Installing ffmpeg with homebrew? I am trying to install ffmpeg and it's libraries with homebrew on a mac running osx (El Capitain).
The installation completes however its seems only ffmpeg is installed and not ffprobe or drawtext.

I tried reinstalling with this command:

brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-frei0r --with-libass --with-libvo-aacenc --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opencore-amr --with-openjpeg --with-opus --with-rtmpdump --with-schroedinger --with-speex --with-theora --with-tools

..but I get this

Warning:ffmpeg-3.0.2 already installed, it's just not linked

What am I missing? I have tried deleting and retrying the installation but the problem persists.

To answer this question, you need to link up ffmpeg, but I'd run some housecleaning too.

First remove ffmpeg from your system:

$ brew uninstall ffmpeg

Now update all your brew packages and references.

$ brew update
$ brew upgrade
$ brew cleanup

Now install ffmpeg on your system, and link it up:

$ brew install ffmpeg --force
$ brew link ffmpeg

Now you should be good to go.


Can't update a certain application on iOS 9.3.2 It isn't only on iOS 9.3.2, it's been happening since the later iOS 8 versions.  But for some reason, I haven't been able to update a certain app on my iPod 6th generation for a while now.

The app indicates that it's preparing for an update when I tap on update.  After a few seconds though, it reverts back to the update button.

I've tried...

Restarting my device
Using "update all" instead of updating the app by itself.
Pressing on the update button several more times to see if it would begin updating.

But none of these have actually worked.

As said in the title, this only currently happens for one app.  All of the others work fine.

If anybody could help me with this, that'd be great.  This issue has been bothering me for a while now.

Remove the corrupted iOS app from your iOS device ( be sure to backup data prior step 1)
Shutdown your iPhone/iPad
Restart iOS
Reinstall the app from the AppStore


macOS Mail: How to remove background color of a message in message list? In MacOS Mail, we can change the background color of a message in the message list.  This could happen in two ways AFAIK: (i) Select a message, go to Format -> Show Colors, then choose a color, or (ii) Setup a rule that automatically set the background color based on some conditions.

The question is: once the background color is set, I can't seem to find a way to remove the background color.  I can only change it to another color.  This does not work well when we switch between dark mode and light mode. What I would like to do is to remove the colors all together (or equivalently, make the background transparent).  Is there a way to do this?

I know a year old, but for others:

Open a new email.
Paste a screenshot into the new email.
Select markup in the top right of the screenshot image.
Select a color in the markup tool and open the colours dialogue.
Choose any color, but reduce the opaque to 0%
Drag this 0% opaque color (transparent) to the preset slots on the right of the color dialogue.
Close the dialogue and the discard the email.
Make a rule in Mail that is trigged for all emails.
Set the background color in that rule and select the preset with the transparent colour.
Select all your emails, right click and let rules run for these emails.

Have fun.


I am unable to write my signature using the trackpad in Preview.app I click on the signature button in the Preview.app toolbar:

The following box pops up:

I click on the Click Here To Begin button. The box is now ready for input:

However, I cannot get any markings at all to show up as my signature. My box always looks like the above image.

I've tried doing the above in an image document and a PDF document. I've tried holding down the trackpad while writing and not holding the trackpad down while writing. I've tried using a mouse.

Is there a fix for this bug, so that I can use my Macbook trackpad to write my signature?

Note: the Camera-based signature method technically works on my machine. However, its rendition ability isn't great.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.

I had the same problem on 10.13.3 High Sierra.  Rebooting the computer fixed the issue.


I can't update my Mac to El Capitan For some reason, I can't update my MacBook Air to the new update "OS X El Capitan".
The update is on "pause" and I can't start it again, I simply cannot click on it.  I attached an image of what I see below.
Does anyone know how I can solve this? I've tried rebooting several times, but that seems to have no affect.

It seems somehow version of OS X on your mac is corrupted. Try restoring it using utilities in OS X recovery system (built-in).

To start up from OS X Recovery, hold down Command (⌘)-R immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac. Release when you see the Apple logo. If you can't start up from OS X Recovery, try holding down Option-Command-R to start up from OS X Internet Recovery. Startup is complete when you see the OS X Utilities window. Use one of the listed utilities to restore your mac.

If you have time machine backup, select Restore From Time Machine Backup.
Otherwise, select Reinstall OS X. OS X Recovery (Command-R) installs the version of OS X that was last installed on your Mac. OS X Internet Recovery (Option-Command-R) installs the version that originally came with your Mac.
If still not able to restore, browse the web and find help for your mac using safari (Get Online Help Option).


MacBook Air Charger 45w vs 65w Can you use a 65W apple charger instead of the 45w charger that comes with the Macbook Air? How will this affect the machine.

Yes this is fine (assuming you refer to the 60W Magsafe) and this has been confirmed by Apple to be safe

  Although you should always use the proper wattage adapter for your Apple portable, you can use an adapter of a higher wattage without issue.


How do I disable message sending using the return key on Ipad or Iphone? While using a bluetooth keyboard Using a Bluetooth keypad with my Ipad how do I compose a message with new paragraphs?    Pressing Énter/return’ sends the message immediately and message is most often incomplete. I also experience this with Facebook when posting messages!?

By experience, latest macOS (11.1) and iPadOS (14.4) versions let you get a new line by pressing the Shift ⇧ + Enter ⏎
In older versions of iPadOS it would be pressing Option ⌥ + Enter ⏎ (same as for macOS)


To install unbuffer in OSX There is the terminal command unbuffer in Linux Redhat, for instance.
I did not find it in homebrew.

How can you install unbuffer in OSX Yosemite 10.10.3?

unbuffer is part of the expect package:

brew install homebrew/dupes/expect

You may need to:

brew tap homebrew/dupes/expect

Before you can install it.

UPDATE: As of 2018 expect is available without prefix in homebrew, thus:

brew install expect

is all that is necessary.


Is there a way to test my iPhone for any potential rogue apps Is there is a way I can test my iPhone for any potential rogue apps that someone may have installed on it?  I have been working on some nondisclosure type work lately, and it appears that information is being leaked.  I am concerned that something has been installed without my knowledge, and I just waant to make sure of things.

Apple is generally pretty decent with reviewing applications - HOWEVER - if you need to an application such as  http://www.digidna.net/products/diskaid   may help a great deal.

Truth to be told - the iphone is not secure period.   Just attend one blackhat event and keep your iphone bluetooth and/or wifi enabled and voila - folks can show you why

Nicolas Seriot, from the Swiss University of Applied Sciences, has found some alarming design flaws in the iPhone operating system that allow rogue apps to access sensitive information on your phone.   (click on that last sentence for the link.


Is it possible to recover "Could not find APFS system volume handle!" which is reported in verbose mode? My machine is a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) with AFPS formatted Kingston 480Gb SSD. Running the latest OS X High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E202)

For a while, the machine was running OK but I had a few times where it crashed resulting in the following symptoms:

All I could see was my desktop pictures; no dock, couldn't force quit/restart the Finder.

On one occasion, I just rebooted and it was OK. The last time, same thing happened and I rebooted to get the prohibitory symbol (circle with a cross through it). So I decided to boot into verbose mode and the last message I get is:

Could not find APFS system volume handle!

I've tried reinstalling High Sierra on another old drive, making a bootable USB and repairing it and it just says that I should back up the data on the drive. Unfortunately I don't have the exact message because it would involve taking the drive out again and writing it down.

I've searched around a bit but could only find any details about this message on a dead thread on the Apple Discussions forum.

Has anybody had this experience and found a way to recover the data off the drive rather than just erasing the drive and starting from scratch?

Some more details:

I've tried the option reinstall Mac OSX but it just doesn't recognise the disk at all; the drive doesn't show in the window at all.

Heres the previous thread on Apple Discussions which explains the exact symptoms with screenshots:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8328713

The best chance for data backup (assuming you don’t have any backups) is to connect the Mac to another in target disk mode.

If you don’t want to pay for recovery software, you could boot to recovery HD and let disk utility try to repair the volume. This can cause further data loss (the file system heals but files with data get deleted).

Disk Utility isn’t designed to lose data and most of the time will warn you if the next step is expensive data recovery or an erase and reinstall.


Copying text from a file using Quick Look? Anyone know of a way to simply select and copy text from a file open in Quick Look?

Our project managers really enjoy sending out change requests as attached .doc files, and I'd really love to be able to hit spacebar, copy the text, and paste the text into my preferred editor without having to fire up Word (or Office alternative).

If you want it in your clipboard, how about:

textutil -convert txt -stdout file.doc  | pbcopy

If you want it in a TXT file, textutil can put it right there for you too.

If you aren't on the command line, then you can make this an app via Automator and bind that to a keystroke other than QuickView Space


MacBook applications say "no photos" but they are on the iPhone I recently took photos and videos and am now unable to import photos over USB. Image Capture shows the iPhone without any photos, Photos says "No Photos". Image Capture was working fine until I went on a filming spree (48 photos and two 2-minute videos). I am also unable to move a video to the trash: the thumbnail disappears from the list, then the "Cancel" button freezes and has no effect, the video does not appear in the trash, and when I go back to "All photos" another video is selected. I can take new photos on the device but they are not saved to memory.

Unlike this thread, both devices are up to date: iOS 9.3.5 and macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

The same thing happened to a friend who had so many photos that the device complained of lack of space. My storage says 5 GB used and 7 GB available.

How can I transfer the photos and videos from the device?

