anker keyboard escape key My imac bluetooth keyboard had some keys broken so I bought an anker keyboard.

It's the one mentioned in this review:

http://ziacomputers.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/anker-bluetooth-keyboard-reveiew/

My problem with it is the same as the problem #1 in the review, the keyboard doesn't have a escape key.

The place where esc should be is an empty box symbol which you can see in this image:

You have to press fn + box to escape. I'm trying to remap it with KeyRemap4MacBook but I can't figure out how. The review mentions that it should be possible. Any assistance is appreciated thanks.

The fn+home key combination works as Esc.


Shortcut for showing windows instead of clicking the Dock I use commandtab to browse through my applications, and command` for browsing through internal windows (e.g. for Firefox).

However, regularly, I switch to an application (e.g. TeXMaker and others) and only the menu bar shows up. They don't have a windows option, so I have to go all the way down to the Dock, find the application (which will have a dot on it) and click it. Then the windows will actually show.

I prefer not to use my mouse for this task. Is there any shortcut for this?

This works for some applications but not for all. You can use TextEdit.app to test it.

Open TextEdit.app
Create a new document (CMD+N).
Minimize the document (manually, CMD+M did not work for me).
CMD+Tab to Finder.app

Now everything's set up. The following steps may be a bit tricky.

CMD+Tab to highlight TextEdit. Keep the CMD key pressed.
Keep the CMD key pressed and additionally press the Alt/Opt key.
Release the CMD key.

This will un-minimize only the last window of a certain application. You cannot un-minimize multiple windows without additional scripts/software.


Late 2013 Macbook Retina Windows 7 x64 Bootcamp "No device drivers found" I have been trying for days to get Windows 7, 64 bit installed on my late 2013 Macbook Retina using bootcamp and always run into the same problem - when the Windows installation starts it gives an error message saying "No device drivers were found for my CD/DVD device..." and prompts be to try to browse to a location to find the drivers.

When I try to browse for the drivers I see two drives:

BOOTCAMP (C:)
BOOT (X:)

Program Files
sources
Users
Windows

(C:) is my bootcamp partition and I am assuming that (X:) is my install drive, but the file structure looks nothing like what it looks like from Mac OS X.

I never get the prompt asking me which partition to install Windows on.

I am using a USB drive and a Windows 7 64 bit ISO with Bootcamp Assistant. Everything goes smoothly in BCA. I have tried several different ISOs including one recommendation to use a specific ISO that is supposed to be a "full" version which includes additional drivers, but still with no luck.

The (fixed) Pre-Installation Environment (boot.wim) of your Windows_7.iso doesn't contain the necessary drivers to use the USB3-interface of your Late 2013 Macbook Retina. So a "non-standard Windows7.iso" including "additional  drivers" without injecting/implementing them into the boot.wim won't help much either.
Btw BOOT (X:) is not your install drive but the mounted boot.wim.

To circumvent limitations (new drivers, new hardware) Microsoft uses the $WinPEDriver$-feature to provide drivers at installation time.

Apple Boot Camp uses this method to provide the necessary drivers with the boot medium - your external USB drive.

Please check if you meet the following requirements:

Backup of your entire hard disc
Windows 7.iso Home Premium x64, Professional x64, or Ultimate x64
(these three are us-en digitalriver isos and here is a full list of all images available there). Please use Microsoft Software Recovery to download the proper Winodws 7 release.
Formatting of the USB-device (according to Apple):

If the size of the disk is 32 GB or less it should be MS-DOS (FAT).

If the size of the disk is over 32 GB it should be ExFAT.

Try to use an USB thumb drive (size 8 GB or bigger). If you don't have a thumb drive, try to use an USB hard drive smaller than 2 TB. ExFAT formatting with  Apple disk utility.app often doesn't work (means: formatting ends in FAT32 instead of ExFAT) and according to different sources a volume size limit of 2TB exists for MS-DOS (FAT) (=FAT32).
Boot Camp Support Software version: 5.1.5640

download link: Latest Boot Camp Support Software
File/Folder structure of the root of your boot device (your external USB-drive):

If your boot device doesn't contain $WinPEDriver$, AutoUnattend.xml and BootCamp please download and extract BootCamp5.1.5640.zip and copy the contents of the resulting BootCamp folder to the root level of your install drive.
If your install drive already contains those files and folders then check if the USB drivers are present.
(Paths: /$WinPEDriver$/IntelxHCISetup/Drivers/HCSwitch/Win7/x64/ and /$WinPEDriver$/IntelxHCISetup/Drivers/xHCI/Win7/x64/).
If they aren't present the wrong Boot Camp Support Software package has been chosen. Delete $WinPEDriver$, AutoUnattend.xml and BootCamp and continue with step 6.

Now the installation should work.

If the installation still doesn't work a more time consuming way has to be chosen (modifying the boot.vim) and i will write a second answer.

P.S. Did you already check this apple.stackexchange question/solution? Especially the comment of user funkylaundry May 18 at 16:38to the 1st answer:
"the key was to entirely remove the bootcamp partition and then add it again"


Folder that automatically creates aliases I like to save inspirational imagery in my dock. Since my Downloads folder is always a giant pile of files that I hoard and enjoy to go through every once in a while.
Now to save space in my Dock I’d have to have a folder as a stack where all those aliases to inspirational files are stored in. It would be nifty to be able to drag files into that folder and have the folder automatically create an alias of the file instead of moving it to there. That way I wouldn’t have to use shortcuts etc. and could simply drag files into there without actually moving them.

Understood? Maybe someone knows a solution. I’m guessing an AppleScript would be required. Let’s work together on this to make it happen.

Simply create a folder action script, move the scpt file to /Users/user_name/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts and apply it to a folder:

The content of the script is:

on adding folder items to thefolder after receiving theAddedItems
    repeat with eachfile in theAddedItems
        tell application "Finder"
            make new alias file to eachfile at folder "Main_Volume_Name:Users:user_name:Desktop:Inspirational:"
        end tell
    end repeat
    repeat with eachfile in theAddedItems
        tell application "Finder"
            move eachfile to folder "Main_Volume_Name:Users:user_name:Downloads:"
        end tell
    end repeat
end adding folder items to

With Main_Volume_Name: the name of your volume (e.g. Macintosh HD – you don't have to escape spaces!) and user_name: your short user name.

Save the scpt to /Users/user_name/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/ with the name "alias - add alias instead of moving files.scpt".

Now create a folder "Inspirational" on your desktop and a folder "intermediate" somewhere else.

Right-click the folder "intermediate" and attach the above script to the folder:

Drag both folders to the dock. You may apply convincing icons to be able to tell which is which.  If the folder action is activated, applying an icon to the "intermediate" folder will already create a file named _icon alias (or similar) in "Inspirational" folder. Please delete this file. In the example below the rose indicates the "Inspirational" folder and the chalkboard the  "intermediate" folder

To create (an) alias(es) in the folder "Inspirational" drag one or several files and/or folders on the "intermediate" folder:

The aliases will be created in the folder "Inspirational" and the dragged files will be moved back to "Downloads":

You can't use only one folder, because this will invoke an endless loop: as soon as a new alias is created by adding a file to the folder action enabled folder, the new alias will be aliased itself too (because it's another "new" file). This would be repeated until your Mac dies!


How to find lost Safari password on iPhone I need to know how to access a password that I lost on my iPhone. The password was saved using Safari but for some odd reason I can no longer access those passwords

If the password isn’t showing on the website you intend, you can retrieve it manually. Settings -> Passwords & Accounts -> Website & App Passwords.


SSD Shows as "Untitled" in Disk Utility I made a Carbon Copy Cloner clone of a hard disk to an external EVO 850. Then the EVO 850 was placed internally to MBP 2011 and all worked perfectly fine.

Because there was a problem with the MBP 2011, I removed the EVO 850 and placed back the hard disk. It was sent for repair but instead we got another MBP 2011.

The 'new' MBP is working fine with the hard disk so I replaced it with the EVO 850. MBP did not boot normally but seemed to boot from the recovery partition showing a "OS X Utilities" window with 4 options of which one was Disk Utility.

The EVO 850 showed up as "Untitled". First Aid ran fine and ended in Okay quickly.

I swapped the disks again with EVO 850 as external via USB. Shows up the same way in Disk Utilities and MBP is working fine with hard disk.

When running # diskutil list is shows up as

/dev/disk2 (external, physical)
0: GUID_partition_scheme                               500.1GB
1:                                 EFI EFI             209.7MB
2:                           Apple_HFS                 499.1GB
3:                          Apple_Boot Recovered HD    650.0MB

How do I get this disk to behave as a bootable disk again, or if that's not feasible, how can I access it and save some data?

This fix is going to involve moving the changed data from the SSD to the HDD so you can then do a clean install on the SSD.

Move data from the SDD to the HDD
Verify data on HDD
Swap HDD and SDD (SDD to be internal)
Wipe SDD and do a clean install of OS
Migrate data from SSD to HDD
Set up CCC to clone SSD to HDD as backup.

Prerequisites
You should have the following:

USB Installer of macOS Sierra or OS X El Capitan
Preferably a different HDD (you only need a 250 to 300GB drive to backup the SSD)
A backup of your Keychain
A backup of your Application Settings where applicable

1. Move data from the SDD to the HDD
In your comments you said that the data on the SSD changed.  You need to copy over the user data from from the SSD to the HDD.
Preferably, you should have another HDD to do a quick clone of your SSD as an extra layer of insurance. However, it's not absolutely necessary.
To move your data from the SSD to the HDD  you need to create a directory on your HDD somewhere and call it SSD Data Backup or something that identifies it as where it came from.  You can do it in your home directory, it really doesn't matter, just so long you know where it is.  Then go into the SSD /Users/ directory and copy over your entire directory to the SSD Data Backup you created earlier.
2. Verify data on HDD
Make sure that everything you copied over from the SSD is on the HDD.  I can't stress this step too lightly.  Once you proceed there's no going back.
3. Swap HDD and SDD (SDD to be internal).
Now that you have a backup of your SSD data on your HDD, it's time to swap out the drives.  You should now have the SSD internally and the HDD externally.  Don't connect the HDD until you have finished step 4.
4. Wipe SDD and do a clean install of the OS.
Delete the partitions, everything.  You need to have a single partition so that when the OS is installed, it will create all the necessary partitions for you like the boot partition, and the recovery partition. Set it up like you just got it from the factory.
5. Migrate data from SSD to HDD.
Once you have your new OS installed on your new SSD, it's time to move the data back.  Attach the HDD (now external) and you can copy things back.  You can use:

Migration Assistant
Copy the whole directory and retake permissions
Copy individual items

(I personally go for the third option because it allows me to do a genuinely clean install)
6. Set up CCC to clone SSD to HDD as backup.
Once you have everything setup to your satisfaction, you can now use CCC to clone your SSD to your HDD.  Keep in mind the way CCC works is that you clone your drive to an external for backup purposes.  If/When things go sideways, you get a new drive and clone FROM the external to the new, not swap.


