Is there a keyboard shortcut to pin a tab? In the Safari 9 for OS X El Capitan there is a new feature whereby you can pin a tab. As a result you will see a colored icon with the first letter of the website.

Now I wonder if there is a keyboard shortcut to do that automatically without me first right-click on that tab to pin it. When I go to Window > Pin Tab I see no shortcut. I know that this does not always mean that there is no keyboard shortcut for it.

Thanks in advance.

I'm not on El Capitan yet. But if there is a menu bar entry in Safari to create a pinned tab, you can assign a custom keyboard shortcut.

Go to System Preferences > Keyboard
Select the Shortcuts Tab
Select App Shortcuts at the bottom of the list
Create a new shortcut:

Application Safari
The title is the exact name of the menu bar entry
Choose a shortcut that you like


Mac Air (2015) keeps shutting off immediately after being unplugged from charger My air which is 4 years old now keeps shutting off immediately if it gets disconnected from the charger. It won't even turn on if it's not plugged in. It started happening about a month ago randomly, but not consistently. At the beginning sometimes it would shut down when the battery was only at 80%. Now even though it says 100% if the charger accidentally gets pulled out it'll just turn off.

I've tried resetting the SMC a few times but it didn't seem to do anything. I don't think I have the right screwdrivers to try to actually take the battery out myself.

I copied the battery info below and attached a screenshot of the coconut battery.

Does this mean I need to replace it? It's about $130 on Apple's website to get a new one. If I do need to, how can I avoid this for the future?

Thanks!

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    C0153670BW1F90MA9
  Manufacturer: DP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 511
  Hardware Revision:    000a
  Cell Revision:    1200
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   6103
  Fully Charged:    Yes
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   6280
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  401
  Condition:    Replace Now
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    0
  Voltage (mV): 8460

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    60
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  Current Power Source: Yes
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  1
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    10800
  Standby Enabled:  1
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    15
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  0
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    10800
  Standby Enabled:  1

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x07a1
  Wattage (W):  45
  Family:   0x00ba
  Serial Number:    0x008475d0
  Charging: No

I found this article 'About Mac notebook batteries' on Apple's website, click on the link to go to the article: About Mac notebook batteries

In the report you submitted (in the first block) I read this:

  Condition: Replace Now

That's probably not good, and I think you'll have to replace the battery.


10.13.4 = 1 fewer monitors on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 (non-Retina)? I have a 2012 MBP non-retina.  I've been running 2 old CRT's along with the laptops monitor.  One CRT is connected through a Thunderbolt converter, and the other through a DVI/USB converter.  When my system automatically updated to 10.13.4 today, I soon learned that: 10.13.4 does not support the USB converter... which I guess Apple considers an 'enhancement'?

Just looking for some clever ideas as to how I might regain my expansive desktop, without 'having' to Time Machine back to 10.13.3.

Your problem is due to a bug in the DisplayLink driver used by your converter.

DisplayLink are aware of the problem,. They have issued a beta of a new driver that actually doesn't fix the problem. You can view their note on the problem at http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/macos It doesn't support multiple screens on multiple displays.

They have a mailing list supposedly for updates but have failed to notify the mailing list of the last two updates so I wouldn't bother.

I also wouldn't blame Apple. Both Apple and a number of 10.13.4 beta users (including myself) advised DisplayLink of the problem quite some time ago.

Update: DisplayLink have issued a second 4.3 beta that doesn't fix the problem. They have also removed the 4.1 version from their site. (4.2 has never been seen.)

(I will update this answer when DisplayLink put out a working driver.)


Why is my iPhone 4S running iOS 5 not showing in iTunes sidebar when using WiFi sync? I've enabled WiFi sync for my 4S and my first gen iPad, both running iOS5. When my phone is plugged in to my computer with a USB cable, it shows up in the sidebar, but as soon as it's unplugged it goes away. The iPad stays in the sidebar until I manually eject it.

It seems that my iPad is behaving 'correctly', at least based on This kbase article.

Toggling WiFi sync when the phone is connected doesn't seem to solve it.

I've also tried the steps outlined in this article to no avail.

This was a fresh install, I didn't import a backup from a previous device. I've restored and set up as new, and the same behavior happens.

I had originally thought it was because my computer had switched to an 802.11n 5Ghz network while my phone remained on the 802.11n 2.4Ghz network, but even when they're on the same exact network I see this behavior.

I had this problem with an iPad. I did the initial setup over USB, enabled Wi-Fi sync, but then when I removed the iPad, it disappeared from the iTunes sidebar, but my iPhone didn't have that problem.

Turned out that I had been disconnecting the USB end of the cable from my Mac first; disconnecting the dock connector end from the iPad (then removing the USB end) made it stay in the sidebar. Completely bonkers, really doesn't seem like it should be that way (or even that iTunes could discern what was disconnected when), but that's what fixed it for me.


How to enter two phone numbers as recipients in Messages I don't see a comma (,) on my iPhone when I'm in message mode.

So, how do I enter two numbers? The comma is needed to separate the numbers.

After each recipient, press + to add another one.

  Tap into the “To” field and enter the first recipient, then tap the (+) plus button and add other recipients

Source

If you are manually typing numbers in, you can press return after each phone number to add another one.


Iptables equivalent command in OSX Need to do dscp marking on a mac machine

Here is iptables command I use on linux box

iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp -j DSCP --set-dscp 0x10

What's the iptables equivalent in OSX for above command?

The "equivalent" of iptables on macOS is pf (packet filter). Refer to the manual page for the configuration file here:

https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/pf.conf.5.html

In this case you want to use the "tos" option, as this is the way you set the QoS parameters similar to your --set-dscp option for iptables.

The configuration line could look something like this:

scrub out on $WAN proto tcp set-tos 0x10


Can I get iTunes to show all songs with an error status? I'm using iTunes Match on my computer, but I have some titles in my library that are missing the actual media.

Here is my process:

convert a cd to mp3
put an album in my iTunes
iTunes Match makes the match
after that match, I delete the source because it is in the cloud

But when i do that, iTunes puts an exclamation point at the beginning of the line of titles from this album because it cannot find the file anymore. I just have to delete these titles and next time they will be downloaded from the cloud.

Is there a way to select all these "not found" files and delete them at once ? because if i don't do that, next time iTunes will go to such a song, it will skip it instead of downloading from iTunes Match.

It would be ideal to sort the list of songs with this special column so I can clean things up.

You can add the columns iCloud Status and iCloud Download and sort song lists by those criteria.

All songs that didn't upload will include the missing tracks so you can clean them appropriately.

You could also attack the inverse problem. Make sure everything you care about is in the iCloud and matched. Once that process is complete, you could turn off iTunes Match on that computer, quit iTunes and archive the entire music folder. Then you could delete the library folder and start with a fresh library and turn on match to restore all playlists, metadata, play counts, etc...

At that point, you could decide to re-import some or all of the songs so you don't need to download all the music again, but most with broadband are happy to just re-download what they need rather than have everything in one place.

I have done this exact process, and when I go to iTunes and select a track I want to delete, the following dialog pops up:

If you are not getting that dialog, then I can only presume some other corruption is present in your Library.


Can damaged hard drive weaken Mac's security? I heard that sometimes hard drive can get damaged (holding down the power button to force shut down, for example when system is completely frozen - it has happened once or twice for me, no idea why).

If hard drive is damaged, would it weaken security in some way? Like OS doesn't function properly and something develops security hole or security patches not working?

How would I know if hard drive is damaged?

Sorry for likely dumb question, but I'm trying to figure it out with absolutely no idea about tech.

The entire question boils down to this:

  How would I know if hard drive is damaged?

Your computer would start to fail - as in crash, errors would be thrown, it would freeze and perform slowly.

When a drive gets damaged, it doesn't suddenly read incorrect data or modified data; the data is corrupted.  Data that can't be read will with cause (at minimum) an error or crash.

Can it weaken security?

Your computer wouldn't be functional by the time it weakened security.  For example, if you are running File Valut, a damaged drive won't decrypt your drive; it won't function. Period.

If you somehow crash your firewall config, SIP (system integrity protection) will throw errors that system files have changed.

So, how do you know if your hard drive is damaged?

If you start getting crashes or freezes or performance problems, one of the things you can do is diagnostic like Apple Hardware Test (AHT).    If you want to just check your disks, there is a nice GUI from Clever Files called DiskDrill (free for the basic utilities, $$ to activate the pro features).  This will help you be proactive.


touchbar and keyboard brightness adjustment Is there a way to manually control keyboard backlight with a MBP touchbar?

The same way the old F6 key was working on non touchbar laptop

Yes, first expand the control strip by clicking on the arrow next to the 4 control buttons on the right (or 5 if you set it). Now there should be two icon similar to the one on the F5 and F6 key (unless you got rid of it in Keyboard Settings -> Customize Control Strip it should be there).


Does online gaming use data? Does online gaming use up my data allowances? I am constantly running low on data, and I'm wondering if gaming is the contributor.

Go to Settings > Cellular and scroll down. There should be a breakdown of Cellular Data used by app.

If you didn't know this option was there, then you likely will not have reset it, so it will represent all of the cellular data you have used from when you first added your id to the device.

That being said it should give you an idea of what apps are the big cellular data users.

It also gives you the option to switch off cellular data usage on a per app basis, so that you can control which apps get to use the cellular data stream and which have to wait until your device is connected to Wi-Fi.


Trick Mavericks into letting me use Windows 7 for Boot Camp I would like to set up Boot Camp with Windows 7 on OS X Mavericks 10.9.2. I am using the new Mac Pro (MacPro6,1), in case that is relevant. (Perhaps the PCIe flash drive is just not capable for whatever reason.)

When I point Boot Camp at a Windows 7 ISO, I get this dialog, of course:

  Your bootable USB drive could not be created
  Boot Camp only supports Windows 8 installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for Windows 8 installation.