Turning it off and on again
The first and easiest solution was to restart the iOS device (I found this while trying the second solution). Then both Image Capture and Photos were able to see and download the photos and videos, although Image Capture gave an error 50:

I needed to restart the device to import a few remaining photos. Image Capture is still unable to delete photos from the device after multiple attempts: a gray box says "Deleting..." and it hangs. I am now backing up the data, restoring the firmware, and restoring the data.
Using the cloud
I set up iCloud on the iOS device and on the computer to share photos: Settings > iCloud > Sign in, then when asked for an iCloud passcode I entered the lock screen code (hint from discussions.apple.com, and I also had to enter the login password of the computer.
The media did not sync immediately, so I went into the iOS Photos application and realized it had hung, so I restarted the device and then Image Capture started working again. Nevertheless, iCloud photos did not sync the photos from the device.
Other alternatives are the Dropbox and Google Drive apps on iOS. Because I got the photos from the first solution above, I did not try these.
Update (September 2020): After one year of syncing photos with Image Capture and deleting them manually, I have toggled the delete behavior back to normal with some unknown reason. Now when I sync photos, they are deleted from the device. It may be due to the same problem, which caused the behavior again and toggled the problem back to normal. What I did this time was to unplug the cable during transfer of videos, then no photo would transfer and I was unable to delete photos on the device and a new photo would have the button "All photos" greyed out (even though I still had those videos), I restarted the device and now it is working again.


macOS apache installs on different directory with homebrew, how to start/stop? Im strugling to understand different installations of apache on macOS.
As i now can say i have two installations of apache2 one in
/private/etc/apache2 ->this one seams to be installed by default with the system
/usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4 ->this one i install with brew

if i brew install/uninstall httpd24 it un/installs a symlink in /usr/local/bin/apachectl that makes the brew server under /usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4 start. But as i read (if i understand correctly) macOS comes with apache in /private/etc/apache2 wich when already running and i install brew it doesn't take the apachectl commands anymore... so im not able to stop it until i brew uninstall httpd24 and then sudo apachectl stop.

i can reach localhost:80 ->system apache
and localhost:8080 -> brew apache

so how can i controll the system apache when i have brew version installed?

TL:DR; Use /usr/sbin/apachectl

The issue is that you have bins for both versions, and as they have the same name. Your .bashrc / .bash_profile configuration will determine the order bin folder are included, which determines which wins.

It's generally a good idea to /usr/local/bin win, as this is stuff you installed yourself and not something that comes with the OS by default.

The location of the apachectl script for the apache installed on macOS is located in /usr/sbin, so you can run it directly using /usr/sbin/apachectl. Alternately you can make an alias or symlink for this to make a unique command.


How can I troubleshoot no audio via Thunderbolt HDMI connecting to HDTV? I have a 13" late '11 MBP OS X Lion 10.7.5 I am trying to hook up to my LG HDTV with a Thunderbolt HDMI cable.  Getting the display onto the TV is a snap.  The audio, however, is not working.  The thing I'm noticing is in the Sound tab the TV is not an option for Sound Effect, Output, or Input, only internal speakers and aggregate device.

I have updated my software, reset SMC and PRAM, gone to Audio MIDI Setup (where the TV isn't optional), plugged the Thunderbolt in while the TV was off/on, etc.    Can someone tell me why the TV is not appearing in the Sound options?

That model of MBP supports audio through that adapter, so you should be getting sound. It could be any number of things. I think your problem is on the TV side, but Here are a bunch of things to try:

First, make sure you're connected to your TV and getting an HDMI video signal to the  video input you've selected.

Go to your MIDI Audio Setup again and make sure that your thunderbolt output is set to "Use this device for sound output." Highlight it, and go down to the setup (gear icon below) to set it.

From your Apple Menu, open your System Preferences and choose Sound. Try setting your "Use audio port for:" to Sound Input, as it may be hogging the audio out channel and not letting your thunderbolt use it. Make sure your system volume is turned up there too.

If you have various sound drivers installed and showing up in Audio MIDI Setup, just leave them alone for now, and DO NOT use any aggregate devices. Select your thunderbolt output and make sure the volume sliders are turned up. You should see the speaker icon next to that audio output selection too. We're not interested in "Sound Effects" in this case, so don't worry about that.

Recheck ALL your connections.

Make sure your volume is turned up on the MBP.

THe content you're trying to play probably has a volume control of it's own too. Make sure it's turned up.

And make sure that your TV volume is up, and not accidentally on Mute.

IF your TV's set up to play audio through your amplifier (surround, etc.) make sure your amp is on, set to TV as it's input, and volume is up. Don't turn these all up to max! When you find the culprit, you don't want to blow anything out.

Make sure your TV isn't in SAP mode.

Check to make sure you don't already have an audio source plugged into the audio jacks for that input on your TV. HDMI only on that TV input.

Check the setup options for Audio in the app you're using to play your content. If it's a movie, for instance, and you're using VLC as your player, check your Audio Device setup in the Audio menu option.

Make sure your TV isn't setup to expect audio from it's Stereo input jacks, as if you were connecting via component video and audio. Light up the menu options on your TV, and just double check your Audio options settings. Maybe that input port on your TV is pre-set to expect only separate stereo jacks on that input. Just a thought. You might try another HDMI input on your TV just as a test.

Try a different HDMI cable if you've got one.

That's all I can think of. I have a feeling one of these will solve the problem.


Removing camera from lockscreen Is there a way to remove the camera from the iPhone lock screen on iOS 9-10 without disabling the camera entirely?

This is not possible without jailbreaking.
If the device is jailbroken, you can use mikoto: iOS System > Lock Screen > Disable Camera.


Keychain access to Microsot_Intermidiate_Certificates I need access to Microsoft Intermidiate Certificates in my Key Chain.

I unlocked the key chain using administrator password but still no access to the MIC.

It keeps asking me for a password (that I do not know), and it will not accept my admin password.

The password is blank for that keychain!

In the password window just hit Enter key without typing anything.

*I know it is a stupid thing to ask for a password that does not exist (unless it is set).

FYI, the Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates keychain and the  Microsoft_Entity_Certificates) is used by MS Outlook for decryption of encrypted emails.*


Malware attack freezes Safari—prevention or detection? Several times in the past few months, a web link has popped up a box alleging that malware has been detected and I should click OK to let them fix it.  I'm not stupid enough to even click anywhere near it, but whoever created this thing has figured out how to lock Safari completely.  Can't use back button or change tabs or access any menus.  Force-Quit is the only option.

I can't remember the exact wording, but something about it convinced me that the malware knows I am on a Mac.  In other words, it is more sophisticated than the Windows attacks that I occasionally see.

Sometimes, but not always (Why/How?), re-launching Safari re-launches all the tabs, including the offensive one.  (Even though I said not to in preferences.)

Is there a way after the fact to get the IP address the thing comes from?  Or to determine how the freeze is caused and prevent it?

This has happened on three different versions of Safari.  It's not the same as the pop-up with the toll-free phone number which doesn't freeze Safari.

I have run into similar situations. I gather the host DNS name from the url and put a matching line into my /etc/hosts file. The I force quit safari and relaunch.

The line I add to /etc/hosts looks like this:

127.0.0.5        badhost.com

This will redirect all browser requests to the badhost to localhost (the local machine) where the requests timeout. This breaks the javascript that is holding your browser hostage. I'm using 127.0.0.5 (instead of 127.0.0.1) so I can distinguish the bad requests from normal localhost requests with my networking tools.


Why Doesn't OSX root user automatically default to the same shell as other users Why doesn't the root user on OSX automatically default to the same shell as other users?

Seems like this would avoid a lot of complications, but I guess there must be complications with the shells being the same for root as others, but I just don't know what they are.  I have googled this and searched Stack Exchange, and have not found an explanation for it.

Probably because on standard Unix operating systems, each user has its own shell, and root is just another user.  Mac OS X is more or less Unix-derived.  So, lacking any sufficiently powerful reason to change that, it's not surprising that Mac OS X follows Unix conventions.

And it would be very surprising if changing bob's login shell also changed root's login shell.  That'd be a security risk (ordinary users shouldn't be able to change root's login shell), could cause system stability problems (if you choose a bad login shell or one that is on an external partition), and would violate the principle of least surprise.

Also, probabilistically speaking, I suspect that most users who know enough to log in as root, also know enough to be able to change root's shell to whatever you prefer.

But only Apple can tell you for sure why they did it this way.  The rest of us can only speculative.


Why does GPS on the iPhone use so much power? I keep reading in articles that GPS on the iPhone, or any cell phone for that matter, uses a lot of power, but I've never heard an explanation of why.

Why is this? The phone doesn't have to transmit like it does with 3G or WiFi.

Does the actual act of receiving and amplifying the signal take a lot of power?

Or is it used by the CPU? I find it hard to believe that the computation necessary to process the GPS signal would tax a modern processor.

So where does the power drain come from?

To obtain a semi precise GPS position, you need at least three satellites (but usually four or more is required to obtain a decent degree of precision) to triangulate your position. The more you have the better the accuracy.

A GPS receiver needs to power its antenna, and constantly process the signal sent by each satellite. Remember that satellites are continually transmitting messages. (50 bits/sec as far as I can remember)

Satellites emit messages specifying their exact location, trajectory, speed, the time each message was sent and the rough location of all the other satellites in the constellation.

By comparing this info to the time the signal was received a distance from the satellite to the receiver can be determined. When you have three or more satellites you can triangulate your location in three dimensions relative to the positions of the satellites.

The iPhone (and other phones) use A-GPS, which is designed to (believe it or not) among other things, make the GPS work better in poor reception areas (cities?) and reduce the amount of information that the receiver needs from the satellites, thus saving battery power from the Antenna.

The parts of the GPS signal about location, speed and orbital trajectory usually drop out first when in low reception, that’s where A-GPS fits in, feeding that info for every satellite in that part of the world to the phone, from a central database via the mobile network. Now the phone just has to search for the short timing signals from each satellite, which are easier to receive than the other parts of the transmission.