Recording a screencast with a webcam Quicktime can be used to record screen casts, which captures a video of the events in the screen - with or without the audio from the microphone.

Many screencasts also capture the webcam in the lower-right part of the screen.

How can quicktime include the video from the webcam in its screencasts?

Start by selecting "New Video Recording" from the File menu.
Quicktime Player will open a preview window streaming your webcam video.  Resize and position as desired.
Select "Float on Top" from the View menu.
Now start your screen recording.


Can I cmd-F and click a highlighted link in Safari (or something similar) without a mouse? I'm trying to make my Mac as mouseless and possible. My three last big hurdles:

Moving the current window to a different space in Spaces. (I'm still on OS 10.6, until 10.8 comes out.)
A more efficient way to move through toolbars and menu bar than Tab.

And

When using Safari, being able to Cmd-F ("find") linked text and then click it. (Or some better way to move through in-page links I've not thought of.)


Chrome on macOS suddenly rejects self signed certificates I have been happily using self signed certificates for locally hosted sites running on apache2 for a couple of years.  Today one of those certificates expired - no biggie, I recreated it and replaced the cert in my keychain.  However, Chrome is now giving me an error when I try to visit the site:

  Certificate Error
  There are issues with the site's certificate chain (net::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID).

So I thought maybe the cert I had generated was dodgy.  But no - all of my other (unexpired) self signed certs have stopped working too!  Is it a coincidence?  I don't know.

I thought maybe it didn't like my 'common name' (which was com06, e.g. https://com06/) so I tried with com06.dev.  No luck!

What is going on?

Certs generated with

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout server.key -out server.crt

Added to keychain with

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain server.crt

macOS 10.11.6
Chrome v58.0.3029.33 beta (64-bit)

Self signed certs are accepted by Safari, this is only a problem with Chrome

Update

As of Chrome v58.0.3029.41 beta, I get this helpful error message in the developer tools:

Subject Alternative Name Missing
The certificate for this site does not contain a Subject Alternative
Name extension containing a domain name or IP address.

You can temporarily disable the SAN enforcement using the EnableCommonNameFallbackForLocalAnchors policy, see this page for details. This will allow you to reissue your certificates when time allows it.

On OSX this can be achieved using the following command:

defaults write com.google.Chrome EnableCommonNameFallbackForLocalAnchors -bool true


Primary display randomly changes I'm using a MacBook Pro (Late 2011) connected to two Thunderbolt displays. The displays are chained together, and one Thunderbolt connection is made to the MacBook Pro.

I prefer to have the left monitor function as the primary display (I want the dock to live on the left). Using the Display System Preference Pane, I can set this configuration with no issues.

Every morning, I connect the displays to the MacBook Pro and I disconnect every evening.

Some days, seemingly at random, the display configuration is changed and the right monitor has the dock and menu bar instead of the left.

Is there any way to ensure the display configuration remains the same?

This worked for me, credit to this answer:

https://superuser.com/a/1220526/454133

  Play around with moving the "top" bar between screens in the Arrangement window. Assign it to different screens and you will notice it will solve your issue once you find the "right" screen.

So, monkeying with the menu bar in the arrangement settings will reset your displays proper. I even got screenshots.


Is "Trash" an actual location on the physical hard drive? When I don't want something anymore and it says: "Moving to trash," is it actually moving the data, or just updating its path or giving a special "Trashed" label or something?

Technically no. Trash is the combination of several hidden trash folders, one per volume that is mounted. And also filtered by user account so you won’t see trashed items from another account.

Basically, yes since files on macOS (or any 'NIX system) consist of a couple of parts.

The file contents are referenced by an inode which is referenced by 1 or more directory entries.

When a file is deleted or moved to Trash the file contents remain where it is.
In the case of move to Trash a new directory entry (under .Trash) is created which references the file. The actual name in the directory entry is a modified version of the original (you can have many files of the same name in Trash).

To simply answer the question, the only thing that changes is the directory tree.

EDIT To address the additional question:-
Moving a file within a partition also (usually) leaves the file contents in place; moving to another location (with its own directory tree) involves a physical move of file contents. (To some extent this is program dependent - programs using the normal API behave this way, but actual behaviour is up to the program.)


Disable Terminal man page shortcut on Catalina I recently upgraded to MacOS Catalina and when I am IDEA IntelliJ, if I press Command + Shift + M the OS opens the Terminal program and attempts to load the man page for whatever I had highlighted in the editor at that time, as described here.
This is very annoying because I already have that keyboard shortcut mapped to something else in IntelliJ that I use quite frequently. How do I disable this shortcut?
I tried looking in the Terminal program's preferences but I don't see any keyboard shortcut options there.

If you open Terminal -> Services -> Services Preferences there are some options there for enabling/disabling global keyboard shortcuts.

Then you can disable this at Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services -> Open man Page in Terminal


Gmail calendar not synchronising with Calendar on OS X I use a MacBook Pro and found that my Gmail calendar doesn't sync at all. I guess it is because of the fact that this Gmail account also happens to be my Apple ID. My question is, how to synchronise Google's calendar with iCal when the Gmail ID is same as the Apple ID?

You need to add your Gmail account separately. Go to System Preferences → Internet Accounts, add a new Gmail account and enable the Calendars service to enable the sync.


Can I design web graphics with Pages more easily? I need to assemble a couple of individual pictures together, plus some nice text, and the result has to be a PNG of a certain pixel size.

I'm not a web-designer, so, I don't have any specialised software, and since I need to do this like once or twice a year, it probably won't be worthwhile to buy and learn how to use Photoshop or some such.

I've been (mis)using Apple Pages for these kinds of tasks, which generally works great, except for this pixel requirement for this specific task of a web-graphic.

What I found that works is:

design the document in Pages, with cm as the measurement system, and using a calculator to ensure proportions
use the Fit Width zoom option, and resize the window next to a pixel screen ruler
use ⇧⌘4 to take a screenshot of a portion of the screen (usually of the whole window, e.g. with a space and a button click)
use Preview to cut an exact PNG of needed size from the above screenshot
if size is off, repeat the last three steps

Is there a way to reduce the above steps, and make the process somewhat less ad-hoc?  I've originally started with exporting from Pages into PDF, and then doing the resize magic with PDF, where I still had to take the screenshot of it before going further, but then realised it was an extra step that was not necessary.

As Pages was not really developed with producing pixel-based graphics in mind, I think you workflow is already quite the best way to handle such a task in Pages (+Preview).

However, if you have Pages, you may also have Keynote? Your task could be accomplished with this app much easier.

Slideshows are set up in pixels, not cm.
After creating a new slideshow by selecting one of the predefined sizes, these can also be completely changed to custom sizes (info window, first tab).
After finishing your artwork, you can directly export into several image formats like JPG and PNG. You can even resize the image during this step (again).

(Tested right now with Keynote 5.3)


Why do tagged folders do not appear in open/save dialogs? On my Mac, I use tags for both files and folders.

In the Finder, when clicking on the « tag view » in the sidebar, I see every file and folder which holds that tag, as expected.

However, for some reason, in Open and Save prompts, when I go in the same « tag view », folders are not shown, only files are.

I was wondering if it is a specific issue with my setup, or if it is a general bug in macOS ?

PS : I already have rebuilt Spotlight index.

On the screenshot below, top window is a generic Finder window. Bottom window is TextEdit open dialog. The latter do not show folders in Tag view.

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Edit : After some additional trials, it seems it finally occurs only in Open dialogs, and in some apps only.

For instance, in Preview’s open dialog, the issue does not occur.
However, in Textedit, Pages, Numbers, the issue occurs in Open dialogs.

If you go into finder>preferences>tags you will see that two tags have very similar colours, in my case, "work" and "orange". Try changing the colour of your "Projet" tag and see if they both the files change. If they don't then you might not have tagged your files correctly.

It seems like a silly answer but this has happened to me before that's why I am proposing this.


What is this extra divider line on my Dock? Mysteriously, this extra divider-line has appeared between any app I launch now and the previously launched apps?

What is the purpose of this 2nd divider line? Why is it appearing now? How can I get rid of it?

See this screenshot, with pink arrow pointing to the mystery divider-line.

Recent apps

This is recently-opened applications, which is on by default in macOS Mojave. To disable, open System Preferences > Dock, and uncheck Show recent applications in Dock.


turn off find my iphone without apple ID password I need to restore my iphone, to do that i need to turn off find my iphone but the apple ID is different to the one i use now, i cant remember the password

This question will likely get put on hold as a dup soon, but the best answer is really one I gave to another question.

I had forgotten about the iPad being logged in to the same account and did not turn off findMyiPhone on it before changing the appleId.

What worked for me finally, I found here apple's KB.

Log out of iMessage on the iPad, and the log back into iMessage making sure to use the NEW appleId email address. Next go to settings and turn off FindMyiPhone, you will be prompted for a password and the old appleid will still be displayed in the request, use the password for new appleid that you just used to log in iMessage, and it will turn off find my iphone.

Once find my iPhone is off, you can log out the account completely, and update the email address.