I'd love to know if anyone has any hacks to lower the minimum required version to Windows 7. Most of the posts I see talking about Boot Camp and Mavericks say that the wizard offers you Windows 7. I assume, then, that this change has happened in one of the updates since Mavericks was first released (or a bunch of people hastily updated their Lion/Mountain Lion blogs with Mavericks / 10.9 just for Google juice).

Oh, how I would love to follow the dialog's advice, and "use an ISO file for Windows 8 installation." That's only half sarcastic; I hate Windows 8 with a passion, but I honestly did try to make it work, and couldn't (see below). Still I am more interested in getting Boot Camp to allow me to install Windows 7, because that's what I'm really trying to do. Of course any suggestions for bypassing the below problems will be appreciated as well.

I've seen other posts where they explain how to get the bootable USB drive working by editing the minimum machine required in Boot Camp's info.plist, but I couldn't find anything in that file to mess with to lower the minimum Windows version supported - that all seemed to be about hardware requirements. I actually have had absolutely no problems creating a bootable USB drive for Boot Camp (once I realized that Windows requires about 40 more bytes than typically found on a 4GB thumb drive), or getting Boot Camp to offer me the option to use a bootable USB drive. Now I just want Boot Camp to allow me to use Windows 7.

Background: Why Windows 8 isn't working for me

I was actually trying to get Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to work, but encountered errors in all attempts. For 8.1 I received the following error message  well into setup and long after the BOOTCAMP drive was formatted (evidence: exhibit A):

  Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation.

  Error code: 0xC0000005

For Windows Server 2012 R2 I got this error message after formatting the BOOTCAMP partition but before hitting Next (evidence: exhibit B):

  We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files.

I looked at this Apple KB article, but it's a joke. The "answer" is to format my USB drive using FAT. So that Boot Camp Assistant can immediately format it all over again. Genius.

I then tried the instructions listed here, which sounded quasi-promising:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1671442

But this made things even worse. I ended up with the following error message upon choosing the BOOTCAMP partition and clicking Next (I forgot to take a picture of my monitor here, sorry):

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GPT disks.

I tried all of these techniques multiple times with ISOs from MSDN; and even re-downloaded all of the ISOs in case any of them were damaged along the way. To further prove to myself that the ISOs were not the problem, I created stand-alone VMs using each one in Parallels, and they were created without issue.

Really, though. I just want Boot Camp to let me use Windows 7. Really.

This one:

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR
  partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GPT
  disks.

Can be worked around like this:

  Using the Bootcamp assistant, revert the HD to a single OSX partition
  layout. Then use the Disk utility to shrink the OSX parition, leaving
  "free space" for the planned Windows installation.

Then, boot from yor Windows USB stick ("EFI boot") and select the free space as target for the installation.

This worked for me.

Regarding Windows 7: I don't know. I'd like to install Windows 7 as well...


How to delete Bingo Bash data game from iPad I downloaded Bingo Bash, which links to their server. Whenever I delete it and re-install it back, it will come back to the level that I was last playing.

How can I totally remove all the game data and play it from the start? And I also mistakenly connected with my Facebook account. Now when I play with my iPad, the same level also happens in my Facebook account - I'd like to disconnect this, and start the game from scratch.

Apple doesn't implement a user method to delete data stored in iCloud or Game Center.

You need to ask the developer to make that code in the app itself. I'm fairly certain a program that can write data can also clear it - but it's really up to them to implement that call to Apple's API in GameKit and CloudKit respectively.

See:

How do I delete data for one game in the iPad Game Center?


Daisy-chain non-display port displays I have a Mac Mini (Mid 2011) running OS X Lion with two monitors currently hooked up to it. One is a DVI monitor (it also supports VGA) and the other is VGA-only.

The DVI monitor is currently hooked up using the HDMI port on the Mac Mini, with, of course, an HDMI to DVI adapter.
The other monitor is currently hooked up using a DisplayPort to VGA adapter.

This all just works fine. But whenever I want to watch a video on my TV (for example), I have to put the TV into the HDMI port, thereby disconnecting my main monitor. I was wondering if it is possible to daisy chain this.

I want to just hook up an adapter or something like that, put my two monitors in there and then just hook up the TV, being able to use it whenever I want to.

Is it possible to do such a thing? I know it's possible by using two Thunderbolt monitors, daisy chaining them and then plug in the other display (a TV for example...) to the HDMI port. However, I don't want to buy two new display's...

Thanks in advance,
Robert

Unfortunately, it is not possible to daisy chain displays through Mini DisplayPort.

However, there is a company called DisplayLink that makes software drivers for USB video adapters. They also have links in their store to Mac compatible, DisplayLink approved USB display adapters. One of my coworkers uses this to connect a MacBook Pro to two external displays and a TV in his office. It uses the extended desktop feature for each display. It's a pretty sweet setup and works flawlessly.

I see no reason why this wouldn't work for you. Good luck!


Mac OS not accessible I was recently resizing a partition on my mac (10.13) and a partition came up named "recovery HD", I looked and saw that it only had 650mb. I tried to delete and couldn't along with the partitions that I was trying to resize.

I logged off and restarted to see if that would do anything. I have a Linux Distro duel booting on my Mac which I deleted trying to resize the partitions. I pressed the option key (alt in my case) so I could get the boot options because it will automatically boot Linux if I don't.

When the hard drives come up after pressing the option key, I could not find my Mac OS partition. I also erased my Linux files (not the partition because I couldn't as mentioned above) so I clicked on the Linux hard drive named EFI boot hoping to have the Mac OS somehow moved to the Linux partition, but as expected it comes up with a bash shell and doesn't load anything.

Luckily I can live boot Linux on my Mac and I still have the partition so I might try to install Linux on the partition, but I wanted my macOS back so I did the recovery mode alt + R which didn't work, just completely bypassed my keys and went to the hard drive with nothing on it. When I was on Linux boot Linux mode - Linux mint - I saw that the partition was a bunch of Fs: (I don't know how many Fs there were) FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF-FFFFFFF

Should I try to format the partition to APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled)? Or should I buy a download disk of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and try to download it to the partition that should originally have Mac on it? Maybe I need to do both, or just format the FFFFFFFFF partition because maybe the boot options cant read the FFFFF format. But still, I have no idea if Mac OS got deleted or if there's anything to salvage. What is the best way to solve this problem, as I am inexperienced? I also don't care if any of the files on Mac OS are deleted. Whatever is the easiest is best. Thanks!

i finally figured it out. my situation without a recovery HD i had to either partition my internal HD in half for linux and macos or just by a external HD do i bought an external HD because i didn't want to mess with partitions and i also bought an installation usb of macOS el capitan. I formatted the external HD to macOS extended (journed) and installed os el capitan. i am now upgrading to high sierra because i have an old imac i cant get mojave. hopefully this helps! :)


AppStore problem with language of iOS Cordova apps always English and German I uploaded the past months several iOS apps made with Cordova and when they were published all shown in its app details that the languages are English and German but I want to display Spanish because the apps are oriented to the spanish market.

An image as example:

Is there a way to change this? Via Xcode or iTunes Connect...

Any help would be appreciated.

In the app's Info.plist, add an array named CFBundleLocalizations and add strings with the names of the localizations you have available in your app, such as ‘es’.

CFBundleLocalizations (Array - iOS, OS X) identifies the localizations handled manually by your app. If your executable is unbundled or does not use the existing bundle localization mechanism, you can include this key to specify the localizations your app does handle.
Each entry in this property’s array is a string identifying the language name or ISO language designator of the supported localization. See “Language and Locale Designations” in Internationalization and Localization Guide in Internationalization Documentation for information on how to specify language designators.

Source: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html


Putting Jailbroken iPad 1 into DFU mode I have a jailbroken iPad1 that is still using iOS 4.  I want to upgrade it to iOS 5, but I cannot get it to go into DFU mode in order to do so.  Can anyone identify the exact steps needed to either put the iPad into DFU mode, or upgrade via a different method?

Plug the iPad into your computer
Launch iTunes
(turn of your iPad)
Hold down the Power button and the Home button at the same time
Keep holding both of these buttons for 10 seconds
After 10 seconds pass, release the Power button but continue to hold the Home button for another 3-5 seconds
When in DFU mode, your iPad screen will stay completely black. If you see an Apple logo or otherwise you did not enter DFU mode
iTunes will notify you that it has detected a device in recovery mode


Does encrypting Time Machine erase the recovery partition? I have prepared my external hard drive to be used for Time Machine backup by erasing and creating a new working recovery partition on it. I am ready to start the first backup, which I want to be encrypted. The message says this will erase the disk. Does this include erasing my recovery partition?  If so, how can I both encrypt my backup drive and retain it as a recovery disk?

If you make your Recovery partition as Hidden partition, then the Time Machine wont touch it since it does not see it as available disk space.


Can't erase 2nd hard drive from recovery I have a 2012 13" Macbook pro, running macOS Sierra. I have 2 hard drive set up, in the optical bay I have ssd with all system operation files. I'm trying to install a new hdd in normal hard drive slot, but for whatever reason can't erase it. I have tried plugging it externally, after I initialize it I can transfer files to it. Then I put it in hard drive slot and try to partition it but get an error. I have tried erasing disk in recovery mode and/or unmounting drive with terminal commands but I eventually get the same result

I usually can figure out all that stuff, and it is not the first time I am installing new hard drive, but I can't figure it out for some reason

Progress update.
Plugged disk externally, erased in in recovery mode. Plugged disk internally, gettin the same error. Unmounted through terminal commands.

Used sudo diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ MacintoshHD disk2 to try and wipe disk completely.
Got
Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed

Progress update.
The issue has to be with the hard drive cable itself. Will update the question once I have a new cable

I've put in a new hard drive cable, and all the issues are fixed


Pair Apple remote and MacBook Pro I am unable to pair my Apple Remote, which otherwise works perfectly, with my MacBook Pro.