When all that information is calculated, an algorithm (there are a few as far as I know) is used to compute the position of the actual receiver.

Now add to that the fact that GPS messages are encoded and that satellites broadcast the messages at about 50 bits per second. And that each message is really a subset of frames with time, position, error correction, etc, etc.

There are more factors involver, but for the purpose of making this simple, the GPS’s cpu must constantly use the radio (already power hungry) to capture the signal (which may be weak!) for usually four or more (sometimes up to 20!) satellites that are constantly sending packages, then it must decode and process them, perform calculations to analyze the results and in some cases draw a map or feed an application with the info.

As you can see, this sounds easy but it’s not. There’s a lot of CPU processing involved in the back (plus the antenna’s power!)

So the GPS power consumption usually comes from the real time nature of the operation. Powering the antenna, listening for information and processing it, uses power, more than just a standby radio antenna (the phone) waiting for a call. Plus the A-GPS uses also the phone’s radio and (if available) Wi-Fi networks to determine its location (and use less GPS info), which means, more power is used at the same time.

The Wikipedia GPS page has a lot of detailed information if you want to get the specifics and/or dive into more GPS geekery, including the math and error correction stuff.


What are some cheaper alternatives to Airport Express that allow music streaming? I have a Windows desktop and laptop (no Macs) and an Airport Express for listening to music in the living room. I also have sets of speakers in two other rooms. I don't want to spend another $200 just to redirect sound to other rooms.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Airport Express that would allow me to stream music from iTunes (on a Windows computer) to these distant speakers?

(I intend to control the music playlist/volume remotely via a mobile device)

Unfortunately, there aren't any products other than the Airport Express that are compatible with iTunes music streaming (unless something new has come out recently). However, it's usually very easy to find a used model online for much less; I was able to pick up two of them on Craigslist for about $30 apiece. They may not be the latest model, but if all you're interested in is streaming music, then any model will work just fine.


How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac.

The answer is to use Control+Option+Enter, which will create a line break in the cell.

As an alternative, Control+Command+Enter can also be used to achieve the same.

These combinations work both in Excel for Mac 2011 and the new Excel for Mac 2015.

As pointed out by Shameer in this answer, Alt+Enter now seems to work as well in the new Excel for Mac 2015.


Is there any way to organise movies into separate playlists in iPad Videos / iTunes? I come from an Android background where dragging movies in folders across remains in that same format from laptop to tablet.

Now, on my Macbook Pro, I drag TV series folders with their sub-folders into my iTunes. Everything arrives completely disorganized and jumbled all together.

This makes it painful to find my way from series to series when I previously had neatly arranged folders within folders.

I also don't want to have to spend time dragging each file into place, checking against the original organised structure.

1.) Click create new playlist folder in the bottom left hand corner
2.1) Name the folder
3) Click new playlist
3.1) Name the playlist
4) Drag folder in finder to playlist
5.) Sync with iPad
6.) Click include playlists in the Movies window and select playlist to be included.


How to flush the DNS cache of Safari on macOS Mojave without restarting the system? I've experimenting with configuring dnsmasq on macOS for Apache vhosts instead of creating entries in /etc/resolver/<domain> for each domain. In my case, I configured dnsmasq to resolve .dev to localhost.

Since Safari had previously visited foo.dev, it kept requesting that page, although dig resolved foo.dev to localhost.

It didn't help to clear Safari's web cache and flush the system's DNS cache:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

It was first after a reboot that Safari properly visited the localhost instance of foo.dev (vhost).

So, is Safari mantaining its own DNS cache - and if so, how can it be flushed without restarting the system?

To clean DNS cache on macOS, the following command should be used. (commands used to clean caches seems to be different on different version of macOS)

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Clean the DNS cache in Safari. Open Safari, Preferences -> Advanced. Check "Show develop menu in menu bar". Then go to menu bar, Develop -> Empty Caches. The shortcut is ⌥⌘E. (Restart of Safari may be needed)

References

Flush cache of DNS on macOS Sierra & High Sierra


iPhone Jailbreaking and Unlocking What exactly does jailbreaking and unlocking doing to an iPhone?

I'm aware that hackers are using baseband crashes for unlocking, but how are they exploiting these crashes? Even if they inject their code into memory, how they are keeping it even after a reboot?

How these guys finding the crashes? Can I find the crash log too?

As an iPhone developer, I'm interested in some technical answers.

I've gone through some interesting links from here, but haven't found anything about how the hackers are doing it (especially unlocking).

Any references will be extremely useful.

Jailbreaking is the process of hacking the code signing mechanism to allow unsigned code to run on the phone. There are multiple tools used for this and they vary between both model and iOS version.

Unlocking is the process of hacking the 3G chip's baseband to allow SIM cards from other networks without an official unlock from the carrier. There's also an alternative method called Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) which creates a fake but slightly more authentic unlock from iTunes. I have never needed a hacked unlock (Australia has official carrier unlocks) so I don't know much more about it. Unlocking naturally needs a jailbreak to work, which is why the two are sometimes confused.

If you want a more technical answer you'll need to specify one or the other, as jailbreaking and unlocking are two entirely different types of hacks.

I'd also advise against trying anything you don't completely understand because if you don't know what you're doing you're liable to make irreversible changes to your phone, especially when tampering with the baseband.


A way to use iPad as a sketching device during presentations (without cables)? I would like to use an iPad as a sketch board during some presentations. Idea is quite simple. I draw on the iPad and the people can watch it on the big screen. One way to do it its plain simple. Just connect a HDMI cable to the iPad from the projector and you're set. You can use any app you prefer for that.

The problem arises if you want to get rid of the cables. I do have a Mac, which can be connected to the projector, but where to go from there?

I would imagine to use the Mac as some sort of the Airplay receiver, but then again one would still need a special sketching app, which supports this setup. Or is there a native way to clone iPad screen over to the Mac?

Any help and ideas appreciated!

I assume that you have your presentation or document you want to show on your Mac. If so, the setup I use is as follows:

Install AirDisplay on your iPad and its client on your Mac
Install CocoPad on your mac.
Using AirDisplay "link" your iPad to your mac and mirror the displays.
Connect your projector and mirror the display
Create a new document in CocoPad and in the right corner choose a "transparent" canvas.
Bring the  transparent canvas on top of the document you want to scribble on and then scribble with your finger (or a stylus) on the iPad

Since AirDisplay relies on a wireless network to become an external display, you may want to make your setup more reliable by creating your own wireless network. To do so go to System Preferences-> Sharing -> Internet Sharing and enable it. Connect your iPad to the "created" wireless network and the connection will now be rock solid.

Another option that you could try out is inklet with cocoPad but it is a bit more expensive but with that option you would not need an iPad.

Hope this helps


How much capacity is good for an iPad? Does one need 3G on it? My iPod Touch (8GB) always bothers me with lack of free space. And right now I'm considering buying the new iPad and would like to choose the right storage capacity. I'm trying to decide between 32 GB and 64 GB. Will 32 GB be short for anyone? Why?

Also, does one really need 3G on their iPad? I have a 3G phone (Android) which let's me create a hotspot for free. That's when on the move but most of the time I'm assuming I'll be in a Wifi enabled area. So is it right for me to not get 3G? Or are there scenarios that I'm missing? (I know I'll be using my phone's and iPad's batter when I'll tether.)

I'm absolutely fine with a 32GB WiFi only iPad. 32GB is enough for most of my music, audio books, all the apps I use and some tv episodes. I never missed 3G on my iPad. Just one thing: you won't have GPS without 3G. If you have an iPhone, you can tether both, data and coordinates via WLAN (not bluetooth as previously said).


Clear thumbnails for renamed files I ran a batch of images through an AppleScript Finder script that replaced text substrings in the filenames and did so once more to change the extensions to something other than .jpeg. As expected, some of the images, lost their thumbnails, but others didn't and when I CMD+i to view info for these, they still show up as JPEG image files to be opened in Preview.app, even though they are now .info files.

Any subsequent attempts to rename them or change their extension fails to remove their thumbnail or JPEG association.

Why is this? And how can clear the thumbnails?

Any subsequent attempts to rename them
  or change their extension fails to
  remove their thumbnail or JPEG
  association.

  Why is this? And how can clear the
  thumbnails?

These image files might have the thumbnails saved as resource-fork-based custom icon resources.

Images saved from apps like Photoshop, Graphic Converter, etc. will sometimes generate a thumbnail that becomes part of the file. For example, here's a look at an image file in an app that shows the different fork sizes:

While the data fork is less than 4 KB, the resource fork is 44 KB.

Inside the resource fork is all kinds of stuff, like:

and then the custom icon resource:

While image apps can do this, you can also give a file or folder a custom icon by opening a Get Info window for different files, and copy and paste the icon from one file to another.

[EDIT] NOTE: See the AppleScript that I mention below, which will do everything you need. I'll leave the following step by step instructions FWIW.

So, you may be able to clear the custom icons by using the following method:

1) Open up the Finder's Inspector window by pressing Command-Option-i (the Inspector is basically a dynamic Get Info window).

2) In a Finder window, select the files that still have their thumbnail icon.

3) In the Inspector panel, click on the icon of the documents, as shown in the image below:

(The icon will have a blue outline when selected).

4) Press the delete key to delete the custom icons.

————————————

Regarding the following comment you posted above:

  "I was merely renaming the extensions
  so the thumbnails would not show. Now
  they are all of the form "123.info",
  but some still show thumbnails and
  even open as if they were still .jpeg
  files."

What's most likely happening here is that the files were saved in an application that set a file type of 'JPEG'. In Mac OS X, Launch Services uses a combination of the file's filename extension (if any) along with its file type (if any) to determine what type of content the file represents. "info" isn't a normal filename extension that's built-in to the OS, so if there's no application on your Mac that claims that filename extension, then the Finder (Launch Services, really) will regard the file as a JPEG image.

