working fine when the MacBook's WiFi craps out, even if they're right next to each other (so that would seem to rule out interference). Two, the WiFi on the MacBook never drops - it just gets very slow. Yet, while it's doing this, the WiFi status icon will show full strength, and Network Diagnostics will report that everything is normal.

Any ideas or anything I can try, please let me know!

Turns out the cause of this was...the baby monitor! If the monitor is on and close to the MacBook, it apparently interferes with the wifi. If I simply move it far enough away, that seems to resolve the interference.


Password field in cleartext inside VPN Apple Mobile profiles I have here created a web site to deliver mobile profiles to BYOD Apple devices to configure our corporate VPNs.

The user as to authenticate in that site, his password is checked against our AD, and a signed mobile profile is then delivered.

In iPhones/iPads, the file is just used on the fly, and not saved. As for Mac notebooks, the file is used, but remains in the file system.

The security problem there is that password is in the cleartext for anyone that bothers to open the file.

The alternative to keep the web site, may well be not delivering the password in the profile.

Does mobile profile functionally support obfuscating the user password field in some way?

P.S. I am aware other alternative is to setup an alternative authentication scheme to users with non-critical passwords. It is not the answer that I am after on this context of Apple devices.

Apparently, from the mobile configuration file, it is enough to go the user definition:

<key>XAuthName</key>
<string><<LOGIN>></string>
<key>XAuthPassword</key>
<string><<PASSWORD>></string>

And from there, delete the XAuthPassword key and string/attribute.

As XAuthName is there during the deployment, the password will be asked, as thus wont be in cleartext format inside the provisioning file.


Does Mavericks break the ability to create a wifi network that other devices can connect to? I'm not talking about sharing an Ethernet connection via Wifi, but about creating a separate WiFi network, not connected to the Internet.

In previous versions of OS X, I could create a wifi network by clicking the wifi network in the status bar and choosing "Create Network..."

I can still do that in Mavericks, but my Nexus 7 does not see the network I created.

My iPhone does see the network, but in a separate section called Devices, below the normal wifi networks. When I connect, it warns that the wifi network is not connected to the Internet. When I ask it to proceed, it connects, but immediately turns on 3G so that it remains connected to the Internet. It looks like in the process of adding this intelligence between their devices (Mac and iOS), Apple broke the ability of non-Apple devices, like the Nexus 7 in this example, to see and connect to the network.

Does anyone know about this, and how to create a wifi network that non-Apple devices can connect to?

The Mac is a 2012 Retina Macbook Pro, 15-inch, and the Nexus 7 is a 2012 model.

It still works fine in Mavericks for me. All devices can connect to the networks that I create, so I don't think anything's changed in the OS with regard to this. Creating a non-Apple network should be the same process as creating any Ad-Hoc network.


Bootcamp interrupted; now stuck on Windows boot looking for startup I have a MBP with Yosemite (10.10.5 I think). I was trying to install Windows 7 from a USB and cancelled it when it got stuck looking for a driver - I don't have any disk drive and that seemed to confuse it; there didn't seem to be an option to go back or cancel so I think I just powered down by holding down the power button.

Now when I try to startup it seems to be stuck in Windows mode looking for a bootable device.

Is there a key combination that will make it reset back to starting in Mac OS?

To bring up the Startup Manager, press and hold the option key immediately after you turn on your Mac and hear the startup sound.

For additional information see: Startup key combinations for Mac and How to choose a startup disk on your Mac.


How do I fix "An email message can’t be created because Safari can’t find an email application."? I have both Safari and Mail installed - ever since a fresh OSX Lion install. Also, I have never removed or reinstalled them or messed around with them. So this "error" message is quite a surprise to me.

How do I fix this?

You should use the Mail.app Preferences > General > Default email reader pop-up menu:

If this doesn't work:

Select a different mail client
Close Preferences
Reopen Preferences and re-select Mail.app


How to identify a missing datastore for com.apple.securityd? My fans are blowing constantly, and some investigation of my Console shows this error being spit out at a fantastic rate

CSSM Exception: -2147413737 CSSMERR_DL_DATASTORE_DOESNOT_EXIST

and

dbBlobVersion() failed for a non-existent database

The following applications are producing it, but I seem to remember a few more during different log watching sessions:

Twitter
com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1Password
accountsd

I've tried the following things to work the problem:

Some digging showed this error might be related to a Keychain issue. I completely nuked my Keychain in an attempt to get it to rebuild whatever was missing to no avail.

a. I have a crlcache.db reference that appears dead, but no number of deletion attempts makes it go away.

b. Before nuking everything, I tried wiping away dead certificates without luck.
An Instruments run with File Activity watching the Twitter process in hopes of finding out which file it thinks it is looking for (too noisy and I'm not sure what I'm looking for).
A full over-install of a fresh 10.12.4 Sierra download burned 30 minutes but did nothing else to remedy the situation.
A Recovery-Mode Disk Repair First Aid session did find a catalog issue with my disk (late 2013 1tb SSD) and successfully repaired it. This is possibly related to whatever file is missing, but no log or notice tells me which file it is looking for.

Any tips for other things to try? I'm running Sierra 10.12.4 on a Late 2013 15" MBP with a 1tb SSD.

Resolution

  a. I have a crlcache.db reference that appears dead, but no number of deletion attempts makes it go away.

This was the root problem, but it was difficult to make it go away with any of the existing tools. The crlcache.db entry was ghosted in my Keychain Access application, so an entry still existed. While I had reset all of my passwords, I hadn't fully killed the Keychain. All the applications I listed were using the Keychain to find their information, hitting crlcache.db and then either retrying or throwing I had to manually remove both of these files (essentially a hard-reset of the entire Keychain):

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.plist

Diagnosis

It was very difficult to diagnose the issue because nothing would tell me which file did not exist. This comment, with its command that gathered bug information for Apple, was the most helpful. This produced a giant tar.gz with lots of diagnostic goodies that told me much more about what was going on. Make sure to run along with whatever application(s) is misbehaving at the time.

sudo sysdiagnose securityd

Among the many plain text debug output files it produced, there was a large one called fs_usage.txt, and when I opened it up, I could see 1000s of familiar entries

08:01:11.999993  getattrlist                            /private/var                                                                                0.000003   Twitter.3616
08:01:11.999996  getattrlist                            /private/var/db                                                                                0.000003   Twitter.3616
08:01:11.999998  getattrlist                            /private/var/db/crls                                                                                0.000003   Twitter.3616
08:01:12.000000  getattrlist            [  2]           /private/var/db/crls/crlcache.db                                                                                0.000002   Twitter.3616
08:01:12.000004  statfs64                               /private/var/db/crls

Once I saw that, it was clear the Keychain was still the issue, and my ghosted entry had to go. Lacking the knowledge of how to perform laparoscopic surgery on the plist files, I simply amputated and started over.


Setup Mac for kiosk/installation environment Is there any tool out there to automate the process of turning a regular mac into a kiosk machine? That is... not an internet kiosk but a regular machine with no warning, notifications, popups, etc... removing all start up items, all notifications, putting an app on top and any other secondary tasks.

The idea is not only to keep an app on top of everything else (which is done by software) but tell the OS to not show ANY kind of warning/window/popup.

There's tools out there such as ecrisper and xstand but they're more oriented into letting a user browse online than telling the OS to be silent.

So far, my manual (no software) process is...

Telling the software to stay on top of everything else
Go fullscreen
Removing startup items
Remove all notifications

But there's still system warnings (connection lost, secondary software crash, etc...). Any tips on this? Any software?

If you can identify the sources of these pop-ups, you could write a script to automate your kiosk environment on new machines (I imagine the majority of the script would just be executing calls like 'defaults write com.apple...').