My Mac responds to all the commands but the pairing one (I hold menu and next for about five seconds, but nothing happens).

How can I get my Mac and my remote paired?

I am running Mountain Lion, but I don't know if it is relevant to my issue.

I even tried the digital camera test and, when I press the two keys together, after some seconds in which no signal is sent I can see a blinking light.
Is that ok? Or should I be able to see the blinking light right immediately when I press the two buttons?

I would try two things:

First, make sure the battery in the remote is good.  I know this may sound obvious, but I always try to make sure there are no issues with power or connectivity.

Second, go into System Preferences-->Security & Privacy, and click the lock at the bottom to unlock the "Advanced..." button.

Make sure the last checkbox ("Disable remote control infrared receiver") is unchecked.  Then click the pair button.

It will ask you to do the same procedure as before (holding menu and next buttons until you see the paired-remote graphic on the screen).  I know you already tried holding the buttons, but maybe you'll have better luck at the pairing prompt.

Hope this helps.  Best of luck and happy holidays!


Export iPhone 3GS contacts into iCloud I bought an iPhone 6 and I would like to use all the contacts from my iPhone 3GS.

Some of the contacts were stored in iCloud. The other ~480 contacts are on my iPhone 3GS. How can I transfer these to my iPhone 6?

Using an applitcation like iBackupBot found here:http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm

You can plug in your iphone 3gs and make a backup, it will back up all contacts Like so:

Now you go ahead and plug in your new iphone 6 and click the restore button.

Give it a minute or two, depending on your computer and you should have all your contacts on your brand new iPhone 6!

Hope you enjoy the iPhone 6, I know I am!


Save multiple photos from Mail on iPhone I send a lot of emails to myself from my Mac to my iPhone containing logos that I am designing, normal pictures or otherwise.  However, I have a problem with the Mail app.  Whenever I send too many photos, or photos that are very big, I have to go through the message and save each photo individually to Photos.  Whenever I send small, or just a few pictures, when I hold my tap on the picture, it will give me a prompt to save all of the pictures in the email.

My question:  Is there any way to save all of the pictures from an email, no matter the number or size of the photos?  Screenshots would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Okay, so I found the way to do it.  It's actually really simple.
Just tap the Forward/Reply icon:

Then press the save button:

Hope this helps someone in the future!


Keyboard shortcut for closing the color picker & other tool windows? Command + W won't work Many applications (e.g. Xcode, Pixelmator) can launch OS X's standard color picker tool window (seen below) and others (e.g. the font picker). These tool windows look almost like regular windows, but they have a shorter title bar and the three gumpdrop buttons at left are slightly smaller too.

What I'd like to know is:  How can I close such a tool window, using only the keyboard?

I've tried Cmd+W but it doesn't work for this kind of window. Rather, Cmd+W seems to cause the parent window to want to close instead. What am I missing?

Often for these kind of 'popup'/'helper' windows, the keyboard setup to hide them is the same than to show them.

I tested it in xcode for which the shortcut is :
ctrl+shift+cmd+C
It's comportement is as i expected it, it work as a toggle 'on/off' window/shortcut.

EDIT: Forgot to add one thing, you can find that shortcut easily through the help menu of each app, i usually find myself taping 'show color' to actually see the shortcut and open the panel


iPod Touch 4th Gen iOS 6 update I have an iPod Touch 4th Gen that has iOS 5 by default. Now that iOS 7 has been released and this device does not support iOS 7, can I still update my iPod Touch to iOS 6 (i.e., is iOS 6 still available)?

Yes, Apple is still signing iOS 6.1.3 for the iPod Touch 4th Gen. So you should be able to upgrade to it through iTunes when it prompts you to update it.

Or you can also manually update it through iTunes:

Download the iOS 6.1.3 firmware (from the above link)
Connect the iPod to the Mac and run iTunes
Go to the device screen
Press Option and click the Update button to open a File Browser window
Choose the IPSW file you downloaded


Migration assistant to specific folder I have a 290gb of data on my old mac. It won't boot up. I have a firewire cable and am going to transfer the data to my MacBook pro which has 590gb of free space. I want to use migration assistant, but want all the files from my old mac to be put in one specific folder. Is there a way I could do this with migration assistant, because this is only a temporary solution.

Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated

Migration assistant will copy files into expected places on the disk so ~/Library ~/Documents etc and is only meant to be used when installing OSX.

If you want to copy to one directory don't use Migration Assistant. Instead

Install OSX from scratch and create a new user (for ease if you have multiple users create them in the same order as before so that their UIDs match) - or just keep the target running current OSX.
Connect Macs via firewire and boot up old Mac in Target Disk Mode
The old disk is now seen under /Volumes
Copy files onto new disk as you want

If step 2 fails then you need to take the disk out of the old Mac and put iy in a USB or other external disk caddy. Then it might work. If the disk is corrupt then look at disk recovery tools or firms.


iPhone X Stuck on Control Center For a small while now, my phone (an iPhone X on iOS 13) has sadly been stuck on the Control Center to where I can’t really use either one in any way. I’ve tried to use a function or go back; turn the phone off; or activate Siri; but aside from managing to get something flashing in the background, getting the Wifi thing to turn green, or being able to lock and unlock the phone (at which the Center pops right back up, no lock screen shown) nothing. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Force-restart your iPhone:

  Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Then press and hold the Side button until you see the Apple logo.

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201412


How to create an ad hoc Wi-Fi network in OS X? I came across a problem today  when there was a speaker in my class. The speaker was from the industry and had a company provided laptop which was not able to get connected to University network (some other problem which I had to raise in another question).

As a solution to the problem, I thought I would create the public Wi-Fi,
using my MacBook Pro, without a password so that he can get connected
directly. However I am a little embarrassed in not finding a option do so. Can anyone give me some solution if one exists.

A solution does in fact exist. Click the Wi-Fi symbol in the menu bar and choose Create Network.


Dreamweaver Lock table I have asked a similar question to this elsewhere on this site, but I thought I’d give this another go in simpler terms.

I am new to Dreamweaver, and I am currently trying to create a simple table of 14 columns. I want them to be the same size.

I currently have the following code. But when I type in dreamweaver, the column widths all move around. I don’t want this, I want the code to wrap. So if for example I input xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx into one of the cells, it expands and reduces the other columns, how do I overcome this?

table.teams{table-layout:fixed; overflow:auto; width:745; align:center; cellspacing:0; cellpadding:0;}

            &nbsp;

This is a better question for Stack Overflow, but this should probably be done with CSS. For this simple example, I specified the width in pixels instead of a percentage. If you must override widths and have particular columns be different widths, then you should could do inline style for the table cells, or put <column /> tags at the top of the table, and specify the width with those (that part wasn't in the JSFiddle). Note that you may need to use CSS to help with line breaks as well if you don't have any spaces in your text.

Example JSFiddle


Odd text before ":" in Terminal In Terminal.app I have a text prompt like the following

rover-205-89:Documents username$

What is the "rover-205-89"? I thought it was my computer name but I looked under System Preferences > Sharing and that isn't it.

That is your computer's hostname. In Terminal type the command hostname and that is what you'll see. You can change the host name with the command sudo scutil --set HostName desired-host-name. There are some networking scenarios where this won't permanently fix the problem, though. (e.g. OS X assumes hostname of other network computer: how to prevent this?). It happens with my machine at work (on a Windows domain). Aside from being a little disconcerting, there are no functional repercussions that I've experienced.


VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Mac So, I restarted my Mac in the morning and I receive this error while trying to start my normal VBox but it did not start instead it gave in an error. This is the error image

So, To fix this issue you will need to be in an admin account then you will need the VirtualBox .dmg file download then you will open the dmg you should see something like this
Click on the VirtualBox_uninstall.tool file. Then you will see your terminal open and give you this output

Last login: Thu May  3 18:47:27 on ttys000
macname:~ user_name$ /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool ;        exit;

Welcome to the VirtualBox uninstaller script.

The following files and directories (bundles) will be removed:
 /usr/local/bin/VirtualBox
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxVRDP
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxHeadless
 /usr/local/bin/vboxwebsrv
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxBugReport
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxBalloonCtrl
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxAutostart
 /usr/local/bin/VBoxDTrace
 /usr/local/bin/vbox-img
 /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist
 /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/
 /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext/
 /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxUSB.kext/
 /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetFlt.kext/
 /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetAdp.kext/
 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/

 And the following KEXTs will be unloaded: org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv

 Do you wish to uninstall VirtualBox (Yes/No)?

type Yes

The uninstallation processes requires administrative privileges
because some of the installed files cannot be removed by a normal
user. You may be prompted for your password now...

Please enter your_id password:

Enter Your password YOU MUST ME ADMIN OR ROOT

Then Once the terminal is done uninstalling.

open the VirtualBox.dmg again and follow the steps to install it then at the end it will say installing failed or some kind of error.

Open: System Preferences > Security & Privacy . then on the bottom of that window you will see a message to allow access to the virtual box just click that and open  Virtual Box you will be good to go but after this i ran into another problem which is not that improtent related to Bridge Adapter. :

Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-en0' VirtualBox?


OS X ML 10.8.2 sound from certain applications going to non-selected sound card? I have a USB sound card hooked up to my Mac.

This worked fine until this morning for some reason.

I selected the sound card as the primary output device in the Sound Preferences. When I adjust the volume slider, it properly chimes through the headphones attached to my USB sound card.

However, some applications aren't respecting that the sound card is selected as primary for some reason.

Example: iTerm2, the audio 'bell' sound is going through the internal speakers rather than the sound card. Also, if I drag and drop something into the trash can and empty it, all those sounds go through the internal speakers.

However, the USB sound device is definitely selected and when I use the volume control in the status bar, it chimes the volume through the USB sound card! What the heck is going on here?

Not entirely sure and I'm not familiar with iTerm2 but, as a workaround, does iTerm2 have audio preferences of its own?
If so, check to see if your USB device is available to select as the output device.