I created a combination AppleScript that will both clear any file type and creator code information, as well as delete the resource fork. (Contrary to common belief, file type and creator codes aren't stored in the resource fork, but in the disk directory information (FSCatalogInfo), so deleting only the resource fork isn't sufficient. Also, when a file has a custom icon, there is also a flag that is set in the FSCatalogInfo to that effect. This flag needs to be cleared in addition to deleting the resource fork).

ClearCustomIconFileTypeAndCreatorCode.zip

Drop a selection of files onto it to have the custom icon, file type, and creator codes cleared.

The contents of the script are as follows:

on open droppedItems
    repeat with i from 1 to count of droppedItems
        set droppedItem to item i of droppedItems as alias
        set droppedItemInfo to info for droppedItem
        if (folder of droppedItemInfo) is false then
            do shell script "/usr/bin/xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo " & quoted form of POSIX path of droppedItem
            do shell script "/usr/bin/xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork " & quoted form of POSIX path of droppedItem
        end if
    end repeat
end open


Apple care - product registration I brought a macbook pro last year (on the 24th of March 2012). and today i tried to buy a apple care protection plan. When i tried to register the apple care protection plan i got an message which states;

We apologize for any inconvenience, but registration for this product requires additional documentation. Please submit your proof of purchase for review by Apple. If your registration is accepted, your product will be covered.

Therefore, i uploaded the receipt that i got from a local store. Is it the receipt that they are expecting ?

And, they have told me that they will get back to me within 24-48 hours. If they get late i will not be able to register the apple care protection plan before the deadline.

What will hapen if apple gets delayed to reply to me and as a result i fail to register the apple care protection plan before the deadline (24th March 2013). Will the apple care protection plan get cancelled and i will not be able to get apple's support for 2 years from now ?

When a reseller sells Macs, they are supposed to report the sales data properly back to Apple. If this data is not reported, the "sales date" in Apple's system is the date the reseller bought it, not the date you bought it from them. Apple is requesting your original proof of purchase, which you've provided.

In general, if it is clearly shown that you have attempted to purchase AppleCare within your one-year period you should have no issues getting this registered, even if the date creeps slighly past the one-year mark. A good option as well is to visit a local Apple Store if you have any issues, with any documentation. I have seen store Geniuses and Managers go out of their way to ensure issues like this are resolved appropriately.


Graphics capabilities of MacBook Pro? I'm considering purchasing a MacBook Pro, but a major issue for me is whether or not it has the computing power to support graphics-intensive applications. Specifically, the two most graphically intense applications I'd be doing are Final Cut Pro video editing (approx. 60 min vids) and playing Diablo 3. Since D3 is the more graphically challenging player here, I'll use it as the baseline. My current MacBook Pro (either 2009 or 2010) struggles with this game to be playable, so I'm a bit skeptical to trust the minimum system requirements for D3 since my current machine meets them:

  Mac OS X 10.6.8, 10.7.x, or newer
  Intel Core 2 Duo (or better)
  NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 2600 (or better)
  2 GB RAM
  12 GB Available Disk Space
  DVD-ROM drive
  Video Settings reaching minimum resolution of 1024x768

Getting the obvious out of the way, I can see by looking at MacBook Pro specs comparison that I need to have at the very minimum a 15" or 17" model, since the 13" does not have a separate high-performance graphics card. Additionally, I know that the 15" and 17" both have plenty of RAM and CPU power. The problem is, I have no idea where the MacBook's AMD Radeon HD 6750M/6770M stand against the technical specs.

Would the MacBook Pro be able to reasonably support these use cases (Final Cut Pro and Diablo 3)? I define "reasonably" as: no choppy frame rate, responsive interaction, and not having to be set the game at the absolute minimum specs just to play (also, the computer not becoming as hot as the sun would be a bonus, but not a deal-breaker).

I don't have a recent MBP, but in my experience the applications should run well.

For games, I suggest to look at youtube videos. For example, Diablo 3 Beta Gameplay MacBook Pro.

You can find a good comparison of the graphics chips here:
Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) Review

If you have time, I would wait about one month (until June/July 2012); the chances for new MacBook Pros being released are high.


Unlock iPhone X while screen is broken and won't turn on? My iPhone X had a fault this evening (second time I've had an iPhone X die on me). The screen went bright white all of a sudden and then turned black, and it won't come back on.

The touchscreen itself appears to still be working, as I can click roughly where the lock buttons would be and can feel haptic feedback, but it's the display itself that is completely black.

I haven't backed up the iPhone in a while and need to back it up before I send it in for repairs, but I can't access it from iTunes while it is locked.

How can I unlock the screen without being able to see it? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

You can try this slightly unconventional approach. It would work easily if you can get your hands on an alternate working iPhone X, the same model as your iPhone X.

Place the other working iPhone X besides yours. Now based on the screen of working iPhone X, you can approximate the location of the on-screen controls.

First, attempt to turn off your iPhone X. Use the help of the working iPhone to locate the power-off slider. After you have turned off your iPhone, turn it back on. You'll be prompted to enter the device passcode. Use the working iPhone X to approximate the location of buttons and unlock your iPhone.

If this is the first time you are connecting your iPhone X to your Mac, you'll need to trust each other. Connect both your and the other iPhone X (which I am assuming was never connected to your Mac). You will get the approximate location of the Trust button on your iPhone.

Once you have successfully connected your iPhone, you can back it up in iTunes.


How to get my old disk back that contains personal data? I was not able to power on my MacBook Pro 2015. It was getting stuck on the Apple Logo. I took it to the Apple Service Centre, they diagnosed it and replaced the SSD.

The kept my old disk with them that contains my personal data and they are refusing to give it back to me. What are my options? I am sure there are ways they can still access the data. Are there any data protection laws for replaced disks from Apple's Side? Should I be worried?

I'd say don't worry.

Apple have a reputation to uphold & allowing customers' data to leak wouldn't do that reputation much good at all.

Assume they will safely recycle it.


How to open Microsoft XPS document on OS X? I got an XPS file from my teacher and I couldn't open it using my Mac. It should be a lecture presentation. Does anybody know how to open it?

Upload the file to your Google Drive, then view the file in your browser.
You can also save it as a PDF from there.

Or download third-party software as suggested in the comments.


Is an older MagSafe power adapter compatible with a newer model MacBook Pro? I'm using the MagSafe power adapter from my old multibody Macbook Pro:

On my new unibody Macbook Pro:

The MagSafe power adapter has become very hot and emitting a faint burning smell. It's not scalding hot. I can still hold it in my hand. If I were to guess, it's 150 Fahrenheit. The smell is similar to what you would smell when you turn on a cheap blender for too long. It is properly charging though. I see the percentage increase on my screen. I'm not in a foreign country, so voltage is not the issue. So I'm wondering, is the unibody Mac not compatible with the multibody Mac's power brick?

Yes - an 85 W magsafe adapter is an 85 W magsafe adapter no matter what the end cord arrangement. The newer adapters have a thin barrel more like the 45 W macbook air barrel style adapters first required due to the limited space where it connected.

The heat and burning smell could be a safety issue (especially if your sniffer isn't very sentitive)  - have it looked at by a professional that sees a lot of adapters or just replace it if your sense it it's not working properly.


Safari redirecting occasionally to sponsor.adverstitial.com Recently Safari has been exhibiting an odd behavior - I'm in the middle of browsing something and suddenly the entire page is redirected to a sponsor.adverstitial.com URL.

In searching online I see mention of people from many different forums begin redirected there, so it seems like a problem not related to websites I am on, but more like malware of some kind.

Does anyone know what is causing this?

Some steps I've taken include:

I've carefully poured over the process list with ps -efww to see if I have any processes I do not recognize.
I've also gone into my startup items to see if anything looks suspicious, just a few items that I know what they are.
As I said, carefully searched the internet for causes but can find only victims, not solutions.
Looked into Safari Extensions - I have only ClickToFlash and "Translate" from SideTree.com installed.  I tried disabling Translate and will see if it happens again.

For the moment I've taken the precaution of changing the IP for sponsor.adverstitial.com to be just localhost in /etc/hosts so at least my browser does not actually load the site, but the redirect still occurs (just with a blank page).  Obviously whatever causes the redirect could be sending out other info, so I'd really like to find the root cause and eradicate it.

I left Charles (web proxy debugger) running and waited for the re-direct again.  I found the site that is originating the request to sponsor.adverstitial.com, it is ad.cpmaxads.com.

A request to that site goes out, then it brings back a lot of shady looking javascript/HTML mix with this in the middle:

{var v=Math.floor((Math.random()*100000));setTimeout(function(){try{window.top.location.href="http://sponsor.adverstitial.com/view/advertisement?loc="+v+"&adv="+p+"&camp="+o+"&w="+t+"&h="+B+"&rnd=4878995824626992114"}catch(d){}},2000)}}

The request to ad.cpmaxads.com from the web page was:

GET /audience/campaign?adid=2832800&cpid=657304&w=728&h=90&rn=1397433511&ct=http://clk.specificclick.net/click/v=5%3Bm=3%3Bl=12679%3Bc=657304%3Bb=2832800%3Bts=20140413195831%3Bui=9BHmMkGDmpd5VsqEQpYbPNeNVqvOhgeY_JYZTk4np7i31BriQpt2BAVz7vpcD5rKAI1kfLriLvqflWaNGuBRQA%3Bdct=

And the referring page was from Slashdot.org.