Titanium's Onyx and Deeper have some pretty deep customising options, that would be my first point of call.


HTML/rich text email signatures in iOS? My work (Exchange) email signature has text formatting and a photo in it, as I'm sure many do. Does anyone know of a way to enable Apple Mail like signature customization in iOS?

My iPhone is jailbroken, so if you have a jailbreak solution that works I'm good with that.

There's a JailBreak Tweak called Mail Enhancer that does exactly what you want. It's $4.99 in the BigBoss repository, and there's another one called SIGnify for $1.50 in the ModMyi repo. They both allow you to have signatures with HTML formatting, but the more expensive one has many more features that make the Mail.app much more usable.


Importing Google Calendar Reminders to mac Apps Is there any way to import reminders created in Google Calendar to ANY of the available free app in macOS Big Sur?
Ideally it would be nice to have a sync feature as well but I would be happy with just a single-time import from Google Calendar for reminders so that all future reminders can be created in the suggested app.
I am pretty sure that the native Reminders doesn't do that and neither does the Calendar app.

Calendar → preferences → accounts → click on the + button, and add your Google account.


Is there a way to prevent recent applications from moving to the far left when switching with Command-Tab? Given applications ABC; switching to C gives: CAB

Command-Tabbing to an application brings it to the left end of the Command-Tab cycle. Any way to disable this?

https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/documentation/5/applicationswitcher.html

I googled around and found the free Keyboard Maestro software. Using it you can customize your application switcher. You can hide specific applications from appearing in the switcher by going to Keyboard Maestro Preferences -> Excluded. In the switcher, pressing E will toggle hide/unhide apps.


Does Macbook Pro protect itself from heat? Mine is a Macbook Pro 15-inch Late-2013.

I read somewhere that the laptop protects itself from damage by shutting itself down when it gets too hot.

My laptop's temperature, currently at its highest is 95ºC.

The Apple website said that it's maximum operating temperature is 35ºC.

I'm using Macs Fan Control, to tell me the temperature.

https://support.apple.com/kb/sp690?locale=en_GB <-- where temperature is stated

Short answer

Yes.

Long answer

By Operating Temperature Apple are not referring to the internal temperature of the MacBook Pro. Instead, they are referring to the temperature of the environment in which you're using (i.e. operating) the MacBook Pro.

That's not to say you couldn't use your MBP outside on a hot 35ºC day, but you may run into problems and, if you do, that's when the System Management Controller (SMC) will kick in to protect your MBP.

By the way, your MBP temp of 95ºC is perfectly fine. MBP models usually range from about 40ºC (104ºF) to 100ºC (212ºF) depending on whether the CPU is idle or under load. The SMC is designed to monitor a range of sensors and to manage tasks such as fan speeds etc to ensure your MBP is protected from damage by overheating.

If you're interested, you can also refer to the Intel Mac Temperature Database to see the various temperature ranges reported by users.


change terminal language os x I have a Mountain Lion macbook and it's default locale is english, it's keyboard is english (US) as well. I need to change the language that the terminal replies to Swedish.

For example,
Instead of replying "Connection Refused" for a failed telnet, it should say "Forbindelse Vagras" (which is the Swedish translation)

EDIT:
I have tried setting LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 and same with LC_ALL, to no effect

Have also tried changing system-wide settings, which changes the language in the entire system but not the terminal

Also, I'm running ZSH.

I imagine you'll want to set the LANG environment variable.


Is it possible to have iPhone messages with drafts visibly marked as such? I recently switched from Android to iOS and am still getting used to the changes in the operating systems.

In Android - or at least in Samsung's flavour of it - if I looked at a list of my text message conversations grouped by contact, any conversation that had a draft in it is clearly marked as such.

Here's an example:

I communicate via text a lot, and I found this a handy way of marking whether or not someone was awaiting a response I had yet to send.

I cannot seem to find an equivalent function in iOS. Is there a setting, app or widget that does this?

No, this is not a feature of Messages in iOS.  If you started typing a response to someone but didn't send it yet, that text will still be in the text box when you go back to that message.


How can I show multiple windows of a single app with a keyboard shortcut? I frequently have more than one window open for a specific app. For example, I have my Thunderbird mail window, and then a new message is a separate window. When I command-tab through my apps (or use Expose to display all apps) it only shows the app, not the individual windows. If, for example, my new message ends up in the background, the only way I can get it back is to control-click on the Thunderbird dock icon and choose the window from the list. This is a pain when I'm working quickly and don't want to take my hands off the keyboard.

Is there any way I can get all open windows to show with a keyboard shortcut, rather than just the actual apps?

See "Expose". Activation keys are different on different laptops, so find the shortcuts under System Preferences>Keyboard. On my laptop:

F9 shows all windows
F10 shows all windows for the active app
F11 shows the desktop


How to make full back up of iPhone? With iTunes popupmenu

I have just restored my iPhone from a backup from March 2012. However all my apps made with Xcode was sadly not restored.

How can I back up everything?

Besides Xcode apps, which other things does iTunes backup not backup?

You don't get a backup of developer builds that are not ad-hoc builds (and thus synchronized with iTunes).

You also don't get backups of music, movies, podcasts. If you set the iPhone to be manually managed by you, you have to add all media back yourself. (Except ringtones and your photos)
I don't know, whether iTunes will resynchronize your media if you don't manually manage it.


macOS + Windows 10 + shared data partition How can I setup my Mac with three partitions, one with macOS, one with Windows 10, and one data partition that can be used by both macOS and Windows?

Disclaimer: Macbook Air + Lion + Windows 7 Boot Camp + shared partition answers a similar question, however with macOS 10.12 Sierra (or later) the therein mentioned step with removing the macOS Recovery partition does not work any more.

Note: Everything mentioned here worked fine for me for several months. But then I got several data losses on the exFat data partition. Since some weeks, on my MacBook Pro 2016 with Touch Bar, the Touch Bar stopped working properly on macOS, and now it also stopped working on Windows 10, with Bootcamp asking for a restart on every single boot. It was not a hardware failure, as everything is working fine with a clean install with only macOS + Windows 10 (without a shared data partition); I guess it might be related to the unusual partition setup. Thus, in summary, I would no more recommend the method mentioned below.

So, I succeeded to have this setup, by having Windows 10 Home (version 1607 Anniversary Update) first on the drive, followed by the data partition and then by macOS 10.12 Sierra. This circumvents Windows' limit of 4 partitions (including Recovery and EFI system partitions).

Steps for doing this:

Backup everything.
In Windows, download MediaCreationTool and set up a USB stick with the Windows 10 installation files. (Note: My Antivirus software blocked the MediaCreationTool from making the USB stick bootable, so I had to temporarily disable my Antivirus software during the setup.)
In macOS, start Boot Camp, and download Windows support software (via the "Action" menu). This will create a folder "WindowsSupport". Copy it's content to the Windows USB stick (otherwise you might not be able to use the keyboard and touchpad during the Windows installation). The top folders on the USB should look like this then:

<DIR> boot
<DIR> efi
<DIR> sources
<DIR> support
<DIR> $WinPEDriver$
<DIR> BootCamp
 autorun.inf
bootmgr
bootmgr.efi
MediaMeta.xml
setup.exe
AutoUnattend.xml

Edit the file "AutoUnattend.xml" and remove the sections "ImageInstall" and "DiskConfiguration" (this is required so that you'll be able to set up your hard drive during Windows installation).
In macOS, create a bootable installer on an USB stick for macOS.
Boot your computer from the Windows 10 installation USB stick. During setup, remove all existing partitions and setup your hard drive like this (we need to setup all partitions now, as macOS won't be able to change the partition table later; also note that Windows will also add 2 partitions at the beginning of the hard drive, one for Recovery and one for EFI system):

First partition with NTFS (for Windows).
Second partition with exFat (for shared data).
Third partition with exFat (for macOS).