Also check Audio MIDI Setup (Applications > Utilities).


Prevent VPN Disconnection message OSX When my computer wakes from sleep, it tries to reconnect to my VPN network before the Wifi connection is fully established. The result is that nearly every time I get this message, "You were disconnected because the PPP server is not responding. Try reconnecting."

Is there a way to disable this message or prevent OS X from reconnection on sleep (automatically of course).

This worked for me:

sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

Find the vpn connection you want the disconnect-dialog to go away and set the key “DisconnectOnSleep” to 1 (instead of 0)


Frequent crashing and unresponsive OS X About six months ago, my MacBookPro's (summer '09) HDD died. A solid, irrecoverable failure - flashing folder question mark, utterly invisible to Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, being housed in an external housing from different machines, the Genius Bar wonder disc (you knew they have one, right?), everything.

So after testing my backup strategy to its limits, I bought a new drive (Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb). This drive is updated with the latest firmware SD25 and I'm generally happy, the hybrid drive is everything you'd expect: nippy and reasonably huge. On a good day, my cold boot from off to active is less than a minute (much less).

But. And it's a huge but (and I have to assume it is something related to the drive):

It is crashing on me frequently: daily, sometimes multiple times daily, spinning beach balls, unresponsive when the Mac's lid is opened, failing when the screen saver kicks in; you name it, sometimes it could just be my typing something quickly into the Firebox toolbar.

Fortunately turning it off and restarting has, up to now, always worked, but many of the apps don't like it and many apps complain, fail and need reinstalling and I'm getting to the end of my patience.

I'm pondering on just reinstalling Snow Leopard (or waiting for Lion or whatever's next) and seeing if that solves it, but I've no real confidence in that as a solution.

A little background: I'm a professional Windows developer and a Mac user for a number of years, so I'm comfortable with the idea of logging, tracing, debugging and so on, but I'm a little lacking in the deep knowledge of where to look for clues on the Mac.

So I'm looking to the hivemind: if I'm not to just backup everything up and do a clean install, what should I try before that? Or should I just try that? Why should I believe that would work?

Interesting.  I have a ST9500420AS, is it the same drive?  Mine is loud but I don't have any issues with it.

Does anything show up in the console during/after this occurs?  /Applications/Utilities/Console.app

Also, if you can make the problem re-produceable, you could try fseventerhttp://www.fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start, or even a simple command into the terminal (lsof > ~/Desktop/open_files.txt) to figure out what might be going on.

It almost sounds like it might, might be a hardware problem rather than software, but we may as well rule out the latter first.


El Capitan not installing after first restart I have successfully downloaded and opened the program to install El Capitan on my computer. However, after the computer restarts the first time, it boots back into Yosemite and it doesn't continue.

When it reboots Yosemite works, but nothing seems to have changed.

I have run the installer 4+ times now and I haven't been successful.

If the El Capitan install fails for any reason, it automatically rolls back to Yosemite.

Could be many reasons for it not to work like HDD issues, Install file corruption or space issues?
Also, Is it an older El Capitan installer? Downloaded a while ago? Apple's certificate expired a while back and it could be failing for that reason. Try downloading it again.


How do I show the sum of multiple ranges in one cell? How do I show the sum of multiple ranges in one cell? I want to add the sum of C5:C25 to the sum of G5:G25 and divide the answer by 14.

=(SUM(C5:C25)+SUM(G5:G25))/14

SUM function takes a range. + operator adds the results. / operator divides.


How can I abort a stalled in-progress app update? Long story short; I was updating a couple of iPad apps via iTunes last night, but had to shut down. Now they're all listed as "installing..." on my iPad but they're neither being downloaded nor installed, and I can't access them until they're finished (but they're not progressing, so they won't finish).

Is there any way to abort an in-progress update so I can at least use the apps I've currently got?

This is addressed several times on the Apple Forums.  It is a common problem.  I will list a few of the answers that have worked for others. Before starting, do the obligatory iPad reboot.

1) From the iPad desktop click the stalled app. It will either restart the update process or report the "update failed". If it fails you will then be able to restart the update from within iPads App updater.

2) If you have a desktop Mac, from iTunes go to menu Store > Check for Available Downloads. This should download the updated App to your iTunes. Then re-sync with your iPad.

3) Delete the app from your iPad then reinstall.

I found that option 1 worked flawlessly for me.


What does this icon that looks like an askew wireless symbol mean in Calendar? I have iCal synced with Google Calendar and would like one of my accounts to also sync with iCal.  In order to fix this problem I am trying to understand what the icon in two and three below mean. What do these icons indicate?

The icon means that the calendar is being shared. Click the icon for details:


Which macOS tools require Python 2 (rather than Python 3)? macOS comes with Python 2 installed, which is presumably because some tools the OS uses are not compatible with Python 3, as suggested by the answers to this Quora question.

Which tools/programs pre-installed with macOS specifically depend on Python 2 over Python 3?

As well as xattr, other scripts in /usr/bin/ are smtpd.py and systriage.

A number of Automator actions for working with PDFs have at their heart python scripts -- the ones for combining PDFs, watermarking PDFs, extracting pages and converting images.

Quite a few scripts in Server.app are python.

It's not so much that they're definitively "not compatible" with python3, but that they've not been updated for over 10 years and haven't been tested. The scripts have not been updated to ensure that they will continue to work when called in other scripts and workflows.

Catalina will be the last version to include python 2.7, and it does so purely to ensure that these 'legacy' scripts will continue to work without any extra effort.


Is there a way to enter Emoji just by typing? I just found out that I can type (y) and get the upward likey thumb (in iMessages).
Now is there a way to type any emoticon? It might also be just by typing it's unicode.

As you already found out that is possible but sometime hard to remember.

For many letters when you place in brackets will give you different emoticons.

Simple one and often used are easy to remember (y) ect..

I find it easier to do with pop up for emoticons located on the right side of your input window.

I actually prefer to make customized emojis for one I use more frequently.

For that I just type the word (of your choosing) in brackets and it gets replaced with emoji.

That is how it is done and now you just type for example (looking) and get


Finding Mac mail sounds plist I have been trying on and off for a fair while to edit the default Mail.app system sounds from their defaults. Ideally I'd like access to all my system sounds eventually, but Mail.app seems like a good start.

A link from LifeWire shows that you can duplicate your mail app and then overwrite the names but it seems clunky to me - does anyone know where the plist is that activates the sounds for Mail.app?

You can change the 'new message sound' in the mail preferences, as well as disable other sounds (send message 'swoosh' etc.).  Granular control outside of that isn't possible via the GUI.  See screenshot.

As per here Changing New Mail Sound in macOS Sierra, you can copy custom sounds to ~/Library/Sounds and they will show up as an option to select in Mail preferences.

One could then programmatically use the defaults command  to select your custom sound via Terminal or script if you run the following command from within the folder "~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences":

defaults write com.apple.mail NewMessagesSoundName -string filename

where "filename" is the name of the file, without the extension, of what you copied to ~/Library/Sounds


How do I find my CPU's temperature? There are a number of posts that talk about CPU temperature.  Is there a utility built in to Mac OSX that I can use to determine the current temperature of the CPU?

While iStat Menus @Mark mentioned are no longer freeware, the iStat nano and iStat Pro Dashboard widgets are free.

I personally use iStat nano for my system monitoring needs. Here it is showing the temps it can read on my iMac:

If you hover over the widget, you can change the view. I usually have it running in "Overview" mode, which shows CPU, RAM, HDD*, fan*, temperature*, network* and uptime info.

*) user-configurable, e.g. which temp sensor's readings are displayed


Transfer Data between Macs I have a local web development environment setup with Brew, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Gem, Sass, and so many other packages out there that it would probably be a nightmare to set it up again with the same exact versions on a new machine. These packages are usually installed outside of the /Users directory.

So my question is, does the built-in OS X transfer Mac feature support transferring these type of files, and configurations that are located outside of the /Users/ folder and in system directories such as /usr/local or /etc, etc..?

If you make and then restore a complete Time Machine backup or use Migration Assistant you should have no problem moving everything to a new machine and having it work as expected. Otherwise I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall all of your tools and libraries.


`scutil --nc start` VPN not working - macOS 10.13 High Sierra Problem

My VPN dis-/connect workflow script

scutil --nc start "My VPN connection"

isn't working since upgrading to macOS High Sierra (stable Version, v10.13.2).

Details

Context

I used an Alfred workflow to connect to my VPN connections which uses scutil command under the hood.

Dialog with error message

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2861556/31211266-02d886dc-a998-11e7-952a-e1409d882a59.png

  Translated to english: The IPsec certificate (shared secret) is missing. Please check your settings and retry.

This box appears after trying to start a VPN connetion with the command.

Troubleshooting

I found out, that using AppleScript is working so far. The workaround looks like:

tell application "System Events"
    tell current location of network preferences
        set VPNservice to service "My VPN connection"
        if exists VPNservice then connect VPNservice
    end tell
end tell

My Questions

Is this intended? (Didn't found detailed information about this)
Are there any new "security related" settings which I have to modify before switching to AppleScript approach?

I had a similar issue on macOS 10.12.6.
Root cause was, that I also changed the configuration name of the VPN.

After removing the old VPN and creating a VPN with another name and configuration "Default", it works with both the command
scutil and networksetup


OSX Yosemite Failed Download I'm trying to install OSX Yosemite.  I start the download from the app store and it sit and thinks for 40 minutes or so and then gives me the following error:

Yosemite Failed to Download
Please visit the purchases page and try again.

How do I make this work?  I've tried the download twice now,

You do not have to just wait, you can see what is it doing.

From the Mac App Store, click on the “Purchases” tab to see the active list
Locate the app(s) you are downloading that you want to check

This will show you the download progress bar, the total downloaded out of the total download size, and an estimation of time remaining until the app has completed downloading and is ready for use.