Edit to add: re-reading the question... you might just need to know about https://iforgot.apple.com


Change the directory used to save screenshots Possible Duplicate:
  How do I change the location of screen captures on 10.5?

In the Keyboard preferences, I enabled the shortcuts that allow me to take a screenshot of the full screen, or of the part I select.

Is there a way to select in which directory will the file be saved?

You can use TinkerTool to change your "Screenshot file format" and "Target Folder for Screenshot"


Hidden Admin Account Appearing After Reboot I am new to Mac OS (using Mojave on a MacBook Air 2017) and am running into an issue. I want to create a hidden local admin account that only I know exists. I followed a guide and enabled users under ID 500 to be hidden and got that to work. I then changed login options  to "display name and password". When I logged out it seemed everything was fine. But after a reboot, both accounts showed up with their name. Is there anyway to prevent the admin account from showing up after a reboot?

Thanks all ~

Yes. You can disable file vault access for any accounts you don’t want to be capable to u lock FileVault or disable FileVault entirely.

The log in screen controls don’t govern FileVault since that renders from EFI before the os even starts.


Is the CD version of iWork '09 updatable to the newly released version? Can I update the apps from iWork '09 installed from the DVD to the new versions in the App Store?

I finally reinstalled iWork from the iWork '09 disk.

At the following launch of the App Store I got a nice surprise.

And each application can be updated separately. No need to launch them prior to the App Store update.

All in all, I am pleasantly surprised by apple's choice to support the version of iWork which was still updated outside of the App Store in Mountain Lion.

Note:

After installing Mavericks, I updated the up to date version of iWork on my wive's computer and both versions are now installed. While on mine the fresh install of iWorks '09 was simply replaced with the latest iWork from the App Store.


(SOLVED) - Error: "The device does not have the necessary services" when using bluetooth to browse files on Galaxy S7 Edge How do I get the "necessary services" on my Galaxy S7 Edge phone using Android Marshmallow so I can use bluetooth to browse and transfer files between my Macbook Pro and my phone?

The error message "The device does not have the necessary services" shows up after I click the "Browse" button on the "Browse Device" window after selecting my phone as the Bluetooth device.

Even if it should be part of the Android OS, looks like the OBEX FTP service is not included.
I searched the Play Store and there is at least one program that allows for browsing from a paired device (in this case my Mac) and it's: Bluetooth File Transfer (that also works as a client).
Remember to go into the app settings to select which folder will be used as a root for the server, otherwise it's set to /store/emulated/0


Is it easy to boot a from external drive with Snow Leopard on it? I have a macbook pro and planning to (finally) upgrade to Lion and currently have snow leopard. I am also planning to swap the hdd to something bigger. I wish to still be have the option of booting it from the current drive still.

Is there anything in particular I need to consider and whats the best of software to help me with this?

Very easy : Push the option key at boot chime and select the external drive on which you want to boot.

You may want to use a FW enclosure for more speed (in comparaison with USB2)


Software update wants to install Command Line Tools. Why? I have no Xcode installed After the MacOS 10.14.4 Update, softwareupdate also shows me the following as a further update/ download:

Command Line Tools (macOS Mojave version 10.14) for Xcode 10.2

Now if I need it, I am fine installing it. I am wondering why I need it though, since I don't have Xcode installed, and am not developing software in any sense.

So why does softwareupdate show me this, and should I download it?

With macOS it is possible to install the command line tools for Xcode seperately from Xcode.

If you did have Xcode installed, the command line tools would be updated with Xcode updates. As you haven't got Xcode installed, these tools are updated from Software Update alongside macOS updates instead.

Installation of the command line tools is triggered by running one of the included programs from the Terminal or via a third party app. The first time that is done, you're asked if you want to install the command line tools, and then everything in that package will be installed.

This is commonly done when installing for example Homebrew, MacPorts, or similar software. It is also used together with lots of open source and other third party software. The command line tools are not only for developing software, but contain many utilities that are of value generally.


How to add the PATH for mysql bin on Mac? I want to add the PATH for mysql.exe on my Mac. I tried this via terminal, but

$ vi.bash_profile
vi.bash_profile command not found.

does not work. I tried this for generating the bash_profile to add the PATH.

We want to enter the code

export PATH=PATH:/Machintosh HD/Application/mampstack-7.3.8-0/mysql/bin

after the generating bash_profile.

You need a space after vi and before the . so vi .bash_profile not vi.bash_profile.

If you are not in your home folder you can also use vi  ~/.bash_profile to specify the location as mentioned in ankiis answer below/above.  Again you need a space after the vi.

Alternatively, instead of using vi you can add your path to .bash_profileusing echo 'export PATH=/my/path:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile as explained in this answer.


How can I set my mouse to click whenever it stops moving? I have arm pain, and one helpful feature I've used in the past is where the mouse will automatically click whenever it stops moving and lingers on a spot for one second.

I swear I've used this before on a Mac, but I can't figure out how to enable it. Are there any settings or Mac apps that enabled us?

This is not a direct solution to your question but, I hope some of these suggestions will make your life a little bit easier.

Mac accessibility features are awesome.  Once you identify what your needs are and what the computer can actually do for you, You can virtually set up custom dictation commands, and use other accessibility features to control your entire computer.

The first thing I would suggest is enabling enhanced dictation commands in your accessibility preferences.  You can create custom voice commands to make your life much easier.  For example, I have set up custom commands to open up any webpage I frequent by simply saying “open Facebook“ or “open youtube“ etc..  Once I realized how easy it was to automate tasks on the computer,  I started reading about AppleScript and learning how to create scripts and applications that I could control with my voice and create custom commands for those also. For example, I created Applescripts that would insert my username and passwords into what ever fields I needed to insert them in.  Now for those scripts, which I made speakable, all I have to say is “insert username” or “insert password”  and my computer does everything for me.

Also using the dictation commands, there is a command that you could say “show numbers” in any open application (see image…)

Then all I have to do is say "14" If I wanted to click on the highlighted "Dictation".  Making life even easier, you can even just select or highlight something, while enhanced dictation is active, and say "make this speakable" and your computer will launch the dictation commands set up dialogue for you:

You may also want to look into these items in the Accessibility preferences:

Here is an auto clicking solution you may be interested in.

Activate “Enable Mouse Keys” in System Preferences/Accessibility/Mouse & Trackpad.

You can paste this following script in a new Script Editor document then export it as an application (naming it something like “Auto Click”).

tell application "System Events"
    delay 1  -- this line is optional
    key code 87
end tell

You can then locate and select that new Auto Click.app in Finder, and once that file is highlighted, you can simply speak the command “Make This Speakable” (assuming you have advanced dictation commands enabled in your system preferences).  You can then configure this new Dictation Command to run the Auto Click.app (which will click immediately wherever your mouse cursor is located) whenever you speak your new command.

Be sure to add Auto Click.app to the list of applications allowed to control your computer.


Command key keeps bringing up the Mission Control My Left-Command key keeps bringing up the Mission Control.

I've gone through all the steps in Mac tip: How to restore your keyboard to its default settings to restore all keyboard mappings and shortcuts back to their defaults, but it hasn't fixed the problem.

In TextEditor, I type some text, highlight it, cut it to the clipboard by selecting "Cut <Command>C" from the menu.

If I select "Paste <Command>V" from the menu, the clipboard contents pastes successfully.

But if I try to paste the clipboard contents using the keyboard, by typing <Command>V, nothing pastes, and instead I see a listing of my work spaces appear across the top of the screen, with a '+' at the right.

Any ideas as to what I need to do to get the Command key to work properly?

Mission Control is supposed to be popping up when I press <Ctrl><Up-Arrow>, and that's not working, either.

Oddly enough, my Right-Command key works. That still leaves me with a real problem, because I need to VNC into this machine, and every VNC client I've tried only doesn't distinguish between left and right, they only send LeftC-Command.

OK, this one was just stupid.

In System Preferences ==> Mission Control, there is a section titled "Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts".  For each of "Mission Control", "Application Windows", "Show Desktop", and "Show Dashboard", there is a dropdown where you can select which keyboard shortcut you want to use.

This is separate from System Preferences ==> Keyboard ==> Shortcuts ==> Mission Control.

In my case, it showed that "Mission Control" was mapped to <Ctrl><Up-Arrow>.

I changed it to F1, then changed it back to <Ctrl><Up-Arrow>, and now it works. Apparently, it had been mapped to  in a way that didn't update the GUI, and switching it to something different and then back fixed it.

I hate this kind of thing.


Is there any downside to buying the Apple TV 3rd generation rather than the 3rd Generation Rev A? The 3rd generation Apple TV apparently comes in two versions:

3rd generation (A1427, model MD199LL/A)
3rd generation Rev A (A1469, also model MD199LL/A)

According to the Apple TV article on Wikipedia these models are identical except for some internal architectural changes which make the Rev A model consume less power.

I'm seeing some prices for the original model A1427 about 25% cheaper than the A1469 model.  Is there any reason to not get the cheaper device?  For example do I risk potential lack of future software support for the older model? E.g. is it conceivable that Apple could release a software version that runs on the A1469 but doesn't run on the A1427?

Rev A can perform peer-to-peer Airplay wireless streaming. Source: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4437


X11/Xlib.h file not found I am trying to install Savi-program for monitoring satellites found here via Terminal. I am developer so I have XCode installed. which gcc returns /usr/bin/gcc. Command make ARCH=macosx once in the directory is the code to execute. However, I am getting an error, saying 'X11/Xlib.h'. Where do I get 'X11/Xlib.h' so that the program installs successfully?