When Windows is installed, run "Apple Software Update" to install updates for Boot Camp.
Boot your computer from the macOS installation USB stick. During setup, open Disk Utility from the utilities window, then use Disk Utility to erase the last partition using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Then install macOS into this partition.

You will no more be able to change the startup volume in macOS' preferences. But within Windows, you can use the Boot Camp manager to set your preferred startup volume, and of course you can hold ALT during startup to choose the system.


Does Apple sell European connectors individually? I recently moved from the US to Europe. I'm currently using universal adapters for connecting my US plugs to European power outlets. Many of the things which need power are Apple devices. It would be nice to replace the US connectors

with European connectors

obviating the need for the universal adapters.

I expected these connectors to be sold individually, but they seem to only be included in the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit. Am I missing something? Does Apple sell these connectors individually?

In case it's significant, I'm in Berlin, Germany.

Are you talking about the connectors that plug into the power supply?  I would not bother with Apple-branded connectors. They are called "duckhead connectors" and other brands are widely available, individually and in sets, online both in the U.S. and in Europe, and much less expensive than the ones that say Apple. And to my knowledge, Apple only sells them together, all the worldwide varieties in one box. Plug adapters are also widely and cheaply available.


Migration Assistant won't transfer files from 10.8 to 10.9 I tried to transfer my wife's files from her MacBook, running 10.8.4 to my MacBook Pro running 10.9.5.
We have identical logins on both computers.

I was using Migration Assistant on both Macs which are on the same local network.

I got the following error message:-

The selected source cannot be used for migration.

Your other Mac is not running the latest version of OS X. Please run Software update on your other Mac and try again.

I don't want to "upgrade" my wife's computer, just transfer her user files. It seems pointless that you can't migrate from an old Mac.

You shouldn't have any problems if you use Firewire/Thunderbolt Target mode (hold T at startup). Depending on what ports you have you will need a Firewire 800 cable or a Thunderbolt cable, or Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter if you're transferring to a newer Mac without a Firewire port from a model with a Firewire port.

I've just tested this with a dummy account on a 2011 MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 transferring to a 2012 MacBook Pro running 10.9.5 - via Firewire - and it transferred fine with no errors.


Can't switch Firefox windows using command+tilde I prefer using multiple Firefox windows. Until now I could easily switch between its different windows by using the command + ~ shortcut. But all of a sudden I can't do that anymore.

I can still use the shortcut for other apps but not for Firefox. Both the windows are in the same space and I don't recall making any changes.

Any hints on what's happened or how I can rectify this?

FWIW, I fixed the problem the following way.

I noticed that the ⌘+~ stops at a specific window, while works on other Firefox windows.

I closed that window, then re-opened it via History menu. The effect was gone, and ⌘+~ started working as expected.


Preview Not Rendering Images Properly My issue is that preview is no longer rendering text properly, everything is very blurry with some pages being unreadable. This happens across multiple PDFs, so it's not tied to just one. Strangely, if I set it to single page mode and then proceed swipe up/down slowly, showing moving to the next page, both the current and the next page render perfectly fine.

This is that what the text should look like:

This is what the text actually looks like in a best case scenario.

By the way, I have a 2013 15" rMBP.

As per the discussion above, changing the scaling to the default setting and back seems to fix the issue.


Can a magnetic case harm my iPhone? I am thinking about buying a magnetic iPhone 4S case but I'm not sure whether it's safe. Can this magnetic case be harmful for the inner parts of my iPhone 4S? The case looks exactly like this:

The storage on a 4S is Flash-based, not magnetic-media-based, which would be my prime concern in a scenario like this—so you're safe there.  I'm not aware of any other components in the 4S that would be affected by a magnetic case.  I have personally carried my own 4S in various magnetic cases for about a year now with no ill effects.


How to open applications in fullscreen via Terminal I just created a script to open my most-used apps, but I have two questions about it.

The code of the script is the following:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Hi $(whoami)"
echo "Openning your default apps..."
open -a Mail
open -a Wunderlist
open -a Reminders
open -a Notes
open -a Pocket
open -a Safari
echo "Do you want social networks? [y|n]"
read social
if [[ $social == "y" ]]; then
    open -a Telegram
    open -a Safari http://web.whatsapp.com
    open -a TweetDeck
fi
echo "Do you want to listen some music? [y|n]"
read music
if [[ $music == "y" ]]; then
    open -a iTunes
fi
echo "Have a nice day $(whoami)! :D"

So here come the questions:

How can I open those apps in fullscreen by default? iTunes have memory and open in fullscreen mode, but the others don't.
How can I keep Terminal in foreground while the other apps are being open?

How can I keep Terminal in foreground while the other apps are being open?

Use the -g or --background flag to open:

 -g  Do not bring the application to the foreground.

for example:

open -g -a Notes

will open Notes.app in the background.

Unfortunately not all apps appear to respect this. For those apps you may need to hide them manually using AppleScript:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set visible of process "FOO" to false'

where FOO is the name of the app.

p.s. - instead of $(whoami) you can use $LOGNAME


How can I transfer iJoomer app to XCode iPhone simulator? I downloaded iJoomer in iTunes, and I would like to transfer it into XCode's iPhone Simulator so I can run the app there.

Is it possible to transfer an app from iTunes to the iPhone simulator? If so, how can I do this?

The short answer is no.

The reasons are numerous, but the first is that anything compiled to run on a device can not be run in the simulator because the processor architecture is different. The simulator is simulating a device, not emulating a device. Apps run in the simulator are intel x86 binaries, while apps that run on a device are compiled for some version of the ARM processor.


Does Apple have an email address, or must one call or mail them? Does Apple have a customer service email address? I have checked their site, and I can only find phone numbers and a mailing address.

Although it's not listed anywhere on the site, support@apple.com is a valid email address - but it simply sends an automatic email back, and the address is not monitored.

You're better off with the many support options listed on their support site: http://www.apple.com/support/contact/


Way to limit CPU speed to prevent temperature spikes? I have a 17 inch MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt.  Occasionally, it heats up and the fan has to kick on.  This happens typically during heavy CPU utilization, but also seemingly randomly when doing mundane tasks.

If I could half the speed of my CPU, it would still be more than fast enough for most of my day to day tasks.  Is there a way to reduce the CPU speed for the entire system?  Will this minimize the heat related issues and prevent the fan from kicking on?

It's not practical, but that model of MacBook Pro will run the CPU lower if the battery is disconnected since it can't count on the battery to work as a capacitor and the CPU/GPU can over draw the power supply.

Also - you could try gfxCardStatus to shift to the lower power GPU to reduce that source of heat.

If you are still running Snow Leopard, there are some CHUD tools in the performance testing folder of Xcode that let you to disable cores on processors which would let the system get less work down and generate substantially less heat. I don't know of a program to do this on Lion as the latest Lion build of Xcode didn't ship with the CHUD tools.


Open many links at once in Safari Can several links be opened at once in Safari?
Imagine you are on a page with a lot of links:

Would it be possible to select all the links and open them all in one single Command-click? As such:

I am often finding myself Command-clicking links for dozens of minutes a day, and wishing I could open more links all at once. Surely I'm not the only person in this situation!

There is a way to do something close - it involves adding a bookmarklet to Safari and selecting that once you're on the page.

However, this will either open only the hyperlinks you've selected (i.e. highlighted) on the page or it will open all hyperlinks found on the page if you haven't highlighted any. In other words, it doesn't work in the Command + click manner you want.