I'm pretty sure now this is specifically an advertisement that manages to force the whole page to load a new URL, as you can kind of make out from the Javascript - so at least it's not malware.  I'm going to try setting a /etc/hosts entry as follows to block the origin of the offending Javascript:

0.0.0.0 sponsor.adverstitial.com
0.0.0.0 ad.cpmaxads.com

As it comes from advertising, this probably occurs for any other sites using that advertiser.  If people are not comfortable editing /etc/hosts, you could also try installing an ad-blocker, and just blacklisting ad.cpmaxads.com if you didn't want the whole ad-block experience (I don't like how it slows things down and I do want to support sites I like with advertising revenue - as long as ads do not infuriate me be repaving the whole page...)

For those interested in the whole HTML/javascript block that comes back from ad.cpmaxads.com, it is:

<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta http-equiv="expires" content="0"><meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"><meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">


MacBook Pro 13 doesn't fall asleep when the lid closed I have a late 2012 MacBook Pro 13'. I've faced a strange problem: my Macbook does NOT switch into sleep mode when the lid closed. Same when open the lid - it does not wake. Instead of closing/opening the lid I have to use the Power button. It seems to be a mechanical problem, cos I've reinstalled mac os and it was in vain. Guys from my local official apple service said, that there is probably a lid-open/close sensor failure. But all they supposed to do - buy the new motherboard. Bad idea=) So, maybe you do have some ideas about that? Have anyone faced the same problem? Or maybe you know something about this sensor?

Here's the result of pmset -g

Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1*
AC Power -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay 4200
 standby 1
 halfdim 1
 sms 1
 hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
 disksleep 10
 sleep 93
 autopoweroffdelay 14400
 hibernatemode 3
 autopoweroff 1
 ttyskeepawake 1
 displaysleep 15
 acwake 0
 lidwake 1

Lets start with a test to find out your settings.

copy paste following in your Terminal

pmset -g

now copy paste results here

If you think it is the sensor (unlikely)

To test the sensor, take a small (SMALL) magnet like the one on your Fridge, and slowly slide it where the screen and keyboard connect. The sensor is usually at the outer most edge of the keyboard part, while the build in magnet (yes there is one already inside your Mac) is usually in the screen portion (outer edges)


Mail app and templates for emails? I used Mail as my main mail client on Snow Leopard. It would be really useful to manage mail templates with it. I used to send similar emails every day and I need to create 20 or 30 email templates to used whenever I need.

How can I accomplish with this?

By templates I think you mean canned messages. Here's a workaround (source):

Create a "Templates" folder.
Create and save a new draft message (including title).
Move the draft to "Templates" folder.
Whenever you need to use that template select a message and then choose Send Again from the Messages menu.
Make necessary modification and send.


How to tell Siri > when I am done talking, eg, over steady background noise? Sometimes the ambient background noise in my environment is enough to keep Siri engaged after I've just asked Siri for something. Siri can hear my voice clearly atop the background noise, as evidenced by her transcription of what she's heard so far -- the problem is, Siri keeps on listening until there is quiet.

Examples of the type of background noise I am referring to include TV shows, boisterous guests, music, lawnmower, construction, etc.

Similar to this question regarding telling Siri about newlines, is there a way to issue some kind of military-style <<\over>> or <<\end transmission>> or unix-style <<\EOF>>to let her know that there is nothing else to hear, and to process my input as-is?

If you press and hold the Home button down and keep it down the whole time you are asking Siri the question, letting go of the Home button will signify "end of question." It takes a little getting used to but it works great. This is not exactly what you asked for but it solves your problem.


How do you fix missing partition on OS X El Cap? After trying to install Windows 10 via Boot Camp, my Mac automatically rebooted (supposedly to the newly created Windows partition). However, it just booted back my OS X 10.11.2.

When I went to Boot Camp Assistant, it's as if the installation never happened. The partition was taken, but OS X can't read the missing partition:

Here's the output of sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  488555536      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488965176    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  490234712          7
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

How do I recover this missing partition/disk space?

The GUID partition table looks good. Nothing is really missing. The partition with the index number 2 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group. The partition with the index number 3 is your Recovery HD. The Boot Camp Assistant probably failed to resize the LVG (~ 250 GB) but succeeded resizing the Logical Volume (Macintosh HD ~ 192 GB). As a result about 58 GB in the CoreStorage LVG are not allocated to Logical Volumes.

To expand Macintosh HD boot to your Recovery HD (hold cmdR while booting). Open Disk Utility and verify the integrity of the superior CoreStorage LVG and the inferior LV (Macintosh HD). Then open Terminal in the menubar Utilities -> Terminal

Enter diskutil cs list.
Enter diskutil cs resizeVolume lvUUID size. lvUUID is the UUID of the Logical Volume; usually it's the last listed in the output of diskutil cs list. Use 250g as size. If you get an error (not enough space...) use a slightly smaller size like 249500m.
Enter exit, quit Terminal and reboot to your main volume.


Downloaded app on iPad, now I cannot download it on iPhone I downloaded cinemagram on my iPad2 running latest iOS5.1 - now I want to install it on my iPhone 4S running latest iOS5.1, the install is greyed out

I even deleted it on my iPad - that did not help.

UPDATE iCloud had instantaneously downloaded it onto my iPhone but on the other screen I never look at.

You might be having this error because the app is already installed. If you have automatic downloads turned "on" for the App Store on your iPhone, iCloud will push the app to your phone if you buy it on another device.


Error after partitioning my SSD I recently partitioned my SSD as seen in this question MacOS wont boot after partitioning my SSD.
After fixing this I tried to create a new partition in the macOS Disk Utility program. I have enough space to resize my main partition in order to create a new one.
But in the end of the partitioning process I get the following error (translated to english from german; picture of error in German at the end of the question):

...
deactivate volumes
deactivate volume "spiele" on disk2s1
delete volumes
delete container
delete former APFS-Hard Disk
change without content type
invalid name.
action failed

After that it creates two partitions instead of one. For example:
I want a 200 gb partition. The operation fails and it creates two 200 gb partitions. If i want to delete them I can, but then it shows me that my main partitions new space ist 1100 gb (the SSD is 1 tb big).

I am running MacOS High Sierra on a iMac12,2. I have the rEFInd boot manager installed in order to change between Kali Linux and MacOS.

If I'm correct, this is the same bug I had with APFS, because APFS creates a container and then fills it with virtual partitions (volumes).
I'm not sure this is the good way to do the trick but I created partitions formated as exfat for example and then format the partitions to the file system you want ?


Reinstalled Mac OS X on my MacBook Air & now it won't let me install iMovie and iPhoto? I get this weird error message after reinstalling Mac OS X on my Macbook Air

  These apps cannot be accepted by your Apple ID. These apps were
  recently assigned to another Apple ID, and they will be available in
  that Apple ID's Purchase list. If you don't have access to that Apple
  ID and want to receive future updates, you will need to purchase the
  application.

I don’t even know what these apps are, I've never used them, although I might
one day.

I’ve got one other machine, which I bought myself—the MacBook Air is for work—and I sign into the app store on my account; I buy software and expense it.

But the error seems strange and the update behavior seems a bit wrong. As you can see I've already upgraded to Yosemite, yet the app store is getting busy, downloading all 5GB of the update all over again.

I've seen some really strange behavior with the app store over the last while so I'm curious if this is a bug, or just some policy I don't understand or am unaware of.

Any ideas appreciated, thanks!

update

It's was just a glitch in the App store, the applications had been installed, it seems one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.


Change the official language of Windows 7 as virtual machine Someone just helped me install VMware Fusion on my Mac with Windows 7 as a virtual machine.

And I just realized that the official language is French, instead of English. Although I can read French, but I definitely prefer the whole system to be in English.

I don't think the “Region and Language” control panel is the right place to fix this, because I have already done as follows with English, which does not work:

Could anyone tell me if this setting is 100% dependent on what I settings I picked when I first installed Windows, or it this changeable?

No, you cannot change this. Microsoft Windows exists in versions specific to languages and regions. If you have the French version of Windows 7 Professional, you cannot change its user interface language. You have to purchase a copy of the English version of Windows 7 Professional, delete your French copy, and make a new installation with the English version.

The alternative is to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate, which costs more money, and which can provide the user interface in different languages. The Microsoft Windows 7 Version Comparison Chart says that only Windows 7 Ultimate lets you "Work in the language of your choice and switch between any of 35 languages."

It goes without saying that Microsoft will only sell you Windows 7 Ultimate at the upgrade price if your copy of Windows 7 Professional is legally purchased and registered.


iOS 7.1 - Where do emails go to when I 'archive' them in Gmail App? I have iOS 7.1 installed on my iPhone and I am using the built in Gmail app.   If I am in the inbox and I mark a few messages, I swear I used to have an option to move the marked items to the trash.   Now I get (across the bottom of the screen)

My question is, where do emails actually go when I select Archive?   I would assume they would go into some folder somewhere, but what i really want is to move them to the trash.   I could always click Move, and then select the folder - but I seem to rarely remember to do this.   There were a few messages I 'archived' that I can no longer seem to find.   As a test, I selected a few messages and archived them, and afterwards they do not seem to show up in the trash or in any of the main email folders on my account.

When you archive things in gmail, it just removes the 'inbox' label on it. If you want to find the archived email, just search for them or you can click on the label 'all mail' on the left. The same goes with gmail online. see more at https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6576?hl=en


Contacts first and last name order inconsistent between iCloud.com and iPhone The iCloud.com Contacts interface orders the name fields as following: Last name, First name

On the iPhone, the order is reversed: First name, Last name.

Can this be adjusted so the order matches?

For the iPhone you can adjust the order of fields in Preferences -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar
For iCloud you can do the same by opening the Contacts web app and selecting Preferences (cog wheel in the lower left corner)


Unable to Install apps onto my iPad (Stuck on "waiting...") For the past several days, I have been unable to install ANY apps onto my iPad.  When I click "GET" and then "INSTALL", it just says "Waiting..." below the app icon.