This is the full error:

Mains-MBP:savi1.4.9 mainuser$ make ARCH=macosx
making all in manual...
making all in manual/images...
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
making all in bin...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
making all in maps...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
making all in oogl...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
making all in data...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
making all in tcl...
tclsh mkindex.tcl
making all in src...
making all in src/include...
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
gcc -O2 -DNO_ZLIB -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -pedantic -ansi -I./include -I/opt/X11/include   -c -o main.o main.c
In file included from main.c:38:
In file included from ./include/tcl_utils.h:40:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include/tk.h:78:11: fatal error:
      'X11/Xlib.h' file not found
#       include <X11/Xlib.h>
                ^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

The instructions you quote tell you exactly what the issue is

When you type make you will be prompted to install Xcode. You can also install Xcode by typing the terminal command xcode-select --install
If your compilation fails with an Xlib not found error, install XQuartz to get X11 headers under /opt/X11, and then type:

CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/X11/include
make ARCH=macosx


ClamXav not protecting against Malware and Trojans, what to do Possible Duplicate:
  Anti-virus comparison for Mac OS X

I am using ClamXav for protecting my Mac from Antivirus.

But I don't think that it protects from Malware, Spyware, or Trojans.

So, what are free (or paid :( ) options available for above mentioned threats.

If comparison is available, with suggestions for choosing right product, then it would be like icing on cake.

The operating system you're using (OS X) is the best protection against Malware, Spyware and Trojans.

Just be careful that you aren't putting in your password for anything you're not sure about.

I've run my Mac systems for many years without any anti-virus or other "protective" software.  I'm simply just careful with what I install, and ensure it comes from reputable sources.

By no means am I saying that the Mac is 100% uncompromisable.  Just saying that if you are careful, the chances of problems are minuscule and not worth the concern or system resources to keep running in the background.


Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 does not detect startup USB for Mojave I would like to perform a clean install of Mojave as outlined in this article

https://setapp.com/how-to/clean-install-macos-mojave

However, my Mac Air 2013 does not detect my USB installer as a startup disk. I have tried twice to reformat the USB as macOS Extended Journaled and created a startup disk as outlined here, but still no luck (see screen shots below.)

Most suggestions online suggest reformatting the USB (which I have already done), but it still does not pick up the USB. I have also tried rebooting in recovery mode without the usb being detected.

To boot from the USB Installer:

Power-up your Macbook
Hold down the Option key immediately after the chime sound
Choose Install macOS Mojave from the list of entries
Install macOS Mojave


It is required to have a mac to build iphone application or we can use VirtualBox to emulate the MAC OS X platform? It is required to have a mac to build iphone application or we can use VirtualBox to emulate the MAC OS X platform and do the same task ? Is there any license restriction ?

Thanks.

It is required that you be running OS X and you can't virtualize OS X on non-Apple hardware (by terms in the EULA, not for any technical reasons). Therefore it follows that you need a Mac computer to build iPhone software.

See this question and answer for a discussion on virtualizing OS X: Is there a way to evaluate OS X without purchasing Macintosh hardware?


Disk Utility not letting me Partition Disk A bit of background before I start. I'm trying to install Ubuntu onto my Macbook Pro and so far I've stumbled into a bit of a roadblock. I've also already installed Windows 10 with Bootcamp, I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

The issue I'm having is whenever I try to create the partition using Disk Utility it seems to get stuck at "Preparing to partition disk" no matter how long I wait for it. It really doesn't seem to matter what format I make the new partition, I still end up getting the same issue.

If anybody has any idea why this is happening or what I can do to fix it would be greatly appreciated.

In Disk Utility, select the drive that you wish to partition, but select Repair in the bar with the options. Then, click Repair Disk Permissions in the bottom right. Repairing Disk Permissions isn't guaranteed to fix your problem, but it's a great start.


How can I use spotlight search to open a specific file path Is there a way to do Command+Spacebar to open the spotlight search on macOS Mojave, and then give the path of a folder you want to open?

For example:

 "open ~/Documents/File"

or some equivalent.

If this isn't possible by default are there any extension to do this?  I was looking at Flashlight but was unsure if I needed it.

If you open Spotlight and type in the path of a specific folder and hit return that folder will open on your desktop in Finder. Put the full pathname but don't put open in the Spotlight search window.

Example: To open my python folder I type the following in the Spotlight window.
/User/myname/python . Now when I hit the return key the folder opens.


Headset Microphone Not working on Bootcamp I have an iMac(5k Retina, late 2014) and I have installed windows 10 via bootcamp. I have a Razer Kraken X that has a microphone.
So first of all let me say that the problem is not my headphones or my headphone jack. When I plug in my headphones in Mac OS everything works fine, sound and microphone. When I go to bootcamp however, My headphone audio works but the microphone does not work. When I plug in my headphones, the output device changes, but my microphone is still set to the default integrated mic. I've tried using a different headset with a mic but that same thing happens. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my drivers using windows support software from apple, same result. Windows just doesnt detect my mic. its not a privacy issue or the mic is disabled, ive tried all of those. my last resort is to buy an external usb soundcard or remove the bootcamp partition completely and reinstall windows.

Apparently the Combo port doesn't work on Windows and no one has found a proper solution. So i just bought an External USB Sound Card Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRVQ0F8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and it works perfectly.


There are two arrows spinning next to my Wifi There are two arrows moving in a circle next to the Wifi bars. I am confused. I was wondering if this means something is downloading because I just trying to sync music from my ITunes on PC, to my IPad, but everytime I click on a song, it says "Item Not Available." Do the arrows mean something is downloading? If not, what are they an indicator for?

This is the iTunes sync indicator, which indicates that the device is syncing with iTunes over USB or Wi-Fi.


How can I get spotlight to search everywhere for any file? I know for a fact that a file named 1A0CFDAF-E43B-49E1-AC88-CD8CC9146947.jpeg exists in my photo library originals/ subdirectory.  But searching for 1A0CFDAF-E43B-49E1-AC88-CD8CC9146947.jpeg using Spotlight returns no results.

This is the kind of thing I look for, because if it were obvious I'd already know where it is.  I want to have confidence spotlight is searching everything, so that when I get "no result" I know that means "the file does not exist on your hard drive."

Is there a way to expand Spotlight's search domain so that it literally indexes my whole drive and finds any and every file, like it really kind of should?

Spotlight doesn't search hidden & system areas at all, by design.

The simplest way to get around this is to use something like EasyFind (freeware) instead. You might need to allow it access to Photos Library, in Privacy and Security preferences.

It doesn't index, so it's slower than Spotlight, but it will find anything, anywhere.


Catalina Contacts app completely blank Running Catalina 10.15.7 on a mid 2013 Mac Air. When I open the Contacts app, it seems to open ok except that there is no content in any of the three columns. The search box and 'add contact' (plus sign) button are there, but that's it. When I open preferences, all my accounts and their settings are listed correctly. Contacts all show up fine in my iCloud (through browser) and iPhone Contacts app. I reinstalled Catalina just this morning. Everything else seems to be working normally. How can I make Contacts love me again? Thanks!

After a very frustrating, fruitless journey through all the online suggested fixes I could find, I eventually figured out the problem, somewhat by accident. Apparently, my system had two versions of the Contacts app installed, one that worked and one that didn't. I'm not sure how this happened but I have an idea.
I keep my frequently used apps, including Contacts, in categorized folders within the Programs system folder. I drag these folders to my dock and open everything from there. The nonfunctional version of Contacts was in the dock folder. The functional version was in its default place in the Programs folder. Maybe the docked version became 'disconnected' from the contacts system database when I upgraded to Catalina and a new version of Contacts was installed in Programs?
To fix the problem, all I had to do was delete the nonfunctional version of Contacts and move the functional one to the dock where the old one used to be. Everything works as normal now.


How do I determine which revenue from the App Store belongs to which app? The iTunesConnect help says:

  Your financial reports are presented as groups of transactions,
  displayed in distinct rows. Each row represents a unique combination
  of an app, transaction type (product type identifier), price
  (proceeds/customer Price), store, sale or return and promo (if
  applicable).

But the downloaded report I have doesn't say which app sales are for. Is this because I only have sales for one app last month?

I'm wondering because I have a second app on the store now, and I have to pay royalties to people who helped with the games. So I need to know how much each app brings in each month.

There are (free) services that do that for you. You can also generate nice looking reports for the people who helped you with the games:

AppFigures (we've been using them for 4+ years): http://appfigures.com
AppAnnie (not so much a fan personally): http://appannie.com
LaunchKit (goes directly to Slack, but not real "overview"): http://launchkit.io/sales


How to delete Voice Memos on macOS Mojave? I've been trying Mojave for a while, and I've been using Voice Memos, but I can't find a way to delete recordings.
Does anyone know how to do it?

Slide the recording to the left to access the Delete button, or continue sliding to delete instantly.

Alternatively, choose Edit, select the recording to delete, then choose Delete.


How do I make my iPod 5 gen stop asking for my Apple ID password to update an app? The other day I went to update Pandora so I could listen to music and once I press update it asks for Apple ID password.
This does this to all of my other apps that must be updated.

Agree with @Tyson, updates do not require a password in recent versions of iOS, presuming you are signed into the App Store with the account that originally purchased (or acquired) the app.

If you have multiple accounts, and each account has downloaded one or more apps, you are always going to be prompted for the password if the account that is signed in is not the same one as the account that purchased the app that you are trying to update.

It sounds like in your case you might have changed Apple IDs, or used somebody else's when originally acquiring the apps? In which case, you can sign out of the store (App Store > first tab > "Sign Out [your email]" at the bottom) and sign back in with the account that acquired the apps you are trying to update.


Does Magic Mouse automatically sync up with Windows in Boot Camp? I may be just going slightly mad, but hear me out.
I have a Macbook Pro running Catalina. My Magic Mouse 2 has been paired to it for a while.
I just installed Windows 10 to dual boot it using Boot Camp.
Now, I just got out the mouse thinking I needed to pair it again in Windows, but then I noticed it was already paired and working automatically! I really do not recall pairing it in Windows. I could be awfully forgetful and already did it, but I really do not remember doing so!
Did Apple make some feature in the Boot Camp tools that are installed in Windows causing bluetooth devices such as MM being synced between macOS and Windows?

Once the wireless mouse is paired to the Mac, the mouse will work with Windows, the Mac Startup Manager, Mac Recovery, etc. Specific to your question, the Boot Camp Assistant restarts the Mac to boot the Microsoft Windows installer in such a way as to keep the mouse paired with the Mac. When installing Windows without the aid of the Boot Camp Assistant, often (but not always) a user has to plug in a wired mouse to install Windows and pair the wireless mouse after installation completes.