If you're interested, here's the process to set this up:

Visit any page using Safari
Press CommandD to add a bookmark to the page you just visited
In the highlighted field that appears in the window, change the text to something like Open all hyperlinks
Press OptionCommandB to edit bookmarks
Find the bookmark you just added and right-click on it
Select Edit Address... from the context menu
This should highlight the URL. Press Delete to remove it
Now paste the following code where the URL was previously:

javascript:(function(){var n_to_open,dl,dll,i; function linkIsSafe(u) { if (u.substr(0,7)=='mailto:') return false; if (u.substr(0,11)=='javascript:') return false; return true; } n_to_open = 0; dl = document.links; dll = dl.length; if (window.getSelection && window.getSelection().containsNode) { /* mozilla */ for(i=0; i<dll; ++i) { if (window.getSelection().containsNode(dl[i], true) && linkIsSafe(dl[i].href)) ++n_to_open; } if (n_to_open && confirm('Open ' + n_to_open + ' selected links in new windows?')) { for(i=0; i<dll; ++i) if (window.getSelection().containsNode(dl[i], true) && linkIsSafe(dl[i].href)) window.open(dl[i].href); } } /* /mozilla */ if (!n_to_open) { /*ie, or mozilla with no links selected: this section matches open_all_links, except for the alert text */ for(i = 0; i < dll; ++i) { if (linkIsSafe(dl[i].href)) ++n_to_open; } if (!n_to_open) alert ('no links'); else { if (confirm('No links selected. Open ' + n_to_open + ' links in new windows?')) for (i = 0; i < dll; ++i) if (linkIsSafe(dl[i].href)) window.open(dl[i].href); } } })();

Press Return to accept the code

To make this work, open any page in Safari and then select the bookmarklet. One of the following things will happen:

if you haven't highlighted any hyperlinks on the page, the code will proceed to open all hyperlinks in a separate tab
if you've highlighted x number of hyperlinks, then the code will proceed to open those selected hyperlinks in separate tabs

IMPORTANT: If this doesn't work for you, ensure that you have Javascript enabled. You can do this via Safari > Preferences > Security.

One more thing - I have tried many times to get the above javascript to work as a Service in Safari (thinking that would be better than the bookmark approach), but have never been able to get it to work. On the off-chance you do, please share how. :)


Is it possible to fix my iPad screen? Large areas of black after bending it Some random man sat on my iPad and bend it. Now I have these black parts in my screen. Can you tell me what is wrong with my iPad. Everything works smoothly but these black parts make it difficult to type.

Your screen is broken.

The only way to fix it is to have the screen replaced.  If it's still under AppleCare then you'll pay a small amount of money to have Apple replace the screen.

If not under AppleCare, you'll pay more for the screen repair.  Prices will vary among the different repair outlets.  Be sure to do a complete backup of the device before you get it repaired.


How do I kill the Application Switcher? All of the sudden the Application Switcher's graphics breaks:

Restart does help, but became a nuisance. How can I kill it? Restart it?

UPDATE: Logging off fixed this.

UPDATE 2: I came to a conclusion that this is a result of a conflict in the display cached data.

It's provided by Dock.app. So you could try osascript -e 'quit app "Dock"' or killall "Dock".


OS X application manager Unix-sytled, "package managers" like Fink, Homebrew, and MacPorts do a good job of managing 'headless' libraries.  I would like something similar to manage OS X applications with a GUI.

I am hoping to find an easier way to add/remove applications and restore my system in the event of loss or theft or if I purchase a new computer.

Requirements:

find and install applications
keep track of which applications I've installed
uninstall applications and preferences
manage licenses

Candidates:

AppFresh for Mac - best candidate; not free
homebrew-cask - good candidate; limited application support
Apple's App Store - easily find and install applications; doesn't remove applications; not all applications are in the App Store
AppCleaner - removes applications and preferences, but does not install applications
osx.iusethis.com - tracks application (which will replace my spreadsheet); does not manage applications

Are there others?

Bodega can install, check for updates, and uninstall. It also has ability to search for new applications based on your search terms and/or category. It's pretty good, but it is not all-inclusive.

Macupdate Desktop is shareware that is similar to Bodega, but has no feature to uninstall applications as far as I know.


Bash Script That Automates A Software Install I am trying to create a bash script that automates all parts of a .dmg/pkg software install.

For example, the script should pull the installer from here: http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg

It should pull the installer from online, run the installer, automatically proceed past all the user prompts, and run root so the user should just have to run the script.

Is there anyway to make the snag it installer proceed without human interaction and finish the installer via this script?

This is the script I have so far:

#!/bin/bash -e

cd ~/Desktop
curl -O http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg

The following should work for Snagit (and, with adaptions, for any application which is delivered in a .dmg and must be dragged to /Applications manually). It will not work for package installers.

#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop

# get image from site
curl -O http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg

# mount image
hdiutil attach Snagit.dmg

# copy app, remove old version first if installed
if [[ -d /Applications/Snagit.app ]]; then
    sudo rm -rf /Applications/Snagit.app
fi
sudo cp -r /Volumes/Snagit/Snagit.app /Applications/Snagit.app

# unmount and remove image
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Snagit
mv Snagit.dmg ~/.Trash/


Global keyboard shortcut conflicts I just installed a menubar application and would like to assign a global keyboard shortcut to one of its operations. Is there any easy way to determine if the key combination I want to use conflicts with an existing one? Do I need to look at each category in the Keyboard Preference pane?

I am running OS X 10.6.7.

Integral to the operating system

In Mountain Lion, the Keyboard pane of System Preferences is not well suited to viewing all keyboard shortcuts. You can view a few at a time, but critically:

there's no overview.

Side note: there should be feedback to Apple.

Third party apps

The accepted answer to View All Assigned Keyboard Shortcuts draws attention to KeyCue.

KeyCue

Whilst KeyCue does not show all keyboard shortcuts, it can present a reasonably good overview of system (and some other) shortcuts alongside application shortcuts.

With Safari 6.1 on my Mac, for example:

Whether KeyCue can be as effective with apps that use X11 (Inkscape, for example), and with your menu bar app: I don't know.

Planning to avoid conflicts

With a good enough overview, you can plan properly – for not just one new shortcut, but for a range of shortcuts in the months and years ahead. Avoid conflicts before they occur.

Observing conflicts

If a conflict does occur: Loïc Wolff's answer should be good for some but not all types.

(A shortcut set in your unnamed menu bar app might be in conflict with something, but not appear as a conflict in System Preferences … and so on.)


How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac. It is too large to email.

Dock your iPhone via USB.
Open itunes.
Click the name of your iPhone under Devices in the left column.
Click the Music tab.
Click the checkbox for Include voice memos.
Sync your device.
Your files will appear under a new Voice Memos playlist in iTunes


After updating iPad to iOS 8, WiFi no longer works I recently upgraded to iOS 8 on my iPad 2, now the WiFi doesn't work. I rebooted the iPad and router several times. Any suggestions?

First I'd recommend you to reset your network settings:

Tap Settings → General → Reset → Reset Network Settings

If that doesn't show the new network within 90 seconds of leaving the device scanning for the network, next you might power down the iOS device once after the settings have been reset.

Enough users have the same problem as you see in the official Apple forum as well as here, so it looks like Apple has changed how things work with iOS 8. a.k.a “where there’s smoke there’s fire”

So only "real" solution may be to wait for Apple to fix this with an update.


Wiping all content under /Users but admin We have hundreds of computers with LDAP setup and when students login their profiles remain for life. IS there an easy script or something that could be run to clean out the entire /Users directory all but select users?

If this is a lab you may just want to reset them back to a disk image periodically. This way any changes including any saved files will be lost, but it would return the machine back to a predetermined state.