This is what it looks like (not from my iPad, from Google):

I've tried the following to attempt to resolve the issue:

(I had no other apps updating/installing)

Restarted the device
Turned on and off the device
Updated the iOS 8 software to latest version
Went to Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings
Restarted AppStore
Synced my device with iTunes
Deleted app and tried to reinstall
Logged out of Appstore
Logged back in to Appstore
Turned off/on wifi

In addition to not being able to download apps, I can't download books from iBooks either.  I don't know if this is a software issue, or if it's a network issue.

You could try doing a hard reset of your iPad.

Press and hold together the home button and the on/off button on the side of your iPad for a few seconds. This will make your screen go black and bring up the Apple logo. There is no need to do anything else. Device will reset itself and turn back on. This usually does the trick.


Sound Output from GarageBand (on iPad) using Bluetooth Is it possible to use bluetooth to listen to the sounds of GarageBand on iPad? I don't succeed to do it. I hear the sound from the iPad's speaker. But I can do it when I listen to iTunes for instance.

Is this a preference to be set in GarageBand itself?

As far as i know, theres no bluetooth option in Garageband for iPad.


Need help making Windows bootable after installing Linux I used this questions's answer to install Linux(I installed Mint, however, not Ubuntu) and followed along.

I do believe I didn't follow the answer properly, as I still have a placeholder partition unused, but Linux installed and works perfectly. I did have to use the diskutil resizevolume disk0s2 140G 3 jhfs+ part1 800M jhfs+ part2 200M jhfs+ part3 200 command differently as I am on High Sierra, and I have APFS containers. I gave 4GB for Linux Swap

Linux Mint works perfectly, but when trying to boot into Windows via the option boot menu(on startup), the built-in boot manager freezes. If Windows is set to the default startup drive, I get a blank screen.

The Bootcamp partition has next to no important information, I can format/reinstall it if necessary.

The following is my diskutil list output. BaseQi is a exFAT 64GB SD Card.

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         120.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Linux Swap                         3.9 GB     disk0s3
   4:           Linux Filesystem                         64.1 GB    disk0s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS part3                   200.0 MB   disk0s5
   6:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                61.8 GB    disk0s6
   7:                        EFI NO NAME                 500.2 MB   disk0s7

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +120.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   15.4 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 65.3 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *64.0 GB    disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS BaseQi                  64.0 GB    disk2s1

Below is the output for diskutil info disk0s6

    Device Identifier:        disk0s6
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0s6
   Whole:                    No
   Part of Whole:            disk0

   Volume Name:              BOOTCAMP
   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /Volumes/BOOTCAMP

   Partition Type:           Microsoft Basic Data
   File System Personality:  NTFS
   Type (Bundle):            ntfs
   Name (User Visible):      Windows NT File System (NTFS)

   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 PCI
   SMART Status:             Verified
   Volume UUID:              163F7FD4-C9A1-4E82-BA76-8FDA822A9A52
   Disk / Partition UUID:    0721D35A-134A-4C99-B221-43CDD77F19B4
   Partition Offset:         189210296320 Bytes (369551360 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)

   Disk Size:                61.8 GB (61789437952 Bytes) (exactly 120682496 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Volume Total Space:       61.8 GB (61789433856 Bytes) (exactly 120682488 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Used Space:        14.8 GB (14825717760 Bytes) (exactly 28956480 512-Byte-Units) (24.0%)
   Volume Free Space:        47.0 GB (46963716096 Bytes) (exactly 91726008 512-Byte-Units) (76.0%)
   Allocation Block Size:    4096 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Yes

   Device Location:          Internal
   Removable Media:          Fixed

   Solid State:              Yes
   Hardware AES Support:     No

Try sudo reboot disk0s6, or try rebooting into the recovery partition and running that command from there


How to conference call with FaceTime audio? I'm trying to do a 3-way call on my iPhone with two friends who both are running iOS 9 (as am I).

I click the "add" button while in a call with one person and whenever I click their name or click the call button it instead hangs up my original call and calls the new person.

As per this source, it should be possible as of iOS 8. Can anyone provide some insight?

It's not possible to have group call with Facetime Audio at this time. Apple used to have this feature in iChat but removed it because it was a poor experience.

There are other third-party apps that have this type of feature and those might fit your needs.

EDIT: Adding additional info from the discussion in comments.
The date of that article was June 2014 and was talking about pre-release iOS 8 (which came out in Sept 2014). Maybe it was available in the beta, I don't know. Like you, the articles I read all came out around the same time and it looks like they're all using the same wording leading me to believe they're all using the same source. I could be wrong but I can't find anything on Apple's product or support pages indicating how to do this.


Prevent Yosemite from appearing in Software Update section of App Store? Updated title for Yosemite / 10.10, the issue remains the same.

This is mostly a moot point for our organization as we're starting to let more and more people upgrade to Mavericks as they desire, however I suspect 10.10 will have similar promotion within the App store once it's released so I'm asking anyway.

For the past few months we've pushed our users to not upgrade to Mavericks which has for the most part been effective with only 3 or 4 (out of almost 200) installing it without checking with us first.  Over the past few weeks though I've seen that number rise dramatically though as people install it thinking it's just a software update.  We've trained our users to install Apple software updates whenever they are prompted, thanks in part to us blocking and releasing updates through our internal software update server, so we may be partially to blame for this.

The problem as I see it is that Apple is pushing Mavericks using advertising in the Software Update section of the Mac App Store.  End users see this (see below) and think "Oh, this is just another update, they must've cleared it for us to use", which isn't necessarily the case.

Have any other Mac admins successfully combatted this, either through blocking it from appearing in the Software Update section or by re-training their end users?  I've had the thought about killing the path to Apple (swcdn.apple.com) but white listing our Mac Pro server to still allow access for our SUS.  I don't like this idea though because we think this would also affect purchasing new apps on both Mac and iOS for the rest of the devices.

Yes. I have had pretty good success with this method I describe below.

Disable Mac App Store

The App Store is simply not suitable for administration. Barely a quasi-package manager, it is not nearly as useful or reliable as real package managers like pkgsrc, FreeBSD ports, aptitude, RPM, macports or even softwareupdate. In my experience, it is unpredictable and a beard for commercial developers to hock their wares. So there is really only one rational and responsible way, as a competent administrator, to work with App Store:

 sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.store_helper.plist

 sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.storeagent.plist

 sudo mkdir /System/Library/LaunchAgents\ \(disabled\)/

 sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.store* /System/Library/LaunchAgents\ \(disabled\)/

And just put it out of your mind, it won't trouble you any longer. ;-)

Use Apple Remote Desktop Admin

Use ARD instead, though not a package manager, it manages packages, installations, updates, and upgrades, it will do what you want, save you time, and will not let you down:

For Apple Remote Desktop 3, for 10.9:

Check out the admin guide first to convince yourself that this is the way to go:

curl -Ok http://images.apple.com/ca/fr/remotedesktop/pdf/ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf

    open ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf

Then install:

curl -Ok http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/031-2845.20140313.rerft/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.dmg

hdiutil attach -quiet -noverify -nobrowse -noautoopen RemoteDesktopAdmin372.dmg

sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg -target /

but that might throw a funny error if not running 10.9, or if no previous version of ARD is installed, and if it does, try:

pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg ARDexpanded/

or to equal effect (either/or here, don't need to use both pkgutil and xar... I'm just being thorough):

mkdir ARDexpanded

cd ARDexpanded

xar -xf /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg

And we no longer need the disk image attached, so eject it:

hdiutil detach -quiet /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/

And now what you'll see if you

cd ARDexpanded/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg/

ls

is

    Bom         PackageInfo Payload     Scripts

What's in the Payload file, which is a cpio archive compressed with gzip, is what you're after. So with a few piped commands we can get to the app bundle:

cat Payload | gzip -d - | cpio -id

ls

returns:

    Applications Bom          Library      PackageInfo  Payload      Scripts

And you're nearly done.

cp -R Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app /Applications/

Now you have installed Apple Remote Desktop Admin 3.7.2

So all that's left to do is purchase your license:

open http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6020Z/A/apple-remote-desktop-3-volume-licenses-20-seats-price-is-per-seat

Launch /Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app and serialize. And get some work done.

For 10.6 Snow Leopard, you'll need a slightly earlier version of ARD:

curl -Ok http://images.apple.com/ca/fr/remotedesktop/pdf/ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf

curl -Ok http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/041-6789.20120917.xD6TR/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.dmg

hdiutil attach -quiet -noverify -nobrowse -noautoopen RemoteDesktopAdmin353.dmg

sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg -target /

and if it throws back at you this:

    installer: Cannot install on volume / because it is disabled.
    installer: This update could not find Remote Desktop on this volume.

then try:

pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg ARD353

hdiutil detach -quiet /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update

drill down to the Payload:

    cd ARD353/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg/

    ls

returns:

    Bom         PackageInfo Payload     Scripts

So run:

cat Payload | gzip -d - | cpio -id

ls

returns:

Applications Bom          Library      PackageInfo  Payload      Scripts

And you're nearly done:

cp -R Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app /Applications/

purchase your license:

open http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6020Z/A/apple-remote-desktop-3-volume-licenses-20-seats-price-is-per-seat

Launch /Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app and serialize. And get something done.

Remove users' admin rights

Also, you may want to deeply consider removing admin rights for your users; although this will create more work for you if your users often need to authenticate with admin passwords, it may also help prevent "bad things." And if you have ARD installed, you can connect to their logins from your desk to authenticate for them remotely.


I cannot connect to internet but my MacBook Pro detects the network and my HP computer works fine on the same network My MacBook Pro, for some reason, detects the wireless connection and I can open my Skype account without any problem BUT I cannot go to a web page. This happens on both Safari and Firefox. My HP computer is working fine on this network and has no problem going on the Internet!