Unless you have installed Windows without the aid of the Boot Camp Assistant, you never realize how many steps are automatically done for you.


iPhone 6 - What can cause the front camera, rear camera and the flash to stop working, all at the same time? The front camera, rear camera and the flash light all stopped working simultaneously after I changed the charging port of my iPhone 6 myself (Apple doesn't do this).
I initially thought that the cable might not have been seated properly but that is not the case, I'm pretty sure.
Is there a way I can go about diagnosing this?
Edit:
I followed this video for changing the port - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnX_KKJnjOQ
The rest of the phone, including the new port, is working totally normally.

There is a power supply chip responsible for powering both cameras if you removed the display you may have accidentally have damaged this small and delicate chip, without power to the cameras the flashlight will also not work. You can see the chip pointed out by a pair of tweezers in the picture below. it is normally covered in the black substance like the parts around it, I removed it in order to give a clearer view of the chip in question.


MBP (late 2016) - 5.1 audio over USB-C? While I am waiting for my new MacBook Pro to arrive, I have started wondering how to connect everything together. My goal is to only have one cable to connect to the MacBook when I use it at home (which will be Thunderbolt 3 obviously). So I will probably get some sort of Tunderbolt-3 Dock with Displayport and Ethernet.

However, I am wondering how I should handle audio: I have a 5.1 surround system which provides both digital  (optical toslink) and analog input (using three cinch cable for the different channels).

I know that I should be able to plug in a toslink cable into the 3.5 audio jack of the MBP (if Apple hasn't decided to remove that feature?). However, I would like to only have one cable as mentioned above, so I need to get the audio over USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 somehow.

Is this possible? What kinds of adapters would I need, so I can realize the following (basically I am looking for an adapter from TB3 or Displayport to Toslink (optical audio) or Digital Audio via Coax):

-------------     --------------           ------------------
-           -     -          DP==         ==TL              -
-  MacBook  -     -  Dock      -    ???    -   AV-Receiver  -
-           -     -            -    ???    -      (5.1)     -
-        TB3=======TB3      TB3==         ==DA              -
------------      --------------           ------------------

TB3 = Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C
DP = Displayport (regular size)
TL = Optical Audio (Toslink)
DA = Digital Audio (Coax)

You can also try picking up a relatively cheap FireWire soundcard. They are usually produced for con- or prosumers and are of a relatively high quality. Picking one up second-hand should not be that expensive.


Can one access all application data when given physical access to an iPhone? An answer on SO to a question on whether or not you could access stuff in the cache of Mobile Safari, stated that no, this was not possible, as each app runs in its own sandbox. I am unsure how this really answers the question on whether you can access the application, as even if each application lives in its own sandbox, not being able to access stuff on the outer filesystem, it might be that there is a way to access stuff in the sandbox from the outside. For instance, a VM lives inside of a sandbox, but one could still mount the filesystem in the VM from outside of the VM.
We make an app that makes use of a WKWebView and I would like to know whether caching images locally on the phone would enable an attacker to gain access to those images or if there are mechanisms built into iOS that prevents anyone with physical access to the device from getting to them.
I know that a lot of stuff is possible if a device is jailbroken, but there might be other ways as well?

The sandbox protects data from app A from being accessed by app B, it doesn't protect data against the OS or any OS-level access. And as has already been mentioned in the comments: Once an attacker gets physical access to a device, all bets are off anyway.
If you want to specifically protect data items you need to add encryption within your app to handle this.


F.lux does not always work on resolution changes. Is there a way to check if the resolution changes? I'm a happy user of f.lux, but sometimes when I plug in my external monitor on my macbook air it returns to full brightness. This also sometimes happens if I unplug my external monitor and switch to the laptop screen only.

I see f.lux switching on and off for a brief moment.

What I wanted to do about this is to somehow detect a screen resolution change, so I could use this to write an applescript to restart f.lux whenever this occurs.

All I could find until now is this discussion about detecting resolution changes:
http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/realbasic-nug/2006-02/msg03063.html

But hopefully someone has any pointers how to achieve this in an easier way or has a different solution to my problem?

Can you try downloading again or ensure that the about box says "v18.0"? v18 should fix this bug (we haven't pushed the auto-update due to some unresolved issues with hybrid graphics cards.)


View iPhone back up in iTunes I have backed up my iPhone to iTunes (via wifi) to my Mac.  How do I go back and view contacts, etc. on my mac?

If you are just backing up your phone via wifi to your Mac there isn't a native tool to view the contacts.  (There are some third party tools, but I don't think that is what you need).  If you are syncing your iPhone to your Mac then they should show up in the contacts app.

More likely is that your contacts are being synced to whatever account you are using (gmail, yahoo, iCloud, etc...) and you just need to configure that account on your Mac and then you will see the contacts that way.


How to delete all photos in the camera roll in iOS 8.x? I have started using auto backup using OneDrive and it works like a charm.  The only problem is that the pictures are left on the phone after being backed up.

Is it possible to empty the camera roll or in some way mass delete photos?  (Even with an app)

Edit:  I stopped using OneDrive because it kept losing pictures.  Switched to Google Photos and it seems to work correctly.

Edit:  And now Google Photos as a button:  "Free up storage" which deletes all the photos that have been backed up.

If you have a Mac, connect your iPhone to it.

There is a build in app (from Apple) called Image Capture in your Applications folder.

Use it to bulk delete Photos on iPhone.


Can I install apps on iPhone/iPad from iTunes without syncing? Simple question: Can I install an application that was downloaded to my iTunes into my iPad/iPhone without syncing it with the computer?

I am abroad and without access to wi-fi, only network cable, so the trivial solutions of "download directly through the iPad" and "sync it with your computer once and be over it" won't work (unless I start syncing with two computers at the same time, and I recall it gave me trouble in the past).

You can try the install with iPhone Configuration Utility:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/FA_iPhone_Configuration_Utility/Introduction/Introduction.html

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution/FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution.pdf


How to add a 2nd monitor to Macbook Air (mid-2012) I have a Macbook Air mid 2012.

If I get a thunderbolt mini display port to HDMI adapter can I connect my macbook to a 2nd monitor and have a certain window (app) running on the main screen while I have a second window (app) running on the connected monitor?

100% yes. Just keep in mind that you can't exceed  a certain resolution (I think it's 4K). Also, buy an hdmi dongle that is compatible (some cheap generic ones offer very poor sound and video quality)

You will be able to use as many apps as you'd like on both monitors simultaneously, and some programs (e.g. Photoshop) even allow you to spread them across multiple monitors.


Putting SSH keys I've taken from Ubuntu I came over to Mac from Ubuntu. I've saved all SSH files I had in the .ssh folder in Ubuntu. There are three files

id_rsa
id_rsa.pub
known_hosts

Is it possible to reuse these files in Mac? If so, where do I put them?

You have to put them in the ~/.ssh/
OS X uses the same OpenSSH package as every other unix.
Make sure you have set correct permissions, or ssh will not accept your keys

drwx------   5 user  staff   170 May 28 20:14 ./
-rw-------   1 user  staff  1679 May 19 14:19 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--@  1 user  staff   400 May 19 14:19 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r--   1 user  staff  6380 May 31 03:09 known_hosts


6th generation iPod Nano video out Is the 6th/7th generation iPod Nano capable of sending video out through the 32 pin connector into a suitable digital dock?

If so, could the camera adapter kit be used as it can for the iPad to stream digital video out to a DAC?

6th and 7th gen iPod nanos aren't capable of playing videos to the screen, so I highly doubt they'll output any video to the dock.

(They're probably entirely missing the video decoding hardware needed to do either.)


What are the technical differences between A1387 and A1431 iPhones I know the A1387 model is sold elsewhere, and the A1431 in China, and they are both 4s, but I would like to know any technical differences between the two, i.e. what makes the China model different than the other ones?

China around the iPhone 4s and 5 used WAPI variant of wifi and a country specific CDMA network. The A1431 is tailored to those differences.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/iphone/specs/apple-iphone-4s-gsm-china-unicom-a1431-specs.html

  The China-only iPhone 4S still is believed to be a "world phone," supporting both GSM and CDMA networks (UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), and CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz), and the "antenna automatically switches between send and receive."


Using AppleScript to find information about images in Pages documents I'm trying to extract information about images placed into a Pages ('09 v 4.3) document. The following script is my attempt:

tell application "Pages"
    tell front document
        repeat with pg in pages
            tell pg
                set im to images
                repeat with i in im
                    tell i
                        get image data
                    end tell
                end repeat
            end tell
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

While it doesn't produce errors, and finds every image, it doesn't return any data either and I don't know why it doesn't:

get every image of item 1 of every page of document 1
        --> {image 1 of foreground layer of page 1 of document id 14126328}
get image data of image 1 of foreground layer of page 1 of document id 14126328
get every image of item 2 of every page of document 1
        --> {image 1 of foreground layer of page 2 of document id 14126328}
get image data of image 1 of foreground layer of page 2 of document id 14126328
get every image of item 4 of every page of document 1
    --> {image 1 of foreground layer of page 4 of document id 14126328}
get image data of image 1 of foreground layer of page 4 of document id 14126328
...

Nice work you almost got it. I would suggest looking at the properties instead of the data ;)

tell application "Pages"
    tell front document
        repeat with pg in pages
            tell pg
                set im to images
                repeat with i in im
                    tell i
                        get properties
                    end tell
                end repeat
            end tell
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell


Safari starts automatically after login Since a few days, after every boot Safari will automatically start. Today, the same thing happens with OmniOutliner Pro (MAS Version). I have the latest version of OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)

These programs aren't listed in Login Items. "Reopening windows when logging back in" is deactivated.