OSX ssh server disconnects after 15 minutes I have a Mac mini running MacOS Sierra, with Remote Login turned on. I can ssh into the mini just fine (Cygwin's SSH client), but if I issue a long-running command (e.g. building clang from source) it doesn't complete, because the ssh connection gets disconnected. This is the end of the output of the ssh client when invoked with the -vvv switch:

debug3: send packet: type 1
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
debug3: channel 0: status: The following connections are open:
  #0 client-session (t4 r0 i0/0 o0/0 fd 4/5 cc -1)

Connection to mini11 closed by remote host.
Connection to mini11 closed.
Transferred: sent 3712, received 129732 bytes, in 735.3 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 5.0, received 176.4
debug1: Exit status -1

I tried running the build command from caffeinate -i, but it didn't seem to help. What now?

Every OS/X SSH article I found was about OS/X SSH client being disconnected.

You should be able to force the client to send keepalive messages if there is no activity by setting TCPKeepAlive yes (should be default) in ssh_config.

If it will not help, you can try to set

ServerAliveCountMax 5
ServerAliveInterval 600 # seconds = 10 minutes


Why the Graphics Card on my MacBook Pro is always on "High perf." status? After I've installed Nvidia Cuda Drivers the Activity Monitor show that Graphics Card is always on High Perf. status. No application that "Requires High Perf GPU" is running and the battery goes down quickly, very quickly.

Any idea how to solve that expensive problem?

Are you using an external monitor? MacBook start using discrete card if external screen is connected.


iPhone 5C Messages crashing after showing no messages When I open my iPhone 5C Messages, all that appears is a white screen that is frozen. It will close on it's own in a minute or so and it still appears as being open when you check to see what applications are open.

I have received two messages that I can not read or get to. How to fix the Messages?

Start off by looking here for how to close open apps in iOS7. Close Messages, then try opening it again. If that fails, close Messages again, turn the phone off completely (by holding the sleep/wake button down), wait a few minutes, turn the phone on again and try looking at your messages again.


Copying one directory into another Mac Catalina I have two directories:

~/old
~/new

Each has subdirectories. What I would like to do, is copy old into new, and overwrite everything. When I do:

cp -r ~/new ~/old

It creates:

~/old/new

I tried different things, such as:

cp -r ~/new/*/* ~/old/*.*
cp -r ~/new/*/* ~/old

~/old and ~/new have very similar subfolders structure, and mostly the same file names, but I want it all overwritten. Any ideas?

I think this should do it.

cp -R ~/old/ ~/new/

Note that this command copies everything in the old directory into the new directory overwriting anything that already exists in the new directory as you state in your OP.

P.S. See the comments below about why the use of -R is recommended instead of -r while both may work the same in your case.


High quality drivers for Huawei E160X modem? I am using a Huawei E160X mobile dongle on OS X (10.6.8). I am connecting via Orange in the UK using the driver/GUI which is supplied on the device (it's rebranded Huawei software, I believe). If it helps, it is Internet Everywhere 2.0 (build: 090924.164852).

Unfortunately, this software is terrible. It opens the Orange home page upon every connection, and this "feature" cannot be turned off. It dumps errors every few seconds into the logs, and has a memory leak that means its memory consumption rises to 500MB-1GB if left on for an extended period of time.

I tend to prefer OS-based or open source drivers for modems, since they are less likely to contain phone-home or diagnostic transmission features. However a good googling has not revealed any such thing - any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Addendum: ages ago, I tried using the network settings (e.g. here) but that didn't seem to connect successfully. Tips on getting that to work would be much appreciated!

You could give launch2net from Novamedia a try. There is trial version to make sure it works with your hardware. The trial is limited to 90 minutes online time


Can I upgrade my Macbook pro 13 inch mid 2009's logic board? I want to upgrade my Macbook Pro 13 inch mid 2009's logic board with a new quad core i7 and 2gb or more radeon graphics. I have a few questions:

Will this affect my OSX installation?
Are Macbook Pro 15 inch and 17 inch boards compatible with 13 inch?
Will the power supply suffice?

Please send models of logic boards that are compatible.

Thanks

The 'problem' with Mac laptops is that generally they are not upgradable except for RAM and HD/SSD and sometimes the battery. And newer Mac laptops none of the above.

At one time I had heard of Mac laptops with video cards that were on a daughter card of sorts. So theoretically replaceable but no one ever made a replacement to my knowledge.

This is becoming more and more common to find laptops from other manufacturers where there is little, if anything to upgrade. It is (probably?) a side-effect of the push for smaller/lighter making modular parts less and less of a reasonable (from an engineering/design standpoint) option.

So essentially what Tetsujin is correct: you have no upgrade path for system boards, CPUs and the like.


What options do we have to keeping our hard drive secure in case of theft? If you have work files on your laptop that are sensitive, what measures can you take to keep things secure?

is it possible to encrypt the entire drive?

OS X has supported full disk encryption since 10.7. See Apple's KB article about FileVault 2.


Cant access to the camera on iPhone 6 My friend has this iPhone 6 which is worked just fine until recently. Now she couldn't access the camera and whenever she trying to do it there is a message saying

"Flash is disabled. The iPhone needs to be cool down before you can use the flash"

She tried the "erase all content and settings" but it is useless.

Help is appreciated. Thanks.

The message is self explanatory. The iPhone needs to be taken to a cool and dry place. Erase all content did worse I think. It should have been left turned off for a while in a cool and ventilated place.

  Use iOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201678

  To resume use of your device as quickly as possible, turn it off, move it to a cooler environment, and allow it to cool down.

If turn off isn't an option, I would reduce all operations, airplane mode on, low power mode on, closing all apps etc.


Yosemite Calendar 24 hour clock New Event Since upgrading to Yosemite, I can't enter a New Event in Calendar using the 24 hour clock. If I try to enter the start or end time as 14:00, it enters the 1 and then beeps at me.

Calendar does display events in 24 hour format, I just can't create a new event using it. I've check the calendar and Mac settings and they all appear correct.

I do not have Yosemite but on Mavericks you can set it up as follows:

Open system preferences Languages and Regions

Click on the 24 Hour time format.

That should change the time format in Calender.

I can enter any time (as 2 digits)

Let me know if it works in Yosemite.


Is migrating using a Time Machine backup the same as using the old Mac in target disk mode? If I migrate to a new Mac using Migration Assistant, when it prompts about connecting a source disk, is using a fresh Time Machine backup equivalent to using my old Mac in target disk mode?

Yes and no. Let me explain.

Yes if you do it manually in the sense you're just copying the data manually from your Time Machine backup.

No if you do it via the installation process or if you do it afterwards using the Migration Assistant app (usually found in your Utilities folder). It's also a 'No' if you use the restore options built into Time Machine itself.

One of the advantages of migrating from a Time Machine backup is that you can easily migrate your applications etc instead of having to reinstall them again. Another great advantage is that some of your hidden data gets transferred across - so you're not having to manually delve deeply to find things such as your email data.

Regardless of how you choose to migrate your data, once you're done I would strongly recommend you use Time Machine as part of your backup regime.

For more information you can refer to:

Move your content to a new Mac
Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac

[EDIT]

If you're intending to use Migration Assistant and selecting between transferring your data from a TM backup or from your old Mac, then it's effectively the same thing in terms of what Migration Assistant is doing. The only difference is the source it's connected to, but since the TM backup is a backup of the old Mac, the data being transferred is the same.


macOS: How to keep an app and its new windows/dialogs always hidden? I am running a 3rd party app on my Mac that spawns new small in-app windows/dialogs/popups almost every 3 seconds, to show the progress of a specific command. These windows are closed automatically by the application.

The problem is that these in-app windows are shown on top of other apps. Is there a way of keeping them hidden all the time (I don't care about the shown progress)?

I have tried to hide the app itself, but it gets back to the visible state along with its in-app windows. There is no Hide option available in the app.