I tried establishing a diagnosis and it says that apparently my connection is fine. I tried putting in a manual IP address but it didn't work so I don't know what to next! As far as I know I'm on 10.6.8, but I don't know which updates I've applied.

This is going to be a starting point answer, hopefully you can find something strange while comparing the shots and fix the problem.

If you can connect to Skype that means you have connectivity, but your computer is unable to perform name resolution (that is, convert the address of a service -like a webpage- to an ip address). Skype may work because it relies less on DNS and instead uses its own discovery protocol, or the entries that Skype requires may be saved from previous sessions.

In any case, start by going to System Preferences and typing DNS in the top right corner:

note: the shots come from Lion (10.7.4), so you may see some differences

Now tap on Network (I believe Snow Leopard was the same).

You should be in a page that has multiple tabs, so let's see the important ones:

TCP/IP: let's see if you're using DHCP. If that's the case, then the DNS should be automatically set up for you, but this may not the working (some routers fail to provide this info or provide old info).

There isn't much to see here; I am using DHCP, so my network is automatically configured for me. Let's check the DNS.

Now things get more interesting. I have two that correspond to OpenDNS (which you can use to test if you wish, they are free and open). One thing to note is that they are grayed out, meaning I can't change them. The reason behind this is because DHCP configured them for me. The real reason is because I have configured my router to provide these two DNS addresses to my computers and devices, so we all use a reliable service. But I could override this if I wanted by adding more (notice the plus symbol at the lower left corner). When you press that, you're given the option to type an IP address (use OpenDNS for this test or the Google servers: 8.8.8.8). Add just one, it's just a test.

While we are here, we can check one more thing, Proxies. Go to the proxies tab and make sure that -unless instructed by a crazy network administrator- everything is unchecked, specially the first two. Look at it:

All right, you're all set, go ahead and test your machine by opening Safari and typing www.google.com, performing a search and then testing any of the results.

What to do if this doesn't work?

Despite the above, things can still not work, so don't panic yet. If that's the case take some time to provide us with some details about your network, for example:

IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, etc. etc. etc.

We can try to see what's going on from there.


MacBook Pro 2018 - "You can't open the application "iTunes" because it is being update" I was installing the updates for iTunes because I wanted to connect my iPhone to my Mac. However, I closed my MacBook prematurely since I didn't realise that they were still updating and now iTunes can't open again. How can I check its current updating progress (if it is at all)?

Updates worked for me. I had Safari - can’t open the application Safari because it is being updated.

I went into App Store then updates and clicked update all. That seemed to clear the issue. Safari is back running
Thank you


Read dead iPhone's files? I have a broken iPhone 4S with iOS 8.1.1 jailbroken. It fell a lot, and the battery connector (I forgot to screw it back in) ripped out of it and the screen is broken so even if I place it and hold it with my fingers against the pins, it turns on but the screen is not possible to see as it just flickers. It also does not turn on all the way and right when it does, it just restarts so I can't connect it to my computer.

Question, how can I actually read the iPhone's HDD? Is it built in the motherboard? Is there anyway to buy something that would connect to it to read the files?

The reason for this is, I have about 300 songs on there and a lot of photos and the music has been copied to a different folder from Filza. I am comfortable taking the phone apart, it actually is apart right now pretty much and I just need help reading the files of a dead iPhone.

If the connector is 'ripped out', the only way to access the data would be to 1) hope the internals are still intact after all that falling--and other--damage, and 2) find another iPhone 4s, and transfer the 'old' inner stuff to the new phone and go from there. This is not a trivial operation (see the iFixit guides), and I would only attempt this if 1) the data is irreplaceable, and 2) you have familiarity with such work.


Free Mac database software similar to FileMaker I am used to using FileMaker on a friend's computer, but I don't have it on mine, and at the moment I can't afford to buy it. Is there anything free out there that is similar?

I am in the process of making a database of job applicants on Excel and it is getting rather large and complicated. I like the way you can change from list view to document view on FileMaker.

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

I feel your pain.  I've not found a single app equivalent to MS Access for the Mac.  There are some decent online services like Zoho Creator (free) and TrackVia (not free) but if you MUST have something very close to Access or FileMaker installed on your Mac natively, I can offer the following suggestion.

On the Mac, you can install and run MySQL.  That'll be your database engine. Installation is beyond the scope here but there's tons of help via Google search.  Alternatively, you can use a separate computer or virtual machine (on your local network) with MySQL installed.
To design new MySQL databases like a pro, download and install the free MySQL Workbench.  http://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/
Building reports as good as FileMaker's or MS Access was a difficult find for a long time until I ran across the free Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) built into versions of Eclipse.  I opted for the development kit version - an enormous 220 meg download, but worth it. Check into it here: http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/

BIRT can connect to a variety of data sources and is intended as a Java application reporting tool, but it will also render/export reports in a lot of formats including PDF and DOC.  It's every bit as good as the report builder in MS Access.

PLEASE NOTE: BIRT requires a pretty significant learning curve but you will not regret it.  The thing blows my mind all the time because it is so mature of a product.  Like it knows what you want to do. There's lots of tutorials for BIRT on the Eclipse page above.  You'll need them.

If you desire to use a BIRT defined report in a web application, good luck.  I'm not very fluent with the Java web platform. I just haven't had the patience or need.

All in all, this combination of MySQL, Workbench, and BIRT is the closest thing I've come to that makes me feel like I have a good native database on the Mac.

All the best.


Apple powerbook G4 17" Trying to install Linux I believe followed the directions on how to create a bootable USB drive from the Ubuntu website. My question is how can I get my Powerbook to boot from the USB drive? I tried doing the command+control+o+f and it just shows me the file icon with the question mark I also tried booting it holding the option button and it directs me to a screen with two buttons a refresh and a next button, I click on the next button and nothing happens?? kinda stumped.

I am pretty sure the Powerbooks don't boot from USB drives. You'll need to burn a CD.

I'm going to assume that you downloaded Ubuntu from the homepage at Ubuntu.com, which will give you ISOs for Intel (x86 and x64) processors. Since your computer has a PowerPC processor, you will need to download that ISO: Ubuntu's wiki for installing on PowerPC

Edit - Someone on the Ubuntu forums says you should be sure to download the livecd version and set arguments for loading the kernel:

  Be sure to down load the powerpc live disk. 8.04.1 will give you the least trouble with booting. On my Ibook I have to press the tab key as the first words come up as it begins to boot. This takes you to a screen with some options to load the kernel. The one that works for me is "linux-nosplash-powerpc".


3rd Party Mac Developer Application: DEVELOPER NAME: no identity found I need to sign the code of an app I'm trying to submit to App Store through terminal:

codesign -f -s '3rd Party Mac Developer Application: DEVELOPER NAME' --entitlements "APPNAME.entitlements" "/AppPath/APPNAME.app"

but I'm getting the error 3rd Party Mac Developer Application: DEVELOPER NAME: no identity found for all DEVELOPER NAME I try. I have no idea of what to fill in it.

What should I fill in order to get rid of this error?

‘Developer name’ is your personal name or company name, depending on whether you have a personal or organisation developer program membership respectively. You're also missing the Team ID from the string, which in the end should look something like this:

  3rd Party Mac Developer Application: John Appleseed (XXXXXXXXXX)

You can find your developer name and Team ID in Keychain Access. Search for "developer" and find one of your certificates. The green section is your developer name, and the blue section is your Team ID.


Unable to access my Mac keychain due to this i am completely new to Mac.

Recently i tried to change the home folder name of my mac mini. i have gone through a website and followed some instructions to do that. finally i have ended up by creating a completely new user profile with a new home folder name. after some time i have decide to turn back to my old user and deleted the recently created user. This is where all my problems started. Now my deleted user folder is in my hard disk with the the following name - alpha(deleted). This folder is still being treated as my home folder even after logging in from a different user. I am unable to access even my keychain services through mac. Some softwares are asking me to reinstall on this user.... i ran into chaos with this. Can some one help me to make my current user as default and renew my keychain access... Please help me as this is of high priority for me.. Thank you

To change your home directory:

Go to System Preferences > Accounts
Authenticate
Right clic your user and select 'Advanced Options'
Type the new path to your home directory or select 'choose' to display a dialog
Select 'ok' to save the changes


How to keep apps separate per user in iTunes? My husband and I are currently sharing a computer and due to the limited data on the iCloud we both like to create a backup of our cell phones on the computer. With each iOS update I like to reset my phone as new and then restore it from a backup. The problem with this is that every time I restore it, it's putting both mine and my husbands apps on my phone. We tried creating different profiles on the mac and backing up our phones under our own profile, but for whatever reason all the apps still combines. Now half the time I have to enter his password on my phone or vice versa if there's an app that needs updating.

What if anything can I possible do (without having to buy another Mac of course) to keep our apps separate?

If you have separate profiles set up already, your husband's apps shouldn't be transferring over upon restore EXCEPT if the iPhone backup already contains your husband's apps. Make sure to:

Remove all of your husband's apps from the iPhone
Back up the iPhone using your iTunes profile

The next time you restore, the apps should only come from your Apple account.


Yosemite update deleted user files - but no old user folder in the system I am wondering, after the OS was updated, a user created the same user account with same name and same full name. So there is no old folder with same name. However, the ID number is 501. Is there still any chance of getting the old files? Disk space taken is only 13 GB.

It is related to How do i get back my old user account after upgrading to OS X Yosemite 10.10.2?

I didn't think it was possible to create the same named account if there is already one there. Upgrades don't remove user accounts or data. Are you sure you didn't reimage it instead? 10.10.2 isn't even available anymore - if you upgrade Yosemite you'd get 10.10.5 from Apple.