Meanwhile you can clean the temporary download:

Run this command on the terminal: open $TMPDIR../C/ ...

It will open up Finder in a specific folder, you select com.apple.appstore and delete this folder.


Repeated kernel panic: anyone able to decipher report? I am getting repeated kernel panics. I have run many disk repair routines using Disk Utility and Techtool (6) but still happening. It seems to happen when I am using a particular application (Sonuus i2M Editor) which is a USB Pitch to MIDI converter.

The kernel panics are hard to know what if anything will help narrow this down...

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 242584 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 12
Anonymous UUID: FA99C24C-CBDE-48BB-A21B-2C3120FE05E9

Fri Jun 22 20:00:59 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x235410): "zalloc: \"ipc kmsgs\" (3240864 elements) retry fail 3, kfree_nop_count: 0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:992
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x4c1927d8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x4c19280c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x4c192828 : 0x235410 (0x594ac8 0x592060 0x3173a0 0x3)

After contacting Sonuus, the software vendor has confirmed problem is with the app and is currently working on a bug fix.


Little snitch and different network profiles Is there any way to have different "little snitch" rules set for different networking profiles ?
like for HOME one rule list
for WORK another etc ...

Little Snitch will tell you and allow you to do the following:

Informs you when an app or process trys to access "stuff" over the network
Allows you to set up and block communication by one of more of the following:

Protocol
Port
App or Process
destination address, IP address, or hostname, and more.

Unfortunately what it does not allow you to do is filter or create rules based on the "Location" or the current connection name as defined in OS X Network preferences (with the exception of "Local Network")

Other Firewall Software may allow you to do this, but this is a limitation of Little Snitch.

Littel Snitch 3 is now in preview mode, one among the new features is "Profiles" defined as follows:

  Profiles

  With Little Snitch 3, rules can optionally be arranged in separate profiles like “Home”, “Office” or “Internet Cafe”. Rules that are assigned to a particular profile are only effective if that profile is active. The active profile can be chosen conveniently from the status menu.

  This allows you to quickly switch between different sets of rules depending if you are at home, at the office or connected to a public network.


iPhone 4s reboots on unlock I have an Apple iPhone 4s running the last version of iOS that can be jailbroken(the one just before 9.1 I think).

Each time I swipe to unlock, it hangs for a second while displaying the pin entry keypad and then reboots. It reboots to safe mode and then back to normal mode.

This has happened before on version 8.4, but it wasn't connected to WiFi then. Restore fixed it.

I want to know how I can fix it without a restore so I can keep root access. I have root SSH access to the device, which is amazingly still connected to the WiFi. I can also use apt tools(apt-get apt-cache dpkg) and I've removed the last installed tweaks(apt-get purge)(DefaultPlayer and iCleaner).

If I have to restore, is there a way to backup over SSH and restore to a jailbreakable version?

First things first, always backup.

No jailbreakable iOS version is being signed so no, if you restore it you'll lose your jailbreak.

The problem is probably a theme relates package, try disabling winterBoard themes.

I would suggest reinstalling the system anyway because if your safe mode isn't working it means that the private system partition is broken, even if you got it working for some reason it would have loads of problems in the future, unfortunately, you'll lose your jailbreak.

Also, I'd suggest making a backup with iMazing, a great OS X (and windows) tool to manage your iDevices in more detail.

Sorry for that,

Tiferrei


Are there performance issues with iOS 6 running on iPhone 3GS? My brother has an iPhone 3GS. The upgrade to iOS 5 has considerably slowed down the device. Will the upgrade to iOS 6 slow down the device even more?

Will iOS 6 work well (not any different from iOS 5) on an iPhone 3GS?

According to this ArsTechnica article

  iOS 6 doesn't make the iPhone 3GS any slower or more difficult to use than it was before, which should be good news to anyone who keeps theirs around as a secondary or backup phone—indeed, it's pleasantly surprising how many of the refinements and improvements make their way down to Apple's oldest-supported piece of iOS hardware. However, that hardware has been surpassed so thoroughly by other iOS and Android handsets at this point that it's difficult to recommend it as a primary handset. You don't have much to lose if you upgrade a 3GS to iOS 6, but there's a lot more to gain by investing in a newer device.


How to get info of specific iNodes inside Terminal when I type ls -li I get all files including their iNode-id. (e.g. 19753844)

How can I now access that specific iNode (so that I see details and the data saved to that iNode)?

I just can't find a command online.

To get extended info of an existing inode use find:

sudo find / -inum $inode -exec ls -ilaO@ {} ";"

Replace $inode by the real inode-ID e.g.:

sudo find / -inum 1745768 -exec ls -ilaO@ {} ";"
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
1745768 -rw-r--r--  1 user  staff  - 79 13 Nov 12:30 /Users/user/.oracle_jre_usage/613bcfb3a06ef613.timestamp

To see the data use the appropriate app or a command line tool (cat, file etc).


iPhone screen randomly turns on After installing iOS 10, I found that the screen on my iPhone 6s turned on at seemingly random times, and it slightly annoyed me. I now know that this feature does what it is supposed to (turn the screen on when the phone enters certain positions), but I want to disable it.

Is there a setting can I use to do so?

I believe you are referring to the new Raise to Wake functionality.

It can be disabled by going into Settings → Display & Brightness. Toggle Raise to Wake Off.


How do I move existing notes from my iCloud to another folder (gmail, etc)? I was looking for some help.  I have a mac and an iPhone.  I have 200 important notes in my icloud.  I am scared that something will happen to my phone or mac and I will lose all my notes because my icloud is not backed up.  I am looking for a way to relocate all of my notes to something more universal that does not need to be backed up (Gmail).

Your notes are backed up in iCloud. Go to iCloud.com and you should be able to see them all there.
If you are more comfortable storing them in Google, you can:

Enable notes under accounts (under your Google account) on both devices
Cut and paste the actual text in your iCloud notes into new notes within Google on the notes app. You can’t just drag them over unfortunately.


What are the implications of linking your Apple ID to your Mac User Account in OS X System Preferences? What are the various effects, in terms of usability, privacy and security, of storing your Apple ID in 'Users & Groups’ in your Mac System Preferences, like so?

E.g., could one effect be not having to input your Apple ID password in the Mac App Store every time you download a new app?

What's the total list of implications of doing this?

After associating and Apple ID with you user account you'll be able to use it to:

Reset your login password (unless FileVault is enabled)
Establish file and screen sharing access to the computer from another computer
Share files and screens with another computer after you log in

And for the particular case you mention regarding the Mac App Store, no, associating an Apple ID with a user account won't change the Store's password prompting.


Can I get my text messages back from my lost iPhone? I lost my iPhone so I bought a new one. I am now wanting to get my text messages back.

Can I get my text messages back? If I get my old mobile number back will my text messages come back? Does iCloud store text messages?

If you used iCloud backup, you can restore your previous phone's backup to your new phone by resetting the new phone's Content and Settings in Settings → Reset.

iMessages are separate to SMS/MMS and will be restored when you log in with your Apple ID into iCloud. Both of these are separate from your mobile number. iCloud does not store SMS/MSS messages like iMessages, only the database in iCloud backup.

This iLounge guide has more information about restoring text messages from an iCloud backup.


Is it possible to install JDK 7 after installing MATLAB on Mountain Lion I need to install MATLAB using an internet connection, but according to the docs I can't install MATLAB with a connection if I have JDK 7 installed on Mountain Lion.  According to MATLAB, the solution is:

  1) Install/activate manually without using Internet. MATLAB will work
  fine even if you have JDK 7 installed because it will still be using
  Apple's Java 6 that does not get removed when JDK 7 is installed.

  2) Alternatively, you may uninstall JDK 7 which will let you install
  and activate MATLAB using Internet.

I need an internet connection, so number 1 won't work.  I need JDK 7 as well, so I was wondering if I would be able to uninstall JDK 7, then install MATLAB, then reinstall JDK 7 without breaking MATLAB.  Is this possible, or are there any other workarounds?

Short answer: Yes. It'll work fine if you put JDK 7 back after the installation. Though you might have to do the same thing if you decide to de-activate Matlab at some point.

You've got a few options.

Option A: Use a newer Matlab

An easy fix could be to use Matlab R2014a. It supports Mavericks and comes with its own bundled JVM so it doesn't use the system JVMs. I just installed it on my Mavericks machine last week, which didn't even have Apple's Java 1.6 installed, and it worked fine. (I also looked at the source to confirm its "Activate" uses the bundled JRE.)

Option B: Temporarily Uninstall JDK 7

If that's not an option, it sounds like removing the JDK 7 is only needed during the installation process. I'd guess because it shells out to the default java for the software activation program instead of using the Matlab app's normal JRE detection and embedding logic. "Activate MATLAB" is a separate Java program, not part of the Matlab executable, so it's run using java. So you can put JDK 7 back once Matlab is installed; normal Matlab execution won't use it.

You can conveniently temporarily uninstall the JDK 7 by just moving it out of the /Library/Java directory so the system doesn't see it. Then you don't have to go through the whole download and installation process again.

cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
mkdir ~/disabledJVMs
sudo mv jdk1.7.0_51.jdk ~/disabledJVMs
% also change the JAVA_HOME definition if you set it in an rc file or /etc/launchd.conf

% ... now install Matlab ...

% And restore the JDK
sudo mv ~/disabledJVMs/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk .

You can confirm the uninstallation worked with /usr/libexec/java_home.

Option C: Hack the Matlab Installer!

If you want to get fancy, you could actually hack the Matlab installer to force it to use Apple's JDK 1.6 for activation.

During the installation process, once all the files are copied in to /Applications but before you launch the Activation dialog, do this:

Go in to /Applications in Finder, right-click MATLAB, and choose "Show Package Contents".
Start an admin-enabled text editor from the Terminal with sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit.
Open bin/activate_matlab.sh in that TextEdit. Find where it's setting the paths to java and hardcode them to point to the Apple 1.6 JDK, which is in /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk. In the R2014a activate_matlab.sh, it's in functions setVMenvironment and setVMpath, and it sets up a JRE_HOME variable, which needs to be set to /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home.
Do the same to deactivate_matlab.sh

And then you can proceed to the software activation step in the Matlab installer you left running, and I bet it will work even with JDK 7 in place.