What can I do to handle this?

A convenient workaround would be to create a new desktop, move the app along with all the app windows to it and, leave it visible/maximized there.

If the app doesn't automatically steals focus to itself, this approach can resolve your issue.


Catalina Beta 5: Quicktime Audio Recording Not Working on 2018 Macbook Pros Starting a Quicktime Audio recording with Catalina Dev Beta 5 on 2018 or later Macbook Pros outputs files with no sound (Macbook Pro Microhone selected). Example file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ib67k0vg8cm93fn/test_no_audio%20%281%29.aifc?dl=0

During the recording recording Console shows this error:

"CMIO_Unit_Converter_Audio.cpp:590:RebuildAudioConverter AudioConverterSetProperty() failed (1886547824)"

We have an application that records the screen and audio at the same time using AVFoundation and the resulting video files also do not have audio. However when inspecting the CMSampleBuffers, they seem fine: https://gist.github.com/paulius005/faef6d6250323b7d3386a9a70c08f70b

Is anyone else experiencing this issue or possibly have more visibility if it's something Apple is working on?

Anything else that I should be looking at to tackle the issue?

There are new beta updates. Can you check them and see if the issue persists.


Is there a way to make Lion's scrollbars visible on mouseover them? I have started trying the "Jump to the spot that's clicked" option under General System Preferences because I'm pleased by Lion's vanishing scrollbars but they complicate finding the current location before scrolling.

There is however one serious problem with the "Jump to the spot that's clicked" option : You'll never even see your current location in the document, because scrollbars only become visible when selected, which makes returning challenging.

Is there an option or tool to either (a) show the scrollbars on mouseover, or else (b) always show transparent scrollbars.

If not, can anyone point me towards the most relevant Cocoa documentation? I should be able to implement this myself but any tips might save considerable time.

I don't think there is a way to do either of your choices built in, and I don't know of any tool to do them for you. The only way to get this ability in every application would be to have a plugin which is automatically loaded into every application and replaces the default scrollbars. A possible workaround is to scroll just a little bit, so that the page doesn't move much. This will cause the scrollbars to become visible, and they won't hide again as long as either you are moving the mouse on top of that window, or you have the mouse above them. This means you can scroll a little, then move the mouse on top of them, and not worry about them disappearing.

If you want to try to implement this yourself you will probably need to create a custom NSScroller subclass, and find a way to make NSScrollView use it instead of the default class (I think NSScrollView has a private method to create a default scrollbar which you could override, but you will have to find it yourself).


How do I negotiate dialogue boxes using the keyboard only? On Windows based machines, whenever a dialogue box pops up with multiple choice options (ie 'Abort', 'Continue', 'Retry'), you can use the 'Tab' key to cycle through those options without using the mouse.

On OSX, there doesn't appear to be an option to cycle through dialogue boxes using a key rather than the Trackpad.

Is there any keyboard shortcut to do this?

You can cycle the dialog boxes. Also note that by default esc will choose cancel.

To enable switching via the tab key this feature go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Full Keyboard Access... → All Controls

Now you can use the tab key to switch the selection:

Press Space to choose the selected button (which has a blue border around it).
Press Enter to choose the default button (the blue coloured button).
Press esc to cancel.


Syncing between devices and macs problem Is there a way to sync between macs and iDevices in a way you specify which device has the most recent data? I mean, suppose I make some modifications to a contact using my Mac or I buy some apps for my iPhone using iTunes on the Mac. When I sync the iphone, the sync is always made as the iPhone is the priority. So, the app will not be transferred to the iPhone and not even the change on that contact. Some times I want the reverse to occur.

How do I manage those situations?

The way your question is worded is a bit funny but it sounds like the "Replace information on this iPhone" might be what you are looking for. You can find it in the Info tab of the iTunes sync window and what it does is it basically wipes what data there is on the iPhone (ot other iOS device) and replaces it with what is on the computer.


How do you get iPhone to share contacts with Mac Messages app? When I get a new text, it appears both in the Messages app on my iPhone and in the Messages app on my Mac. The iPhone text show the person's name, and the Mac text only shows the person's number. I have Contacts checked under iCloud sync. Both OSes are latest.

I have been having this same problem and as I go through this thread I found that I could answer yes to everything, but the problem persisted.

I ended up opening the Contacts page on my Mac and while the contacts I needed were in "All Contacts" they were not in the "On My Mac" so I highlighted them all under "All Contacts" and did a drag and drop into "On My Mac" it fixed almost all my problems.

The ones that it didn't fix I found out that the formatting on the phone number themselves were not correct. For example the one on Mac messenger was 1(234)567-8900 while the contact card did not have a 1... so, (234)567-8900. Changing those two things fixed everything.


Apps keep asking for Apple ID info after backup The last time i connected my iPhone 5 to my laptop and synchronized with iTunes, something weird happened. All of my paid applications keeps asking for my Apple ID and password and entering just closes the application, and if i tried to open an application without internet connection, the app just closes instantly like a crash. i tried to restore but no good. One important note is that the apps were downloaded by a friend of mine using his account, then i made an apple account but i didn't enter my credit card information so i can't buy application using my account. so i am just wondering if this is the problem, the apps were paid by different account and my account doesn't allow purchases, or what do you think ?

You say the apps were downloaded under your friend's account, and they are paid.
Paid = You pay for it -- not friend pays for it.
There is a limitation in iOS preventing this from happening - you will need to know your friend's Apple ID and password to open the app - to prove it was you who bought them.
But why?
Without this limitation, there would be an epidemic of groups of college students using one Apple ID to 'split' the cost of apps, and have them on a lot of different people's devices. This is stealing from both the developer and Apple (Devs get 70% of app sales, Apple gets 30%), and Apple doesn't like to have it's cash stolen. Devs don't either. I'm one of them.


Repeated Automator workflow fails to run in Calendar I'm on Mac High Sierra and I've set up multiple daily repeated schedules (around 10 workflows) to run Automator workflow and the first few days it ran fine, but after a week the alarm just stops working.
The schedule doesn't even show up in notification center anymore.

Does anyone know how to diagnose/fix this issue?

Update

Everything works fine if I open up Automator and run it manually, just that calendar alarm doesn't trigger Automator workflow anymore.

Is your calendar in iCloud? I'm struggling to do the same thing. Automator calendar workflows need to be saved 'on my mac' but in my experience they get automatically shoved to iCloud, which does not support App Alerts. Try removing your Calendar iCloud syncing and then create your Automator calendar workflow.


How can I debug an extremely slow login? Recently, I poured water onto the keyboard of my MacBook 2017 (4 thunderbolt), and I forced shutdown it. After letting it dry for two weeks, I opened it and everything seems to work. It also passes the Apple Hardware Test.
However, login (login window, switching user, authenticating for root permission, terminal login) is extremely slow, taking around 20 to 40 seconds. After restarting a couple of times, the behavior does not change. After reinstalling macOS 10.13.6, High Sierra, (keeping application and data), the behavior persists. After starting up in Safe Mode and restarting, the time shortened a little bit.
To verify that this is not a hardware problem, I copied the system partition to another MacBook Pro (same generation) and I can see the same behavior, suggesting that this is a software issue.
Update: On the other MacBook Pro, I run chflags -R noschg,nosappnd,nouchg,nouappnd / and boot up the machine in Safe Mode (and rebooted). The issue was gone, but only for Safe Mode. Starting again in normal boot recreates the problem, and further Safe Mode cannot correct it.
Things I have tried on my other MacBook Pro that does not work:

Reinstall macOS High Sierra
Removing caches and user added filesystems/extensions/launchdaemons/launchagents
Upgrade to Mojave (login for login window is extremely fast, but terminal login is still slow. Plus it deletes all the files I have in root account (downloads, desktop, documents, etc.)
Partial copy done by Carbon Copy Cloner from my mac because it disconnected after a certain while in Target Disk Mode. System work and login is fast. But for some reason I forget I erased the system and did a full copy again.
Repaired home permissions using diskutil resetUserPermissions / 501 then 502, 503, etc.
Repaired disk permissions using https://www.firewolf.science/2016/07/repairpermissions-v3-now-supports-repairing-permissions-on-macos-mojave/

The output of dtruss login root is here.
The output of sample login as instructed here: here The main cause is semaphore_wait_trap, but I don't know how to debug it.
How can I troubleshoot this problem?