The following Login Items exist:

TextExpander
Divvy
Dropbox
HazelHelper
Fantastical
Launchbar
Jitouch

This is my console log right after boot, contain the strings

Safari

25.06.14 15:21:45,390 WindowServer[101]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
25.06.14 15:21:45,576 WindowServer[101]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.19 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
25.06.14 15:21:48,358 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper[185]: 441006 [EXT:0x7fa0915bb9a0:<OP4ExtensionHTTPConnection: 0x7fa09174f530>] M webSocketForURI: | [ES4] Extension connected Safari-Extension 'safari-extension://com.agilebits.onepassword4-safari-2bua8c4s2c / (null)'

OmniOutliner

25.06.14 15:21:47,964 OmniOutliner[310]: OBFinishPortingLater at /Volumes/Local/Shared/omnibuild/ReleaseProduct/Source/OmniGroup/Applications/OmniOutliner/OutlineView/OOOutlineRow-Private.m:838 in -[OOOutlineRow(Private) _layoutChildrenInView:yPosition:]
25.06.14 15:21:47,964 OmniOutliner[310]: OBFinishPortingLater at /Volumes/Local/Shared/omnibuild/ReleaseProduct/Source/OmniGroup/Applications/OmniOutliner/OutlineView/OOOutlineRow-Drawing.m:62 in -[OOOutlineRow(Drawing) laidRowAtYOffset:height:inView:]
25.06.14 15:21:49,534 sandboxd[305]: ([310]) OmniOutliner(310) deny job-creation

What can I do to prevent this to happen?

Despite these programs aren't listed in Login Items I'd recommend you to check again the state of "Open at Login" option in the dock.

Next stop is to verify the content of these folders

~/Library/LaunchAgents

/Library/LaunchAgents
/System/Library/LaunchAgents

Launch Agents are usually loaded by launchd when the user logs in


Sudo command no longer functions properly When I use the sudo command I get an error message.

sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

If I try to use chmod on sudoers I get the message "Operation not permitted". Can someone help me fix things so sudo works again?

You should be able to get round this by rebooting into single user mode...

Reboot the computer holding CommandS
The command line should come up showing something about how to mount the drive in write mode mount -uw /, follow these steps.
Now you should be a root user able to edit the /etc/sudoers file.
Issue reboot now to exit and reboot into normal mode.

I don't have a second Mac to test these instructions are step-by-step complete and obviously can't write on the machine while it's rebooting, so please let me know if you get stuck on any steps.


How to clean an iPhone to guard against Coronavirus? I've read several articles that cleaning an iPhone should only be done by a microfibre cloth to prevent damage to the device. But I can't see how that will actually clean the device and kill things like viruses.

This might sound over the top, but we're all being told to wash our hands frequently and effectively and given how often we touch our phones it seems we should be cleaning them just as often.

Is it safe to use alcohol wipes on an iPhone? Or what is the recommended practice?

I use non-alcohol wipes made by Seventh Generation to clean my family's iDevices, computer keyboards, laptop and desktop screens, kitchen counters, etc. It uses thymol, an extract of thyme for its germ-fighting goodness. The label indicates it kills Influenza A virus, H1N1, Rhinovirus type 37, MRSA, Staph. aureus, Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.


How to Properly Install MySQL Server onto OS X 10.10 Running OS X Server I have seen numerous suggestions about using MAMP to install MySQL on OS X, but since I have the Server app and already have Apache and PHP, which I do not wish to mess up, I wonder how to properly install MySQL.

THIS WORKS
Using the community download's DMG installer package from the MySQL website it has two flaws:

The page states its latest version to be OS X 10.9
Once the installer is downloaded and mounted, it displays that it is actually meant for OS X 10.8 (verified with the OS X 10.8 download, which is identical in size; they just changed the name of the DMG, which is pretty lame, but a story for itself)

Trying to install MySQL from that package nevertheless, it ran without problems.  I can even manually start the MySQL server, which, according to System Preferences, is then running.

THIS DOES NOT WORK
However, the next parts do not work and I wonder how to actually get them working:

/usr/local/mysql-5.6.25-osx10.8-x86_64/bin/ has not been added to the path, which makes running mysql a pain (sure I can manually add it, but if the installer failed to do so, something is not right from the start)
using System Preferences to get the MySQL Server to start on system start failed with a less than informative error message

even Console is disappointingly sparse on information and just shows the following two lines when trying to tick the checkbox

7/21/2015 8:18:54.748 PM System Preferences[5620]: about to perform command
7/21/2015 8:18:54.764 PM System Preferences[5620]: status= 4

You may wonder why install MySQL when you have Postgres.  Well, I want to install MediaWiki and do not want to mess around with the system accounts, like resetting passwords (it may break every other Server service which uses Postgres) and secondly, following the installation, MediaWiki prefers MySQL over Postgres (which I second as well).

Did anyone successfully install MySQL on their OS X Yosemite installation (running OS X Server)?

I found the homebrew version of mysql worked perfectly on OS X 10.10.3 and 10.10. running Server. brew install mysql and all was good - mysql.server start starts it and mysql.server stop does the reverse.


Can I make my website respond to Apple voice dictation for navigation? I'm learning about how to add accessibility into my website and want to include Apple voice dictation as a way to navigate the site.

Actually writing this question using voice dictation and hope that there is some way to navigate webpages without using my hands.

I'm not sure how accurate or the usability of this would be, but it might be possible. On your website you would need a few things.

A textbox of some sort that one would be able to dictate the commands into
When the page loads, call the .focus() on the textbox, which will allow the user to call up dictation (Double press Fn) and tell you what they want to do.
Bind a jQuery .change() on this textbox, which would then parse what the user would have dictated in the textbox
jQuery action based on the command, whether it is a redirect, or scroll, etc.
Clear out the textbox and get ready for the next command

There are some shortcomings, such as

The user will still have to initialize dictation in some way (Double press Fn) whenever a new page is loaded, unless you are loading everything through AJAX in div.
Where should the textbox be, and should it be visible to every user at all times?
Teaching your users the proper commands to use
Would this work on a Windows or Linux PC?

It is definitely an interesting idea, but I don't think it has a very practical use, as there are many other accessibility programs on Mac such as VoiceOver that work very well. This is just a general overview, and there is a lot more complexity to it than shown above, especially when it comes to what commands do what and if you want to try and support natural language processing. I hope this helps!


Install Windows on Mac Without Bootcamp I ran Windows on Mac using Bootcamp, but apparently I'm having so many compatibility issues, especially with this eGPU.

So I was thinking to manually install Windows on my MacBook Pro 13" 2019, and check if this would allow my eGPU to work.
Apparently the eGPU works fine on both Windows and MacOS, but it does NOT work on BootCamp.

The problem must be with Bootcamp drivers, in fact the eGPU works fine in Windows. Instead it specifically says the eGPU does not work on Bootcamp (not on Windows, but on Bootcamp). So I am thinking installing Windows on a partition myself, with another boot loader rather than bootcamp, might help.

I have found How to install Windows 10 into a 2013 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, USB flash drive or third party tools? but the solution there is for a block size of 512. I need a solution for a block size of 4096.

Not looking for Virtual Machines solutions.

Bootcamp just packages some drivers and saves you time from learning how to manage the boot process, there’s zero requirement to use it. The only hard step is on macs with T2 chips, you have to disable secure boot, so watch out for that.

I really like BootRunner since it saves me far more time than the cost to pay for my seat, but I also really like to keep dual booting. See if it saves you time before paying for it. For me the support for third party graphics cards was very appreciated.

https://twocanoes.com/products/mac/boot-runner/

There is no one more knowledgeable that David Anderson and his posts are master classes in how to work with storage on Mac hardware. How to install Windows 10 into a 2013 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, USB flash drive or third party tools?

I would put in a smaller drive temporarily so you can vet his instructions on 512 block size if you can’t wait for him or someone with his skill to do the math if you can’t figure out which items in his recipe need an adjustment.


Can I have multiple graphs in the same place in Numbers? I have a spreadsheet with a bunch of graphs based on a table. Instead of having a long list of graphs, is there a way to display these graphs all in the same space, but change between them?

And to clarify, I don't want to plot the data on one graph. They are completely different and have wildly different values that would look awful on the same graph. I want to click a button and switch data and units, similar to how the interactive graphs work.

You could create different pages. I cannot show you any screen shots right now, but you should be able to find it by clicking "help" and searching new sheet.


iPhone 5 upgrading after syncing with iTunes I synced with iPhone and was asked whether I wanted to upgrade my iPhone 5.  After that I could not open my phone.  When pressing the started button I get a picture of what looks like a charger with an arrow pointing to iTunes.  I tried to reboot, but to no avail.

When you see the lightning cable and iTunes logo on your screen, it means that your iPhone has entered Recovery mode.

The best thing to do is to connect your iPhone to iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC and restore it.
ITunes should display a popup saying that you connected an iPhone in Recovery Mode.

From the screen in iTunes, select restore or restore and update. (Actual button names could be different as what I say)

After you restored your iPhone you need to configure it. If you want, you can restore a backup from iCloud or iTunes when there's one available.


Thunderbolt Target Display Mode, iMac still running? I'm considering getting an iMac to be an external display for my Air via the Thunderbolt cable. When you put the iMac into Target Display Mode is it still available as a headless computer without a display?

UPDATE: close question, but oposite Will my iMac stay on if I use it's display in target display mode for a Mac mini?

Yes the iMac does stay on, I have the 2010 model. CMD + F2, (on your iMac), will allow you to swap back and forth between the two computers.


How do I use lastpass on Safari for macOS Big Sur? The docs on lastpass did not help.
I installed lastpass app, but no lastpass behaviour shows up in safari.

Last Pass Help recommends installing version 4.6 for macOS Big Sur from their direct download site instead of the app store version.
If you're still having issues, Last Pass support forum recommends uninstalling the app, the safari extension, emptying trash and rebooting your mac and then reinstalling from their direct download site.


How will existing apps "scale" on iPhone X? When iPhone 6 came out, the non-updated apps in app store were stretched/scaled up with same aspect ratio.

How will the current apps in the app store scale on iPhone X? I.e. without rebuilding them with SDK 11 / Xcode9.