Do not disturb mode - but allow certain apps I want to turn on do not disturb mode on my iPhone. But we use a pager application for work, and I want that application to still be able to notify me and make noises.

How do I do that? I can only figure out how to allow contacts to not be in do not disturb mode.

Unfortunately, you cannot (on a non-jailbroken device).  There is currently no iPhone feature available to exempt a specific application from either Silent or Do Not Disturb mode.


Charts from numbers not dynamically updating in Pages/Keynote I have the 2015 versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on Yosemite.

I created a chart in numbers and then copied it to Pages or Keynote.
I then want to be able to change the data in Numbers and see the chart updated in Pages or Keyonte. However, I don't see an option to "refresh".

Is there a way to dynamically link Numbers to Pages or Keynote?

Not yet. You can provide feedback to Apple here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/numbers.html

However, a month after this question was asked, Sal Soghoian - then the Product Manager for Automation Technologies at Apple got on stage to demonstrate how to automate placement of a numbers chart inside a keynote presentation. This should be easy to automate following the video and slides.

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc15/306


Use Textmate (or any arbitrary application) with Lion's "Versions" feature? I'm writing a thesis in LaTeX with TextMate. I want very simple, very automated version control. Nothing complicated! Just, every time I save, a new version is created so that I can easily go back in time and look at previous versions. Lion's "Versions" feature is perfect for me but doesn't work with TextMate.

Is there a plugin I could use to get this to work? Alternatively, is there a different form of version control that's super easy to use?

I realise TeXShop now has Versions support (courtesy of this question Which text editors take advantage of Lion's Versions feature?), but I'd rather stick with TextMate if at all possible.

Scouring the TextMate community and community plugins doesn't show that this feature is currently available in TextMate. This blog post states that they're "holding back with 'lionizing' TextMate till we feel confident we can fully drop backwards compatibility".

You're not alone though, the community seems to be very interested in this feature.

I don't have experience with this plugin, but the community seems to enjoy the ProjectPlus plugin.


Has anyone figured out how to identify the unique page of each separate Safari Web Content process with Safari 7/Mavericks? I know I'm not the first one to wonder this.

Something like the Chrome Task Manager.

In short, when you have multiple tabs/pages open in the new Safari 7 (shipped with Mavericks), each one is launched as a separate system process. You can view the list of processes in Activity Monitor, but you cannot see the underlying page or URL of each process.

This would be very helpful for troubleshooting a runaway or hanging page that's sucking up RAM or CPU cycles.

Apple removed the Activity window in Safari 6. And now with Safari 7, the separate processes are great, but more granular info about each tab would be really great.

Anyone?

This is not an ideal solution but a quite good working workaround.

Open Safari then go to Preferences.
Activate the Debug option (Show develop menu in menu bar)

EDIT: Instead of activating the develop menu, you have to open a terminal and activate the debug menu with defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true

Thanks @Collin C.

You will find the option Show Web Process IDs in Page Titles under Debug > Miscellaneous Flags

If you open the Activity Monitor now, you can see the Web Process IDs to the corresponding websites.

I hope this is helping you.


How can I use my iPhone 3Gs on T-Mobile? Currently my iPhone 3Gs is on iOS 5.01.  I'd like to use it on the T-Mobile network.  What are the steps required to make it happen?

I think it's obvious that I need to jailbreak the phone.  However, googling around around it is unclear whether there is a reliable (untethered) jailbreak for 5.0x.

Do I need to downgrade the OS?  If so, to what version and how?
Any additional steps I need to take?

Tethered jailbreak is available for IOS 5, see Jailbreak iOS 5 5.0/5.0.1 on iPhone 4 iPod Touch iPad with Redsn0w and of course blog.iphone-dev.org.


How do I prevent my Mac from autocorrecting my username? Every time I try to login with my usual username (i.e. gsamaras), I get a pop-up, like a suggestion from my Mac, for the word samaras, so unless I click on the x button, "gsamaras" will be replaced by "samaras".

How can I tell my Mac not to correct gsamaras?

Note: Formatting the laptop is not an option.

Type your name, right click and pick "Learn Spelling".


Using macOS without an Apple ID? I am thinking about buying myself a mac. The problem is that I don't want to use my Mac with my AppleID because I am very afraid that it will sync with my other apple devices and I'm not a big fan of this at all. I also don't want to maintain a seperate AppleID. Do I really need an AppleID for macOS and which parts of macOS I cannot use without an AppleID ?

No, you do not absolutely need one.

It is mostly used for synchronizing with your other devices, which you’ve stated that you do not want anyways.

However it will still be most practical if you create a new Apple-ID to be used exclusively for that computer. If you do not, you’ll not be able to download software from the App Store.

Note that you do not have to enter that Apple-ID in any of the systems that would otherwise sync data. Your files, photos, calendars, mails, contacts, etc. will stay completely private and not synced with anything, even if you use an Apple-ID for purchasing or otherwise downloading software from Apple.


How to use 802.1X authentication with Edimax EW-7811Un USB Wi-Fii adapter? Edimax EW-7811Un, Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, 10.6.8.

According to the manual, you can use 802.1X tunneled authentication with Windows (it is mentioned e.g. on page 23, EW-7811Un User Manual).

However, the Wireless Network Utility under OS X (10.6.8) seems to have no option for 802.1X network authentication.

Since it's supported on Windows, the card obviously has the capability, so how is it possible to use it under OS X?

PS: I'm happy to edit any configuration file by hand and skip the graphical utility entirely, if necessary.

You do all the work in the "Network" System Preference if memory serves.

I don't have a 10.6 box handy to check but under 10.8 and 10.9 you first add the correct certificate to your keychain then when you select any of the "Enterprise" security options and EAP-TLS as the mode you can tell it to use the correct certificate and the username.

I remember having to  write the instructions for doing this on 10.6.8 a few years back but can't find them. The process was highly similar though.


how to install mac OS (Sierra) from USB drive, I am out of options I have been fighting with this problem for some days now and I gave up solving it looking for a solution on google.

I have a Macbook Air (late 2010) which had Lion. My gf wanted to pass it on to her cousin, so she cleaned everything, but she was not able to complete the reset for various reasons.. internet not working for password issues and so on.

Now I took over and tried almost everything..
Command + R sends me to internet recovery, to which I also have to "open" my wifi network, since the Mac does not recognize my password for whatever reason.
Once I am in, I tried to reinstall Lion following the instructions, but it ends up asking me an Apple ID, which I created, only to end up telling me I am not allowed to download the OS because my Apple ID was never used to purchase anything on the App store yet.
Important here maybe is also to say that my girlfriend does not want to use her Apple ID, since she wants to pass it on without her credentials. I am not even sure if she ever purchased anything with her ID as well, since she got the computer from her father, sigh..

So I looked for other options, the bootable USB came next, so I downloaded Sierra from Apple on my pc (funny enough no Apple ID was asked) and I downloaded TransMAC to create a bootable USB drive for Mac.
Then I went on to insert the USB and start the Mac holding down the Option/Alt button, but unfortunately it would not give me the option to start from USB, not even asking anything actually.
So I am brought back to internet recovery, which does something for some minutes, I suppose, and then takes me back to disk utility.

There I tried to restore the USB stick on the hard disk, but I always get "source is busy" when trying that, although I erased my hard disk and followed the instructions I found for that. Somehow I managed to extract the OS .dmg file on the free space on the USB stick (which is 32 gb), but again I am not able to restore it on the hard disk or anything.
On top of that, every time I try to restore/use the image, then the source is not available anymore (semi transparent) and I am forced to restart the whole process, it's either source is busy or another message I can not recall at the moment.

Terminal.. I found the string of command I should write in order to launch the install of Sierra from Terminal, but somehow my session starts with a weird -bash-3.2# prompt and sudo is not recognized as a known command. I guess I am not in the root there, or not sure where the problem is.

I shall also make clear that I am no Mac user and my system administrator memories are 10 years old and obviously need a deep refresh.

So, please, what can I try or where did I do wrong?
I am not too solid on the bootable USB creation and why the Mac would not even consider my start + option button held, but transMAC tells me the USB is ready for mac.

Thanks a lot for your help and sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted to to cut out most of the otions I already went through following this forum in the last few days ;)

Follow the instructions at What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac ...there is a link halfway down this page on How to erase a disk for Mac. Yes, at one point you need to put in your girlfriend's or her father's Apple ID, but that's only your permission to install the OS from the App Store (you need an account = Apple ID to do that). The Apple ID you enter at that point does not stay on the system at all, it's only used to get access to the OS installer on the App Store. There are other ways but this is by far the easiest, given your background with Macs. Best regards.


Reverse icon view order in Finder When you press Command ⌘+J in Finder to bring up the options for the current folder and change what you sort the files by (in my case Date Created), is there any way to reverse the order?

Rather than seeing the newest files at the top, I'd rather see them at the bottom. How could I reverse the order?

After pressing Command+J, be sure the box is checked under show columns for the parameter you would like to sort by.  Then, in the Finder window, just clicking on the title of the column that you would like to sort by (in your case Date Created) will toggle through the different ways to sort by that parameter.

EDIT: This, unfortunately, only works on List View.


Backups.backupdb folder is greyed out on my external time machine drive I use two separate backup drives to backup my iMac and MacBook.  I call one drive Time Machine and the other drive Mobile.  On Mobile, it shows a folder called Backups.backupdb and inside it has a folder for the iMac and the Macbook.  On the Time Machine drive it has the same folder but it is greyed out.  When I click on it to try and verify the two folders inside of it, nothing happens.  Any thoughts on why this is happening?

Thanks!

This is a time machine backup that never completed.  The only way to get rid of it is to use Disk Utility and erase the drive and reformat it.  Sorry.