I had the same problem everywhere authentication is needed after upgrading to High Sierra. Sampling login process gave similar output where ODRecordAuthenticationAllowed takes longer to complete than usual. The call graph shows that the authentication request dispatched from transaction_simple probably encountered some multithreading issue as caught by semaphore_wait_trap that consumed most of the runtime. So, something else must have been busy with authentication ALL the time. In my case the culprit turns out to be the printer. After updating the printer's driver and changing to use AirPrint from CUPS, login, terminal, browsing etc. are now all working to normal, and sampling login process again produces nothing as now the authentication request is too fast to catch.


Remove Catalina Update files from Mojave I automatically downloaded the Catalina update on my Mojave system but did not install it yet. I want to keep Mojave and therefore I want to delete the update files to save disk space.
Where are they located and how can I remove them without damaging anything?

/Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app
(in my case, I am-was on Catalania Beta)


Is there a way to use different network connections for different apps At work we have a firewall that prevents certain outbound connections. But I also have a Clear wireless personal hotspot.  I would like to use the work connection for normal requests but for certain requests such as my Mysql app, I would like to use my personal wireless.  Is there a way to do that without having to switch back and forth.  So all mysql connections just know to use one network interface while other requests use the default.

I've asked the same question a long time ago on superuser.com

https://superuser.com/questions/181882/force-an-application-to-use-a-specific-network-interface


Is it possible to turn off the Two-Factor Authentication for an Apple ID? Is it possible to turn off the Two-Factor Authentication for an Apple ID?

I have more than one device linked to this Apple ID and I know the password and security questions.

You are no longer able to turn off two-factor authentication beyond two weeks from enabling the feature. Previously, this was limited to accounts created in iOS 10.3 or macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and later.
Please refer to the Apple Support Document, Two-factor authentication for Apple ID for technical details regarding Two-Factor Authentication.

Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I’ve turned it on?
If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off. Certain features in the latest versions of iOS and macOS require this extra level of security, which is designed to protect your information. If you recently updated your account, however, you can unenroll for a period of two weeks. Just open your enrollment confirmation email and click the link to return to your previous security settings. Keep in mind, this makes your account less secure and means that you can't use features that require a higher level of security.


Growl Notifications for a Twitter List? I am currently using Twitter.

I would like to receive growl notifications for a particular twitter list. However it seems like the current preferences allow notification on a all/none basis.

Do we have an alternative app that offers such an option?

Otherwise I will just create another twitter account and use that for growl.

Tweetdeck is the app you're looking for! It comes with his own growl-like notifications and I use it over a year now. It's just great!


Screen Scratch Repair - Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display :(  Not a good day.

I just cleaned the screen of my rMBP using my usual kit.  A lint free microfiber cloth and my AM screen cleaning fluid.

However there must have been a small particle of something nasty either on the screen itself or on the cloth (I always keep the cloth stored away to prevent this exact issue!) the scratch that is left on the screen is admittedly tiny (~2mm) but it is there, it is bugging me and I would like to get it sorted if possible.

I've been reading up on various methods that might help but nothing definitive.

Toothpaste!

The toothpaste method that is often mentioned is unsuitable for the matte Retina display as others have reported that it left the area around where they applied the toothpaste with a glossy effect as toothpaste is actually very abrasive.

Pencil Eraser

This method I'm really not sure about on a rMBP screen.  There is a write up on how to do this here.

Displex

I'm wondering if anyone has tried something like Displex on a rMBP screen?

Vaseline

Honestly!  I've read this in a few places now that due to the composition of petroleum jelly this can actually "fill" the scratches and more or less hide the fact that there is a scratch in the glass.  Vaseline Online

ScratchPro

This appears to be a product destined for use on cars but looks like it could well be used on any glass in general. ScratchPro Online

If anyone has any experience with any of the above on a Retina display or any other advice I'd love to hear it.  I must admit that I'm shocked at how easy it was to scratch the screen with little to no pressure being applied.

Be careful people!!

https://youtu.be/4UpWfmpETg0 - video instruction.

He used PolyWatch Polish


How to rename disk indentifier? I created 5 partitions on my portable-drive via DiskUtility.

$ diskutil list disk2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS Documents               200.2 GB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Downloads               200.2 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Music                   200.2 GB   disk2s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Movies                  200.2 GB   disk2s5
   5:                  Apple_HFS Others                  199.5 GB   disk2s6

The problem is DiskUtility skipped disk2s4 somehow. I've no idea why.
Can I rename disk2s5 to disk2s4?

You've selected the Master Boot Record option. Only 4 primary partitions are allowed. disk2s5 and disk2s6 are actually extended partions. You cannot change the name conversion via DiskUtility.

If you select GUID Partiton Table option, you'll get this:

$ diskutil list disk2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Documents               200.0 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Downloads               200.0 GB   disk2s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Movies                  200.0 GB   disk2s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS Music                   200.0 GB   disk2s5
   6:                  Apple_HFS Others                  199.2 GB   disk2s6


Help! I want to remove Windows EFI Boot Entry, but can’t I have used the following codes in terminal:

And here is what’s inside the volume:

Couldn’t find Microsoft and here are the partitions in disk utility:

I honestly don’t know what to do next... Thank you so much in advance.

Update 1

Done as u asked sir.

I don’t know much about these complicated stuff btw, i need u to tell me what to do, i just want to be able to install windows again on my macbook.

It would appear you have two files named EFI. I am not sure how there can be two, but neither appears to be a directory (folder). This may prevent the creation of a EFI folder which could prevent the installation of any UEFI booting operation systems which use the EFI partition to boot.

I suppose since the volume seems to be corrupted, I would just reformat the the volume. The commands are given below. The first command can be skipped, if the volume is not mounted.

diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s1
sudo newfs_msdos -F 32 -v EFI /dev/rdisk0s1

Of course, you should backup all important data before reformatting.


QuickTime Screen + Audio Capture I'm using Retina Macbook Pro running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is it possible to use QuickTime to capture both audio and screen ? If not, what are the free apps that can do it?

P.S. A lot of the times I see on Youtube that it possible to capture screen + audio + have a little window of yourself in the corner - how is that achived?

This is how I did it. You may need a pair of headphones if you use the bult-in microphone.

Open quicktime and click File->New Screen Recording
Select the audio source by clicking on the small down-pointing arrow
Turn up the sound that appears below the record button
Click File->New Movie Recoring
Resize the movie window and place it where you like it
Click record on the screen recorder window


Does free iWork iOS entitle older devices? I wonder whether old iOS devices would become entitled to install a free copy of iWork after purchasing a new device.

Yes, providing you use the same Apple ID. When you purchase iWork for free on your new device, it is added to your purchases and then available to download on your other devices.


Change Active Directory Password Expiration Prompt in OS X Yosemite I'm looking for a way to change the default Active Directory password expiration prompt at login from 30 days to our current IT policy of 14 days.

Every time a user logs in on a Mac with Active Directory, they get a 30 day notice, but on a PC they get a 14 day notice, so I know it's something local to the Mac and not something controlled through the servers.