Phone ring for email Is it possible to let the phone ring when received gmail of with title="urgent, please notice"? Gmail App has vibration when emails are received, the vibration sometimes I have missed it.

I need to make sure I got attended for those email. Any other methods could achieve the same purpose other phone ring is also welcome.

It is possible through the use of an app called IF. It was previously called IFTTT (If this then that). It is a great app for things like this. It has many uses including the one you have described and for many other things as well. You could have it send you and SMS when a certain event happens, if you have the HUE light system it could change the color of the light bulb or flash the light so many times when an email come in from a specific person, etc. It is not just for email. It ties into many different services and apps.

For your needs:

First search for IF by IFTTT in the app store and download it.

Next create a recipe:

For the trigger set it to gmail for a new email based on your criteria you need.

Finally add an action to call you based on that trigger and save the recipe.

This is based on you having the gmail app installed. If you are using the iPhone email app it might still be possible with the above solution but not 100% sure.


Applescript won't play movie when waking from sleep I have the following AppleScript, which is triggered by iCal to act as my alarm clock:

set musicPath to the path to me as text
set musicPath to text items 1 thru -12 of musicPath as text
set musicPath to musicPath & "drumsolo.aif"

set volume output volume 90

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    run
    open musicPath
    tell document 1 --
    play --
    end tell --
end tell

I've also used 'play front document' and 'play document 1' for the block marked with dashes.
The problem is, System Preferences wakes up the computer on time (from sleep, 5 minutes before the script is triggered). The script works, opening the file and turning up the computer's volume.

But, when actually running the script for real, and ONLY then, the darn sound file won't play. It just sits there.
When I tested it w/ Applescript editor, it opens and plays fine.
When I tested it w/ iCal (resetting the event to a new time), it opens and plays fine.
When I reset the computer's sleep time and the day's event, it opens and plays fine.

It's only when I actually put my computer to sleep, rest for 8 hours, and the script wakes the computer that it doesn't play. Help!!

OK, I finally figured it out after writing 4 or 5 different iterations of the code. Adding a delay statement before 'tell document 1' worked— the script was running too quickly and trying to play the final before it was open.

Thanks, Lri!


Mac OS X Mavericks Contacts Database is a SQLite db, how can i open it with a SQLite App? i have an Sqlite Browser App.
I would like to view and extract all Contacts of the Contacts App for further use in a FileMaker Pro file ...
How can i connect to this database and export its content ?

Address Book contacts and data are stored in

~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb.

You will have to load the file into your Sqlite Broswer App and export whichever tables you want.  Each field in a contact is set to a different table.

While in the Contacts.app do a File-->Export.  This is a good idea to make a backup of your contacts before you start playing with the database it uses.  Not knowing what sqlite app you use it's hard to say but there should be an option to Export whatever tables you need.


How to unbind from active directory while preserving a user account? My account is associated with an active directory of a previous company i was working at.

What is the best way to unbind my account from the AD without losing my files? I have admin access to the machine, and all the files are locally available.

The account is admin/managed and mobile.

Login to a different admin account.
Delete your account, choosing "Don't change the home folder" option.
Open Terminal and rename your home folder, eliminating the " (Deleted)" part -- sudo mv "/Users/yourshortname (Deleted)" /Users/yourshortname
Unbind your machine (Login Options tab, at the bottom)
Create a new account with the same short name.
Use the existing folder, when you're prompted.

An update to my comment of Sep 6 at 15:24 and part of #4 -- Apple has just issued a supplemental update that fixes this loophole. The text of their security announcement is:

  APPLE-SA-2013-10-03-1 OS X v10.8.5 Supplemental Update

  OS X v10.8.5 Supplemental Update is now available and addresses the
  following:

  Directory Services Available for:  OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 to v10.8.5
  Impact:  A local user may modify Directory Services records with
  system privileges

  Description:  A logic issue existed in Directory
  Services's verification of authentication credentials allowing a local
  attacker to bypass password validation. The issue was addressed
  through improved credential validation. CVE-ID CVE-2013-5163 : the
  rookies of 42


Per-app password in iOS 5.1 There is the overall locking password, which prevents the phone from being used. Is there a way to pasword-protect on a per-app basis, e.g. lock mail, but not photos. This is under iOS 5.1 on a iPhone 4S. The password doesn't need to be different between apps, however.

EDIT: This is with a iPhone 4S, not jailbroken.

No, there is no way to do this on iOS 5.1 or on any earlier version of iOS.

It's doubtful that Apple will add this feature, given their usual proclivity toward not including features that could be difficult to configure and support, particularly on iOS.

This of course means that each app developer can implement their own passcode locking mechanism. It's just not an API that Apple provides to developers to ask again for the same passcode before it operates as opposed to locking the entire device.


Detect battery percentage applescript How would I detect what my computer's battery percentage is using applescript? All answers to similar questions say to install additional software, but I would like to do this with purely applescript. Is this possible? I've also tried searching through the  applescript library with no success.

Here is an example of setting the percent charged of the internal battery to a variable using AppleScript.

In the sample code below the batteryPercent variable holds the numeric percentage of battery charge and is shown in a message.

set batteryPercent to do shell script "pmset -g batt | awk '/InternalBattery/ { sub(/;/, \"\"); print $2 }'"

display dialog "Battery is " & batteryPercent & " charged." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"


Is there any way to get a pop-up notification on my iPhone or iPad when mail arrives? I have gmail set up to send me "true" push notifications (using the exchange server setup).  So my mail arrives in realtime, and I instantly get badges on my springboard screen to indicate new messages.

But I want to be able to get a pop-up with the sender and subject, like I would with an SMS, or an IM using Beejive.  Is there really no way to do this?  It would be especially helpful when I'm in another app, and don't mind the pop-up's interruption, but would like to know who the message is from before deciding to leave the app to check mail.

With the release of iOS 5 mail can now appera as a pop up box style notifacation.

Goto Settings>Notifications>Mail> the choose "Alerts" in the alert style menu.

you will then have something that looks like a message notification when an email arrives


I downloaded a shell executable and man pages from a source I trust. Where should I put them? I downloaded a binary file for a shell executable, and the corresponding man pages, from a source I trust. Unpacking the archive returns a binary file and some man pages. There's no installer. Which is the "canonical" location to put this kind of stuff? I guess it should be somewhere on my PATH. echo $PATH returns:
$ echo $PATH
/Users/.../google-cloud-sdk/bin:/anaconda3/bin:/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/.../bin:/opt/X11/bin

Of these, I seem to recall that tampering with /usr/local/ is considered bad practice. Logically, Users/.../google-cloud-sdk/bin:/anaconda3/bin:/anaconda3/condabin also don't seem appropriate. This leaves me with /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin. Which one should  I use? Or am I going about this the wrong way?
Also, do the binary file and the man pages go into the same folder? Or do they go to different folder?
PS I really wonder how much effort would have been to add a damn installer....

The binary file goes in /usr/local/bin. Each man page goes in the folder usr/local/share/man/manN where N is the number at the end of the man page file name. For example, gdisk.8 should appear in the folder /usr/local/share/man/man8. When finished adding all man pages, you should run the command
/usr/libexec/makewhatis /usr/local/share/man

to update the whatis database stored in the text file /usr/local/share/man/whatis. This whatis text file is used by the whatis and apropos commands.


Where did the "hide the toolbar" thingy go on OS X Lion? On OS X Snow Leopard, there was an option to hide the toolbar in many applications, such as

but I don't have that option on Lion anymore

This isn't MacVim specific issue, I don't see it in Adium and many other applications too. Did the button just disappear? Is there any way to show ita again?

I don't think there's a way to make the toolbar capsule widget thingy show up again.

However, if you want to hide the toolbar, you can right-click on the empty toolbar area and choose the "Hide Toolbar" option:

You can also go to the View menu and choose "Hide Toolbar" from there.  It may also have a keyboard shortcut of cmd-opt-t.


Why can't I make the partition use the full 500 GB availiable? I can't seem to make my Mac partition utilize the full 500 GB that I have available.
It only uses 243.47 GB.

It looks like my hard drive is somehow split into 2 sections:

Any ideas on how I can get it to utilize the full 500GB?

Disk utility can't grow partition boundaries upwards.  If the free space and partition were reversed, with the free space below the partition, then you could expand the partition into it.

One workaround is to boot with the OS X DVD, use Disk Utility to create a partition image on a USB drive, then write that image back to the free space.  Once you've verified that it works and runs, delete the bottom partition, and then expand the new top partition into the free space below.


Troublesome kext or driver causing system to hang I have a late 2012 27" iMac with a relatively fresh install of OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I have been experiencing a pretty severe problem that I am convinced is software related, but I could use some assistance in finding the best way to track it down.

The problem is this: any time I leave the computer unattended for any length of time (ranging from minutes to hours), I come back to it and there is about an 80% chance that the system will have hung. I can move the mouse, but the cursor is the spinning beach ball and I can't click on anything, interact with anything, or type anything. The only way to get the computer out of this state, consistently, is to hold the power button and force a restart.

I've narrowed this problem down with some certainty to being related to my Seagate GoFlex Desk 3 TB external hard drive. Strangely, this drive required a driver to be installed from Seagate before it would show up connected via the attached Thunderbolt dock. There's a post here on Seagate's website that addresses some similar concerns with a similar drive. I did install that driver, which seemed to make the issue much worse, but I swear this issue may have been there before all this (I can't remember with certainty).

If I disconnect the drive entirely, the problem goes away.
If I boot the system into Safe Mode (with Shift held down), the problem also goes away.