The only realistic option I can think about for iPhone X is that the full screen will not be used? I.e. same aspect ratio as the iPhone 6 & 7.

What makes me think that it will be some kind of "shrinked area" for the iPhone X+SDK10 is that almost ALL apps in the appstore will be broken for iPhone X unless the apps get updated within a month. In reality - This will not happen. Alot of apps will not be updated at the date of iPhone X release.

EDIT:

To clarify, I don't ask for how the apps will look when rebuilt with xcode9/SDK11. I want to know how the apps behave without rebuilding them!

Right now most of the apps are made with Auto Layout, so they are not going to be "scaled" but rather position of the items may be different. The biggest problem is to handle the top area of the display. I checked some of the apps in the iPhoneX Simulator and apps that display status bar do not have any problems. With status bar hidden and without navigation bar there could be problems. Here's the Hero Sample app from YiLun Zhao :

As you can see, Tab bar is "stretched" downward, but top scrolled area is displayed rather strange. For example section separators are displayed under the "status area" (bottom of it), but table content is clearly visible underneath (side by side with black camera area).

I checked some other apps and there are no major problems with the UI.

So the answer to your question is - it depends how developers made their apps. If they've used Auto Layout there shouldn't be a problem.

P.S. even though the display is bigger than iPhones Plus it has "compact" horizontal traits in landscape -> there won't be split view. Also pages loaded in the landscape view do not occupy the whole screen width (there are white stripes on the both sides. Screenshot:

NOTE: This is still Xcode Beta, so maybe things will change when iPhone X is released.


macOS Mojave (Developer Beta) - Safari User Agent change not persistent I’m attempting to set a permanent new User Agent for Safari running on macOS Mojave (Developer Beta 10.14.0). However, it doesn’t work and changes to default each time. I ran the command below but it doesn’t seem to do anything. Is the behaviour possibly changed?

defaults write com.apple.Safari CustomUserAgent "\"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3\""

If things stop working (or don't work as expected) after an upgrade to a beta version of Mojave the most likely cause is a bug in macOS (that's why it's called Beta after all). Best course of action is to report it to Apple using the usual feedback channels for beta releases, ideally in a way which makes it easy for Apple to reproduce the issue.


How to mount USB Drive in Single User Mode in Mac OS X I have faced a problem where my Mac is not booting up and throwing messages like this continuously.

process[182] crashed: opendirectoryd. Too many corpses being created.

I tried repairing the Hard Disk and re-installing OS, but that didn't fixed the issue. So before i erase the disk and re-install again, i have to backup my files. So i boot-ed up in Single user mode, but i wasn't able to mount the pen drive, as High Sierra prevents loading unsigned kernel extensions, in this instance msdos kext for mounting my FAT formatted pen drive.

So i eventually fixed it with the help of online forums and i m putting it together so that it can be useful to others as well.

In order to run un-signed Kernel extensions in Mac, you need to
disable Apple Signature check for loading Kernel extensions.

Reboot Mac in Recovery mode(Command + R), then select the menu item "Utilities / Terminal", then run the command

csrutil disable

Reboot in Single User mode (Command + S)
Enter the following commands,

fsck –fy

mount –uw /

Create a directory to mount USB Drive

mkdir /Volumes/usbmnt

Before plugging in the USB Drive, get the list of "disk" devices available by running the command

ls -l /dev/disk*

Plug in the USB disk
Identify the new device entry for the USB disk by again running the command

ls -l /dev/disk*

Usually the disk will be mounted like '/dev/disk2s1'
Identify the file system of the USB disk

fstyp /dev/disk2s1

Based on the file system format, mount the USB Drive; my USB format was "FAT", so I used msdos:

mount_msdos /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/usbmnt

That's it; now the USB drive is mounted.  Use the contents of the drive at the path filesystem "/Volumes/usbmnt".


"Failure while executing" error when trying to install GCC I've followed the instructions of the both the accepted answer to this question as well as the other suggestions, How do I install GCC via Homebrew?. But all I get is the following message when I run the brew install gcc command:

Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please re-run as root via sudo. Error: Failure while executing: /usr/bin/otool -L /usr/bin/install_name_tool

And if I try to run the brew install gcc command with sudo:

Error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew install` You can use brew with sudo, but only if the brew executable is owned by root. However, this is both not recommended and completely unsupported so do so at your own risk.

Why is this happening and what can I do to get around it? And yes, I've got the latest version of xcode.

brew doesn't need root permission. Do you have Xcode installed? If you do have you opened it up and agreed to the license?


Invoke AppleScript from Outlook With the loss of the AppleScript menu in Outlook 15, what is the easiest way to launch AppleScripts from within Outlook?

In earlier versions, these scripts were located in /Users/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook Script Menu Items/.  Is this folder still relevant?

You can use the AppleScript menu on the Menu bar. Script Editor > Preferences... > General

Script Menu: [√] Show Script menu in menu bar

Place your scripts in: ~/Library/Scripts

Or create Automator Service workflows using a Run AppleScript action.

Automator > New > Service
Service receives selected no input in any application
Add a Run AppleScript action
Replace the default AppleScript code with you code.
Save the Service workflow. (They are automatically saved in: ~/Library/Services)

You can now access them from the Services menu in Outlook.

You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to any Service workflow that might be relevant to have one. This is done in: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services

Or use a third-party utility like FastScripts.


"Missing Quartz Composition" displayed on TotalTerminal I started using TotalTermianl on Mountain Lion.

But the background have Missing Quartz Composition error.

I have found some people had the same as mine here

Do anyone know how to fix it??

In Mavericks, transitions can be found under

/Applications/Quartz\ Composer.app/Contents/Resources/Examples/Graphic\ Transitions/


Apple Store Connect: Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles grayed out I want to add one of my friends to our development team in App Store Connect, so he can see/add Certificates and Provisioning Profiles. There is a Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles checkbox under Developer Resources, but it is greyed out.

How do I add my teammate with this permission?

You need to assign the user the Developer role before you can give access to Developer Resources. You do that by checking the "Developer" checkbox in your screenshot.

Note that if you have enrolled as an Individual, as opposed to as an Organization, you’ll not be able to add additional developers - and this you cannot give others access to the Developer Resources.


Get photos from non-photo stream on iPhone to PC Here's what happened. My iPhone had the power button break, so I copied all of my photos off of my iPhone's Camera Roll onto my work iMac. Then they replaced my iPhone with a brand new one, which I then put all of the pictures from my iMac back onto. Now I'm home where I have a PC and I need to get the photos off of my iPhone. Normally I just connect it and move the photos off of my iPhone using Windows Explorer, however that apparently only works with photos in your Camera Roll album, and all of the pictures I transferred back to my phone ended up in a different album which does not show up in Windows Explorer. Is there any way to get these photos off of my iPhone onto my PC?

More info: When I connect to iTunes it can see that I have 3.5GB of photos on the phone, but it gives me no access to them that I can see.

Everything I've Google'd for has given advice for going from Camera Roll only, and I can't seem to move my pictures into the Camera Roll so that doesn't help. Even iCloud will only back-up your Camera Roll. It's like nothing can see the photos I've put on the phone, iTunes can only see the space taken by them.

Until I get these photos off my phone I can't restore my phone to its last back-up.

After a lot of research it seems like the only way to do this is by using special software, none of which are free.

My solution was a lengthy workaround of copying my photos off of my iMac, and onto a DVD, then offload them onto my home computer.


How to stop my iPhone iMessages syncing to my sons iPod as we share my Apple ID My son recently updated his iPod and i gave him access to my Apple ID so he can download games via wifi and access shared music - problem is my iMessages are syncing...what can i do to stop that from happening?

Be sure that you check iMessages> Preferences > Accounts

If there are any Apple ID's other than yours, be sure to get rid of them.


How do I resume the iTunes queue from when I last quit? iTunes 11 appears to be saving my queue from when I last quit it with ⌘-Q—all unplayed songs remain in the queue, listed under "Up Next".  However, I cannot determine a way to resume this queue.

Steps to reproduce:

Start iTunes and verify your queue is empty and you are on the Albums view.
Double-click an album to add it.
Press ⌘-Q to exit.
Restart iTunes.

If I press Play at this point, the queue appears to fill with my entire library and start with the first album shown.

How can I resume my queue?

This seems to work for me and is much quicker if you're like me and prefer keyboard shortcuts:

Open iTunes and…

Press ►► (F9).
Press ►II (F8).


JAVA_HOME error while maven build, OSX-10.8.4 Version Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly.
  We cannot execute
  /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home/bin/java

I have upgraded my OSX to 10.8.4. After OSX upgrade I have upgraded my JDK and JRE to 7. But I am getting the above error when I am trying for maven build of project.

When I run ls -al /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/

I get the below response

drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel  374 Jul 22 22:33 .
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel  340 Jul 22 18:30 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.4 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.4.2 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.5 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.5.0 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.6 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Jul 22 18:30 1.6.0 -> CurrentJDK
drwxr-xr-x   7 root  wheel  238 Jul 22 18:30 A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    1 Jul 22 18:30 Current -> A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   59 Jul 22 18:30 CurrentJDK -> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents

For this ls -al /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home/bin

I don't see any contents in CurrentJDK further.

On running /usr/libexec/java_home

I get:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home

I am pretty much new to working with OS X. Let me know if I might have missed any point still in making it successful.

Apple recommends to set JAVA_HOME to “/usr/libexec/java_home“.

What worked for me was wrapping this around $(). So I ended up configuring JAVA_HOME like $(/usr/libexec/java_home) with the following commands:

vim ~/.bash_profile
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
source ~/.bash_profile


How can I view the items in the Spotlight cache? I'd like to view the data spotlight has imported.  Is this possible?

EDIT:  For example I can do this:

mdutil -svvv /Volumes/h8rdrive

and find out this volume was indexed.

I'd kind of like to find out what's not indexed though.

mdfind is your friend here.

If you simply wanted a list of every file in your spotlight index you could do:

mdfind /

You can also get it to provide a count of the files.

mdfind -count /

On my system this returns 224353 which is a good reason not to run the first command!