I cannot for the life of me find the .plist that controls this and all other information I can find is extremely out of date.

Any advice?

From Apple AD Integration Guide:

http://training.apple.com/pdf/wp_integrating_active_directory_yosemite.pdf

  Login Window Password  Expiration Interval  An administrator can
  change the  default expiration notification for  the Login Window from
  the  command line:
  defaults write / Library/Preferences/
  com.apple.loginwindow  PasswordExpirationDays
  -int <number of days>

defaults write / Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow  PasswordExpirationDays -int 14


Is there any significance to the dimmed text in Safari 6? Text in the address bar of Safari 6.0 is displayed differently than in previous versions. Prior to 6.0, all text was black

but in 6.0, all text after the domain is grey:

Is there any significance to this? Does it correspond to some new feature of Safari?

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


Remove eject button from finder I accidentally ejected an external drive in the finder, is there an option to hide or remove/disable eject button from finder?

You can use the command below to edit the com.apple.finder preference.

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitEject true

that will set it for the current user, to set it system wide use

sudo defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitEject true

The eject button will still show in finder but will not do anything when pressed.


How to configure a non-Safari browser as default on a jailbroken iPhone XR? How can I set a non-Safari web browser (such as Firefox) as default on a jailbroken iPhone XR, preferably deleting Safari?

You can use the BrowserDefault tweak:

 BrowserDefault

Unfortunately, there is no way to delete Safari as it is required by the OS.


How to access gmail via pop instead of imap in mail.app in mavericks I have a fresh install of mavericks. For reasons relating to my own workflow I would like to access my gmail via mail.app using pop instead of IMAP (I prefer to store only what I need on my mac but never delete anything from gmail).

However mail.app seems to have become too clever for this now, and automatically identifies my account as gmail and sets it up with IMAP even when I try to set it up a second time with pop.

How do I get mail to let me configure a pop account for gmail? Or has mail not been simplified to the point of removing this basic configurability?

The magic Option key again: when you are setting up an account, don't click on Create, but hold down the Option key and the button will change to Next - where you can continue to IMAP or POP, and it is recommended even with IMAP that you set up Google not as a Google account but through this, the last, unbranded choice in the Internet Accounts preference pane.

I have some hope this info will be used in the other zillion questions on the same subject.


Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard not recognized as a proper keyboard When connecting to a new Macbook Pro 2016, running Sierra v10.12.3, it doesn't ask me to type the 6 digits to pair it properly. It also shows up in the bluetooth list with the bluetooth icon, rather than a keyboard icon like other keyboards. And in keyboard settings, I am unable to adjust the modifier keys, as I can with other keyboards.

Any ideas how to fix this?

macOS Sierra does not fully recognize the Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard as a keyboard, but a workaround exists.

Install Karabiner Elements. It lets you intercept and remap keyboard input.
Launch Karabiner Elements and go to the Devices tab and uncheck everything but "Ergonomic Keyboard" so that Karabiner does not swap keys with any other keyboards attached to your computer.
Switch to the "Simple Modifications Keys" tab. Click the "add item" button. Remap "left_command" to "left_option" and "left_option" to "left_command". Then do the same for "right" command/option keys.


2017 15" MBP & UHD TV: 4k60Hz *very* intermittent I have the MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), a Samsung 4k display, and a USB-C to HDMI cable between them (plugged directly into the computer).

The entire setup supports everything necessary. Please don't say they need to be compatible.

After a lot of fiddling, I get it to do 4k@60Hz and it works perfectly - even piped the audio.

Then, something will happen - power flicker, I turn off/on the TV, take my laptop somewhere else, act of god occurs, whatever - and the computer will suddenly forget it can use 4k@60Hz.

Sometimes this is fixed by repeatedly unplugging/plugging-in the display, most times not.

I have the command-line utility screenresolution. Sometimes OS-X decides to use 30Hz even when it knows 60Hz is available. This utility can then change it for me.

Sometimes (like right now) I want to throw this computer off the roof because it refuses to believe it supports 4k@60Hz.

This is independent of OS-X version, independent of TV (this same issue happened with a TCL TV), and independent of cable (happened with a different brand of cable).

I tried some system-preferences extension which required me to turn off SIP to manually add custom modes, and that sometimes worked - but also sometimes caused the HDMI audio to not work, so I got rid of that.

How do I convince OS X that the monitor does and always will support 4k @ 60Hz?

In case it matters, I also have (on a different USB-C port) a USB-C/TB3 hub and its display-port output goes to the MDP-to-dual-link-dvi-adatper to a 30" Cinema Display, so I have the 4k@60Hz TV, the 30" Cinema Display, and the laptops display all acting as non-mirrored monitors.

This is the [active] cable I’m using:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075V5JK36/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3g9hBbY6VM4X5

I have the same problem, but with a MacBook 13" 2017, a Samsung 4K TV, and a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 active cable.

How to solve the problem:
First connect the USB-C end of the cable to the MacBook, then after a couple of seconds connect the HDMI end to the TV while powered on. I got 100% success in having 4K @ 60hz using this procedure.

How is this possible:
Not too technical, but... The active chip on the cable's HDMI end first powers up and initializes from connecting it to the USB-C port, and in sequence, the correct resolutions and refresh rates are offered as soon as the other end of the cable is connected to the TV.

I know this is not a proper solution, but at least it doesn't make me want to throw the MacBook out of the window!

I hope there's some more feedback from other users.


Is there any way to find out my admin name? I'm a teenager who is into gaming. I've had a PS4 since last Christmas and pretty much haven't stopped playing it ever since. However, I've recently started to play on my Mac (and by recently I mean today) again, but everything I try to install requires an "Administrator Name and Password" which I understand and I used to remember. Seeing as I haven't used my Mac since last year it must be understandable how I've forgotten it. Every time I type my account name (located at the top right of my screen) and my login password it isn't correct.

I must have deleted my original account and I can't remember the name for it. Is there any way I will be able to find out?

If you end up needing to make a new admin account, there are several threads here covering that. I'd start with this one:

I don't have administrator account on my mac

You can open the system preferences and look over all the users and groups. That way you can determine if you have the ability to recover a current admin or need to start with another and just go forward.


Software uninstalled from brew still on $PATH I've uninstalled software from brew (as I want to use a different version), using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1

brew uninstall bowtie2

And downloaded the software from SourceForge instead, then copied the executables onto the $PATH

which bowtie2

> /usr/local/bin/bowtie2

However when I try to run the command

bowtie2

I get the error

> -bash: /usr/local/Homebrew/bin/bowtie2: No such file or directory

So it's still searching for the old path in the Homebrew folder. How do I change this?

Homebrew likes to create symlinks from /usr/local/bin/ to /usr/local/Cellar/.

You can see if this is the case by running: ls -l /usr/local/bin/bowtie2.

That should return a line with arrow syntax (->) like this:

/usr/local/bin/bowtie2 -> ../Cellar/bowtie2/<someversion>/bin/bowtie2

If that's the case, then you can just delete the broken symlink with: rm /usr/local/bin/bowtie2 (you may need to preface that with sudo depending on ownership of /usr/local/bin/. It's the broken symlink that is causing which to still show bowtie2 as being located in /usr/local/bin/.

You can then move the new binary for bowtie (that you downloaded from SourceForge) into /usr/local/bin/ or any other folder in your PATH.


How to import DVD's to iTunes I will be traveling long haul over a few times over the next few weeks and would like to watch some TV series I have on DVD, using an iPad, but do not want to have to purchase it again on iTunes.

So, is it possible to burn a DVD into iTunes for later viewing on iPad?

You can use Handbrake to rip it to a file, then just copy to iTunes. Handbrake is free and has a very simple to use interface. Just select the DVD in the file browser,  choose a preset and you'll be on your way.