Now, I've diligently gone through and removed everything I could find that was installed along with this driver. I opened up the installer and went to Show Files and removed everything it installed. I even searched my /Library and /System folders for anything with "Seagate" in the name, and killed all of it. But the problem still remains.

Booting into Safe Mode and having the problem go away tells me there is a software component here that is causing this mayhem. What I would like to ask for assistance with is how best to try and hunt down the driver, or kext, or application, or whatever it might be that is causing the system to hang like this.

I'm probably going to end up replacing this drive anyway, because this is just ridiculous, but in the meantime, it hosts a lot of important data and I'd really like to get my system working again with the drive by disabling whatever is so consistently causing it to hang.

Thanks so much for any help!

Here is a method to hunt the kext which may cause you a hang system.

Boot in safe mode &
make a capture of the minimal safe set of extenions loaded with:

mkdir ~/tmp
kextstat >~/tmp/safe.kextstat

Boot in normal mode &
make a capture of the full set of extensions loaded with:

kextstat >~/tmp/full.kextstat

Compare them:

cd ~/tmp
diff full.kextstat safe.kextstat

and from this difference, which is including the faulty kext,
extract the culprit by checking its installation date:

ls -dlT /System/Library/Extensions/<extension_folder_name…>

The faulty extension will be the one installed at the time of the
start of your kernel hang.

Beware: the extension_folder_name… is not the extension name as
displayed by kexstat.

Here is an example:

on_my_mac$ kextstat | egrep 'Addr|ThunderboltDPA'
Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) <Linked Against>
   70    4 0xffffff7f8125e000 0x8000     0x8000     com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily (1.8.2) <45 9 8 5 4 3>
on_my_mac$

is coming from:

on_my_mac$ cd /System/Library/Extensions
on_my_mac$ ls -dlT AppleThunderboltDPAdapters.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 31 05:39:06 2011 AppleThunderboltDPAdapters.kext
on_my_mac$

Make a backup copy of the suspected extension:

mkdir ~/Extensions_backup
cd /System/Library/Extensions
/usr/bin/sudo mv faulty_extension_folder_name ~/Extensions_backup

and test this system with one missing kernel extension:

reboot

If it is OK. You got the right culprit.

If not. Just reverse step 4, reboot and repeat from step 4 to test the next potential extension.


Can I sync Outlook 2011 with an iCalendar feed? I want to sync my calendar with a Basecamp generated ical feed, like:

webcal://test.basecamphq.com/feed/project_ical?token=c9d3d7b7d0a77ce8b9f615c8b4c2295eproject_id=8024071

Can it be done?

Basically, no. Outlook 2011 does not support the webcal protocol for calendar syncing. It supported Apple's Sync Services as of Office 2011's Service Pack 1, but then Apple discontinued Sync Services support as of 5 May 2011.

Microsoft, unsurprisingly, wants you to sync your calendars with an Exchange server, not via webcal.

Two links from Microsoft will give you more information:

How to sync calendars in Outlook for Mac 2011 (don't get your hopes up; it basically tells you how you can't sync) and Outlook for Mac and Your Calendars (again, tells you what doesn't work).

It's unfortunate how this doesn't work. I suggest you consider strong calendaring alternatives, such as BusyCal.


Remove author metadata from PDF annotations in preview? I need to provide comments on PDFs as part of the refereeing process for journal articles.  How can I remove my name from the annotations I've made using Mac Preview?  (they can be seen in Inspector: Annotations, but seem not to be editable)

I have the exact same problem. While you should anonymize yourself in the prefs, I don't fully trust that method, so:

Make a copy of the annotated PDF file
Drag and drop to open in a text editor like TextWrangler, or hex editor like  HexEdit
(Don't worry about any binary-looking weird characters)
Search for your name and replace with the exact same number of Xs or I usually throw in a space among the Xs so it looks like a different name.
Save the file in place
Open in Preview and mouse over the annotations to see the anonymized version


How to find out whether my MacBook Air supports memory management unit (MMU) virtualization for Docker? I'm planning to install Docker on my MacBook Air (Early 2014): Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM. I need Docker to be able to run SQL Server on my Mac (as I understand this is the only way to run it). However, there are some system requirements that I should meet to be able to run it.

System requirements from Docker website state this:
Mac hardware must be a 2010 or newer model, with Intel’s hardware support for memory management unit (MMU) virtualization; i.e., Extended Page Tables (EPT) and Unrestricted Mode. You can check to see if your machine has this support by running the following command in a terminal: sysctl kern.hv_support

When I run this command, sysctl kern.hv_support, in Terminal, I receive the following output: kern.hv_support: 1

What does it actually mean? Can someone explain? Does it mean that I can run Docker on my Mac?

There is complex way to find out whether your processor meets the requirements:

sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string

With the details (e.g. i5-4260U) go to Intel Product Specifications, search for the proc and check the Specifications > Advanced Technologies:

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡                    Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡   Yes
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡                Yes

If these three features are supported, Docker will run.

A simpler check is sysctl kern.hv_support. If the command yields 1, the Hypervisor.framework required by Docker is supported on this processor.

The most simple method is to download and try to run Docker. If you get a "Fatal error. Incompatible CPU detected.... " your proc doesn't meet the requirements.

Even restricted to an older processor you will be able to run Windows & Microsoft SQL Server in a type 2 hypervisor like VirtualBox, VMware Fusion or Parallels though. Some $bucks are required though.


Generic exit function for iTerm2 I've recently begun to use iTerm2 instead of the macOS Terminal application and I'm really happy with it. I'm very used to use to exit command to close the instance that currently has focus. With instance I mean one of the following: Tab, Window or Split Panel.

How can I write a function exit that closes the instance that is currently running? The following workaround works for windows but neither for tabs nor for split panels:

function exit {
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTerm2" to close first window'
}

The solution should work with either zsh or bash.

In Terminal, the default setting for handling closed sessions is to leave the window open.

In Preferences > Profiles:

In iTerm2, the default is to close the window

If you disable that option in iTerm2, it should give you the behavior you're looking for.


How do I set up iCloud for a family? What is the right way to set up iCloud for a family? Assume that I want to share iTunes store account, have separate mail, contacts, bookmarks and notes, but have the possibility of sharing calendars and reminders, and have all devices appear under one ID for Find My iPhone. It would be nice to share data as well, so that I only need to add space on one account for backups. Is this possible?

If not, what is the best way to set up for a family with, at a minimum, shared iTunes account for purchases?

If you have multiple devices spread among family members and also share your iTunes account with family members, this should help:

Article: How to Use iCloud in a Family Setting:

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/10/how-to-use-icloud-in-a-family-setting-share-apps-but-not-contacts


Can't edit partitions with Disk Utility in OS X 10.10 I'm having trouble accessing about 50GB of space on my computer after a failed partitioning attempt. Before you ask, I don't know what went wrong, I just know that now, I can only turn the free space into an additional partition. I really just want to be able to resize or edit the partition map, but Disk Utility has other plans in mind. Suggestions? I'm sure I'm not the first person to see something like this.

I actually figured it out myself. All I had to do was turn off FileVault and restart the system. Disk Utility works normally now.


Why do no external iPad/iPhone batteries charge via a dock connector? There are many external battery packs which have a USB port for charging your iPad or iPhone on the go. But they all seem to be charged via a Micro USB port themselves, rather than a dock connector.

Why?

Is there some technical reason or does Apple not license the female dock connector?

Actually, many do.  Here's one example, and here's another.

The reason is probably licensing.  Apple charges a fee for developing products using this connector, and I believe there's also a very small per-port royalty (as with FireWire).


Is there anyway to lock an iphone to avoid my toddler from leaving his video? I have a toddler iphone app that plays short videos.  He loves it and its great to give to him in the car, etc but the one issue is that he keeps hitting the home button and i have to start the app up again.  This happens over and over again.

I noticed there is no lock button on the iphone.  Why is that?  Is there any solution to get the equivalent of what a lock button would do here so going back home is disabled?

You can use Guided Access to restrict access to a single app, and even ignore touch on certain (or all) parts of the screen.

To enable, first go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access. Then once you're in the app, just triple tap the home button.

See iOS: About Guided Access for more information or check out this short video.


MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) 4k external displays performance I was using my MacBook pro for years with two external full HD displays without a problem. Recently I switched to two 4K displays and since then fans in my MacBook spin all the time when when hooked up to external screens. I see that WindowServer spins at 20-30% CPU most of the time even if I do some basic activities.

Is this something expected or is it fixable and how?

I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6 with 16 GB ram, i7 and GeForce 750M with 2GB ram.

When I tried to watch some 4K youtube video I experienced stutter and overall poor playback quality. The same video in Full HD runs smooth.

[Edit]

I tried the same on Mid 2015 MacBook Pro equipped only with Intel Iris and it has no problem supporting 2 external 4k screens. Does one year in those models makes such a big difference? Or there is something wrong with mine?

Assuming you went from 1080p to 2160p your total screen area has gone from 4 megapixels to 16 megapixels.
If you actually mean 'full 4k' 4096 × 2560, then your screen area is now in the order of 20 megapixels.
That's aside from the internal screen.

You're just expecting too much of it, to be able to push that kind of resolution at full speed.

Spec for the 2014 vs 2015 - source Everymac

2014 - 2 external displays over Thunderbolt 2 @ 2560x1600
or a single display up to 2560x1600 via Thunderbolt and a single 1080p display at up to 60 Hz, 3840x2160 at 30 Hz, or 4096x2160 at 24 Hz via HDMI.
2015 - 2 external displays over Thunderbolt 2 @ 3840x2160
or a single display up to 3840x2160 via Thunderbolt 2 and a single 1080p display at up to 60 Hz, 3840x2160 at 30 Hz, or 4096x2160 at 24 Hz via HDMI.

So yes, it would appear the 2015 has significantly more grunt for video, even though it geekbenches about the same as the 2014 overall.