Someone is accessing my computer through remote desktop. How can i block that? I have a mac book pro 8gb i5 core. While I was using a cam service online. Someone send me a link and I opened it by accident. Such link opened another window which appeared to load,but it never did. It send me back to the main page,then next thing i know it open up my desktops as if i had pressed f3, and I never pressed it.

I downloaded Sophos thinking it was a virus, ran it and it did not find anything. I figured it had to be someone controlling my computer for there is no other way to do that with the Dashboard.
How can i block that? because now it happens randomly, and whenever it does my computer gets super slow. Help!

Uncheck 'Remote Management' in System Preferences -> Sharing


Upgrading from iPad 1 to iPad Air - restoring individual app data? I'm hoping that a jolly fat bearded mythical character will deliver me an iPad Air in a weeks time :) I currently have an original iPad 1, stuck back on iOS 5.

It's been jailbroken, but I don't honestly think I'll miss any of the jailbroken apps. Although I know that I can restore a backup from the old iPad to the Air, will this have any negative effects - especially as I'll be going from jailbroken to non-jailbroken and iOS 5 to iOS 7? I'd like to keep the Air as "clean" as possible, and avoid dragging over a ton of legacy crap that I don't need.

Ideally, I'd like to just restore selective apps and their data to the new iPad - of course, apps can be re-downloaded, but is there any way (with 3rd party software) to selectively restore individual app data to an iOS 7 device?

You can backup data from apps with a program such as PhoneView (Mac) or iFunBox (Mac & Windows), and restore the data individually per app.

  Browse, manage and download most any data saved by App Store apps from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you're looking for a quick way to download saved recordings, videos or images from your apps, this is it. Even transfer game high scores between devices. — PhoneView

Open the app in PhoneView or iFunBox, and copy the folders out, then copy them to your new device.


Game asks for in-app upgrade money again after re-installing - IPAD 2 / IOS 5 I purchased a free app Haunted Manor by Big Fish and then bought the in-app upgrade to full version for $6.99. After I upgraded to IOS 5.0 (BTW im using an IPAD 2) it started crashing so I re-installed it (delete then install) . Now after the free levels are over it asks me for money again to upgrade :( ? What is the solution to this. And ya BTW when i deleted it i also deleted all game data(it prompted) as I was still early into the levels and I thought that may be cause of crash.

Appreciate any help in this regard!!!

Until iOS 5 if you downloaded an app, and then removed it, then went back into the App store, then tried to download it again, it would still look like you were going to pay again until after you enter your iTunes password, at which point it would cross check against your purchase history and confirm that it would actually be free.

In iOS5 this behaviour has changed to show informative information such as "install" or "installed" rather than just show the price like it did previously.

I suspect that the in-app purchase mechanism is just a little behind the curve, especially if the app has not yet been updated fully for iOS5 (it hasn't - last update March 18, 2011).  I would confirm that the in app purchase history appears in your purchase history (use iTunes on your PC/Mac and check your account section for the easiest way to see this), and so long as it appears, I would proceeed and enter my password anyway, chances are that the old behavious will still apply, and it will happily just redownload it.  If it does by any chance charge you again, you can easily take it up with apple, and either you remember incorrectly or it's come down in price but I just took a look (to check the in-app purchase wasn't one of the "buy 100 coins" type that you can legitimately buy again and again) and it's currently only £0.69


'Add to home screen' website cannot access camera (iOS 11) We're facing the issue that websites that have been added to the home screen can't access the camera anymore with iOS 11. That is, after clicking the input (type file) 'Choose file' button the options 'Take Photo or Video', 'Photo Library' and 'Browse' are shown as normal. Choosing the first one opens the camera but the screen stays black, no matter what.

I've tried with the latest update (11.0.2) but the behaviour is the same.

I tried to debug the website but it simply doesn't show up in Safari > Develop menu (it shows up if opened normally with Safari, not when added to home screen).

The upload works as expected if the site is opened normally in Safari, ie. if it's not added to the home screen.

Any ideas appreciated!

EDIT

It seems to be a known issue if <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> is set.

More at:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46228218/how-to-access-camera-on-ios11-home-screen-web-app

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/85665

This limitation was fixed in iOS 11.3.

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185448

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46228218/how-to-access-camera-on-ios11-home-screen-web-app


Safari: Shortcut to switch between developer window and safari In every other application (including Chrome I'm coming from - before the Catalina update) I was able to switch between windows with Cmd + ` (on a German keyboard that is Cmd + >).

Is there a shortcut to switch between an undocked developer window and the safari browser window?

I'm not talking about switching Tabs (I fixed that already :D).

Update
I just saw, that I can change FROM browser TO dev window with Cmd.+ ` but not back. (!!? :D)

Switch one way: Cmd + `

Switch the other way: Cmd + Shift + `

Replace ` with the necessary language specific equivalent.
Your solution was very close. Normally the key combination you mentioned loops through available windows. In this specific case you have to return to a previous window by adding Shift.


Reduce transparency and Lock-screen Background I'm running El captain public beta but I think this also applies to macs running Yosemite. I really like the look of the reduce transparency + increase contrast in Yosemite/El Captain. Unfortunately those options also force the lock screen background to be a boring grey colour instead of the blurred version of my desktop background :(

I am aware that you can change the lock/login screen background by navigating to /Library/Caches and changing a file. I checked and the file is as it should be - the blurred version of my desktop background.

Is there a way to set the lock screen background to something other than the grey colour while still keeping reduce transparency and increase contrast on? Perhaps something to do with changing system files?

EDIT: I did some research and it seams like this behaviour is unique to El Captain. Yosemite has the desired behaviour of the lock screen being the blurred background even with reduce transparency and increased contrast turned on

I have had this question as well for a long time and my answer is — as far as I can tell and have tried and researched in other posts and fora — there is no way to do so. Hopefully that assertion will motivate someone to try and find an answer that proves me wrong.

As of 2017 the issue you are having is also present in MacOS Sierra — to respond to the claim that it is unique to El Capitan — making the issue still relevant. I have asked this question myself recently on apple.stackexchange but nobody has responded as of yet.


How do i correct an incorrect email address? My wife's email address is [name]@icloud.com  However when I am sending  an email to her I start typing her email address I get this: [name]@icloud.com(DirectTV). I do not want Direct TV appended to her email address. What can I do?

First check if the incorrect address is in Contacts. If so, you can just edit and correct it there.

If not, then it is probably stored in the address history. You can open this from the Window->Previous Recipients menu. You can search for the address in the dialog and delete it. (You might need to do this, even if you edit the email address in Contacts, as the wrong address might have been stored in the history.)


Other iDevices on wifi-network By co-incidence everyone who lives in a particular house has an iphone and often does not know if other people are in the house (in terms of questions like 'is now a good time to play music/vacume/cook food?') So it would be great to be able to know what devices are currently logged on to the wifi network.  Is this a possible thing?

Take a look at Find My Friends. If everyone feel's comfortable with it, you can just it to find the location of your housemates and then determine if they're at home or not. You can even use it to set notifications of when your housemates arrive home.
Otherwise, this might be a feature of your Wi-Fi router, but it will show devices on your network, not users.
If you're using an Airport, check out How do I view which devices are connected to my AirPort Extreme using AirPort Utility v6.0?:

Just click on the Airport icon and it will display a list of connected wireless clients.


MacUpdate check running every hour? I have MacUpdate installed (which I got with their Spring Bundle).

I noticed that it tries to check for updates every hour for some reason. The app itself is not running so it must be some agent or daemon.

Here's example log entry (with network off):

06/04/2011 22:33:00 MU App Search[1916] APP KEY 447266
06/04/2011 22:33:00 MU App Search[1916] Checking Updates
06/04/2011 22:33:01 MU App Search[1916] APP KEY 26968
06/04/2011 22:33:01 MU App Search[1916] Contacting Updates Server
06/04/2011 22:33:05 MU App Search[1916] found manual scan, no last notification 2011-04-01 09:17:54 +0200
06/04/2011 22:33:06 MU App Search[1916] APP KEY 6.282815
[...]
06/04/2011 23:33:00 MU App Search[2036] APP KEY 447266
06/04/2011 23:33:00 MU App Search[2036] Checking Updates
06/04/2011 23:33:01 MU App Search[2036] APP KEY 26968
06/04/2011 23:33:01 MU App Search[2036] Contacting Updates Server
06/04/2011 23:33:03 MU App Search[2036] found manual scan, no last notification 2011-04-01 09:17:54 +0200

I was looking for a setting that could determine the frequency (ideally switch it off completely) but didn't find anything.

Using Lingon I found one Agent that's suppose to run every day at 0:35 which would be fine, but as you can see from the log, it's seem to be run hourly.

Any ideas?

UPDATE

Did some testing and these are my findings...

After disabling the MacUpdate LaunchAgent it gets re-enabled by MacUpdate Destkop app every time it launches. Same happens if I delete it altogether.

You can disable the update mechanism in the preferences. And you can even set the update frequency (weekly, daily, hourly).

Update: this is not enough. It won't notify about new updates, but in the background it runs the updater in every hour. I'm looking forward to have an answer for this question as well.


quick to install and set up FTP server on homebrew for OSX I need the smallest and easiest FTP server just to grab some files during development.

Homebrew has a discrete selection brew search ftp but I'm unsure which is the quickest to setup.

I don't want to use the builtin FTP server.

Any recommendations?

As of writing, brew search ftp returns the following FTP servers:

pure-ftpd
vsftpd
proftpd

Based on their websites, pure-ftpd appears to be your best choice for easy installation.

pure-ftpd

  Beginners can install a Pure-FTPd server in 5 minutes. It can be as simple as installing the package, typing pure-ftpd & and… that’s all. You already have a running server, and clients can start to connect.

So for the two step, install and set to start each boot commands:

brew install pure-ftpd
brew services start pure-ftpd

vsftpd

  vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable.

ProFTPD

  ProFTPD grew out of the desire to have a secure and configurable FTP server, and out of a significant admiration of the Apache web server.