What does "com.apple.*" mean in plist titles I have a programmable Logitech mouse, which allows me to assign different configurations to different applications, but ONLY .app files, but I wish to assign a profile to Java, which is a binary not enclosed in a .app file.

When I nosed around into its preference file, it only refers to some sort of identifier associated for that app. For example, instead of saying /Applications/Safari.app, it would only reference it as com.apple.safari.

What does com.apple.* mean? Is it some sort of application identifier? And, if so, how can I find the one for Java?

That particular naming structure is known as "reverse DNS" naming. (Like Apple's website is at apple.com, so their plist entries are com.apple.) This is done so that items are sorted by manufacturer before product if you sort by name.

This nomenclature is used in Java packages (and other places) as well as OS X application identifiers.

If you want to specify Java as a whole, look for com.sun.* or com.oracle.*, as those are the two companies that have owned Java.


Firefox and Chrome do not share clipboard - what's wrong? I seem to experience issues with clipboard - copying from Firefox into other apps works ok, but from Firefox into Chrome doesn't.

Copying from other apps into Chrome behaves erratically.

Any idea on why this is?

macOS High Sierra
Version 10.13.13

Chrome Version 67.0.3396.87

Firefox Quantum
60.0.2 (64-bit)

I've had the same issue ongoing now for about a year I'd say.  The only workaround I've found is to restart the browser(s) which is a hassle.  I'd really like to find a solution for this.  I thought it was my older MacBookPro (6 years old) but I just upgraded to a brand new one and the same problem happens on a daily basis.

I'm using macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6
Chrome version 69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Firefox version 62.0 (64-bit)


Can't connect user without the home directory to Mac OS Server When I try to connect user WITHOUT home directory - services only

to the Mac OS X Server 3.1.2 on Mavericks I get the error:

Oct 30 12:55:17 Cassandra515i.local rpcsvchost[10115]: passwd entry for uid=502 homedirectory invalid

On the client side in the console log you get:

10/30/14 12:58:54.714 sharingd[423]: 12:58:54.714 : SDSharePointBrowser::handleEnumerateCallBack returned -6600

When creating the home directory for the user there is no problem.

Could you help me with that, what is the problem ?

Here are advanced option of that user:

Advanced option of the user:

Thank you very much in advance

When you set a user to services only this limits them to no login.  As you can see in your Advanced Options the login shell is set to /usr/bin/false.  This will deny login.  If you want to share a folder with them setup File Sharing in the Server.app and give them permission to the file share.


Is it possible to apply Mavericks side-only dock style to the bottom dock? I'm a fan of the Mavericks dock style that's applied when the dock is positioned on the side of the screen. I'm also a fan of having my dock on the bottom of the screen. Can I have both?

They removed this feature from 10.9 for some reason. Just something everyone's gonna have to get used to until a third-party "fix" comes out, or Apple gives in and puts the setting back. There is no way to do this from the dock settings or the Terminal, as was possible with 10.8 and prior.


Are Macbook Pros with a rusted / corroded MagSafe port safe to operate? So I have MacBook Pro 13" 2015 and when I connect the MagSafe power connector to it, it seems like it’s more difficult to charge. So I check the MagSafe port and want to clean it I think.

When I checked charge port I think it got corroded, or I don't know what it is, but I think it isn’t burnt. So I'm afraid to charge the MacBook, and I do some first aid to try to clean it with cotton swab with alcohol but it shows nothing.

But what should I do? Is this safe? Should I just continue to use it and charge it? Or should I bring it to an Apple Authorized Service shop or just any common non-Apple service center?

Thank you!

The iron / ferric portions of the MagSafe port is something that will corrode when exposed to oxygen. The quality of your pictures is excellent and all are operationally normal and safe since the 5 central pins are clear, not corroded and not obstructed.

You do have a pretty severe amount of corrosion, so that might implicate the environment having salts and high humidity. If so, the insides are also likely to corrode, but not simply because the outside is rusted.

The corroded portions are not part of the electrical charge / ground / function and only cosmetic so unless your 5 pins are stuck with debris and don't have spring pressure or the corrosion / lifting of the plastic shield prevent good contact, I would ignore that entirely.

You could place a new adhesive shim or consider painting (very carefully) the area since a thin layer of paint won't affect the magnetic pull or the function unless / until that paint is a physical barrier at one of the corners or covers the pins and springs.

Replacing that part might be $30 if you buy new service parts and much cheaper if you can get that part used from Mac that has other issues (broken screen, liquid damage not to the charge board.


How to preserve portrait mode of iPhone recording in iMovie and Final Cut Pro? If an iPhone screen recording, which is 1080 x 1920 (portrait size) is edited in iMovie or Final Cut Pro, and resaved as a final video, I noticed the video will be landscape: 1920 x 1080 with black bars at left and right.

It isn't a problem if viewed on a desktop computer, but if viewed in any mobile phone, then, the left and right black bars will "push" the video to be really tiny, about 1/9 of the screen size.

Is there a way to "preserve" the video as portrait: 1080 x 1920, so that there is no black bars, and so the video will be shown on mobile phone as the original 100% screen size, instead of 1/9 of screen?

(iMovie's crop must crop it as landscape size, and Final Cut's crop can do a crop, except when "Share" as file, the file saved is landscape size again.)

I can think of one way which is to use HandBrakeCLI to do a crop, but then can it and how can it be done in iMovie / Final Cut Pro?

I had this problem just last night, editing portrait iPhone X video in iMovie. Here’s how I got around it:

In iMovie, when I added my video clips and titles and such to the timeline, I used the ‘Cropping’ edit panel to rotate them all 90° anti-clockwise. It’s weird editing video that’s lying on its side, but I got used to it.

After exporting from iMovie to a .mov file, I used Handbrake to transcode it to a smaller .mp4 file (which I usually do anyway). In Handbrake’s ‘Picture’ tab there’s a ‘Rotate’ filter; I used that to rotate it back 90° clockwise.

I’m sure you could do something similar on the command line with FFMPEG too.


Sync a computer as an iPod: Is a way to sinc one computer's iTunes library from another in the way of an iPod available? My computers do not have sufficient hard drive space to store my iTunes library (movies rake up space so fast!), so I have stored my iTunes library on an external hard drive.

I would like to sync some of my music to my computer's internal hard drive (say a playlist) to have music while on the go and away from my external hard drive.

Any solution?

It would be great if we could do it in a similar way to syncing.  Copying files and creating a fresh iTunes library every "sync" seems unproductive.

I would highly recommend looking into iTunes Match.

It allows you to sync all your music across multiple computers, iPads, iPhones, and iPods.  Not only that, but it will let you stream music that is in the cloud that you have synced and not on your computer.  This may be a good solution for you when you want to listen to songs but don't have them on your machine.  It is 25 dollars a year and it does require a internet collection to stream.

You can also just download a playlist of songs you want to listen to if you need to have the songs with you when you don't have an internet connection.

It also syncs playlist together between all your machines.  Also, in iOS 6, it will allow you to stream the music as well.

It also works with music that you have ripped and not purchased.

You can read more here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/

I know it isn't the most perfect solution but at least it will probably save you from a few headaches of trying to make sure things sync between the hard drive and your external.


How to view iTunes U without itunes? I want to view Stanford's iOS programming course.

How can I see it without installign itunes on my PC and on my Android mobile device?

Here's an alternative which worked for me without using iTunes:

Get course URL, for example:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/this-text-doesnt-matter/id775395339

Use a feed extractor like feedflipper. This eventually gives you the raw xml file:

https://p1-u.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZStudent.woa/ra/feed/COFFWM26TD

The file is served as text/rss so may not display nicely in the browser.

Open with an RSS reader OR
Download as *.txt file, reopen in firefox and use DownThemAll or alternative OR
Copy the entire XML file and use a link scraper like the one built into JDownloader.


Connect to SMB server on startup I got a late 2017 macbook pro running the High Sierra update. I am wondering if its possible to auto connect to a smb server. I need to do this manually everytime i start up at work. And as small as it is. It gets quite annoying!

I have found a way to connect to AFP servers using a script (but im not using any) but that didnt work for me.

Thanks!

There's a number of options for doing this, but the easiest way is to just use your Login Items. More specifically:

In the Finder, press CommandK (or click on the Go menu and select Connect to Server...)
Now enter the server address
Click on the Connect button
IMPORTANT: If you're a registered user, when entering your login details you must ensure you enable the option for remembering your password in keychain
Once connected, go to Apple > System Preferences > Users & Groups
Select the Login Items tab
Now navigate to the mounted server (e.g. on your desktop) and drag it to the Login Items list
OPTIONAL: If you don't want the server window to open every time you startup, you can click on the Hide checkbox on the left of the server in the Login Items list

NOTES:

At step 4 the reason I say you must opt to remember the password is that macOS needs to remember this in order to be able to log in automatically!
At step 7, if you don't see the server mounted on your desktop, then go to Finder > Preferences > General and tick the checkbox for Connected servers.
Keep in mind that if for whatever reason your Mac can't connect to the server, this may in fact become more annoying then having to connect manually.

If your server doesn't mount on the desktop

If you can't get the server to mount on your desktop, try following these steps instead:

Go to Apple > System Preferences > Users & Groups
Select the Login Items tab
Click on the + button at the bottom of the Login Items list
In the window that opens, click on the server in your left Sidebar (or navigate to it)
If you're not already connected to it, then connect to it through this window. (IMPORTANT: If you're a registered user, when entering your login details you must ensure you enable the option for remembering your password in keychain)
Once connected, navigate to and select whichever folder on your server you use the most
After a moment the add button will become active. Click on this
Now the folder you selected at Step 6 will be added to your Login Items
OPTIONAL: If you don't want the server window to open every time you startup, you can click on the Hide checkbox on the left of the server in the Login Items list

To show network mounted volumes (SMB, AFP, NFS, etc.) on your desktop, issue the following command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple. finder ShowMountedServersOnDesktop —bool true